A/N: Hey guys! It's been awhile hasn't it? Real life has been a major bitch. I know some of you may not care (I'm so totally breaking my own rules now), but I'm going to be a senior in high school, so my parents have been stressing me out with finding colleges/universities to apply to this upcoming fall, thus the three weeks I have mysteriously disappeared. I know some of you may be younger than I am and may say: Who cares, we want more fanfics! Let me tell you, wait till you get to be my age. So shhh and let me deal and write when I want to.

*Is not somewhat offended by the anonymous reviewer that named themselves hi, even though they didn't mean to. Ergo, review on the chapter instead, than doing a reminder/plea.*

Well...anyways, enjoy this crappy chapter. I was honestly stuck with this prompt as well. This has more dialogue than my other ones, so that's why it seems shorter.

Day 9: A Love Poem

Characters: Robin, Wally, Artemis

Rating: T (one measly word)

Genre: Friendship, Romance, Snark (just because I want to put that as a genre XD)

Ridiculous wasn't even the word to describe the past events. It was more under exasperating, embarrassing, and infuriating. Damn it! He was thirteen for Pete's sake! This was completely unprofessional, and Batman would definitely disapprove of what it had come down to.

Robin's hand clenched the floral scented paper while the words "Deal with it, now" echoed inside his head, completely said in his mentor's voice. The hand trembled for a moment as the bird gathered his thoughts. He focused his eyes on one point of the tiled floor until his vision started to blur around the edges.

Yup, he could not take anymore of this, and just as he thought that, his feet had taken him across the room to a clueless looking speedster. A speedster who was trying to figure out the complications of decoding the encrypted message that Batman had assigned to everyone as a way to teach them. Of course, Robin knew what it said after a full five minutes, but Wally and the others...not so much.

"You. Are. A. Jackass." Robin stated evenly as the hand with the crumpled paper slammed onto the desk.

The redhead looked up startled for a moment before he glared right back. "Dude, I'm the one that's a jackass? Who's the one that has a mentor that gives friggin' hard codes to crack for fun? For fun!"

"You're as bad as Kaldur, you know that? But at least he's a hopeless romantic. I can understand that, but you? You're supposed to be my best friend, not the one that goes behind my back and does this!" His hand retracted from the table, only to have it curl into a fist, said for his index finger, which pointed accusingly at the offending piece of paper.

"I-"

"-No it's not only this! You've gone and done other things as well!"

"Rob, man, chill."

Robin crossed his arms with a snort and an unseen roll of his eyes. "Funny, that's what I say to you when you freak out."

There was a moment where he thought that he was dreaming, certainly Wally wasn't smirking at him. "So you admit you're freaking out."

Without missing a beat, Robin answered, "My lack of calm right now is nothing compared to your hysterical -might I point out, highly embarrassing- episodes in public."

The smirk turned into a grin. "So, that's a yes, right?"

"That is beside the point of what I came here for. What I want is for you to stop being your failed attempt at being a matchmaker, just leave that to Kal and Megan."

"Come on dude. You seriously needed help from the Wallmeister here."

"A type of help that got me no where. Do I look like the type of person who writes stupid love poems?"

Wally snorted and rolled his eyes, "No, you looked more like the type to come up with an encrypted message of your undying affection, which no one would be able to decode, said for Batman. Either that or stalk her and watch her through the security cameras, only to come to her aid when she needed it."

"Dude, just because Batman is my mentor does not mean I do the whole stalking thing in the dark."

"No, no, you're right, you would be the one to do it in plain sight. Red, yellow, and black totally blend well."

"Says the person who represents McDonalds. Every time I look at you, I always seem to be hungry. I, at least, have some black incorporated into my uniform."

Wally stood up, knocking the chair back, "This is the thanks I get for helping you? You dis the Kid Flash uniform?"

"Exactly! I don't want your help, and in order to get that through your mind, I need to insult you, like always!"

"Fine we'll see how-"

"-Will you two shut up! Haven't we already established that Robin's uniform is better to look at?"

Both boys turned their heads to see Artemis glaring over the back rest of the couch, a hand rubbed gently at her temple to soothe some sort of head ache, probably caused by their arguing.

Wally seemed more to gape at her, shocked at what he heard, while Robin just settled back, smugly, from his defensive position. They watched her as she climbed over the couch and made her way over to them. "I swear, I cannot get enough sleep when you two are around. Now what exactly did Wally do?"

"Why do you always assume it's me that does something?"

"Because you always cause the problem. Simple as that," She yawned loudly before wrapping her arms around Wally's shoulder, hands splayed lazily across his chest, and resting her chin on the top of his red hair. Robin nodded along with her, just as Wally scowled deeply. "Great, girlfriend and best friend are teaming up against me."

The two shared a grin over his head before she waved for the youngest to answer her question.

"Mr. Suave here decided to post this," he pointed at the paper again, "on the inside of a girl's locker at my school."

"The girl you liked since forever! I was just helping you move at a faster pace."

The hand that rubbed absentmindedly reached over, grabbed the paper, and held it to her face. "Isn't this the smell of my spray on deodorant?"

Robin looked pointedly at Wally, making the boy in question blush. "Just read it, and be a nice little girlfriend and agree with me that that poem was well written."

"Whatever you say, handsome." Sarcasm met deaf ears.

"Right back at 'cha, beautiful."

Robin rolled his eyes, patiently leaning on the edge of the table as he waited for Artemis to agree with him, obviously. Gothamites stick together.

Not only ten seconds passed before she snorted and questioned, "Divine chocolate?"

Robin nodded, "Exactly."

"Decadent neck? Glorious tresses?"

"Hey, hey, I was hungry at the time."

"What, did you have a thesaurus with you too? I know for a fact you wouldn't even know these words by themselves. Jeez, this is embarrassing to read, no wonder Robin is pissed."

Robin threw his hands up with finality, "Thank you."

"What exactly happened when she saw this?"

"Considering you're a very good friend of hers and seem to be around all the time you would have witnessed her reaction."

Artemis gave him a look before her eyes widened, "Babs? You like Babs, as in the Commish's daughter?"

He sighed at her exclamation, "I thought you figured that out months ago."

She stood up, ignoring Wally's protests at her sudden lack of touch. "Well, I just thought you were doing your whole stalking thing with her like what you do for the rest of us."

"Told you!"

"Wally, shut up. You've done enough damage," Artemis snapped before she addressed Robin once again, "Look, if you want I could-"

"-No! No, I don't want anyone meddling with my personal life again."

"Rob...Dick, I was just going to say that I could invite Babs to come hang out with us next Friday."

"I- really?"

She shrugged and pulled out her cellphone, "I'll text her right now, if you want."

He grinned in response, "It's a lot better than a scented love poem filled with overly done details."

Wally pouted and crossed his arms, "You so do not get my help anymore."

Robin fiddled with his glasses. "Hey, that's all I ask."

A/N: So, yeah I may have sounded a bit bitchier up there. *points up* Can you blame me when I am sporting white hair now? (jokejokejoke) So, I cannot promise an immediate next update, alright? Especially now that school is starting up next Wednesday for me. Stupid college searching, admissions, SAT & ACT...seriously...ugh. :( *goes to flip a mother effing fugly table*

*comes back* So, yeah, done with my rant. I hope you enjoyed this small, itty, bitty chappie. XD