BARRY - The Flash's Distraction.
BARRY X GN!READER - The Flash’s Distraction.
#_#
Barry wasn’t usually distracted. Sure, he had the occasional mess up or he’d miscalculate something but he never really did slip up. He was, well he thought, a good hero. He’d save the day with the InvinciBros and then maybe go to work or hang out with his friends. But today? Today was different. There was a new super-hero, as was rumored around school.
“Hey, Babs,” Barry caught up to Barbra as he looked around, as if to be looking for something, “You hear anything about some new hero? Everyone’s been saying they might go here or something.” He was shut up by a burrito being shoved in his face, he gladly accepted but didn’t intend on eating it.
“You didn’t hear? There’s some new hero called ‘Prime’. Someone said they saw them beat up Poison Ivy like it was nothing!” Barbra blabbed, taking another bite of her burrito as she and Barry walked to the cafeteria. He scratched his neck in confusion, how come he’s never heard of such a hero before? He’s known that almost all of his friends are heroes, so who were they?
. . .
His jaw was agape, the burrito splashed onto the floor.
Who. Was. THAT? It felt like he had just opened his eyes for the first time, his world was suddenly filled with light, much more than it had before. He was so distracted, he didn’t realize his face was red hot, burning at the sight. His eyes twinkled in interest as his jaw opened wider.
Babs looked around in worry, was he seeing something that she wasn’t? Was it bad? Were there bad guys anywhere? She set herself up in a stance as she looked at Barry, but he seemed just fine.
“Barry? What’re you..” Babs was shut as Barry directed her gaze to a table in the far corner. There sat a stranger they’ve never seen, a new friend that was yet to be made. Their attire was just simple headphones, ripped, green and black striped sweater and a pair of black jeans. She was confused, if there was no danger, then what was he so shocked about? She looked back at his eyes, but they were so fixated on them, so drawn in.
“Do you know who that is? Can you introduce me? Are they friendly? Do you think they’d like ice cream?” Barry asked, his usual pace much more faster than it should be. She could practically hear his heart pounding against his chest, his face was flushed to the max!
“Them? Me and the girls have been hanging out with them since they first got here. Apparently they’re non-binary as well! Why do you-“ Babs was cut off when Barry took off at light speed, heading straight for their table. She blinked for a few seconds and then trotted off to her usual group of friends, all of them curious as to why Barry was so worked up.
“What’s wrong with him? He looks like he’d just seen a monster.” Kara commented, followed up by Jessica.
“And he’s certainly acting strange too. Do you guys know what happened?” She asked, pointing at the table next to them.
“Eh, I just told him about (___) and he went bananas!” Barbara informed them.
Barry was certainly making an impression, moving around their figure at an impeccable pace. The table and chairs were rumbling due to his speeding. They all watched as he continued to talk, sounding as if he was saying the world's longest tongue twister.
“I have been acquainted with them as well, they are very skilled at Volleyball!” Diana complimented as they all watched the table.
#_#
“Hi!”
(___) jumped at the sudden sound as they looked to their side, being met with Barry’s. They looked around before pointing at themselves.
“Yeah! You! Are you new? Do you have any friends? Am I your first? What’s your schedule? Are you available after school? Do you like ice cream? I work at Sweet Justice! Hi, I’m Barry!”
They looked in disbelief at Barry before letting out a chuckle, their eyes resting on their features as they leaned onto the table. They shot a small smile towards Barry as they began to speak.
“Yes, I'm new. Very nice to make your acquaintance, Barry. I’m (___). Do you wanna hang out after school?I'm quite packed during school hours.” They looked as his features glowed at the thought of hanging out, his face growing redder as his eyes sparkled.
#_#
“He’s gonna fumble so badly.” He heard someone whisper from behind, and they were right.
He was folding, there was no doubt. Their looks were beautiful enough but their voice was so euphonious, as if singing in one’s ear. He froze when they asked to hang out, he didn’t even have to try! They liked him already? Oh, this was so exciting!
He cleared his throat as he realized he was staring. “Yes! Yes! I would love to!”
“Good. Can't wait.” They simply said, shooting a smile towards his smiling face.
His smile beamed brighter but then fell into a face of confusion. “But where will we hang out?”
“Oh, right,” They palmed their forehead and started to think. “You said you work at Sweet Justice right? Then let’s meet there. After school.” They then returned to their meal, taking a bite of whatever’s being served.
“Yeah! Yeah! Cool! Cool!” Barry said, but was quickly shut out by their music. He sighed and headed to his own table of friends.
He sat down next to Hal and Garth, who were with the InvinciBros. He sunk in his seat and crossed his arms.
#_#
“Seriously? Come on, Bar! You totally fumbled!" Hal said through his mouthful of lunch.
“I know, I know! But they were so,” Barry thought of the correct words to say, but came up with nothing that wouldn't involve being gushy, "The point is I couldn't speak! We’re supposed to hang out at Sweet Justice. Do you think they'll mind me being a hero?” Barry asked, unsure of himself. He twiddled with his fingers as they all slowly looked at him.
Almost everyone at the table looked at him like he was crazy! Hal almost choked on his meal as Garth snickered.
“Barry, there's no way you're going to tell them! They'll hold it against you, make sure everybody knows! Trust me, I know.” Hal shivered at memories of Star Sapphire, shaking his head to get rid of the memory.
“Plus, you barely know them! What if they know super villains or something? We could be done for!” Garth added, being agreed with by the majority of the group.
“They’re not so bad, you just need to get to know them better!” Barry persisted, “Look, I’ll show you!”
#_#
In a flash, there was a new person at their table. (___) looked around in confusion before looking at the cause of their sudden movement.
