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Directly after the events of Disregarded...

"Our city's heroes setting a bad example?" Jinx was far too busy reading the cover of the latest edition Jump City Gossip magazine to be holding on to her boyfriend's arm. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" The cover had a picture of a smiling Beast Boy and Jinx walking down a remarkably clean but otherwise nondescript urban street with her arms coiled around her beaus right arm.

After departing from Titan Tower in the form of a gargantuan pterosaur with Jinx on his back, Beast Boy had landed in a secluded area and the couple began walking to the Beast's den whilst disguised in their civilian clothes and holo rings. They almost looked just like every other young couple in love, the only thing setting them apart was that they were both extremely fine specimens of their respective sexes.

At some point she'd spotted the magazine on a stand and picked it up out of sheer annoyance. "I mean, just because I'm me and you're you, you're setting a bad example? It hasn't even been a day yet! They're vultures!"

He would've found her antics amusing if he was paying attention to them, however, he was too engrossed with his own thoughts to do so. "Right, Logan?" She finally turned to look at her favorite young man of the day, or of all time for that matter. Seeing the distracted look on his face as they walked along the sidewalk, she leaned over and lightly pecked him on his cheek to snap him out of it.

It worked, though instead of returning her gaze, he kept his eyes locked forward. "Yeah, Jinx?"

Decidedly dropping the slanderous magazine both in a trashcan and in topic, she attempted to find out what was wrong. "Are you okay?"

With a smile of gratitude, he finally turned his sights to his beautiful girlfriend. He was glad that he'd programmed her holo ring to keep her eyes pink - they were so beautiful. "I'm fine... This is just going to be different."

Leaving the Titan's was a big, albeit sad step for the green teen. Those days in his life were now over. But now he felt liberated. He wouldn't have to deal with being emotionally and physically abused almost every day and he'd have the entirety of his life to share with his lover; someone he knew would never hurt him.

She arched her brow. "Different in a good kind of way?"

He answered after leaning over and lovingly kissing her. "We're together, aren't we? Of course it's good."

Jinx was pleased. She finally had an opportunity to check out her new appearance. Sure she'd had brief glances of her own reflection in passing by shop windows but now that she had a real mirror to use, she couldn't be happier. Her brunette hair that she'd kept down suited her white complexion perfectly and her radiant pink eyes gave her a unique aura of cuteness that she knew her boyfriend must enjoy revelling in.

Beast Boy grinned as he saw that she was clearly pleased with his handiwork. "Are you done checking yourself out in my bike's mirror?" He greatly admired the view of a brunette Jinx bending over to assess her appearance in one of his bike's mirrors but time was of the essence.

Leaning back up and turning to face him, she spoke with smirk etched onto her face. "Don't tell me that you didn't enjoy the view."

With a little hesitance, he reinforced her statement. "Well, uh... I'm pretty sure that I'll be seeing it a lot more in the future, right?" He handed her the amethyst colored helmet that she'd used before and then saddled up on the Beast with his own helmet on.

Not yet putting her helmet on, she avoided answering his question by asking one of her own in the only way she knew how; with a semi frown, a sharp voice and straightforward wording. "You haven't told me where we're going."

He turned to face her, his visor was still up. "The Doom Patrol headquarters in Midway City, Michigan. But first we're stopping by the bank."

Not looking forward to the long journey, she started complaining. "Michigan? But we're in California and that's on the other side of-"

He cut her off with a surprising level of authority. "We'll make it."

She had found his dominance to be somewhat pleasing in all actuality. Huffing in false annoyance, she complied with her boyfriends original request and put her helmet on before mounting the motorcycle with him. At least she'd be able to wrap her arms around him so she could snuggle up close and think happy thoughts.

Walking out of the impressively built Bank of Pérez and into the open air of Jump City once again, Beast Boy met up with Jinx at his bike since she'd been tasked with making sure it wasn't stolen. She didn't really mind; it wasn't a long wait and it was quite nice out and he'd parked it in a somewhat quiet area which was actually quite difficult to do in such a busy city. "What did you get?"

Resisting the urge to laugh at her, he answered in a mocking mannerism. "It's a bank, Jinx."

She placed her hands on her hips and furrowed her brows to indicate her annoyance. They both knew it was also Jump City's most secure location for safe deposit boxes so she didn't see any reason to point out the fact that not only was it a bank, but it was a massive one story bank that was three stories high with pillars outside of the gigantic front windows of the building! Real pillars!

Conceding to her villainous look, he told her as much as she was supposed to know. "A lot of saved up money and if I told you about the other thing then it would ruin the surprise. But if you must know... It's the last thing that I have of my parents besides pictures."

Not giving her a chance to ask further questions, he changed the subject as he got back on his menacing vehicle and started it up with a few loud revs. "Let's go. It's a four hour ride to Reno and I want to see how fast I can push the Beast."

Jinx didn't like the sound of that last part at all. Before he could put his helmet on, she went and stood in front of the motorcycle so that he could see her quite clearly "I know that I'm the bad girl type and everything but..." Her voice took on a more reprimanding tone "... If you so much as go five miles per hour past the speed limit until I'm comfortable with riding then you will literally be pushing it the entire way and-"

He briefly held up his hands in defense as he interrupted her. "I get it! I get it! I'll be sleeping on my bike over night."

"I'm not that harsh, Logan. I'm sure there would be plenty of carpeted floor for you to use." She expertly lied with a false grin of superiority etched onto her face. Sleeping without him at this point would be a punishment for the both of them.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story (a series of connected one shot-esque scenes containing fluff and more to the max) is a bridge between the events of Disregarded and my planned story; Ameliorated. Ameliorated will be the full blown *true* sequel to Disregarded, however, this story will contain important plot information.