A/N: Woah...now this...this one, I had no clue how to make this one special...until that is I looked on twitter and did some researching. This one is the longest thus far. I know it may seem eh in the beginning, but power through it. You'll definitely get to the good part. ;D

Day 5: Something Historical

Characters: Artemis/Robin, M'gann/Conner, Wally/Kaldur (You'll understand why as you read. / means pairing in this chappie.)

Rating: T

Genre: Romance/Humor

Forget about the massive explosion that almost killed them last week, or the close call of an alien invasion two months ago, this situation had to be the most dangerous of them all.

As a way to get out from being chased, the team had decided to run into a building, making sure that their gang of pursuers were not exactly hot on their trail. They all ran to the nearest bathroom, going into their respectable rooms, and quickly changed out of their uniforms.

Artemis was the first one out and glanced at her watch as her fellow teammates came out and joined her at the table she sat at, all of them in their civvies. One minute, three seconds, a new team record. Black Canary would be proud...while Batman would just say they needed more practice.

In a moment to catch their breath, and remain calm, they all sat at a round table, inconspicuously passing around Robin's larger-than-it-seemed backpack, under the table, to stuff their uniforms in. Their adrenaline pumped throughout their bodies, and nobody spoke. The only sound was a few huffs of breaths every now and then, which was drowned out by the clanking of cups on saucers and forks on plates.

Artemis looked around to get a sense of their bearings and realized that they had entered a nice little café, but her studying came to a quick close when she spotted one of the gang members, that had given chase, had walked through the doors; his eyes scanned the room with a predatory glare. She could hear her heart thud its way up to her ears as she watched him walk closer to their table. Much to her relief, he walked towards the bathrooms, and once the sight of the leather jacket disappeared, Artemis stood up cautiously, gaining the attention of her teammates. They gave her questioning glances. Apparently, their vigilance was not up to par today.

"Guys, the menu's price range is way too much for my salary. Let's find somewhere else to eat." Her eyes shifted to the men's bathroom before she threw her head back in a "we gotta go, now" fashion. There was no mental com link, due to the fact that Batman seemed to think it was time they started working more on smoothing out their team dynamics.

Surprisingly, it was Conner that nodded in understanding, and was the first one to stand up and follow her out the door. The six merrily tinkles of the bell, from the door, confirmed that everyone was outside. Kaldur caught two other gang members roaming around on the other side of the street.

"We are not safe here. Let us blend in with the crowd farther ahead."

They all walked in strained silence. Even if they all looked composed, their bodies were tense in the case they were discovered and had to either run or attack.

The crowd was pretty big, by Artemis' standards. What with her used to Gotham only having this many people come out at night. This city seemed a lot nicer than that. Robin walked next to her as the other four were ahead of them, as was planned in partner assignments in the case of having to split up.

"God, they're everywhere," she murmured quietly to her companion when she recognized another enemy.

Robin, on the other hand, threw her a bright smile and shrugged, "Yeah, well, I guess we pissed them off that much then."

"Got that right," she returned his smile with a smirk of her own. Senseless humor was a grand thing in the event of being hunted down.

The deeper they went, the closer they got to the center of the mob.

"Come on people, we need three more couples to break last year's record. Just three, don't be shy." There was an announcer outside of a tape bordered area calling out to the crowd, looking around. She and Robin sidled up next to Kaldur and Wally, pretending as if they seemed interested in what was going on. That was until the announcer pointed at M'gann, who had her arm wrapped around Conner's, "You there, you and your boyfriend should come and join in."

Confused, the Martian looked at Kaldur for some sort of confirmation, not really voicing that Conner was not her boyfriend. Much to Artemis' amusement, Conner didn't seem to mind either.

Kaldur gave a little nod along with a close lipped smile just before she and Conner were led under the border where other excited couples waited.

When the announcer glanced at Artemis, she felt a sudden drop in her stomach, making her wish she had her bow, or at least an arrow. She didn't know what was going on, and being forced into a situation that she had no knowledge of put her more on edge. Sure she was on a covert team like Young Justice, and was trained by her villainous father, but she was always briefed on what she was going into, no matter how little the information, at least she was aware.

"What about you, blondie?" She bristled at what he called her, but remained silent and lifted up a questioning eyebrow. "You and your boyfriend can come in as well."

