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Chapter 5: Good memories
"I'm having guest over for a few day. They'll be staying in the guest rooms for their vacation." Bruce sternly spoke, his eyes glossing over both Kori and Tim in a split second. Kori and Tim knew dining room meetings always meant something fowl was going to take a toll in their lives, but guests? How could that possibly be bad news.
"They? How many people are staying here?" Kori questioned, leaning her head on the table, sighing faintly in annoyance. Being in the Wayne Manor, she didn't have to wear that ring and hide, but since guest were coming, that meant she had to keep the ring on even longer. "Five of them to be exact." Tim perked up in his seat, looking over at Kori as she sat up from her slouched position.
"Tim knows?" Kori furrowed her brows together in confusion, looking over a Bruce for an answer, but instead Tim responded to her question.
"Sure do." Tim evilly smiled towards Kori, nudging her with his elbow playfully.
"That's not fair, Bruce! I want to know!" Kori shouted.
"It wasn't planned for Tim to know. He's unpredictably snooping in my conversations." Bruce looked over at Tim, raising a brow while Tim chuckled a little.
"It's not my fault you leave your office door open all the time." Tim mumbled under his breath, leaning back against his chair with his hands behind his head.
"Kori, since Tim already knows who is coming; he'll prepare the rooms they'll be staying in." Bruce glanced over at Kori before turning is gaze over to Alfred who couldn't help but grin at Tim's reaction.
"That's unfair!" Tim wined, his hands dropping from behind his head and placed on the table.
"Don't want hear it, Tim" Bruce signaled the meeting to be over and left.
"You heard him squirt, go clean those rooms!" Kori stood up from her chair, taking a few steps towards the stairs before collapsing on the very first steps, laughing uncontrollably at him.
"Excuse me, but I think you said the wrong word. It's stud, not squirt. A sixteen year old is not a squirt." Tim proclaimed, rolling his eyes at the collapsed Kori on the stairs, walking over towards her before chuckling himself. Kori's laughter always made Tim laugh no matter what. Sometimes it was a good thing, but then again, sometimes it was a bad thing. You don't want to be laughing when you're on a mission, do you?
"Oh Tim" Kori collected herself, grabbing onto the railing and lifting herself up and off the stairs.
"I'm serious, Kori!" Tim threw his hands out, racing up a few steps to be in front of her before turning around and stepped up the stairs backwards. Tim practiced this technique for situations like this and boy was it handy. Kori shook her head, giggling softly at his playful smirk. Kori loved Tim with all her heart and was glad he was in her life.
"Fine Mr. Stud, go clean!" Kori poke Tim in the chest playfully as she put a lot of enthusiasm on the stud part of her sentence.
"You know, Kori? I think you need a nickname since I have one now, which by the way fits me perfectly. Hmm, let me think." Tim held his chin in deep thought, pushing his lips together firmly. Kori couldn't help but smiled at him. The way he held his chin reminded her of her leader back when she was a Teen Titan. It made her feel sad in a way inside, but she knew what happened when she was a Titan was in the past. Nothing could rid her memories from her old flame. It was merely impossible.
"Ah ha! I got one!" Tim smile widen, his foot reaching the last step and stopped there, looking up at Kori.
"Princess. What do you think about that?"
It never dawned on Kori how much she missed her home planet. Princess Koriand'r is who she is, even if she denied it.
There was a burning passion of some sort building its way up her body like a poison, waiting to activate its horrid pain and toxins any minute she decide to lose it. She kept so much hatred towards the Titans, it wasn't healthy. They hurt her in a way she had no idea how to heal.
"Princess it is." He teased, rushing into the first room on the right.
"You know whose coming right?" Kori followed behind Tim, entering the room seconds after he did. "Why don't you tell little miss princess who it is?" Kori paused, clasping her hands together and gave him the best puppy face she could. It almost worked, until Tim replied with a "Nope."
"X'hal, Tim, tell me!" Feeling the anxiety hit rock bottom, Kori pounced on top of Tim and held him in a head lock while he squirmed and yelled for her to let go.
