EVER since you’ve known damian wayne he’s been an enigma. you’d be lying if you said that something about his aura just made him appease to other people. but you didn’t entertain that. you never did. you thought he was a snobby rich kid that always had people at his back and call. you thought he was a stuck up, broody teen with an ego bigger than the sun. and yet people just revolved around him.
that was until you actually got to know him. really know him. your friendship with the boy was quiet. it wasn’t like you two were hiding your friendship. there was just no need to be showing it off. and you genuinely liked that about damian wayne.
in some ways he was that stuck up rich kid with no intel of the real world. but behind all of that, he was someone who truly cares about the people around him, even if he had a hard time showing it. you could see it though, there was a certain glint in his eyes when he talked about his siblings.
you weren’t too close to him. but you were close enough that he would occasionally invite you to the manor. through quiet whispers and quick glances, you understood damian. as nonchalant as he wanted to be, he was very easy to read.
the more he invited you over, the more his siblings pestered. the more they grew to like you.
however your relationship changed when he decided to be a dumb teenage boy with a stupid ego and horrible friends.
at the snobby gotham academy he’s sitting at the lunch table with his friends, watching you a few tables down mingling with your own friends.
“damian, what do you see in her? actually,” asked jon.
“what?” damian tried to act clueless but jon knew better.
he poked his head toward your table, “her. she’s not your type.”
“what are you talking about? and how do you know what my type is?” damian’s eyebrow raised.
“prove it then. go ask her out. i know you’ve been ogling at her.” jon’s got him hooked now.
“so then why are you always with her? i bet you can’t even get her to date you, wayne. she’s totally not your type.”
damian grumbles to himself, cursing out jon in arabic in his head.
“i do not know what is going through your mind, kent. but i can get her to date me.”
jon smirked, “prove it. go ask her out now. if she says yes, you do my anatomy work for a month. if she says no then i’ll get you lunch for a month. deal?”
damian doesn’t even have time to answer him as he’s already getting up from his chair. it squeaked against the hardwood floor as he got up and trudged his way toward you. everyone’s eyes now on him.
the ego he has on his shoulders is overcrowding his mind and all he can think about is that stupid bet. because he can get you to date him. it was easy. one word then he’ll break it off and he’ll get free lunch for a month. it seemed easy enough. though he clearly did not think about the consequences.
he stops at your table, “you will go out with me.”
you don’t know who he’s talking to. he’s never talked to you like this. but his eyes are dead set on you.
you laugh, “i’m sorry, what?”
“we will date. you are my girlfriend and i am your boyfriend.”
your friends are whispering at each other. they’re all looking at you waiting for your answer. and damian’s ears are turning redder and redder as the moments pass.
“damian, what? what is going on?” this wasn’t the damian you knew.
“…. i like you! i want us to date.” god he was going to regret this in five minutes.
“is this some sort of prank or something?” you’re still confused, sketched out by his sudden behavior.
you liked him. in between the silent looks and the quiet nights reading in his bedroom you grew fond of damian wayne. you liked him. you just didn’t think he liked you enough for that.
“okay. let’s date,” you have a shy smile on your face. so much for keeping your friendship private.
he nods and smiles. you think it’s him being genuine, but really it’s him being victorious.
when he walks back to his lunch table jon is in utter shock. the smile is wiped off damian’s face. it took him five seconds (too late) to realize what he had done. what was he thinking? he couldn’t do that to you. he would never do that to you. and yet he did. all because of a stupid bet and his stupid inflated ego.
soon the hallways of gotham academy had begun to empty. safe for the handful of students who had afterschool extracurriculars. the hallway that also contained none other than damian wayne and jon kent.
“dude i can’t believe you actually did that,” jon snickers.
“i understand you cannot believe it jon. can you just let it go now?” damian is tired. tired of thinking about the fiasco that happened. tired of thinking of what he’s going to say to you when he ends up breaking your heart. tired of thinking about what his life would be like without you in it once you found out the stupid thing he did.
unbeknownst to him, you’re listening. you’re in the class next to his locker— the door wide open. the pair are obviously unaware that you are inside, listening to their entire conversation. the second you heard their voices you decided to scare them. that was until you heard.
“no way. you, damian wayne, got some chick to actually agree to date you.”
“like it is hard? i have people constantly at my back and call, jon. i am sure that would happen if i asked anyone that damn question,” he rolls his eyes and shuts his locker.
“well you didn’t ask. you demanded,” jon corrected. just in time for you to come out.
you couldn’t believe him. after all your friendship has gone through these past couple of months he decides to fake it? fake the whole thing? was this just some ploy?
they’re walking the other direction so they’re still unaware you’re behind them. you grab your water bottle and empty the rest of it on top of stupid damian wayne’s head.
jon is just as surprised as he is. no one even dared to touch damian wayne, let alone pour water on top of him?!
he’s fuming when the water hits his head. but the second he turns around his eyes soften.
you’re standing there— water bottle, the culprit, in hand. your eyes are rimmed with tears. face heating up the second you stepped behind him. how could he?
jon scurries off. he’s too scared to meet the face of the victim. as if he was the one who did the whole thing in the first place.
“hey.. um,” damian starts off.
“you’re actually kidding me,” you sniffle and try to let out a laugh. not a funny laugh no, a laugh of disbelief. of shock.
“so this whole thing was a ploy? was it just something fun for you to do while you get to run free like the little stuck up rich boy you are,” you aggressively wipe your tears on the back of your arm sleeve.
“no, listen. please,” he’s desperate now.
“no you listen. i don’t know what went through your head when you said all of that and pulled the shit that you did but i’m not the one. if you want to be some kind of fake person with a fake persona then be my guest, but i’m not going to be the victim of your games, damian,” the tears have surpassed your eyes but you’re no longer crying.
“you made me feel so stupid.”
“i know but please-,” he tries to reason.
“this friendship should have never existed.”