"A wheelchair?" Jinx asked, her voice a mix of disbelief and disdain.
"Not just a wheelchair," Cyborg responded. "Close your eyes." Jinx did as she was told, doubt still in her mind. Cyborg slipped something onto her finger. When she opened her eyes, her arm, though still pale, was closer to tan than ashy gray, and Cyborg looked- Jinx gasped. He looked human. As Cyborg handed her a mirror, she found that she looked human as well; her catlike pink eyes replaced with normal blue-green orbs, her pink hair now the color of chestnuts. She smiled in awe, and noticed her teeth were no longer fangs.
"Wow," she said. "This is amazing! But I still don't understand the wheelchair," She continued, looking down at the object in confusion.
"That's easy," Cyborg said. He suddenly lifted her up out of the bed and placed her onto the seat. "Now when I'm wheeling you through the park, people will just see a normal human couple." Jinx gasped, grinned, and grabbed Cyborg into a huge hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you," she said. Cyborg blushed.
"It's not that big of a deal," he said, flustered.
"Yes, it is!" Jinx responded. "How long did it take you to convince the Boy Blunder to let you take me outside?!" Cyborg blushed again.
"Only about three hours… Maybe four. I kinda lost count," he admitted. Jinx grinned again, and then blushed when she realized she was still hugging him. She let go, and Cyborg wheeled her out of the room. Jinx glanced around. She'd never really seen much of the tower, except when the Hive broke in, and then there was never much time to look around. Jinx still subconsciously didn't quite believe Cyborg until the wheelchair was out in the open air. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon, warm but not hot. Jinx stretched, relishing the warm sun. She watched the city go by as Cyborg wheeled her to the park. Jinx couldn't stop a wide grin spreading across her face when they arrived. As Cyborg wheeled her around the path, Jinx barely even noticed the glances her wheelchair was getting. She was a supervillain, minor glances of pity were nothing compared to the looks of pure terror she was used to invoking. She giggled when Cyborg sent her through a storm of bubbles provided by a group of children, and even more when an overly excited bulldog launched itself into her lap. After assuring the mortified owner it was okay, Jinx noticed a commotion. A group of older boys was waving around a teddy bear in front of a little girl, who was crying and trying to reach for it. Cyborg had left her to go get some ice cream from a cart that was too crowded to push her chair up to, so Jinx quickly figured out how to move the chair herself by grabbing the tops of the wheels.
She rolled up to the group and said "What's going on here?" The boys whirled around, shocked.
One of them spoke up. "We were just-"
Jinx interrupted. "Just torturing a little girl?"
"Well, uh-"
"Give the bear back."
"Wha- No!" The boy said. Then he got an evil glimmer in his eyes. "Fine. I'll give it back… If you can catch it!" He yelled, and threw the bear as hard as he could. Jinx reached up and snatched it easily out of the air. She looked at the boys as if they were the most pathetic things on Earth.
"Go back to your parents," Jinx snarled. "Maybe they can teach you some respect." The boys ran, and over her shoulder Jinx heard one of them saying "Dude, you just got served by a chick that can't even walk! That's just- Ow!" The other one had most likely punched him. Jinx rolled her eyes. When she turned back to the little girl and handed her the bear, the child jumped up and hugged her. Jinx was too shocked to do anything, until the girl grinned and ran away. It was only then that Jinx realized she had looked familiar… And so had the bear… No, it couldn't be, Jinx thought. Could it? She shook off this thought and turned the wheelchair around to face Cyborg, who, from the look on he was giving her, had witnessed the entire exchange. "What?" She snapped. Cyborg raised an eyebrow. "That ice cream's going to melt all over you if you keep standing there like a moron." Cyborg laughed and handed her a strawberry cone. "Thanks," Jinx muttered. Cyborg laughed again. "What'd I do this time?!" Jinx demanded.
"Oh, nothing. It just seems like you've been thanking me a lot today," Cyborg said. Jinx shrugged.
"Hey, come here," she said, getting an idea. Cyborg leaned closer and Jinx smeared strawberry ice cream all over his face.
"Hey, not cool!" He yelped, glad he'd thought to bring some napkins from the ice cream vendor. Jinx stuck her tongue out at him.
"You missed a spot," she told him.
"Oh yeah? So did you," Cyborg responded. Before Jinx could ask what he meant, her face was covered in chocolate.
"It's cold!" She shrieked, laughing.
"That would be why it's called ice cream," Cyborg clarified. Jinx wiped the cream off of her forehead and flicked it at him, but he dodged, laughing.
"Ugh, my face is so sticky," Jinx whined.
"Hmm. Maybe I should kiss it off," Cyborg teased. She whacked him in the head with the rest of her cone. When they returned to Titan's Tower through the elevator, still shrieking with laughter and dripping with melted ice cream, Cyborg lifted Jinx out of the wheelchair and carried her into the infirmary.
"OOooo, looks like Cyborg's got a new crush," Beast Boy said.
Robin laughed. "Come on, Beast Boy, Cyborg's got better judgment than that."
"I don't know," Beast Boy responded, staring pointedly across the couch at Raven. "Sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants."