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Chapter 20

Broken Bonds

As soon as Aichi and Kai left the warehouse, Jun and the masked man faced each other with intense eye contact. The rest of the red wings kept their distance, feeling the dark aura that surrounded the two; the air suffocating.

"What the hell do you think you were doing?" the masked man spoke. "You were told to keep an eye on Prince Aichi, not kidnap him. Because of your actions, we come off no different from the Black Winged Clan."

Jun chuckled. "That's rich coming from the hypocrite." he replied. "'Here on Earth, we are not the Red Winged Clan'? In that case, why should we take orders from 'the witch' with you serving as her messenger? Besides, my boys and I have a beef with the little prince. He's part of the reason why we're here! Him, and 'the tool'!"

Blue eyes narrowed behind the dragon mask. "What happened ten years ago is no one's fault. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the Void."

"Even if the Void did cause the event, that doesn't mean anyone else involved is exempt." said Jun. "The moment I saw 'the tool', I knew it would be the Red Winged Clan's downfall. It should never have been created! Even now, it exists! The Red Winged Clan will never be free from its suffering so long as it exists!"

"You shouldn't have dragged Aichi into this though! He has nothing to do with this!" the masked man cried.

Jun's eyes widened before letting out a loud boisterous laugh. "What's with that, referring to the prince so informally?!" He walked over to the masked man. "I really can't take you seriously, especially with that stupid mask and voice filter!"

He ripped the mask off the mysterious figure's face, revealing spiky blond hair and blue eyes. Miwa glared at the other red winged male, who gave him a smirk back. He was not pleased with the latter's actions and behaviour and hated how disrespectful he was to anyone above him.

"Aichi is innocent in all this." the blond repeated.

"You sure about that?" asked Jun, crossing his arms. "Then perhaps you can tell me; why is he here on Earth? Are we certain that he may not be searching for 'the tool' for his own personal gain? Can we really say that he's innocent?"

"Why would Aichi want 'the tool'?" It was Miwa's turn to ask. "What would he gain from it?"

Jun moved closer to Miwa, barely any distance between them. He patted the blond's head. "Silly Miwa. Surely you remember what happened."

The blond male said nothing. He refused to give the raven haired male the satisfaction of answering him. He was not an idiot. He remembered the events of ten years ago in perfect detail; the events that changed the Red Winged Clan and transformed it into a shell of the formerly glorious and powerful clan it once was. Even so, he refused to blame anyone or anything other than the Void for these events. He knew full well it made him sound ignorant, but he wanted to believe in the people he thinks are good. And among them is Aichi. He didn't know him very well, but from their interactions, the blue haired male was kind and caring. He treated everyone with gentleness, put in lots of effort in the things he does, and most of all, he loved Kai, and despite his protests it was clear that Kai loved him too, for he seemed happier around him.

He slapped Jun's hand away. "If both me and my mom hear you tried to hurt him again, you better pray you and your men have a easy punishment."

"Ooh, scary!" Jun mocked. "I quiver with fear of your amazing prowess. Sorry Miwa, but you are as threatening as a teddy bear."

It was Miwa's turn to smirk. "Is that so? Because it sure looked like you feared me when I first showed up."

And just like that, Jun began to glare, thus making the reversal complete. "I was scared for my companion. He's a newbie. He didn't know what your actual personality is like; that you are not the type to hurt anyone."

The blonde laughed. "That was me back as a kid. The me now won't hesitate to hurt those who hurt the people I care about."

They were both at an impasse; neither refusing to back down. After minutes of staring each other down, Miwa decided to be the better man. It was getting really late and he was tired. He was about to call it a night when his cell phone started ringing. He looked at the caller ID. It was his mom. He answered the phone.

"Taishi! Did you deal with Jun and his group?" Tsukiko's voice rang through the speaker.

"Just did!" Miwa replied. "I stopped them before they hurt Aichi. He and Kai are heading home now."

The blond male expected the older woman to cheer with joy and congratulate him for a job well done, considering that despite her worry for his relationship with Kai, she didn't want anything bad to happen to the young prince. To his surprise however, she kept silent. He was worried. He asked her if something was wrong.

"I ended up getting another vision not long after you left." she replied. "It was Aichi, sitting in an alleyway, bleeding."

