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There are many kinds of silences: The Lazy Silence, where no one has the energy to break it; The Enforced Silence, that teachers break periodically by saying 'SHHHLHLHLHLHLH!'; The Elevator Silence, following an artificial acknowledgement of another's well-being and no longer filled by the out-of-date Elevator Music; The Comfortable Silence, when two or more people are so compatible, that no intelligible noises are required as forms of communication; The Parental Silence, when one is on the phone with someone the parent disapproves of; The Virtual Silence, succeeded by exchanges of 'Hey,' 'What's up?,' 'Not much,' and 'Same,' and often followed by 'so…' and '- has logged off.'; The Car Silence, when both parents are so mad, neither have thought of turning on the radio; The Library Silence that is too good to be true and accompanied by lots of air conditioning; The Intense Silence, where it is so silent, one can hear the motion of one's electrons in their brain; The Awkward Silence, followed by The Awkward Turtle; The Pretentious Silence, when a bitch thinks they're better than you and doesn't talk to you; The Phone Silence, where one person has fallen asleep; and finally, The Morning Silence.

The Morning Silence is generally when everyone's jaw is still asleep and therefore, no one talks. This is also pleasing to the ears who are also in the process of waking up and don't want to hear a frikking thing. Xion likes morning silences; they're peaceful, cozy, and completely comfortable, perfect to start her day with. She enjoys them; respects them.

…Except when a very unsightly red blur of Kairi, trips over her leg to get to the garbage, hurling ensues and subsequently rouses others in the room. Unforeseeably, however, 'others' also included a very heavy Kadaj. 'Heavy', as in he had his entire upper body resting heavily against Xion's. Their legs were loosely intertwined, and his head was flopped carelessly to the side, just beneath her bust.

That was when Xion Stone broke the Morning Silence.

Her scream was surprisingly very shrill, for the first exercise of the day, and it resulted in everyone in the room squeezing their head to prevent them from splitting open. It didn't help her shock when Kadaj squinted and looked her. Looked at her from not 3 inches away.

It took all of 3 seconds and 4 and a half self-defence maneuvers for Kadaj to curl into his self, and nurse his injured balls.

There were uttered words ranging from shouts to mutters of 'hentai' and 'perverti' as Xion stomped out of the Kairi's room and into the adjacent bathroom.

Kairi took her head out of the garbage to announce, "I suppose she's getting the first shower." The sound of water being turned on was heard and she dipped back into the receptacle.

Namine stepped over the youngest Crescent to get to Kairi. Neither cared, for seconds later, the blonde's throat convulsed and she too, expelled the previous night's alcohol. It was Yazoo who came to quickly kneel by his groaning brother. "I don't think she realizes how hung over I am," Kadaj choked out from behind stringy, mid-length hair.

"I think she does; she was with you the whole time," he reasoned before going over to the girls.

When he got his bearings, somewhat together, Kadaj looked around the room. Kairi and Namine were taking turns emptying their stomachs. Loz was wiping his eyes and rubbing Kairi's back comfortingly, telling her to keep going. Yazoo was at Namine's side, holding her longer hair back for her. "Ugh, this is so unladylike!" Namine winced as bile did elevator runs in her throat.

Yazoo grinned sympathetically. "Go get some tissue, would you?" he looked to Kadaj, who unwillingly, got up and went to the bathroom, squinting/scowling at the world. "Don't worry. It wasn't long ago that I was low-tolerance as well." Namine pouted as best she could, disbelievingly. "Honestly." Yazoo continued, looking to Loz for back up. "We looked worse. With our pasty white skin and silver hair? We made very convincing apparitions." He and Namine both smiled.

"Hentai! Perverti!"

"How was I supposed to know you turn the water on before getting in?"

"Get out!"

"I swear I wasn't peeking on you!"

"UGH!"

Xion's powerful volume mixed with the acoustics in the tiled room did not sooth Kadaj's headache, especially when the door was slammed shut. The twenty-year-old held his skull painfully, a box of tissues in his other hand. Loz shot him a confused look.

"Apparently, one has to wait for the water to heat up." He waved his hands mockingly, tossing the box towards Yazoo. "How was I to know she'd be nude?" He scowled and plopped back, messily onto the carpet, leaning back against Kairi's bed.

"Didn't you knock?" Kairi asked, obviousness dripping in her tone.

"Quiet, woman! I haven't started functioning yet!" he growled and climbed into the pink and red bedsheets, burying his aching head in Kairi's pillow.

The redhead snorted, "Clearly." Two hours later, everyone showered and somewhat fresh, the group collapsed about the kitchen. No one felt the vigour to cook, unless it was turning on the coffee maker, so Loz, most able, volunteered to pick up some lunch, on the way back from the golf course to retrieve Kairi's car.

The rest of the day was spent in Kairi's living room, nursing down tacos and coffee, with little mention of partying that heavily again. Even though they knew it wouldn't be long.

Everyone felt sluggish; even Loz and Xion, both of whom could hold their liquor. Xion's morning rage at a certain Crescent brother subsided with the arrival of food, not to mention the full two feet of distance between them as they ate. Kadaj knew he'd done nothing wrong (on purpose), so there was little concern for the black-haired girl when she looked nowhere in his direction. There was even less concern when, as everyone finished eating and decided to bum around and watch TV, Xion pulled a pillow over his lap and made herself comfortable. Kadaj shared a glance with Kairi on Xion's other side. 'This girl definitely makes my life interesting…' Kairi just smiled, rested her head on Loz's shoulder and remained silent.

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