A/N: Yay! Update! I have to apologize to those of you who will seem a bit confused...if it's not blatantly obvious that I have not put any sort of dialogue in here whatsoever, yet another writing style I wanted to try. My tenses may be questionable here, but I am too lazy to correct them. But, my dear readers, this is a story in Robin's POV, not so much as first person...because I have long retired doing that, but it's third person written in Robin's perspective. It may seem pretty vague as a storyline, I'm sorry, but it's meant to be. So, I hope you enjoy it. XD

Day 15: A challenge

Characters: Robin (mainly), with YJ couplings, Roy, and a guest appearance of a hinted (yet obvious) assassin

Rating: T (slight mentioning of Robin's robbed innocence)

Genre: Romance, Humor

Romance was a sad thing, a misfortune in one's life. There was the tiptoeing, clueless methods of the Martian and clone of the team. The heart braking story of hero work versus relationship of the team leader was a bit more subtle, while the heated arguments were completely transparent between the clashing archer and speedster of the group...not to mention a bit of a little forbidden fruit and love triangle mixed in there as well if Roy was added into the equation.

Robin believed, fully, that he was the only sane one there. Sure, there was his questionable relationship with the new female addition to the group of Gotham heroes that he may or may not have a crush on, but at least Babs was willing to entertain his mind away from work once in awhile, reminding him he was just a 13-year-old boy. The others on the other hand, seemed to make their interactions so destructive that Robin had long given up on making a mission end up going correctly.

Failed missions were to be forever failed.

...That is if someone were willing to fix all this. Seriously, it was literally a matter of life at hand. If everyone kept this up, there would just be a day where they could possibly be blown to bits because of continuous arguing, or pathetic longing looks, or solemn words...at least Kaldur was willing to throw all his hurt into his work.

But really...someone needed to fix this...and fast.

The exact time he made it his goal to play the team's matchmaker was when he could not get the cytoplasm gunk out of his hair after the fifth time of washing it, all because he had to push a snarling Artemis out of the way and into the stuff. The only thing that didn't push him overboard was that she had to use two jars of peanut butter to remove the stuff out of her hair. Serves her right...now if only the same could have been done to Wally, since he was the one that caused the whole commotion anyway.

So, being the little detective in training that he was, Robin decided that working with the easiest couple would have him get a feel of how to work some matchmaking magic.

If it was any incentive, he had the whole thing planned out perfectly, due to his major research on how a date should be via the Robinnet. The reason behind the name is that he already hacked an unnamed, famous Internet service provider and reworked it to make it his own personal network. One of the perks for being a computer genius.

It had taken a few times, rewritten note-cards, failed timing, and many batglared interrupted moments to get Conner to ask M'gann out perfectly. At least her answer gave Robin a peace of mind for a few hours.

The fact was, nothing went according to plan...he was foolish not to take their missions as proof and a connection to failed personal lives. How was he supposed to know that the restaurant he booked had a cook your own meal night theme on that exact night he had two aliens, who had no clue how to make proper food, heading over there for a supposed nice, quiet evening? Nor did he know that monkeys would make an appearance at a theatre performance he bought tickets for.

In the end, the hassle and embarrassing lectures from Batman led to the two older teens hooking up for another night on their own terms. He, on the other hand, had to apologize to the owner of the restaurant for the scorched walls and had to offer to repaint them. But he drew the line at picking up monkey crap. Suffice to say, he didn't like monkeys either after that.

xXx

Now with Artemis and Wally, it was amusing to watch the two because everyone knew -besides the two themselves- that the pheromone emitting attraction could be cut with a very sharp Bat-a-rang. Yes, it had come to a point of being that thick.

Both were similar in some aspects of their personalities, such as the fact that they were both stubborn headed mules. Both could keep up a grudge, and seemed to have their minds set on beliefs that are questionable, even to him.

But those didn't scare off Robin easily. Now, if there was one thing that he had learned from the last time, it was that he had to know their similar likes, and to never plan a date ever again, unless it was for himself. So after a major heart to heart with Artemis, during a practical 3 hour workout session they had planned together, he had learned that she secretly loved watching "Avatar: The Last Airbender", sometimes put marshmallows on her hotdogs, and...get this, was a major Left4Dead player.

