Part 1: Laughs Pixie Stix
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or Pixie Stix or Hershey
Robin comes home from a really long day, wanting nothing more than some peace and quiet. What he gets is a sugar high alien princess who decides it's her job to lift his spirits.
Robin was tired. Everything about him was just… tired. Even the usually robust growl of the R-cycle sounded more like a sedated purr. He was truly a weary person as he drove back towards Titans Tower. He supposed spending a day at the Mayor's office could do that to you. The mayor was, to say the least, a little dull. Though extremely photogenic and wonderful at seducing a crowd, when it came to the actual affairs of the office… the mayor of Jump City was utterly useless. The Boy Wonder highly suspected that the person that was really running the city was Margie.
Margie, the mayor's secretary, was about as tiring as the mayor himself. Robin had come early that morning and sat outside of the mayor's office waiting for two hours with nothing to do but warily watch Margie flit about from the phone to her computer to the file cabinet and back again. It had nearly made him dizzy.
He had finally been ushered into the mayor's office by the busy-body secretary. Once within, he faced a task that was almost as trying as a fight with the most notorious villains. Conversing with the mayor. Robin had honestly prayed to be struck down dead once or twice throughout the meeting. Whatever it was about the mayor that charmed cameras did nothing of the sort to Robin and the young hero was almost disgusted by the suave hair-do and award winning smile.
It may have been the fact that Robin's view of fame was totally disillusioned after suffering through countless aristocratic parties with Bruce Wayne or it may have been his detective's instinct that made him dislike the mayor so much. Either way, he perceived the man to be totally plastic and it vexed him to no end. Or it could have been something else entirely… like that the man had an IQ rivaling that of a peanut.
But that didn't really matter. All Robin knew at this point was that he was exhausted and prayed he would never have to review the Titans' budget with the mayor again. As he pulled up the long drive cutting across the Titans' island, he silently hoped that Starfire had made him something to eat again. She was usually considerate about such things and prepared food and drink for him whenever he returned from an outing.
It had taken some time before the things Star had made for him were edible, but it had been a flattering gesture all the same. He sighed and turned off the r-cycle as he rumbled into the garage. Robin wanted nothing more than a quiet evening lacking all mention of those who were of less-than-stellar cerebral power. Perhaps he would receive his wish of a mayor-less evening, but a quiet one? No, that was not about to be granted to the lethargic Boy Wonder.
"HEEEEEEEE!" Starfire's shrill laughter bubbled out to him as he opened the door into the tower. He blinked, immediately wary. "Oh, Beast Boy, vocalize to me the dubbence of this fine, sugary convection once more, please! I must not forget the name of such a wondrous item," Starfire giggled. Robin lifted an eyebrow and slowly ventured down the hall towards the main room. He distinctly detected a pitiful whimper come in response to the girl's request.
As he came closer, he heard the rustling of paper. "Is there more? Oh goodness! No, this is most terrible! This is an absolute atrocity! Unacceptable! Beast Boy, there must be more of this miraculous substance," Starfire's voice was almost pleading, and yet she was plagued with a fit of giggles soon after. As Robin stepped into the main room, he found his eyes assaulted with color. Everywhere.
The scene before him was… disturbing. Starfire was giggling madly and hovering mid-room clutching her stomach. Her brilliant eyes sparkled with undeniable euphoria and her exotically tanned cheeks were flushed. About her were thin tubes of colored paper. In fact, the small tubes were very close to overtaking the room.
Beast Boy was huddled with his back against the wall, pressed as tightly as he could to it and his knees tucked up to his chest. The green teen winced as Starfire ballerina-twirled about the room. His forest green eyes landed on Robin's form in the doorway. "Eh, hey Rob…" Beast Boy choked out. Robin stared at Beast Boy and then looked at Starfire. And then back at Beast Boy. A crease formed on his brow and he narrowed his eyes.
"Hello, Beast Boy… would you mind telling me what's going on?" he asked, deciding to abandon the hope of Starfire having prepared him dinner. Beast Boy simpered and then ducked his head down and shifted into a turtle as Starfire swooped down to him. The changeling remained stopped up in his shell.
"Beast Boy? Beast Boy! BEAST BOY!" Starfire trilled, knocking on his shell. "Beast Boy, I do implore you to inform me… is there more?" she pestered.
"N-n-no… you ate the whole s-stash!" Beast Boy wailed from within his shell. Starfire pouted then, her lip quivering.
"Oh… how incredibly horrible! I cannot believe such a thing!" Starfire protested. She suddenly whipped away from him and locked her gaze on Robin, as if having noticed him for the first time. "Friend Robin! Many greetings!" Starfire smiled widely and zipped over to him, laughing rapturously. "I am elated to see that you have returned!" she cried as she threw herself on to him, consuming him in a massive hug.
Robin gasped for breath as she removed every breath of air in his lungs from him and lifted him off of the ground. "S-Star…" he wheezed. Starfire abruptly stopped her laughter and blinked.
