Jay sighed as he walked up to Kai's apartment, trying to think of what to say. He had just heard that Cole and Lloyd had failed to get anything, so they had no choice but to give the ginger-haired man's idea. Jay had planned to gain Kai's trust and become his friend, hoping the brunette would trust him enough to give them information on Morro in exchange for a better life. Deciding it was best to just wing it, Jay took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

He was suddenly caught off guard, however, when a younger woman answered the door instead of Kai.

He quickly realized that this must have been Nya Smith, Kai's younger sister. She had long raven black hair kept in a ponytail, pale pink lipstick, small dimples on her cheeks with dark brown eyes, and she had a beauty mark on her right cheek. She was wearing a small leather jacket over a white shirt with dark blue stripes and dark blue torn jeans. Nya eyed Jay very suspiciously and he thought it would be best if he said something before she slammed the apartment door in his face like Kai did the other night.

"Um... Hi, I'm Jay Walker, your new neighbor."

"Oh, hi." Nya smiled as she opened the door more. "Kai mentioned something about a new neighbor, I'm his sister Nya." She introduced and shook Jay's hand. "Sorry if Kai gave you any grief, he's been a little stiff and cold these past couple of years."

"It's fine, actually, is Kai in right now?" He asked, flinching at the way he said it. Nya just laughed before shaking her head.

"Sorry lover boy, but he's at work right now, won't be back for a few hours."

"I-I don't..."

"Sure." She laughed at his blushing face. "If you want, I can ask him if he wants me to text you his number?" She offered and for some unknown reason, Jay gave her his phone number...

The brunette sighed as he finished getting dressed and handed his day's earnings into Chen. His boss didn't say anything about Skylor having to save him from those strange guys. Instead, he allowed Kai to go home early and relax. It was very unsettling for both Kai and Skylor, but they both knew better than to say something. The last time one of the workers complained about Chen's 'nice' nature, no one ever saw them again. After the brunette got that one guy, Cole's, number he instantly knew those two were cops, but Kai was wise to keep that information to himself.

As Kai was leaving the club, he hesitated a moment, before walking out into the street.

He couldn't go home, he was supposed to be working and if Nya saw him she might start asking questions. He had no idea what he should do with his sudden free time. He could stop by Jay's apartment, but he hardly knew the new guy and Nya might see him in the halls. He could hit the gym, but he didn't have the energy. He could go shopping, but they weren't running out of anything, and he didn't just want to blow money. He could go to the park but that sounded boring.

He was just walking around the city aimlessly, but he doesn't want to do it for over an hour.

Just then, his phone dinged and he pulled it out, surprised to see it was a text from Nya. She thought he was working, though. She almost never interrupted him when he was working. Fearing the worst, he quickly opened the text.

"Ur working so u can reply later but the cute new neighbor wants ur number can I give it to him?" The text read and he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing she was okay. Then the rest of the message clicked in and for some reason, Kai felt a smile cross his face. He waited for a few beats before responding.

"Yeah sure."

"Y r u responding ur at work." She texted back and Kai hesitated for a moment.

"U don't text me while I work so I thought u might be in trouble."

"Oh sorry, he's adorable lol." She texted back with a kissing face emoji and Kai fought the pang of jealousy. He had no idea where that feeling came from and he chose to ignore it. He hesitated for a moment before deciding not to reply to that particular statement. There was no way someone nice, sweet, and decent as Jay would like him back, anyway.

"I got 2 get 2 work."

"See u later than xxx." She replied and he chuckled as he put his phone back in his pocket and continued walking down the cold street. He idly wandered around, not paying too much attention to where he was going. His phone dinged again, and he pulled it out to look at the number, frowning when he didn't recognize it, but he opened the text anyway.

"Hey, it's Jay! Ur sister said ur working so u don't need 2 reply 2 this." It read and Kai felt himself smiling. He had just gotten Jay's number! He quickly made his neighbor a contact and after he did, he glances over the message again. He hesitated a moment before replying.

"Yeah, she doesn't know I finished early." He replied and waited anxiously for an answer. After a beat of hesitation, he started to make his way to the park so he can text without being in people's way.

"Are u free right now?"

"Yeah what's up?" He asked and there was a long pause. Kai frowned but the next message finally came through, easing his worries.

"I mentioned u 2 my friend Lloyd and he wants 2 meet u and I thought maybe we could all hang at my place? Totally cool if u don't want 2 though." It read and Kai checked the time. Nya should have left the apartment about three minutes ago, and by the time he got there, twenty-five.

"Sure be right over." He sent before putting his phone away and practically skipped down to the apartment...