A/N Hey there guys I'm super glad the masquerade chapter met your expectations, it was so nice to finally get it posted when I did. I hope you'll like this one just as much, because this is where it's going to get super duper real lol

Barry's POV

Waking up with the sun, Barry yawned and sat up in bed looking around with sleepy blue eyes. He passed a hand over his face, a big dorky smile coming to him when he remembered what happened the evening before. "Jeez, am I thirteen?" He huffed, but the smile remained.

Hopping out of bed the speedster immediately went to shower, humming a little to himself as he did so. Granted it was weird still being in Wayne Manor and not his own house after a date, but it was nice not being alone. Barry whistled as his mind wandered, washing himself quickly and stepping out. It took no time to dry, simply vibrating his molecules until they were heated enough to dry him.

Humming the same song, the blonde got dressed and headed downstairs to check on the kids. They were both already at it, though at the table. The two boys were enjoying breakfast made by Alfred while talking animatedly about the video game they had no doubt passed out playing.

Smiling he plopped himself in a chair, nodding in thanks to Alfred when he handed him some coffee. "So, have a nice night boys?" He asked with a smirk on his lips.

"Hey Uncle Barry! Yeah we did! It was so cool with all those graphics and on that huge screen!" Wally raved, taking large bites of the meal prepared for them.

"I know right, the controls were even pretty decent for how limited they needed to make it." Dick agreed and took a swig of his milk.

"Well I'm glad you had fun." Barry nodded to them, drinking his coffee happily. Alfred came out not too long after that and handed him some breakfast with a pleased little smile on his face. He stood back, watching the two boys interact with one another.

Humming a thank you Barry started to eat, figuring that Bruce probably went to work and wouldn't be back until later that evening. Then they would probably tell the boys and see how that went with dinner.

However that seemed to not be the case, as Alfred said "Morning Master Bruce," and he felt the billionaire sit next to him.

Barry turned to look at the man, his eyes wide and a surprised smile on his face. "Bruce! I thought you'd have been at work already!"

"I decided to go in a little later today, since we wanted to talk to them together." Bruce smirked and stole a piece of toast from the speedsters plate.

"Tell us what?" Wally asked, watching them with a slightly scared look on his face. Daddy Bats seemed a little closer to Barry than usual, and did they used to have that look in their eyes?

"Well, um…" Barry laughed sheepishly and looked at the two boys. "Last night Bruce and I went to that party together and, well.. That wasn't exactly us going as friends."

"That was our first date." Bruce clarified, watching the both of them carefully. "We didn't want to say anything until we both knew what we were feeling was real, no sense saying anything until we were sure."

"Obviously we felt like it went well, and are ready to tell you both that we're together now." Barry was watching their faces as well, hoping that Wally and Dick would understand.

"That makes so much sense…" Dick sat back, shrugging. "I knew something was up between you two. Though I gotta say wasn't expecting something like this, but hey, so long as you're happy."

That made the both of them smile, though Barry's smile was larger. Looking at Wally, something seemed to be off, and Barry picked up on it immediately.

"You haven't said anything Kid." The blonde stated, frowning a little.

When Wally's eyes met his, they were colder than they usually were, and he seemed to be thinking before he spoke. "I don't like the idea of it, but you wouldn't be with him if you didn't want to be. You're the grown up Barry, what I say isn't going to get you to dump him. So long as Bruce knows that you're not one of the regular no brains bimbo's, that you're gunna put everything into this, and that you deserve better, then we're fine." His voice, Barry had heard it like that very few times in their lives.

"Understood," Bruce simply nodded, figuring that Wally wouldn't exactly be okay with them at first. He honestly expected worse, but was glad that Barry wasn't under the redheads glare.

"Wally, you don't have to-"

"I'm done, I'll see you later Barry, I'm gunna go get to level fifty." He interrupted his mentor, speeding to the gameroom.