Miwa's eyes widened with shock upon hearing this. "You don't think the Black Winged Clan got to him again, do you?"

"No, it's not the Bkack Winged Clan. From what I could gather, they are after the prince unharmed. No, I think my worst fear might be upon us."

She didn't need to say anymore, for the younger male knew what she was talking about. His eyes narrowed. "I'll go look around." He hanged up and ran out, making sure his wings were hidden first before exiting, confusing Jun and his men.

XxXxX

After lots of walking down the streetlight lit roads, Kai and Aichi finally made it back to the apartment. Both had been quiet the entire time, but considering all they had gone through, it wasn't a surprise. Aichi had finally found the Red Winged Clan. How he wanted to ask them so many questions; to learn more about their exile and why he had a pendant that belonged to them, and then they push him away. It wasn't like he didn't get anything from it, for he learned that their exile takes place around the same time as 'the event' where Aichi was in danger from. It wasn't just that though, as they seemed to imply both events were connected. But how? Was Aichi truly the reason for their exile? Rather than answering him, it seemed talking to them only produced more questions.

And the most frustrating thing of all was how powerless he was during all of it.

Sure, he managed to defeat Jun in a duel and saved himself from an even worse situation, but he didn't feel like he truly won. It was an empty feeling, and he may have painted himself in a worse light in front of the Red Winged Clan than he had been in previously. Was that all he could do; make things worse for other people?

He was snapped out of his thoughts by Kai placing his hand on the younger's shoulder. "It's getting late." the brunet pointed out. "We should get ready for bed."

Aichi didn't reply back. His thoughts drifted into another direction. What did Kai think of him? He could see full well the human male cared about him; he wouldn't have gone so far to take care of him and protect him otherwise, no matter how much the blue haired male didn't want him to go so far for his sake. However, it's also clear that Kai had demons haunting him day and night. He wanted to help him, but it wouldn't seem like Kai would let him. Was he truly…?

As Kai had finished pulling out both their pajamas, Aichi, who had been subconsciously walking over towards the brunet, pulled on the human male's sleeve. "Kai," the winged male spoke up, "Please be honest with me. Am I that unreliable?"

Kai looked over at him before shrugging his arm off the blue haired male's grip. "We can talk about this in the morning."

"No! This needs to be addressed now!" Aichi shouted. "You, the Red Winged Clan; you push me away when I want to help! Why?! Am I that much of a burden?!"

"Aichi, this is not the time." Kai growled.

"Then when will it be time?!" the blue haired male cried out in frustration. He stared up at the taller male; his face still swollen from the fight. His expression softened, then he placed both his hands on both cheeks and began to work his magic. "You have done so much for me. You even got hurt for my sake, even though you have no reason to. And you do it all despite my protests. Why can't I do the same for you? Why is it okay for you to get involved in my problems, but I'm not allowed to get involved in your problems?"

Kai could barely pay attention. His face was feeling tingly as the magic healed his wounds and felt good against the small, warm hands the magic was coming from. Once again, he absorbed Aichi's sweet scent, which was soothing to his nose, almost putting him to sleep. He couldn't understand why whenever he was basked in the younger male's scent it either calmed him to the point of falling asleep or it would arouse him, but he couldn't think about that right now, for his mind was slowly going blank.

Once Kai's wounds were healed, Aichi wrapped his arms around the taller male, resting his head on his shoulder. "Is it wrong of me for wanting to be closer to you; to want to protect you as much as you do for me? You know so much of me, but I barely know anything of you. I know that you can be rather stubborn and harsh and unapproachable… but you are actually very kind. I know that you are talented at almost everything, especially cooking, but you have stuff you aren't good at. You're only now just getting the hang of dancing and you aren't that good with sword fighting. Miss Tsukiko and Miwa are your current family as your parents passed away I don't know how long ago. And every night, you've had nightmares, though they seem to have gotten better recently. You're smart and strong and handsome…" He gripped tighter.

