Title Underwater

Author Lanku

Summary Beastboy visits Aqualad and gets something unexpected.

Beastboy turned back into himself and gasped in air like he'd only just realized it was vital for life. "Man," he wined, "I'm never going to get used to this stupid underwater thing."

He had been especially bored that day, so he went for a swim. He didn't know what made him do it, but he swam into the lair of Aqaulad. Well, that wasn't exactly true- Beastboy knew exactly why he had Aqualad on the brain so much, but that didn't mean that he was going to let anyone else know that he had a TINY crush on the Atlantian.

"Beastboy?"

The boy in question jumped up, and would have fallen back into the water if not for the arm that wrapped around his waist, pulling him back from what was almost certain embarrassment- and into an awkward and equally embarrassing situation. "Umm… thanks. And hi."

Aqualad grinned and let go of the green shifter. "Hi. What are you doing here, anyway?"

Beastboy blushed. What exactly could he say? "Uh… well, you know… I just came to… um, say hi- and stuff."

The object of the shifter's affections grinned. "Well, you said hi, so what 'stuff' do you need to do? Is it something for the Titans?"

Beast boy took a moment to think of all the things he'd like to do to Aqualad before he replied. "No, it's nothing like that." He looked away for a moment and when he looked back, the Atlantian had a bemused expression on his face. Uh oh. Beastboy knew that expression- it was the one that Raven gave him when he thought about Aqualad for too long. She said he looked dazed.

"Then you just came here to hang out?" He suddenly seemed delighted by something and it was making Beastboy nervous. He nodded and Aqualad went up a notch from delighted to thrilled. "Okay."

Beastboy blinked. He felt as if they were talking about two different things. "Oh. Uh, okay then. So, what do you want to do?"

"Well, there's only one thing I want to do with you right now."

"Oh yeah?" Beastboy asked, remembering their last talk. "What, you wanna race?"

Aqualad stepped closer, a smirk on his face. "No, I've got something better in mind."

"What? Oh, come on, tell me!"

"Hmm. I think I'd rather show you." And with that a pair of lips covered Beastboy's. And as arms wrapped around his waist for the second time that day, Beastboy decided that he should go swimming more often.

AN I don't really like this much, but I couldn't think of what to write after the kiss, so I stopped. I got the idea today when I saw the episode of Teen Titans where everyone meets Aqualad. :p