Chapter 10

What Do You See?

As she was walking, or rather floating, towards the main room with Robin, Starfire realized that this planet was very different from Tamaran.

What exactly is this place?

"Friend Robin... What is the name of this planet?"

Robin looked at her to see if she was joking, but she kept looking at him with curious eyes.

Apparently not. Ah, I guess I forgot. She said she was from Tamaran. Besides, nobody on Earth would have such powers...

"This planet? Uh, it's called Earth."

"Planet Earth... Wondeful."

Her eyes were looking to the common room, but they seemed to see something far, far away. Robin wondered what she was thinking. He couldn't help but be enchanted by those emerald eyes.

The day went quite well in Robin's opinion. Either Starfire was recovering amazingly fast, or she was acting fine. They all had lunch, and afterwards everyone went off to do their own thing.

Robin was on the training grounds trying new martial arts combinations when he saw Starfire flying nearby.

She landed lightly on her feet and started stretching. She was very flexible, but her injuries got in the way. Whenever she tried to stretch her back, she winced and failed. She kept trying over and over, and the pain seemed to go away a little. After a few painful tries, she succeeded in bending her back and touching her palms to the grass.

Robin admired how determined she was. A normal girl wouldn't be able to walk in that condition. But then again, she was no normal girl. He watched as she stretched some more.

Starfire finished her stretches and stood straight, staring at the cloudless blue sky. Looking satisfied, she lied down on the cold wet grass, eyes now closed.

Robin walked over as quietly as possible and lied next to her. She didn't seem to notice. He looked at her resting face. This was the face he had seen the most, because Starfire had been unconscious a lot during her stay with the Titans. Also, Robin was almost always by her side whenever she rested. He had the chance to stare at her for hours without any interruption.

Jeeze... I'm practically a stalker. I should really stop looking at her.

"What do you see when you look at me?" Starfire said with her eyes still closed.

"Ah!" Robin said in surprise. All this time he thought she hadn't noticed him. How embarrassing...

"I...I thought I was really quiet." His heart was on the verge of exploding. Was it from embarrassment or something else?

"I have very keen hearing. And somehow... I can always sense your presence." Her eyes were still closed.

Robin wondered how she could be so calm while every part of him was just twitching to explode.

"Well?" She said expectantly.

"Huh?"

"You have not answered my question. What do you see when you look at me? Clearly you see something very interesting, because you are always looking at me." Starfire grinned slightly.

"Uh... Well... I see...I don't know." There were many things his heart was telling him, but he didn't want to say any of them.

Starfire had her eyes open now, her head slightly tilted towards Robin so she could see him.

"You do not know? Or you do not wish to know?"

Her lips were smiling, but for some reason, her eyes looked sad.

"I..." Robin did not know what to say.

"I am not feeling too well," she said, tired of waiting for him to say something. "I will go and rest now. Good-bye Robin."

With that, she got up and flew away. Just a few paces away, she dropped down to her feet and started running instead.

I cannot fly anymore... Friend Robin seems to have feelings for me, but he will never say anything. I should not want his love. Not that kind. I am already in love... with a man I must forget.

But I will never forget. Do you not realize, Kal El? It is simply impossible... No matter how desperately I try...

I will never forget any of this.

Robin just watched as she ran away. He ran to the nearest punching bag and hit it until his gloves tore and his hands bled.

I'm an IDIOT! Why can't I say anything around her? I tell her to be honest and look at me! Agh! SO STUPID!

He looked at his bleeding hands and collapsed onto his knees. He just kneeled silently, still looking at his hands.

Can't concentrate.

All I can think about is her.

I'm such a coward... such a damn coward.

End of Chapter 10

Sorry for the late update, got the next chapter pretty much ready so yeah. thanks for the reviews! Next chapter will be very interesting... in my opinion of course :P