…Kai's POV…

"What do you want?" I ask Rei who's now standing in my doorway.
"I saw Tala just before, nearly nocked me over… Did you tell him you're leaving?" Rei questions, I sigh and just lean against to the door.
"He already knew…" I tell him, I'm not really in the mood for his interrogation tactics, my mind's to preoccupied to play games trying to out smart him; I really should find Tala but I have a lot of packing that I still I have to do if I'm going to be getting on a plane in the morning.
"And…" I hear Rei ask, bringing me out of my thoughts and before I could do or say anything to stop him, he walks right into my apartment. I turn around and glare at him as he seats himself on my lounge.
"And…" He asks again and it's obvious I wont be able to get rid of him unless I answer his stupid question.

"He asked me to stay, he wanted me to stay with him in Russia," I tell him sitting on the floor, leaning my back against the wall.
"Wanted? So he doesn't want you to stay anymore?" Rei continues to interrogate me, 'where is he going with this' is all I can really think about.
"No… I don't know… he just said that maybe this was a bad idea. Then he left. Now what do you want?" I growl at him.
"I don't need to tell you because I already know what I want, but do you know what you want?" he asks. I just stare at him, where on earth does he come up with these questions… I pause and think about it for a moment until Rei's voice breaks my train of thought.
"Told you," he tells me. I glare at him, told me what? He hasn't exactly told me anything.
"You know, you could stay here if you wanted… I mean what's there for you in Japan? Do you really want to be stuck with Tyson all that time? You should go find Tala before he disappears to far within the city."

I watch him as he gets up and walks passed me pausing at the door.
"Its obvious you're not to keen on leaving, you who are usually the first of us all to be packed an waiting to move out."
That's the last thing I hear him say before he walks out the door, probably heading down the hall towards his own room or one of the others. I sigh and put my head in my hands, its true I don't want to leave here. That's when Rei's question comes back to me… what do I want… I don't know… it's not clear now because I had done what I had wanted to do; I had freed Tala and the others…

I laugh slightly but I curse myself at the same time as I jump up and head for the door to my apartment before flinging it open. What I want?… the answer to that question was sitting on my lounge room floor staring straight into my eyes only a few moments ago and what did I do? I let him walk straight out my door as fast as I had allowed him to walk in. Baka! I run down the hallway towards the stairs. I fly down them, the chill of the night air hitting me as soon as I reach the outside street. Outside it's crowded with dully-dressed bustling people even though it's raining and the sky is almost black. I look down each side of the street, trying to see through the waves of people in a desperate attempt to decide which one Tala would have taken.

I sigh in relief as I peer through a thinner part of the crowd to see a familiar figure sitting on the path, back resting against the wall as he stares out into the crowd streaming past him.
"You never waited for my answer," I tell him sitting down beside him, ignoring the odd looks the people of the crowd were giving me. He looks up at me only long enough to see his eyes shinning with tears before he wraps his arms around my neck. I'm surprised yet saddened that I had brought him to tears. I wrap my arms around him and we sit in the silence of the moment until I feel him shift against me.
"I guess this means you'll stay with me?" he asks sitting up to look at me with hopeful ice blue eyes. I nod in reply.
"If that's what you want," I tell him wondering if I could get a refund on my plane ticket. Tala nods his head slightly.
"That's why I came… you said you wanted to free me so I could do what I want… choose my own destiny… and I've chosen to be with you…" he states plainly but I can see the happiness which shines in his eyes.
"Good," I tell him as I stand up off of the pavement and offering him a hand, "because I want to stay in Russia, though only if you agree to stay with me," I add helping him up before leading him back towards the hotel.