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Chapter 6: Headaches and Heartaches

Robin awoke to a sea of green and a throbbing headache. It took him a minute to realize that the green belonged to Starfire's eyes, and wasn't some kind of hallucination.

The next thing he knew there was a warm body pressed up against him and a body of orange hair in his face. He took a moment to inhale the glorious scent.

"Oh Robin!" Starfire choked out. "I am terribly happy that you are undamaged."

"What happened?" he asked groggily.

Raven interjected with the answer, "Starfire decided to take matters between you and Sandi into her own hands and blast you and Sandi to kingdom come."

Starfire sat up, much to Robin's chagrin, and blushed, her gaze falling to the floor. It was obvious that Raven's comment upset her.

Raven broke the awkward silence that had taken over the room with a sigh. "I'm going to go and get you some Advil for your head. I'll be right back."

Starfire floated off the bed. "Yes, perhaps I should leave too..."

"Wait," Robin said, tugging at the back of Starfire's shirt. "Don't go. Please?"

Concerned, Starfire slowly floated back to the bed. She had never seen Robin like this before. Vulnerable. Needy. It was almost disconcerting.

"Robin, are you sure it is just your head that is hurting?"

"No, Star, I'm fine. I want to talk to you about what happened, though..."

She cut him off. "I am truly sorry about what I did. It was a careless error that I promise I will never do again." Her eyes were glistening, but she refused to make eye contact with Robin.

"No, Starfire, I'm the one who should apologize. My feud with Sandi was stupid. I drove you to do what you did."

"It's just...I felt that if I didn't do something then you two would continue fighting as soon as I turned my back. I could not let my two dearest friends destroy each other. Do you understand?"

He nodded, taking her hand in his. "Starfire, I don't want you to feel bad about what you did. You do know what you did right?"

She nodded sullenly, staring at her hand clasped in his. And enjoying the sight.

"You knocked some sense into me," Robin objected.

A smile tugged at her lips. "I suppose."

"No, you did."

"It still doesn't make right what I did."

"Okay Star, you know what? You can make it up to me," Robin announced with a grin.

She looked up, intrigued. "How?"

"Stop breaking my hand?" He gestured towards his hand. Starfire, in her stress, hadn't realized that she had tightened her grip on it.

"Oh! Oh, I am sorry," she apologized profusely, pulling her hand away from his quickly.

He laughed. "Now we're even."

She smiled at him, a sight that was welcome to Robin. "You are too nice to me."

"You are too nice to everyone," Robin responded. Starfire shrugged.

"Perhaps."

"So...how's he doing?" Starfire raised a brow.

"Who?"

"Um, the other guy you blasted?"

"Oh, Sandi! Of course. He is doing well. I don't think I hit him as hard as I hit you," she said sheepishly.

"Thanks for that," Robin replied, rubbing his head. Starfire frowned.

"Is your head still in pain?"

He shrugged. It was actually killing him but he refused to admit that. "It's not that bad."

Starfire placed a hand on his forehead, running her hands through his hair as she gently caressed his head. The pain seemed to melt away as she did so.

"Well, you do have a bump, but it is not very large so I think you will be alright," she finally announced.

"That's good," he murmured, still obsessing over the fact that she was in such close proximity. This would be the perfect time to finally tell her! His heart was screaming at him to just let go of all his inhibitions and trust his heart. He took a deep breath.

"Star, there's something..."

"Sorry it took me so long," Raven interrupted as she entered the room, "I could not find the Advil for the life of me. Beastboy apparently misplaced it after he hurt his foot in the last battle."

Starfire floated back up and out of the room, and just like that the close moment was over. Robin felt like screaming. His head was killing him, and now he didn't even have Starfire there to make him feel better.

"Thanks Raven," he muttered, taking the two pills and glass of water from her tray.

"No problem," she replied. "Hey Robin?"

He looked up at her. "Yeah?"

"Tell her. Sooner rather than later."

And with those cryptic words, Raven exited the room, leaving Robin with a throbbing head and an unsatisfied heart.

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