A/N: Well right before I was about to post this chapter, I checked my stats and found out that this story has more than 10,000 hits now. Yay! Thanks for the reviews as well. Now, here's the all Rob/Star chapter.
Chapter Fourteen: Resolution
When Robin and Starfire both woke up the next morning, they were not surprised to see each other both in the kitchen. They had both wanted to see each other apparently. It was as if one was waiting for the other, and despite their disagreements, they were just fine with that.
After a moment of chatting about misconceptions, they were soon facing each other from a few feet, and a look of uncertainty was etched across both of their faces. Starfire guilty looked down as Robin took her free hand in his. His action caused her to look up at him, and neither had noticed that both of their soft breathing had become faster.
"What else do you do there anyway?" he asked about the class. His voice seemed to be the only sound in the room, "You know, besides learning about how great your teacher is."
Starfire sighed at his last remark. "If you insist to know everything, then I shall tell you. Along with the English language we practice many other languages sometimes, and on our weekly field trips we observe human communication."
Robin blinked. "Sounds like fun."
"Yes, it is," Starfire murmured.
He moved closer to her, and Starfire jumped. He didn't seem fazed at all by what he was doing, and this piqued her curiosity on what he was getting to.
"Well, you don't look like you have that much fun," Robin pointed out to her.
"That is because I am tired and it is early in the morning. Robin, we have been through this before. I have to go to school now, please." She avoided his eyes again and continued, "I have been in class for many weeks and I have been fine each day. Miss Angles will take good care of me and the other students."
Robin shrugged. "Well, if it's okay with you, I'd like to see her for myself today."
Starfire's eyes widened as she stared at the floor. All of these weeks he had wanted her to stay home with him, and now he wanted to follow her to school? "What about your own training schedule?" she asked him, with true surprise, "Is it not important to you anymore?"
Robin grinned to himself. He had forgotten to mention to her that the training sessions were not as consistent anymore, meaning that the outings would not be either as well. Although the outings were supposed to be fun, the fact that they were gone took a whole load off of his chest.
"These lessons are obviously important to you," he answered her; "I'd like to see what they're all about. Besides, I've realized that I'm a little more concerned about your feelings than that schedule."
"Ok." Starfire nodded.
"I'll leave a note for the others, telling them that training's cancelled for the day," he told her, so hold on a little more, ok?"
Besides, I've realized that I'm a little more concerned about your feelings than that schedule.
Robin attempted to let go of her hand, but she tugged on it. Warm and sweaty as his hand and hers were, she would not let go. Not at this moment at least.
"Um…yeah?" Robin responded to her reaction.
Starfire flew a tad closer to her friend. If Robin could make a romantic gesture after the events between them in the past few weeks, then so could she. She dropped her book, and took his other free hand. Without hesitation, she lightly kissed him on the cheek. The small moment had seemed like minutes, although it was not. And now Robin was fazed; she hadn't done something like that in a long time.
"Thank you for caring for me," Starfire told him, glowing. She let go of his hand and picked up her schoolbook.
"No problem," he muttered. They stared at each other as they often did, while waiting for the other to say more. It wasn't long until they came to the conclusion that no more needed to be said. A short moment had passed when Robin seemed to register that she gave him a small kiss, and his face had reddened. He started his trip towards the gym once again, while muttering to himself, "Now, where can I find some paper…?"
Starfire stifled a laugh. They seemed to be back to normal.
oOo
"Fly or ride, Starfire?" Robin asked, once they had left the tower, "Although I don't know why you'd want to do either, since you'd probably be early either way."
"It does not matter," Starfire said to him.
"Well, let's walk then. The class doesn't even start until seven, and it is 6:00 right now. It's not that far away anyway," he told her, while zipping up his jacket. "How about you just fly us over the water, and then when we're over it we can start walking. It's a nice morning to do that."
Starfire, who was apprehensive at first, agreed. "I believe that is a good idea. I suppose going early to school will have to wait for today."
Robin grinned at her and upon his doing so, Starfire flew over the water.
Once they landed, they walked side by side through the city. Most of the citizens were still asleep, so it was easy for them to walk through. It wasn't as chilly as they were expecting, so Robin regretting taking his jacket and unzipped it. Starfire seemed to be enjoying herself as well.