"I'd say that went well." Bruce hummed, sipping from his coffee. "Well, I better get to work. Let's talk more when I get home, okay?" He sighed, standing from the table.

"Yeah, I guess." Barry sighed, resting back in the chair. "I should head into work today too." He set his coffee cup down, a little frown on his face.

"Don't worry Barry, Wally will get over this soon." Dick stated, standing up and heading in the same direction as the redhead. "It's probably just a shock you know?"

"Yeah, yeah I can understand that. I'll see you tonight Dick." Barry nodded to him and looked down at the empty plate.

Alfred took it with a small frown on his own face. "Please don't let this get you too down Master Allen, I'm sure that Master Wallace simply needs some time."

"Yeah, let's hope so." Smiling softly Barry got up and ran to the room he was still occupying, putting on a tie and heading out the door. Part of him was glad that the run would take a few minutes longer, it gave him time to think.

The speedster had hoped for a better reaction from Wally considering Bruce was Dick's father after all. Maybe that was what made it worse, who knew honestly? That was something else that bugged him about the situation, not knowing what Wally was thinking or how he was feeling. They had always been so close, not without their moments of disagreements, but it always worked out in the end, they were family.

Eventually, when he made it to the station, he was greeted by plenty of people. Some of them still sported injuries of their own but had still managed to get to work. Smiling a little the blonde made his way to Joe. "Did ya miss me?"

"You little-!" The man looked him over, a frown on his face but a smile in his eyes. "You were gone for a whole week! What did you do lose a leg?"

"Nah, but severed a tendon and had to regrow it. Also lost most of the muscle on my back." He hummed, taking a seat on the edge of his desk.

"I came to see you over the week, nobody was home. I thought you died or something Barry! Why didn't you call me?!" Joe hissed, holding onto his arm tightly.

Thinking back on it, Barry felt increasingly guilty. He hadn't called at all had he? He just dropped off the face of the earth without telling Joe or anyone really. What if Oli was feeling the same way?

"Jeez Joe I'm sorry I didn't even think about it. Honestly I just kind of went with it this weekend. It was kind of… weird but in a good way." The speedster explained with a sheepish smile on his face.

"Where were you?" The officer asked, raising a brow at him.

"Ah, well… I was at… Wayne Manor." He coughed out the end, ducking his head a little.

"Way-seriously!" Joe's eyes nearly bugged out of his head. "Again with that guy? Barry, you have to be careful with who you're hanging around."

"Yeah I know you said before you don't like him." Barry sighed, frowning a little. Why did everyone seem to hate on Bruce so bad?

"Allen, my office!" He heard the Chief call, and for once Barry was thankful.

"Sure thing! Talk to ya later Joe, I got some more to tell you." He sighed and rested a hand on the man's shoulder.

"Alright, good luck." Joe sighed as well and shook his head as Barry walked into the lion's den.

Barry made his way into the man's office, everybody seeming a little behind from the bombing still. There were probably still officers out from injuries, and the people were probably still in a panic. "Yeah Chief?"

"I'm not gunna sugar coat this Allen, we needed you that week you were gone. I got all the doctors notes and stuff that were sent over so you're cleared, but you were missed. There's a pile up to your chest up there, and I know you're pretty good at working quick but we really need the slack to be picked up somewhere." The Chief sighed and rested back in his chair. Looking at Barry, it was clear he was tired and probably needed to go home to his partner.

"Understood Chief, I'll get that pile ready to be picked up before I leave." Barry smiled a little. "You have my word."

"Hey now, don't promise the impossible Allen." The Chief smiled a little in return, and Barry just laughed before heading out of the office and up to his lab.

There he sighed and looked around at the files strewn about now. By now the officers new better than to try and futz with his equipment, but damn did they leave a mess. Rolling up his sleeves, the scientist set to work.

