Author's Note – (Take 2): First off, I want to thank everyone so much for reviewing the first chapter. I love you forever. ^^ All of your comments and suggestions were very helpful. You'll notice this chapter is a little bit longer (actually it's roughly 3 times longer), and gets into what I really intend the story to be about. Consider the first chapter as more of a prologue I guess. I changed the category to humor/romance, since yes; this is primarily going to be a romance story (there's an itty bitty bit of Robin/Star in this chapter). Sergeant Snow will be making a comeback in later chapters though, since he's kind of important (kind of… being a relative term). I also didn't mention that this is primarily a Christmas story (I actually totally forgot about it when writing the first notes… -_-;;) , and may or may not eventually make you wretch with sugar-filled goodness. I don't know how long it'll be until chapter 3 is up, but I'm thinking sometime early next week if not Sunday.
Ok, that's over. Disclaimer: Teen Titans belongs to a bunch of people who are older, richer, and probably cooler than me. Obviously.
This chapter has been brought to you by the letters J, Q, the song K2G by PuffyAmiYumi (which has been trapped in my brain for the last week), the Japanese exam I'm not studying for right now, and the time, which is 2:30 AM (and I have to get up at 8 for class tomorrow ^^). Enjoy.
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Chapter 2: "But the fire is so delightful…"
The five very tired Teen Titans returned to their oddly shaped 'secret' lair. Both Robin and Starfire had many bites from the snowballs on their bodies, while Raven had been badly burned by the reflected starbolt which had hit her. Cyborg badly needed a recharge, while Beast Boy was only slightly bruised, and flailing around in various exasperated poses.
"Man that sucked. We got trashed by a freaky zombie snowman."
"What next?" Raven dryly commented, flicking Beast Boy away from her shoulder.
"Sergeant Snow isn't gone for good. That I'm sure of. But what does he want?" Robin pondered out loud while the others looked on. Robin hated to lose a fight, as everyone was well aware. It wasn't that the other Titans were lazy, or that they gave up easily. It was just that their leader tended to be a bit… obsessive.
"Robin, do not worry," Starfire said standing at his side and placing a hand on his shoulder. "He cannot hide from us forever, and the next time we meet up with him, we will have formulated a plan of attack." She smiled warmly at him, which caused the ever-growing crease in his forehead to disappear for the time being. He had to smile too; she always seemed to have that ability to break through to him when nobody else could. He then turned his attention to the usual commotion that seemed to be starting yet again in the kitchen. Beast Boy had decided to make everyone some food while they recovered from their battle, and Cyborg had quickly intervened for the sake of his taste buds.
"Come on; just let me cook this time. That way, we can all eat some real food for a change."
"Hey, everyone likes my food except you. Right Raven? See? Raven loooves the tofu," the green changeling demonstrated his point by shoving an abnormally large spoonful of the white blobby substance in the gloomy girl's face. She responded with a death stare that could have frozen fire, and then resumed wrapping her burn in a bandage.
"No she doesn't. Nobody likes that stuff. Nobody but you, you little weirdo." With a grin, Cyborg bumped his friend out of the way and proceeded to conjure up his version of a hearty late night snack.
Everyone finally settled down to eat, and even though it was fairly late at night, Cyborg couldn't help feeling like this was just like a normal family dinner. To his left, Raven sat, flanked on her other side by Beast Boy, who was in the process of telling her something that sounded suspiciously like a knock knock joke. To his right, Robin prodded his food as he stared off into space. Cyborg was about to say something to him to break him out of it, but Starfire too, had noticed, and moved to get his attention.
"Robin, earlier, Beast Boy referred to our enemy as a 'snowman'. But what exactly IS a snowman. I have not seen one on earth before. Is it some type of alien?"
Robin smiled as he looked at his friend, "Well normally, a snowman is something children make out of snow. Kind of like when we built the sand castles at the beach that time. Only usually it's supposed to look like a person – with a head and a body. But this one is different…"
"What is this… snow?" Starfire looked more confused than when she started.
"It's white, and falls from the sky. It's cold too."
