Wow, guys. I can't believe how many reviews I got just in the first few hours of this fic's life! Well, the response was so overwhelming, I decided to post the second chapter in two days rather than wait the week as planned. For the record, those of you who cursed at me, this isn't for you. This is for those who asked nicely. Try it, it might work better for you in the end.

I don't own the Titans or any references made to any other copy written material here. You sue, you get…maybe an old notebook that's half full of notes from class. Author's Notes are at the end, be sure and stop there to see your replies!

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"You lied, Adonis!"

The villain kept his cool as Mammoth held him pinned to the wall, Gizmo using his spider-legged pack to rise up to the level of his face.

"Hey, it wasn't my-!"

"Mammoth doesn't like liars," the muscle-bound meta-human growled as he slowly tightened his grip about the man's throat.

"W-wait, I can-!"

"You said if a dart hit Beastboy, whatever form he turned into next he'd be stuck in," Gizmo ranted, pointing a finger in an accusatory manner.

"H-he did! He's a cat, right?!"

"Yeah, but you also said that he wouldn't remember the Titans, and that they'd never be able to find him if he was a smaller creature when he ran away or if he was one of the bigger one's they never be able to control him long enough to help him somehow! He willingly went with them, the cameras saw the whole thing, and he practically leapt into her arms!"

"H-her?" Adonis went still as his mind suddenly flew down a thousand different lines of thought. "Which her?"

"What?"

He growled in frustration, shaking his head as it was the only body part he could move. "The alien or the dark one, which one?"

Gizmo motioned for Mammoth to back off a step, thought the lumbering criminal still kept a tight hold on their partner.

"The dark one," he replied, somewhat curious as Adonis was obviously up to something. "Creepy with the purple cape girl. What about her?"

"She is the one he protected last time, how complete my revenge would be if…!" Adonis related the extent of his thoughts, Gizmo's smile widening suddenly. "So, what do you think?"

"I think you saved yourself from an early grave, Adonis," he replied lightly, letting Mammoth back of completely. "But I don't think you'll get a second chance. Start shooting that green stuff of yours, there's a lot to do to finish that suit but I'll be done by tomorrow easy. You'd better be ready because this time you're going in alone."

Adonis smiled as he expertly put an IV in his arm and hooked it up to the greenish pouch that had been sitting on a medical rack.

"Oh, I will."

-o-

The first thing Raven was aware of the next morning at dawn was that she was very warm, and next was that she was very comfortable, two things that normally didn't register with her mind when she awoke. Opening her eyes, she realized there was a mound of green fur under her chin that had not been there the night before. Blinking in confusion, she was only able to sit there and watch as the mound proved to be the Beastboy-cat who turned and licked her cheek before yawning and snuggling back into her chest. That's about when it hit.

"What the-?!"

"Raven, is everything alright?"

The dark titan swore under her breath as she backed away from the green furred animal and furiously rubbed the offended cheek with one hand while trying to ignore the blush that was heating up her face. For the record, she failed.

"Raven?"

"I'm fine," she called back, recognizing the 'answer or I'm coming in' tone in her leader's voice. "Everything's fine."

"Is Beastboy still alive?"

"Unfortunately." Her voice was as dry as the desert as the said creature raised his head and seemed to smirk happily. "He's fine."

"If you're sure. I'll see you breakfast."

"Alright."

Crossing her legs, she studied the intruder of her bed as he stretched among her covers, batting her knee lazily with one paw before yawning again. Silently, she convinced herself that it was puzzlement over the accomplishment of this feat that was keeping her from skinning him alive, not because of any pleasure she had generated from the position at all.

"How did you do it?" she murmured quietly, trying to figure out how he had managed not only to get on the bed without her knowledge, but then get under the covers, between her arms and against her chest.

'Unless of course you wanted him there.'

::Go away, Affection.::

'I notice the lack of denial.'

Raven blushed again, turning firmly away from her green companion. "Nonsense, Knowledge."

'Aw, he's so sweet like that…!'

Raven let her eyes drift back over to the cat, a slow smile forming as she caught him playfully patting a sheet corner. Happy practically did a jig out of joy in her head. "Perhaps."

'And it's impossible to get mad at him like this.'

She was forced to admit that she wasn't angry at this intrusion, Rage would be the first to tell her if she was. "So?"

'AH-HA!'

