Chapter 3: If Your Girl Only Knew
We return to the kitchen of titans tower where two of our favorite superheroes are going insane with their love for one another. When we last saw them they had both come to the conclusion that they were insane. And Raven, after giving some advice to Starfire, unexpectedly became guilty and remorseful for doing so. But why? Why would Raven become so enraged with herself for telling Starfire to confess to Robin that she was head over heels in love with him? The answer is very simple.
"Dude, you're kidding, right?"
"Shut up, Cy," Beastboy shouted at the top of his lungs in his bedroom. Swiftly, Beastboy remembered that she was only just down the hall.
"Look, Cy...I only told cause you said that you could keep a secret. So, dude, you have to promise not to tell her."
"I don't know...I figured you liked someone, but not...her. This is too juicy to keep under wraps man."
"Cy, dude, promise now!" Cyborg could see that Beastboy was growing angrier with each passing second. Cyborg was going to promise not tell his best friend's crush his secret, but it was just too much fun to hassle him about it first. However, when Beastboy jumped onto Cyborg and was holding his neck with both hands and staring into his eyes menacingly, which was very uncharacteristic of the normally playful Beastboy, he knew that the joke was over.
"Alright, alright man, I won't tell her. Geez...no reason to get your little underwear in a fury bunch." Thus Beastboy released him and breathed out a sigh of relief. Then, at that very moment someone burst through the door.
"Have either one of you two idiots seen Star?" Beastboy's heart jumped out of his chest. He couldn't believe how close she came to coming in on his confession. He started to become light headed and nauseous. He became a slightly paler shade of green.
"BB, are you feeling okay," she asked. But not in the cold, harsh, emotionless way she had posed her first question. It was lighter. She said it in a caring way. She even removed her hood to get a better look at him. She did quickly, but gracefully. And that's when Beastboy saw it. The care in her face. He had never seen anything like that spread across her face before. He couldn't believe it was the same girl he liked. And that's when he was no longer 99% sure he liked her, but 100%. He had always known there was a nice, sweet, and loving girl deep within, but was never able to prove it to everyone else. No one else had witnessed it. Especially not Cyborg. Not until now at least. He said to himself, 'There you are, Raven. Now I see you.'
"I'm okay. And no...I haven't seen Star since she asked me if I had seen Robin. But that was a good thirty minutes ago, at least," he said in almost a whisper. The entire time he spoke, his eyes never left her own. They were looking right at each other when out of nowhere...
"Yo! I'm still here guys! If you two would like to be alone just let me know cause I don't want to watch you guys stare at each other," ...there was a disturbance. Cyborg ruined a perfectly good moment and embarrassed Raven, causing her to throw her hood back over her head, and enraged Beastboy, causing him to shoot daggers at him with his eyes. Then a blushing Raven covered in darkness said, "Well thanks. I have to find her. Later...Much later." And with that she left. Cyborg began to burst out into laughter and point at the blushing and angry Beastboy, who threw a pillow at his head. And the two began a pillow fight, or as they called it, A Fluffy Death-Match of Doom, going back to their normal behavior as if the past seven minutes had never happened. All the while, Raven rested against Beastboy's cold metal door, grasping at her heart and breathing heavily. She was appreciative that her emotions towards Beastboy were not fully revealed, but disgusted that she allowed herself to fall into such an empty and cliché emotion as love. She was supposed to be better than that. That very love for Beastboy is what caused her to become entranced by Starfire's words and forget the fact that Starfire could never love Robin.
Meanwhile Robin opened the refrigerator door and began pulling out a hoagie that he had found.
"Well, this is the only thing that seems to be edible in here," he said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood and fade the tension, angst, and frustration.
"We can split it...and make something else."
"Like what?"
"We could make...cookies? Is that not what they are called," Starfire asked as she held up the box full of cookie dough.
"Yeah Star. Good idea." Robin went and grabbed an apron.
