Barry sighed, running a hand over his face.

"You okay man?" Cisco's voice rings out into the cortex and Barry rolls his eyes with a fond, but small smile on his face, shaking his head.

He was not at all okay. He'd seen his best friend and sister, Iris West die for Christ's sake. He didn't know how to process that information.

He'd gone back in time and witnessed Iris being murdered brutally by Savitar. When Iris began being targeted by Savitar, Barry's future self, he'd nearly wrung himself dry trying to figure out why and who Savitar was.

When he'd gone back in time, albeit on accident, he was afraid of what he would see when he realized he was in the future.

Shaking his head to clear out the intrusive thoughts, he continued his laps.

Barry stopped and frowned as smoke billowed up from his shoes. They were on fire. Again.

He needed a vacation. Maybe he could go see Oliver. He huffed thinking about his mild crush on the arrow-wielding hero.

Barely five seconds later, Barry was in the control room, his shoes off, and he was on a chair, bouncing his leg up and down as he patiently watched Caitlin continue trying to figure out how to get rid of Killer Frost, frantically.

That was something else he definitely regretted. He didn't understand at the time what flashpoint would do at the time, but when he came back he figured it out. Caitlin had powers and an evil alter ego, Cisco's brother was dead, and everything was not okay.

Barry nodded at Cisco and kissed Caitlin's head as he walked by her. "I'm taking time off, I need a break for a while. I'll only be gone for a few weeks at most."

He said and Caitlin nodded, absently waving at him. So she was only half-listening. Alright then.

As Barry raced home, to his apartment to pack and grab his bags and change shoes. He did so, and instead of heading straight to Oliver's apartment in Star City, he stopped by Joe's and saw Iris's car out front.

He sighed. He'd been avoiding her since he came back from seeing her murdered. She'd tried to reach out to him, but he didn't answer her or text back.

Steeling himself, he quickly raced inside, hugging Joe and quickly telling him and Iris he was leaving for a while and would be back soon, before racing back out, grabbing his bags, and running towards Star City.