A/N: WOW!! You guys rock!! I got 31 reviews just for 5 chapters!! That's about 6 reviews per chapter... WOW!! I can write well and I can do my division!! YAY!! lol, anywho... this chapter contains more fluff (well, a lot more than I'm used to... for Robin and Starfire anyways...) Okay, enough chit-chat!! It's story time!! YAY!!
Behind the Mask
Episode 2. (Continued)
Raven flicked on the light, and Beast Boy froze like a deer caught in the headlights when Raven found him sneaking to his room with the footage from the rooftop. "Hey Raven! Catching up on some reading, meditating, maybe some late-night snooping??"
"You're one to talk!" Raven sneered. "You know I looked over the contracts. I distinctly remember something about involuntary exposure being prohibited in one of the paragraphs..."
"Meaning?" Beast Boy inquired.
"You'll tell them what you recorded, or I'll tell them myself!"
Beast Boy whined. "But Raven!"
"This is a reality show that will be premiering to the public! If you send this in to Mr. Isle and he decides to broadcast it, you're no better than Terra betraying your friends the way you already have."
"What does Terra have anything to do with this?"
"It's only a comparison, Beast Boy; nothing you need to decipher!"
Beast Boy remembered what Terra told him that evening about Raven liking him. "No, Raven. I think there's a little more to that 'comparison' of yours."
"Really?"
"Yea!"
"ENLIGHTEN ME!!"
"I DON'T WANNA!!"
"Man, will ya'll just shut up?" Cyborg said from upstairs. "There are some people trying to sleep!"
Raven rolled her eyes at Cybrorg's intrusion, trying to remain calm. She turned back to Beast Boy. "So typical of you! I try to have an adult conversation with you and how do you plea? You don't wanna." She slumped on the couch. Beast Boy, now regaining control of his anger, shrugged as he sat next to her. "Raven, I know what I'm doing! Respect my decisions as a filmmaker!"
"As long as you remember to respect those you're filming." Raven added as she grabbed the book from beside her. "If you don't tell them, Beast Boy..."
"Okay, I get it!" Beast Boy nodded. "You'll tell 'em."
Robin opened the door to his room. He was in his boxers and a muscle-shirt, his mask still painted on his face. He walked down the hallway and stopped at the third door to the left. In purple cursive, the words "Starfire" were painted on the door. He motioned to knock on her door, but couldn't. He leaned on the door and sighed. Suddenly, the door swung open, causing Robin to fall backwards into her room. Starfire's eyes went wide when she saw the Boy Wonder fall on his back before her eyes. "Robin?!"
"This is serious de ja vou, except you knocked down the door last time... and you weren't in your undergarments!" Robin muttered to himself, now glowing bright red. Starfire went scarlet realizing her appearance was indecent. She threw on a pink robe, went around Robin and fell to her knees. "Robin, are you injured?" Robin sat up, still red in the face. "I'm okay." They both rose to their feet.
"Robin, what are you doing outside my bedroom? It is early morning! Shouldn't you be tracking Slade right now?" Starfire said bitterly as she motioned to shut her door.
Robin put his hand in the opening of the door and opened it once more to see the Tamaranian. "I'm here to apologize..."
"Can't a humanoid get any sleep these days??" Roared a vicious Cyborg from his room.
Starfire looked back at Robin and whispered. "This cannot wait until tomorrow?"
"Afraid not." Robin replied softly. The alien girl opened her door wide enough for Robin to step enter her room. If there had been any light in the room, there would have been shades of purple all over the walls. Her bed was turned down and her pajamas were on the bed. "Forgive my mess and inappropriate appearance, for I just got out from the shower, and I was not expecting company at this hour." (A/N: LOL!! I rhymed again without knowing... this is too cool! I'm a poet and I didn't know it!) She sat down on her bed and turned on the lamp that was on her bedside table. Robin remained standing, trying to find the right words, but Starfire interrupted his thoughts. "I thought you would never speak to me after my recent confession on the roof."
Robin shook his head. "I don't know what you mean."
Starfire blushed and looked down at her fidgeting fingers and began. "W-Well, you see," Robin sat next to her. "What I said..." Starfire shook her head and put on a smile. "You know, Robin, it was nothing of importance."
"Are you sure?"
Starfire nodded. "So why are you here?"
"Starfire, I came here to apologize for making you upset. I didn't mean to make you cry." Robin said, now finding the words.
"You did not make me cry!" She exclaimed.
"I didn't?"
Starfire shook her head and replied angrily. "No. The tears of anger were because of Slade. It is not fair that we must live our lives in constant worry because of him. It is not fair that you are put in seclusion for weeks just to get minor information on his whereabouts. I do not want you to go away again!"
"Star," Robin said, his left hand taking hold of her hand. "I'm not going anywhere. You mean the world to me, too." Starfire smiled as she rested her head on his shoulder. Robin put his right arm around her and with his fingers brushed through her slightly wet hair until she fell asleep.
Back downstairs there was a long silence between the telekinetic and the shape-shifter. Beast Boy remembered. "Oh hey! We never did finish our dance, did we?"
