kitsunechibiko suggested that I should do a Valentines drabble… I said I would love to, but didn't have the time… so… here it is… Strange how stuff happens, sometimes, isn't it? -grin-

Oh, it's the 13'th here still... posting this early...

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, I just borrow them…
Pairing: Robin/Red X
Warning: Nope… fluffy and chatty…
Background: This is my Robin/Red X from the drabble "The Darkness Below" and story "For Better or for Worse", drabble "Waking up" and so on… Set after "Waking Up". So, to refresh everyone's memory: Red (who's real name is Richard (Rick) Knight) hangs out at the Tower quite a bit, and no other Titan knows that he is Red X, although Robin calls him "Red" (from the color of his hair). Red is unmasked, but in front of the Titans, Robin keeps his mask on, still…

So… here we go then… Oh, this is completely pointless and just a lot of talk, so if you have better things to do, you should really do them first… it's SHORT, though…


Valentine Values

Red reached lazily for the last piece of candy, a gelatin sugar-coated heart. Robin was quicker, though, and snatched it up, popping it in his mouth with a smirk. It was really unfair, Red thought, since the bowl was placed in Robin's lap. On the other hand, he figured, Robin was placed in his, as they both were sprawled out, relaxing on the couch in Titans Tower. They had just watched movies all night. Well… between make out sessions… and now it was suddenly morning.

"Hey! You took my heart!" Red exclaimed.

"Awww… that's sweet, Red…" Robin chuckled, popping the candy out on his tongue teasingly.

"It deserves a kiss, then…" Red decided, flipped Robin out of his lap, onto the couch and attacked.

The move left Robin with a rather silly smile on his face, until his brow furrowed.

"Heeey…."

"Yes, candy cane?" Red asked innocently.

"You stole it!"

"Na-ha!" Red protested, chewing away.

"Thief."

"Cutie pie."

"Scoundrel."

"Gumbie bear"

"Delinquent"

"Tootsie Pop"

"Crook"

"Chocolate frog."

"Hey, that's not even a real candy! You got that from Harry Potter!"

"Might be… but it fits… You are sweet, I crave you and you always try to jump me…"

"I do not!" Robin's ears turned quite an interesting color.

"And you got big red ears…" The thief giggled.

"Frog's don't have- I DO NOT!"

"Aw, c'mon… you know what they say about guys with big ears, right?"

"What?" Robin could smell the trap.

"They say, 'gosh, that guy has really big ears!'"

"I think I'll call the cops…" Robin decided, reaching for his T-com on the table.

"On the other hand your ears aren't really that big… and they are absolutely delicious!" Red hurriedly said, and started to nibble on one.

"Soon-to-be-jail-bait." Robin chuckled.

"Soon-to-be-snogged…"

The snogging in question had to wait, though, since the other Titans suddenly appeared in the room.

"Happy glorious Day-of-Valentines!"

"Morning, dudes!"

"I'm gonna make heart shaped waffles! With all the goodies!"

"Good morning."

Red sighed.

"Why do they always interrupt?" he wailed, making sure Robin's mask was returned to him. From Robin's position, more or less covered by Red, there was no chance of being seen without it at the moment … and Red loved those eyes.

"'Cause you're always at it, man." Cy snorted.

"Yes. You are both quite acting like snoorgklaaks in the season of mating, are they not?" Starfire asked Raven.

"I would imagine so." the girl nodded solemnly, trying to hide a smile.

"So? We have to make up for lost time!" Red complained. "Besides, we were just watching movies…" he tried to tug Robin's top down without anybody noticing. It was amazing how it could slide up by itself like that.

"Yeah, riiiight…" Cyborg didn't sound like he believed a word. "Hey! Who took the whipped cream! Aw, guys, not again!?"

"What? We? Wasn't us!" Red declared. "I bet it was BB!" He pointed at the boy "Hey, grass-stain, gluttony is a sin, you know!"

"So is lust, babe..." Robin smirked up at him.

"Oh? Fuck…"

"Yes, I would imagine that would be included…" Robin chuckled.

"It so wasn't me, that was real cream! I'm a vegan!" Beast Boy protested.

