Here it is. Chapter 4, finally. I know it took long, but my mom is actually forcing me to put some effort into my schoolwork. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy. So let's cut to the chase...

Chapter 4: Living & loving Kai

Anya woke up the next morning in her bedroom. She remembered last night and touched her lips. Could it be real? She could still taste the kiss. It was so soft and shy, all together very innocent. At least as innocent as a kiss can get.She couldn't remember when she was so happy, or had she even been so happy before. She felt that there was nothing she couldn't do, as long as Kai was by her side. Then again, she felt a little helpless, she had always been so independent. She got up and made her bed. After that, she started to comb her hair. She raised her glance on to the mirror in front of her and startled. Kai had appeared right behind her. A smile covered her face. But it wasn't the usual happy, cheerful smile, it was a happy, dreaming smile.

Kai smiled the same smile. He walked over to her. She stood up. They were only inches apart from each other. Both of them could feel the electricity building between them, as they got closer. Finally their lips touched each other and they fell into a deep and passionate kiss. They forgot about the whole world and couldn't see anything, just feel. Neither one of them didn't want to stop, but they had to catch their breath, so they departed, looking deep into each other's eyes. The sparks were still flying.

"How are we going to tell the others?" Anya asked.

"Do we have to?" Kai responded.

"It could be a little shock, especially to the boys," she stated, sitting down on his lap.

"Why should we care?" Kai replied, wrapping his arms around her.

"They are our friends after all," Anya reminded him.

"You are the only thing that matters to me right now," he responded.

"You might think like that now, but wait until something happens to them," she pointed out.

"Okay, I get the point," he said.

"Let's go and make breakfast. The others aren't up yet, so we could do something fun," she said, grinning furiously.

"Like what?" asked Kai, giving her a glare.

"You'll just have to find out," she answered, leaving the room.

Kai got up and followed her. What could she possibly be thinking? He had a strange feeling he knew what was going to happen. He stepped into the kitchen, where the eggs were already on the pan. He went to look at them and without any warning, a tomato hit him on the head. He turned around. There, right in front of him, stood a hystericly laughing Anya.

"Not again. You know I don't like this," Kai grumbled.

"Oh, come on! It's fun," replied Anya, reaching for another tomato.

"Remember, I warned you," said Kai, grabbing a raw egg.

"Hey! That's not fair. Raw eggs stink," Anya stated

"You asked for it," responded Kai, throwing the egg. It missed.

"Haha! Missed me, missed me. Now ya gotta kiss me," said Anya, trying hard not to laugh.

The next one was already on it's way and it hit the target, smashing in the middle of Anya's chest.

"That's definitely not fair. I had my guard down!" she exclaimed.

"I had my guard down too, when I came into the kitchen, so don't complain," he replied.

A flying tomato came towards him, but missed it's target. Although the next one didn't.

"Okay, now you've hit me, peace?" Kai suggested.

"Sure. We have breakfast to make, so let's get to work," Anya answered.

So they fried the bacon and the eggs and cut some vegetables for a salad.

Everything was almost ready, when Rei appeared.

"You should have waken me up," he said.

"Oh, come on Rei. It's about time someone cooked for you," Anya replied.

Kai felt a little jealous, when he heard Anya speak like that to Rei.

"Since when did you start cooking Kai?" asked Rei curiously.

"Since now, but I don't recall that being any of your business," replied Kai, with an icy voice.

"Fine. Whatever, if you don't want to talk about it, then say so," responded Rei, looking upset.

"Hey, you two, stop that before someone gets his brains knocked out!" Anya snapped.

Both of them stared at Anya, unable to believe their ears. Did she just say, what they thought she said? Kai walked out of the room.

"Kai, wait!" yelled Anya after him. "Could you finish this Rei?" she said and left.

'What is the matter with Anya and what the hell is going on with Kai?' he thought.

