What is Love?

Affection

    ((Y/N)) P.O.V))
                    A few days passed and Rocket was back to his old self again. I could tell it's made the others happy too. There's only one thing different. Rocket seems to always, and I mean always find his way to be between Quill and I. It's kind of adorable. His main excuse usually ending up on being '((Y/N)) would you please scratch my ear like before? It helps me relax.' How could o refuse that?! It's too adorable! I was helping to try and get the tape player working on the ship when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
               "((Y/N)), I'm heading with Gamora to shop. How about you take my shower time spot?" Drax said with a big grin. "I heard hoe you always go last and get the cold shower. Not this time. We can trade off so you don't have to suffer."
               "Are you sure?" I asked him softly. "I really don't mind."
               "I am. Worse comes to worse, I'll make Quill do it." He chuckled as he lifted me off the ground and onto my feet. "Now go on. Enjoy."
               I quickly ran over and hugged Drax tightly. "Thank you, Drax!" I said excitedly as I rushed to the bathroom.
               It was nice getting to relax in a hit shower. I got out and dried myself off before setting the towel down  and pulling out a bottle of lotion. Slowly I began to rub it on my legs when I heard the formilliar sound of door hinges being opened. Pausing with face turning red, I turned to see none other than Rocket. He was just as frozen as I was. The two of us didn't even blink. To put it in the most simple way possible, it was beyond awkward and embarrassing.
                "OH FUCK I'M SO SORRY!!!!" Rocket squeaked as he covered his eyes and closed the door. I stood there blinking myself out of my embarrassed state before I heard laughing on the other side of the door. It seemed Quill caught on somehow and was picking on the poor raccoon. I got up and pulled on baggy jogging pants and a long t-shirt before I stepped out of the bathroom with the bottle of lotion in hand. Quill was leaning against the wall laughing to the he point of tears as Rocket was spilling every curse word in his vocabulary at the ships captain. While they were distracted I slipped to my room and locked the door before sighing. As embarrassing ad it was, that poor adorable little guy saw... well... all of me. Poor thing will probably have nightmares for weeks. I sat down the bottle of lotion by my bedside table and laid on my bed staring at the ceiling. This will make things a bit off for awhile.
            
