bAN: /b I'm really sorry about the delay but I had camp, and then my
internet absolutely died on me. Stupid internet. Anyway, please forgive
me?
/b I do not in any way, shape, or form own TT. Please don't sue moi!
bChapter Four: Conversations/b
Sandi had been staying at the Titan Tower for over a week now, and he couldn't help noticing how....well....strange these humans were. Much different than Tamaranians.
However, he had seen nothing so strange as what he was viewing on the "television" right now.
"What are they /i?" he exclaimed in disgust. "Is that female trying to suck that man's tongue out of his mouth?"
Robin opened his mouth to explain but Starfire happily beat him to it. She was overjoyed at the chance to teach her friend about human culture.
"What they are doing is called 'kissing.' It is a pleasurable way to show attraction to another human being," she recited as if it came right from the dictionary.
"Interesting. That is perhaps the strangest way of showing affection that I have ever seen," Sandi replied. His face was still turned up in repugnance. "Have you done it?"
Starfire couldn't help but blush. "No, because you are only supposed to do it if you care about somebody in a way that is more than merely friendship...."
Robin couldn't help but feel a twang of hurt at that statement. She obviously didn't care about him the way he cared about her. He turned back to the soap opera on the TV, where the subject of kissing had been first brought up from.
Beastboy entered the room and was at once horrified by what he saw on the TV. He slapped his hand over his eyes and emitted a loud, "EW!"
The three teens turned to the odd green boy, silently gaping at the scene before them.
"What?" Sandi finally asked.
"Dude, iwhat are you watching???/i" he cried, still covering his eyes. "That stuff'll bmess. You. Up!/b"
"Starfire, you can watch whatever you want but don't you go making my man Sandi watch this crap too," Beastboy continued, and then wordlessly grabbed Sandi's arm with his free hand and dragged him out of the room. Beastboy had taken a liking to the new Tamaranian after Sandi had taken a liking to his video games. He was still so new that Beastboy could kick his butt every time and Sandi was never a sore loser about it like Cyborg was. In fact, he seemed to enjoy losing. Beastboy would never understand that.
"Come on dude, we need to go do some hardcore gaming to get that stuff out of your system!"
Sandi gave Starfire a wave and a helpless expression as he was hauled from the room.
With a shrug, Starfire turned back to her show and her bowl of popcorn. She grabbed a handful and popped the kernels in her mouth.
After a few minutes of staring at the TV, Robin broke the silence.
"Starfire, how well do you know Sandi?" he inquired.
Star turned to him with a semi-surprised expression on her face. "What do you mean? He is one of my nearest friends!"
"I know but....do you think he could be here for another reason?" Robin pressed.
"No, he is here to visit me and that is all," Starfire replied solidly.
Robin sighed. Starfire was fiercely loyal, he knew, and he would probably never be able to make her turn against Sandi.
"Why?" she suddenly asked.
"Why what?"
"Why are you so suspicious of Sandi?"
"I'm not!"
"Oh Robin, I am no fool. Don't think that I haven't seen how you have been watching him this entire week," she proclaimed. "I am not angry, I just wish to know why."
Robin sighed and scratched the back of his head, wondering exactly how to reply to that.
"It's just because he's a stranger to me. I don't know anything about this guy who has been staying with us for a week now."
"Well I can assure you that he will bring us no harm." Her tone was one that implied that she was finished with this conversation, but Robin ignored it.
"But Star...."
"No! Robin, will you please just trust me on this? I think I have done enough to earn a little bit of faith from you, no?"
"Star, I do trust you. I just don't trust him."
Starfire huffed and crossed her arms, turning her back to him. "If that is what you think of me, then fine."
He groaned. "That's not what I said and you know it Star."
"Well it might have well been what you said. If you cannot trust my friends then you cannot trust me," she replied. "iHe is not Terra!/i"
A long silence filled the room as both processed what had just happened.
