Author's Note: So today was awful at work. It hurt to walk. So now that I'm home I'm just going to chill in the bed and write as much as I can while watching YouTube.

This time when Yul woke up Kai was still there. Do Hyun wasn't but Kai was. One hand was still linked with his and the other was tucked under her chin. Her poor face was swollen and angry red. The butterfly bandages that were holding the cut on her forehead together we're coming apart.

He wondered how bad it would have been if he and Do Hyun hadn't come along. He had seen things where idols or anyone connected to an idol was seriously hurt. He didn't want to be that idol that caused another idol to be hurt.

Kai shifted and whined painfully in her sleep. She tried to touch her face but seemed to remember that something had happened. She tucked her hand under her side and went back to sleep.

He sighed and pushed her hair from her face. Why was this woman so strange about the easiest of things? It was easy to get in a relationship but hard to maintain it. It was easy to say what you liked but hard to keep it. So many things were so easy yet she didn't do them.

"Don't beat yourself up," Do Hyun whispered from the door. "Kai-ah isn't stiff. She just doesn't so many things. She only sees music and that's a good quality for her even if she misses out."

"How was she with Eddy?" he asked as the older woman started changing bandages. Kai never moved.

"She was just like she is now, except she wasn't as sad or as withdrawn. It took a lot of coaxing from everyone to get her to do anything but it was because we were about to debut. She was working fifteen to twenty hour days sometimes. It was hard to do anything. But look at our albums. Because she worked so hard we debuted really high."

"Would you stop talking about me?" Kai asked sleepily. They laughed as she sat up. "I can hear you. I'm not the walking dead like Rachel."

Do Hyun continued cleaning everything out. She put a bigger bandage across her forehead because the butterflies were t working. "Why didn't you tell us you were leaving?"

"I wanted to be alone."

"You're an idol. We really can't be alone like this." Kai sighed and gathered the garbage. "I'm not yelling at you."

"I know. Can we just not talked about it right now? Oma has made breakfast and I need to talk to Shigure."

"I gave him the pictures last night. He told me he was going to do the paperwork this morning."

Kai nodded and got up to fold her bedding. Undoubtedly she was trying to be neat even though her situation was somewhat out of whack.

Slowly they went downstairs to a hubbub of commotion. Makoto and Shizuka were preparing breakfast as Shiei and Shigure set the table for three other people. When Shiei realized they were in the room, he actually brightened up.

"Hyung!" Kai laughed at his use of the Korean term for older brother for a male. He had learned it those two days he had worked with them. His attention turned to her. "Onee-chan, what happened?"

She ruffles her brother's hair though he was the same height as her. "I'm all right, Shiei, just a little bruised and banged up. What's for breakfast?"

"Miso," Makoto said as she brought the pot over. "Nee-chan, are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Kai-Ri," Shigure said in his light tone. For a bigger man he was uniquely gentle. "I sent the IDs to my secretary and told her to talk to your company. I'll have an answer this afternoon."

"President Ahn may come," Do Hyun said. "That could cause more harm than good."

"I don't want anything horrible to happen. Try not to let it get too out of hand."

"Kai-Ri, you may not have a choice but to press charges. They did enough damage to cause you to bleed. You're going to need to go to the hospital to have documentation."

Kai dropped her spoon to the table and leaned her head in her hand. Yul watched her emotions flash across her face. This was torturing her because she hadn't done anything at all. She had been walked down the street and had been attacked.

The doorbell rang and shiei jumped up to answer it. He was deeply respectful as he spoke in the entryway. A few minutes later he returned with a tall man behind him. Yul felt like he had seen the man somewhere before but he couldn't place where.

"Moon Sub, I didn't think you would come so quickly," Shizuka said.

"Our daughter was hurt. Why would I not?" He sat down beside Kai and took her hands. "Kai-Ri."

"Hi, Appa," she said. "You didn't have to come."

"I always told you if something happened, I would come. I'm here. You need to go to the hospital to get checked out."

Kai wasn't too keen on the idea but she didn't voice it. Her parents were united in this and any dissention would cause an argument. She wasn't mentally able to handle an argument with them so she just nodded and attempted to eat.

Yul looked at Moon Sub, Shizuka and Kai. He could see where all her features had come from in that instance. She had her mother's rounded face and thin hair but her eyes were her father's. It was an intricate balance that was brought out in her no matter what she was doing. But out of all that, her temperament was all her own. She wasn't a hothead like her mother and she wasn't as challenging as her father.

They finished breakfast, and Makoto and Shiei left for school. Kai helped clean up then went to change. Shizuka and Moon Sub ushered her out the door. Yul insisted on going with them while Do Hyun with Shigure.

In the car, Kai sat quietly in the back seat as her parents bickered in the front. Though still on good terms, it was obvious they had divorced for a reason. She was used to them talking when together so she ignored them.

Yul was just as quiet as she was but he was actually listening to the bickering. His parents had a loving relationship so he wasn't used to this. There was affection between the Moon Sub and Shizuka but they bickered so much it was amazing they had even loved each other at all. They had to have because Kai wouldn't be here if they hadn't.

