Greetings once again to everyone who have found their way to my humble,
little fic! I would just like to say that in the immortal words of the
great Strongbad, holy crap! I wasn't prepared at all for the great reviews
I got for this story. When I read back over what I had written, it didn't
seem that good to me, so I wasn't expecting much, but I guess it's true
that we're our own worst critics. I would specifically like to address the
review by Serenity Winner for a sec, and maybe I can clear up a few things.
First off, thanks for the review; it really helped me to refine how I'm
going to write this story. Second, this fic is almost completely stream-of-
consciousness, and I'm 17, so I'm going to treat the titans as though they
were my age, so in short, they are all about 17. Lastly, to all of those
who suggested I add in some BB\Ra, I intend to have a little in this fic,
and if I feel inspired, I will make a sequel that will center on them.
Well, I'm starting to ramble, so I'll just close here by saying: Thanks for
all of the great reviews!
Disclaimer: The usual, I don't own Teen Titans or anything else of much value either.
"Calling it a night Robin?" Beast boy questioned from his place before the TV.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to get some sleep, I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be an exhausting day."
"Are you sure? There's nothing like some cooperative Halo before bed!" Beastboy pointed out, his eyes never leaving the glowing collection of pixels before him.
"No thanks Beastboy, why don't you get Cyborg to play with you?"
"I already tried, he's down in the garage working on his car. I swear, he loves that thing like a child," he added, sounding somewhat disappointed.
"Seriously. Well, goodnight anyway."
"Yeah, g'night. See ya tomorrow."
With that farewell, the boy wonder left for his room and hopefully a good night's sleep. As he left, a slight shiver went up his back despite the still lingering heat from that day. No matter how many times he witnessed it, it always kind of unnerved him the way Beastboy was able to carry on an intelligent conversation without looking away from the television for even a second, not even to blink. Pushing the image of a tirelessly staring Beastboy out of his mind, he set about the task of relocating his person to his bedroom, so that he could partake in that most sweet of releases known most accurately as sleep. Turning a corner along the way to his room, he passed Raven walking in the opposite direction.
"Hey Raven, where are you going?" he asked.
Receiving a less than appreciative look from her, he added quickly, "If you don't mind me asking, of course," giving her a nervous, lopsided smile.
"I was going to get a glass of water before I went to sleep," she stated in a monotone voice, not answering more than was asked.
"Oh, ok. I was just curious. Well, goodnight then," Robin said quickly, before turning to continue on his quest for sleep.
"Night," Raven added, sounding like she really didn't care about much of the conversation that had just transpired, then turned to go her own way down the corridor.
Finally completing his journey to the home of his bed, Robin expediently opened the door to his room and removed his pants, collapsing on his bed in only his boxers, it being far to hot to wear anything else, or to climb under the covers for that matter. Closing his eyes behind the cover of his mask, he relaxed the muscles of his body, and set about his second task: falling asleep.
'I hope tomorrow will be good, if we don't find any better methods for cooling off, I'm probably going to have heatstroke.' Robin thought, rolling over and trying to get more comfortable. He then drifted off into a light and restless sleep, the heat not even allowing him to get a good night's rest.
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"*Groan* The high temperatures are preventing me from getting very much sleep," Starfire mutter to herself, being the only person in her room at the time.
She pushed herself into a sitting position on her bed as she considered her position, and considered her current situation. She had been trying for about two hours to fall into a deep and restful sleep, but so far she had only been able to get a no more than a half hour of rest at most, and it didn't look like she was going to have much luck in getting her much needed and deserved sleep. Next, she attempted to produce a suitable remedy for her unfortunate situation. The most illogical approach would be to simply fall back over, with nothing but hope on her side, and attempt to attract some of the rest that had eluded her thus far. But, a far more reasonable cure for her insomnia would be to go to the kitchen and drink a glass of cold water and sit for a while to try to cool herself off, so that sleep may come easier.
