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Ok, you know those stories where your life is forever changed when something dramatic happens..here's one of them:

Chaz and I stood silent for a moment, staring at our father, and that stranger.

All I know was so many things were going in my mind, I was afraid I was going to explode right there in front of them, but it's too late, Chaz already started.

"DAD, what the hell is going on here? AND WHO IS THAT BITCH!" Chaz yelled out loud on the top of his lungs, for this time only, I'm not saying anything to Chaz. When he's pissed, he's pissed.

Dad's eyes sort of popped out and the woman gasped in horror. Oh whoopee.

"Charlie, I don't think it's the right time to come here—" The woman said averting her gaze away from Chaz's burning eyes.

"Nonsense, Olivia. Stay."

Chaz was about to yell again, learning his anger tactics from mom, he grabbed his jogging shoes from under the stairs and went out the door.

"Chaz!" My father called out, I went passed my father, but he held my arm back.

"Kyo, you're not going to leave, are you?" He speaked in his serious-conduct voice, that used to hold me back from what I was doing. Just not anymore.

"Bye, Dad." She said, casually and ran out the door, with her father yelling her name in the night.

Out of no where, Chaz jumped in front of her and covered her mouth with his hand, muffling her scream.

"Look I'm going to drop you off at Chiharu's, don't go anywhere else ok? I didn't think this was going to happen, but he's making it worse, Kyo, let's face it, he's the reason our family is falling apart, I can't deal with this bullshit anymore." Chaz's voice was holding such anger and emotion, that Kyo nodded and decided not to argue.

They lost their mother, now they were going to lose their father.

At the door, Chaz knocked and instantly the door opened. There stood Chiharu, his hair wet from his shower, his eyes lit up when he say Kyo, but turned to his normal gaze at the sight of Chaz.

"Look, Chiharu, I need Kyo to stay here ok? I know I've been a shithead lately to you, but there's this situation that I need to deal with right now. So—"

Chiharu stopped him and smirked. "All mighty Chaz asking for help? Yeah, it's cool, man."

Chaz smiled a bit and took Kyo by the shoulders, the usual gesture he always does when he needs to tell her something serious that she needs to keep in mind.

"Be safe, if this guy tries anything funny—Chiharu raised on eyebrow—tell me, but in the meantime, I'll pick you up in the morning ok? Try not to get lost ok? And don't go home yet!" He spoke to her in his protective brother voice. Kyo nodded and stepped in Chiharu's house, Chaz gave Kyo a pat in the head and left with one last glance, and he disappeared.

Kyo followed Chiharu into the house and sanked into a near-by couch, as Chiharu closed the door. He turned his gaze towards hers, "I need to change." He walked on in the hallway without waiting for her response and went to the second door, opened it, and slammed it shut. She swore she heard a lock. Please, do look like a pervert to you! Kyo though in her mind, practically wanting to scream at him. She decided not to.

She closed her eyes and pretended that issue with her father wasn't happening and that she wasn't in Chiharu's house. She wished she was back in her room, yelling at Chaz for spilling soda in her room. But instead, Chaz had ran out on her, well not really. She felt like she needed someone to tell her it's going to be ok and that all of this was some big misunderstanding. So where is that someone?

Ever since Mom died, I looked up for Chaz for comfort and even Dad, but why do I feel like it's just a waste of time to even think that I …I'm going to be ok?

"Why does it hurt so much?" Out of nowhere, a hand touched her cheek, with an accompanying tissue.

She looked up, it was Chiharu. He came out in his basketball shorts and black polo shirt, cut open on the chest, with necklace of a cross. His gray eyes wandered from her eyes, her cheeks..carefully pausing at her lips. Kyo abruptly took the tissue from her hand and wiped her wet cheeks, avoiding his gaze.

"Thanks." She said, blocking her stammering.

