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Chapter 9
There were no words to describe how angry he was. He has never been so angry in his whole life. He was watching her, the woman who had once been his everything (and deep down still was), and his former best friend cozy up together. She was all over him like she was some kind of damn cat, which makes sense because Tameranians are more similar to felines than humans. She even asked him for public sex in front of them. He was absolutely, positively livid. He takes off his suit jacket and rolls up the sleeves of his dress shirt. Rachel had commented on his outfit this morning and asked if he was going to try and impress someone at the bar. He had wanted to impress Kory. He had wanted to impress his sweet little Starfire. What he saw wasn't his sweet little Starfire.
What he saw was a curvaceous woman in booty shorts and a crop top that was tight around her flawless chest. He had really just wanted to cover her up with his jacket, but Roy seemed content to let her show off her body and flaunted her in front of the big biker dudes.
"I'm Bored" Dick had straighten up at the sound of her voice
"I don't think we can do that in public sweetheart." Dick tried to process what she had just asked him. Did she ask him for sex?
"Why not? We have done it before, have we not?" Dick had focused on Jason to keep from strangling Roy. Jason had a smirk on his face probably reading Dick's thoughts.
"Cheeky Princess, very cheeky." Kory had let out the most adorable little giggle he had ever heard. She then hid her face in his bicep.
"You're lucky I find you adorable." He just learned that he hated watching them flirt.
"When we get back to the safe house, I promise." Dick hates the idea of Roy's dirty hands on Kory. He doesn't deserve her. He never will.
Bruce had agreed to let Jason and his team , and that frustrates the hell out of Dick. He can't spy on Roy and Kory. He has been in a mood all day. His team knows to avoid and to not mention what they had all seen at the bar, and he was glad for it. He was glad that they weren't asking him questions. He didn't want to answer questions. He just wanted to beat the hell out of Roy Harper. He wanted to hold Kory in his arms. He wanted Starfire back.
Jason and his team are sitting at the Bat conference table all wearing their uniforms when Dick and the rest of the Titans come in. Roy has his feet on the table and his arm slung over the chair that Kory is sitting in. Kory was resting her head on her hand leaning forward on the table. Her uniform is way more revealing than anything he remembers her wearing. She is basically wearing her underwear and shoulder pads. He is trying to keep himself from exploding. She has always had revealing uniforms, but he was fine with her wearing those then. Not now. Not when he isn't confident in their relationship. Not when she his sleeping with his former best friend.
Dick feels bad about how his friendship with Roy ended. Life had basically screwed Roy over. First he got crazy addicted to heroin, then his daughter Lian had died. Roy had fallen off the deep end. Like so deep that he was constantly putting himself in dangerous situations in the hopes to kill himself. Dick and Bruce both agreed that it was best to avoid him. They had agreed that his recklessness was dangerous for people who might have worked on a mission with him. A part of Dick wishes that he had been there for his friend. He heard that Wally also stopped talking to Roy too. Roy must have gotten desperate to take mercenary work from Jason.
Jason was another point where point of guilt for Dick. He wishes he could have avenged Jason and killed the Joker. The two of them might not have gotten along, and might not still, but he was family. They share a bond of the cape that can't be broken no matter how much they might hate each other. Dick had wanted to avenge his successor. He had wanted to kill the man who killed the boy who had taken the cape and mask that had made them. But Bruce is right. Killing them only makes you more like them. It only makes you like them. That is somewhere that once a man goes there, he doesn't go back. Jason was proof of that.
Then there is Kory. Everyone has been throwing his guilt over her in face over and over again. He wants to be free of her, but he also wants to hold onto her and never let her go. He misses how she smells, he misses waking up to her vibrant locks, he misses staring into those all green eyes, he just misses everything about her. Often times, when he feels alone, he thinks of their first true kiss in Tokyo. He thinks of how soft her lips had felt when meeting his. He thinks of all the times she made him laugh while learning about some of the culture on Earth. He thinks of the adorable way she talked. He thinks of the night he had broken her heart in the pool. When she had broken his when she left. Most importantly, he thinks of the night on the tower in Tokyo where he had made her cry.
"A hero is what I am, and if you don't like it…" He had started his voice rising.
"Robin, I like it more than you will ever know." He wanted to say something, but she flew away, leaving him on the tower.
He knows that he had been important to her. She had also been important to him. She still is important to him. She will always be important to him. He had taken her love for granted. He had taken her for granted. She was someone who he thought would always be there. But like they all say, one does not know what he has until it is gone.
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