A/N: I'm sorry this update took so long again. Yay for you for reviewing so much! I've never gotten so many reviews and I'm indeed really happy, thank you. Don't forget to review this chapter too.

And yay for me for finishing this rather pointless excuse of a story! Honestly, this is the first story ever that I've finished and I'm so proud of myself :).

Warnings: OOC:ness, bad language.

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I'm thrown up against a wall on the more remote side of the random toilet building, Kai's hands placed on both my sides against the wall, foiling my attempts of escape. Believe me, I've tried. His renowned death glare is directed intensively towards me, making me quiver in uneasiness.

"What's wrong?" Kai's colourless voice comes firmly. I blink. What? Oh he means the earlier weakness of mine. Why did he have to see it? I turn to look away from those piercing crimson eyes, again feeling a wave of dizziness try to take the best of me. I sigh and close my eyes. Of course, Kai doesn't manage to miss this, "Rei?"

"Uh…" and again, I'm lacking words, "it's nothing."

Now Kai takes a firm, but not rough, hold of my chin, turning my face so that I'm forced to look into his eyes once more, "What did I say about the lying?" now his voice holds unhidden threat.

I glare at my captain with my best ability, naturally having no effect on him. I have no obligation to answer him, "Just drop it," luckily, my voice doesn't hold any of the slight fear I'm holding for the slate-haired Russian at the moment.

Kai narrows his eyes dangerously, making me unable to hold back a quiver again, "Just spill it!" he demands coldly.

"No," I feel his other hand encircle my wrist really tightly. I whimper, "Okay," now his grip loosens a bit, "I… I don't know, it's the heat maybe…" it's obviously a lie but he can't prove it.

Kai raises me a fine eyebrow, "The heat?" I nod, too quickly. The Russian opens his mouth again, probably to protest, but I decide to speak before he begins.

"Kai, why won't you just tell me?" I change the subject. The mentioned boy blinks, bewildered. I sigh, "You know perfectly well what I'm talking about," my voice comes again, demanding.

Kai smirks, proving that he really does know, "You honestly don't remember?" I blush. More from anger than embarrassment. This makes Kai look even more amused as he leans closer, his lips hovering close to mine, "Well then, may I demonstrate?" He obviously isn't expecting me to answer since now I'm pulled into an almost bruising kiss. A disapproving voice rises up from my throat as I try to struggle out of his arms. I can't let him think I'm this easy. Just as I'm about to sink my sharp fangs into his lower – and I must add – rather delicious lip, I stop at a sudden voice coming from behind Kai.

"Ow a boy is molesting a girl… what should I do?" I snap my eyes open. I didn't even realize closing them. I look past the slate-haired Russian to see a little girl about the age of ten standing there looking very troubled. My pupils start to turn into slits. How dare she call me a girl?

Kai, sensing my tenseness, pulls away and turns to glare at the poor girl behind him. The said child flinches in fear and runs off as fast as her legs are able to carry her. Kai turns his attention back to me as if nothing had happened.

I glare at him, "Quit it," I warn, "I bet the security guards will be here any minute now."

Kai smirks at me before stepping back. Without anything more said, I push myself off the wall and walk away, all the time being awfully aware of the dual-haired boy following close behind me.

Almost immediately after getting away from behind the toilet building, we run into Max and Takao. They both are eating ice cream while chatting cheerfully.

"Hey guys," I greet as I stop in front of them.

"Hi Rei!" Max exclaims cheerfully, "Are you ok? You look kinda flushed…" he adds a bit more seriously. I blush more, not knowing what to say. This makes the blond boy turn to look at the next to me standing Kai, "Oh, Kai," Max says as if not having noticed our stoic team captain until now. Naturally, Kai doesn't answer the greeting in any way. Max turns his gaze back to me, "Actually I don't want to know."

I decide to try and address Takao, willing to know if he's still considering me as a demon, "So Takao, I haven't seen you guys in a while, what have you been doing?"

This causes the navy-haired boy to turn white as a sheet as he moves a couple of steps behind Max, "Think about a brick wall, a nice impervious brick wall," I can't help sighing, is he going to continue this forever? "A brick wall… a brick wall with Max against it," insert a mental scream here, "No! Just a brick wall and no Max… just a brick wall, just Max and no brick wall, NO!" Now Takao whimpers aloud and hides completely behind Max. "Maxie, please help me! The demon is persecuting me," Max's shirt muffles the desperate plea of the navy-haired boy. The owner of the shirt rolls his eyes.

"Takao, come on, I already explained this to you," Max says patiently, "Rei is not a demon, it's completely ridiculous."

Takao glances cautiously over Max's shoulder and a shaky finger is pointed in my direction, "Then why is he smirking like that?"

