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Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.

Theme: Tattoo
Rating: K+
Status: Beast Boy & Mento

None of the Titans had expected it from him, Beast Boy the youngest Titan of the team, the jokester with his corny jokes, to have a tattoo.

"You have a tattoo?" asked Raven a bit taken back on seeing the tattoo on his forearm. It was a simple wolfs paw mark with scratch marks on top of it as if the tattoo itself was scratching his emerald skin.

Why she and the rest of the team where surprise was because Beast Boy is terrified of needles, every time they have to take their shoots, he becomes the master of hide and seek. One time he managed to hide for a whole week until Dr. Light began to go rampage in Jump city so he had to come out of hiding.

Beast Boy rubbed the back of his neck of embarrassment. He really didn't wanted the team to see his tattoo that he so desperately tried to hid it from his teammates for so many years, but one of Cyborgs training bots shred his uniform on his right forearm and he tried to hid it, but unfortunately his team mates curios eyes spotted that damned tattoo.

"Um yeah... hehe."

"Since when did you manage to get yourself a tattoo?" asked the ever fearless leader clearly angry for not knowing how the youngest teammate managed to get himself a tattoo without him noticing it. He's supposed to be the best detective in this team!

"Oh I had this way before I was a Titan and was just with the Doom Patrol." he said with a sheepish grin.

"How in the world did you manage to convince Mento to get yourself a tattoo? He seems too strict to let you do something rebellious like this." asked Cyborg surprised and slightly envy since all these years ago he couldn't convince his parents when he wanted to get a tattoo. Of course after the accident he didn't wanted to do anything to his body anymore.

"Err he was actually the one who suggested it to me to get one." he mumbled still embarrassed knowing full well if he tried to lie his teammates wouldn't believe him nor he really had a good cover story at this moment.

"Well I think it looks good on you, friend Beast Boy. On my planet warriors get their marks on their body after a fierce battle showing their bravery and courage. Every mark has a specific meaning to it and yours fits perfectly." said the optimistic Tamarian admiring the tattoo.

"Hehe thanks Star." Beast Boy said with a small cheery smile. And just as Robin was about to ask more the alarm ranged.

"Titans trouble!"

Beast Boy let out a sight of relief when the alarm ranged not wanting to answer anymore question since the tattoo had a deeper meaning then some rebellions act.

~flashback~

After a though training little Beast Boy drop down to the ground to catch his breath, his white shirt and jogging pants had many scratch and was stained with dirt and not to mentioned it was drenched in sweat. Lightly brushing off the sweat on his forehead with his glowed hand.

Mento stood not far behind the little green changeling, observing the new member of the Doom Patrol and his adopted child closely as he lived with his team for about 3 months after they rescued the boy from his horrible uncle.

His eyes caught the cloth that was wrapped around the boys forearm. It wasn't an injury he was sure of that since he had been looking out for the boy more accurately then most of his team mates. Was that boy hiding something?

"Garfield,"

"Yes Mento, sir?" Gar asked glancing at the tall man, still lying flat on the ground.

"What do you have there on your forearm?"

"Hm? Oh..." Mento noticed the sadden expression that last less than a second until it quickly turning into a neutral one.

Beast Boy sat up and put a hand on it slightly zone out, Mento was guessing it has to be something unpleasant since the boy did had a bad childhood.

Snapping out of his daze he griped his arm with a frown on his face. "A mark that is a forever reminder for me of things I had to endure just because I'm different." his voice had a certain bitter tone that Mento had never heard from the young boy for as long as they had been together.

Unconsciously Mento crouch down near the green boy and just as he was about to remove the cloth he looked at those deep forest eyes that held so many unsaid secrets, he asked.

"May I?" he got a small nod as Beast Boy let go of his hand, so he slowly removed the cloth and saw the mark. It was a six digits mark with the word 'project' at the top of it.

Project

659-348

He lightly brushed the mark with his thumb imagining what kind of experiments this child had to endure. He knew that not all of those other scars on the boy's arms and probably more hiding behind the shirt, where not from his guardian.

He closed his eyes and let out a sight "You know," Beast Boy looked up at him with his curios emerald eyes "you can always have a tattoo on that mark if it bothers you that much."

"A...tattoo?" Beast Boy was stunned he never expected that of all people, Mento would be the one to suggest him get a tattoo.

"Won't Rita be mad?" as appealing the idea is he knows that Rita wouldn't like it. She barley let him go training with Mento knowing full well how brutal hers husbands training may be.

"Don't worry I'll explain everything to her." with that said Mento gives a rare assuring smile to the boy showing slightly the fatherly side that Rita wanted him to show the day they adopted little Garfield.

Little Beast Boy smiled brightly, then hugs Mento "Thanks dad."

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That was so cool