"But despite all that… it feels like I don't know you at all; that you are someone out of my reach. I don't know what it is that attracts me to you. I just know that I am. And though I know you don't believe me… I have no doubt that what I feel for you is love. I don't know if I can truly ease you from your pain or not… maybe I'm not the one who can. But I want to do my best. If I can help even just a little bit… if you'd let me…"

Aichi is unable to contain the tears. A part of him hated how easily he would cry at even the smallest thing. He felt pathetic. Suddenly, Kai's body began pushing against Aichi's. The blue haired boy thought that he might have fallen asleep, but then he realized it was not the case. Being bigger and stronger, the human male pushed Aichi against the closest wall. The smaller male was pinned in between the other male and the flat surface behind him.

"Kai…?"

The older male didn't respond. He hid his face in the crook of Aichi's neck, taking a breath in. The blue haired male was starting to feel uncomfortable with the silence and Kai's unusual actions. The feeling got worse the moment he felt the brunet's lips against his nape, placing kisses all over the side of his neck. Why would Kai, who had been denying any romantic feelings towards the winged male, suddenly start doing this?

"Kai, what are you-?!"

But before he could say anything more, Aichi was hit with excruciating pain on his neck. After placing kisses all over, Kai proceeded to bite down as hard as he could. The blue haired boy let out a shrill scream upon feeling the pain. Why did Kai bite him? But pain was not the only thing he could feel. The pain was combined with intense heat, as if the place the brunet was biting was set on fire. Not only that, but the right side of his body began to feel wet, and he knew full well that it wasn't water.

The moment he looked down, confusion turned to full on terror as he saw red dripping off him.

"Kai! Let go!" he cried, trying to force the older male to release him. But no matter how hard he tried, the brunet would not let go. Eventually, Kai let go of his own accord and made eye contact with Aichi.

At that moment, he knew the one staring at him was not Kai, or at least not the Kai he knew.

Cerulean hues were met with golden lizard eyes, staring at him with lust and desire. Blood, Aichi's blood, was dripping from the corners of his mouth; long fangs dyed red. Aichi continued to struggle out of the taller male's grasp but to no avail. Kai's hands, which now had long nails almost like claws, had a tight grip on him, holding him by the arms.

"Stop…"

Golden eyes began scanning the blue haired male's body, desiring all that was hidden underneath cloth.

"Please, stop…"

One hand let go of him, ready to tear everything off the younger male's body.

"STOP!"

With his freed arm, Aichi raised it up so his hand was close to Kai's eyes and released a flash of light. The human turned demon let out a roar of pain as he fell backwards, blinded from the light. As soon as he hit the floor, the monstrous roars were replaced by gasps as Kai returned to normal. His eyes didn't take too long to recover and he looked up at the blue haired male. The younger male stared down at him. A mix of emotions were shown on his face; fear, sorrow, betrayal. Kai was unsure of why, but the moment he noticed the stream of red flowing down Aichi's right arm and the copper taste in the brunet's mouth followed by the red he wiped off, his eyes widened and was unable to hide the pain he felt from his actions.

"Aichi, I…"

But before he could get a word in, Aichi ran out of the apartment without putting his shoes on first. Kai began to panic.

"Aichi!" he cried out, rapidly putting his shoes on before heading out, following after the blue haired male. However, it didn't take long before he lost sight of the younger male. He refused to give up though. He couldn't leave Aichi alone. What if the Black Winged Clan was still out there looking for him? And Aichi had no way to protect himself. He began looking around, hoping he was not too late.

XxXxX

"Do you not remember the street in your vision?" Miwa asked his mom through the phone as he ran through the streets.

"The only thing I saw was Aichi in an alleyway, bleeding." Tsukiko replied. "I don't know which alleyway it is though."

The blond sighed. "I can't help but worry though. If what you think has happened is true, the poor kid is in trouble. I just hope we find him before the Black Winged Clan does. I'll call you back if I find him."

After hanging up the phone, Miwa continued to run around, searching every single alleyway he came across, hoping to find Aichi soon. Maybe it wasn't actually a big deal. Maybe he was back at Kai's apartment safe and sound. No, he knew it wouldn't be the case. His mother's visions were never wrong, and that had him panicked more.

As he came across another alleyway, he caught sight of blue hair. He rushed over to find that it was Aichi lying unconscious; the right side of his body dripping with blood and bare feet covered in cuts and blisters. His mother's vision was right once again. If he had to guess, he had to assume the younger male fell unconscious due to blood loss. Either way, it wasn't safe for him to be lying there, so Miwa carefully picked him up and held him piggyback style.

