One Look is All it Takes
PozestIllusion
I'm writing this story for my boyfriend, which if funny really because he'll never actually read this… Oh well. And if you want me to post the song/poem that goes with this story just say so in your review. It's called, "What I'd Pay to See That Smile." Or "I Need to Know." I wrote both.
As quietly as possible Star snuck into her usual place on the couch. As usual BeastBoy and Cyborg were racing each other on the RaceTrack video game. Star starred at the screen, but she saw right through it. She pulled her eyes away from the screen and looked at Robin who was sitting across the coach from her. She sighed a little secretly smiling. She fixed her eyes back on the screen as Robin turned his head to look at her. Star blushed. Robin smiled. Star continued looking at the screen unsure of what to do. But she secretly marveled at how cute Robin looked. Especially his smile. All it took was one look, to remind her why she liked him. She liked him more than anything, she just couldn't tell him.
Robin felt stupid and immediately returned to starring blankly at the screen. He could have sworn he caught Star looking at him. She had a dreamy smile on her face, one that suggested that she could see right through the screen. "Go over and sit next to her! No, if she wanted to be sitting next to be she would have sat next to me." Robin argued with himself. He liked Star; he liked her more than any other girl he'd known. She was just so…happy, she made him happy. And often times that wasn't the easiest thing in the world.
Star peered at Robin, she realized she should have sat next to him instead of across from him. He caught her looking at him. Panicking she blushed bright red, and quickly looked away. She didn't know why she was so afraid of getting caught looking at him. Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if he knew she liked him… In her home planet people were open to each other about their feelings but on Earth people seemed to have bubbles concealing their feelings. Sadly she had picked up that trait from her friends. All she could do was look, and wish.
Robin tried to distract himself from Star by focusing on how pointless the RaceTrack video game was. And besides that it was easy, "I play winner." "Dude, that would be me", said Beastboy. "Look again, man", said Cyborg as he pulled in front of Beastboy's car, "I'm kicking your virtual butt." "Cheater, not for long", Beastboy growled. "Friends", said Star as if wishing them to stop fighting. Both went silent. Robin was amazed. Star was powerful certainly, but in more ways than one. She pulled her knees to her chest, as her green eyes sparkled suggestively. That's when Robin realized he was starring at her; he forced himself to watch the game. "Ah Man!" Groaned Cyborg, handing his controller to Robin. That was when Robin realized he didn't know how to play.
Star gazed dreamily at the screen. But she didn't see the screen she saw Robin. It was only natural to see Robin; they lived in the same tower. But then again Robin wasn't on the screen; he was merely on her mind. And why wouldn't he be? She loved him. She couldn't get him off her mind if she tried. She grinned as she watched Robin's car pull ahead of Beastboy's car, "Glorious. Go Robin!" Was she imagining things or was Robin suddenly smiling? Hmm. She shivered in delight; she loved his smile, such straight teeth… She also liked his hair. And his eyes, even though they were safely concealed behind his mask. And his… Well actually she liked everything about him. In fact she just plain liked him in general. She blushed again.
Cyborg flopped down on the sofa after returning with a soda. He glanced around the room, relaxing. He saw Raven meditating quietly in a corner, was he imagining things or did her hood just move? He continued scanning the room. He came to Star, even when she wasn't smiling it seemed as if she was. Cyborg didn't know what she was thinking but he couldn't help but grin. He didn't know anybody happier than Star. Robin looked so serious furiously starring at the controller. Robin always seemed so serious. Then there was Beastboy, the comedian. He grinned childishly starring greedily at the screen. Cyborg laughed a little, the team certainly had an odd group of people in it…
Raven was facing the wall, but she found it very hard to meditate. She snuck a peek over at the rest of the team. She quickly jerked her head in the opposite direction, as she saw Cyborg turn his head. She closed her eyes, desperately trying to slip back into a deep meditation, but she found it difficult, especially with him in the room. And no she wasn't talking about Cyborg. Or Robin. She snuck another peak, she acted tough sure, she had to. Her powers made it hard to express emotion, but she was a girl in the inside. She wasn't a talker, that's why she usually just let Star do the talking. But just because she didn't talk much, and stayed separate from the rest of the group didn't mean that she didn't have feelings. She did. She turned around for another look.
Beastboy turned his head, for a spilt second. It only took a short look to catch Raven. Beastboy's smile grew as he randomly continued pushing buttons on the controller. Raven wasn't as separated as she liked to think. Under that hood, and sarcastic attitude there was a real person with real feelings. Beastboy just wished he could understand her. Actually Beastboys love life had never really been that good. That whole Terra relationship had only lasted, about, what 5 minutes? He had really liked Terra, but he couldn't spend the rest of his life married to a stone. So raven was a bit… different, Beastboy could live with that. He dropped his controller onto his lap and snuck a glance over at Raven. There eyes met, for once raven couldn't look away, she was caught. "Oh crap!" yelled Beastboy as Robin's car pulled ahead. Hmm, maybe he ad a little growing up to do before he thought about a serious relationship… Raven turned back to her corner. Feelings could wait.
Star nevously glanced at Robin. He kind of scared her, he was always so serious. Especially when it came to Slade. But everyone had their faults. And it wasn't his fault he was work obsessed. If he wasn't work obsessed he wouldn't have been the team leader. It was part of his personality, part of the reason Star liked him. One of the things that she liked most about him was when he wasn't so serious, it suprized her how fun and silly he could be. Star flipped all this information in her head, suddenly she found some courage. Bravely she stood up. Then she walked across the room. (Behind the couch she had learned her lesson about walking in front of the screen.) Even Raven noticed, she raised an eyebrow at Star. Star sat purposely next to Robin. Then feeling very stupid she thought, "Now what?"