Yay! Next chapter! See, I'm crack a'lackin.

Anyway, I got this idea from one of my favorite episodes of Scrubs. Great show, that is. This one's a longer one in my drabble series.

Enjoy!


Robin and Starfire made there way up the floors of the hospital, looking for the doctor that was supposed to assign them a room. Starfire had convinced Robin into volunteering at the nearby hospital to keep patients company, which she was quite happy to do. Both decided to wear civilian clothes; Starfire was in a white sundress with a pair of strappy wedges and Robin just put on some khaki shorts with a light blue button up, with some sandals.

Both looked around for any doctor that paid special heed to them, and thus far luck was not on their side.

"Robin and Starfire? So happy you could make it!"

The teen superheroes abruptly turned around to come face to face with a young doctor. He seemed to be in his early thirties or so, making them feel a little more at ease.

Robin gave the man a polite smile and gave a small nod. "That would be us. So, uh, where exactly are we supposed to go?"

"Follow me." The doctor waved his hand toward the direction he was going and both followed. The doctor stopped in front of a door not too far down from where they were. "Here ya go. He doesn't have any family so we figured this would be a good place to start; he says he doesn't want to bother anyone with company, but we figured that he was just trying to be polite so please, go inside." The doctor left without another word.

Robin and Starfire looked at each other, and then entered slowly.

Robin coughed as he looked at the chart at the end of the bed. "'Uh…Mr. Simms?"

The man nodded. He appeared to be in his forties or so, his hair still dark and healthy. "That would be me. Look, you really don't have to stay here with me. Find another patient that needs you more. I'm good."

Starfire walked up to his bed with her arms behind her back. "Please sir, let us stay with you. I have gathered that you do not have family and…" She cut herself off and bit her lip.

The man nodded. "The wife left me a couple years ago, and no kids. But really, you don't need to stay."

Starfire held up her hands. "Oh no, Mr. Simms. Please, let us stay."

The man stared at her for a moment, and then raised his hands in defeat. "Fine, fine."

The two took a seat in the nearby chairs and looked over, smiling at the man. He just stared back.

Starfire cleared her throat. "Please, what is it you do for a living?"

He shrugged. "Engineering. Nothing exciting."

She nodded and sat back in her chair, not quite sure what else to say.

There was silence.

Finally the man sighed and looked over. "So, how exactly did you all meet? You know, the start of your little group."

Both teens lit up at finally having a topic to discuss, and moved to be more comfortable in their chairs.

Robin chuckled slightly to himself as he reminisced. "It's pretty funny, really. I had just left Gotham and came to Jump the night before, when I saw this bright green thing shoot across the sky. It ended up being this one over here." He pointed to the girl next to him, whom blushed. "She was handcuffed and pretty much destroying all kinds of property to get them off. Of course being a superhero, I had to stop her. We got into this long fight, and then Beast Boy came in." He chuckled again. "Uh, he was pretty starstruck at meeting me, which I think is ridiculous.

"So we fought her for a bit, then Cyborg came in. We couldn't tell his was part robot yet, though, because he had on this hoodie. Raven appeared last and was the one to convince us to try a different approach." He looked over at Starfire, who knew the next part of the story quite well. He looked back to the man. "Anyway, so I go up to her once she'd calmed down a bit and kinda hesitantly coming closer while pulling out something to help take the handcuffs off with. She lets me, and I figure all is good…then she grabbed the back of my next and kissed me. Harshly, might I add."

The man laughed, shaking his head. "I can just imagine that one."

Robin nodded with a smile. "I was super surprised, and then even more shocked when she roughly pushed me to the ground and told me 'if you wish not to be destroyed, you will leave me alone'. Don't ask how I remember that word for word – I just have a good memory, is all." He rubbed the back of his neck. "So she leaves and we're all kind of baffled, but decide to find her after the lizard things – Gordanians, right Star?" He turned to her.

She shakily nodded.

He looked at her for a moment longer before continuing his tale. "They said that a prisoner escaped and we were supposed to stay out of their way and whatnot. Which of course meant I was going to go after her. The others ended up following along, and we all eventually teamed up to take the Gordanians down. So pretty much Starfire was the one to bring us all together." He smiled at her.

The guy nodded and smiled. "Cute."

Both Titans laughed.

Starfire cleared her throat. "Yes, very much so. Robin was always the one to make me feel the most comfortable, though I believe he would be getting the annoyed of my constant questioning for the early weeks."

Robin shrugged. "Well, you were new to the planet so it wasn't your fault." He turned to the man. "After a while – a short while, really – I began to enjoy explaining things to her. It kinda became my job pretty much, but not like it was assigned or anything. It was just how it worked."

Starfire nodded and then blushed. "It also gave me the alone time with him. I had had the feelings for him quite early on."

Robin smiled and grabbed her hand.

The three talked for a long period of time, sharing many stories of their lives as a superhero, and Mr. Simms even added some stories in as well.

"…So I pretty much told her that we couldn't be anything but heroes and crap like that; I was kinda stupid at the time." He rubbed the back of his neck.

Starfire held up a finger. "I concur."

Robin playfully glared at her as she gave him a weird, though playful, look.

Robin abruptly turned back to the man, causing Starfire to giggle. "So anyway, eventually ended up getting together after the whole ordeal was over with. Seriously, the kiss in the rain and everything, heh. Just coincidence, since I'm the furthest thing from a romantic."

Starfire leaned against him and smiled. "I would not say that, Robin."

More stories were told and laughs were shared. The man had become quite fond of the two.

Eventually, he became tired. "I hate to break this short, but I'm beat." He yawned.

Robin nodded. "All right, get some sleep."

Starfire nodded and waved. "Yes. We shall visit again!"

The man smiled. "That would be nice. Have a good night."

Both teens exited the room, talking fondly about their time with the man as they made their way down the floors yet again.

Inside the room, the monitor flat lined.


Fun times.

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