I have been SO good, working on "for better…" today, so I thought I deserved to write a SHORT drabble…

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, and this drabble is so short it doesn't deserve an original disclaimer.
Pairing: Slade/Robin
Warning: Slash is implied… if you know where to look…
Background: Another future-fic! You know the universe…


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Wintergreen walked in to the conference room and startled as he saw Slade sitting at the head of the table, slightly leaning back and watching him calmly.

"I didn't know you were here." Will said "I was just about to set up everything for the videoconference this afternoon."

"Right." Slade glanced at some papers in front of him.

"Is something wrong?" Wintergreen felt dismissed.

"What? No. Nothing's wrong. Everything else ready?"

"Yes. The new office in Stockholm just called and said they were all set."

"Good." Slade sounded quite impassive.

Now Wintergreen knew something was wrong. This meeting was important and Slade acted like he couldn't care less. What could it be…? Well, there was one person that might be responsible.

"I haven't seen Robin this morning…?" Will carefully tried.

"No? I haven't seen much of him either." Slade sighed.

So. They had been in a fight. Great. Wintergreen usually thought that Slade had become much more agreeable since Robin came into his life. Will could get irritated at the games they so loved to play, though, but if they were to start quarreling… Wintergreen really didn't want to be in the building if that happened. Maybe he should suggest he'd go on an inspection to another base?

"Sooo it's not going very well at the moment?" Will didn't know where he got the courage from, but he hoped he would get away with it.

"Hmm?" Slade looked up from his papers again. "Oh, no, it's going very well."

"Really?" The man was obviously in denial… or he had beaten the kid to a pulp and was quite happy about resolving the issue between them. Not that he beat Robin, as far as Wintergreen knew, but an angry Slade was an unpredictable Slade, and an angry Robin? That inspection should definitely be on a base on a different continent, Will decided.

"Mm-hm."

All right, the man didn't want to talk about it, it didn't matter. He really had no wish to be stuck between them in this, anyway. But he liked the kid, so why not go look him up? Just check on him. Maybe hint at that Slade seemed rather depressed.

"As you say." Wintergreen shrugged. "I'll set things up in here later, then."

"Do that."

Will muttered something and closed the door. He started looking for Robin in all the usual places, but he couldn't find him. He didn't want to call the kid up. If this was to work, it needed to look like a chance encounter… in the 'oh, by the way, I just saw Slade'-manner.

With no luck, he finally went down to the main kitchen where Sarah was preparing lunch.

"You haven't seen Robin, have you? I think he and Slade might have had a quarrel…" Wintergreen asked, quite worried.

"What? No, I don't think they have, Robin ran through here an hour or so ago, to grab an apple, and he told me they were playing a new game…"

"Slade didn't seem to be playing. What kind of a game was it?"

"Hide and seek" Sarah smirked. "Robin mentioned that there were special rules, too."

Wintergreen shook his head. Slade hadn't been looking for anyone, and besides, the only place to hide in that room was… he suddenly blushed fiercely.

"I see… well, I think you are right, I don't think they are fighting after all…" He quickly left the kitchen, cheeks flaring.

Robin smirked as he crawled out from under the table.

"Told you this game was fun!" he grinned and licked his lips. "Your turn to hide…"

A/N: -giggle- I hope you didn't see that coming from line one… oh, and I hope you understood it? Maybe it was just my weird brain that thought it was funny… well… me and my brain have fun together, and if you don't wanna play…?