Summary: Chalant Fluff. Takes place a few days before YJ S1 Ep 25. I got a suggestion from a guest to do a chapter where Dick is sick and Zee is taking care of him, and this is not exactly it, but it's pretty close.

Disclaimer: I don't own DC

Bruce Wayne had been called to a shareholder's meeting in Central City, so the Batman was out of town for the next few days. However, that didn't stop crime in Gotham, and so Dick decided to go on patrol alone. He waited till Alfred was asleep and taken care of (poor guy was sick, probably the first time Dick ever saw him sick), and he suited up to adventure into the night. Dick knew what he was doing was very dangerous. Bruce never let him out on his own as Robin, and likely for good reason. Gotham was the most dangerous place on Earth, and even WITH the Batman by his side, Robin was in constant peril. However, Dick was also sick of being babied at every turn, and he decided that the risk was worth it to finally get out on his own. Harvey Dent had escaped Arkham the other night, but had yet to do anything. Robin was uncomfortable with the idea of Two-Face loose on the streets and decided to do something about it.

The Boy Wonder had already tracked down Two-Face to an old courthouse in Gotham and was ready to leap in and take his thugs on. He dropped a smoke bomb directly into the crowd of goons, before landing on the ground and taking them out one at a time. Many thugs screamed to find Batman, and Dick just cackled. Do they forget I exist or something?! I'll give them something to remember me by. Robin dropped goon after goon effortlessly before being whacked straight in the face by a stray punch. He flopped over for a second before regaining his composure and leaping back in. Dick noted that the smoke had cleared and there were still a few goons standing. Well, at least no guns. Robin made short work of them, but the doors burst in to reveal even more of them! Dick was quickly outmatched by the hordes of thugs, and he took blow after blow, knife slice after knife slice. Robin gritted his teeth and dropped a sonic grenade, paralyzing his foes before he jumped up to his feet. A loud noise echoed across the room as Dick was shot at by Two-Face. The bullet grazed his side, nearly missing him. He screamed in pain, clutching his side as he dropped a smoke bomb. DAMMIT! Gotta get out of here, NOW! Robin grappled through the ceiling, not bothering to position his body correctly. As he burst through the glass, shards scraped his side and caused even more bleeding. Dick ignored the burning pain as he sprinted away to the nearest Zeta tube. Crap, so not only did I get beat on, I also couldn't stop him. Bats is gonna kill me...Dick considered Zetaing back to the Batcave, but he knew he was unable to patch himself up whilst undergoing this searing pain. Don't wanna wake up Al, so that only leaves one option...

Robin Zeta'd to the cave, looking for Red Tornado. Dick limped around the halls to find him, but the pain started to get to him as he dropped to one knee and attempted to regain composure. A figure gasped from the shadows and ran over to him. Even in his dazed state, he immediately recognized her as the adorable resident sorceress of the team. Zatanna helped Dick up and dragged him over to the medbay, where she plopped him down on a bed and immediately looked him over, absolutely white in the face. Dick did his best to comfort her with a smile but he gritted as his side burned from the bullet mark. Zee stammered out spell after spell, trying her best to get him to heal up. Once Dick detensed, Zatanna noted that the pain was mostly gone, and she nearly collapsed from the effort she had exerted. Healing spells already took their toll on her. Rapid-firing them was an unneeded headache. Zee sat down next to his bed, staring at him intently.

"Dick, what happened?" Robin sighed as he explained the situation to her, and she widened her eyes more and more with every passing sentence. Once he was done, Zatanna took a deep breath, processing the information before going all out on him. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! YOU COULD HAVE DIED! YOU ARE SO LUCKY BATMAN ISN'T HERE, BECAUSE IF HE WAS YOU WOULD BE SO DEAD RIGHT NOW!" Dick flinched at her outburst and was very grateful that the medbay was lead-lined, so Connor couldn't overhear them.

"Look, I'm sorry. I k-know it was wrong. I...I just wanted to be like him." Zee sighed once again as she calmed herself down and looked to him. He was bruised and cut all over, and she did her best to null the pain, but his wounds were only slightly healed by her magic. The rest were bandaged up by Zatanna. Turns out she wasn't half bad as a nurse.

"Okay. But...you don't n-need to be like Batman. Y-you're pretty great the way you are now. Trust me." Both of them blushed at this comment, and Dick smiled before nodding to her. She looked him over once more to survey the damage done to his body and frowned. She had already lost one person she seriously cared about. She didn't want to lose another. "Promise you won't do something this dumb again."

"Y-yeah. P-promise. B-by the way, what w-were you doing up so l-late?" Zee looked away. The truth was she had a nightmare. The first one in a while. Ever since their talk a few weeks ago, she had followed Dick's advice to a tee, and it worked splendidly. However, for whatever reason, today Zatanna just couldn't stop the nightmares, so she had left to get something to eat. But she didn't want Dick to know that.

"J-just felt hungry. Wanted to g-get a bite." Dick noticed her avoiding eye contact and knew she was lying. However, he didn't question it. If she wanted him to know, she would tell him herself. He simply nodded and shifted over so that he could fall asleep. Zatanna smiled and let herself fall asleep next to Dick's bed, exhausted from the magical outburst from earlier.

Dick awoke next to Zatanna. She had shifted herself to sleep on his medical bed, and in their slumber, they ended up cuddling with one another. Damn. Not t-this again. I-I mean, it's pretty n-nice, but I don't want Zee waking up and s-seeing this. Something t-tells me she wouldn't be v-very traught after that. Dick gently shifted away, but Zatanna let out noises of discontent and Dick stopped moving for fear of waking her, allowing her to cling to him even tighter than before. He very slowly picked her up and carried her to her bed, depositing her there and leaving for the Zeta tubes after spending a few minutes just staring at her radiant beauty. Once he Zeta'd back to the Batcave, he tried to sneak upstairs, but was caught by Bruce. The Dark Knight glared at him for a minute before speaking.

"You know the rules. Do not go out on patrol alone without leaving me and Alfred a heads-up, regardless of the circumstances. On top of the violation, you nearly got killed and failed to apprehend Two Face. You're grounded for a week. Extra dish and garbage duty as well. Next time I won't be as generous. End of story." Dick sighed before nodding and walking up to shower.

Zatanna woke up in her own bed, somewhat dazed and confused as to how she got there. Well, this seems familiar. Last thing I remember, I was sleeping...in the medbay...with DICK?! Oh god, not again. I REALLY need more self-control around him. She somewhat panicked as she remembered last night's events, but she calmed herself down and reminded herself that Dick wasn't mad last time, and she did sorta patch him up last night, so no reason for him to be mad at her this time either. Oh, I REALLY hope he sees it that way...

Reading this over, it may be lower quality than normal, but what do you think? I will probably do a future one where Dick is actually sick instead of just injured like the request asked, but for now, this was one I was planning on writing already, so I thought I would just mention it. The sick Dick one will most likely be after they are together. Next chapter will be ep 25 of S1, which is the second to last episode of that season. Feel free to review and leave comments or suggestions. Any comments are greatly appreciated. Seriously, reading your guys' thoughts makes my day. Next chapter up soon.