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'Is everything alright Yuki? You seem a little on edge,' Micro-Ice said to his girlfriend as he gently stroked her arm. She had been uneasy throughout the day and Micro-Ice couldn't put his finger on exactly what was wrong with her. He hoped though she wasn't regretting last night. 'You don't regret last night, do you?' he forced himself to ask.

'No, of course not Micro! I'm just tired; the past while is just starting to have an affect on me now I think. But if you wouldn't mind…I'd rather just, sleep in my own room tonight. Just get my head around things,' she said and Micro-Ice nodded but it was clear he only half-believed her as he knew there was something bothering her. He decided to leave it though for now and let her come to him when she was ready. He wouldn't let it run too far though. Wanting to reassure her he was there and she could come to him, Micro-Ice slid an arm around her shoulders which made her jump nervously and go tense but Micro-Ice guessed it was just her emotions were running high after everything that had happened.

'Give it time Yuki. It's all over now, you'll be fine. I promise,' he assured her as he kissed her hair. Yuki stayed silent and nervously allowed her boyfriend to hold her but it was only a short while before she announced she was going to her room; completely unaware of what lay ahead…

A week later, and things were different in many ways for all three couples. Tia was improving slowly but the first days were tough. She had a reaction to one of the medication she was on and was quite ill but Simbai was quick to nurse her back to health with Rocket's help and replaced her medication with one she wasn't allergic to and her health was fine now; getting better. As well as that, she suffered some nights from nightmares of what had previously happened but she handled it quite well and was there to comfort Rocket that one time he had a nightmare that she died. He was relieved though to see she was handling things quite well and getting better at a rapid pace. Finally, they were happy even if things weren't perfect. D'Jok was getting on ok to. He was happier now that he was officially engaged with Mei again (still a secret to everyone else but she had mentioned it to Rocket) and somehow that made him determined now to get back on his feet again so everyday over the past week he had been to physio and tried his best despite the pain. He tried his best and it was definitely becoming easier for him but painfully slowly. He was trying so hard in fact that Simbai was forcing him to give today a day's rest as he was working extremely hard and she didn't want him to overdo anything either. He was happy though with resting with a happy Mei in his arms all day which was what the two were doing. Meanwhile, Yuki was on her way to see the only person she could talk to right now and when she entered the room, a spark of jealousy ran through her body as she saw Rocket cuddling Tia close to his chest with the two whispering either sweet or dirty thoughts into one another's ear but stopped when they felt Yuki's presence.

'Yuki! Hey!' Tia welcomed with the big smile everyone had not seen for quite a while (Rocket was most probably whispering dirty thoughts into her ear then) and it made Yuki smile also.

'Hey guys! Err...Tia? I was wondering if I could talk to your for a minute?' she asked.

'Of course!' Tia replied and gave Rocket a look before he let her go. Not before stopping in front of Yuki to tell her something first.

'Can I just ask you stay here until I come back? I'll give you guys a while to talk, trust me but just don't leave her alone. Please,' Rocket begged and his love for Tia overpowered Yuki and made her feel twice as guilty about the situation she was currently caught in.

'Of course Rocket, I'll stay here until you get back and I won't leave her alone. You have my word,' she assured her friend's lover before he thanked her and left the two friend's alone. Yuki sat down in the chair next to the bed but before she could speak, Tia did.

'Sorry about that, he's just... He's just scared of losing me again I guess. Doesn't want to leave me alone at all!' she smiled but it was easy to see there was some pain there. She clearly felt sorry for Rocket as did everyone else. He went through so much pain and it was good that she was fine, but you had to feel for Rocket. It was clear though he wasn't going to make anymore mistakes and lose her again.

'It's alright Tia, honestly. I totally get it,' Yuki assured her and then it all went quiet. Suddenly, Tia remembered why Yuki was there in the first place.

'So what's up? You said you wanted to talk about something,' Tia said with deep concern and Yuki took a breath before speaking.

'Kind of. More show you something...' Yuki said as she pulled up her sleeve a bit to reveal the fading bruise on her wrist that still looked rather nasty.

'Shit Yuki! What happened?' Tia exclaimed as she examined the bruise closer. 'I don't want to ask this but, did someone do this to you?'

'That's what I thought when I got this one because Micro-Ice and I had been together all that night and things were a little...intense I guess you could say. But I still didn't think he hurt me. I also have these...' Yuki said as she showed a shocked Tia a few bruises round her stomach.

'So...you were with Micro-Ice the whole night the past while and every morning you've woken up with a bruise on your body?' Tia asked as she tried to get the situation straight in her head.

'That's the thing Tia...I haven't been with Micro-Ice since I got the first bruise.'

'How's your leg doing?' Mei asked her boyfriend as the two lay facing each other on the bed; enjoying one another's company.

'Its fine Mei, honestly,' D'Jok assured her but his darling Mei just wanted to be sure.

