Chapter 9:

Trouble

……………………..One Month Later…………………………

The moonlight glistened off of the porch of the dojo. Kazi sat, staring into the stars. The cool breeze raked through the trees of the forest now and then. She sighed, how she wished to be near the ocean. A soft touch upon her shoulder gave her a small jump.

"Oh, it's you." She said relieved. The young man smiled and sat down behind her.

"Me. what's wrong with me?" He asked.

"Oh! No, nothing! It's just-"

"You weren't expecting me to come?" he finished.

"You're doing it again, Jin." Kazi sounded annoyed. Jin laughed,

"So I am." She gazed back up at the silver lights embedded in the mystic blue sky of twilight dreams. Jin watched her, smiling softly.

"It's so beautiful. This scene. This place." Kazi said almost sadly.

"Yeah...." Jin kept looking at Kazi. She turned her head to meet his dark eyes underneath his long black bangs, shrouding them. "Kazi, I..."

"Please I..." She replied turning her head away. Jin looked at the ground.

"I want to know who did this to you." He said gently taking her left arm and running his finger softly over the bruise. Kazi winced. Jin softly, using his free hand, took her chin in his forefinger and thumb. He turned her head to him. "Please... It won't stop until you tell me. You can't hide from whoever did this to you forever... Please." He begged, dark brown eyes glimmering with worry. Kazi started to silently cry. Again, the gentle crystal blue tears streaming down her face. She burst into a sob and grasped Jin's shirt, pulling him closer.

"H... He..." She sobbed. Jin wrapped his arms around her and waited. "Hwoarang..." Jin's eyes grew wide with disbelief. He made her look up at him.

"Hwoarang? How? Why? What? When?" He said quickly confused. Kazi's tears flowed faster.

"Hwoarang.... He.... He did." She looked up at Jin, silently asking for his help. Jin took his forefinger and wiped away her tear.

"It's alright... It'll be all right.... Do you..... Really trust me?" Jin asked. Kazi nodded.

"Yes..." Kazi said in a tone almost too soft to hear. He was shocked, but kept his cool.

"Kaziya..... I..." Jin tried to say how he felt, but failed and ended his sentence in a different way, "I will protect you." Kazi smiled graciously and hugged Jin. He smiled, "It's late, and you haven't eaten. Come inside." Kazi nodded and followed him inside.

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Laughter rang through the hallway. Kazuya and Jun looked up from the couch.

"JIN! JIN STOP!" A voice said through laughter. Kazuya looked at Jun. They jumped up and ran to where the noise was coming from. Jin's room. He looked and motioned for her to step back. Kazuya kicked the door right off of its hinges. Kazuya and Jun looked at Jin and Kazi. Kazi was laughing hard and lying on the floor. Jin sitting on top tickling her and reaching for a photo she had in the other hand. Jun shook her head and leaned up against the doorframe. Kazuya looked oddly disappointed. Kazi looked at them and held up the photo laughing even harder.

"HEY! Give it back! GIVE-IT-BACK!" Jin hollered, reaching for the photo and almost actually lying on top of her, but Kazi didn't care. She was too busy laughing at the picture. Jun smiled and Kazuya's jaw dropped. In the photo was a three-year-old Jin, smiling a huge grin, in purple pajamas. Jun laughed, and Kazuya took the photo and gawked at it. Kazi laughed harder.

"Can't..... Breathe...." She gasped for air. Kazuya looked at Jin who was blushing so hard he looked like a giant cherry. He slinked off of her and up against the wall. 'Great. I'll' never live it down with him running around with that stupid photo...' Jin thought. Kazi's laughter died down but she was still smiling.

"Kawaii!!" Kazi said. Jin's head popped up and turned a beet red. "He's so CUTE in those purple pajamas!" Kazi exclaimed. Kazuya burst into a fit of laughter. "WHAT?! He is. I mean look at him." She motioned to the picture.

"No, no. It's not that.. It's just..." Kazuya burst out in laughter again. Kazi cocked her head. "THOSE PAJAMAS WERE MINE WHEN I WAS LITTLE!" Kazi knew Kazuya was trying to be funny and burst out laughing. Jun and Jin's jaws dropped in disbelief as Kazi and Kazuya laughed uncontrollably, hanging on each other for support. The strange sight of the two of them hanging onto each other laughing was too much for Jun and Jin.

A knock was heard. Jun went and answered the door, the others followed behind, walking towards the kitchen. Kazi and the two guys walked into the front room. Kazi froze. Jun was pushed up against the wall, by none other than, Hwoarang….