Seeing him run like that was beyond impossible, but yet he had seen it with his own two eyes. He couldn't resist smiling as he realized Flash would be home quicker than he would. Man he needed to hang out with him more, and that was exactly what he planned to do. One day on a particularly uneventful evening Arrow called Flash up. "Be there in like a minute" he replied.
That minute didn't last too long. Flash was at his meeting spot before he knew it. "I was thinking maybe you would like to learn how to shoot a bow." Oliver said as he stepped out of his hiding spot. "I knew it was you! I knew you were Oliver Queen." Oliver shrugged as he tossed clothes to Barry to change into.
"I figured you did. That's why I didn't come as the Arrow." Oliver turned and waited for Barry to change before their lesson began. "Okay I'm ready. What's first?" Barry asked. Oliver turned and handed him a bow. "First I want you to get used to the amount of strength you will need to pull the string back."
Barry nodded and proceeded to lift the bow in the air. "Alright, now you want to pull the string back, but not further than your ear." Barry nodded and pulled it back. "Now be careful when you let go because you can hurt you forearm with the string. Now slowly let the string back down and we will nock it." Barry did as told and started to reach for an arrow.
"One more thing, hold it like this" Oliver said as he took Barry's hand and space his fingers with two on one side of the notch and one on the other. Oliver watched as Barry placed the arrow onto the bow and pulled back. "Now aim for that target over there." Oliver said pointing to a giant target he had set up.
Barry pulled back and aimed for the target. He released and it shot off sticking to the bottom of the target. "Ow." Barry said gripping his forearm. Oliver took his arm and examined it. "I'm sorry, that's my fault. I should have given you protection." Barry smiles at him "No that's okay. I'll be careful next time."
Oliver smiles back "You wanna continue?" Barry nodded "How do I aim? I think I may need work on that" Oliver laughs "Okay. We will next time. For now focus on not hurting yourself and nocking the bow" "And being able to pull it back easily?" Barry asks.
Oliver smiles "yeah that too." Oliver continues to watch Barry shoot arrows and he was getting better at pulling the string back, but the aim was still bad. He only hurt himself twice this time around. The second time Oliver ran his finger gently over it "That may linger for a bit." Barry shrugged.
He continued until it got dark and Oliver decided that was enough. "When will we meet again?" Barry asks Oliver's back as he gets back into his running clothes. "When are you not busy?" Oliver replies. Barry thinks about it for a moment "How about I just call you when I'm free and see if that time works?"
Oliver smiles "Sounds good. Next time we will work on your aim." As he said this his eyes flicked over to the target. Barry laughed "Yeah I'd like that." Oliver watched him as he sped away. He was looking forward to their next lesson and so was Barry.