Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, sadly.

Summary: Two friends sit on the roof, staring up at the stars, or in his case, just one star in particular. Friendship fic, mostly.

Teen Titans:

Star Gazing

Starfire took in a deep breath and looked out at the horizon, the swirls of pinks and purples were now becoming one deep, dark, color. The last bit of sunlight rained over Starfire as she sat on the roof of Titans Tower, alone again.

"Star?"

The alien princess looked up to see Beast Boy, a smile erupted on her face. "Friend Beast Boy! Do you wish to join me in watching the last bit of the sun set?"

The green skinned changeling nodded, sitting down next to Starfire, he looked out at the horizon. "It's beautiful."

"It is one of my favorite things about Earth," she told him, her knees pulled up to her chest as her chin sat on top of them.

"Besides mustard?"

Starfire laughed, "Yes, besides mustard."

The two teens watched as the sky was taken over by a blanket of black, and then they saw the small stars appear, like glitter being sprinkled on the sky.

"Have you ever counted the stars before?" Beast Boy asked her, he was now laying beside her, his arms propped up behind his head.

Starfire looked at him with a puzzled expression, "Have I ever counted them?"

He nodded, "Yeah, have you ever just sat out here one night and counted the stars?"

Starfire shook her head, "No, I have not," she looked at the twinkling stars above her, and then back to her friend. "Have you?"

Beast Boy nodded, "Yeah, when I need to think…I just come up here and count the stars."

"How many have you counted so far?"

Beast Boy shrugged, "I can't remember now, it's been a while since I have came up here to think."

Starfire rolled over to lay down on her stomach, using her hands to prop her head up. "Why not?"

He shrugged now, "Dunno," he kept his gaze on the stars, trying to drop the subject.

"Friend, what is it that you are not telling me?" Starfire angled her head so that she was now facing him, an inquisitive expression on her face as she waited patiently for his reply.

Beast Boy sighed, "It's been almost seven years since my parents died…" He sighed, feeling Starfire grasp his hand, he continued. "And the nightmares keep coming back to me, more than they usually do. I feel as if I could have stopped it, ya know? Turned into an animal that would have been able to either stop the boat, or grab both of them off it."

"Beast Boy you cannot think that way, if you might have tried to do that, you too could have died."

Beast Boy blinked back tears, "Rita told me that too, she used to tell me that all the time."

"Rita?" Starfire bit her lip in thought, her mind flipping through it's mental files. "She is in the Doom Patrol!" Starfire looked at him with interest, "Your adoptive mother is Elasti-Girl?"

He smiled softly, "Yeah, she's great. She calls me every first Sunday of the month, just to say hi. Steve and I don't talk as much though."

"Steve?" Starfire giggled at the name, "I am sorry, but that seems like a funny name to have."

Beast Boy couldn't help but laugh along with her, "It fits him though," his smile faded slowly from his face, "I haven't talked to him in a few months, I got in a fight with him before I left."

"Why? He is your father figure correct? You should not have left him feeling angry."

Beast Boy sighed deeply, "I had to get out of there, Star. He never saw me as anything more than the little boy that used to steal."

"You stole!" Starfire looked shocked, "From who?!"

"Anyone I could, I was on my own back then. My parent's were dead, and I had no one to look after me. Sure, I had money, but I didn't know how to get to it."

Starfire let out a small sigh, and shook her head.

"Rita and Steve were already married by the time I came along, and something about them just clicked. I felt…happy with them, so they decided, with the Chief's permission, to adopt me."

Starfire made a humming sound, "They seem like very nice people. And they seem to love you very much.

"They do, and I love them too," a few stars twinkled above him, and he started to count them one by one.

Starfire let out an 'eep' of surprise, "Friend Beast Boy! Look! A shooting!"

Beast Boy looked to where Starfire was frantically pointing, and smiled as the small star fell off into the distance. "Make a wish, Star," he told her, closing his eyes he made one of his own.

"Friend? What did you do the wishing for?"

Beast Boy smiled, sitting up, he touched her nose in a motion that his mother used to do to him. "Can't tell you, or it won't come true."

Starfire nodded, "I will not tell mine either then."

Beast Boy nodded, and the comfortable silence between them was resumed.

"You should contact him," Starfire said abruptly, her large eyes were now focused on his, and her body was now on it's side turned to face him.

Running his hand through his hair, Beast Boy nodded. "I know I should, I just haven't gotten up the courage to do it."

Starfire nodded, "I never go two cycles of moons without talking to Galfore, he would be worried if I did not call him."

Beast Boy looked at her with an incredulous expression, "Two months?! Really? I figured he'd call you at least one every other week."

"Two months?! Oh X'hal no, our moon cycles are much shorter on Tamaran, they last up to sixteen days." She giggled, "I forget that you all do your…astronomy," she paused trying to figure out of it was the right word.

"Yeah, I guess you could call it astronomy, that's more of the study of stars though. But, it's still space."

Starfire seemed pleased that she got the word right, "It is different here than it is on Tamaran, your moon is much slower to rotate."

"I've never really noticed," he admitted, "I just see it up there every night, in the same place."