'Do you need anything? I can-'

'Mei...I'm fine. Promise. Now stop fussing and relax,' D'Jok ordered with a smile and she smiled back. The two relaxed for a while and thought about everything that had happened recently; particularly Mei. But just before Mei could say anything; D'Jok let out a shocked gasp as he peered over Mei's shoulder making her flip round but they both relaxed when they saw who it was.

'Dad, you really need to stop doing that!' D'Jok said as he and Mei sat up and Sonny sat in the chair beside the bed. Despite himself, Sonny allowed a sly grin to appear on his face which also made the two youngsters in front of him smile. 'Can I ask what we owe to the honour of this visit?' D'Jok joked with his unexpected father (meaning you never knew when he would turn up) and Sonny laughed aloud.

'My son just got engaged, there's your answer,' Sonny said simply making the engaged couple blush and smile. D'Jok was the first to respond to his father's statement.

'Thanks Dad,' D'Jok said and after a wink from Sonny, the three began to chatter bout random little things about the future wedding and what the future held from them.

'What?' Tia exclaimed as Yuki dropped the news. 'So you weren't with anyone at night and yet you still woke up with bruises?' Tia questioned just to make sure she understood the situation fully and Yuki nodded.

'There's one more thing though. I thought that may be the bruises were just me subconsciously having dreams and banging parts of my body or something. I didn't really know. But then when I woke up this morning, I found these…' Yuki announced before she rolled up one of her sleeves to reveal some shredded skin down almost the full length of her arm. Just like Yuki suspected, Tia pulled back slightly and took a few shaky breaths as the scratches on her arm had a freaky resemblance to her scarred eyes. After a few moments, Tia calmed down and tried to focus on the situation at hand but Yuki had to get a word in first.

'I'm sorry about coming to you Tia, I know it probably wasn't right of me because of your condition and all but I just… You were the only one I could turn to and I knew with you, you would tell me the truth and only you could tell me what's going on. I'm sorry but…I had no one else to turn to,' Yuki said earnestly to her close friend who simply shrugged it off like it was nothing.

'It's alright Yuki, I was just surprised but I'm fine. But do you remember anything from last night? Anything at all?' Tia asked as she couldn't remember her own experience with the self-harm and nothing after up until the point she did a runner to find Mei. Everything before that is a blur.

'I don't remember having a dream, no nothing. I remember nothing,' Yuki informed her and Tia nodded before her expression went into deep thought. 'What do you think is happening?' Yuki asked and Tia was reluctant to say but decided to tell her because Tia knew the situation as she had been in it.

'It's probably nightmares from everything that's happened. Everything's probably affected you without you realising and then the nightmares, whatever's happening in them, are causing you to hurt yourself. There's not much you can do about it but tell Micro-Ice. Having Rocket know everything is… It's a comfort knowing he's there and being able to tell him anything especially if I don't want others to know. I'll keep it to myself but tell Micro-Ice. He can help you.' With that, Tia finished and Yuki smiled. The old Tia was definitely on her way back.

'Thanks Tia,' Yuki smiled and with that, she pulled her close friend in for a friendly hug…

'D'Jok…' Mei began. Sonny had left the two alone no more than ten minutes ago and in that time; the two were simply cuddled together on D'Jok's bed talking when Mei thought of something that she wanted to get off her chest despite knowing the topic was a painful one to talk about. '…if I had to have been in Tia's position… Ok, if you and Rocket hadn't had come when you two did, most possibly they would have done what they did to Tia to the rest of us. I just want to know; and you don't have to answer, but if it were me in Tia's position and I didn't make it…how would you feel?' Mei felt guilty for putting him in that position to answer a question like that but it had been bugging her since Tia came back and then the whole engagement thing. She knew what would've happened if Rocket and D'Jok hadn't have come when they did, so with that in mind she decided to ask the question that had been bugging her.

'It would be beyond painful. It would kill me Mei, I can't live without you. That's all I can say. I'd rather not even think about losing you so that's all I can say,' D'Jok admitted and Mei took the hint that he loved her too much to even think about losing her. Mei just cuddled him closer as a silent apology for forcing the thought to go through his mind and he kissed her hair as a response. 'You know I would do anything I for you, right?'

'Of course D'Jok. That is one reason why I agreed to marry you after all!' Mei exclaimed making her fiancé smile. 'I have a surprise for you!' Mei sniggered as she jumped up out of his arms. She toddled over to the bathroom door before turning back to her dumbfounded fiancé lying on the bed. 'A little celebration of our engagement,' she said seductively and winked at him before running into the bathroom. In excitement, D'Jok sat up in the bed (being careful of his leg in the process) and randomly ruffled his hair so it looked cool but not messy at the same time and allowed his mind to wonder about Mei's surprise for him. A few minutes later, in toddled Mei in a long silk dressing gown and took a few steps towards him before stopping and dropped the dressing gown to reveal her stunning curves and long legs being revealed whilst wearing silk black underwear. D'Jok couldn't help himself as he pursed his lips as she approached him and placed herself on top of him before pressing his lips on hers in a passionate kiss.

