When he woke up the next morning, Nya had already gone out for the day. He knew she didn't have any classes today so she must have been out with friends. He got up, got dressed, and made a quick breakfast. He wasn't really interested in eating however, his mind too focused on his job tonight. Morro knew it would be their last session for the next week so Kai was certain he'd be in tonight. He quickly buried those thoughts, however, and tried thinking about what he could do before he went to work.

Sadly their apartment didn't need cleaning and since Chen cut his paycheck last night Kai didn't have enough money to go to the store.

With nothing else to do, he decided to go for a walk to help clear his mind. He might even stop at the gym if he felt like it. By the time he was ready for the day, it was nearly noon. Since he was up until three AM, however, he figured that it was a decent enough time to be up and about. He didn't have to be in at work until nine PM so that gave him more than enough time to relax. So he put on his shoes and headed out the front door. As he was heading out, he noticed a man around his age carrying a heavy box.

The man had ginger curly hair with brown thin eyebrows and cute light freckles with dark blue eyes.

He wore a blue jacket with a white stripe over a white t-shirt and blue pants with a soft orange wooly scarf. From this distance, Kai thought he looked kinda cute, but he shook those feeling away. He had heard rumors of them getting a new neighbor but Kai didn't really pay attention when his sister was telling him this, it wasn't like he made friends here anyway. The only people he could have a friendly talk with were Nya and Skylor. It was then he saw the man was struggling with the box.

Kai hesitated a moment but managed to work up the nerve to approach the man.

"You need some help with that stuff?" He suddenly asked before he could stop himself. The ginger turned to look at him and was about to say something, only to cut himself off with a stumble, dropping the box. He fell forward, and Kai ran up to him, crouching down, and began looking the boy over for injuries, but he seemed to be unharmed.

"Are you hurt?" He asked and the ginger gave a small laugh.

"Just my pride, but otherwise I'm fine." He smiled, sending butterflies to Kai's stomach, as he got to his feet, and Kai stood with him. "I'm Jay, your new neighbor; I guess this isn't too great a first impression."

"I've done dumber things, trust me," Kai reassured, giving a smile as he looked Jay over. He was lean and slightly shorter than Kai but still looked strong. Even with his slim frame, however, there was something about him that sent warning bells ringing in his head. During his time at the club, Kai had honed this intuition. It was a very necessary tool when working at the strip club. It helped the workers know if a customer was dangerous or not.

More than once Kai had to face a customer who wanted a little more than they paid for.

If it hadn't been for his intuition or the bouncers the brunette dreaded to think what would have happened to him. He didn't get that type of warning off Jay, however. This type of feeling unsettled him greatly.

"Ha, this is far from the worst thing I've done and this isn't even the heaviest one," Jay admitted with a laugh.

"I'm more than willing to help." He offered again. He was not busy or anything, and for some reason, it seemed rude to him not to offer any assistance.

"Are you sure? I can do it myself."

"Yeah, it's no problem; the weight won't bother me."

"That's really nice of you! My car's got all the boxes, I'll show you it after I put this away." Jay smiled back before he walked up to the door next to Kai's, trying to get his key in while he held the box and the brunette stifled a laugh. After a few moments of this, he walked over and took the box from him to make it easier. Jay flashed him a sheepish smile as he unlocked the door. After he opened it, he took the box back and brought it over to the counter, where he put it down.

"You sure you want to help?" He asked.

"Wouldn't have offered if I wasn't." Kai pointed out. It took them a few hours to bring in all the boxes and they passed the time with idle chatter. Kai found that the ginger was a pretty cool guy to talk with, like Nya and Skylor, but at the same time, it felt different. Kai couldn't understand why though. As they were finishing, Jay turned to him.

"You know, I don't think I caught your name." He pointed out and Kai internally facepalmed, realizing he forgot to introduce himself.

"It's Kai Smith, it was nice meeting you, Jay." He smiled and the ginger stiffened at Kai's name. He glanced him over, visible surprise on his face.

"Heh, uh, yeah." He gulped, looking away. "It was- it was nice to meet you too." He said as he gave a clearly nervous smile and the brunette frowned at that. He wasn't famous and there was no way Jay would know who he was unless he'd seen him at the club and Kai paled at that thought. The club he worked at was a very good distance from the apartment. That meant there was a very good chance that he would never run into a customer outside of work.

Kai forced a smile, giving a wave as he went back inside his own apartment.

From his first analysis of the ginger, he was clearly more powerful than he looked at first glance. But Kai didn't recognize him, meaning there was a slim chance he had been one of Kai's customers. That didn't mean he'd never been to the club, however, but Kai couldn't just ask him. Kai may have been impulsive, but he was not stupid. He needed to play this smart. He couldn't afford to have Nya finding out about what he had been doing to provide for them both.

Kai looked at his watch and saw he had another three hours before he had to get to work.

He still had time to relax and think things over. He took off his shoes, setting them on the rack. He went into his room, flopping down onto the cold bed. There had to be a way to hint at it so that he would understand if Jay actually knew about his job. He sighed, dragging a hand down his face, wondering why everything had to be so complicated. With nothing better to do, he grabbed his phone before walking into the living room, sitting down on the couch.

He opened a game and started to play, distracting himself from his previous thoughts.

He shouldn't worry about that stuff right now. He killed a few more hours on his phone and by the time he looked up, it was almost time to go. Kai grabbed his shoes and headed out for work. Where he would be seeing Morro again. For some reason, Kai had a bad feeling about this...