Chapter Three: Push and Pull

Dick was listlessly playing with his food. He shoved off his peas to join forces with his mushrooms on the other side of his plate while he formed his baby corn into a barricade, separating his troops from the enemy. He was coming up with a plan of attack that would successfully bring down the evil carrot strips dead center on the porcelain battlefield. The evil orange sticks might have slightly resembled a certain speedster's hairstyle but he would deny having noticed the fact. He just didn't know what to do.

The Boy Wonder was at a complete lost as to what else he could do. It had been days since the impromptu massage and he still hadn't mustered the courage to try anything else. Hell, with how busy he has been, he hasn't been able to catch sight of Wally as often since the incident. It also didn't help that every time the redhead was so much in the same vicinity, he'd get a tingly sensation at his back. His mind kept replaying the sensation of vibrating fingertips trailing and prodding, a memory that refused to leave and boggled him to no end. It was distracting to say the least.

His schedule was hectic. With his upcoming birthday and the media "requesting" for full coverage on the event, he just didn't have the luxury of time. His to-do list was jam packed with extensive interviews, photoshoots, schoolwork and crime fighting. With the stress of being an unwilling public figure and his nighttime activities, Dick had hoped that his seduction efforts would at least prove successful. Unfortunately, reality didn't work that way and so, the young acrobat took his frustrations out on carrot top with an aggressive assault of vegetables.

"Ok, Spill. What's got you playing vegetable wars?" Barbara asked as she held his hand to stop the attack. Despite her dainty fingers, her grip was firm and he gave up on the invasion, choosing instead to pout childishly and lean back on his seat.

"It's nothing Babs"

"Dick you've been spacing out since this morning and while I get how Professor Adler droning on and on about his government conspiracies is a total bore, you always pay attention during advanced calculus"

Dick was about to weave a noncommittal answer that would have most shrugging off, but his other best friend was giving him the look. He'd have to tell her something of worth.

Leaning forward, the Boy Wonder admitted to one of his troubles, "I've just been thinking about some letters…"

As any good friend was wont to do, Babs lowered her utensils and gave him her full attention as she asked, "What letters?"

"Well, remember how I sometimes get those anonymous letters?"

A snort was the redhead's immediate answer as she playfully pointed her fork towards him. The pasta hanging on swayed at the motion and Dick briefly questioned his sanity, since his thoughts had immediately turned towards how the other redhead would have probably leaned forward right away to steal the not-offered—noffered?—food.

"Sometimes? Dick, the last time your fangirls discovered your locker combination was also the last time you had a locker" Babs replied pointedly as she then munched on her carbonara.

"And now, you're mooching off of yours truly" she added as an afterthought, pointing to herself with an empty fork. Dick didn't know how the commissioner's daughter could manage to make the gesture look graceful and utterly sardonic. He grinned in her direction. It really was no wonder why they were the best of buddies.

"Which I'm eternally grateful for Babs."

"As you should be Dickie. Now tell me about those letters"

"I don't know what to do with them anymore. They've begun to prove more of a bother than they're worth" He replied as he finally took a bite from his lunch. The vegetables were a little stale now in the aftermath of his stress-induced fiddling. Oh well, he could still shove them around; it wasn't like he was that hungry after all.

"Well, what does Bruce do with them?"

"I don't know. Ship them off to a materials recovery facility for an extra buck? Send them off to incineration to help provide thermal energy to third world countries? Maybe forward them to the Gotham Gazette on the off chance that those vultures get a paper cut?"

Babs snickered at his reply and answered, "Well… as villainous as that plan sounds, maybe you should do the simple and sensible thing and ignore them? Take a break. I know how busy you are. I mean, if you're up to it, we could head to the mall and hang out?"

"You're not trying to manipulate me into joining you for another shopping spree are you?"

Barbara swatted him lightly as she grinned. "Of course not Dickie. In fact, I'd be quite willing to treat the billionaire's son to ice cream."

"Thanks Babs"

"Don't mention it"

And that was that, awkward conversation averted. Now, Dick could not-eat his food in relative peace. Or so he thought.

"For a minute there, I actually suspected you had your head in the clouds thinking about some girl"

Dick had been trained by the goddamn Batman in the art of wearing a mask, in veiling his pain and fears and switching between identities in an instant without so much of a sweat. Strangely enough, the women closest to him seem to have an innate skill in reading him like an open book.

The Boy Wonder turned his face away in what he hoped to all the gods that existed looked casual enough and propped a small button mushroom in his mouth to add to the effect.

