Now THIS one was fun to write! I've been working on this since Thursday!
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Day Three: Crush
Robin's Girl Advice
"YOU WENT TO KALDUR?"
The speedster's voice echoed through the cave, causing Artemis to miss her target, Superboy to accidentally crush another trash can, Kaldur to up the microwave, and poor M'gann's souffle to drop. Robin, meanwhile, was sitting on his bed testing his own hacking skills. He heard Wally all the way from his room, but he wasn't really surprised. He was going to find out eventually.
Wally stomped through the doorway, letting the door slide shut behind him. Was it just him, or did the door just slam?
"There's a new invention, Wall-man. It's called knocking," he said dryly, never taking his eyes off of his glove computer. The young hacker was so close to breaking the last few firewalls of the JLA's main database, and he wasn't about to let his easily offended best friend prevent him from achieving his goal.
Wally ignored the joke, instead choosing to continue his rant.
"Dude! Remember me? Best friend? The world's most famous ginger?"
"You're not Ron Weasley."
"What-Oh you know what I mean!"
Robin sighed and continued working on his hack.
"Just tell me what you want, Wally," he said, glancing up at his friend. Robin could've sworn he saw his friend's eye twitch. He was seriously pissed off about this.
"What I want is an explanation! Why did my so-called BEST FRIEND not come to ME for advice about a GIRL?" Wally cried, waving his arms about wildly and pacing back and forth. The ginger did this so often Robin half expected there to be no more carpet in that particular area. He just sighed, and pressed more keys on the glove.
"And you want to know I went to Kaldur instead," the tiny bird finished.
"Well DUH!"
Robin allowed for a moment of silence to gather his thoughts and for Wally to calm down. He watched as the speedster's anger faded, being replaced by hurt and slight betrayal. Now Robin felt bad.
"I'm supposed to be your go-to guy, Rob," he said softly. "You always say I'm like a big brother to you, so I thought..."
Robin considered this for a moment, and shut off his screen. Some things were more important than proving a computer wasn't unhackable. Like assuring his best friend that he was still his best friend.
"You want to know why I went to Kaldur and not you?" he asked.
"Yeah. I mean...did I do something? Make you mad? What?" the speedster asked, running his fingers through his hair. Robin shook his head.
"No, nothing like that," he assured.
"Then what?"
The little bird sighed. This wasn't going to be easy...
"I...didn't think you'd know what to do," he explained. Seeing the redhead's mouth drop open in offended shock, Robin quickly explained. "I mean...yeah, you flirt a lot, but when you actually like a girl you have no idea what you're doing."
That didn't help.
"What? Come on, Rob! I'm this close to getting M'gann!" He held up his thumb and pointer finger a fraction of a centimeter apart. Robin just rolled his eyes.
"I'm not talking about her, and you know it."
"Black Canary? I mean, come on man, she's hot but Green Arrow would-"
"Wally!" Robin exclaimed standing up. "We both know who I'm talking about, and it's not M'gann or BC, any of your stalkers-"
"Fangirls," Wally corrected.
"-stalkers or some random pretty girl at your school who you claim smiled at you!"
"She totally did, man!"
"Whatever." The thirteen-year-old crossed his arms in a way that reminded Wally disturbingly of Batman. "I'm talking about Artemis."
Wally stared at the boy for a moment, his green eyes boring into Robin's skull. Robin stared right back, daring him to deny it. Of course, as the meme said, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
"Are you CRAZY?" Wally cried out suddenly. "ARTEMIS? Where in the heck did you get the idea that I have ANY feelings for her? She's obnoxious, rude, insulting, vicious..."
Robin zoned out for most of this. Wally had a whole list of adjectives used specifically to describe Artemis. Sometimes Robin wondered if his friend even knew what half of the words meant.
"...cruel, sadistic, spiteful, demonic-"
Finally, Robin had enough.
"See? This is exactly what I mean," he complained. "It's completely obvious you like her, but you're so scared that you pretend to hate her!"
Wally stared at him incredulously. "I am NOT scared!"
"Yes you are!"
"Why on EARTH would I be scared of Artemis? Well, besides the obvious, I mean."
Robin threw his arms in the air.
"Because you like her!" he cried. "I've known you for three years Wally, and if I know anything about you it's that you're a flirt, but you have no idea what you're doing when it comes to actually liking a girl. You've never liked a girl the way you like Artemis, and it terrifies you! So what do you do? You go around trying to convince yourself that you hate her! Well newsflash, Wally! It didn't convince the rest of us!"
When Kid Flash didn't say anything, Robin knew he had hit the nail on the head.
"Want to know what Kaldur told me?" he asked softly. Wally shrugged, which Robin took as an affirmative. "He said that even though I was afraid she didn't like me back, I should still go for it. Because what if she did, and I never took the risk? I would be missing out on something pretty freaking awesome."
Wally took a moment for the words to sink in. Robin was right, of course. There was no denying that. And it did seem like Kaldur knew what he was talking about. He noticed Robin's slight grin. Wait a minute...did he look...dreamy?
"I'd like to stay and chat more," Robin said, grabbing his backpack. "But I've gotta change and get back home. I promised Babs I'd meet her at the movies at 7:00, and she'll kill me if I'm late."
Wally snapped out of his fog and stared at Robin.
"Wait a minute...Babs Gordon?" he asked incredulously.
Robin grinned. "Yup."
"The commissioner's daughter?"
"Uh-huh."
"You asked her out?" The speedster tried to hide his growing smile.
"Actually, I asked her to be my girlfriend," the Boy Wonder stated proudly.
Wally's eyes widened. "And she said yes?"
"Yup."
Wally paused for a moment. "How old is she exactly?"
"Fourteen."
A broad grin began to take over Wally's face, and he slapped his friend on the back.
"Older woman! Way to go, buddy!"
Robin laughed his signature cackle.
"You do know what this means, right?" Wally gave him a questioning glance, causing Robin's smirk to grow. "It means that I can hold this over your head for all eternity."
Wally groaned. He knew his friend would make good on his promise.
"Unless..." Robin smiled devilishly, placing his hands behind his back. He looked like a six-year-old girl with a secret.
"Unless...?" Wally asked nervously. This wouldn't be good.
"Unless you can admit to me that you have a crush on Artemis," he declared. "And mean it."
Wally blinked. "You can't be serious."
"As serious as Batman."
Oh man he totally meant it.
"Say it or I'll never let you live it down."
"But I-"
"SAY IT!"
Wally jumped back a few inches at his friend's threatening tone. What would it be? Eternal taunting that his thirteen-year-old best friend got a girlfriend before he did, plus the knowledge that he couldn't admit something as stupid as a crush? Or some light teasing and an "I told you so" from the Boy Wonder.
"Okay, fine," he groaned. "Ilikhrrr..."
"What was that?"
"Ilikeher..."
"Repeat?"
"FINE! I LIKE HER OKAY?" he cried.
Robin's smirk turned from devilish, to downright evil.
"You know you don't have to yell," he said mischievously. "I think she can hear you just fine from right there."
Wally's eyes were as wide as saucers as he turned around to see the door wide open, and Artemis standing there mirroring his expression.
"Have fun you two!" Robin called as he ran down the hall.
A demonic cackle echoed through the corridor.
Oh Robin you little troll you. XD I love him so much. I hope you guys like my mention of Babs. I absolutely love her, and love her with Robin, so I wanted to mention them in at least one of these stories. When I read the prompt for this one...it clicked!
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