Chapter 2
Everyone stayed the night at the mountain, in their own rooms of course, but when Kaldur got there the next morning, he was surprised at the scene he was seeing.
M'gann and Conner were on the couch cuddling, which was nothing new to the Atlantian, but when he looked over and saw Wally and Artemis kissing in the corner and being nice to each other, he thought for sure there was something wrong.
Robin heard the computer announce Kaldur's arrival and walked up to the older teen, holding Zatanna's hand. "Hey, Kal, have a good night?"
"It was fine. What happened while I was gone," he said not looking away from Wally and Artemis.
Robin smiled and looked over to the two. "Oh, KF and Artie? Well, let's just say that last night was... very whelming," he said, his smile getting bigger as he looked back to Kaldur.
Kaldur finally looked to the Boy Wonder and saw that he was holding Zatanna's hand and smiled a little. "I see that you also had an interesting night." Zatanna smiled and got closer to Robin. "Although, with the way you acted the day you met her, the days following, and last night I am not that surprised, but Wally and Artemis," he said looking back to the two in the corner, "that I did not expect."
"Really? They've been teasing each other the moment Artie got on the team. You couldn't tell that they liked each other?" Robin asked a little surprised.
"I saw that they had feelings for each other, but I did not expect them to act on them," Kaldur said as he looked back to Robin.
Robin laughed. "Yeah, at first I couldn't believe it myself when he asked me to help him with a special project for Artemis, but then again, I wasn't really surprised. Well, not completely anyway."
Robin, Zatanna, and Kaldur walked over to the TV and Robin and Zatanna sat on the couch next to M'gann and Conner, and Kaldur took the chair.
"Kaldur, when did you get back?" M'gann asked when she saw the Atlantian.
"I arrived a few minutes ago."
"Yeah, and he walked in on Wally and Artemis having another kiss fest," Robin said trying not to laugh.
"Yeah, they need to get a room," Conner said a bit annoyed.
Robin laughed at that statement. "Well, they used one of their rooms last night. They were by themselves for about an hour or more."
"What do you think they were doing?" Zatanna asked a bit curious.
"Well, it's one of two things, but I think you know which one they chose, because afterwards they were all over each other," Robin said smiling.
"Kaldur, when did you get here?" Artemis asked.
Kaldur turned around to look at the two coming toward the others. "A few minutes ago, but you were too busy to notice," Kaldur said a slight smile on his face.
Wally and Artemis blushed. "Yeah, about that..." Wally tried to explain, rubbing the back of his neck, but couldn't figure out what to say.
Kaldur laughed. "It is alright. Robin and the others have filled me in."
They were all quiet for a few minutes as Wally sat on the coffee table and Artemis sat on his lap. No one knew what to say.
Finally, Robin broke the silence. "So how was your night?"
"It was fine. I attended a dinner at the palace with my king and queen," Kaldur responded calmly.
"So did you and that one girl get together?" Robin asked the smile and his tone clearly teasing him.
"Sadly, no," Kaldur said a bit sadly.
Robin lost the smile and immediately regretted what he said. "Oh, I'm sorry. I..."
"It is alright," Kaldur said stopping Robin before he could explain himself. "Tula and Garth are together now. I did not learn this until my visit to Atlantis during our downtime."
"The day Batman talked to you alone," Robin said a bit angrily, but not in a 'I'm gonna kill you' way, just a ticked off way.
Kaldur didn't look up at him. "Yes."
"Then why did you leave?" M'gann asked.
Kaldur looked up at her. "I knew that you and Superboy would be together, and I had a feeling Robin and Zatanna would get together as well, and I knew that it would remind me that Tula did not care for me in that way anymore."
"So why go back home? They live there and you had a high chance at seeing them, so why would you torture yourself that way?" Wally asked.
"I do not know really. I guess I just felt more... relaxed there," he said as he looked to Wally then looked down at the floor.
