Chapter 5: Lost in Translation - Starfire and Robin
"Um, what?" Robin asked, sweat breaking out on his forehead. His ears felt hot, and he hoped to God he wasn't blushing.
Starfire sighed, obviously a little frustrated. "I wish, Friend Robin, to intertwine my body with yours."
"Oh, so I heard that right the first time," Robin said, almost to no one particular. "Um. Okay. So I'm, uh, not entirely sure that means what you think it means, Star."
"I know what it means," Starfire said. "I wish to entangle our limbs and squirm into difficult positions until we can no longer."
"You, you, uh," Robin said. Starfire moved closer to him, looking at him expectantly. He scrambled backward unsteadily, extremely uncomfortable. He would take being locked in a dark room for hours with Batman if it meant he could be out of this situation. His back suddenly met the wall, and he was cornered by an alien princess who insisted on doing something Robin was definitely not ready for.
"Well, Friend Robin," she prompted, only inches away from him. "Do you wish to participate?"
Robin's mouth opened and closed, but no sound came forth.
"It will, of course," Starfire said, lowering her gaze, "take place on the floor. There is not much room otherwise."
The boy wonder choked. "S-Starfire," he said weakly.
"Yes, Robin?"
"I," he stuttered, "I don't know if I can do this...It's too sudden."
Starfire blinked in surprise, then looked put out. "Oh, I see," she said sadly, moving back and clasping her hands behind her back.
Robin let out a breath he didn't realize he had been holding. "Sorry, Star," he said.
"It is the all right," Starfire smiled gently.
"Yo, Star!" Cyborg called from the other room. "Does Rob wanna play Twister with us or not? Game's getting-BB! No morphing, that's cheating!"
"I must be returning to the game now," Starfire said, flying off.
Robin gaped at her as she left, leaving him alone in the hallway. "Twister!" he hissed, pressing the heel of his hand to his forehead.
A/N: I'm gonna be honest. I giggled immaturely the whole time I wrote this. I hope you didn't think it was too much! XD
Thanks for reading, as always.
Next is a fun day with Starfire and Beast Boy! Yay! ^-^b