Letting out a verbal groan, she shoved the clamoring, excited voices to the back of her mind before snatching up a fresh leotard and the rest of her uniform. Heading for the bathroom, she could hear him as he followed, his paws softly padding along. Closing the door on his whiskered nose, she for some reason had no doubt he would still be there when she finished her morning toiletries. It was unsettling, the way he was able to get to her without even trying; it was even more irritating how he always seemed to get his way in the end as well.

Opening the door again dressed and somewhat more ready to face the day revealed Starfire crouched beside their teammate turned cat, scratching him behind the ear as he lazily lounged on the floor. Ignoring the fleeting feeling of satisfaction at how he immediately was up and at her heels with her presence, she rolled his eyes as his ever expectant look. "I suppose you think I'll feed you," she grumped as she tossed her dirty leotard into the clothes hamper.

"He ate tofu last night, friend Raven," Starfire quickly informed her with a broad smile. "Did you have a pleasant sleep of the night?"

"I suppose so."

"Glorious! I will see you at the table of breaking the fast shortly."

"Sure."

Raven actually doubted they would see the orange alien in less than thirty minutes, Starfire having given into the idea of 'primping' after Robin had complimented her on her hair after fussing with it for twenty minutes on morning. She didn't need Beastboy's nose to smell the pheromones between the two and she wondered if they'd ever stop beating around the bush and get to it.

'Much the same could be said of you, dear…'

::I don't know what you're talking about, Wisdom.::

'Lying to yourself, Raven? I did not know you had stooped to such depths!'

::Shut it!::

Needless to say, she wasn't exactly a ray of sunshine by the time she made it to the main room. Cyborg was at the stove cheerily whistling as he made eggs and waffles and Robin sat at the table with his breakfast already half gone.

"Morning, Raven, you want some?" he asked as the waffle iron went off.

"One waffle, please, nothing on it," she replied, feeling slightly hungry from missing dinner the night before. Without really thinking about it, she used her powers to set her kettle to boil while she pulled out the tofu carton and dished it out on a plate with a spoon. Setting it down on the ground, she added a saucer of soy milk before finishing her tea and sitting at the table with her mug and waffle for a quiet breakfast.

Apparently, it was not meant to be.

Beastboy finished his breakfast in mere seconds, wandering around the room a bit in an exploratory manner before slipping under the table and twining himself around Raven's ankles affectionately. The young woman glanced down at him, her eyes narrowing slightly as a flick of dark magic sent him back out into the open. "No. Go away."

"Aw, it was kinda cute, though," protested Cyborg, immune to her death glare as he had turned to switch off the waffle iron.

"Tell me, is the image of Beastboy rubbing himself against your calf a pleasant one," she asked flatly."

"Ah, no, that's most like disturbing," he laughed, putting his plates down and placing a glass of orange juice beside them. "It's probably best that it's you, anyways."

Her eye twitched slightly, both Titan guys going very still as they felt death radiate from her. "And why, exactly," she asked very quietly, "Is that, Cyborg?"

Both Titans averted their eyes, becoming very interesting in the food before them as their teammate watched them closely. Hmphing quietly to herself, she went back to her meal as everyone relaxed, letting the atmosphere go back to the way it previously had been.

Finishing her waffle, she sat back in her seat to enjoy the last few sips of her tea when she suddenly sat up straight with a faint flush to her cheeks, surprise widening her eyes more than usual.

"You ok, Raven?" asked Robin carefully as surprise gave way to a scowl, Raven pulling from her lap under the table a smirking green cat by the ruff of his neck.

Cyborg choked back a laugh, trying to stutter out his innocence when she pinned him with a glare. Tossing the cat at his head, she briefly smirked herself as it tried to grasp his shiny pate and instead ended up falling into Robin's (thankfully) empty plate. Their fearless leader picked him up while standing, if only to be sure the same didn't happen to Cyborg's dishes.

"Keep it away from me, I'm going to the roof to meditate."

Disappearing through the double doors before either could reply, Robin yelped as the cat scratched him hard and leapt from his suddenly loose grip, dashing for the closing door. When he didn't quite make it in time, he meowed plaintively, giving Cyborg and Robin a demanding look before hitting the door with both paws.

"Not this time, BB, I think we should leave Raven alone for awhile," said the machine man as he moved to the couch and turned on the game station. "C'mon, you can watch me whoop Robin's butt since the controllers aren't exactly made for paws."

The cat seemed to consider this for a moment, then shrug reluctantly, padding over to the couch and leaping onto the back to watch. He would obey, he seemed to say, but given a chance he'd be gone like a shot.

