Welcome to chapter 4! Poor Tohma, I think I enjoy torchering him just a little too much...but it's just so much fun! Again, thanks to all of you who have reviewed...I just stopped in to post this chapter and I should have the next one posted a little later on tonight...I can't stop writing this story..It won't let me stop!! ha ha ha. ANYWAY!!! I hope you enjoy this one, and I'll see you soon!

Tohma woke up late the next morning, which was unusual for him. When he had arrived home the night before Mika was waiting up for him. They had argued till almost four in the morning. Mika had finally stormed out of the living room and into the bedroom locking the door behind her. Tohma had slept on the couch. When he finally got up he glanced over at the clock: 10:17AM.

He jumped off the couch, grabbed his jacket and ran out the door. He didn't even notice that he was wearing the same outfit as the night before; his mind was too focused on the fact that he was supposed to have been at the office at 9 to get Kai set up in the studio. He ran into the N-G building and took the elevator up to the floor that studio two was on. As he got off the elevator he could hear that same angelic voice that had drawn him in when he was in New York.

As he walked down the hall he could hear her voice more and more clearly. He opened the door to the studio, and what he saw took his breath away. There were so many people packed into the small studio room that he couldn't even see Kai. As Tohma began to push his way into the room he came across a familiar face.

" Ryuichi? What are you doing here?" asked Tohma to his long time friend and band mate. There was no response. Ryuichi continued to stare at Kai as she played through her song. " Ryuichi?"

" Her voice is amazing," Ryuichi finally replied, never taking his eyes off the young artist, " You know Tohma, she plays the keyboard almost as well as a certain Nittle Grasper member…almost."

Kai finished playing and walked out of the recording booth, but before she could take a step through the door a certain pink haired singer attacked her.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!" complimented Shuichi, " You're still as good as ever!"

" I see someone's been practicing since she left us," added a smiling Hiro, who was standing next to Shuichi.

From out of nowhere another person who had watched her performance ran over and gave her a big hug. The man was hugging her and rocking side-to-side, " That was so cool! Kumagoro thought it was good too!"

The man stopped hugging her and raised his arms out holding a pink bunny his hands. Kai smiled a little unsurely until she realized who the man was standing in front of her, "Ryuichi Sakuma?"

Ryuichi smiled at her and waved. Kai looked at Shuichi in shock, she couldn't believe that the Ryuichi Sakuma was standing in front of her. Shuichi smiled at her, she reminded him of himself when he had first met Ryuichi.

" Alright, that's enough chit chat," Tohma said as he made his way over to the group, " Kai, lets get you back in that recording booth. Everyone else, shows over we have work to do."

The room cleared out at Tohma's request. Shuichi and Hiro had been the only ones allowed to stay behind only because Shuichi wouldn't take no for an answer. Tohma headed up to his office to go over some paper work. As he sat down at his desk his thoughts crept back to the events of the night before. He had almost kissed Kai at Yuki's house that night and she hadn't resisted him. He had held her in his arms and it had felt so right.

Before Tohma knew it the day had come to an end. He had spent most of it in his office going over concert preparations and other such boring things. He stretched his arms in the air as he yawned. He stood up from his desk for the first time since he had got there and put his jacket on. As he left his office he heard the faint sound of someone playing the keyboards. He couldn't believe someone else was still here it was almost 11PM. His heart began to race, could Kai have been waiting for him to leave? He ran down to studio two and grabbed the door handle. Tohma stopped short as he saw the two people sitting in the recording booth playing the keyboard. He could see Kai smiling sweetly as she looked at the person next to her. Shuichi smiled back as they continued to play a fairly simple song on the keyboard together. Tohma listened to their duet from the doorway, he could hear Shuichi screw up a note or two every now and then, but when he was playing the right notes their song was so beautiful and yet so sad. Tohma watched as they finished playing and stood up…they were leaving! He had to get out; he didn't want them to know he had heard them.

He got into his car and was heading home when he called out to the driver, " Turn around!"

" I'm sorry, what was that Mr. Seguchi?" asked the driver.

" Turn this car around!"

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Kai walked down the hallway to the apartment that Tohma had set her up in. She slid the key into the lock, opened the door and was greeted by the darkness. She sighed heavily; she had had a long day and was looking forward to relaxing on her couch watching some television. She reached over and flicked the light switch, illuminating her apartment.

" T-Tohma!" Kai cried as she noticed the man leaning against the back of her couch facing the front door. He was holding a bottle of wine in one hand and a bouquet of red roses in the other.

" Welcome home," he said standing up and he began to walk towards her, " I thought you might like to celebrate your first day as a recording artist."

" Tohma…I…you…" she looked into his eyes as he stood before her. She threw her arms around his neck and pressed her luscious red lips against his. The wine bottle dropped to the floor followed by the flowers as he wrapped his arms around her, his hands caressing her back as they stood just inside her front door kissing each other passionately. They drew back to catch their breath and stared into each other's eyes. Kai kicked the door shut with her foot, never letting her eyes leave Tohma's. She grabbed his hand, which was now resting comfortably on her waist and began to lead him towards the bedroom. He followed her, more than willingly, into the dark room.

She sat down on the end of her bad and pulled Tohma in front of her. He leaned down and began to kiss her neck sensually; she let out a small moan of arousal. She reached up and began to unbutton his shirt. She slid it off his shoulders and began to run her hands over his naked chest. He pulled her silver tank top up over her head and threw it aside. He stared now at the beauty before him, her long red hair resting gently on top of her black lace bra. He leaned in to kiss her again, his tongue exploring every inch of her mouth as hers explored every inch of his. She reached down and unbuttoned his black dress pants, sliding her hands down into his boxers. He unzipped her skirt and pulled it down over her waist revealing a black lace thong that matched her bra…Mika had the same set.

Mika. Tohma drew back from Kai at the thought of his wife. They may have been having problems, but did he really want to commit adultery?

" Tohma is everything alright?" Kai questioned, her voice shaking with anticipation.

" I…I can't…I can't do this…I'm sorry…" Tohma had forced the words out of his mouth. He got up from the bed, leaving her lying there, and walked out to the living room. He sat down on her couch dressed only in his boxers and put his head in his hands. He felt Kai sit down next to him and put her arm around his shoulder. She had put her housecoat on and was now resting her head on his.

" It's okay Tohma, I understand. I should never have tried to make you cheat on your wife," she whispered. Her voice cracked as her eyes welled up with tears, " This is all my fault. I'm the one that should be sorry…not you."

Tohma gently grabbed her face in his hands and stared her in the eyes, " This is not your fault," he said sternly, " Don't you ever think that this is your fault." He quickly realized that she had known he was married, but how?

" How did you know about Mika?" Tohma whispered, not wanting to sound like he was accusing her of something.

" Yuki told me that you were married to his sister the night we were at his house for dinner," she replied as tears streamed down her face.

" I don't want you to blame yourself Kai, this is my fault…not yours," Tohma kissed her forehead, " I think I should leave now."

Kai nodded, her tears still flowing down her face. She watched as he got dressed and put his jacket on.

" I'll see you tomorrow," he said as he walked out her door.

" Good-night Tohma," she replied as he closed the door behind him.