Title: Her Cycle

Authoress: StarryTian

Summary: Robin and Starfire are best friends. But when Starfire suddenly gets her cycle, how will Robin deal with it? Warning: Not for people who are squeamish around a woman's period thingie… actually, I'm one myself….RobinxStarfire

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, and don't really want to either. Who ever owns them right now is doing a GLORIOUS AND AWESOME job at it! (applauds)

"H-Here…" Robin panted as he reached the bathroom door, arm extended with the package. "St-Starfire, open up!"

Immediately, the door slid open and a petite hand shot out, snatching the well-awaited package from his hands.

"About time!" Starfire snarled from inside the bathroom.

Robin narrowed his eyes at this comment. "Hey, I just had to go buy those things for you, and all you do is yell at me?" he defended himself.

But all in got in reply was the ripping of paper and the tearing of plastic.

"Hello!" Robin shot to the door.

No response.

Suddenly, he heard the toilet flush and the door slid open again, revealing… Starfire. Robin avoided her gaze, although he wasn't sure why.

"Robin?" Starfire's voice sounded sweet again, with no hint of annoyance whatsoever. "Robin, look at me."

He did. Robin tilted his head to the side. She didn't look any different.

"So…" he started. "You're okay?"

She nodded, unsure of what to do. "I am… fine now."

Tension filled the air between the two teen superheroes. In these few seconds, Robin took this time to carefully examine his best friend. Up until now, he never thought of Starfire as something… more. But since this incident, he felt even more connected with her, if that was even possible. Sure, at times the Boy Wonder may have found himself jealous whenever he saw Starfire hug Beast Boy or Cyborg, but… but what? He couldn't even finish the sentence.

"Robin… shall we proceed to the Main Room?" Starfire asked, pleasantly jerking Robin out of his trance.

'Oh yeah, her voice and way of talking. That's another thing I love about her.' Realizing what he just said, Robin mentally smacked himself. Oh Batman, I did NOT just say 'love'. I meant LIKE. Yeah, that was it. LIKE…

Robin nodded dumbly, and followed a flying Starfire to the Main Room. Upon arriving there, he realized the time. "Shit, it's 4:27 already!' In his haste of buying Starfire her products, he had completely forgotten that combat practice was supposed to start at 4 'o clock. Groaning inwardly, Robin cursed himself of letting go of a year's perfect attendance to his schedule. 'Ah well…' he thought. 'Better late than never.'

"Titans, combat practice in the gym, now!" Robin bellowed.

Audible groans were heard from Beast Boy and Cyborg,but Raven only smirked and said, "Pay up." Robin watched interestedly as the half-man, half-robot and the green changeling stuffed some green dollar bills into the sorceress's hand. "They bet me that you would forget about practice for a whole hour," she explained, walking past him to the gym. Robin smirked in reply. "Yeah right. Alright, get your butts off the couch and meet me there in 5 minutes, 'kay?" He looked at them skeptically.

Reluctantly, Beast Boy and Cyborg nodded. As Robin left the room, he heard Beast Boy mumble, "Why do I have a feeling that he doesn't trust us…?" At this, Robin smirked again.

Walking along the deserted corridor, he made sure his heavy metal boots didn't make a sound. It was one of his more advanced techniques, and lately, Robin had been working on it whenever he had the chance. Suddenly, he became aware of a person walking ahead of him. Squinting his eyes, Robin realized it was Starfire. A mischievous grin lit his handsome face as an idea formed in his mind. Robin was indeed feeling very playful at the moment.

Expert feet crawled behind Starfire, and Robin inched closer and closer. He reached out with both gloved hands, ready to strike… Suddenly, he pounced on her.

'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Starfire squealed in obvious surprise, while crashing into the ground with Robin on top of her.

"GOTCHA!" Robin yelled boyishly. Just then, he realized what he had done. "Oh my..hehe, sorry Starfire…" he stammered. "I didn't know… I-I don't know… why.., I…"

Beneath him, Starfire turned her head to the side, willing the creeping blush to fade away. "That is okay, Robin. Although… may I kindly request that you get off me now?"

