Recognized Zatanna Zatara A03. An ebony haired girl entered the cave cheerfully. Her crystalline blue eyes searched carefully for a specific teammate. When she arrived to the kitchen She smiled widely as she waved to Megan who was currently cooking. She continued trotting until she found Artemis. The blonde archer saluted shortly then continued sharpening her arrows faster than normal. Artemis had a frown on her face as her eyes focused on her hands. Her knuckles turned white as she tightened her grip on the arrow she was working with. Zatanna stared for a minute contemplating her friend's behavior. 'She definitely talked to Wally' the magician thought snickering at her best friend's ignorance. Even if she was concerned for the archer's behavior she was too anxious to meet someone. She didn't ask anything but what she needed at the moment. "Uh I was wondering.." Zatanna began as she came closer to her friend. "Have you seen Robin?" This made the blonde girl lift her head to face her teammate. Her face gesture turned from a frown to a smug smirk. "Oh sure Zatanna he's with Wally in the lab" she said widening her smirk into a grin and winking her eye at her knowingly. "Good luck by the way!" She teased. Zatanna tried her best to contain a glare at the embarrassing comment. 'She just had to yell it!' She thought as she approached the lab.
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"Hey KF what are you working on?" Robin asked as he inched closer to the speedster to get a better look at what he was working with. The redheaded seemed to be on automatic mode. He wasn't paying attention anymore. They had been at the lab hours doing nothing just to kill time. Missions seemed to be delaying this days. Wally was currently playing with some test tubes arranging them in order and when he finished he started over again. Through his domino mask Robin gave Wally a knowing look. He had almost the same problem. Barbara had called yesterday. He couldn't bring himself to call back. He recalled that day were he had peace. At least the second before he saw the call. That random appearance only managed to distract and confuse the poor boy. He started remembering everything that happened after. As he explored his cell for missed calls he somehow stumbled with the picture of Artemis and him at school. He chuckled at the look she had there. 'Deer in the headlights' he stared pensively at her expression then an idea popped 'perfect blackmail for some day' the sudden thought made him laugh out loud. Wally who watched Robin daydream was scared. Out of nowhere the serious kid began to laugh loudly!. Robin was just too consumed in his thoughts to pay attention to the faces Wally was making at him. 'Talking about deer in the headlights' he thought now hugging his stomach from the pain he felt from laughing too hard. Wally backed away slightly. At that moment the door flung open showing a slender olive skinned girl. Zatana walked directly to Robin who was panting trying to stop his giggles. She laid a hand on his shoulder to calm him a bit and not waiting longer for him to react she hugged him resting her head in the crook or his neck. He froze feeling her arms wrap him tightly and his nose tingling from the soft scent of lavender her hair had. His cheeks were probably red because he could feel his face like fire. He felt her smile on his neck as she softly murmured. "The answer is yes, but I think I lost the proof"
Wally sensed that what ever was going to happen wasn't any of his business so he took off his goggles and walked out of the room. He was kind of jealous of his best friend because he had someone that would randomly hug him like that while he was hurting from loving a girl who was confused about her feelings. Did Wally love Artemis? Yes he did and deeply but he wasn't sure about her feelings for him. She has given him reason to believe that she doesn't feel the same way but then there are those moments where she blushes at the sight of him and when they're hands brush he can feel the shiver go down his spine and he knows that a shiver is going down hers. He was so deep in thought that he didn't realize he was heading straight to where she was sharpening her arrows. She looked up at him with a look of surprise and knowing. Maybe she knew what was going on back there with Robin and Zatanna. "Hey" he greeted her.
"Hey" she said softly. He didn't like this awkward air hanging on them. He could feel a force pulling him towards her but controlled himself and stayed where he stood. But then she started concentrating on her task and her eyes got a glow of determination in them and she parted her lips slightly as she worked and he lost it. He couldn't take it anymore, couldn't pretend that her mere presence didn't affect him in a level that he did not understand or that whenever her eyes landed on him he would get all nervous and giddy inside. He stepped forward and stood in front of her. She raised her eyes over to his and stood up so that he wouldn't tower above her.
She felt small standing next to him but not weaker. She felt good around him, safe even. The warmth that filled her body whenever she was with him washed over her and her she got a tingly sensation with him being so close. She didn't understand her feelings or why she was feeling them but she knew one thing: she didn't complain about them. In fact she liked feeling like this, it made her feel whole and complete.
"I think we need to talk" he said. His breath hit her skin and swooned her. She didn't care what they need to talk about right now, she was too distracted by him.
"Sure" she answered automatically. He hesitantly grabbed her wrist guiding her outside the cave. She dropped the arrow at the contact of his warm hand. He was holding her firmly, maybe too hard. He was so nervous he didn't notice the red mark his hand had left as he let go of her hand. She didn't complain though. They hadn't even got to the exit when the computer announced the arrival of the male archer. Red arrow B0- Wally cursed in his mind. 'That guy sure has a good timing' he thought sarcastically. He was his friend, he missed him but he didn't want to be jealous of him. Wally shifted to look at Roy. As the redheaded archer advanced his glare was obvious. He was watching only and only Artemis. Roy stepped close to her, too close for Wally's liking. "You have to answer me. And now." He demanded ignoring the pouting speedster. She scoffed crossing her arms. "And if I don't want to, I'm kinda busy right now" she replied defiantly. Before anyone could even blink he wrapped his hand forcefully on her arm dragging her outside, even as she kicked and yelled at him he was much stronger and never loosened his grip.
'Stupid archery practice giving him darn strong arms' Wally muttered bitterly as he saw his blonde beauty get away.