Just Drabbles

I don't own the Teen Titans. They are under the ownership of DC Comics.

Chapter 25: Heated Days and Heated Faces

Kay, this just popped into my head while flipping through Deviant Art.

X'hal, Starfire thought wearily as she wiped beads of sweat that trickled down her tanned face. It must be the temperature of a thousand Grobnar suns in here! As Beast Boy had put it in a voice that dripped with sarcasm, Jump City just had to be located in California, a place where sunshine poured from the sky pretty much nonstop. Sighing, Starfire planted herself face first onto her bed, for once using a pillow as a cooling component. Yet within ten minutes both sides of her pillow had become sweat soaked, the sheet winding up in the same state not long after.

Realizing that the Teen Titans dwelled on an island, Starfire wearily floated over to her closet before remembering that her one and only swimsuit had a ripped strap and she hadn't found the time to purchase a new one. She went to Raven to see if her friend could help her.

"Raven," Starfire called as she rapped lightly on the other female Titan's door. The door quickly slid open to reveal a disgruntled Raven, her midnight blue cloak abandoned.

"Yes?" Raven groused.

Starfire spoke quickly. "I had wished to go swimming yet I have no suit of bathing for the one I do own is damaged. I was wondering if perhaps you had a spare one I could borrow?"

Raven bit her lip thoughtfully. Then her eyes lit up slightly as an idea came to her. "I do have something for you, wait her one moment." She levitated over to her closet, rifled through it briefly before returning to Starfire, a white rectangular box in hand. "Here," she said, handing Starfire the box. "I confiscated this from Beast Boy a while ago."

Starfire lifted the lid of the box and beamed at what she saw. "Oh Raven! This is most glorious! Thank you!" Then her happiness turned into confusion. "But Raven, why…?

"It's a long story," Raven cut in, her tone telling Starfire she was not in the mood to answer her friend's question.

Nodding, Starfire then asked. "Are you certain?"

"Yes."

Nodding once more, Starfire took her leave, heading back to her room to change.

Robin sat in front of his computer, his hair limp with sweat sinking into his mask and letting hang askew on his face. He took a deep breath, resenting all of the hot air he was inhaling. He finally understood the nickname "Boy Blunder" that had been so graciously bestowed upon him by Raven. What had he been thinking, allowing the Tower to "go green" because Beast Boy had insisted upon it. A little A/C every once it awhile probably wasn't too detrimental to the planet's well being.

He groaned, tugging on his uniform shirt. Stupid heat. He glanced out of his window, glaring at the sun before letting his gaze fall to the ocean waves below his window. The clear blue waters enticed him with their siren song. He noticed a red bob amongst the waves quickly realizing it was Starfire swimming contentedly in the ocean.

At least one of us in this place has a bright idea, Robin thought before getting up and heading toward his closet to fish out his swimming trunks.

When he got to the water's edge he called out to Starfire, "Hey Star! Need some company?"

The Tamaranian turned toward him, a beatific smile gracing her face. "Greetings Robin!" She stood as she waved, Robin's jaw coming close to striking the ground as he caught an eyeful of her uniform. He definitely didn't see this coming, let alone think he'd see it again.

Tucked in on themselves so they'd take on the appearance of tank top straps were forest green short sleeves. The body of Starfire's new…bathing suit was a bright scarlet, a faded yellow circle sitting on her collarbone. The hem of the body only reached her midriff while dark green short shorts that now doubled as a bikini bottom sat on her hips.

Needless to say, Robin was staring at one of his first uniforms. What made matters worse was the fact that Starfire had been swimming in it and the now soaked fabric clung to her form, enhancing her curves in such a way that made Robin despise the fact that he had hormones that could rage like they were right then and there. The water that dripped from her long locks and slithered down her skin didn't help him much either.

Robin hardly noticed the concerned look on Starfire's face, only brought back to reality when he heard her lilting voice calling out to him. He snapped his gaze to her worried green eyes.

"Robin?" She asked. "Are you feeling alright? Your visage is quite flushed. Have you become ill with the fever? Do you require medical attention?"

Noticing that his throat had become dry like the Sahara, he quickly shook his head before running past his friend and flinging himself into the ice cold waves.

Teeheehee, that was fun. The next and final chapter of My Dark Angel should hopefully up by Saturday!