More cute awkwardness. XD

Chapter Twenty

Kayura awkwardly looked at Steve in the dark of his apartment and he noticed, "Kay?"

She shook her head, "good night, Roger-san."

"There you go again, you can call me Steve, its alright," he said softly and turning towards his room. He leaned against the door, "if you need anything, let me know..."

"Um."

He looked back at her, his eyes were like blue lightning in the night, "what's wrong?"

She bit her lip again, "would you mind if I took your offer."

He nodded, he didn't mind giving up his bed, "be my guest..."

She stood up, "would you mind staying though?"

He raised an eyebrow, "I definitely should stay in the living room then..."

She scowled and smacked his shoulder, "not like that, you baka..."

He saw how red her cheeks were, it must have taken all of her courage to even say something like that. He felt like a moron without her calling him that, "I'm lost then..."

"Do all American men have their minds so far in the gutters? Never mind, forget I said anything."

He saw her stomp back to the couch and he sighed, he really wanted to sleep. He sat down next to her, "no, I always say something stupid around you, don't I?"

"I think that's just a quality of a man."

He rubbed a hand through his hair and said, "you sound so insulting yourself sometimes."

"I suppose that's another quality we share."

"Yeah," he paused, "so what did you mean?"

She glanced down at her fidgeting hands, "I just don't want to be alone is all."

"I see."

She looked up at him as he stood back up, he held out a hand for her again. She stood up but didn't take it, "please, don't make it weird."

He nodded and slipped his hands in his pockets as she followed him into his room. She noted it was rather bare, but didn't say anything about it. His bed was small and he sat down on it, "it'll be a bit snug..."

She sat down on the opposite side of him, he noticed she sat with her back to him. It must have taken a lot of courage for her to say anything like considering how much of a fuss she put up earlier. As cool as she was most of the time, she could be fire cracker when she was insulted. He laid back and rolled onto his side and squashed his pillow to be comfortable, "sorry..."

There was silence for a moment but then she said, "let's stop apologizing."

He looked at her, "...yeah?"

"Let's accept that we're both really strange and slightly insulting to each other," she paused, "I don't know what you call that?"

"Friends?"

She looked back at him, "tomodatchi desuka? (Friends, huh?)"

"Soudesu (yup)," he smiled and she laid on her side next to him. Her back to his, "I think that the last couple of days qualify it as that."

She smiled to herself, knowing he couldn't see, and then said, "you would the first one in a very long time."

He smiled to himself, "you sound like you miss someone..."

He didn't hear a response and looked over his shoulder and saw the gentle ups and downs of her back, she must have drifted off with her last sentence. He smiled to himself and pulled up the covers for her. He went back to his side and said, "sweet dreams, Kay."