"Dick…?"

No no no no… this was not happening.

To avoid the conversation he just had to shove more cold vegetables in his mouth. "…Hmm?"

"Diiick" And now the redhead had her utensils down. Dick nervously swallowed his food as he looked to his friend innocently.

"What?"

They stared at each other for a minute, Babs scrutinizing his every move and Dick trying his best to stay still. He blamed Wally for the sudden need to twitch.

"Oh my god! Who is she?" she demanded in a loud voice. Some girls, a table away, turned to their direction, hoping for an earful in what probably looked to be juicy gossip on Bruce Wayne's adopted son's relationship status.

"It's nothing, it's not a girl." He hurriedly placated.

It took a half second pause for him to realize his mistake and another for Barbara to draw in the entire canteen.

"A BOY!?"

Dick frantically leant over the table to cover her mouth and smiled charmingly at the students passing through. A few were giving him curious looks while others, some guys surprisingly, looked far too interested in what was obviously a private conversation. The rumor mill was about to churn some very funny stories come dismissal time.

"Babs! Shhhh!"

The redheaded hellion that was Barbara Gordon, easily detached his hands from her face and leant forward conspiratorially. She gestured for him to do the same and when he hesitated, she grabbed the lapels of his school uniform and pulled him in. Dick had to stop himself from squeaking. Leave it to the commissioner's daughter to have a fully-trained vigilante wishing for a one-on-one with the Joker instead of a heart to heart chat.

"You—you've been having the hots for some boy and you didn't tell me!?" She whispered angrily, her brows furrowing in betrayal. "Since when have you even found guys attractive?"

Dick scratched the back of his neck awkwardly as he tried to convince her, "It's not like that. Trust me Babs, it's really nothing."

"Richard John Grayson-Wayne you tell me right now or I'll tell Alfred about how you've been playing with your food for the past half hour" In addition to her already impressive resume skills, the young Miss Gordon also threatened like a Bat.

"Ok, ok. It started like this…"

Ten minutes after, Babs hit him on the head.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"I didn't think you were that narcissistic Dick" She said over the rim of her drink. Her eyes were cool yet there was slight twinge of amusement in them.

"What? I'm not" He denied uncertainly as he flicked out another piece of his food. It bounced off their table and ended up landing on the floor. At the looks his companion and the other students gave him, he bowed his head sheepishly and finally pushed his plate away.

"Really?"

"Look, it's not like I'm doing this to be mean. I'm just having a little bit of innocent fun" He said and moved on to swishing his drink around. Why couldn't he stop fidgeting?

This was all Wally's fault.

"You're telling me that you don't feel the slightest bit flattered at the attention?"

"Well…"

"See?"

"But this is like training"

The perfectly shaped eyebrow that rose at his answer had him biting his lip.

"Seduction training?" Babs asked, unimpressed.

"Well yeah… you never know when I might need this in the future, especially if you consider the kind of company Bruce keeps. I figure it's not too early to learn how to use my assets"

The young Miss Gordon sighed out loud and smirked as she concluded, "You're an idiot."

"Oh c'mon!" Dick leaned forward to reach out to his best friend, pleading, "Listen, just… help me with Wally and I'll nip this project in the bud"

Babs still looked unconvinced and he brought out his best kicked dog expression.

"I swear you rich boys have the weirdest hobbies" A sigh, "Fine, I'll help"

ooOoo

It was a cold night with the team out doing surveillance on an old warehouse building by the docks. It was strange how most of these missions involved these kinds of looming structures and quiet passageways.

According to Batman's intel, tonight's shipment included a boxful of new weaponry hidden under some organic produce. It was a secret deal between some high stationed Bialyan military officers and unsurprisingly, Lex Luthor. The League suspected the Light had plans to distribute the weapons to key persons whose identity could only be guessed at this point. What those people would do with said items was unknown, but Dick imagined no good would come of it.

The team was tasked with doing recon work. They were to identify the recipients of the armaments and plant a bug on the system's servers that would allow the League to follow the Light's movements. They were to leave no trace of their presence.

At the onset of the mission, Robin had decided to team-up with Kaldur instead of Wally. He had been met with surprised looks but after explaining that he would have an easier time sneaking into and hacking the mainframes with stealthier and more experienced Kaldur acting as his lookout, and Wally more suited to running surveillance on the huge docking site, the team agreed and formulated a plan from his suggestion. Wally however, had been left pouting.

