I'M SOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY! I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE GONE FOR THAT LONG!

But hopefully, you accept my apology in the form of new chapters? *puppy dog eyes*

Sorry, Nomby, one day late, I'm an extremely slow typer apparently.

Keep Calm and Feel the Aster!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Valentine's Day Special~ Shout Out to Our Favorite Pairings and Then Some!

WARNING: It's still rated T, but does mention some...adult themes. NOTHING TO VISUAL-GEEZ! Get your minds out of the gutter! It's only a vague mention. Oh, and language!XD

Valentine's Day.

The day that had every human male and then some running around, rushing to stores to purchase ridiculously expensive gifts or chocolate for demanding girlfriends, being on their best behavior all day, and pathetically trying to please the women in their lives (don't try to deny, men, we all know it's true). But it could also be known as the day where people who were known as 'single' spent their day either sitting on the couch, watching sappy lovey-dovey movies and eating ice-cream out of the tub, or going out and attempting to pretend that they didn't notice all of the couples at the theaters, or restaurants, or clubs, or parks, etc, before breaking down and crying their lonely eyes out. Which only results in more embarrassment added to them making the horribly mistake of even thinking about venturing out of their house on this dreaded day.

But alas, children, our story begins with one such young man, who was alone on this day of love. His name was Kaldur, or Kaldur'ahm, but he wasn't exactly a normal boy; oh-no. Our young Kaldur was actually a superhero, and an Atlantean (Aqualad, to be precise), and even though he was single, he wasn't one of those pathetic people who were mentioned above. He was one of those rare single people, who walked proud and strong on this day meant to mock him, because he was still surrounded by love, and he knew it.

And, luckily, I knew it too. That's why I "persuaded" him to wear the silly camera hat and be our spy for toady, going around and taking videos of the various couples he knew. That's also how I was able to get the facts to write this (including my superawesomeamazingcool writer powers) story. It wasn't like I was going to stalk all of these couples on V-Day. I'm not some sort of obsessed fangirl. I am a dignified fanlady, thank you very much (And I already got a couple of warning from Batman about stalking the team, so I'm kinda on strike two and I can't afford a strike three!).

But back to the matter at hand; Kaldur was sent on this mission to record the love he finds, via funky-looking camera hat.

Batman had given the both the Team and the League a day off (finally!), for Valentine's Day. And it totally was not because he had about six-kajillion girlfriends to please on the day of love (Though we all know it's true). Anyhow, our spy-I mean, hero-Kaldur was first sent to the Watchtower on my behalf, to witness the love in the air.

Morning~

Recognized: Aqualad, Bo2

As the bright flash of light dissipated, Aqualad found himself all alone in the middles of the main room. Not finding a soul in sight, the fishboy walked the empty metal halls, humming an Atlantean lullaby as he inspected the Tower. Through the common room, monitor room, kitchen and cafeteria, our strange hat-wearing friend wandered. But was now just about to leave…after using the little boy's room!

Kaldur rushed down the hallway, finding the closest bathroom to be in the locker rooms, next to the gym. After relieving himself, Aqualad walked out of the locker rooms and past the gym, where he noticed Black Canary and Green Arrow sparring-

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back it up, fishboy, this is the type of action we've been waiting for! Now maneuver your butt back to the gym and let the hat-cam see it! Ah, perfect."

The two blondes were going all out. No moves were held back, no punches pulled; it also seemed as though they've been fighting for a while now. This wasn't love-it was war! Ollie went in for a right hook, Dinah easily deflects and returns with a knee to the stomach! Doubling over, the Emerald Archer was unprepared for the sweeping kick his girlfriend pulled, effectively causing Oliver to fall to the ground, flat on his stomach. Oooo, I would say you fight like a girl Ollie, but seeing as you just got your ass whooped by one, it's not entirely accurate.

