Clark thinks it's been a while since he let himself be this. He look at the stranger in front of the mirror before his eyes darted away out of fright.
"I...i can't do this," he mumbled while addressing the floor to avoid Batman's look of displeasure.
"You will and you must." Batman's low growl insisted.
Clark sighed. Flash impatiently begin to tag him away from the rest of the team's pitying eyes and led him towards the conference room.
"Lookin good Supe." He encouraged quietly, right before he opened the door for the bigger man to slide into.
Clark tried to shrink in answer as he accidentally step on the mass of people's toes. The place was crowded which was expected considering that as soon as Justice League made an announcement, the media from all kinds of medium flocked.
He found himself stammering an apology later easily slipping into Chinese when he accidentally elbowed the newslady.
"For crissake!" Someone yanked him out of his predicament by his necktie and after five months, 2 weeks and three days … Clark find himself reacquainting with Perry White. Actually he was being dragged by White towards Lois and Jimmy.
Clark was torn being dismayed and laughing as his two friends were getting heated in their debate.
"Fat?! What do you mean fat?!!" lois screamed as she tried to loomed over Jimmy who still got two inches taller than her. "I wouldn't if I were you!" she growl.
"What in tarnation?" Perry screamed joining in the chaos.
"Oh boy," Clark thought warring amusement and mortification as the trio gathered a crowd of newsmen who wear faces mix with tolerant patience and sour amusement.
By now, these acquaintances and friends are familiar with the Daily Planet's antics.
"Look who I brought!" Perry finally had the two seperated and knowing he only got a small amount of time to work in distracting Lois, he gladly sacrifice Clark to the cause.
Clark found himself suddenly with his chin on Lois's hair. Lois didn't bother looking up. In fact she poke his chest with a finger and growled a batman- scary, "I hate you!"
Clark was flabbergasted as with a toss of her hair, Lois disappear.
He look at Jimmy who was equally flummoxed and then at perry for a clue.
Perry rub his nape and wave at the general direction where Lane scattered. "Go get her son before the conference start. Otherwise I'll hate you too."
Clark pushed back his glasses and run after her.
Five months ago…
"I'm moving up," clark said in answer to Jimmy's question as he silently packed his belongings in a box. He was clearing his desk.
Jimmy look at him trying to manfully look cheerful despite how betrayed he feel. "C-congratulations! What rag picked you u-up?!" He look around trying to see if someone can be selfish and stop Clark from leaving.
Lois Lane was casually checking for a broken nail. "It's no newspaper Jimnmy," she replied frostily. "The traitor had sneaked in his application for the Justice League media and was accepted this morning!"
She glare at Clark and mumbled under her breathe about something like Smallville being a sneaky wench and she didn't know that he had had it with him. "Like if I have known and sign up, they would probably picked me over you."
Clark just let it passed, that was just jealousy talking after all. "Lois, you goin to come for my farewell party tomorrow right?"
Lois looked at him if he was insane. "I have things to do!"
So it come to pass that Clark came with the Justice League in an intergalactic mission that passes by for months and this is the first time in months that Clark came back on Terra firma.
"Lois?!" Clark called as he close the door that led to the stairway going up. He cheated and spied Lois disappearing into the rooftop. Man, she was fast!
Lois was trying to throw her unlit cigars on people's heads on the rooftop and laugh wildly when it hit. But mostly it was miss with the wind against her aim.
"Miss Lane!" Superman scolded with a frown as he had easily pick up three or four cigars falling before he floated right in front of the rebel.
"How's space?" Lois said misery on her face as she croak out the question. She seemed to procure a recorder from thin air and shove it on Supey's chest.
"L-lois?!" Clark asked softly in concern as Lois tried to wipe away the tears as fast as they were falling with her hands.
"Sorry. It's not you." Lois give an embarassed laugh when finally her tears run out. It had last long and when Superman realize it's going to last Long he had fly to a convenience store and back again bringing loads of tissue foe her tears.
"Lois what's wrong?" Clark asked tryin and failing to hide the tenderness on his expressions.
Not that Lois sees it since she was to busy wringing a tissue on her lap. She had sit down with her back on the emptiness of space behind her. "Sorry again for that." She said in a small voice ignoring his question. "H-have you ever miss someone that it terrifies you so much?"
Clark frown. Was this related to …? His expression suddenly clear and then guilt came after that.
"You see…" Lois looked upward in the blue sky, while her mind is elsewhere. "... You guys stole a precious friend of mine and now he is back. And i cant stand seeing him after missing him so long… i just can't. He hurt me bad."
She stood up and said in a high falsetto, "Oh look at the time! We both have a conference to attend to! Well, gotta run!"
"Lo-" clark watched helplessly as Lois headed towards the door and close it with a bang.
Clark, Lois and Superman didnt attend the conference.
That night…
Lois was moaning with delight as she spooned the last drop of her icecream while she was nestled in front of the tv set. It give her comfort as she watch the fifty first dates three movies in a row now. She was trying to decide if she need more ice cream or to change her pajama and haunt bars to party when sh heard a knock from the door.
Lois rolled her eyes deciding she didnt want company and stalked towards the door with angry steps. "Jimmy I-" she began as she flung her door open.
She close it hurriedly in surprise nd out of reflex when she encounter Clark's face. She might have been successful except Clark jammed it with his shoe.
"I'm sorry." Clark blurted when Lois looks like she is changing tactic from flight to fight.
"For what?"
"This." Clark pushed the door open with a minimum level of strength and soon the two were grappling on the living room.
Nevertheless, Lois annoyance and anger folded quickly and turn to laughter because of the effeminate way Clark fight.
"haha." Lois shriek as she buried clark with all of her throw pillows before she also drop right on top of it with causing Clark to grunt "oomph!" between the pillows and the couch.
Both sigh at the same time. And a long silence falls on them.
Lois blindedly tried to grab one of Clark's huge hand. And then, clark folded his hand over hers.
"Stay." Lois plead quietly, too soft for human hearing.
Clark gently squeezed hers.
-the end-
When i wrote this i was not going anywhere but id been procrastinating for so long, i have to restart somewhere.
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