"I suppose procuring a glass of water would be my best option at this moment. Thank you omniscient narrating voice!"
After thanking yours truly for the great idea, she groggily lifted herself off of her circular bed, and made her way into the kitchen. As she opened her door, she reminded herself to step lightly and quietly, so as not to awaken the others. Tiptoeing her way down the hall, she entered the living room to see none other that Beastboy vigilantly sitting before the TV, killing evil aliens with a tactical shotgun in complete silence. Not wanting to disturb him, she quickly made her way toward the kitchen so that she may partake in a glass of cooling refreshment.
"Hey Star, what's up?" Beastboy spoke up from his position in front of the game, his eyes remaining cemented to the screen in a statuesque manner.
Suppressing a shriek of surprise, Starfire looked over to the source of the question, and quickly answered, "I'm just getting a glass of water, I couldn't sleep."
"Oh, ok. Have fun then," the young and zombie-like lad replied, adding a joke almost as if by instinct.
Starfire, still in awe of his unbreakable focus, responded, "I will be sure to enjoy myself, thank you."
She then continued on with her plans for attaining rest, entering the kitchen. After removing a glass from the cabinet, she filled it with water from the tap, took a seat at the table, and began to drink the cool liquid, already beginning to cool off a little.
Through no choice of her own, she found her eyes trailing down to the place on the floor where she had become pinned beneath Robin earlier. As she stared down at the tiled floor, she inevitably began to thing about Robin. Being most of the way through puberty by now (A\N: remember, they're 17 in this fic!), he had already gone through most of his growth spurts, and he was taller than her now, on top of becoming a fair amount more muscular than he was before. Opting to do more exercises out of doors recently, he had earned himself a light tan, and a slightly lighter hair color. Though he had changed a fair amount physically, he was still the model of the perfect gentleman when he interacted with her. No matter how numerous or absurd her questions, he still answered each of them, making sure she would be able to fit into earth culture as well as a normal person. Now that she was thinking about it, she realized how kind Robin had always been to her, no matter how annoying she thought she was being, he would always give her one of his award-winning smiles, and do everything in his power to make her day as much brighter as he could make it. Looking back on it, Starfire realized, no matter how much of a macho exterior he put on for everyone else...
'he is a really sweet guy.'
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Rolling over for the thousandth time that night, robin cursed every god above for the oppressive heat.
"Damn it! I've been trying to get to sleep for at least two hours now! What's the deal with this?"
He sat up angrily in his bed, upset with the fact that he had been unsuccessful at falling asleep up until this point. The heat had prevented him from falling into the recesses of slumber as well, forcing him to come up with a solution to his inability to sleep. He began to rattle off ideas in his head. He considered simply rolling over again and trying once again to fall asleep, but decided that it probably wouldn't work, given its current track record for the night. Then, he realized that if he went to the kitchen for a glass of cold water, he could probably cool off, and would have a better chance to go to sleep. He stood up, proud to have invented such a genius idea, and was about to walk to the kitchen when he realized something...
He wasn't wearing any pants.
Retrieving his shorts from their resting place on the floor or his room, he made himself more decent, and walked back to the door, opening it. But as he opened the door, he had a brilliant flash of insight.
"Hey, I could go up on the roof; there will probably be a nice cool breeze up there!"
Changing directions, he quietly made his way to the elevator that serviced the roof of the tower, so as not to disturb the other sleeping titans. Entering the box that was the elevator, he pushed the proper button to take him to the roof, and leaned back against the wall of the air- conditioned box. The elevator accelerated toward the top of the tower, and with a lurch, stopped at its highest point. After the doors slid open, Robin slowly walked out, and the doors silently shut behind him.