I, indeed, find myself smirking. Guess it's because it's kind of funny to have this much affect on someone. I try to get my face straight, but fail miserably. Maybe I should try to explain myself somehow, "Your expression is just priceless, that's all," now I break into chuckles. From the corner of my eye I can see Kai smirk slightly.

"You shouldn't make fun of me you devil," Takao warns, stepping out from behind Max's back.

The still next to me standing Kai snorts, "If your life is precious, you won't tell him what he should or should not do," he states visibly annoyed, "he might cast a lethal curse on you."

This makes Takao's eyes widen in shock as he turns to look at me, "You wouldn't?"

I decide to play along, taking a serious expression on my face, "Oh, I would." Takao squeals and returns to hide behind Max's back.

"Don't let them get me Maxie, please, I don't want to die!" he cries into the blond's shirt, "They are in the same collusion, I swear, Kai's the Satan himself!" he whispers, "So watch your back Maxie…" I stare at him with my mouth slightly open in puzzlement. He really is serious, isn't he? Max rolls his eyes again and opens his mouth only to close it again as someone else joins the conversation.

"Now that's just pathetic, don't you think, Kinomiya?" We turn to look at Bryan who's walking towards us with Tala holding his hand tightly.

"Did you get enough of the Ferris wheel already?" I ask as they stop, wanting to drop the subject.

Tala nods, looking happy, "Bryan wouldn't let me view the landscape though…" "But you two," he points first at me and then Kai, "fled too quickly." I raise an eyebrow at him. I beg to differ; I fled… Kai just followed. Tala turns to look at Kai, "I wanted to talk to you."

"About?" Kai questions.

Tala tilts his head a bit to his right, "It's private," then he loosens his grip on Bryan's hand and in turn grabs Kai's hand as they start walking away from the rest of us, "take good care of my Bry-Bry until I'm back," he says over his shoulder.

"Sure," I chuckle.

"Takao, you can come out now, Kai is gone," Max informs, making the navy-haired boy step slightly apart from his back.

"Aren't you a bit too old to believe in that kind of stuff?" Bryan asks, mock evident in his voice. Takao chooses to stick out his tongue at the Russian before folding his arms and turning away a bit, pouting.

"Shut it, Kuznetsov," he snaps.

"Hey, let's not start fighting now, please," I plead, trying to ignore the forming headache and the soughing sound trying to get my attention.

"Fine with me," Bryan states, visibly amused. Then he looks up to the sky, "It's going to rain soon…" his voice drifts away.

Soon Max smiles and his lips start moving but I can't hear a word what he's saying. I frown. The amusement park is too noisy. Why do people make so much noise? Can't they talk quietly in crowded places like this? Suddenly I realize the voices aren't spoken words from the people around me. They are inside my head. Or the others'. They are thoughts. I can hear everyone's thoughts but there are so many people around me that it's all just one loud rumble in my head. I lower my head and raise my hands to rub my temples, wishing for the headache to go away. This isn't good… at all.

Is this it? Am I finally losing it? I've seen superheroes in comics being able to hear others' thoughts. They never have this much trouble of their gifts. To me this definitely is not a gift but a curse. A damned curse that's surely going to mess up my mind sooner or later. And by the looks of it, probably sooner.

"Rei?… Rei!" Max's voice drifts through the noise, "REI!" I flinch and look up to meet his concerned eyes, "Are you ok?" I open and close my mouth a couple of times like a gold fish.

"No… I- I need to go, excuse me," with this I turn on my heels and speed off as fast as I can, hoping for the voices to go away. If people only would stop thinking. It seems like my legs aren't obeying me and every now and then I stumble as my legs are trying to give way. Somehow, I manage to remain my balance.

"That blue one looks nice," I catch some kid's pondering as I pass a souvenir shop, "or maybe that yellow…" I trip again, this time falling onto my knees on the ground.

"What's wrong with that kid?" an extremely self-satisfied voice comes mocking. I shake my head, trying to chase away the thoughts, but only manage to make the headache worse. I force myself up again, just wanting to scream for all of them to shut up. As I'm shakily on my legs, I start running only one thing in my mind: I need to get out of here.

All of a sudden I realize I'm not the only one who's running steps I'm hearing. Someone is running after me. I fasten my steps, not looking back. However, my legs are too weak already and I find myself tripping onto the ground once more, barely being able to hold back the tears forming in the corners of my eyes. The voices are just getting louder and louder. I can't take them anymore. I blink the tears away and push myself up, only to feel someone grab my arm firmly.

"Rei?" I freeze at the familiar voice. Then I swiftly turn around to find Kai and Tala looking at me questioningly. "Where are you going?" The red-haired one of the two asks.

