Hello Readers and welcome to another chapter. If you've made it this far, good job! You have either an amazing amount of determination or you may be addicted. (Don't worry it's okay to be the second one, I am.) Anyhoo, Dickie's going to get a little visit from a character mentioned earlier in the story. So be prepared to meet him. (Lol, Lion King profile pun. I need mental help)

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Gotham City Therapy Center July 23 11:15 A.M.

Dick followed Bruce out of the car and to the lobby of the therapy center. He took his usual seat while Bruce left to talk with the the receptionist. Ever since his team got together and gave him the box, Dick never went without a rubber band on his wrist and the comm in his pocket. Dr. Tompkins strolled into the lobby, and placed a hand on Dick's shoulder, signaling it was time to go in. Dick sat in silence while Dr. Tompkins tried to get him to speak.

"I hear your friends got together and made you a box. Could you tell me what was in it?" The doctor asked. Dick toyed with the rubber band on his wrist.

"Richard, it has been an hour, and you haven't said a word. What can I do to help you? I just want you to speak, to say something, anything." The doctor pleaded. She really did want to help Richard but, she couldn't help if he didn't speak to her. Dr. Tompkins put her head in her hands.

"Rubber bands," A quiet voice began. She lifted her head to see the voice belonged to the ebony teen sitting in front of her.

"They gave me rubber bands, and some pictures." The boy finished. Dr. Tompkins smiled.

"Do they help?" She asked, happy that they boy finally spoke.

"Y-yeah, when I get anxious, I'll snap the rubber band. Whenever I feel sad, I look at the photos, and they help." Dick replied.

"Have you had anymore 'incidents' since our last session?" Dr. Tompkins already knew the answer but, she wanted Richard to tell her himself. Dick suddenly found the floor very interesting.

"Yes." Dick replied, he tugged at his hoodie sleeves.

"How many?" The doctor asked. She knew she was taking a shot in the dark, trying to get him to answer that question. But, the teen surprised her.

"Eleven." Dick replied.

"Why eleven? You could've done any number but, you chose eleven." The woman asked. Dick shifted uncomfortably in his chair. He hesitated before answering.

"One for every failure." Dr. Tompkins noticed Dick was uncomfortable. She scribbled some notes and stood up. With her warm smile, she informed.

"That'll be all for today. Thank you very much Richard. I look forward to our next session." With that, Dick and the doctor exited the room and went to see Bruce. The blue eyed billionaire spoke with Dr. Tompkins while, Dick got into the car.

"I assume your session with Dr. Tompkins went well." Alfred said as the car door shut.

"Yeah, I guess so." Dick mumbled. Bruce got into the car.

"Dr. Tompkins says you're improving. Do you think you'll be ready to go back to school?" Bruce asked. Dick stiffened for a second but, then relaxed again. He nodded and stared out of the window.


Gotham Academy July 24 7:30 A.M.

A black limousine pulled up to the courtyard of Gotham Academy. Dick Grayson stepped out of it in the school uniform. It was the same as everyone else's, a white button up with a navy blazer, a matching tie, navy slacks, and black dress shoes. A redhead girl wearing the girls' uniform, waved at Dick.

"Hey Babs." Dick said blandly, he shoved his hands deeper into his pockets to hide the bandages.

"Are you okay? You seem a bit off." Barbara asked, concerned by Dick's actions.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Dick replied with his signature smile. Barbara eyed him suspiciously. Dick walked into his homeroom.

The bell ending the school day was about to ring. Dick collected his belongings off his desk and waited for it when, a tall kid in the men's school uniform approached Dick.

"Hey! Circus Freak! Where's my homework?" The kid asked, shoving Dick out of his chair.

"I don't have it, Zach." Dick said. He got up and dusted himself off. Zach cracked his knuckles and shoved Dick into the wall.

"I'll show you what happens when you don't what I tell you." Zach threatened. He socked Dick in the stomach, then the eye. Zach grabbed Dick by the shirt and threw him onto the desk. Jayden and Coscan, Zach's uncivil friends, surrounded Dick. They cackled and began punching him. The last bell rang.

"See ya, Circus Freak." Zach laughed as he and his groupies left. Dick pulled himself off of the cracked desk. He staggered out off the room and into the bathroom. I can't be seen. Thought the young bird. He pulled himself onto the window seal and rolled out of it. Dick landed on the ground, his shoulder made a sickening pop. The acrobat pulled out his phone and clicked on Bruce's number. Dick paused, Awwww, look at the Dickie bird. He thinks Bruce will come to the rescue. You idiot! Bruce will never care! Bruce will never come for you! You are alone! Dick slipped his phone back into his pocket. He leaned heavily against the side of the school, Dick staggered towards the zeta beams. After an hour that felt like days, he made it to the phone booth.


Mt. Justice 3:15

"Robin B01." The monotone voice of the computer announced. An overly excited Kid Flash sped his way down to the zeta tubes. The excitement the speedster once had was disappeared when he saw the broken body of his best friend stumble out of the zeta.

