Save Your Sin || Dick Grayson [2]

16| Hard Work

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Although sleep had been a luxury that I had been deprived of the last couple of nights I found myself waking up early to start my day. It seemed Dick wasn't having the same issue as when I stepped back into the room after a shower he was still softly snoring, still tangled in the sheets.

There was some part of me that still couldn't believe the fact that I had found myself back in the arms of Dick Grayson after having convinced myself that he was someone that I had given up on entirely. But seeming him now made it all the more real and although I had spent years denying I still felt something real for him, not I could admit just how much I had continued to love him. Even when we were apart that connection continued to be as strong as ever.

A knock at my door quickly snapped me out of my thoughts and instinctively I found myself expecting some kind of disaster. "Rachel?"

"Cheyenne have you seen Dick? He told us to meet at the training room a 7. It's 7 and he's not in the training room." Rachel questioned in a slightly bored tone that seemed to be the new normal for her since Trigon. Some part of me wanted to question her about it, but I also knew that it was best to wait until she was ready to open up on her own.

"No, haven't seen him." I found myself lying not exactly feeling comfortable telling Rachel that Dick was currently asleep in my bed. There was also the fact that Dick and I hadn't discussed where or not we were going to tell Rachel and the others at all. It was new territory for the both of us and having to live with three teenagers wasn't going to make this any easier. This responsibility was already weighing on me, especially because this was now feeling like a long term commitment. 

Rachel met my eyes for a what felt like and eternity before she nodded. The truth was that I didn't know Rachel very well as our time together had so far been short, but that didn't change that I had the feeling that she already knew or was at the very least suspicious. "Well, if you see Dick can you tell him he's late?"

"I'll tell him."

"Don't worry I won't tell the others." Rachel whispered as she gave me a knowing look. We still didn't completely know the full extent of Rachel's powers other than that fact that she was an incredibly powerful empath. The fact that she could tell what we all are feeling was still an unsettling thought, but one that I had to accept.

I smiled at her grateful that she wasn't going to go off and gossip to the others, but there really wasn't a reason why I should have been surprised. Rachel was arguably more mature than Gar and Jason eve if she was the youngest. "Thank you."

Closing the door I shook my head in disbelief. A small smile touched my lips as all my reservations about coming to San Francisco slowly began to slip away. There was still some part of me that felt like I belonged in Gotham, but I had to admit that ultimately being there only pulled me into problems whether I wanted to or not. This was a fresh start for me and a way to make up for all the times that I was close to crossing a line that would be impossible to come back from. 

"Who was that?" Dick muttered clearly still more asleep than awake. It almost seemed that he didn't plan to get out of bed at all. His hair was a mess and there was nothing more that I wanted than to run my finger through his hair.

"It was Rachel." I replied as I slowly began to realize how odd it was that they were going to start to train so quickly. They hadn't even had a full day to settle into what was no going to be their new home for what I could only imagine would be the next couple of years. "You're going to start training them already?"