"The smile that melts my heart"

Chapter 2

"Goddess of Death is... crying...?"

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--Robin's POV—

I woke up the next day feeling like as if a heavy weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I breathed a sigh of relief and headed towards the bathroom sleepily.

I looked at myself in the mirror. I really couldn't understand why, but this particular 'looking at myself at the mirror moment' seemed to be the most... remarkable one yet ever...

I mean, come on! Everyday, I look at myself in the mirror and well, none of it was actually special...

Hmmm... I really wonder why...

Oh, hey! Remember I said earlier that the Teen Titans split up ages ago? All right, so maybe I was exaggerating a bit. The Titans split up a year ago. But a year without my friends seemed to go on a lifetime for me!

Okay, back to the 'looking at myself in the mirror moment'. After just a year, I didn't exactly change. My appearance, I mean. Same old, same old.

Suddenly, Raven came to my mind...

Raven... I saw her last night. I guess I was too edgy that time so I didn't quite "compliment" her with her looks...

So, let's see... last night, Raven was wearing her usual attire. Her usual cape, her usual leotard, her usual red beaded belt, her usual blue boots... But her hood was down at her back so I saw her face clearly.

She still had that gray hue in her face... and her eyes still had that "I- don't-care-about-anything look". It was only her hair that was different. I guess it grew an inch longer.

In conclusion, Raven still looked the same so, maybe it was all right not to complicate her looks in the first place!

But only one thing bugged me...

Raven looked... prettier... Well, for me, that is...

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"Umm...hello? Excuse me?"

The man behind the counter looked up from his desk. "Do you need anything, sir?" he asked in a pleasant voice.

"Uhh...yeah..." I replied. "A friend of mine carrying the name of Raven Roth is currently staying here so, would you please tell me which room she is located in?"

"Why, my pleasure, sir!" The man started tapping some keys in the computer. After a moment, he said, "I am truly sorry, sir! But there is no one with that name staying in here."

"What?" I frowned. "Go try again! I know I saw her last night!"

The man sighed. "All right, sir. So, once again, he typed some keys furiously on the keyboard.

"Well?" I asked, tapping my foot impatiently on the floor.

"My sincere apologies, sir, but there is really no one who checked in with that name in this hotel!"

"That can't be!" I cried, enraged. I leaned over the counter and looked at the screen. "I swear! She entered my room last night!"

"Look, sir!" the man said, his voice slightly raised. "If this keeps going on, I shall have no choice but to call security!"

"Okay, okay..." I calmed myself down a bit. This was getting nowhere. "Look, last night, she went inside my room and had a little talk. And I'm totally sure I wasn't seeing things!"

"Well, sir. Maybe you could describe her or something of that sort."

'Stop it with the sir, dude! I'm not that old yet! Am I...?' "Oh, great idea! Well, let's see. She's this tall," I positioned my hand with the level of my eye. "And her hair is this long," I gestured my hand to my shoulder. "And she has a grayish complexion. Also, she's wearing this bluish cape with a hood," I pretended to have a hood and pulled it over my head. "With that comes along a black leotard underneath and she has this really cool belt!" I said, pointing to my waist, like as if I was wearing raven's belt.

"Ah... you mean the Goddess of Death."

"What?" I raised a brow.

"Why didn't you just say so? She's currently staying right now in Room triple 6 on the sixth floor!"

'Freaky... her room number is the devil's number...' I mused to myself. There was a moment of silence. "Well, thanks" I finally muttered. With that, I turned around and headed towards the elevator.

"Wait!" the man called out.

I stopped in my tracks and twisted the upper half of my body to his direction. "Yeah?"

"The girl you are looking for..."

"Hmm...?"

"She checked in two days ago and well... tears were staining her pretty face..."

"Oh." Was all I said. "I see... thanks for telling me, then."

I then, continued walking towards the elevator. Questions were brimming my mind.

Raven? Crying? That was so unbelievable! There was obviously, and definitely, something wrong... And well, I guess I wanna find out what it is...

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