CHAPTER 4

Kat woke to sunlight streaming into her bedroom. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, then moaned. That last match had left her sore all over. She sighed and rubbed her back. She had been lodging with Yoh for several months now, it made sense, she had lived close to him since she was six. He'd been around all her life. She managed to pull herself up and stretch. Yawning she stepped out into the hallway just as Rio passed her. "Ah! Miss Star you are awake! Master Yoh is waiting for you in the main room… you got a very beautiful delivery this morning…" Kat frowned as Rio continued on his way. What was he talking about? She scratched her arm sleepily and walked towards the main room, yawning again.

The moment Kat arrived in the main room; she could see what Rio had been talking about. On the small table was a large bunch of red roses. She smiled slightly. Yoh looked up from his breakfast. "Oh, Hi Kat, someone sent you flowers." Morty came in behind her.

"There are twelve." He said. "That number is supposed to represent affection, especially with twelve red roses."

"Morty, you sound like you ate the textbook." Said Kat sleepily. She flopped down at the table looking at the flowers. "I wonder who sent them."

"'F'" Said Yoh, at least, that's who the card is signed by. "'D. R. F'" Kat grinned.

"Oh really." She picked up the card. "Dearest Katherine, you truly are a 'Star' with love from D.R.F. XXX' Very poetic." She sighed and looked at the roses. "They're lovely." She said.

"I wonder who D.R.F is." Yoh thought aloud.

"Oh, I know who he is."

"Who?" Morty asked.

"I'm not telling, not yet. I'll let you know soon enough." She reached out and touched one of the red petals. "It's been a long time since a man has sent me a token of love." She said dreamily.

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Kat stepped into the hotel room. Faust was standing by the window. "Thank you." She said. He looked round at her,

"For what?" he asked.

"The roses. They were beautiful." Faust smiled.

"I didn't think it would take you long to decode my signature."

"Yoh and Morty are still puzzled. But it's not that hard really. The D and the R should be read together to make Dr. and the F, stands for Faust, making it, Dr. Faust." Faust smiled.

"I'm glad you liked them." He said dreamily. "Isn't the moon pretty tonight?"

Kat smiled

"I guess." She moved to stand next to him; it was a full moon, shining over the bustling city.

"Will you go out tomorrow, with me?" He asked.

"Depend where you're headed."

"I don't know, I just know I'm going out tomorrow at noon." Kat smiled again.

"I guess, if it'll keep you out of trouble for a little while." Faust smiled slightly.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"Caring about me, it feels nice, to have someone care about me after all this time of having nothing…" Kat smiled and put her arms around him.

"I love you too." She said.

Faust was fairly sure she did love him, but it wasn't the same way he felt. She meant as a friend. But he held onto her anyhow, He would let he know how much he loved her soon enough.

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Kat was sitting watching TV with Anna when the package arrived. Another delivery from her 'secret' admirer, D.R.F. It was a beautiful black dress. Kat loved it. The sleeves were slashed, and the skirt was split, giving her a witch look. She smiled, and read the note. Her face fell. 'Be mine?' it read.

Kat slipped through Faust's door, he was sleeping, but not on his bed. His form was sprawled over the floor. Kat sighed and knelt next to him. An empty alcohol bottle was next to him. "You are seriously messed up." She said. She reached down, and gently brushed a stray strand of hair out of his sleeping face. "So why do I want to say yes?" She pondered. "I don't want you to hurt." He stirred in his sleep, and after a few moments, he opened his eyes.

"Kat? Did you get the package?" She nodded. "And, did you like it?"

"The dress is beautiful." Kat replied.

"And the note?" She nodded again.

"I got it." Faust tried to pull himself up. Kat put a hand on his shoulder "Hey," She said. "Relax a while."

"Kat…"
"Yeah?"

"What's your answer?"

"I'm not sure yet." Kat replied. Faust frowned.

"Don't you love me?" His voice had become distant and dreamy again.

"I think I could, if you were to change your habits a little."

"What habits?" Kat held up the empty bottle.

"Getting drunk is one, Drugs is the other." She said. Faust frowned. "And Eliza's skeleton." His eyes snapped up at her.

"But she's my shamanic focus!"

"I didn't mean get rid of her, keep her for the Shaman tournament, but don't carry her around wherever you go…leave her at home, and resting in your bag, not hanging on the wall…"

"But I love her!"

"If you loved her you'd let her go! Let her rest now Faust! She's gone and she's never coming back! And it's time you learned to live with that!" Faust turned over.

"Go away." He said.

"Faust…"

"I said go away, before I kill you like the other girls…"Kat frowned.

"I'm not leaving you like this…"

"I said get out!" he threw a fist at her; Kat leapt up, and backed away, turning, and leaving. Faust managed to get to his feet. "And never come back!" He called after her. He stumbled back and sat on the bed looking at the floor, a small silver pendant was laying there. He picked it up and held it up to his face. "Whops." he said softly, as gentle tears ran down his face.