Starfire could not sleep that night. She kept having nightmares and was having a pretty reckless night. So she got up and decided to head out for a while. 'Maybe the roof top will help' she thought as she made her way to the roof.
She passed by Red X's door and heard some tinkering noises. Curious she decided to check it out. Since X was now on the 'superhero team' as batman put it, he was given a room in the Wayne mayor. However X hated being called a super hero. According to him, he was just a thief. Not a superhero. Not a super villain either.
She cautiously opened the door. The noise from the door caused X to jerk up. He quickly put his mask on which was previously resting on his head. "Oh god It's only you." He said with a sigh of relief as he threw the mask aside. He was working on his belt with nothing but a single bulb above his head to light up the otherwise dim room.. Starfire noticed that he wasn't wearing a shirt. She blushed a deep red at the sight of his perfect body. All that training and martial arts had definitely done good to his body by giving him strong muscles and quite visible abs.
"Umm X… what are you doing?" she tried to look everywhere except at him. Red X smirked but answered anyways "I need a new power core for my suit. I tried other chemicals and some batteries but nothing is compatible with this technology." He sighed and moved his neck from right to left to get some crams out.
"But why are you doing this? What happened to the Xynothium?" asked Kori as she moved to stand in front of him but on the other side of his table which had nothing but his belt connected to 3 wires.
"I'm trying to make it work with other power sources. Xenothium won't be available forever and plus its already scarce here in Gotham. Right now, I'm trying to make it work with electricity. ok then here goes nothing" Saying so X connected his belt to another equipment and started charging. The light flickered. A constant hissing could be heard and just when they thought it would work, the fuse blew and all the light went off.
There was now complete darkness in that little room. That was until Kori lighted her starbolts. Right then, something weird happened. The starbolts which were always under her command stated flowing out of her hand and into the belt. It was almost like watching green light twist and turn, lightening up the whole room and then entering the belt. Both occupants of the room looked at each other in surprise. Kori lit up her other hand only to have the same effect. It was magic and it was working!
Xavier noticed that his belt had actually started glowing. It was recharging. With her starbolts! He held his breath waiting for it to completely recharge. And when it did, he looked at her with happy eyes and said, "Kori..you…you are amazing. You are the answer. That's it you are my power core…" by this time he had crossed the table and was standing in front of her. He suddenly picked her up and started twirling her around. "…Kori oh Kori I'm so happy. All this time all I wanted was right here" he continued as he placed her down on the table, her legs dangling off the table and she was laughing to her heart's content.
They stayed like that for some time- her sitting on the table and him standing there. Both of them were laughing. After a while the laughter died down and they started at each other. "X you…" started Starfire but X stopped her. "Kori. Thank you. Thank You for everything. I mean it" he said, eyes speaking volumes of his sincerity.
"As long as I can help X" She smiled at him. Smiled At him, just like she always did and just like always it would make his heart go crazy. But this time was a little different. X took her hand and kissed it, never breaking eye contact. Kori could feel the redness of her cheeks. She broke eyer contact and instead looked at her hands which were rested on her legs.
X looked at her attics and smiled. He then lifted her chin with his fingers. He looked into her eyes and saw no sign of rejection but he needed to confirm it. "May I kiss you?" he asked albeit with great difficult. With her so near it was difficult to breath! God knows how he spoke.
Kori was shocked to hear this. But a moment later, her face broke into a loving smile. She was so happy she could not speak so she nodded instead.
It was only after getting that confirmation that X felt truly at peace. With a smile of his own he leaned in. He went closer and she closed her eyes. Moments later she tasted coffee flavoured lips over her own. 'X must have had coffee' was the last coherent thought her brain produced. Both room occupants were caught up in the passion of their first kiss. He broke apart. She pulled in. She broke apart. Their eyes met and he leaned in once more.
Yes they were in battle. Maybe they would face Slade tomorrow. Yes, after this mission, they were on either sides of the law. But not tonight. Tonight they were together. Tonight they were lovers. Tonight would be engraved in their hearts for the rest of their lives, because tonight they were just themselves.