Bruce's POV

Bruce had spent the whole day thinking about Barry. Two meetings and he really tried to pay attention, but it wasn't him pretending anymore. It was incredibly hard when all he could think about was if Barry was doing okay, if that talk with Wally left him with a frown the whole day. He was running around the police station now, what if he wasn't completely healed and hurt himself again? Was he going back home soon? How soon if so? All of those and so much more plagued him all day.

It seemed he was more open with his troubles than he thought, because as the second meeting let out Lucius came up to him. "Mr. Wayne, something on your mind?" He asked with a raised brow.

"I suppose, though less of a something and more of a someone." He responded with a sigh. "I'm not sure how to focus today apparently."

"Indeed, though it is odd for someone to distract you so heavily." The man hummed and had that glint of mischief in his eyes.

"Yes, I guess it is odd." Bruce smirked a little and looked at him with his own glint of mischief. "You would like him, he's very bright. Might even be able to talk with you about your work."

"Sounds like a friend of mine and less of yours." Lucius laughed a little, the two of them looking out the window at Gotham.

"He's much more than a friend, after a while I hope you'll meet him. For now, I think I ll bring him lunch." Bruce stated, a smirk on his lips as he set his hands in his pockets and made his way out of the room.

*Moving to Central City for Lunch Time*

Unfortunately, it wasn't easy stopping to pick up lunch for Barry. Of course he was caught out and about, that bringing a grimace to his face. It was hard enough trying to figure out what to buy, but now he was slowed down and hoped that Barry hadn't eaten already.

Deciding on three pizzas with pretty basic toppings, Bruce hurried his way back out and finally managed to make it to his car. He may have sped a little to make it to the police station in Central City, but who cared. Making it there, the detective ran inside and made sure to talk with one of the officers before heading upstairs.

It seems that his hope of Barry not eating lunch was followed through, because the blonde was buried in paperwork, blood tests, fingerprint matches and the like. He seemed to have somewhat organized piles but it was overall a mess.

He must have heard Bruce coming because he seemed to have just stopped blurring around the office to look some papers over and start another pile. Though when he felt those sapphire eyes on him, a small smirk made it's way to his face. "A little behind?"

"Yeah, a LOT behind. What's up?" Barry laughed a little and immediately seemed to brighten up.

"Decided to bring you lunch." Bruce hummed and walked over with the pizzas, not quite sure where to set them so he simply held them out.

"Seriously! Oh thank you!" the blonde grinned and pecked him on the cheek before taking one of the boxes and setting it on a halfway cleared area next to what was a computer.

"I figured since this was a good opportunity to see you since we're both probably going to be pretty busy tonight." Bruce sighed and walked over, the both of them hidden from the view of the door where there were no doubt people peeking in. He rested a hand next to the speedsters hip on the desk, and the other against the wall, effectively pinning him there. "I know this morning didn't go the way you'd hoped."

With a piece of pizza still in his mouth Barry looked at the detective with wide eyes, their noses practically touching. "Y-Yeah, it um, it was kind of a disappointment but Wally will loosen up. You didn't think I'd get cold feet over that did you?" a smirk rested on the corner of his mouth, setting the pizza down. "And what do you mean? I'm not allowed out on patrol yet, says you." As if to emphasize his point, the speedster poked Bruce in the shoulder.

"Yeah, well, maybe for a little bit, you seem a little more excitable than usual, I know you wanna stretch your legs." The Dark Knight laughed a little, leaning back. "You sure you're okay? You and Wally are practically father and son."

"You know you're the third person to say that within the span of like eight days." Barry huffed, "Rudy would kill me, well not really, but he'd get really jealous."

"Well maybe he just needs to share the title." Bruce chuckled and backed up just a little. "You sure you're alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine! I have pizza brought to me by a fantastic guy that I just so happen to be dating, and have piles of work to keep me busy enough to not disobey orders." Barry stated with a smile, picking up his pizza and munching on it as he started filing away some papers and attaching the finished results to them.

"If you say so." Bruce sighed, looking at his watch. "I have to go, pretending to run the company while Lucius does all the work does require me to be there unfortunately."

