Please don't kill me! Here's the chapter…

Rain cascaded down upon them as dull golden orbs gazed soullessly out of the window pane. A slender hand gently brushed against the glass tracing nameless patterns as a way of distracting himself of the cold uncaring truths that had recently been discovered. The rain continued to fall, as if washing away the pain and suffering that had developed within the last week or so. A soft sigh escaped the teen's lips as he curled himself further into a ball, trying to cut himself from the outside world as he tugged the blanket further around him.

"Rei-Rei?" a soft voice broke the child from his musings as broken gold met pitiful blue. Turning to the crimson-haired teen behind him Rei allowed himself to be pulled into a firm embrace, a single tear escaping him before he succumbed to the comfort he was so unused to receiving.

"W-w-why?" Rei whispered, voice broken to the point of almost no repair contemplating the events that had occurred within the past week.

"I-I don't know, kitten. I'm just so sorry I never knew about him. About them" Tala replied brushing the strands of ebony away from tear-flooded cheeks.

Meanwhile

"What the hell do you think you're playing at Hiwatari?!" Bryan spat as he forced the distressed teen in front of him against the icy stone wall. Rage barely concealed in lavender shaded orbs.

Shaking his head mutely he could only utter a pained "I don't know!" as he struggled to breathe from the intense pressure on his neck in the form of Bryan's fist.

Bryan soon released Kai allowing the slate-haired boy to slump down the wall in a pitiful defeat, gasping for breath as his friend watched on in mild annoyance over how pathetic he'd become. Choking on nothing but air and tears Kai gasped for breath, the image of Rei's cheerful face merging into one broken beyond repair flooded his mind breaking his heart into a thousand little glass shards.

"I had no choice Falcon" Kai whispered, using an old nickname he and Bryan had come up with when they first met each other all those years ago as mere children.

"You should have told us Kai; you should have told him! You really hurt him, you almost broke him" Bryan informed him, eyes softening at the slumped form of his friend who looked like a child who'd had everything taken away from him.

"I know" was the barely audible reply as Kai's voiced showed obvious signs of cracking. Bryan crouched down to Kai's level only to almost recoil in shock at the tears that streamed down his friend's face. Never in his 15 years of knowing the teen had he ever seen him cry about anything, let alone about another person!

"So what are you going to do about it?" Bryan asked, the reality of Kai's feelings for their little neko finally coming to light.

"I have to talk to him" was the muttered reply as Kai stood up abruptly. Slate bangs shaded his eyes from vision as he roughly wiped away the tears before running out of the room, leaving Bryan to shake his head upon his retreating form.

Moving back to Rei and Tala

"Why won't it stop hurting?" Rei whispered, not really expecting an answer as he was given a tight hug instead from behind.

"It will, you wanna come down for something to eat Rei-Rei? We ordered Chinese food" Tala asked stroking his back soothingly before pulling him to his feet.

Nodding at the expectant look on Tala's face Rei allowed himself to be pulled out of his room and into the bathroom to clean up before the two headed downstairs for something to eat. As the two trudged down the stairs Rei let out a shaky breath as a feeling of unease washed over him. Entering the kitchen he failed to see anything out of the ordinary; Mariah hitting Lee over the head repeatedly with a frying pan, other than that everything seemed normal. After a flurry of egg rolls, rice and sweet and sour chicken the two finished putting the last touches to their almost teetering plates full of food before they went to eat in the living room. Still silently shaking with laughter as Lee's yelps grew increasingly louder, Tala and Rei exited the kitchen making a beeline for the living room together.

Pounding soon rained down on the door causing one of Mariah's gestures to release the pan as it went crashing through the house. Muffled laughter could be heard from the living room as Mariah shoved Lee almost through the door forcing him to answer the incessant pounding.

Upon opening the door Lee was almost automatically crushed by the almost dead weight thrown at him by a heavily panting figure slumped in the doorway. Pushing the weight off him, Lee barely had a second to register the face of the boy before a piercing shriek echoed through the house. Everyone turned to an ashen Tala with Rei in tow, both pointing to each other trying to pin the blame on the other for the admittedly girly shriek.

Seconds past before they all shook their heads, racing towards the bloodied figures in their doorway. "Bryan, what happened!?" Tala asked as he was instantly grabbed into a bone-crushing hug. Kneeling beside Kai, Rei tenderly lifted several strands of air away from the gaping wounds on his face before heaving Kai onto his shoulder and leading him into the living room as his siblings ran to get medical supplies.

"Boris, Voltaire and Ozuma happened! They ambushed us, Kai was on his way over here to tell Rei something when we were jumped and beaten under their orders! Rei needs to leave, Tal. He's no longer safe here…" Bryan growled before exhaustion finally overtook him as he collapsed into his lover's arms. In the other room a little neko sat silently cleaning his soon to be lover's wounds, tears trickling down his cheeks as he heard every single word that Bryan spoke.

"I'm sorry Kai. I-I-I think I love you too" Rei whispered as his tears touched the floor.

And I'm gonna cut off here.

Okay I'm SO sorry this is so late but I have several reasons for this!

They are as follows:

I've just started my final year of school and I'm already panicking about re-sits and exams…they don't even start until January at the earliest!

I had severe writers block for this but now I've written this I do know where I'm going with this.

I was contemplating abandoning this since I lost interest for a while…I'm not now but I might be writing some oneshots on the side.

I've been really drained of energy recently not to mention I've had no inspiration.

Anyway I'm going to America towards the end of October and I will try to update before then but if I don't then at least you'll know why the chapter's delayed.

Remember: It's a fanfiction crime to read and not review!

Sayonara

Komodo Butterfly

P.S. Once again I'm really sorry, I hope this chapter makes up for it a little.