"Aww, Dinah, can't you let win once? Just one time? Please?" the fallen blond pleaded, looking up at Black Canary from his position on the ground. His white tank top was soaked with sweat, gray sweats rolled up to the ankles to not hinder foot movement, and was positively covered with bruises. Tape was wrapped around his hands, as was Dinah's. Our female hero was wearing a sports bra with shorts and looked in considerably better shape than Ollie. Anyway, back to the begging. Dinah actually giggled at the sight of her fully-grown (apparently now 5-year-old) boyfriend using the puppy dog eyes on her. "Come on, Ollie! Are you five? You know that doesn't work on me." She held out a hand and his quickly slipped into it. But instead of her pulling him up, the grinning archer was pulling her down. He yanked her down, on top of him, and wrapped his arms around her waist, trapping her in his embrace.

"Babe, stop struggling. You're not getting out-this is your punishment for beating me again. Just suck it up and relax for once." Black Canary sighed and stopped pounding her fists onto her boyfriend's chest after his wise words. Tucking her head beneath his chin, her hands across his broad chest and shoulders, Dinah Lance allowed herself to relax, just this once. After a few minutes of silence passed, she hesitantly spoke up. "I love you, ya big idiot. Now can you please let me go already?"

"Nope. I'm gonna lay right here with my extraordinary, beautiful, wonderful, caring girlfriend all day long if I have too, so be prepared. But, seriously, babe? Calm done. I love you and I want you to be happy, on today of all days especially, because you are beautiful and You. Are. Mine." Oliver accented the last three words each with a kiss, sealing the deal at the end with a loving kiss, a chaste yet innocently beautiful peck on the lips. Dinah smiled into the kiss, and as they pulled apart, she let out a bright peak of laughter before contently snuggling her head back down on her human pillow's chest. It was a sweet and heartwarming sight actually, if one might add. That is, until Ollie's hands, which had been rubbing Dinah's back, started to stray a bit…lower. Waaaaayyyy lower.

"Chhh. Little fish, come in, little fish. Do you copy? Alpha out. Chhh." Came from the small comm link inside Aqualad's ear. The Atlantean sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose to try and remember why this had become his life now, but replied anyways.

"Yeas, Alpha, I "copy". I assume you saw that "moment" (Alpha & I had given Kal here a quick crash course on shipping and fangirling and, most important on his current mission, moments. He's go this stuff somewhat down pat now) back there between Black Canary and Green Arrow?" he said as he walked sown the hallway. Damn all these twists and turns; where the hell was he? How'd he get lost so fast?

"Chhh. Yeah, I got it through the cap-cam. That's what I'm calling the fashion-disaster hat from now on, so don't be confused. And what did I tell you about the whole 'walkie-talkie' thing, Kal? You gotta go 'Chhh' before you talk and before you hang up. Like how I did it, like how they did it the spy movies I've shown you. Remember? Geez, five years on land with us awesome humans, but still doesn't know how to be like us at all. Anyway, I think that's all we're gonna get out of this trip. Bummer, but just get to the Cave ASAP, little fish. Alpha out. Chhh," and with that, Alpha hung up on our poor, lost little fish.

Said little fish was just staring incredulously at the comm link he had taken out of his ear. Little fish? Dafuq? Where the hell did that come from? He was in no way little or a fish (well, a little bit on that last one). And what was with that insult about him not knowing anything about being human? He so can to be a human if he wanted! He does it on a daily basis in fact, like how he… uh… he-err…um…nevermind!

Scowling, the normally calm hero stalked down the halls, only further getting himself hopelessly lost. Alpha or I would've called in to tell him, but we have a feeling that he was a tad bit angry with us (really, only Alpha-"Hey!") at the moment, so we decided to sit one out (and I have a feeling this little detour is going to be interesting).

"Grrr…why am I even doing this anyways? Oh yeah, their "persuasion". How the hell did they even get that picture of me in a princess dress?" The angry Atlantean was stopped suddenly by a wall. Jumping back in surprise, he looked around, realizing that he had been too wrapped up in his ranting that he hadn't paid attention to where he was going (meaning that he was more than hopelessly lost-like beyond hopelessly lost). Back to the surroundings, he noticed he was surrounded. By walls, that is (sorry, no ninjas here); a dead end…strange.