Anya rushed through the house, looking for Kai, but he had disappeared. She was about to give up the search, when she heard something. She followed the sound and found Kai, ready to launch his blade. He turned his head and looked at Anya. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't get the words out.

"I didn't mean it Kai, not like you thought," Anya said.

"And how is it that you know, what I think?" Kai asked.

"I can see it in your eyes. The hurt and the jealousy, it's all there," she stated.

Then it came, he didn't plan on saying it, but it just came out.

"I'm sorry. I know you didn't mean it that way," he said, apologizing.

'Did he actually apologized to me?' thought Anya.

"I should have been more careful with my words," she replied, walking to him.

"Forgiven and forgotten?" she asked.

"Yeah," mumbled Kai, hugging her.

They headed back to the dining room, where Hilary, Rei, Max and even Tyson were already eating breakfast. Nobody else noticed the fact, that Kai and Anya came into the room at the same time, except Rei, whose eyes caught them, the moment they stepped in. He had obviously realized, that something was going on behind their backs.

"Good morning to you two," said Hilary.

"Morning," Kai and Anya mumbled at the same time.

Kai sat in front of Hilary, who immediately noticed something strange.
It was a stain, that was the same color as the lipstick Anya had that morning. She was no genius, but she figured 1 plus 1 equals 2. Her eyes looked like they were about to pop out. She was going to say something, but controlled herself at the last moment.
Everyone were unusually quiet that morning. The only ones who were having a conversation, were Max and Tyson. Kai was no different to the other mornings, but Anya looked as if she was sitting on fire that morning. As soon as they started collecting the dishes she left the room, trying not to make a number out of it, but it was no use.

She walked for a while and leaned against the wall. In just a matter of seconds, Hilary appeared.

"What's the rush? You're hiding something, aren't you?" she accused.

"Hey, hold your horses! Calm down," Anya said. "I admit, there is something I haven't told you."

"I knew it," replied Hilary, grinning. "It has something to do with Kai, am I right?"

"Yes," said Anya shortly.

"Well, aren't you going to tell me?" asked Hilary curiously.

"I think you know," Anya stated, smiling a big smile.

Hilary looked at her for a moment, then it hit her.

"Oh my god! You didn't?" she exclaimed.

"But I did," responded Anya, smiling even more.

"You mean you kissed him?" questioned Hilary.

"Absolutely right," answered Anya.

"I'm so happy for you!" Hilary exclaimed, hugging her friend.

"Does anyone else know?" she asked.

"No, but Rei may have a hunch," Anya said.

"We should tell him," replied Hilary.

"No, absolutely not!" Anya exclaimed.

"Why not?" asked Hilary.

"Kai will get furious, if we tell him. I think he wants to tell him in person," Anya said.

"It's gonna come out anyway. Let's tell him," responded Hilary, heading for the kitchen.

Anya grabbed her arm and tried to stop her, but it was no use. She didn't want to hurt her, so there was nothing she could do.

Back at the kitchen Rei and Kai were cleaning up, as Tyson and Max had left outside. Kai was about to leave, when he saw Hilary coming, with Anya. He looked at the couple and tried to figure out the situation.
Anya let go of Hilary's arm and she fell to the floor. She whispered quickly to Kai, what was about to happen. Kai didn't know what to do. He didn't know, if he should stop Hilary and if he should stay or leave.

"Rei, have you noticed something weird going on, with Kai and Anya?" Hilary asked, staring at Rei.

"Yeah, why?" he answered.

This was the point, when Kai decided to leave. Noticing Kai had left, Anya followed him. They were quite far from the kitchen, when they heard it.

"WHAT? You mean Kai and Anya?" shouted Rei.

"That's right," answered Hilary.

"We should go outside," Anya stated.

"Sure," Kai mumbled.

They left the house through the front door, walking without a clear destination. They slowed their steps.

"How did Hilary find out?" Kai asked.

"She saw a lipstick stain," answered Anya.

"We have some serious explaining to do, when we get back. You realize that, don't you?" he said.