As he leaned back to the shadows afforded by the cold concrete structures, Robin recalled the conversation he had with Barbara a few days ago.

"What have you tried exactly?"

"All kinds of things Babs"

"Well, have you heard of a thing called Fractionation?"

As soon as Kaldur moved, Robin followed along. Ducking and crouching to keep from sight, he could hear M'gann through their mindlink asking for their statuses. The Martian was answered with various "ok's", except for Supeboy who warned that he could hear the inbounding trucks.

It was time to hack into the servers so they could move onto trailing the deliveries without hassle.

After a brief observation of the smugglers' movements, Robin and Aqualad identified the best possible route to get to the computers located at the far corner inside the main office. The guard schedule and a slight decoy provided by Delta team, which consisted of Artemis and Zatanna, would yield a seven minute time frame to get in and get out undetected, plenty of time for the Dark Knight's and the King of Atlantis' protégés.

As soon as they snuck past the guards through the ever trusty ventilation system, Robin got to work. At this point, computers felt like a very familiar friend and with Aqualad acting as the focused and ever vigilant lookout, Dick allowed his mind to wander as his fingers did the work.

"Fraction—what?"

"Remember Nick Gage? That guy I had a very brief fling with? Anyways, I heard him bragging to his friends that he was trying it out on me, which was why I had ended the relationship like that"

The way Barbara had sassily snapped her fingers had surprised a laugh out of him.

"Anyways, I looked it up and it's a legitimate seduction technique. It's all about pulling a girl in with some flirtatious remark then acting cool and indifferent and doing it all over again. The key thing is to make her think that it's her fault when the guy acts cold. Basically it's a push and pull action but with a twist. Apparently, it has the psychological effect wherein all the insecurity and playing hard to get makes the other person want you more"

Dick had chuckled at her explanation and offhandedly commented, "That sounds kinda pathetic Babs"

The pointed look Barbara had given him had him grimacing, "Ok, point taken… but isn't that a bit manipulative?"

"Well yeah, but if you're willing to do anything to get this whole thing over and done with …"

And that was just the thing; he and Bruce were too much alike in some regards. "… alright. Teach me oh master."

The blue-eyed teen had been stubbornly sticking by the so-called fractionation for the past few days. He wasn't sure if it was proving to be effective but Barbara had assured him to keep at it and because it was Babs who guaranteed it, he was willing to risk it.

"Our timetable just moved up, they're doing the deliveries now. Zatanna and I got one of the trucks covered" Artemis voice suddenly sounded out and was soon followed by M'gann's.

"Same here. They're leaving quickly so Superboy and I have to go now. I'm closing the mindlink, we'll have to use the comms for now"

"Understood. Kid Flash, how are thing progressing on your end?" Aqualad had with a quick press to his comm. The Atlantian peeked through the blinds to their own delivery while Dick kept the quick taps of his fingers on his holocomputer at a steady pace. Two minutes, forty-six seconds had passed and from his estimate, he would be done in a moment.

"Great. Nobody's noticed anything suspicious and my delivery guy is still in the toilet. He's been in there for a while now. My bet is a bad taco night."

"Good. Delta and Beta have two trucks secured and it seems our delivery is getting ready to depart"

Rarely any mission went according to plan which was why it was so surprising when this turned out to be one of them. Dick had finished early but now he had come across a hidden drive that had additional information; design schematics and what looked like an extensive list of possible suppliers. The parts by themselves were harmless and it would be easy to order a huge shipment without attracting suspicion. He caught sight of Wayne Industries listed several times. Robin had to get a copy of this. He just had to.

"Aqualad, come here for a second"

"What is the matter?"

"Nothing, but I just hit jackpot" Dick answered promptly as he hit a key and displayed the treasure load of information. "It's not part of the Batman's mission objectives but this is critical intel. I'm going to need a few more minutes to copy all this on my wrist-computer though"

"I do not believe we have a minute." the Atlantian said as he returned to his post, peeking through the blinds then his watch. "Kid Flash, are you able to make it to our location without attracting any attention?"

"I could try" Wally offered

"I don't think that's a good idea. KF would have to pass through the same way we went through and that pathway's covered in snow. It's going to be beyond slippery—pluslippery—at the speed Kid Flash has to go to get here in time. If worse comes to pass, you can just leave without me. I'll catch up as soon as I'm done."

"Wait, we can't leave Rob here, if they catch him then—"There was a nervous tone to Wally's voice but Robin stubbornly declared, "They won't"

"Look, I can make it over, just give me a minute…"

"I'm afraid we do not have even a minute to spare" Aqualad said calmly as he considered their options.

