"I was thinking that maybe Miss Tsukino can possibly be Sailor Moon," Tim said, looking through a girly magazine, his eyes never once leaving the material. He already knew how his two best friends would react to it. Jason would scowl and look like he was ready to punch him for not explaining himself, and Dick would look back calmly, awaiting an explanation while keeping his hand on the larger one's shoulder to keep him down. Like a dog, he needed the leash.
He stared down at woman's fashion magazine, memorizing the curves of the model on page eighteen and frowned slightly. 'Damn,' he thought to himself when he saw from the corner of his eye Ami and a blonde with a large red ribbon and a brunette with green eyes the color of a lush forest walking with her, climbing the bleachers.
"Why do you think Usagi-chan would be Sailor Moon?" Dick finally asked in a hushed voice. Tim looked up and smiled slightly. He was right; Jason was scathing and their adoptive oldest brother was holding him back with his hand tightly on his shoulder.
"Simply because they look alike."
Dick's eyes widened and laughed. "Well, er, yeah that makes sense... but I mean, there have to be tons of others who look like her." He turned and saw the blonde-haired female coming out from the locker room in her gym uniform. Richard "Dick" Grayson always liked to see the girls in their gym wear especially since they were practically only wearing booty shorts (that resembled panties) and a white t-shirt.
Of course, in Japan, this was normal, but for the three teenage boys from America, it was anything but the norm. It was an unspoken truth that they had always chosen to meet in the gym during lunch simply for the pleasure of their eyes.
Jason lifted his head up when Usagi waved at them. Then, after apparently thinking it over, waved back awkwardly. "I dun think its her."
Tim grimaced. "How many Japanese girls do you know with blonde hair and blue eyes, or do I need to spell it out for you?"
Jason shuffled in his seat, watching her. "She doesn't look like the type to be out til the midnight hour, if ya know what I mean..."
"For the record, neither does Barb..." Dick interjected but somehow he didn't seem to agree or disagree with either one of them. Usagi had always been a bit of a strange one for him, an anomaly that he just couldn't figure out.
"Neither does Barb what?" A soft voice interrupted his thoughts. Looking up, he saw another anomaly: Ami Mizuno, the beautiful genius with these dark oceanic blue eyes that always seemed to thinking ahead of him.
"Neither does Barbara look like Sailor Moon." Dick decided it was best to not lie. He was sure that she'd figure he was fibbing before he could get the sentence out.
Ami's eyes widened and her cheeks turned slightly red. It almost appeared as if she were embarrassed by what he said. "No," she said then sat down next to Jason and smiled slightly. "They don't look much alike, do they?" She paused and took out her lunch and wordlessly handed her neighbor a cucumber sandwich that Jason didn't have the heart to tell her that he didn't care much for.
"Yeah-uh, yanno." It was about as close to a thank you that Dick was sure his younger brother could produce. Still, there was a smile on his face that was rare to come upon. It reminded Dick that, at one time, Jason was a normal kid, just living a hard knock life but knowing no better.
There was an innocence with his smile towards Ami that couldn't be explained with simple words other than the fact that he seemed to get happy whenever she walked in the room.
The blue-haired genius nodded then put her hand on her chin as if to show them that she was thinking hard on the earlier subject. Dick knew she wasn't. He could read her a little better than that.
"I suppose that's what a disguise is for... so that others won't recognize her as Sailor Moon." Ami pulled a 'Tim' and whipped out a book out of her bag as if to say the 'conversation was over.'
However, the way Dick looked at it was that she put herself into the conversation, and he wasn't going to allow her to get out of it so easily. Immediately, he got up and leaned over to her, crossed his arms on her lap, then looked up at her like some golden retriever looking for its next meal. Had he a tail, it would be wagging.
"What the fu-" Jason started to yell before Tim, seeing what Dick was doing, punched him as hard as he could in the shoulder, effectively taking his attention off the oldest one. "What the hell, you little punk bitch!?"
