Home is where the heart is
By: Bree-2006
Disclaimer: I don't own the Titans (Yet)
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Now this chappy has fluff! POINTLESS, HEART-THROBBING FLUFF!
On with the story!
My head pounded with such a fiery fury I could barely stand to open my eye lids. I could feel the presence of someone beside me, holding delicately onto my hand. I tried to raise my other hand to my forehead but I felt it fall limp at my side. It was strange, had I lifted my hand up at all? Thinking about it caused my head to pound more furiously, and I desisted from any arduous attempts to move my limbs. The pain was too much to bear. I could hear myself groan and felt myself being warmed from the inside of my sore and broken bones. Things suddenly became clearer and I opened my eyes slowly to see that I was lying on a medical table in the Titan's med room. My eyes darted around the room, spotting my friends watching me intently. Raven stood with my arm in her hand as she healed my horrible aches. Beast boy and Cyborg were fighting over who would fluff my pillow, and Robin…who sat with my hand engulfed in his, was eerily silent.
I tried to speak but noted that my mouth was currently too dry for such a thing. When I felt good enough to lift myself up into a sitting position I used my un-used hand to point to my throat. My friends only raised an eyebrow. I sighed and made a signal of a cup and myself partaking in drinking the contents inside and they grinned and nodded, Beast boy being the one to rush over with the water-occupied cup. I drank it quickly, as if my life depended on it, and then tossed it aside to be picked up later. I was unaware of what I was going to say to them when I was able to talk, and only looked down at my lap with a saddened frown upon my chapped lips. The silence was unnerving; such awkwardness was very inexperienced here at the tower with my friends. Someone in the corner shifted uncomfortably and I craned my neck to see who this unknown woman was.
"I am afraid I am unaware of your name." I spoke in a low audible voice that was raspy with a lack of idioms. I looked down at Robin, waiting for his usual answer to my question.
"Starfire…I'd like you to meet Batgirl, an old friend from Gotham." He spoke, I had heard about this woman before, an old friend indeed. I could not help but feel a small amount of jealousy flow through my body. I had heard the stories; Batgirl had been the first woman to kiss Robin. Despite the overwhelming sense of jealously I smiled and nodded in my normal manner.
"Hello…I'm Starfire." She stepped forward and I gasped at how beautiful this woman was…far more beautiful than I would ever be. This made me feel worthless for some unknown reason…she was the nearest to perfect I could grasp in a sense...there was no wonder why Robin had been attracted to her in the previous years. In our brief Introduction I noticed how quiet Robin had been. While Cyborg and Beast boy were chatting away to Raven. I prayed for normalcy even though I was sure it was not to come.
Feeling like the walls were closing in on me I decided to lift myself up off the bed and step onto the roof. I let go of Robin's hand and climbed off the bed and onto my feet. I felt his gaze follow and I rather harshly whispered I was going to the roof—wobbling a little from a lack of using my legs. I was unable to fly due to the lack of joy in my heart. What was there to be joyful about?
It took me a while to get up to the hatch. It slammed open and I walked the rest of the way to the edge. I just stood there…it was only me and my saddened mind.
I had really thought that finally being away from that mad-man would make me happier. I was home with the friends, safe and ready for the oncoming day, yet I was not prepared to wake up to someone I was not as of yet ready to meet.
"Kori?" I mentally slapped myself for forgetting to shut the door behind me as I entered the roof. I felt his silent movements behind me as I stared out into the starry night. I felt a hand upon my shoulder and I wrestled my mind over letting it stay there.
"Please, I…I wish to be alone." It was a horrible lie, I knew, but at the moment I did not care as much as I should have.
"No, you don't." He had blown my request off like it was nothing, and the tears quickly began to form in my eyes. Robin grabbed my wrist softly and spun me around to face him.
"Star don't lie to me, I know you better than anyone." It was true, he knew me better than I knew myself sometimes. Within seconds I was pulled to his chest and the tears I had been keeping in finally were released. I clung to him with all my strength; letting out all of my worries onto the man I no doubtingly felt the safest with. He comforted me like he had done so many other times before.
"I'm sorry." He whispered. I did not know why he had spoken those choice words to me. I felt guilty for his guilt.
