I haven't updated in like, forever, compared to my previous updates :p So here's a chapter! The beginning is a day after the previous chapter, but the rest is totally different. This is also for ArkieR, who requested when Roy and Wally first hear Dick sing. Also, I am so sorry to Chalant and Spitfire shippers, but Birdflash...it just works with the plot so well...so I'll just use Birdflash for this chapter. Just this one...Please? *Puppy dog eyes* Anyways, I know Dick was like, 13 in the last chapter, but let's just pretend that Spitfire happened at the beginning. M'kay? Also, this starts off with a bit of humor, but it ends up with some severe angst and feels. I don't own anything.

Wally was walking in the Watchtower, humming and waving to the superheroes, when he heard giggling coming from the room he just passed. No, not giggling. Cackling...very familiar cackling. He sped backwards and knocked on the door. "Robin?"

He heard frantic whispering, and Roy opened the door, smiling nervously and spreading his arms out, blocking what was inside. "H-hey, Walls! Wall-man, hehe, heh, um..."

"What're you guys doing?" Wally asked suspiciously, trying to catch a glimpse over Roy's arm.

"Nothin-

"We're watching a video of you while you were inebriated," Dick calmly replied, waving a camera at Wally.

"WHAT?" Wally screeched, causing curious looks from several passers-by.

"Yeah...anyways, speaking of that, you wanna play truth or dare?"

"Sure...wait a second, what d'you mean, speaking of th- oh. OH. You played truth or dare with me while I was...ah, shoot." Wally buried his face in his hands. "Did you ashk me abouth Diana, 'n Hal, 'n Arthemith?"

"We did ask you about Diana, Hal and Artemis." Dick grinned. "Now how bout we play that game of truth or dare?" Wally was about to speed away, but Dick waved the camera in his face. "No no no, dearest Wallace! Wouldn't want Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Artemis chasing after you, hmm? Don't bother killing the camera, it's in every electronic device I own."

Wally felt like punching Dick several times.

"Me first!" Roy announced, eyes filled with mirth and cunning. "Wally, truth or dare?"

"Erm..." Wally did not want to pick truth. He knew that Dick and Roy would find some way to record it. "Dare."

"I dare you...to say three cheesy pickup lines to everyone you see with blue eyes."

Wally shrugged. "Fine." He turned to Dick. "Hey...your eyes are like the Atlantic ocean...and I'm lost at sea." Dick's cheeks turned a light shade of pink.

"Can I take your picture? I want Santa to know exactly what I want for Christmas."

Roy smiled. His plan was working perfectly. He knew how Dick felt...

"I sent an angel to look over you at night. The angel came back and told me..." Wally smiled. "Angels don't watch other angels." Dick gazed into his best friend's green eyes, his heart skipping a beat.

Then, Wally smirked and the moment was over. "That one was awesome! I should totally tell that to Artemis. Too bad she don't have blue eyes..." Roy and Dick's smiles faded, and Roy sighed. It was too good to be true anyways. "Kay, Wally, it's your turn." Dick's voice was tinged with sadness and frustration.

Wally smiled evilly. "Dick. Truth...or dare? Bet you're too chicken to pick dare..."

"Dare, of course," the youngest retorted, recovering from the previous moment and rising to the challenge.

"I dare you to sing a song...and try to make us cry. Did you know we've never heard you sing before?"

"Fine. How about On My Own from Les Miserables?" He figured it would work. Besides, the musical's name had the word miserable in it.

"Okay...but you can't change the "he's" to "she's"." Wally winked flirtatiously, making Dick blush. Why does Wally have to... Fine." He looked at Roy, who nodded encouragingly, took a deep breath and began to sing.

"On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone, I walk with him till morning. Without him, I feel his arms around me, and when I lose my way I close my eyes..." Dick felt a growing sense of dread, and his heart started to ache. These lyrics... "...And he has found me."

"In the rain, the pavement shines like silver. All the lights are misty in the river. In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight, and all I see is him and me, forever and forever." Earlier this year, Wally and Dick were playing outside, when it suddenly started to pour. Wally had pulled Dick under a bridge, laughing, and with cheeks rosy red, the two boys had just sat under the bridge, enjoying the silence as the rain slowed and rainbows appeared, just adding more magic to this perfect moment in time. It was nighttime as Wally and Dick walked down the path, and the stars twinkled softly above the trees as the crickets chirped. Wally had grinned happily at Dick, and Dick had smiled softly back, eyes shining with joy and peacefulness. That day had been one of the best memories so far.

Dick was brought back down to earth rather harshly, and he blinked several times, the gladness fading from his eyes as he began. "And I know, it's only in my mind. That I'm talking to myself, and not to him." He cast a sorrowful look at Wally, who was watching with Roy in amazement. "And although, I know that he is blind...still I say, there's a way for us." Wally was always so oblivious, and Dick was so afraid of rejection...and when Artemis came, it destroyed his already slim chances. Every time he saw Artemis and Wally together, jealousy would bubble up in his stomach, making him want to puke.

"I love him, but every day I'm learning. All my life, I've only been pretending. Without me, his world will go on turning. A world that's full of happiness that I have never known..." He smiled, a regretful but gentle smile. He had to move on. Move on and leave Wally to his blissful, delightful world and future with Artemis. He wished every day that he was closer...but that spot in Wally's heart was occupied. And he knew, he knew he would never be more than a friend, but he just couldn't accept it.

"I love him...but only on my own."

Well, this chapter was kinda awkward and rushed. It started out all cheerful and normal and funny...and then it took a sharp turn into deep sadness and...did I write that serious angst? Um...well, please review!

Sincerely,

RiverFawn