A Lost Love
Chapter 4: He's Watching
Starfire walked into the tower, arms full with bags from a full day of shopping. "Hello friends! I have returned with new clothes for all!"
The others looked at her. "Well, mostly for me. "She blushed. "Actually, all of them are for me…" She murmured. Cyborg and Beast Boy just started laughing as Raven rolled her eyes. "I got them for our trip to Tamaran. My people would love to see the Earthly fashions here."
"Oh, we got a call back from Tamaran by the way. We'll be leaving in a week." Raven stated.
"Everyone is worried about you Star. Once they heard about Robin and how you…well, reacted." Cyborg said. "Especially Galfore."
"Really? Well, one week until we leave, I should start preparing." Starfire left the others to go to her room. "Hello Robin." She said as she walked into her room. The alter was still there, as always, and she often talked to it. She laid the clothes out onto the bed. "I got many new clothes for our trip to Tamaran. I'm sure the Tamaranians would love to see the fashions from Earth. We leave in a week. I'm very excited to see Galfore." Starfire brought out her bag and began putting the new clothes into it. "I wish you were here and could come with us, but then again, if you were here, we wouldn't be leaving, would we?" Outside her window, a boy hung onto a rope, undetected in the cover of the night's darkness. He watched her pack her bag, but noticed the alter in her room. The picture of Robin was in the center, and was surrounded by other pictures of him and the team. The candles were burning as well. He could barely make out what she was saying, but he had heard enough. He descended to the ground below, and slipped away, he thought unnoticed. However, Starfire was silently floating behind him as he sped away on a boat. She lighted softly onto the boat, but made enough of a disturbance for him to notice. He turned around quickly, ready to fight off anyone.
"Who are you?" He asked. Starfire lit a starbolt, so they could see through the darkness.
"Starfire." She answered. "Why were you at my window?"
"Uh, what are you talking about?" He asked.
Starfire glared at him. "You know what I am talking about! You were at my window just a few minutes ago."
Richard just turned away, back to steering the boat. "I don't know how you got that idea into your head, but it's not true."
Starfire grabbed him and held a starbolt to his face. "You were there! I saw you! Richard, why were you looking into my window?"
He kept surprisingly calm. "Your window is 4 stories up in the tower. How could I look into your window?" He smirked. Starfire put the starbolt closer to his face. A rope incinerated in her hands from the energy.
"You should hide your secrets, otherwise someone may find them to your disadvantage." She stated. Richard's face fell.
"Alright, so I was at your window. But not really! I was climbing down from the tower's roof."
"Why were you on the roof?" Starfire released him. Richard gratefully sank into the captains chair.
"The view of the city and the sunset is amazing from the roof." He turned back to the wheel, holding it with one hand.
"Why did you stop?"
"Stop what?"
"Stop at my window. You were there for some time."
"Oh, well, uh, I just wanted to see your room… and uh, yea."
"See my room?" Starfire asked doubtfully.
"Well, I saw the candles burning, and just wanted to see what was going on."
Starfire nodded. "I suppose that is alright. But you can just ask us for the roof next time. I'm sure the others wouldn't mind you being there, as long as you don't go into any other rooms without permission."
"Thanks, but I don't think that'll be necessary. I think I should just stay away from the tower. I tend to be curious, I would probably invade your privacy."
"Oh, our alarm system is very advanced, and Raven is very blunt in her actions. If she thought you were being invasive, she would not hesitate to tell you." 'By throwing you out the door.' Starfire silently added.
"Well, it is late, I better get going." Richard got out. Starfire looked around in surprise. They had docked at the city and the tower was far in the distance. Richard began to tie up the boat and put things away.
"Yes, goodbye Richard. Come by the tower anytime, the others would like to meet you, I'm sure." Starfire started to fly away as Richard began to walk off the dock.
"Oh, Starfire?"
Starfire turned back. "Yes?"
"You owe me a new rope." He joked.
Starfire giggled, and flew to the tower and into the open window of her room.
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A/N- Hey!! I'm back from the dead! I know that took a LONG time, but I've been very busy. Finals for school, studying for finals, my sport, and now that I'm FINALLY on winter break (along with all the company and planning for dinner parties), I'm free!! So, sorry it took so long, I'll try to update again before I go back to school, but I don't know if I will. I'm having a little trouble with the plot of this fic, so it might take a while for another chapter to get up. So, I wish you all a very happy holidays, happy new years and whatnot, and Review!!!
The White Tsubasa