"Kid Flash, is your delivery still onsite?"

"Yup, and I don't think it's leaving any time soon"

With a deep breath and firm nod, their team lead finally said, "Change of plans, I will follow this vehicle. Kid Flash will come here in my place and act as Robin's look out. As soon as he finishes, both of you will trail the last delivery. Understood?"

"Affirmative."

"Yupperoo"

With a final nod, the Atlantian climbed back up the ventilation shaft and hurriedly made his way to the truck. Dick hurriedly tapped on his holographic computer, erasing any history of his meddling. He was about to finish when he heard Wally drop down from the vents. He felt the familiar gust of wind as the speedster neared. The redhead asked, "You done?"

The younger replied with a short nod. He didn't spare a glance to his best friend but used the reflective surface of his wrist-watch to observe Wally. The speedster has a slightly miffed look to him from getting ignored. Dick bit his lip to keep from cackling out victoriously. The fractionation had to be working! He had no time to celebrate however, as the brief flashes of light warned him on incomers. Quickly, Robin grabbed Wally's arm, closed the ventilation grill and dragged them both behind some file cabinets. He pulled the redhead firmly to his chest and held his breath in anticipation.

He knew that Wally was looking at him, but he kept his eyes firmly trained on the passing thugs. Soon, the room was bathed once again in darkness and he gently released the redhead.

"Let's go" he said and they silently made their way back to the last truck.

He has to thank Babs when he gets back, because it was pretty apparent that her suggestion was working. While he was off thinking of a way to thank her, he suddenly felt something collide into him. Dick soon realized that Wally had barreled into him to keep him from getting discovered by… a lone lamp.

Dick laughed quietly at the hasty reaction but stopped once he realized he was doing it alone. Wally looked seriously apologetic.

"Sorry, I thought it was—"

"No problem" Dick found himself interrupting, as he shifted slightly upward. It was with the slight movement that the remembered that Wally's suit left nothing to the imagination and the same went with the sense of touch. Dick could feel the planes of muscle surrounding him. He could feel the heat and resounding thump thump thump of the speedster's heartbeat against his chest.

"You alright?" Wally asked shyly and the look on his face had Dick tensing.

'Push away! Hello? Boy Wonder? If you want the fractionation to work you have to push him away. Now!' he commanded of himself. In his panic, he had knocked his best friend to the side. He had botched the whole subtlety thing but he'd just have to go through with it. Hurriedly, he stood up and missed the expression on Wally's face as he replied, "I'm good"

"Rob…"

Robin raised a hand to his ear and, "Aqualad, we're on our way to the last truck"

And he was gone.

ooOoo

The team headed on back to the mountain. The mission was a success and since it was Batman who said as much, then that meant it was a complete success.

"You all performed beyond expectations tonight. The additional data that you've retrieved is currently being reviewed back at the Watchtower but from my initial assessment, it will help the League greatly with uncovering the Light's immediate plans."

Despite Batman's steady military delivery, it was still difficult to keep from grinning ear to ear from all the praise. Which was why the team did very little to hide their smiles.

"You all deserve a good night's rest. Good job. Dismissed."

Dick said his goodbyes as he followed Batman. He could almost feel the taste of congratulatory brownies on his mouth until he suddenly felt Wally's hand on his. Even then, a smirk started to come over his face. 'Finally' he thought. He had caught the attention of this best friend at last.

"Robin?" Batman said expectantly.

At the view of the cowl Dick was reminded of everything else he had to do. He had to make plans for his birthday. The high society of Gotham expected the Waynes to celebrate in the most grandiose of manners which meant a weeklong event of partying. He even had some training to do. Despite the night's success, it had become a habit for him to at least do a few acrobatic flips and read through old case files to sharpen his mind and memory. He really had to go and he will once he finds out how exactly it is that Wally was going to react this time.

"Ummm… I'll catch up B."

The Dark Knight nodded and soon left by zeta beam. Dick turned to face his friend and instead of smiling, found himself staring at the downturned corners of Wally's lips. The redhead dragged him off to an empty hallway and looked around. It was weird because the speedster had never been one for privacy; and also because it's futile in a mountain with a half-Kryptonian who can hear the buzzing of a fly and a Martian with telepathy but KF seemed to forget all of that. Wally seemed drained.

"KF, what's up?"