"Fine," Robin admitted. "I'm sorry. I'll stop being so suspicious of Sandi, okay?"
Starfire turned to him with a small smile. "Promise?"
He paused to think about whether he should promise something when he knew he would break it.
"I promise," he lied. What Starfire didn't know wouldn't hurt her.
She squealed and threw her arms around him. "Thank you for promising that! I did not want to be mad at you."
"It's nothing Star."
Later, Robin was discussing the day's happenings with the two other male Titans.
"So wait, you're still going to investigate this guy after you promised Star you wouldn't?" Beastboy echoed. "Dude, that's low."
"I know I shouldn't have lied to her about this, but it's for her own good. She is the most vulnerable to him because she trusts him the most," Robin rationalized.
"I don't know Robin," Cyborg chirped in. "This Sandi dude has been nothing but great to us so far. What if you're wrong about him?"
"If I'm wrong about him, fine, no damage done. But the real problem would be if I started trusting him and then he betrayed us. Need I remind you what happened the last time we took somebody in?"
Beastboy sighed at the mention of his former crush. "Look, that was different...."
"How?"
Beastboy hesitated. "Fine. So they were exactly the same! But just because it happened one time doesn't mean we can go the rest of our lives not trusting any outsider!"
"He's got a point, for once, Robin," Cyborg added.
Robin was quiet for awhile.
"Look guys," he whispered. "Just support me on this one, okay? I've just got a feeling."
The two other Titans looked at each other, then Robin, then back to each other. Finally, Beastboy sighed in resignation.
"Fine. But if you're wrong about this...."
"I'm not."
Starfire took a deep breath, and then pounded on Raven's door. "Friend Raven! I wish to have a girlish talk with you!"
It was a good five minutes before Raven even acknowledged her presence.
"Starfire? Is that you?"
"Yes, may I enter?"
Raven sighed. "Fine. Come in."
The door swung open to reveal a very confused looking Starfire.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, her monotonous voice showing no concern.
Starfire shifted around anxiously, remaining silent.
"Well....?"
"Raven, I wish to tell you something that I have told only one other person about."
"Okay," Raven raised an eyebrow in mild surprise. She didn't know why she was picked to be the recipient of this news, but the privilege made her feel good.
"You see....there is this certain boy," Starfire drawled. "And I really like him...."
Raven raised her hand as a signal to stop. "Say no more. Are we talking about Robin here?"
Starfire's eyes widened in surprise. "Why yes. How did you know?"
"First of all, I'm an empath, and I know the way you feel around him. Second of all, you aren't very subtle."
"I see," Starfire replied. Now she was unsure how to go on with this, since Raven already knew about it.
"Let me guess. You want to know what to do about these feelings?" Raven declared, in more of a statement than a question.
"You are correct again," Starfire replied glumly, taking a seat at the foot of Raven's bed.
"Okay," Raven sighed, and sat down across from her. "Not that I'm the expert on love or anything, but it seems to me that Robin feels the same way you do. So you should just swallow your fears and tell him."
"Has he told you of these feelings?" Starfire asked excitedly.
Raven hesitated. "Well....no."
Starfire's face fell. "Then how do you know?"
Raven paused to choose her words correctly. "Starfire, sometimes you just /i. And with you and Robin, I know. The way he acts around you, looks at you, does things for you, they all are very telling in his feelings for you."
"Truly?"
Raven nodded. "Now, if that's all you wanted..."
Starfire took the hint. "Yes, I will leave you to your meditation."
She left the room with mixed feelings. Raven was her closest friend on the team (besides Robin) and she trusted her more than anything, but she didn't know how to interpret what she had just said. Did this mean she should 'go for it' and tell Robin how she feels? Starfire wasn't sure. How would she go about figuring out what to do?
After walking around a little bit more, she finally came up with an idea.
She would consult the opera of soaps!
/b Hehehehe. I have such a good idea for what to do in the next couple of chapters. I'm so excited right now. Eeee.
