6-12-2007

Most recant attack: the titans

Target: me

Damian looked up. The target was Dick? What did that mean?

"Damian! I told you not to read that!"

"I-I- I didn't"

"I saw you!"

"I was just looking! I didn't see anything interesting!"

"Then what did you see!"

"Um...Nothing"

"You saw something! You obviously read it!"

"Just stuff from years ago. Stuff that couldn't possibly matter!"

"That stuff does matter! I couldn't have you seeing that!"

Damian just stood there. Tim and Jason came running down. 

"What's going on!" Tim yelled. Jason looked right at Damian.

"You little brat! what did you do this time!"

"I didn't do anything!" Tim was staring at Dick was was engulfed in anger.

"You obviously did something. Dick seems upset"

"I didn't!" Dick grabbed Damian's shirt and pulled him close to his face.

"You listened well Damian! When I tell you not to look at something I have a reason! No exceptions!" Damian's mouth was wide open. Dick as never been so mad. Mad at him.

Tim ran up to Dick.

"Dick calm down! I'll take Damian. You can do whatever you were doing in peace" Tim pulled Dick's hands away from Damian.  Dick took a deep breath.

"Okay. Just take Damian away" Dick sat back at the table. Jason walked up to Damian.

"You heard him. Come with us" Damian followed Jason and Tim upstairs. He wasn't feeling to bad for making Dick mad.  He was just looking after all.

Jason ran up to Damian afterward. 

"So, what did you do? It was bad wasn't it? I mean, you had Dick yelling at you. He was almost cussing."

"He wouldn't "cuss" at me."

"That's not what it looked like"

"I just read something in a folder. It was things from years ago."

"Wait. Was it a thick paper folder?"

"Yes. Why?" Jason fell silent. For a moment, he looked scared. As if terrifying memories came back. But, he shook his head much like a dog and looked at Damian.

"Now I know why he was so mad at you."

"What?" Jason walked away right after.

"Wait! Todd! Why is that stupid folder so important! Todd listen to me when I'm talking to you!" Jason looked back at Damian and laughed for a moment. Then he stiffed up. Jason walked away to do god knows what.

Damian just stood there in disbelief.  For a moment, he thought about apologizing. Then he shook the idea out of his head. He should just leave Dick alone for a while. Dick'll be fine in a few hours.

Unfortunately,  Damian was wrong. When Dick finally emerged from his study, he was smiling. Damian ran up to his brother.

"Grayson! Finally, you were down there for ages." Dick looked at Damian and stopped smiling. He walked away without saying a word. Damian followed him away.

"Richard?" Dick left the room, yet again, without a word. He walked up to Tim much more happy.

"Do you know where Bruce is?"

"I think he's on a business trip. Forgot to tell you sorry." Dick nodded. He was still smiling.  Dick came up to Jason. 

"Hey, thanks for watching him while I work."

"Sure. Damian told me why you were mad. I don't blame you. If he went through my personnel things like that I'd be mad too. I know that was classified info.  "

"Yeah. I have my reasons." Dick looked behind him and, of course, Damian was behind him trying to talk to him.

"Grayson, are you patrolling tonight? If so I could come with" Dick looked t Damian. The bright smile he was wearing disappeared again.  Dick looked at Jason.

"Do you and Tim want to help me patrol tonight?" Damian stood in the middle of the room shocked. And to be honest, hurt. Jason ignored this and agreed. Dick smiled at him and went to ask Tim. He agreed to. Dick smiled and walked away once again. Damian this time didn't follow him. This time, he went to his room. He closed the door.

He sat on his bed. He started to think. What was his deal? Does he even still love me? The thought of the answer terrified Damian. He fell on his bed. As he stared at the ceiling, he still thought about how angry Dick was. He felt something run down his face. It was a stream on both ends. Before he realized what was happening, it was too late. He tried closing his eyes to make it stop. But it didn't work. So now Damian was laying on his bed crying. Crying like he never has before.