Selina opened the door to Dick's room and peered inside.

"Sweetie, do you want to talk about last night?" she asked. The form of Dick shifted on the bed before the young boy's head appeared at the foot of the bed. He sat up, with the blanket covering him. Selina sat next to him on the bed and pulled him close. "Hey, ready to tell me what happened?"

"It was Wally," Dick sniffed.

"Oh no," Selina cooed. "What did he do?"

"He was making out with Tomcat and he…he said 'Robin'…" Dick hiccupped.

"Oh sweetie…" Selina gasped slightly. She pulled Dick into her lap and gently stroked his back. "You poor thing…" The two sat in silence as Selina continued to stroke Dick, with the young boy purring slightly at the touch.

"What' going on?" Jason huffed, leaning against the doorway. "He's been crying since last night."

"Jason, your brother is going through something right now, let him be," Selina scolded.

"What's wrong?" Jason muttered.

"You wouldn't understand," Dick muttered.

"There you go again, treating me like a kid," Jason growled, crossing his arms. "I'm only two years younger than you!"

"Jason," Selina warned. "Go see if Alfred has made breakfast for Dick."

"Fine, fine," Jason huffed, stuffing his hands into his pockets and leaving.

"Don't worry honey, everything's going to be alright," Selina assured him.


Recognized Robin

The masked boy was ambushed almost the second he exited the zeta tube.

"Dude, where have you been?" Wally smiled.

"Sorry, I got a little busy with something," Robin muttered.

"Hey, you okay, you look like you've been crying," Wally noted, noticing the nearly dry tear tracks. Robin nodded and quickly whipped his cheeks, trying to dry them and get rid of the marks.

"Yeah I just…I had a dream about my parents," Robin lied.

"Dude, you okay?" Wally asked, pulling him into a hug.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Robin nodded, hesitantly wrapping his arms around him. Robin quickly pulled away from the speedster quickly and smiled at him. "So what's up? Why are you so happy?"

"Oh, you'll never guess what happened last night!" Wally smiled.

"What happened?" Robin asked as they both began slowly walking towards the living room.

"We beat Tomcat!" Wally smiled, folding his hands behind his head.

"That's great Wally," Robin smiled nervously.

"Yeah, but I didn't like my part in beating him," Wally mumbled. Robin slowed to a stop and looked up at him.

"What was your part?" the boy with sunglasses asked slowly. His heart pounded in his chest as Wally dropped his hands. A disgusted look flashed across his face before he settled for a neutral tone.

"I had to distract him so I could get the little cat statue thing out of his pocket," the redhead shrugged. "Of course that meant having to get close to him…really close." Wally's eyes darkened for a moment before he smiled back at Robin. "But I'm fine now, I mean, we got the thing back in the end, and it wasn't damaged at all." Robin felt his heart jump into his throat and he felt like he had trouble breathing.

"How…How close did you get to him?" Robin asked.

"Why are you so curious," Wally teased, ruffling the younger boy's hair.

"I just read the report and there wasn't much detail on the 'distraction' part," Robin told him quickly. "Batman had a feeling that you were hiding something so he wanted me to find out. So…what are you hiding?"

"If you're just going to tell Batman, I'm not saying a word," Wally told him firmly. "Not even M'gann or Kaldur know what I did to get that statue back."

"No worries man, I won't tell Batman, I'm just curious," Robin told him. Wally looked around before grabbing his arm and dragging him to his bedroom. Once the door was securely locked and he was sure that no one could hear him he turned around to face the boy wonder.

"You know how Tomcat has that weird…'thing'…for me?" Wally asked.

"How could I not," Robin smirked, crossing his arms and sitting on the speedster's bed.

"Well, I kinda…made out with him," Wally confessed. "And it was totally disgusting, like I can't believe I even did that! I'm completely straight, and yet I made out with a guy! I guy that I hate with all my guts no less! But it was the only thing I could do you know! He liked me, so I just used that to my advantage! He knows my weakness, so I guess it was about damn time I exploited one of his!" Robin's eyes widened under his shades and he felt his heart dropped. He quickly schooled his face into a mask of indifference.