"OH! My sincerest appologieeeeees!" Starfire sang, bursting out into more giggles. She released him.
"WHA!" Robin dropped hard onto the ground. "Ow… Beast Boy, what's going on?" Robin asked again. Beast Boy poked his turtle head out from his shell and blinked, shifting back to human form.
"Well, you see…" Beast Boy trailed off and watched in perplexity as Starfire scooped up a handful of the colorful paper tubes and threw them into the air. The fluttered to the ground, a few of them landing in Robin's unruly mop of ebony hair. Robin let his gaze travel upwards and then reached to his hair and grabbed out the tube. He read the tiny white wording printed across it.
"Beast Boy, Pixie Stix?" Robin asked, his gaze accusing.
"W-well… ya see, I was having one and Star came out and then… she asked what one was and…"
"You let her eat your entire stash of colored sugar!" Robin groaned. Beast Boy nodded sheepishly. Starfire snickered and hopped from one foot to the other.
"Oh, and the sticks of pixie are most enjoyable!" She bubbled, shaking Robin's shoulders for emphasis. Robin nodded.
"Er, yeah… but maybe you ate a little too much?" he offered, sending a glare in Beast Boy's direction. BB simply shrugged and remained pressed into the corner. Starfire shook her head furiously and then brought her face up to his so their noses were pressed together. Robin went cross-eyed and he attempted to back up, but Star still had her hands firmly clamped onto his shoulders.
"No! I do not believe it to be possible to consume too many of the delightful treats… Friend Robin, do you have any more sticks of the pixie?" Starfire asked hopefully, jade eyes growing very wide. Robin would have declared the pleading expression endearing had he been able to think outside of the fact that Starfire practically had her face smashed to his.
"Sorry…Star… I don't have any… Pixie Stix… right now…" he ground out. Starfire's face fell and she released him. He tumbled backwards a few steps, his balance off with the abrupt release. She regarded him carefully, floating a few feet off of the ground and pouting cutely.
"Oh, that is a most incredible shame…" she sighed, sinking to the ground. Robin almost felt guilty. "Welllllll… how was your day?" Starfire peeped, her expression brightening suddenly and her smile returning.
"Not the best. Beast Boy, I thought we discussed the consequences of aiding one of your teammates in becoming obnoxiously sugar high," he said, eyeing Beast Boy irritably. Starfire didn't really bother him in her elated state, in fact he would have found her to be absolutely adorable as she beamed at him, innocently blissful. However, Beast Boy's stash of candy had caused… disturbances before. When Cyborg had gotten sugar high on Hershey Bars… either way, Robin had made Beast Boy promise to be more considerate when letting the others have some of the candy…or having it himself for that matter.
"Y-yeah, I know… but Star's got one hell of a puppy face and… I mean, you can't say no to her either!" Beast Boy retorted. Robin huffed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Just… that was stupid… I mean… she's an alien. How do you know that… alien sugar highs aren't… I don't know… bad…?" he sighed. Robin rolled his eyes and looked back, only to jump in surprise. Starfire was peering at him with bright, concerned eyes.
"Aww… Robin, are you unhappy?" Starfire purred. He swallowed, suddenly uncomfortable with her close proximity.
"No, I'm perfectly fine…" he coughed.
"I do not wish for you to be unhappy!" Starfire scolded, her sympathetic mood turning grumpy instantly.
"Really, Star, I'm fine," he assured her, taking a step back. Starfire floated forward.
"I shall not have the unhappiness in this room!" Starfire declared. "I will have to remedy this," she hummed, tapping her chin and pondering a way to fix the situation. "Ah! I know! Perhaps… the 'kiss to make it better'? Is this appropriate?" Starfire inquired.
"Seriously, I'm fine! You don't have to…!" Starfire stopped his protests as her lips were pressed soundly over his. Beast Boy's eyes grew wide as he remained huddled in the corner. Robin's mind went blank for a total of three seconds before he registered what was happening. Once it clicked, he had no problem returning the favor Starfire was bestowing on him. He heard her give a very tine peep of surprise as he moved his lips against hers.
Robin's arm wound around her waist and he pulled her close to him. She remained in his embrace as the kiss ended, at which point both simply stared at each other for a few moments, both quite surprised with their own actions.
"Beast Boy?" Robin said carefully. Beast Boy swallowed. Was Robin going to massacre him now or later…?
"Y-yes?" BB whimpered. A very slow smirk worked its way onto his features.
"Go buy some more Pixie Stix,"
Author's Note: Here's the next piece! I hope you liked it. I'm glad to see people are interested in the idea. Let us all hope the petition works because I would very much like to be able to give some more direct review responses. Oh well. Not much can be done about it. I'll try to post more next weekend. Until then, I hope this piece is satisfactory. Comments and criticism are welcome.
Love, Princess Starfire of Tamaran