PS. Reviews? Much appreciated. kisses reviewers' feet
/b I do not in any way, shape, or form own TT. Please don't sue moi!
bChapter Four: Conversations/b
Sandi had been staying at the Titan Tower for over a week now, and he couldn't help noticing how....well....strange these humans were. Much different than Tamaranians.
However, he had seen nothing so strange as what he was viewing on the "television" right now.
"What are they /i?" he exclaimed in disgust. "Is that female trying to suck that man's tongue out of his mouth?"
Robin opened his mouth to explain but Starfire happily beat him to it. She was overjoyed at the chance to teach her friend about human culture.
"What they are doing is called 'kissing.' It is a pleasurable way to show attraction to another human being," she recited as if it came right from the dictionary.
"Interesting. That is perhaps the strangest way of showing affection that I have ever seen," Sandi replied. His face was still turned up in repugnance. "Have you done it?"
Starfire couldn't help but blush. "No, because you are only supposed to do it if you care about somebody in a way that is more than merely friendship...."
Robin couldn't help but feel a twang of hurt at that statement. She obviously didn't care about him the way he cared about her. He turned back to the soap opera on the TV, where the subject of kissing had been first brought up from.
Beastboy entered the room and was at once horrified by what he saw on the TV. He slapped his hand over his eyes and emitted a loud, "EW!"
The three teens turned to the odd green boy, silently gaping at the scene before them.
"What?" Sandi finally asked.
"Dude, iwhat are you watching???/i" he cried, still covering his eyes. "That stuff'll bmess. You. Up!/b"
"Starfire, you can watch whatever you want but don't you go making my man Sandi watch this crap too," Beastboy continued, and then wordlessly grabbed Sandi's arm with his free hand and dragged him out of the room. Beastboy had taken a liking to the new Tamaranian after Sandi had taken a liking to his video games. He was still so new that Beastboy could kick his butt every time and Sandi was never a sore loser about it like Cyborg was. In fact, he seemed to enjoy losing. Beastboy would never understand that.
"Come on dude, we need to go do some hardcore gaming to get that stuff out of your system!"
Sandi gave Starfire a wave and a helpless expression as he was hauled from the room.
With a shrug, Starfire turned back to her show and her bowl of popcorn. She grabbed a handful and popped the kernels in her mouth.
After a few minutes of staring at the TV, Robin broke the silence.
"Starfire, how well do you know Sandi?" he inquired.
Star turned to him with a semi-surprised expression on her face. "What do you mean? He is one of my nearest friends!"
"I know but....do you think he could be here for another reason?" Robin pressed.
"No, he is here to visit me and that is all," Starfire replied solidly.
Robin sighed. Starfire was fiercely loyal, he knew, and he would probably never be able to make her turn against Sandi.
"Why?" she suddenly asked.
"Why what?"
"Why are you so suspicious of Sandi?"
"I'm not!"
"Oh Robin, I am no fool. Don't think that I haven't seen how you have been watching him this entire week," she proclaimed. "I am not angry, I just wish to know why."
Robin sighed and scratched the back of his head, wondering exactly how to reply to that.
"It's just because he's a stranger to me. I don't know anything about this guy who has been staying with us for a week now."
"Well I can assure you that he will bring us no harm." Her tone was one that implied that she was finished with this conversation, but Robin ignored it.
"But Star...."
"No! Robin, will you please just trust me on this? I think I have done enough to earn a little bit of faith from you, no?"
"Star, I do trust you. I just don't trust him."
Starfire huffed and crossed her arms, turning her back to him. "If that is what you think of me, then fine."
He groaned. "That's not what I said and you know it Star."
"Well it might have well been what you said. If you cannot trust my friends then you cannot trust me," she replied. "iHe is not Terra!/i"
A long silence filled the room as both processed what had just happened.
"Fine," Robin admitted. "I'm sorry. I'll stop being so suspicious of Sandi, okay?"
