Title: River Nile
Characters: Zatanna and Dick. (Mentions of Artemis and Wally)
Pairings: Chalant(aka ZeeDick) and underlying Spitfire(aka WallArt)
Summary: It was a competition on who would crack first, really. The boy trained by The Batman himself, or the girl with enough concentration to recite long spells backwards? "I never knew Artemis was a good swimmer."
Notes: Done for the 30 Day Drabble Challenge; Day 13.
Prompt: Denial(har har)
Disclaimer: Nope, characters not mine.


"I never knew Artemis was a good swimmer."

Robin turned to the magician on his computer chair, momentarily pausing while he fixed his bed.

He walked over to Zatanna, and leaned on the computer table beside her. "What? What brought this on?" he asked, genuinely confused, and raised an eyebrow.

"She's been swimming in The Nile since I've met her. I'm surprised she's not tired of it yet."

Robin just flat-out stared at Zatanna with a blank expression. Similarly, the magician did the same. It was a competition on who would crack first, really. The boy trained by The Batman himself, or the girl with enough concentration to recite long spells backwards?

A groan, then a facepalm.

Bam! This round goes to Zatanna.

"I can't believe you just said that," Robin said, muffled through his gloved hands and watched as the girl doubled-over on the seat from the incredulity of her statement.

"I'm sorry," Zatanna grinned back up at the masked boy, "I couldn't help myself. But seriously, though. Isn't she?"

"What? A good swimmer?"

Zatanna hit him lightly on the arm, "In denial! You know, with Wally."

"I don't know. Wally's in the same boat and both are blockheads so we can't do much about it, honestly."

The magician just shook her her lightly in response to the Boy Wonder.

"Besides," Robin leaned down to bring his face close to the girl. He smirked charmingly and continued, his voice softer than before, "what brought this on? Shouldn't you be more focused on me instead?"

Zatanna rolled her eyes at her boyfriend. She pecked him on the lips and pulled back to meet his beautiful eyes comfortably.

"Well, I've always wanted to go on a double date."

A/N: Okay, fine. I've been trying to practice writing humour. I tried, therefore you should not judge me. Anyway, I've been on a Traught spree so I thought I'd write some Spitfire. But it was hard to write the prompt in either of their perspective so I though, "hey maybe I can use this chance to try writing Chalant too" and so I did.