Ray smiled. "Yeah. Course. Two years ago, you weren't a cushy-"

He was stopped, however, when his mouth was obstructed by another. His eyes flew open, only to see lavender hair.

Bryan's… kissing me…

Unconsciously, his eyes flickered closed and he responded, pulling Bryan closer. He soon found arms around his waist, curling round as if protecting him from anything, and Bryan had gloved hands running amok in his silky lavender hair.

The need for oxygen came too great and they broke apart, panting like they had done just under 5 minutes ago. Ray's face was flushed, contrasting the purply bruise on the ridge of his cheekbone with a slight pinky colour. Bryan took one arm away from the neko-jin's waist and rubbed Ray's cheek with his index finger, giving a flicker of a smile.

They leaned in again…

'Oh stop it! Take it slow, for the love of the Spirits!'

Ray and Bryan looked to the side, to see Moon Child sitting there. She rolled her eyes.

'You're worse than Gravel Brains and Pack Leader! And Gravel Brains is a horny bastard!'

"Ok, ok. Stop whining." Bryan muttered, as he leant back. He stood and offered his hand to Ray, which the neko-jin gladly took. "Come on. Your team will be worried. Thinking that you've done something…bad."

Ray blushed even more, and laughed nervously.

"Yeah, well, see ya… Bryan." Ray managed to say and he walked away, Moon Child giving Bryan a last wink before running after the Chinese boy.

"Did you do it? Are they…"

The wolf gave a curt nod, and the man smirked.

"Finally…"

Tala flopped on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. The fan girls had long gone, and he knew why. He had obviously called Bryan too late, since the fan girls spotted him and had chased him. Bryan could handle himself, but fan girls…

"Hey Tal."

Tala looked up to see Ian and Spencer by the door.

"We're going out. Wanna come with?" Ian asked.

"Nah, I'll stay here and wait for Bry. Be careful, though." He looked back at the white ceiling as if it were the most fascinating thing in the world. "Fan girls are on the prowl…"

He heard Ian give a shudder, then the door slamming. He sighed and closed his eyes, drifting into a light doze…

"Why're you sleeping? It's only 8 at night, Tala."

Tala 'eeped' and shot up to see a familiar form by the window, staring at him intently.

"K-Kai." He stuttered. He breathed a sigh of relief. "You like sneaking up on me, don't you?" Then a thought dawned on him. "How the hell did you get in?"

Kai shrugged and turned so he was facing the window. He opened it and sung one leg over.

"Hey wait, Kai! Where're you going?"

"Bryan's back." He replied simply, before dropping out. Tala ran to the window, but Kai wasn't there. The front door then opened, Bryan stepping in.

"Tala, don't fall out. I don't want to have to pick you up off the pavement." Bryan sighed, falling on his bed.

"Nah, just looking out for someone."

"Would that someone be me, by any chance?" Bryan joked, watching the red headed teen shut the window.

"Nope." A sly smile came onto his face. "So where were you, Mr All High and Mighty?"

"Why do you care?" Bryan mumbled.

"I don't. Just curious."

"Hn." Bryan replied. "Somehow I find that hard to believe."

You'd find another thing hard to believe too… Tala thought.

Demi-goddess: So?

Tala: So…what?

Demi-goddess: and I thought blondes were dumb.

Tala: Nope. Just Max.

Demi-goddess: (Nods knowingly) Right. Ray darling. Reviews, please.

Tala: why'd you call it 'reviews' when you only have one?

Demi-goddess: What? (Looks at reviews) (Lip quivers)

Tyson: You made her lip quiver! (Gasp) That's horrible! Meanie!

Demi-goddess: (Lip stops quivering) I've just realised something! In the Dragonball Z game I have, the characters call the bad guys, 'meanies'. It's odd. Someone burns down your house and you call them a meanie; someone kills your cat, you call them a meanie; someone annihilates Earth… and you call them a meanie. Aren't there any other insults you can use?

Tala: Nope, cos people dub them. Take out all the nasty words so you don't get offended.

Demi-goddess: Riiiight.

Asian-Hottie-

Ray: Thankies for your review. She's happy. She says she'll try not to eat herself.

Demi-goddess: I will. BUT I'M SO YUMMY LOOKING!

Ray: (sweatdrops) right. You keep telling yourself that. (Doesn't see death glare from authoress.)