His phone buzzed in his pocket and he pulled it out. had sent him a message with a piece of media attached with the caption "Show Kai Now!" He tapped her arm and hit play when she looked at him. Then leaned together and watched.

"Last night around one a.m. Black Widow's maknae was viciously attacked by saesang fans while walking somewhere after her concert. No news as of yet as to the condition of the idol but Japanese police confirm the student identification cards have been procured. Here in the CCTV footage we are shown the idol getting attacked by seven boys and girls in a well-lit neighborhood. Then Black Widow leader Do Hyun and BlackJack's Yul came on the scene to break it up. We were informed that police are going to take legal action for the abuse. Whether the idol will or not has yet to be determined. Promotions are still going on for the two groups even after the news of Kai and Yul's relationship."

"Seems like the press isn't going to leave this alone," he said. He tossed his head back on the head rest. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have let them release that dating statement."

Kai scratched her head gingerly. "It's all right. It would have come out eventually."

"I should have followed you."

"You did. It's probably the only reason I haven't broken anything. I'm sure if they would have broken my bones if given the opportunity."

"What are you going to do, Kai-Ri?" her father asked.

She looked out the window. "I'll do what I've always done. I'll turn to music."

A few minutes later they pulled to a hospital. Paparazzi bombarded them instantly. Yul stood on her injured side and made sure no photos were taken. The nurses and security did their best to keep the reporters outside.

The doctors concluded that nothing was broken but kai would have a few light scars. She didn't have a concussion either which was good news. The not so good news was President Ahn had come in while she had been with the doctor. He had paid the medical bill and was talking with Moon Sub.

"Kai-ah, how are you feeling?" he asked.

"Better," she answered though she wore a quit asking me that expression.

"Your parents and I have been discussing what we should do."

"And what have you decided?"

"Kai-Ri! That's no way to talk to your boss," her father scolded.

"She's right though." They all turned around as Tae Kyung walked in. He gently ran his fingers down Kai's face. "Stitches?" She nodded. He hugged her briefly then patted her head before turning to the older adults. "We have already decided on the way over here. Our fans are emotional, but this is a first. We need to set a standard for all the fans so they don't think they can do this to any of the other girlfriends."

"Why didn't they attack Eun Ji? Isn't she dating San Cheong?"

"They've been dating since way before debut."

"It's been Eonni's longest relationship that I can remember," Kai said.

"We'll take it easy on them for now, but if they do it again, we won't be so lenient," President Ahn stated. Once everyone was in agreement, he looked at his two artists. "You should get back to the venue for your sound check. We added an extra night because so many people wanted tickets here in Tokyo. Kai, if you can't sing you don't have to."

Annoyed, Kai turned away from the group. Yul followed her and after talking with the parents, Tae Kyung did as well. They pushed through the throngs of press and got in a car Tae Kyung had rented. Carefully he pulled away from the curb and headed down the street. It would be a forty-five minute drive from the hospital to the venue and they were going to need all of it to destress.

"The others are worried. Eddy pulled me aside when I got to Tokyo Dome and asked if I knew anything. I thought you would have been there but Rachel said you were with your parents. Things are going to be worse from here on out if the two of you don't do something," Tae Kyung said.

"I just want people to leave it alone. I don't even know what I'm going to do," Kai said. "It's crap like this that breaks up couples."

"She's right," Yul agreed. "We probably should have waited to release the statement until after we were back on home ground. I don't want to cause an issue with our concerts."

"It's not as bad as you make it out to be. Except for the insane fans, many others are excited that even though things didn't work out for you and Eddy, you're making something with Yul. They're concerned that it's fake but will be happy if it's not." Tae Kyung flipped on the blinker so he could shift lanes. "We scheduled a photoshoot for two days from now. Don't be surprised if they ask you two to do a set together."

Kai sighed and looked out the window. Yul saw the look of frustration run across her face. He took her hand and she looked at him. "We don't have to do it. It's a collaboration with both groups, but we don't have to do a couple shoot."

Tae Kyung watched the two. He should have known that what Kai had with Simba was something completely platonic. They were too much of opposites. Here Yul was somewhat her equal. He was able to keep her calm.

"I do have one request though," he said. They both looked at him. "Don't let Eddy know the two of you slept together. It would really send him over the edge."

Kai's mouth dropped slowly. After a minute, she sighed and looked back out the window. She didn't dare ask how he knew because she really didn't care to know. He knew and that's all that mattered.

They arrived at the venue and were ambushed immediately by their members. Kai shrugged hers off and walked inside to do absolutely nothing but sleep. They had crash pads spread out all over the green room. She grabbed the one in the corner and dropped down on it without even thinking.

She heard the door open but didn't bother looking over. Anyone could have come in and she still wouldn't care. She was tired and hurting. Whoever it was sat beside her and opened a book. She smelled coffee.

"Oppa," she said as she saw sitting by the wall.

"Just sleep. You're going to need it for later," he answered.

He didn't look at her for the longest, but when he did, she was passed out with a fist tucked under her chin. He shed his jacket and covered her up with it.

"You're trouble just waiting to happen," he laughed.