Things I Wish I Could Say.
A/N: This was a song fic but those were banded or something so I took out the lyrics. But if you look at the title I'm sure you are smart people and can guess what song it usted to be. Star/Rob. It is kind of Oh, Right, Courage's match except Star isn't sick… Enjoy and review! ;) Go Avril!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT (But DO in my dreams) own the Teen titans, or Mr Roboto. And if you think I do you are crazy in the head.
"And that is why it is not okay to do… Thugs", Starfire struggled to read the speech on her communicator, its Tameran Translator didn't work very well. "Drugs, Star, drugs", Robin whispered to her under his breath. "Drugs", said Star rereading the words carefully. It was too late though; nobody could hear her over the laughing. It didn't matter anyway; they knew what she had meant.
The titans had taken a day off to talk to an audience of kids their own age. And as an added bonus they got to go to a school dance after the speech. Since they didn't really go to school it was really cool for them to be able to attend a dance. And all of them were really looking forward to it.
"Well, ok the lecture's over now we can do what we came here to do: dance!", said Cyborg. "Thank you so much for inviting us to your prom." "Dance, Star, dance", Robin said under his breath. "Erm.. Dance, now let the dance commence!" They had only been to a few other dances and there the song choice had definitely been questionable. But to their surprise a good song popped on first: Mr. Roboto (by Styx)! Cyborg immediately took his place in the spotlight and started doing the robot! Star laughed, "Friend Cyborg really knows how to 'boogie'." It was Robin's turn to laugh.
"This next one is kinds slow so find a partner," warned the DJ. Star looked around shyly, her eyes naturally settling on Robin. She barely even saw the boys surrounding her all asking her to dance. Until, "Hey Star, how about you and me?" "Um, oh yes, of course…" The speaker wasn't Robin.
Robin looked over at Star, surrounded by other boys; in his mind he didn't stand a chance. He sighed, girls eyed him, but they understood, if they wanted to dance, Robin was the one who had to ask. They didn't know why, that was just always the way it had been… Robin sighed again then the song started:
Looking around Robin suddenly felt very stupid small and unattractive in his uniform, unlike the other guys, so free in their baggy jeans, no wonder Star liked them better… "Control yourself."
He caught Star's eye, she shyly looked away. He felt stupid she didn't even want to look at him. He seemed to be the only one not dancing slightly embarrassed he looked at his feet, blushing.
"Maybe you can go over there and just interrupt, cut in, I mean Star wouldn't mind… She's your friend. Yeah, a friend an nothing more… Just say something talk to her do ANYTHING!
"Look at her, you love her. She's worth it."
"If only I had the courage to say what I really wanted to say…"
But Robin couldn't force himself to say it, no matter how much he thought it; he couldn't transfer his feelings for Star into real existing words.
Sure, he could talk to Star, but not about what he wanted to talk about. The closest he had come to 'I love you' was 'Umm, I love pancakes!' Which actually wasn't close at all….
As the chorus came on again Robin wondered, why didn't Star just come over and ask him to dance? Of course it would be breaking some dumb invisible rule but at least he'd get to dance with her. He caught her eye again, over the shoulder of some guy. He suddenly found himself very jealous of that guy. At least Robin really cared.
Robin finally worked up the courage to walk over closer to Star. The only problem was: he didn't know what to do after he moved closer. Screaming "I love you" wildly at the top of his lungs was definitely not an option… He tried to cut in but all he could say were meaning-less quiet words that nobody heard.
Finally Star noticed him. She stopped the guy she was dancing with ran into her, "What the…?" Star dropped her arms like she was thinking. "Ask her to dance!" He couldn't.
Star explained politely to the guy that she was dancing with that there was someone else that she had promised to dance with. Robin could only stand and watch. Like a scarecrow. Only not scary.
"Robin do you wish to dance?" Star asked. Robin lit up; Star had said what he couldn't. Maybe there was hope after all… "Sure…"