I went home that night, still ignoring my father, ran straight to my room. That night, I didn't even eat dinner. Alfred was kind enough to bring food to my room, but I left it gradually turn from warm to cold on my plate.
Bruce was too engrossed with his work, as always, to notice that I was practically dying in my room. I was confused, and yet, angry at the same time. Angry at the way how Bruce never cared about me, angry at how Raven was hiding her "personal life" away from me, angry at how stupid I was for fighting with Bruce that morning, however, the most of all, I was angry at myself.
I was stupid.
Why should I help Raven if she didn't want any help? Why should I bother? I did the best that I could as a friend. At the least, I can say that I tried.
Bruce's opinions didn't really matter, did it? He had always wanted me to be a clone of his, to follow his footsteps. It was almost as if he had my own life planned out for me. He wanted me to be around the kind of people that he preferred, wanted me to dress the way he would dress, wanted me to be him.
But I wasn't him.
I was Richard. Richard Grayson, the person who had a best friend named Raven, the person who had experienced the loss of two parents, and the person who gave up his life to start a new one.
Certainly, Raven was still on my mind. I really did care about her. I grabbed my cell phone from the nightstand, and dialed her numbers. I waited for at least five minutes until someone picked up.
And that person was not Raven.
It was a man's voice, I could tell. Then, I heard, in the background, a girl's scream. It wasn't a loud scream, but it was a scream. Did I dial the wrong numbers?
"Who do you want?" the voice on the other end said in an angry voice. It was such a deep and serious voice that it almost scared me. Judging from the way the man greeted me; I was probably calling in at the wrong time.
"Uh, I think I dialed the wrong number." With that said, I quickly hung up.
Author's Notes: Update. That's a surprise. I no longer read or write TT fanfictions. So the only reason why I am updating this is that I found this while cleaning the files on my laptop. I was going to add a little bit more to it, but I gave up. I honestly don't expect anyone to read or review this chapter, because a. the Teen Titans fandom is dead. b. this isn't a great chapter.
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