A/N: Hey :-D
looks like I didn't update for quite a while and I'm terribly sorry for that. As I always say, I was pretty busy (moving and getting stuff done for university), but ..well I don't know :-D
I still hope that you enjoy it, so, let's get started :)
Oh, and before I forget it, a special thanks to animejunkiee for a nice review which encouraged me to write again. Thank you!

Kyousuke unlocked the door to his apartment and held it open so Ayase could enter first. She hesitated, looked at Kyousuke who, in turn, smiled at her encouragingly and then she stepped inside, smiling as well. Ayase stood in the living room, wondering where she should put her luggage when Kyousuke came up behind her.
"So, you should probably put your stuff in the room over there. It's not big, but at least something where you can sleep. Before I came to get you, I already got an airbed, but I haven't filled it up yet. But that should be done quickly." he said, pointing towards a small room that adjoined the living room, opposite of the room where Kyousuke himself was sleeping. Ayase went over to the room, opened the door and looked inside. It was just big enough for the mattress and a small table right beside the door, but to Ayase's fortune, there was already a wardrobe installed in the back of the room.

The rest of the day, Ayase spent putting her clothes away and doing chores while Kyousuke studied. He felt like Ayase was avoiding him, when he went to the fridge to get a yoghurt, and sat down, she immediately remembered something she had to do in the bathroom. After she prepared dinner, she told him to eat while she showered. Then she was busy in her room and only said good-night by quickly peeking into Kyousuke's room so fast, he could just barely turn around and see her walking away. Kyousuke wondered what was going on, but decided to leave her alone for the day, if that was what she wanted.

'What is going on? Where am I? Why is it so dark?'
Ayase is walking through an alley when she hears footsteps behind her. She keeps on walking, but glances backwards every few steps only to see...nothing. A light rain starts but continuously increases in strength. Ayase is looking at the ground in order to avoid puddles of water when the sound of tires screeching seeks her attention. She looks ahead and instead of the alley she was walking in, Ayase now sees that she is standing in the middle of a big street, probably in Tokyo, still at night. The car she heard is nowhere to be found, but the sound of footsteps resumed, now running towards her from behind. Ayase turns around, but before she can see what is happening, she gets knocked off her feet.
Ayase's head hurts as she tries to get up. She reaches back, touches her head and feels something warm on her fingertips 'What..? Blood?'
"Wake up Ayase"
'Somebody is calling my name. . .' Ayase opens her eyes. She is in her room, her mother sitting beside her on her bed. But something is wrong...
"Ah, you are awake. That's good. I'll go ahead and make some breakfast, ok honey?" Ayase sees her mother standing up and walking towards the door. Just as she reaches it, the door is slammed open and her mother stumbles back.
Somebody enters the room. A huge person. The face is covered with a cloth, only a small room for the eyes has been cut out. It must be a man. But how did he get into the house?
As Ayase wonders why her father had not stopped this man, she saw the club in his hand. Maybe he had tried but had been beaten. Fear clouds Ayase's mind. Her mother tries to get up and scramble away from the intruder, but he does not mind her. He starts laughing and turns to Ayase.
"Now I can finish what I wasn't able to!" he yells as he storms forward. He lifts the hand which is holding the club and starts swinging it towards Ayase. She can sense the air being pushed by the club, sees it coming closer and closer, filling her vision as it is about to make contact with her head. Ayase can just form one last thought and screams "Kyou...

...suke!"
Panting, Ayase woke up and looked around.
A small room, no light was turned on. She was lying on an air mattress. She could see the door at her feet and a bit of light shone in through the tiny window. She took a flashlight that was beside the bed and turned it on. When she realized that she was in Kyousuke's flat and safe, she started relaxing a bit. Still holding the flashlight, she got up, opened the door and went into the living room. It was also dark and Ayase had no idea what time it was. She figured it ought to be in the middle of the night because there was also no light in Kyousuke's room. While walking towards where the fridge was, light pointed directly at it, Ayase remembered too late that she had left the backpack with her school utilities right beside the table and stumbled. The torch fell down a few feet ahead of her as she tried catching herself with a chair. But she missed that one as well, only further increasing her momentum as she crashed into the ground. The torch blinked once and went out.
"Fuck!" she cursed quietly, not wanting to wake Kyousuke up. Ayase got up and tried to feel her way to the fridge when she heard a groan coming from Kyousuke. Not moving, she listened and hoped that he was still asleep. After a few seconds of waiting, she decided that he would not wake up now if he had not woken up before.
The fridge was full with groceries and Ayase looked around until she found her favourite drink, took a can and gulped the content in one go. After throwing away the can, she slowly made her way back toward her own room when she heard the sound of someone moving in a bed. Ayase walked over to the door to Kyousuke's room, one palm lightly touching it. No sound. Then, just as she let her head drop and wanted to walk away, she heard him move again and thought that he had said something. She carefully opened the door, making sure that it was making no noises and stepped inside.

There he was, lying on his bed, covered with a blanket from thighs to torso, though leaving his left side uncovered. His eyes were closed, his mouth half open and his body spread out across the whole bed, like as if he had had a very engaging dream. Ayase kneeled down beside him and started pulling the blanket over him, but right when she was done and started standing up, Kyousuke muttered something. She leaned back down, her head over his, trying to identify the words he was saying.
"...se... ...yase... ...ayase... co... come here...please..." Kyosuke said, barely audible.
"I am here" she whispered.
Apparently that was enough to wake Kyousuke up from his sleep, as his eyes immediately flew open. Even though it was dark in his room, he could still make out that there was Ayase right in front of his face. He looked up at her, meeting her eyes as she looked down at him, their heads only inches apart.

A/N: I wanted to keep this chapter from getting too long, but I guess its longer than most. What do you actually prefer? More smaller ones (like 700-900 words) or stuff like the last few (like 900-1300 words) or even longer ones? This one I could have extended by quite a bit, but decided to cut if off here since I personally don't really like chapters that are too long. But anyways, tell me what you think about chapter sizes :-D