"I promised I wouldn't say anything, Kori! I don't plan on breaking my promise yet!" With that said, Kori felt a strange movement in front of her before she was suddenly surprised when Tim untangled himself from the headlock and pinned her wrists to the ground, towering over her with a sly smile.
Kori was surprised to find herself in this position even though she's the one with the super strength. "What's wrong miss princess? Didn't you learn anything from Bruce while you were here?" His laugh had a sweet and soothing effect to anyone who heard him laugh, so Kori let him pin her to the ground for a little longer.
"Having fun, Stud?" Kori placed her foot on his stomach, pushing him off of her and flying him onto the bed he had to make.
"No sleeping on the job, Stud." Kori winked over at Tim who was giving her the death glare, walking out of the room feeling accomplished.
From a distance, Kori could hear Tim shout "I am definitely not telling you, Kori!"
Kori loved her room, but also hated it at the same time. This room is full of her old memories she wants to keep and some memories she absolutely hates. Kori walked past an old newspaper pinned to the light lavender wall in her room. On the newspaper, there was a picture of the Titans defeating Mumbo Jumbo with Raven smiling next to Beast boy who has his arms stretched out in a flexing position to show off his 'guns'. Cyborg was leading Mumbo to the police car while Starfire was in the air cheering for their victory. All the Titans were enlightened with the victorious win, although the only one in the picture that was doing nothing but gaze upon a young Tamaranean was their leader, Robin.
Kori keeps this newspaper to remind herself what joy use to feel like before every speck of happiness was stomped and crushed into tiny pieces of grain.
Kori arranged herself on her star shaped bed and took out a blue journal sprayed with sparkles all over the cover of it. Kori has been writing in it for as long as she could remember being here in Gotham. One day, Bruce came home telling her to write what she feels in the journal. He said it would lift most of the stress, pain, regret, or anything that may be bugging her. Kori didn't know how a simply book could do that, but it worked.
Even though things weren't great for Kori in the beginning, she finally turned everything that she was bottling up inside her into hatred. Alfred informed Bruce that he wasn't so sure this was a good idea for her, though Bruce said it would just be a phase and she would be her normal self again soon.
Though, that never happened. Instead, she was more to herself until Tim came around. Bruce and Alfred could see a drastic change in girl, putting smiles on both of their faces. Soon, Kori got out and became a model, met new people, socialized, became a whole new person.
Kori flipped though the channels in her room, lying on her bed with her blanket cuddled up right next to her. Kori always watch the news at nine o'clock every. She abruptly stopped when she saw herself on the TV screen. Boy was she in for a treat.
"Is it true Kori Ander's quit being the queen of Gotham?" It was Lisa Evens the gossip girl of Gotham City. She was the snoopiest, most obnoxious, most annoying person in Gotham. She was always in people's business and exposing them constantly.
"Sure is Lisa, she quit today during her interview with Iris." The lady next to her grinned, placing her hands in her lap. If Kori would get a penny for every time that lady smiled, Kori would be a millionaire.
"That young lady was going places though! She's so young, beautiful and let me tell you I am extremely jealous of her!" Lisa snickered, causing Kori to gag out loud.
"Yes! I guess It was her time ya' know? She was getting kinda old" Kori's mouth dropped open, her mind was steaming with furry.
'Old? I am so not OLD! ' Kori screamed in her mind, mentally slapping the lady that said she's "old"
"Oh I don't think so! She will never be old in my book and I sure every guy in Gotham will agree!" The two of them chuckled in unison; this made Kori roll her eyes.
"Pathetic" Kori turn the TV off, throwing herself back and against her pillows.
'Hmm I wonder who Bruce is having over?'
The moon shinned bright into Kori's room, the night feeling drifting onto her eyes. The last thing Kori saw before she drifted off to sleep was the stars glowing above her.
So, who are the guests, huh?;D
Tim/Kori moments. Tell me what you think guys!
Next chapter has a cliff hanger, so be prepared!:)
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