Chalant Kisses

Hit and Run Kiss

"The best kind of kiss is the unexpected unplanned ones that come naturally, like in the middle of a sentence."

~Unknown

In the middle of a park in Happy Harbor beside a line weeping willow was a grave. It was invisible to the human eyes, sealed by blood magic of concealment. Zatanna and Robin stood in front of this grave. With a wave of her, the tombstone appeared.

Sindella Giovanni

A magical wife and mother

A hero

"This is your mother's grave?" Robin asked as Zatanna crouched down in front of the engraved stone. She ran two fingers down the curve of the stone, the dust and concrete turning her fingers gray.

"Yeah. She died when I was four. Dad said she died by sacrificing her life. He doesn't talk about her much so I forgot what it was for. I remember she saved the world with her sacrifice." She remembered bits and pieces of her mother. She remembers when she would let her eat the raw cookie dough when she was baking cookies. Zatara would help her in the kitchen and her mom would seek and eat the cookie dough whenever he turned his back. He would always catch her by kissing her right after she had seeked a scoop.

She remembers when her mom would kiss her dad out of the blue and fast then run away. Her dad would stand there before running after her.

She would say if you kiss then and run, and they chase after you, they really love you,

Looking at the boy standing beside her, she suddenly wanted to put him to the test.

She brushed over the engravings one last time before she stood up and waved her hand in front of the stone. The gravestone disappeared again. SHe turned towards Robin then. Her eyes linger on his lips before looking up at his eyes through his shades.

"Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah." She was trying to work up the courage to do what she was about to do, preparing for her heart for rejection.

She kissed him, a quick peck on his lips to not give enough time to react. Then she ran.

She was scared that he would run after her, but she remembered how her father would stand there, shocked and surprised until a loving but goofy smile spread across his face and he;d run.

Zatanna didn;'t look back until she heard the crunching of grass behind her. She looked back and he was running after her, smiling that crooked half smirk.

She laughed.