A/N: Yes, I like Ben 10.
It's written in third person, but is completely Beast Boy's POV. I wonder if this is what people call "streaming of conscience"? I dunno haha.
Slade/Robin implied.
It simply felt wrong to Beast Boy that it was he who discovered the not-so-little secret first.
It should have been Starfire, who cares for Robin more than anyone else.
Or Raven, with her mind reading powers or whatever it is she does ("I don't read minds, I sense their emotions," Beast Boy had given up trying to understand).
Or maybe even Cyborg, considering he's the Big Brother in the Titans.
But no, it had to him, the team clown, the dumb one, the one everyone makes fun of.
Beast Boy, the Changeling, Garfield Mark Logan, him, him, him.
It was a coincidence he found out, really.
If he hadn't been playing that game, Sumo Slammers 4 till close to dawn (knowing he'll regret the lack of sleep the next day, but come on, he was this close to clearing the stage), or if he hadn't at that timing, gotten out of his room to get a drink, he never would have figured it out.
He wasn't sure how he did, though.
It's not like he's caught them in action, or he'd heard anyone saying anything.
But yes, there was the scent, he remembers.
Sex.
Musk.
And that smell of the awful man he's come to recognize after numerous battles their team has had with him.
All mixed together.
Lingering, just lingering around their leader's body.
He was confused at first; it didn't add up. The pieces didn't match. It didn't make sense.
But one look at Robin's blissful face, and bang, it hit him.
Oh my god.
He wanted to say something, he really did.
But what could he say?
"Dude, since when were you gay?" wouldn't work though he was definitely curious.
"You had sex with Slade!" No, even he wasn't that blunt.
"Why?" This feels more appropriate than the other two, and he felt he needed to know.
After all, this was betrayal, right?
But, no.
He couldn't.
Not when he saw how happy and satisfied Robin seemed to be.
Robin, always on the edge to keep Jump safe, with that ever-existing crease between his brows, was smiling. And was calm. Sighing softly to himself like everything is alright.
It would break him, Beast Boy thought, for him to know I found out.
Oh how wrong it feels.
Why did have to be him?
It should've been someone else, someone else who knows how to deal with these kinds of things.
But it wasn't. Even if he hoped so much for it to be.
Beast Boy didn't know if this choice he had made was the right one.
Things could turn out really bad, like Robin joining the madman.
Or the other members finding out and turning their backs against him.
Or Robin getting hurt at the end.
But the smile. The happiness.
After seeing them, Beast Boy couldn't take that away from his friend, even if everything was screaming out to him, "No-Good."
No, he was too selfish for that.
Biting his lip hard, coming close to bleeding, he had snuck away quietly back into his room before his leader notices his presence, praying for no one else to discover this secret.
Oh how wrong everything felt.