Whee, so many shiny reviews! I'm so happy! Okay, well this chapter was quite fun to write, if only for the fact that Rei loses his temper. I don't know why, but an angry Rei always amuses me... Anyway, replies to all those shiny reviews!

Delores L: Hehe, I also have a weakness for sugar...can't get enough of that high-inducing stuff!

Endoh Chiaki: Kai hasn't had the half of his pain yet...muahaha...

MikeyWaysgirl: Aw, Kai's not bad, he's just spent ten years being pampered, he's a little spoilt, that's all...

Ellen: Yeah, the thing about the knee came from something my Dad was telling me the other day. He works with a car company, and they were doing safety tests with new cars and on this one car if you hit it at anything more than like 40mph the frame split...so I thought 'Yeah, Kai's car broke and hit his knee'. My Granda (Grandfather) had a knee injury a while back, so I know how painful they are...

Just that good: Jealous? You shouldn't be, I've read your fics, and they were good...I just have too much spare time, I'm always writing. Well, that's not quite true at the moment, but whenever Bitesize becomes too much my mouse is always straying to the 'Fanfiction Folder'...

Soko: Heh, I'm glad you like it so far!

Lil-inu: I heartily agree, GCSEs ARE a pain in the ass. I spent the last forty minutes of my RE exam (after I'd finished) driving myself so mad I unpicked my thread bracelet and gift-wrapped my lucky penny with it...and then I counted the lights and the skylights (84 and 60 respectively)...and there was still another half hour to go...

CreativeChilde: Hee, thank you! You made me feel so happy with that review!

M.S.K: I'll update when I get the chance to, every two days if not sooner (or I try for that, anyway). It's a bit whacko at the minute because not only do I have exams, but my brother's starting a degree in journalism so he wants the computer to write his practice articles (grr...).

SaFire flamE: I'm glad you like it. I kind of like being a bit mean to Kai every now and then. I'm writing one at the minute where he goes insane, and every time I tell my friend Peachmelba what I've subjected him to, she just says I'm evil. Ah well, I can be sometimes...

Ceriadara: I'll update as and when I can, will that do you?

Helen: Yeah, Rei is a little sweetie. Hope you enjoyed the wine!

Yumi-Ulrich4ever: Thanks for being so nice about my writing!

Prozacfairy: Yeah, this chapter is the one where Kai finally ends up getting told what's what. But he does deserve it, kinda...

Skimmie: I'm glad you like it, and here's the update: (well, it's down the page a little, but you know...)

KyokiXKurama: Don't be sad, for the ending shall be happy! I promise!

Ice Spirit: …They could both be considered OOC, but after 10 years I figure they'd be quite different to how they were a while ago. And that knee…well, my Granda (grandfather) had an injury a bit like that, and he cried, and he NEVER cries. Knees hurt like hell when you knack them in!

And now, the chapter!

"Mr. Hiwatari? Mr. Kon has been forced to attend to a patient having breathing problems, so he asked me to take over your massage! I'm Mr. Pesca, but you can call me Diego." Kai looked up into the smiling, handsome face of a tanned, cheerful-looking man. At least Rei had sent someone Kai could enjoy looking at... but somehow Kai found himself missing the delicate, almost feminine beauty of Rei's oriental features. Diego was wide, masculine, and had the beginnings of a beard. How Kai detested facial hair...

However, Kai had no complaints about the actual massage- Diego was very skilled with his hands and eventually made Kai feel as if he could be poured into a dish, he was so relaxed. Diego took him back to his room where he snoozed for a while.

"Mr. Hiwatari?" A polite knock, and Rei was back, in cold, clinical perfection. His eyes shimmered in the half-light and Kai looked up into them, taking off his reading glasses and putting them down on the bedside table without breaking eye contact. "I appreciate you replacing yourself with another man, but I would have rather had that man be you."

"Mrs O'Connell was having an asthma attack. It wasn't...out of choice. Neither was Diego. He was the only person free apart from Mei-Lin, and I didn't think you could take a session of pointed nails and flirting."

"Hn. You know me too well." Kai paused, looking at the clock. It was ten o clock, well past the time when most people were at dinner or in their bedrooms, getting ready for bed. "What is it?"

"I wondered...if there was any particular aspect of the facility that you wanted to make use of. To make up for me not being there this afternoon."

"Company policy?" Rei blushed.

"No. An apology."

"I wouldn't mind another massage..." Rei smiled a little nervously.

