Coming home from the hospital wasn't all that fun. As an awkward silence fell over them, it made the air feel heavy and a little menacing. The only good thing about the ride was that everyone could be sure that Len's arm wasn't broken; it was just very badly sprained and bent out of shape – although spraining an arm is quite painful too. According to the doctor, it had been closer to his shoulder becoming dislocating that the bone ending up snapping. Len was glad about that at least. His arm wasn't painful anymore because he had been given some painkillers that had just begun to work.

However, the whole time they were out, Len had been clinging onto Kaito when he was able, his eyes tracing over wherever they found themselves. Kaito, unable to push Len away, just wrapped his arms around the shaking boy, knowing that he wasn't quite as 'ready' as Len had put it. To be put simply, Len was still scared out of his wits. And Kaito couldn't do anything, other than comfort the boy, until he knew who the culprits were.

"We're here," Luka stated, turning the key and shutting off the gas, snapping Kaito out of his semi-trance as he got out of the car, grabbing Len's hand and helped him manoeuvre himself towards the house.

According to what the doctor had said, Len had to take off a few days from school to allow his arm to rest and Kaito was perfectly fine with that – after all, he was bored when there was no one else in the house. He always ended up by himself, day after day and he would enjoy some conversational company at the least. It also seemed like Len would need some time to rest his mind too.

"Well, I have to go to work. Make sure to get some rest, alright Len?" Luka turned to Len and put her hand on his shoulder, looking his straight in the eyes and he nodded a yes to her. She then spun on her heel to face Kaito, "Make sure. And try not to talk his head off, I know how lonely you get at home," She snickered slightly before walking past Kaito and out the door.

Len smiled awkwardly at Kaito who returned it the smile, a little more confidently than he felt, and he sat down, grabbing the remote and turning on the TV, flicking through the channels. He scowled after a while. There is nothing on. He thought and noticed Len still standing there, looking slightly dazed, and staring out the window.

"Hey Len, what's wrong?" He turned off the TV and walked to an unmoving Len, "Hello~?" He waved a hand back and forth in front of Len's face and he instantly turned to Kaito, now fully focused on the world around him.

"What? Oh, it's nothing! I'm fine!" Len tried to reassure Kaito by giving him a crooked smile, even though Kaito still wasn't quite convinced. Walking over to the couch, Len turned on the TV and began channel surfing.

"Give up, nothing's on," Kaito mumbled, plopping down on the couch next to Len, plucking the remote from his hands and switching the TV off.

Len sighed and his head fell back, letting his eyes drift closed slightly. His arm was beginning to get a little irritating; he altogether hated any shape and form of bandages. But his arm did have to heal so the bandage must stay for as long as is necessary.

Kaito saw Len's expression and his face broke into a smile, unable to hide it, "Do you want some ice-cream? Come on, I know you do!" Kaito pestered Len for a little until he finally answered him back.

"Kaito-nii, I think you're the one that wants the ice-cream, not me," He smirked a little and saw Kaito face fell so he said, "But, I guess I would like to have a little,"

Grinning like an idiot, Kaito made his way into the kitchen, wanting to gobble down all the ice-cream that he possibly could. After all, it was his all-time favourite food and he hadn't had a lot of time to eat any lately.

"What flavour?" He called to Len, opening the freezer and pulling out a container, one containing the plain-but-none-the-less-delicious vanilla.

"Banana?" Len called back, trying to crane his neck but gave up when a shock of pain shot through his spine, "Dammit…!" He mumbled to himself, lightly rubbing the back of his neck.

"M'kay!" Kaito grabbed out a container of Len's favourite flavour, banana, along with two spoons and walked back to Len, handing him his and opened it for him, to save him the trouble and or pain it might cause when he saw him rubbing his neck. He sat down and clicked his tongue softly.

"Thanks," Len smiled a little at Kaito and snatched the spoon from him, taking a huge spoonful and eating it, sighing in content.

Ruffling Len's hair lightly, Kaito ate a spoonful of his own, closing his eyes in pure bliss. After all, he wouldn't be able to live without ice-cream, "Mmmm,"

They each ate their ice-cream, Kaito finishing first, of course, and just ended up sitting on the couch, silence dawning upon them. However, this silence wasn't awkward, like the last, it was more comfortable, if anything.

Gazing out the window, Len noticed that a few drops of rain falling onto the footpath. He sighed, watching them fall down, soon disappearing and a new one taking its place. It began to get quite heavy very fast but Len couldn't stop watching. His eyes seemed to be glued to the window, watching the droplets dart everywhere and finally slide down, out of sight.

