Marital Issues
By Satu
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AN. It's about an hour after the last one. I'm sorry if I got the Simpsons dialogue wrong but I haven't seen that episode in a while.
Chapter 2
Robin flopped on the couch. Beastboy, who had been staring at the television, started and looked at him.
"I take it she said no?" he said, his lips twisting in a smile.
"Shut up Beastboy," Robin said carelessly. "What are you watching?"
"The Simpsons," Beastboy replied promptly. "It's a cool episode." Robin stared at the yellow figure of Homer Simpson walk into the Kwik-E-Mart.
"What's happened so far?"
"Ok, Apu has found out that the women love him. That's basically it." They both watched as Homer carried his items to the counter and talked to Apu. Apu opened a letter and a flattened lotus flower fell out. Cue flashback. Afterwards Apu talked to Homer about his new predicament.
"Why don't you say you're already married?" the fat man asked. Robin stared at him for a moment, then jumped to his feet.
"That's it!" Robin yelled.
"That's what?" Beastboy said, still watching the two cartoon men talk.
"That's how to solve Starfire's problem."
"Star has a problem?" Beastboy said. "I thought you had the problem."
"Shut up Beastboy," Robin said. He put a hand on his forehead and started to form an idea. "Hey Beastboy."
"Yeah?"
"Can you pretend to be married to Starfire?"
"No way man! I mean, she's hot and everything but Raven's my girl. She'd kill me. Why don't you do it?" Robin ignored this last question.
"Where's Cyborg?"
"In his workshop. And why don't you do it?" Beastboy repeated, a little louder. Robin ignored him and rushed to Cyborg's workshop. There was a loud whirring coming from behind the door and he didn't even bother knocking. The door sprang open and he walked into the dark room. The large hulking figure of Cyborg was hunched over a table, sparks flying from behind him.
"Cyborg!" Robin yelled. The metal man didn't respond. "Cyborg!" he shouted into the man's ear, hitting him on the shoulder. Cyborg whirled around, a large sharp finger pointing between Robin's eyes.
"Robin?" Cyborg said, his eyes widening. "What are you doing here?" He shut the whirring machine off and stared at the young leader.
"Cyborg, can you pretend to be married to Starfire?" Robin said. Cyborg laughed, before realising that Robin was serious.
"No," he said bluntly, turning back to his work.
"Come on Cyborg, you like her don't you?"
"Yeah, but I'm not going to marry her, real or pretend. You do it." And with that he pushed to Boy Wonder from the room and shut the door.
Starfire lay on her bed, curled in a ball. Robin had tried to comfort her for an hour, but with no possible way out of the marriage she was inconsolable. He had left with the promise that he would try to think it over. Since then she had lain here, waiting for him to get an idea and come back. Her long red hair covered her face and the only thing she could see was the red fire of the sun shining through it except for one little crack that faced the door. She lay still for about 10 minutes after that before hearing a skidding outside. The door slid open and Robin stood there, his face red, his chest heaving up and down. She sat up.
"Robin?" she asked.
"Star," he panted, walking through the door. He sat on the bed and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Yes friend Robin." She looked into his mask.
"I have an idea." Her heart jumped and she smiled.
"Great!" she said, her mind whirring.
"You have to pretend to be married to someone though."
"Who?" she asked. He looked down at his lap and she stared at the top of his head for moment.
"You're going to be fake married to… me." She smiled suddenly.
"Good," she said. "I'm glad it's you." He looked up.
"Really?"
"Yes," she said. "I have said this before, but you are my best friend and I could not imagine someone better than you." He smiled.
"Thanks Star."
"I have not done anything," she said.
"Yes you have," he said softly. He hesitated, then darted forward and planted his lips onto her cheek.
Her skin was soft and smelled lightly like flowers. He pulled away and looked into her eyes, looking for a response. They were dazed, but happy.
"What was that?" she asked, her eyes starting to focus.
"That was a kiss," he said.
"I thought you didn't like kisses." He smiled.
"Kisses can be ok," he said softly. She stroked his cheek again.
"You're red," she said.
"Yeah."
"Was that a real kiss?"
"No Star, real kisses are between two people who love each other very much. They happen here." He put one finger to his lips. "They are a beautiful thing to do when both people involved are happy about it." She nodded.
"So if I kissed your cheek it would be ok?" she asked.
"Yeah." She smiled and placed her lips on his cheek. They sent a wave of electricity from the place they met his skin. They were warm and soft. She broke away and looked at him.
"That was good?" she asked.
"Yeah."
"Kisses are only between lovers, yes?"
"No Star, anyone can kiss on the cheeks, in Europe it's a greeting between strangers. Parents sometimes kiss their children on the lips." Star shook her head and put it in her hands.
"This is so confusing," she murmured.
"I know Star. But you can tell the difference between them really easily." She looked up at him. "When parents kiss their children their mouth is closed, when lovers kiss their mouth is open. Understand?"
"No," she replied.
"Lovers use tongues," he said, blushing.
"Oh." She fell silent.
"We have to pretend we're married from now on. That means hugging, kissing and… we have to share a room."
She tilted her head.
"Ok," she said. "Will we use my room, or yours?" Robin sighed and looked down.
"It doesn't really matter." She nodded thoughtfully.
"Can we use mine?" she said. "Because they shot the disk to my room and they might be suspicious if I suddenly change rooms." He nodded.
"That's good Star," he said and she smiled.
"Friend Robin."
"Yeah?"
"We have to kiss don't we?"
"Yeah."
"Do we have to kiss with open mouths?" He flushed a deep scarlet.
"I don't think so," he said. She felt a twinge of regret then nodded.
"Alright," she said. "When will you move in?"
"I will put my stuff in here over the next week so when your fiancé gets here I can just move in." She flinched at the mention of Windstorm.
"Thankyou again Robin." He smiled at her. She smiled back, her stomach fluttering.
"No problem Star." He kissed her cheek again before leaving the room. She lifted her hand to the tingling spot on her cheek and smiled. She got up, left the room and walked to Raven's room.
"Raven?" She knocked softly. "Friend Raven?" There was a sigh and the door slid open. The purple haired empath stood in the doorway, one hand on her hip, the other hanging loosely at her side.
"What do you want Starfire?" she asked.
"Can I talk to you?"
Raven sighed again. "Alright."
"Can I come in?" Star asked, when Raven made no move to invite her in.
"No," Raven said shortly. "What do you want?" She leaned against the door, her arms crossing.
"I want to talk to you about Robin," Starfire said. Raven rolled her eyes.
"Starfire, we all know that you like him and he likes you, what do else do we have to talk about?"
"He kissed me."
"On the lips?"
"No. Only lovers and offspring kiss on the lips."
"But you guys are almost lovers," Raven said carelessly. Starfire looked down, smiling.
"I wish that we were."
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Raven said.
"I do not know," Starfire said.
"That was a rhetorical question Star, you don't have to answer."
"Oh. I am sorry."
"Don't be sorry."
"Ok." There was an awkward silence. "I will go now."
"Please do." Raven stepped back into her room and the door slid closed.
