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Monday morning… specifically 6:00 AM
aka the first ever day of school for Damian wayne.. he had made it clear that he didn’t want to attend to school at all, because “all of those kids are not to my level” , but bruce insisted, he wanted him to have a normal life.. perhaps a distraction from what his life with his mother used to be.
no one was awake yet but bruce and Alfred, Duke does have school too, he just didn’t bother waking up in time. unlike damian who still hadn’t come out of his room.. how long does it take a nine year old to get ready?
bruce was seated at the long dinner table alone, taking a sip of his coffee every now and then while tapping on his laptop.. suddenly, a very drowsy (and still in his pijamas) Duke walks into the room, groggily taking a seat
”good morning, Duke”
bruce spoke, and Duke’s reply was nothing but a hum.. he’s still not fully awake.
Alfred, being the great butler he is, had already set a bowl.. alongside a cereal box and a milk carton for Duke to have breakfast, he started sloppily shaking the cereal into the plate, and then followed it by the milk which he spilled half of on the table, he earned a groan from bruce for that..
about thirty minutes after.. when Duke decided to finally get up and change.. at the doorway stood Damian, who just finished getting ready… bruce hadn’t lifted an eye from his laptop, but Duke was frozen in place, Damian, THE damian wayne… The “heir of the demon” was wearing three different hair clips, like the ones you’d see on dolls, glitter and all.
he used them to push his messy bangs to one side of his face.. and they were bright colored, each one of then different then the other,
one was pink anf shaped like a cute bunny head.. the second was a yellow glittery bow, and the third was a blue candy caine…
Duke was still frozen in place, while Damian just walked to his seat rather normally.
”good morning, father”
damian spoke, shifting his father’s attention from his work to him
”good morning to you too….”
bruce replied with a skeptical tone.. squinting his eyes just to make sure he was seeing this correctly
”do i look okay?”
his father’s stare definitely made him self conscious, he started inspecting his own clothing for any flaws
“you look great, kiddo”
bruce smiled as he used one of his hands to loosen the tie that Damian pressed so high up his little neck
and duke was still in shock-
bruce gives Duke a look.. a look of “please dont mention it”
and with that- duke ran upstairs to change his clothes…. and wash his face a couple of extra time, just to ensure he’s awake.
later on that day, specifically after school..
Dick is the one doing pickup.. and he had got Duke first.. and duke frantically explained to him what happened this morning.. to which Dick just cooed over
”so what if he’s a little out of character? its adorable! we don’t always get to see Damian being himself”
”dude- himself? himself is like swords and guns..”
Dick huffed, unimpressed with Duke’s slander of his baby brother..
and before he could speak, there was the said baby brother, walking towards the car.. his hair no longer held up by the three cute accessories.. which caused Dick to pout, what if some kids picked on him-
“its nice to see you Richard”
Dick’s train of thought was broken with the door shutting and Damian’s speaking.. he seems to be in a good mood
“hey little wing! Duke was just telling me about how stylish you were this morning”
Dick needed to ask, he wasn’t just gonna let it slide… especially not if someone is making fun of his brother-
“its true, i looked adequate”
damian praised himself, and didn’t further elaborate on where the said style went
after five minutes of silence… and five minutes of Duke not wanting his head cut off by Damian-
Dick decided to ask, just put it out in the open
”where did your hair clips go bitty bird? did you lose them?”
”no, i gave them away to two of classmates.. they complimented it and i thought it’d be fit to give it to them, for i own a lot of them back home”
and THAT shocked Dick back into silence… he was never prouder-
he was gonna burst into tears…. HIS BABY BROTHER IS GROWING UP.
“and they took it….?”
Duke was puzzled.. usually in a scenario like this… they probably would have complimented him as a joke.. right?
”yes, they wore it for the rest of the day… both of them then invited me to sit at their table.. which is weird.. i thought those tables were for everyone..?”