Chapter 14

Tori lay down on her sofa, panting heavily from how fast she ran and strangely, still blushing at the same time. A small smirk crept onto her face in the mean time that and she just couldn't help but leave it there. A part of her couldn't believe she did that, feeling like she had done something wrong but still being glad that Kai didn't yell at her for it, not that he had that much of a chance to though.

Then again, Kai was probably just as shocked as she was, if not more. She just really hoped that what she had done wouldn't ruin the fragile friendship she now had with him. Again, she couldn't help the blush that crept onto her cheeks and with a sweet smile on her face, she pulled the blanket over herself a lay on the sofa for a bit, staring at the same point on the wall till she fell asleep.

---With Kai---

At the same time, Kai lay on his bed for a while, thinking back on the day's events, one little thing that happened in particular. He smiled just a little to himself. It was the first time in a really long time that someone had shown that much affection towards him that the light touch of her lips on his skin sent chills down his spine. Even though he enjoyed the feeling of it all, fear began to grow more inside him than it had before, his heart beating twice as fast as it usually would when calm. What about her dieing? He could never be ok with that happening. He could never get that close to her because all his senses would be screaming out to him about how she would be dieing soon. 'Just under five months now.' He thought sadly to himself.

Another problem had actually arisen. He always was able to get himself to do things, stupid things too but being with a girl, being that close to a girl felt strange. To himself, not to Dranzer but only to himself did he actually admit that he was sometimes shy around them.

He actually hadn't been that close to a girl before. Well…he had been but she was just a friend and she had died after a few years of them knowing each other. He didn't remember too much about that time but the little he could remember was that he was heartbroken when that had happened. Imagine what could happen if he got closer to Tori and she was dieing in five months, he knew when she was going to die which only made things worse. But that girl, even before her, he was confident, as confident as he was now but asking him to be that confident when it came to girls and ones that he actually liked was hopeless.

With Tori it was probably going to be no different. He was always able to be cold towards her, except the times when she offered help that he needed. He always got that far but even when she rested against him, that was probably when he needed to suppress the blushed from creeping onto his pale skin the most. She never saw him blush thankfully, since usually when he did she would be doing the same and would have turned away from him. Just because she never saw him, didn't mean he never saw her.

Taking in a deep and shaky breath he pulled his arms around himself from under the covers. His bare bruised hands gripping his arms tightly, closing his eyes and falling asleep in an instant.

---That Night- 11:45pm---

Tori sat down on her bed, a video game in hand as she played, bored since she had slept most of the day and couldn't sleep now. Denzelle sat cross legged on the pillow beside Tori, glancing over her shoulder to look at Tori playing the game. Suddenly a light ringing went on in the bit-beast's head and she looked up at her Mistress, "Mistress…am I needed here?"

"No. I'm alright; you can go back into your blade." Tori answered, the game being put on pause as she smiled at the girl beside her.

"Thank you, Mistress." Denzelle nodded her head and disappeared quickly. 'Well…why have you called me away of my Mistress?' she asked the red Phoenix.

'You told me that if I needed help for my Master that I could talk to you.'

'Yes. That's true and that still stands so what's the problem?'

'Earlier today my Master got into an argument with the rest of the team, the argued with him about what was wrong with him and he left. He doesn't want to go back there for now but…of what I can see, a storm is coming…'

'So…you want to know if it'll be alright if he came over and stayed at Tori's for a while?'

'Yes.'

Denzelle took a breath, 'That is probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard another bit-beast ask. Do you not know the answer already?'

'Well pardon me for being polite.'

'It's alright by me and I'm sure my Mistress won't have any objections.'

'Thank you but please…don't tell your Mistress about this. She'll come to know in her own time, maybe when he arrives.'

'Alright. And don't worry too much about your Master; we'll make sure he's okay.'

'Thank you.' The two bit-beasts parted soon after and Denzelle returned to her own blade, sitting and wondering about the teenage blader. She took a breath and appeared beside Tori, sitting with a small smile on her face towards the other girl. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling pretty good actually." Tori smiled, placing the game on her bedside table.

"Any particular reasons to that?"

"Not really…I'm just in a good mood."

"That's good then. Are you feeling better after the doctor today?"

