Robin woke up in his bed at Wayne Manor. The sun peered through the windows and hurt his eyes. He tried to get up but groaned in agony. His chest was throbbing in pain, Kaldur must've broken some bones last night...
Bruce entered the room with a stern yet reasonable look on his face. He sighed for a moment before walking over and standing near the side of his bed. "You okay?" He asked. Richard couldn't tell if he was asking out of concern or something else.
"...are you mad?" He looked up with puppy eyes.
Bruce frowned. "Mad? Why would I be mad?"
"I dunno. I was just asking..."
Bruce placed a hand on his. "I'm not mad. I'm worried."
"Don't be. I'm fine. I'm better than I was yesterday."
"Dick, you've got three broken ribs, an almost punctured lung and a fractured wrist. What happened yesterday? Because I'm certain all that was not caused by a pebble."
"Why do you even care?"
"Don't, Dick. You know I care, in just want to know what happened."
Dick knew he cared. He just wanted to hear it because he feels like nobody cared lately.
"Wally told you. I tripped."
A few seconds went by and Bruce sighed. "Fine." He stood up from his kneeled position and headed out the door. Robin closed his eyes for a moment to relax, amongst all the pain he was currently in. He heard some familiar voices outside his room. Then he heard footsteps enter his room.
"Dick?"
Robins eyes snapped open and he saw his very good friend Wally.
"Wally!" He cried.
"Dude.. you look so busted up." He said, examining all the bruises, tubes and his bandaged wrist.
"Thanks."
"I'm so gonna kill Kaldur for this."
"Please don't. I've had enough drama as it is."
"Still." Robin noticed Wallace had tears forming in his eyes. "Woah, what's wrong?" He asked sympathetically. Kid Flash wiped them as they trickled down his cheek. He stammered,
"I just- hate seeing you like this."
"Brooo im good. Look. Wally, look at me-"
Dick used his hand to pull Wallys chin upwards.
"I'm fine."
"I know I know, I just think of you as my brother that's all. And with everything going on it's all just coming back to me now-"
"What's going on?"
"Nothing it isn't important."
"Tell me."
Wally sniffed and muttered,
"My parents. They argue all the time. I can't get away from it. And my aunt, she's ill. Very. They don't know if she'll make it or not."
"Wally, I-"
"No I'm just being a pussy, I'm fine really."
"You should've told me. And you're the least person I'd think to be a pussy."
Wally laughed through his tears.
"Come here." Wallace went in for a bro hug but pulled back when Dick winced in pain.
"Sorry." He chuckled.
"How's the others? Artemis?"
"Artemis is fine, recovering. And the others- they're still like maybe, maybe not, kind of, possibly, pretty mad."
Robin lowered his head with a sigh.
Wally put his hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry. You did nothing wrong, they'll get over it. They're just being stupid."
"Yeah but-"
"You got me. That's all you need."
Robin half-smiled before falling back onto his pillow in exhaustion, unknowingly closing his eyes.
Wally left him in peace and made his way back to Mount Justice. "Recognised. Kid Flash. 16." The machine operator announced. He went straight to the kitchen and got a glass of water before heading to the lounge area. He was about to open the door but suddenly heard voices coming from inside. He decided to stop and listen.
"It's not like we need him anyways. We'd honestly be so much better off without him." That was Kaldur.
"Exactly! Like, what's he ever actually done to help? We don't even know who he is!" Wally could tell that was Superboy. He frowned, he wasn't just going to stand around and listen to this.
"Maybe we should talk to the Justice League. They would take him out if we tell them what happened."
"Yeah, or he could just kill himself-" he laughed.
He was interrupted by door being thrown open, the knob slamming into the wall making a dent.
"WHAT THE FUCK KALDUR!" Wally screamed.
Everyone stared at him.
"What? Are you going to tell me he shouldn't?"
"You don't mean that do you? Do you know how wrong that is?"
Aqualad stood up, followed by Conner.
"Why are you defending him?"
"We're a team. Teams STICK together." He prodded Kaldurs chest with his finger.
"Whatever, I'm not part of his team anymore."
He barged past Wally, shoving his shoulder.
"Choose your side."
He watched them wander off befoe glancing back at Megan and Artemis who were still in the room.
He groaned in frustration then stormed out the building.