"Who said you're gonna win," replied Robin as he took a seat and picked up the over controller with a cocky grin. "We do have time before the analysis of that dart is done, right?"

"Yeah, at least another hour or so."

"Alright, then."

"Bring it on."

"You got it!"

Beastboy watched intently, tail flicking with excitement over the close match when the doors opened to reveal Starfire with an especially wide smile on her face.

"Glorious morning to you all!" she called merrily, staying in the doorway when she caught Robin's eye and enjoyed the blush that spread across his cheeks to match her own.

"Uh…m-morning, Starfire. You look really nice today," he replied, looking back at the screen in time to see his car blow up. "Wait, what?!"

"Booyah, baby! That's right, Cy won! Number one, number one!"

"Th-that's not fair! I-!"

Cyborg laughed, nudging his friend in the side with his elbow and a wink. "Hey, I can't help it if you were too busy enjoying the view to pay attention, buddy."

Robin's face went a flaming red in a fun mixture of anger and embarrassment. "Argh-!"

"Robin, what is this view that Cyborg speaks of? The one that distracted you so?" asked Starfire as she cocked her head to the side slightly.

The said titan sweated, clearing his throat as he calmed himself. "Uh…don't worry about it, Starfire."

"Hey, did anyone see where BB went?" Cyborg asked suddenly, all eyes going to the open door in time to see a green tail disappear through it. "Crap."

Robin held up his hands as Cyborg looked at him, "I dealt with it last night, nearly got my head bitten off. It's someone else's turn."

"I have to be bodily whole to analyze the data stream," the machine man rejoined quickly, inching towards the door. "In fact, I think I should go check on that right about now…later!"

"I will be happy to undertake whatever task needs to be done," offered Starfire slowly as Robin gave her a guilty look. "But I do not understand what this had to do with our teammate of the feline nature and how one may come to harm of the body."

"I think it'd be better to bank on the fact that Raven knows BB isn't himself right now," Robin coughed as he crossed his fingers momentarily behind his back. "So…you want some breakfast?"

The orange alien beamed. "That would be glorious!"

"Two eggs and toast smothered in mustard coming up."

-0-

Raven had given up meditating after the first five minutes or so, the voices in her head constantly popping in without warning. If anyone else had said that it would have earned them a one-way ticket to the local psych ward with little hope of ever escaping. However, this was Raven whose every emotion had a different voice in Nevermore, so she was allowed such idiosyncrasies.

Truthfully, she no longer needed to monitor her emotions as before, she could allow them quite a bit more freedom than she had as a beginning Titan. That hadn't resulted in an overflowing burst of emotional sharing, much to Starfire's disappointment, but she had relaxed some around her friends. Even so, she was about one nerve away from hopping into Nevermore and setting her other selves straight.

'Aw, he made you blush!'

::That's because his paws were somewhere they should never, ever have been.::

'Tee Hee! He wasn't so far from there last night in your lap…'

::Shut up.::

'And what about this morning?'

::Shut up::

'You have yet to carry out a single threat. And you'd probably be jealous if he behaved like this towards someone else.'

::SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!::

Her head was blissfully silent before a familiar feeling came forth, the rest withdrawing into the background.

'Childish outbursts of denial will not solve this…issue,' Wisdom said firmly, making her feel ashamed in a way she loathed. 'Facts, logic…these are things that cannot be disputed, yes?'

"Yes," she answered aloud, uncaring if anyone heard her at this point. "But-"

'No "buts". I don't have to tell you the facts, you already know them. And even if you didn't, that's more Knowledge's area than mine; she might be upset if I infringed upon it. I also don't have to tell you the logical conclusion, you know that as well. The true question is what are you going to do about it?'

"I wish I knew."

She sighed, resting her chin on her hand as she stared out over the calm waters. It wasn't that she didn't care about him, but she cared about everyone on the team, really.

'Not quite in the same way, though…'

She blocked out the giggling Affection, feeling her cheeks heat up slightly. Whether or not that may or may not be true (she was not going to tackle that one yet) so what? Beastboy may have made it a life-long goal to make her laugh and smile, especially after Happy let it slip that she found him amusing occasionally, but they were just friends. Just like she was with Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire, no more or less.

'Now you're being self-defeating.'

Jumping to foolish conclusions and assumptions, and then putting them into action could ruin a perfectly good friendship.

'And fatalistic.'

Beastboy didn't like her like that, it was that plain and simple, end of story.

'Is that so?'

