Goodbye to a Fallen Warrior – Chapter 7

God you could cut the tension between me and Jason with a knife, he's such an arse.
"What are you doing here Jason?" I ask glaring at him.
"Shouldn't I be asking that question" he asks in a sarcastic tone.
"What do you mean?" I ask innocently.
"Come on Dick, we both know you're not that stupid. Standing out in the open knowing I won't pass up the opportunity to piss you off" I give him another innocent look, he glances quickly over my shoulder and then looks back at me "Oh and I suppose you didn't call your speedster friend to come and back you up"
My eyes widen and I spin around to see Wally standing there.
"KF, what're you doing here?" pissed doesn't even described how I feel.
"I followed you here because I was worried. I was just going to watch and jump in if you needed me to. However when I saw it was the Red Hood, I had to jump in because I know what effect he has on you" he gives me them stupid puppy dog eyes that he's famous for, I sigh.
"You're an Idiot" but he's my idiot "just stay out of this okay, this is between me and Jason"
As I turn back to face him, Jason jumps over my head. Before either Wally or I can react, Jason punches KF in the face aggressively. The punch sends him flying at a high speed straight into a stone wall. My eyes widen and my heart begins to beat tenfold. "WALLY!" I scream, I run as fast as I can past Jason, straight over to my unconscious friend. I see blood stream down his face as I take his mask off "Wally! Come on! Wake up! I just can't lose you again" ok Richard, calm down. From behind me I hear a burst of laughter.
"Oh my god, this is priceless. I don't know what's more hilarious, the fact that the boy wonder is gay or the fact that he's in love with his best friend" he just carries on cackling to himself, I stand up and turn to face him, glaring harshly "oh and I bet the bats doesn't know, I'd love to see his face when he realises his perfect little Richard is gay. Makes me want to tell him myself"
My eyes widen "you wouldn't"
Even though he's wearing a mask, I know he's smirking like the idiot he is.
"Try me" he taunts, I growl a little "well this has been fun, but I have to go and you have to get Wally to a hospital before he dies... again" with that said he disappears.

Without sparing another thought, I pick up Wally and make my way over to my bike, which is parked in the alley besides the building. I get on, then place Wally in front, making sure he won't fall off. I make my way to Mount Justice, I hope Black Canary can help.

Thirty minutes later, I'm sitting in the couch area waiting for news about Wally's condition. I feel the couch cushions move, I look beside me, it's then I notice is sitting beside me, with a worried expression.
"Hey Conor" I say quietly, still slightly spaced.
"Hey! Are you okay?" he places his hand on top of mine "I've been trying to talk to you for the last couple of minutes"
"Sorry, just had a bad run in with the Red Hood" I sigh, I see Conor's facial features darken.
"Red Hood?! Are you okay?" he asks with a worried tone.
"I'M fine" I turn to the doors of the infirmary "its Wally I'm worried about"
I turn back to look at my very confused boyfriend, wow that still sounds very wrong, I know I should be with Wally. A look of jealousy flashes in Conor's eyes, then a look of confusion appears.
"Wally? What's he got to do with this?" he asks.
"He showed up during my 'meeting' with the Red Hood. He just wanted to protect me, but instead he got hurt" tears stream down my face before I could stop them "if he dies, I will never forgive myself" I look back up at Conor's face, his face shows a very hurt expression "What's wrong?" from the corner of my eye I see his fist tighten.
"You love him, don't you?" he asks, obviously already knowing the answer.
"I'm sorry Conor. The fear of losing him for the second time has made me realise how much I love him" the look on his face makes my heart break "we just can't be together, it's just not fair on you. Also I can't be with you knowing I'm in love with Wally"
He stands up quickly, my heart begins to beat erratically again "Whatever" with that he storms out of the room.

I didn't want to hurt him, but it just wouldn't be fair knowing I'm in love with someone while I'm with someone else. Why is love so complicated? Oh right, because it sucks, that's why. I lie down, close my eyes and try to relax while waiting for news on my best friend. I feel my body relax, as I fall asleep.

