Chapter Seven: "The Good Night Kiss"
Robin looked at her. "Yes Starfire, I had a bad dream. But it was nothing. I just wanted to make sure you were ok." He tried to lie.
Starfire wasn't buying it this time.
"Robin, it is not nothing, you are crying. It must have been a very bad dream. What happened?" she asked, wiping the tears off his face.
"I just had a dream that we weren't friends anymore. That's all." Robin said, trying not to remember the horrid pictures of his dreams.
"Oh Robin, you are my best friend, I will never leave you." She smiled. Giving him a hug. He put his arms around her and they stayed like that for what seemed to be like hours. "Robin, you should try to go back to sleep. I shall walk you back to your room."
"No Starfire, that's-"she stopped him by putting her finger on his lips.
"It is necessary for me." She said and took his arm and led him back to his room. They walked down the hall to Robin's room and Starfire gave him a hug.
"Good night Robin." She said, before she pulled away she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Robin blushed madly and looked at her, wide eyes and open mouth.
"What um . . . "he stopped to regain his voice, "What was that for?" Robin asked nervously.
"I was only performing the good night kiss; I saw it on a few of the television shows." She smiled, happy that she had learned something on her own. Robin didn't want to tell her that that's not what you do to a friend, but he enjoyed it and kissed her cheek in return and told her good night. Robin walked into his room and fell asleep, this time, dreaming of happy dreams because he was kissed . . . by an angel.
The next morning Robin awoke to the sound of laughter. He got up, took a shower, got dressed and walked to the main room. He could now here Cyborg and Beast Boy laughing, and of course Starfire was asking why. When the doors opened, everyone was looking at Robin. Seconds later Cyborg and Beast Boy started in with there giggles. Starfire walked over to Robin.
"I do not understand Robin, I merely told them that I had performed the good night kiss and they keep laughing, tell me, did I do something wrong?" She asked, confused. Even Raven slipped a giggle in.
Robin turned red, again. Cyborg and Beast Boy pranced over to Robin and started picking on him.
"Oh Robin, I shall initiate the Good Night Kiss." Cyborg announced making the kissing noises with his lips.
Beast Boy began laughing historically. "Ya, I would have paid anything to see your face!"
"Ok guys, seriously that's enough." Robin tried to make them stop, but only got worse.
Raven got fed up with there excessive laughing and playing around. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" she said out loud and a black aura surrounded both the boys and held them in the air, leaving only there heads free.
"HEY! Get me down from here!" Cyborg shouted.
"Dude, let me go!" Beast Boy yelled.
"No, you two need to learn when to stop." Raven simply stated. Both boys started pleading, but Raven still denied them.
Robin went back to his room and sat down at his computer. He started typing away, trying to escape the nightmare that was replaying itself in the back of his mind. He heard a knock at his door and tried to ignore it, but the person would not go away.
"Robin are you in there?" Raven called out.
"Yes I am." He called back.
Raven opened his door and stepped in. The door closed behind her.
"Robin, I've been . . . feeling some strong emotions coming from you. Are you ok?"
"I'm fine Raven." Robin told her.
"Robin, I've been inside your mind, we have a bond. I know when you're not ok. And you're not ok." Raven insisted. "What is bothering you?"
"Raven, look, it's nothing, I can handle this ok. If it gets out of control, I'll consult you ok. Just trust me ok?" He tried not to act like a jerk or push her away, but he didn't want anyone to know about the dreams he had.
Raven told him ok and walked out.
The rest of the day seemed to go by so fast because nobody notice that they had spent the entire day inside. Once again, Cyborg locked the tower down, and everyone went to bed.
Robin went to his room, but he got the feeling he was being watched, but all he saw were shadows. Sleep, I just need sleep. He thought to himself. He walked in and got his pajamas on, and climbed into bed. After the feeling of being watched subsided he fell asleep.