Finally the waited evening came: every titan had passed his afternoon
hanging around the tower like a ghost, trying to speak the less to the
others, too busy in his thoughts. Cyborg hided himself in his room and
exited only when night fall: he reached the hall and said goodbye to the
others before going out. Raven and Beast Boy were in the hall with Robin
and Starfire, trying to think what to say to each other, and Beast Boy was
thinking an excuse that would have allowed him and Raven to leave the tower
without create suspects, ignoring that Starfire already knew where they
were going. The tamarean girl was sitting close to Robin, and they were
exchanging tenders looks, tasting the idea of a evening alone. The tension
grow up until the eight o' clock, when Raven and Beast Boy stood up at the
same time and, with a look, decided to move out to somewhere to talk in
peace. Raven looked Starfire and said:
"I think I'll go in my room to meditate a while..."
Starfire looked her and replied with a simple "yes", hiding an half smile, because she had understood everything. Raven looked her like she was about to kill her with the only look, but she as well had to hide a smile. Beast Boy just murmured something about the bathroom and left the room trying to look to if Raven was following him; she just waited a while and then went after him. They met just outside the hall, and for a while just listened to their heart pulsing in their head, then Beast Boy spoke:
"What we may say to Robin and Starfire? We have to found an excuse which can allow us going out without suspects..."
"Maybe we can exit separated: you'll say you're going to the cinema or to the arcade, and I'll say I'm going somewhere else... You should go first: wait me outside the tower, I'll arrive after a quarter of hour..."
"Sounds good to me... I'll wait you outside, don't be late!"
and went to the hall, closing the door behind him. Raven waited a little with the heart in the throat, listening Beast Boy's lies. Robin said a quick yes and let him go away. Raven sighed with relief: every thing was going right; she crossed her legs and stared at the wall, thinking nothing, like if she was in trance. She woke up from her open eyes dream just in time to reach Beast Boy. She entered again in the hall and stopped abruptly: Robin and Starfire were kissing on the couch, apparently without noticing her. Raven closed the door silently, acting as if she hasn't saw nothing. She bite her lips to hide an half smile and knocked at the door.
"Just a second!"
was the answer came from the hall. Raven bit her lips stronger to not smile, and entered into the room. She looked to Robin and Starfire, who were sitting on the couch pretending they were playing cards. Raven said simply:
"I remembered there was an author I like very much who is reading his poem this evening at the dark rose café, and I was going there..."
"All right, there's no problem: everybody else has take a evening out, I don't see why you should not..." replied Robin, with some lipstick on his cheek.
"Thanks, goodnight..." said Raven with a big smile, looking Starfire.
Outside, B.B was waiting her sit on a tree, morphed in a nightingale. When he saw Raven exiting from the tower, he started whistling the sweetest song he could imagine. Raven looked him smiling, and joined him under the tree, listening to the beautiful song. When Beast Boy finished, she whistled at him and offered him her hand so he could settle in it. He saw it and flied in her hands.
"Let's go to the restaurant, now... I never thought you were such a good singer..."
The bird whistle softly, happy for the compliment.
"We have been lucky, first... If Raven wouldn't have knocked she would have saw us kissing..." said Robin, still red in face.
"You're right!" replied Starfire, laughing because she knew that Raven saw them and that she already made out their relationship.
"So, are you hungry? There are some pizza in the fridge... We can cook it and then go out for a walk..."
"I think it's better if we stay in the tower tonight, I don't feel very well..."
"Mmmm... Ok, so I'll cook you some soup! It's great for sickness..."
"I didn't knew you were a cook!"
"Neither did I!" replied the boy wonder laughing.
Starfire looked him while he was trying to subdue the soup, and laughed when the soup evaded from the pot and jumped on the floor, going on every centimetre of the kitchen.
"Well, I suppose it's more funny seeing it than make it..." said Robin with a smile, covered from the hair to the feet with creepy soup.
"I think you're one of the best fighters of this world, but one of the worst cooks.... Let me handle this..."
"All right, but let me help you"
Finally something which looked like a pizza was prepared, and they sat around the table. They looked the result of their work, and Robin suggested.
"I think we should better order a pizza... I think that the only use for this" said looking the pizza "it's in fight against some villain..."
Starfire nodded, and moved to the hall, and sat on the couch, caressing her stomach softly. Robin followed her and saw what she was doing.
"You're hungry?" he asked, misunderstanding.
"Eh? What? No, I ... i...." Starfire replied, hesitating: finally, she the moment of the truth had come.
"Robin... I have to say you something... something about us..."
Robin seemed shocked; he stared at her and said in low voice:
"Yes, tell me..."
"First of all, I want to say I love you, and I will live you forever..."
Robin immediately felt calmer: for a moment he feared that Starfire wanted to break up with him. He relaxed and looked Starfire straight in her eyes, encouraging her to continue.
"And I know you too love me..."
Robin just nodded
"But... you know... sometimes... we did... and now..."
"Hey, take a breath and relax... what are trying to say me?"
