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Big thanks to my friend Travi!!! Without his help, this chapter would have never made it! GO TRAVI!!!


The ringing of a cell phone had a small pale hand reaching form under white bedcovers, groping the small bedside table. Fingers closing around the annoying, vibrating device, a mop of dark hair popped up from beneath the sheets to give it a glare that would give their surly captain a run for his money. Rei squinted in the dark room, trying to read the numbers on his cell. Eye's burning from his lack of sleep, and his dark hair in his face; he gave up and answered it, hoping it was a wrong number and not a major emergency.

"Hello?" He snapped.

Rei Kon may be on of the more mature team members, but at this hour, anyone was bound to be cranky.

"Rei? It's me. Don't ask, just come and get me."

Rei didn't need to know the name of who was calling, he could tell by the tone. Sighing as the caller hung up without another word, he dragged himself out of bed and looked at the time.

2 a.m. Where on earth could he be at 2 a.m.? And why does he need me to pick him up? He has a car.

Rei finished getting dressed, braided his long black hair in its usual style, and grabbed his cell before heading out the door. Sneaking past the other's room, he locked the door on his way out and shivered in the cool morning air. Realizing he had no idea where Kai was, he hit the 69 on his phone and listened as the owner of the number was rattled off to him.

"Bay City Jail?!" He looked around hurriedly, to make sure he hadn't woken anyone.

Why in God's name was Kai in jail? Shuffling through the front gate, he headed toward the center of town. Taking his time, he glanced around, enjoying the view he didn't often see. Considering he was usually sleeping at this hour, he didn't often get the chance to see the city at night. By the time he reached the jail, he was wide awake and his cheeks had a tint of red due to the cool breeze that chilled the September morning air.


"Hiwatari! You're free to go." the guard snapped, before the bars had even opened fully.

Kai gave a shrug and pushed himself off the back wall, gliding out in his usual manner, more of an angry march than a walk. Flicking a quick glare at a rather large man in the back of the cell, he walked into the other room where Rei was filling out paperwork. Kai leaned against the wall, watching his friend furiously scribble something on paper as the cop droned on about his conditions of release. Kai let his eyes wander over Rei's form, noticing the slight disheveled look his hair had, and that his socks didn't match. He must've been in a hurry to get here. Kai cursed under his breath, wondering why the more mature one of the two would be in such hurry to reach him. Maybe he wasn't. Maybe his socks were always mismatched. Kai knew that Rei took meticulous care in his wardrobe. More so than any other member, but to admit it, even to himself, he would have to admit that he watched Rei a lot more then he cared to think about.

Rei gave a quick nod, to show he understood the cop and looked around for Kai. Taking that as a cue, Kai sauntered past Rei and out the door, not even offering his rescuer a thank you, merely his back as he continued out the door, knowing his friend would follow.


Kai had been silent the whole way home. He had seemed unaffected that Rei had walked the entire way, and Rei was relived that he didn't complain about walking home, considering the chunk of change that Rei had dropped to bail him out. Deciding to wait to get the car in morning had been Rei's idea. Rei figured since he had walked all the way there, Kai could at least walk back. As usual, he didn't answer Rei's questions as to why he had been locked up, but Rei didn't really care about that. He was just glad Kai had called someone to bail him out period, instead of being stubborn and waiting it out. God knows what the team would've thought if Kai wasn't there the slave drive them in the morning practice.

"Knowing I was weak enough to fall in love with you"

Kais words had been whispering through Rei's head since the night before. He still wasn't sure how he had managed to wake up in bed when he clearly remembered falling asleep on the couch. Sliding a glance towards Kai, he watched the older teen in silence. He didn't seem any different than normal. Rei turned away in time to avoid running into a street sign, much to his embarrassment. Hoping his friend wouldn't wonder at his inattention, he mustered forward as though he had seen it all along.


The Russian chuckled at the little neko-jin's effort to cover his mistake. Walking almost two feet in front of the darker haired boy, he rolled his shoulders; his stay in the overnight lock- up had not been kind to him. Not only had he dealt with the usual drunks, but some larger than average idiot had tried to pick a fight with him. Shaking his head as he remembered how the muscular guy had backed down once Kai had risen to his bluff; he paused, waiting for his slower friend to catch up. Smirking as Rei walked by him without a backward glance, he followed, wondering when the younger teen would notice they had just passed the dojo without his notice.
I know, I know, I took forever!!! I finally got Travi to review it. I soooo owe him a real life batch of cookies. (gotta love cookies as currency for favors. It rocks!!)And yeah, I know, I'm a small writer, but it's only cause I hope to update soon to once or twice a week. MAYBE! lol If I can find a victim errr..., I mean nice person to review it for me. And Kudos to all who reviewed!!! Hopefully, you got your cookies. More cookies for reviews! YAY COOKIES!!