Chalant Kisses

Blow Kiss

"It has made me better, loving you."

- Henry James// The Portrait of a Lady

In the comfort of his own room at the mansion, Dick leaned back on his bed and opened up Zoom. He was waiting for Zatanna to join in the call.

Zatanna has been gone for a month now. She's away on an overseas trip with her class to Japan. Japan is thirteen hours ahead of Gotham, so while it's 8:30 in the evening where he is, it's 10:30 in the morning where she is. He hopes the group hasn't left for the day yet.

The computer chimed and Zatanna came into view. Her movements were laggy for the first few seconds before the frames caught up with her actions.

"Hey. How's the trip?" It's the first time he;s been able to contact her while she's been gone. He's been busy with missions and school himself. He just got off of patrol with Batman in fact. They were able to text or make short calls, but it's nothing like seeing each other face to face.

"It's going great. We visited the Fushimi Inari Taisha yesterday. We're visiting the Arashiyama district today."

"Sounds fun. Be sure to bring back lots of souvenirs."

"Of course. M'gann would never forgive me if I didn't bring her something back."

"Zatanna? What are you doing?" Someone else had called her from off screen. It sounded like her friend Cecily. "Mrs. Robust says we're about to head out."

"Ok Cecil. I'm coming." The computer's speakers picked up the door shutting. She was smiling until she turned back towards the camera. She looked like she felt guilty then. "Sorry, Dick. I gotta go."

"I heard. Have fun Zee." He hoped his voice didn't sound as dejected as he felt.

"I'll be back in another month." Someone started knocking on her door. "I'm coming. Love ya, Dicky bird." The camera started getting laggy again but he could still see when she blew him a kiss before she turned off her monitor.