"Maybe you are a meat-eating sleepwalker?" Red suggested, trying to push a certain empty canister under the couch with his foot.

"Stop harassing my team, Rick, or I'll make you train with us today." Robin threatened. This statement met more reactions than he had expected.

"What?! It's Valentines! I'm not running a course today, forget it!" BB said. "I'm hitting the mall! Comin' Rae?"

"Sure." Raven said to the boy's complete amazement.

"Uhh… really?"

"Yes? Why not? I bet Star's coming too, right Star?"

"Oh, yes please! I would love to study the workings of this day!"

BB's ear's drooped a little, but he soon perked up.

"What about you, Cy? Comin'?" he asked his friend.

"Nah, 'can't. Got a date." the older teen admitted.

Red X snorted.

"With what, a food processor? Let me guess, you are taking her to the carwash for a hot wax?"

"Rick!" Robin sounded annoyed, but Cy smirked and towered over Red's leaner form.

"If you weren't the one giving my leader bed-hair… nice style, by the way, Rob, I would like to introduce your mouth to a kitchen appliance, kid."

Robin slowly counted to ten while his boyfriend and teammate had a half serious glare competition.

"All right, everybody freeze!" he shouted "This is not a holiday! This is a stupid commercial trick to sell more cards and candy. Practice will not be canceled!"

They all gawped at him, then Red slowly started to grin.

"Let me guess… never had a date on Valentines before, have you?"

"So? I have been working! What does that have to-"

"'Cause it's only stupid if you don't, Jelly Bean… but don't worry! Today you have! And Titans, please scatter… I'll occupy your fearless leader…"

The room emptied in record time. Robin wondered where that speed was when they had an emergency. He turned to his smugly grinning boyfriend.

"Really? You have something planned?"

"Yup. For tonight, though."

"Something legal?"

"Semi-legal."

"HOW semi?" Robin frowned

"Well…" Red squirmed. "If we get caught… it's definitely not legal."

"Why am I not surprised? And if we aren't caught?"

"You'll be a very happy criminal."

"How happy?"

"Criminally."

"What did I do to deserve you?" Robin grunted.

"I have no idea, but that probably wasn't legal either… really good things never are…" Red philosophized.

Robin almost expected Red to just take him to his apartment for a nice, undisturbed shag, but he wasn't about to complain, as he felt very guilty about not having anything planned himself. And he would not mind a shag. Not at all.

Red surprised him, though, and they spent the evening in the darkness of the rafters high above the scene of Jump's opera house. The opera given at the time was, appropriately, 'Don Juan', or 'Don Giovanni' by Mozart. The evening went splendidly, with only one little mishap as Red happened to drop a shrimp onto the scene. Robin winced as one of the chorus members seemingly slipped on it, but it was not very noticeable. Sitting side by side, balancing on the beams and watching the splendid show was intoxicating, and it was amazing that they didn't drop the whole picnic-basket, brought by Red, onto the unsuspecting performers. Especially after Red got bored and decided that kissing Robin was more to his liking than opera.

It was rather late as the two of them snuck into Red's apartment through an especially rigged window.

"It's clear that your knowledge of a few laws is lacking." Robin snorted after kicking off his shoes. "Remind me to repeat some with you. Especially those concerning 'breaking and entering' and 'indecent exposure'… oh, and littering!"

"C'mon, you loved it!" Red smirked, seeing straight through Robin's huffiness.

"Yeah, I did…" Robin grinned. "Valentines might not be that bad…"

"Nah, it's all about who you spend it with…" Red agreed.

"Really?" Robin pulled Red down on the bed/sofa combination. "I thought it was all about who you ended it with…"

Fin.


A/N: I TOLD you it was pointless! But I hope you thought it was sweet, at least… now I'm back to the "not so sweet"-ness of 'the Peace Contract'… No need to review!

Oh, I have NOT forgotten the 'Review-prizes' for Lorian Kedrake and LuCiFelLo KuFF. They will probably be the next two drabbles I publish, and I like to publish them together… but I'm still buggered for time… I hope I will be able to finish them before I move…