(Note: While I hardly ever, only once or twice, respond to reviews I couldn't help responding to BunnyKat's. No he did not in fact die although that would have been quite interesting)

Robin winced. This wasn't a good sign. He helped the dazed ruler back to his seat then waited for his response.

"You're still here aren't you?" the ruler asked after what had been about five minutes. After just asking the ruler to change one of the oldest traditions in Tamaran, Robin had thought it best to wait patiently for his response.

"Umm... yea," he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"Well, then I thought you would never ask. The weddings off."

"What?" as much as Robin had hoped for that response, he still wasn't quite prepared. "Just like that, it's over?"

"Of course. I would have never let it take place to begin with." The calm reply came.

"What?" Robin's world seemed to be spinning. What was going on?

"This was all just a test. I believe you met Blackfire previously, and that she mentioned receiving transmissions, all of Tamaran has been. And it didn't take a genius to figure out that since Starfire devoted several glorthanks, each glorthank is approximately one Earth hour, to you and only a single one to the rest of your teammates combined there was something going on between the two of you."

"What?" Robin sounded like a broken record machine. He blushed, happy that she had spent so much time talking about him. Then he turned redder thinking that all of Tamaran had heard everything she said about him. Then, he turned even brighter red trying to figure out what exactly she could have said about him that took up several hours.

"So obviously the only choice was to bring all of you to Tamaran and see whether any of the not yet admitted feelings were mutual."

Robin could barely believe his ears. He had had the worst week of his entire life, just to prove to a planet full of complete strangers that he had a crush on his teammate. Repeating Raven's words of 'Who are we to question their culture", Robin tried to control his anger.

"So are you going to tell Starfire or am I?" The ruler continued on relentlessly.

For the second time in his entire life, both times coincidentally occurring in the past week, Robin felt his world turn black and when the Ruler glanced at the boy, Robin was lying on the floor in a dead faint. (OOC a bit, I know. But for someone as wound up as Robin is, this is how I see him taking some seriously disturbing news. Especially after what he's gone through in the past few days).

Once again, Robin woke up in the soft bed. But this time, he saw the anxious faces of all his friends looking down at him.

"Robin! You have awakened!" Star's joyous voice rang out. While it did have a jarring quality especially compared to the silence of the room, Robin didn't mind in the least.

"What happened?" Robin shook his head trying to clear it.

"Well the Grand Ruler was being very evasive. He did mention the wedding was off and then he seemed to become quite strange. He seemed to be trying to tell me something, but each time he began he would immediately repeat the words "No, the boy should tell her". It was quite, how do you say? Peculiar."

Robin had a sinking feeling about just what the Ruler was trying to tell Star. Glancing quickly at his other friends for conformation, he seemed assured that they guessed too.

"Um. Yea. About that,"

"I think we need to go right now," Raven interrupted.

"But why? It's about to get good..." BB whined.

Raven glared at him pointedly and the dark shape of a raven flickered ominously behind her.

"Like I said: Later then," BB turned into a cheetah and raced out of the room.

Cyborg having some level of maturity was able to walk calmly out of the room. But not before he 'accidentally' brushed up against Robin and whispered in his ear "Why do you get all the hot girls?"

Robin lashed out with his hand and would have caught Cyborg had the robot been a second slower.

"Right. Later." Cyborg joined Raven and BB in the hall.

That left Star alone in the room with Robin.

A most uncomfortable situation.

"Should I too join our friends out side while you recover from your most grievous disease?"

Robin smiled. 'Where does she pick up these words?' He knew she had learned English, but who could have possibly thought to include the word grievous in her education. However knowing how emotional driven Star was, he wasn't the least surprised.

"No! I mean, There are a few things I want to talk about!"

"Oh joy! Shall we have a 'bonding session'? But Raven mentioned how it was mainly between two or more girls. Do boys also partake in bondings of friendship?"

Robin vaguely remembered the deep conversations the boys had when the girls were out meditating or shopping. They mostly revolved around the latest computer game.

"Not exactly Star. But bondings occur between any friends. Anyway, so you heard that the wedding is off."

"Yes," Star's voice saddened. Even though Robin was slightly curious about the sudden change in emotions, he was quite thankful. After the conversation they had had earlier, he was confused at the sudden burst of happiness. Now he saw it was a front for some other, larger emotions. While sadness was definitely not in his top ten list of the best emotions, it was nice Star was opening up again.

"Hey, why are you so sad? I thought you were only going through with this for Tamaran and all that?" Robin kept prodding her, hoping Star would open up a little more.

"I was. But now it is not Tamaran I am concerned about."

"What?" Robin was taken off guard. What was with her sudden change in attitude?

"Robin, I am not a fool! I know you had something to do with this!"

Robin couldn't understand what was going on. "Wait, aren't you happy the weddings off?"

"Yes, but how is it so? I know you too well Robin. And I fear you have used... questionable means... to accomplish this sudden reversal of events."

Robin finally realized what was going on. "You think I threatened the Grand Ruler?" he gasped. This was not going according to plan.

"I see no other way,"

Robin's thoughts couldn't settle. How was he going to explain all this to the very confused alien girl? He took a deep breath. Then another. Movies made everything look so easy. He might as well just tell her everything. "Star it was all a test,"

"I do not believe you," Star's unusually quiet voice was heard though a rather large alien Kleenex.

"Well, you know how you've been sending transmissions? Well, the Grand Ruler, and actually I suppose the entire planet, got them and they started to get worried about your friendship with me. So they devised this test you see where they would fake a betrothal between you and this other Tamaranian..." Robin's voice droned on. After explaining the innumerable nuances of this 'test' to Star he was relieved to see her lift her head. And he was quite happy when she tackled him in a large hug.

Through his years with Star, he had grown accustomed to her unusually strong hugs and was able to continue to breath until she finally released him. "So everything can out alright?"

"Most definitely," Star said, using one of her favorite phrases she had picked up from the large numbers of movies that the titans routinely watched.

"But, Star, aren't you a little ... embarrassed? I mean the entire planet knows how you umm... feel about me," Robin turned a unique shade of red and uncomfortably tugged on his ear (that's what I do when I'm uncomfortable).

"I suppose that's the difference between humans and Tamaranians. We are motivated purely by our emotions. Thus, we are more, ... accepting perhaps? We do not judge on other's emotions."

"Wait, so this entire time, you've liked me, and you never said anything? And you're supposed to be open?"

"Well I did not know how earthlings reacted to feelings. And clearly you felt the same. So I do feel, vindicated perhaps? in not telling my emotions to you."

While Robin still felt unusually confused by the other titan's reasoning, he couldn't help but smile. Everything was perfect and his Star, he now felt justified in considering her that, wasn't going to marry some intergalactic Casanova. He felt Star, turn toward him and saw her eyes sparkling. They both leaned forward when...

"Ok, that's enough," they turned rather shocked to hear Raven's voice so close.

"Aww man, it was getting to the good part," BB and Cyborg said together. From their voices it was clear they had been watching the events from through the crack beneath the door.

"Dealing with horny teenage boys was not in my job description." A familiar chanting was heard outside the door as well as a few snatches of conversation.

"Rae, you don't want to do that,"

"Rae, you should put that down,"

"Rae, you're scaring me,"

"Rae..."

The last part was cut off. Robin and Star turned back to eachother.

"I'm thinking it would be best to 'live and let live'" Star whispered to Robin.

"Sounds like a plan to me."

So Raven was doing what she does best, Cyborg and BB were learning some amazing new facts about the power of anger, and Robin and Star, deserve privacy, so I'll leave that part to your imaginations.

The End