Two weeks later:
"Dick, you shouldn't blame yourself for what happened. Artemis is sick and she's in pain, that's just her way of coping with her pain. You shouldn't blame yourself Dick, it was just her way of coping with everything. Artemis would hate it if she knew that you blamed yourself for what happened." Dinah said to Dick who was currently sitting outside of Artemis's hospital room while the doctors did some tests.
Dick didn't respond, he just continued to look at his shoes. Dick knew that it wasn't really his fault, but he couldn't help but blame himself still. After two weeks of seeing Artemis in the hospital, getting her bandages changed every day and taking medication to make sure she didn't get an infection he just couldn't help but blame himself.
When the doctors came out of the room they glanced at Dick and walked over to Oliver who was soon joined by Dinah after she gave Dick a reassuring smile before she left to join the adults. Dick walked into Artemis's room and sat down on the chair next to her bed, taking her hand in his.
"Hey, why do you look so sad?" Artemis asked when Dick sat down. He sighed and tried his best to put on a believable smile.
"I'm not sad, just a little tired." He tried to lie but Artemis saw straight through his paper thin lie.
"Richard, you can't lie to me that easily. Tell me what's wrong?" Artemis pushed and Dick sighed and ran the hand that wasn't holding Artemis's hand through his already dishevelled hair. Dick didn't answer her question, he just stared at their intertwined hands. He couldn't help but notice how Artemis's hand just seemed to fit perfectly in his own and he smiled a little at the thought.
"You're smiling. That's the first time I've seen you really smile since I've been in the hospital." Artemis stated and squeezed his hand. Dick looked up and his sapphire eyes met Artemis's stormy grey eyes. She had the smallest smile on her lips that it was almost unnoticeable, but Dick noticed and it made the air escape his lungs.
She had that effect on him. Just the smallest of smiles could make his heart beat faster and leave him breathless. Artemis was breathtakingly beautiful. Artemis was so perfect. There wasn't a thing abound her that Dick would ever change or would ever think wasn't perfect.
"You're beautiful." Dick said, still smiling at her. Artemis seemed surprised by his complement and was about to deny it but Dick stopped her before she could say one word.
"Don't deny Artemis, because it's true. You're so beautiful, everything about you is perfect. It kills me to know that you hate yourself. And sometimes I blame myself because I think that I haven't told you how amazing you are and how much you really mean to me. You mean the world to me Artemis. You're the most amazing person I've ever had the privilege to meet and to be friends with. I still remember the first time I met you.
God you frustrated me so much because all I could do was think about you all the time and I could never get you off my mind. I failed a biology test because I was thinking about you and how cute you looked when you were thinking, you would chew on your lip and you'd get this crease in your forehead and you just looked so cute I just wanted to kiss you. And don't think for a second that I don't mean any of the Artemis because I mean every single word. I want you to believe me, I want you to see yourself the way I see you, beautiful, caring, smart, talented. I want you to see yourself through my eyes so you can see how beautiful you really are Artemis."
By the end of Dick's little speech Artemis was in tears. But she was smiling. Really smiling. Not like the little smiles she tried to hide but a full bright smile that reached her eyes. And without a second thought, Artemis leant forward and Kissed Dick with so much love and passion. It wasn't like any of their other kisses. She let all her feelings out and didn't hold anything back. Artemis for the first time I a long time felt happy. And Dick returned the kiss with just as much passion and love.
'Maybe life is worth living again' Artemis thought to herself when she pulled away and looked in to those blue irises that she loved so much. As Dick stared back into her eyes again and smiled again.
Hey guys, Happy New Year! I hope all of you had a great Christmas. I'm so sorry I haven't been updating, I've been in the middle of moving houses and that's been very stressful and also school was stressing me out as well and also just emotionally I haven't been doing too well, having to leave all my friends was really hard and also just other stuff has been effecting me and I haven't really felt like writing. But I'm back and hopefully here to stay.
Sorry for this chapter, it's a bit boring and I don't know just not a good chapter I guess, I might re-write it. I'd love to hear some feedback and hear what you guys thought about it, so let me know in the reviews.