Walking through the relatively cool air, he meandered his way to the edge to the rooftop and stopped before the guard rail that traced the edge of the tower. Deciding that his randomly chosen point along the railing was suitable, he leaned the majority of his weight on his elbows, which were resting on the top rail, and placed his right foot on the bottom rail, almost out habit, from seeing many an actor stand in this position in a great deal of movies he had seen. As he stood there, looking out over the ocean, a light breeze came by, just as he predicted, and ran through his messy black hair, creating an almost movie-like effect, making him look like a typical "cool guy" the girls were expected to swoon over endlessly.
Relaxing in the cooling effect of the small wind, he allowed his mind to wander as he gazed over the crashing waves of the ocean. Eventually, his thoughts ended up on the tameranian beauty he had fought alongside for the past couple of years. If she was best described as beautiful before, then there is no word that could do her proper justice now except amazing. As it turned out, the tameranian development process was quite similar to that of a human's. The main difference is that she never had a growth spurt, so she was only slightly taller than she was before. But, the most noticeable change she had undergone was that now she had a rather curvaceous figure. She was no longer the pretty little girl, but was now a gorgeous young woman. But, aside from the physical aspects of her growth, she had changed little. She was still the same constantly positive, polite, and wonderfully kind person she always. And, most notable for Robin, she had the same spark in her eyes that portrayed the great depth of love she held for everyone and everything. Going back over all of the time he had known her, Robin thought to himself...
'she is really an amazing girl.'
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Deciding that they could probably go to sleep now, the two titans chose to return to their rooms and attempt to rest again. Both began to make their ways to their rooms, Starfire taking a small detour to turn off the TV, and cover the exhausted Beastboy with a blanket. Once Beastboy was taken care of, and Robin had reached the floor with their rooms, the two of them went back to the business of going back to their respective rooms. Reaching her room, Starfire fell back onto her bed and almost immediately fell into a deep slumber, relaxed from her late-night trip to the kitchen. Upon reaching his room, Robin removed his pants again and, similarly, collapsed onto his bed and quickly found himself in a deep REM sleep.
Little did either know how much more tired they would both be the next night.
To Be Continued...
Wow, another chapter down. Sorry that I really laid on the WAFF in this chapter, but it is supposed to be a romance, right? Anyhoo, this one came to me a little easier than the first chapter, so maybe that's a sign than I'm starting to get used to writing like this. Btw, if you guys would like to, I'm willing to possibly take some suggestions for crazy things that will happen at the beach, so please leave me some ideas when you review, because you are going to review, right? Well, it's getting kinda late, and I have to get on with my boring life tomorrow, so I'll leave you with this: goodbye and thanks for reviewing!
Disclaimer: The usual, I don't own Teen Titans or anything else of much value either.
"Calling it a night Robin?" Beast boy questioned from his place before the TV.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to get some sleep, I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be an exhausting day."
"Are you sure? There's nothing like some cooperative Halo before bed!" Beastboy pointed out, his eyes never leaving the glowing collection of pixels before him.
"No thanks Beastboy, why don't you get Cyborg to play with you?"
"I already tried, he's down in the garage working on his car. I swear, he loves that thing like a child," he added, sounding somewhat disappointed.
"Seriously. Well, goodnight anyway."
"Yeah, g'night. See ya tomorrow."
With that farewell, the boy wonder left for his room and hopefully a good night's sleep. As he left, a slight shiver went up his back despite the still lingering heat from that day. No matter how many times he witnessed it, it always kind of unnerved him the way Beastboy was able to carry on an intelligent conversation without looking away from the television for even a second, not even to blink. Pushing the image of a tirelessly staring Beastboy out of his mind, he set about the task of relocating his person to his bedroom, so that he could partake in that most sweet of releases known most accurately as sleep. Turning a corner along the way to his room, he passed Raven walking in the opposite direction.
"Hey Raven, where are you going?" he asked.
Receiving a less than appreciative look from her, he added quickly, "If you don't mind me asking, of course," giving her a nervous, lopsided smile.
"I was going to get a glass of water before I went to sleep," she stated in a monotone voice, not answering more than was asked.