Kaito saw that Len was just sitting there, watching the rain fall. What's he thinking? He asked himself, trying to pinpoint exactly what Len expression was. To him, it was unreadable. Giving up, he grabbed both of their now empty containers - and the spoons – going to put them away.

Len wasn't only concentrating on one thing – the rain. It was as if the whole world had stopped and the only thing moving in the entire universe was the rain. He tuned out to everything around him but only snapped out of his trance-like state when Kaito shook him by the shoulders.

"Huh? What? What's wrong?" Len turned around to face Kaito, staring at him a little wide eyed. He unconsciously began fidgeting with his hands in his lap, nails digging into the side of them occasionally.

Kaito looked at Len and sighed, reaching his hands out to pry the others apart to stop him from hurting himself any further. Len didn't need any more pain, "I should be asking you the same thing," Another sigh, "Are you sure you're alright Len? You seem to be spacing out a lot more than usual. It's starting to bother me,"

"I told you already, I'm fine," Len mumbled, turning his head to avoid Kaito's gaze. He was not fine and Kaito knew it. But he couldn't do anything unless Len let him. He decided to pester him a little more.

"No you're not. You're still scared, aren't you? Of the rain too, am I right?" When he got no answer from the boy, he grabbed Len's face in his hands and forced him to look Kaito in the eyes, "Listen to me. I can't help` you if you don't let me. And I want to help. So please, I don't like seeing anyone I care for look this sad and scared,"

After a small pause, Len answered, his voice barely matching that of a whisper, "How can you help? I don't even know how to help myself. How could you possibly have an idea? You don't know what I'm going through or the pain I'm feeling. You can't do anything,"

Kaito was a little shocked at what Len just said. He let his hands fall back to his sides and he looked away, "You're right, I don't know. I don't know what it's like to be you. I don't know what you're going through. But I do want to be there for. If you'd just let me. And I'll talk to you whenever you need it. I promise to always be by your side. And I won't let anything happen to you ever again. I never break promises so you can be sure. Please answer me Len,"

Len didn't answer and Kaito quickly saw the reason why he was unable to. He lifted his face and wiped away the tear that was going to fall any second. Unable to hide any longer, Len broke into a fit of tears, half-jumping onto Kaito during it.

After a while Kaito was beginning to get worried. Len just wouldn't stop crying. He didn't know why. The tears just continued to fall and fall. Even though Len used his balled up fists to wipe away the majority of them, they were quickly replaced by fresh ones.

Len continued to cry. He just had to get it all out of his system, he figured. Just cry it all out and then you won't have to later, he kept telling himself, letting all the tears fly loose. He let everything out, crying with everything he had until, eventually, no more tears would come. He looked up at Kaito and put on a smile.

"Are you okay now?" Kaito asked, his voice showing concern.

"Yes, I'm fine. For now I think," Len answered in between breaths. He was still a little breathless from crying to hard but as least it hadn't turned into a huge coughing fit. He took a deep breathe, letting his head fall back onto the couch with a sigh.

Kaito breathed out – he hadn't even realized that he was holding his breath – and mimicked Len, his head falling just up from the younger boys, "I told you. I'll always be here for you. No matter what. But I won't be able to heal your scars. You know that. That is something you have to figure out how to do yourself," He closed his eyes, not noticing the small smile that pulled at Len's lips.

'Don't worry. I'm sure you'll be the one that'll help me the most,' He wanted to say but instead said, "It's alright. You'll still help me anyway,"

He cracked one eye open to look at Kaito but just saw him, eyes closed, chest rising and falling. He was asleep. Len didn't want to disturb him so he closed his eyes again but didn't sleep. He just thought. About everything that was going through his head at the moment, shuffling through them one by one.

He hadn't noticed Kaito's head slowly falling until it landed in his lap. He sighed and smiled, patting his head, running his fingers through his hair. He laughed. It's like the roles are reversed. He thought and looked down at Kaito sleeping face. He must be so worried and it's tiring him out. Better let him sleep then. He continued patting him until, he too, fell asleep his hands halfway through brushing a lock out of his face, smiles planted on both of their lips.


Well, here's chapter three. I tried to end it on a good note. What did you guys think? I don't know why but it seems to be veering over to shounen-ai. It's not my fault –looks away- But seriously, this chapter was a pain to write. I kept getting distracted by things. Even though those things are very important to my daily lifestyle –coughcoughyaoicouchcough- but I finally finished! Maybe that's why it's becoming shounen-ai-ish. I dunno. Well, I'm off to re-watch a few episodes of Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi, bye bye! I hope you enjoyed and expect more chapters coming soon.