Lita was in a horrible mood her entire way home. She felt like hitting something, preferably Kento. She could understand why he would be mad, but she felt that he had blown things out of proportion. Unless she had crossed a line, she knew Kento well enough to know that he did not get mad over absolutely nothing. She dismissed that thought for the moment and allowed herself to be equally as angry at him for not accepting her apology. After all, it took her a lot of guts just to say that to him. She decided a visit with Amy would some how cool her lets. Amy was always a voice of reason, and a good friend. When she pulled up to Amy's she was not surprised to see Cye's car in the drive way. She knocked on the door and was greeted warmly by Amy, she waved to Cye who was sitting at a table.
"Lita, I'm glad to see you're doing well. We were just having some tea, would you like some?" Amy said.
"Sure, thanks." Lita replied.
Lita sat down at the table with Cye.
"Are you coming from somewhere?" Cye asked taking a sip of his tea.
"Yes, actually I just came from Kento's."
"Oh, he's home?"
Lita did not give much thought to this statement and went on with the conversation.
"Yes, he's home, we got in an argument and I left."
"What?" Amy said surprised. "Whatever would you be arguing about, if you don't mind me asking?"
Lita did not mind talking to Amy about such things and Cye was Kento's best friend so she felt perfectly comfortable.
"No it's fine, I did and said some stupid things to him last night and went to apologize and he got angry."
"Now, why would Kento go and do a thing like that." Cye said. "That's not like him."
"Well obviously it is." Lita retorted.
Cye began to roll up his sleeves revealing a bruise on his left arm.
"Cye are you alright!" Amy asked worriedly.
Cye looked down at his arm.
"Oh it's nothing Amy. It's just from last night."
Lita was reminded of the condition Kento was in when she saw him.
"Were you in a fight?" She asked.
"Why yes. I suppose you wouldn't remember but Kento would have told you I imagined?"
"Told me what?"
"Well, about what happened last night outside the pub."
"Outside the bar?"
"Yes, I suppose he didn't tell you. Well he told me last night after he left you at the pub he waited outside to make sure you got home safely. He was on a payphone with me outside when he missed you walk out of the bar, he said he turned around and saw you pass out into some strange man's arms. That's when our conversation was cut off and he dropped the phone. There were two other men, he said, that were dragging you into an ally way. I had stayed on the phone and heard him shout at the men, then I was disconnected. I knew where he was so I figured I'd see if something was up. When I got there Kento had taken on all three men by himself and one of them had pulled a knife on him and cut him a couple of times. I jumped into the fight and both of us were able to take them, afterward we called the police and they were taken away. Kento was beside himself for letting you out of his sight even for that moment. He stayed up with you all night, he must have left in the morning if you didn't see him then."
Lita got a sick feeling in her stomach as Cye described this to her. She was terrified about what might have happened had Kento not been there.
"But why didn't he tell me, why did he act that way?" Lita said thinking more and more about Kento each moment.
"Knowing Kento, he's more angry with himself than anything, he hates seeing anyone he loves hurt."
"That doesn't explain it though, if he was worried about me why didn't he say so."
"Kento's not the type of guy who wears those emotions on his sleeve."
Lita sat there for a moment, and thought for a while.
"Lita are you going to be okay?" Amy asked.
"Yes, Amy, but I've got to go see him. Thanks for the tea, and thanks Cye."
Lita left Amy and Cye and returned to Kento's. She approached his front door once again and knocked twice. There was no answer, she knocked a few more times and still there was no answer. She tried the door knob and it turned. She began to open the door slowly.
"Kento?" She said aloud as she walked into the house.
She took a few more steps and found Kento slumped over asleep in a chair in the living room. He was dressed entirely different and his hair was damp which suggested he had showered in her absence. She went over and stared at him for a moment, she gave him a soft peck on the cheek and said his name again. He opened his eyes half way.
"Lita?" He said groggily.
"C'mon." She said pulling his arm around her to lift him.
She walked him, half awake and half asleep into his room and laid him down on his bed. She covered him with a blanket and went and sat on the couch in the living room. Hours later he emerged from the bedroom, rubbing his arm and muttering something incoherent about not remembering falling asleep. Lita was in the kitchen by now, making dinner. Kento walked around and eventually approached Lita who had not known he had awakened.
"So it was you." He said smirking.
Lita was a little startled to see him standing next to her. She was over come with a feeling of compassion for him, and gratitude, but also a sense of elation she had not felt in a long while. She thought now was the best time to act, when he was still in limbo with the world of awake and asleep. She reached, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.