A/N: Robin POV. This is probably really out of character. I know this is bad, but I have some serious writer's block so I'm doing my best…

Gradual

When did I fall for Star?

It didn't happen at one specific time.

A lot of people seem to think it was love at first sight. It wasn't.

When an alien chick literally crashes down into a street, destroys half a town, kicks a car up like a soccer ball, and snatches you into a kiss right before threatening your life, the last thing on your mind is asking her out.

Quite frankly, I was pretty scared of her for the first few weeks.

After my initial terror faded, she and I became friends. Sort of.

I actually got annoyed with her a lot. She asked me about every little thing she "discovered" that anyone from Earth would have known since they were four.

Eventually, after a little issue with the microwave and my temper, it dawned upon me that she wasn't from Earth, and if I was on Tamaran I'd probably be as lost as she is here.

Judging by the small amount of her culture she's shown us, I'd be more lost than she is.

After this realization, the annoying questions and her curiosity slowly became sort of…endearing.

As I started acting a little less hostile to her, I realized just how sweet she was. We gradually became closer and closer.

By the end of year one, she and I were best friends.

Best friends. That's all we were. Of course, I thought she was pretty and sweet even at that point, but anyone could tell you that. I wasn't in love with her. I just thought of her as a really good friend.

Over time, I did develop a small crush on her. I pushed it to the furthest corners of my mind, telling myself it was probably just a pointless teenage crush that I'd get over in less than a month, and that it wasn't worth pursuing.

After the transformation incident, I realized just how much that crush had grown. The thought of nearly losing her the day still makes me feel sick.

Nevertheless, I still told myself I couldn't pursue a relationship with her, thanks to Batman's teachings drilled into my head.

My insignificant little crush had gotten really strong by the time of her betrothal. It still wasn't love, but it was getting there.

I didn't really trust anything to do with Blackfire, but I didn't really fully think the wedding was a hoax until the others told me so. I just didn't want to lose Starfire forever, especially not to a blob of living gelatin.

Around that time, I was positive she had a crush on me too, and she wasn't trying in the slightest to hide it.

Honestly, that scared me a little. If I ever decided to admit my feelings and she didn't return them, it would be over. If she returned them, it would mean we'd become a couple and that would mean a lot of new problems, so I ignored both of our feelings, and for a while Star seemed fine with that.

When it came down to it, I didn't want to be her boyfriend, but I didn't want anyone else to be either.

And then we were stranded together on an alien planet. I still look back on that day as one of the most stressful days of my life. I was sure I'd cleverly hidden my crush on her, but apparently she noticed, right along with everyone else. She straight out told me she wanted to know how I felt about her so I gave her some half-baked answer, which she seemed happy with. It at least got her powers back to normal and mended our friendship.

But now she had proof I liked her.

By this point, I wasn't sure if I loved her. It was a new feeling, whatever it was. I just decided to call it really liking her.

We were sort of an unofficial couple, and I was fine with this. She seemed happy, I was happy, and I didn't have to worry about being in a real relationship and all of the problems Bats warned me about.

We got closer and closer, and my feelings got stronger and stronger towards her. The more time I spent with her, the more time I wanted to spend with her.

Unfortunately, with the whole "end of the world" and Brotherhood of Evil situations, we had to spend a lot of time apart, but as the old saying goes "absence makes the heart grow fonder."

After the Brotherhood of Evil's defeat, I finally got to spend time with her regularly again, and I started thinking about her and me becoming a couple. Apparently everyone already thought we were together, and we had feelings for each other, so it didn't make much sense for us not to be a couple.

Finally, there was Tokyo. After two failed kissing attempts, one my fault, the other Beastboy's, Star and I finally kissed for real. Time froze. An angelic choir sang. I felt like I'd found my missing half. Feel free to add any other cliché description of how love feels, because I felt it.

After a long, gradual journey I was sure of it. I was in love.