"OH! I understand! You mean like that out there?" Starfire pointed out the large windows that framed the common room.
"Huh?" Everyone followed to where her finger was pointing, and sure enough, a heavy snow had begun to fall. In an instant, everyone had gotten up from the table to look out the window.
"This is great! There'll be a foot down there by morning!" Cyborg and Beast Boy gave each other a mischievous glance, before racing out the door exuberantly yelling "SNOWBALL FIGHT!"
Raven looked glum, and commented aloud, although mostly to herself, "Isn't anybody concerned that it's snowing, in southern California?" She then floated off to her room, presumably to meditate on the subject.
The room was now silent, as Robin and Starfire silently gazed out the window. Starfire took a moment from pressing her nose to the glass, to study Robin's face. He seemed… thoughtful. Perhaps even wistful? It seemed like he was waiting for something, or watching for someone. She thought his profile against the backdrop of a purple and snow-filled sky was beautiful and strong, but lonely, and suddenly she felt the urge to move closer to him. He glanced at her as he felt his skin tingle at her proximity. For a moment their eyes met, and Robin's pulse quickened slightly as he noticed the how bright her eyes were in the darkness. Did she have any idea what she did to him? How she made him feel? He searched for the words, as he had many times before when they were alone like this, but found he was barely able to breathe.
With a slight smile and a blink, she finally broke eye contact and resumed her gaze into the snow.
"Snow... is so very beautiful Robin," she sighed, creating a cloud from her breath on the glass. "The closest thing we have to it on my planet is ashes from volcanic eruptions. However this is much prettier."
"Yeah," Robin remembered a time and place not so very long ago; a place where snow around this time of year wasn't quite so unusual. It was, he thought, December after all. "It feels like Christmas."
"Christmas?" Of course, Robin thought. Star wouldn't know anything about Christmas.
"Christmas is," he began, not knowing really where to start, "Well, it's sort of a religious holiday on Earth. But not really. It's mainly for giving gifts and getting together with your friends and family. There are all kinds of foods and decorations, like a Christmas tree with lights and ornaments. On December 24th, which is called Christmas Eve by the way, supposedly this magical person named Santa travels around the world bringing presents to little kids, which everyone opens the next morning." As Robin was speaking, he noticed Starfire's eyes getting very big and round, and he could feel the excitement radiating off of her as he described the festivities.
"Oh! That sounds WONDERFUL!" She began jumping around the room, reminding the Boy Wonder very much of a child on Christmas morning. Suddenly she stopped short, as if remembering something. "Oh, but Robin - it is already December the 19th, is it not? We do not have a tree, or lights, or presents or cookies for Santa…" She looked crestfallen, and Robin hated to see her like that.
"Well… there's still time. We can get everyone together, and I'm sure we can have a great Christmas right here." Thinking about it, Robin wondered why it had never occurred to him to celebrate the holiday with his friends in Titans' Tower. It really seemed like it would be fun.
Star's enthusiasm was contagious, and the two of them began brainstorming all of the things they would have to do in the next five days. They stopped only when they heard the pounding footsteps that could only mean that Cyborg and Beast Boy had gotten tired of their snowball fight and were ready to warm up. But they didn't immediately enter the main room, and their footsteps could be heard trailing off towards the west wing of the tower.
Robin and Starfire stared at each other for a moment, mystified until they heard a screech, followed by a series of slamming noises, and the sounds of Beast Boy screaming for dear life.
The green teen soon appeared in the room, diving onto the couch in order to hide behind it. "Hide me from her, she's gone crazy!"
He was quickly followed by a slightly smug looking Cyborg, who was closely tailed by an extremely annoyed – and wet- looking Raven. It didn't take Robin long to figure out what had happened.
"Come back here! I'll teach you to come into my room and throw gigantic snowballs at my face! "
"Man, I told you not to do it." Cyborg said leaning against the back of the couch, crossing his arms at his now laughing friend. Beast Boy responded with an adequately dirty look.
