I've updated quicker than expected! Surprised?! I am, I'm supposed to be revising! But be glad, next update might not be for a while due to the exams. Enjoy this while you can! It's not very long, but I promise the next chapter will be longer!

Boris may have been quite laid back in his attitude to life, but I knew when he was generally pissed off. This was one of those times, and it scared the hell out of me. He looked ready to kill, and I was in the warpath.

"W-what?" I asked, and I backed up a little, trying to put a little distance between the scary boyfriend of my roommate and myself.

"I said, what the hell were you doing with Kai?!" I looked completely baffled, how the hell did he know the name of well, the cute-ass guy? Either this town was very close, or it really was a small world. I felt like bursting out singing, 'it's a small world after all,' but against my better judgement I kept my big mouth shut.

"He saved my life, as it were Boris…" Now it was his turn to look baffled. Was it really so unbelievable that Kai had been nice to me? A snort came from the lavender haired caretaker.

"I'll have to thank him, but for now we need to get you home. Yuri is going mad with worry," I immediately felt guilty. Yuri had told me to phone him from work, and this whole thing could have been avoided if I'd just listened to him. Then again I'd never have talked to Kai, and that would have been a shame.

"So how do you know him?" I asked, trying to make small talk as we walked toward the Bakuten apartments.

"We…errr, we went out for a few months a couple of years back," I stopped in my tracks. Fucking hell, this wasn't a small world. It was microscopic!

"Seriously?!" I couldn't help it from slipping out. I was kinda shocked, not only did I just find out that Kai was gay but he'd gone out with Boris.

"Dead serious. Nothing much happened though. Furthest we went was kissing, too goddamn interested in his schoolwork," Boris sighed, running a hand through his hair. A couple of years back… that would have meant they'd have been in college. Kai being interested in his schoolwork more than a relationship reminded me of myself. I guess that's why I accepted it. Still… it was unbelievable.

"So what were you doing here?" I asked, as I tugged a little at the red top.

"I- well it's none of your business," he snapped, and I immediately knew I was trespassing on private land. Shutting up would be the best course of action, no use getting myself killed after being dealt another chance at life. Ok, maybe I'm being a little over dramatic, but I could have died if Kai hadn't shown up.

We carried on walking, this time in silence. I seemed to be doing a lot of that, walking in silence. Perhaps it was because I kept killing the conversations, I seemed to have a knack for that. I suppose whilst wandering through the desolate corridors of my mind I didn't realise that we'd reached the entrance lobby. That was when it hit me…

My key was still in my trouser pocket, in Kai's apartment… that I forgot to catch the name of. How much of an idiot was I? For now though I'd have to make do, I could always get another copy.

Both Boris and I stayed in silence as we trudged up the stairs, and while we walked to the apartment. The closer I got to my home, the more nervous I became. There would be one of two things Yuri would do to me when I stepped through the door.

1) Hug me tightly, and scold me about being a baka

2) Kill me…

Needless to say the second option wasn't preferable. I opened the door, luckily it was unlocked, and cautiously stepped in. I caught my breath before uttering a quick 'tadaima'… bad idea.

Next thing I knew I was flat on my back, Yuri sprawled on top of me, tears in his eyes. Pang… there was some more guilt.

"R-Rei you baka!" He was shuddering now, arms wrapped tightly around my waist, and I ignored the pain knowing that Yuri needed to hug me. To know I was back. We stayed like that, Yuri silently crying slumped on me, and myself holding back my own tears at being back where I was loved. If ever a thought scared me, it was that I'd never set foot here again.

"You're lucky Boris was around," Yuri told me tearfully, "he was the one who suggested we waited until lunch time today to phone the police… I would have had every single officer in Asia out looking for you!"

As exaggerated as it was, that was a reassuring thought. God knows if this had happened to me in China then I'd have been left to die. It was glad to know I was thought of, even if Yuri was too melodramatic for his own good.

Time flew for the rest of the day, mostly taken up by Yuri checking over my wounds. He made 'tuts' every now and again when he realised they didn't need any tending to, seeing as my saviour had done such a great job of it.

