Bffimagine: Here I am again. I know I suck at writing, just please read the rest of this fic. PLEASE. For Kai.

Kai: For me. And because this fic is really good.

The next day, Rei met Tala inside Kai hospital room. However, this time around Kai was not asleep, rather he was wide-awake.

New cuts and gashes suddenly opened across Kai's body, and Tala quickly bound them with gauze. Kai didn't flinch when his wounds got covered, or when they were inflicted on him. Pain was a normal thing to Kai.

"Um, hello?" Rei was unsure what to say.

"Come in Rei," Kai flashed Rei a small smile before he leaned his head into his hands.

"Kai, you have to eat. Voltaire starved you most of the time at the Abbey, and now you have food available to you and you refuse! You need nutrients in your blood. Other wise you'll die faster!" Tala resumed his previous argument with Kai he had started before Rei walked in.

Rei looked at Kai. He was almost completely covered in bandages except is face. His steel gray eyes were thoughtful and absent, clouded with memory and blank with pain.

"What do you mean by Voltaire starving him in the Abbey?" Rei inquired, furrowing his eyebrows in disapproval of Kai's refusal of food.

(Flashback)

"You stole food for Tala AGAIN!?!?! Kai! That earns you another night of beatings and no food for half a year. Only water will keep you alive. Tala should not have any more food than he already has Kai. Why do you get him more?" Voltaire thundered, angry with his eight-year-old grandson.

"Tala's twelve grandfather! He needs more food than a slice of bread and a glass of water!" Tears were in Kai's eyes, and he was yelling at his grandfather at the top of his lungs.

"You dare question me? That earns you a month's worth of beatings, and no food for a year!" Voltaire was very angry now.

"At least give Tala more food, and then you can beat me for the rest of my life here!" Kai bargained, confident that Tala would have his salvation.

"Fine. I'll give the redhead decent meals three times a day but you will get beaten every night for the rest of your life here in the Abbey. Got that?" Voltaire snapped.

"Deal."

(End of Flashback)

"Kai made a lot of sacrifices for me back then," Tala mused, "and he still does now."

"Why was Voltaire so cruel?" Rei asked timidly.

"No one knows." Kai replied flatly, not looking up.

"Oh, and you have to try and sleep more Kai. Remember the month you stayed up all nights and days with me when I was sick, just taking care of me? You got beaten during the day for that." Tala was very stern about his statements.

"Well that's enough history for me," Rei stood up and stretched. "Tell me that other story tomorrow."

"Okay. Goodnight Rei," Kai rasped from his bed. He even tried to flash a small smile towards the raven-haired boy.

"Be sure to come tomorrow Rei," warned Tala, his voice almost menacing.

"I will," Rei announced solemnly. (And so will YOU)

bffimagine: That chapter was shorter than the first...

Kai: Yeah. That's weird...