"Usually that is how that works." Barry chuckled a little and looked over at him. "I'll see you late tonight right? Unless we get called in, which is a growing possibility."

"Yeah, you will." The billionaire smiled at him and walked back out of the lab, sighing as the crowd dispersed quickly. As he exited there seemed to be another person of interest entering the building. He looked around, icy eyes scanning the room and falling on someone rather familiar.

"Bruce! I think everyone is going to be wondering why Barry Allen knows so many of our kind." Oliver Queen smiled at him, walking up to the other billionaire and shaking his hand. "Is he way too busy in there? I know after what happened in the city a week ago everybody's a little backed up."

"He is quite busy, also in a good mood." Bruce forced a smile, looking at the other hero with a warning in his eyes. "I hope nothing ruins that mood."

"I don't think that anything will, it's a pretty good day." Oliver smirked, and headed into Barry's lab.

Barry's POV

When his door opened again, Barry expected the chief or another officer looking for the forensics they needed. What he didn't really expect was to see Oliver of all people, walking in with a smile on his face.

"Hey Bar, what's up." Oli grinned and sat down, looking over the paperwork that littered the room.

"Oli! Man it's good to see you!" Barry grinned, his mouth full of pizza and looking over the man.

"I know, been a while hasn't it?" He chuckled and spun around in the chair a bit. "Though, I am here for more than just to hang out. The way things were left… I just am a bit curious."

"Ah, yeah, I can understand that." Barry smiled sheepishly and peeked up from one of the many tests that he was running. "Look I… I mean I don't know when it started for him but… Bruce and I were spending a bit of time together. He was angry that I sent Wally to handle the mission report and walked in on an argument. He was the first to know about Iris and I… splitting." Sighing Barry set a few of the files on his slowly growing pile of finished work. "Bruce was worried that me being all distraught about the divorce would affect work and decided to spend some time with me to help. One thing led to another, I started to see him for the guy that he was and now we're here."

"Damn… I mean, I'm happy for you, it's just… for me it's sudden." Oli listened to his friend and slid his hands into his pockets. "H-How long have you two been… separated?"

"Well… Jeez we've actually been separated for a month or two, legally anyway. However… she cheated on me a while ago. I tried to work through it with her but… it apparently wasn't workable." The speedster sighed, frowning a little. "Then in came my Knight in Dark brooding armor." His frown slowly turned to a small smile as he chuckled a little.

"It's been that long huh?" Oli whistled, shaking his head. "I… I can understand why you didn't tell me, but… Barry that's a huge change."

"I know, I know, but I mean look at the League! You have no idea how much of 'Wow Barry your life is so great!' or 'Barry you're lucky to manage this life and still be married' and don't even get me started on how many times someone has commented on the fact that my marriage was one they hoped to have one day." He started off on one of his tangents, he knew that, but it was hard to for anyone to see it from his perspective, even Oliver. "They wouldn't look at me the same, at least not for a while, and I didn't want that. I just… I wanted the League and us to be… safe."

"Hey, I don't look at you any different than I always have." Oliver said quickly, walking over and resting a hand on the speedsters shoulder. "You're Barry Allen, one of my closest friends and one of the worst joke tellers I have ever met." They both chuckled at that comment, Oli smiling at his friend. "You take your time telling the League, but I would recommend telling Hal sooner rather than later, otherwise he'll take it personal, you know him."

"Yeah I do." Barry nodded with another chuckle, tossing his pen down onto a stack of unfinished crime scene reports that he had to piece together with photos. "Thanks Oli."

"Anytime, now, I better get going. I did come to Central City on business but took a detour to see you. So, I'll see you around." Oliver sighed, heading towards the door.

"Yeah, sure you did. See ya later Oli." Barry shook his head, smiling a little as Oliver left his lab.