"Yeah, I think I'm doing alright. My head doesn't hurt so much now either." Tori smiled happily, lying down.

"I'm glad you're feeling better then. So…you aren't going to reconsider the operation?"

"I'm sorry, Denzelle. I really don't think I am but look on the bright side of it."

"It's not a bright side without you here." Denzelle said quietly, her eyes hidden by her hair.

Tori smiled kindly, placing her hands onto the Tiger-girl's shoulders, "Once I'm gone, you'll be human and free to live a new life, that's pretty good by itself. You don't need me around."

Denzelle began to speak quietly but was interrupted when the door bell rang. Tori smiled towards Denzelle supportively and got off the bed and walked out of the bedroom. Denzelle pouted slightly, pushing herself off the bed and disappearing in a flash of light from the room.

"Kai…" Tori whispered, seeing the teenager in her doorway.

"Hey…" Kai said quietly. "Think I could come in?"

"Sure." Tori said, opening the door wider and closing it behind him. "What happened? Why are you out so late?" she asked quickly, taking his hand and leading him to the living room.

Kai sat down on the sofa, thinking for a second before speaking. "I got into an argument with the others and I don't want to go back just yet and Dranzer suggested I should come here."

"He suggested right then." Tori sat down next to him, "What was the argument about?" her voice was just above a whisper.

"Tyson started it out; he wanted me to explain to him what was going on. That's all it was."

"That's all it was?"

"Yeah."

"You want to stay here for the night?" Tori asked, she still remained quiet with that.

"Depends, do you mind?" Kai asked her, looking into her eyes.

Tori smiled, pulling her arms around him in a gentle hug, "Of course not. Stay as long as you like."

Kai took a deep breath, smiling a little in the comforting embrace, "Thanks." His hands on her sides in a light hug.

Tori pulled away slowly, still smiling at him caringly. "Are you alright?" she asked, seeing him sit back.

"Yeah, I'm ok."

"Have you eaten?"

"Not since this morning."

Tori took his hand, squeezing it tight in hers. "Felt sick then?"

"Not even."

"Maybe you should eat a little more then."

"No way, I'll kill myself if I have to do that again today." Kai argued quickly.

Tori moved close to him, resting against him slightly, "You tired?"

"Not really."

"Kai…"

"Could you please stop saying my name like that?" Kai yelled angrily at her. "Don't treat me like this." He whispered.

Tori got off the sofa, scaring Kai for a second when he thought he had hurt her and she was going to leave him but this time, that wasn't the case. She picked up the blanket from the chair on the other side of the room and spread it out over him, sat next to him and covered herself too. "You want to talk for a bit?" she asked.

"Sure. About anything…just no problems for now."

"Anything in mind?"

"I was hoping you did."

Tori smiled a bit, "Alright well…how long have you been beyblading?" she asked.

Kai looked at her a bit confusedly, what kind of question was that? He said he wanted to talk about something, not go through his childhood and beyblade career. Taking things as they came he answered her question anyway, "Ever since I was about three or four, can't really remember but about that age."

"That's pretty young but I'll bet you were really good. I started when I was about five and I wasn't too good, I could barely hold the launcher right." Tori admitted.

Kai smirked at that, "Might explain why I never saw you at a tournament."

"Actually that's because I was moving around with my parents a lot at the time so I didn't manage to, I didn't really have the time to join a team and beyblade." Tori started, "And I don't think a blader…Never mind actually." She said quickly.

"No, tell me." Kai whispered.

"It's nothing."

"Even better reason to tell me."

"I don't think a blader constantly fainting by the dish would have been right."

"But…you can still battle; you've got that much in you."

"Still…if I had a team…I don't think they'd have enough patience to deal with me for so long. They probably wouldn't be able to wait till I died."

"Not our team though." Kai told her, "They've grown to like you…they're as upset as I am that you're dieing soon. They've grown really attached to you in a really small amount of time, you're lucky for that."

"Yeah, they're good friends." Tori whispered. She looked up at him a bit, resting her cheek against his arm, "As are you." She added quietly.

"I'm really not."

"I think you are. You were there for me today…I said I didn't need you there but I think I did more than I thought." Tori pulled her arms round Kai's waist, still resting against him.

"Tori…I…"

"Kai…if you keep not taking care of yourself well then you're going to end up just like me."