Her mind was instantly flooded with not only images of his warm a familiarity with her (not even death glares and glowing eyes could get him to stop calling her 'Rae' anymore, and the hugs were becoming more and more frequent after close fights with villains) previous to the incident, but his markedly obvious preference to her presence after he became a cat.

"If that's true, why hasn't he found a way to the roof yet?" she asked, letting a triumphant smirk out as everything went silent in her head. "I've been out here nearly an hour, Robin and Cyborg would not have kept an eye on him that long, in order for your argument to have any basis-"

"Meow!"

Raven froze as one whiskered nose nuzzled her floating thigh, two green ears peeking over the edge of her leg. Still somewhat surprised at the unlikely coincidence, she lowered herself slowly to the ground and watched as he lay beside her with the usual expectant look.

Glancing in a surreptitious manner to be sure no one else was around, she pulled her hood down and studied him as one hand cupped her chin and the other reached out to him tentatively. The cat sniffed her fingers before licking them warmly, enthusiastically rubbing head against the palm as his paws held the appendage in place at the wrist.

She blushed quietly at the obviously display of affection, but didn't move as she continued to watch him. The eyes were definitely Beastboy's, even if they were far more feral and less…sentient then usual. Closing her own, she focused on him briefly while blocking out the feelings of the others. Generally, as a rule, she never did this as more than a 'surface touch'; it was a little close to purposeful invasion of privacy for her comfort. Besides, sentient creatures gave off such a confusing mix most of the time it just gave her a headache to try and sort through it all. However, Robin had ordered her a keep an eye on their teammate, and maybe the logical simplicity of animals would be in favor for once.

She easily sorted through the waves, the striking distinctions between them helping her along. Trust, indifference, serenity…he was at ease here, without a specific worry or fear. His only strong, and constant emotion seemed to be directed solely at her. But it wasn't one that she could immediately put her finger on. It had warmth…greater warmth than she was used to feeling. There was something primal, unsophisticated about it, like affection, but deeper perhaps…with a physical element that gave her a funny feeling in her stomach.

'Cats do not have a sense of 'love' the way humans do,' Wisdom reminded her quickly. 'The closest they have in that sense of a relationship is, well…'

Desire.

The half demon barely restrained herself from teleporting (which would not have been running away) directly to her room. That hasn't been exactly what she'd been anticipating when embarking on this little experiment. Puppy love, a small crush….a hint of attraction maybe…

'Is it so hard to believe that someone may find us beautiful? May even want us just the way we are?'

"I'm half demon, demon's aren't exactly known for their beauty or attraction."

'Besides, he isn't a boy anymore with boyish thoughts and feelings, is he?'

Raven was forced once more to admit that her other selves were right. Beastboy had grown these last two years and filled out enough that he no longer had stick-like limbs. He would never be as big as Cyborg, but the lean and wiry look suited him. And the changes hadn't been just physical. He still joked around, but no one doubted his ability to be serious if needed, and he had a certain adult edge that hadn't been there before. He was, in all sense of the word, a man, even if he did still have a love of watching a pixilated car go around a 3D track using a plastic and metal controller. He was fully capable of a man's job and responsibility, thinking man-like thoughts and feeling man-like emotions.

'So you have been paying attention, we might have questioned your gender preference at your lack of notice were we not…intimately aware of the inner workings of your mind.'

She snorted derisively. "That's one way to put it."

The cat choose that moment to bat her fingers, Raven turning towards him as he stretched out fully on his back and twitched his tail.

"You're crazy," she informed him flatly, the cat merely batting her finger again when she didn't move. Glancing around, she made sure no one was around to see as she gently scratched his chest and belly, blushing again at the loud purr her actions immediately incited. His fur was so warm and soft, it was hard not to enjoy the feel of it gliding around her fingers.

Briefly, she wondered if his hair felt like this on a regular basis, and she banished that thought as quickly as soon as it came. The thought of what it might feel like if she was rubbing his chest without fur (preferably in human form) joined the first thought not long afterwards. The idea of whether or not he would enjoy the attention as well was put with the first two, but they didn't stay locked away for long. Together, the three joined forces and managed to break free to play havoc with her mental processes until she abruptly stood up and brushed her clothes off, ignoring the indignant yowl of her companion.

Hurriedly heading into the tower, she was met halfway by a serious Starfire.

"Cyborg has found something," she explained quickly. "We are meeting in the main room to talk it over."

"Very well." Giving the cat what passed for a disinterested glance, she followed her friend to where the others were gathered.

