Once Jason had parked the car somewhere on the streets of Manhattan, each brother was giving each other the silent treatment. It was not hard to notice how much Damian and Tim glared at each other and how Jason and Damian were trying to avoid each other as much as possible. The only brother that was not in a mood was Dick.  And Dick was very close to losing it.

"Okay so I'm thinking of a nice walk around the park and then find a place to eat?" Dick said looking for approval. The only response he got was a grunt.

"A place to eat? You're saying that you didn't pack celery with peanut butter or juice boxes? Gotta tell you Dick, you're losing your mom touch." Jason said without looking Dick in the eye. Dick rolled his eyes, deciding it would only be worse to respond.

"Well, what are you waiting for? C'mon!"

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As the four brothers walked through Central Park, Damian stuck next to Dick the entire time. He only wished that Tim and Jaosn weren't there.

It was obvious that Damian favored Dick more than Tim or Jason. The first time Damian met Time he tried to kill him. It was his basic training that his mother and grandfather taught him. But as time went by Damian started to like Tim a bit more. But Damian could see in Tims eyes that he didn't trust him. Damian didn't blame him. Because of Damian the two were more roommates than brothers.

Then there was Jason. Damian at first had respect for him, considering the fact they had very same fighting skills and ideas on morality, but that respect was soon lost after many, many betrayals from the Red Hood. In general Damian hated Jason. Not to even mention the disrespect to his father. Damian always resented Jason for never being home at the manor and instead outlawing with Roy and Kori. Damian was 91% sure that Jason and Roy had a thing and still do but even Damian knew it wasn't his place to ask.

Finally Dick. At first Damian felt as if he needed to compete with Dick on who was the better Robin, but after the Court of Owls fiasco, Damian learned to like Dick as a brother. Sometimes Damian felt as if Dick was the only one that believed he could be a better person. Sure there was Alfred and Bruce but Damian could always count on Dick, despite how motherly he could be. Damian had theorized that Jaosn hated him for the fact that Dick was there more for Damian then he ever was for Jason, which was true. Moreover, Damian always felt different. You can't blame the kid. Damian was never allowed to be a kid and he still has the repressed feelings of allowing himself to be happy.

"Grayson, how much longer do we have to endure this walk?" Damian asked Dick.

"Until you all can get along." Dick said. Damian 'tted'. It wouldn't matter if the brothers made up because another argument would occur and things would go back to the way they were. Damian really hoped that Bruce and Barbra and the rest would figure a way to get them back without dealing with the Court of Owls. It's bad enough he has to save once world, he wasn't sure if he could deal with another.

Soon the brother walked all the way to the zoo. Which Damian needed to see.

"Grayson we have to go see the animals! Oh and the penguins! And if we go right now we can see the seals being fed." Damian pleaded to Dick.

"Sure lil D. Jason, can you get the tickets?" Dick asked. Jason didn't give a response but he walked to the ticket booth anyways.

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Damian didn't even try to hide his excitement as they walked around the zoo. He had the goofiest grin on his face as he saw every animal. The three brothers would be lying if seeing Damian happy didn't make them smile. Tim and Damian soon started to spit out facts about each animal and Jason and Dick would listen. Dick would tell stories from his time in the circus whenever they got to an animal Dick recognized. Jason stayed silent for the majority of the time until they decided to get food. Dick made the mistake of allowing Jason to order.

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"Todd! You got all of us chili dogs!" Damian yelled.

"So?"

"I'm a vegetarian!"

"Which is why I got you a veggie chili dog. Duh."

"Dude did you get extra onions again?" Tim asked Jason.

"So?"

"We have to be in the car for over two hours with your extra onions."

"You've smelled worse on missions, Tim. Grow a pair. God you guys are babies, at least Dick isn't complaining."

"Actually....." Dick said.

"What?" Jason gritted through his teeth.

"You got these from a hot dog stand, and not the food court."

"So?!"

"So, those carts are so unsanitary! We could all get diarrhea from them!" Dick said. Jason rolled his eyes.

"Just eat up." Jason said.

Dick wasn't gonna lie, that was the most normal conversation they ever had. While eating they talked some more and even discussed the mission home.

"So, I have an idea on how to contact Bruce." Tim said.

"What is it?" Dick asked.

"Okay so we can't open that rift because the court is on our ass so what if instead of opening a portal, we cut open a veil. So it technically isn't all the way through but we can still contact Bruce and warn him." Tim said.

"A veil? What does that mean?" Jason asked.

"It means a place in between time and space. So it's not all the way through but-"

"Still a way through." Jason said as he cut off Damian. Jason smirked.

"What's so funny Todd?" Damain asked.

"Nothing, it's just that, we're finishing each other's sentences. Is that bonding enough for you Dikcy?" Jason asked, but not in a rude tone. It was more of a joking manner.

"Yeah. I gotta say, this day has been nothing but good so far." Dick said.

"And now you ruined it." Tim said.

"What? How?" Dick asked.

"You jinxed it now. Something is bound to happen now." Jason said.

"Drake, Todd, I hate to inform you but, that's not how the universe works." Damian

said. He then took a bite out of his chili dog. But something felt off.

"Grayson, you were right about those hot dog stands. My chili dog tastes weird." Damain stated.

