Authors Note- this is for Angelina Aintithenniel's Superboy/Robin bonding challenge.
Disclaimer- I do not own Young Justice
Robin was skulking around Mount Justice doing what normal ninjas do every day, look for someone to scare. His usual target is KF, but Robin didn't seem to be able to locate him or anyone else anywhere, which led to this situation.
He was about to give up hope of finding anyone when he heard a sneeze. Going to investigate he found that it led to Superboys room. He knocked once tentatively and then opened the door. He found the clone standing in the middle of the room looking completely dumbfounded. He looked up at the sound of Robins entry.
"What just happened to me?" he asked.
"Uh... you sneezed?" Robin said looking at the clone like he was crazy. "You've sneezed before haven't you?"
"No, I haven't," he said with a defeated sigh and collapsed on his bed. Robin looked at the clone and noticed that he didn't really look like himself and decided to question him.
"Are you alright Superboy, you're acting kind of strange?" Robin said taking a seat next to him.
"I don't know. I think I'm dying or malfunctioning or something," Superboy said trying to hide his worry, which didn't really work with the Boy Wonder. He wasn't Batman's protégé for nothing.
"Well what's wrong?"
"Well, I can't breathe through my nose like normal, it's like something's blocking the air. I can't stop shivering. I also have a pain in my head and it's making just thinking difficult. The lights and loud noises aren't helping either," Superboy explained looking at Robin with those bright, innocent eyes.
Robin couldn't help but to laugh at the clone.
"Conner, you have a cold!" Robin said holding his side, laughing.
"A cold?"
"You're sick. It happens to everyone and apparently that includes kryptonians," Robin said patting him on the back.
"So I'm not dying?"
"No, you're not dying. If you want I can show you a few things to help make you feel better," Robin said knowing that Conner wasn't himself and it was only a younger brother's duty to help a brother in need.
"That would be nice," he said shortly, nodding.
"Well then you should climb back into bed and I'll be back in a few seconds," Robin said as he helped Conner climb in and tucked the blankets around him. Conner remained stiff throughout this action and didn't say anything more. Robin was a human and he seemed to know a lot about these colds.
Robin came back supplied with a cold compress, cold medicine, tissues, a few DVDs, video games, comfort food, and some hot lemonade. He set all of these next to Superboy who gave him a strange look.
"What? It's what I do when I get a cold," Robin explained before he went into Superboy's bathroom and drew some water. He even added some bubble bath for effect. Bubble bath always made everything better.
"After you are done with your lemonade you can come in here and take a bath. It warms you up," Robin said to Superboy across the room. A few seconds later Superboy came in as stoic as ever and got right into the tub, clothes and all.
"I...uh... was thinking you would take your clothes off first," Robin said.
"Why would I do that?" Conner asked.
"Uh never mind," Robin said thinking in his head that maybe this was why Conner never had any laundry. "Oh I almost forgot!" Robin suddenly said as he ran out of the room. A moment later he came back with a rubber ducky that had a Superman cape on.
"What's this?" Conner asked holding it up and examining it.
"A rubber ducky, it completes the whole bath experience," Robin said looking pleased.
"Well, if it makes me feel better, I guess its okay," Conner said shrugging his shoulders.
"When you're done just dry off and then we can just hang out in your room, okay?"
A few minutes later Conner came out, with his hair sticking everywhere, holding the rubber ducky.
"Is it okay if I keep him?" he asked, he liked the idea of a pet.
"Uh...sure," Robin said looking a little strange at the clone. He was always so reserved but sometimes he really did surprise the Boy Wonder. "Open wide," Robin added as he shoveled some cold medicine into Conner. He made a strange face when it touched his tongue.
"What was that?"
"Cold medicine, it might not taste good but it will make you feel better," Robin said as he plopped the cold compressor onto Conner head, shoved some more hot lemonade in his hands, and turned on the TV to show a DVD menu.
A few hours later found both boys asleep, curled up next to each other. Robin stared and realized that he had fallen asleep. He was about to get up and leave when a hand grabbed his arm. He looked to see an awakened Superboy.
"Thanks," he whispered.
"It's what brothers are for," Robin said before giving him a kiss on the head.
"Will you stay with me?" Conner asked innocently and a little embarrassed.
"Of course."
The two boys got back into their original position and fell asleep once again.
Wally had just arrived at the mountain and was looking around to see where everyone was, much like Robin had a few hours ago.
"Hmm, where could they be?" he questioned himself.
After searching all the main rooms he went to look through the bedrooms. The last bedroom happened to be Conner's and he opened the door to find Superboy and Robin curled up next to each other on the clone's bed. Wally super speeded to his room and grabbed his camera. With a quick flash he knew he had some good dirt for black mail.
"Priceless," he said before super speeding away before either woke up.
A few days later Conner was back to normal and was wandering the mountain when he heard a sneeze...
Authors Note- well I hope you liked it, Angelina Aintithenniel! Anyways please review everyone and send some feedback. I was thinking I might make this one of those stories with a bunch of one-shots focusing on one main topic. The topic would mostly be Robin and Superboy or I guess either one. If you would like something like that or if you have any suggestions for more, I'm open for ideas :)