CHAPTER FOUR: STAY

Normal POV

Rei woke up and found himself in a strange room. Startled he sat up quickly and winced in pain. The covers slid down to the top of his trousers and he was shocked to see he was shirtless. He pulled the covers off and looked down, relieved when he saw that his trousers were still there.

He turned his attention back to the strange room he was in. the walls were pale blue and the room had pieces of pale wooden furniture scattered around it. he got out of the double bed he was in and made his way to the ajar door into the hall. He walked towards the only other open door in the hallway and it led to a living room. He looked around the room and, seeing nothing of interest, turned to leave when a movement from the couch caught his eye.

He walked over and saw the back of a head, the hair a warm red colour.

"Tala?" He whispered, slightly shocked. Why was he in Tala's house, sleeping in his bed while he was on the couch.

He slowly reached out a hand and started to shake Tala's shoulder. He moaned softly and rolled over. As he turned the blanket Tala was covered with slipped down to his waist exposing his chest to Rei's eyes. Rei couldn't help but stare at the beautiful milky flesh of the perfect piece of body. He suddenly felt something grab his hand and looked up from Tala's chest to see Tala holding his hand.

Rei just stared at it for a few minutes before trying to pull his hand back. Tala held on tightly, pulling it closer so it was touching his chest.

"Tala?" He said a little louder moving his captured hand. Tala opened his eyes then closed them slowly. A couple of seconds later they snapped open.

"Rei? What are you…" The memories of last night came flooding back. He looked back at Rei then saw he was starring at something so he followed his gaze and saw Rei's hand entwined with his own. 'How'd that happen?' he thought as he distangled his and Rei's hands. "Sorry." He said as he did so.

"It's ok." Rei said, silently missing the warmth Tala's hand had given. Tala stood up and stretched his arms above his head, yawning.

"Sleep on the couch is not good." He grumbled, yawning again. Rei laughed, unable not to. He secretly wondered why Tala had given him the bed and himself the couch but kept his musings to himself.

"Poor you. Well you can have your bed tonight. Thanks for the help last night but I need to go."

"Where? Why?" Tala asked. He didn't want the neko-jinn to leave.

"I was on my way to Kai's to ask if I could stay with him for a while till I get back on my feet."

"Why not stay here?" Tala asked, a hint of unexplainable jelousy there.

"Stay here? You mind? I mean I don't want to be a problem to…"

"You're not a problem. It would be great if you could stay. So…will you stay here?"

"Yeah."