Hope you guys like this chapter. It`ll be the last one of the summer for me, so from this point I will be a bit slower. So don`t forget to leave a review and enjoy 3

"You've been on time every day this week. Where you replaced?" Eddie joked as Barry walked in. He had to speed through his morning schedule to get here before Joe to avoid questions from last night.

"No, I have not."

"Joe said you disappeared after work yesterday? Where'd you go?"

"Um" Barry ranked his brain for an excuse. "The bar, I caught up with Hunter. Then I took him home. Please don't tell Joe. If he finds out I was at a bar that late he'll kill me."

"But you're a grown man. Shouldn't he be okay with you going to a bar?" He just shrugged at Eddie hoping the lie would stick. Barry walked casually up the stairs to the lab where Hunter was waiting for him, looking like he'd been hit by a truck.

"You look nice." Barry said putting my coat on my chair.

"Shut up Allen." He spat back "and don't be so loud."

"How much of last night do you remember?" He asked hesitantly. If he remembered him telling Linda Hunter and he were together he was royalty screwed.

"Bits and pieces" Hunter said rubbing his temple. "I remember us dancing invisible then it all a blur until you took me home." Barry tensed up a bit. So he remembered him kissing him? "I'm sorry that I kissed you. I shouldn't have done that, or held you down like I did-"

"Hunt, it`s fine. You were drunk. It wasn't the worst case scenario you and I could have been in, and I wasn't that scared anyways. You aren't the kind of person that would do something without consent first. And even if you did go further I would've just sped off. It's not like I'm helpless." Barry said coming over to him and placing a hand on his shoulder. "I enjoyed last night."

"Must have been fun. What'd I miss?"

"Nothing much, we just kind of danced and you drank a lot."

"You didn't?" Hunter questioned. "I expect you of all people to drink more than me considering your coffee order."

"My metabolism moves too fast for me to get drunk." He said. "But I did have fun watching you acting like an idiot for once."

"That's just not fair" Hunter said.

"Yep, early twenties and my drinking days are already over. It sucks."

They got to work on their cases and Joe came up at around 9. "Hey, do you have that robbery case from Tuesday?"

"Yeah, I got it" Barry said. He took out the folder with the completed case and handed it to Joe. He just raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"When did you get this done?" He asked. It normally took Barry longer to complete his cases.

"Wednesday, it was an easy case." He said sitting back down next to Hunter and working with him on the next one.

"Have there been any meta-human activities going on that you're just not telling me about?"

"No, they haven't been doing anything much. There haven't been any new ones popping up anywhere either." 'If you don't count Hunter' he said in his mind. Though he wasn't too keen on telling Joe he knew 100% he was a meta-human. He knew Joe all too well. He'd be constantly worried about him being one of the bad guys, and Hunter wasn't like that.

"Okay" Joe said "so where were you two last night?" Barry sunk down in his chair a little.

"At the bar, why?" Hunter said, making Barry want to speed right out of the building.

"You two were at the bar that late?" Joe said in the tone that made Barry know he was in trouble.

"No, he took me home once I sobered up. And then he stayed with me until it was over. I was puking everywhere.

"Everywhere?" Joe asked skeptically.

"Yeah, just all over the bed and the floor-"

"Okay I get it!"

"Yeah, as much as I can remember it was pretty bad." Barry wanted come over there and hug Hunter until he popped for being a genius. Joe nodded and walked out of the lab. A disgusted look plastered on his face.

"You are a genius, thank you thank you thank you!" Barry said, doing just what he wanted by hugging him. Although he didn`t pop too much.

"Okay, okay, I get it now let go. You're making my headache worse." He lightly pushed Barry off of him and smiled. "You're welcome."

Later that day Barry went to S.T.A.R. labs, and surprisingly bringing Hunter at Well's request.

"Mr. Clarington" Dr. Wells said as they walked in.

"And what am I chopped liver?" Barry joked as he sat down next to Cisco. They both laughed as Caitlin rolled her eyes. "So why'd you want to bring Hunter in anyways?" Barry asked Caitlin. They never seemed to be interested in him before.

"We want to have a record of him like we do you. Like we do all of them." Wells said wheeling himself down.

"All my records should be on file on base." Hunter said "I can get you them if you really need it."

