MetroMan's POV

Roxanne seemed pretty happy, honestly, I really didn't care about the movie. Roxanne just wanted me along for the ride so that Edward had someone to talk to, apparently, he didn't much care for the movie either. It was some random chick flick that neither of us wanted any part of. "You know if you and Edward really want, you can hit the coffee shop near the theater." I chuckled; "I think Edward wants to make sure you don't attempt to make out with his brother."

As flustered as she was I still got a glare, "Eh, he doesn't think I?" I shook my head; "I do though, you and Tuck get along quite well." She flushed and looked away; "He is nice…But I don't think he's interested." I snorted, with the way he had looked at her at the car show and lunch awhile back? He had a thing for her. "You never know until you say something." She shook her head. "Come on we'll be late."

Edward and Tuck actually looked good in casual clothes, well okay Edward was still in a button up, but he had jeans and sneakers too. Tuck smiled at Roxanne; "Ed doesn't want to go to the movie, he's going to hit the bookstore." Roxanne glanced at me and I shrugged. "I'm hitting the Coffee shop." Edward looked interested; "Mind if I join you?" I nodded, "Sure." Roxanne smiled at us as if this was some great thing. Whatever! I may have gotten used to the guy but it didn't mean anything like that! "See you love birds later."

Edward said as he walked away, I chortled and caught up with him. Tuck had turned bright red, well so had Roxanne. "Roxanne and Tuck huh?" Edward flashed me a smile. "Yeah, it's kind of funny actually. I just hope they don't hurt each other…" He got this kind of far away look on his face. "I'm sure they won't, they get along so well after all." He nodded but didn't comment on it.

Was he really that worried about it? "She's a good woman, she wouldn't hurt him on purpose." His eyes almost glowed in the dark when he looked at me. "She won't have to do it on purpose." Had someone hurt him? Is that why he acted so aloof with everyone? Everyone but me? I mean me and him had kind of hit it off, and he seemed to like my company too…Was I just imagining that or were we becoming friends?

"Anyhow, I hate romance movies." I chuckled; "Me too." Both of us laughed and I glanced at Edward. If I were into guys…I suppose he looked nice enough and he was funny, easy to get along with and those eyes of his! I'd only seen that kind of green on Megamind. Though unlike MegaMinds blue skin, Edward was as pale as snow. And his Black hair against that skin just made him look ethereal. He had thin delicate hands too. But I knew they were rough and scared. Though why was I comparing the two of them?

It wasn't like I had cared about Megamind…I thought back to the times I had interacted with the man. There were plenty of reasons to hate him, but maybe I hadn't hated him per say? He did irritate me to death, but I had fun arguing with him. I mean who said half the things he did to my face? Who told me that I was stupid so often? No one else would sass me the way he did... Then physically he could almost take me, the people of Metro city didn't know that beyond that thin frame and skinny arms was power, he was strong and durable, how often had I hit him harder than I would have dared with a human? Jacob said that MegaMinds world must have been a high gravity one, where he had to be more durable and it must have also been dangerous at some point in his people's history because he was stronger than a human. But then there were traits that were less than strong, he had delicate hands. I'd noticed once when I squeezed one too tight and he let out a breathy moan of pain…how easily that could have been something else.

It took me a moment to realize what I had just thought-Oh god, why had I thought that? Was it possible that maybe I'd had a crush on the man, without even realizing it all these years? How long had I possibly had a crush? I thought about that… I'd known him for years, he was as much a part of my life as I was in his. The hatred had melted after I had beaten him half a dozen times, but then what had replaced that hatred? Curiosity? Certainly, I always looked forward to our fights-for I would never lose I thought. But, honestly I wanted to lose one day-wanted him to win over all the odds...but I think he got too much into the game that it no longer mattered if he won or not. Even if it hurt him to lose over and over again...A hit to the gut really, and I did that to him. I caused him to go down deeper, darker, and eventually, I caused his death because I was too caviler about it all...

I shook myself out of my thoughts as Edward opened the coffee shop door. Walking in I relaxed at the smell of coffee and pastries. It really didn't matter anymore, Megamind...Siler was long gone and dead. It made me pause to think of his given name, after all, he had one too. The men in the prison that had pretty much raised him named him that. I don't know why, but I had a feeling it was due to how quiet he was, how he stole away into the night with barely a footstep. Given that he wasn't wearing those atrocious boots he so favored, They weren't exactly quiet. Hell, they had given him away on more than one occasion, I was pretty sure he knew that too.

