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Chapter 2

After paying the Batcave a visit via Zeta-beam, Dick returned to Mount Justice with a light blue plastic box. The little bird was greeted by a munching Wally; and even though Dick was used to his best friend eating constantly, he could barely understand a word.

"Wally, no talking while eating, right?"

The speedster swallowed hastily, then repeated: "Dude, where have you been? We're having lunch right now; M'gann made not-burned pizzas! But because we weren't sure where you were and if you would show up, I kinda already ate your slices as well... - you don't mind, do you?"

Dick couldn't suppress a grin when he saw relief washing over Wally's face after telling the speedster that he had already eaten.

Then the Boy Wonder turned serious: "Is Zee in the kitchen?"

The redhead's expression darkened, while shaking his head: "No. She said she wasn't hungry though I highly doubt that. On the other hand, who am I to say when normal people are hungry or not?"

As if to confirm his statement, Wally's stomach rumbled loudly.

The speedster cheeks turned slightly red: "Well... I'm going back to the others, hopefully they haven't eaten all the pizzas on their own yet... – 'you going to join us?"

The ebony-haired teen shook his head: "Later maybe. I want to look after Zee first."

Wally just nodded in understanding and hurried back to the kitchen.

Dick headed in the direction of Zatanna's room. When he finally reached her door, he stopped and listened. No sobbing, just sniffing every now and then.

Okay, now was the time.

…

Maybe it wasn't time yet? Perhaps he should wait a little more...?

'Gosh, Grayson, get yourself together,' the young crime-fighter thought angrily,' this is not definitely not the time for you to turn into a coward!'

Clutching the plastic box a little tighter, Dick pulled himself together and knocked.

A muffled voice answered: "I'm really not hungry, Artemis-"

"It's not Artemis, it's me -"

"Robin?"

"Yeah."

No response, except for some rustling of bed sheets.

Taking a deep breath, Dick continued: "Zee? Can... can I come in?"

Some more rustling. Then:

"It's open."

Carefully, the little bird opened the door and slid inside, then closed it silently. When he turned around, he could still see all the boxes standing right where M'gann, Artemis and he had put them down, except for one; it had been moved next to the bed and was ripped open.

Dick let his gaze wander to Zatanna; the magician was curled up on the bed, clutching a framed photograph to her chest. Her eyes and nose were slightly red and her hair fell messily in her eyes.

Though in Dick's eyes it didn't stop her from looking pretty.

He then slowly went up to Zatanna and sat down on the edge of her bed, holding up the plastic box he had taken with him : "I... I brought you something."

The magician looked surprised, put down the photo next to her and took the box: "What's in there?"

Her voice was still a little coarse from crying, though she tried hard to conceal it.

The Boy Wonder pretended not to notice: "I know you said you weren't hungry, but I thought you might like them."

Then he opened the box and in there were – cookies (more importantly, Alfred's cookies, not that he could tell her that).

Zatanna just stared at the cookies.

"Don't worry, I didn't make them myself or otherwise they would be uneatable – even for Wally," Dick added, slowly becoming nervous because the raven-haired girl still hadn't said a word," but they are really great. And... -"

He didn't get the chance to say anything else, because Zatanna had already flung her arms around him and buried her face in the crook of his neck, new tears making their way down the magician's cheeks.

The acrobat wrapped his arms protectively around the sobbing girl, rubbing circles on her back soothingly.

But Zatanna didn't have much more tears left to shed and therefore, stopped crying soon.

Embarrassed, she looked up, her blue eyes meeting the shades that concealed the eyes of her friend.

"I'm sorry,... I... I stained your shirt," she apologized, still sniffing.

"That's okay," the little bird assured her, squeezing her arm reassuringly, "I have more than one."

The magician couldn't help but crack a smile. Then she carefully untangled herself from Robin; she didn't like him seeing her so... weak.

It was almost like the acrobat could read her thoughts, because after she had positioned herself new, he said: "Zee, you know that you're not weak for showing your feelings, right? Actually, that is perfectly normal; I'd rather be concerned if you weren't."

But Zatanna didn't want to talk further about it and instead observed: "You treat me differently than the others do."

The Boy Wonder just raised an eyebrow, while moving closer to the wall, so he could lean against it: "Yeah? How?"

"I don't know...," the magician chewed her lower lip in thought, shifting so she could sit next to him, also with her back to the wall, "you just... interact... with me, rather than only react to something I did or did not say..."

"Well, they don't know how to...handle your... situation," Dick defended his friends.

"-But you do?" Zatanna glanced at the crime-fighter in confusion.

The ebony-haired boy cleared his throat uneasily: "Not exactly... but... but I know how you feel..."

"You... you do?" The magician was almost too afraid to ask him that question.

The acrobat nodded slowly, trying to figure out how much he could tell her without revealing too much of his secret identity: "Yeah... I... I lost my parents, too..."

Zatanna couldn't help but look absolutely shocked; Robin, the one who was always ready to crack a joke or play a prank, the boy who seemed happy all the time, was an orphan?

Again, it appeared that the little bird could read her mind: "I was... eight when... it... happened, … so it's been some time ago... though I'll never be able to forget how horrible and scary it'd been then...," he explained, still struggling with himself how much he could say without giving away too much.

The raven-haired girl squeezed his hand comfortingly.

Dick gave her a little smile: "Back then, I thought I could never be happy; but my life great how it is now: I mean, I have you guys and being able to kick some bad people's butt is certainly one of the good things that comes with being taken in by Batman."

That earned him a small smile from the magician.

"Of course I'm still sometimes sad about... well, y'know... but I know that my parents would want me to be as happy as I could possibly be; I guess that's just what all parents want for their children."

"I'm sure your parents would be very proud of what you've become," Zatanna stated, resting her head on the other teen's shoulder.

"I hope so," the ebony-haired acrobat admitted, completely honest.

"I know so."

And even though Zatanna couldn't imagine how there could be ever any doubt, she felt Robin relaxing at her words. Then, while closing her eyes, she couldn't say anything else but: "Thank you. For everything."

Dick rested his head on hers: "Anytime, Zee; anytime."

END

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