A/N: This occured to me while I was bored. I decided to go ahead and upload it.


"You noticed?"

"I noticed all of those times." Amber eyes captured hazel-green. My heart flipped at Fives' words. We were alone, in the mess, a couple weeks after the infamous pink-hair incident. He continued, his gaze flicking down, and back at me, "But how much did you notice?"

"I noticed plenty." I bit my lip, and lowered my head. I had never felt this close to anyone before, and I was unsure of myself.

He shifted, and bumped his arm into the table. He had injured it in a firefight yesterday, and I knew it was still sore. He let out a hiss, and my head jerked up, my heart rate spiking.

"You okay?"

Of course, he answered with the standard clone response, "I'm fine."

My heart slowed, and I nodded.

I turned back to my caf, wishing, not for the first time, that I had a Starbucks double chocolate frappuccino. You really don't know what you got till it's gone.

We both sat in a comfortable silence, drinking caf.

"Are we friends, Kait'ika?" I jumped, startled, at the unexpected question.

I met his searching amber eyes, and replied, "Yes, of course. But there are times when I wonder…"

"Wonder what?" Fives leaned towards me, his eyes darkening.

I swallowed anxiously, and murmured, "If we're something more."

Fives gave one of those half-grins that turned my heart into a puddle of goo, and replied, "I know we are."

My heart melted, and I closed the small gap between us. We had kissed before, but that was during Christmas, because of the mistletoe. We knew we loved each other, but we were still too awkward to do anything about it.

His lips were soft against mine, and he leaned back, a content smile on his face. He chuckled, "Like you said, we're more than friends."

I smiled back, "Wonder if they'll notice," and leaned into his warm embrace.

It wasn't much, but it was a start.

And only one tough ran through my mind:

He noticed.