"Taishi!"

It was Tsukiko's voice, but it wasn't coming from Miwa's phone obviously since their call ended not that long ago. The older woman was rushing over towards him to his surprise. "What are you doing out here?" he asked.

"You don't think I was going to leave the search entirely up to you." she replied. She took a close look at Aichi and examined his nape. "I was right. I knew this would happen."

"What happened? What did Kai do?"

Tsukiko did not answer immediately. Her attention was caught on something else. She then looked at him with a very serious expression. "I'll tell you later. Take Aichi back to the house and treat the wound. I have some things I need to take care of."

Miwa was unsure of what she meant by that. However, the more time he spends asking her about it, the worse Aichi will get. In the end, he decided to do what his mother asked him to do and, as carefully as he could, he hurried home carrying Aichi on his back. As soon as he had disappeared from her sight, Tsukiko looked over at a pile of boxes stacked up like a pyramid. "I know you three are there! Get your asses out!"

Kyou and his men came out from behind the boxes. The silver haired male smirked. "So, you noticed us." he spoke up. "You want something from us, old hag?"

The blonde woman's eye twitched from being called an 'old hag' but chose to ignore it. "So, I'm going to assume you are the boys who have been harassing Aichi?"

"Harassing is a strong word." Kyou replied. "I prefer the term 'assisting'. You see, he wishes to get home as soon as possible without any trouble. We just want him to realize that we are trying to help him."

"I see." said Tsukiko. "So you are trying to 'assist' him. If you don't mind me asking though… what does the Black Winged Clan want with the prince of the Gold Winged Clan?"

All three men had their eyes widened from Tsukiko's comment. Kyou took on a protective stance; his men followed suit. "You aren't some regular hag. Who are you, you witch?!"

It was Tsukiko's turn to smirk. "A witch?" she chuckled. "According to the people around me, that is exactly what I am." Her eyes began to glow and her hands were surrounded with flames, causing the three black wings to stare at her with fear. "And you boys don't want to mess with this witch when she's… 'burning' with rage."

XxXxX

Nothingness.

He was surrounded by nothingness. Where he was and why he was here he did not know. All he knew was that he was surrounded by an everlasting nothingness alone. He was scared. He tried to call out different names, hoping for an answer.

Silence.

He flew around the space, hoping to find something; anything. No matter the distance though, all there was was nothingness. As he roamed the vast nothingness, he wondered if he would be trapped there forever, alone. He denied it immediately after thinking it. He would escape somehow, no matter what. He just had to keep going.

He heard someone call his name. He turned around to see a familiar face making eye contact with him. He felt relieved upon seeing that person there but was caught off guard when his new companion wrapped their arms around him. He relaxed in their arms, feeling safe around them. The terror of nothingness could do nothing to him as long as this person was with him.

But it didn't last long as that calm was replaced with an excruciating amount of pain followed by the feeling of something dripping. This feeling… no, it couldn't be. His fear appeared to be true as he was met the eyes of a monster rather than the beloved person he thought it was. But the monster did not stop there and continued to bite. No, rather the monster began to eat him little by little, and he could do nothing but scream, hoping to be rescued. But like before, his cries fell flat and no one was coming to his rescue as the monster was about to eat the last of him.

XxXxX

Aichi screamed himself awake from the nightmare he had. He couldn't stop himself after what he just saw. It got worse when he felt something touch his shoulder. Still screaming, he turned and began swatting at whatever it was, eyes shut tight from the panic.

"Aichi, calm down! It's me!"

The blue haired male opened his eyes and managed to calm down a bit upon hearing a familiar voice. Right in front of him was the blond male, gazing at him with relieved eyes while holding a glass of water in his hand. Once he had the younger male calmed down, Miwa handed the glass over to him, making sure he took a sip. "Thank god I found you when I did. Any sooner and you might've died from the loss of blood."

Loss of blood? Thinking back on it, he did feel something wrapped around his neck. Placing the glass down on the table, he put his hand on his neck to feel the texture of cotton. He looked down to see that not only was his neck covered with a bandage, he was wearing a different shirt.

"Hope you don't mind, but I changed you out of your shirt and into one of my old ones." Miwa continued.

