Steal the Show •On Hold•

Chapter Twenty Five

FOR Fangirlspam_234 AND YJ_Person. I'M SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG AND IS SO SHORT, BUT I TRIED. 

Wally munched on his lunch. He was hanging out with Conner, Dick, Kaldur, Will, and Roy. They had decided that they all needed some guy time and decided to hang out.

Of course, the sights of New Delhi were cool and all, but the guys were more interested in the food.

"How's Jade?" Dick asked.

"Good. Moody, but she usually is, pregnant or not."

"Fair point."

Wally's phone rang. He held up a finger to his friends. He walked outside the bathroom. "Hey, Arty! What's up?"

"I-I... I'm interrupting your hangout time with your friends, I'll just hang up-"

"No, Arty, you're fine. What's wrong?"

"You told me to tell you if I need to be punished."

"What did you do?" Wally felt like someone had dropped an anchor in his stomach.

"I cut myself again," She sniffled.

"Oh, baby, why?"

"I don't know! I felt overwhelmed and I just did it! And it made me feel better, so I did it again and then again and then I realized that I wasn't supposed to be and you'd be mad-"

"I'm not mad, just upset. But it was an accident, Arty. Those happen. You need to relax. You don't need to be punished for it. You already punished yourself enough. Just take a deep breath, calm down, and patch yourself back up. I'm on my way, ok?"

"No, no! You have fun! I want you to have fun. I'll do what you said, I promise. You just worry about yourself. Please don't come back yet."

"Ok, Arty. I'm trusting you here. You better not give me a reason not to."

"Yes, sir."

"Artemis, I'm your boyfriend, don't call me sir. It's weird."

"Ok. Bye, Wally."

"Bye, Babe."

After hanging out with the guys, Wally and Will both decided to head back to the hotel early, both wanting to check in on their girlfriends.

"Hey, Babe," Wally heard as Will entered the room he shared with his girlfriend.

Wally walked into the suite Oliver, Dinah, Artemis and Paula shared. Dinah and Ollie were snuggling, watching a movie, and Paula was buried in book.

Walking into Arty's and Paula's room, he sighed to see her curled up on the bed, buried in covers. "Arty?"

She turned her head towards him. "Oh, hey, Wally."

He walked over to her and sat down on the bed. "How are you?"

"I've been better."

"Let me see your arm."

Artemis looked embarrassed, but sat up, and stuck out her arm. Wally held it gently. Several bandaids were there, hiding the cuts. Wally gently peeled them back. None of the cuts were that bad, luckily.

"I really am sorry, Wally."

"I know you are. Please just try not to do it again."

"Ok."

He crawled in with her and she cuddled up to him.

"I love you, Arty."

"I-I..."

Wally gave her a small smile. "You don't have to say it. If you don't feel comfortable saying it, you don't have to."

"Thanks Wally. I really care about you, and I feel like if I say it, it'll jinx it."

"It's alright, Baby."

Artemis relaxed and soon fell asleep curled up next to Wally. Wally soon followed after.