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[A nod, and a sigh]

Have you met anyone who knew you before-before? As in, just from the ship?

The only one I can think of offhand right now is Rapunzel.

And how's that go?

Good. [He's technically met her twice, once as Robin and once as himself. Sort of.]

I've met other new people here as well. I wish we could take some of the memories here back with us whenever we leave.

I almost wish I could take Rapunzel back with me. She's one of the best friends I've made on this ship outside the Team.

I wish I could go with someone for a bit, to make sure they are okay. Not to stay there permanently, but to go do that hero thing we do. [Not that she really needed a hero to come swooping along, but he'd sure feel better knowing she was okay. He still feels uneasy when he thinks back to his conversation Rose and how she told him he can't go where she's going.]

Always gotta be the hero, Robin, don't you?

[She couldn't even bring herself to feel jealous. Not when his arms were still wrapped around her waist the way they were.]

It's what I do or at least like to think I do, even when it's not always needed or wanted.

Why?

[It wasn't a question meant to be taken negatively. She was genuinely curious; what made Robin so...Robin?]

[Has a small feeling of de ja vu though he suspects his conversation will go in a different direction than the last one he had, that was in the same ball park as this question.]

There's a lot of answers but I guess you could say I've seen what happens when someone does something too late. I'd rather try too hard than not at all.

[She nods in understanding, giving him a small peck on the nose in thanks for at least sharing that much.]

You don't have to talk about it right now if you don't want to.

[Robin is grateful for the kiss on the nose, it helps distract him from darker thoughts that were beginning to brood inside of his head. Some thoughts still flicker there but he's able to pull himself out before he delves too deep into them.]

It must be hard for you to be here without your father.

[Her fingers absently play with the back of his hair a little as she gives him a sad smile]

Kind of.

I mean, I know I don't always listen to him...you know, ever...but he's still my dad. And I really do miss him.

[Even if Bruce does need to tweak his people skills, he's been like a father to him and comforts him in his own way. Like when he was jealous over Kaldur, he knew the "hand-eye-coordination" basketball was Bruce's way of comforting him. It worked too. He hasn't been gone as long as the others and he already misses Bruce and Alfred.

Not to mention his entire family, so he definitely gets where she's coming from. He steps in to give her a hug.]

Family's family. [He would say no matter what but then he thinks about Artemis and yeaah...complicated.]

I know.

[All things considered, she had been handling her lack of father on the ship pretty well. Mainly because she didn't believe the whole "Earth was destroyed" story. He was still alive and well, and given the absurdities of the wormholes, probably wouldn't even miss her long enough to realize she'd been gone. If she returns. When she returns.]

[Still...it was nice to be comforted once in a while. She returned the hug tightly, burying her face into his shoulder for a moment. Sighing deeply.]

...too bad we won't remember any of this when we go back either.

[Keeps one of his arms around her waist and he slides the other around her shoulders.]

Yeah, these are the memories I'd like to take with me. I'm sure we'll make plenty back home, but these are...nice.

[She nods against him, eyes still closed]

How do you think the others'll react when we tell them?

That depends on what exactly we'll be telling them. [Steals a glance at her.]

Good point.

[Her eyes are closed, but she is smirking so hard.]

Any ideas?

There's always that crazy thing called the truth. [Though he's not completely clear on where they stand, since taking it slow can mean a few different things.] That we're dating?

I like truth.

[She half expected it, but that still didn't stop the slight pink to her cheeks when he finally said it aloud.]

Especially since it's sounding pretty asterous right about now.

Agreed on all accounts. And who knows, maybe one day we'll even use those one names that have friend in them.

Maybe.

I wouldn't mind.

I feel like our relationship has one of those Easy Buttons from Staples. We could have all this crazy conflict and denial like some other people we know, but we were like "nope" and hit that button.

[Except for all of that awkwardness and uncertainty in between, but they didn't make a saga out of it.]

[She giggles softly at this, knowing exactly who he was talking about.]

And just look where that got them. Maybe.

...I don't know; why complicate things further? We both know what we want. It just happened to be the same thing.

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