FANDOM: Young Justice.
CHARACTERS: Jason Todd\Robin II, Katherine Flynn (oc), Bruce Wayne\Batman.
PAIRINGS: [Jason Todd\Robin II, Katherine Flynn]
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the following characters. Except for my original character.
|GOTHAM CITY
|JUNE 24, 17:08 EDT,
His feet hit the roof of the building hard, adrenaline pumping through his veins as he pushes himself off the edge, cape fluttering behind him and breathing fast as the ground vanishes from beneath him for a moment before he lands on the front building again.
The wind blows, cold on his face but he ignores it, continuing bolting over numerous buildings.
The communicator in his ear bursts to life, "Robin, where are you?"
And Jason all but snarls on hearing Nightwing's voice.
"Screw off, dickface!" He snaps, tapping the small device, cutting of the link.
Robin growls furiously, leaping over another building. He keeps on dashing forward, numerous thoughts circling his mind like vultures. His teeth grit together, muscles tense up and he releases what seems to be roar of anger, pace increasing as a gust of wind brushes against his body.
"Who the hell do they think they are?!" He shouts, jaw clenched. "I damn am better than him!"
He knows he shouldn't be here. He should think logically. But damn everything, he doesn't do logic.
Something catches his eye and he grimaces, pulling out his grappling gun and shooting the hook in the air. It latches onto a taller building's reeling and he swings ahead, the air whistling in his ears before the hook comes hurling back into the gun, throwing him forward.
Robin doesn't think much, knocking into the person and ending up sprawled on the sidewalk. He cranes his neck to shoot a glare at the enormous red truck that swooshes by a mere second later.
"You better control that damn speed, idiot!" He yells, quickly memorizing the truck's plate number before it disappears from sight.
He snaps his head back then, masked eyes narrowed into slits. "You were a second away from getting road killed. Watch before crossing the road, got it?" He inquires bitterly.
However, he expects someone to snap at him, to scold him, say he could've gotten hit by the truck but nothing happens. Instead, sky blue eyes peer up at him through golden lashes.
"Errr, thanks for the advice, I guess?" She answers unsurely then fixes him with an amused look, "Uh, can you get off me now?"
Robin blinks, absorbing what she had just said and then realization knocks his head, making him aware that he is basically on top of her.
The anger melts somewhere inside him as he quickly scrambles to his feet, the tips of his ears burning red slightly. "Uh, yeah. Sorry." He mumbles an apology, watching the blonde push herself up.
Crossing his arms over his chest, he waits for any display of praise from her as she dusts off her jeans and pats her white shirt straight. Her attention finally comes to rest on him and she flashes a smile.
"Thanks for saving my life,"
The wind blows gently this time as he huffs, "You're welcome."
A grin tugs the corner of her lips and she nods, stalking forward. He narrows his eyes, staring at her back and boredom gets to him.
"I'm Robin, by the way." He introduces himself, falling in step with her.
She gives him a surprised look and he expects her to start gushing and try to get his autograph. Instead, she looks amused.
"I know you're Robin," The blonde tosses a friendly smile, glancing at the R insignia on his chest. "You're Batman's sidekick."
Robin grinds his teeth together, "I am not anyone's sidekick."
She doesn't flinch because of his sharp tone. "Sorry," The girl smiles meekly, "Didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
His anger boils up again, gloved hand itching to his belt so he can grab his grappling hook and swing away. Maybe this wasn't a good idea. Then again, when was talking to a strange girl you just met a good idea, anyway?
"I'm Kate," The blonde places a hand on her chest. Her eyebrows knit together and she pauses in their walk, "There isn't something wrong, is it?"
He feels confused, "What?
"You're here with me so that means I'm being targeted or something, right?"
Robin rolls his eyes beneath his mask, "No, you're not in danger or anything." He informs, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly, "I was just bored so I thought about joining you for some time." He tells the half-truth, averting her gaze.
But then he notices her staring at him as if she's trying to tell whether he's lying or not.
A scowl graces his features, "But I can leave if you want." He offers, hand moving towards his belt when she pipes up.
"You can stay," Kate clasps her hands behind her back, "I don't mind at all." She laughs and Robin scans the area around them to make sure no one is looking.
Surprisingly, the whole sidewalk is empty, not a person in sight and the only sound audible is the wind rustling the leaves of a few trees accompanied by the small thumping of their feet.
"You shouldn't be out alone like this," He grimaces.
Kate rolls her blue orbs, "Trust me. I can take care of myself." She sways her hand in the air as if it would wave away the danger, "And anyway..."
