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AN: Umm... ok right. I think this chapter really sucked and was WAY worse than the first two. GOMEN!!!!!I try, I just wasn't in a writing mood.

Chapter 3: A new home...

By; fire demoness

**im doing it in first person ALWAYS cuz its just weird saying his name. Gomen.**

I walked down along the icy street, the winter wind chilling me to the bones. There were children playing in the snow, bundled up so warmly you could hardly make out their heads. As I wrapped my coat around my shoulders tighter and tried to warm up my hands, I noticed some textbooks lying in front of an open door of a house. I walked up the the front steps and picked up the books. I'd seen those books somewhere. But where? Then, it clicked. Kaen. Why was the door open though? She must be in trouble.

I raced up the rest of the steps, my numb fingers and the toy pail forgotten in my rush. Kaen. Something was wrong.i could feel it.

"KAEN!!"

I rushed in the wide open doorway, almost tripping over a bag of groceries. My head spun in every direction, taking in the whole house in a flash. Kitchen. Table. Oven. Door... Kaen.

She laid there, her hair tumbling down from the hat she had worn earlier today. It was auburn and spilled all over her limp body onto the floor where she was lying. There was a scrap of paper by her and another laid nearby. Throwing down the textbooks, I ran to her side.

Kaen groaned as I lifted up head up gently. There was a large bump from where she had hit her head. I slowly helped her to her feet, to find out that she couldn't even stand up by herself. In the end, I gave up. There was a shuffleing noise under my boot and I picked up the paper underneath it. It was torn, muddy and almost unreadable.

I gasped when I finished it. Laying Kaen by a sofa, I searched around on my hands and knees for the other sheet I had saw.

**later**

I awoke to find myself snuggled up against a warm chest. Lifting my eyes up warily, I gasped to find out who it was. Kokoro. He smiled down at me and gave me a styrofoam cup. I slowly accepted it, inviting the warm liquid to warm up my icy hands. I took a look at my surroundings and started to edge away from him. It was what seemed to be an apartment. The normal type, T.V, 2 bedrooms, and the peeling wallpaper.

"Are you alright?" he asked gently.

I nodded, wincing at something on my head. I shrieked as my fingers found a large bump. What happened? Where was I? who was he? And then the last question... Do I trust him?

He looked at me solemly.

"Kaen... your mother left you didn't she?"

I glared at him coldly, enjoing his nervous look.

"How do YOU know?"

"Umm... I read the note she left. Along with the other-"

My eyes widened.

"What OTHER?TELL ME!!"

his mouth was hanging open.

"So, you don't know?"

I blinked.

"know what?"

"The other note... Your aunt is dead. Car crash."

My whole life seemed to crash around me. My aunt. I had loved her. And worse, now my mother would go there in 2 months time and I wouldn't be there. No one would take me in. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"It's alright. yOu can stay here. With me. If you don't mind lack of groceries and messy rooms."

I smiled weakly and sank into his embrace.

The last thought I had before I fell into a deep sleep was...

// Why do I feel comfortable around him? I just met him... but, it all feels so familiar... //

"Soi. I do hope you remember soon..."

TBC?

Umm... I have one of 4 choices

#1) discontinue this

#2) round robin

#3) mannnyyy reviews to help me on.

#4) stuggle along and make this the most boring story anyone has ever read.



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