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"Hello Alfried, Bruce said we'd be welcomed here" Dick smiled charmingly as he hovered in the doorway of the manor doors, Jason a step behind him but holding onto his hand tightly. Both wearing backpacks with the few belongings they were bringing with them. 

"Master Bruce did warn me over some distant family members arriving soon. Welcome to the manor, young masters" Alfred greeted the pair with a straight face but a welcoming tone as he stepped back and nodded for them both to enter. 

"Who's Bruce?" Jason whispered as he pulled Dick back with their joint hands, not daring to enter until he knows who the stranger was. 

"He'll be the one taking us in" Dick explains in a calm tone and giving their joint hands a reassuring squeeze. 

"Why isn't batman taking us in? It was his idea" Jason grumbled back as the pair of them stepped inside and shuffled out of the way for Alfred to close the door behind them. 

"I'm rather certain we can trust Bruce to take good care of us. He's got Alfred helping him after all" Dick replies with a knowing smirk as he looks towards the younger boy and wondering if he should tell Jason everything or wait until Bruce was comfortable enough for his secret to be known by another. 

"Can I take your coats, young masters?" Alfred calmly asked, helping to move the topic along before anymore secrets are given out. 

"Will we get them back if we decide not to stay after meeting your master?" Jason asked with wariness as he made no move to remove his coat, bag or release Dick's hand. Ready to run for the door and drag the older boy with him if Alfred made any sudden movements. 

"As long as you don't mind waiting a few seconds for me to collect them, sir" Alfred calmly answered with reassuring eyes to show he meant no harm. 

"Be nice, little wing. We can't expect everything to comfortable straight away. It takes time for us to settle and grow use to the new settings around us. If you act rude then they'll only see the bad and not the good to you" Dick spoke in a soothing tone as he slipped his hand free first and removed his bag and coat first to show nothing bad would happen to either of them while needing his Jason to understand that he won't be given a chance if he only acts rudely to them all. 

"It's urr nice to meet you .. Mr Alfred" Jason awkwardly speaks up as he glances towards Alfred as he accepts Dick's offered coat. Slowly removing his own coat now while Dick holds both their backpacks to show he'd look after their belongings for now to help ease Jason a little more. 

"My full names falls to be Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth. But I'll accept either Alfred or Mr Pennyworth just fine" Alfred intruded himself properly and gives a polite head bow towards the pair.  

"Oh right. Thank you for taking our coats, Alfred" Jason shyly mutters back as he passes over his coat to the older man who happily accepts it from him. 

A calm silence falls over the two boys as Alfred steps away to the coat cupboard close by the mansion big double doors and places their coats neatly inside. Placing them closer to the door to grab them quicker if the two did wish to leave early. 

"It was a pleasure young sir and I do hope you'll feel comfortable around us soon enough. The manor might seem huge but hopefully it'd feel like a cosy home soon enough for you both" Alfred calls out over his shoulder as he works and soon has the coat cupboard door shut again before turning to the youngest boy. 

"In other words, try to relax. I'm here and I won't allow any harm to come to you" Dick smiles softly as he takes hold of Jason hand again and giving it a reassuring squeeze once more. 

"I can take care of the both of us just fine" Jason grumbles back as he pushes out his chest trying to seem bigger than he actually was. 

"Why don't the pair of you allow me to care for your safety for now and escort you both to your new rooms. We can have a late lunch afterwards" Alfred offers instead as he holds back his amusement as best as he could and knowing the two boys were good lads. 

"Yes please" Dick smiles brightly and starts following along behind Alfred. 

"Are our rooms close by?" Jason nervously asks as he wasn't going to let him be separated from Dick so easily. 

"Master Bruce has decided to place you both opposite to each other. Keeping you close to one another" Alfred simply answers his employer own thoughts on the bedroom situation. 

"Good" Jason breaths out in relief. 

"That was very thoughtful of him" Dick comments with a shy but pleasant smile and knowing he'd need to thank the man later on. 

"He wished for the pair of you to feel as comfortable as possible and knew you both may feel bettering keeping close together" Alfred explains with ease as they finally reach the top of the stairs and turn towards the hall that'd hold their new bedrooms. 

"We've got names, ya know" Jason grumbles out in annoyance as no one seems to be using their names. 

"Names I have yet to hear I'm afraid to say" Alfred was quick to point out with a raised eyebrow over his shoulder aimed towards him. 

"Jason. That's what you can call me" Jason mumbles out as he shoves his free hand into his pocket. 

"Richard. I hope we can get along well while we're living together" Dick smiles sweetly towards the other man, a skip in his step over how well this was going. 

"Welcome young master Jason and young master Dick. May Wayne manor be as much as your home as it is mine" Alfred pleasantly says as he finally comes to a stop between two-bedroom doors. 

They both took a peek inside the rooms with Alfred leaving them along to settle in and unpack. Claiming a room each after taking a good look at them both and entering Jason's first to unpack his few belongings. Moving to Dick's room afterwards to unpack and keeping close together through it all. 

Wondering the halls a little before heading down to find the kitchen as they could smell lunch filling the air and their stomachs reacting happily in reply. Sitting by the island counter and watching as Alfred adds the last few touches before serving it all up for them to eat and enjoy. 

After lunch was eaten and both filling rather full of the mouth-watering food offered to them, they returned to exploring. Leaving Alfred to his duties after he mentioned that Bruce would be a little late this evening but should still be joining them for dinner. 

