[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

Even if we don't consider the fact that Tim is Batman's apprentice, after all, the two of them were once classmates. Since they met by chance in the park, Jason would not ignore him.

So he took Tim to a street restaurant for lunch. The place where they ate was a cat cafe, so Lingxing and Orange could also go into the restaurant with them. Jason ordered two cat food and let the two cats eat in their cat-only seats. Jason himself had pan-fried duck breast and a cup of black tea.

When Tim ordered, he chose black pepper steak and coffee. Jason smiled at the waiter and said, "Don't give him coffee, just juice."

The waiter smiled and only gave Tim's juice.

Tim held the juice cup with a subtle expression: "Are you really treating me like a younger brother?"

Jason shook his head. “Afu told me about your excessive coffee intake when we talked on the phone.”

"Then he must have complained about Bruce. Bruce has far more problems than I do."

"When did the old guy stop having problems?"

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time. Tim found that Jason seemed much calmer.

He asked casually, "I see you seem to be very familiar with the waiter. Do you come here often?"

Jason glanced at him and replied calmly, "Well, sometimes when I don't want to cook, I bring the cat here to eat."

No matter how lazy Doom is, he will be given one day off a month on average. Jason will go to art exhibitions during his days off. If he occasionally runs into Damian, he will bring his kids here on his motorcycle to eat. Damian is quite interested in places like cat cafes.

Halfway through the meal, it started raining outside. Orange lay in Jason's arms, wagging her big tail. Jason slowly stroked her fur with his fingers. Lingxing lay on Jason's shoulder. Both the man and the two cats looked at the rain outside the window, and Tim watched them intently.

After leaving Latveria, Tim investigated Jason's experience in Latveria and was surprised to find that he had risen to the position of the King's Chief Deputy.

At that time, he thought that Jason's temper had been smoothed by time, so he was able to go further and further in the political arena. However, after Jason got rid of the black mask, he felt that Jason's edges were always there, but he had learned to hide and endure.

When Jason first left this world, he was still a delicate and impulsive boy, but now he has become so mature. Time is really amazing.

He couldn't help but say, "You've changed a lot."

Jason replied: "You have changed a lot too."

Obviously, Red Robin and Red Hood had met each other many times during night patrols before, but until this moment, they both felt a strong sense of reunion.

Because the restaurant is located in the Uptown area, rather than the East Side where the people are tough and mutants roam the streets, there were some money-hungry bandits who robbed the restaurant.

The two former Robins, now Red Hood and now Red Robin, looked at each other. Jason drew a circle with his left and right hands, and golden halos appeared under the feet of those gangsters. They disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Tim whispered to Jason, "Where did you throw them?"

Jason: "Outside Commissioner Gordon's office."

Oh, that should be fine.

When they separated, Jason took a bug from his shoulder. Tim coughed embarrassedly. Jason pretended to throw the bug at Tim's head. Tim immediately held his head, but in the end, the bug was gently placed on the table.

Tim now really felt that Jason's temper had improved a lot.

After this, they contacted each other more frequently. Tim had comprehensive intelligence on North America, especially Gotham, while Jason also had super comprehensive intelligence on Eastern Europe and even the entire Europe.

Although Jason is in Eastern Europe, it does not mean that he does not care about the situation in his hometown, so he would be happy to exchange information with Tim. Moreover, this junior is a good person and he knows how to behave and keep a distance in everything he does, which makes Jason feel very comfortable.

As the president of Wayne Group, Timothy Drake is undoubtedly an outstanding adult who knows how to interact with people and understands the ways of the world. Jason admires this about him.

And when chatting with Tim, Jason always knows some interesting things. For example, when the Avengers were fighting at the Gotham airport, Nightwing went to the scene to monitor the situation. As a result, Bucky rushed over and fought with him for some reason. In the end, he knocked Nightwing down with his super soldier physique and iron arms.

Tim teased: "Do you think their fight had anything to do with you?"

Jason: "...Bucky seems to be still very concerned about Dick putting me in Arkham. He probably wants to vent his anger on my behalf before he leaves."

Speaking of Arkham, Tim was stunned. He said softly, "Regarding Arkham, I'm sorry that I didn't stop him at that time."

Jason replied in a light tone: "It's okay, I don't care about this anymore, I forgive you."

Tim thought, if you really didn't care, you wouldn't have stayed away from home for so many years. Arkham, the family portrait, and... the family's suspicion and vigilance towards you have all alienated you from us.

Maybe Jason still regarded them as family, but he must have felt deep down that he was an outsider in that family.

Tim had similar feelings, and Jason's feelings were even stronger than his.

He began to care more about Jason, such as calculating the time difference and urging Jason to rest. Unexpectedly, Jason did not blacklist him for disturbing his work. Once, Jason sent some Eastern European specialties back to Wayne Manor, which included a can of very high-quality tea, which was specifically given to Tim.

Jason and Afu agree on this point: drinking tea is healthier than drinking coffee.

One day, when President Tim was in a meeting, the beautiful "Canon" suddenly sounded in the conference room.

The group executives who were in the meeting were all puzzled, wondering which reckless guy had the audacity to not turn off his cell phone ringer during a meeting with the president.

