The kiss seemed to last and eternity, when in reality it had only
been a few seconds. When they finally parted, Robin looked deep into
Starfire's eyes and saw only a deep and undying love. She looked back at
him, frowning slightly. She couldn't see his eyes, couldn't see if there
was love reflected in them. She didn't even know what color his eyes are.
Slowly, she reached up, hesitated, and then reached for his mask.
"Don't," Robin said softly, but he did not stop her when she ignored him. Tentatively, she caught her fingernail on the edge of the mask and slowly peeled it off. He met his two-colored eyed with her emerald and jade ones.
"Who did this to you?" she asked quietly, running her fingertips along the scars over his blue eye. He pulled away from her and stood up, hands on his hips. Why did she have to dredge up those old memories now? Talk about spoiling a mood. He turned to face her. She stood and took his hands.
"Do you really want to know how I got these scars?"
"Yes. I want no secrets between us."
"It is a very long and unpleasant story. Are you feeling up to staying to a late night?" he asked her gently. She nodded in response.
"Okay," he began, "you'll have to bear with me, because this isn't an easy story for me to tell. A lot of painful memories go along with it." He took a deep breath and began.
"Do you remember when we all went to the circus last year, and how upset I was afterward?" Starfire nodded, "I grew up in the circus. Both of my parents were circus performers when they met. They fell in love, got married, and had four children. I was the youngest. I had one older brother and two older sisters. We began our training at a young age, on the trapeze and high wire. I started performing in trapeze act with my mother when I was about six. By then, I was strong enough to catch my mother when she flew from her trapeze to my own." Robin smiled at the memory.
"I'll never forget the thrill I felt, flying through the air, defying death every night by grabbing hold of the trapeze at the last possible minute. It was what I lived for, what my entire family lived for. We were all very happy, until one day during the summer the year that I turned eleven years old. I wasn't going to be in the act that night, due to the fact that I had pulled a muscle in my arm the night before. Sometime during the course of the day, someone tampered with the rigging for the trapeze equipment.
"I watched my family climb the ladders and mount the platforms to the different trapeze stations, never knowing that it would be the last time I was them alive. They never made it through the first five seconds of the act. Time seemed to slow down as they fell. There was no safety net, as it was part of the act for my brother to do a fake fall to scare the audience and be rescued at the last possible second by my father. They hit the ground one by one, dead seconds after they hit.
"Whoever did it must have realized later that night that he didn't kill the entire family, and came back for me." Robin turned to face her, "he gave me these scars before I managed to get away. Ever since, I have been training my mind and my body, waiting for the day that I can face him again and avenge my family."
Starfire had tears streaming down her face by the time he had finished.
"You saw your entire family die, taken from you in a second, and now you want to avenge death with death?" she asked him, wanting to be sure that she understood his motives completely. Robin nodded. "Why not find him, have him arrested and spend the rest of his life in prison, confined to a concrete box for the rest of his life? That way, you do not soil your hands with his blood, and he doesn't get the easy way out."
"My family is dead, Star. The monster that did it deserved to die, too, and you will never change my mind about that." He shot at her. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell. It's been hard, you know?"
Star walked over to him and embraced him, burying her face in his chest. She loved him so much that she ached all over.
"I'm tired," Star said, looking up at him, "Let's get a good night's sleep. Things always look better in the morning. Besides, you look exhausted." She led him back inside, kissed him goodnight at the door to his room, then headed back to her own room to try and get some sleep.
Okay, I know that this is my second uber short chapter, and I apologies again. I am suffering from a slight case of writer's block, so there may be several short chapters. I apologies in advance for them, as well. Anyway, R&R , and I'll get back to you!!
Aliciana Nightbreeze
"Don't," Robin said softly, but he did not stop her when she ignored him. Tentatively, she caught her fingernail on the edge of the mask and slowly peeled it off. He met his two-colored eyed with her emerald and jade ones.
"Who did this to you?" she asked quietly, running her fingertips along the scars over his blue eye. He pulled away from her and stood up, hands on his hips. Why did she have to dredge up those old memories now? Talk about spoiling a mood. He turned to face her. She stood and took his hands.
"Do you really want to know how I got these scars?"
"Yes. I want no secrets between us."
"It is a very long and unpleasant story. Are you feeling up to staying to a late night?" he asked her gently. She nodded in response.
"Okay," he began, "you'll have to bear with me, because this isn't an easy story for me to tell. A lot of painful memories go along with it." He took a deep breath and began.
"Do you remember when we all went to the circus last year, and how upset I was afterward?" Starfire nodded, "I grew up in the circus. Both of my parents were circus performers when they met. They fell in love, got married, and had four children. I was the youngest. I had one older brother and two older sisters. We began our training at a young age, on the trapeze and high wire. I started performing in trapeze act with my mother when I was about six. By then, I was strong enough to catch my mother when she flew from her trapeze to my own." Robin smiled at the memory.
"I'll never forget the thrill I felt, flying through the air, defying death every night by grabbing hold of the trapeze at the last possible minute. It was what I lived for, what my entire family lived for. We were all very happy, until one day during the summer the year that I turned eleven years old. I wasn't going to be in the act that night, due to the fact that I had pulled a muscle in my arm the night before. Sometime during the course of the day, someone tampered with the rigging for the trapeze equipment.
"I watched my family climb the ladders and mount the platforms to the different trapeze stations, never knowing that it would be the last time I was them alive. They never made it through the first five seconds of the act. Time seemed to slow down as they fell. There was no safety net, as it was part of the act for my brother to do a fake fall to scare the audience and be rescued at the last possible second by my father. They hit the ground one by one, dead seconds after they hit.
"Whoever did it must have realized later that night that he didn't kill the entire family, and came back for me." Robin turned to face her, "he gave me these scars before I managed to get away. Ever since, I have been training my mind and my body, waiting for the day that I can face him again and avenge my family."
Starfire had tears streaming down her face by the time he had finished.
"You saw your entire family die, taken from you in a second, and now you want to avenge death with death?" she asked him, wanting to be sure that she understood his motives completely. Robin nodded. "Why not find him, have him arrested and spend the rest of his life in prison, confined to a concrete box for the rest of his life? That way, you do not soil your hands with his blood, and he doesn't get the easy way out."
"My family is dead, Star. The monster that did it deserved to die, too, and you will never change my mind about that." He shot at her. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell. It's been hard, you know?"
Star walked over to him and embraced him, burying her face in his chest. She loved him so much that she ached all over.
"I'm tired," Star said, looking up at him, "Let's get a good night's sleep. Things always look better in the morning. Besides, you look exhausted." She led him back inside, kissed him goodnight at the door to his room, then headed back to her own room to try and get some sleep.
Okay, I know that this is my second uber short chapter, and I apologies again. I am suffering from a slight case of writer's block, so there may be several short chapters. I apologies in advance for them, as well. Anyway, R&R , and I'll get back to you!!
Aliciana Nightbreeze