After we ordered, we sat down and I had to comment. "You know I thought you would have gotten a strange drink." He chuckled; "I like plain coffee, I hate lots of sugar or creamer in it, though usually, I'm eating a donut with it so..." I chuckled and he gave me a look I would have thought of as mischievous; "How's the pumpkin spice?" I'd known for sure that he was going to make fun of me for such a 'fu fu' drink. But, I liked it and he could go to hell. but not seriously, of course, he was great with words and a conversation with him was never boring. "It's good." He laughed at me. "It's not funny, at least it isn't a long order on a little coffee."

That smile killed me! Seriously, it reminded me so much of Mega's megawatt smile that it was driving me nuts, why hadn't I realized that I might have had a bit of a crush on Megamind sooner? That I had a type of guy I could like-seriously someone who had a sense of humor, intelligence-but not nerdy as most people would be with that intellect, confidence, handsome, fun loving and willing to explore, and hands on-he liked cars and he and Tuck had worked on them practically all their lives. Not a paper pusher by any means, not your average guy. Siler, and now Edward, I'd never been so interested in my whole life. "So, Roxanne is going to try and grill you over your crush, you do have one right or is she just imagining stuff again?" I rolled my eyes, the timing on some people I swear some people were mind readers and what was with the 'again' bit? Had she done that to someone else or something only to find that she was wrong? She was so seldom wrong… Why hadn't I noticed before he died?

"It took me forever to figure it out though. I'm a little irritated that she noticed it before me." It had taken until today to realize how much I missed Siler. Edward nodded; "She's in everyone's business." I agreed whole heartily, she always had been since High school. "So, your crush. Woman or man?" I choked on my drink and gave him a dirty look. He held his hands up in surrender. "Just asking, You never know...So woman what's she like?"

I could lie about it, it wouldn't hurt anything. After all Megamind...Siler was dead and gone, who was I to deny the best parts of him? "Goofy, but smart, and so very loyal." He smiled and rolled his hand over, the motion for me to go on. "She didn't like to get dirty, I mean she liked to put her best foot forward you know? Her sense of humor was a killer and her temper! She wasn't very often angry, but when she was…You knew you were in trouble."

Which was so true, once he had been so angry at me-brain bots weren't to be destroyed, after all, they were his babies and all. I laughed at the thoughts of him, Stamping a foot down telling me on no uncertain terms that If I touched another brain-bot he would find where I put my costume and run it through the wash with a red sock. Megamind had been a character for sure…I thought for a moment, gathering my wits, what else could I say about him? "Her friend was always trying to make sure she didn't do anything too stupid, but she didn't really seem to take his opinions to heart." Edward smiled gently and my heart skipped-what in the world? "She seems lovely." I nodded; "She was."

His eyebrow rose; "What happened?" I sighed, of all the times to feel sad about his death. "She passed away, an accident." He whistled. "I'm sorry to hear that." I nodded; "It took me a while after she died to realize I cared about her that way." He nodded and we were silent for awhile. Nursing our drinks, deep in thought. Why did I have to care about him? Why did he have to die? Well okay, I could answer that last one, I had left him and Minion to die…I had done that and I caused their deaths. I have been so slow, I could have saved them but the shock of the explosion...I did never find out what exploded-the fire department said I must have hit something near a flammable something or other and that caused the explosion-so the explosion was my fault either way-their blood on my hands.

"You look really sad, I'm sorry I brought it up." I once more snapped out of my thoughts and took a deep breath, "No, I… It was my fault she died. If I had done something different." He shook his head; "Your not MetroMan. Not super fast or have great hearing, Accidents happen." But I was MetroMan. I was and it hurt that I was the cause of the death of two brilliant minds...

"There you two are!" I smiled at Roxanne and Tuck. Edward had just gotten me out of my funk and smiling again, great timing him...Roxanne didn't need to know I was feeling sad over MegaMind's death. "So dinner?" Roxanne nodded; "I know a place." She always did. Turns out it was a nice little Italian place. It felt a little romantic, but oh well, Roxanne needed a date like environment.

Edward gave me a funny look that sent my insides turning in a butterfly kind of way. The food was great and so was the company, I think this was certainly one of my better nights. Now, All I had to do was get over certain facts. That I'd had a crush on a man who was also my nemesis-A super-villain, who while had a beautiful mind was a monster architect and that even though I was supposed to be the hero...I was the cause of his death. But for now, now I had people who didn't blame me for the death of others...some one that I could possibly care about just as much as Siler.