Wally's POV

At level 49 Wally just couldn't do it anymore. He groaned and slid the controller away, glaring at the ceiling. Dick was sitting next to him, slurping up some sort of soda.

"I don't get why you're so angry man." He sighed, looking over at him. "They just wanted to make sure of everything before they told us."

"You don't get it. Bruce ALWAYS keeps stuff from you, Barry never does. And now he's dating the playboy of all playboys AFTER my aunt kind of screwed him up." Wally huffed "But I'm supposed to like this guy cuz he's your dad and the Batman."

"I get what you're saying Wal, but… can't you give Bruce a chance?" Dick asked with a slight frown. "To you he may seem that way, but he's not who everybody sees on TV. Bruce cares a lot about everybody, that's why he pushes them so far away. Well, everybody accept me and Alfred, and now Barry. Just give him a chance to prove it."

The young speedster pouted a little, sitting up and looking at him. "How come you're always so right Rob?" He groaned.

"Because you're pretty stupid sometimes." Dick smirked, earning a pillow to the face.

"I'm gunna go see Barry." Wally sighed, speedchanging so that way he didn't stink or anything when he headed into the precinct. "I'll just be a sec, try to get us to level 50 would ya?"

"Sure thing." Dick gave him a mock salute, picking up the controller and starting right where Wally left off.

The ginger sped out of the game room, feeling a bit better and hoping he didn't make Barry too mopey throughout the day. For a grown man Barry could sometimes be a big baby, and Wally knew that better than anyone.

He ran right into Barry's lab, not bothering to let anyone know he was here just in case they tried to send him home. "Woah, you have so much paperwork in here!" He whistled, looking at the chaos him running into the room caused.

"Ah! Wally what-gimme a sec." Barry looked up sharply as Wally sped into the room, having tons of vials with DNA evidence and papers printing off what the officers needed. Quickly the older speedster ran around and caught the papers that flew off when Wally entered the room, setting them back in the organized chaos he had all over his lab. "What're you doing here kid? I've had three visitors in the span of like half an hour."

"I uh… look I was talking with Dick about all of this stuff, you dating Bruce and the like." He started right away, not wanting to beat around the bush. "Wait, three?"

"Yeah! First Bruce brought me pizza, then Oi comes in to talk and now you. Must be a popular guy today." Barry chuckled, leaning on his desk. "I understand if you need time Wally, this is a pretty big change."

"Well…" Wally sighed, looking up at Barry with a slight pout on his face. "I am going to need time, but Dick brought up a good point. I'm not… I'm not mad at you Barry I just… I'm not used to you keeping things from me and I don't trust Bruce, at least, not with you. But I should at least give him a chance to be a good guy. I just didn't want you to be all mopey today at work because of me."

"Wally…" Barry laughed a little at the last comment, smiling softly at the younger speedster. "Number one, I don't get mopey. Number two, you don't have to worry about Bruce breaking my heart or whatever you want to call it. We're taking this as careful as we can, because we know we have to work together and so do the people around us. Number three, even if I were to get mopey, which I do not," He saw Wally roll his eyes, the both of them chuckling a little. "I wouldn't want you to blame yourself. This is something that we both get to handle together, and I wouldn't expect you to just accept something like this without questioning it."

Wally was silent for a bit, just smiling a little. "You're the coolest guy ever you know that?"

"Yeah, I know." Barry smirked, messing up his already wild hair. "So, you wanna help me run some tests?"

"Hell yeah!" Wally grinned, speeding over to where a few were still running.

(A/N Oooookay wow, alright I am late to this party. I don't wanna give you guys some bullshit excuses or anything, just know that I hope you like the chapter and that I hope to post another one waaayyyyy sooner than this one

ALSO WHO'S EXCITED FOR THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE?! I SOOOOOO AM

If you haven't seen any trailers yet please go do so, they are allll over youtube. Also let me know what you think of the Flash and any other hero, like our very FIRST EVER Live action Cyborg man! History in the making! )