Kori woke up after tossing and turning. It was 11:30pm. She had a really bad habit of not being able to sleep when she was stressed. Although the trauma had happened earlier she still couldn't shake it. She started to feel fear and began to get emotional, until she grabbed her phone and sent a quick text.
"Hey."
Richard heard his phone vibrate on the wooden night stand next to him. He sleepily reached over to grab it. He woke up more once he was who it was from.
" Hey! How are you doing?"
Kori felt better after she saw how quickly he responded.
"I'm alright. Rachel is out with her poetry club late."
"You okay."
" Yeah."
" Do you need me to come over?"
They both wanted the answer to be yes, but Richard heard a knock on his door and then strong footsteps moving quickly down the hall. While in Kori's apartment she heard a door unlock.
"As much as I would love for you to, Rachel's back."
As Richard went down the elevator he breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to see her, but he needed to transform into Robin.
Rachel walked in and rushed to the room. She turned on the light.
" Kori, how are you?" Rachel wasn't very emotional, but she heard what happened on campus and knew that Kori was scared easily. Rachel sat on her bed and listened to the horrors that happened earlier. Kori could talk for a while,and Rachel was vey patient about listening. She did not interrupt and after an hour conversation she took a deep breath in and said,
" Thank God for Richard."
" I know! Thank X'hal for Robin too!"
Kori felt better talking it out. She crawled under her blankets and fell asleep. Grateful to be safe.
Robin bent low. His eyes were squinted, watched a shadow go through a dark alley across the way. He saw Bruce jump from the top of the building and heard a muffle. He rolled his eyes. He hated petty missions. He thought that calling Batman and Robin to catch every 7/11 theft was useless. The cops could handle it.
" Police on the way." He heard Batman say over their communicator.
'"I'll meet you home." Robin replied and headed home. As he went over rooftops he thought about how to approach Kori next. As he exited the Batcave twenty minutes later he saw Alfred waiting with a cup of tea.
" Thanks Alfred." He said taking it. As soon as he had a sip he heard Bruce come up behind him.
" So. How is your friend?" Bruce took the other cup.
" A little shaken, but she is good."
" I'm glad that she is safe. You handled it very well." And then he walked off.
" Oh Master Dick, you are growing up. I just don't know what we'll do with out our little teenager anymore." He gave Richard a smile and walked off.
Richard went back up to his room and got back into bed. He had a close call today, and he had to think what was more important, Richard or Robin. He knew that he couldn't give up Robin. He needed that side of him. He needed that escape, even though it was dangerous. At the core of his being he knew that he needed to be a hero. He also needed to live a life. Bruce was older and single. He didn't want to be old and single. He wanted kids, a family, stability. He snorted at the fact he was thinking about this. He groaned and rolled over. Tomorrow he needed to step it up in the Richard department. He also needed to talk to his friends, and see what they thought.