"You seem to be ok with it." Kai said, a little anger in his voice.

Tori smiled a little, pushing herself a little closer to him, her lips gently resting on his. She parted after only a moment, moving away a little so that she could give Kai a chance to react to what she had done. He didn't say a word but when she looked away his hand touched her neck and he made her look up at him, his eyes held fear and pain like they sometimes did. Tori moved her hand onto his, tears welling up in her eyes. "Say you'll go but you'll come back." Kai ordered her quietly.

"I can't do that." Tori whispered stubbornly.

Kai shook his head a little and sat back, "Are you scared?"

"Eh?" Tori looked beyond confused now.

"Are you scared to take the surgery?" Kai repeated.

"No…of course not."

"Really? I don't know, I think I would be."

"Would you be?" Tori asked, "I wouldn't think you would."

"You thought wrong then."

Tori smiled at that and quickly asked, "So what else are you afraid of?"

Kai smirked, pulling an arm over her shoulders to let her rest against him again, "Don't push your luck." He warned.

"I'm really trying not to but I can't help but be curious about you." Tori smiled up at him and Kai nodded lightly but didn't say a word. "Kai…are you alright?" she asked quietly.

Kai looked down at her, her sweet kindness gleaming through every part of her. All he could do was smile a little, "Yeah." He added, trying to look as convincing as he could.

---Later that night---

Both teenagers lay sleeping on the sofa, the covers over the both of them as both slept soundly. Well, one of them at least. Kai wasn't doing too good but Tori was still fast asleep and was unaware of the things that happened to the boy that slept behind her. They had both slept on their sides, Tori's back against Kai's chest for most of the night as they'd fallen asleep like that after too much time of talking to each other. The TV had been put on mute, just as Tori had left it when she noticed Kai was getting tired.

Many minutes had passed and the form of the boy began to shake more, the trembling only getting worse with time. Tori woke up quickly when Denzelle called in her mind to wake up. She sat up and looked at the boy who had lay just behind her on the sofa, placing her hands on his shoulders she urgently tried to wake him up. The sleep was as fragile as the boy was and it instantly broke once Tori called out to Kai. He sat up with a bit of a start, eyes focusing on the girl in front of him who almost fell back onto the table from being surprised by Kai's sudden movement. "Are you alright?" Tori asked, blinking a bit in surprise at Kai's confused yet gentle look.

"Yeah."

"Doesn't look like it if you ask me."

"If you're going to go with your own opinion you shouldn't have asked." Kai told her, bringing his heart rate down to a calmer pace.

"That sounds fair." Tori admitted, making him sit back a little.

"Yeah, I thought so too that's why I said it."

"Bad dream?" Tori asked quietly. Kai nodded in reply, eyes cast as far away from the teenage girl as possible. "What was it about?" Tori asked after a minute.

"It's nothing."

"How long do you think I can believe that?" Tori asked him.

"Sounds like you never did."

"Got that right." Tori said quickly, "How about you go make yourself something to eat?"

"Not after that." Kai muttered. Tori had barely heard him but she didn't need to, his face had paled more and he rushed off the sofa and into the bathroom. "Kai…" Tori whispered, running to the bathroom, the door being slammed in her face. "Kai! Are you alright?" she called urgently.

"Mistress…" A voice called from behind the Tiger's Mistress.

Tori shot around to look at Denzelle that stood before her, "What?" she asked.

"Leave him alone for a while."

"You have to be joking, right?"

"I'm not. I just spoke to Dranzer and Kai needs to be alone for a while."

"Either Dranzer has lost his mind or I have." Tori rubbed her temples as she walked back into the living room and sat down.

Denzelle smiled and sat next to Tori, "I doubt you have lost your mind, Mistress but I don't think Dranzer has either." She comforted lightly. "Just give him some space for the night. Go get some sleep; I'll inform you if I feel he needs your help."

"No sense arguing with someone who's got my stubbornness is there?" Tori got off the sofa and walked down the hall to her room, keeping the door open in case Kai needed anything.

Denzelle laughed at that before glancing at the bathroom door. "I hope you know what you're doing, Dranzer." She whispered softly, disappearing a second later.

