So, I dedicate this oneshot to the many amazing writers out there, but mainly to the following four for their amazing work: MistressOfRobins, Song Six, FrankandJoe3, and Shinigami's Death Angel. I hope that my writing is 1/10 as good as any of yours! =D
For those of you who care, I am updating all my stories so that they will be in their proper order, because I did something incredibly stupid a long time ago, and it messed up their order. Also, I've been extremely depressed about the lack of response, so hopefully updating all my fics will change that -_-
Warning: This will included SLASH which means two males interacting in romantic ways. So if you dislike, why read?
Disclaimer: If I owned Young Justice, do you think I'd be posting my ideas on a fan site?
One-sided
Robin lied on his bed, above the covers and still in his armour, tossing and turning... imagining.
He was sitting with Kid Flash in the booth around the table in the kitchen, playing with his laptop. Out of the blue, Wally said he needed to say something, so Wally stood up.
"I-I love you." As Kid Flash sputtered this, his face drained of colour. He stared at his feet pretending they were more important than the boy in front of him.
"I love you too, KF." Robin said this nonchalantly, not even bothering to look up from his laptop.
Suddenly, Kid Flash had taken hold of Robin's hand with his hand, intertwining their fingers. "No Rob, I mean I love you." Kid Flash's face had regained its colour and his emerald eyes were alive with passion.
"Oh..." Was all Robin got out, "uhhhh..." Wally had heard this tone before, it was Robin's "I'm-not-interested-in-dating" voice, "Umm KF, I really like you...but I er..." Robin bit his lip, wanting to spare his best friend's feelings, yet still be on good terms with him. Deep in thought, Robin did not notice Kid Flash move closer, nor did he notice Wally pressing their lips together. Robin's eyes widened under his sunglasses, blood crept up to his face and he pushed away Kid Flash, "WALLY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"S-s-sorry." Kid Flash's face was now a bright red, hiding his freckles, even more embarrassed about the angry glare Robin was giving him rather than actually kissing him. He was scratching the back of his neck, "Look, I know you really don't want to date right now; bu-but, could you at least promise me one date?"
Robin bit his lip again, still looking angry; after what seemed like an eternity he answered, "Alright." Wally's face had lit up at the statement, "But only because you took something from me, and I intend to get it back. I'll see you Saturday." Robin stood up and started heading for the door.
"Great! Wait! What did I take from you?" His face was full of confusion and bewilderment.
"My fi- -s" Robin mumbled.
"I'm sorry what was that?" Kid Flash asked cupping his ear.
"Don't worry about it," Robin replied, "You'll find out later."
That was two days ago and it's now Friday night. Robin had left Mount Justice that day and had not returned until 5 minutes earlier, he neither heard from Wally nor had Robin attempted to contact him. Perhaps Wally forgot? No, he was way too excited to forget something like this, right? Nahhh! It was Wally, who knew what he could forget with that poor brain capacity of his! Robin scoffed at himself for mentally attacking his very intelligent best friend. He soon fell asleep thinking about the next day wondering whether he might fall for KF. However, until tomorrow, his sexuality and personal affairs must be put on hold -he was scheduled for a nightmare about his family's death in 2 seconds and he could not be late for that.
Younger version of Dick stood atop an elevated platform, waving to the crowd with his family, his mother, father, aunt, uncle, and cousin. Then, they began. They swung from trapeze to trapeze, doing somersaults in the air, catching each other with their hands, their feet, they were all flying. They'd done this performances hundreds of times before, and yet, they still always brought in the crowds with their magnificent work.
It was time for the final act, Dick sat on top an elevated platform, excitedly looking ahead of him. He wasn't allowed to perform in the final act, because he was too young and it was too dangerous. His entire family, was on the trapeze apparatus, entangled together, hanging on to each other. But he got to watch his family from the podium: the best seat in the house.
Then it happened... You could feel the air being sucked out of the tent... the Flying Grayson's began falling, followed by complete silence, then a scream-
Robin awoke with a jolt, in a cold sweat, wondering if he had let out a scream. After waiting for a few seconds, no one arrived to check on him, no screaming. He determined that while the nightmares were slowly getting "better" he was still worried about the affect they had on him. He wiped the sweat off of his brow and looked at his clock, the digits read 03: 18 a.m. Totally not asterous.