Robin stood up with a smile, prepared to ignore this little display of immaturity. "Good! You're all here now! Star and I had a great idea we wanted to tell you about." His enthusiasm caused the newcomers to nervously come to attention. They waited with baited breath as Star joined Robin at his side, with a huge grin.
Clasping her hands together in front off her, she exclaimed, "We are going to have the Christmas celebration, here in Titans' Tower!"
She waited for everyone to respond just as enthusiastically as she felt, while Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy just stared blankly back at her.
Raven managed at last to speak, "…Christmas?"
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Ok, that's over. Disclaimer: Teen Titans belongs to a bunch of people who are older, richer, and probably cooler than me. Obviously.
This chapter has been brought to you by the letters J, Q, the song K2G by PuffyAmiYumi (which has been trapped in my brain for the last week), the Japanese exam I'm not studying for right now, and the time, which is 2:30 AM (and I have to get up at 8 for class tomorrow ^^). Enjoy.
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Chapter 2: "But the fire is so delightful…"
The five very tired Teen Titans returned to their oddly shaped 'secret' lair. Both Robin and Starfire had many bites from the snowballs on their bodies, while Raven had been badly burned by the reflected starbolt which had hit her. Cyborg badly needed a recharge, while Beast Boy was only slightly bruised, and flailing around in various exasperated poses.
"Man that sucked. We got trashed by a freaky zombie snowman."
"What next?" Raven dryly commented, flicking Beast Boy away from her shoulder.
"Sergeant Snow isn't gone for good. That I'm sure of. But what does he want?" Robin pondered out loud while the others looked on. Robin hated to lose a fight, as everyone was well aware. It wasn't that the other Titans were lazy, or that they gave up easily. It was just that their leader tended to be a bit… obsessive.
"Robin, do not worry," Starfire said standing at his side and placing a hand on his shoulder. "He cannot hide from us forever, and the next time we meet up with him, we will have formulated a plan of attack." She smiled warmly at him, which caused the ever-growing crease in his forehead to disappear for the time being. He had to smile too; she always seemed to have that ability to break through to him when nobody else could. He then turned his attention to the usual commotion that seemed to be starting yet again in the kitchen. Beast Boy had decided to make everyone some food while they recovered from their battle, and Cyborg had quickly intervened for the sake of his taste buds.
"Come on; just let me cook this time. That way, we can all eat some real food for a change."
"Hey, everyone likes my food except you. Right Raven? See? Raven loooves the tofu," the green changeling demonstrated his point by shoving an abnormally large spoonful of the white blobby substance in the gloomy girl's face. She responded with a death stare that could have frozen fire, and then resumed wrapping her burn in a bandage.
"No she doesn't. Nobody likes that stuff. Nobody but you, you little weirdo." With a grin, Cyborg bumped his friend out of the way and proceeded to conjure up his version of a hearty late night snack.
Everyone finally settled down to eat, and even though it was fairly late at night, Cyborg couldn't help feeling like this was just like a normal family dinner. To his left, Raven sat, flanked on her other side by Beast Boy, who was in the process of telling her something that sounded suspiciously like a knock knock joke. To his right, Robin prodded his food as he stared off into space. Cyborg was about to say something to him to break him out of it, but Starfire too, had noticed, and moved to get his attention.
"Robin, earlier, Beast Boy referred to our enemy as a 'snowman'. But what exactly IS a snowman. I have not seen one on earth before. Is it some type of alien?"
Robin smiled as he looked at his friend, "Well normally, a snowman is something children make out of snow. Kind of like when we built the sand castles at the beach that time. Only usually it's supposed to look like a person – with a head and a body. But this one is different…"
"What is this… snow?" Starfire looked more confused than when she started.
"It's white, and falls from the sky. It's cold too."
"OH! I understand! You mean like that out there?" Starfire pointed out the large windows that framed the common room.
"Huh?" Everyone followed to where her finger was pointing, and sure enough, a heavy snow had begun to fall. In an instant, everyone had gotten up from the table to look out the window.
"This is great! There'll be a foot down there by morning!" Cyborg and Beast Boy gave each other a mischievous glance, before racing out the door exuberantly yelling "SNOWBALL FIGHT!"