'Don't know if you noticed but I'm not exactly able to move much right now,' D'Jok joked as Mei continued to kiss him with an amazing passion.

'Well then you lie there and enjoy,' Mei teased and D'Jok felt his body tickle pink. Ahh, how much he loved her!

'That I'll have no trouble doing,' D'Jok smiled when finally the chatter ended and the two allowed themselves to fall together into a night of passion…

'You alright?' a shirtless Rocket asked his girlfriend as he came out on to the balcony where she was leaning on the ledge. She had woken up in a bit of a state last night from a nightmare that really had her freaked and had asked for Rocket's shirt for comfort and after then, she relaxed so Rocket guessed the dream had something to do with him. He also didn't want to leave her alone so he remained where he was and didn't bother to put on a different shirt but Tia had no complaints. He then woke up in a panic when Tia wasn't lying next to him but with relief he found her outside on the balcony which was when he went out to her and secured her in his arms by placing his two arms on either side of her so she was close.

'Yeah, just still shaky about that dream last night that's all,' she said earnestly and acting on instinct, Rocket pulled himself closer to her and placed a reassuring kiss on her cheek which popped an idea into his head.

'Let's go to breakfast with the team this morning,' he said suddenly which surprised his girlfriend as she quickly snapped her head towards him. 'They miss you Tia; and we've been eating and pretty much hiding out in your hospital room since this whole thing started. It's all over now, so why not? Try, please. And then this afternoon, I'll take you out. We'll just go out and just…be together. What do you say?' Rocket honestly thought it would be good for Tia to just hang with the team and for them to just spend some time together alone without being trapped in a room together and to just have some fun. Something they hadn't done in a while.

'I guess that's a good idea but Rocket…with the team and me not being me… I don't want them to think I'm some psycho bitch,' Tia said as she repeated what a micro-chipped Simbai said to her when she was kidnapped the second time around. Of course, Rocket was quick to defend her.

'Hey…' he whispered as he pulled her round to him. 'They don't think that Tia. To them you're still Tia and they miss you. It's just breakfast and some reassurance to them that you're fine would be nice to. Try, please,' Rocket begged and Tia thought about it for a few moments before nodding.

'Ok then but just you and me this afternoon, you promise?'

'I promise,' Rocket smiled before he embraced his lover into a hug…

'It'll be ok,' Rocket assured Tia just as they were about to enter the breakfast room and with a nod, Tia grabbed his hand and allowed him to lead her into the breakfast room. Much to Tia's relief, the team just wished the couple a good morning and gave Tia a happy smile as the two sat themselves into two chairs at the end of the right side of the table with Rocket sitting next to Thran and Tia then next to him. Rocket gave Tia a sneaky wink out of cockiness that he was right and despite herself, Tia laughed before they began to dig into her breakfast. The team had normal everyday discussions as if nothing had happened over the previous few weeks and Tia was happy with that and happily joined in at places; much to Rocket's relief. After about ten minutes, Tia noticed Micro-Ice and Yuki whispering to each other but Micro-Ice had a look of concern on his face; one she had seen on Rocket quite often recently. After, Micro-Ice stood up to get a bottle of water from one of the vending machines and Tia took the chance to question Yuki so she mouthed over to her friend 'Did you tell him?' and Yuki nodded so Tia sent her a reassuring smile and wink. Yuki replied with a smile to when Micro-Ice returned and excused himself and Yuki from the table; probably to go and see Simbai before Tia was due to. After they left, Tia went into deep thought which Rocket noticed when she stopped eating and grabbed her hand. 'You alright?' he whispered worriedly.

'I'm fine Rocket, just thinking,' Tia assured him as she began to eat her breakfast again and Rocket smiled.

After breakfast, Tia and Rocket went back to his room for half an hour and everyone else went out. Meanwhile, Yuki and Micro-Ice were with Dame Simbai who was now giving her verdict.

'Those scratches and bruises are quite nasty and it's a good thing Micro-Ice stopped you last night because that could've been really nasty; you're most recent one. But there's not much I can do to stop it. Your best bet is to stay together and you help her out when she needs it. Your bruises should be ok and I'll give what I give Tia for the scratches. And don't worry, it'll stay between us,' Simbai said before going off to get the cream.

'Do you think I'll be ok?' Yuki asked her boyfriend worriedly.

'Course you will Yuki. It's just a side effect from everything that's happened; in time it'll stop. For now, you're just going to have to trust me,' Micro-Ice said and Yuki nodded with a smile; confident he would pull her through this. Happy, Micro-Ice pulled his girlfriend into a passionate kiss…

Woop woop! Two chapters left! Hopefully they'll get better and you guys will love them! Not overly happy with this but I hope you guys enjoyed it anyhow! Please review!

P.S; I re-uploaded this on the 16/1/2011 due to the mistake made in a Mei/D'Jok scene. Apologies to Mei/D'Jok fans for my mistake.