Tuna Lunch

Starfire lay in her bed, looking at the ceiling. Beast Boy had stopped by for a second to say that Robin and he had apologized, kissed her forehead and went off to make some lunch. While her eyes were looking at the ceiling, that's not exactly what she saw. She saw, instead, a sad, disappointed Robin sitting somewhere, upset. Her mind put this image together, and it made her sad, too.

'I do not wish for friend Robin to be upset...' She did not wish for her coupling with Garfield to grieve Robin, but she knew that she could not part with him simply to make him happy. 'Oh, but I cannot stand to think of him being so sad!' Star thought to herself, quietly. 'But I must be happy for myself, sometime. I must! But that is so selfish of me! If I were to not continue this relationship with Garfield, then he would be very, very, most terribly upset with me and Robin! But staying with Garfield makes me so happy, but saddens friend Robin!'

Her thoughts were going in circles as a knock came on the door, gentle and friendly. She started, and sat up. "Come in!"

The door slid open and Robin cleared his throat. Star looked over to him with sadness on her face, until she noticed there was none on his. "Yes, Robin?" She asked.

"Star, I wanted to say... That I'm sorry. I'm sorry I hit Beast Boy, and I wanted you to know that... I'm happy for you." Robin swallowed and looked down, pausing for only a second, before confidently looking back up at her, "And you know that if you ever need anything, I'm here for you."

She looked at him with surprise. "I accept your apology, Robin, and so has Garfield." She walked up to him, "And thank you. You will always be my best friend!" Starfire hugged him and smiled. He smiled back, seeing how happy she was. "Would you like some lunch? I think... I interrupted you..." Robin asked timidly. "Oh, yes! Garfield is making some right now for all of us. Come!" She took his hand and floated down the hallway to the kitchen.

Beast Boy stood proudly in his chef's apron and hat, pondering what to make. He didn't want to make Robin any tofu meal; he at least wanted to be on his leader's good side. But there was no way he could make him a tuna sandwich, even if it was dolphin safe!

He thought on this quite thoroughly before deciding that since he and Star were going out, the least he could do for his leader was suck it up and make one meal for him. So he reached into the cabinet, pulled out a can of tuna, and cringed. He opened it, poured out the water, put the tuna chunks into a bowl... All the while he had to pretend it was just tofu. He made the toast and put the tuna sandwich on the table with a glass of soda. That should do it.

Now he washed his hands and tried not to faint. 'I am never doing that again!' He started on Starfire's meal, which was going to be the easiest. I can't tell you what's in it, because I really don't know, and I'm not sure if I want to. Once that plate of god knows what was on the table, he made himself some lunch, too. Definitely tofu.

He took off his chef hat and apron and started towards the door when, through another one, came the two he was looking for. Starfire was floating towards BB, Robin's wrist in hand. She quickly sat him at the table and looked over. BB sat down with them. "Hey, I made lunch. I hope you like it." he smiled at them and took up his fork to eat.

Robin picked up his sandwich and asked, "Beast Boy, is this real tuna?" The green one nodded. "But..." The leader was confused. "I wanted to make you a nice lunch, so I made you a real tuna sandwich... Don't worry about it." And so they ate together, speaking minimally but without hostilities. Things between them were now certainly settled.

Not my best story, I know. I shouldn't have wasted so much time not writing it. But at least I finished it with a shiny Hollywood ending, where everyone is happy. I hate it, but I don't really have anything else for this story. My ideas would flow into other stories for themselves. I hope you enjoyed this short one, even if the end did falter.