"Oh, ok. I was just curious. Well, goodnight then," Robin said quickly, before turning to continue on his quest for sleep.
"Night," Raven added, sounding like she really didn't care about much of the conversation that had just transpired, then turned to go her own way down the corridor.
Finally completing his journey to the home of his bed, Robin expediently opened the door to his room and removed his pants, collapsing on his bed in only his boxers, it being far to hot to wear anything else, or to climb under the covers for that matter. Closing his eyes behind the cover of his mask, he relaxed the muscles of his body, and set about his second task: falling asleep.
'I hope tomorrow will be good, if we don't find any better methods for cooling off, I'm probably going to have heatstroke.' Robin thought, rolling over and trying to get more comfortable. He then drifted off into a light and restless sleep, the heat not even allowing him to get a good night's rest.
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"*Groan* The high temperatures are preventing me from getting very much sleep," Starfire mutter to herself, being the only person in her room at the time.
She pushed herself into a sitting position on her bed as she considered her position, and considered her current situation. She had been trying for about two hours to fall into a deep and restful sleep, but so far she had only been able to get a no more than a half hour of rest at most, and it didn't look like she was going to have much luck in getting her much needed and deserved sleep. Next, she attempted to produce a suitable remedy for her unfortunate situation. The most illogical approach would be to simply fall back over, with nothing but hope on her side, and attempt to attract some of the rest that had eluded her thus far. But, a far more reasonable cure for her insomnia would be to go to the kitchen and drink a glass of cold water and sit for a while to try to cool herself off, so that sleep may come easier.
"I suppose procuring a glass of water would be my best option at this moment. Thank you omniscient narrating voice!"
After thanking yours truly for the great idea, she groggily lifted herself off of her circular bed, and made her way into the kitchen. As she opened her door, she reminded herself to step lightly and quietly, so as not to awaken the others. Tiptoeing her way down the hall, she entered the living room to see none other that Beastboy vigilantly sitting before the TV, killing evil aliens with a tactical shotgun in complete silence. Not wanting to disturb him, she quickly made her way toward the kitchen so that she may partake in a glass of cooling refreshment.
"Hey Star, what's up?" Beastboy spoke up from his position in front of the game, his eyes remaining cemented to the screen in a statuesque manner.
Suppressing a shriek of surprise, Starfire looked over to the source of the question, and quickly answered, "I'm just getting a glass of water, I couldn't sleep."
"Oh, ok. Have fun then," the young and zombie-like lad replied, adding a joke almost as if by instinct.
Starfire, still in awe of his unbreakable focus, responded, "I will be sure to enjoy myself, thank you."
She then continued on with her plans for attaining rest, entering the kitchen. After removing a glass from the cabinet, she filled it with water from the tap, took a seat at the table, and began to drink the cool liquid, already beginning to cool off a little.
Through no choice of her own, she found her eyes trailing down to the place on the floor where she had become pinned beneath Robin earlier. As she stared down at the tiled floor, she inevitably began to thing about Robin. Being most of the way through puberty by now (A\N: remember, they're 17 in this fic!), he had already gone through most of his growth spurts, and he was taller than her now, on top of becoming a fair amount more muscular than he was before. Opting to do more exercises out of doors recently, he had earned himself a light tan, and a slightly lighter hair color. Though he had changed a fair amount physically, he was still the model of the perfect gentleman when he interacted with her. No matter how numerous or absurd her questions, he still answered each of them, making sure she would be able to fit into earth culture as well as a normal person. Now that she was thinking about it, she realized how kind Robin had always been to her, no matter how annoying she thought she was being, he would always give her one of his award-winning smiles, and do everything in his power to make her day as much brighter as he could make it. Looking back on it, Starfire realized, no matter how much of a macho exterior he put on for everyone else...
'he is a really sweet guy.'
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Rolling over for the thousandth time that night, robin cursed every god above for the oppressive heat.
"Damn it! I've been trying to get to sleep for at least two hours now! What's the deal with this?"