Starfire turned to him with a small smile. "Promise?"
He paused to think about whether he should promise something when he knew he would break it.
"I promise," he lied. What Starfire didn't know wouldn't hurt her.
She squealed and threw her arms around him. "Thank you for promising that! I did not want to be mad at you."
"It's nothing Star."
Later, Robin was discussing the day's happenings with the two other male Titans.
"So wait, you're still going to investigate this guy after you promised Star you wouldn't?" Beastboy echoed. "Dude, that's low."
"I know I shouldn't have lied to her about this, but it's for her own good. She is the most vulnerable to him because she trusts him the most," Robin rationalized.
"I don't know Robin," Cyborg chirped in. "This Sandi dude has been nothing but great to us so far. What if you're wrong about him?"
"If I'm wrong about him, fine, no damage done. But the real problem would be if I started trusting him and then he betrayed us. Need I remind you what happened the last time we took somebody in?"
Beastboy sighed at the mention of his former crush. "Look, that was different...."
"How?"
Beastboy hesitated. "Fine. So they were exactly the same! But just because it happened one time doesn't mean we can go the rest of our lives not trusting any outsider!"
"He's got a point, for once, Robin," Cyborg added.
Robin was quiet for awhile.
"Look guys," he whispered. "Just support me on this one, okay? I've just got a feeling."
The two other Titans looked at each other, then Robin, then back to each other. Finally, Beastboy sighed in resignation.
"Fine. But if you're wrong about this...."
"I'm not."
Starfire took a deep breath, and then pounded on Raven's door. "Friend Raven! I wish to have a girlish talk with you!"
It was a good five minutes before Raven even acknowledged her presence.
"Starfire? Is that you?"
"Yes, may I enter?"
Raven sighed. "Fine. Come in."
The door swung open to reveal a very confused looking Starfire.
"What's wrong?" Raven asked, her monotonous voice showing no concern.
Starfire shifted around anxiously, remaining silent.
"Well....?"
"Raven, I wish to tell you something that I have told only one other person about."
"Okay," Raven raised an eyebrow in mild surprise. She didn't know why she was picked to be the recipient of this news, but the privilege made her feel good.
"You see....there is this certain boy," Starfire drawled. "And I really like him...."
Raven raised her hand as a signal to stop. "Say no more. Are we talking about Robin here?"
Starfire's eyes widened in surprise. "Why yes. How did you know?"
"First of all, I'm an empath, and I know the way you feel around him. Second of all, you aren't very subtle."
"I see," Starfire replied. Now she was unsure how to go on with this, since Raven already knew about it.
"Let me guess. You want to know what to do about these feelings?" Raven declared, in more of a statement than a question.
"You are correct again," Starfire replied glumly, taking a seat at the foot of Raven's bed.
"Okay," Raven sighed, and sat down across from her. "Not that I'm the expert on love or anything, but it seems to me that Robin feels the same way you do. So you should just swallow your fears and tell him."
"Has he told you of these feelings?" Starfire asked excitedly.
Raven hesitated. "Well....no."
Starfire's face fell. "Then how do you know?"
Raven paused to choose her words correctly. "Starfire, sometimes you just /i. And with you and Robin, I know. The way he acts around you, looks at you, does things for you, they all are very telling in his feelings for you."
"Truly?"
Raven nodded. "Now, if that's all you wanted..."
Starfire took the hint. "Yes, I will leave you to your meditation."
She left the room with mixed feelings. Raven was her closest friend on the team (besides Robin) and she trusted her more than anything, but she didn't know how to interpret what she had just said. Did this mean she should 'go for it' and tell Robin how she feels? Starfire wasn't sure. How would she go about figuring out what to do?
After walking around a little bit more, she finally came up with an idea.
She would consult the opera of soaps!
/b Hehehehe. I have such a good idea for what to do in the next couple of chapters. I'm so excited right now. Eeee.
PS. Reviews? Much appreciated. kisses reviewers' feet