The next thing I knew Saturday had gone, and I was lounged on my bed on Sunday morning.

No one was around when I got up; all that greeted me was a hurriedly scrawled note on the fridge.

Rei,

Gone out for the day with Boris. Don't wait up.

Yuri

Wasn't all that surprising really. Yuri had been on edge since Friday, when I hadn't returned home. Heck he must have sat by the phone for the whole of the time I was gone. He needed a day out, and Boris was the one who could give him a good time…

I decided that since my weekend had managed to slip away from me that I should make the most of Sunday. With that thought in mind I got ready at warp speed, putting on a pair of jeans and a plain black top.

First order of the day was food; I was starved and needed to eat. Anything would do, so long as it was edible. I didn't actually feel like eating in, so I grabbed some money and decided to head out.

The second I was stood in the entrance lobby I was greeted with a familiar face, well two familiar faces. Megs, who worked in reception, and Claire, her friend who often visited the apartments.

"Morning Megs, Claire," I greeted, and I walked over to them, I wasn't about to be ignorant and bypass them. What type of a person would I be? Then again, judging by the looks in their eyes (which closely resembled that of a certain trio that I had visited yesterday) I almost wished I had left immediately.

"Morning R-e-i," Meg said, in a singsong voice, Claire giggled. "Someone dropped off some stuff for you this morning," she told me, and went off into the back room to fetch whatever this something was.

She returned, adorned with a plain white bag. She handed it to me, and I took it quickly. I seriously wondered who had left this for me; I'd never had any packages or whatnot. I peered into the bag, and what greeted me was surprising.

A plain white shirt, black trousers… and my key.

Kai had been here.

Shit.

"He's gorgeous Rei!" Claire said, after she'd quite finished giggling her head off. "Who is he?" She asked, and I blushed, not really knowing how to answer. I couldn't exactly tell them that he'd saved my life and looked after me, I'd never hear the end of it.

"Just a friend," I answered, suddenly not wanting to leave anymore. I mean surly there'd be something to do in the apartment; hey I could always watch a movie.

"Right," Meg uttered sceptically, and tapped her fingers on the desk, "anyway as cute as he may have been, I still think Yuri and Boris are hotter…"

Both girls giggled, and I groaned. Why was it that I managed to move to the place filled with fangirls, whom I just happened to befriend?

"Anyway," the blonde-haired receptionist continued, "does this friendship have benefits?" I almost choked. Trust her to read into it too much, I wouldn't be surprised if it was spread around the whole hotel by the end of the day.

"Err…" I stuttered, clutching the bag in my hand, and backed off a little, "I have to go back to my room, see you later!"

God only knows why I didn't tell her the truth! I mean it's not like I had anything to hide! Maybe my embarrassment made me hurry back to the apartment; I wasn't really up for going out anymore.

So, I'd confined myself to the apartment for the rest of the day. Great. Now what to do…

I could always look through the bag. Examine the stuff more closely… you know smell them. No I'm not crazy, if Kai brought them maybe they smell like his room. Scents have a habit of lingering you know.

Yes I think I'll do that. I emptied it onto the table, successfully knocking a pizza box off it.

As seen with the quick glance earlier there was a white shirt, black trousers, my key, and a note. The shirt and trousers were new… he'd bought them, he must have. But why? I didn't do anything… maybe he felt pity? Who knows?!

I unfolded the note carefully, quickly skimming over the very neat handwriting.

Rei,

Got home and remembered you'd left your key in your trousers. Thought I'd return it, so you wouldn't panic.

Bought you a new shirt and trousers to save you the hassle, don't want you eating into your profits because of an unfortunate incident.

No need to thank me, just make sure you're at Ayers at 10 on Saturday. See you then.

Kai.

A-Ayers… Saturday! He wanted to see me again, was it going to be- dare I say it- a date?! All I knew was that tonight I was going to fall asleep a very happy guy.

That's it. Sorry for the shortness, I was coming to a block and didn't want to churn out crap. I might manage to write chapter 8 in whitsun, depending on how much time I have. Review