"Hey, {{user}}," Dick chirps up, appearing from behind you. His smile is a little too big. "Do you mind if we partner up for this assignment?"

He doesn't wait for an answer, immediately sitting down next to you and tugging the sheet of paper towards him. The words look scrambled, his eyes refusing to focus because his heart was beating two times too fast.

You knew his secret. Not a minor secret either, like how he threw a party at Bruce's manor on senior ditch day. The same one he didn't invite you to. No, this was more serious. You caught him changing out of his hero costume near a dark alley a few days ago.

It was late, he was tired, and he didn't expect someone to walk into the alley. Especially not someone from his class. Well, he didn't realize you were in his class until the next day, and his eyes caught yours.

You didn't have a lot of friends from what he gathered. Or really any. When he asked his friends about you, they all just shrugged. That was helpful, at least. You had no one to tell, except maybe a news outlet. Bruce was going to kill him.

There were a few weeks left until graduation, and he needed to befriend you before school was out. Maybe it was shitty to do given how he's never paid you any attention before and he learned your name like an hour ago but this was important.

"We can meet up somewhere after class to work on it," He suggests, tapping his finger against the desk.