"Yeah, we should figure out, what to say, before we go back," she replied.

They walked and they walked, talking about, what they would say. Neither one of them didn't have a clue. Finally they decided, that they would let them make the first move and that they wouldn't say anything, unless they were asked.

They went inside the house to warm up. It was freezing outside, after the wind had started to blow. Since it was so cold outside, everyone else was inside too. They went silently past the living room and up the stairs. Unfortunately Kai stepped on the middle of the last step and it creaked. They could hear someone walking towards them. The two of them went to their own rooms, sharing a one final look. It wasn't long, before Hilary appeared in Anya's room.

"So, what did they say?" Anya asked.

"Well, let's just say, that the others were alright, but Tyson wasn't too happy about it," she answered.

"This is going to get ugly," Anya said, leaving her room and heading for Kai's.

Ugly was certainly an understatement. They came in just in time, to see Rei and Max lose their grip and Tyson going for Kai. The result could be guessed. It didn't take long, before Tyson was on floor.

"You traitor!" shouted Tyson, trying to get up from the floor, but Kai had his foot on him.

"Let him up, Kai!" Anya yelled.

"So he could come after me again?" Kai asked, smirking.

"Just let him up, okay?" said Hilary.

"Fine, but I'm not to blame, if something happens," he responded, letting Tyson get up.

Rei and Max grabbed him again. He didn't cool down.

"Tyson! Relax," Rei said.

"Rei is right. Besides, you know what will happen," exclaimed Max.

Tyson stopped, but he was still throwing bad looks at Kai.

"I think you have some explaining to do," stated Rei, looking at Kai and Anya, who stepped next to him.

"Well, what do you want to know?" asked Anya.

Now, that the question was up in the air, nobody knew, what to say. A silence fell in the room.

"How long have you been together?" asked Hilary, breaking the silence.

"Since yesterday," replied Kai.

"Is it true, what Hilary said this morning?" questioned Rei.

"That would depend on, what she said," responded Anya.

"He means, have you kissed?" asked Hilary.

"Yes," answered Anya, as quietly as she could, but everyone heard.

The same silence landed in the room, as before.

"Is this over?" Anya asked.

"Sure, I don't think anyone has anything to say," Hilary responded.

"Why don't we eat then?" suggested Rei.

"Okay, let's start cooking," said Anya, looking extremely relieved.

There was a chaos in the kitchen. Everyone was doing something and everyone was in someone's way. Things finally got out of hand, when Tyson was about to take a peek at the dessert. Anya noticed it immediately as Tyson was about to open the refrigerator. She rushed through the kitchen, dropping all sorts of things in the way. She reached Tyson just in time and put her hand against the refrigerator door.

"Don't you ever learn Tyson? How many times do I have to tell you to STAY AWAY FROM THE REFRIGERATOR!" she shouted in fury at him. "Or else I'll have to put locks on the doors. I don't think you would want that or would you?"

"But..." whined Tyson, who was as flat against the wall as he could.

"No buts," snapped Anya and walked away, taking a look back and giving Tyson a glare, which was suprisingly similar to Kai's death glare, although it was missing something.

"How have you learned to do that?" Kai asked.

"We both grew up in the abbey. You might notice that we are similar in a lot of ways," she stated.

"Like what ways do you exactly mean?" he responded.

"Well, we both are perfectionists for example. A strict discipline does many things," she said smiling a smile that was less friendly, it had something evil in it.

"We also possess the same smile. There is just something about it. Nobody else can do it," she explained.

"This is stuff about you and me that no one will understand, no matter how hard they try. Because they don't know what it's like, to have a childhood like your's and mine. I'm grateful to find someone who understands," she finished.

"Hey, Anya, why don't you come and help clean up this mess you created?" said Rei.

"Okay, but this should be Tyson's job. He was peeking in the fridge again," she whined.

"Your just being lazy," Rei mocked.