"Shirt off and on your front then."

"What, here?"

"Why not here?" Kai opened his mouth to tell Rei that 'here' had definite sexual connotations, but then shut it again and obeyed, fingers trailing down the line of buttons on his shirt and opening them one by one. He was aware that he still sported some cuts and bruises from the car crash, but tried to forget about them as he slipped the shirt off and lay down on his front, shivering as Rei straddled him, sitting on his backside.

Rei's hands curled around Kai's shoulders and squeezed gently, moving down to knead the skin of his upper back. "I...missed you a lot." Kai whispered.

"I missed you too..." Rei leaned in close, hands gripping Kai's skin tightly. "I loved you, Kai..."

"Do you still?" Rei hesitated, and Kai felt something drop onto his skin.

"I think...I do. Yes. I still love you...that's why...I don't want us to get too close..."

"Rei, I...I'm sorry. I didn't know...that you felt that way about me. I'm sorry I hurt you." Rei gave up his massaging and leaned over, fitting himself to Kai's back. His fingers whispered over the Russian's neck, making him shiver. "It would be..." Rei paused. "I'd like it...if we could be together...but you'll be leaving in a month? Two months? And...two months happiness is more than I'm willing to take in return for a lifetime of regrets..." Kai felt something trickle down the side of his neck and realised that Rei was crying.

In that second, Kai wished nothing more than to be able to turn over and hold Rei close to him and comfort him, but he couldn't move enough under Rei's weight and the stiffness of his leg. "Rei..." Rei dug a finger into the back of his neck and Kai felt all his muscles tense as one.

"Don't speak. You're making it harder for me to stop myself. Kai...it hurt so much when you left the first time...I cried myself to sleep every night for a week when Tyson and the others were in bed. I told myself I was over loving you and now you're back in my life again and I don't want you to go...but I know you will because we're older now and we have careers and homes and...you don't even love me back...

"I know I'm pretty...but I don't want you to like me only for that! I don't want you to be like every other person who comes through here and sees me as nothing but a figure! I don't want you to cheapen my feelings for you like that!" Rei sniffed. "The more time you spend here the more I realise that I was never really over you at all..." Rei moved his finger and trailed it down the back of Kai's neck.

"Rei...if I wasn't going to leave, would you...would you really want to be with me?"

"Do you even need to ask?"

"Yes."

"...I would. If you could promise...that you didn't just want to use me." Rei stroked Kai's hair, twirling strands of it between his fingers.

"Rei...I...I'm so sorry...if I'd known..." Rei shook his head, hair brushing over Kai's skin, and sat up.

"I have to go. I'm sorry..."

"No, don't go..."

"Kai, I-"

"Please?" Rei closed his eyes.

"Stop it, Kai. Stop...making this harder." Rei stood up, and walked to the door.

"Rei...why do you keep running away from me?"

"Because I'm scared of getting hurt again! Haven't you been listening to a WORD I've been saying?"

"Rei-"

"I'm transferring you to Diego! I can't work with you!"

"Wait!" Kai yelled as Rei went to leave.

Rei turned, hair flying out around him, fists clenched. "Why should I wait? You never waited for me, did you? You had to run off and become a success for your goddamned Grandfather! You left us all behind, Kai, because you didn't care about any of us! So why should I care about you now? Why shouldn't I leave you to talk to people? Why shouldn't I offload you onto Diego?"

"Rei..." Kai was shocked. He'd never seen Rei so angry before...he'd never even suspected the half of what Rei was telling him... "If that's how you feel...why did you come to see me?"

"I don't know! It seemed like a good idea at the time! All I know now is that I don't want to see you any more, Kai! You just make everything HURT!" With that parting scream, Rei left, slamming the door behind himself. With an effort, Kai rolled over onto his back and sighed frustratedly.

Why had Rei never said anything about how he felt? If he'd known that any of them cared about him...he wouldn't have been so eager to go back to his Grandfather. But he'd needed something...some way of feeling accepted... "Ten years..." He closed his eyes, letting all his breath out in a rush. Ten years since he'd seen Rei...

If he was honest with himself, he'd always felt a tug of attraction towards Rei, ever since they were young. But he'd never expected Rei's feelings to be so...strong. After a bit more thinking on the subject, Kai fell asleep.

Next Chapter: Kai really knacks in his leg, and Rei does a bit more crying and getting angry. The next chapter's a bit longer, as well.

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