Robin bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself calm. He was trained to keep cool under the most panic worthy situations yet he had trouble calming down right now. After Artemis left he dashed over to his computer and started working. Artemis had asked him to let her check the videos from the security cameras since he was in charge of almost everything technological in the Cave and it would only be a matter of minutes before she returned to see the videos. The room was silent except for the sound of Robin's fingers typing away on the keyboard.
It was almost 6 p.m. when Artemis returned. She entered the room without knocking again and walked over to Robin's desk. She leaned over his shoulder to check out what he was doing. He had finished the work long before she entered and the videos were ready for her to see. Her hair brushed against his shoulder distracting him a bit but he returned to work.
First he showed her the videos from the hallway. Megan flew happily from her bedroom to the kitchen and bumped into Conner. The two kissed for a while and returned to what they were doing. Wally walked lazily to his room probably to take a nap and Kaldur walked by Wally's room, shut his door when he saw the speedster was sleeping and walked away. No one entered Artemis' room. Next he showed her the video from the outside of the Cave, specifically of Artemis' window. Nothing happened for a while but then it happened. The white note entered her room with the wind.
Artemis frowned. There was no way of knowing for sure who sent the note from these videos. She would have to investigate and make a list of possible suspects.
"Thanks Robin" she said softly and ruffled his hair a bit.
She had a mental list of all the possible suspects. She still wasn't sure if the note was directed to her but she had the note with her so she was planning on finding out anyways. She tried looking for Wally first. It was bad enough that he was her first choice and her mind was more confused than before. The halls seemed even quieter with her footsteps leaving loud thuds as she walked to the kitchen. It was obvious to her that a bottomless stomach like his would be there. Her pace was now quicker at the thought of him being the 'one.' Because in her mind it was the logical thing after he sped so abruptly and after finding nothing with Robin she was going to try a direct approach. But she didn't find him there. She could only see a tray of fresh baked cookies and Megan cheerfully washing some dishes. She frowned now feeling a little worried for the strange behavior of the speedster." Uh… Megan?" Artemis began hesitantly "Have you seen wally?"
"Well yes he was outside and then he entered to his room." she answered with a smile too wide. In fact she was grinning now "Why do you ask?"
'Yes, she had to taunt' Artemis thought "Nothing in particular" she answered and ran towards the redheaded hero's room so she could not hear anymore of her 'ideas'.
She was now standing in front of his door. She couldn't bring her hand to knock on the door. She was suddenly embarrassed. What if Wally wasn't the guy of the note? What if he was just scared of her thinking he could like her? "Ughh" she groaned banging her forehead against his door repeatedly trying to loose consciousness. "Stupid, stupid, stupid." She muttered. Unfortunately for her she didn't bang against the door after five or four times, she lost count, now she was banging against a solid chest. 'How much time have I been spacing out standing there?' She thought after feeling the unique warmth heating her head making her face red as a tomato.
"Wha- what the hell?" She stuttered fixing her gaze from the floor upwards to see sleepy emerald eyes looking back at her confusion and surprise in them. "When did you open the door!" She said pushing him aside. He was flushing furiously too and crossed his arms looking down. "I heard someone knocking against my door" he whispered forcefully as if he had been thinking about something that had wasted all his strength.
"I didn't think it was YOU! Banging your head against my door!" He said now more loudly and in a defensive way with a little bitterness in his words. She couldn't reply. She was speechless as she began processing the situation. She hadn't took in account that Wally was probably asleep when she came to talk to him 'maybe she was too frustrated finding out everything about the note' she thought. "I have some questions for you!" She said trying to ignore the fact that he was in his pajama pants, only in his pajama pants, and the proximity they were in was also invading her personal space. He was uneasy at first but then let her inside his room.
She could feel the butterflies appear in her stomach. She had entered Wally's room once and he hadn't been there. Now she was in his room with him, he was shirtless and she could swear she had never felt so nervous in her life. He sat on his bed, his hair was messy from the nap and his eyes were still a bit drowsy. She wasn't sure whether she should stay up or sit next to him. She chose neither and sat on the chair in front of him.
She had been determined to ask him all kinds of questions to determine whether he had sent her the note or not but she was slightly distracted. No, in fact she was very distracted. When she entered his room looking for him yesterday she had detected that the room smelled like its owner and now with Wally in it, the smell distracted her even more. She breathed in to try and focus but it ended up doing more damage as she inhaled his scent. This was intoxicating her and it was confusing her. Why was she mad at him?
Oh, the note. She had looked at the speedster with a cold glare doing her best to only stare at his face though that didn't help her calm down either and set her lips in a tight line. She knew all the questions she would ask and she knew she should start right away before she got distracted again.
Wally had been staring at her the whole time. At first he was confused as to why she had been banging her head on the door, then why had she come look for him and now he wondered why was she staring into thin air. Her forehead was a bit red from all the banging and Wally frowned. Seriously, what the hell was she doing?
"Um Artemis are you alright?" Wally asked the blonde archer as he watched her face change from a peaceful state to an angry one.
"Wally, I need to ask you some things. Its serious" The blonde tried her best to make her voice sound scary but thinking that maybe it wasn't him and she would just humiliate herself ate at her. Or maybe it was him but it was only a prank. There were to many possibilities and she didn't want to risk getting hurt.
'Hurt? How could Wally ever hurt me? It's not like a care about him' she thought but the more she thought about it the less truthful it sounded.
She opened her mouth to start asking him everything but suddenly she regretted. She was just going to make a fool of herself. She closed her mouth and got up to leave all the time with her eyes glued to the ground. Wally saw her get up and quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her. She turned around to look at him confused and was met with his emerald eyes. They were soft and sparkling, they made her confused again. At that very moment the door to the room burst open.
"Wally, you in here-?" said Robin as he entered his best friend's room then stopped all together as he saw the two heroes standing there.
