That Was the Day Jason Decided—He Would Become Robin.
Not for honor.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCA5hBGVoR
Not for glory.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0bbRonC6x
But because he never wanted to see Nana sitting alone by a hospital bed, begging again.
At first, Bruce said no.
Jason was reckless. Stubborn.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4oYnIzB1e
Too emotional.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CQXbFmKKf
Not what Bruce imagined when he thought of “a proper Robin.”
So Jason teamed up with Alfred, snuck out at midnight in full gear,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpWiOEVZqA
and left behind a note:
“You can say no. But I’ve already started.”
The next day, Bruce crushed a cup in his hand from sheer frustration.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5t4ztFy3f
But he understood—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxWiXcDym0
the boy had already made up his mind.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo3i1zY7Dh
So he accepted it.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVC8OUtlcEs
Even if he never said a single word of praise.
When Nana found out,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcKRUjIP54
she lit up like a lamp.
She secretly saved up five dollars of allowance money for a month and bought three notebooks:
- One was Robin-only — Jason’s personal clippings and scrapbook.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi51qJy0rqx
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWvCdjd9dP - One was Batman-only — news reports and Bruce’s analysis.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQIyhg7YW5
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMMsyAga9Y - The last was for the two of them together — a record of their missions and any photos of the dynamic duo.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1pMRWk4P1
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Every night after homework,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiLfGl5CKP
she curled up under the lamp, cutting and pasting, writing dates and comments.
Sometimes she’d scribble little notes next to Robin’s photos:
“Jumped a bit slow today.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPZjO5oY9V
“Nice angle. Cool.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R6EmYnZos
“Looks tired. Still wanna pat his head.”
But she never let Jason see them.
One time, he peeked.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgfhJJVguw
She caught him and scolded him so harshly, he never dared to peek again.
One day, Dick saw the notebooks and teased,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmQ3dr0TKw
“Nana, sweetheart~ where’s mine? I want one too!”
That night, she borrowed money from Jason.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdKWs7Bek7
The next day, she bought a new notebook—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy8xPEnGX2
and began cutting and pasting.
For Nightwing, the guy in the next city.
Dick was thrilled.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFHTcRrz4D
Meanwhile, Nana grumbled as she worked:27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb3PJbCQm5
“Why are all his photos just his back?”
Jason’s face turned as black as a Gotham alley.
From that day on, Jason started inspecting her Nightwing scrapbook daily.
Any Nightwing photo that showed his lower half?
Covered.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJvatbm3iZ
With industrial-grade electrical tape.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYBLDP4rla
Not a single one was spared.
Nana kicked him out of rage.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KMrGhKX0C
But the next day, he taped them again.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZK3uK3bdZ
Perfectly. Just the right angle to cover it all.
That was their everyday life.
In a city full of shadows and danger,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68vAYMnTdQ
they stitched together their own small world—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH3sS7hq9j
thread by thread.
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🔸 Time Passed.
Jason and Nana were now in ninth grade.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBwPZt5zpX
It had been five years since they were taken into Wayne Manor.
The years hadn’t just left them with memories—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Hh064ed7a
but visible, undeniable changes.
With proper nutrition and strict training,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPyfQTcncn
Jason was growing like a balloon pumped full of air.
His height broke records every month.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTHqdLekU6
His pants couldn’t keep up with his legs.
Nana became his personal stylist-slash-manager,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIblebx315j
inspecting his cuffs and hems like she was on a mission.
“This one’s no good. Sleeves too short.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciB8L4mehH
“Are those shoes tight? You’re walking weird.”
Jason always said,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQDnzb9GaO
“It’s fine.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHNgqV2AHZ
But he’d still end up getting dragged out for new ones.
And Nana herself had changed too.
From the skinny little girl she once was,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6J3C12feC
she was now gently blossoming into a girl with soft curves and quiet grace.
The baby face had faded.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpgv3PxErB
Her eyes now held calm and composure—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlvN0tFzJI
except when she was with Jason.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboTZ4bu7Ql
Then the old smile returned.
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🔹 Two Years Ago
Bruce watched them from the training room—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuWbadLcgo
no longer kids.
Wiping sweat, exchanging glances, handing each other water.
He cleared his throat and said flatly,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMMUV2wviL
“You two are getting separate rooms.”
Jason: “…What?”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0c0bguNU5b
Nana: “…?”
Bruce’s face was stone:27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwpKQT2JGz
“You’re teenagers now. You need boundaries.”
Alfred and Dick nearly choked on their laughter.
Alfred sipped his tea and said,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfPn4rB1sR
“Master Bruce has finally realized he’s the father of three. A historic moment.”
Dick added,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1H39SLctv
“And one of the pairs has been rooming together for three years. You just noticed?”
Bruce ignored them.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr35KW7IZdq
He went ahead and installed a new room lock system—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlALxCFJ02
with enhanced door monitoring, of course.
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Nana’s scrapbooks continued.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtF6V3EK3t
Just more slowly now.
She was on volume 12.
Not out of laziness—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi845o0KGO8
but because Batman and Robin’s stealth had improved to near-mythic levels.
Getting a clear photo was harder than breaking into Gotham Central Bank.
She complained once.
Jason heard it—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRE7ft0GPc2
and the next mission, he deliberately paused for five extra seconds27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nusAjcjrS
so the photographers could catch a shot.
Nana was mad—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIXYKlNs55
but she still pasted the photo into her book.
Next to it, she added a note:
“He obviously paused for me. Still—handsome.”
But the most shocking part?
Brooklyn was obsessed with Nightwing.
His scrapbook had reached volume 20.
Every page—
lower halves taped up.
Nana:27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoZxhq7fso
“Don’t you think that’s weird?”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsg4IQgDhW8
Jason:27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc0pJMeBiG
“No. I think it’s comforting.”
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🔸 A Silent War
There was another battle.
One Nana didn’t know about.
After Jason started learning surveillance, counter-surveillance, and anti-bugging,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyf9uPIqVt
he came back from a mission one night—
and picked up a tiny transmission in Nana’s room.
A bug.
Sender?27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PvhmETSq1
Batman.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVdlvZ89sW
And Nightwing.
That night, Jason’s face turned darker than Gotham’s storm clouds.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI4wzZQYeN
He spent the entire night dismantling and replacing.
He didn’t remove the device—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPO7oyzdMr
he replaced it with his own.
From then on, he started a daily ritual:
Scanning her sleeves for pinhole mics,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTwVHO4EUf
her desk corners for receivers,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iBtlFRRC0
even her shoes.
One by one—27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Hv2UiF9Bp
he replaced everything27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUoS9L3Aml
with tech of his own design.
His rule was simple:
“Everything around Nana… belongs to me. No one touches her. No one.”
Alfred watched the quiet war unfold.
In his monitoring logs,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv48rOHBI5
the devices around Miss Nana rotated in source:
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and back again.
Each sweep was like watching three lions circle the same territory.
No one backed down.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTNVlXxZHX
No one trusted the others.
Alfred sighed and switched off the screen,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa4HBY6TWs
murmuring to himself:
“Those three… truly are the most dangerous unit of all.”
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