Meaning: Compassion, harmony
Dick never understood why Bruce and Alfred were so adamant about these parties. If they had to ask him, he always held the opinion that the billionaire's money could be better spent elsewhere. Like, on anything else.
He scoffed from his position on the upper railing, looking down on hordes of disgustingly wealthy elites smiling and dancing together. What a waste of time.
Okay, maybe he was just salty he didn't have anyone to dance with. Being the only minor at these types of events could get really boring.
Dick felt a hand on his shoulder and heard a familiar voice echo from behind his back. "Having fun?"
He rolled his eyes. "A blast."
"Listen, I know these things can get…tiresome. I used to hate coming to these things, too, but Alfred kept pushing me to go. And for good reason." Dick sighed and dismissed Bruce's lecture with a wave of his hand.
"Yeah, I know, I know. 'For the Dynamic Duo to remain under the radar, Bruce Wayne and his ward must occasionally venture above it'." Bruce chuckled at his less-than-perfect Alfred imitation, and Dick bit his bottom lip. "I just kinda wish we could do it in a way that was less…this."
The Dark Knight hummed. "Why don't you get a drink? I hear the catering's just magical tonight." Dick shrugged and stepped away from the railing, shoving his hands in his pockets and moping off to the snack bar to grab a soda.
When he got there, he looked around and rolled his eyes. To be honest, he wasn't even hungry. He was just hoping to find something to cure his boredom.
And as luck would have it…
Dick jumped in shock when he felt a tap on his shoulder, spinning around at the sound of a familiar giggle. He made an undignified noise of confusion as his approacher covered her mouth with her palm.
Zatanna didn't fail to notice his eyes trace over her body more than once. She was wearing a navy blue dress that hugged her in all the right places, and she knew it was a good call when she saw the expression on his face. She placed her hand on her hip and smirked seductively, taking great pleasure in the bright pink blush that covered his pale cheeks.
"Like what you see?"
Dick cleared his throat immediately and started to fiddle with his arms. "Sorry. You look-y-you look really nice." He raised his eyebrow and shook his head. "Wait, why are you here?"
The magician pushed out her bottom lip jokingly. "So you don't wanna see me?" He rolled his eyes.
"How'd you know I woul-" She pressed a finger to his lips to shut him up, letting her eyes drop from his face all the way down to his dress shoes before coming back up to meet his sparkling blue irises.
"You look nice. You should dress like this every day."
"Only if you do the same." He scratched the back of his neck as she bit her bottom lip. "You look tired from the mission. Lemme get you something to ea-"
Before he could finish, Zatanna reached out to grab his arm and pull him closer to her, to the point that she could feel his breath on her face and he couldn't see past her beautifully perfect complexion and plump lavender lips, almost begging him to make contact.
He felt his heart skip several beats in a row. She certainly cleaned up nicely.
"Let's dance."
She didn't give him a chance to respond, instead making a complete 180 and dragging him to the ballroom floor after her. From the corner of his eye, he spotted Bruce watching him with his lips curved upwards, and a look of disbelief crossed his face when the older man just threw him a small thumbs up.
Dick grinned like a three-year-old on Christmas before turning back to Zatanna, who was now facing him again with a rather demanding smirk. Not being one to disappoint, he instinctively flung his arms around her accentuated waist as hers wrapped around his neck.
Well, if he absolutely had to be here, he supposed there's worse ways it could go. He'd just need to remember to find a way to pay Bruce back for this later.
Please let me know if you have ideas or how you feel with some of these chapters, because I think the past few have been pretty underwhelming and I'm tempted to try and rewrite a couple.
