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searching for the man cave

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"We have looked at ten places. Ten places, West, and you haven't like a single one. I think we have a better bet of finding a cardboard box you'd like," Artemis moaned, dragging her feet as she followed her boyfriend. They were on their way to the eleventh place this week and Wally was no less eager than he had been bright and early Monday morning.

"Oh come on, babe. There's nothing wrong with being picky. If I'm going to live here for the next four years, I want to actually like the place," Wally called over his shoulder as he started up the walk to the next complex. Artemis walked even slower than before, pulling out her phone to check the time. They were supposed to be due at the Allen's, oh...about fifteen minutes ago.

Pocketing her phone, Artemis considered calling out to Wally in hopes to postpone this walk through until tomorrow, but he was already leaving the office holding a shiny key.

"Come on, babe! I have a good feeling about this one!" He yelled, waving the key happily before racing up the first flight of stairs without her.

Artemis took her time, finally reaching the third floor (the door at the far end of the corridor was ajar) and making her way to the apartment. By the time she had entered the living room and closed the door behind her, Wally was already coming on from the hall looking rather disappointed.

"Good feeling turn out to be a lie?" He nodded sourly.

"Well let's go. We have three more places to look at before we can head to Uncle Barry's," he sounded a little less sullen as he spoke this time. Artemis groaned inwardly and she hope that she could at least persuade him into thinking about it so they could just leave.

"Now wait a minute. I walked all the way up here and as your girlfriend I at least deserve to look."

"Fine, but I don't see why. It's all wrong for my first place, babe. The kitchen is too small, it doesn't have a bathtub, and there's hardly any closet space," Wally felt the need to point out before she had even left the room. Nonetheless, Artemis made her way to inspect the kitchen with Wally trailing behind her, bored expression plaster on his face.

Artemis made a face when she realized that he was right. The kitchen was tiny, at least smaller than the on in their apartment in Gotham. Though as Artemis thought about it, how much would he actually even use the kitchen? Other than to store his massive amounts of snacks, it wouldn't get much use.

"It's not that bad and the tiling is really nice," Artemis protested as she passed him on the way to the next room. Wally followed once more, humoring her commentary.

"Seriously, the bathroom is cramped too. And what am I supposed to do without a bathtub?" he whined as Artemis opened the door.

It was very, very white and looked clean, though once again Wally was right. It was cramped as well, but the layout was thought out nicely with enough room for a decent sized counter for the sink and a small linen closet. The shower stall in the corner was definitely economical compared to the standard bathtub.

"I don't know, Wally. Maybe you can go out back and pay someone to hose you down?" She suggested, trying to edge her way around him to get out of the tiny room. She couldn't and ended up having to push him out the door after a few minutes of struggling. Wally didn't even try to keep the amusement off of his face.

"Then again you could always just use the shower," she added when they were back in the hallway.

"You know that I like to relax in the tub, babe," he exclaimed childishly, but she did not protest the fact. The amount of times he had called her from his bathtub just to talk during the duration the their relationship was ridiculous. Instead of speaking, she ignore him and continued on to the last two doors.

Pulling open the first, she found a closet. Giving her boyfriend a judgmental look as she asked, "Not enough closet space? Really, Wally?"

"I have a lot of stuff?" He offered, grinning sheepishly.

"Whatever you say, babe." She didn't argue and moved to push the last door open.

Immediately, she saw that the bedroom was a large, well lit space. The closet doors had been left open and the space in there was rather minimal, but the room was definitely the best part about the apartment. It was spacious and open and filled with natural light. She took a few steps further into the room when Wally made a comment.

"It's really impractical, don't cha think? At least considering that this place is aimed to house students," Wally said and it took Artemis a moment to spot what he was talking about. When she finally spotted the large bay window, she nearly kicked herself. The light had to come in somewhere.

She walked towards the window, appreciating the workmanship and the ornate design considering the overall size of the window. Wally was right to call it impractical, but Artemis couldn't help to think that it was beautiful. The view wasn't too appealing, just overlooking a few trees and the small park behind the building, but it didn't matter Artemis was sold despite the fact she wasn't the one looking for an apartment.

