Welcome to chapter 3 of 5737 Firebird Lane! Anyone excited? Anyone wondering about romance? Anyone wanting to sue Rei for rape and assault charges?

…Me too!

If so, tell me in your comments!

...Or else no more. –Hiss-

This chapter is dedicated to my most darlingest, most beautifulest darling, Kelirehenna. /3 Oh, the love, Keli. (Even though she's a KaiRei fan and will probably never touch any of my KaiMax smut. o How dareth she!??!

"Kai…?" Max murmured. The bluenette jumped. Max hadn't said a single word since his ordeal with God-only-fucking-knows-who. Kai had just assumed that he had gone mute from the experience, but, apparently, that wasn't the case. He answered with a glance, holding it for a moment.

"Where am I?"

"Hiwatari Manor." Kai answered bluntly, pouring water into a glass and handing it to the victim. Max murmured many grateful thanks, and slurped it down, savoring every last drop for his throat and feeling it deliciously slip down his throat. "So…" The elder of the pair muttered. "You mind telling me what you were thinking when you showed up, out cold, on my doorstep, with a broken arm, fractured wrist, and dripping blood from head to toe?"

Max shrunk in horror. He had only just forgotten about that…Rei's enraged face, the makeshift weapon. He heard a gasp, and it only took him a few seconds to realize that it had been his own.

"Max." Kai growled, making him jump and straighten in response. Max stared at him blankly. "Well?"

"I…" His mind reeled. "I got hit. By…A car. I was jogging, and I just got hit. Stupid of me, really, I mean, I was just going, and then-"

"Don't lie to me, Max." The blonde looked up to see Kai's penetrating gaze upon him.

"…No, it's really true!"

Kai stood, looking down on Max with disappointment, a clever gleam lying within. He picked up the phone, dialing.

"W-what are you doing?"

"I'm calling Rei to come and get you."

"N-no! …He's probably asleep, and, you know Rei, when he's sleeping, he's like a monster cat, and he just loves to kill whatever gets in his pa-"

"Continue lying to me and he'll come back for you, Maxie. I'll make sure of that." He set the phone back on the charger, much to Max's relief, and sat at the foot of the giant bed. "He hit you, didn't he?" Kai's eyes ever so slightly softened as they stared at the sling, Max's shattered arm laying weakly in it, looking pathetic.

"No! Rei would never-"

Kai grabbed his wrist, forcing him to cry out in pain. "I warned you to stop lying. Maybe I was wrong about you." He grabbed the phone again, dialing quickly and putting it to his ear. "Hello, Rei? Hi, I found-"

"NO!" Max wrapped his good arm around Kai, sobbing and grappling for the phone. Kai pressed 'end' quickly, not another word exiting his mouth as he sat back and allowed Max to cry as much as he needed to. The scarred boy released his share of sobs, holding Kai close to him and murmuring gibberish into his shirt between sobs and sniffles.

Finally, he was quiet. The trembling hadn't stopped, but at least he was no longer emitting ugly sobs. Kai waited for him to finish before lifting him up gently.

"Now. Tell me the truth."

"I…He…"His fist clenched painfully. "He hit me. A crowbar. I…" The sobs returned. "I don't know where he got it, but…He just hit me. And hit me. And I ran…I remember thinking that you wouldn't let him hurt me, so I came here, and…and…Kai?"

Kai was removing his shirt, now, stretching. Max couldn't help but stare. "What?" Kai snorted, a smirk peeling to his face. "Sexier than Rei?"

Max's face flushed, he looked out the window. "Why are you taking it off anyway?"

Kai laughed. "You got it wet, Mr. Crybaby." He teased, giving Max a gentle play flick on his chin. The blonde lay back on the bed, curling up under the warm covers.

"Besides," Max glanced at the older male.

"It's almost bedtime."

"It's not la-"

Kai showed him the clock. 2:39 A.M. flashed in bright red on its surface. Kai threw on a loose t-shirt, beginning to crawl into bed next to Max.

"What are you doing?"

"It's my bed." Kai growled. "I don't get visitors much, so, unless you're sleeping with the butlers, on the floor, or with Rei," The last option made Max shudder. "You're sleeping with me." He rolled over. "Goodnight."

Well...Not much romance there...-HAH!-

But, oh well...At least they're together. ...In the same bed. With Max...Injured...And a sex-deprived Kai-HOLYSHITISHOULDGETOVERTHERERIGHTNOW! -Runs-

Tyson: See, No stress in my life. I enjoy being a panda bear.

Tala: ...You aren't a panda bear.

Tyson: YOU AREN'T AN IMAGINARY FRIEND!

Tala: ;-; BITCH! -Attack-