"Oh my god. Rob what happened?" Wally asked in a high pitched voice. He draped Robin's arm over his shoulder and helped the bird to the med-bay. The team sat on the couch awaiting the noisy speedster and Robin to return. When they only heard silence the team became worried. Artemis and M'gann walked over to the zeta tubes to find neither of the boys there.

"What are you looking for?" M'gann and Artemis both jumped at the sudden appearance of Black Canary.

"We, we were just wondering where Kid and Robin went." Miss Martian stuttered. Black Canary immediately marched down to the med-bay. Her eyes widened at the sight of the teens.

"I want to know what happened, right now!" Ordered Canary, going into what the team often referred to as 'Mama Canary Mode.' Kid Flash and Robin jumped a mile high.

"Oh, h-hey beautiful. What I wanna know is if it hurt when you fell fro-" Kid Flash was cut off by a slap upside the head from Artemis.

"Stop the flirting, Baywatch and answer the question!" Artemis shouted. The noise drew the rest of the team into the med-bay. The team, minus Superboy, and Black Canary began bickering. Robin sat on the med-bay table snapping the rubber band against his wrist. Superboy took notice of this strange action. The Kryptonian moved away from the arguing group and pulled Robin out of the room. Nobody noticed as Superboy and Robin walked into the living room. He signaled for Robin to sit, while he pulled out a roll of bandages he grabbed before they left. Superboy took a seat next to the Boy Wonder, and gently bandaged his wounds. They were silent for most of the time until, surprisingly, Superboy spoke up.

"So, what happened? I mean you wouldn't dislocate your own shoulder, would you?" It was the doubt that Robin feared the most about recovery. Nobody trusted you, everyone questioned you. Heck, he even couldn't go to the bathroom without somebody having to stand outside the door, and he couldn't be in there for more than a minute!

"No Supey, I wouldn't dislocate my own shoulder." Robin said sarcastically with his signature smile. Superboy knew he was hiding something.

"So, what happened then." Superboy asked again hoping for the full answer this time. Robin hesitated before answering.

"I fell out of a window."

"You're a horrible liar." Superboy stated flatly. This surprised the acrobat.

"What do you mean?" Robin asked. Superboy didn't look up, he just calmly continued to wrap the bird's wounds.

"I mean, you suck at lying. Tell me what else happened." Superboy stopped finished and sat quietly next to Robin's dislocated shoulder. Sweat began to build on the teen's brow, his mind raced. What will Superboy do? What will the team do? Will they think I'm weak for not fighting back? Will they think I'm stupid for not calling Bruce? The Boy Wonder thought. Superboy seemed to know exactly what he was thinking because he placed a hand atop of the other teen's much smaller ones. A warm smile spread across his most of the time serious face. Superboy got up and left for a minute then returned with two steaming hot cups of hot chocolate. He handed one to the smaller teen and sat down next to him. Superboy motioned for him to begin.

"Well, there is this group of seniors in my school who think it's fun to beat me up." Robin began, he was comforted by the fact that Superboy would sit and listen. Other people like Wally or Barbra would get worked up by just that one sentence. He enjoyed just being able to talk to someone without Bruce being told directly after or them going on a rampage.

"They tell me to do their homework and projects. Today I decided to be brave and stand up to them. I told them I didn't have it and as you can see that was a complete mistake." Robin continued. Superboy just sat next to him, Robin's injured arm in hand, and listened. Robin continued speaking for a couple minutes until he was cut off by a sicking pop much like the one his shoulder made from the fall earlier. The noise was followed by a burning sensation going up and down his arm. Robin yelped in half surprise and half pain. Superboy gently placed his arm in a black sling.

"Sorry." He mumbled apologetically.

"Thanks Supey, it would've hurt a lot more if I knew that was coming." Robin said. Superboy looked relieved by his statement. Just then the rest of the team and Black Canary came bursting in. They looked surprised to see the two boys sitting on the couch drinking hot coco. There were no new injuries or anything.

"Do you guys mind?" Superboy said as he protectively scooted closer to Robin. Black Canary and the other four teens left without another word. Superboy moved away from the bird a little, feeling embarrassed. To his surprise Robin moved closer to him. A movie was played and the two heroes snuggled close together drinking their hot chocolate. Robin fell asleep with his head against Superboy's chest, towards the end of the movie. The smaller teen's light breaths calmed Superboy until he too fell asleep.

Okay that ended on a very fluffy note which even I wasn't expecting. No, I do not ship Supey and Rob. I'm actually on the BirdFlash fan-boat. Comment for any ideas, I'd love to hear them.

I will try to make a Flash fan-fiction. It'll be season 1 because that what I'm comfortable with and that's the only season I've watched. So sad cause season 2 was ruined for me. WHHHHHYYYYY?!

Until next time Superbirds and BirdFlashes. ;)