Chapter Three-A fight.

He was late! Kai Hiwatari, the king of puncuation, was late! What a jerk! Shanna wished that he would come around the corner and walk in the door of the restaurant just so she could pour her glass of water on him.

"Would you like something to eat while you wait for your friend?" The waiter asked.

"No thank you." Shanna snapped and whipped around, her hair flying all over the place.

"Okay." The waiter said and retreated.

Shanna sat impatiently, wondering what in the world could be more important to Kai than her. A meeting my ass, Shanna thought, he probably is in some hotel with some secretary. What a prick!

"Can I sit down? Or would I be interupting your daydream?" A familiar voice asked softly.

Shanna flashed Kai a look, her green eyes angry. "Where were you?"

"At a meeting."

"With whom Kai Hiwatari? I want to know who was so important to you that you were a whole half an hour late. Please tell me."

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Oh I strongly doubt that." Shanna insisted and leaned in. "Tell me, was it that pretty little secretary from the library? Or was it that new girl from school? Or was it April? Come on Kai, humor me."

Kai sighed, sat down and grabbed Shanna's hand. "Shanna-"

"What Kai? Are you going to try to make me feel better by saying that you love me and that you'd never cheat on me? Come on Kai! Say it!"

Kai's voice remained soft and comforting. "Shanna. Please let me explain."

"Oh go ahead and explain my dear Kai. Come on, I'm listening. I can't wait to hear this great excuse of yours."

Kai brought Shanna's hand to his lips and kissed it. "Shanna, you're making a big deal over nothing. I'm sorry I was late. The meeting lasted longer than I expected. I swear I'll make it up to you somehow but you have to give me a chance." Kai's voice sounded almost pleading.

Shanna glared at him, her breathing cold and hard. Slowly she calmed down, and pulled her hand out of Kai's grip. She picked up her purse and got up from the table. She passed by Kai, not even looking at him.

Shanna made it out of the restaurant and out of sight before she broke down. How could her Kai do something like this to her? How could he be late and then not offer any excuse besides "the meeting lasted longer than I expected". Kai didn't even answer her question about how he was at the meeting with.

Shanna leaned against the wall, letting the brisk, cool breeze sweep across her body. Shanna didn't want to ever move from this spot, afraid that if she did, Kai would appear and she would break down and cry in front of him. That she would prove to him that she was just as weak as he thought she was.

"Hey there!" A voice said, making Shanna's hair stand on end.

Shanna looked up, afraid that she would see a druggie or something, wanting to beat her up. Shanna almost collasped when she saw Rei. She stepped breathed out shakily and grabbed his arm. Rei's face with plastered with lines of worry as she took a step towards him and then started to cry. Rei hesitately put his arms around her and hugged her to him. Shanna cried on his shoulder {quite literally}, her tears soaking his shoulder.

"What's wrong Shanna?" Rei asked as he patted her back in a well known comforting gesture. "Weren't you going to meet Kai?"

"He was...late. I y-yelled at him." Shanna said between sobs. "He was so...calm and he didn't seem up-upset at all. Oh Rei, what am I going to do?" Shanna asked and buried her head deeper in his shoulder.

Rei said something but Shanna was crying too loudly to hear it. Finally Rei removed Shanna from him and studied her face for a minute before suggesting that they go home. Shanna nodded and they began the long walk back to the girl's house.

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Kai walked aimlessly around the town, his whole mind blurred with the image of Shanna. Why in the hell had she thought he would be out somewhere cheating on her? Was there something there that made her think that? Is it because he was spending less and less time with her? Why didn't he just tell her about his grandfather?

One final question floated through his head, echoeing off the walls, getting louder everytime. Why did he care so much?

What was it about Shanna that made him want to take her in his arms and make her believe that there was never anything that would hurt her as long as he was around. What was it about her that made his heart fly and fall to her command? What was it that made him want to be with her twenty-four hours a day? What made him so affected by her? What gave him the right to have her heart and seem to break it no matter how hard he tried not to. What was it?

Kai bumped into someone before he started to pay attention to his surrondings. He did a double-take and took another look, not believing his own eyes. It was April, with a baby in her hands.

"Who's kid?" Kai asked finally.

"Mine." April replied and when Kai choked she laughed. "I was just kidding. It's a friend's of mine. I volunteered to take her for the afternoon. Where's Shanna?"

Kai's voice was sour when he replied. "We had a fight."

April's eyes widened. "Why?" April switched the baby to her other shoulder.

"I don't know. I was late and well-" Kai snapped back to his senses and pushed April aside as he took off again. "It does't matter."

"If you say so Kai, the way you're going though. I'd say that it matters a lot more than you'll ever let on."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kai asked and spun around on his heel. "Are you saying that I'm obsessed with Shanna? Or are you saying that Shanna's got me wrapped around her little finger?" April started to say something but Kai held up his hand to silence her. "You know what. I really don't care what you think. I'm leaving. Goodbye."

"Kai! Wait!" April called but Kai was beyond caring. Why was everyone against him? What did he do that was so bad?

Sure he went to the bba team leader meeting all weekend. Sure he got back at about midnight and didn't automatically go over to Shanna's house but SO WHAT? A guy can't be perfect you know. So why didn't anyone understand? Even April had sided against him. Why?