Nevi here. Sorry this took so long. Well, here's me saying: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING.
The Second Chapter (finally!)
Starfire turned over on her side and checked her clock. 1:07 p.m. She had been deciding what to do with this parcel for hours now. She had come up with no decent ideas. It was addressed to the Tower, so it couldn't possibly be for anyone other than the Titans. Since the other teens hadn't claimed it, she came to the conclusion that it must be opened and then dealt with accordingly. She would've let Robin open
it, as he was the team's leader; it could be a bomb and he always wanted to take responsibility. But her curiosity was just too great, she had to open it. NOW.
With immense frustration, her emerald eyes lit up and a beam cut through the tape with precision. Not wasting a second, she snatched up the box and ripped the flaps open to reveal a mound of packing peanuts. Her face fell as she took a peanut in her grasp and examined it. Sighing, she debated whether she should ask one of her teammates what these things were. But determined to keep her opening of the package a secret, she just dropped the matter and rummaged through the contents of the box.
She came across a trunk so tiny it could fit in the palm of her hand. Starfire had seen similar trunks on Tamaran. It was a puzzle trunk that, through solving a series of challenges, could be opened to reveal one of numerous things. The ones she had seen contained either money, small gifts, useful items that could shrink or expand, or magical items. But this trunk was not a typical color. Actually, this chest's symbols were unfamiliar to Starfire, and it was also glowing a peculiar aqua color. For several minutes Star flipped the unique container over and over in her hand, inspecting it. Out of the blue, there was a rapon the door that snapped her back to reality.
"Star? Are you in there?" Robin called. She had not emerged from her room for an extremely long time, so naturally, he was worried about her.
"Y-y-yes, Robin! I shall be there in a moment!" Starfire darted to her closet, shoved the opened package filled with the peanuts into it, and slid the unusual trinket under her bed. Sliding the door ajar, she greeted her visitor. "Hello, friend Robin! What is the matter?"
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay. You've been in your room forever, you know."
"Oh, yes, I was... thinking. But I am done now. What have you been doing? I will join you in it if you wish."
"Just relaxing, I guess. It's our day off, so... you want to go somewhere?"
"Only you and me, Robin? Or accompanied by friends Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy?"
"Just you and me. I asked the others to join, but Beast Boy and Cyborg are busy playing video games and Raven's reading in her room. Is that okay with you?"
"Yes... that is fine." Starfire sighed, disappointed. She had foolishly thought that he just wanted to spend the day alone with her. But unbeknownst to her, he had.
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FLASHING BACKWARDS THING
Robin had interrupted Beast Boy's and his argument over who had won the video game they were playing for something very important. Cyborg could tell by the distressed look on their leader's face. So the two titans just stared at Robin while he paced in front of the television screen. Out of nowhere, he spoke.
"You guys are busy today, alright? " he stated.
"Well, not really, we were just playing Soul Calibur–" BB started.
"But you are busy. All the rest of today. Competing for some sort of video game trophy, perhaps or whatever else you want to do."
"Why? What's up?" Cyborg questioned.
"I need to spend some time with Star today. It's our only day off for another few months, and I thought–"
"Oh, I see." Cyborg implied, smirking.
"You wanna take your girlfriend on a date." Beast Boy joined in.
"N-N-No! She's not...I just... I..." Robin couldn't find the right words.
"That's okay, I think we understand." Beast Boy confirmed, starting the game back up, grinning evilly, obviously plotting something.
"You have a good time with your princess now!" Cyborg waved him away, a huge smile stretching across his face.
Robin just pivoted on his heels and hurried off toward Raven's room.
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"Yes?" Raven scared the crap out of Robin as the door slid open. She had popped out of her quarters before he had even reached the door.
"Just wanted to know if you were occupied with something today... 'Cause I have a favor to–"
"I'm not going to interrupt your date with Starfire, if that's what your asking." the hooded teen replied monotonously, returning to her bedroom.
Robin, feeling relieved, took no heed to her implication and just strut down the hall to Starfire's room.
END OF FLASHING BACK THING
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NEVI: I guess I like to write short chapters... I might just write short chapters but update more frequently than I did this time. I'll get to the other ships in other chapters, they didn't seem to fit in with what this chapter was about.
Next chapter: Another subject! Probably either CyBee/ BBTer... or something else... just probably not RobStar yet, it seems that I've written a bunch about Star.