Friends, cousin. Cousin, friends… Oh! Also, Friends.
· Clark denies it, but Damian will insist that Clark opened the door like that on purpose. (Clark did do it on purpose. He just didn’t want to be the only one to awkwardly know about the two making out, so he decided to embarrass them as much as he was embarrassed to witness that.)
· After an embarrassing series of back-to-back shovel talks
o They sit on the couch, in the living room while everyone else were standing around them.
o Jon gives it to both, first. “That’s my best friend. He doesn’t have many friends, and as his first serious relationship. Please don’t hurt him; he’s making so much progress.” “And that’s my cousin. I’ve known her for my entire life. If you hurt her—and I know that you think I’m going to threaten you, which I’m not—but if you hurt her… She’ll hurt you. This is a warning, not a threat.” “And I love you two so much. If you two separate, I’ll never be able to choose between you.”
o Then Marinette is excused to idly stand in the kitchen and watch as everyone, one by one, tries to intimidate Damian.
o He repeatedly glances at her and she just gives a somber smile.
· The next day, the Kents announce that they’re staying for the week, spontaneously.
· Lois flies in right away and Clark takes her to a few romantic spots.
· When Nino, Alya, and Adrien meet up with Marinette and Damian at the bakery they meet the Kents.
· Alya fangirls over Clark and Lois, mostly Lois.
· Damian and Marinette announce their relationship status.
· Alya and Nino celebrate, Adrien congratulates them, a cheeky smile on his face as he pretty much already knows this.
· Adrien awkwardly stands to the side as he’s the only one who isn’t paired up.
o Alya and Nino are talking to the Kents,
o Marinette and Damian are standing to the side whispering inside jokes to each other,
o Adrien finds himself standing with Jon in silence.
· Adrien and John exchange the #awkward-friend-of-a-friend convos.
· The youths take a trip around town and hang out, couples stick together with Jon and Adrien hanging out between them as the fifth and sixth wheels.
· The six of them run into a specific pair of a tiny blonde and her hair-dyed girlfriend.
· They decide for a quadruple date group hangout, arcades, park, lunch together, going back to Dupain-Cheng’s place to hang out and play video games and bringing the day down to a close.
· For the next few days, Daminette is the hot topic, not only throughout the halls of the school, but throughout the more youthful members of the JL and the superhero community.
· It starts when Jon gets back and, meaning to text just the Titans and then the Waynes, he accidentally sends a message to the entire Justice League message board, (which is totally a thing, you can’t convince me otherwise)
o “DAMIAN AND MARINETTE KISSED!!!!!!1!!!”
· He manages to delete it after a moment of clarity to realize what he just did, but it circulated for just long enough for just the wrong people to find out.
· Fortunately for Jon, the one who spreads the news to the Batfam isn’t himself or any of the more youthful heroes, but Diana.
· “For the longest time, I was concerned, Bruce,” Diana comments, pulling the bag from her tea in The Watchtower, “Your sons’ close relationships with Kryptonians held a risk leaving you with only Dick to grant you grandchildren, but I’m glad to see your youngest find a loophole with young Marinette. At that age, the first kiss must feel special.”
· Unlike Diana, Bruce was a bit sleep deprived and, instead of calmly sipping some tea, he was actively chugging his second cup of coffee, only half listening until he heard the phrase, “first kiss”.
· That day was marked as Batman’s first spit-take in Justice league history.
o Diana won $1,325 from the “Genuinely Surprise Batman for the First Time” betting pool, which was started by Dick, when he first met the League as Robin.
o She also won the right to shave off Oliver’s hideous Goatee.
· The rest of the Batfam figure that something important must’ve happened between Marinette and Damian, when they see Bruce reading parent-help books and asking Alfred if he thinks Damian already got “The Talk” from Talia.
o Titles of these books include, but are not limited to, the following:
Father’s Guide to Giving “The Talk” to Your Son
Your Child’s First Crush and Dating
True Love’s Kiss or Miss? How to Lower Your Daughter’s Expectations
· Dick, Cassandra, and Stephanie come to the correct conclusion that Damian’s finally did as that one Little Mermaid song told and “Kissed the Girl”.
· Jason reads a bit too far into it and thinks that, not only has Damian and Marinette been kissing, but they’ve been experimenting.
· Tim (who hasn’t come out just yet) thinks that Bruce is onto his developing relationship with Bernard and path to self-discovery, and his plans to come out.
· Much to Damian’s chagrin, he receives numerous texts from the fam: congratulations from Dick, Cassandra, and Stephanie; a somewhat inappropriate congrats from Jason regarding a third base; and a panicked text from Tim asking if anyone knows a certain fact about him.
· He sends a simple “thanks” to everyone except Jason, who he simply ignores, and Tim, to whom he sends a “Everyone knows you’re bi, but that’s not why everyone is freaking out.”