More than concerned that the blond male changed his shirt (especially since it meant he might've seen the wing marks on his back), Aichi was worried about the fact that he was bleeding enough to warrant first aid like this. He thought back, trying to figure out what might've led to this. He went to rehearsal, he and Kai ended up sharing a moment through a dance, the brunet denied any form of romantic feelings towards him, they got in an argument, was found by the Black Winged Clan, was captured by members of the Red Winged Clan, managed to fight for his freedom but unfortunately was unable to learn much about their exile. And then after that…

Cerulean eyes widened in realization; his small body trembling. Kai; what had happened to him? Why did he attack him? And his eyes; they weren't that of a human's, but rather of a wild animal, ready to devour its prey. He was horrified. Was he trying to eat him? Who, no, what was Kai?

He felt warmth around his body as Miwa wrapped an arm around him. "Everything's alright." he assured the younger male. "You are safe now. When you are ready, feel free to tell me what happened. I'm here for you. After all, what are friends for?"

Aichi eased himself into the embrace, and yet despite feeling nice, it didn't provide the same warm, comforting feeling he felt whenever he was close to Kai. Why did he yearn for the embrace of the man who attacked him like that? Was his love for him so deep that he would endure the hurt he had through this night? He never considered himself a masochist. A part of him was willing to take Miwa on his word. But what could he say? 'Miwa, I think your best friend and the guy you consider a brother might have an animalistic side to him and he bit me hard enough to make me bleed?' There was no way he would believe him. Nonetheless, it would be good to know what the blond may know.

"Miwa?" Aichi spoke up. "Have you… noticed anything strange regarding Kai?"

The older male looked over at him with a confused look. "Strange how?"

"Like…" Aichi tried to think of the best way to word it without it sounding odd or rude. "Has he ever… acted like a beast?"

Blue eyes narrowed. "In what way? As if he wasn't human or something?"

The blue haired male perked up. "Do you know anything about that?"

Miwa didn't respond immediately. He kept silent as Aichi's words ran through his head. Kai acting like a beast? He was truly worried now. Did Kai collapsing the other day not only bring back some of his old self but also... ? If collapsing the first time has done this much to him, if he were to collapse again…!

"Sorry, Aichi!" he finally spoke up. "I need to take a call." He got up from the couch, pulled out his cell phone from his pocket, and went to the other room. Aichi watched as he left, rather concerned with the blond male's strange change in personality. Now he knew for sure that he knew something about Kai's personality. He looked around the room. He didn't see Tsukiko around anywhere. Was that who Miwa was going to call? And then there was the fact that Miwa didn't say anything about Aichi's back. If he had changed his shirt while he was unconscious, he should've said something. Unless of course he didn't want to pry on his life, but that didn't sound like the blond male, who was the type to tease those he considered his friends.

What was he hiding?

In the other room, Miwa was on his cell phone calling his mom. He had to let her know what he had found out from Aichi. After a couple rings, she answered. "Mom, Aichi is awake. He didn't say anything specific, but he seemed to imply that Kai was acting beast-like. Could that be…?"

A sigh could be heard from Tsukiko's side. "I know. I could tell just by the wound. But Aichi's word does confirm it more. I'm going to go see Toshiki and see if he's alright. I have no doubt he must be shaken up by this just as much as Aichi."

"You mean to tell me Kai didn't do this of his own free will? Not that I think he would ever do anything like this willingly but..."

"...It's complicated to explain. Anyways, I'll be staying at his apartment overnight considering how late it is. Take care of Aichi. Let him know that he can stay over as long as he wants."

With everything settled, they gave their goodbyes and hung up the call. Miwa went back to the living room to see Aichi looking at him with a concerned look. "Is everything alright?" he asked.

"Yeah," Miwa replied. "Mom said she's gonna stay with Kai tonight. You should stay here. It's really late. Besides," he gave a cheeky grin. "We have rehearsal tomorrow and Mom would kill us if we dozed off in the middle."

Aichi gave a little chuckle albeit a little forced. It was hard to be cheerful with all that had happened. While it was fine now, he worried about how he was going to face Kai tomorrow. Miwa must've realized, because he placed his hand on the younger male's shoulder. "Would you rather skip rehearsal tomorrow?"