"Here Star," he said holding it up before her. "You should wear this so that you don't get anything on your um," and he looked at her from head to toe, beginning to gulp and breathe heavily, "...outfit."
"Thank you Robin. But, um, how does it work?"
"Well, um, l-like this." He turned her around slowly and began to wrap the apron around her waist and tie it tightly after asking if it was too tight for comfort. Starfire could feel his breath on the back of her neck since she moved her hair so that her could tie the top of it behind her neck. She could feel that tension again. He was breathing so heavily. And she was beginning to do the same.
Robin's head was screaming that he should stop now, but he couldn't. He didn't want to. He took his good time to tie both knots. And traced the rope used to tie the apron down her back with his hands, sending shivers down her spine. And then...
"Dude, I'll kill you!" And with that Cyborg flew into the room embroiled in the Fluffy Death- Match of Doom.
"Yeah just try to – oh," Cyborg said as he entered the room and noticed their intimate and uncomfortable moment. The smile on his face faded then reappeared, but this time devilishly so.
"Dude, you run way to fast for...hey, what's going on?" Starfire and Robin suddenly felt very uncomfortable and backed away from each other. Smiling nervously.
"Sorry to interrupt," Cyborg said sarcastically, the devilish grin not yet leaving his face. Then Raven walked in after hearing all of the commotion.
"You did not interrupt anything," Starfire said staring at Robin. "Suddenly, I am not so hungry any more. I think I will go watch television in my room."
Robin's heart felt heavy. He knew it was his fault she felt uncomfortable. He was really mentally insane. 'First those thoughts and now this.' He had already broken his vow about fifty times when he had only made it two minutes ago.
"But Star, what about the cookies?"
"Maybe later." Then Starfire asked him to remove the apron. By now Beastboy, Raven, and Cyborg had all made their way to the couch and pretended to be watching television, turning the volume down to a murmur so that they could hear the conversation in the kitchen.
Robin slowly began to untie the apron and began to pick up the pace as he noticed Raven coming towards them with a look of suspicion and disgust on her face. He removed it and tossed it towards the counter as Star turned to face him. She looked at him for a moment, breathless. She opened her mouth and then said, "Well, I hope to see you later today. Bye." And then she stepped back beginning to leave. Starfire dared not to turn around because she never wanted to turn her back on Robin. She wanted to look at that handsome young man before her. But unfortunately, Starfire stepped on the apron, which had missed the table. This proved again that Robin was off when he was around her. How could he miss the table? He was really starting to lose it. Starfire slipped and began to fall. Robin reached out to grab her, but sadly, they both fell onto the floor. Beastboy and Cyborg turned around to see what the loud thumping sound was. Raven stood there above them waiting for the opportune moment. They had fallen perfectly on top of each other. Robin lifted his head to look at Star and make sure that she was okay, and she was. Then they were there looking at each other for what seemed like an eternity. Starfire rapidly felt a magnetic attraction to Robin. It was pulling her closer and closer to him. And his lips were becoming very appealing, not that they were not before, but now they were pulling her in. She was mesmerized. Then Beastboy and Cyborg began to snicker. And Starfire was snapped out of Robin's spell. She pushed him off and he followed her lead, beginning to stand up. Her gave her his hand and she took it. He pulled her up and apologized. "See you later," Starfire said and this time she turned around and walked away. Beastboy and Cyborg followed all the while making fun of the two. "Oh, Star," BB said in a voice close to Robin's, "I'm so sorry. I just wanted to kiss you." And he and Cyborg again burst into laughter, continuing their mocking all the way down the hall. Then the doors closed and Robin began to pick up things that were knocked on the floor when he noticed Raven standing there. This was the opportune moment she had been waiting for. "What?" "Robin, you should be ashamed." "What?" "I always knew you liked her, but to take it this far..." "Raven, what are you talking about. I don't like Star." "Please. Don't you feel any guilt? Haven't you thought about her feelings? Both of their feelings." "Raven, whose feelings?" "Don't play dumb, boy wonder. You're really starting to lose it." "I know I've been acting strangely, but I'm sure that it's nothing." "Be quiet. I can't listen to you anymore. How does the leader lose control of his emotions like this?" "Like what? Raven! Stop yelling at me! I have yet to lose control." "Whatever fearless leader. Look...just get this under control, okay? Normally I wouldn't care. But Star is my friend. She may be naïve, but she's not stupid. You can't take this any further than what I unfortunately just saw. I'm sorry if this is a rude awakening, but it's necessary. I mean...What if she saw that near kiss? It would have broken her heart." "Who? Whose heart?" "Your girlfriend!" 