"Ah, see… I–" I turn my gaze to Kai, "can I have my arm back?" Damn, my voice sounds so little. The dual-haired boy raises me an eyebrow but does as was asked. Now I take a few shaky steps back and glance at Tala. He's still obviously waiting for my answer, "Well, you know how it's hot and then you just need to get water…" Like that would convince them. Even I'm not convinced.

Now they both raise their eyebrows at me, "Really? You don't mind if we join you, do you?" Kai asks and a quick glance in his direction tells me it was a rhetorical question.

I smile, "Of course not," Maybe some water could really help me with this problem. I sure hope so at least. I turn around to continue this time walking, having the Russians on both my sides.

Tala and Kai are talking about something that apparently doesn't consider me, which I'm really glad because now my senses are failing me again and the only thing telling me they are talking is their moving lips. Now I'm hearing just the rumble of thoughts again. But what really scares me is that now even my vision is turning blurry.

Before I even notice it, I'm on the ground on my knees. Then there is a pair of hands on my shoulders, pulling me up and then holding me on my feet. I open my eyes to see Tala in front of me. His lips form a question. 'Are you ok?' he asks. Of course not. But I nod and move back, away from his grip.

I can see Kai sigh and shake his head, looking almost angry. Then he steps closer but stops as I raise my hand in front of him.

"Don't," I say. It weird to know you're speaking when still not hearing it, "I'm fine."

Now Kai's crimson eyes narrow dangerously as he starts speaking, so quickly I can't read on his lips what he's saying, "–so don't fucking say you're fine!" His voice sounds too loud as I get my hearing back. Instinctively I raise my hands to cover my ears.

"We're taking you to the hospital," Tala informs and steps towards me. I step back.

"No!" Now my voice is angry, "I don't need a doctor!" I hate doctors. I hate hospitals.

"Then tell us what it is," Kai demands coldly and folds his arms over his chest.

I sigh and remove my hands from my ears, "I've told you, it's the sunstroke."

Now Kai growls, "Don't fucking lie to me."

I shake my head, "I'm not–" A high-pitched scream filling my head cuts my sentence before everything goes silent. All the words and the rumble vanish. I blink and glance from Kai to Tala and back. Suddenly they seem so distant. Then my legs give way and I fall into darkness.

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I hear a quiet roaring sound. It sounds like some engine. Then I realize I must be in a car. As my senses start to clear, I also realize I'm leaning against something soft and warm. And there's an arm around my shoulders, keeping me close to that warm object.

"Rei?" The whisper comes from the figure holding me. I recognize the voice to belong to Kai. He must have noticed I'm awake.

I sigh and snuggle up closer to his neck, "Please don't take me to the hospital," I whisper before drifting back into unconsciousness.

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It's quiet. I mean really quiet. There is no sough or anything at all. No, that's not correct. There is some sound, soft sound of breathing to be exact. Slowly I open my eyes to see Kai's face close to mine. He appears to be asleep but looks somewhat troubled. Then I realize we're in our shared bedroom and both in my bed. My eyes widen and I sit up quickly. This wakes also the other boy and he shoots himself up to sitting position.

"What?" Kai yells, looking terrified. He was probably having a nightmare.

"Kai, it's ok," I whisper as I place my hand on his shoulder intending to comfort him. He flinches and turns to look at me, his eyes widening slightly as he notices me. He looks so lost I have the urge to smile.

"Rei?" Kai's voice comes asking as the boy glances around our bedroom. Then he seems to understand and his expression turns composed as he turns back to look at me, "You're awake," he states quietly without any colour in his voice. Then he decides to surprise me by raising his hand to stroke my cheek lightly, "Are you all right?"

I nod, "Yeah," then I turn to look away from him and grab his wrist, pushing his hand away.

"You're still angry with me?" the Russian asks.

I feel the anger in me growing, "How could I not be?" Now I turn my eyes to his, "You- you…" I don't know what to say. What is it exactly that makes me angry with him? The fact that he made fun of me… or that he- he used me? Did he? No, I was in it out of my own free will. Maybe I'm angry with myself for not remembering. "You laughed at me…" I whisper and turn away again.

There is this uncomfortable silence for what seems like ages. Then there are Kai's arms around me and his lips on my neck, "I'm sorry," His soft whisper startles me. Did he just apologize to me? I turn to face him. He's wearing his usual smug smirk on his face, "You're just so cute when you're mad," Now he kisses my neck. I'm frozen for a second. Did he just call me cute? Did he just say the word cute?

Now Kai has advanced up to my ear, nipping my earlobe. I frown and with a swift motion pin him down onto the bed, "Nice try, but that won't make me appeased," I start kissing his neck, feeling his body quiver under me.

"What do you want?" the slate-haired boy asks as he buries his fingers into my hair.

"Answers," I reply against his skin before pulling back, moving to sit on the other side of the bed.