"No, now you went to far, I'm not lazy. I just think that it would be fair for Tyson to clean up the mess, that his actions caused," exclaimed Anya.

"But since you think different, why don't we take this out side to the dish?" she said, challenging Rei into a match.

"If you insist," replied Rei.

"No one else is allowed, got that?" Anya stated. "Except for you Kai. We need someone to start the match."

"Why does Kai get to come?" whined Tyson.

"That's classified information, sorry," she said in a sarcastic tone, smiling.

Outside it was freezing. The wind was really blowing.

"This is crazy you know. No one can blade in this weather," shouted Rei through the storm.

"I can, but if you're afraid, you can just give up!" Anya yelled.

"Forget it! I'm not letting you of that easy," Rei responded.

"Let's get going then!" shouted Kai.

Anya and Rei took their places and got ready to launch.

"3...2...1 Let It Rip!" shouted Kai.

"Show him Dremix! Show him what you're made of!" yelled Anya.

"Go Driger, let her have it!" shouted Rei.

The match had started. Neither one of them wanted to lose, whatever the cost.

"Now Dremix! Give it to him!" ordered Anya.

It was hard to see through the storm and Rei couldn't see where Anya's blade was coming from. The match ended. Rei had lost.

Hilary, Max and Tyson had finished cooking the food and everything was ready when Kai, Anya and Rei came back inside.

"This smells good, who finished cooking the meat?" asked Anya.

"I did," said Max, smiling.

"You have a gift you know. That was one the hardest Russian dishes I can think of. Not even most of he Russians know, how to make that properly," she replied.

"Well, you made the start," he said, looking shy.

"That's true, but still considering what could have went wrong, the result was very good. At least by the smell," she responded.

They all sat down.

"So, aren't you going to tell, how the match ended?" asked Hilary.

"I think it's better for the both us, if that particular subject is not discussed. Right?" responded Anya, looking at Rei.

"Right," he grunted.

The others were a bit surprised, but continued to talk about other things.

This time everyone was doing their part in the work, when they finished eating. Anya and Tyson cleaned up the kitchen and the others collected the dishes. After that they split up to do what each of them wanted.
Kai went upstairs, away from the noise, which came from Tyson and Max, who were playing video games. Anya followed him. It had been much too long since the last time they were alone. She went into Kai's room, noticing him looking at something.

"You lost your temper," he said, not raising his eyes from the book.

"Wouldn't you. God knows what you have done to Tyson before," she defended herself.

"I'm not saying it's a bad thing," he replied.

"Well you gave that impression," she said.

"That's not my problem," he said, smirking.

"Why you...!" said Anya, trying to sound angry, but failed. Instead she started to laugh, losing her balance and falling on to Kai's lap.

"You should be quiet. Who knows what they are thinking of us," Kai stated.

"Who cares," said Anya, laughing even more.

"If you don't stop, I'll have to make you," he threatened.

"And how is it that your going to do that?" she asked, even though she knew the answer. (Can you guess what it is?)

"Like this," he answered and pulled her into a wild kiss.

It was an amazing feeling that ran through their bodies. As if some sort of energy had flown from the other person. The kiss seemed to last forever, until they departed.

"We should stop doing this," said Anya playfully.

"Why is that?" Kai asked.

"Some time we aren't going to be able to let go," she said.

"I believe it's worth the risk," replied Kai.

"Then we think the same way," Anya said, resting her head against his shoulder.

"You are right. No one understands better, then you and me," he said.

"I love you Kai. Nothing will ever change that," she said, in a soft and quiet tone.

"I love you too, but can you live with someone like me?" he said. (I can't believe he actually said that.)

"I know I can. Living is the same for me as loving you... Kai," she said.

Here it was. The fourth chapter. I was touched, when I wrote this. I hope you were too. I'll keep writing. Enjoy the romance, while it lasts, the waves are about to change. And please R&R. All comments are welcome, good and bad.