Robin used his own money to pay for the drinks; the hero couldn't actually steal money from his friend, but it turned out he didn't need to.

"Sorry, someone's already paid for your next drink already." The barmaid, a tall blonde in a very short police uniform grinned back at him. "Seems you've got a secret admirer."

"Who paid for it?"

She pointed out a redheaded boy sat on a bar stool a few seats down from them. Ironically, the redhead was dressed in an almost perfect Robin costume. The only thing that wasn't perfect was the belt, but even that was a pretty good replica. However, instead of spiking his hair up like the Titans' leader he let his hair hang loose, two thick curved bangs curled inwards to his forehead and overlapped the domino mask slightly.

"Well I guess I'll take three of whatever he's drinking then." Robin grinned, paying for the other two drinks before approaching the other teen to pass him one of the glasses.

"Kid. If someone pays for a drink for you, you usually don't give it back to them." The redhead snorted, drinking half of the blood-red liquid in the glass in one go.

"But then how d'you get to meet the person to thank them?" Robin asked innocently, sitting on the stool next to him.

"Thieves just take what they want, kid. Not that I think giving you anything for free will stop you from stealing anything else tonight." He winked, nodding towards the purse in the 'thief's' hands.

"Why, you got anything you're scared I'll steal?"

"Only my heart." The other teen grabbed at his chest a few times then gave a very over-the-top gasp. "Oh no! It's gone... The evil thief has stolen my heart!"

"Aww, poor little hero." Robin laughed. "Your friends hanging around?" He not-so-subtly asked if the redhead was here alone.

"Nah. Besides, I can look after myself."

"Here all alone?"

"Yep, all on my own, but like I said: I can take care of myself." He smirked.

"What's going on here?" Topaz asked, taking back her purse, apparently bored of waiting in the booth.

"I already got you a drink." Robin handed her the glass, only just realising that he hadn't touched his own.

"Cheers. I hope this little thief hasn't been any trouble." She quickly took in the redhead's appearance. Judging by the look on her face, she very much approved.

Robin decided to try the strange cocktail that had been bought for him. Looking closer at it, it was layered with different shades of red instead of being blood red like Robin had assumed earlier. The taste was strange but nice, a weird mix of sharp and sweet that made his detective skills instantly kick into overdrive to try and separate the tastes. He could taste vodka, blackcurrant, wine and... cranberry juice? Still, there was clearly more than that in the mix.

"He stole my heart." The teen shrugged like it was no big deal.

"So, you got a name?" Topaz asked, clearly checking his costume for a red badge.

"Guess we forgot the introduction, huh kid?" The red head laughed and shook his head. "Name's Red."

"She's Topaz. I'm Rich." Robin grinned.

"That a name or a promise?" Red joked.

"Name, unfortunately." He couldn't help but laugh at the irony. He could probably get Bruce to buy him the club if he wanted.

"You're not wearing a badge. You interested in the thief, then?" Topaz was very protective of 'her boys', this wouldn't be the first time she'd scared off someone who was flirting with him.

"Something tells me Twinks and thieves aren't a good mix." Red gave another over the top sigh. "There's no hope for us!"

"I doubt that Robin and X are gay." Robin shrugged. Last year he wouldn't have understood that a Twink was a young or young-looking gay guy, but the amount of gay slang used here made it pretty easy to pick it up. It felt weird denying his own sexuality, but at the moment he wasn't Robin and Richard Criss wouldn't know that Robin was gay. "If Robin was, I'm sure he'd have a boyfriend by now."

"Who says he doesn't? It's not like he'd take him to work with him." Topaz pointed out. "Besides, Red X's probably not gay."

"Nah. I don't think he minds. I've seen him flirt with the girl Titans and Robin." Red grinned.

"He's just being annoying." Robin grinned, finishing off his last of his drink.

"Dare you to ask him." The 'hero' challenged him with a grin.

"What?"

"Dare you to ask Red X if he's gay."

"What… I… Like you'd ask Robin!"

"Fine." Red held out his hand for Robin to shake. "I ask Robin, if you ask X. And no cheating, I'll know." Robin had never been one to back down from a challenge anyway, but the confident smile Red was giving him made it impossible.

"Bet you won't do it anyway." Topaz shrugged. "It's not like you're going to bump into them on the street and stop for a chat!"

"You never know..." Robin chuckled at the irony of her words. "This is Jump City - anything could happen!"