"There is no need Richard." My hand reached up to wrap around his neck. His height—which had grown much over the years, so much that he was now two inches taller than myself-made it easy for me to simply place my head upon his shoulder. I felt his arms attentively wrap around my waist and I was lost for a moment. I breathed in deeply; still able to smell his trademark scent I was so used to.
"I was afraid I had lost you today." The words had come out suddenly. I held onto him tighter as he continued.
"When the Titans had called me and told me you were missing…I lost all logic reasoning. I don't know what happened." I lifted my head from his shoulder and stared up into his mask.
"I rushed down here as fast as I could." The tears began to flow more now. I sobbed onto his shoulder and kept silent for a moment.
"You are my best friend Kori…I was scared I wouldn't be able to save you." My hand slowly reached up to remove his mask and once again I was staring at Richard Grayson, not Robin. My tears settled and I wiped them away rather sloppily.
"Richard…" I whispered as my hand fell upon his cheek. "You did save me…and for that I am grateful but…there is something I wish to understand." I stared into his crystal blue eyes and frowned.
"Your friend Batgirl is here…why?" I cocked my head to the side as I tried my best to refrain from speaking venomously of her. Robin smiled.
"She wanted to meet you." I did not know whether to smile or gawk at the woman, this woman who had been with my best friend in a way I did not care to imagine. My mouth once again felt dry as I cautiously asked the question that had haunted me since I had awoken to find her in the tower.
"Are you and her…she is…very beautiful." I whispered, wiping more tears from my eyes. I was unable to finish the question and I watched as he furrowed his brows in confusion.
"Kori are you jealous?" He asked. I felt so very much ashamed. Robin raised an eyebrow.
"Kori…what's up?" The tone he had spoken to me made me aware that he knew something I had intended on keeping a secret. I sighed deeply.
"The Red-X and some of the things that occurred in his presence has confused me. I wish to know if…if there is something more than friendship between us." The statement came out differently than I had imagined it to. In the short time it was spoken I had backed away from my greatest friend afraid of his response. I felt ashamed from bringing it up, but the nagging feeling had not stopped and I realized it was as Beastboy says 'Now or Never'
"Kori..." My eyes stared sadly at the ground as his hand came to lift up my chin.
"Do you want there to be more between us?" I only gave a guilty smile. He stepped forward and lowered his head to the side of mine. Suddenly all became still as I felt his warm breath tickling my ear.
"Because I know that's what I want." I was unable to process words as his lips came crashing down on mine. My eyes widened in surprise but shut quickly as I wrapped my arms around his neck and felt him pull me closer and wrap his arms around me for the second time that night. The kiss was warm, making me blush all the way down to my toes. Worries and guilt floated away, and I had to fight to keep myself from lifting up into the night air. It was amazing, the way the gentle caresses of his tongue made me shiver from delight. The way his teeth gently nipped at my lips in the most intimate way. It was simply wonderful, and I knew it was going to be hard to break away.
Although Tamaranian's can last longer than an earthling can, due to the injuries my body had taken earlier I was the first to break away. We were both breathing heavily and I couldn't help but lean on to him for support. It was silent for a moment as we simply looked at each other.
"Was there any other reason why you decided to join me on the roof this glorious night?" I spoke breathlessly. He smiled.
"Not that I can remember." He smiled down at me as we were suddenly interrupted by thunder in the distance. Within minutes we were engulfed in rain.
"Come on, let's go in." With a simple nod we walked inside, hand in hand.
Robin replaced his mask firmly over his eyes and shut the door as we entered the tower. The others were in the common room chatting away about various things and I stifled a giggle as I heard Beast boy and Cyborg fighting over what game to play next. Robin turned into my room and pulled me along with him.
"You're still pretty beat up, you should get some rest." It was more of an order than a request and I complied happily. As he turned to walk out I stopped him. He smiled gently as I walked forward and placed a lingering kiss on his lips.
"What shall we tell the other Titans?" I asked. He simply shrugged.
"Nothing, they'll figure it out eventually." Smiling I watched as he walked out into the hallway and my door shut behind him. I flopped onto my bed and sighed.
I'm home.
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