'My girlfriend? O, yeah. ...Forgot about her.' "I..." "Look Robin. BB, Cy and Star may not know about her, but I saw last week. Besides, your memories don't lie." "What do you want me to-" "-Just fix this Robin. Or I'll fix you." And Raven turned around to exit the room. She knew it was a bit harsh, but it was necessary. Robin couldn't keep this up any longer. Robin put his head down and suddenly felt like scum. And so the day went on. Beastboy was continuing his death-match with Cy, praying that he wouldn't tell Raven the truth; Cyborg fought gallantly with Beastboy finding all of the love in the tower both humorous and sickening; Starfire sat on her bed, watching television, trying to contemplate a way to tell Robin how much she loved him; Robin stood alone in the kitchen, with his head down, looking pitiful; And before Raven exited the room completely she turned around, put her hood up, and stared at the disgraceful boy wonder, saying to him in her mind, 'If your girl only knew.'
Thanks again for the reviews! Sorry I didn't update as soon as I said I would. I had to work. (Summer jobs suck!). Anyway please continue to review! And to answer questions and such: -This fic is based on that old song by the same title. -It should be Crazily in love, but I was going for the same title as Beyonce's song. -And just for note, each chapter is either going to be the title or a line from a song. If you have a song title you really like let me know. I'm always open to suggestions. Thanks again!
Lovin' It, LILY
We return to the kitchen of titans tower where two of our favorite superheroes are going insane with their love for one another. When we last saw them they had both come to the conclusion that they were insane. And Raven, after giving some advice to Starfire, unexpectedly became guilty and remorseful for doing so. But why? Why would Raven become so enraged with herself for telling Starfire to confess to Robin that she was head over heels in love with him? The answer is very simple.
"Dude, you're kidding, right?"
"Shut up, Cy," Beastboy shouted at the top of his lungs in his bedroom. Swiftly, Beastboy remembered that she was only just down the hall.
"Look, Cy...I only told cause you said that you could keep a secret. So, dude, you have to promise not to tell her."
"I don't know...I figured you liked someone, but not...her. This is too juicy to keep under wraps man."
"Cy, dude, promise now!" Cyborg could see that Beastboy was growing angrier with each passing second. Cyborg was going to promise not tell his best friend's crush his secret, but it was just too much fun to hassle him about it first. However, when Beastboy jumped onto Cyborg and was holding his neck with both hands and staring into his eyes menacingly, which was very uncharacteristic of the normally playful Beastboy, he knew that the joke was over.
"Alright, alright man, I won't tell her. Geez...no reason to get your little underwear in a fury bunch." Thus Beastboy released him and breathed out a sigh of relief. Then, at that very moment someone burst through the door.
"Have either one of you two idiots seen Star?" Beastboy's heart jumped out of his chest. He couldn't believe how close she came to coming in on his confession. He started to become light headed and nauseous. He became a slightly paler shade of green.
"BB, are you feeling okay," she asked. But not in the cold, harsh, emotionless way she had posed her first question. It was lighter. She said it in a caring way. She even removed her hood to get a better look at him. She did quickly, but gracefully. And that's when Beastboy saw it. The care in her face. He had never seen anything like that spread across her face before. He couldn't believe it was the same girl he liked. And that's when he was no longer 99% sure he liked her, but 100%. He had always known there was a nice, sweet, and loving girl deep within, but was never able to prove it to everyone else. No one else had witnessed it. Especially not Cyborg. Not until now at least. He said to himself, 'There you are, Raven. Now I see you.'
