Author's Note: I don't own Peach Girl or Kiley…. *sigh * too bad.

...:: Chapter 4::…

Okayasu Apartment Building

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" I don't understand – Momo's in trouble?" Kiley asked, speaking slowly, as if he were talking to a little child that was liable to misunderstand every word he said. " Since when do you need me to help you with Momo?" This was a bit ironic – if not for Kiley, Momo and Toji would have probably broken up long ago. In fact, they had broken up, but Kiley was the one to clear their feud up and then explain to them how they went wrong.

Toji glared at him for a moment, then stated the problem: " Some creep pulled her into a hotel room, and…"

"… and you just stood there?" Kiley couldn't believe it. " You didn't do anything?"

" I …" Toji looked lost.

" You're such an idiot." Kiley said, finally.

" Well, I panicked. I saw her getting pulled in, and I know you live only a block away – I figured two guys could take him. He was pretty big, one of those bodyguard-type of build guys."

Kiley's eyebrows raised suspiciously. " How do you know where I live, you little ass monkey?" He was getting a bit suspicious. He took his hands and placed them on his hips, trying to make light of the situation. " And besides, you're her boyfriend. What do you want me to help you for?" He pursed his lips. " So later on you can get all the praise, right?"

Toji's fists balled up and he said, gruffly: " Listen, it's easy to find out where you live. It's all in the student directory in the office. I looked it up a few weeks ago, just in case you ever try doing anything funny to Momo. I'll know where to look." Toji then turned around, his eyes examining the doorway. " Let's go, alright?"

" You're a coward, aren't you? What if the guy strangled her by now or something?" Kiley was already putting on his shoes. He was completely worried now. Without thinking, he raced into the kitchen and grabbed his glasses, tucking them into his back pocket.

He was already making his way out of the room when Toji's arm suddenly fell upon his shoulder, stopping him in his track. " Listen, you keep your opinions to yourself."

Kiley shrugged, his skin bristling as he pulled away. " Lay off." He murmured, and then raced down the stairs. "Which hotel…?"

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SakuraHana Hotel

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Kiley couldn't believe their luck. When he and Toji burst into the hotel's entrance room, they caught sight of a tall, burly man writing down a few quick notes and personal information on a fill-out form. He was also saying something about how he was traveling with his younger cousin, whom was seriously ill mentally. He needed a room for them in a quiet area, because his cousin, being a chronic liar as well as a paranoid and insane person, could disrupt everyone.

" I'm sorry, sir, but I think the only room we have open that is even remotely secluded would be…" The woman tapped a few keys on the computer. "… Room A12."

" We'll take it." The man said, loudly, and then turned around, saying: " She went to the bathroom. I'll be right back, I have to go get her."

" God, he actually has everyone convinced that he's here with a mentally ill cousin." Kiley whispered. " That's sick, even if it's just to … to… you know…"

" Rape her." Toji replied, and then his body stiffened, the tight veins in his neck slowly tensing and growing defined in the taught skin of his neck. He didn't look as disgusted by the man as he was furious. He slowly moved into the lounge and then turned to look at Kiley. " Don't just stand there, you idiot, do something."

" What, exactly, are you doing to help the situation?" Kiley replied, nastily.

Toji looked angrier then ever. " Listen, you're the one that's supposed to be wiley. Think something up."

Kiley shrugged and then approached the desk slowly. Toji looked bewildered and then sat himself down on a lounge chair, wondering if Kiley was seriously going to act on it. Kiley's voice was nonchalant as he said to the lady: " I'm here because I left baggage in one of the rooms."

" Which room?" The lady asked, plainly.

" A12."

" I'm sorry, we just rented that out. It will be against policy to let you go up there… we can ask room service to bring it down within an hour." The lady stared at him, unemotional, as if she was Robocop or something.

" I'm afraid I need to get it now. It has valuable items in it." Kiley's eyes flashed and he put on his most charming smile. "Please?"

The woman's lips seemed to twitch in what could have easily been laughter. She looked down at the little bell on the counter. All she had to do was ring it and some bellboys could drag Kiley out of the hotel. Yet, something about Kiley made her remain unruffled. " What was in the bag?" She asked, taking notice of his handsome features. He was probably at least two or three younger then her, because of the fact he still had a school uniform on.

" Well, it was a briefcase. I had about forty thousand yen in it, a gold watch, and an engagement ring." He added the last bit as an afterthought because an image of Momo flickered before his eyes. She was being pulled by the arm out of the bathroom and towards the elevator, and she was struggling with all her might.

Meanwhile, the lady behind the counter fingered the spare keys to A12 and said, in complete monotone: " As I said, I'm sure room service will…"

Kiley grabbed the keys from her hands, murmured a few broken apologies, and then raced after Momo and the pervert. The elevator door shut with a ding right in front of his face. Toji raced up behind him. " Why didn't you just tell the truth to that lady? She'd have probably called police, and…"

" You know how Momo looks. She looks … unintelligent… anyway. And I don't exactly give off an intelligent aura, either. She'd think I was playing a joke and have us escorted out by security." Kiley looked so serious that Toji began to laugh.

" Right now you do look pretty intelligent. Must be the lighting."

Kiley bit his lower lip and then slammed his hand onto the down arrow of the elevator pad. The lady behind the counter was banging the little bell on the counter angrily, and a few burly guards were making their way across the room towards them. " Damn it." Kiley looked around and then darted up the staircase to the left. There was a sign but he couldn't read the words on it.

" Can't you read? Wet paint!" Toji griped. He had no choice, though, and ran after him.

The staircase was being painted a dark beige to accommodate the colors inside the hotel. At least the banisters were, for now, because Kiley had taken a banister under his hand and now his whole arm was streaked with paint.

Their footsteps thundered as they raced to the first floor – floor A. They burst through a doorway and then into the hall. The guards were scaling the stairs already, and there was commotion in the waiting room. " You're an idiot. We're going to get our police records destroyed. My dad will kill me!" Toji was shouting into Kiley's ear as they sprinted down the hall.

" I was panicking, okay? I had to make up something. Besides, I wanted to catch the pervert in the room. If we started making a commotion, he'd make a break for it and leave Momo behind." Kiley shouted back.

Toji would never be able to reason evenly with Kiley though, and if he could have, he wouldn't have had the time. For, just then, they stumbled across door 12, and without another thought, Kiley kicked it open and climbed inside, expecting to see the man and Momo inside, pulling off a lewd act already. Instead, he noticed they weren't there yet. He sighed and then ducked into the closet.

Toji followed him helplessly and then hid in the shower, behind the dark curtain. They waited.

There was a soft ding sound as an elevator opened. A man was cursing and saying: " Can you believe it? You stupid girl, pressing floor two. We had to make two trips up and down. You're wasting my time."

" Let me go! I'm telling you, I'll scream again! They'll figure out soon enough!" Momo's voice was shouting over his.

Kiley could feel his breath freezing up inside his chest, and the awful hammering pain of his heart against his rib cage. This was cruel and unfair. I have to stop this. I'll … I'll kill him if I have to.