"Well, I'm trying to say that you... and me... we're going to be... parents"
The last word was said so quickly that Robin had to thought a little before understanding it, then his mind needed some other time to accept the news. He opened his mouth, full of surprise, and said:
"You... are... pregnant?"
"Yes..."
"But that's a wonderful news! Oh, why you've waited so much? And you know if it's a boy or a girl? Oh my... Me... Father! Oh, Starfire I love you so much!"
She smiled, finally free of her secret, finally happy in Robin's arms.
"I think I'll go in my room to meditate a while..."
Starfire looked her and replied with a simple "yes", hiding an half smile, because she had understood everything. Raven looked her like she was about to kill her with the only look, but she as well had to hide a smile. Beast Boy just murmured something about the bathroom and left the room trying to look to if Raven was following him; she just waited a while and then went after him. They met just outside the hall, and for a while just listened to their heart pulsing in their head, then Beast Boy spoke:
"What we may say to Robin and Starfire? We have to found an excuse which can allow us going out without suspects..."
"Maybe we can exit separated: you'll say you're going to the cinema or to the arcade, and I'll say I'm going somewhere else... You should go first: wait me outside the tower, I'll arrive after a quarter of hour..."
"Sounds good to me... I'll wait you outside, don't be late!"
and went to the hall, closing the door behind him. Raven waited a little with the heart in the throat, listening Beast Boy's lies. Robin said a quick yes and let him go away. Raven sighed with relief: every thing was going right; she crossed her legs and stared at the wall, thinking nothing, like if she was in trance. She woke up from her open eyes dream just in time to reach Beast Boy. She entered again in the hall and stopped abruptly: Robin and Starfire were kissing on the couch, apparently without noticing her. Raven closed the door silently, acting as if she hasn't saw nothing. She bite her lips to hide an half smile and knocked at the door.
"Just a second!"
was the answer came from the hall. Raven bit her lips stronger to not smile, and entered into the room. She looked to Robin and Starfire, who were sitting on the couch pretending they were playing cards. Raven said simply:
"I remembered there was an author I like very much who is reading his poem this evening at the dark rose café, and I was going there..."
"All right, there's no problem: everybody else has take a evening out, I don't see why you should not..." replied Robin, with some lipstick on his cheek.
"Thanks, goodnight..." said Raven with a big smile, looking Starfire.
Outside, B.B was waiting her sit on a tree, morphed in a nightingale. When he saw Raven exiting from the tower, he started whistling the sweetest song he could imagine. Raven looked him smiling, and joined him under the tree, listening to the beautiful song. When Beast Boy finished, she whistled at him and offered him her hand so he could settle in it. He saw it and flied in her hands.
"Let's go to the restaurant, now... I never thought you were such a good singer..."
The bird whistle softly, happy for the compliment.
"We have been lucky, first... If Raven wouldn't have knocked she would have saw us kissing..." said Robin, still red in face.
"You're right!" replied Starfire, laughing because she knew that Raven saw them and that she already made out their relationship.
"So, are you hungry? There are some pizza in the fridge... We can cook it and then go out for a walk..."
"I think it's better if we stay in the tower tonight, I don't feel very well..."
"Mmmm... Ok, so I'll cook you some soup! It's great for sickness..."
"I didn't knew you were a cook!"
"Neither did I!" replied the boy wonder laughing.
Starfire looked him while he was trying to subdue the soup, and laughed when the soup evaded from the pot and jumped on the floor, going on every centimetre of the kitchen.
"Well, I suppose it's more funny seeing it than make it..." said Robin with a smile, covered from the hair to the feet with creepy soup.
"I think you're one of the best fighters of this world, but one of the worst cooks.... Let me handle this..."
"All right, but let me help you"
Finally something which looked like a pizza was prepared, and they sat around the table. They looked the result of their work, and Robin suggested.
"I think we should better order a pizza... I think that the only use for this" said looking the pizza "it's in fight against some villain..."
Starfire nodded, and moved to the hall, and sat on the couch, caressing her stomach softly. Robin followed her and saw what she was doing.
"You're hungry?" he asked, misunderstanding.
"Eh? What? No, I ... i...." Starfire replied, hesitating: finally, she the moment of the truth had come.
"Robin... I have to say you something... something about us..."
Robin seemed shocked; he stared at her and said in low voice:
"Yes, tell me..."
"First of all, I want to say I love you, and I will live you forever..."
Robin immediately felt calmer: for a moment he feared that Starfire wanted to break up with him. He relaxed and looked Starfire straight in her eyes, encouraging her to continue.
"And I know you too love me..."
Robin just nodded
"But... you know... sometimes... we did... and now..."
"Hey, take a breath and relax... what are trying to say me?"
"Well, I'm trying to say that you... and me... we're going to be... parents"
The last word was said so quickly that Robin had to thought a little before understanding it, then his mind needed some other time to accept the news. He opened his mouth, full of surprise, and said:
"You... are... pregnant?"
"Yes..."
"But that's a wonderful news! Oh, why you've waited so much? And you know if it's a boy or a girl? Oh my... Me... Father! Oh, Starfire I love you so much!"
She smiled, finally free of her secret, finally happy in Robin's arms.