When Robin awoke for the second time that morning, he yawned and looked at his clock, it was now 9: 06 a.m. When he lifted his head, there were a pair of green eyes staring at him, Wally was sitting in a chair he had pulled up. His chin resting on his fingers, as he watched Robin.
"Morning, Wally." Robin said nervously.
Wally stood up, he was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, that showed off his lean build, under a black vest, loose blue denim jeans with a red and yellow Flash belt and bright white sneakers. "Morning to you," he said pointedly, his arms crossed over his chest, he was tapping his foot impatiently and quickly.
"What?" Robin asked as he yawned once more.
"I thought I asked you to be ready by 9!" Wally said throwing his arms into the air for effect.
"Well, I guess you thought wrong Kid Mouth. I never got any sort of text or call from you over the past few days." Robin said, "In any case, I just need a half hour to get ready, watch TV or something while you..." He didn't want to say 'wait' so for lack of better word, "don't not wait..." With that Robin swiftly left the warmth of his bed, leaving Wally to wallow in despair for a bit.
Wally watched as his date ran into his bathroom. He heard the sink tap turn on, then turn off. Robin spat into the sink. The shower tap was turned on. Wally stole several glances at Robin's clock at this point in time, very impatient. Finally, Robin walked out wearing only a towel around his waist, "Wow..." Wally said ogling at the boy wonder, who had covered his eyes so quickly that the Flash would've thought he were a speedster.
"WALLY! What are you doing here!" Robin screamed.
"Well, I –uh... just wanted... t-to make... sure that you were...uh...wow~" Wally stuttered, starstruck, still staring at Robin's bare, lithe, lean, muscular form.
"Did you think I was just going to let you watch me change!" Robin was now waving his other arm frantically, as if trying to swat a fly.
"No...I'll meet you in the living room..." Wally said as he begrudgingly walked out the room, stealing one last glance at Robin, surprised he didn't hit a wall or something on the way out.
Robin stared at his clock which, now read 09: 30 a.m. He wrenched his closet open, relieved and worried to find only one set of civvies in his closet. He made a mental note to take more clothes and leave them there.
When he walked back to the kitchen/living room, it happened like a movie: all eyes panned to him, Artemis wolf-whistled, Kaldur simply stared at his friend from above the top of his book, M'gann had dropped the pan she was holding, Conner spared him a look, if you could call it that, he was now slightly drooling into his cereal, and Wally had turned from his spot at the couch, and once more started to gawk at his friend.
Robin had pulled on black skinny jeans, a crimson red long-sleeved T-shirt, and a black hoodie which accentuated his lean muscles (and hid his utility belt), his sunglasses on his face, he was wearing white and blue tennis shoes and his hair was ruffled into oblivion! I mean, his hair was nice. "Wow, hot date or something Robin?" Artemis snickered as she noticed the blush on his face.
"Date? Yes, hot? I'm not so sure..." Robin said as Wally sped over to him.
"DUDE! I am like so totally offended!" Wally said his voice simply oozing out sarcasm, he threw an arm over Robin's shoulders. M'gann let out a happy shriek and hugged both of them.
"Wally! You finally confessed!" M'gann ignored the looks Kaldur gave her. She was probably going to be scolded for looking into Wally's thoughts. Wally had turned a bright red.
"Whoa, Miss M calm down, this is only a dry run."
"That's the only thing that's dry," Artemis said under her breath
"I'm not so sure about my feelings towards KF." Robin looked at his friend, and saw something he couldn't currently define on his friend's face, "C'mon, KF, don't pull that face; I'm doing this for you anyways."
Wally pulled a strong face and he pulled Robin by his hand screaming over his shoulder, "Don't expect us back anytime soon!"
"So Wally, do you plan on telling why we won't be back 'anytime soon'?" Robin asked him as they stopped outside a bus stop.
"Well, I kinda had the whole day planned..." Wally said looking down at his feet again.
"So long as you're paying for all this~" Robin said smiling.
Wally swallowed, "O-ok." The bus ride was nice, that is until two teenagers no more than Robin's age stepped on the bus.
"I don't understand what's wrong with gay people! I mean I can understand girls being lesbians, girls are hot." The teenager that was shorter, blonde and wearing what appeared to be skater clothes said, Wally had clenched his fists, so hard they turned white. This did not go unnoticed by Robin.
"Dude! You can't say that, someone on the bus might be gay." His friend who was a brunette and wearing a school uniform said quickly.
