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Wait a Minute- Dating?

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Character: Young Justice Riddler

Summary: You invite Edward to discuss your relationship, things take an absurd turn.

This is a take on the “Didn’t know they were dating trope”.

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You had asked him if he wanted to go out with you a week ago. You were surprised to see him not as flustered as you thought he would be. He had smiled at you when he answered. You practically melted. You had gone to a local cafe, you both hadn’t really dressed up much but it meant a lot to you. You loved spending time with him.

As the week progressed you started to get a little frustrated, maybe he had wanted to take it slow? You had not held hands or kissed yet. You had already hugged him many times, it was the only real change besides your more frequent adventures together. You figured that you’d have to talk it out sometime.

You were both in your house. He was on the couch so you plopped down next to him. Your thighs were touching his, he went a little red. You leaned closer to his face and booped his nose, “What’s wrong?” He flusteredly mumbled, “nothing.” You thought for a moment and smiled at your genius idea. You stood up, “Wanna get ice cream? I haven’t had any in forever!”

You knew that he would agree, he always did. “Yea, I haven’t had any in a while either,” he looked a little nervous. You weren’t sure why, after all you were dating. You assumed that he wasn’t used to people being forward. After what felt like an excruciating 10 minutes that had you wishing the ice cream teleported to you, you both had made it to the cute themed ice cream shop. You admitted that you were a bit dramatic about the walk but it slipped your mind as you excitedly dragged him in.

He yelped, “Hey! Warn me next time.” You just laughed as you looked at the menu. He huffed saying something about his genius. You shoved the menu in his face after seeing your favorite ice cream, “Look! They actually have it this time!” You saw the corners of his mouth upturn before he could hide it. He looked back to his menu.

You both were half way through your ice cream before realizing you had forgotten the reason you had even taken him to the place. You shifted forward a little clearly, nervous, “Hey, Eddie?” He stopped eating and looked like he was about to panic, “Yea?” You tried your best to seem unaffected, “Well I was just wondering, we’ve been dating for a week but we haven’t kissed or held hands, are you wanting to take things slow?”

He went bright red and sputtered out, “Wait a minute- dating? Is that why-“ Your nervousness became utter confusion at the absurd situation, “What? Eddie, I literally asked you if you wanted to go out.” You were kind of embarrassed, you had told your friends that you started dating him. He was flailing and clearly embarrassed, “I’m so sorry! I really am! I didn’t think you meant it like that! We can start over, I didn’t know that you liked me too!” He was definitely trying to form a coherent plea but that was all that you could make out of it, he clearly thought you would hate him.

Hearing the part that he liked you gave you enough courage to finally say, “Alright Eddie, let’s start over. Will you be my boyfriend?” He smiled his sweet little smile, “Yea.” This was going to be a hell of a story to tell later.

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