I'm Sorry...
Genre: Hurt/Comfort
Rating: K+
Pairings: None (Spitfire is sort of implied)
Guest Stars: Roy, a little Robin
NOTE: A lot of this is from Roy's perspective, but it worked out better...I'm still putting it up here XD

I'm Sorry….

To say Roy felt bad was an understatement, no he felt horrible and the guilt seemed to push against his stomach trying to make it burst. How could he have forgotten? How did he get stuck in this mess?

How did he find himself panting heavily running across the snow with a present wrapped in a soggy paper bag? How could he have been so stupid?

Panting heavily he practically dove into an out of order booth and waited anxiously for the blue light to scan him and then turn his body into glowing yellow sparks.

Red Arrow B06

The computerized voice announced his arrival to The Cave and everyone inside, hopefully the person he wanted, no needed, to see was still there.

Please don't let me be too late, he begged no one. Please.

He ran out with speed to rival the Flash's, only to stop dead in his tracks, party banners were sticking out of the garbage can, a piece of cake still on the counter with it a note.

Gulping he picked up the note and read,

Enjoy Roy, whenever you get here

Underneath was a small sloppily drawn Flash symbol, sighing Roy sat down on a stool and put his head in his hands.

How could I have been so stupid? He thought angrily. You jerk! How could you have forgotten Wally's, your own younger brother's, birthday?

Of course Wally wasn't really his brother, but if you just looked you would never tell. They looked alike, and acted like they were related. Teasing each other at every opportunity, and he had let him down.

Roy growled, but shaking his head, decided he might as well double check and make sure Wally wasn't there.

"Wally?" He hissed, in case someone was asleep. "Wally? You still here? Walls?"

"He isn't here anymore Roy," he jumped as Robin landed on his shoulders nimbly and looked into his eyes. "He wait for you, but after Artemis told him you weren't going to come, he left."

"Oh," Roy looked down at the dirty package in his hands. "Well I brought him a present."

"And how long did it take you to wrap that? Five minutes? Five seconds?"

Roy looked down at the package in his hands, "how long ago did he leave?"

Robin hopped off his shoulders and gave him a sad look, "you missed by less than a minute Roy, I'm sorry."

Roy stumbled back his head in his hands, yet again as he sunk into the couch, "A minute?" He squeaked. In speedster time a minute was like an hour, he had just missed him, but to Wally he probably had missed him by a landslide.

Robin looked at him sadly, and placing a hand on his shoulder told him, "he just went home if you zeta over you may still be able to give him your gift."

"Ya," Roy said dejectedly standing up. "I guess, thanks Rob." He began walking towards the zeta beam.

"No problem and Roy," Roy stopped and looked over his shoulder. "I'd have an apology speech ready, he may not show it, but Wally was really disappointed you didn't show."

Roy hung his head and trudged over to the zeta beam.

Moments later he was sneaking in his window, because he honestly believed that the speedster would kick him out of the house if he knocked, and almost instantly he regretted it.

He yelped as he was tackled to the ground and pressure was put on his shoulder.

"Wally! It's me!" He hissed, the grip relaxed.

"Roy?" Wally asked slowly, getting up.

"No it's Batman, of course it's me you idiot," The words were out of Roy's mouth before he could stop them, and he only stopped glaring when he saw Wally's disappointed face.

"You forgot," he said simply, sadly.

"Wally I didn't mean to I—"

"That doesn't mean it didn't happen."

"Wally—" Roy tried to comfort his little brother, putting a hand on his shoulder, his own expressions saddened.

"Whatever Roy, you can just go," he watched as the speedster shrugged him off and heading over to his bed. "It's not even my birthday anymore."

Roy looked over at the alarm clock the red numbers, reading off his doom.

12:01

Two minutes, he had missed Wally's birthday by two minutes.

Then it dawned on him,

"You wait until midnight to leave, didn't you?"

The speedster tensed, "I thought you'd show up." He whispered. "Arty finally got me to go home."

"Wally I'm sorry I—"

The speedster turned on him before he could do anything, his eyes bloodshot from old tears and new tears were rolling down his face.

"Sorry, sorry you what? Sorry you forgot my birthday? Sorry that you are always too busy to even hang out with your brothers now? Sorry that we're not in you're league?!"

Roy winced as Wally quoted him word for word, "every word you speak into that communicator is recorded Roy. Every word."

Before Roy could stop himself, he stopped being Red Arrow, heck he even stopped being Speedy and just became Roy. Became the small Indian boy that had lost so much and from it had gained more.

Reaching over he pulled his little brother into a hug and let him cry. "I'm so so sorry Wally," he whispered. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to I didn't think that I would."

Sighing he pushed Wally away slowly and held out the now smashed package, "I did get you a present. Open it."

Wally took it slowly and sniffling a bit opened it, a huge grin splitting his face.

"No way? Roy! You said that you'd stop!"

Roy smirked as the speedster's sadness washed away from his face, "eh tradition, from what I heard Rob's still doing it."

Wally smiled and pulled out a T-shirt a Green Arrow T-shirt to be exact.

It had started around his 11th birthday, when he had first meant Robin and Roy. They had gotten him a Green Arrow and Batman action figure, it became true tradition when the next year they got him Green Arrow and Batman pajamas.

From then on every year both teenagers would give their friend, their brother, some sort of Batman and Green Arrow merchandise.

Wally smiled as he slipped the Green Arrow shirt over his head, "still dude I think Robin has you beat this year. His Batman shirt glowed in the dark."

"That's not fair he's rich, he can afford more, plus you see way more Batman stuff then Green Arrow."

"I'm just saying dude you have to do better if you want to upstage Boy Wonder."

"Next year then, and I promise Wally next time I'll be there to see you blow out your candles."

"I'll take your word for it."

With that Roy was gone, pulling a Robin and leaping out the window and Wally watched him, smirking.

Roy may not be the perfect hero, but he was the perfect friend, the perfect brother and just like in real life no matter how hard you tried it was nearly impossible to stay angry at family.

UP NEXT:
Summary: Artemis has a boyfriend, Wally doesn't take it well...

"Oh him that's Ethan he's dating Artemis right now."

"He's what?" Wally had screamed, causing nearby students to look and birds to fly off.

"Dating Artemis," Robin said slowly, his mouth forming into a smirk. "Why you jealous?"

His smirk just grew as Wally's face turned to match his hair, as he sputtered out a no, and disappeared, in a blur of color. Robin watched his friend leave and rolled his eyes, thankful that Wally had scared off the rest of the people and no one was around. With that he left chuckling.

What Robin didn't see was Wally racing off, trying to stop tears from streaming from his eyes. Racing into his house and ignoring his mother and the food on the table rushed into his room.

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