Robin one shot part 3!

It's no cause for concern

"You'd be correct," Raven replied.

"Well, I'll be taking my leave. I'll have your schedule done for tonight. Be ready for eight." They nodded and watched him gather up his notes before going to his office with what could only be described as a skip in his step. Maybe they should've asked him sooner.

Robin had the whole night planned and double checked everything with them to make sure they'd stay safe. He checked their comms, his equipment, the plan and even the weather. It was almost fatherly the way he worried over them despite only one of them is actually younger than him. They enjoyed it though. It was like their offer breathed new life into their leader and showed a more overtly tender side to him. "Okay, so you'll all be taking different parts of the city. I split it up equally too so we should all have something to do. There are usually low points in the night so I've set up a place for us all to meet or for you to just chill," he explained, pointing to a map of the city. "Comms are open all night so if you need any help, let me know. I put snacks there too but you'd probably want to get there before BB."

"You really thought all this through," Cyborg commented.

"Of course I did. Your first patrol has to be a good one or else it'll just feel like work. Technically mine was saving Batman from the man who murdered my parents but the one after that was much better. I count that as my first since I wasn't Robin then, I was just in the suit."

"Robin, you really need to tell us these things without it being an off-handed comment," he replied. 

"Nah, you guys just put my trauma on a higher pedestal because I don't have powers," Robin retorted quite calmly. "Back to the task at hand, we should be good to go."

"Then what are we waiting for," Beast Boy asked, catching the excitement bug. He smiled at the younger.

"Exactly!"

From the way he acted in the beginning, they thought this would be the thing to bring them all together but they'd overseen one tiny problem. They had powers and Robin didn't. Now, they didn't mean to discount their powers. Everyone knew full well that they had these abilities and that had made work that would usually take Robin much longer now take half that time. He'd adapted to the new flow of things so they thought them taking over this activity wouldn't bring up anything negative. In fact, they thought that if they got this all done much faster, they'd spend more time together more often and maybe he'd actually get some sleep. Unfortunately, Robin hadn't expected them to make quick work of patrol. What he thought would happen was that they'd feel thrown off their game from having to find crime or they'd get tired from the constant stream of criminals. Instead of them becoming overwhelmed, they shredded through the work faster than he ever could just as they'd expected. That was terrifying for the teen hero. "What do you mean you're done?" he asked when he called to check in on them. He thought they were joking. Pulling his leg. Maybe even lying just to get out of work but they weren't. He'd heard the truth and he knew he had but he didn't want to believe that he was obsolete by comparison.

"We cleared out all our areas. Great isn't it? That means we can all head back much earlier than you thought," Beast Boy replied. That excitement was back in his tone, blissfully unaware of the sting his announcement had caused. The acrobat's shoulders went slack before growing tight and tense. Something swirled in his stomach that he only ever felt when he was around Bruce. The exact feeling he'd been running away from. 

"I'm not done here but you guys can go back," he responded, doing his best to maintain his light tone.

"Oh don't worry! We got bored and covered your area too," the changeling continued to explain. He sounded happy about it but Robin felt anything but that. They did all his work in a handful of hours when it took him all night. He knew they had advantages but he didn't think they were that far ahead of him. Was it really that easy for them? Then why was it so hard for him still?