Heat crawls up Robin's neck when she bumps her shoulder with his arm.
"I've got the boy wonder at my side." She winks.
He grins at that, folding his arms behind his head. Leaves quiver as wind passes by, making the boy wonder's cape flutter and pushing the blonde's hair into her eyes. Kate frowns, blowing at the strands falling over her eyes.
"So..." She drawls, smirking."I bet it's super fun living with the Batman."
"Hardly," Robin snorts, kicking a pebble on the pavement.
It hits a tree.
His features grace a scowl and he releases a low growl, "Batman's a total shithead."
"Really?" Kate sounds surprised.
"Hell, yeah!" Robin confirms, snarling. "All he ever does is bitch about how I could do better. He keeps comparing me to Goldie!"
The blonde beside him questions, "Who's Goldie?"
Trapping the tip of his tongue between his teeth, Robin mentally curses his big mouth. "So you're a Batman fan?" He inquires amusingly.
He wants to change the topic.
Kate doesn't seem to realize it, "What Gothamie doesn't like Batman?" She snorts, rolling her eyes.
For some reason, a knot ties in his chest. "You really like him, huh?" He inquires dryly.
Kate blinks, adjusting to his words and her eyes widen with realization. "I don't like him like that!" She violently waves her hands in the air, face flushing slightly.
She crosses her arms, settling him with an unimpressed look. "God, Robin. He's like so older than me!"
The knot in his chest disappears and he smirks coyly, "You never know about crazy fangirls and their wild imaginations."
"My imaginations are not that wild," Kate grins when a gust of wind blows, blowing her locks into her eyes.
The blonde lets out a frustrated groan, tugging the strands behind her ear.
Robin takes full notice of it, "Where're you going anyway?"
"To a grocery shop," She answers tersely, still struggling with her hair.
So when Robin pauses, she stops with him. He ignores the perplexed looks she's giving him as he fishes something out of his utility belt. A smirk quirks the corners of his lips upwards as he locks gazes with her.
"Put your arms around my neck," He orders, face flushing a little when she raises a golden eyebrow.
"Don't mind or anything but I barely know yo—"
"Trust me," The words slip off his tongue a bit sharper than he had intended to.
He watches her lips purse as if she's debating with herself when she bounces her shoulders, strolling towards him, peering up at him with mild curiosity.
"Is this okay?" She asks consciously, wrapping her petite arms around his neck.
And why the sudden closeness gives him goosebumps, he doesn't really know. "Yeah, just like that." He mumbles, coiling an arm around her waist and tugs her closer, smirking when she gives out a small squeak.
"Hold on tight!"
"Hold on tight? What do you mea— woah!"
Her sentence gets cut short as the grappling hook shoots out, catching a house's reeling and soon the ground is missing, Robin laughing heartily as he swings them over the road. And suddenly, he's very much aware of the space— or rather the lack of space —between them as Kate tightens her hold, burying her face into the crook of his neck.
Black clouds are massing in the sky, the wind beginning to blow harder and fuck, why the hell is her breath making heart beat faster.
Gracefully landing on the ground, his gaze sweeps over the glass doors infront of him before shifting to the blonde in his arms.
His ears start to burn again, "You can let go now." Robin tells her, smiling softly.
She pulls back slowly, his brows furrowing as he watches, worried when she slumps down to the pavement, chest heaving with fast breaths.
"Hey, you okay?" Batman's protégé stares as she closes her eyes, bobbing her head up and down.
"I'm fine," Kate assures, blue eyes snapping open again as a weak smile touches her lips. "Just a little... overwhelmed."
Robin cracks a grin, parting his lips to say 'get whelmed' but he decides against it— he doesn't wanna think about Nightwing—, slamming his mouth shut. Instead, he leans down, gently taking her around the elbow and helping her stand straight.
"So you're gonna stick around with me in the store too?" Kate muses playfully, grabbing a nearby cart.
But before he could respond by saying that he should really be leaving now, she startles him by quickly clasping her hand with his gloved one, dragging him into the store as well.
Her grip is strong around his palm.
Robin does not blush.
Jason Todd does not blush.
Blushing is girlie. So he isn't going to blush.
He will not blush. He will not blush. Hewillnotblushhewillnotblushhewillnotblushhewillnotblush—
Crap, he's blushing.
"I've gotta list of things here," Kate begins and he releases a breath he doesn't know he was holding when she drops his hand, only to pull out a crumpled paper from her pocket. She unfolds it, reading the written items.
Robin quickly surveys the store, feeling relieved to know that there wasn't anyone there, except for a certain dark skinned woman that sat in the cashier chair, her eyes framed by round glasses as she read through a magazine.
