Hey everyone, another story for the Afterglow … thanks cartoonstar!

Disclaimer: If I did own the Teen Titans … it would be freakin' awesome … but sadly I don't …

The Afterglow Bar

A depressed girl sat at the bar, trying to drink away the wrong that had occurred earlier in the day. Her hair was a perfect blonde color with a pink hair band. The pink dress she wore was her favorite one; one that was familiar to a certain hero. She was already on her sixth margarita, awaiting his arrival.

A few minutes passed before the bells on the door finally ringed, announcing the arrival of another bar patron. Looking over to it, Kitten was happy to find Robin.

"Oh Robbie Poo!" She called out, even though he was only a few feet away.

Robin slouched his shoulders as he heard the name he hated so much. He contemplated turning around and running away like there was no tomorrow, yet seeing the empty margarita glasses around the pink princess, he felt sympathy and headed over to her.

"Oh Robbie Poo … I missed you. I didn't meann all the tings I did in the past …"

Robin took the seat next to Kitten, yet didn't listen to her near incoherent babble. Raising his hand to the bartender, he mouthed the word 'coffee' and turned to Kitten.

"Okay Kitten … what is it?" He asked with a bit of displeasure.

Lately, Kitten had been calling Robin … a lot. Most of the time it was because she was depressed about some incident that caused a break in her relationship with Fang, but sometimes she tried to seduce the boy wonder. Tonight, and luckily for Robin, it was another night of relationship issues.

"Well Fang … he-he, he told me he wanted to see other people!"

Kitten buried herself on Robin's chest, while Robin sighed before reluctantly putting his arms around the crying girl. The bartender placed two coffees in front of the couple (not as couple couple, just a word to insert) before turning back to his own duties. The boy wonder reached for one of the mugs and brought up Kitten's head.

"Here, drink this … it'll sober you up." He explained to her.

Grabbing the mug, the girl sipped it down. The warm beverage perked her up a bit as she held back some tears and just sniffed.

"Is this all you wanted to tell me?" Robin asked, hoping that she would say yes.

"No … I wanted to know about some rumor I've been hearing." Her tone suddenly became serious as she eyed him now. "Is it true that you and Starfire are dating now?"

Caught off guard because of her question, the boy wonder hesitated. There could only be two possibilities for him: say yes and Kitten would rip him apart right there and then … say no and that would be a lie that would only make Kitten flirt with him more (a lot more!) while it would be unfair to Starfire. Taking a gulp, he knew he had to be honest.

"Yeah, me and Star are together now."

Kitten's eyes blazed with fire, yet she raised no fist to the boy wonder. She turned away and sipped the tiny amount of her coffee she hadn't gulped down already.

"How long?" The blonde girl questioned.

"About a couple of weeks …"

Kitten hesitated for a minute. Kitten's face softened into sadness, as Robin peered over to the girl. Her eyes seemed to wander before she finally spoke up.

"Robin …"

"Yeah?"

"Why don't you like me …?" Kitten's tone was soft and innocent, almost pleading for an answer.

Robin thought about it. If her were a regular person, he would have thought she was pretty and maybe, just maybe, would have considered going out with her. But he isn't a regular person. He met her because her father was threatening the city, so he was forced to go to prom with her. She was manipulative, self-centered, and now labeled a criminal. Even though, Robin knew he shouldn't put her down, no matter what the history between the two.

"Well … um, that's a hard question to answer. There's just"

"… So many things you don't like …?" Kitten said, finishing the sentence.

"No, that's it … um …" Robin hesitated.

"At school, I'm most popular person there, but I feel like I don't have any real friends … I look at you and you always seem so … happy …" She said downcast.

"Kitten, I know that you're a good person … but there are some things that you can work on. Instead of being selfish and bossy, try to be more selfless and nice … All my friends had to learn to be more respectful to each other because we live together, but even though, we do have times where we get on each other's nerves … it takes time to be able to fully learn them …" Robin gave her an honest smile, afterwards. He thought that maybe if she listened, she'd stop bugging him for awhile.

Kitten thought it over as she followed the mug's ring with her finger. After a minute, however, she looked over to the boy wonder.

"Maybe if I had someone to help me … a big, strong hero with a mask and a cape who could teach me these things …" She gave Robin a sly smile, but Robin just rolled his eyes.

Kitten, however, was serious. Placing her hand atop the boy wonders,' she inched closer to him. Robin, realizing what was going on, backed away and tried to slip his hand out of her grasp. Falling to the floor, Robin stared up as Kitten started laughing at him.

"Oh Robbie Poo, you really know how to cheer me up." She said to him as he got up off the ground.

Robin sat back down on his barstool and drank some of his coffee, still a bit irritated by Kitten's little stunt. It was interesting how he always found himself in this bar with some of the weirdest characters and, of course, his worst villains. From his side, he could hear Kitten giggle, but as he turned to her she surprised him by pecking him on the lips.

Robin sprang back, knocking some of the barstools down as he stared at her in shock and disbelief. He quickly looked around to see if any of the Titans were in the bar and luckily, there were none.

"What the hell Kitten!? I told you I'm with Starfire!" He shouted to her.

"I know …" She said with a smirk.

He threw his arms in the air before turning for the door; however, he bumped into something and took a few steps back. Looking up, he found it wasn't just something, it was someone … it was Fang.

"Did I just see you kiss my girl birdboy?" Fang said to him, demanding an answer.

Robin looked back, but found Kitten still smiling at the situation. It was obvious she had set this up, she had probably seen Fang outside and with the angle Robin was at, it would look like he was the one who actually kissed her. Turning back Robin put up his hands defensively before speaking.

"Fang, this is all just a mistake …"

"You bet it's a mistake … it's a mistake you touched my girl!"

Grabbing Robin with his two human arms, Fang lifted him off the ground.

"Now you stay away from my girl … consider this your warning."

Fang tossed Robin into a table, breaking it as he crashed into it. Turning to Kitten, Fang got down on his knee in apology.

"I'm sorry Kitten, I was an idiot."

The pink princess just smiled at him and jumped into his arms. Carrying her out, they both disappeared into the night.

Picking himself up from the broken pieces of the wooden table, Robin brushed off his uniform before walking back to the bar. Some of the villains still in the bar snickered at what had just happened, but Robin ignored them. Normally, Robin would have fought back, but seeing this as an opportunity to get Kitten out of his life for awhile was way better.

The bartender gave him a hot chocolate, on the house, seeing as Robin was dignified to follow his rule of not fighting in the bar. Robin thanked him and slowly drank up the sweet drink. After a few minutes, Robin left. All this drama stuff with relationships was making him miss the girl he loved back home.

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Well, hoped you liked this chapter … got a lot of requests I still have to fulfill, thanks for the idea cartoonstar … sorry it took so long … review please!