A/N Sorry for not posting in a while. I have been so distracted by school and work and not to mention ANOTHER Hiatus of Young Justice after just two episodes. What is up with that? Oh and to top it off my little sister has got her very first boyfriend so as the older sibling I'm making sure that Mr. Boyfriend doesn't try any funny business. Well anyhow hope you like the new chapter.
Ollie picked Richard up by his underarms and walked back into the penthouse, Roy following. "I think this belongs to you?" he told Bruce as he held out the boy to him. Bruce crushed the child to his chest and sighed in relief.
"What happened, Bruce?" questioned Ollie "You usually never let him out of your sight at these things." "Daddy… need air" came the muffled voice of the little boy from his father's arms as he squirmed into a position where he could breathe again.
"I put him down for a nap in your room Ollie" explained Bruce "I came back 30 minutes later and he was gone. I was afraid someone kidnapped him" exasperated Bruce. "my jacket fell out the window, so I tried to get it back" smiled Dick "Roy saw me and started yelling so I came back in" he finished, climbing out of is fathers hold and walking up to the red-head preteen.
"Next time get an adult, you goof ball," Roy said, narrowing his eyes down at the little form "You could of fell and broke your neck" he exclaimed. Richard looked down sadly form the older boys eyes and mumbled "no I wouldn't. I grew up in the circus so I can jump from places lot's higher and not get hurt" he said kicking his little foot in an adorably angry stomp.
Roy felt a little pang in his chest. 'Ouch, what the heck?' thought Roy as he felt his cheeks get warm. 'Why the heck am I blushing?' he screamed in his head when he saw Richard big baby blues look up at him shyly. "Well…" hesitated Roy "still you should of gotten an adult" he finished crossing his arms.
"Hey I got an idea" broke in Ollie "Roy, why not take Richard and give him a tour of the house?" "What!?" exclaimed Roy. "Well you said you were board being around adults" said Ollie, "C'mon Roy, I'm sure you two could have a lot of fun together" smiled the man down at them. "Daddy can I go?" pleaded the baby bird tugging on his fathers pants leg. "Well…" hesitated Bruce "Pleeeaasss…" pleaded the child putting on his cutest face.
"Fine" he sighed in defeat "but don't go where you're not supposed to" he finished firmly. "Yaaay" cheered Dick grabbing Roy's hand and dragging him off in a happy stride. "Oh, yippie…" grumbled Roy, glaring back at Ollie. 'Great, I gotta baby-sit a five year old' thought Roy rolling his eyes.
"So, how old are ya, anyways?" asked Roy looking down at the shrimp of a kid that was leading him around by the hand, which he, by the way was grumpy about and quickly shook the younger boys hand off. "I'll be seven next month" Dick said cheerily ignoring the older boys shake off of his hand.
"You look like you're like five or something" scoffed Roy putting his hands in his pockets and kept following the little ebony to who knows where. "Lots of people say that" huffed the little boy with a pout and just shrugged in defeat.
"Were the heck are you going?" questioned Roy in annoyance as they passed the same ugly dog dog painting hanging on one of the walls for the fifth time. "I don't know" shrugged Dick nonchalantly. "How can you not know where you're going?" demanded Roy in an irritated tone.
"Well, you're the one who lives here. Don't you know your way around?" Dick stated looking up to Roy expectantly. Roy felt a slight warmth come to his cheeks and quickly said "Oh right. I know that…sorry" rather embarrassed that a little kid actually had a point.
"Don't worry" smiled Dick. They made their way back to the main party area where the food was spread around. They stopped by the buffet table and Dick stood on his tiptoes to get a few cookies from the plate wile Roy grabbed a handful and stuffed them in his pockets and they quickly ran off to a place no grownups would be to scold them on bad table manners. Ollie would probably scold him latter for messing up his new suit, but who expects a twelve year old to stay clean?
"When I started living with daddy, I got lost lots of times" continued Dick stuffing the cookie in his mouth and moaned in delight at the delicious invasion of flavor on his tongue. "You're parents got divorced?" asked Roy a hint of sympathy in his voice.
Dick, shook his head taking another bite of his cookie "my first mama and tata died" he frowned looking down at his cookie "then Daddy adopted me and I live with him now" he explained with a softer look on his face.
Roy placed a comforting hand on Dicks head, surprising both himself and Dick. He patted the younger boys head lightly and said "I lost my first family too" a bit sadly. "You like video games?" he asked changing the subject to something less depressing. "I love them!" beamed Dick in excitement "Daddy got me Super Mario Brothers and I already got to the 12th level in just a week" he exclaimed jumping up and down, showing his enthusiasm for cybernetic games.
Roy gave a smirk and said "I got a whole bunch of games in my room I haven't tried out yet. You wanna play some?" he asked the hyper kid. "Can I?" Dick gasped in excitement. "Sure, but I get to be Mario" Roy said smugly. "Let's go, let's go!" Dick said holding out his hand for Roy to take. Roy did, and this time he didn't mind it.
A/N Not as long as I was hoping for but I like how it turned out. I hope you all liked. Reviews are like fuel for me so please FEED ME, because right now I'm running on fumes.
