Just for the night. Maybe the week. Just while Wally tracked down his words, and put them all together. Coming out was a big thing. His folks didn't even know yet. Man. Parents. Robin couldn't even imagine telling Bruce he was seeing Wally. He'd probably get his arm broken. Robin brought Wally to a guest room and told him to wait for him until he explained it to the team. So naturally, Wally ran out and bought pizza and snagged extra pillows from the other guest rooms and took it all into his new room and dove into the pile before Robin even left. "Come back soon," Wally called, rolling around and grinning.
"I will." Robin laughed. The door slid shut behind him. The boy wonder smiled as he walked back to the lounge area, where his team was anxiously waiting for him. It was good to have Wally back. He was a ball of energy, a high-geared mind. He'd get Robin back up to speed. It was only fair, seeing as it had been his absence in the first place that had… He swallowed. He found that he was still very weak. Around Wally he was full of adrenaline. But his legs ached to be used, and his back felt sore, and his head was very light. He needed more food. Hopefully that pizza Wally had would do.
Descending the steps of the lounge area, he was met at once with Beast Boy and Starfire, eager to know what was going on. "Did you tell them?" He asked the girls. Both nodded. "Right." Cyborg looked pretty wary, and Raven was skeptical, but once he explained what had happened relief filled his metal friend. Raven didn't look convinced but she remained silent, drifting into the kitchen.
"See? I knew it wasn't you." Cyborg smiled.
"I actually think that was my call," Beast Boy pointed out. Then he faltered. "Um, does this mean you're into dudes now, Robin?"
Robin chuckled. "I really don't know," he admitted. "Wally just sort of happened. I didn't intend for things to change, but it just seems like it should be this way, so I'm not really questioning it."
"Right. Who cares where happiness comes from, right?" Beast Boy grinned awkwardly.
"So what now?" Starfire asked. She'd been standing to the side, rubbing her arm and doing her best not to seem as upset as she was. Her image of Robin was so perfect. Why did he have to do this?
"Well… He needs somewhere to stay until he makes up with The Flash. I told him he could stay here until he was ready." The boy wonder rubbed his neck.
Starfire's hair stood on end. "You did what?! Him, stay here?!"
"Yeah," Robin replied. "A guest room. We have plenty."
"Uh… I guess that's ok. I mean we don't know the guy that well, but he's a Titan." Cyborg put his hands on his hips. "The guy needs a place to crash, that's ok with me if he's here."
"Me too." Beast Boy chuckled nervously. "The more the merrier, I guess."
"Oh, all right," Starfire pouted, flopping over the couch. "I do not care anymore."
Robin nodded, smiling. "Thanks. It shouldn't be for long. The end of the week at the max." He went into the kitchen, and BB crossed his arms. He frowned a bit and twitched his ears as he watched him go. Robin opened the fridge and brought out a container of grape juice to pour himself a glass. He needed sugar to perk him up. The glasses clinked as he chose one. Tilting the container, he watched it pour, rushing out in a dark purple spiral.
Raven, who was using her powers as she washed the dishes, glanced at him. "Are you sure you want Wally here, Robin?"
"Of course I do. Why?" Robin put the juice away and looked at her. He had a bad feeling about this conversation. He watched her hands move almost in slow motion.
"He is the one who put you in a coma for three days," she replied lowly, turning to look at him. "We've never seen you like that before, Robin. You couldn't walk. You could hardly eat. Just this morning you were so weak, Cyborg had to carry you. Should the cause of all that really be sleeping here?"
He turned away. The metal cup shook as Robin lifted it to his lips and took a sip. "It wasn't his fault, it was mine." He bent his head.
"Robin-" She protested.
"It was my fault!" Robin snapped, whirling on her. "I assumed and I was wrong, he didn't do anything!" He looked down at his hand. It had slammed the cup onto the counter and spilled grape juice everywhere. It was in dark puddles, like blood, over the smooth surface. His Adams apple bobbed. He looked up at Raven. She was drawn back, her arm up to defend herself from the onslaught of juice that her popped out of the cup. It dripped off her arm as she stared at him. Even the others were staring at him. Drawing his hand back from the cup, he felt his head begin to spin. He ducked away, not looking at anyone before vanishing into the hallway.
They stared after him. "Are you harmed, Raven?" Starfire asked worriedly as she scrambled into the kitchen.
Raven shook her head and shook the juice off her clothes. "I'm fine. It's him I'm worried about."
"What is his deal?" Beast Boy demanded. "He's suddenly dating a guy we don't know anything about, not seeing him for a week turns him into a mushroom, and now he's all moody at Raven!"
"It is not his fault," Starfire spoke up sadly.
"No, it isn't. Yet he's taking all the blame." Cyborg shook his head. "Robin is really into this Kid Flash character."
"Robin is delusional. Wally has created a dream world for him to live in, and the very idea of it not being real sent him into a spiral of darkness." Raven said sharply. "It made him sick. Once he regains his strength he'll look better, but he won't be better. Not really. He doesn't just like Wally. He's infatuated with him, and I don't know if that's a good thing."
"Infatuated?" Beast Boy questioned. "Word definition, please?"
"Obsessed," Raven clarified. "Cupid struck him pretty hard. Robin is calm-natured, so we probably won't notice it any more than we just did. But none of this sounds like him. Sneaking away at night? Depressed for days, nearly comatose? Flashes of anger?"
They all exchanged looks. That really didn't sound like Robin. Not at all.
