Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice, but maybe, maybe….if Santa really exists I will by December 26 ;) I also don't own the song, the real owner is written right there :)

Warning: SLASH! Wally/Dick, Kid Flash/Robin

Better Than Me Ch. 1

Don't Cry
(by: Guns n' Roses)

Give me a whisper
And give me a sign
Give me a kiss before you
tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinkin' of you
And the times we had...baby

And don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight

"Wally?" Wally sat up when he heard Dick's voice. He had been laying down on his bed when his boyfriend peeked into the room.

"Hey" Wally smiled and stood up as Dick came into the room and closed the door behind him, taking off his shades as he walked towards Wally. "What's wrong?" He walked up the smaller boy when he saw the sad look on his eyes.

"I just need to talk to you for a while." Dick took hold of Wally's hand and guided him to sit on the bed, as he did the same. "Wally…I think we have to break up…" Dick's voice cracked at the end of the sentence. Wally stared at him scared.

"What! Why? Whatever I did, I'm sorry!" Dick just shook his head and Wally could see the beginning of tears on his eyes. "Please, I'll fix it, but don't do this Dick." Wally tried to cup his cheek, but Dick looked away.

"You didn't do anything Wally, I'm sorry." With that the boy stood up and walked towards the door.

"Wait, Dick…" Wally rushed forward and stepped in front of the younger boy, placing his hands on the boy's shoulders. "Please, tell me what's wrong? What happened?"

"Just leave it Wally. Let me go." Wally could see the boy's tears threatening to escape, he couldn't bear to see the smaller boy cry, so he let go of his shoulders and stepped aside, felling his throat starting to hurt in an awful way. Dick closed the door behind him leaning against it and sliding down to the floor. "You deserve more Wally…someone better."

Dick was crying. Wally's heart was breaking.

Wally and Artemis walked into Mount Justice holding hands. It was already late as they made their way through the hideout, assuming everyone would be already sleep. It had been their first date that night, at Artemis' insistence. Wally had agreed after some persuasion, he just wasn't ready for a girlfriend, his heart was still too tender because of his last romance. He still dreamed about the last love of his life, he still missed his ex-boyfriend, he still loved Robin.

He had spent the whole night thinking why being with Artemis felt wrong, why he felt wrong, why talking to her wasn't enough to distract him from his countless memories of the acrobat, why holding her hand didn't give him butterflies, why it felt like his heart was only beating because it was part of a contract and it would've rather stop, so that maybe then it wouldn't hurt so bad.

As he passed Robin's room he heard a strange sound coming from the inside.

"What is it Wally?" Artemis had stopped beside him, she sounded annoyed.

"I'm not sure, I thought I heard something." Wally waited for the sound to return but it didn't. Artemis started walking again and pulled him with her, they were almost at her room's door so it wasn't long before they stopped again.

"I had fun today, Wally." She smirked at him, and leaned up a little. Wally realized she wanted a kiss, but couldn't bring himself to do it, without thinking about it he pulled away. "I'llseeyoutomorrowattraining, bye!" He turned and rushed away, leaving the confused blonde behind.

A few hallways away, Wally leaned against a wall sighing. He hadn't been able to kiss her, he couldn't stop thinking about Dick. If only they hadn't broken up, if he had been able to stop it from happening…

Remembering the noise from earlier Wally walked back to Robin's room. He stood at the door awkwardly. He didn't know if Dick would like to see him. They hadn't talked at all. Not outside of missions, and never for too long. Wally couldn't help but to feel extremely nervous.

He heard the sound again, it was sobbing. Wally realized Dick was crying, without thinking about anything but Dick's tears, he pushed the door open.

He found Dick sitting on the floor next to his bed, leaning against it. He was hugging his knees, crying into them.

"Dick?" The boy jumped a little, looking at him through teary eyes. "What's wrong?"

Robin stood up wiping his eyes furiously. "Nothing." He tried to walk to his bathroom, but Wally caught his arm.

"Please, let me help you." tell me you want me back, Dick, please… Dick, remained turned away, just shook his head. Wally pulled the boy towards him and held him close. It was then that Robin broke down. He clenched Wally's shirt tightly in his hands and sobbed into the redhead's chest.

A few moments later Dick managed to control himself, pulling away from Wally.

He wiped his eyes with his sleeve, smiling a little at Wally. "I miss you, Wally."

"You don't have to…we can be together again." I'll stay if you ask me to, please Dick. Just say you need me, say you still love me Wally reached to his cheek, caressing it lightly. Dick leaned into it.

"You have Artemis now. She's better." Dick looked to the floor, avoiding Wally's eyes.

"Better than what?" Wally stood there with his hand still against Dick's cheek, trying to see into those blue eyes.

"Better than me…" Dick's voice cracked at the end of the sentence. Wally didn't really know how to respond to that. "I'm glad you're happy Wally." Dick pulled away and took some steps backwards, putting more space between them. "You look like a cute couple. I'm fine, you can go back to her now, you don't need to worry." Dick walked backwards towards him bathroom, smiling at Wally, even with tears falling down his cheeks.

"Dick…I-" Wally tried to approach the smaller boy, but Dick just smiled more, as the tears fell quicker down his cheeks and put his hand up in front of him, stopping Wally from coming closer.

"I'm fine, really. You don't have to worry, I'm not…your burden anymore." The last part was merely a whisper as Dick closed the door to the bathroom, nevertheless Wally heard him, feeling a pang in his heart at the pain in that single sentence.

Wally kept replaying every fight he had with Dick, every time he had unintentionally hurt him. Wondering if maybe that specific conversation, that dumb action, had been the one that made Dick break up with him.

Flashback

"Well, if you think that I'm so damn stupid, then why are you even dating me!"

"You know what? I don't know!" Wally had seen how it had hurt Dick, it had been so clear. The pain that had appeared in his boyfriend's face had been so much and yet he had not stopped there. "I don't know why would I ever decide to date, you're a stuck-up little kid, immature and childish!" Wally knew the boy tried hard to act older. To act properly so Wally would see him as an equal and not as if he was any younger. Dick had always worried that Wally would want someone he could connect to better, someone who was his age and understood all of his worries and responsibilities, things that only a peer would understand.

Yet he had just said it.

End Flashback

But that was two months before the break-up, Dick wouldn't have waited that long…but maybe that was what Dick had meant with better.

'I'm not…your burden anymore'

What could have Dick meant with that? He had never seen the boy as a burden…he would never think of Dick as anything but the love of his life, his reason for living. How could Dick even think that? Wally knew the boy was independent, Dick was strong, brave, he was…perfect, he was everything to Wally.

"God, Rob…what's gotten into your head?" Wally hugged his knees to his chest harder. He was sitting on a couch in the lounge room of Mount Justice, still trying to erase Dick's words from his mind, along with the images of the boy crying.

A/N: I know I should be working on "Find Me", but I've been having a LOT of homework and I've been feeling really depressed, (practically had a breakdown two days ago) so I didn't have the time and I didn't feel like writing at the moment. Anyways the next chapter to "Find Me" will be up by probably Wednesday of this week, I promise I'll do my best to put it up, early that day, okay?

Anyway, the next chapter to this story is almost done, I had been writing this for some time, but I kinda forgot with all my other stories. So it may be up on Friday or Saturday…probably.

Also, Artemis will be the bad guy (or girl, whatever) in this story. It's not that I hate her or something, (though I really don't like where her relationship with Wally is going) it's just that I needed someone to be the mean girl and none of Wally's friends should be able to know Robin, beside she seemed more likely to act like she will than Miss Martian.

Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter and that you're looking forward for the next one =3

-XxFallingxAngelxX