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Chapter 6
"Dick?" asked Mark but Dick didn´t answered. One minute ago he was perfectly fine, he had gone to the entrance and now he seemed so lost, so confused. "What happened?"
Dick shook his head as only response. He couldn´t tell Mark what he had just seen and he didn´t want him to know how it was affecting him. He was hurt, and jealous, and heartbroken and mostly ashamed. Wally and him were only good friends, best friends since his 10 birthday. But that was it. He had no right to think Wally was for him. They were absolutely nothing. If he wanted to be with Artemis it should be fine for him. But it wasn´t.
"Say something." asked Mark again a little bit louder and tougher.
"Nothing." he had to make a lie; and fast. "I went to ask something to Barbara and she told me I failed a test because I didn´t get in the class, that is all."
Mark nodded trying to act like he had bought it. Dick knew Mark was able to notice it was something else what was bothering him; even though he thanked him for not asking again.
"You know you can talk to me about anything; right?" Dick nodded and then faked his best smile.
Robin took a big breathe and then he put his glasses on. His bedroom door opened and he was exposed to the empty corridor. He stared at it not wanting to take a step out of his room. He knew he had to face Wally. He had to look into his eyes and pretend he didn´t knew about his relationship with Artemis. He sighed and messed his hair with his hand as he tried to clear of his mind. He had to be cool. He needed to act like if he didn´t knew. That was the key. If Wally didn´t want to share his secret with him then he wouldn´t share it with him.
For a second he imagined what was waiting for him outside that corridor, in the kitchen. It was past noon so the team was probably eating lunch. Megan and Superboy would be all cheesy because of their newest relationship. Kaldur would be watching some international news and Wally and Artemis would be exchanging flirting looks they had managed to hide from him during the past weeks (maybe months).
"Fuck." he whispered to himself. This was going to be hard.
He started walking down the corridor without energy or joy. All he wanted to do was to go back to Gotham and spent some time with Mark.
Mark does like you, whispered his inner person in a lame attempt to cheer him up.
"But he is not Wally." he answered in a sigh.
Of course he had been mad at Wally and Artemis at the beginning. First because the fact that Wally was with someone else hurt him and second, he felt betrayed by his friend for not telling him about it. THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS FOR GOD´S SAKE! But then that anger was replaced by sadness. He couldn´t be mad at them because of something that wasn´t even wrong. If they were happy together he had no right to go and interfere only because he had a crush on the guy. Wally was his best friend since they were just kids and for Robin that friendship had become something more some years ago. He wanted Wally but now he had to accept that he didn´t like him back in the way he wanted; in the way he needed.
"Robin!" shouted Wally as he crashed against him making him fall. "Are you okay?"
Robin looked up and then his heart and brain went numb. Artemis had really good reasons to fall for the guy; his bright smile, his shinning green eyes, his freckles on his cheeks and that beautiful hair. Wally offered Robin his hand and for a moment Robin was too lost in his thoughts to answer or move. Why did he have to fall in love with his best friend? From all the people in the world, why Wally?
"As okay as I can be after being knocked down by a trunk."
Wally laughed.
Damn how you love that laugh. Joked his inner self but Robin managed to ignore it. He took Wally´s hand and then stood up. They were too close but Wally seemed unable to feel the sexual tension Robin was feeling. He was so close to those lips. Only one slight movement and they would be locked with his. He wanted to kiss him so badly it hurt him. It hurt him to know he would never be his.
"I mean it dude, is everything alright?" asked Wally as he leaned closer to the younger one. Robin shock his head.
"I am just tired. Long week with Bats." he tried to dissimulate the blush of his cheeks by looking down to his feet. From the corner of his eye he watched Wally nod in agreement.
"Now I get why he gave you this day off."
Robin looked at Wally puzzled. Day off? This wasn´t his day off. Bruce was on a business trip.
"Sorry, what are you talking about?"
Wally took some steps away from the boy. He looked as confused as Robin now.
"I thought… we all assumed…" he trailed off.
"Spit it out!" he didn´t want to sound that upset but he couldn´t control it.
"Kaldur was watching the news and suddenly a note from Gotham appeared. It was a live report of some fight Batman was having with "The Card"." He said the whole sentence without taking any breathe.
"That bastard!" he cursed between teeth as he passed next to Wally and ran towards the kitchen.
The TV was on and, as he had assumed before, Kaldur was watching it as he ate some salad on the kitchen bar.
"Robin!" said Megan from the kitchen table where she was sitting next to Conner. Artemis was eating a sandwich at the other extreme of the table.
Robin ignored them and put his attention on the screen. He could feel Kaldur gaze on him and so the presence of Wally looking at the TV from his shoulder. In other situation having Wally so close to him would have made him happy but now he couldn´t care less. He turned the volume up and watched the love report.
On the screen they were able to see a small batman standing on top of a building and The Card on the building facing the hero. It looked like if they were talking, no one seemed prepared to start a fight and that made the younger hero furious. Why was Batman at Gotham when he had told him the contraire? Why hadn´t he called him for help? Why was still at the mountain with the rest of the Young Justice League?
"Robin?" whispered Kaldur as he put his hand on my shoulder. Robin shock it away.
"How long?"he hissed.
"How long what?" asked back Kaldur with his usual calm and polite voice.
"How long has this report been on air?"
Kaldur looked at the rest of the team that just returned him confused looks. Robin sighed and put his attention back on the screen. The Card was alredy gone and so was Batman.
The image changed and now the tv showed the reporter reading some useless information about the villain.
"I am going to read that letter."
The team stood quiet as they watch Robin leave the room towards his room. No one moved or say a thing, they just stood staring at the door that connected the kitchen with the room´s corridor. They knew what it was coming and everyone was thinking of what to say in case that…
"THAT MORON!" they heard Robin´s scream and then a door slam. The mountain stood quiet until they heard a women´s voice announcing the exit of Batman´s protégée.
"Do you think?" started Artemis but she was interrupted by Wally.
"Yep." he said nodding slowly and then sitting next to the archer.
"And how do you think is going to react?" asked Megan.
"For what I overheard I think he didn´t react well." said Conner as he looked over Kaldur that was turning off the TV.
"What did you expected?" Kaldur leaned over the bar and then looked toward the rest of the team. "Batman managed to keep Robin, the best hacker of the world, unable to read a letter that thanks to one of us…" when he said that phrase he glared at Wally making the ginger look down ashamed. "he knows that is a threaten letter against him."
"But Batman is doing this for his own good." added Megan. Artemis shocked her head.
"But if that was Batman´s goal he is doing it all wrong."
Wally nodded in agreement. "Batman is treating Robin the same way since he was 11. Of course Robin wants to take part of new things and Batman isn´t letting him. And now if you add the fact that Batman is keeping secrets from Robin that concerns him, of course Robin could feel…"
"Betrayed." ended Kaldur.
"So that´s what you think?" asked Conner a little bit confused. "Do you think he is mad at Batman?"
"Of course he is pissed." answer Wally. "He has the right to be."
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