Wally sighed in frustration, flopping onto the couch.
"Hey, Wall-man, what's up?" Robin asked, mimicking the speedster for no purpose other than to annoy him. He had gotten them back good for their little prank- Wally specifically had been turned as red as his hair normally was- it was now a vivid pink. He still rocked it, though.
"Not much," he responded honestly. Anymore. His father had just gotten done yelling at him- again- for skipping last week's track meet. It wasn't as if he had better things to do- no, his father had to live vicariously through him!
Robin stared at him for a moment. "Not much, huh?"
"Yep. Not much."
There was another pause- Robin's amusement was practically radiating off him. The bird stayed silent, watching his friend, counting down mentally. Three.
Wally huffed.
Two.
He opened his mouth and closed it again. Twice.
One.
His left hand twitched. He turned to Robin.
And… Go.
"Okay, so my dad? Total jerk, right? He's always getting on my case about the stupid track team, how I never make it to the meets and I never win and this and that and I'm so freaking frustrated because he's trying to re-live his glory days through me and I can run faster than the speed of light so I'm really just wasting my time pacing myself of a high school track team and we had this big fight and now he's mad at me- again- but it'll all be the same by Thursday because I have another meet and we'll probably have a mission or something and this is really getting on my nerves."
Robin hid a smile- he had seen the rant coming a mile away.
"So… Nothing much?"
Wally stared. Let out a single, short laugh. Relaxed in his seat. "Pretty much."
"In that case, what say you to an annihilation competition of Tekken 2?"
Just the mention of the old game brought a smile to Wally's lips. It didn't have the greatest animation, but you could never go wrong with Kuma.
"Thought you'd never ask."
With that, Robin set about turning on the game, even tossing him a bag of Chex Mix Muddy Muddies from… somewhere.
Wally knew he'd be able to forget about his father and the track team and all that. And that was enough, for now, at least.
