Wow it's already the 10th chapter, I've never thought that this fanfiction would turn out this long. Please enjoy :)

Chapter 10

After one hour they've arrived at the hospital and asked for Kai. The nurse at the reception told them that he was still treatened and asked them to sit down and wait. Hal and Kajiyama did what they were told. Hal wanted to smoke another cigarette, but as he saw the no-smoking rule, he sighed and stopped doing so. After half an hour a physician appeared and approached them.

"Are you the colleagues of Eto-san?" "Chief and colleague. How is he?", Kajiyama responded and crossed his arms observantingly. "According to circumstances he is doing well. The shock has resolved, we've treated his wounds and caused a blood test; according to his condition he has been druged with an anesthetic. He has also said that he was almost raped?"

Hal nodded at the question of the doctor with an expressionless face. "He needs rest but more importantly he needs mental care, because he suffered a trauma. We will keep him one night, he should be released tomorrow. You can visit him, he's in room 506, but he is sleeping right now, so please don't disturb him."

"Thank you doctor", Kajiyama said. "You're welcome." The doctor gave them an encouraging smile, they said goodbye to the doctor and then searched for Kai's room. The two men entered the room quietly. Kai was laying on the hospital bed, sleeping deeply, connected to an Infusion. He was pale, his wrists were taped. Hal could imagine how the injuries that were not visible now looked and a small grimace appeared on his face.

He and Kajiyama approached the bed; Hal sat down at one of the chairs, while Kajiyama remained standing. Silently the two were looking at the sleeping brunette, until Kajiyama broke the silence, his voice cautious.

"I've never thought that something like this would happen to Kai." "With his innocent and trustworthy nature? And he's also not...unattractive." The older men threw him a sharp look. "Not unattractive...for you?" "And if it was so?", the blond hissed moodily, not looking at the black-haired man.

Kajiyama laughed out, but stopped as he remembered the sleeping Kai. "You and Kai? I can't imagine that. The poor boy, you always shout at him and call him useless", the Chief mocked amused. "Shut up, that's none of your buiseness!" The thought of him and Kai as lovers let his heart beat faster but also made him feel a bit uneasy...

After a while Kajiyama left the hospital to return to the department, while Hal stayed at Kai's side. It was not long after Kajiyama had left, that Kai began to wake up. His eyelids lifted, a quiet, sleepy, mumble sounded and he opened his eyes. He seemed disoriented for a moment, but then he realized that he was in the hospital and Hal was by his side. The brunette looked at him, with this veiled, sleepy, brown eyes and Hal suddenly thought that he looked just adorable.

"Hello, sleepyhead", Hal greeted him with a smirk. Suddenly the brunette sat up and hugged the surprised blond tightly. Kai's body began to tremble and he started to sob. Hal's heart contracted, he laid his arms warily around the brown-haired and rubbed his back soothingly.

"You saved me! Hal...I was so scared... ", Kai whimpered, his voice shaking. "Of course I've saved you. I always will, regardless in which trouble you'll get. " Slowly Kai started to relax in Hal's warm embrace, his whimpers and sobs hushed, the trembling vanished. Even after Kai stopped crying Hal still hold him tight, not willing to let go and Kai also seemed very comfortable with the embrace.

"What exactly happened yesterday? ", Hal asked carefully, still rubbing the brunettes back and waited for his reaction. Kai stiffed for a moment, but then his muscles relaxed again and he began to speek, his voice silent. "I was at the bar with Rina and drank a water. Then suddenly I felt dizzy and sick. Rina tried to help me, but then the barkeeper knocked her down with a baseball bat and I lost consciousness. I woke up in the basement, my hands tied and the barkeeper...tried to rape me... "

The brunette slowly freed himself from the embrace,an expression of disgust and terror appeared on his face and Hal could feel like the fury on the barkeeper climbed up in him again. He had to pull himself together not to curse rudely. He laid a hand on Kai's hand, feeling a strong Will to protect the brunette.

Without thinking he bend forward, his hand palming Kai's cheek, and his lips brushed gently against the brunette's. Kai winced. Hal cursed to himself, calling himself an insesitive idiot and wanted to retreat, as Kai raised a hand, laid it on the blond's backhead and pulled him close until their lips connected.

Hal was so surprised that he didn't move for a moment, but then his tongue gently asked for admittance. Kai's lips opened, letting Hal enter his mouth. The brunette sighed lightly, enjoying the taste of the blond.

A feeling of happiness flowed through both of them, their kiss became more passionately, Kai buried his fingers in Hal's silky hair, while the blond caressed his cheek tenderly. They disrupted the kiss because they were running out of air.

They looked each other in the eyes; soft brown ones into honey brown ones. Kai's cheeks reddened and he directed his look at their interwined fingers, turning even redder. Hal couldn't help himself but to grin and he placed a soft kiss at the forehead of the embarassed brunette.

Hal was glad that Kai hasn't refused him. He must admit that his feelings for his partner had changed since they had played a gay couple. He knew Kai for years now; they knew each other since they were kids, but he only realized his feelings recently.

The brunette had slowly stealed into his heart, had broke down the defensive walls he had built around his heart since his mother had died. Hal felt an even stronger want to protect Kai, who had become the most important person in his life, that he musn't lose.

He still blamed himself for yesterdays events. Kai had an icredible talent to bring himself in risky situations and Hal almost always had to rescue him. It had become a habit but it only showed how much he cared for the brunette.

"Hal...", Kai said quietly, tender affection and desire in his voice, that surprised Hal, but also woke his own desire. Years ago the blond had sworn to himself not to have close relationships or friendships with others because he couldn't bear the pain of loosing them, like his mother. Hal was craving for affection, for the nearness of a person and Kai was giving him a feeling of approval and securety, that he hasn't felt for a long time.

"Kai...if I only haven't let you alone yesterday then this would have never ha..." "Hal! What are you talking about? It isn't your fault, how could you suspect that this barkeeper would do such a thing?", Kai disagreed vehemently. "He was constantly looking at you and flirting with you. Of course I should have suspect him." "Hal it's no use to blame yourself. What's done, is done."

"How can you be so calm? Aren't you angry at that barkeeper for what he'd tried to do to you?" Hal shook his head in disbelief. "What is the use in being angry?", Kai asked shrugging his shoulders. Hal sighed resignedly, seriously, sometimes the brunette was to kind for his own good!

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