"The weather's not good so we don't have to wait in any lines," Kate chirps, breaking his stream of thoughts.
He offers a smirk, increasing his pace and taking the cart from her, making sure to brush his hand against hers while doing so.
He hates how his costume doesn't show any flesh so he could feel her skin. However, Kate's cheeks heat up a little, "You sure you don't need to be on an important mission or anything at this time?"
"Nah," He bounces his shoulders, wheeling the cart ahead. "I'm pretty free at the moment."
Her eyes brighten on hearing that and she beams, ready to say something when the com-link in his ear turns back on.
"Robin," Batman growls, furious. "Where are you? This behavior will not be tolerat—"
His protégé scowls deeply, cutting the link off again. He finds his jaw clenching tightly, hold increasing on the cart's bar which causes his knuckles to go white beneath the black gloves.
"Is everything alright?" Kate inquires worriedly, Robin grimacing in response.
"Everything's fan-freaking-tastic." He snatches the list from her hand, ignoring her surprised stare as he reads, then starts placing the required items in the cart.
"You know..." She pipes up, inching closer to him. "You can vent to me if you want."
Robin scoffs, "I barely know you!"
And he almost regrets those words when she frowns. But then she gives a lopesided smile, surprising him as her hand lands on top of his.
"Trust me," She assures, copying his line from before.
Her hand gently squeezed his and damn it, he wants to take those stupid gloves off.
"I went on a mission with the Team," He begins his story, the ends of his lips pulling downwards. "Aqualad told me to stay at this particular point but I didn't listen and went in anyway. Eventually, our cover kinda blew up 'cause of flash boy and then I saw this guy and well..."
Kate urged him to continue, "Well what?"
"I started beating the shit out of him." Robin continues, a scowl gracing his features as drops a packet of sugar into the cart. "That guy was a human trafficker. I kinda gave him a concussion so everyone started scolding me when boom!" He makes a wild hand gesture, "Bats comes out of nowhere and starts hissing that how I shouldn't have done that and how I need to control my temper and all that shit."
He quickly pauses, then gives out a heavy sigh, "Everyone thinks I'm reckless and irresponsible." He mumbles, frowning at the floor.
"I don't think your reckless and irresponsible," Kate comments, smiling and he quirks a brow, resting his forearms on the cart's bar as he leans forward on it.
"Oh, really?" Robin snorts, tone laced with sarcasm.
"I don't think a reckless and irresponsible person would've saved my life," She picks out a small can of baking powder off the racks before stalking over to the cart.
"And anyway," Kate grins, placing the can as she settles her gaze on him. "I think you're really cute."
And then the blonde playfully taps the tip of his nose, causing his face to catch fire. "Well, I...um..uh..." He tries to say something witty but for the first time in his life, Jason feels at a loss of words.
He scowls as Kate giggles at his stuttering form.
"My little brother's birthday's today," She saves him from embarrassment, talking amiably. "I'm gonna bake him a cake."
"You know how to cook?" He inquires, pushing the cart further.
She bounces her shoulders, "Well, I more like bake, I guess?" Kate offers before smiling, "If you want, I can bake something you like."
Robin smiles, "Really?"
"Sure!" She awards him with a smile. "What do you want? Cupcakes? Pastries? Macaroons?"
Batman's protégé ponders for a second, "I think I'll just have a cake." He responds as they reach the counter.
And just before she can pull out a wallet, he stops her, slamming a wad of bills on the clear top.
"Oh, no." Kate narrows her eyes, reaching for the money so she could hand it back to him. "You are not paying for my groceries!"
"I got this," Robin tells her, catching her hand before it could touch the green bills. Butterflies attack his stomach but he ignores them, pulling her hand back.
She attempts to argue, "But—"
"I said I got this."
The cashier lady pays them no mind, taking the money and mumbling a small 'thank you, please come again'.
A frustrated groan leaves Kate's lips and he grins, bagging the groceries and holding them into his arms. They waltz out of the store, the glass doors behind them hissing shut. Cool wind greets them as they walk forward and he moves a little closer to her, occasionally knocking elbows and hips as they walk down the empty street together.
"I had real fun today," Kate laughs, sky blue eyes flicking up to meet his and Robin grins faintly, feeling as if the sudden weight he had on his shoulders all through the day disappears in a brief second.
"Me too," He admits, then smirks. "We should do this more often."
"Yeah," The blonde admits, a sudden pink hue caressing her cheeks as she peers up at him through her lashes. She looks aside, blushing. "I'd love to spend more time with you."
