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I Hate the Snow

I hate the snow.

Robin sniffed, grimacing as he did so. That had been about what, the hundredth time? He wondered briefly again why they were at the park and not in the warm T tower, but pushed it aside as he saw the other Titans enjoying the snow. Cyborg and Beast Boy were doing their utmost to bury Raven in snowballs, who was effortlessly deflecting them with strands of black energy. Starfire was rolling a ball of snow, which Robin presumed was for a snowman. She looked over in his direction and gestured for him to help her. Robin wasn't particularly keen on the idea, but he went anyway.

"Robin! I am making a Snowman! Would you like to assist me?"

"Well, I-"

Robin was interrupted by a loud yelp from Raven, and he looked over to see her pulling snow out of her hood. Beast Boy laughed, apparently having managed to somehow put some snow down the back of Raven's neck. Robin pondered how Beast Boy had managed to get ice down a skin tight leotard, but he had learnt to never underestimate the changeling.

"Robin?"

He shook his head and turned back to Starfire. He was about to refuse. He really was. But then he saw the green eyes staring up at him, and Robin was officially gone. All disparaging thoughts about Christmas were expelled from his mind.

Just call me Santa Claus.

"Sure, Star," he said, and Starfire beamed. Robin tried to hold back his goofy grin, but it exploded on to his face anyway. He started to roll another ball of snow for the torso while Starfire continued to roll up the ball of snow for the base of the snowman. Suddenly, Robin felt something cold smack into the back of his head. He whirled to look at Beast Boy and Cyborg, but found that they couldn't be responsible, as they were taking cover from an enraged Raven. She had created about roughly one hundred tendrils from black energy, and was using them all to scoop, roll and throw the snowballs at the two terrified Titans.

He turned to Starfire, who was still rolling the large ball of snow. He looked for anyone else, but found nothing. He shrugged and went back to his snowman rolling. Once again, he was knocked from his task by a snowball smacking into his head. Growling, he turned. Everything was exactly the same as it was before. Cyborg and Beast Boy were still cowering behind a tree, and Raven was still bombarding them with snowballs. The only thing that had changed was Starfire, and that was only because she had rolled further on. His eyes thinned beneath his mask, scanning the area for any sign of who was throwing them, but still found nothing. He let out an irritated breath and got back to rolling.

Yet again, another snowball hit him. He stood up to his full height.

"All right! Who's doing that?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him, puzzlement on their faces. Even Raven had stopped her snowball bombardment. Cyborg and Beast Boy, not ones to let this kind of opportunity go to waste, scooped up some snow and hit Raven in the face with two expertly aimed snowballs. Laughing, they ran away, a fuming Raven in hot pursuit. Starfire looked bewildered.

"Robin? What is wrong?"

"Someone's throwing snowballs," he said, looking around the park, checking under bushes and behind benches.

"Well… perhaps now that you have yelled, they have gone away," Starfire said, some uncertainty in her voice.

Robin nodded, still checking around the park. "Yeah, you're probably right, Star. Sorry. Let's get back to our snowman."

Starfire nodded and floated over to her large snowball, as did Robin. As he rolled his snowball around, watching it build in mass, his mind went over all the different places that the snowballs could have come from, judging by what angle they hit him at. Every time, his mind only came up with one conclusion; it was Starfire. There was no-one else. He looked over at the Tamaranian, who was humming to herself as she rolled the snow around.

Are you kidding? She'd never do that.

Robin shook his head and laughed, and got back to his rolling. He paused.

Would she?

He looked over at the Tamaranian. He thinned his eyes and a smile spread across his face.

Well, two can play this game.

He surreptitiously scooped up some snow and aimed. He waited until her back was to him, and threw the snowball. It landed square in the back of her head. He got back to his rolling, hiding his amusement as he did so. Starfire turned, disbelief on her features.

"Robin?"

"Yes, Star?" he said, pretending to be preoccupied with his snowball.

"Why did you throw a snowball at me?"

"I didn't," he said, keeping a perfectly straight face as he did so.

"There is no-one else who could have done so, Robin."

"Well, maybe now you've yelled, they've gone away," he said, a wry smile on his face.

Starfire stared at him for a moment, then turned back to her rolling. Robin began to wonder if perhaps she wasn't the one who was throwing snowballs at him. He shook the thought from his head, and got back to his rolling. It looked about the right size now. He looked up to call out to Starfire, and found that she was gone, her snowball gone with her.

"Starfire? I'm done with my snowball."

No response.

"Starfire?"

He walked over to where she had been, finding that her footprints had ended suddenly. He looked around and couldn't see any sign of her. He frowned and reached for his communicator when a shadow loomed over him. A big one. He turned to see Starfire, the sun behind her, holding a snowball the size of a car above her head. Robin's eyes widened as Starfire seemed ready to bring down the snowball, a victorious smile on her face. Robin smirked and leapt forward, tackling Starfire in the midriff. She let out a small yelp before the snowball came collapsing down on them, burying them both from head to toe.

They both sat up quickly and stared forward, dazed and thoroughly drenched in snow. Robin slowly looked over at Starfire, who did the same.

"You've, uh…"

He reached out and took some of her hair in his hand. "You've got snow in your hair."

Starfire similarly reached out and ran her hand through his hair. "As do you."

Robin smiled, and so did Starfire. The smiles soon led into light chuckles, which soon led into full blown laughter.

Eventually, Robin slowly stopped laughing and looked over at Starfire. He reached out and brushed some snow from her cheek. She smiled, and Robin could have sworn she was glowing.

Suddenly, there was a scream from the distance, and Beast Boy came running past them, spilling snow everywhere. He was closely followed by Raven, who had a look of fear in her eyes as well. Cyborg followed, waving his fist in the air as he ran, saying something about how long it takes to get ice out of his servos. They both laughed, and Robin looked back at Starfire. He pushed himself to his feet and offered his hand to the Tamaranian.

"Come on. I think we both need a shower."

Starfire nodded, and took his hand. And from there, they walked back to the T Tower, hand in hand. Robin once again looked over at Starfire, a grin on both of their faces.

I love the snow.

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(A/N: Yes, the obligatory fluffy Robin and Starfire Christmas fic. This also got second place in the RS Winter Holiday Fan Fiction Contest, so… hoorah for me!

Anyway, review.)