[Author's Note: Hiya, various cute and charming readers! This story, "A Little Bit Of Give And Take", is in-canon with my previous stories, which you definitely don't need to check out to understand this one, buuuuut they're all cute romance GLaDOS/Chell stories too, so if you like this one, feel free to give them a shot too! Have fun!]

"No! No, no, no!"

"Well, that is a well reasoned response. Why don't you include some interpretative dances or gestures while you're at it?"

"Oh, I definitely have a gesture for you. See, it's this one finger-"

GLaDOS scoffed in frustration and stalked away from her human, her heels letting out hard clinks against the floor as she walked. (She knew that high heels weren't exactly the most functional of shoes, but dammit, what's the point of having a super-human sense of balance if you're not going to indulge it?)

Chell just leaned against her chair and crossed her legs. GLaDOS could never stand not having the last word, she'd be back.

The android made it about, oh, halfway across the Central AI Chamber before she pivoted, and with cold rage on her face, stomped back towards Chell. "I don't see what's so difficult about this!"

Fury flared through Chell's nerves, and she slammed her feet down hard enough to shake the panels in their case. "GLaDOS. I. Will. Not. Test. For you."

"Why not?!" sighed GLaDOS. "You were fine doing it before!"

"I murdered you!"

"Yes, and if we're going to be dating, you're not going to do that anymore! See, we're making progress!"

Chell closed her eyes, and tried counting down from ten to wait for the urge to toss the sanctimonious android out of a portal into deep space. It didn't work. So instead, she fell completely silent and stormed out of the Central AI Chamber, slamming her fist in to the doorway as she passed. It hurt, but on the bright side, it wasn't the android.

I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped again, I will not be trapped agai-

"Chell!" GLaDOS' voice rang out from behind her as she thought furiously to herself. "You move fast for a such a... healthy looking human."

Move fast? Chell looked down at herself, and suddenly realized she was still moving."Oh. Didn't realize I was being so inconvenient for you."

GLaDOS gently laid her hand on Chell's shoulder. Human emotions were still delicate and stupid, but she discovered fairly early on that expressing sympathy via light physical contact was like a human cheat code.

"I'm starting to get the feeling that I'm being... insensitive."

Chell chuckled to herself sadly. "I didn't even know you knew that word."

"I have a brain the size of the planet. A significant portion of that is vocabulary."

Chell sighed, and leaned in to her android. "More shoulder rubbing. It might keep me from trying to murder you again."

GLaDOS paused, then shrugged and continued. "Duly noted. So, you don't want to test."

"I don't want to test."

"Why don't you want to test?"

"Don't want to be trapped."

"Hmm. What if you weren't?"

"Weren't what?"

"Trapped."

"Hmm." Chell stretched her arms. "Rub harder. What do you mean?"

"You would be entirely in control of the situation. You could stop and leave at any time."

"... Why couldn't you have offered that to me when I was still a prisoner?"

"Because you would have just tried to kill me? You're terribly predictable like that."

"Oh yeah?" With a grin, Chell pulled herself away from GLaDOS for a moment, before turning around, and pulling her in to a deep kiss. The android stiffened with surprise, then slowly relaxed in to her soft lips, and the sweet taste of her peach lip balm and the electrifying pressure of her shapely body against-

"Mmm," purred Chell as she pulled away. "I guess you're terribly predictable too."

"W- what?"

"... You can let go of me now."

"Oh! Right," blushed GLaDOS, as she pulled her arm away from her human's waist. "S- so, is it a deal?"

Chell looked at her blushing android, and bit her lip as she thought. Oh, I am SO going to regret this... "A couple of things. First off, no lethal traps. No turrets, no pits, no pools of that green... whatever the hell it is."

"I... oh, fine, but it's barely science if nobody dies!" Although she'd never tell, GLaDOS was already planning to get rid of those. There was no use damaging her... Chell. Not that she cares about her at all, humans are just really hard to replace. ATLAS and P-Body were proof enough of that.

"And secondly, you have to do something for me." Chell gave a wicked grin as she ran her finger across GLaDOS' chest. Just to get her attention, of course, not to get any of the... tertiary benefits of being that close to the android's chest. Oh, I cannot wait to get far, far closer to you.

"... Oh, you have got to be kidding me."

"Hey, babe, all relationships have some give and take!"

GLaDOS slowly frowned. "What did you just call me?"

"Um. 'Babe'?" The former test subject slowly blushed as it dawned on her. "I... guess- I'm sorry, this is... this is the first, um, serious relationship and I... I'm really not s- sure what the protocol for 'cute pet names' are- is it okay? Is 'babe' okay? And oh my god, are we s- serious? I... I don't- I don't want to pressure you and t- try to make you commit more than you feel comfortable with- I'll never call you babe again, I swear-"

The android let out a soft laugh, and gently pressed a kiss on her flustering human's forehead. "You make such a convincing case! You have a deal."

"... You're making fun of me, aren't you."

"Oh, absolutely."