I don't own Teen Titans.

Sorry for the long wait! I really haven't felt like writing much the past few months. Sorry…and I know I'm just dragging this story on, but you know…whatever.

And now...ON TO THE STORY! Even though…I have no clue what to write…By the way, I know I'm gonna get this wrong, but I don't remember the name of that one guy that was like Starfire's and Blackfire's "guardian" so I'm just making it up because I can't find it anywhere.

"We are here at last!" Starfire screams gleefully. "I am home!"

On the last word, she chooses to screech almost higher than the human ear has the ability to hear, but just barely low enough to practically shatter the eardrums of Robin, Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy.

Around a nearby corner, the sound of a very fragile object slamming onto Tamaran's bedrock is drowned out by the noise. A girl in a Kingdom Hearts shirt and blue sweatpants covers her ears. She can't tell how much worse she looks now, but judging by how her face feels, she assumes that her face is scrunched into a distortion that shows almost unbearable torture.

Crudballs! I guess it wasn't that smart to teach them that lesson in particular.Now I know how it feels to have bleeding ears, the narrator curses mentally. Gosh darnit. Similar to her substitution of the word 'crudballs', the narrator has replaced two certain words with the 'Gosh darnit' written above.

She glances down at her laptop, sighing thankfully for it still being functionable. Picking up the black laptop, she starts typing. The narrator then fears that the Teen Titans have gone on into the kingdom and left her behind. The portable computer is slammed shut just before the narrator sprints towards the door, slowing down slightly when she sees that the five are just about to walk through the mighty and towering doors to Tamaran. In her bare feet, she wonders why she didn't think of putting on even socks.

"Stupid girl; stop talking about yourself," the narrator mutters to herself.

Where the Titans stand, Starfire is listening to her friends as they all but yell at her for her deafening happiness.

"Star, we're glad you're happy, but…" Beast Boy begins.

"Is it necessary to destroy our hearing?" Raven growls, glowering at the redhead.

"I apologize sincerely, my friends. I promise that I will not make any further outbursts of that nature unless appropriate," Starfire solemnly responds, keeping a cold expression on her face.

Cyborg leans over close to Robin's ear. The man-machine hybrid whispers in a confused tone, "Did you get that?" In reply, the leader shrugs.

"I'm pretty sure she means that she won't try to make us go deaf anymore," Robin attempts to explain.

So I'm going to be left to deal with these idiots all alone? Raven angrily thinks. At this, a wave of melancholy suddenly, but subtly, washes over her. The key word is 'alone' here. How am I supposed to be the only girl? I can deal with being the darkest team member, but being the only girl…

"Well, come on, everyone! Let us go and explore my home!" Star smiles. Her friends nod in encouragement.

Although quite a ways away from the action, the narrator is at just the right angle to view Star's face as she begins to push the humongous doors open with seemingly no trouble. Starfire is turned away from the team so she can do this. As she faces the large barrier, a tear drops from her left eye.

The team walks through Tamaran towards the castle. While her teammates gaze at the beautiful gray stonework and architecture that decorates the kingdom, Starfire fights the urge to break down into tears, as she has the whole trip. That is one reason as to why she's been acting overly joyous.

As a coping mechanism, she imagines herself crying instead of physically doing it.

I do not want to die, Star visualizes her crying form weeping out. I wish to stay with my friends. I wish them to yell at me for screeching in their ear. Why can I not just be with those that I love? Why does my species have to end their lives when they fall in love?

The red haired teenager doesn't want her companions to view her mentally and emotionally falling apart, but that attempt is humiliatingly unsuccessful. Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven see it all.

After all, they may not be able to read her mind – unlike the narrator – but that doesn't mean that they can't tell how much one of their closest friends is hurting inside. And they also feel the same way as she does.

But they all are scratching the surface of the process of accepting Starfire's fate.

As much as they wish for it not to be true, it's not like Starfire and Robin can fall out of love so easily.

By the way…I keep on putting those "substitute words" in this because I don't want to start swearing in this particular story. Speaking of words, WHY DO I KEEP FORGETTING WORDS I WANT TO USE? There was a word I wanted to use to describe the doors, but I don't remember what it is. All I know is that it starts with an 'i'.

ALSO, HERE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT EVEN THOUGH I NEVER UPDATE THIS ANYWAY: I might update this during my online-story-writing-break, but I don't know. The reason for this break isn't because of writer's block; it's just that I don't like writing on these writing sites anymore. I don't want to dread updating them...so...yeah.

Sorry. (1/21/12)

R/R/KR (at some point)!

-Pamela