Chapter 3
It was Friday morning and Starfire had gotten up early, trying to be in her best mood for her "date" with Speedy tonight.
This was to be her first ever official "romantic" encounter. She wanted to make the best of it...but she had no idea what to do or how to go about doing it.
She quickly jumped out of bed, and made her way to Raven's room. She was about to knock on the door, when she frowned and mumbled to herself.
"Mmm..I am confused, but I do not wish to disturb Raven any further."
The door slid open.
"You won't Star. I finished the book. What's going on?" Raven's short mane was disheveled and resembled an afro far too much, not to mention she still had strangely green flannel pajamas on. Starfire was expecting something...well darker.
"Um. Well are you sure I am not disturbing you Raven?" Starfire asked meekly.
Raven gave Star a sleepy half smile and yawned. "I'm sure Star. Now come in. What are you so confused about?"
Starfire sat down on Raven's bed cross legged, grabbing a pillow to hug while she spoke.
"Well..Raven I have never gone on one of these Earth dates before. The closest I have gotten on Tamaran was..the arranged marriage the previous year. Tell me. What are these like?"
Raven's eyes widened slightly. She couldn't tell her friend the first thing about a date when she, herself had never even been on one. She crossed her arms and cleared her throat.
"Uh. Well Star..see I've never actually been on an Earth date before. Or on any other planet..." Raven's cheeks showed a slight tint of pink at her confession.
Starfire didn't seem fazed however.
"But Raven you must tell me! Surely you have general knowledge. From what I have gathered from the television programming, a date involves recreational activities, such as golfing, movies, carnivals, the tree watching, the bird watching, 'pick-nicks', walking on the beaches-"
"Star. It's okay. You're just going to dinner. Since you're only going to get to know Speedy better, you don't have to stress so much. It's like going to dinner with Cyborg."
A mischievous idea flashed through Raven's head. She raised an eyebrow and hesitantly began talking again.
"Or.."
"Or..?"
"Or you can look jaw dropping gorgeous tonight, make Robin do a few double takes, and go out with Speedy while Robin sits here contemplating what you are doing out with another guy." Raven smiled. "Another guy that is NOT Robin."
Starfire perked up and stood. Her initial interested reaction however, was soon followed by a questionable frown.
"Raven..that is..do you mean to make Robin jealous? Using fellow Titan Speedy for my personal gain?"
Raven sighed, forgetting Starfire's nobility.
"No Star. Look If this doesn't have Robin kicking himself the entire night for not taking a chance with you, I don't know what will. As for Speedy, be upfront during dinner. Tell him you're friends and aren't currently interested in being more."
With that Starfire brightened.
"If I am being honest with him, I guess I can still go." She paused and thought momentarily. "And I must admit, Robin getting the jealous feelings would be welcome..."
A smile crept on Raven's face. "I'm sure it would be. I'll help you get dressed tonight if you need it. Now go brush your teeth. You smell."
Starfire covered her mouth slightly and let out a sheepish giggle.
"Heh! I shall go scrub my dentals and tongue now friend Raven!"
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Robin stretched and attempted to get out of bed..but wound up with his head hanging off the side and his body still sprawled all over his messy bed. He grunted, unable to muster enough energy to get up.
But eventually he did. He had to shower. He'd spent his entire week in his room, the training room, or the kitchen. He refused to let the anger subside and admit he had a case of serious Starfire withdrawal.
What was worse is that ever since they'd gotten back from Tokyo, there had been very few crimes. Therefore there was nothing to keep him from..thinking.
Robin swung his towel over his shoulder and shuffled to the bathroom in his boxers. He was still tired and trying hard to keep the scowl on his face so nobody would approach him.
He got the bathroom, and as he stepped to open the door, it flew open to reveal..
"Starfire.." he lost his composure, partly because he hadn't seen her in days. And partly because of how she looked. He momentarily lowered his gaze to take in the sight of her towel wrapped body. Her collarbone still glistening, and beads of water uniformly sliding down her heaving chest, past her taut, gorgeous tummy and into-
"Robin!" She exclaimed her surprise, unable to control her eyes flickering from his defined chest to..to a face she had truly missed seeing.
Both found the other's eyes and managed to regain composure. Both managed to return to the cold demeanor they now regarded the other with.
Robin cleared his throat.
"Good morning. If you'll excuse me I have to-"
Out of the corner, Beast Boy saw only Starfire in his line of vision, by now Robin was partially inside the bathroom. He immediately ran to his team mate, arms flailing wildly, letting the questions that had been building up in his head all week spill.
"STAR! STAR! Is it true? God I haven't seen you in days! Is it true? Are you going out with Speedy now? What about-" he stopped, catching Robin's face fall.
He caught it flare with anger too. That was his cue to run away.
"I'll..see you guys later!" He took cover before the war began.
Robin took a sharp intake of breath and dropped his towel on the floor.
"SPEEDY? YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH SPEEDY?" he roared. "He is such a..a..dickwad Starfire! What IS wrong with you? God! Everything apparently!"
Starfire looked taken aback. Unsure of how to respond to Robin's escalating anger. She held on to her towel, wishing she'd at least have the ability to thrash her arms around like he was doing.
However, her eyes narrowed and she used her free hand to stop Robin dead.
"YOU!" she poked him in the chest, venomous words jumbling on her tongue. Fury, not letting her speak clearly.
"You vile...hypocritical..former friend! How DARE you speak to me in that way? I can make my own decisions Robin. If it pleases me to go on the date with Speedy, then I shall! And YOU!" she poked his hard chest with brute angry force, pushing him towards the wall. "YOU shall have no say in it! No say because that is the way you have chosen! You live with your decision Robin. I will live with it too."
Robin was in shock. Starfire had never spoken to him in that way. Although he could not blame her. But he wasn't thinking clearly. He was furious. At her.
The initial shock of her words numbed the effect he would later feel. He recovered, grabbing her slender, but powerful wrist.
"That's not even it at all! You're..You're being selfish!" he yelled, stammering as he tried to think of a plausible explanation for his anger. "You're..endangering future titan unity!"
But Starfire was most certainly not stupid. She yanked her wrist away and gave Robin one last savage glance.
"At least have the proper male genitalia to give me your true reason for this anger Robin. Hmph."
With that, she flew to her room, her insides fuming with hurt and anger.
Helloo guys! I really liked writing this chapter, hope you enjoyed it too. Love getting all your reviews btw. Helps me work :) I'm mid-way through chapter 4, but a little stuck this weekend so I'll try my best to have it up by Monday.
Hey who knows. I might get a surge of inspiration (and by inspiration I mean food), and have it up by midnight? XD