"I bet you don't care about being 'late' to class now," he teased.
Starfire put on stern face, while trying to hide a smile. "I do now."
"So why do you like coming to class so early anyway?" he asked her. "Most kids wouldn't want to do that."
"Well, I would. I enjoy helping Miss Angles prepare for the school day. And the reason I come to class so early, is the same reason you go to the gym so early."
Robin looked at her. "What do you mean?"
"I enjoy school, and you enjoy training. It is no surprise that we go to both events at an early time."
"Since when did I like training?" Robin slyly asked.
"Since you have been a 'workaholic'," Starfire giggled, mimicking Beast Boy's words from many weeks before.
"That's not very nice," Robin grinned. "I thought you were learning how to compliment people and be polite in that class of yours."
Starfire stopped walking and stood in front of him. "We do. I still have time not to be extremely late, so I will give you an example." She touched the outside of his jacket, as if she were admiring it. I like your jacket, Robin. It is very…tasteful."
Robin gave an affectionate smile. He didn't care if he was going to act goofy with her, so he played along. "Thanks. I like your outfit too Starfire. You look like a little school girl."
"That is a good thing?" Starfire asked, confused.
"Well, at least I think so. I like your shirt…and skirt..."
"Thank you," Starfire blushed.
"Your collar needs to be fixed though. I think you've been wearing it wrong all of this time."
Sure enough, Robin was right. The collar to her uniform shirt had always stuck up and covered her whole neck. He reached around her neck and fixed it. "There."
"You did not have to do that," Starfire quietly said.
"Yeah, well...this teacher of yours sounds strict...and I wanted to fix it."
"Well, what if I wished to fix your hair?" Starfire asked, while flattening his sticking up strands of hair. They stuck up as he had just awakened recently, and Robin shyly rubbed the backside of his neck. "Er…you didn't have to do that either."
An awkward silence passed between them. Robin stuck his hands in his pockets a moment after they started walking again. What should they talk about now? He thought to himself.
"The weather," he said, quickly. "It's nice today."
"I did not know you were fond of the morning weather," Starfire said to him.
"Yeah...well."
The wind blew, and Robin shivered. He then began to regret that he unzipped his jacket. He reached for the zipper to unzip it, but he looked up to see Starfire coming towards him instead. "You're cold," she told him. She zipped the rest of the jacket up for him as Robin froze. She did not let go of the zipper and they stared at each other for a moment.
Starfire spoke again, barely moving. "You did not wish for me to do that, did you?"
"It was helpful," Robin muttered. "Most people don't usually zip up each other's coats…unless they're parents doing it to kids." He gave a small nervous laugh.
She looked a little embarrassed, and Robin wished he had not said that. He put his hand on hers that was still on the zipper, and put it over hers.
"Sorry," he muttered. "I shouldn't have said that…You were just making sure I wasn't cold…I mean, I'm the one who fixed your collar just a moment ago."
Starfire gave a weak smile.
Robin did not let go of her hand still, and Starfire did not budge either. For the moment, he didn't know what he was thinking. His hand first began to move down around her waist. He leaned closer to her face and she hesitantly closed her eyes. It was after this when his lips touched hers when he was fully aware of what was going on.
He closed his eyes under his mask as well, while they both stayed in the same position. Robin wasn't surprised that Starfire's lips were warm, since she wasn't even cold in the first place. Her whole body was warm and he began to feel more comfortable near her than he had a few moments before.
Starfire was the first to break the kiss. She flushed after seeing Robin's confused face, and explained to him.
"The reason for that is not what you think," she said, while smiling. "It is just because I am really getting late to class, and this time is for sure."
She pointed to the clock on the church nearby and Robin's stomach jostled. Without asking the usual, he took her hand and Starfire flew the rest of the way to their destination, with no problem at all.
A/N: I hate writing kiss scenes, but I hope I did okay. This is another chapter I don't really like. XD The next chapter has Raven and Beast Boy for the most part and a surprise person…Meh, I was going to put something else here but I forgot. Thanks for reading!
