They entered the restaurant.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5AV1F58u1
The table was by the window, the lighting was soft, and a few vintage-style American paintings hung on the walls.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7gAclXxnO
After placing their order, the clinking of silverware on the table signaled the beginning of that perfect phase—conversation.
Robin was the first to speak. His tone was calm, his words short and direct:9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudjYi3FG94
“Is this a date?”
Dick was just about to say something—the words were turning in his throat—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0iNUCinhA
but Claire had already nodded without hesitation and added,9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECwm3j6GyN
“I asked him out.”
Her tone was so casual, like she was simply saying “I ordered that dish.”9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3WQVFJyLO
No hint of flirtation. No trace of concealment.
Robin instantly turned to Dick, eyes glinting with mischief.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0rsSnffjf
“Nice one, bro.”
Dick nearly choked.
He had just learned her name was Claire,9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphwhpGpSAC
and now he had to accept this narrative?9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJnFauF2P
And in front of his little brother, no less?9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM0MBzFuNi
Sometimes life hit you too fast—it left you speechless.
Robin followed up,9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrUYIj7yJG
“Why did you invite me to dinner?”
This was the one question that mattered most to him today.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoijX6ClWz
He didn’t have a public trail, wasn’t someone regular people could just reach out to.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94QHgDB3cY
How did this woman know he was even in Blüdhaven?
Claire shrugged. Her tone remained breezy:9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkoOhuORDO
“Oh, I have a certain ability. Let’s just call it... clairvoyance.”9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdILsB1LLuF
“I knew Robin was hungry, so I invited him.”
At that moment, both pairs of blue eyes across the table widened and met for a brief second.
Of course.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5e98fQ0VE4
Magic-side.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf63p0WR3is
No wonder everything felt like some cosmic joke from the start.
They each silently recalled those bizarre missions that had ended in magical chaos—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNhVe2rvHt
and yeah, her behavior tracked perfectly with that non-logical pattern.
Claire noticed their faces shift into that classic “alert level rising” expression.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA997AdwPuF
Her lips twitched slightly.
What is it with these people?9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcogeiGekV
The moment you say ‘clairvoyance,’ they act like I’m about to summon a demon.
Just as the atmosphere started slipping toward “awkward” again—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIWczmwyK6
the drinks arrived.
The waiter smiled and placed three drinks on the table.
Claire’s was a cocktail—a pale golden drink with a hint of lemon.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75hCpkNVFy
The clink of ice against glass was crisp and pleasant.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZq9NNFP2s
She hadn’t had a drink in ages—today, she finally had a small excuse.
As for the two across from her...9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcafkGpqrB
Both ordered cola.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0r1e7SY9V
Robin—well, obviously underage. No questions there.
Claire took a sip.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLVPxuy1i6
The mix of bubbles and alcohol sent a warm, tingling sensation through her.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHvRj4fO3e
Her eyes glinted faintly.
She turned to the kid sipping his soda so seriously.
“Can I ask a question now?”9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MRHCAOs2i
Her smile was gentle, her cheeks tinged a soft pink.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7zcqtWPTh
The alcohol was beginning to work its magic.
Robin nodded, unguarded.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F0GtG4Igh
“I don’t mind.”
Claire tilted her head slightly.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KZSsMklkS
Her tone stayed light—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUVMRyImkN
but the question she threw was a fastball straight at the heart:
“Is Batman your dad?”
PFFT!!!
Both of them instantly spit out their drinks and erupted into violent coughing.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoMnzEXn0X
The entire table descended into chaos.
Dick was red in the face, grabbing napkins and pounding his chest.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtjFA3bUCH
Robin looked like he almost snorted his cola through his nose,9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oNMImQDJM
coughing as he turned to stare at her—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDvuPNZLHx
as if she’d just asked, “Are you an alien?”
Meanwhile, Claire lazily raised her glass,9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbENU3jYJSe
watching them like two birds that had just forgotten how to speak.
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Robin and Dick finally recovered from the chaos of nearly drowning in soda.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFDwgdYj32
Each held a damp napkin, their faces still dotted with drops of cola, their breathing uneven—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbK31GX0AEk
but their eyes had gone razor sharp.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkWg78cL3a
Both were now glaring directly at Claire.
She, on the other hand, looked like nothing had happened.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm1g1MxcBS
Propping her chin on one hand, she smiled gently, her expression relaxed, faintly tipsy.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6za2xQw8da
There was a hint of red at the corners of her eyes, her lips subtly glossed by the alcohol.
To Robin, that expression didn’t sit right.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jLt06HDqe
It wasn’t just casual confidence.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNyvIYAnEs
It was—calculated? Or maybe... she had a plan all along?
He tested the waters.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNLgyXLCAc
“Why would you think that?”
Claire shrugged, voice light as ever:9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGAt1wp5tK
“It’s a logical deduction. When I was a kid, Robin was a kid. And now—Robin’s still a kid. So I thought... maybe Batman has more than one kid?”
The moment her words landed—
Both of them almost spit out a second round of soda.
Her tone was just too natural, too reasonable—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUIRwuuBkj
even laced with an innocent kind of puzzlement.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiglBSCX0Xc
But the scariest part was—
She was right.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D23WQm4ZJ
Dead-on.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDHZTF6gnl
And now, the two “kids” she was talking about were sitting right in front of her.
Claire smiled again, her eyes curling into crescent moons.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5vUE9adXy
The blush on her cheeks deepened, her whole presence glowing with a soft—but undeniably dangerous—femininity.
She lifted her glass, swirled the ice inside, and casually added:
“So I’m guessing that other kid... is Nightwing.”
Clink.
That single sentence hit like a block of ice dropped on the table.
Robin nearly bit his own tongue.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGcAdJxdbY
Dick, still dabbing his mouth with a napkin, had already started mentally counting down whether he should toss a smoke bomb and vanish.
Their scalps prickled. For real this time.
It wasn’t the kind of shiver you get from being hit.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJaj79Uyfu
It was the kind you get when someone sees through you too easily.
And they both knew—
This wasn’t just a lucky guess.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNIGLTrRWz
She had observed them.
Claire, meanwhile, had no idea she’d just earned herself a bright red tag in the vigilante brothers’ minds: “High Risk Civilian.”
But the truth was—she’d suspected for a long time.
This wasn’t some sudden spark of intuition.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVftYbOKXv
It was the result of months of quiet watching and gut instinct.
The café’s daily comings and goings.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51tsGouzdA
The way Nightwing and Robin interacted.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafrILaljfO
The rare, heavy silence when Batman appeared.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9RCfLAhpu
Claire had seen it all.
The glances, the unspoken hierarchy, the weight of command and familiarity—9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSme2nIW5jD
This wasn’t some simple coworker dynamic.
It was the vibe of a grumpy dad handling two rebellious sons who kept screwing up their homework.
She wasn’t blind, okay.
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