"I'm okay. And no...I haven't seen Star since she asked me if I had seen Robin. But that was a good thirty minutes ago, at least," he said in almost a whisper. The entire time he spoke, his eyes never left her own. They were looking right at each other when out of nowhere...
"Yo! I'm still here guys! If you two would like to be alone just let me know cause I don't want to watch you guys stare at each other," ...there was a disturbance. Cyborg ruined a perfectly good moment and embarrassed Raven, causing her to throw her hood back over her head, and enraged Beastboy, causing him to shoot daggers at him with his eyes. Then a blushing Raven covered in darkness said, "Well thanks. I have to find her. Later...Much later." And with that she left. Cyborg began to burst out into laughter and point at the blushing and angry Beastboy, who threw a pillow at his head. And the two began a pillow fight, or as they called it, A Fluffy Death-Match of Doom, going back to their normal behavior as if the past seven minutes had never happened. All the while, Raven rested against Beastboy's cold metal door, grasping at her heart and breathing heavily. She was appreciative that her emotions towards Beastboy were not fully revealed, but disgusted that she allowed herself to fall into such an empty and cliché emotion as love. She was supposed to be better than that. That very love for Beastboy is what caused her to become entranced by Starfire's words and forget the fact that Starfire could never love Robin.
Meanwhile Robin opened the refrigerator door and began pulling out a hoagie that he had found.
"Well, this is the only thing that seems to be edible in here," he said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood and fade the tension, angst, and frustration.
"We can split it...and make something else."
"Like what?"
"We could make...cookies? Is that not what they are called," Starfire asked as she held up the box full of cookie dough.
"Yeah Star. Good idea." Robin went and grabbed an apron.
"Here Star," he said holding it up before her. "You should wear this so that you don't get anything on your um," and he looked at her from head to toe, beginning to gulp and breathe heavily, "...outfit."
"Thank you Robin. But, um, how does it work?"
"Well, um, l-like this." He turned her around slowly and began to wrap the apron around her waist and tie it tightly after asking if it was too tight for comfort. Starfire could feel his breath on the back of her neck since she moved her hair so that her could tie the top of it behind her neck. She could feel that tension again. He was breathing so heavily. And she was beginning to do the same.
Robin's head was screaming that he should stop now, but he couldn't. He didn't want to. He took his good time to tie both knots. And traced the rope used to tie the apron down her back with his hands, sending shivers down her spine. And then...
"Dude, I'll kill you!" And with that Cyborg flew into the room embroiled in the Fluffy Death- Match of Doom.
"Yeah just try to – oh," Cyborg said as he entered the room and noticed their intimate and uncomfortable moment. The smile on his face faded then reappeared, but this time devilishly so.
"Dude, you run way to fast for...hey, what's going on?" Starfire and Robin suddenly felt very uncomfortable and backed away from each other. Smiling nervously.
"Sorry to interrupt," Cyborg said sarcastically, the devilish grin not yet leaving his face. Then Raven walked in after hearing all of the commotion.
"You did not interrupt anything," Starfire said staring at Robin. "Suddenly, I am not so hungry any more. I think I will go watch television in my room."
Robin's heart felt heavy. He knew it was his fault she felt uncomfortable. He was really mentally insane. 'First those thoughts and now this.' He had already broken his vow about fifty times when he had only made it two minutes ago.
"But Star, what about the cookies?"
"Maybe later." Then Starfire asked him to remove the apron. By now Beastboy, Raven, and Cyborg had all made their way to the couch and pretended to be watching television, turning the volume down to a murmur so that they could hear the conversation in the kitchen.