Chiharu propped on the other side of the couch next to her and stretched his arms out, one on the side of the couch and the other on top of Kyo's head. Still, the room was quiet. She didn't know what to say to him besides the fact that whatever is going on in the house, she didn't want to go back.

"I'll sleep on the couch tonight, while you sleep in my room." Chiharu said, breaking the silence between them.

Even though she just wanted to sleep on the couch, she didn't feel like arguing.

"Ok, thanks, Chiharu." She replied and averted her gaze to the shoulder of the couch.

She turned her gaze again, but this time—as she thought, Chiharu didn't leave—he was simply gazing at her. His dark grey eyes probing into her brown eyes as if he's searching for something. She couldn't turn away, her stomach had knots that were twisting, she needed to turn away, but…how come..she couldn't? She felt heart thumping and with the silence of the room, maybe even Chiharu heard it. He broke the contact.

"I'll get my things, my room is right down the first door, down the hall." This time without looking at her, he disappeared into the bathroom.

Her heart settled down, This is going to be a long night.

THAT NIGHT

Darn it, she couldn't sleep. Twisting and turning, she looked up at the clock as it ticked on and on. It read 1:00 am. Oh great, it's already morning.

After all, how could she forget that she was sleeping in Chiharu's bed? Everything smelled like him, his pillows, blanket…geez even the wall smelled like him. Strange, but it was true. She tried every method she could think of sleeping, but so far..not so good. She tried closing her eyes, it wouldn't close to the fact that the smell of him was mesmerizing her. Chiharu was sleeping on the couch, maybe she should ask if she could trade places with him. Then again, his scent would be on the couch. She knew there was only one cure for sleeping, a glass of milk.

She slid of his bed easily then she thought and hurried out the door. She walked slowly in the dark hallway, she was being careful not to bump into the wall, and she didn't want Chiharu waking up. She strolled into the kitchen and without looking bumped into something.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed and backed into the wall. Suddenly the lights turned on, there stood Chiharu with a funny expression on his face, then he frowned.

"What the hell were you screaming about? Are you trying to wake up the whole neighborhood or something?" He said, practically yelling at her. Ok, now she was mad.

"Look, I couldn't sleep so I went to grab a glass of milk and there you were bumping out of no where, scaring the—"

"You couldn't sleep either?" (Chiharu)

"No, it's ..hot in your room!" She wasn't going to admit that his scent was killing her sleep.

"So why didn't you open the windows?"

"Because I just wanted …wait you have windows in your room?" She had a confused expression on her face. Chiharu just smirked.

"Hmm, guess you were lazy to get your shrimpy butt to open the windows or maybe you couldn't reach it?" He was smirking even more and this got her completely fuming with anger.

"I'm sleeping on the couch, you go back to your room, it's bad enough that we're in the same house together." She turned to leave, but he was there, blocking her way.

"Does it bother you to be with me?" he asked, gazing at her face. Something in his voice made her look at him and answer him.

"I….no, not really." She averted her gaze towards his. He stared back at her at first and pounded his fist above her head.

"Hmm, I guess you'll never grow." He smiled at her and headed for the living room.

Wait..LIVING ROOM! He was supposed to go to his room.

"Hey, Chiharu, where am I going to sleep?" She asked, dropping on the couch right next to him.

"Right next to me is fine, unless you want to sleep on those chairs, be my guest." He gestured, pointing at the chairs on the far side of the couch.

He laid his head back on the cushions of the couch and scooted a bit near her. She was hesitated at first, but with no other pillow to lean onto to, she scooted closer to him.

"Better?" He asked, hiding his smile in the dark.

"It's ..ok." She meant it, something about him made her safe.

They both leaned against each other, Chiharu's arm was loped around Kyo's waist and his lips against her hair and Kyo's hands were on Chiharu's chest, one hand clasped with his and the other above his heart.

And None of them knew it.

They both fell into a deep sleep and dreamed together.

In her sleep, She felt …safe and at home.