They entered the restaurant.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NMDMXEs9r
The table was by the window, the lighting was soft, and a few vintage-style American paintings hung on the walls.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARFVZetYs3
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:54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cx77XfPH7
“Is this a date?”
Dick was just about to say something—the words were turning in his throat—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmw0EIqSmlK
but Claire had already nodded without hesitation and added,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hsMkLHsxw
“I asked him out.”
Her tone was so casual, like she was simply saying “I ordered that dish.”54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4RUXq9lIX
No hint of flirtation. No trace of concealment.
Robin instantly turned to Dick, eyes glinting with mischief.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICnq7G36hI
“Nice one, bro.”
Dick nearly choked.
He had just learned her name was Claire,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJsQ0wlDKJ
and now he had to accept this narrative?54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnOn7j7mq4
And in front of his little brother, no less?54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn4vYuyJzg
Sometimes life hit you too fast—it left you speechless.
Robin followed up,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudFG6tXJOg
“Why did you invite me to dinner?”
This was the one question that mattered most to him today.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsUdIif25B
He didn’t have a public trail, wasn’t someone regular people could just reach out to.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8mxkJWPWa
How did this woman know he was even in Blüdhaven?
Claire shrugged. Her tone remained breezy:54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOBTareqOU
“Oh, I have a certain ability. Let’s just call it... clairvoyance.”54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3vd2zwBLs
“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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05hoiXXvaf
Magic-side.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcpyKCzAw1
No wonder everything felt like some cosmic joke from the start.
They each silently recalled those bizarre missions that had ended in magical chaos—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51OS8fbJna
and yeah, her behavior tracked perfectly with that non-logical pattern.
Claire noticed their faces shift into that classic “alert level rising” expression.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbiSjxfB9E
Her lips twitched slightly.
What is it with these people?54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJfGGvAKeg
The moment you say ‘clairvoyance,’ they act like I’m about to summon a demon.
Just as the atmosphere started slipping toward “awkward” again—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahwgT8bP8Z
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAWwjCRLae
The clink of ice against glass was crisp and pleasant.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RcbUF7e2b
She hadn’t had a drink in ages—today, she finally had a small excuse.
As for the two across from her...54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQWFe29WN7
Both ordered cola.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUItpjcAXA
Robin—well, obviously underage. No questions there.
Claire took a sip.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCvk3mqBTp
The mix of bubbles and alcohol sent a warm, tingling sensation through her.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSu1EtMtkJ
Her eyes glinted faintly.
She turned to the kid sipping his soda so seriously.
“Can I ask a question now?”54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOuKd47zps
Her smile was gentle, her cheeks tinged a soft pink.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRwYgje6S7
The alcohol was beginning to work its magic.
Robin nodded, unguarded.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfB5f1BomQ
“I don’t mind.”
Claire tilted her head slightly.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fKnyDCwTL
Her tone stayed light—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRCavruTBv
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauNcJEfwa0
The entire table descended into chaos.
Dick was red in the face, grabbing napkins and pounding his chest.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGVcBhaCcS
Robin looked like he almost snorted his cola through his nose,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeRKtpadJq
coughing as he turned to stare at her—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXpfzzxbjs
as if she’d just asked, “Are you an alien?”
Meanwhile, Claire lazily raised her glass,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtleMZbMnHj
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAPqo0yq60
Each held a damp napkin, their faces still dotted with drops of cola, their breathing uneven—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWLx23uCRX
but their eyes had gone razor sharp.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw6zCpyqNG
Both were now glaring directly at Claire.
She, on the other hand, looked like nothing had happened.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNdwFOBHG9
Propping her chin on one hand, she smiled gently, her expression relaxed, faintly tipsy.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FgdkKn06s
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGH3WHblA1
It wasn’t just casual confidence.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZgSZIwyBb
It was—calculated? Or maybe... she had a plan all along?
He tested the waters.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ718G3d3023
“Why would you think that?”
Claire shrugged, voice light as ever:54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1O02v0Z3zd
“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—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFc2UuwBBwJ
even laced with an innocent kind of puzzlement.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuB06D01c8T
But the scariest part was—
She was right.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBb8tIYhET
Dead-on.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTG0ZHpsUX
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBvEg0GcIf
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7xbPZMSHt
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SEQxjXp3W
It was the kind you get when someone sees through you too easily.
And they both knew—
This wasn’t just a lucky guess.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDSUsYtwGu
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHRRLEUzLt
It was the result of months of quiet watching and gut instinct.
The café’s daily comings and goings.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXqNouguuh
The way Nightwing and Robin interacted.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TuHcCTutj
The rare, heavy silence when Batman appeared.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmyFD9zIjw
Claire had seen it all.
The glances, the unspoken hierarchy, the weight of command and familiarity—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKfmQ36BgK
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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