"Boyfriend?" That word held so much of her confusion, until the announcer -this toothy, hair gelled man- had the gall to gesture to Robin. She blinked, "He's not my-"

"-we'll go in." Robin cut in on her response, and only shot her a smile of his own before nodding towards another leather clad man to their right.

The announcer nodded and looked at Wally and Kaldur, and suggested, "You two as well. This is an open to all types event after all"

Open to all types? What does he mean by that?

The four of them followed in after M'gann and Conner, all of them seemingly lost at what they were supposed to do. Artemis, being the one to recover from her shock, turned around to face the announcer behind the tape and question, "What are we supposed to do?"

He gave her a funny look and spoke slowly as if she were dense, probably because of her hair color, "Why kiss, of course."

She almost felt her eyes bug out of her head, trying to shoot down all the panic that had risen just by those words. "But we didn't sign up for this!"

"It's an open event miss, you volunteer."

"But we didn't volunteer, you dragged us in. Besides Wally and Kaldur..." She waved her hand to the two still confused looking boys.

"As I said, it's an open event, we also accept homosexual couples." He turned around once more to the crowd and addressed them.

"Homosexual? I'm not gay!" The redhead started freaking out, much to the annoyance of the other couples.

Poor Kaldur had to calm a very hysterical Wally, not really getting a chance to react to the announcer's words at all.

M'gann and Conner seemed quite calm, but that was expected since they probably have shared a few smooches before. What really went unsurprising yet disturbing to Artemis was how peaceful and pleasant the Boy Wonder seemed to be.

"Are you enjoying this?"

His grin suddenly got very irritating to see. "Immensely."

"Not the least bit worried?"

"We've been in much worse cases." He fiddled with his sunglasses in a way that seemed like he was looking down on her...which was ironic since the kid was shorter than her. Robin shrugged nonchalantly, "We can always switch partners. I know Kaldur and I don't really care for who we kiss, so you and Wally can do it."

Her eyes narrowed, "Ew...I'd rather kiss you than him, and how about the option of not doing it."

For some reason she saw some glint behind those glasses of his as his grin turned into a smirk, "But we have to do it in the spirit of today's holiday."

For some reason the crowd started counting down, "Five...four..."

"And what's today?"

"Three...two..."

Was it her, or did he just move closer to her? "National Kissing Day." The reply was simple.

"ONE!"

Before she could even register what was going on, she found herself pressed up against her teammate, lips fused together. First instinct: remove his arms, dislodge herself off his person, and run away, not before slapping the crazy out of him. She struggled against him for a moment, hellbent on her run away goal. He shifted, just one tiny move, and that broke her out of her concentration.

She became aware of how soft and gentle his lips moved against hers, even though she had been thoroughly aggressive just moments before. A hand skimmed up her arm, brushed the loose material of her clothes on her shoulder, and cupped her cheek in a manner that had her drawn to him more. There was the feel of his tongue swiping across her bottom lip and she drew in a sharp breath. His other hand wormed its way under her motionless arm and around her waist, which brought her even closer to him.

Her arm, on it's own accord, reached up to caress the short strands of hair at the base of his neck. She felt his shiver and she would've grinned if not for his incessant sucking on her bottom lip. She knew that he knew that she had given up struggling. The damned boy knew how to kiss!

It was now that her competitive streak kicked in. She'll show him who's the better kisser...but was it really a contest? All coherent thoughts seeped out of her mind, the idea of one upping him, to make him putty in her hands, was the one that stayed. The hand that was at his neck rose higher until she could fully grip his hair. Surprisingly, his hair was much smoother than she had intended, but it didn't falter the way she tugged his head backwards, almost roughly, making him cry out, slightly. There, now he was more accessible to her. She grabbed the opportunity and slid her own tongue into his mouth, playfully teasing, coaxing his to play with hers.

As her hand kept a firm hold on his head, keeping him in place, the other one had sneaked under his sweatshirt and brushed its way up his torso, eliciting numerous amounts of shakes and quakes from the Boy Wonder that it almost seemed like he was vibrating for her. When her hand cupped the side of his ribs and playfully grazed one nipple, she heard a very small moan come from his much smaller frame.

