Of Secret Keeping and Best Friends
Robin is twelve the first time she keeps a secret from Batman. She's confused and a little scared when she looks down at her own blood mixed with urine in the toilet. She's not really sure what she's supposed to do but she knows not to ask Bruce. That would have been far too awkward.
Robin's been training with Batman for years and likes to think she handles high-stress situations pretty well. Although no amount of training could have possibly prepared her for this. She is however proud to say that she only freaked out for a minimum of thirty seconds before reaching for her phone. She's fingering in Wally's number before she even has a chance to think about.
Then Robin is stuttering blushing and tripping over her words as she tries to explain exactly what's happened. Wally only lets out a reassuring laugh and promises to be there within seconds. And true to her word moments after she hangs up the phone Wally is at Wayne Manor in a few moments greeting Alfred with a cheeky remark about 'Ask Jeeves' before she's knocking on the door to Robin's bathroom.
"It's open!" Robin calls and Wally finds her friend posed in an awkward stance over the toilet pants around her ankles red blush coloring her cheeks. Wally smirks derisively but doesn't torture Robin for long. Instead she closes the doors behind her and spends the next few minutes explaining exactly how to use a tampon.
Robin blanches and stares wide eyed at the small unassuming white device in her friend's hand "That's sounds invasive don't you have anything that's well y'know vasive?" she asks small amount of color returning to her cheeks. Though she's dismayed when Wally shakes her head.
"If you're talking about pads then no." Wally says firmly there's no room for argument but that doesn't really stop Robin from trying.
"Why not?" she asks not taking the tampon she's being offered.
"With the kind of crap we put up with on a daily basis a pad just doesn't cut it." Wally explains taking Robin's hand in her own and dropping the tampon into it.
Robin's blush grows darker and she swallows softly before hesitantly asking "Is it gonna-"
"Don't worry it won't get stuck." Wally reassures her, Robin's eyes grow wide for a second but she doesn't ask how Wally even knew what she was going to say.
Robin takes a breath and squares her shoulders before making Wally leave while she attempts to insert her first tampon. And with shaking slightly sweaty hands she manages to do okay all things considers. Though even after she's done Robin doesn't leave the safety of the bathroom yet she needs to calm her shaking form first. She knows logically that there's no reason for it but she's still kind of freaking out a little.
"Dude, are you okay in there?" Wally calls through the door Robin had forgotten Wally was even out there. And it's kind of a hard thing to forget because Wally has kind of always been there for her and yeah that does sort of help Robin get a grasp on the situation.
"I'll be out in a second!" Robin calls out before pulling up her pants washing her hands and walking out the door into Wally's outstretched arms. She's supposed to be pulling away Robin realizes after a few seconds, Wally had always been over-affectionate and Robin almost never let herself be caught in one of Wally's hugs but right now she kind of needed it a little more than she'd like to admit.
Four months after Robin turns twelve she Wally realizes is her best friend.
A/N: Yay for fluff and awkward moments. This was written because I got my period again yay (note the heavy sarcasm) and also because I kind of wanted to write some gender-swap Dick and Wally to see if I could do it. I think I managed to do okay even if I did make Robin a little OOC but I thought it was justified.
