Trip to Hawaii
It was around 6 pm, and after Beast Boy's close call, the Titans were ready to get back to the hotel and relax. Everyone went to their rooms. In Raven and Beast Boy's room, Beast Boy immediately lay down on his bed and lay his head on the pillow. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I'm ready for a nap right now," he said. "Well, I'm going to go downstairs and get some food," said Raven. "Did you want me to bring you something back?" Beast Boy smiled and shook his head. "No thanks, Rae," he said. With that, he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Raven went over to Cyborg's door and knocked. No answer. She knocked again. Still no answer. She decided to go through his door and see if anyone was in there. The room was completely empty. Raven let out a long sigh and said, "Most likely, he's already downstairs gorging himself to blotation." She walked out of his room and walked over to Robin and Starfire's room. She knocked on the door and was greeted by Starfire. "Hello, Friend Raven," she said with a smile on her face. "I was just going to get something to eat downstairs," she said. "Did you want to come?" "Of course we would!" she said excitedly. "I'm game, let's go," said Robin. Before he could get out the door though, Raven put her hand in front of him to stop him. "First, you might want to wear something with a little less…..red," she said. Robin looked at himself and realized he was still wearing his blood stained shirt. "Uh, right," he said. "Go ahead friend Raven," said Starfire. "We will meet you down there."
Raven made her way to the hotel buffet while Starfire waited for Robin to change his shirt. Starfire sat on the bed while Robin opened his suitcase to search for a clean shirt. When he found one, he set it on the bed and removed his other shirt. Suddenly, he heard a small gasp from Starfire. Robin turned and looked at Starfire. "What's wrong, Starfire?" he asked. He noticed that she was blushing. He raised an eyebrow at first, until he came to realization that he had his shirt off. Right in front of his secret love. "Okay, this is very awkward," he thought to himself. "And the worst part is, I'm having a problem with it now. She saw me without it earlier today, and I wasn't bothered. So why is it bothering me now? Why? Why?!" While Robin was having a panic attack in his mind, Starfire was busy 'analyzing' Robin. "My, it looks as though Robin is spending much more time in the room of working out than usual," she thought. "He looks, how do these Earth girls, 'hot'. I saw him without it earlier, yet I did not feel this way. I must have been too distraught by Beast Boy's situation at the moment." They just continued to stare at each other, both blushing like crazy. The next thing that happened was unexpected for both of them: Starfire jumped off the bed, grabbed Robin's face and placed her lips on his. Robin felt like he was going to have a heart attack. Starfire suddenly realized what she was doing and pulled away. For the next few moments, the room was completely silent. Robin was too stunned to say anything, and Starfire was a little embarrassed by her actions. There was nothing but complete, total silence.
After another moment passed, the silence was broken by a knock on the door. "Are you guys coming or what?" asked Raven. "I've been waiting for 5 minutes. It shouldn't take that long just to change a shirt." Robin and Starfire finally snapped out of their trances and Robin quickly threw his shirt on. "Uh, we're coming right now, Raven," he said. When the door opened, Raven saw Starfire and Robin with weird looks on their faces. "Did I miss something?" she asked. The two just remained silent the whole time. They all made their way down to the buffet, still caught in awkward silence. Both Robin and Starfire just picked at their food with their forks and stared at their plates. "Okay," said Raven. "Does someone want to fill me in on what's going on here?" Robin finally set his fork down and got up. "I'm not feeling too hungry right now," he said. "I need to take a walk." Robin walked out the door and began his walk around the city.
"Okay, what's going on?" asked Raven. "What is going on between you two?" Starfire finally looked up at Raven. "May we go back upstairs please?" she asked. "I shall explain it there." "Why don't you want to talk about it here?" asked Raven. "I would prefer to be somewhere without other people around, please," replied Starfire. "Please?" Raven could tell in Starfire's voice that something was bothering her. "Alright, Starfire," she replied. Raven finished her food and both of the girls went up to Starfire and Robin's room. They bot sat on the bed and Starfire spoke. "I kissed Friend Robin," she said. Raven went wide-eyed immediately. "You what?" she asked. "I could not contain myself," said Starfire. "He removed his shirt and….he reminded me of the strong males on my planet, and he looked 'hot' as the earth people say." Raven raised an eyebrow. "And your ultimate reaction….was to kiss him?" she asked. "And how did that happen? You saw him without a shirt earlier today on the beach, I didn't see you kiss him on the spot there." "I was distraught by Beast Boy's injury," she replied. "Well, that makes sense, I guess," said Raven. "So I'll assume you're now completely embarrassed by this?" Starfire nodded. "It's more than that, I am afraid," she said with a hint of sadness in her tone. "He didn't seem to return the same feelings I had. I believe he might not like me now. At all."
"I highly doubt that, Star," said Raven. Starfire wasn't completely convinced. Raven, feeling a little sympathy for her friend's embarrassment and sadness, had an idea. "Why don't you come into my mind with me? I need to speak with my 'Love' emotion again." Starfire smiled. "Will I see Happy again?" she asked. "Most likely. As long as you two stay away from Rage, you can spend time with her for a little bit. She might be able to take your mind off of Robin." Starfire immediately grabbed Raven and gave her a big squeeze. "Thank you Raven!" she squealed. "Star! Can't breathe!" Starfire stopped hugging Raven and apologized. After catching her breath, Raven went over to her room and quietly got her mirror so she wouldn't wake up Beast Boy. She went back to Starfire's room. "Ready?" Starfire replied with a nod. Raven closed her eyes and focused. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos."
I'm pretty sure some of you are wondering why Robin was feeling weird about the whole situation. He just got a kiss from the girl of his dreams. Shouldn't he be feeling happy? You'll find out in the next chapter. I wanted to do a little something with Rob and Star with this chapter since BB and Rae had their time. Just so you know, I'll be bringing this story to a close pretty soon. Please review, and I hope you like the chapter. :D
Wanna know something cool? The day I put in a new chapter is the same day I put in this story's first chapter ever. 2 years later of course.