Chapter 1: 'D' For Starters
It was soon going to be a month since they began their new team and said team was just returning from a mission.
It had been a simple but a boring one, but Batman had insisted that they went. In the end all they did was captured a drug dealer and stake out for only six hour, needless to say it had been a really long night and everyone was simply tired not of some hard as fight, just of being awake.
"That was so boring, it wasn't even funny" said KF.
"Why would it be funny if it is boring?" asked boy wonder with his usual playful voice.
"… I don't know… look it's been a really long night my mind is in sleep mode" said the speedster who look ready to kick the bucket.
"Really?" asked Batman's protégé with a puzzled look on his face "I thought your mind would be active with all the rest it got all day… and all the other days for that matter."
Kid Flash actually being too tired to respond just gave him the finger as he left for his room with a yawn.
"Ah come on KF lets play some video games" whined the younger hero.
Kid Flash just turned to him and gave him a look that asked if he was crazy "dude is 5:15 in the morning."
"So?" questioned the boy wonder.
"Aren't you tired?" asked Miss Martian interrupting the other two.
Robin shook his head "when you have Batman as your mentor a night like this is nothing, I need at the very list one good fight or I won't fall asleep till 7:00am."
"Right, you're used to stake outs more than us" said Aqualad.
"Right, so anyone up for some videogame?" asked Robin to the whole group.
All of them just simply ignored him and left in the direction of each respective rooms.
As Robin frowned all of a sudden an idea popped into his head "Superboy I need to talk to you."
"I'm not playing with you" simply said the clone as he continued his route.
Robin ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder stopping his advancement "is not that but I really need to talk to you right now."
This caught the taller boys attention "ok…" was all he said as he waited for the other boy to begin.
"Not here… outside" said Robin as he grabbed the clones arm and drag him to the outside of the cave.
Superboy was confused; he didn't understand what was so important that couldn't wait till later. When they reached outside boy wonder let go of the other boy and quickly took a seat in the floor. Superboy raised an eyebrow in question to the action while Robin just gave him a grin in response and motion for him to sit down next to him.
Superboy did just that and watched the sky as he waited for the boy to begin. Just as he had about enough waiting for his companion to begin and was about to question the young hero he was interrupted "you've been kind of on edge lately" said boy wonder.
He send the younger boy a glared that if he had Superman's heat vision the other boy would be fried right about now. Robin being on the receiving end of Batman's glared more than a few times dismissed it as nothing "and I know why so I come to bring you the way to take your edge off, prepare yourself cause your about to be whelmed" said the boy wonder with a smile on his face "Kon."
"What?" Superboy was lost.
"Kon silly… is short for Conner" said Robin his smile growing bigger due to the priceless confused face the other boy had "that's your name from now on."
The news shocked Superboy "I noticed that ever since Miss M brought it up every time we called her Megan or KF Wally or Aqualad Kaldur you're mood shift so I decided to come up with the perfect name for you."
Superboy was taking everything in "I…I…" he didn't know what to say he was still in shocked.
Robin's smile was changing to a frown not knowing if maybe this had been a bad idea. Superboy took noticed of this and figured he better respond soon "I'm… whelmed" was all he said, making Robin's frown change back into a smile which made Superboy smiled back.
"Glad you feel like that" said Robin glad he liked his new name.
"Thank you…" he said to his younger companion "I really like my new name."
"No problem… Kon" he replied with his usual smile and Superboy couldn't help but smile back.
They fell into comfortable silence with Robin watching his companion every move because at this moment it was amusing. Superboy was completely awake now and he was in a dazed, boy wonder had never really seen him like this. He seemed… happy and even if the clone did felt the emotion it was hard for him to show it so openly. It was a nice sight.
Superboy was really thankful for the action but that was leading to another thought one that had been on his mind for some time and that he just had to voice right now "what's… your name?"
The question took the thirteen year old by surprise and that was evident in his facial features "um… you know Bats would kill me if I told you" answered boy wonder.
The answer didn't sit well with the older boy it never did in the first place, and right now it very much angered him "why not?... aren't we friends?… don't you trust me?" asked Superboy feeling insulted.
"No I just-" "you just trust Batman more than us right" interrupted Superboy with resentment.
The attitude had an effect on Robin as well feeling anger surging through him as well "actually yes I do trust him more" he answered without shame. Superboy simply looked away angrier than before and hurt.
Robin looked up to the sky as he exhaled, his anger leaving him as well "I do trust Batman more than you guys" repeated boy wonder "but that's because I grew up with him… because I know everything about him… trust isn't something that you just give out of the blue… you build it over time and we've known each other only for a month" he shifted his gaze back to his companion who was still looking away but paying attention nonetheless "I trust you but not just at that level or are you going to say to me you trust me completely now."
Superboy turn hi s gaze back to the other "no… but I have no one I can trust like you trust Batman" he said with disappointment.
Robin couldn't help but feel bad for the other guy "I also trust other people to that level and I think eventually we'll develop a good relationship and I'll also trust you like that and hopefully you will feel that way about me."
"Yeah…" was his respond with a small smile.
They sat there in silence for a while just feeling the breeze in their skin enjoying each other's company.
Robin was the one who broke the silence "hey look over there."
Superboy turned his gaze that was set on the ground towards his companion and then redirected towards the direction to which Robin was looking.
He saw… light in the sky "that's dawn" said Robin "then is twilight and then… finally sunrise… I figure you would want to see one."
"I thought you took me out here to give me my name" said Superboy his gaze completely fixated on the sky.
"Yeah… but it wasn't that long till sunrise so I figure kill two birds with one stone" explained boy wonder with a smile on his face as he examined his friend.
His sight was glue to the far away light in the sky in anticipation to the coming sun. It was a weird sight to see Superboy so motivated unless he was yelling at someone. Robin didn't dare to speak afraid he would mess this moment up.
Robin didn't pay much attention to the sunrise he had seen them enough and although still amazing he found his companion far more interesting at the moment. He could see how Superboy's face lit up the brighter the sky got and how it went into overdrive when the sun began rising even after it had completely set in the sky he stared at it completely mesmerized.
He had never seen the sun like this, Robin was sure he had just gained a new appreciation for it. It wasn't until he saw him yawning that Robin broke the silence since it seemed like sleep was catching up to Superman's clone once again "D."
"What?" asked Superboy taken by surprise.
Robin simply stood and offered his hand to his companion "that's the first letter of my name" he explained as he helped his friends of the floor "I'll tell you my full name eventually till then just keep that letter to yourself since no one else know."
Superboy just nodded content with that. It turned out that this had been a pretty good night after all, he got a name, saw the sunrise for the first time and got the first letter of his companion's real name and with that the two of them headed back inside.