Crush – Set straight after "Sisters"

It was an interesting word to say the least, I could not put my finger on how the word could be correlated to the feelings it was named after. How did one feel a 'crush'? Was a person's heart supposed to concave in on itself? Surely this would cause irreparable damage to such an important organ….. I suppose it must just be another 'figure of speech' that the others so casually used.

Disregarding the semantics of the word I now move onto the meaning of such a term. I had heard my friends mention the word in passing before and eventually after asking Beast Boy he revealed to me that it was a name for when someone has romantic feelings towards another. I definitely had been experiencing these 'romantic feelings' as of recently so the word could most certainly be applied in my scenario.

Ever since the Titan's formation I had noticed that I had started to develop some sort of affliction with Robin, I would find myself in an glorious mood whenever we would be in the same room and I could not seem to stop the even wider smile that would find its way onto my face. I had begun spending the vast majority of my time with Robin whenever we had gotten the chance. We would partake in lots of activities together but I found that even just the simple act of conversing had become my favourite past-time. My heart had skyrocketed when he had referred to me his 'best friend' when prompted by Cyborg and Beast Boy, I was unsure as to why they found that truth to be so entertaining, as they would frequently smirk at Robin when we were together.

Sadly and almost ashamedly I soon began to long for something more than this 'best friend' arrangement, I would long to place my hand atop his when we would sit together to watch the television and I would scold myself for such a desire. Best friends don't hold hands. It was as if I was being teased by my sorrowful revelation, there would be times when we would be alone and I would lose myself in the moment and truly believe that there could be more than friendship. One of these moments had been at the pier on the 'wheel of ferris', had I not been rudely interrupted by the Centauri Police and the actions of my sister, I was sure that I would have told Robin of my feelings.

Something Beast Boy later added, increased the number of obstacles in my path. "Sometimes the person you have a crush on doesn't have a crush on you", as a princess on Tamaran any male that I chose to be my mate would have gladly accepted the privilege to join into a royal family. This wasn't the case on Earth, feelings would need to be reciprocated for a relationship to be formed. What if Robin didn't feel the same way? The very real possibility felt like a blade stabbing into my heart. What if he wished to only be 'best friends' and nothing more? What if he was not attracted to me? I shook the thoughts free from my mind, it would do no good to dwell on such thoughts.

The sun set slowly over the bay as we to sat with our legs dangling over the edge of the tower, I don't know how long we had both sat there but to me it made no difference. Our long and comfortable silence ended as he turned and smiled at me "Whatcha thinking about, Star?"

I smiled at the shortened name, no matter how many times I had heard it, it never became less meaningful to me. "Nothing of particular, friend. Yourself?"

"I'm just baffled how you and Blackfire are related"

"How so?" I replied curiously

"How can someone so mean and manipulative be related to someone as kind as you?"

I blushed slightly and tilted my face out of view "My sister has always disliked me, I believe there are very few things she likes at all"

"This is what I mean. How is it possible for someone to dislike you, Starfire? You're like the kindest person in existence"

The blush deepened "I believe your kindness would rival that of mine, Robin"

He smiled and looked at his communicator "Wow, It's already 2am. We should probably head inside" he said nervously rubbing his neck. "sorry, didn't realise how long we'd been out here otherwise I would have told you"

"Time flies when you are having the fun, I believe the saying is" I reply with a warm smile as I step passed him "Goodnight, Robin"

My heart flutters in my chest as he smiles at me, "Night, Star"

The End

Author's Notes:

Short story just because it's mainly a build up to the Tokyo themed story which will be coming soon.

Sorry it's took me so long to update this! Other stories have side-tracked me, gonna focus on this for a while now so expect some more updates soon. There will be another story and then after that will be the Tokyo one. I'm sure there will be others after this but that's my plans at the moment.

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