When Worlds Collide

46) Interrogation and Internal Monologues

-Tim POV-

Dinner went on, the Jon topic was brought up one more time by Bruce, but Tim changed the subject, receiving a confused yet thankful look from Dami. Nico had barely eaten a fourth of his food, but no one decided to say anything about it, just being glad that he ate.

After dinner, Damian immediately grabbed Tim and pulled him down the hall, earning confused looks from the rest of that family.

Weirdly enough, Damian pulled him into Nico's room. Nico just went and sat on the floor while the youngest shoved Tim into the desk chair in the room.

"What do you know?" Damian said, crossing his arms and glaring at him, though it was less effective than usual considering he was blushing heavily.

"I don't know anything, I just noticed that Nico was covering for you," Tim said simply, causing Nico to turn and look at him with a small look of surprise. "I was tempted to bring it up since you seemed embarrassed about it, but since Nico had your back, I decided I would too."

"Oh." Damian looked away, face getting even redder. "Thank you," he muttered.

There was a stretch of silence, neither knowing what to say, until Nico spoke up.

"You should tell him," he said quietly.

Damian's head whipped towards Nico. "What?"

Nico shrugged. "I helped as much as I could, but I am not a great reference on stuff like this. You know— being from the 1930s and all."

Damian stared at Nico for a long moment, having a stare down until he finally sighed and looked back to Tim. "You cannot tell anyone."

Tim raised an eyebrow, but still agreed. "My lips are sealed."

Damian let out a sigh and he sat on the corner of Nico's bed before flopping backwards. "Kent kissed me... and then confessed his attraction to me... and then I kissed him..."

Tim stared at him with a dropped jaw.

"And then he ran away," Nico added, causing Damian to groan.

Nico chuckled slightly. "He doesn't know how he feels about the situation."

Tim, after shaking off the initial shock of seeing Damian act like a teenage, just smiled at his little brother. "Awwwww, Dami has his first crush."

Damian sat up. "I do not have a crush."

Tim raised his hands in surrender. "Okay, fine. So you don't like Jon like that, that's okay."

Damian froze. "I did not say that..."

Nico gestured vaguely at Damian. "This  is the part I can't help with. My issues came from being born in the past, not confusion."

"Tt- I am not confused."

Tim raised an eyebrow.

Damian signed. "Fine. I am... unsure of my feelings towards Kent."

Tim nodded. "Okay, well it can be confusing. I didn't know I was bi for a long time. I was really unsure of myself when I realized I liked men-"

"That is not the problem," Damian said, as if it was obvious. "I have always found males far more attractive."

Nico looked surprised. "Huh. Well that's new information."

Damian rolled his eyes. "I never planned to pursue a romantic relationship with anyone, so I never felt the need to disclose it to others."

"So, you are planning on pursuing a relationship with Jon?" Tim asked, causing Damian to groan and fall back into lying on the bed.