Remember that DP x DC prompt I made a while ago? The one that took inspiration from Tokapi's Original Sin? Well...
I thought of making this scene, since it is the one that inspired all this, and is why I decided to make Phantom a neverborn:
(This was made in Phantom's POV)
Phantom had waited for him at home, flying happily, and maybe a little too eagerly, to Robin when he found him at the gates.
"Robin! Robin! You're home already!" Phantom said excitedly. Staying at the empty manor for this long was both creepy and lonely. He has no idea how Robin does it. Those past few hours were torture.
"You look like you had fun," Phantom commented.
Robin was covered in bruises, and Phantom silently cheered for him. Back in the Infinity Realms, getting hurt like that was just from a friendly brawl or spar with friends. It was a way to show affection and the best way to bond.
In Robin's hand was his camera strap, but the camera was nowhere to be found.
That one confused Phantom a little.
"I had a fight with a friend."
Robin's voice was hollow, barely louder than a whisper. Phantom wouldn't have heard him if he said it any lower.
Okay, maybe not a friendly spar, but maybe he means like a verbal fight? Why would someone physically hurt someone with the intention of hurting? That's unheard of. Or at least, it only happens in war for the throne.
Robin never mentioned anything about a war, though. Only when studying history, maybe. But Phantom can't think of another time Robin mentioned it.
"So when humans get in fights, their faces change color?" Phantom asked; he hasn't got a handle on everything about humans just yet.
Maybe it's something like how he blushes green when he's shy or flustered? Wait- no, humans blush too, it's just a different color. Do humans blush after spars or brawls?- wait- he's getting off topic here. He's here to help!
"I have just the thing for you!" Phantom exclaimed as he searched through his own chest to get another gadget.
"Tada!" Phantom presented to Robin, "The Ribbon of Reconciliation! You just gotta tie each end to the other's pinkie, and you'll make up! As simple as that! But you also gotta be careful with it; it can tangle pretty quickly, and you can get stuck very easily. Believe me, I'd know."
The ribbon stretches out in his hands on its own as he talks, clearly being able to do that to infinity. Robin cut him off, never even tells him his usual "I don't believe in magic; it's just science" even once.
It only confused Phantom even more.
That was normal for Robin to say.
That was not normal for Robin to say. Phantom has a bad feeling, but pushes it down as quickly as it came.
Maybe Robin finally found a gadget he likes!
"Really?!" Phantom exclaimed more excitedly than ever before. Who could blame him, though? Robin's finally found a gadget he likes!
Phantom starts to ramble happily, explaining how to use it and how not to get tangled in it like he has a thousand times. He doesn't even get two sentences in before Robin cuts him off.
Now Phantom should really say no. Like capital N, capital O. Gadgets like these should always be monitored by a ghost while a human handles them since these gadgets weren't originally made for humans. And that humans tend to be more... squishy than ghosts.
But at the same time, Phantom can't bring find it in himself to say NO.
And pays the price tomorrow.
Now, Phantom has been waiting for a while.
And frankly, getting impatient. Creepy, empty... not exactly the place he wants to be.
So, he goes to the garden, the one where he and Robin met.
Robin was hanging from the tree.
Phantom is still confused.
Tim was in his room in Drake Manor, bored out of his mind since being benched, when he found a picture slipped from somewhere he was sure was empty a few minutes ago.
It was a photo of him when he was younger. There was another older boy there, too. White hair and green eyes that felt so familiar yet not at all. Tim doesn't remember taking this photo.
"Huh," Tim said, squinting. "Strange."
Tell me what you think in the comments! The Prompt is Here.
Anywho- Happy reading! Good day as well! I have term exams next week! I need Help!
