Hugs (Robin and Starfire)

My Feelings

Robin's POV

I've decided that I hate the mailman. Or better yet, I hate myself. I shouldn't have told him that Starfire gave everyone hugs because that's when he began to expect one.

Just the other day, he delivered the mail, and she hugged him for it. And last week, she hugged Cyborg for letting her have a chance to cook a traditional Tameranian breakfast instead of having the usual bacon and eggs. Then she went and hugged Beast Boy-twice in fact-for actually trying to eat the breakfast she cooked and when she won the Mega Monkey II two player challenge against him. He let her win, anyway. He didn't deserve a hug for that! And just when I thought I couldn't take it anymore, she goes and hugs Raven this afternoon for reading her a book about teeth plaque. Teeth plaque. What gives? I've helped her do more things than all of them combined. I taught her English, and I hang out with her all the time and not to mention I taste her food more times than anyone in this tower. I've done all of this, and she's never hugged me. Not once. And for a while there I thought she was my best friend. I mean, it's not because I'm jealous, it's because it's just...strange. I don't get it.

Why not me?

"What's wrong with me?" I said out loud.

A hug...is presumably supposed to make one feel better. I've read this in one of Raven's books, and right now, I'm feeling pretty cranky. It's probably all of this paperwork I have to do, or maybe because the teams not giving their best during practices. It could be because Cyborg and Beast Boy are always talking so loudly, and fighting over stupid things. Then Raven makes it even worse, by trying to talk over them while telling them to be quiet. Pacing around my room and talking to myself wasn't helping either. All of those things can make a person cranky, right? I'm just having a few off days...I walked up to my bed, held up my pillow, and punched it so that it flung to the wall. That felt better...a little. I gave a small laugh as I thought about my worries. About Beast Boy and Cyborg fighting, Raven yelling, and my pacing. I suddenly stopped laughing. What was I thinking about again? Oh yeah. Hugs.

I heard a small rapping on my door and heard a gentle voice call my name. Right. I was thinking about hugs. And the queen of them was here. Ok, I thought, I'll pick up my pillow and try to make myself look presentable, and hope that Starfire didn't hear me pacing in here. Although it was probably hard for her not to because my pacing was more like stomping around the room. She called my name again with a more worried tone in her voice. That was one of the many things I couldn't stand. Starfire is being worried. It made me feel so pained and guilty even if I wasn't the cause of her worry. Upon thinking this, I ran to the door and opened it. She wasn't smiling at me and looked pretty worried as her tone was. She seemed to think something was wrong with me.

"Robin, you are all right?"

"I'm ok," I told her. "I just forgot to open the door..."

She gave a confused stare but the worried expression was still fixed on her face. My heart skipped a beat at my last comment. Wait for a minute...no I didn't.

"You were talking," she told me. "And there is no one present in your room, but yourself. You are sure you are fine?"

"I'm fine, Starfire," I told her. I forced a smile. I fantasized about Starfire going through the same thing I was going through, but not like her best friend being troubled.

She continued as if she had heard nothing I had just said. "And I had heard loud sounds...like stomping--"

"Said I was fine."

"Correct, I am aware that you have informed me of that, but I just wanted to make sure." She turned towards the door and sighed. "And now I have forgotten what I was looking for." Her face scrunched up as she tried to remember.