A/N: If you aren't Toffy, DC Comics, or myself, you don't own any of these characters. This one is dedicated to poor Zeru – lol – and the way we tease him! I just realised, from the few ficlets I've written, there's been a few different couples to ship. Now! On to the fic! I forgot to mention, if you don't like pointless fluff, don't read the end of this fic. It's pretty much a little bit of romance.

Zeru: Breakfast Blues

Zeru was the first up this morning, five o'clock sharp. He'd been determined to beat Isis for a change. As of late, that girl had been more of an insomniac that the villain with the same name himself. He smiled, remembering her early-morning run in with him. That had left an imprint on his memories. The cold Isis he knew could always be replaced with a playful bunny Isis if she was in a particularly bad mood.

Pouring out some cereal, he contemplated on telling her that their 'chance meetings' throughout the past year hadn't been so much as 'chance' than 'planned. But he shook his head. She was not the sort of person that would swoon over that sort of thing. In fact, she was almost the complete opposite to him.

Zeru glanced up at the clock, quarter to six already? Where was she? He was starting to wonder if she'd perhaps locked herself in the bathroom – bad Zeru, bad! No thinking like that! – Or if she was in some kind of trouble, and was about to stand up, when she walked in.

But she wasn't alone, oh no. She was in her summer pajamas, long sleeved, but her white shorts were clearly meant for the summer. And Li was beside her; talking almost happily about the movie they'd watched the night before. Zeru watched in awe as Isis took a glass from the cupboard, and poured water into it from thin air, the way she did every morning, still talking animatedly with Li.

"Uhm, morning?" Zeru spoke up, trying to interrupt their oh-so-pleasant conversation.

"Morning, Ze." The reply was robotic, from both of the pair, and Isis took a sip of her water. Zeru watched, resisting the urge to laugh, as she pulled a face, muttering something about it being too warm, and chilled it at her fingertips.

Li grinned, "You know, Icy, that's a good trick for parties." He said, poking her gently in the shoulder. She pretended to grimace, though rolled her eyes in return.

"Two things, One, never call me Icy. And two, I don't go to parties."

Zeru was trying not to feel ignored. He'd woken up at five to have a private conversation with her, and she'd come in with Li! He sighed, and went back to his cereal. He continued to stir it boredly for a few minutes, until the other male cursed loudly.

"I forgot, I've got grocery duty today. I'm going to get in the show. See ya later, Icy."

"Don't call me that!"

"Whatever."

Isis and Zeru both looked up to wave him off, and then turned to face each other.

"Sleep well?" Isis asked tartly, pouring herself another 'chilled water', and drinking it slowly.

"It was alright. I would've slept better if something wasn't on my mind." He muttered, not really in the mood to talk with her anymore. His friend had disrupted his 'flow', and this left poor Zeru a little unhappy. Isis tilted her head to the side, before she froze his cereal over, closing her eyes.

"Look, Ze," There was none of her usual coldness in her voice as she looked down, glad he wasn't stirring anymore, "There's somethin' I've been meaning to talk to you about for a while. You remember Christmas?"

Zeru nodded, yes, he remembered it all to well. Another meeting of theirs, beneath the mistletoe, a meeting in which he'd hoped that would spark something more than their meetings.

"Well, I wanted to say thanks. You made me feel really… really happy these last few years. What I'm saying, is, I uhm…"

She was cut off as Li came tumbling down the corridor, "Oi, Icy, wanna come to the store with me?"

"No thanks, Li!" She yelled back, before looking over Zeru once more. "Just thanks." Standing up, she walked around the bench to place a small kiss on his lips, before whispering, "And merry Christmas. Sorry about the gloves." And then she was gone.

Zeru couldn't contain his grin.