He sat up angrily in his bed, upset with the fact that he had been unsuccessful at falling asleep up until this point. The heat had prevented him from falling into the recesses of slumber as well, forcing him to come up with a solution to his inability to sleep. He began to rattle off ideas in his head. He considered simply rolling over again and trying once again to fall asleep, but decided that it probably wouldn't work, given its current track record for the night. Then, he realized that if he went to the kitchen for a glass of cold water, he could probably cool off, and would have a better chance to go to sleep. He stood up, proud to have invented such a genius idea, and was about to walk to the kitchen when he realized something...
He wasn't wearing any pants.
Retrieving his shorts from their resting place on the floor or his room, he made himself more decent, and walked back to the door, opening it. But as he opened the door, he had a brilliant flash of insight.
"Hey, I could go up on the roof; there will probably be a nice cool breeze up there!"
Changing directions, he quietly made his way to the elevator that serviced the roof of the tower, so as not to disturb the other sleeping titans. Entering the box that was the elevator, he pushed the proper button to take him to the roof, and leaned back against the wall of the air- conditioned box. The elevator accelerated toward the top of the tower, and with a lurch, stopped at its highest point. After the doors slid open, Robin slowly walked out, and the doors silently shut behind him.
Walking through the relatively cool air, he meandered his way to the edge to the rooftop and stopped before the guard rail that traced the edge of the tower. Deciding that his randomly chosen point along the railing was suitable, he leaned the majority of his weight on his elbows, which were resting on the top rail, and placed his right foot on the bottom rail, almost out habit, from seeing many an actor stand in this position in a great deal of movies he had seen. As he stood there, looking out over the ocean, a light breeze came by, just as he predicted, and ran through his messy black hair, creating an almost movie-like effect, making him look like a typical "cool guy" the girls were expected to swoon over endlessly.
Relaxing in the cooling effect of the small wind, he allowed his mind to wander as he gazed over the crashing waves of the ocean. Eventually, his thoughts ended up on the tameranian beauty he had fought alongside for the past couple of years. If she was best described as beautiful before, then there is no word that could do her proper justice now except amazing. As it turned out, the tameranian development process was quite similar to that of a human's. The main difference is that she never had a growth spurt, so she was only slightly taller than she was before. But, the most noticeable change she had undergone was that now she had a rather curvaceous figure. She was no longer the pretty little girl, but was now a gorgeous young woman. But, aside from the physical aspects of her growth, she had changed little. She was still the same constantly positive, polite, and wonderfully kind person she always. And, most notable for Robin, she had the same spark in her eyes that portrayed the great depth of love she held for everyone and everything. Going back over all of the time he had known her, Robin thought to himself...
'she is really an amazing girl.'
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Deciding that they could probably go to sleep now, the two titans chose to return to their rooms and attempt to rest again. Both began to make their ways to their rooms, Starfire taking a small detour to turn off the TV, and cover the exhausted Beastboy with a blanket. Once Beastboy was taken care of, and Robin had reached the floor with their rooms, the two of them went back to the business of going back to their respective rooms. Reaching her room, Starfire fell back onto her bed and almost immediately fell into a deep slumber, relaxed from her late-night trip to the kitchen. Upon reaching his room, Robin removed his pants again and, similarly, collapsed onto his bed and quickly found himself in a deep REM sleep.
Little did either know how much more tired they would both be the next night.
To Be Continued...
Wow, another chapter down. Sorry that I really laid on the WAFF in this chapter, but it is supposed to be a romance, right? Anyhoo, this one came to me a little easier than the first chapter, so maybe that's a sign than I'm starting to get used to writing like this. Btw, if you guys would like to, I'm willing to possibly take some suggestions for crazy things that will happen at the beach, so please leave me some ideas when you review, because you are going to review, right? Well, it's getting kinda late, and I have to get on with my boring life tomorrow, so I'll leave you with this: goodbye and thanks for reviewing!