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Rei lay with his hands underneath his head, staring up at the ceiling. It was the same arch as the roof above, with thick beams holding it all up. He was trying to get to sleep by figuring a way to get up onto one of the beams by using the walls and furniture, but his mind kept going back to Kai.

The droopy-eyed teen reached over the edge of the sofa and brushed the floor until he found the clock he had placed there. Pulling it up, he squinted at the glow-in-the-dark dial. 1 in the morning. He groaned softly. He had gotten ready for bed at 10, as best he could; unable, as he was, to go into his room.

Suddenly he heard the noise of a door creaking open. It was startlingly loud after the quiet noises of nature that drifted in through the open window. He sat up and looked over the edge of the couch. Had someone come in? There was pretty much no one up here, but Kai usually was the one to lock the doors. He hadn't emerged from his room all day.

He looked cautiously around the dark room and saw a darker shadow moving around. He slid off the couch silently before sneaking across the floor, hoping that the old floor boards wouldn't give him away. As he got closer to the figure, it was apparent that it wasn't much older than him. Frowning, he stood up from his crouch to stand behind him.

"Kai?" he whispered.

The figure turned and stepped closer. In the pitch dark without and outside light it had been hard to see his features, but it was indeed Kai.

"Rei? What are you doing up?"

Kai was holding a wet towel in his hand and Rei looked immediately down at the hand that was holding it, but he couldn't make out any marks.

Relieved from his first fear, Rei now gave way to curiosity. "What are *you* doing up?"

"I felt disgusting. I needed to wash my face," Kai said matter-of-factly. "Now if you'll excuse me..."

He tried to brush past Rei, his manner as steely and cold as he had ever been before.

"Kai..."

No answer. Kai kept walking towards the bedroom again.

"You can come in and sleep on your bed now. We're training in the morning so you'll need your sleep." Rei suddenly felt very tired. He felt his eyes fill with tears and he knew he was too tiered to deal with this right now. Tomorrow - when he wasn't so emotional. Then he would get Tyson and Kai to talk and he would make sure Kai knew how much he meant to him.

"Rei, come on. You're going to be exhausted tomorrow."

Kai sounded harsh at first, but when his voice softened Rei felt his heat lift. This would work out. It had to.

He walked over to where Kai was waiting by the door irritably. He smiled through his exhaustions at the well-built teen, causing a frown of confusion cross his face.

It would all be fine in the morning, he resolved. Just a bit of sleep and he would make it better. He sighed as he sunk onto his bed and curled up in the sheets. He wished he had Kai's warm body beside his, but he began drifting off soon enough to soft fantasies of his lover.

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Kai lay on his side, facing Rei's side of the room. The lithe figure was curled up and twisted in the sheets in an attempt to stay warm. Kai had only just realized the cold a few moments ago when he aroused from his thoughts and the window was open and a cool wind was blowing through.

Kai had been lost in thought for most of the day and hadn't even realized it. All the things he had gone over in his mind... he couldn't even remember.

Tomorrow...maybe tomorrow would be better. He would ignore Tyson and Rei and just ignore it all. He had gone too soft, and this was how he was repaid.

Tomorrow would be better.

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Tuhduh! There. That was pretty good, I think. If short. XP

Except the last little bit was rushed, but I think I can get away with it, ne? I didn't really like Kai's excuse either, but I couldn't think of anything. _'

I really want your opinions 'cause I can't be *perfect*. I need to improve so feel free to CC and nitpick all you want. ^-^'

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