child of hope

“I SUPPOSE HERE WE GO, I’ll experience it at least once to see if its truly as great as you’re making it out to be.” Damian replied and wished he had more time to keep up on what’s popular and what’s not. He had only been in this side of the world for six years, not enough time at all to adjust to pop culture. He was trying, but there was only so much he could take in. “If I fall asleep, I fall asleep, shut up.”

Damian stepped into the room, and glanced around. It was familiar, all stuff he has seen before. He tugged at the long sleeves as he sat on Jon’s bed. He should have figured they could focus on what they want to listen to or not. Wouldn’t that be exhausting to do all the time at home? Damian wasn’t going to think about it that much, he could always ask his father later. “My father’s Batman, world’s greatest detective.” He answered with a grin. 

“Come on now, lets start.”

“If you don’t like it I don’t think I could associate with you anymore.” He wasn’t serious, of course, the friendship between him and Damian was more important than a movie franchise but he would be disappointed. Very disappointed. “if you fall asleep I’ll draw on your face.” Jon jokes, sticking his tongue out at the older boy.

Once Jon had popped the movies in, he walks over to the bed. Popping a seat as close to his friend as possible, giving him a happy grin while he does. “That doesn’t mean you have to Question everything.” He rolls his eyes and nudges Damian's shoulder playfully. 

Remembering the soda’s under his bed Jon leans down to grab them. While he does so he has a sneaky idea, shaking one of the cans under the bed he smirks. Yeah, he’s gonna get Damian for sure!!! Popping back up he gives his friend a smile and hands over the shaken soda.

“NO? Was I supposed to?” Damian wasn’t exactly the best at keeping up to date on what was popular within the culture of children their age. That included films that teenagers indulged in, but it seems this fell under his radar when it shouldn’t have. “Well then show them to me, lets go. Sleep is for the weak, we don’t need any of that.” He agreed as he followed Jon to his room. He tugged at the hoodie along the way. 

“Jonathan. Your father has super hearing, I’m pretty sure no matter where we go he would be able to hear it.” Damian commented, but this wasn’t his house so he doesn’t know how it all works on a day-to-day basis. “How’d you sneak that past Clark?”

“YES! pirates of the Caribbean is one of those movies EVERYONE should at least watch once.” It was always strange to Jon how behind on pop culture Damian was, he supposes his past was a unique case. But Damian was still a kid deep down to Jon, maybe he’s an odd kid. But still a kid, and he deserved to experience things all kids do. “You say that but I know after a while even you couldn’t keep your eyes open.” Bouncing on the balls of his feet, he excitedly gets to his room. locking the door shut once both the boys were inside.

“shhh. He tries to give me privacy sometimes when I’m in my room. Like how I make sure not to listen in when he’s in his room. ‘Just cause you can do something doesn’t mean you should’, err- that’s what dad says anyway.” Walking over to his dvd cases he grabs the movies, finding them easily. “Well...maybe he knows but he hasn’t said anything about it! So shhh.” He giggles, poping the first disc out of the case and putting it into his ps4. “Why do you have to question all good things Damian?” 

“I HAVE NEVER SEEN any of these films. There’s a lot of them isn’t there?” Damian asked as he followed him, or well, was pulled along by the oversized sleeves from this hoodie he had on. The sleeves went past his hands which was inconvenient. How would he get anything done in this? It was comfortable though and it did smell a lot like Jon, but Damian couldn’t be that vulnerable just yet and admit that. 

He did love a good action film though, so if that’s what this was he was excited for it. “Where are we going?” He asked as he looked up at his friend as he followed closely to him. Where would they be watching this film? The living room or in his bedroom?

“Wait...You haven’t seen ANY?” Jon Abruptly turns around and gives Damian a shocked look. Almost as if Damian’s childhood was ruined purely over the fact he was never exposed to the awesomeness that is named captain jack sparrow. “Damian. You have not lived until you seen these movies.” Jon lets go of Damian's sleeve and puts his hand on his friend's shoulder. “We aren’t sleeping until we’ve watched them ALL.”

Turning back to where he was walking he points to his room. “Since we aren’t going to sleep tonight, we’re going to my room. So we don’t wake up dad while the movies are going. OH!” Jon claps his hands excitedly, “soda. We need lots of sugar. Don’t tell dad, but I got a stack under my bed just for nights like this.”

DAMIAN DIDN’T KNOW WHY JON always insisted on being so affectionate. Of course underneath his rough exterior he enjoyed it since there was feelings there beyond just being best friends. He wanted to explore those emotions, but he didn’t know how. He had no idea how relationships work or what to do when it comes to flirting. So he does it in the only way he knows how, and that turned into the harsh treatment he gave Jon when they were younger. He has gotten better at it though, not being as mean.

“Oh, action films? Lets watch one of those. I’d love to judge their fighting styles.” He said with a grin as he looked up at the other boy. He tried pushing the sleeves of this hoodie up, but they kept falling down so it turned out to be a lost cause.

It always boggled Jon when his friend always held him at a distance. It was a weird constant push and pull, and Jon never knows where he stands with Damian. Sometimes there was a flash of something softer, something sweeter, but then it’ll vanish and Jon is left confused. Deep down, despite the fights and random bursts of aggression from Damian, he cared deeply for the boy.

“Pirates of the Carribean it is!” Jon announces, grinning brightly at the boy. Walking past Damian, He grabs one of the oversized sleeves and tugs his friend along gently. Urging him to quickly come along with Jon. “You’re gonna love it! How many of the movies have you watched??”