Trust... [A Robin Love Story]

Chapter 13: The Excuse...

Author's P.O.V

It wasn't long until the other titans was woken up by the magnificent smell of fried chicken and waffles that lingered around the tower. They had all gathered to the lounge and happily partook of the waffles and chicken courtesy of Cyborg and his now new apprentice, Krystal. They all made merry, stuffing their faces happily except for one, Robin. Yes, he was eating and conversing with the others but it seemed like something was bugging him, something on his mind. Starfire had taken note of his strange behavior and started to worry about him. It was kind of a slow day for crimes today so after breakfast, they all started doing their own thing. Krystal, feeling vulnerable for sharing her deep feelings, has started to cling to Cyborg and is not leaving his side, which was alright with him so they just spent time talking, like chill small talk. Robin was watching them at the corner of his eye and trying to keep his cool. However, Startfire was not happy on how he was giving all most of his attention to the new girl.

"Do you not agree that it is dangerous for Krystal to be spending so much time with Cyborg?" Starfire disturbed Raven's daily meditation.

"Robin said that she's fine. I trust his judgement." Raven said monotonously.

"But Cyborg is the one who stored all of our information and manages out database, should we not keep her away from him? Come, Raven, let us talk to Robin about this matter." Starfire said as she grabbed Raven's arm and dragged her towards Robin. But Raven really wasn't in the mood to be goofing around with Starfire so she broke free from her grip and went back to her mediation. Starfire was pissed and tried dragging her again but Raven just shot her that nasty look of irritation, signifying that she really did not want to be disturbed at the moment. Starfire had given up on trying to get help from Raven so she turned to Beast boy instead, while he was eating his tofu chicken.

"Beast Boy!! Are you not concerned that Krystal is spending so much time with Cyborg suddenly??" Starfire asked him.

"Naw, man! Krystal is dope. She been me twice at Mega Monkeys 4!!" he exclaimed absentmindedly because he was focusing on his game.

"But does it not worry you that Krystal might gain access to all our private information through Cyborg?? Come! We must inform Robin about her sinister plot!" She said, putting a hand on him and getting ready to drag him to Robin. But he broke free from her grip before she got the chance.

"Krystal is just fine, Robin said so as well. Cy is just a chill guy and really fun to hang out with. That's why it doesn't surprise me if Krystal wants to spend more time with him. If you want to talk to Robin so much, then just go. Don't use anyone else as an excuse." he said before taking a sip from the soy milk that he had on the table.

"That being said, I'm gonna go back to my game if you don't mind." he said as he went back to mashing the buttons on his controller. Starfire furrowed her brows in frustration and walked away.

"/fine.. I shall do it myself." she mumbled to herself as she paced towards Robin. She approached him and tried to pry him away from not only Krystal but also try to score the two of them some alone time, which she had not been getting much of due to them saving Jump City and all.

"What's this about, Starfire?" Robin asked her, still trying to keep his attention on Cyborg and Krystal who are now laughing about something that they talked about. Robin was utterly curious but didn't have the guts to approach them.

"I was just hoping that we could spend some alone time together." she said cheerfully as she continued to drag Robin around the halls. He didn't like how she didn't notice that his mind was somewhere else but he couldn't deny that he liked how Starfire was being a bit more forceful compared to hwne they started dating. But he didn't allow her to drag him around any longer, he yanked his arm from her grip. Starfire didn't want to take a look at him because she knew that she couldn't hide her shameful jealousy.

"What's going on, Starfire?" he asked her. Starfire panicked because she didn't know what to say and was trying to figure out an appropriate excuse as to why she was acting like that.

"Are you not concerned that Krystal might be trying to hack into our database by getting close to Cyborg??" She asked him. Robin sighed and tried to relieve the tension building up between his brows.

"Krystal is not evil, okay Starfire? She's one of us now." he said,

"But-"

"No but's about anything! Just stop doubting her, okay? she's been here for about two months now, don't you think that if she really wanted to hack into our server, she would've done it by now? what's gotten into you? I thought you'd be the one most open about her but it turns out you're the most skeptical about it. Why-"

"BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE HOW YOU ARE CONCERNING YOURSELF WITH HER NOW MORE THAN ME!!" Starfire snapped, which startled Robin.

"I am jealous because you look at her the way you used to look at me before, and I do not like the insecurity of knowing that I might lose you to her." she said as tears started building up in her eyes. Robin held her hand and wiped the tears that were threatening to fall.

"I'm sorry, Starfire, I didn't know that you felt that way. I'll be more careful..." he said. Starfire went weak and just fell into his embrace and sobbed at his chest while he gently stroked her soft hair. As often as they used to do this before, he strangely didn't feel the butterflies in his stomach like he used to. It might just be because they've done it so many times before that he's gotten used to the feeling or his feelings aren't as strong as they were before. He was really hoping that it's not the latter.