Author's Notes:

These are my submissions for "HellaKoriandr"'s (Tumblr) Dick/Kory Week 2016. I only submitted 2 stories for the week and didn't manage to finish the 3rd. However I decided to go back and finish the 3rd story to upload to here.

Sorry it took so long for me to upload this here!

Hope you enjoy!

Dick/Kory Week Day 1 - Friendship

"Friend, Robin?"

Friendship.

He had begun to hate that word. For the past couple of years it had been fine, it was a term he could easily understand and apply to himself and those around him. But then he had to go and catch feelings didn't he? He had to fall head over heels for her, and now suddenly this term 'friend' didn't feel like it was enough, how could it ever be enough? A friend doesn't make you don't lose the ability to speak coherent sentences and resort to wild babbling the second they smile at you. A friend doesn't make your stomach do backflips whenever you're sat alone with them. How could she ever be just a friend?

He blamed himself. It was entirely his fault, he should know not to have feelings for team-mates, Bruce had drilled the idea into his head and the logic behind it had been sound enough for him to abide by it all this time, but now he was doubting himself. Why couldn't he just accept that she can never be anything more than a fr-…he couldn't even say the word anymore for fear that if he had to listen to himself say it, it would cause his already damaged heart to splinter and crack even more.

Okay maybe it could work out in some way, he didn't know how at the moment but surely that's what a relationship is partly about right? Finding ways to make it work? But here came the problem, one he hadn't even thought of yet. What if she didn't feel the same? What if she only wanted to be his friend? Surely her turning him down would cause irrevocable damage to their friendship, how would be able to keeping looking at her beauty and knowing his admiration could only be from afar. The seeds of doubt had grew into long vines and torn apart the cage around him and gave him another exit from this endless war.

The destruction of their friendship surely wasn't worth the slightest chance of something more was it? Ah, but this concept of 'more' is what was making it seem so appealing to him, images and visions of possibilities flooded his mind and suddenly the tide of war had changed and the reward was now outweighing the risk. Logic and love raged inside him and his mind was beginning to take back control, he couldn't do this. It was wrong, it would only end badly for both of them. He couldn't risk what they already had just based on some silly notion of what could-

"Robin?" the sweet voice asked again

He looked up to the girl from where he had been staring, and he found himself lost in those serene emerald pools and the radiating smile, suddenly all the conflict and arguments that battled within him were silenced. Suddenly the answer was clear. Before he could stop himself he had pushed his face forwards the few feet that separated the two as they sat together on the couch and quickly his lips met with hers. Hearing a muffled squeak he tried to withdraw but found his exit blocked by her arms snaking around his neck. Quickly he lost himself as the beautiful girl returned his affection just as eagerly. He couldn't believe that it had took him this long to find the answer to a question he had known from the beginning. It could have never been just 'friendship', and now it never had to be.

The End