"Hey, you did what you had to do in order to win," Robin told him. "We all have to resort to some pretty personally degrading things in order to beat somebody."

"Oh yeah, name one time that you had to do something like that," Wally smirked, sitting down next to him.

"Well, there was one time that Batman had to dress me up as a girl," Robin told him. "Actually no, scratch that, he still has me do that from time to time."

"…Do I even want to know why?" Wally asked.

"It's just to put as much difference between us and the dynamic duo as possible," Robin told him. "Batman wears a wig and sometimes fake facial hair to help."

"Yeah, but I feel sorry for you, you have to be a girl," Wally laughed.

"It's not my fault I'm so small!" Robin shouted, grabbing the pillow and hitting the speedster with it. Wally laughed and quickly grabbed his other pillow, swinging at his friend. Robin laughed and ducked, dodging it. "Do you really want to start a pillow fight?" he smirked, holding up his pillow.

"Bring it on, birdie," Wally smirked.


Robin leaned against the wall of the roof, staring out over the city.

"Hey bird brain," Red Arrow smirked, coming up behind him. He ruffled Robin's hair, causing the younger boy to look up at him. "Been a while since I've seen this outfit."

"I don't wear the Tomcat suit that much," Robin muttered, rolling his eyes under his mask.

"I'm glad you're back on duty, Batman was starting to get worried, everyone in the League could tell," Red Arrow smiled at him.

"I…didn't mean to worry him that much," Robin muttered.

"So, care to tell me what happened?" Red Arrow asked, leaning back against the wall.

"…It's Wally…" Robin whispered.

"Of course it is," Red Arrow sighed. "What has that idiot done now?"

"He…He was making out with Tomcat…and…it was going pretty far but then he…he said my name," Robin sniffed. "He said 'Robin', which means he's known all along about every advance I try to make. He's known that he was rejecting me and he's known this whole time." The boy Wonder sniffed once more and rubbed under his mask, as if wiping his eyes.

"And that's not even all of it," Robin said harshly. "I talked to him earlier today, and it turns out, that the whole thing with Tomcat was just a distraction so he could get the cat statue. He said that he was completely straight, and just the thought of kissing a guy made him feel sick." The boy wonder scoffed and rubbed his neck. Red Arrow noticed that his fingers ran across the bruises and bite marks from the speedster. "He sure didn't seem sick the other night. He was enjoying it just as much as Tomcat was! He even basically complained when Tomcat pushed him away after he said my name!" Red Arrow stayed silent, trying to find the right words.

"Wally's a jerkass," he said. Robin snorted and looked up at the archer. "No seriously, he is. He's a jerk, and he's also an ass. But don't let that stop you. You could still have a chance. If Wally said your name while making out with a guy, your secret thieving alter ego no less, then he probably hasn't realized how he feels yet. He probably didn't even realize that he said your name."

"Yeah I guess so…" Robin muttered. "It still hurts like hell though."

"Hey, rejection always will," Roy told him. "But you still have a shot. Not most people get that."

"Thanks," Robin smiled.

"Hey, I'm your brother, that's what I'm here for," Roy smiled, pulling him into a hug. Robin smiled and wrapped his arms around the older teen's torso. He pulled away and pressed his fingers against his ears.

"Alright, I'll be right there," Robin said. He removed his fingers and looked up at Roy. "Penguin is causing trouble."

"Go," Roy smiled. "I should probably get back to my city too."

"Thanks for talking to me," Robin smiled.

"It's nothing," Roy assured him. Robin nodded and grabbed his grappling hook, swinging through the city.

"Thank you," A female voice said from behind him. Roy turned around and saw Catwoman standing in the shadows.

"I won't let Dick suffer because of something you put him through," Red Arrow growled.

"I didn't force him to become Tomcat," Catwoman growled back. "It was his choice! He created the costume, and he created Tomcat's personality! It was all him. Batman was the person that came up with the idea of testing the team. The rest was all Robin's."

"That may be true, but you should have stopped him," Red Arrow huffed. "All this is going to do is destroy him." Red Arrow shot an hour and used his bow to zip line down the rope. Catwoman narrowed her eyes but sighed, looking down at her hands.

"It's not my fault…" she whispered. "It can't be my fault."