A/N: here is the first chapter of a new Rogue/Kitty story I'm working on for the X-men Evolution universe. This fic starts at the end of the episode Self Possessed and will move on through to an alternate series finale. I do not own or profit from in anyway this story or it's chracters.

Rogue

Rogue lay awake on cot in the infirmary several hours after Logan had finally left for the day. Staring straight at the ceiling, she attempts to meditate, clear her mind of all thoughts, thinking meant reliving the betrayal of Risty, Mystique, her mother. Every time Mystique had pretend to care about her well-being. Every time Risty was calm and understanding. Every time she thought she had found something good in her life Mystique came and tried to take it away. It was a lie. All of it. How could she do that? How could she use her own daughter like that? Tears leaked down Rogue's cheek for what seemed like the thousandth time today.

A buzzing sound to her left warned of an incoming guest. Rogue guessed that they had put the system into place specifically for her, 'Probably think if someone comes in when Ah'm not ready I'll go berserk on them again'. Rogue cleaned the tears from her eyes and sat up, hoping the visit would be quick. The goth girl was slightly surprised when a the brunette head of her roommate emerged through the door to her room.

"H-Hey Rogue." Kitty greeted her injured friend hesitantly, her small smile not doing anything to mask the sadness in her eyes.

"Heh Kitty" rogue wondered absently if Kitty was afraid of her now. 'I wouldn't blame her' she thought morosely. 'Almost killin' you an' all ya' friends can do that sometimes.'

"Umm... I know I'm like supposed to ask if you're like feeling okay and stuff but..." 'You don't care' rogue finished for her bitterly. Rogue could feel her body tense up, physically preparing herself for yet another abandonment.

"Like, you're totally not okay and it would be like totally stupid to expect you to be after what you've been through." Rogue raised an eyebrow at the unexpected insight of her teammate, but said nothing.

Sitting down in the chair Logan had vacated not even an hour ago, Kitty leaned over to Rogue and took a gloved hands into hers. "I heard about Risty." Rogue's features tightened, her back ramrod straight, even as Kitty squeezed her hand comfortingly. "Come on Rogue, like don't lock me out okay? What she did to you was terrible and you can't like just keep all that pain all bottled up inside you. I'm your friend and I care about you, you can like totally tell me anything, I swear I won't judge. I'm here for you."

Rogue was overwhelmed. She'd never been particularly warm to Kitty. She'd locked herself away from people most of the time, and yet here she was offering exactly what she needed exactly when she needed it. She felt her eyes prickle with tears again and fought to keep herself under control. She shouldn't be burdening Kitty with her problems even if she was willing to...

willing to...

The knowledge that Kitty would take the pain for her, would be willing to help her through this, was all it took to drive Rogue over the edge. Tears blurred her vision as everything she had felt in the past few days poured out. The pain of her overcrowded head, the fear of telling Risty about her powers, the concert, finding out Risty was actually Mystique, finding out Mystique was actually her mother, losing control, hurting her friends. How had this all gotten so messed up so fast?

At some point during her breakdown, Kitty had joined Rogue on the cot and pulled her into a careful embrace, simply holding her and stroking her hair gently as she sobbed. After several minutes of hard crying from Rogue and soft comforting from Kitty, the flow of tears finally started to ebb. Pulling back enough so that she could look into her dark counterpart's eyes Kitty smiled.

"Feel better?"

Rogue chuckled as she laid her head carefully back onto Kitty's covered shoulder. "Tons, thank ya."

"I'm always here for you Rogue, if you like need anything just ask, k?" Rogue tensed slightly and Kitty wondered what she had done to provoke the girl.

"Actually..." Rogue drifted off thinking better of her request. It was too much to expect from Kitty.

"What is it Rogue?" The blatant concern coloring her voice soothed Rogue's fears enough for her to hesitantly ask what she needed.

"...It's just," Rogue licked her lips slightly struggling with how to phrase what she wanted. "Most of the other psyches fought with me for control or just hurt, like Wanda's, but some of them, I actually liked having." She paused. "The best one though was yours."

Kitty's mouth dropped open and her eyebrows shot up instantly. " Wait, so you actually liked having me inside your head all the time?"

Rogue fought to keep herself calm, even as anxiety coursed through her. "Well, yeah. Ya personalities all bubbly ahn happy all tha time, it's kinda like carryin' a hug around with meh." Rogue's face was bright red as she realized how silly and childish that sounded.

Kitty sat straight up, her body still and her brows knitted together. Having a little piece of her like that really made Rogue happy? A small bubble of elation rose up in the brunette's chest. She had been trying to connect with Rogue more since she first joined the X-men and turns out her efforts had worked out brilliantly. Smiling softly at Rogue's sudden shyness, Kitty leaned in and placed a butterfly light kiss on the goth girls bare forehead.

Rogue was shocked when she felt soft lips on her forehead, the shock turned into fear quickly as she felt her powers activate pulling out Kitty's memories, experiences and phasing abilities. Kitty pulled back dazed and Rogue felt the loss of contact strongly, because along with cutting off the stream of her brunette counterpart's psyche, she also cut off the strong surge of affection Kitty was feeling at that moment.

"That's still pretty freaksum." Kitty said shaking her head in an attempt to get rid of the fogginess Rogue's touch had left. "But I hope it can help you feel better." Kitty finished smiling brightly at Rogue.

Unable to speak Rogue simply nodded her head and touched the spot Kitty had kissed as said girl got up to leave. Just before she got out of the sliding door to the infirmary room, Rogue finally managed a small

"Thank you."