Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice. And the last episode was awesome. That is all.
Kid Flash and Artemis walked into the cave together. Laughing.
Everyone in the cave seemed to simultaneously stop what they were doing. A bowl and whisk hovered in mid-air, the Martian paused in her cooking to gawk. Conner did the same, peering over her shoulder with mild curiosity. Kaldur, who had been sitting on the couch watching the news, turned away from the screen to look with a raised eyebrow. If Robin had been there, it'd be safe to say he'd be staring too.
The pair hadn't noticed their team's astonishment, walking casually to the kitchen.
"She seriously said that? And to think you go to this super 'elite' school," Wally laughed, swiping an apple off the counter.
Artemis giggled, grabbed the apple from his hand and took a bite into it. "I know; you'd think for all the money that school gets from its dozens of sponsors, they could at least hire someone who knows that mitosis is intracellular." She tossed the apple back at the red head, who considered it for a moment before biting a large chunk out of it.
Megan cleared her throat and the two teens turned around, surprised. "What are you guys talking about?"
They glanced at each other for a moment before Artemis spoke, "Oh nothing, just school stuff."
"I thought you went to different schools?" Megan questioned, resuming her cooking. Conner was flipping through the cookbook beside her, eyebrows furrowed in concentration.
Artemis fidgeted. "Well I um…" She gave Wally a look, her blue eyes showing the first sign of panic.
He quickly cut in, "She was just telling me about this teacher of hers who's always talking about these old sitcoms…"
"Oh sitcoms!" Megan gushed. "I love sitcoms! Which ones does she watch?"
A few seconds of silence followed, Wally looking completely lost and Artemis biting her lip in thought. 'Crap,' she thought. Her hands played with her blonde hair anxiously.
"I can't really remember," she finally said, making a confused face. She hoped. "But I'll be sure to ask her next class. Anyways, I gotta go. See you later." Then she sped out of the room.
Wally scratched the back of his head, looking around. "I uh, have to go too. Gonna talk to Robin." He rushed out in the same direction.
The room was a quiet for a bit, all of them lost in thought. Megan broke the silence.
"Is Robin in the cave today?" she asked.
"No," Kaldur answered.
They never really broached the subject; why they were hiding from the team that Wally was tutoring Artemis. He figured she must be embarrassed that she needed his help, but at the back of his mind he knew she doesn't care about that. But in the end it wasn't really a big deal, so he didn't put much thought into it. It was just tutoring.
"She bit into his food?" Robin exclaimed. "And he didn't get mad?"
"Mhmm," Megan replied, an equally surprised look on her face. "And the strangest part was-" the Martian paused to look around, before leaning in closely. "She giggled."
Behind that mask she was sure that Robin's eyes were as wide as saucers, but Conner cut in, "So what? She's a girl, isn't she supposed to giggle?"
Megan looked a bit abashed and quickly answered, "Well of course she is, but what I meant to say was that you know, we ALL know Artemis is a little more… reserved."
"Yes," Kaldur said, getting up from the couch and joining the conversation. "We have all seen the …fondness our teammate has for food." They all laughed.
Robin leaned against the wall and stared up at the ceiling in contemplation. "You're telling me. I've known the guy for years and the first thing I learned was to not touch his food. "
Everyone laughed again, but Kaldur's face was grim. He began cautiously, "Their behavior today was rather strange. As if they were hiding something."
The Boy Wonder snickered. "Besides the fact that they've got the hot's for each other? I doubt it. I bet they ran out of the room to go make out."
The older teen was a bit abashed by the younger one's frank statement. "You believe that they are dating?"
Robin nodded. "You guys said it yourselves; giggling, secret conversations, following each other. I really doubt they're talking about school." He said the last word bitterly, but the rest of the team didn't notice.
"I always thought they'd make a cute couple," Megan said with a smile.
Conner have her a half-smile and added, "And now he'll finally leave you alone."
Megan reddened and playfully smacked him on the arm, "Superboy!" The couple smiled at each other, leaning in.
"I think that's our cue to leave," Robin whispered to Aqualad. "I definitely don't want to stick around for this love fest."
They silently left the room, not that their teammates would have noticed. Once in the hallway Robin sighed deeply. Kaldur looked down to ask what was wrong, but he was already gone. He shook his head with a smile
A/N: I seem to write updates whenever I have huge assignments due. Weird.
Anyways, thank you for all the reviews! And a major question about this update: does Kaldur kind of sound like a robot? I guess I've never really liked him, so I make him sound ultra formal and polite, which he is, but I'm not sure if it's to this extent. Wow, long sentence. So yeah, please review what you think of Kaldur and how he sounds!