Slowly Kai sits up, looking perhaps slightly disappointed, "Then go ahead and ask," he exhorts somewhat venomously.

"You know the question already," All I receive is a raised eyebrow and a barely visible smirk. He's teasing me again. My anger grows again, making my pupils turn into slits. However, I know he's just as stubborn as I am so it can't be helped. I also know that I need to know the answer so I give in, "Last night, did we–"

For some reason, Kai decides to save me by cutting my sentence, "Yes," the little word has an enormous power to make my face turn bright red. Maybe I was hoping for a no. Now Kai is close to me again, his hand on my cheek, "There's no need for you to be embarrassed," the venom of his voice is gone. He leans close to my ear, "Or do you regret it?" his emotionless tone hides his wishes for the answer. Does he want me to say no? Or yes?

I find myself wondering. Do I regret it? I was too busy being angry with him and myself that I never actually thought about it. I look up to meet his crimson eyes, "No," I whisper truthfully. His eyes seem to light up and he leans in to kiss me gently on the lips.

Suddenly there's a knock on the door, making us both pull back quickly. Then Kai's up on his feet, striding towards the door.

"Rei, are you awake?" A voice comes through the door, making Kai stop and turn to look at me.

I stand up, walking up to him, "It's Takao. I should talk to him," I try to pass the dual-haired Russian but find myself shoved back onto my bed.

"Stay there," Kai orders before cracking the door just enough for the younger boy on the other side to see his death glare, "Shut up, he's asleep," Kai says coldly.

"But," Takao's voice comes shaking, "I- I was sure I heard your voices…" his voice dies.

"You were hallucinating, go eat something," with this Kai shuts the door to Takao's face and turns to look at me. I'm standing again.

"I'm serious, I should talk to him," I say and try to walk to the door but again I'm stopped by Kai as he places both his hand on my shoulders.

"About?" he questions.

"He thinks I'm a demon," I pull away from his hands, "I think that's quite a good topic." Again I try to walk past him and again find myself stopped. I look up at him angrily. What the hell is he doing?

"You are not going anywhere but back to your bed and rest," Kai demands but continues with a bit softer voice, "besides, he doesn't consider you as a demon anymore," I raise him a questioning eyebrow. What changed his mind? Now Kai smirks, "Now you're just a lunatic to him."

I roll my eyes, "Perfect," perhaps I'll talk to Takao tomorrow. Then I look up at Kai again, "do you think I'm crazy?"

Kai's expression turns serious, "No," he sounds sincere. I smile and lean in to place a hasty kiss on his lips. Kai tilts his head a bit after I've stepped back, "Does this mean I'm forgiven?"

I chuckle and wrap my arms around his waist, pushing him backwards to the door. Then as I feel the key in my hand, I turn it until a little clicking sound is heard as the door is locked.

"It depends…" I whisper teasingly against his lips, making sure my lips barely touch his. Then I let my tongue slide out to touch his lower lip slightly. As Kai leans closer intending to kiss me, I step back with a little smirk playing on my lips. Kai's eyes are shining with emotions again. One of them I recognize to be lust and there is also another one, very familiar emotion present. I stare at his eyes for a moment before realization hits me, making my heartbeat speed up. Is it… could it be love? A smile find its way to my lips.

"What?" Kai asks.

"I love you too," before I even realize it, I'm kissing him passionately. Soon Kai breaks the kiss, observing me with his eyes.

"Can you really read my mind?"

I'm startled. Not until now I realize I'm not catching any of his or others' thoughts. Even the faint sough is gone. I feel… normal. Somehow I know I've lost the ability. Realizing this makes the smile return to my lips.

"No," I chuckle as I lean close to him again, "I don't need to," I kiss him gently and soon his arms snake around me as he starts pushing me towards my bed.

Kai pushes me down to lie on my back and then, much to my disappointment, crawls over me to lie down beside me. I turn to look at him questioningly. "I said you will rest," he states and a smug smirk is back on his lips, "besides, I'm tired," now he closes his eyes. I stare at him puzzled. Then, a moment later as I'm convinced he wasn't joking, I sigh and close my eyes.

"Rei," Kai's voice breaks the silence a few minutes later. I open my eyes to see his crimson eyes shining in the moonlight coming through the window, "I wanted to say it myself."

"What?" I whisper, not wanting to break the atmosphere.

Kai looks at me seriously for a painfully long time and then his lips curve into a smile. A genuine, soft and so heart-melting smile that my breath gets stuck in my throat, "That I love you," now he graces my lips with his in a gentle kiss. Then he pulls me close to his chest, burying his face into my hair, "Night Rei."

I smile and close my eyes, "Night love," Immediately I drift into a deep slumber.

The end.