Ami's face was completely red as she tried to pretend to focus on the two brothers fighting beside her and not on the pretty boy whose face was so close to her that if she got anymore fidgety, there was no doubt he'd be accidentally giving her the first kiss she'd imagined much more romantic and under a beautiful starry sky, not a gymnasium. "Y-Yes, Grayson-san?"
"Dick is fine," he whispered in his deepest, most sensual voice.
"Sorry, Grayson-san, I don't feel comfortable calling you something so informal." Her lips trembled as she turned away, her fingers trembling on her book.
"Timmy-boy thinks your friend Usagi is Sailor Moon," he purred, sighing dramatically. "What cha think?... Ya know her better than any one of us."
"I... um... you... Usagi-chan..."
"Leave Ami alone." Dick turned to the voice, knowing who it was before turning to look at the violet-eyed priestess. "Clearly, you're just pestering her."
"Miss Hino..." Tim looked stunned to see her. Jason shrugged her off though Dick could tell her sudden appearance had nerved him. He was a fantastic actor, but his shaking hand and these eyes of terror gave his boy away. It didn't seem that anyone else saw these subtleties but knowing Tim, he saw them before anyone else. He'd hate to admit it, but the youngest of three was brilliant, his mind was far beyond anything he and Jason could think. Sometimes, he wondered if it was possible that Tim had surpassed Bruce already as a great detective.
Dick, however, smiled. He would never give Rei the satisfaction of knowing that her ninja-like appearances disturbed him. He was prince of appearing and disappearing, the king, of course, being Bruce. "So whattaya think? Is Usagi Sailor Moon?" This time, he posed his question to the newcomer.
Rei sat behind Tim, frowning at his choice in reading material. "Perv."
Tim smirked. "You were in here too..." He winked. The priestess wasn't fazed.
"Hey, Hino-san," Dick said, over-enunciating the honorific, being the only one of the three Robins who used Japanese language around their school. "Whatcha think?"
"No."
Dick pouted. "No, what?!" She loved being difficult.
"She's not Sailor Moon."
"And why not?!" Tim asked, eyeing the one person who flat out refused his theory.
She pointed at her then pulled out a tablet out of her bag. "Sailor Moon isn't flat-chested."
Dick narrowed his eyes at her then turned to see Usagi hit by three dodgeballs.
Rei sighed. "And Usagi is clearly not athletic enough. And if she was Sailor Moon, I would say that would mean she's smart enough to hide in plain sight."
Ami nodded her head slowly as if processing what she said. Rather than adding anything more, she handed Jason a bottle of water then excused herself to sit next to Rei. "So how do you get here so fast during lunch? It doesn't look like you run here, and even by car, T.A. Academy is pretty far." It was the question on everyone's minds and apparently, only Ami was brave enough to ask.
Rei turned slightly, her eyes catching Ami's. The latter had a smile that sent chills down Dick's spine and the other simply stood up and walked away. Finally, after walking slowly to where everyone could see her, Rei said, "Some mysteries are not meant to be understood." With that, she walked away.
Tim nodded then looked down to get back to his magazine and realized it was fifth time this month that Rei stole his magazine during lunch without him noticing.
The three robins all had a theory about her. She was training to be the next Robin. Rei already lost one parent; the young maiden was already proving to know how to appear and disappear without anyone noticing. They were sure Bruce sent her there to spy on them.
Tim watched as Dick stood up after Rei walked away and took out his phone and took the opposite route of her to get out of the gym.
He was probably going out there to speak with her without making it obvious. The idea sounded good, but he was usually pretty obvious about girls he liked... And Rei wasn't exactly a redheaded female. He had a type, and she didn't really fit it.
He turned to see Jason watching him also. He apparently checked his phone to see if Bruce left him a message also, but got nothing. Opening his bottle of water, he sighed and wordlessly spoke to Tim with his eyes. Don't let this year be a repeat of last.
Tim nodded. He didn't want to have to move again. Everything was good now, please let it stay that way.