"Listen Rob, I…"and he stopped there

Robin tried to make his best friend look at him but Wally had his head turned to the side. He leaned the same way. Dick knew he still had his mask on but hoped that the action conveyed enough and if it didn't, he hoped the hand he had on the speedster's arm did.

"Hey, hey… what's wrong Wally?" He softened his voice. The redhead never acted this way towards him.

Wally's expression turned frustrated before he let out a long sigh. He grabbed his cowl and pulled it off. Dick was once again attacked by the sight of green eyes, they looked unsure.

"This is going to sound really dumb but…"

And Wally flushed and suddenly Dick felt his heart race in response. Was this finally it?

"Are you avoiding me?"

What?

"What?"

"I just… it feels like you've been avoiding me Robin"

"Wally, I'm not, what would make you think so?"

"Lately whenever we hang out you're there but… you're not. I can't explain it. Like, last night when we were supposed to make a blanket fort but then you ended up talking to Artemis about weapon aerodynamics or the other day when you promised to help me with my English homework and you spent all your time on your phone then left early 'cause you had training with the Bat and sure, I mean—you were technically there but not just… stable-like… and I just… I miss you Robin"

Dick's breath caught in his throat but it was for an entirely different reason this time. "Wally—"

"And I know that you're probably really busy with whatever Gotham stuff or civilian secret identity issues you've got going on but I have to know, is this going to be a permanent thing? Will you be there one second and not the next? Or did I maybe-do-something-wrong? If-I-did-thenI'mreallysorryandIjust reallythinkthatmaybeweshouldtalkthisthroughand…"

"Wally" and there must be something in his tone because Wally looked back to the side like he didn't want to hear what Dick had to say and Dick couldn't have that, because he couldn't have his best friend thinking of him as flighty—even though he has been this past few days. So to fix his own stupid mistake, he raised his other hand on Wally's cheek and gently turned the redhead's face to his. The sight in those green orbs stopped all his denials and instead he settled for an apology closer to the truth.

"I'm sorry if I've been… distant, lately. I've just been really…" He would say 'busy' but Wally deserved better "—stupid. I really am sorry KF. You're my best friend Walls never doubt that"

Wally smiled at the apology but it was still too tentative for Dick's liking, and so he added, "If you're up to it, maybe tonight we could have a movie night. You know, just you, me and any of your favorite movies"

And finally the redhead beamed at him. There was a rushed "amma go get the popcorn ready" before Wally zipped through Mount Justice. Dick laughed softly at his best friend's antics and lowered his hands. He followed after Wally. His fingers rubbing against each other in a subconscious effort to preserve the heat left from the speedster's skin.

ooOoo

Once the team find out about the whole movie marathon idea, they head on over to the common rooms uninvited. Dick admittedly was a little bit disappointed but Wally's easy shrug mollified him. In defiance however, both boys claimed the best positioned couch. Wally was given grumpy comments by Artemis and some exasperated sighs by the others. Dick on the other hand was given a raised eyebrow and a quick look down before his teammates shrugged on to their own seats.

The first movie played and Dick found himself thinking instead of watching. If the price of the whole "fractionation" seduction technique was having his best friend insecure of him, then he'd rather find another way to grab the speedster's attention.

Babs had told him that it would probably make the speedster frustrated and slightly possessive but knowing that he had caused such doubt had hurt far more than he thought it would. He would just have to try a different method and that meant reaching out blindly for straws. He was back to square one and now that he thought about it, subtlety really wasn't the speedster's thing. He had to go for more straightforward measures to get the job done without hurting Wally and he would have to get It over with as soon as possible so everything could go back to normal.

Dick nonchalantly reached for the popcorn bowl placed between them and propped his long legs as a replacement. The Boy Wonder took a deep breath and a quick bite before turning back to the television screen. His foot slowly inched along KF's mutually stretched legs. Up and down it went.

He spared a glance at the redhead and found him so engrossed at the movie. Robin wanted to groan into the popcorn bowl but settled for inching his foot even higher on Wally's thigh. He might not have thought this through however, considering that he suddenly felt hotter and has to swallow a lump in his throat. At the corner of his eye, he saw Wally raise an eyebrow at him before shrugging and smiling like a doofus. The redhead sat his legs on the floor and placed Dick's feet on his lap then ran his fingers in circles against the pad of them.

What is up with Kid Flash and massages?

Hell, what was up with the Boy Wonder and the sudden sense of thrill shooting up his spine?

Suddenly, the redhead ran his hand smoothly under Robin's knee and Dick jerked, letting out an undignified squawk.

The surprised looks thrown at him, has him blushing.