A voice comes up, unwelcomed. "Robin! Don't you dare cut off the link!" Nightwing's voice booms in the boy wonder's ear piece.
Unfortunately, Jason's arms are busy with the groceries so he can't reach the communicator. Damn it.
Nightwing continues, "The Injustice League are terrorizing Central City. We need the whole Team now. Get here asap!"
"I'm coming," Robin growls, huffing when Nightwing ends the call. He turns to Kate, only to find her staring worriedly as she chewing on her bottom lip. "I gotta go now," The boy frowns, holding out the groceries. "Can you reach home before it rains?
A pleasant current crawls up his arms as she takes them from him, her creamy skin brushing against it clothed one.
"I'll make it before it rains," She smiles meekly, gazing up at him. Her shoulders drop, a frown gracing her lips as he clicks a few keys on his gauntlet, a bluish holographic computer popping up, gloved fingers busy in typing. "Do you really have to go?" She looks crestfallen, "I mean, I still owe you that cake."
"Duty calls," He turns the computer off, frowning at her. "It's a part of the hero gig." There's a gnawing feeling in his stomach but he brushes it off, taking a step back as he fishes out his grapple gun. He bites his tongue when the clouds above them rumble, the chilly wind blowing again.
"So I guess this is goodbye?"
For some very stupid reason, Kate's sad voice is making him feel awful.
"I guess," Robin murmurs unsurely, his masked eyes meeting her blue ones.
They hold gazes for a few seconds, then Kate releases a breath, clutching the groceries to her chest as she offers a tight smile. "Goodbye, Robin."
It takes him a lot of strength to force a toothy grin, "Bye, Kate." And with that, he gives a two fingered salute, shooting out the grappling hook and swinging towards a nearby zeta tube, trying his best to ignore the numb feeling in his chest.
|MOUNT JUSTICE
|JUNE 25,19:25 EDT
"Hey, guys!"
Robin shifts his weight to his right foot, watching as Green Arrow steps out from the zeta tubes. Batman turns to the archer as well, white lenses narrowed into slits.
"Look what I got here!" Green Arrow grins widely, hands holding a descent sized maroon box.
Batman gives him a stern look as he pauses infront of him, "What is this, Oliver?" He questions.
"This isn't for you, Bats." The blonde man rolls his eyes, surprising Robin when he thrusts the box into his arms. "It's for Robin here."
"What is in that box?" Batman demands, voice steel cold.
Green Arrow props his fists on his hips, "I dunno," He gives a half-shrug, then grins as he ruffles Robin's black locks.
Jason scowls, stepping back from the archer's reach.
However, Green Arrow takes no notice of it. "A girl gave it to me outside the Hall of Justice," The blonde man explains before grinning. "She told me it's for Robin. So I came straight here just to deliver this package."
Batman releases a growl, "You cannot take things from unknown people. What if there's something dangerous inside this box? What is if there's a tracking devi—"
"You can condemn me later," Green Arrow cuts him off, attention fully focused on Robin. "Come on, Robin. Open it. Take a look what's inside!" He persists.
But before Batman can order him not to, Robin lets curiosity get to him and he nearly tears the top of the box open. And to their utmost surprise, there's a cake inside it, covered with dark black chocolate. An enormous R covers its top, all golden and exactly the same replica of the insignia on the right side of Robin's chest.
'I mean, I still owe you that cake.'
Jason hears Kate's timid voice echo in his ears.
He expects Batman to say something but the dark knight keeps on staring, his expressions unreadable unlike Green Arrow, who's grinning from ear to ear.
"Awww, Robin's gotta fangirl," He coos. "That's adorable!"
Batman fully notes the way how his adoptive son's ears burn red slightly.
"I remember the first time Roy got his fangirls," Green Arrow chortles, "They were literally throwing themselves at him an—" He quickly quietens when Batman awards him with a glare.
His gaze shifts to the teenager by his side, brows raised in amusement. "Care to explain something, Robin?"
Jason curses under his breath.
|GOTHAM CITY
|JUNE 26, 10:46 EDT
The letter in her hand, Kate keeps on reading it over and over again. Her ears ignore the constant squeals of her parents in the background as her gaze sweeps over the letter one last time. Her golden eyebrows knit together on coming to Bruce Wayne's signature at the end of the letter.
"But, mom, dad..." She argues, sounding absolutely perplexed, "I didn't even apply for a scholarship in Gotham Academy!"
A\N: I wasn't thinking much when I wrote this. All I wanted was a lot of fluff so... this happened! ^^
