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I sat down on the bed and helped myself of the pizza. I only grabbed four slices out of twelve slices anyway. It wasn't like I get this often or anything at all.
"Mm! Something smells good." Someone commented.
I looked over in front of me while chewing my pizza, "Have a piece of pizza if you want."
Red X set the stuff down on the bed, which was stolen from my guessed, and he helped himself a piece of pizza. He only slid up little of his mask and revealed oval jawline, but smoother somehow.
"Thanks, kid." His voice was completely different.
I nodded, "It's nothing…" I couldn't stop think about it, "Why are you doing this, X? Aren't you worried about anyone at home?"
He slowly chewed and finished up eating his pizza, "I don't have anyone." X was hurt from this.
I held down my pizza, "You live alone?"
"I'm homeless, kid. I don't care if I go to jail, I got nowhere to go." He chewed onto his pizza, stuffing it all down inside of himself.
Red X didn't face me directly, but somewhat. Dammit, I was hurting his feelings without thinking. For some reason, I wanted to make it up to him.
"Why don't you live with my team and me? You'll have a home with us." I offered.
His board lips remained a frown, "Your team hates me more than you hate Slade from the way I view it."
I set down my pizza on the plate and stood in front of him. I couldn't tell who he was behind the mask and my hands wanted to remove the mask, but I didn't.
"You're helping me get out of here. That will change their mind to show them that you have a heart at least." I set that straight forward.
He gave a slight hint of smile with faith in me, "Robin, if you want to know my identity, go ahead and remove the mask." He grabbed my wrists and held it up to his face.
I felt confused why he wanted me to do this now. My hands were on his cheeks at the bottom of the mask's lid. I felt shaky to learn about him. His smile was making me curious, but so…special. I pulled it down and shook my head.
"No…I can't. What kind of a person am I, if I took it away to something you only have for life?" I asked.
He chuckled and still held my wrists, "If it only meant to make you smile, kid…if it makes you feel something."
Red X placed my hands onto his shoulders, almost like yesterday except his set his hands onto my waists like a pair of fitted gloves. The motion in my heart sped up so much, I didn't understand why at all this was happening.
"X, no one can make me smile for real. I shouldn't. Why would you even say that?" My head shook.
His head leaned in next to my ear, "Maybe it's because I have feelings for you, Robin."
Muscles locked up immediately when I discovered his main reason. I felt choked on my breathing and started to feel unusual.
"W-wh-what?" I said, shockingly enough to learn.
Red X shifted his head to my right side, "I'm in love with you, Robin."
My head shook, "No…I-I am not-not allowed to express my feelings."
Red X sighed and grabbed my hands to move where the bottom of the mask was. He guided my fingers to slip under the mask's reach and insisted to remove his cover.
"Robin," He whispered, "There's nothing wrong to express your feelings, it only means you're human like everyone else. I'm human too."
My fingers felt faltering and how warm his cheeks at the tips of my fingers. What he has spoken made me realize more…natural to think about. My head lowered and didn't exactly feel right to even do this. His grip onto my hands was strong.
"I don't deserve to know who you are, Red X. I'm making you do criminal stuff-"
His thumbs soothed the back of my hands, "-I don't care. I can see you hate being stuck here and kidnapped. I want to see that smile, kid, your real smile. Your happy smile."
My heart bolted up and wanted to refuse to believe anything he has said to me. His feelings were poured into it and I felt terrible.
"Go find the Freezer contain named LPX21, it's in the basement to locate in the Wayne business." I told him, "We shouldn't be wasting time." I said.
Red X nodded, but he didn't fight back or anything. He was confessing his feelings already, but why? I couldn't mean much to him. Nothing made sense…could it be that his homeless life style brought him to my invention of the suit of Red X? Was this his ways to thank me for it? Red X lets go of me and slid his hand down on my cheek.
"I'll be back again tomorrow. Thanks for the pizza, kid…but I wish you could be a little more opening about your feelings." X stepped back and teleported to wherever he thought best.