"Uhh… sorry about that"

Dick noticed that Wally was biting his lip to keep from laughing out like the evil maniac that he was. He narrowed his eyes and folded his legs back towards his own body. The black-haired teen flung a piece of popcorn at the redhead and in complete Wally-fashion, his best friend turned at the right moment to catch the piece with his mouth. He gave the Boy Wonder a sunny smile and Dick narrowed his eyes in return, his glare reaching bat-levels of intensity. The speedster just shook his head and chuckled before turning back to the movie.

It was at four am in the morning that Dick eventually started to feel a little bit sleepy and careless as he found himself disregarding boundaries. His feet returned entangled once more with Wally's long limbs. He wasn't planning on anything though.

Earlier, the movie choice was lightheartedly argued upon. After the first movie of "Tangled", the team really made a mistake on teaching M'gann to use her puppy dog face to get what she wanted and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" which resorted in a slightly worried Connor—does the League have preventive measures against that kind of situation?—the team had finally agreed to watch Wally's choice after Wally's initial suggestion of "Cosmos" was rejected.

"But guys, science!"

Artemis had fixed the redhead with a withering glare as she said, "No can do firecrotch, we agreed on a movie marathon, and while I'm sure all that science is titillating for your dork boner—" Dick had choked on his drink "—it's going to send the rest of us to lalaland, especially at this hour"

"You are such a simpleton Artie. And I do not have a dork boner! Oooh! How about this then?"

Artemis and Zatanna had groaned as Wally had shown his movie. M'gann had looked interested but tired and Superboy was dozing off.

In an effort to help out his best friend, Dick had argued "It is a movie""

"Fine fine, Fire away flamecrotch!."

Which had resulted in the most of team dozing away.

Wally was staring wide eyed at the television screen. His eyes were firmly planted forward with his popcorn forgotten in Dick's clutches. The speedster's hands however kept absentmindedly massaging Dick's admittedly sore feet.

It would have been so easy to chuck popcorn at the redhead's face but Dick found himself just as riveted by the sight before him. A few minutes into the movie, once everyone drifted off one by one, Dick had noticed the redhead monologuing along. As a prankster, he should've made a joke or filmed the entire thing but he just couldn't take his eyes off of Wally.

"Some… some celestial event… no, no words…no words to describe. Poetry. They should've sent a poet…" Wally lips moved, synchronized with the movie.

Dick was absolutely certain that Wally was enough of a geek to know the dialogue of one of his favorites and while Dick would never admit it, he too knew the words simply because of Wally.

'Dork' he thought fondly as he watched the colors play across freckled skin. Wally's green eyes were bright and they clearly showed the shifting colors of the galaxy contained on the television screen. Robin's heart tendered at the sight of him and soon he found himself echoing along with his best friend, his mouth moving of its own volition.

"So beautiful, I had no idea… no idea"

A/N: Hey guys, I've updated! wooohooo! I'm so sorry for going AWOL but I had to migrate and settle and rush all my schoolwork and blah blah blah... I'd rant more but the bottomline is that I might have a delay in updating due to the change in living conditions ._. (can't focus with all these people and without my lovely computer) but I will update! Especially since one of my IRL friends will nag me to no end if I don't XD

In fact, the next chapter will probably be a double update with one as a filler chapter in Wally's point of view, kinda...not really XD spoilers

Now, regarding my utter lack of response/replies to all your lovely comments and/or questions. I try to refrain from replying so that I have an added incentive to update faster. I do read them all and appreciate them. If I'm having a bad day I go through them and they definitely help so keep them coming :D oh and to that anon who commented, I accept and love all comments, even guest comments ;D -wink wink nudge nudge-

Regarding the chapter in general, I did, in fact, google seduction techniques (cause I know absolutely nothing about them XD) and yes, that was equal parts pathetic and funny (as my friends assure me). Fractionation is an actual thing and I just scraped the surface of it because I eventually got bored but if you want to know more, there are youtube videos and articles about it online.

And in this story, no one knows Dick's secret identity. Not Babs, or Wally or even Zatanna-how the two managed to date without sharing that information requires a bit of plot-twisty-secret-imagining-whatever... I'm just gonna imply that that might be the reason why the eventually broke up. XD

Also, to the first person who can identify the movie referenced here without googling it up, I shall award you with internet brownie points... orrrr maybe a badly drawn Batman with brownies XD see ya guys at the next update.

Reviews, faves, follows (hell, even grammatical corrections) make me happy :D