Based on that little tidbit, and a grown fondness for his non-meta buddy, he had scheduled an all out duel championship between Wally and Artemis. It was worth it when he saw their appalled looks, which quickly turned to them taunting each other into a 13 round, originally just a 3 round, competition. The outcome was pretty much worth the entertainment. Since, he, himself had not offered to join in and help, due to him most likely siding with one or the other at random times, was left to sit on the couch with a bowl of popcorn between his legs. Their snark was ever growing, but it had taken to a much lighter tone, and he deemed it safe enough to leave the room to refill his bowl of popcorn.

It was pretty much music to his ears to hear Wally accuse Artemis of cheating with the sound of horrific screams and gunshots in the background, but during mid-pour their arguing voices had grown quiet, and the sound effects alerted him that his teammates were being dogpiled by the onslaught of zombies.

Bowl forgotten, he had rushed into the living room to a sight of the two teens making out on their carpeted floor. It was interesting enough to watch as they kissed furiously and let out their frustrations on one another through their mouths, and it wasn't the yelling kind either. But once, he saw that a few hands started to inch into places he had no wishes in seeing, Robin quickly went to go get his popcorn and engage in a round of WoW with Babs.

xXx

Kaldur and Roy were two curious cases in Robin's eyes. Robin wasn't entirely sure if he was straight, since he was now entering the stage of experimentation, but he knew for a fact that Kaldur was a good looking guy. Not only was the Atlantean nice to look at, but he was truly the type of guy that some of the girls at his school would be willing to date. So when Kaldur finally outed his romantic issues going back at his home, he had to admit he was a bit surprised.

With Roy, it was no surprise he seemed to be having a Artemis/Wally thing going on with that masked assassin. Roy was a pretty promiscuous guy, a manslut in Laymen's terms, but he was a pretty decent friend, abiding by the rule of "Bros before Hoes". Thus the mini get together between the trio.

Kaldur was pretty much wallowing in self pity by the time he had finished telling of his personal betrayal from a long time friend that went by the name of Garth. It was amazing to watch the anger display itself on Roy's face, as the red head patted Kaldur's arm in sympathy. Robin got the feeling he was intruding as the third wheel in the older boys' relationship. So he had simply implied that he would give them space to talk more in depth with the matter.

Star city had been a beautiful place, and Robin gave Roy props for picking a city such as this one. He could actually see a few stars on a clear night such as this one. The air was cleaner too, which was a plus, but it felt weird to breathe in filtered air, especially when he was more accustomed to running around in the polluted air in Gotham. Nothing could beat Gotham, though. He had made his conclusion when he couldn't find one decent place to perch and watch the city below to practice his Batman.

After many times of giving the city a chance, he figured it was time to go back to Roy's apartment and see how the other two were holding up, specifically Kaldur.

When he entered the apartment, he was met with the sight of what looked to be the result of a fight. A lamp was knocked off of the side table, the coffee table was flipped over, the lazy chair on it's side, multiple bottles of beer were strewn across the floor, and scraps of clothing were scattered everywhere. On guard, he quietly made his way to Roy's bedroom to see if it were in the same state.

He had to hold back a scream when he saw something horrific after pushing Roy's bedroom door open. There were three writhing, sweaty bodies on Roy's bed. No doubt he caught sight of Roy and Kaldur kissing with what to looked to be a woman's form in between the two guys, just before he shut his eyes to save some sort of innocence he had left.

He ran as if the Joker were chasing him with a crowbar. And had the most extreme nightmares ever.

The thing that bothered him though, was that Kaldur seemed to not be ashamed in the least that he had been caught in an explicit act with his best friend and an Asian woman, by Robin. That was until, Kaldur asked him why he had not returned that night after he left.

A/N: So I hope you enjoyed this latest piece. I do admit it's a bit lower on the funny level, but I guess I have to blame my somber mood...which is a result of school in general.