"It wasn't a total loss. If you hadn't gone to talk to Terra, you wouldn't have been able to enjoy your lip-lock with her." Raven replied not taking her eyes away from her book. Beast Boy chuckled. "And you say I spy!"
"I learn from the best!" Raven retorted monotonously as she continued to read her book.
"If you're wondering about that kiss, and you probably are..."
"What's that supposed to mean??" Raven said turning three shades of red, whether or not it was from embarrassment or anger was unknown to Beast Boy.
"... The kiss meant nothing to me, and it shouldn't mean anything to you!" Beast Boy finished. Raven continued to read her book when she replied. "I didn't say it meant anything to me."
"Well good. Then we understand each other!" Beast Boy smiled. "So you wanna dance?"
"What is this, Beast Boy??" Raven asked, putting the book down next to her. "One minute we're arguing, the next you wanna dance??"
"Why not?"
"Because the song was about to end anyway," Raven said, crossing her arms. "And because I'm no longer the 'prettiest girl'... as you can see, the dress and the make-up is off..."
"You're right," Beast Boy said, now standing up from the couch, holding out his hand for her to take. "But Raven, you sure look beautiful in your P.J.'s!" He teased. Raven went scarlet and her emotions got the best of her when the light bulb from the ceiling fan flickered. Beast Boy raised a brow and she reluctantly took his hand. He pulled her up and twirled her. Beast Boy began waltzing with the goth, and she raised a brow. "Uh, Beast Boy, we're not dancing to anything!"
"Sure we are!"
"The music in your head doesn't count!"
"Just waltz with me, Rae!" Beast Boy gasped, realizing he had accidentally called the telepath the very nickname she didn't want to be addressed as. Raven giggled at his reaction. She quickly covered her mouth to stifle the laughter, but it was too late... when she giggled, the light bulb from the ceiling fan broke. Beast Boy smiled at her reaction and questioned. "So, before you were so rudely interrupted by Terra, what was it you were gonna tell me?"
Raven, now regaining control over her emotions, replied, "I wasn't gonna tell you anything!"
"Yea you were!!"
"You must be mistaken."
Somewhere in the caves outside of Jump City a dark figure stood plotting his revenge against the Teen Titans. There were computer systems and charts and graphs everywhere. There was a huge computer screen with a keyboard and chair beside it. The dark figure sat down on the chair. "Excellent," A soothing voice said aloud. "Everything is going according to plan."
He stood up once again and walked over to a table with a chessboard. There were moved pieces from both sides. The figure moved a piece from the black side. "Terra, Mr. Isle, Mayor Moore, Ali... they're all pawns in this game. Even if the Titans find out my plan..." At that moment, he smashed the pawn black he had just moved.
"... I'll still be victorious."
The next morning at the Titan's Tower, Starfire awoke to the sound of the birds chirping outside her window. She opened her eyes and found herself in the arms of a jet-black haired teen she couldn't recognize. She gave a small "eek!" when she realized it was Robin, and why she couldn't recognize him immediately because he was sleeping without his mask.
"Ooh no!" Starfire mumbled as she tried to slide through his arms. "This is most embarrassing!" Seeing as Robin wouldn't let her go, she lay there in his arms, defeated. She sighed, now resting her head on his chest and his chin resting on her hair. Moments later, Starfire felt Robin wake up. Starfire immediately waited for his eyes to open so she could finally see his true eye color. Robin's eyes opened slightly, then wide when he saw Starfire staring back at him.
"Starfire?!"
"Robin," Starfire said, looking into his eyes. "Your eyes! They are beautiful!" Robin reached for his mask, but Starfire took his hand. "Robin, why are they two different colors?" Robin's right eye was dark blue and his left was dark brown. He shrugged. "I suppose I was born that way." He changed the subject. "I'm sorry! I guess I fell asleep last night."
Starfire grinned. "I did not mind."
"Neither did I." Robin and Starfire's lips were now only inches apart. Robin moved closer to Starfire, and the Tamaranian girl, uncertain of what Robin would do, closed her eyes. Their lips finally touched and both of the Titans were in bliss. It had only been a few seconds before Starfire broke the kiss and put her hand on Robin's chest. "You're heart is beating as fast as mine! Robin, what did we just do?"
"Something we should have done a long time ago." And Robin kissed her once more before the Titan's alarm went off.
A/N: Complete!! YAY!! Short chapter, I know... The other's will be longer, but for now, I kinda have a writers block... I mean, I know how the story ends and everything... it's just getting there will be difficult...
... AND JOSH GROBAN IS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY!! AND I WAS TWELFTH ROW AT HIS CONCERT!! WOO!!
lol, I feel all stupid now... but it's okay!! Anyway, I'll update ASAP... don't worry, this story will probably have three or four more episodes left... Ciao, yo!
PS, About Robin's eyes being two different colors, I know his eyes are just one color, but there was so much controversy over his eyes being blue or black and it was so hard to choose... so... I chose to make his eyes two different colors. I hope I haven't violated some sort of code!
-kiki