Starfire didn't say anything, she just turned her gaze up towards the sky again. "I am surprised that our friends have not come up here to check on us."

Beast Boy chuckled, "No, I'm surprised Robin hasn't come up here to check on you."

She gave him a look, "Please, friend Raven would be right on his…butt, if she knew that you were not downstairs."

"That's where you're wrong, miss smarty pants."

"Oh?"

"She can sense that I'm okay, so there's no need for her to check."

Starfire gave him a little giggle, "But there are many reasons that would cause you to feel 'o of the k'."

Beast Boy was speechless for a moment, then, after a few seconds, he nodded. "Touché."

"Succès d'estime!" Starfire cheered, her smile wide.

Beast Boy stared at her, half amused and the other half confused, "Say what?"

She giggled, "It means to be successful in something important, but not…public."

Beast Boy laughed, "I didn't know you knew French, Star."

"Oh yes! Robin does not realize that he knows French, it is buried deep in the back of his mind."

"Ah," Beast Boy was still confused, "So Robin knows French?"

"His mother used to, he used to overhear his mother speaking it, and he did the teaching of himself. Of course, he will never admit it…" Starfire drummed her fingers on her stomach, "I think it is the memories that bother him so."

He nodded solemnly, "There are times where you can stand the pain those memories, even if they're good ones. Ya know?"

"Yes, I do." She was silent for a moment, "I am still surprised that they have not come up here to find us."

Beast Boy hummed, "Odd…"

"It is very 'freaky'."

Beast Boy laughed, and turned his head to look at her. He never took the time to really look at Starfire before, she was pretty, in her own unique way. She wasn't like other girls; they wouldn't be able to pull off the radiant orange skin that she does so well, or the deep, and different shades of green that her eyes seemed to posses; they certainly wouldn't be able to place all the faith and hope into one smile, like the alien princess seems to, just one small smile makes everything seem alright.

"Friend?" Beast Boy was called out of his thoughts by Starfire, "Is there something on my face?"

He shook his head, "No, Star. It's just….I love you, you know that right?"

Starfire nodded, and curled up next to him, "Yes, Garfield," he was shocked when she switched to his first name. "I do know that, and I love you also. You are my confidant, and one of my brothers, you mean very much to me." Her eyes brimmed with unshed tears.

He squeezed her shoulders, "Robin's lucky, I hope he knows that."

Starfire let out a watery giggle, "And so is friend Raven," placing her head on his chest, she peered up at him, "She loves you very much."

"I do," a voice said from the back, "I do love him very much."

Starfire and Beast Boy both turned to see both Raven and Robin standing near the door to the roof, their faces were relaxed and small smiles formed on their lips.

"How long have you two been observing us?" Starfire asked, she sat up now and brushed off her skirt.

Robin made his way over to her, "Just a few minutes, right when BB told you that he loves you." He pulled her up, "Which was a bad place for me to walk in at."

Raven snickered, she was now floating next to Beast Boy with his arm snug around her waist. "He seemed…shocked to say the least."

This earned a huff from Starfire, "Robin, do you doubt my feelings for you?"

Robin instantly raised his hands in defense, "What? No!"

"Star," Raven interrupted, "That isn't what I meant."

Starfire sent her a cheeky grin, "I am aware friend Raven, I was just doing the

'busting of his pork'."

The three Titans stared at her in confusion, and then finally Beast Boy started to laugh.

"Chops, Star. You were busting his chops," he laughed, and threw his arm around her shoulders. "Come on, let's see if we can haggle Cy into throwing in a movie and having some snackage!"

"Glorious!" Starfire floated up in the air a little bit more, "I will start the 'pop-corn'." The doors slid open to the Ops room, and Starfire started towards the kitchen.

"NO!" Robin said, after seeing Starfire's baffled look, he smiled at her. "Why don't you and Beast Boy pick the movie? Raven and I will grab the…snackage."

The other two Titans shrugged and made their way over to where they kept their movies. After selecting The Benchwarmers, they plopped down on the couch and waited for the other three Titans to arrive with the food and drinks.

"Two hundred and eighty-seven."

Starfire turned to face Beast Boy, "What did you say?"

"I counted two hundred and eighty-seven stars while we were out there," he told her, his eyes on the previews. "You know…"

Starfire cocked her head to the side, "I know what?"

"You know, I think we should do that more often. Just the two of us, okay?" Beast Boy kissed the top of her head, and gave her hand a squeeze.

Starfire nodded enthusiastically, and then smiled brightly when Cyborg came into view, she didn't want for him to worry. "Friend! Are you ready to view the movie?"

Cyborg laughed and gave her a large grin, before he could answer, Raven dropped a bowl of popcorn in his hands. "Sweet!"

Beast Boy watched as Starfire rested her head on Robin's shoulder, and interlocked their fingers. 'No,' he corrected himself, 'There were two hundred and eighty-eight stars out there tonight.' He smiled at Starfire, 'Only this one gets to brighten up my life daily.'

A/N: -sighs- I was going to hold out on this...BUT, Kry did the damn lip quiver and she made the face. Couldn't not do it.

So this is for you Kry! ...noodles?

Royal.