'Aw, checking to be sure he followed? That's so sweet!'

"I was not…!"

"Did you say something, friend Raven?" asked Starfire as the double doors whooshed open for them.

"Just…nothing. Sorry."

"Have a seat, this is important," said Robin the moment he spotted them, Cyborg busily hooking up his computer system to that of their big multi-use screen. "Do you girls remember how Beastboy was hit with a dart last night, just as we arrived?"

"It was a scratch, it barely bled at all," Raven rejoined, receiving three odd looks. "What? Resident healer, I have to notice these things."

"Right. Well, we managed to get a hold of one of them this morning, and we thing we know what happened to Beastboy. Cyborg?"

"There was something on the dart, two things, actually." He looked up from his arm as pictures of the dart and the chemical make up of two substances appeared below it. "One was a knock-out something or other that Beastboy was immune to because of his animalistic abilities; it was geared mainly for full humans. I think that one was meant to slow us down if we were caught in the crossfire, but not exactly stop us. The second was similar to something we've encountered before, and was geared completely for our animal-man."

Starfire frowned as she studied the images closely. "Is that not similar to what friend Beastboy was hit with before?"

"It is," admitted Robin with a firm nod. "Cyborg thinks it was meant to do the same thing as that chemical Beastboy was soaked in last time when it comes to suppressing the human intelligence and ability to change back at will. However, instead of locking him into an aggressive, super-intense form it instead locked him into the first animal form he changed into."

"The chemical would have laid there, completely innocuous until Beastboy changed," Cyborg added as he showed a chemical reaction on the screen. "The resulting reaction would give the animal instincts of the form far greater power to suppress his human mind than usual. He's still in there, but probably in something like a comma, so everything we see him doing is something Freud would describe as him having his ego and super-ego thrown out the window while the id gets to run around free in the form of a cat."

Starfire looked lost. "He has two egos? What is this 'super-ego' you speak of? Is it similar to the waffles of the manufactured sort which are on the screen of vision at times?"

"What he means to say, is that Beastboy is pretty much operating on a more primal level than usual," Robin jumped in quickly, putting a gentle hand on her arm. "That's all; you can forget the words he used."

"Ohh…"

"Nice way to throw in the sex doctor there, Cy," muttered Raven as she rolled her eyes, purposely throwing the a side trail down to avoid the discussion of what exactly his actions of late might mean.

"I thought it was pretty smooth myself," he replied with a thumbs up. Some things, like boys giggling at the word 'boobies' would never change.

"Wait, he was a doctor of a sexual nature?"

"No, well, yes, but…damn it, Raven!"

The dark Titan smirked, enjoying Robin's flustered look as Starfire continued to fire questions that could be easily taken the wrong way at him rapidly with the innocence of those who simply don't understand. It was nice to know she wasn't the only one having a hard time.

"The important thing here is how we get Beastboy back," Robin said suddenly, so red he looked like his head might explode. "We can…discuss the rest of it later, Starfire."

"Ok!"

"Can you make him an antidote like you did last time, Cyborg?" asked Raven as she ignored the way the cat tried to crawl into her lap and discreetly kept him back with well-placed blocks by her arms and hands. This was neither the time nor the place to let him get away with that.

'So, you would let him if you were alone? Hm…anything else you'd like him to 'get away with' while you're at it?'

She ignored the comment, barely managing to keep her blush to a minimum as Cyborg turned off the screen, disconnecting himself from the system.

"I couldn't get enough of the chemical to get a hundred percent accurate reading of it," he replied slowly as he put away the wires. "If I made something and gave it to him without really understanding it…it could trap him there forever."

"Then that's not an option," said Raven quietly with a little more finality than she meant to put in it. Immediately steering them away from what could have been taken as an admission of sorts, she added, "The person we faced when dealing with Beastboy like that was Adonis, is he out of jail?"

"Been released for good behavior about a month ago on probation, some lawyer did some fancy thing with the law," Robin replied grimly. "Had the authorities check out his place and it looks like he hasn't been back since the last time he checked in with his probation officer. Whoever the lawyer is, I doubt they'll be keeping their job for long with the earful I gave the police department. We do our job to keep criminals off the streets, not to put them back on them."

"We're already have the word out to call us if anyone spots him, Mammoth, or Gizmo," Cyborg stated as he finished shutting everything down. "It may be a few days before we hear something, though. We've cleaned most of the criminals off the streets, and the few who aren't in jail have either moved on to another city or are keeping their heads down."