---Next Morning---

Tori walked out of her bedroom and into the kitchen, seeing Kai already there with a mug filled with coffee. "Morning." Tori greeted. Kai only nodded and Tori looked up a bit at him while she poured out some cereal, "How long have you been awake?" she asked.

"Bout an hour."

"Kai…what happened last night?"

"Nothing."

"You're lying."

"Let's not talk about it." Kai said, walking out of the room.

"For once, lets." Tori said, a harsh tone in her voice. "Tell me what happened."

"I had a nightmare and I felt sick after, no big deal." Kai called from the living room.

"Was that all so hard to say?" Tori asked, walking into the living room.

"It was easy because you haven't asked the worst question yet." Kai said, eyes focused on the ground.

"You mean, what was the nightmare about?" Tori asked. She smiled gently after that, "I wasn't going to ask. You don't need to tell me but if you need to talk to anyone about it I'm here."

"For now." Kai whispered.

"Don't think about me dieing. Like you hate being treated like you're helpless I hate being treated like someone who will die soon. Just treat me like you don't know what my future is, like you don't know when I'm going to die."

"How on Earth do you want me to do that? How do you expect anyone to that?"

"If someone can try not to worry about someone close to them then someone could try to treat someone as though they aren't going to die just yet."

"I can't just forget that you're dieing."

"Just try not to think about it then." Tori continued. "Look let's…spend the day together. That way you don't need to deal with the others and maybe you can just relax for a day." She suggested. "It worked last time." She added.

"Yeah, alright."

"Alright. You make something for breakfast, maybe you'll start feeling better if you actually ate something. After I'm done with my breakfast I'm going to go out for about an hour or so, no need to follow me because I'm not going to be doing anything dangerous." Tori assured him, smiling a bit at her comment.

"That'd be a miracle." Kai smirked.

Tori rolled her eyes, the smile never leaving her face, "Well I'm not getting into trouble so you can stay here and relax for a bit." She said, getting up and walking into the kitchen to put the empty bowl in the sink to wash later.

"Relax?"

"Yes. You know, where you stay calm, loosen up, think about nothing."

"Oh so all I need to do is be like you."

"Oh ha-ha." Tori laughed sarcastically, looking out of the kitchen at Kai. "So I like to take things easy, is that so wrong?"

"Maybe."

"Whatever you say then." Tori called as she walked into her bedroom, shutting the door behind her. 'Wow he's stubborn.'

'Like you.' Denzelle added, laughing along with Tori.

'Yeah, I'm pretty stubborn aren't I?'

'That's for sure.' Denzelle laughed. 'Mistress…about last night…'

'With me and Kai?'

'Yes.'

Tori sat on her bed a nodded slightly, 'I couldn't help it. It felt really strange, I know that much but…I really don't know how he feels about it.'

'He felt uncertain…that's for certain.'

'Yeah, I thought that much but still, maybe…'

'I think so.'

Tori smiled happily and got off her bed, picked up his clothes and walked into the bathroom.

---A Couple Of Hours Later---

Tori sat in the Dojo by herself, patiently waiting for the three bladers to come into the room as she had ordered. They did so and all sat in front of her, glancing at each other, wondering what she wanted to talk to them about. "What was that argument with Kai about?" she asked them, her voice a bit cold compared to her usual kind one.

"We got worried about him after he spent so long in the bathroom and in his room." Ray started.

"So we decided to question him about it and make him talk to us." Tyson continued.

"That wasn't a smart action. You shouldn't be forcing him into anything, especially talking about what's wrong with him." Tori said angrily.

"He's our friend too though and we want to know what's wrong as much as you do."

Tori's eyes widened just slightly, taking a breath, her hands going to her head as all the thoughts began rushing, just like the words that crossed her lips, "You guys don't understand why I'm here. I'm not only here to train you but I'm here to help him. Because I die in a couple of months I'm able to take the risks that you all can't take with him."

"What do you mean?" Ray asked quickly.

"I can question him on things and risk ruining a friendship because if I ruin the friendship with him we don't need to deal with each other for much longer. If you take the same risks I take you are at the risk of pushing him away but since you are all good friends you could ruin something really great…probably something I can't have with Kai."

"What's that supposed to mean? I mean, you're getting pretty close to Kai." Max said, understanding all that Tori was saying up until this point.