(Dream)

My eyes open as the sun hits my eyes, I go to stand up but an arm around my waist tightens. I feel the bed move slightly.
"Where do you think you're going?" a sexy, husky voice says in my ear. I look over my shoulder with a smirk.
"I'm going to make breakfast" I sit up, and stretch, I feel arm circle my waist again "You really tired me out last night, I need some energy" I quickly kiss him and leave the room before he could process what I said.

I enter the kitchen, I automatically go straight for the kettle. Making a coffee for him and a good old cup of English tea for me. While the kettle was boiling, I walk over to the fridge and took out the bacon and eggs in large amounts. By the time I put the bacon on the grill the kettle boils. As I'm pouring the water, a familiar pair of arms circle my waist yet again. He rests his head on my shoulder, and softly kisses my neck.
"Morning" I smile at him "Your coffee will be done in a second"
"I don't care" I put down the kettle slightly annoyed, I am about to reply but he spun me around, his arms still around my waist "How about we go back to bed, I'm sure I can help you relax"
"We can't, you know that we have things to do today" I say arguing back, it isn't like me to be saying no to sex.
"I'd rather be doing you" my heart begins to beat fast, before I can reply he pulls me into a heart stopping kiss, obviously thinking this will win me over. I kiss him back, letting him think he's won. When he finally lets guard down, I push him away, turn back around and finish the tea and coffee. With the coffee in my hand, I turn around and walk over to my very confused lover.
"Sit down at the table, your breakfast will be done soon"
Without giving him a chance to argue, I walk towards the grill to finish the bacon. This all feels so unreal, him being here, me stood here making breakfast. It all feels like a dream.

(Dream Ends)

I open my eyes with a groan, realising it was just a dream. I sit up and stretch, my backs a little sore from sleeping on the couch. I take my mask off and rub my eyes, I glance over to the clock on the wall, crap I've been asleep for an hour. I glance over to the door of the infirmary, I wonder how Wally's doing. Just as I finish this thought, Dina walk out. I automatically stand up.
"Sit down Richard" I do as she says, she sits down beside me.
"How is he?" I ask, slightly worried.
"He's going to be fine" I sigh with relief "He's got a slight bump on the back of his head, and a cut on the top of his head, which has already started to heal. He's just sleeping now, but Richard, how did this happen?" I tell her what went down between me, Wally and Jason "Wow, Jason's a problem that's needs to be dealt with"
"I couldn't agree with you more, but this isn't a Justice League problem, it's a bat clan problem" I sigh "Jason's my little brother, he's like a son to Bruce, let us deal with him, he's our problem" she nods her head.
"Ok, Jason's your bad guy. You can sit in with Wally if you want? It'll make him calm when he wakes" she says with a smile.
"Thanks Dina" I nod my head.
I stand up, and walk straight into the infirmary. I grab a chair and sit down right by his bed, I reach over and place my hand over his and squeeze it. He must have felt it because Wally squeezes my hand back. I look up to see Wally awake.
"Hey dude, did we win?" he says tiredly.
"Hey Wally, are you ok?" I ask, he moves his hand and interlocks our fingers. My heart beats rapidly again, he's probably so high on painkillers that he doesn't know what he's doing.
"Yeah man, I'm okay, well apart from this monster headache" he says with a chuckle.
"That's good, you had me worried there for a second" he squeezes my hand again.
"Hey, don't you remember I said I would never leave you again. I meant that, you're stuck with me so you have to deal with it" he smiles at me.
"Oddly enough. I'm ok with that" I smile, wait a second is he flirting with me?
"Man, that Jason has one hell of a punch" he rubs his heads where the cut could be found "He's fast too, I didn't see him coming" he looks dejected.
"It's not your fault, he caught you by surprise and you were distracted" he nods his head, and yawn "Get some sleep ok" he nods his head, I got to stand up, but a tightened grip on my hand stops me.
"Stay, Please" he says softly.
"Sure man, just get some sleep" Wally nods his head. He closes his eyes, and his breathing evens out, indicating that he was asleep "I'm glad you're ok, I love you" I place my head on top of our join hands and close my eyes, a few minutes later I drift off back to sleep.

Wally P.O.V.

I wait a few minutes until I'm sure that Dick was asleep, I then open my eyes and look down at my best friend. Dick loves me?

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This is one of my longest chapters ^.^ enjoy. R&R.