After a little bit of time contemplating it, the blue haired male shook his head. "I've missed too much rehearsal already." he replied. "Besides, I don't want to let everyone down." With all said and done, they went upstairs to Miwa's room. The blond male offered to lend him some pajamas but Aichi told him he didn't need them. He was fine keeping the clothes he was wearing on to go to bed as since he was already borrowing one of the older male's shirts to replace his shirt now covered in blood and he didn't want to waste any more clothes on himself.

"You never answered my question." Aichi spoke up after Miwa got back from the washroom to change into his own pajamas.

The blond male, who had just started to pull off the guest futon, looked over at him. "You mean regarding Kai?"

The younger male nodded. "I just have to know; is he actually like that? Since it was the first time I had ever seen him act this way, I don't want to believe it's his true personality but…"

"It's not." Miwa replied, putting the finishing touches on the futon. "Heck, I'd say even the stoic asshole personality he has is not his true self."

Aichi stared at him in awe as he laid down on the now prepared futon. "Really?"

It was Miwa's turn to nod as he got into his own bed. "You bet! The old Kai was actually one of the most cheerful guys I had ever met. He wouldn't let any bad shit bring him down. Not to mention he was super cocky, and you can't blame him; the guy was good at almost everything he did. He was super fun to hang out with."

"So what happened to make him change into what he's like now?"

A sigh escaped the older male's lips. "Well, a combination of things."

"Was one of those things the death of his parents?"

"You know about that?"

Aichi looked up at the ceiling. "Kai told me. He wouldn't tell me the details."

Miwa also looked up at the ceiling. "I see. If he told you that much at least, I think he considers you someone special enough to know." He didn't get a response back. He continued. "Yeah, their death was one of the factors. Well, his mom's death at least. He didn't bat an eye when it came to his dad."

"What did he have against his father?"

Miwa laughed nervously. "Sorry, but that's something Kai needs to tell you himself. I don't want to give out too much of his personal information without his permission."

Aichi nodded. Perhaps it was better to change the conversation. He thought over to something he had noticed but never had the chance to bring up until now. "If you don't mind me asking regarding your personal information, whatever happened to your father?"

Blue eyes widened from the sudden question before the blond laughed even harder. "I don't mind at all. Actually, it's always just been me and my mom from the beginning. I never had a dad."

It was Aichi's turn to be shocked. He looked over at him. "How is it possible for one to be born without a father? Don't all humans need a man and a woman to reproduce?"

Miwa laughed some more. "Sorry but man, you say a lot of really funny stuff, Aichi!"

"I don't know what's funny about it."

"It's just the way you phrase things." The older male began to calm down. "But sorry. I'm not making fun of you. And to answer your question… well, how do I put it? From what I gathered, my mom had sex with a random guy and that's how I was born."

"I never thought Miss Tsukiko of all people would be someone who would do something like that, given how she wrote such a beautiful romance story."

"Well, that's not to say my mom never fell in love. All I can say though is that it was never reciprocated."

"Really?" the blue haired male looked back up at the ceiling. "I wonder why..."

"But it's not like I want her to find someone else if she doesn't want to. Even if it's just me, her, and Kai as a family, I don't mind. After all, I wouldn't ask for a better family." Miwa adjusted himself so he was laying comfortably. "Anyways, we should get some sleep." And with that, he went to sleep.

Aichi continued to stay up a little longer; many thoughts clouding his head. He was filled with lots of complicated emotions, a lot of them towards Kai; sorrow, fear, betrayal, but also love and yearning. Why did he feel this way after what had happened? He should be hating him, no, possibly loathing him after what he had done, and yet he couldn't stop thinking about him, worrying about him, scared for him. The mark where he had bit was still burning, throbbing against his neck. As he laid there in his thoughts, sleep eventually took over, and everything went black.

XxXxX

"Aichi!" Kai cried as he ran down the empty streets. It had been around an hour and there was no sign of the winged male. He was really worried. Maybe he was too late. Maybe the Black Winged Clan already got to him. He shook those thoughts out of his head. He refused to believe that happened. Still, he had to hurry just in case.

