The Lazarus Effect

Thirty-Nine

"I'm not trying the onion, Ilyasviel," 

"You are, Dick. If you don't do it of your own volition, I'm going to be forced to make you eat the onion and I will make you eat the whole thing. If you do it yourself one bite is sufficient," his mouth fell open while he looked around nervously. 

"You wouldn't," he shook his head. 

"I would. We can call Roy and ask him," 

"You made him eat a whole onion covered in chocolate?" 

"No, I made him eat a whole thing of uncooked broccoli covered in chocolate. Sin and I laughed for days," 

"You're kind of evil," he nodded closing his eyes. "I think that's what my brother sees in you. That evil spark, hidden behind those big beautiful innocent looking eyes," 

"Yeah, I think that as well. And that is probably why I like him so much because he gets it," he smiled but still shook his head. 

"I'm not going to eat it," he insisted. 

"You are. You're going to eat the onion, Dick," 

"Please, don't make me eat the onion," he sighed. "I am in a vulnerable place. I will cry," 

"It's okay. At the end of all this, you will be a stronger better version of the Dick you are now," 

"I'm okay being the Dick I am now," I almost laughed.

"Are you though? Because, honestly, I feel like you can be a better Dick and it starts with you and this onion," 

"I'm not-No. I'm not doing it," 

"So it's going to be the hard way, Dick?" once again he looked around nervously. 

"You try it first," I shook my head. 

"This isn't about me, buddy. It's about you. I'm just worried you aren't living up to being the Dick you should be. You have so much potential and I know you can be an outstanding Dick," I reached for the piece of onion and dunk it in the chocolate.

"See, I don't- I feel like we're not talking about me anymo-" I shoved the piece in his mouth. 

"Eat it, Dick," I shouted. 

"Ilya," he murmured trying to push me off.

I wrapped my legs around him grabbing a handful of raw onion circles. We wrestled around until he pushed me aside where I was able to wrap my self around him from behind. 

"I don't think you thought this through, bro," I laughed shoving what I could into his mouth. 

"Oh, god. No!" he shouted trying to spit the onions out. 

"Want me to add some chocolate?" I laughed as he wormed around trying to her free. 

"No, Ilya," I let him go. He immediately stood up coughing the onion out of his mouth. 

"That was the greatest thing I have ever witness," we both looked up at Jason. 

"Why?" Dick shouted looking over at me betrayed. 

"Because now you're the Grand Dick you need to be my brother," Jason burst out laughing. 

"I should have stayed," he said sitting on the floor with us. He took a piece of avocado and dunk it in chocolate before he shoved the whole thing in his mouth. 

"You're a mean girl, Ilyasviel Wayne," Dick scoffed sitting down next to me. 

"How are you doing big guy? We doing better?" he looked down at the tray and took a banana slice off of it and dunk in the chocolate.