Hide And Seek

Chapter 11

Teacup, you need to come out," Dick shouted from outside her door.

It had been a few days since her fight with Jason. After meeting with Nino, she had gone home and locked herself in her room. She hadn't gone out aside from some bathroom breaks, feeding the Kwamis, and getting caffeine. "I'll come out when I'm dead!" She shouted back, looking over one of her latest commissions. She hesitated another moment, grinning. "I'm bi!"

"You know I support you, and same," He stated plainly, clearly not going away. "Teacup, don't make me come in there."

She chuckled at that, knowing it was an empty threat. She knew the Bat Boys could pick locks, it was a fairly easy skill to learn, she knew as well. So after locking it, she had shoved her dresser against the door. "Go ahead, I'd like to see you try."

Okay, maybe she didn't have any self-preservation or common sense at the moment. But she hadn't slept in three days and had been significantly sleep deprived before that.

Because Dick was now pulling himself through her window, having just climbed around the outside of the tall building she lived in. "You dick, you could have fell."

"Please, I was a Flying Grayson, I would have only fallen if the building was crumbling, now," He crossed his arms, standing a good foot taller then her. SHit, she really made a mistake here didn't she? "Why are you holing up in your room like doomsday here?"

She turned back to her work, pointedly not looking at him. "Please, we both know if doomsday was coming I'd be the first out there. I'd-"

"Marie."

Dick didn't use names too often, none of the Wayne's did really. Damian wouldn't use first names anyway, Jason had about half a ton of nicknames for her, Tim called her Bean due to their shared low of coffee, Dick called her teacup. All of them called her Tiny or Shortstack form time to time, and even Bruce would call her a variety of dad names.

She turned back to face him, only feeling a little guilty. She knew he worried about her, they all did really. Even Damian had texted her, she did do this sometimes, but not usually without letting anyone in. She would normally leave it unlocked or at least respond to texts.

"I," She swallowed, feeling a little silly. "Had a fight with Jason, I just got upset and I know it's fine and he's not mad. He probably feels shitty about it, but I just-"

There was a it of silence, and she just sighed, turning back to her work. "It's not a big deal, I just gotta finish this. Anyways, it's my fault for running off and I'll talk to him I swear just-"

"Do you think he's mad at you?"

She flinched a little, not letting herself hesitate in her movements. "No, just disappointed probably. I should have stayed and talk things out."

“Teacup, I swear,” Dick groaned, grabbing her hands. She didn't know it, but he had a similar conversation with Jason yesterday, and he was over their respective pity parties. “You and Jason are the stubbornest, stupidest, most infuriating people I ever-“

“Dick, what are you doing?” Dick was pulling her now, clicking her door open and dragging her down the hall. She started struggling, skidding her feet on the floor to slow him down. “You better tell me what you think you’re do-OH-“

Dick leaned down and scooped Marie so that she hung over his shoulder in a fireman carry. Forced to hang on for dear life as he walked across the hall to pound on Kim and Max’s door. “GUYS!”

The door opened and she heard Kim greet them. “I see the gremlin has come out of her cage, does she need food or?”

“She still hasn’t talked to Jason cuz they fought like maybe four days ago, and that's why she locked herself in this time,” Dick rushed out, and even though she couldn’t see Kim’s face as she was staring down at the floor, he could hear his silence. She knew he was exasperated from his silence alone.