This seemed to embarrass the Boy Wonder even more. "RIGHT… heh heh… okay then. I'll get off. This is me, getting off… yep, I'm still getting off…"

Starfire slowly sat up, and faced Robin. "What possessed you to…?" she left the question unfinished.

In all honesty, Robin replied, "I don't know… "

And there it was. The awkward silence again. It seemed to be happening a lot more often now.

"Shall we go to the gym now?" Starfire asked sweetly. "It is there, I shall get my revenge against you!"

Robin blinked, then brightened up. "Bring it on!"

When the door to the gym opened up, Robin immediately commanded, "Alright, we're going to spar today so…" he paused for a moment, thinking of who should get paired up with whom. "Beast Boy, go with Starfire, and Cyborg, pair up with Raven." But then he remembered Starfire's condition.

"No wait, I mean, Starfire and I will pair up, and Beast Boy, you go with Cyborg and Raven. Alternate every round," he quickly amended.

Nodding, Beast Boy went to join the other two at the other side of the gym, leaving Robin and Starfire alone on the other side.

"Okay…" Robin started, whipping into a defensive stance. "Ready…"

Starfire nodded, and got into a defensive stance as well.

"Set…" he reminded himself to go easy on Starfire, but only this time. "… GO!"

Immediately, Starfire took off from the ground, and threw a barrage of starbots at Robin. Expecting this attack, Robin had already whipped out his bo-staff, and reflected them off to other parts of the room. Starfire's stunning jade eyes darkened with anger. In response, she threw even more starbolts, this time larger and deadlier. Confused, Robin kept reflecting them, but was completely perplexed at Starfire's change of mood.

Suddenly, Starfire came diving towards her leader, knocking Robin clean off his feet and into the wall. "Hah, I have got my sweet revenge," she whispered harshly into his ear.

"Starfire, are you okay?" Robin asked, rubbing his back, although it was no small feat, considering Starfire was still pinning him to the wall. "Star, can you let go? I think you've won now."

But she would not.

"Starfire!" Robin looked into her eyes, and still saw the anger in them. "Starfire, are you okay?"

Pinning him more roughly to the wall, Starfire growled, "I will NOT! I will NOT let go unless you admit that I am victorious!"

Surprised, but even more worried, Robin said, "Star, I already said you won! Are you SURE you're okay? Are you sick? Or---"

But Robin was cut off by Starfire's abrupt actions. In a matter of seconds, the anger in her emerald eyes disappeared, only to be replaced by a large quantity of regret and sorrow. Suddenly, she let go and fell to the ground, sobbing.

Robin widened his eyes in shock. He knew that women might have some mood swings… but this… this was too much.

From across the room, Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg ceased their sparring to look at the scene: a crying Starfire, and a bewildered Boy Wonder. Instictively, Beast Boy and Cyborg's heads turned to Raven. Raven sighed, and levitated over to where they were.

"Everything okay?" she asked rhetorically.

Robin gave Starfire an uneasy glance. Then said nervously to Raven, "Um… when you get your… thing… do you get mood swings a lot?"

Raven narrowed her eyes. "What?"

"You're… thing…!" Robin said exasperated between a crying girl, and an almost-angry girl.

"What?"

Robin took a deep breath. "Whenyougetyourperiodthingiedoyougetallmoody?"

"What!" Raven finally understood. "Why would you want to know about THAT?"

Robin sighed. "Nevermind…" then took a weeping Starfire into his arms. "C'mon Star, let's go…"

After Robin and Starfire left the room, Beast Boy asked, "So, does this mean that combat practice is over?"

A/N: Hehe, sorry for not updating sooner. Busy with homework and such. And yes, I know that Starfire was WAAAAYYY outta character! Oh well! (Not much humor in this chappie either!)

MOOAHAHHAHAH! POOR ROBIN! I just LOVE making in uncomfortable! LOL! He's so ADORABLE when he's embarrassed! HEEHEE!

Over and out,

StarryTian