      ((Rocket's P.O.V))
            Fucking damn it! It's been almost a week and I still can't look at ((Y/N))! Every time I see her, my mind places us back in that damn bathroom scene! I always see her wherever she is, no matter what she is doing, naked! For fuck sakes we just got to being normal again and this shit happens! To make things worse, I've been having some very inappropriate dreams as of late too! Why the hell was she at Drax usual shower time?! Why wasn't I told about the change beforehand?!
                  I was making my way down the hall to the lower level of the ship to help Quill fix our shields when I came across the one person I couldn't face right now. Usually I would keep going but something was off. She was sitting in one of the chairs on the command deck just staring out at the stars that passed. I wouldn't think it was strange if she didn't look blank of emotions. In fact, it seemed like she wasn't even looking at the stars. She just stared at the darkness with the most... hell, I don't know how to describe stare. I felt a small tap and looked down to see Groot beside me. I knelt down curiously  to the little guy.
                "Does... does she do this often?" I asked him quietly. The only reply I got was a a simple silent nod. "Why?"
                 "I am Groot." The small guy said quietly as he watched ((Y/N)) in her zoned out state.  
                 "When did this start?" I asked as I looked to Groot in worry. This was not the sunshine everyone knew and loved.
                 "I... am Groot." The little guy said as he shook his head.  
                 "Really? You mean she'd done this since she joined our ship?" I repeated softly. "Does anyone else know?"
                 "I am Groot." The small tree said as he patted Rocket's arm and quietly made his way to ((Y/N))'s side. When she felt the gentle touch of the small tree, she seemed to snap out of it and looked down at Groot. For a split second there's this odd sad feeling lingering in her eyes, but just as fast as it shows, it vanishes and she smiles her usual warm cheerful way. She picked up Groot and held him close as she too a deep slow breath in and slowly let it escape her lips in an quiet long sigh. Groot began to talk to her and she seemed to brighten up quite a bit. I guess, seeing how long Groot had been by ((Y/N)), he became an expert in handling this strange mood and chasing it away. Knowing she was in good hands, I went to the person Groot had mentioned earlier.
                "Gamora, we need to talk." I spoke out when the green lady opened her door. "Privately." This seemed to catch her off guard. She looked about as if making sure this wasn't some joke before stepping inside and letting me in.
                  "It's odd to have you come to me to talk." She said as she closed and locked the door. "What could be so worry some that you'd come to me instead of trying to figure it out?"
                  "((Y/N))." I sighed as I sat down on her bed. "I was heading too help Quill when is noticed her staring out of into space, only it was odd. She seemed so different than to the ((Y/N)) we all know and love."
                   "I see." She said as she walked over and sat down beside me. "It seems you caught a glimpse of her darker side."
                  "Dark side?" I questioned. "((Y/N))? I'm not buying it."
                  "Everyone has something hidden about them, Rocket. Even ((Y/N))." She said softly. "I caught her in one of these moods moods few times before. She seems empty. Blank. I too was worried and confronted her about it. The first few times she ignored it. Passed it off as just spacing out, but something seemed off.  I didn't buy it for a second. Finally I got her to talk when I slipped into the bathroom whole she was showering and refused to give her her clothes till she told me what ead going on."
                 "Well, I guess that's one way to get that done." I said looking at at her with a playful smirk.
                  "Yeah come to find out, if ypu trap her in the bathroom with nothing to cover her, she'll tell you anything." Gamora said in a playful tone. "Anyhow, I came to learn that ((Y/N)) suffers from bad depression. On earth she had to take some kind of medicine to help her handle it. On the off times she is completely alone, it seems to eat away at her. She slowly becomes more and more sad until she gets in that emotionless state. Her mind tells her things that she knows aren't true, but for some unknown reason, she ends up thinking maybe it is. All this negative energy just builds up and it ends up with her crying herself to sleep every few days. Sometimes she doesn't sleep. She just cries all night long, sneaks to wash her face up, and goes about like her normal self."
                   "How is the happiest person on the ship that depressed?!" Rocket questioned in surprise. He couldn't imagine ((Y/N)) being like that. It was heart breaking.
                    "She said it's actually common." Gamora said with a sigh. "I wouldn't be surprised if within the next few days she turns in early. That usually when her breakdowns hit. Groot, even being as young as he is, seems to know how to help her out a bit. He helps loosen the weight of everything. I think that's why he seems to spend more and more time with her. To try and keep her from the dark place in her mind."
                   I want sure how to respond to that. To think our baby tree wad actually helping such a serious situation all by himself.
                   "She also had quite a temper." Gamora added getting my attention again. "She could put you to shame when she get riled up. And she also had a terrible dirty mouth. Luckily, Groot doesn't see that side. She comes to me privately to calm down about that sort of thing. In truyh, it's kind of funny to watch since it's s o out of character for her."
                 This was a lot to take in. Keeping things like yhis bottled up can turn out pretty bad over time. This would not do! If she can come to miss aditude about these things, she better start coming to me for them too! Once again, I was going to have to man up! I have to march down there and tell her that she needs to put as much trust in me as she does to Gamora. Maybe even more! I want to see all of ((Y/N))!
               "Thanks." I said as I hopped down and began to make my way to my room. As I thought about how to get ((Y/N)) to open up to me more, the more I wondered why I needed this so badly. Then it hit me like a meteor. I loved ((Y/N))! I needed to be with her! To hold her! Kiss her! Now, how to get my feelings across? She doesn't catch on to flirting much... how can I show her? I walk to my room and sat down before I got an idea. It was bold and could either win her or lose her forever. It was worth the risk though. With a smirk I contacted Quill in his room.
               "Hey Quill, how close are we to a shopping planet?"