A month of back and forth of seeing each other three or four days out of every week, Ray was laughing at Klaus all the time. He always brought a smile to her face every time she was in a bad mood.

It was a particular night when Ray had gotten back from taking Klaus on job searches when she got a text from him.

Klaus: Hey Ray, It's Klaus ;) Um, I'm gracing you with this text to ask if you'd like to hang out with me tomorrow. Like as in not work related, because we both need an off day from the crippling reality of society. So whaddya say?

Ray: I'm definitely not opposed but Klaus, how'd you get my number?

Klaus: Uhhh that's not important. But great! Meet me at that hipster cafe we always go to, idk what it's called.

Me: Lol you mean bruskies?

Klaus: Yeaaaaah that place.

Ray laughed and put her phone down, going down stairs just in time to see Frank punch Ian straight in the face. Ray gasped in shock and ran towards them. "Oh my god! Frank what the fuck?!" Ray screamed.

"That little bastard took my money!" Frank shouted with a slur. Ray swiveled around with flared nostrils and punched Frank in the side of the jaw as hard as she could.

"Fuck off you drunk asshole!"And then Ray turned around to Ian to help him as blood was gushing out of his nose. Fiona had quickly ran down stairs to see what was going on and saw Ian.

"What the fuck happened??" She asked as she walked towards Ian and grabbed his chin to see how bad it was.

"Frank being fucking dru-" Ray didn't get to finish her sentence as Frank grabbed her by the shoulder and punched her in the eye. Ray stumbled as she held her face. He then pushed her and she hit the side of the fridge and fell, off balanced with blurry vision. Suddenly Lip was charging down the stairs with the bat and quickly slipped through Ian and Fiona, catching Frank right in the stomach.

Frank fell on the ground with a groan and Ray stood up, marching over to him and grabbing him by his hair. As he staggered up in pain she pulled him close to her face, voice low. "Just because you shot us out of your old wrinkly ballsack, doesn't mean you get to treat us like shit. Next time you won't fucking catch me off guard and you'll have one less finger." Then Ray dragged him out of the house by his hair and pushed him over the backyard railing.

Ray came back inside with a slam of the door. "Fucking piece of shit." She muttered to herself.

"Ray you good?" Lip asked.

"Yeah my eye just hurts." She muttered.

"Yeah that's because it's as purple as a grape." Fiona said in concern, walking over to her and holding her face gently. "First Ian, then you.. This is gettin' out of hand. It's time to change the locks because I'm done with him and his bullshit."

"Agreed." Ray chimed. Ian just looked at Fiona with blood all over his face.

"Does it look like I'm gonna say no?" He muttered.

"And I hate his guts so you don't have to run it by me." Lip said.

"I'm going up to my room. Don't tell Abuela what happened, I'm gonna avoid her for a bit til my eyes better. Don't want her to worry and have her heart give out or something." Ray muttered and started walking away. Lip stopped her by putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked softly. Ray didn't turn around, glaring at the wall.

"Yeah." And then she walked upstairs. Ray quickly closed her door with a slam then changed into a tank top and a pair of old pajama bottoms. Ray then plopped down on her bed and took out her phone, scrolling through her social media for awhile.

After about two hours of just scrolling and feeling numb she went to her texts. Ray's thumb hovered over Klaus's name then she clicked on it and sent him a meme.

Me:

Klaus: lolololol me too! What a surprise. Rough night so far?

Me: You've got no idea.. What are you up to?

Klaus: I'm attempting to turn an old pair of boots into sandboots=sandal boots. I like to keep up with the latest fashion trends if you know what I mean

Me: You're a dork XD

Klaus: Coming from the person that uses 'XD' unironically..

Me: Hey! Using 'XD' is cool as shit. Get outta my face with that negativity man.

Klaus: Whatever you sayyyy. Also-

Klaus: Do I look dashing? Sophisticated and brooding? A lost soul, wondering about life?

Me: You look nice...

Ray put down her phone for a second, taking a deep breath. She wanted to say a lot more but couldn't. He looked so fuckable in that picture but she had to keep it polite. Her phone buzzed and she picked it back up.

Klaus: Nice?? Just nice??? Seems a little subpar.

Me: What do you want me to say? That you look like a snack?

Klaus: Yes! Yes, I do. Because let's face it, I am one. Send me a pic of yourself now.

Me: Er, how about an older pic? I look ugly rn :P

Klaus: Pft, whatever. Have you even seen yourself? But yeah, send me the picture.

Me:

Klaus: Idk what to say that won't make me seem like a mumbling idiot about how beautiful you are so uhhhhh

Me: Shut up you goofball. I mean honestly Klaus, have you seen yourself? You're... incredible.

Ray put down her phone and put her face in her hands. She had know idea what she was doing. Was this flirting? With her patient?? No he wasn't even a patient, he was a person she was trying to help. She couldn't do this, it was crossing lines... But she felt a connection with him.. Ray hadn't laughed like she laughed when Klaus was around.. She hadn't felt the heat in her stomach or the weird fluttering of her heart like she felt every time she was around him. There was something about Klaus that was completely different about everyone else she had met. He wasn't afraid to be weird, be abnormal, eccentric, whatever you wanted to call it.