Robin slowly began to untie the apron and began to pick up the pace as he noticed Raven coming towards them with a look of suspicion and disgust on her face. He removed it and tossed it towards the counter as Star turned to face him. She looked at him for a moment, breathless. She opened her mouth and then said, "Well, I hope to see you later today. Bye." And then she stepped back beginning to leave. Starfire dared not to turn around because she never wanted to turn her back on Robin. She wanted to look at that handsome young man before her. But unfortunately, Starfire stepped on the apron, which had missed the table. This proved again that Robin was off when he was around her. How could he miss the table? He was really starting to lose it. Starfire slipped and began to fall. Robin reached out to grab her, but sadly, they both fell onto the floor. Beastboy and Cyborg turned around to see what the loud thumping sound was. Raven stood there above them waiting for the opportune moment. They had fallen perfectly on top of each other. Robin lifted his head to look at Star and make sure that she was okay, and she was. Then they were there looking at each other for what seemed like an eternity. Starfire rapidly felt a magnetic attraction to Robin. It was pulling her closer and closer to him. And his lips were becoming very appealing, not that they were not before, but now they were pulling her in. She was mesmerized. Then Beastboy and Cyborg began to snicker. And Starfire was snapped out of Robin's spell. She pushed him off and he followed her lead, beginning to stand up. Her gave her his hand and she took it. He pulled her up and apologized. "See you later," Starfire said and this time she turned around and walked away. Beastboy and Cyborg followed all the while making fun of the two. "Oh, Star," BB said in a voice close to Robin's, "I'm so sorry. I just wanted to kiss you." And he and Cyborg again burst into laughter, continuing their mocking all the way down the hall. Then the doors closed and Robin began to pick up things that were knocked on the floor when he noticed Raven standing there. This was the opportune moment she had been waiting for. "What?" "Robin, you should be ashamed." "What?" "I always knew you liked her, but to take it this far..." "Raven, what are you talking about. I don't like Star." "Please. Don't you feel any guilt? Haven't you thought about her feelings? Both of their feelings." "Raven, whose feelings?" "Don't play dumb, boy wonder. You're really starting to lose it." "I know I've been acting strangely, but I'm sure that it's nothing." "Be quiet. I can't listen to you anymore. How does the leader lose control of his emotions like this?" "Like what? Raven! Stop yelling at me! I have yet to lose control." "Whatever fearless leader. Look...just get this under control, okay? Normally I wouldn't care. But Star is my friend. She may be naïve, but she's not stupid. You can't take this any further than what I unfortunately just saw. I'm sorry if this is a rude awakening, but it's necessary. I mean...What if she saw that near kiss? It would have broken her heart." "Who? Whose heart?" "Your girlfriend!" 'My girlfriend? O, yeah. ...Forgot about her.' "I..." "Look Robin. BB, Cy and Star may not know about her, but I saw last week. Besides, your memories don't lie." "What do you want me to-" "-Just fix this Robin. Or I'll fix you." And Raven turned around to exit the room. She knew it was a bit harsh, but it was necessary. Robin couldn't keep this up any longer. Robin put his head down and suddenly felt like scum. And so the day went on. Beastboy was continuing his death-match with Cy, praying that he wouldn't tell Raven the truth; Cyborg fought gallantly with Beastboy finding all of the love in the tower both humorous and sickening; Starfire sat on her bed, watching television, trying to contemplate a way to tell Robin how much she loved him; Robin stood alone in the kitchen, with his head down, looking pitiful; And before Raven exited the room completely she turned around, put her hood up, and stared at the disgraceful boy wonder, saying to him in her mind, 'If your girl only knew.'
Thanks again for the reviews! Sorry I didn't update as soon as I said I would. I had to work. (Summer jobs suck!). Anyway please continue to review! And to answer questions and such: -This fic is based on that old song by the same title. -It should be Crazily in love, but I was going for the same title as Beyonce's song. -And just for note, each chapter is either going to be the title or a line from a song. If you have a song title you really like let me know. I'm always open to suggestions. Thanks again!
Lovin' It, LILY