His arms, which had been loose before, had tightened around her, gripped on to her now as if to hold her in place, to keep her there. She didn't mind, she kind of liked the feel of his fisted hands digging into her back. Before he had been gentle and serene with his kisses, now he was tentative, unsure of what to do, probably because of how quickly she had changed the style. He was sweet and reassuring, while she was abusive and demanding. She quickly thought of that, and softened the way she kissed him. The passion was still there. It was slower, but it still held the same heat and intensity she had before.

For some reason, he moaned again, simply nipping at her bottom lip and soothing it with his tongue. She was sure he was begging her to go rough again...but a sudden blaring sound had her jerking her head away from his, eyes wide in surprise.

She heard a distant cheering in the background, and remembered that there was a crowd that had just watched a bunch of couples kiss. Her eyes blinked multiple times before she glanced down at the boy that was practically hanging onto her. He seemed to be alright, a lazy, pleasure induced grin spread wide across his face. Even if she couldn't see his eyes, there was no doubt he probably had glazed over eyes as studied him for a moment before she leaned down to give him another passionate, yet shorter kiss. Artemis must have surprised him for he accidentally bit her lip.

"Ow..." She murmured absentmindedly.

"Sorry." Like a little kitten he licked at her wounded lip, removing any blood that may have seeped through. A shiver of her own ran down her spine.

"It's okay." And she reassured him by giving him a small peck before she moved to his ear and whispered huskily, "You can make it up to me later," before she pulled away, making sure the both of them were steady.

When they turned, they came to a surprising sight of Wally and Kaldur still locked at the lips, in a position very much similar to herself and Robin. It was interesting to watch how calm Kaldur was while Wally whimpered under the ministrations of their leader.

She cleared her throat with an amused grin, "Uh...guys...the kissing is supposed to be over..."

The grin morphed into a smirk when the two boys pulled away from each other slowly, and then jumping away from each other quickly. Both blushed just as she and the other three members of Young Justice laughed.

xXx

"Care to explain this?"

The whole team mentally cowered in the presence of a very upset Batman. The Bat, himself, stood beside the holographic screen that played a recording of the team engaged in the event from last week. Probably from a nearby store's security camera.

Wally, the brave boy that never knew how to keep his mouth shut, spoke up, "We...we were trying to get rid of the mobsters that were after us."

How was it possible to see the glare from behind the cowl? "By exchanging saliva in a public setting?"

Robin, the only one that ever seemed to be calm answered for the whole team, "We were extremely outnumbered and hiding within the audience wasn't the best option for us. They were gone when the...the event was over. Besides we were a part of something historical for the city."

It seemed like a very long time for Batman to process his answer before he gave a very curt nod with a frown. "Very well. You are all dismissed."

There was visibility to how the team let go of their tension. Everyone got up and walked towards the door...and just when she was about to place one foot into the hall he called her back. "Artemis...a word..."

She turned around and walked back towards the Dark Knight, making sure to keep her eyes down. "Yes?"

His arms crossed over his chest for one moment before letting one fall to his side while the other one reached up to rub his face, cowl and all. As he moved, she realized this was his way of being uncomfortable.

With a grunt, he asked, "What are your thoughts about Robin?"

"If it's about last week, I-"

"-answer the question."

She grew confused, "I...don't know what you mean?"

"Are there any feelings you have towards him?"

She blinked, were there? She wracked her mind and brought up the memory of the very much heated kiss she had shared with his protegee. There was a little stirring in her gut. "I'm not sure. I didn't have any for him before what happened yesterday, but when I think about him...I'm kind of confused..."

An odd sound came from the man as he ungracefully sat in his seat with an audible thump.

Did the Batman just snort at me?

"Robin has been not so subtly mentioning you, and quite frankly it is getting to the point where I have to shut him out of the Batcave. I want the two of you to deal with this before it gets out of hand. I don't care how. Just know that I do not forget who your mentor is, and if I'm not mistaken, the apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. Now you may go."

She was still confused when she walked out. It took a whole five minutes for her to process exactly what he said until it dawned on her.

Batman, in his own scary, threatening way, had just given her his blessing for her to date Robin...

A/N: So, yeah. Happy National Kissing Day, guys! ahaha, I was extremely lucky when I realized that today was that day. Hope you liked this one. Aaaand sorry if it seemed like I got a bit carried away...this one is rated T for a reason. ;D