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Chapter 13: Guilt

Everyone in the hangar slowly trickled off to their respective rooms, the tension around each of them still thick, until the only ones still remaining were Kid Flash and the Titans, sans Raven, who disappeared into a vortex of shadow soon after Batman stalked away.

Kid Flash sat in the solitary green chair, head resting on his right hand. The remaining Titan's were seated on the couch, with Beast Boy in the form of a small kitten on Starfire's lap.

"I just...don't get it." Wally finally whispered, gaining the attention of the equally sullen Titan's. "Why...why did he keep that from us? From...from me..." he trailed, voice breaking.

Cyborg sighed. "I don't know, man, Robin is a complicated guy. He sure likes his secrets."

"Yeah, but...he never used to keep big stuff from me. Heck, I know we've really grown apart, but still...I thought that he would trust me."

The metallic teen hummed, and they fell into yet another silence until Starfire spoke. "I do not believe Robin was trying to harm anyone by keeping secrets. He merely wants to protect everyone by keeping them away." she sniffed and ran a hand through Beast Boys fur. A purr was emitted, but his ears still stayed flattened to his head.

"But why?" Wally stood, starting to pace in front of the couch. "He was always secretive, he kinda had to be, but never like this. Never! So...what changed that?"

"Beats me, he's been that way since we've formed the Titans." Cyborg admitted.

Beast Boy suddenly leaped off of Starfire and onto the ground, where he reverted back to his original form. "Yeah, at first I thought it was just because we were new people, y'know? Can't ever be too safe with our jobs. But it's gotten pretty bad. Obviously."

Wally stopped pacing, his eyes widening. He took a deep breath, and had to steel himself before the tears he could feel behind his eyes escaped. "It's...it's our fault." he whispered.

"What? How in the world could it be your guys' fault? He hasn't seen you guys in almost two...years..." Beast Boy trailed, realization slowly filling his features, along with the others.

"We never went after him, when he ran away. No one did. And no one knows what happened between Batman and Robin." Wally could have slapped himself. How could he be so stupid as to think that not going after Robin was a good idea?

The red head could still remember that day. Robin came by the cave, grabbed everything from the room he was given, and left. Wally questioned it, and Robin had snapped in reply that he 'was done'. At that time he had no idea what the Boy Wonder was talking about, so he let it drop and watched him leave the cave.

When Robin didn't return, and news got out that only Batman was patrolling Gotham, Wally thought that maybe Robin took a break. God knew the kid needed it.

But then the absence got longer, and Wally's worry grew. He asked Barry, and any other Leaguer who would talk to him, but they were just as clueless as he was. Wally was thinking about going out a looking for him when Batman, during a mission report, answered that 'Robin is no longer on active duty, and I do not know of his whereabouts. He doesn't want to be found, and he won't be'.

That was it. And for two years that was enough, especially when Wally saw that he was indeed alive and had started a new team across the country. Everything seemed, at the very least, okay.

He couldn't have been further from the truth.

Because of everyone's inaction, Robin probably thought they all abandoned him as soon as he left the team. Like he was just a spare part of the team, and not a real friend. Wally knew that he would have felt that way.

Young Justices ignorance coupled with Robins past and the fallout with Batman all shaped how he acted now.

"I'm so stupid! How could I just think that he would be fine!? He was fourteen! Fourteen! And especially after everything he went through and whatever happened with Batman, he needed us...he needed me! But what did I do?! I let him walk out of here like it was nothing!" Wally exclaimed, gripping his hair in tight fists. "I should have gone after him! We were his team, how could we just let him leave!? How were we so stupid and naive!? And now..." he trailed, the wetness in his eyes building. "Now its too late."

"No." Starfire said, eyes filled with determination. "You and your team may have made a mistake, yes, but that does not mean defeat." She looked at the other teens around her, and felt herself lifting off of the couch to hover in the air. "Friend Robin is close with us, is he not? Perhaps not as close as we would like to wish, but it is still something." She floated over to Kid Flash and placed a delicate hand on his shoulder. "And I am sure that whatever damage has been done between you and Robin can be mended. It may be a long time, but I have no doubt it can be achieved."

"Yeah!" Beats Boy exclaimed, jumping off the floor with his ears perked up. "Robin just needs some good old fashioned friendship bonding! ...And probably some serious therapy. But we can at least help him get over his trust issues!"

"Oh yeah, I'm totally in. No way am I givin' up on my leader!" Cyborg cheered, Starfire giggling at their antics.

Wally could feel the tears slowly start to move down his face. Yet, there was the faintest hints of a smile on his lips.

Maybe things were broken. And maybe they would never be the same again, all because Wally was a complete and utter idiot. But at least there still seemed to be hope that things could get better.

And for Wally, that was enough.

Okay, really short chapter, but I've been meaning to add more (which hasn't been happening) and what I wanted to add would make this REALLY long, so I've decided to just postpone the second part that was meant to be a part of this.

Plus, I think that the next part kinda deserves it's own chapter for the dramatics :)

Once again, thanks to all who have been giving feedback and supporting the story. Couldn't do it without you guys.

~Atatami