"No way, mine too. Doesn't taste like meat at all." Tim said. Tim and Damian then look at each other's chili dogs. Damian's eyes went wide.

"TODD!" Damian stood up angrily, but it didn't last for long because Damain felt a sickness in his stomach. Damian ran to the closest garbage and started to vomit all of what he ate. Dick ran to his side.

"I swear I didn't know I gave him the meat one!" Jason said as Tim and Dick glared at him.

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Jason did feel bad for accidentally giving Damian the meat chili dog. Even if Jason did have a pure sense of hatred for the kid, he would never disrespect what Damian chose to eat. In fact Jason felt so bad, he went to the actual food court to buy Damian some of the fancy water that no one liked and a pint of ice cream. He even debated to buy stuffed animals for him. Okay, maybe the kid was starting to grow on Jason.

Once Damian had sort of forgave him they all continued on with the zoo. They soon got to the seals.

"Okay ladies and gentlemen you are all just in time for the feeding of our amazing seals!!"

As Damian watched up front the three brothers stayed behind.

"It's so weird, seeing him like that. All smile. I mean when we saw those lions? He was bursting with energy." Tim said out loud.

"It's nice to see a sense of normalcy in him. After everything he's been through. Hell, after everything we've all been through." Dick said.

A comfortable silence followed after.

"Do you ever regret it?" Jason suddenly asked.

"Regret what?" Dick asked.

"Becoming this. A hero. I mean this might just be the last down time we will ever get. Do you ever think that we deserve to be happy?" Jason asked. In all honesty Dick and Tim didn't know how to answer that. Would it be nice to retire and let someone else play the hero? Yes. But would their moral compass allow that? No.

"I don't know. I'd like to think that. But I guess I've been doing this for so long that there is no out. I mean Jason, could you ever try to go back to the way things were?" Dick asked. Jason closed his eyes, remembering everything that has happened in his shitty life.

"Guess not. What about you Timmy?" Jason asked.

"Naw. I like this life, believe it or not. It's almost like Alfred the cat. Looks nice, but is a nasty thing." Tim said. Dick laughed.

"I swear it only likes Damian." Dick said.

"It's a he." Tim said.

"Man I forgot about that cat. Another reminder of my shitty absence." Jason said.

"Jason, no one blames you for leaving." Dick said.

"Apparently demon spawn does." Jaosn said.

"Well maybe after this is all over and when we get home you could stick around a bit more." Tim said.

"That sounds nice, pretty bird. But more one condition is that Dick has to save some

of his sugary cereal." Jason said.

"Sugary cereal? I don't have any." Dick said in his defense. Tim chuckled. Dick turned his head to Tim.

"You told him?!"

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Tim actually didn't.

One night while Tim was pulling an all nighter for an AP exam he heard some rustling in the kitchen. Tim decided to check it out. Turns out it was Jason sneaking in the kitchen and stealing food.

"Jay?" Tim said. Jason froze and turned around slowly to see Tim. Tim turned on the lights.

"Jay, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in Wichita?" Tim asked.

"Dude, that was weeks ago."

"Well that was the last text you sent me. Why are you going through the fridge?" Tim asked. Tim could swear he saw traces of sadness on Jason's face.

"Jay, what's wrong?" Tim asked. Jason took a seat on the counter. Tim sat next to him.

"Uh, usually Alfred leaves some cookies for me once in a while, but I guess he didn't this time. I don't blame him or anything. I also ate all of Dicks cereal." Jason said.

"Jay, the front door is always open for you." Tim said.

"I wouldn't want to be rude or anything. I mean Bruce has the kid now and, I don't know, doesn't seem like the right time. Also he doesn't seem to like me very much." Jason said.

"The kid tried to kill me. You-you worked with Thalia before. How long do you think it'll take for him to get used to all of this? I mean I wasn't here when it happened but apparently he hugged Bruce." Tim said.

"He hugged him? Damn. Timmy I wish I can help but Thalia and I had a very different relationship than she had with Damian. It could take a while. Why ask?"

"So I can stop locking my room every night. That kid scares me. It's like when-when-"

"When I wanted to kill you." Jason said. There was an eerie silence. Tim decided more small talk would do.

"Bruce misses you." Tim said.

"No, he just wants to make things right with his greatest failure." Jason said bitterly.

"Jaybird-"

"Look Timmy, I got to go. Roy's waiting for me. I'll text you or something." Jason went down from the counter and started to head to the back door. Tim followed.

"Jason. I wasn't going to tell you this but uh, we wanted to celebrate your birthday here, at the manor." (As a family) Tim wanted to say but he was sure that would make Jason not want to come.

"Are you inviting me to my own birthday party?" Jason asked. Tim nodded.

"Alright pretty bird." Was all Jason said as he went out the back door. Tim didn't follow, but as he went to his room he had a big smile on his face.

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"Sorry man, someone had to make sure you laid off the calories." Tim said.

"Says the one that drinks a monster each morning!" Dick said with hurt. How could Tim do such a thing to him? Tim laughed. Eventually Dick did as well. Jason did too. They didn't realize how long they were laughing until Damian came back.

"The seals were so amazing! What else is next?" Damaian said. The three got themselves together and took a look at the map.

"The birds I guess." Dick said.

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Damian said, already running in the direction of the bird exhibits.

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