Dynamic

It was clear to Robin that everyone in the room was silent when Batman said these words; Flash didn't seem to make any attempt to catch the Bat's bluff on the statement.

He must know that the Dark Knight was serious about what he had just said. Robin slid the door open just a crack to see Hawkgirl's face. It looked like she was considering the choices of either laughing or scowling; her face was all scrunched up like she just ate a lemon whole. It was kind of funny and horrifying at the same time.

Superman had his hands covering his face with shame or embarrassment, Robin couldn't tell. The Martian guy looked the most composed next to Diana, their expressions hardly changing at all. But there was something in the man's eyes that reminded Robin of Superman, the way they seem to be going glossed over like he was trying to block something out.

So that must mean that the Martian guy is obviously against this. Great.

John was obviously going to be the first to express disapproval, his mouth widening with each passing moment.

Robin predicted that this would happen, it was no different than last week when he was introduced to Commissioner Gordon. Words like "child endangerment" and "reckless" and even "stupid" were thrown carelessly at the boy. Not by Gordon of course; he tried to say things in a less offensive manner unlike Bullock, who just didn't know when to shut up.

Even after taking down most of Batman's rogues in one night alone didn't do much to gain the Gotham PD's trust. But even Batman reminded him later that it was dumb luck and nothing else, how he kept on bringing up what he did wrong. He left his left side open, that kick was too slow, blah blah blah. It seems like no matter how many hoops you go through, adults keep telling you that it's not good enough. Robin merely took a deep breath, closed his eyes and waited for the explosion to happen.

Three...

Two...

One.

"Are you insane?" Green Lantern was the first to speak, "It's one thing to have a sidekick-"

"Partner," Robin muttered under his breath. Both he and Batman made it clear to each other as well as to Commissioner Gordon that they were equals on the field, and yet people were still calling him the "s" word. Even the villains were treating him like a minor threat.

"-it's another thing to just bring him here and make us induct him into the League-"

"He's not making you do anything!" Robin cried indignantly, forgetting that he wasn't even supposed to be listening, but also unwilling to let the Marine say these things about his own mentor as if he was letting Robin do this willingly. He didn't even realize that he had entered into the conference room until he felt Batman's gaze burning into his head.

Rahat.

It was so hard convincing Gordon in the first place. All eyes were officially on him now but Robin continued bravely, stepping deeper into the room as he spoke, "Don't take Batman's words so seriously, sometimes he doesn't know when to either speak or shut up...no offense, by the way Bats."

He turned to face Batman with a look of regret, expecting to see a scowl on his mentor's face; only seeing his mentor shrug slightly in agreement to his protege's words. But Robin sensed that Batman felt rather offended by that statement, even he couldn't get away with saying that and not expect repercussions afterwards.

"Then precisely why are you here in the first place?" J'onn asked calmly. Robin went red, he could practically feel the Martian trying to pry into his mind. Why was he here other than the obvious fact that Batman wanted him to join this group? Robin looked at Superman, silently begging for help from his friend; unfortunately, Superman shook his head as a reply. The boy sighed, understanding that the Man of Steel wouldn't be able to help at all at this point.