BANG!

Jumping surprise yet again, Kaldur looked around, searching to find the cause of the noise to find…nothing. No one was in the hall, and no doors either.

BANG!

There it was again! That sound, so familiar, like… whenever he was thrown into a wall! Kaldur knows that sound by heart (after having it happen to you over many years, you don't forget it easily), but why would he hear something like that here, unless…

"Ohhh, Shayera, mmmm…."

Kaldur blinked in surprise. That was Hawkman's voice, and Shayera was…oh Good Lord. Please no, nonononononoNO!

The dark-skinned boy cautiously pressed his ear up against the (hopefully very thick and sound-proof) wall in front of him…waiting for…OH YUP THERE IT IS THOSE NOISES MENTALLY SCARRING— GAHH! YUP, THAT WAS DEFINITELY HAWKMAN AND HAWKGIRL!

Reeling back from the very not thick or soundproof wall, Kaldur'ahm very quickly turned on his heel and practically sprinted from the scene.

Gasping for breath and now successfully farfarfar away from…that, the fishboy was finally somehow back in front of the Zeta beams. ~Thank Neptune~, Kal thought gratefully, while bending over to use his knees for support. He was never going to be able to look at the Hawk couple the same way ever again.

"Hey, Kal, didja hear that?! Looks like someone is havin' a good time! Hehehehehe!" Alpha cackled over the comm link, reminding Kaldur that he wasn't alone. Standing up fully know, no longer needing to catch his breath, the hero now attempted to regain composure. Damn Alpha, always catching him off guard! His once pure mouth, now been forced to utter the most foul of curses! That damned girl, getting him all—

"Hot and bothered? Ha, you probably don't even know what that means! By the way, there A LOT more curses out there that are worse than 'damn', y'know? For example, fu—", no, bad Alpha; don't butt in, this is Kaldur's special rant time, okay? Now back to where we were so rudely interrupted at— frazzled and stressed. With her constant blabbering and just plain annoying-ness, she was basically a huge pain in Aqualad's ass. She even made him do this! Stalking his mentors and friends as they express their love on Valentine's Day! Kaldur was just about done with this shit…until he remembered those photos we have (teehee!). ~Damn. Damn it ALL~ Well, might as well get to work. The faster he gets to the Cave, the better.

"All done with your monologue-soliloquy shit? 'Cause we have some serious snooping that still has to be done! Come on, Aquabro, it's gonna be awesome! Trust me~" Alpha ended with a sort of singsong, cackling afterwards, sounding so giddy that Kaldur could practically see her skipping in front of him (even though he's only actually seen Alpha in person once; it was a rather memorable experience). Kaldur'ahm just muttered something about 'not being your bro' or 'someday, someday' or something like that, while punching in the coordinates for the Cave into the Zeta beams and walked through.

Recognized: Aqualad, B02

The Atlantean closed his eyes and prayed to God-Neptune-whateverhigherpowerhebelievesin, that there would be no one at the Cave. Please.

But as the bright light faded away, and he opened his eyes to see the Cave, Kaldur realized that Lady Luck just flat out hates him.

~Damn~

Sooo, we've established that the world hates Aqualad, his cursing virginity was stolen, and Alpha and the narrator of this chapter are evil, conniving bitches. Anything else?

YES, THIS WILL BE A MULTI-CHAPTER...well, chapter.

I believe that the next 3 chapters or so will be this Valentine's break off mini-fic.

Again~~~~~SORRY!

I DIDN'T MEAN FOR IT TO TAKE 5 MONTHS!

*crying*

THANK YOU ANYONE WHO STILL HAS HOPE FOR THIS STORY!

Nomby~~~I love you for waiting for this chapter. I tried to make it interesting, so I hope you like it so far!

NEXT CHAPTER UPDATE:::: in about a week or so I SWEAR IT!

Love, (or most likely hate by now),

JJ