Ch 8
After Barry had brought 2013 Barry into the room, 2013 Barry had listened to Barry's story of how he became Flash and joined the Justice League and now 2013 Barry was just really hyper-excited.
After all, his older self was a literal superhero.
"Whoa! This is mad trippy." 2013 Barry said. "So, we're like, in the future?"
"No, this is not trippy, this is catastrophic." Barry corrected. "I was supposed to be back in the present, but I'm still in the past, and there's not supposed to be two of me. You and I are not supposed to be occupying the same reality at all, let alone interacting."
But 2013 Barry was still only focused on the part where Barry was a superhero so 2013 Barry just looked at Barry with this amazed expression while Barry just stood there, deadpan.
"I can't believe I'm a superhero who time-travels-"
Okay, let's get one thing straight.
2013 Barry is not gonna be a superhero and he never should be.
"No, no, no. You are not anything." Barry said, cutting his counterpart off. "Which is good. You don't wanna be a superhero. It's scary and I get bug splatter in my teeth all the time."
"Awesome." 2013 Barry said, still very excited. "Do the thing again."
"No, we don't have time." Barry tried but then 2013 Barry tried to tell his mom.
"Moooooom!"
"Shhh! What are you doing, you gonna tattle now?"
"Do the thing!" 2013 Barry said, still not giving up.
"Uh, fine." Barry said, then he went around the room using his superspeed and made a pillow tent in one second.
"Happy?" Barry said, really frustrated.
Then Barry was annoyed when 2013 Barry kept annoying him with his constant asking.
"So do you have like a plane that goes underwater?" 2013 Barry asked. "Or a boat that can fly? How old are you, like 40?"
Ok, ok, enough.
He was really not 40 and the questions were just getting annoying at this point.
"Ok, you don't stop talking." Barry said. "And it's not charming, its abrasive, its exhausting, and oh my god, I'm starting to realize what people mean. Just do me a favor and promise me that meeting you isn't gonna screw up space-time."
"Broski, I got you." 2013 Barry said with a confident smirk as he put his palm on Barry's shoulder.
Then Barry came up with an idea that wasn't great but it would be something to finally get 2013 Barry to stop talking so he could finally focus on how to get back to the present timeline.
"I could drug you." Barry realized. "Yeah, I could drug you, and then you'd pass out, you'd wake up, and you'd forget that anything ever happened. And it wouldn't be wrong, right? Because you're me."
"No, please don't!" 2013 Barry said. "I'm sure we can think of another way. Also, I'm- I'm a green belt in the Capoeira, and I have extensively studied wrestler, and I could go frickin' lunatic on you. Besides, I have a date tonight."
Then Barry was absolutely fuming at the incessant talking so he went full superspeed and was about to punch 2013 Barry to make 2013 Barry forget the whole encounter but then suddenly he realized that 2013 Barry had said something about having a date.
Then it hit him.
That was his date with Iris West.
"Who's your date with?" Barry asked when he shut down the superspeed.
"This super babe in my econ class." 2013 Barry replied.
Then Barry staggered back.
It was Iris.
"Iris West."
"Oh my god, do we marry her?" 2013 Barry asked excitedly.
"The date's tonight?" Barry asked.
"Yeah, that's why I need mom to do my laundry." 2013 Barry said.
Bruh.
"You don't even do your own laundry?" Barry asked, genuienly surprised.
"Do you?" Barry 2013 asked.
Okay, fair point.
"I'm actually gonna go." Barry said. He didn't need 2013 Barry's help. He could just fix this himself. "Enjoy your life. Change literally nothing and um, I'll see you again never."
Then suddenly a storm happened and the skies darkened.
"Oh great, now the storm's gonna ruin my date." 2013 Barry said.
Then Barry realized something again.
When he had had his date with Iris in his timeline, a storm had also canceled it.
"What day is it today?" Barry asked.
Then 2013 Barry checked that it was September 29th.
"Okay, listen." Barry said. Now he had to explain most of everything to 2013 Barry. " I can't tell you why I traveled back in time and I can't tell you what I changed, but essentially, in my version of reality, I ended up interning at the Central City Crime Lab in my freshman year, and that's where it happened. Well, happens. Tonight, September 29th, the accident that gives me my powers. And if you're not there in literally 30 minutes, , then you don't get the powers. Which means I don't get the powers, maybe? And then, that would mean that I lose my way of getting back in time in the first place, and then I have literally no idea what happens."
"Powers?!" 2013 Barry gasped as Barry just had his deadpan expression.
At this point, if he didn't have to give 2013 Barry his powers, he would already be so done with this.
"But what about our date? She might be our future wife." 2013 Barry said.
Then Barry dashed up to 2013 Barry and grabbed him by both arms to make him understand.
"There might not be a future! If you don't come with me, right now!" Barry shouted.
Then 2013 Barry finally agreed.
Now they just had to make 2013 Barry the Flash of his timeline.