"Yes but if I screw up by taking a risk then it's not a life time relationship that's gone. You guys have that kind of friendship, I'll admit that it's not like every other friendship but he still counts you guys as friends."

"So…you're sacrificing a good friendship with Kai so that…when you're gone we can be better friends to him?" Tyson asked, disbelief written all over his face.

Tori froze and sat back a little, "Finally…you get it." She said calmly. Tori got off the ground and began to walk out of the room, her hand being caught by someone, she looked back and saw them all holding onto her hand.

"Don't risk your own life for this. We'll work it out." Ray told her.

"Only if it's together." Tori whispered.

"Then we'll do it together, which ever, we just don't want you to do it by yourself."

"Apparently I don't have to." Tori smiled at them all, her hand softening in theirs. "But…guys, I'm dieing in a few months, I don't have that much time."

"Then it'll be alright."

"Thanks. I need to go; I'm meeting Mr Dickinson because he wants to make sure I'm alright."

"Are you?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

---Later---

"I guess he's opening up quite well, he seemed to have had a rough night though." Tori informed Mr Dickinson.

"Is he alright now?"

"He seemed ok, just a bit upset that I was questioning him on it but I want to talk to him about it when I get home. Maybe get him to lighten up a bit then ask him about it." Tori said.

"Tori, he is fragile you know." Mr Dickinson told her carefully.

Tori nodded in understanding, "I get that but I manage to get him to talk a little without pushing him too far."

"Whatever you do to get him talk just make sure you don't harm him, I've been worried about him for years now."

"I know and even in the little time I've known him, I've always been worried about him and now…" Tori trailed off, lowering her head slightly as that creepy red blush appeared on her face again.

Mr Dickinson smirked at that and sat forward in his seat, "Now, what?" he asked her.

"I've got some…serious feelings for the guy."

"To think, I've known you ever since you were a baby and now I'm seeing you in love over someone I sent you to keep an eye on."

Tori smiled lightly, "Your little girl is all grown up." She joked.

"It appears so." Mr Dickinson agreed. "It's too bad that you two won't be spending too much time together though."

"My time is running out. I'm going to die quicker than anticipated, that's what the doctors have told me recently, that's what makes me feel bad, that I love him and I can't be with him."

"I don't want to irritate you with this Tori but I still think you should take that surgery."

"I know, a lot of people think I should but I see no point. There is almost a zero percent chance that it'll work, if it doesn't work then I could die in that surgery. I have more life now than I could then."

"That's true but maybe you should reconsider, at least taking the scans to see that maybe things have changed, that maybe there's a better chance that the surgery will be successful." Mr Dickinson told her wisely. Like most people who knew the girl he was worried about her but then again, like those most people knew, Tori was a stubborn girl and it would take a miracle to get her to change her mind or opinion about something.

"I don't think so." Tori shook her head, a smile on her face as always.

"It's your choice, Tori. I was just voice my opinions and suggestions." The older man said admittedly.

"I know, Mr Dickinson and I take all those into account but I'm sticking by my decision." Tori told him. She stood and walked over to Mr Dickinson, resting against the desk, "Besides, good can come out of this, Denzelle is finally going to be free."

"Only a part of her wants that, she doesn't want it at your expense."

"I know but I'm just trying to look on the Brightside of things. Just make sure that when I'm gone…you'll look after her as well as you've looked after me."

"I promise you I will."

"Thank you." Tori said, tears shining in her brown eyes.

Mr Dickinson placed a hand on Tori's shoulder, making Tori look at it in thought. "Go and have a nice day." He told her.

Tori smiled and nodded, giving the man a quick hug before leaving.

Within minutes she arrived at her apartment, walking through the doors, dropping her keys on the table and her bag by the door. "Kai?" she called out into the apartment. She knocked on Kai's bedroom door, not getting an answer so she stepped inside, finding no one in there. The bathroom door was open with no one inside. Doubting that he was in the kitchen, her next stop was the living room and that's when a soft smile graced her lips.

Looked like Kai had fallen asleep on the sofa again, he probably couldn't help it, who knew when he last had a good night's sleep. All he needed was one night. One night to see why Tori was doing what she was doing. She picked up the blanket and covered him with it, not having the heart to wake him when it finally looked like he was relaxed. When he was awake she never saw him so…peaceful. He was always uptight, stern and cold towards everyone but when he slept he was like an innocent kid. You could tell even more how pale his face was without the blue triangles there, they always made him look so intimidating when in actual fact he was just human and like all the others, he was just afraid to show it.