Exploring the manor and trying to map it all out as best as they could was difficult. Both knowing they won't have it completely mapped out or remembered within a single afternoon. But they at least knew how to reach the main rooms without getting overly lost. And Jason was clearly feeling overwhelmed by the size of the library that Dick had to drag him away before he ended up fainting in the room.  

"They've got a tv" Jason blurted out in surprised as he rushed over to the tv placed upon a tv stand pushed to a wall. A long remote neatly placed beside it and sitting unused. 

"Why do you sound so surprised by that?" Dick asked amused as he calmly walked over to the large windows, taking a peek out to the front yard and driveway. 

"This manor is spooky, old and seems like it's never learnt of the present days before. I didn't expect them to have a working tv that wasn't in black and white" Jason mumbled back as he turned the tv on and finding the screen to be filled with colour before he quickly turned it off again. 

"The manor holds electricity. It can't be that old" Dick scoffs back as he made his way towards the sofa, ready to rest for a couple minutes before they move on to another room. 

"It's just been fixed up with electricity meaning it might not be overly up to date with anything else" Jason argued back as he watched the other do a handstand on the back of the sofa before flipping over and landing on the sofa with a light thud. 

"Yeah, I'll give you that one" Dick grinned back as he wiggled about trying to get as comfortable as possible on the sofa. 

"Big bird" Jason sighed, pushing his weight from one foot to the other and purposely looking at the older boy. 

"Hmm?" Dick hummed back as he slips his eyes close. 

"How do you know we can trust this Bruce guy? We've never met him before and isn't it a little strange that he's suddenly going to take two brats in without much warning. How did Batman win him over with this?" Jason asked with a worried frown as he finally turns to look towards the resting boy and letting his nerves show. 

"I believe we can trust Bruce. I've met him before in the past. He tried helping me and he seems to be a good man" Dick admits in a soft tone as he opens his eyes and sits up to look at him better. 

"In your past? Before or during with Mister" Jason questions with unease as he wasn't going to trust anyone who left Dick in the mister hands. 

"Before" Dick reassures and taps the spot beside him for him to sit with him. 

They spent the next couple of hours just cuddling up on the sofa and watching old cartoons on the tv. Passing the time without having to think over anything or anyone and escaping in the moment that only held each other. 

The sunlight fading as the lights slowly start to turn on to keep the manor alight and both boys took that as a hint to shut any curtains. They left the room, tv off again and found themselves hovering in the kitchen unsure what to do now. 

Alfred taking mercy on them both and sending them to set the table instead. Setting four plates close to each other on the huge and long table since neither wanted to feel lonely as they ate. Alfred not saying a word as he came and found the layout all scrunched up one end and simply helped to bring in the glasses. 

Waving for the pair to sit once he heard the front doors and went to welcome the master of the manor home and get him settled for dinner as well. Jason and Dick sitting to the left of the chair at the head of the table while a plate was left to the right for Alfred. Dick being the braver of the two sat beside the head of the table with Jason on his other time, using his body to protect Jason and act as a barrier between him and Bruce for now. 

"Do you think Alfred would teach me to cook some more?" Jason asked a little shyly as he played with his curtly and not feeling overconfident in fitting in here. 

"I'm sure he would if you asked. You're already a really good cook in the kitchen and I'm sure he'll take notice over that fact in due time" Dick smiled as he straightens his own plate a little and knowing how much Jason loves to cook and try new things. He was certain Alfred would help with that hobby. 

"What about school? You'll be able to come with me now .. right?" Jason weakly asked as he risked a quick glance towards him and hoping he won't have to miss out on anything anymore now they had a better home. 

"I'm pretty sure I'll be sent to school with you. I'm a little nervous to go after all these years of not going before. I was always home-schooled with the rest of the circus children since we were always travelling" Dick rambled back with a nervous smile as he started to fiddle with his sleeves and hoping he won't make a fool of himself when he finally did go to school. It'd be his first school experience outside of the grouped home schooling done in the circus. 

"You'll be fine. Everyone likes the nice guy and I'll punch anyone you'll try anything with you" Jason promised as he took hold of Dick's hand and gave it a comforting squeeze like he's always done for him. 

"Thank you, little wing. But try to get along with your new schoolmates too and I'll always prefer to eat my lunch with you if things do go south for us" Dick smiled back, squeezing their hands once more and knowing everything will end up just fine. 

They both soon got distracted as the doors opened again and showing a man with a big built and intimidating height. He was dressed in a suit, his jacket and tie lost while his collar button of his shirt left undone. 

"Master Bruce, may I introduce young master Jason and young master R-" Alfred started to say politely and nodding towards each boy before being interpreted. 

"Richard" Bruce breathed out in disbelief over the unsolved case sitting right before him. 

"Thank you for taking us in, Bruce. We really appreciate it" Dick smiled towards the older man and feeling Jason glance between them. 

"You do know him" Jason blurted out in surprise as he really didn't expect them to know each other at all. 

"We've met briefly in the past" Bruce awkwardly explained as he wasn't such how to truly explain over how they knew each other. 

"I'm sure you can all catch up later tonight after you've all eaten a good warm meal" Alfred spoke up with a certain look in his eyes and knowing now wasn't the time to disccus such matters.