A/N: Hey everybody! I'm so happy to be finally finishing up this story! Please keep the reviews coming in!

His head was buried deep in his hands as he realized that he had dried out his tears. He had let it go too far. He was too late. Her sleeping eyes never budged open, never fluttered with consciousness

His eyes, for the past two days, had been struggling to keep awareness; he would not rest until he knew she was okay. But the clock ticked by so slowly, as if to torture him for all eternity; he just wanted it all to end. Though he had been drowsily keeping himself awake for what seemed like forever, he shook it all off and stood up instantly as soon as he saw the doctor walking towards his direction.

"What happened to her? Is she okay? Can I see-"

The doctor smiled sadly as he tried to break it down gently. "Mr. Grayson, Kori is in poor condition as of this moment. She is lucky to be alive, but the beatings she endured from her boyfriend have caught up to her, and her heart has been beating slower than normal rate. The other doctors and I have good news though- someone up there has blessed her with more than one life; normally someone in such condition would not be alive for so long, but-"

With his feet striding against the tiled floors as fast as they could, Richard ran towards Kori's room. But when he got there, he found himself trying to hold back his tears at the sight of her small fragile body hooked up to many machines, wires and cords attached to her broken ribs and her bruised and bandaged stomach. He sat in a chair by her head, cradling her tanned hand in his.

"Kori," was the only word he managed to utter out as he took noticed of her emerald eyes slowly begin to flutter open. Once she caught sight of his worried face, she smiled faintly, recollecting the memories of their past as Teen Titans that she thought had disappeared forever long ago.

"You- you're…you're here," she whispered with tears swimming in her eyes. "Why?"

A sudden pang of regret washed over him. "Why didn't you come to me? Why didn't you tell me what he was doing to you? The doctor says you've been suffering too many beatings."

She squeezed his hand gently, bringing her face closer to his. "I do not wish to speak of the past, Robin, but only of what the moment holds for us. Roy did horrible things, but I still find myself able to forgive him."

The chair Richard was sitting on flew back, hitting the wall violently as he stood abruptly. "Forgive him? He almost killed you! How could you forgive such a son of a-"

Tears were pouring down her face already. "Stop it, please. Feeling this sick is already bad enough, but to see you so angry with someone who isn't even worth it…I just don't like seeing you like this…"

Richard sighed in defeat as he surrendered effortlessly to her strong will, sitting down once more, wiping the tears away from her pale face. A calming stillness filled the room, and it was sooner than he realized that Kori had drifted off to sleep, the soft breaths she took repeating in a pattern.

He smiled softly, gazing at her. He had almost lost her, but just watching her in her sleep was exhilarating; he caught his breath every time she murmured something tiredly in her sleep.

Realizing how sleepy he had become, he leaned forward and laid his lips on hers gently without even a thought of hesitation, then rested his head in his folded arms. And when she was sure that he was truly asleep, Kori tucked her hands in his and faintly smiled; she closed her eyes once more and fell into a deep slumber.

A/N: Not over yet; maybe an epilogue after this instead of another chapter would be good, so keep reading. Send me your thoughts on this chapter!