“(___)! These are my friends! Considering you're new, I want you to meet them!”
They held a face of disinterest as they didn't really want to do this. “Look, Barry, I'm happy you're looking out for me but I,". They were stopped as he stared at them gleefully, happy to be of service. They sighed in defeat, not wanting to hurt his feelings.
“Hi, I'm (___). It's very nice to meet you all.” They spoke to the whole group anxiously, fidgeting with their hands.
The group greeted them with open arms, introducing themselves and beginning to make conversation. It was so refreshing to have conversations with nice people for once.
Barry fidgeted in his seat as he looked at (___), gushing and giggling like some lovesick fool. He grabbed Hal, who was currently flexing his muscles to (___), and spun him over to have a private conversation.
#_#
“See, Hal, they all love them! Why can't I tell them? Please! Just once!”
“No, Barry, you can't! We might get busted! What if someone hears you tell them? We’ll be in danger.”
“But,"
“No, Barry. The answer is no.”
“Fine.”
#_After_School_#
After determining that he wouldn't show, they grabbed their bag and exited Sweet Justice, sighing on their way out. Why didn't he come? Did he do something wrong?
(___) climbed onto the bus, ready to head somewhere. They scanned the bus but seeing as there were no available seats left, they sighed out loud, grabbing a pole.
“Do you want my seat?" A kind voice asked.
They turned their attention to a slightly tan, pure diamond blonde haired guy. He wore a friendly smile on his face as he waved them over to himself. They hesitated for a moment before walking towards him, he brought himself up as they sat. But as soon as they did, a new seat opened up next to them. They patted on the seat as he sat down.
“Thanks for the seat, Mr.” They thanked as they watched his smile grow. He reached out, to which they accepted.
“I’m Steve. Steve Trevor! I’m heading to see some friends of mine, what about you?”
“I’m heading to meet some friends as well. They’re investigating some taggers in the city.”
“Neato, so are mine!” (___) let go of his hand as they looked towards the stop.
“This is my stop! Is this yours as well?”
“As much as coincidence this is, yeah.”
#_#
“They’re right inside this building!” Steve and (___) both said union, giggling at the coincidence. They raised their eyebrow at the opened, smashed door but Steve didn’t seem to mind. They shrugged their shoulders and followed after him. A variety of voices could be heard.
“Oh yeah? Was his courage formed in the flames of battle?” (___) could hear Kara speak as they got closer, who was she talking to?
“Well, not exactly. But he goes to a military academy so that’s basically the equivalent!” They heard another voice say, a male voice this time.
“Pshh, big deal! We also have a new team member! And they’re better than whoever your leader could be!” That was Barbra! What is going on?
“Hey!” Steve started, the various superheroes turned to stare at the two. “Sorry we’re late! We tried taking the bus but I guess it can only go as fast as traffic, huh?”. It was their friends..and a group of super hero boys? (___) could make out the Flash and another Green Lantern, but that was it.
They both stepped into the building as Steve talked. They waved hi to their friends and started to look around the room. They stopped when a certain someone wore a glued stare on them. It was Flash, staring directly at them. They awkwardly waved but decided to make conversation. They stepped towards him as they cleared their throat.
“Hi! I’m (___) it’s very nice to meet you!” They told Flash, who appeared to be all giddy and face-flushed. He giggled as they spoke and mumbled words under his breath. They chuckled at his silliness as Green Lantern stepped towards them.
“(___)? What’re you doing here? I thought you were busy.” She crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.
“Well, I was," Their face turned into sadness as they continued, “I was going to sweet justice after school but Barry totally bailed on me. He didn't even give me his number. So I followed up on what you guys said and met Steve on the way!”
Jessica shot a glare at Barry who shrugged, but decided to open his mouth. “I'm telling you, Hal! It would've been better if they knew we were superheroes!”
. . .
HAL?!
“Hal Jordan?! From SCHOOL?!” (___) yelled out in disbelief, blinking a few times to see if they were dreaming.
“That was my exact reaction!" Aqualad said from behind. (___) stopped their gawking and started to think. Was Barry the Flash? They did act similar and Barry is seriously fast.
“Wait so," (___) they turned to look at Flash as he started to sweat, wearing an awkward grin, "You're a hero? Why didn't you tell me? I'm literally friends with a GROUP of superheroes!”
“Whaaaat? Pshh, I have no idea what you're talking about! But this Barry guy was maybe just too busy but really did want to meet so he is asking for a second chance?” Barry asked with his voice going more high pitch the more he talked, shrugging his arms slowly.
They chuckled lowly as the two groups fought, not wanting to disrupt their thing. “Sure, I'll give this Barry guy a second chance," His face lit up as he grinned widely, “If you tell me who you are!"
“Sure thing!" He said hurriedly, tearing off his mask, “It's me! Barry! Please, I'm really sorry! We can meet right after this! I promise!"
“Sure, sure.” They lightly punched his arm, watching the two groups fight over who should investigate the taggers.
[ END. ]
[ EXTRA: ]
[ I wanted to do this because it seemed so cute ]
As the two groups raced to the Lexbucks cafe, Kara carried (___) on her back, who was also being challenged by Flash.
“I'm totally gonna beat you, Supergirl! Just give up already!" Barry yelled from the ground as Kara growled.
“You won't mind if I throw you, right?” Kara asked (___), who then wore a face of worry.
“Throw me?! At what?!" (___) responded in a hurry as Kara got ready to throw them. They blocked their face as they were thrown but surprisingly catched. They were face to face with Flash, who's face started to flush. His eyes began to sparkle and his body grew weak.
“I mean, it beats the bus, right?" They joked as they chuckled. Flash giggled in response as he repeated the word ‘bus’ under his breath.