She shook her head a bit and went to her bedroom, she checked herself in the mirror to see if she had looked any good. She now wore a plain blue skirt that went jut above her knees. A white top that slipped just off her shoulders, her white knee socks and black shoes. A silver chain hung around her neck and had a silver pendent on the end of it which she sometimes squeezed when she hoped for something.

Her long auburn haired was pulled to the side so it fell only over one shoulder, she had never actually worn make up, neither did she have any on now. She had really pale skin though, mostly from all the medication she ever took and everything she had been through while in hospitals. She was skinny but she still had muscle and seemed to be quite strong for a girl her age and with her health. She was so much more different than all the other girls. The average height of a Japanese girl was about 5'2 but she was a 5'7, so much taller than everyone else. She admitted, she didn't really care about the little things but she hated to feel so different, especially at school.

She bit down on her lip and picked up her diary and some books off the dressing table in her room. She walked out and set the things down on the table in the living room opposite Kai. She sat on the floor, glancing up at Kai before putting her headphones on and listened to music while she did some of her homework since she didn't have much of anything better to do and…even if she was dieing, she wanted to do it so that at least, with all her differences she could at least be good at school and do homework like everyone else.

During all her work she couldn't help but sing quietly to the songs she listened to through her mp3 player. Without her knowing, a pair of crimson eyes where staring at her, a smile on his face. She had been working for about two hours now but he had been watching her for about ten minutes. He actually couldn't help himself at the time, he had woken up to her singing voice and that instantly got him to direct all his attention on her.

"Atsui kimochi wa C'est la vie
Watashi ga watashi de iru kagiri
C'est la vie anata wo aishitsuzuketai
Me no mae ni aru kono shunkan ga ikiru basho
Kakenukete"

Even those words, the songs she sang, they could reach out to a person but apart from that he just enjoyed listening to her be so care free in her life. Tori shifted, pouting looking a bit confused down at her work that lay on the table. She heard a small laugh over the music and she looked up to see Kai smiling at her. She switched her music off and moved the headphones down to her neck, "Sorry I woke you." She whispered.

"What… song was that?"

Tori smiled, "C'est la vie- Watashi no Naka no Koi Suru Bubun. It's by Komatsu Ayaka. You liked it?"

Kai shrugged a little, "It sounded good."

"I like it. It's the kind of song that keeps me going, the kind of song that no matter what makes me want to remain myself." Tori smiled happily, running over all the lyrics in her mind.

"Then sing it."

"Eh?"

"Sing it. I want to see if it can take the same affect." Kai told her. He didn't move from where he lay, he couldn't help but remain lying down with all his nerves in his body screaming for him to relax a bit longer.

"Maybe it will." Tori said, thinking about it. She got off the ground and plugged her mp3 player to her stereo and switched on the music. As it started she sat back down where she was before, shyly staring down at her book as she sang in her usual voice.

"Doushiyou mo nai shoudou ni tsukiugokasarete ima
Watashi no sore wa hajimatta kimi wo motomeru omoi

Yotei chouwa no shousetsu ya eiga ga tsumaranai you ni
JINSEE mo sukoshi ZUREtara omoshiroi no kamoshirenai

Atsui kimochi wa C'est la vie
Watashi ga watashi de iru kagiri
C'est la vie anata wo aishitsuzuketai
Me no mae ni aru kono shunkan ga ikiru basho
Kakenukete

Hito wa naze ichido dake shika ikiru CHANSU ga nai no
Toki wa naze ichibyou sae mo tachidomaranai no darou

Omoigakenai dokoka ga ne
Kutsuzure wo okosu mitai ni
Tokidoki wa mune no dokoka ga setsunaku nattari suru kedo

Kitto mitsukaru C'est la vie
Watashi ga watashi de aru riyuu
C'est la vie anata ga anata de aru riyuu
Nani mo mienai dakedo nanika ga mitai kara
Oikakete

Yotei chouwa no shousetsu ya eiga ga tsumaranai you ni
JINSEE mo sukoshi ZUREtara omoshiroi no kamoshirenai

Atsui kimochi wa
C'est la vie watashi ga watashi de iru kagiri
C'est la vie anata wo aishitsuzuketai
C'est la vie watashi ga watashi de aru riyuu
C'est la vie anata ga anata de aru riyuu

Me no mae ni aru kono shunkan ga ikiru basho
Kakenukete
Kakenukete"

"Sounds nice." Kai whispered.