"I love it," she breathed out quietly before changing her tone and addressing her boyfriend, "I mean, yeah it's definitely impractical for the whole man cave thing you're going for, but I'll definitely be looking for a place with windows like this when I try to get my own place."

Artemis glanced out the window once more, taking in how different this view was compared to the view she from her room in Gotham before turning back to Wally. His head was tilted slightly as he regarded her thoughtfully. Moving to the side to let her leave first, he took another long look around the room before following himself.

"I'm sure we'll find the perfect place for you tomorrow," Artemis offered as she watched Wally lock and close the door.

"Actually I had my doubts about this place in the beginning, but now I think it might be exactly what I'm looking for," he commented casually as they descended the first flight of stairs.

"But you pretty much said you hated everything when I first came in," Artemis reminded him casting a suspicious look in his direction. "Besides, it's pretty far from the campus. We'll never get to see each other except for weekends."

"Well I thought of something that makes up for all of that," his tone was cheeky and he grinned slyly when she turned to look at him again. It was that look that had Artemis genuinely curious, despite this she acted like it was a chore to humor him.

"Oh really? And what exactly would that be?

"Well while you were admiring the bedroom I couldn't help but to think of you. Waking up and seeing your face first thing every morning with sunlight coming in through that stupid window. And I think that would make up for all of it," he says softly. After a best of silence he grabs her hand and tugs her down the next flight of stairs.

Artemis can't keep the blush or the smile from spreading across her face. Wally had the tendency to be really sweet when he wanted to be.

"Unfortunately, that will have to be saved for weekends only. It really is pretty far from my dorm, Wally," Artemis pointed out a regretful expression forming on her face.

"It doesn't have to be, ya know," Wally finished with a hopeful smile on his face.

"Wally, are you asking me to move in with you?" Artemis teased, starting down the stairs once more dragging him along with her. Wally followed willingly, carefully debating on his answer in the silence.

"Maybe?" A short pause and he amended his answer, mentally kicking himself, "Wait, no, no! I meant yes! Definitely yes."

Artemis stops on the step she's on and turns to look up at him. Her voice sounding perfectly calm, despite how tremulous she felt as she spoke, "So...we'd live together here?"

"Well yeah. If you want to that is. I don't wanna cramp your style if you do want to live in the dorms though. It's your choice, babe," Wally rambled nervously, taking the lead and starting back down the steps as he continued. "But the option is definitely open if you want. I know that it's a big step for us, so if you don't want to then I completely get it. I just thought that...well, you know what? Never mind. Just forget I said anything."

Artemis stopped when she reached the bottom of the stairs, holding tightly to his hand. Pulling him to a stop, she stepped into his path. He tried to avoid her eyes, his face almost matching his hair.

"You know, I think I do want to live together." She smiled up at him and paused before adding with a second thought, "If you want, of course."

Relief flooded Wally only to be replaced by joy as he swept her into a hug. "Really? Are you sure?"

Artemis laughed, burying her face in his chest before responding. "Of course I'm sure. Definitely sure."

Wally joined in with her laughter and the next thing she knew he had picked her up and was spinning them around. "This is going to be great, babe. You and me with our own place. Mom is going to throw a fit. I can't believe that we're really going to do this."

"Agreed, but I'm happy that we are. You, of all people, are going to turn me into a domestic," she teased when he had finally put her down and the two moved towards the main office.

"Domesticating the fearsome Artemis Crock." Wally squeezed her hand lightly as he continued, "I must be extremely brave or extremely stupid."

"Why does it have to be just one?" Artemis stuck her tongue out in his direction.

"Hey now, don't stick it out if you don't plan to use it." Wally winked in returned. " Prepare to be domesticated, babe. Now let's get this over with before we're late to dinner."

"Well just as long as you don't bring a dog home. If we get to that level of domestication, I'm walking. And you do know we're already late, right? " Artemis opened the door to the office and Wally stepped in cursing under his breath.

"Man, Aunt Iris is going to kill me."

I get to write the next one and then I am done with the writing. Woohoo!
This one was completely dorky, I know.
But I liked the idea of Wally looking into getting his own place and Artemis planning on living in the dorms, but Wally deciding they should just move in together.

I think I might actually start actively shipping this again. These two make me happy.

Hopefully, you enjoyed it.