Wally's room at the Cave, when occupied, often had two young heroes in it instead of just one.
Ya, ya, you can all stop thinking what you're thinking.
Because for Robin, the room was almost an escape from the security cameras around the cave, organized chaos, having to watch his every word to secure his secret identity...Wally's room was a source of comfort.
Whenever they wanted to talk as just Dick and Wally, take off those stupid sunglasses, when Robin had nightmares, wanted to catch his breath from the day's happenings, or lie down and do absolutely nothing and not be questioned about it because his injuries were bothering him...heck, even just to borrow a t-shirt; Wally's room was the place.
The speedster never minded. Any time spent with his best friend was well spent time; it was also fantastic that Robin was a neat freak, because once he'd complained for 20 minutes about the state of the room, the acrobat would singlehandely clean it up so it was possible to 'think clearly', because 'the state of a room reflects the state of the mind'.
Whatever that means.
Naturally, the time the two spent together just chillin out caused suspicions amongst those who read too far into their friendship. Like in an incident such as this:
Robin was in obvious pain. His muscles had been seizing up, twisting themselves like they were in a vise for the past day; currently he was in Wally's bedroom at the Cave, lying on the floor, trying to stretch.
He'd recently been kidnapped, tied up mercilessly for 12 straight hours, and injected with some odd drug. It was meant to cause hallucinations, and reverse reality as you know it. Thankfully the antidote had been administered in time, but the drug's side effects were still in full effect. Side effects which included making your muscles react in a way where it felt like they were hardening like cement, and all the while cramping and twisting up.
Robin stood up, pacing the room. After a few minutes, he finally stopped and just leaned in forehead against the wall, moaning a bit. It really hurt.
It was killing Wally to see his friend like this. With a determined expression, he hopped up do do something about it.
Ten minutes later, Artemis was walking by Wally's door when something made her stop.
"Ow! Oww, easy! Go easier!"
"Just stay still!"
"Ouch! Don't be so rough!"
Unbeknownst to Artemis, Wally was using the heel of his hand to press into Robin's back, vibrating his hand in an attempt to loosen the knotted up muscles.
Of course the archer immediately jumped to the wrong conclusion. Not knowing what came over her, she practically kicked the door open, and saw...
Braced against the wall was Robin, with no shirt on and face in a grimace as Wally pushed his hand in between the 13 year old's shoulder blades.
Looking quite embarrassed and awkward under the bewildered stare of the two boys, she lamely tried to explain that, "I just, um, though you, somebody...there was - I was..." and with a mumbled 'nevermind' she disappeared from view.
Realizing what Artemis had been suspecting and blushing because of it, Robin yelled in a pained voice, "We're not a couple!"
"Dude, a photobooth, let's do it!"
Glancing in the direction Wally pointed, Dick replied, "No, look, there's a line," but Wally was already dragging him by the hand over to the booth. When they got in line, Dick immediately put his hands in his pockets, resulting in a curious look from Wally.
"It looked like we were holding hands," he explained. Wally began to laugh, and asked, "That really bothers you, doesn't it?"
Dropping his voice, Dick said, "Isn't it bad enough with the rumors of Batman and Robin being gay, Bruce Wayne and Richard Grayson being gay, Kid Flash and Robin being gay, and now 'Dick and Wally?' This is ridiculous!"
Wally found it hilarious. Just to make his friend more uncomfortable, he swung an arm around his small frame and pulled him into his side. However, a sharp dig in the side from Dick's bony elbows caused him to let go; those elbows were sharp.
When it was finally their turn to go into the photo booth, as they were stepping in and closing the curtains, the person in charge yelled, "Keep it G rated in there, boys!"
Sticking his head out of the curtains, Dick had an indignant look on his face as he shouted, "We're not a couple!"
"How am I supposed to work these things? They're like genetically modified toothpicks!" Wally exclaimed as he tried in vain to get the chopsticks to work.
Dick looked at him from across the table and raised an eyebrow, before sighing and saying, "Stop, stop. You're going to take somebody's eye out; besides, you're holding them wrong."
He readjusted the chopsticks in Wally's hand to what he thought was the correct position, but the redhead just gave him a 'you think you're so clever but you're not' look. "Well you're supposedly holding them 'correctly', and still can't do it."
"It's part of the Grayson curse, we can't hold our liquor, anesthetics, or chopsticks."
This remark caused them both to bust up laughing, until a waiter came up with two forks, setting one down in front of Wally and saying, "Two forks, one for you, and, " he set the other one in front of Dick, "one for your date."
Wally buried his face in his arms to try and stifle his laughter as Dick yelled loud enough for every person in the place to hear, "We're NOT a couple!"
The team was hanging out in the pool at the Cave, taking turns on the diving board. It was Robin's turn, and Wally was to go right after him.
Walking out to the end, followed by Wally, Robin stopped, extending his arms out like a bird, doing what he called "The Titanic". Wally did the same thing, and Robin yelled out, "I'm flying Jack!", which caused them both to break out in gales of laughter. Wally managed to grab a hold of his friend as he slipped off the diving board, and hung onto his hand as the acrobat dangled 10 feet above the water. Wally yelled, "Don't let go! Don't ever let go!"
"It can't hold both of us!" Robin cried out dramatically, before dropping into the water with a magnificent splash, closely followed by Wally.
When both of them surfaced for air, Wally yelled,"Plot twist! Rose and Jack were both rescued by the friendly neighborhood shark, who didn't MEAN to maul them; it was just a love bite!" He lunged at Robin, imitating a shark and causing the younger to laugh as he tried to get away.
"So...how long have they, um been..you know." Connor asked Kaldur. But before the Atlantean could reply, Robin yelled out, "WE - ARE - NOT - A - COUPLE!"
Another chapter done!
This shoutout goes to Nightinggale70666, whoo hoo!
Oh, and my brothers and I ordered pizza last night and watched Mockingjay Part 1 - did it rip anyone else's heart out?
But I had to keep explaining everything cause those morons won't read the books - sigh.
Heh, but that's nothing compared to my sister, who refuses to read the Harry potter books, so in the movies, I have to explain EVERYTHING thats going on. I find myself improvising more and more.
The next chapter will be coming soon - remember...you gotta keep your head up, hey-ey, you gotta let your hair down ohh oh!