Chapter 49

Ladybird/Marinette's P.O.V:

I followed Batman for a little bit longer before we made a wide loop back to the Batmobile. When we got into the vehicle, Batman pressed a button on the dash before turning his attention to me.

"You did a good job today with these criminals and with keeping your cool with that officer."

"Thank you." I smiled brightly at him.

"I'm glad it was you and I, and not you and Robin who dealt with him. I know he feels very strongly about you."

I went red before pointing to my earpiece.

"I disabled it. We can hear them but they can't hear us." He smiled at my embarrassment.

"Oh." I sighed in relief.

"I really want to thank you." Batman started to drive off.

"Thank me? For what?" I look over to him.

"I know you don't see the difference but everyone else does. You are changing him for the better. I was afraid that my son would never find anyone besides all of his animals to make him happy and I don't think he was truly ever fully happy with them. Not really. I was never worried with any of my other sons when it came to that. Maybe Red Hood there for a second but we pulled him out of it. But Robin has always been completely different from the rest of my boys."

"Is this because of his childhood with his mother, Talia?" I asked.

Batman actually had a surprised face as he looked over at me. "He told you about her."

"Kind of." I answered. "He was very vague and just said that she raised him to do bad things and that he wasn't proud of what he did."

"I'm very surprised he told you that." He still had a shocked face. "He doesn't even like when we say her name around him. Or his Grandfathers name."

"He never told me about his grandfather."

"He's dead now. And for good we think."

"For good?" I asked.

"It's a long story that I think he should tell you when he's ready. Both Red Hood and him have some experience with that subject though."

I nodded at him even though I was still very confused. "And you don't have experience with this?"

"No, thankfully. Although in many ways I'm glad it happened." Batman pulled into the cave. "We are here. Time fore debriefing." He ended the conversation there as he turned the comms back on and exited the vehicle.

"Welcome back Batman, Ladybird."Oracle greeted. "We are still waiting on the Red's but they are very close."

The second I exited the Batmobile, Robin was right there to greet me. He didn't say anything but he did smile at me and take my hand as we met up with the others by the bat computer.

It only took about a minute before the last two arrived and Oracle started. "Now that we are all here, I would like to say good job to everyone. I know today was a slow night and we still have no new leads on the Riddler, but Batman and Ladybird did capture a large group of criminals harboring illegal weapons for their respective bosses that are locked away in Arkham. I would consider today a win."

"Nobody else run into any trouble?" I asked.

"I prevented a drunk guy from stumbling into oncoming traffic." Red Robin shrugged.

"Some guy was drunk on a Tuesday night?" I raised an eyebrow at them.

"Welcome to Gotham, Ladybird." Red Hood patted my head.

Just then, we all heard a notification go off on the bat computer. Oracle opened a message and read it for a moment before looking back at Batman.

"It's our weekly report from Arkham. They say its oddly quiet and that they are preparing for a possible breakout. It says here that they fear multiple people are involved because all the major villains are talking with each other. These people are never seen together unless they are planning something."

"Alert the commissioner. We need 24/7 surveillance on all exits." Batman read the report over her shoulder.

"On it." She pulled out her phone and started to text someone.

"There is nothing we can do about this right now." Batman looked back to his family and I. "Looks like we are done for the night. I will see you all in the morning."

I let my boyfriend go and change while I dropped my transformation and walked to my room. After I fed my kwami and had a quick shower, I immediately went to lay in bed. I was just about to dose off when I heard a knock at my door. I got up and opened it and I wasn't surprised to see Damian with wet hair on the other side wearing nothing but his pajama bottoms. Opening the door the rest of the way, I let him in.

"What's up?" I asked as I closed the door behind him.

"Nothing." I shrugged before I climbed into my bed. "Just wanted to come over. Is that okay with you?" He questioned me.

"Of course." I grinned at him as I climbed into bed next to him. "I'm always down for a cuddle buddy."

"Is that all I am to you?" Damian joked. "A cuddle buddy?"

"No." I smiled at him. "You are also a fantastic piece of eye candy." I giggled. "But even more that that, you are a wonderful boyfriend."

"You're too sweet, Angel." He smiled gently at me as he reaches over to brush a stray strand hair out of my face.

I close my eyes at his touch and lean into his hand. "You're always so warm. I like it."

"I'm glad to hear it." He whispers to me.

I look up to him to see the most loving face I have ever seen anyone give another person before. Turning red, I whisper. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Like what?" Damian asks. "Do you want me to stop?" He begins to frown.

"No." I answer quickly. "I'm just not used to it is all."

"I hope I never get used to the way you look when you're blushing."

"Damian..." I whine playfully. "You are doing this on purpose."

He slowly leans forward to whisper in my ear. "Maybe." He then softly kisses my neck.

My blush deepens and goose bumps begin to form all over me when he does this. "Damian." I squeak.

The way I say his name must have pushed him over the edge because he begins to hungrily kiss me on the lips. This kiss was much different than the previous one's we had and I found myself liking this one more and more as we continued.

I found that my head started to become hazier as we continued. I didn't know how we got here but I found myself straddling over top of Damian. Both of our hands started to wonder the longer this continued. I didn't know how I managed to do it but some common sense seemed to break through and I begrudgingly pulled away.

I was panting very hard when I started to speak. "I would love to continue but I feel like Tikki warned us what this outcome would lead to." I weakly smiled down at him.

"That's okay." Damian, too, was out of breath. "I got us covered if you want to continue." He pulled out a square foil wrapper from his pocket.

I looked at it with surprise for a moment before smiling back down at him. "I see what you did here, Boy Wonder." I gave him a wink before starting up where we left off.