"No, that's what exactly I meant." Robin tugged at his collar. "I was seeing Kid Flash."

Raven sat down on the back of the couch in shock. Starfire's face drained of all blood, and she fainted into BB's arms. Cyborg smacked his forehead. "You can't be serious!" He stared at the boy wonder. "Kid Flash!? You're not pulling my leg, are you?" Shaking his dark hair, Robin felt red splotches of blush appear on his white face.

"Holy cheese balls!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "I, uh, never pegged you for the type, Robs." He struggled under Stafire's weight until he toppled over with a yelp, in a heap of arms and legs.

"And you said he did this to you?" Raven interrupted.

Robin nodded and rubbed the material of the sweater between his fingers. "I saw him every night for a month. A week ago he stopped coming. I haven't heard from him since."

Beast Boy struggled out from under Starfire and huffed. "You were kissing a dude? Man!" He shuddered and wiggled in disgust.

"We didn't kiss, or anything. We just… traveled." Robin said, embarrassed.

"Oh," BB blinked innocently.

Raven came up beside him and rested a warm hand on his shoulder. "Wally never came back?" When Robin just stared at the sweater, she studied his face. "You're this upset over him? Starving yourself, sleeping for days?"

"I told you I don't understand it," Robin snapped. "One day I just woke up, and he hadn't come back for me, and it was too much." Cyborg flung Starfire's arm over his shoulder and propped her up before turning back to him, and Beast Boy rubbed his neck awkwardly. "He let me know him without his mask," Robin rasped. "He didn't say I did something, he didn't say he was tired of me, nothing. He just didn't come back." Slowly, Raven slid her arms around him, and then so did BB, and Cyborg. They hugged their thin, sad leader together. He released a few silent tears that blurred his vision and made his nose run. Hurt tears, tears of anguish. They clenched his chest and released cooped-up emotion. Someone handed him a handkerchief that he blew his nose into.

"He didn't get tired of you, Robin. I'm sure you didn't even do anything. He's just busy or something. Maybe he's grounded." Beast Boy offered.

"Beast Boy is right. It might just be normal life catching up with him." Raven agreed.

"That's it," Cyborg proclaimed, drawing back. "I'm gonna go find Kid Flash and drag his butt over here myself. He's gonna give you a good explanation for all this, or I'm gonna test my new power laser on him." Starfire slid off his shoulders and crumpled into a heap on the carpet as he went towards the door.

"Wait!" Robin cried. "Wait, Cyborg! Cyborg – ack!" What would they say, what would they do? He was gone already. Beast Boy laughed and ran after the metal man.

"I got your back, Robs!" He grinned and waved before he sped off, too.

"He'll never forgive me now." Robin groaned.

"They'll handle it. By the time they get there, Cyborg's temper will be gone." Raven folded her legs and sat in mid-air beside Robin, hands in her lap. "Tell me about Kid Flash. Tell me what happened."

The quiet, calming tone of her voice soothed his bristling nerves, and he sat back, taking a deep breath and letting it whoosh passed his lips evenly. He was still so tired, and heavy. "I saw him the night I took off," he began. "I wiped out on my skateboard, and he helped me out. Took me back here to the tower in his car. Then… Then I saw him at the pizzeria on my birthday. We talked, and then he vanished. Like we'd never even spoken. After that, he came to the tower, late in the night. Told me he wanted to show me something. Next thing I know, it's every night that he's whisking me away to another country, another city, showing me all his favorite rooftops and ice cream shops. Georgia. Rome. Paris." He leaned his head back and shut his eyes. "Then nothing."

"Oh, my head…" He lifted his head and glanced over at Starfire, who was sitting up, crossing her legs like she was confused on how on earth she'd gotten on the floor. Her green eyes wobbled in her head. "So… he took you… adventuring?"

Robin nodded briefly. "We were… happy. I thought."

Cape drifting around behind her, Raven gave him a long-even look before glancing at the ceiling. "It sounds like he really wanted to get to know you." She returned her dark gaze to him. "For a kid with super speed, he was taking things pretty slow. I'd say that means something."

"But he stopped altogether. I thought he'd at least be back to say something was different." Robin rubbed his forehead. "Nothing. Not even a phone call."

"That sounds like being in the ground to me," Starfire admitted.

"Grounded," Raven corrected. "There has to be a reason, Robin, and I'm sure that reason has nothing to do with what you did."

A pause. "You think so?" Robin murmured.

"I do. Now let's get you dressed. Wally will be here soon, and you need some clean clothes." Raven lifted his sleeve and it smelled like mold and they all grimaced. The girls took him back to his room, him protesting, and picked out just what he needed. They left him alone only briefly to get changed before barging in again. He was just putting on the last touches. Still needed a shower, but Starfire put some dusty cologne on his neck and grinned as Raven took a comb to his bedhead. Soon he was spiffed and ready.

When they went back to the living area, Cyborg was talking in low tones to Kid Flash, fully suited up. He had his body language closed off in a distracted sort of way. Like he was holding a conversation and trying to be light hearted, but he didn't want to mention what had happened, or what was going on. Touchy, almost. It was in his jade green eyes and the unnerved swerve of his body as he shifted feet, backing up an inch or so. When the doors slid open, he looked up right away, the smile falling off his face.

"Robs?" He sounded surprised. Robin stood in his full hero attire, arms crossed, looking fierce as ever but thinner and wane around his face and waist. Wally's eyes filled with something foreign. Everyone fell silent. A pause stretched as Kid Flash glanced around and then back up at Robin. He started forward, his face unreadable as he climbed the stairs. Robin stepped easily back to allow him passed. They retreated down the hallway together, leaving the others staring after them.