Raven looked glum, and commented aloud, although mostly to herself, "Isn't anybody concerned that it's snowing, in southern California?" She then floated off to her room, presumably to meditate on the subject.
The room was now silent, as Robin and Starfire silently gazed out the window. Starfire took a moment from pressing her nose to the glass, to study Robin's face. He seemed… thoughtful. Perhaps even wistful? It seemed like he was waiting for something, or watching for someone. She thought his profile against the backdrop of a purple and snow-filled sky was beautiful and strong, but lonely, and suddenly she felt the urge to move closer to him. He glanced at her as he felt his skin tingle at her proximity. For a moment their eyes met, and Robin's pulse quickened slightly as he noticed the how bright her eyes were in the darkness. Did she have any idea what she did to him? How she made him feel? He searched for the words, as he had many times before when they were alone like this, but found he was barely able to breathe.
With a slight smile and a blink, she finally broke eye contact and resumed her gaze into the snow.
"Snow... is so very beautiful Robin," she sighed, creating a cloud from her breath on the glass. "The closest thing we have to it on my planet is ashes from volcanic eruptions. However this is much prettier."
"Yeah," Robin remembered a time and place not so very long ago; a place where snow around this time of year wasn't quite so unusual. It was, he thought, December after all. "It feels like Christmas."
"Christmas?" Of course, Robin thought. Star wouldn't know anything about Christmas.
"Christmas is," he began, not knowing really where to start, "Well, it's sort of a religious holiday on Earth. But not really. It's mainly for giving gifts and getting together with your friends and family. There are all kinds of foods and decorations, like a Christmas tree with lights and ornaments. On December 24th, which is called Christmas Eve by the way, supposedly this magical person named Santa travels around the world bringing presents to little kids, which everyone opens the next morning." As Robin was speaking, he noticed Starfire's eyes getting very big and round, and he could feel the excitement radiating off of her as he described the festivities.
"Oh! That sounds WONDERFUL!" She began jumping around the room, reminding the Boy Wonder very much of a child on Christmas morning. Suddenly she stopped short, as if remembering something. "Oh, but Robin - it is already December the 19th, is it not? We do not have a tree, or lights, or presents or cookies for Santa…" She looked crestfallen, and Robin hated to see her like that.
"Well… there's still time. We can get everyone together, and I'm sure we can have a great Christmas right here." Thinking about it, Robin wondered why it had never occurred to him to celebrate the holiday with his friends in Titans' Tower. It really seemed like it would be fun.
Star's enthusiasm was contagious, and the two of them began brainstorming all of the things they would have to do in the next five days. They stopped only when they heard the pounding footsteps that could only mean that Cyborg and Beast Boy had gotten tired of their snowball fight and were ready to warm up. But they didn't immediately enter the main room, and their footsteps could be heard trailing off towards the west wing of the tower.
Robin and Starfire stared at each other for a moment, mystified until they heard a screech, followed by a series of slamming noises, and the sounds of Beast Boy screaming for dear life.
The green teen soon appeared in the room, diving onto the couch in order to hide behind it. "Hide me from her, she's gone crazy!"
He was quickly followed by a slightly smug looking Cyborg, who was closely tailed by an extremely annoyed – and wet- looking Raven. It didn't take Robin long to figure out what had happened.
"Come back here! I'll teach you to come into my room and throw gigantic snowballs at my face! "
"Man, I told you not to do it." Cyborg said leaning against the back of the couch, crossing his arms at his now laughing friend. Beast Boy responded with an adequately dirty look.
Robin stood up with a smile, prepared to ignore this little display of immaturity. "Good! You're all here now! Star and I had a great idea we wanted to tell you about." His enthusiasm caused the newcomers to nervously come to attention. They waited with baited breath as Star joined Robin at his side, with a huge grin.
Clasping her hands together in front off her, she exclaimed, "We are going to have the Christmas celebration, here in Titans' Tower!"
She waited for everyone to respond just as enthusiastically as she felt, while Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy just stared blankly back at her.
Raven managed at last to speak, "…Christmas?"
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