Hey guys, guess what? I'm posting a new chapter! I hope you will enjoy it; it was quite fun to write. You know, as I was writing the cliff hanger yesterday, I was quite happy. Usually I am on the other side and another author gives me a cliff hanger, and I'm like "No! How could you do this?" And now I got to use the cliff hanger against all of you.

Muahaha.

Anyway, happy Fourth of July and enjoy!

Starfire woke up, noticing her pillow still slightly damp from the night before. She frowned as she thought back. She turned slightly to greet Robin and ask to talk, but he was not there. She creased her forehead.

"Where would he…" A thought crossed her mind. She quickly grabbed a pair of pajama shorts and a camisole to put in place of the rather revealing gown. She hurried out of the room and to the training room. She had no doubt he would be there; it was his sanctuary when he was upset.

She finally made it to the door and pressed the button to open the door. It didn't budge. She began to take deep breaths and closed her eyes. He had locked everyone out. More importantly, he had locked her out.

She banged on the door, though she already knew that he couldn't hear her. Even if he did, he would not let her in. This did not stop her from banging again. "Robin! Please, I ask you to open the door!" Another bang.

She waited many beats, and then sighed as she slid down the door. She brought her knees up to her chest, burying her face in them. She could feel the hot tears begin to roll down her face, so she made sure to get up and close the first door to the training room hall, locking it. She did not need any to see her like this; she and Robin had to work through this on their own.

She was able to somewhat control the tears, filling herself with false hope that he was not angry. That perhaps he really was just training.

She groaned.

She made her way to the door and began to bang again, though much more weakly. "Robin, please. I wish to speak to you of last night."

Silence. She jumped when she heard the door unlock, and then open. No one was standing in front of her when she entered, causing her to search her surroundings. She found her target once her eyes were met with a masked boy sitting on a mat with his knees up and apart, water bottle in hand.

She let out a breath and walked over to him, sitting down next to him with her feet tucked under her. "Robin, I-"

"Stop. Don't talk."

She furrowed her brow and looked up at him; his face was completely void of emotion. She bit her lip and looked down. She looked up again, gulping. "Please, I wish to-"

His head turned sharply to her, anger contorting his face. "I said don't talk, didn't I?"

She kept her gaze on him, searching his face. She wanted to ask why he was so angry with her, why he refused to speak with her, though she didn't; she did not want to start an

argument again.

All that could be heard was Starfire shifting every now and again. Robin took a deep breath and then turned to her. "Why do you always smile?"

Starfire furrowed her brow, confused. "I do not understand –"

"You have no reason to smile. Why do you always fucking smile?"

His words were like ice, and she flinched at his swearing. "I smile because I am happy."

He let out a bitter laugh, shaking his head. "Yeah, right. Yeah fucking right. Don't play that shit with me, Starfire. Don't fucking lie."

She swallowed and narrowed her eyes. "I ask you to not use such fowl language, Robin."

He simply shook his head again, looking to the side away from her. He turned to the front again. "Is it just fake? Have you been tricking us all? Are you a fake?"

Starfire was taken aback. Her face turned hard. "How dare you say that. I am not the fake." She pointed to herself and her voice softened. "This is me, Robin. I have always been true to you."

She could hear him begin to breathe heavily. She knew what was coming, but chose to stand her ground. She did not want to fight, but she wouldn't let him think he could just push her around for no reason; use her as a doormat.

He turned to her sharply, dropping the water bottle. "Like hell! If you were always true to me, then why would you keep that fucking smile there? I hate your smile."

She looked as though she had been smacked. "Robin, how dare you –"

He growled deep in his throat, standing up to come in front of her still sitting form. "Shut up! God, why can't you just fucking listen?"

She bit her tongue, keeping a bad retort from falling from her mouth. She couldn't help the growl coming out; after all, she was still Tamaranean.

Robin kept his eyes on her, his mouth set down in a frown. "I hate that smile, I hate that happy little tone you always have, I hate the twinkle in your eyes; but do you know what I hate most?"

She just kept her eyes on him and swallowed hard, afraid of whatever his next words would be.

His breathing began to slow as he clenched his fists in front of him. He stared her down through the mask, his face turning to that of anguish. "I hate that I wasn't there to protect you."

She cocked her head to the side, relaxing slightly. "Robin, how could you have been –"

"Now I know how fucking ridiculous that sounds. I mean, how could I? What was I, eleven? Twelve? There was no possible way I would have known. I barely believed there were aliens back then, let alone a whole other solar system." He laughed in an odd manner. "But it doesn't matter, No matter how illogical it is I still wasn't there to protect you. I wasn't there to save you."