Then they saw President Timothy Drake calmly take out his cell phone, stand up and go outside to answer the call.

"Jay, what's up?"

It's a bit noisy over there Jason.

"Tibao, I have something to ask of you. I am visiting Finland with Doom right now, but my Orange is about to give birth. Can you come to my house to take a look?"

Tim paused and replied, "But I'm in Gotham, and your cats are in New York, right? And I don't have the magic to get to New York instantly."

"There is a door with a turntable in the utility room of the orphanage in East Gotham. If you turn the pointer on it to red, you can enter my apartment in New York. Because Kashan is on a mission abroad, my neighbors are not at home, Yinsen is taking Lian to participate in the Canadian Children's Figure Skating Crystal Cup, and Katie and the others are also going to a government meeting. I can only look for you."

Tim thought that he had almost finished all the things he needed to discuss and decide at the meeting, so he decisively agreed to the task.

He returned to the conference room to adjourn the meeting, then drove to the East Side Orphanage, rushed into the utility room, and arrived at Jason's home in New York.

The blue cat Lingxing trotted over to him. Tim nodded to him and sat on the floor near the cat bed where Orange was lying. He used his phone to search for items to help cats give birth. In the end, he found that those things had already been prepared and were placed next to Orange's cat bed.

Jason probably just needs someone to come and help watch over him.

Then Orange laid two eggs.

Egg?

Ling Xing looked at his stunned expression and coughed, "Orange is a Yuan-devouring Beast. This species all lay eggs."

Tim: “Can you still talk?”

Lingxing: “I will!”

It was then that Tim found out that the two cats in Jason's house were, one was an alien beast, and the other was a member of the Red Lantern Corps who often worked in outer space.

When Jason finished work and hurried home, he found Orange nestling in the cat's nest incubating eggs, while Tim was heating up cat food in the microwave.

He breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to Tim: "Excuse me, have you had dinner?"

Tim smiled at him: "No."

"I see." Jason opened the refrigerator and looked at the ingredients. "I'm going to make spaghetti bolognese. Do you want some?"

"my pleasure."

From that day on, Tim was given permission to enter and exit Jason's apartment. Although the door to the Royal Palace of Latvia seemed to be restricted and Tim was unable to open it, this was enough to show that Tim's favorability towards Jason had changed.

Tim felt that magic was a good and convenient thing, and began to frequently use Jason's magic door to travel between New York and Gotham to handle business, which was really convenient.

Jason didn't care what Tim did with his magic door. He just asked Friday to keep a close eye on it and not let that brat Tim set up a bunch of eavesdropping and surveillance devices. Also, every time Tim went to his house, he would help him take care of the cat, which made Jason have fewer worries and could work overtime more seriously.

Anyway, Friday would keep an eye on the situation for him. If anyone suspicious used that door, the indoor alarm would sound immediately, and he had the habit of watching the surveillance video every day.

He watched the surveillance cameras inside the house, in the exterior corridors, and in the corridors of the orphanage.

So he also knew that Tim had run into the neighbor kid Peter Parker in the corridor (everyone in the Batman family knew that this kid was Spider-Man). Peter was frightened when he saw Tim coming out of Jason's house, and when Tim saw his horrified expression, he thought there was something wrong with him.

Then Peter asked hesitantly: "Hi, hello, I'm Peter, Jason's neighbor, may I ask...are you Jason's new boyfriend?"

Tim: “…Uh, not yet.”

This was used very well for the time being, and Jason was so scared by this sentence that he dropped the potato chips in his hand.

Wait, when did Timothy start to be interested in him?

The funniest thing is, Tim is obviously interested in him but has never expressed it. Jason also finds him interesting, so he just wants to see how long this guy can endure before he starts pursuing him.

Yes, Jason was 100% sure that Tim was not pursuing him, and his interactions with him were mostly businesslike, without any ambiguous words or actions.

If it weren't for the conversation between him and Peter, Jason would never have known that this man was interested in him.

Until one day, when Jason was sleeping, he heard a reminder of Friday.

"Sir, Mr. Drake appears to be injured."

"what?"

Jason got up, put on his pajamas, and ran to the living room in slippers. He saw Red Robin lying on the floor covered in blood. Lingxing was using the Red Lantern Ring to conjure up a human hand to open the medicine box and take out gauze and medicine, while Axel was hurriedly filling a basin with hot water.

The head of the family was silent for a second, then decisively carried the cat bed containing Orange and two kittens, one orange and one blue, into the bedroom, and carried Tim to the sofa, while Axel treated Tim's wound.

Tim seemed to have lost consciousness, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he was mumbling something.

"Robin...is dead."

Jason subconsciously sent a message to Damian.

【Jason: Hello, are you still alive? 】

[Damian: Are you sick?]

It seemed that the boy was still alive and kicking. Jason blinked and suddenly realized that there seemed to be only one dead Robin.

He judged: "This kid has been poisoned by fear. He must have bumped into the scarecrow. Axel, take out the green test tube and the syringe."

The fear gas will make a person see the thing he fears the most. Jason never thought that his death would become a psychological shadow for Tim, so after being poisoned by the gas, he did not return to the Bat Cave immediately, but ran to his house instead.

Does it turn out that he means so much to this kid?