Training

"Are you sure you did this when you were younger than me?"

The question startles Dick out of his thoughts and he nearly loses his balance. He and Tim are currently standing on the top of a train, blindfolded. It's a training exercise and one that requires a lot of concentration. Tim doesn't seem to realize this though or perhaps he's better than Dick at this, because he keeps talking.

"No, I was lying," Dick says sarcastically.

"I was just asking."

There's almost but not quite a thread of hurt in Tim's voice. It almost makes Dick sigh. Instead he crouches down as he hears an echo that indicates a tunnel is coming up.

"Tunnel."

"What?"

Dick reaches out blindly and pulls Tim down. "Tunnel!"

"Oh."

There's laughter in Tim's voice this time and this time, Dick does sigh. He lets go of Tim and waits until the echo has faded before he slowly stands upright again. As the train starts to slow down, Dick turns and makes his way to the edge of the car.

"Time to jump, Tim."

He waits until he hears Tim moving closer to him before he summersaults off the edge of the train car into the gravel below. When he hears Tim land neatly beside him, he takes off first his blindfold and then Tim's. Tim grins at him.

"How did I do?"

"You did-" Tim cuts him off with a soft kiss. "…fine," Dick finishes almost breathlessly.

"So, did you do that when you were younger than me too?"

Dick blinks, still shocked that Tim kissed him in the first place. "Do what?"

"Kiss a guy."

Dick recovers enough to laugh softly. "How do you know this wasn't my first time?"

"Oh, c'mon, Dick, I'm a smart kid, remember?"

Dick sighs as he ruffles Tim's hair. "I remember. Trust me."

"So, were you younger?"

Smiling mysteriously, Dick drops his hand from Tim's hair. "I never kiss and tell."

"Did Batman teach you that?"

Dick blinks. "Why would you ask that?"

This time, Tim smiles mysteriously. "No reason."

Shaking his head slightly, Dick then gestures toward the Batmobile parked down the road. "Let's go home, kid."

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