Robin one shot part 3!

Bedrest Bats

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Bed rest wasn't a term in Bruce's vocabulary. Every doctor in the country could say you need bed rest to him and he'd still be out at night in his Batman garb. Alfred had never managed to persuade him until Dick came into the picture. Now that there was a small child about with no sense of his own boundaries and an idolization of Batman that they should really keep an eye on, he now had a way to guilt-trip the billionaire into listening to him. It wouldn't even take that long for him to get the guilt-trip evidence either. 

Both Dick and Bruce were put on bed rest, Bruce because of the gunshot wound on his calf and Dick because of his bruised ribs. Yet Alfred was not surprised to hear the pair of them training as soon as it wasn't immediately painful to sit up. Instead of going in straight away, the butler waited for the inevitable to happen. Hopefully, it would teach them both a lesson. It was when Dick threw a punch a little too hard that he received a terrible wave of pain across his entire chest. He yelped loudly and fell to his knees as he wrapped his arms around himself. Bruce dropped what he was doing and rushed over along with Alfred. Although he felt bad for letting the boy get hurt, it was for a good cause. They both needed bed rest yet they were both way too stubborn for their own good. Maybe this would teach them a lesson. "Are you alright?" Bruce asked. 

"My chest," Dick cried. "Really hurts." He could barely breathe without aggravating it more, only taking short breaths that weren't doing much for him. 

"Dr Leslie told you bed rest for a reason young Master," Alfred told him.

"Bruce got told the same thing and he didn't rest! Why do I need to?" he whined.  The butler turned to the hero with an expectant look. He hoped this worked. 

"Because...I have a higher pain tolerance," Bruce answered though that didn't really convince the little boy. He probably wouldn't have convinced the most gullible person in the world with that one.

"Nuh-uh, you've been wincing all day!" He took a deep breath which proved horribly painful but tried to get up all the same. It was difficult to remain on two feet but he managed it and slowly let out his breath. Though it did hurt, he tried to go back to training but was stopped by his mentor. "No no, you've got to go lay down," Bruce insisted. 

"Bet," he replied in a deadly serious voice.

"No Dickie, you'll only feel worse."

"Well, I doubt that Master Dick will take a break when his mentor refuses to take a break also," Alfred pointed out. Bruce narrowed his eyes at him, knowing the older had the upper hand so now he didn't have a way to get out of bed rest. At least while Dick was awake. After that, it was free game. "Fine," he muttered in an exasperated tone. "Dick c'mon, we better listen to the doctor and go rest." He held out his hand for the younger to hold which he hesitantly did. One of his arms was still around his chest which wasn't exactly comforting.

"Can I stay with you for a bit? It's too lonely in my room."

"Alright."

Alfred won the battle but that wasn't the end of the war. He'd gotten them to go to bed but now he had to make them stay there. Hopefully, Dick had learned from the incident in the gym but this was Dick, and when he wanted to move about he would. The only time he kept still for more than twenty minutes was when he was asleep. Bruce was similar and if he wanted to go do something, he would go do it. So, aside from locking the bedroom door to keep them in there, Alfred had to keep them entertained. The first thing he gave them was a tablet for Bruce to continue some work on and some colouring supplies for Dick to keep him occupied. "How's your chest doing?" Bruce asked as he swiped through emails. There was nothing interesting there. Just work emails that were sent to him but half of them weren't even important. He didn't need to know about the water cooler replacement happening on Tuesday at 6 pm.