Hey guys (and girls), I apologize for not releasing a special Valentine's Day story but I'm not at the right point in time in the story. Anyway here's the new chapter hope you all enjoy.
Another week had gone by. Robin had stopped being so overprotective and over-attached, going so far as to not initiate anything for the first couple of days. It made Zatanna smile slightly, she knew how hard he was trying to restrain himself from just latching on to her. For the first day she kind of enjoyed the fact that he seemed to have calmed down. But when he wouldn't even hold her hand unless she took his hand in hers she realized how much she missed the constant hand-holding, hugging and kissing.
She started to flirt more openly with him, like Wally had done with M'gann so long ago, to try to get him to kiss her or do something spontaneous but it didn't work. They had another talk where Zatanna told her ninja boyfriend that she missed the way he used to be spontaneous and endearing, just not too much. When she had walked away to the kitchen to get a snack she had been pleasantly surprised by two arms wrapping themselves around her waist. She had turned around and no sooner did she finish were his lips on hers. She couldn't help but smile, she was happy to have her old boyfriend back, the one she was falling in love with. The rest of the week was just like it had been before the Kahndaq mission, except for every once in a while where she would catch a glimpse of worry on Robin's face.
It was Friday evening and the weather outside was chilly. There was a light snow, big fluffy snowflakes floated toward the ground. Zatanna was in the common area sitting on one of the green armchairs. As she sat she reminisced about her childhood, running around catching snowflakes with her tongue. Then as she grew up she would practice using her magic by creating images out of the falling snowflakes. She remembered the look on her father's face when she had made her first snowman using only magic, he had been so proud. A tear rolled down her cheek, she quickly wiped it away with the back of her hand. She picked up the remote and turned on the television, it was on some disconnected channel, which meant a static screen and white noise. Conner was the last one to watch TV, Zatanna thought. She flicked through the channels looking for something she might enjoy. She settled on an animated movie although she wasn't really paying attention. She had been there for five minutes when Artemis walked in.
"Hey Zatanna," Artemis said, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing just watching a movie," Zatanna said as she turned to face her best friend. Artemis was wearing an army green blazer with leather sleeves over a black T-shirt along with dark blue jeans, "Where are you going dressed like that?"
Artemis blushed lightly, something very few people ever got to see and even fewer got to talk about it, "Wally and I are going out on a date. He's taking me to a sushi restaurant."
"Well, lucky you," Zatanna said, "Haven't you two been on like five dates in the past two weeks?"
"Yeah," Artemis said nodding.
"See what happens when you aren't so defensive," Zatanna said, "Wally is now confident enough to ask you out on dates."
"Yeah," Artemis replied, "The best part is that I absolutely love sushi, it's my favorite."
"Well Wally's going to be happy about that," Zatanna said.
"I think he already knows," Artemis said before checking her watch, "Well I have to go. See you later."
"Bye," Zatanna said with a small wave. She turned back to the television and watched the movie although she had no idea what was going on. She watched for five minutes before getting bored and going to the kitchen. She decided to make brownies. She used magic to get out the cook book and all the ingredients. She went straight to work.
Zatanna was just pulling out the third batch of cookies when someone's arms wrapped around her waist. She let go of the tray, dropping it. She waited for the glass to smash and break but it never did. She looked down to see that there were no longer any arms wrapped around her waist, instead there were two gloved hands holding the scalding tray. She quickly took murmured an incantation that levitated the tray away from the gloved hands and onto the island.
"Hey Zee," Zatanna heard from behind her. She quickly turned away to face her boyfriend.
"Hey you," Zatanna replied before kissing Robin, "Where have you been all day?"
"Sorry, family stuff," Robin answered, "So what do you wanna do? We can go out for dinner or to the movies?"
"No," Zatanna said. Robin lifted an eyebrow but stayed silent. She continued, "I just wanna stay in and maybe watch a movie on TV."
"Sounds great," Robin said, "Mind if i take some of these brownies?"
"Not at all," She responded, "Take as many as you like."
She walked over to the loveseat as he grabbed a plate and stacked over a dozen brownies onto it. He quickly walked over and sat down next to her, a brownie in his mouth. He set the plate down on the coffee table before draping his arm over her shoulders. She leaned into him putting her head on his chest.
"What do you wanna watch?" Robin asked.
"Do you mind if we watch a romcom?" Zatanna asked.
"Of course not," Robin answered, "Whatever you want to watch I'll watch with you."
"Well then let's watch Easy A," Zatanna said. Robin flicked through the Team's Netflix and rented the movie. They began to watch the movie when Robin shivered slightly.
"Evig su a teknalb," She said causing a blanket to appear. She draped it over the both of them and then turned to the movie.
Two hours later, Conner and M'gann had gotten back from their date. They saw Robin and Zatanna curled up together against each other, Zatanna's head on Robin's chest and his head on her far shoulder. They were fast asleep, breathing heavily. The TV was still on, it was showing the Netflix menu. Conner walked over to the couple to wake them up but M'gann put her hand out.
"Let them sleep," She said. He simply nodded before turning the TV off. He kissed M'gann and left for his room while M'gann stayed a little longer to take in the cute couple sleeping.
Not my best work but hope you all liked it anyway. Next Sunday is my birthday but I will still be updating so be ready for some fluff next Sunday. Remember please REVIEW! Also any criticism at all is welcome.