Jinx had been at the Tower for a few months. A couple of weeks in, she had asked Cyborg to take her someplace fun, to get her mind off things. They had hit off tremendously. They had been dating since, taking it slow.
Crime had been at an all time low, leaving plenty of time for the Titans to explore relationships. Robin and Starfire had gone on several outings together, as had Jinx and Cyborg. WIldebeast had taken to visiting local orphanages to tend to the orphans, and occasionally attending kindergarten classes.
One day, Jinx was sitting up on the roof, watching the sunset, lost in thought. She suddenly spoke. "Hey, tin man."
Cyborg smiled, walking up behind her. "How'd you know it was me?"
"You clank when you walk."
Cyborg chuckled. "Forgot about that." He grinned at her. "What's up?"
Jinx thought for a while. "Cyborg, why am I making all the first moves here?"
"Huh?"
"I'm the one who asked you to take me out the first time. I'm the one who made the first move for a kiss. You haven't pushed for ANYTHING in this relationship. Why?" She braced herself for any of the possible answers she expected.
Cyborg looked at her. "Because I'm patient."
She blinked. "Huh?"
He smiled at her. "Jinx...you'd just come out of a bad relationship when you got here. It wouldn't have been the act of a friend to push you into anything you weren't ready for. I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for what we've got here to work. I mean..." He seemed lost in memory. "...that day at Hive, when you gave me the communicator and said I was one of you...I looked into your eyes. I didn't realize it at the time...but I fell in love with you right then. I can wait as long as it takes for what we have to come out right. I'm nothing if not patient, and I've got nothing but time." He smiled as he stared at the sunset.
Jinx stared at him, shocked. Did he realize what he'd just said? From the way he was staring off into the distance, obviously not. Well, she wanted him to take the lead in something in the relationship...and he just did a big one.
Later that day, Cyborg came back to his room...to find Jinx redecorating. "Umm...Jinx? What are you doing?"
"Moving in with you," she answered simply.
"Oh, okay." He nodded, then it sunk in. "Say what?"
"Of course, the recharging table has to stay where it is, and-"
"Jinx, why are you moving in with me?"
"Because it's easier than moving your tech into my room," she said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"That's not what I meant..." Cyborg mumbled, seriously confused.
Jinx, meanwhile, was going around rearranging things. "Hmm...I'm thinking sky blue curtains with sunset pink tassles, that sound good to you, Cyborg?"
"Yes, dear," he said, his mind finally isolating exactly what events led to this moment. Was this her way of answering?
"Your room's actually pretty well appointed for me to move in. Once we get a bed in here, there's already a closet. Why do you have a closet when you don't wear clothes?"
"Force of construction habit."
"And a shower! Speaking of which, I could really use one." Jinx stepped into the bath room, closing the door behind her.
"Wait Jinx! That shower's designed to clean my chasis! You need to be careful about-"
"What the?" Jinx asked from inside. "What's this? No knob, just a bunch of buttons?"
"Careful, Jinx!" Cyborg shouted. "Don't push the-"
"Yeow!" There was the sound of high pressure water, and several other sounds as several more buttons were pressed, triggering other sequences. "How do you stop this thing?"
"It runs on automatic!" Cyborg shouted. "One cycle runs until it completes or you push another button. Hang on, I'll try to find the emergency shut off!"
There was silence from inside the bath room. "Jinx?"
"Oooohhh!3"
Cyborg's eyebrow shot up. The shower shut off. Jinx stepped out, wrapped in a towel, looking very clean.
"Like that button..." she mumbled, fainting into Cyborg's arms.