"What are we to do about friend Beastboy until then?" asked Starfire as the cat finally had enough of its thwarted attempts to gain access to Raven's lap and simply laid himself beside her, halfway between her and Starfire. The alien reached over and sympathetically patted his head unaware of the odd glance Raven gave her and the way the cat politely ignored her attentions.

"Can you keep an eye on him, Raven?" asked Robin carefully as he and Cyborg took an unconscious step back from her. "I'd rather that he's not alone, just in case this is a deeper plot of some kind and they try to come and take him. And you wouldn't have to follow him around; he seems to follow you wherever you go."

She considered protesting this assignment, but something about having to explain her reasons for not wanting to take the job stopped her.

::I can't keep him with me because his exclusive displays of affection are bringing out things in me that I'm not ready to deal with, and probably won't be ever. Yeah, that'd go over real well.::

"Whatever." Standing up, she pretended not to notice the way he immediately leapt to the floor and stood by her side. "Is there anything else?"

"Keep us posted if his emotions come back suddenly," added Robin. "Or if he starts acting…strange."

Raven rolled her eyes, her tone as droll as ever. "Define 'strange'."

"You know what I mean," he replied, giving her a flat look. "Just keep an eye on him."

"Will do. Leaving now, I'll be in my room if you need me."

Silently she walked out, the whoosh of the double door the only sound besides the padding of the cat's feet beside her. She knew the others would figure it out eventually, especially the longer something like this went on and the incidents occurred in public places.

'And what exactly is it that's going on, Raven?'

Ignoring Wisdom, she turned the corner to stop in front of her door, glancing down at the cat who took the pause to strop against her ankle before heading inside and letting him follow. Checking to be sure the mirror to Nevermore was safely locked away in a drawer; she let him roam free, picking up the volume from the night before and stretched out on her bed. Her low boots were kicked off to the side, and her cape set down but within easy reach as she lay on her side and set the book in front of her.

Vaguely aware of the cat as he roamed about the room to be sure he didn't get into any trouble; she was soon absorbed in the world of Northern mythology. She had known the Greek and Roman myths for their popularity, but she was just now getting into the legends and ideals of the smaller nations of the past. Particularly invested in a paragraph about Thor and his mighty hammer, she hadn't realized that she had adjusted for a warm presence at her stomach until after the fact.

A look downwards confirmed that it was him, curled up with his head just below her ribs and his tail brushing her upper thigh. Deciding to ignore his presence for the moment, she was nearly absorbed in her tale once more when he nibbled the finger of the hand that was draped over her hip. Jumping in surprise at the unexpected sensation, she was even more surprised when he gently pulled her hand over himself with his paws, almost like a covering of sorts as he curled back up for his nap.

Unable to protest as she enjoyed the feel of his fur, she gently stroked his back, blushing once more at the purr she was given in return. This time, though, it vibrated through her ribcage and into her chest and belly, giving her the same warm feeling in the pit of her stomach that probing his emotions had earlier that day. Forgetting about her book entirely, she laid her head on her arm as she watched him sleep, the slight rise and fall of his chest with every breath and the steady rumble of the purr deep in his throat.

Peeking one eye open, he seemed to smirk in satisfaction before creeping forward slightly to nuzzle his head in the center of her ribs and then turned to lick the hand that stroked him. Knowing she was blushing, for once she really didn't care as she watched him.

"Why can't it be like this when you're human?" she asked quietly, unaware that the words were out of her mouth until after she had spoken. Sitting up quickly, she tensed, waiting for the overwhelming flood of voices to come into her head as usual only to be met with what could be described as a quiet smile.

'Stay, and rest,' Wisdom said, well, wisely.

'We're just glad you're not running away,' Happy added in a far too joyful tone.

'That you're letting yourself feel,' added Affection warmly.

Sighing, she almost apologized to the indignant look she received from her companion, stopping herself in time as instead she pulled over a pillow and rested her head on it. Instantly he moved to be beside her again, letting out a contented sigh as she let him snuggled into her arms once more.

"I still don't know what to do about this," she whispered as she met his green, unblinking stare.

'That can wait…sleep…'

For once, the voices in her head made sense, so she obeyed.

-o-

And there is it, friends, Chapter 2. Please review, any and all comments are appreciated. Today we're gonna try something new and reply to each reviewer by name. This is an experiment, and it goes off the reviews I have in my mailbox when I prep this for posting. If you reviewed and I missed you, that may be why.

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