While in the simulation Wally thought he heard Robin say something that he thought was completely ridiculous. While they were in the mother ship, as they ran in to fight to the death, Robin had said simply, "I love you, Wally." Was it a heat of the moment thing? Did he just say that because we were almost dead? We all sat around the cave not really taking mind of each other. Making eye contact was almost like a death sentence. Robin was in therapy with Black Canary, I had lied and told her I was okay with being in denial. Of course she wouldn't ask about Robin, I don't think anyone else heard what he had said or knew what he had said, it was only between us. Soon, Robin came out of the room and only spoke up to say that whoever was next could go, he then hurried to his room. I wanted to go in after him and see how he was, he's my best friend. Apprentice of Batman or not, he was still capable of emotions. But he wasn't sure if he should make the effort, he would probably have to keep it confidential. But, I still stood from my spot and made my way to his room, I knocked on the door and I didn't hear any movement or sounds for that matter.

I opened the door and let it close behind me, "Rob…," I found him on his bed curled up with his knees to his chest, I don't think I've ever seen him so vulnerable. "Robin…?" I said once more placing a hand on his shoulder. He still didn't move.

I nearly jumped out of my skin when he spoke, "What's up KF?"

"H-how are you doing?" I asked sitting next to him on the bed, "Did the session go okay?"

"I-…," he tensed slightly and bit his lip keeping his face down, "I don't …. I…"

For once it seemed like the boy wonder was at a loss of what to say, it must have been hard for him. "What's going through your head, man?"

"I don't want to be like him," Robin finally gave him something.

"W-who?" I reached out and started to rub his back.

"Batman."

I stopped slightly shocked and then continued to rub at his back, "What do you mean you don't want to be like him?"

"I don't want to be Batman, I could never be him," Robin was practically pouring information. This was a lot considering how confidential he had to be most of the time.

"You don't have to be," I said running my hand through the young boy's hair. Seeing him like this reminds me that Robin is still just a boy, a small 13 year old boy.

"Wally….," Robin takes in a deep breath and let it out slowly, he was probably trying to calm himself down.

"Yeah Rob?" I asked looking down to see the Robin had finally looked up.

"If I tell you who I am, do you promise not to tell Batman or anyone else that I told you?" Robin asked, his face looked so weird without a mischievous grin.

"W-What?" My eyes widened, "A-Are you sure man? I-I mean.."

"Wally, I trust you, I've known you for years now," He reached up to pat my hand.

"W-well," I could feel my face warm up, I almost felt so honored to be the one that would get to know his identity.

"It's important that you never tell anyone, if they know who I am, the identity of Batman will be obvious," Robin explained squeezing my hand slightly, "I'm just tired of hiding everything… and I wanted you to be the one person that I am able to share everything with."

At first I wasn't sure what to say to the little bird, I was just so happy that he was finally so willing to open up to me, "Anything man, I will die before releasing your secret."

Robin gave a small smile, it made my heart flutter, it was nice to see him smile again. Robin reached up and took his glasses off, he opened his eyes and I nearly choked. He had the most brilliant blue eyes I had ever seen, they were beautiful almost like looking out at a crystal clear ocean. "My name is Richard Grayson. But you can call me Dick."

"D-Dick Grayson? As in Dick Grayson adopted by Bruce wayne, Dick Grayson?" I couldn't believe it! My best friend was this famous boy that was taken in by the even more famous Bruce Wayne. After Dick's parents had…

"Yeah, the Flying Grayson," Dick rested his head back against the bed

"Aw man… Does that mean that Batman is..," I didn't get a chance to finish his question since Rob- Dick answered it knowing exactly what I was going to ask.

"Bruce Wayne is Batman," he stated simply. "He would kill me right now if he knew what I just revealed to you."

"What's going through your head baby bird?" I laid myself out on the bed as well, I had a feeling that there was more to this then I knew. Who knew how much was running through this boy's head.

"I… I feel a bit happy..," Dick smiled a bit into the blanket, "I've always wanted to have someone who knew who I was in and out of my Robin suit."

"Do you have a lot of friends outside of the Robin suit?" I felt a bit of jealousy bubbling up, did he have another best friend out there in the real world?

"To be honest, they are just people I talk to, I'm a lot more open with you," Dick finally let himself roll over and lay out on his back resting his hands on his stomach staring up at the ceiling. "I feel a lot more like myself here than anywhere else. But, even at the manor I feel like I am not one hundred percent me."

I smiled, "Man, you can be one hundred percent with me whenever you want," I still wanted to ask him about what he said in the simulation. But at the same time, it would ruin everything we built up in this moment. I would have to wait to figure that out.

"I appreciate that, dude," Dick gave me the most genuine of smiles.

I couldn't help but grin back, "It's no problem, Ro-Dick haha, I've gotta get used to your name."

Dick rolled over onto his side and faced me, he seemed a lot happier than he has been, "So you got a crush on Artemis?"

"W-what? Dude! No!" I blushed slightly, honestly at this point, I didn't know how I felt about him or Artemis. I admit after Artemis died in the simulation I was horrified, but wasn't that because of what M'gann was projecting to the rest of us.

Dick just laughed and roll'd over onto his back again. I watched him laugh at my expense, he's cute. I don't think that crush on Artemis was too serious anyway.