"No, I can totally be a dick in public-"
"Would that be due to your lack of one?" Robin asked, he had stood up glaring at the boy behind his sunglasses, "Rob-" Wally said imploringly, tugging on his sleeve to sit back down, "No, it's fine Wally."
"Excuse me?" The kid asked looking angry and flustered.
"Dude, it's the 21st century and you're complaining about homosexuals? You know that the more gay guys there are, the less competition you have right? But that doesn't matter, because female or male I doubt someone would want to step into the bedroom with your sorry, arrogant, bigoted ass." Robin said this all in one breath, "C'mon Wally, this is our stop."
Wally shouted a nervous "thank you" to the bus driver. Before he turned to Robin, who had crossed his arms across his chest and looked miffed, "You know, that guy wasn't worth it. But thank you all the same."
"Who said I did that for you." It was a statement and not a question, Robin needed to spend less time with Batman.
"If you didn't do it for me, than who did you do it for?" Wally asked as they started walking in a random direction, Robin dropped his angry look and looked flustered: his face pink and his ears red.
"M-me? I don't know." Robin replied, "Sorry I dragged you off the bus, where were we supposed to go?"
"It's fine, Robin. We were heading out to get brunch or something but..." Wally was interrupted by Robin's stomach growling, "I suppose a large breakfast will do for now." He said laughing.
The rest of the day went off without a hitch: they got Belgium Waffles, took a walk in a beautiful luxurious park, ate lunch, watched a movie, played some games at an arcade, had dinner, and were currently gazing at a couple of stars. Wally was getting braver: he pulled Robin closer to him as they gazed into the stars.
"You know Rob, the stars are beautiful, and so are you." Wally whispered into Robin's ear, Wally then kissed his temple.
"Dude, that's such a line, but thank you all the same." Robin said, his head was leaning on Wally's chest, he could hear Wally's quickened heartbeat, whether due to him being a speedster or due to the closeness, Robin wasn't sure.
He was sure, however, that he still thought of Wally as a friend, he felt a twinge of pain for not feeling the same way, however, people don't randomly change sexuality just because someone tells them they love them.
Robin lifted his head from Wally's chest; it was Robin's turn to have his face drain of colour and to pretend his feet were more interesting than Wally, "Wally, I-I really appreciate all the affection you've given me today, I've close to never felt so loved." Robin felt sad, since his parents death, he never ever felt this much emotion, even when Bruce took him in, even when he became Robin, even when he first met Wally, even when he first joined Young Justice.
Robin swallowed, hard, "But," Wally sighed, "I don't think that I can feel the same way that you feel for me. We'll always be the best of friends." Robin grabbed Wally's hands and kissed Wally on the cheek, Wally blushed and raised a his fingers to touch where Robin's soft lips had been.
"A-alright, thank you for going on the date, in the first place." Wally hugged Robin in a vain attempt to hide his sorrow. He knew it was a long shot for Robin to like him back, but he still felt the pain. "Do you want to go back to the cave now?"
"Can we stay a little longer?" Robin placed his head on Wally's chest.
"Robin, please, if you really don't like me, please, don't make it harder on me." Wally pleaded, his saddened eyes staring straight into Robin's sunglasses.
Robin raised his head, looking confused, "but don't you like my head on your chest? I know If our roles were reversed I would..."
"Robin, I love it, and I love you, but if you continue to touch me, I don't think I'd be able to hold back."
"Oh, alright then..." Robin looked up into the stars currently unable to fully appreciate their beauty, "KF, can we go back to the cave now?"
"Sure..." Wally had motioned that he was going to pick up Robin, perhaps bridal style; however, Robin motioned for him to turn around so he would climb onto his back, "Don't fall off you hear me?"
"Of course, I'm not the boy wonder because I let go." Robin said, intertwining his fingers around the speedster's neck, as they sped off towards Mount Justice.
And that marks the end of this story~ For now it is complete. At some point in the future I may continue, seeing as I left it open... Please point out any mistakes I may have made. Also, apologies that I didn't go into detail about the date, I just thought that if I did then the story would be too long and if they seem OOC, I tried to make Robin awkward, I mean, because going on a date with your best friend who you know loves you, but you're unsure about your own feelings. And Wally seems too soft spoken for me, but I think I'll attribute that too Megara's line, "People do crazy things, when you're in love" Or something like that, I haven't watched Hercules in a while...
Also, that thing on the bus, I didn't make it up. It actually happened to my sister, but she didn't say anything because she couldn't think of something to say that she deemed insulting enough.