Tears filled Starfire's eyes as she looked at him, feeling his pain. She stood slowly and reached a hand out to take his arm, but he moved away before she could.

"Fucking hell Starfire. Do you realize what this has done to me? To see you with this…mask on everyday, and now knowing that you are hurting inside. That hurts just as bad as not being there for you back then." His breathing began to come quicker again as he worked himself up. "I could have been there. I'm still here. Why didn't you say anything? Is it that you don't want my help? That you don't trust me?"

She hugged herself and shook her head, a pained expression on her face. "Of course I trust you. I trust you more than anything." She wanted to reach out to him again, but knew he would just shun her again.

He shook his head and turned away from her, looking down at the ground. "Obviously you didn't. I think you should leave."

She fought back tears and bit her lip. "I am not leaving, Robin. I will not leave until we are on the terms that are good again."

He turned to her with a crazed expression, his arms stretched wide. "I said leave! God damnit, why can't you just listen for once?"

She snorted at him. "I do listen to you Robin; you know I do. This is a time that I will not, though."

He grabbed her arm and moved her to the door. "I'm pulling rank. Leave."

She felt fury building up in her at this comment. She snatched her arm away from him, causing him to turn toward her. Her eyes lit up as she poked him hard in the chest. "You are pulling rank over a personal matter again? You believe that is what a leader would do? You are taking advantage of your power, Robin! I will not be ordered to leave on a matter such as this. This is the 'ridiculous'." Her eyes died down and she crossed her arms, looking up at the ceiling with tears beginning to stream down her cheeks. "This is not right, Robin. You do not have reason to be so angry with me; I have done nothing wrong."

He stared at her with hard breaths, and she thought he would begin yelling again. His breathing began to level out as he looked to the ground, and then looked up at her. "I just…I'm just angry. I'm angry that you went through that. I'm angry at myself for being so emotional toward this; God, it's like it hurts me as much as it's hurting you. I'm angry because I…damnit Star, I love you."

She stopped. Her eyes widened as she brought her gaze on him. "You- you love me?"

He looked at the ground and nodded with his hands on his hips.

Her eyes turned warm as she walked toward him slowly. She wrapped her arms around him and forced him to look up at her. She kissed him softly, and then brought her forehead against his. "I love you too." Her voice was soft and warm.

He smiled. "Good." He lifted his head and took hers in his hands, kissing her full on the mouth.

He began to guide them back to the mat, dropping down to his knees and taking her with him. He laid her down and dropped on top of her, his lips not leaving hers once. He brought his hand under her shirt and caressed her stomach, causing her to moan against his mouth.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, moaning louder as he moved his hand beneath her bra, kneading. She broke the kiss and laid her head back on the mat, concentrating on his hands and the warmth that filled her body and rushed to the pelvic area. "Mmm…"

Robin wasted no time to tear off her shirt and push up her bra, covering on breast with his mouth.

Starfire let go of his neck and let her hands fall limply to the ground. She opened her legs and allowed him to settle comfortably in between them as he continued his euphoric torture. Her thighs tightened around him.

He began to move against her, reveling in the feeling. Starfire let out a throaty moan. "Oh X'hal. Ohh…"

He nibbled on her breast and brought his hands down to her waistband, hooking his fingers under the shorts and underwear. He began to pull them down together, but a hand stopped him. He looked up.

Starfire looked at him through hazy eyes and sat up, fixing her bra. She pulled him up with her and bit her lip. "Remember, Robin." She fingered the side of his mask.

He gulped and nodded. "I know. I remember. Just…not right now." He turned from her and brought his knees up, resting his arms against him. "Tonight, I promise."

She took in a slow breath and nodded. She went over to hold him in her arms and kissed his temple. "I can wait." She stood up and smiled, letting him take her hand. "Come, we must break the fast."

He chuckled at her use of the phrase and stood up with her, leaving the training room.

Well, there ya have it. As you can see, Robin is still slightly reluctant to show her, but this is to be expected. I mean, look at who we're talking about. The next chapter will be pretty heavy too, but then after that I will work my way back to the light and fluffy goodness. I can't exactly promise that I won't do this again because to be honest, it was damn fun. But I promise it won't happen very often, maybe even once more. Depends on what my brain decides to come up with.

Anyway, Read and Review!