After a few second he left, I sat down in front of the bed and hugged my knees. My thoughts played in what he has said to me. My eyes closed up and didn't believe the way he behaved. Red X was willing to let me see his face under that mask, but for some reasons. I couldn't let myself. For four years, I wanted to know who he was and book him arrested. Instead, I cannot find myself doing that. It felt…wrong.
No, it was more than just wrong. As if completely emptied if he went to jail, what satisfactory would that give me? A sense of justice, but how? All I could ever guess would be he'd only steal food, drinks, xinothaim, and getting the things I needed to escape with. He was willing to do anything for me and all I have ever done was fought him.
"I got the LPX21, kid." He announced as I saw his feet.
I glanced up and saw in his hands holding up a thick briefcase sort of a thing. That was a freezer container that keep anything under zero degrees or more, but it can be controlled. Also, once the item is locked up, the password would be easy to use.
"You're back fast, why?" I questioned him.
He chuckled, "I remembered the place and didn't want to waste my time…and can't help it I think I messed up." Red X sat down as he set the contain on the side.
My head jerked back and felt banging pain behind my head, "Ugh, why do you think you messed up?"
Red X sat down next to me, but I was too unsure what he was expressing under his mask, and he hugged his knees.
"I jumped in and told you my feelings before checking yours first." Red X scoffed and chuckled, "I guess it's stupid to think you've got feelings for me too. I want to say…no pressure, really. If you aren't interest, say so…don't have to lie to me that you're not allowed to express your feelings."
When he said that, my chin landed on my knees, and sort of felt…hurt. Each second of replying that last line he said to me made me think of otherwise. The slip of cold drip came down onto my cheeks to my chin. Suddenly, something warm around my shoulders and felt safe as well. Red X was hugging me, but I didn't care.
"I can't, X, I just can't. I'm a hero, there's no time to play out feelings or anything else." I choked on my tears.
Red X cradled me, hardly spoken a word to me, and allowed me to weep away. It was difficult to imagine anything else, a relationship to establish, and having fun like I did earlier today with Slade. None of it was me. He hushed me a few times and patted my spiked hair. Red X was gentle, caring, and full of heart towards me. This puzzled me the most, but he never gave that any different treatment to the others, but somehow enforces efforts more for me.
"Robin, it's okay if a hero like you play out your feelings or have some fun once in a while. It's not going to kill you or anyone else."
Hiccoughed came across in my crying and it was guilt coming over. Unfortunately, it did kill my parents.
"I-it-it did kill someone."
Red X lifted my chin up, "Stop blaming yourself, Robin. Whatever happened, you have to let go."
Let go? Just like that? Why did Red X made it easier than it seem? My breathing felt difficult, yet, I finally stopped crying. His head leaned against mine and he held me in closer. He was really warm than I have ever felt in my lifetime.
"It cost my parents' lives and I didn't do a thing." I admitted.
He nodded, "Were you Robin at the time?"
"…no."
"Then, there's nothing you can do about it. They don't expect you to save their lives and want you to live."
It fixed me. Somehow, he fixed what was broken inside me. All of it made sense, but he still had no clue who I was behind the very mask. I wasn't too keen on sharing it, but learning about his was too curious. Everything Red X has said to me was always curious thing to know. Red X has said was obvious more than enough. It was like I can finally move on for once.
"Thank you." I whispered.
My head relaxed onto his chest and drifted off to sleep. It was hard to keep up when there was so much going on. Red X kept me in his arms, but I wasn't too sure where this was going for the either of us. There were a lot of questions to ask, but so little time as well. I didn't want him to leave me right now, it was too emotional to think of my parents' death and thinking of being a hero at the same time.
Where you guys on the edge to find out who's behind the Red X's mask? I know, so am I! Next chapter, 5/29/12 (I will be busy for Memorial day, so yeah, respect to those who fought for our freedom! Or is it the Veterans? Or is it both? Beats me, I'm terrible in history. x'D)