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Chapter 4.

Trouble in paradise

Titans Tower was fairly silent. Beast Boy and Cyborg were engaged in their usual ritual of video gaming, with Beast Boy whining and complaining about Cyborg's dubious skills. On the couch sat the beautiful flaming haired alien princess, and for the first time for as long as she could remember, she was sitting alone.

Starfire attempted to provide encouragement to both gamers, but her mind was elsewhere. She was thinking of Robin, and while this wasn't much of a surprise, her thoughts of him were of a worried nature. She got up and headed towards his room, determined to break this newly revived cycle of isolation.

A bit of a ways from the common room, there was another girl whose mind was filled with worry, mixed with confusion. Raven sat in her room, attempting to meditate, however this proved difficult due to the burden on her mind.

She thought the boy Rex was a fairly decent sort, but then she caught him pickpocketing. The nagging suspicion of familiarity rose up once again, and it was stronger than before. Rex just disappears, leaving no trace and then Red X just shows up soon after?

Raven just didn't want to go into territory she shouldn't, have thoughts about him she was afraid may have been true. She opened her eyes, taking a break from her current attempt and spoke to her room, but directed towards this mysterious boy. "Who are you?"

He was alone in his room, amongst a practically insurmountable amount of clues and evidence. He just HAD to figure out what Red X was up to this time, and he wouldn't rest until the mystery was solved. He was falling back into old habits and he knew that he ran the risk of losing the respect of his friends, but more importantly to him, he ran the risk of losing something far more valuable. Starfire.

Speaking of which, she approached his room in an attempt to get him to relax. She wanted him to be happy, and this was an attempt to finally see him after so many days.

Starfire knocked on the leader's door. "Robin? Would you wish to perhaps cease your investigation so that ...Robin, I have not seen you for days and I…miss you greatly."

She lowered her head and looked at her boots, hoping the door would open. She heard as Robin opened the door to his room to basically just a crack. He spoke. "Not now, Star. I'm sorry, but…" He then stopped himself before he said something that would surely make him lose her forever. "I can't Star, but I'll come out soon, okay?"

Starfire looked up, and she didn't look happy. "But when? Robin, you are shutting your friends out, shutting me out, as you had in the past. You are aware of how that made me feel, yes?"

Robin sighed, and remembered all those other times when he felt that discovering the truth was more important than caring about what truly mattered, his friends and more significantly, the girl he loved. Her face told him the entire story, so he turned his head towards the inside of his room and then back to her and took a deep breath. "I guess it could wait for a while."

Starfire took his arm and smiled for the first time since coming to see him. "Oh, Robin..I am glad that you have elected to spend time with me, away from your evidence. I had feared that you had truly reverted back to your old habits."

Robin thought about X and all the other times he came close to making that one big mistake. "Don't worry Star, that isn't going to happen. I've messed up too many times and I'm afraid that one more mistake will end up with me losing everything I've worked so hard for." He smiled at her and gave her a soft kiss. "And I do mean everything."