He kept running until he came across an alley. Though it was barely visible in the darkness, he could see a red puddle on the ground. This did not help his anxiety in the slightest. If that puddle came from Aichi…

He kept calling Aichi's name, hoping for a response. The only reply he got was from some dogs barking in the distance. His hands shook in fear and he got himself hyperventilating. He didn't know what he would do if something terrible had happened to the blue haired boy. If he had known something like this would happen, would it had been better to admit his love for him, even if they had to part at the end of the month? Would this never have happened if he did?

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his cell phone ringing. He pulled it out and looked at the caller id, hoping it could be something to show him that Aichi was alright. It was Tsukiko. Kai was annoyed that the older woman was calling him, especially in this hour, but decided to answer for he knew that this would never stop if he did.

"I'm at your apartment and I saw that you weren't home." she spoke on the other side. "Where are you?"

Kai growled. What would she possibly want at this hour? "I don't have time to talk! I-!"

"Aichi is safe."

Teal eyes widened at what the blonde woman said. "You know where he is?!" he exclaimed, not hiding the worry in his voice.

"He's at the house. Taishi is there with him. However, I think it would be best if you both have your space for tonight. So come back to the apartment."

Upon hearing that the younger male was safe, the brunet's legs gave out and he fell to the ground. He was relieved to hear the news and that the Black Winged Clan didn't get to him. Even so, the fact that he had tried to attack Aichi without realizing it; a wave of emotions were swirling in the pit of his stomach. Once he got the strength of his legs back, he went back to his apartment where Tsukiko waited for him inside. As soon as she saw him, she wrapped his arms around him.

"I'm glad that you are alright." she told him.

Kai simply frowned. "Why are you worried about me?" he asked. "Aichi is the one that got hurt. You should be focusing on him."

The blonde woman looked up at him. "Why shouldn't I worry about you? You weren't at your apartment and it was quite a while since we found Aichi; I wasn't sure what had happened to you."

At that moment, the brunet broke himself out of the older woman's grasp and began to pace around the room. "You want to know what happened?! I'm the reason Aichi got hurt. I was the one who made him bleed like that! I'm not the victim here! He is! I don't even know what happened… I…" His body began to tremble as tears ran down his face. He held up his hands and looked down at them. "I just… blacked out… and when I came to… Aichi!"

Tsukiko walked over towards him. "Toshiki, just calm down."

"HOW THE FUCK CAN I CALM DOWN?!" Kai shouted. His face was red and his breathing was ragged, making the blonde woman worry more. But before she could say anything, he continued. "I regained consciousness to see Aichi bleeding and to taste his blood in my mouth! That's not normal! Just what… what is with me…?!"

He couldn't say any more, as like the time with the skateboard, Kai's chest was hit with devastating pain and he couldn't breathe. And like before, he fell to the ground and fell unconscious. Tsukiko rushed over towards him in panic. She had feared that this would happen again.

And unlike the last time, it was going to be worse.

Like before, Kai's eyes turned into gold lizard eyes and his teeth had become fangs. But this time, not only had his nails grown longer, looking like claws, but though barely noticeable under his hair, his ears were growing pointy. Luckily for the both of them, Tsukiko had brought the bottle with the liquid she had used before. She tried to force his mouth open to pour the drink in, but this time, when she got his mouth open to a certain width, flames came flying out. She had managed to dodge the flames in time and luckily they disappeared before they got caught on something. She knew she had to be careful this time. Making sure no more flames would come out, she opened the bottle and poured some of the liquid in. Like before, as soon as he devoured the drink, he began to look human again and he was just sleeping peacefully.

As soon as she put the bottle away, Tsukiko used all her strength to get the unconscious male off the ground and onto the bed. She helped get in comfortably and tucked him in, smiling briefly with how much it reminded her of when both he and Miwa were children and how she would tuck them both in. But it didn't last long, and she was filled with melancholy once again.

"This is the second time already." she whispered to herself. "If this happens two more times…" She took the brunet's hand and clenched it tightly within her own. "Haru… I'm scared. I'm don't know if I'll be able to stop it." She continued to lament until sleep took over, taking her to dreamland.

Pinkshuchan: And that's the chapter. Sorry to take a bit of time to write such a depressing chapter, but I feel this chapter is absolutely necessary to the overall story. I hope you guys enjoyed and Review!