"Yes, we hacked in and got them yesterday. But we need your power records. What you can do, how much you've improved, how you learned to control it. That kind of thing" Caitlin explained "I doubt the base has that. Now if you'll follow me."

They tested Hunter's powers and his limits just like they did Barry's. By the time Barry came back from saving ten people from a burning truck Hunter was already done for the day.

"So, what have you found out?" Barry asked as he walked back in and took off his suit.

"He turns invisible by bending particles around him to reflect light. It's really quite amazing" Wells said filling him in.

"He might have the ability to teleport like Peek-a-boo as well if he keeps practicing. Which would be awesome" Cisco said grinning.

"Wow" Barry said "I'm quite impressed Hunt, who knew."

"Thanks, but now I'm kind of tuckered out. Is that normal?"

"Yeah, just don't overdo yourself. You might pass out or worse. I can't risk that right now." Barry said fixing his tie once again. "Always get this wrong" he muttered. Caitlin watched the two interact with curiosity. She'd never seen Barry act this way with anyone, not even Iris or Joe.

"So Barry, you and Hunter are pretty close, yeah?" She asked as he watched Cisco working with Hunter in the lab the next day.

"We roomed for a year so, yeah pretty close." Barry said observing them from a spot on the desk "why?"

"Oh, no reason really" Caitlin said quickly. Barry gave her a stir look. "It just seems like you're more than friends."

"Well we are just friends" Barry said his heart beating even more rapidly than normal. "Don't know what else we would be."

"Okay" Caitlin walked over to the other desk with Dr. Wells, still skeptical.

Barry let out a breath he didn't even realize he was holding. He didn't know why the idea of being out to anyone in Central seemed so scary. He had faced dozens of meta-humans and almost died a few dozen more. That didn't scare him. So why did this?

"Mr. Allen" Wells' voice shook Barry out of his head. "Is everything okay? You look troubled."

"Yeah fine" Barry said getting a little annoyed.

"You just seem to have a lot on your mind."

Berry scoffed "And that's out of the ordinary for any of us because?" Wells raised his eyebrows and looked to Caitlin in surprise. Barry was many things but he was never short tempered or sarcastic. That was Cisco's game. "There's not been a lot of meta-human activity lately. I`m just worried. Do you think something's going on?" Berry said.

"There's been nothing out of the ordinary." Wells said "we'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime just enjoy your little break. With how well Joe said you've been doing at work it looks like you need it."

Berry looked over at Hunter and smiled again. "It's not all me. I have new help now a days."

"Can you really call him help? He doesn't have any scientific training what so ever. How is he a help?"

"I can hear you know." Hunter said appearing right in front of Caitlin. She leapt back in surprise and fell in her chair.

"Dude, that was awesome." Cisco said high-fiving him and grinning his signature impish grin.

"I hate you all." She grumbled as she did some more research. Cisco, Barry, and Hunter all laughed and continued their work.

"Find anything?" Barry asked Caitlin after weeks of trying to find a report or record of something unusual.

"Nothing, it's like they don't even exist anymore. Every report I find we've already taken care of."

"Is it possible we've actually run out of meta-humans?" Barry asked Dr. Wells.

"With the amount of energy that got released by the particle accelerator we will run out eventually, but I don't think it would be this soon. We'll keep watch and, as I previously stated to you Mr. Allen, go enjoy your break. Maybe this is a good opportunity for you to practice getting faster. The man in yellow is still out there." Dr. Wells motioned for Cisco and Caitlin to follow him out of them room.

"Man in yellow? You never told me about that one." Hunter said making Barry tense up.

"He's the one that murdered my mother."

Barry explained all he knew about the man and the encounters they had with him. By the time he was done he was in tears and the sun had gone down.

"Whoa" Hunter said after the tale was told.

"He's taken everything from me and I couldn't even catch up to him."

"Hey, I'm still here aren't I? Joe and Iris are still here, they're still here. He took some important things but he didn't take everything. And you'll work at it and get faster. I know you too well to think you won't." Hunter said hugging him.

"Thanks for that" he hugged him back "Lunk-head."

"Nerd" Hunter jokingly spat back as he wiped Barry's tears away. "Should we wrap up here and head over to my place? I promise I won't act all drunk on you again. I even have actual furniture in it this time."

"Let me guess, it's all from IKEA."

"I'm in my 20's of course it's IKEA."