Chalant Kisses

Romantic Kiss

"She was heartfelt, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Robin was sitting on a building ledge somewhere in Gotham, letting the wind coarse through his locks and trying to find a way to apologize to his girlfriend.

Him and Zatanna got into a fight. It was a petty squabble. He doesn't even remember what started it. She fled the Cave and Robin has no idea where she went. He needed to apologize.

He sighed and hauled himself up. He looked over the city that he's called home since he was eight. Maybe she was somewhere in this city.

"All units converge on William Streuter Avenue. Hostage situation in place." A policeman announced over the radio.

William Streuter was just a block away from him. Maybe he could be of some service. Pulling out his grappling hook, he grappled to the next building and started on his way to Williams Avenue.

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The police cars surrounded the house in squads. Their cars surrounded the house and eleven of them all had their guns aimed at the man standing on the lawn with a crying, little girl in his arm and a knife held against her throat.

Robin recognized the girl. She was the new member of the board of supervisors. He was elected last week. He's a good man. He runs a homeless shelter, helps clean up the environment, he even donates to charity every year. But he still had his enemies. Like this man for instance. Him and his wife were standing on their porch, trying to plead with the man to let their daughter go.

The man was obviously unstable. His hand holding the knife was trembling and he was wildly looking between the policemen and the parents. If they pushed him any worse more than the girl's life may be in danger.

He was about to leap out from behind the neighbors' house when he noticed something in the grass.

A blue snake was slithering through the grass towards the two. There was a mist seeping from its blue, pellucid body. Robin eased back into the shadows, knowing his girlfriend's magic when he sees it.

The slitherine crawled to a few feet away from the two. The man with the knife couldn't hear its hissing over his inner turmoil and the other two forces.

The snake lifted its body and charged forwards, springing up and engulfing the assailant's knife and arm.

The man screamed and let go of the girl. She immediately ran towards the porch where her parents enclosed her into a hug. The assailant was freaking out about the snake on his arm while the policemen watched on in shock.

"Egnahc stoic otni sgnidnib." In the next instance the man's clothes turned into rope and he fell to the ground. The magician appeared in a puff of smoke in front of the family just as the Gotham police department rushed in to apprehend the man.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes," the mother answered. She was still trembling from the shock of the experience and was still holding on to her daughter. "How can we ever repay you?"

"There's no need. Just keep being the kind people that you are." The little girl looked up from her parent's arms and smiled. "Besides, we tough girls have to stick together."

The girl forced a tiny smile but she was still trembling while tucked under her parent's arms.

She frowned when she saw that the girl was still trembling. She got an idea and snapped her fingers. "Here." She hid her hand behind her back and muttered a few magic words under her breath before she showed what was behind her back. She pulled out a white stuffed bunny from behind her back. "It'll help drive the bad people away."

The daughter was hesitant to take it. When she grabbed it the bunny started sparkling in her hands. She immediately hugged it to her chest. "Thank you."

She winked then disappeared in a blue puff of smoke. Robin stayed and watched the police haul the man into their car. Then he saw blue mist out of the corner of his eye.

"You're amazing, you know that." He turned around to meet the magician. He grabbed her hands and held them between them.

"Robin, I want to-"

"No. I should apologize. We shouldn't have had that fight, especially over something so stupid. I hate seeing you upset."

"No, I should apologize too."

"It wasn't your fault."

"But-"

Robin cut her off by kissing her firmly on the mouth. "Hmm!" She moaned into the kiss and melted into his chest. With this kiss and many more, they reminisced under the night sky and the peaceful light of the quarter moon.