A/N:

Beast Boy = Beastie

Robin = Robyn

Raven = Crow

Starfire = Starbolt.

Cyborg, Kid Flash, Bumblebee, and Terra are all normal.

I own nothing...but the plot.

Chapter 12

"So... you and Crow..." It was just the two of them in the living room now but the subject at hand made her cheeks heat. The gaming screen was vibrant, eyes darting to keep her attention on the lower screen. She'd beat him this time, for sure.

"I dunno what you're talking about." Beastie feigned ignorance but she knew Cy would not be swayed. He knew her too well. And he had been part of the audience that had the pleasure of viewing their latest developments as...partners? All of a sudden, that word felt more than what it should have been. And yet, not enough...Those thoughts were something to ponder in her own room at night, not under the very watchful eye of Cyborg.

"Oh yeah, there's not one time that comes to mind where you two weren't ever sooo chummy." His sarcastic tone made her smile but his verb-age caused her to cringe.

"Chummy?" She questioned, fingers pressing on the buttons a little harder than before, faltering her movements slightly and it showed on the screen. She found herself glancing to the left and right, not wanting to be heard talking about this.

"Alright, alright, poor word, but you do know what I mean." He chanced a glance her way, shaking his head slightly at her looking around as if scared of getting caught unawares. "We're clear." A sign that he'd already scanned and knew exactly where everyone was.

"Nooooooo," the green girl bit her lips and widened her eyes when the game paused and he pinned her with an unyielding look.

"Girl, that man allows you to mess with his food!" Cyborg's tone made it very telling just how flimsy her denial was and in a more hushed tone, he said with slight amusement, "There's only two people men allow to mess with their food: they mama... and a girl they have hella feelings for. And sometimes it can only be one or the other, not both! Tells you how serious that shit is."

Blinking at his claim, Beastie decided it was time to unpause the game, "Not all men are the same, Cy, and... a better feat would be someone trying to change my diet!"

"B, I know men! I am one! That statement right there is pretty much universal. Men all around the world will unite over that shit." It was starting to get on her nerves how he could have this conversation so calmly and keep her from winning, "Trust and believe, you'll never turn me into a vegetable!"

"Huh? I fed him meat?!"

Why did that sound way more intimate out loud than it did in her head? Why did admitting that detail seem to shift the conversation into the plane of reality? Beastie could not bring herself to look at her best friend. 'Ok, Cyborg - one; Beastie - zero.'

Turning to the robot in question, he met her with shit-eating grin, looking like she was the cat that ate the fucking canary and he was a mouse that was gonna squeal to the big bad dog on her. After a beat passed, he raised his eyebrow.

"Maybe you have a point," she grumbled swiftly and softly, searching for her next words. Was there actually something going on between them? Or was it all on her side and Cy had gotten it completely wrong?

There was something there, on her side at least. She'd be lying if she said she never had a crush on Crow, ever. But then she thought she was over that when began to date Terra. And when he tried to warn her about the blonde, she thought he was just paranoid. Until he was proven correct and Terra was made out to be the bitch she was.

But even before that, he had always been there with her, despite how annoying the half-demon claimed to have found her. Truth, she liked the nightly missions. It was her time to be with him one-on-one and because they were mostly snooping, there was no pressure to try and talk about something that might interest him. Then he protected her and then he comforted her in ways no one had in a long time.

After a long pause, she began seriously, "I don't know what to say..."

"Say you're not just showing interest because you feel obligated to him." They didn't look at each other and the changeling was grateful for that.

"Obligated?"

"For what he did...Adonis..."

"Oh..." it was as if she'd never preconceived the notion, "No, this isn't - I mean, Crow and I - um no."

"I mean, you did spend three days locked up in his room."

Her cheeks burned at the insinuation. Of course, they thought that about her. How could they not? The two didn't even come out for meals.

"N-nothing happened. I mean we just slept."

"Okay," his tone was easy going but she persisted.

"Really! I mean technically he was locked in there with me, n-not the other way around. And nothing happened," she reiterated.

"I know," He glanced at her while she swallowed thickly, "I may have scanned the room a few times to make sure you were okay..."

The game paused again and he turned to her, "So now that that's outta the way... as long as the both of you are happy, then I'm happy."

"It's not like that," she tried her hand at denial again, but damn her emotions because she started to tear up and felt her face get hot. Not knowing what else to do, she leaned over and hugged him, kissing his temple.

"Okay, that's enough of that mushy shit. And once you two start swapping spit, you gonna have to tone down on the kisses." Cyborg pushed her off of him.

"Robyn still kisses you and she and Star share a room so I know they're doing more than just kissing."

"Every once in a blue moon! Besides, I'm positive Robyn brushes her teeth after they're done. Where you're concerned it's questionable."

"Dogs have cleaner mouths than humans," a green beagle told him from where she was once positioned, somehow holding the controller with its paws.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." She transformed back and Cy pressed on, "Anyway, Just be careful he might need to make a pact with you or something. He is a demon, after all."

"Half," she defended unpausing the game only to pause it back after she continued, "And you've been watching too much Black Butler cause I'm pretty sure that's not how Crow operates at all...wait a minute!"

It was Cyborg's turn to blush as Beastie pinned him with an amused look.

"Turns out you were right: it is... a good show. And ya know, I started Jujutsu Kaisen because it was up next on your profile but I'm not really sure I understand how a bunch of old ass people decide to execute a middle schooler when he was trying to save one of them?! You watch some dark shit so y'all two just might be a good match for each other."

"Ohmygod, I finally have someone in this damn tower I can talk anime with!" Beastie squealed.

Their talk would come to an end as Robyn would come between the two, "Beastie, you and Crow have a new recon. Apparently, Dr Light is getting his hands dirty, again." She stood in front of them, ponytail swinging as she looked back and forth, "I gave Crow permission to use force if he sees this being an immediate threat, otherwise, I want to go as legal as possible, which means gathering intel, in and out, no contact."

Beastie nodded, "I'll finish up this game and get a nap in."

The challenge was over before it could continue much farther as Cyborg's "Booyah!" Ranged through the tower along with his green best friend's whines of "No fair!"

A/N:

Big Bro CY! Gotta love him. Anywho, this is one of those extra chaps I accidentally wrote in after the story was more or less done, as was the other one. Meh.

Hope you enjoyed!