Klaus: Did you mean that?

Me: Why wouldn't I?

Ray didn't know but Klaus was sitting in his dingy bed with his phone gripped tightly in his hands, staring hard at the screen with a blank face. His heart clenched after reading the last text Ray sent him.

"What is it?" Ben asked curious. Klaus didn't even turn his head in Ben's direction. "She said I was incredible.. and meant it."

"Who?" Ben asked, sitting in the chair across from Klaus's bed, leaning forward in anticipation.

"Ray- Leah- Freckles, whatever you want to call her.." Klaus muttered. Ben jumped up in excitement.

"Yes! I love Leah, she's so sweet."

"Yeah, but what does she see in me?" Klaus asked, slowly looking at Ben.

"What do you mean? You're great Klaus." Ben tried to assure him.

"No, I'm a flamboyant drug addict with nothing to my name, see's ghosts, has daddy issues, etc. The list can go on Ben." He popped two pills with a sigh.

"You know the whole point of seeing Leah is to get clean from drugs." Ben fixed him with a look. Klaus shrugged.

"the whole point of being dead is to go to heaven or wherever but here you are."

It was late at night when Ray finally went to bed. Klaus had never texted her back which worried her but it was Klaus, he was always doing something. Ray woke up at around 11 on Saturday. It took awhile for her to actually get up, the pain in her face intense. When she finally did, Ray walked over to her mirror and saw the dark bruise around her eye.

"Yikes.." She muttered to herself. Ray quickly made her way to the shower and showered quickly then ran to her room with her towel wrapped around her. She opened her window to see how the weather felt then got dressed according to that. It was a little bit chilly but the sun was out so she got into something cute.

Complimenting this outfit was some circular shaped sunglasses for the bruise she was sporting, and a long nude colored over coat.

Going downstairs, Ray didn't see anyone so quickly headed for the door only to open it and see Steve standing there, about to knock. "Oh- Hey, Ray. Where are you going?" He asked.

"Out. I don't know where Fiona is, don't ask me. Bye." And she slipped past him, as he went in oblivious to the fact that she was glaring at him through her sunglasses. Quickly Ray got into her car and drove to the cafe Klaus wanted to meet at. When she got there she went inside and immediately saw him sitting down in a booth, a pair of old headphones on. He was staring out the window in thought, or so it looked like.

Ray walked up to him slowly and slid into the booth opposite of him. When he noticed her finally, he gave her a giant grin.

"Heyyyyy, you showed."

"Yeah, I kinda didn't know what time so I just decided to show up at a normal-ish time and hope for the best."

"Well perfect timing, I was actually about to text you and- I'm sorry but the sunglasses are cool and all but what's with them?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Aesthetic?"Ray questioned weakly with a forced smile.

"You don't ever wear sunglasses. So uhhhhh, bad hangover? What?" He asked, his brows furrowed. Unknowingly to her, Ben was sitting next to her, peering between the sunglasses and her face.

"I can't quite see but it looks like her face is bruised. Take off her sunglasses." Ben said to Klaus. Klaus's eyes flickered to Ben and then back to Ray, then quickly his hands shot out and took off the sunglasses. Ray's face instantly ducked down.

"Klaus, give me the sunglasses back." She muttered as she put a hand over her face.

"Leah, look at me." Klaus demanded sternly. Ray had never heard him so serious before. She sighed and finally looked at him. Klaus's face flickered to her eye then her whole face. "What happened?" He asked softly. Ray didn't say anything.

"I'm leaving." She muttered and stood up. Klaus quickly stood up and went after her. He followed her outside.

"Why are you leaving?? I just want to help."

"I don't need your help!" She shouted forcefully "I'm the one who helps people, not the other way around." Klaus grabbed her arm and pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her tiny frame. he was at least 5'9, where as she was 5'3. Ray stood still, tense. Finally she eased up and wrapped her arms around him.

"Who hurt you?" Klaus muttered, his chin resting on her head.

"does it really matter?" She asked, the vibrations from her body rumbling in his chest.

"Yeah, yeah it does. Who was it?"

"It.. was my dad. It was nothing I couldn't handle, he got fucked up with a bat afterwards." Klaus didn't respond hugging her tighter. finally he pulled back, his hands on her shoulders.

"Ray?" He asked.

"Yeah?" She answered looking up at him.

"Can I kiss you?" He asked, his eyes dark and intense. Ray stared at him for a second then threw any warnings in her head away.

"Yes." That's when Klaus leaned in, capturing her lips with his own. His lips were soft and warm, his chest flush against hers. His hands entangled in Ray's hair and she stood on her tip toes, one hand on his neck, the other cupping his cheek. When they pulled away, they both stared at each other, waiting for one of them to talk.

"I really liked that." Ray whispered. Klaus's face went from worry to an ear to ear grin and he laughed.

"So did I! We should do it again." And then he quickly pulled her towards him and kissed her deeply. Ray's eyes fluttered shut, forgetting all the worries and sadness she had earlier.