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Richard's POV

I was packing my bags furiously, throwing everything that can fit while I ignored her crying, her pleading for me to stay.

I admit I would have done stayed for her sake years ago but not anymore.

It's over.

I'm over her now, and had been for a really long time.

Kori, my soon-to-be ex-girlfriend grabbed my arm and begged me to stay, apologizing many times over and that she didn't meant to hurt him.

I didn't know what made me stay with her whenever she apologizes, maybe because I hated being alone. Now, I am not going to fall for your little charms.

Whenever you slept with other men, I would always forgive you. But when you said those hurtful things to me, you broke me.

I finally got all my stuff in my bags and began to walk out towards the door, ignoring you when you started to yell at me.

"Don't leave me, Richard!" she cried. "Don't throw us away!"

I spun around to face her, practically sneering at her before opening the door and slamming it shut.

I started to hear the change of her personality, she began to shout at me about how worthless I am, how stupid I could be, how I should forget about my dead parents, and I am too dark for her. The most insulted thing she said wasn't directed to me but rather to someone.

I should have left her a long time ago.

xxx

I could see many people looking at me in shock, wondering why I was out here walking in the streets with my bags.

They probably started to realize that the 'hottest couple of Gotham City' is no more.

Soon, I started walking down memory lane from the past few years.

I remember meeting Kori for the first time.

I remember I accepted to be the next owner of Wayne Industry until Bruce retires.

I remember Kori cheating on me with another man, on our bed.

All of the sudden as if my walk only last for a second, I was standing in front of her door.

I haven't seen her for a long time, almost two years by now.

I remember how I hurt her feelings, a reason why she doesn't talk to me.

I remember that I was unhappy, being someone I am not.

Most of all, I remember us and the time we had together. You made feel lighter, like myself.

I slowly raised my hand and gently knock on your door; I hope you still live here…

xxx

Raven's POV

I open one eye when I heard the gentle knocking of my door and I looked at the time and groaned. It was only 10:25 pm.

I ignored it, probably thinking it was Victor and Karen again to see me I was alright ever since… he broke my heart.

It has been almost two years and I am still hung up on my best friend whom I was in love with. When that love wasn't return, I sulked in my small apartment. In the process, I pushed all of my friends away.

Donna, Roy, Wally, Gar, Cassie, Megan, Rose, Joe, and many others…

However, Victor and Karen did not give up on me. They would visit me every day.

Sometime I would let them in and they stay here no longer than ten minutes, other times I would ignore them until they finally leave.

Ten minutes had already pass and the door was still knocking, frustrated, I got off the bed and grabbed my robes.

When I got to the door and was about to mouth off, my expression quickly change to one of surprise.

"R-Richard?"

xxx

I stood in silence as we were staring at each other. Many emotions were mixed within and I am so sure that he was feeling the same way.

Anger was one of what I am feeling while the other was sadness.

Richard was nervously shuffling his feet while my amethyst eyes bored into his. He cleared his throat and said, "I… left Kori."

I was rooted on my spot for a moment, thinking whether I should let him in or leave him out in the hallway, the latter sounded nice—until I said, "The guest room is on the left."

xxx

Normal POV

Richard looked around at his friend's apartment, it looked the same the last time he saw it.

A black coat was on the ground, a few crumbled papers littered by the trash bin, an empty teapot sat on top of the stove, several plates and teacups piled in the sink.

It was not the best place to live in, but it felt good to be here.

"Why did you left Kori?" Raven asked, giving him a cup of hot coffee.

Richard accepted the tea and taking a nice long sip before telling her what had transpired. After he was done, Raven's expression was in shock.

"Never knew princess had the guts to do it," Raven commented.

"I was in shock as well for the first time, then, it became too predictable," Richard said, pursing his lips grimly.

Raven nodded and looked at the side.

"So, how… have you been?" Richard asked meekly.

"I've been… alright," Raven answered him hesitatingly.

"Got anyone special?" Richard asked.

Raven blushed and said, "Well, I dated Wally, we broke up a few months later."

"Why?" he winced when he said that. "If you mind me… asking you."

Raven smiled at him dejectedly and said, "He said whenever we make love I was always hesitant calling out his name, and I was always distant, which eventually drove him away from me."

"Oh…" Richard said, his heart clenching. So, she had her first time with one of his friends.

He looked at her and noticed how her eyes seem to lose its spark. Her hair is black, but it wasn't shine anymore. She looked paler than before, and she looked like she hasn't been eating well.

Richard also look the same as Raven, his hair was messy and unclean. His eyes had dark circles under them like he had not been sleeping for days, and he looked skinnier. But Raven still looked the worst, and he was the one who caused it.

"I'm sorry," he uttered.

"What do you mean?" Raven replied.

"For everything, for not being there by your side," Richard said, looking down at the floor, suspecting that she would shout at him with built-up anger from the years.

Raven bit her lip, sighing, "You're forgiven."

Richard looked at her in shock: she had accepted his apology that easily. He said, "Why aren't you mad at me?"

Raven knew Richard was right, this was one reason why she should yell at him and kick him out of her apartment because of what he did to her.

She should be mad at him because he wasn't there for her when she graduated from college. He was on his third date with Kori, forgetting about his promise to be there cheering.

He wasn't there when she broke her leg. He was with at the cinema because Kori wanted to watch a romance film.

Most of all, he wasn't there by her side when her mother passed away. He was with Kori once more at home, having a lazy day.

When she confronted him one night he said pretty nasty things, especially why nobody liked her and how her first boyfriend left for another, and that she was a bastard child, which was true because her mother was raped by a crime lord named Trigon at seventeen-years old.

Yet, she was not mad at him.

"Please say something," Richard said, his words were choked. "Do anything but forgive me. I deserve it."

Raven shook her head and said, "I was once told that holding grudges was bad, it could bring a person down. Everyone should be forgiven, and I learn to move past my rancor."

"But I still couldn't help it I should have been there for you when your mom died. She treated me like a son and I wasn't there at her funeral," Richard cried. "She's probably disappointed at me, like my parents as well." He spat out bitterly.

"Enough," Raven said softly, putting a finger on his lips. "You're forgiven."

xxx

It was the next morning after Raven and Richard had a long conversation about the past two years they had missed together.

Raven is a nurse and currently writing a book, satisfied with her careers.

Richard, on the other hand, hated his current job. He would rather be working for the police than be in a meeting with snobby old guys.

"Do you miss Kori?" Raven blurted out before snapping her mouth shut, body tensing up.

Richard's eyes glazed slightly and he said, "She's probably called a search team, but to be honest, I don't care especially since you insulted you."

"Was that why you left her?" Raven said.

"Yes, but another is that I am not in love with her," Richard answered

"Y-You don't?" Raven said, her eyes widening.

"Nope, in fact, I stopped loving her when I let someone precious to my heart go," Richard proclaimed, taking her hands into his.

Before Raven could say anything, Richard leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss. He pulled back and said, "I have been over Kori since we stopped talking. Now here we are..." He trailed off, hypnotize by her eyes.

"Together once more," Raven finished for him before leaning in for another kiss.