A/N I thought I told you all to leave me alone. Seriously, it's getting creepy with how you all keep meeting me here. People are beginning to talk, and I'm just not ready to talk about that kind of commitment. I just wish you'd understand how much I'm hurting inside from the last teeming mass of people I'd never met face to face and how they treated me. I felt so used. Especially by the several hundred who were from Boring, Oregon. It must have been the whole town. They were the angry back hand of the abusive lover that was that vicious, vicious mob.
Disclaimer – Though I strive with all my might, though I work and save and fight, though I cry mid storm of rain, the Titans I cannot obtain.
Nonsense – Decuce: To intentionally act as though one did not know that ones actions inspired romantic thoughts in another.
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"Robin, I still do not see them. When do we get to continue the spying?"
"They're in the movie now. We won't be able to see anything until after they come out."
Starfire sighed. Waiting was not one of her strong suits. "What movie have they gone to see?" Boredom could at least be forgiven if it allowed her to be leaning over Robin's shoulder as they stared at the computer monitor together.
"Something called Donnie Darko."
"I believe that you would call that movie title ironic for Raven to choose, yes?"
Robin smiled, "Right, Star." Even through his mask his eyes held a look of endearment for the extraterrestrial princess.
Starfire smiled back at Robin and allowed her hand to rest on his shoulder as she continued to look at the monitor. She and Cyborg had talked and he had given her some pointers on how she might be able to crack their leader's outer shell. She took another cue from what her metal friend had said and leaned in to talk almost directly into Robin's ear, allowing him to feel the warmth of her breath. "How long have they been in the movie?"
It seemed to have pretty immediate results as Robin now looked as if he was having trouble concentrating on the screen in front of him. "Uh…they've been in there…" Robin had to take a second look at the clock, "…for, uh, about an hour. I think."
Taking her next move deliberately slow, allowing the physical contact to seep in, Starfire leaned in close to Robin's ear again. "I know what it is like in the theater of movies, but what is different when on a date?" She knew, of course, but also knew that these kinds of questions would help to lead Robin's thoughts where she wanted them.
Robin's cheeks lit up lightly, but he answered her question out of habit. "Well…uh, typically…when you go on a date to the movies it's a chance to be kind of…uhm…intimate."
"Oh! Like the holding of hands and the kissing!" Starfire leaned in close to Robin again and smiled to herself when he tensed slightly. "Is that what Raven and Beast Boy are doing?"
"Maybe," he stuttered slightly. "We'll probably be able to tell when they come out."
Starfire was enjoying teasing Robin like she was. "How will we know?"
"Uh, the easiest way is if they're holding hands, but there are other things; certain kinds of smiles or looks between them." Robin looked thoughtful briefly. "One of them might even blush about something the other does or says."
Starfire sat quiet for a moment. "Robin?"
"Yeah, Star?"
"What do you mean by certain kinds of smiles or looks? I was not aware that there were subtleties of that nature in earthly courtship."
Robin turned a little in his chair to somewhat face her. "Well, it's nothing too hard to see. They might stare at each other for longer than people normally do; especially into each other's eyes. They might smile while not being able to look the other person fully in the face. They might even do something as simple as giving an alluring gaze."
"And what does an alluring gaze look like?"
"Uh…I'm not sure I could show you. It's usually a girl who does it. Wait, I think I know one that you'll remember." Robin turned his seat the rest of the way towards Starfire as he smiled at his own cleverness. "You remember watching The Lion King?"
"Oh yes! That glorious movie that featured the talking animals who fought over the land of prides!"
"Right. Well, remember the scene where Simba and Nala are uhm, wrestling at night after Nala found out Simba was still alive?"
"Yes."
"Well, when Simba pinned down Nala and she smiled at him with her eyes half open, that was an alluring look. Sometimes they call those bedroom eyes."
"Like this?" And Starfire did her best to recreate not only the look of the image in her mind, but the feel of it as well.
Robin's brain momentarily shut off as he let out a drawn out, "Yeah." He watched in fascination as she seemed to be drawing closer and closer to him. It would have shocked him fiercely to learn that it wasn't a trick of his mind, but rather his own body leaning in closer. His brain slowly started grinding back into gear, but only so that he could remember to close his eyes and tilt his head slightly.
Watching his eyes drift closed, Starfire smiled to herself again as she followed suit to help Robin close the space between them. She breathed in the scent of him just before he captured her mouth in a gentle kiss. Her own thoughts grew hazy as his hand softly cupped the side of her face and then lazily roamed to the back of her head.
As they pulled apart, Starfire kept her eyes closed to try and let the sensation linger; hoping that the feeling was burned firmly into place in her memory. Her eyelids slowly lifted to see Robin smiling at her. She smiled half shyly and half slyly back and looked down to see that he had also taken the initiative to pull her hands into his.
"I am glad that we have done the making out. I have wanted to for a most long time."
Robin laughed softly while he pulled Starfire closer to him. "Actually, Starfire, we haven't done that…yet."
In another part of the tower a rather self-satisfied Cyborg sat in front of a bank of monitors that showed various locations around their "T" shaped home. "Booyah."
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A/N This is actually the first ever romantic scene I've written for Robin and Starfire. I guess I'm so much less interested in writing about them then about Beast Boy and Raven because it's so obvious that they like each other that writing a romance about them ending up together is almost unnecessary since it looks like they're having romantic little moments all over the place. You RxS fans let me know if this meets with your approval so that I can ignore it and keep things the way I wrote them anyway. ;-)
