Chapter 6:

Two hallways over, in the shadows of his own room, the door propped open with a book, a teenage boy sat on his floor, a frown on his features. He didn't understand. Miss Martian and Aqualad acted as if this was normal behavior, but he couldn't be sure. When you lived with superheroes, nothing is normal.

Superboy got up, sighing heavily. How long would he be out of the loop? Maybe he should just confront the boys about it, see what happens. Though, Supey did know from experience that sometimes the direct approach wasn't the best idea. He quietly kicked the book out of the way and walked out the door. He just hoped they didn't find out that he was spying on them.

The book skidded across the bare room and hit the dresser. On the cover, there were four words:

THE LIFE OF SUPERMAN

The teenage superheroes' day was ruined after that point. Black Canary came stomping in and insisted on training for three hours, then Batman appeared and prepped them for their first real assignment. This assignment was filled with harsh words and frustration, but in the end everyone was still friends. And now they had a leader. Aqualad was perfect for the job; they had all known it-except for maybe Aqualad himself- even Robin. But everyone also knew that Robin was expected to be leader by Batman. Robin didn't even seem to be that interested in leading, it just seemed like he was doing as expected. This worried the entire team. When they got home, just after they had gotten chewed out by 'Big Daddy Bats', they all flopped over onto the couch.

"I am beginning to notice a pattern here." Aqualad mumbled tiredly, a small smile gracing his lips. The rest of his team chuckled or smiled in response.

"Too soon to tell, actually," Robin added, grinning. His head was in Kid Flash's lap. Said red-head had a faint pink twinge in his cheeks, but he carefully kept it hidden. He and Robin did stuff like this all the time. They leaned on each other, sat next to each other, finished the other's sentences, laughed together. What made this any different?

…it was different because Robin's head was dangerously close to his crotch.

Kid hooked his hands behind his head and kicked his feet up onto the coffee table, earning a small noise of protest from his friend. Kid smiled down at him. Robin stuck his tongue out at the other boy. The Boy Wonder was sprawled over the black couch, one leg resting along the back, the other dangling off the edge. His left hand was resting on Wally's legs, the other wrapped around his torso. Robin's eyes slid shut. Kid watched his for a moment, and then re-entered the conversation. Miss M was suggesting they watch a movie before heading off to bed. Everyone agreed this would be a great idea. Aqualad offered to go get some snacks, Superboy trailing after him, and Miss Martian went to her bedroom to pick out the movie.

Leaving their two very sexually confused friends alone, for the first time since the incident in the hallway that morning. That morning, which felt like days ago to the two teens.

KF hummed a random tune to break the silence. He hated silence.

Robin knew that. "I don't think I ever properly thanked you for catching me the other day."

"It's cool."

More silence. Kid continued to hum, the noise echoing softly in the spacious room. He felt Robin twist his head to look at him better; his eyes open through his mask.

"Remember when you asked me what I was thinking? Did you mean that in the 'what the hell were you thinking you could have gotten hurt' kind of way, or the 'hey what were you thinking when you were staring off into nothing' kind of way?"

Kid held up two fingers before returning his hand behind his head. He was only one-third listening to his friend—his mind was elsewhere. One third of his brain was thinking about how nice the pressure of having Robin in his lap felt, that part of his mind wondering about his new found sexual preference, how people would take it (especially his mentor), and if it was really that weird that he ended up this way; another third was trying to figure out the lyrics to this damned song he was humming; and the last third was listening.

"oh," the black-hair boy said, except it was more of a sigh. The boy turned his head back to he was staring straight up. Time passed, and KF continued to hum, the name of the song suddenly hitting him like a tidal wave, causing him to stop. Robin looked at him again, opening his mouth to ask him why he stopped, to tell him that he was enjoying that moment and thanks a lot for ruining the mood.

Just then Aqualad walked in, followed by two chatty aliens, his arms laden down with bowls and bags of different snack foods and bottles of pop. The heads of the two boys on the couch whipped around to look at them. Robin quickly sat up, looking as if he had just realized how that might have looked. KF looked anywhere but Robin, looking slightly disappointed. He jumped up, all fake smiles and laughter, grabbing a few of the bowls from Aqualad. The only thing missing was his flirting with Megan.

Robin got up just as Kid Flash sat down, offering to help his green friend start the DVD. Superboy watched the little exchange with a frown, but quickly shrugged it away so not to raise suspicion.

Aqualad was frowning outright. He hated himself for walking in when he did; his two friends looked like they were getting somewhere! Megan came and sat down next to him, smiling. She nudged her Atlantian friend and gestured at Robin. The youngest teen was walking away from the large flat screen TV, his little hand held hologram computer was out, and he was typing furiously. The TV turned on, the movie started up, and the lights dimmed all at once. He grinned at the team, a genuine grin, and flopped down next to the speedster. Everyone smiled back.

He leaned on his friend, a soft smile resting on his lips as he watched the beginning of the movie. Kid smiled at him and offered him the bowl in his yellow-clad lap. The black-haired boy's smile grew and he nodded. He reached forward, only to have the bowl yanked away. He frowned a playful frown, which was barely a frown at all, more of a smirk.

This continued for the rest of the movie, to the annoyance of Superboy, and the relief of Miss Martian and Aqualad.

***END CHAPTER***

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Question:

Should I make the next Chapter mention episode 4? Or wait another chapter?

-Your friendly neighborhood daydreamer.