Tori nodded, her face turning red again. 'Stupid, creepy, annoying blush won't leave me alone.' She yelled in her mind, feeling more heat rise in her cheeks.

"Wow watching you blush is a sight to see." Kai joked, knowing how embarrassed she was feeling already.

"Hey…" Tori pouted a bit, picked up the cushion she was sitting on and threw it at him.

It didn't hit Kai thankfully but on instinct he had moved out of the way, his light dizziness fading quickly after the movement he had got it from. Tori smiled and walked over to him, jumping next to him onto the sofa. "You're alright?" she asked him.

"I got about three hours of a peaceful sleep and you're here so I'm doing just fine." Kai said. His eyes widened when he realized what he'd just said and he cursed quietly under his breath, now a blush on his own face.

"Thank goodness you said that." Tori told him, "I thought I was going to be the first person to blurt out something like that." She moved closer to him, making a series of hand movements till her fingers where entwined in his. "Though I must say…that you're cute when you blush."

Kai said nothing, almost blushing but lucky enough to keep the little bit of red hidden. "Tori…you aren't going to reconsider taking that surgery are you?" he asked her quietly.

"I don't think so, Kai." Tori answered him, looking up at him sadly.

Kai sighed but he turned to look at her, seeing her staring up at him and taking the opportunity. He leaned in closer and placed a gentle careful kiss on her lips, he saw Tori's eyes widen slightly, probably she had thought he wasn't capable of doing such a thing but it seemed like he was. He pulled away slightly after that thought, giving her some space. Tori smiled, he didn't see it because he had turned away from her, "Now that's something I never thought you could do." She said.

"And all the time it took to find enough courage to do that just went down the drain with that one comment." Kai replied with a smirk, still not turning to look at her.

"I'm sorry." Tori said, pulling him a little so he'd turn back to looking at her. Kai turned round as she wanted, his heart rate quickening in the process. " I never thought you would do something like that though."

"If I didn't do it now willingly…I'd probably do it later when it's too late."

"I'm sorry that this has to happen but…if I had to start this all over again I don't think I'd change it." Tori whispered.

"Because if you didn't have to die then you and I wouldn't have gotten so close."

"Yeah." Tori agreed. "You didn't come to me for help until after you found out."

"I didn't even realize I did that."

A/N: Sorry that this was such a boring chapter but I had to write all this in between studying since I've got exams coming up. Even though it was crap please leave me a review, I really want to know what you think, maybe by some stroke of luck someone liked how this chapter turned out. Ok…now this chapter had a song, as Tori said the song was called 'C'est La Vie- watashi no Naka no Koi Suru Bubun.' Which means from French to English 'C'est la vie' means 'That's the life.' While 'Watashi No Naka no Koi Suru Bubun' from Japanese to English means 'The Loving Part of Me' so here are the English lyrics to it.

Stirred by impulses that there's nothing I can do
That has begun for me now, feelings searching for you

Just like predictable movies and books are boring
When life is a little bit off, it might be more fun

This warm feeling is c'est la vie
As long as I am me
C'est la vie, I want to keep on being in love with you
Running through the place where this moment lives
Right in front of me

Why is it that people have but one chance to live life
Why does time not stand still even for one second

Just like an unexpected someplace
Causes sores from the shoes on my feet
From time to time someplace in my heart feels pain

I know I will find you, c'est la vie
That's the reason I am me
C'est la vie, that's the reason you are you
I can't see anything, but I want to see something
So I chase after you

Just like predictable movies and books are boring
When life is a little bit off, it might be more fun

This warm feeling is
C'est la vie, as long as I am me
C'est la vie, I want to keep on being in love with you
C'est la vie, that's the reason I am me
C'est la vie, that's the reason you are you

Running through the place where this moment lives
Right in front of me
Right in front of me

A/N: Hope you liked it. Please review!