The room became quiet again and they all knew that this was hard for him. Zatanna looked to Robin, who was looking sadly at Kaldur, then got up, went over to Kaldur, and knelt down. Robin looked at her a bit confused. She placed a hand on his shoulder then used her other hand to raise his chin. "I'm sorry about Tula, but I'm sure there's someone out there for you, you just have to find her," she said with a smile.
Kaldur gave her a weak smile. "Thank you."
Zatanna's smile got bigger then she stood up and went back over to sit next to Robin.
The room continued to stay silent, no one sure what to do next. They all felt bad about Kaldur, but they knew that they couldn't hide their feelings. Luckily Kaldur broke the uneasy silence. "It is alright, my friends. You do not have to hide anything. It has been a while since I learned of Tula and Garth's relationship, so I am over it by now."
Everyone was a little surprised that he knew what they were all thinking, but he was the leader, and he somehow knew what they were thinking even without M'gann's mind link.
"Ok, so what's on the table for today?" Wally asked trying to get everyone's minds back to happier things.
"You are," Robin said being a smartalic.
"Oh ha ha," Wally said a little annoyed at the now chuckling Robin.
"Well, I heard that we may have a mission soon," Conner said. Everyone looked at him a bit surprised.
"How do you know that?" Zatanna asked.
"I heard Batman last night while we were in Gotham."
"Wait, Bats was keeping an eye on us?" Wally asked surprised.
"You're surprised about that. Batman hates other heroes in Gotham. I think he was making sure we didn't get into trouble," Robin said.
"But, Dude, he was watching us!" Wally said a little too loudly.
Robin laughed. He knew how Batman worked, and he knew that Batman was only making sure they didn't destroy Gotham. "Forget about it KF. Batman would do it if it was Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, J'onn, and any of the others on the League."
Wally was a bit surprised at hearing that, but he also knew that it was completely true. "Yeah, I can see him doing that."
"You should see it. I remember when Flash wanted to meet me. He came over to Gotham just to meet me and Batman almost cut his legs off," Robin said smiling as he remembered the day, or rather night.
"Really?" M'gann gasped.
"Yeah, but Flash made it out of Gotham alive," Robin said then laughed. "Flash didn't make it out alive because Batman let him; he made it out alive because he ran for his life after Batman threatened him."
Everyone laughed at the thought of what he just said. "I can definitely see that," Artemis said. "Sounds just like his nephew," she said turning to Wally and then kissing him.
Wally kissed her back and deepened the kiss making everyone turn away. "Dude, get a room," Robin said rolling his eyes behind his sunglasses.
"What's wrong, don't like kissing?" Zatanna asked playfully.
Robin blushed. "I-it's not that," Robin said a bit shyly. He knew where she was going with that.
Zatanna laughed a bit then kissed him. Robin's eyes went wide in surprise and he jerked a little, but finally relaxed. When she broke off the kiss she leaned back and saw Robin not moving.
"Sorry," she said a little embarrassed.
Robin smiled then leaned in and kissed her. Now there were two pairs of couples kissing and Kaldur felt like he was intruding. He stood up and walked to the door then looked back to the other. Now M'gann and Conner were kissing as well.
Kaldur sighed, smiled, shook his head, then walked out of the room. He was happy for his friends, but the sight still hurt a little.
'Perhaps Zatanna is right and I just haven't found the right girl yet.'
He walked to the kitchen and saw a heart-shaped cake sitting on the counter. He smiled then went and got a plate from the cabinet and a knife from the drawer and cut a piece and put it on his plate. He then got a fork and started eating.
He may not have a girl to spend time with like the others, but there was nothing stopping him from eating this heart.
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Well, I think that should explain Kaldur's reaction to Wally and Artemis. I don't know if this chapter just ruined the story, but hey if you don't care for the chapter, then you don't care for it. I won't be mad if you say you didn't like it 'cause like I said, I'm not really that good at romance stories.
Leave a comment to let me know.
Thanks for reading :D
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