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Superboy x KF- Just Because, 2

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Man, did his head hurt.

Sirens were flashing and the masked man was being led to a squad car; the policemen were commending the manager on his bravery, and the poor guy kept trying to deny thanks, looking around for "that kid that came out of nowhere" because he was the real hero.

But that kid was nowhere to be found- a bunch of cameras and a bunch of attention after something like that didn't suit him well in civvies. Go figure. So he'd slipped out first chance he got, and got as far away as he could without throwing up- which wasn't far. Moving made his head spin, he must have hit it pretty hard when he made a grab for that girl. Then he collapsed onto a bench to catch his breath (just for a minute) and the world went black.

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"Wally."

Huh. Hearing voices now? He huffed out a breath- typical- and didn't open his eyes.

"Wally."

The voice was pretty persistent. It sounded pretty pissed, too. And pretty familiar. Really familiar. It sort of sounded like-

Recognition hit him hard; his eyes flew open and he sat up a little too fast. "Supes!"

The clone looked anything but impressed, but his eyes did soften when Wally groaned and brought a hand to his head. "So you did get hurt."

Wally laughed and waved him off, praying he wouldn't blush or something equally embarrassing. "No, man, I just hit my head or something. Honestly I dunno what happened." He glanced around, anywhere but at his comrade; his muddled thoughts were slowly coming into order, and he put together that he was not on the street where he'd been a few seconds ago. "...Are we at the Cave?"

He could tell Superboy hadn't looked away from him from the sound of his voice when he answered. God, and Wally loved the sound of his voice. "Yes. I brought you to my room. I wanted you to rest, and no one would bother you here. You've been asleep for three hours."

Wally froze, sort of stuck on the first few words. Conner's room? Which meant he was in Conner's bed?

He maybe sort of a little bit panicked.

"Sorry! I'll uh- " He threw back the blanket, planning on pretty much just getting the hell out as fast as he could- but at the same time the world swayed dangerously and his head ached strongly, a strong hand pushed him back down and held him there.

"Stay put," the clone with very blue eyes said firmly. "I'm not letting you go anywhere until you can walk without going cross-eyed, Wally."

Say my name all the time, Wally thought wearily, knowing it was pointless to struggle with that hand like an oak tree planted in the center of his chest. And he sort of was tired. And Conner was watching him and for once it didn't make him feel self-conscious, it just sort of made him feel-

Important. To him. For now, at least.

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Robin wasn't mad. Wally had sort of been afraid he would be, since Robin told him to meet him at the manor instead of...anywhere else.

But when Alfred let him in and led him to the den (one of them) where Robin was waiting, still in uniform and obviously just back from patrol, the whites of that omnipresent mask narrowed in what Wally knew was a glare, before the Boy Wonder relaxed the way he only did around the Bat-family and his best friend and punched Wally on the arm.

"You had me worried, KF."

And Wally felt himself grin back, following the younger sidekick to the couch. "You were worried?"

Robin's laugh was a lot more childish than his cackle and he pulled his mask off, tucking it into his belt. His blue eyes reminded Wally of other blue eyes and the speedster felt his good mood falter- he grinned anyway as he stretched himself across the couch next to the acrobat, shifting so he took up most of the available room while using his bestie as a convenient human pillow.

But Dick could read him like a book, and glanced down at him with a frown on his face. "Are you okay, dude?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" He hated lying, so he wouldn't lie, but there was no way he'd tell the truth either. He reached over to pull Robin's mask back out, putting it on and throwing up a peace sign. "Hey, do I look like a vigilante?"

That got another laugh out of him, albeit a reluctant one, and Dick yanked his mask back. "More like an idiot."

"All part of the charm."

I'm scared of being honest.

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Another explosion rocked the foundation of the building they were in, some stupid museum, and Wally scooped Robin's crumpled form into his arms, rushing back to his teammates as the ceiling started to collapse. Kal was supporting 'Missy, something had happened to her leg, Superboy was kicking the doors down so they could get out, and Megan was keeping the worst of the debris from falling on top of them.

"Go!" she shouted over her shoulder, and Conner ran back to take Artemis from Kaldur, because carrying her would be a lot like carrying a notebook for him, and Kaldur turned to grab their very-much-in-the-way-of-defeated villain, dragging the unconscious man behind him as he followed the clone outside. Wally made it to the safe point before the rest of them did, laying Robin down carefully well out of harm's way, and glanced back.

It looked a lot worse from the outside than it did from the inside, if that was even possible, as flames from the top floor licked their way out the windows and burned up into the sky. As Conner and Kaldur caught up to him, the building heaved, groaning spectacularly, and Wally's chest clenched in icy fear because one of his friends was still in inside.

He snapped his goggles into place. Conner glanced at him sharply, and his eyes widened to see the speedster gearing up for a sprint, so bright and so full of fear and concern- Wally's heart might have broken a little.

He loves her.

"Don't worry," he said tightly. He couldn't bring himself to look at him. "I'll save her."

He took off, and he was glad he could focus on running, glad he could focus on the feeling of building up impossible speed, rushing back to the collapsing museum, through the doors, focused and not worried even a little, because there was enough time to get to her, whole seconds, and he wasn't even concerned when the way into that room was blocked off because there was another door down the hall and it was easy to skirt the flames if he didn't think about it- he was there in no time, and something must have knocked her out because she was lying motionless on the floor, no wonder she hadn't come outside yet, so he scooped her up and cradled her close, much like he had Robin, and turned to leave-

"He loves you," he told her, not even feeling the fire as he moved through it. "But everyone saw that coming, right?"

It was always hopeless.

The safe point was in sight, and everyone was there waiting for them. It was obvious they would be, but it still sort of made him smile. Robin was awake and pacing, and Wally was relieved the youngest of their group was okay enough to scowl and mutter darkly. Kaldur was tending Artemis' leg, the blonde gritting her teeth and bearing it, and Conner-

He'll be happy. I got her out- she's safe.

Thinking was detached and unnecessary because he was running, he'd been in there for a whole two and a half seconds and he needed to speed up because the building was literally coming down now- but the world was kind of spinning and the ground kept tilting and lurching which made it really hard to run.

So he concentrated on his feet, on the labored breathing in his arms, on the very blue eyes watching him from where he knew it was safe-

And he ran to them, and as darkness ate up the world and he felt himself fall, twisting so Megan wouldn't get hurt, he heard someone call his name.

But he knew he was hearing things, because that voice would've called out to Megan, not to him.
Second chapter! C: Please enjoy~

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8annie81's avatar
KFs monolouge <3 <3 <3
This is epic.