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Oh and I made a change, small change in the story, you guys probably won't notice it so I won't mention it.

Oooo… I updated. Has it really been ten months? I didn't even notice. Well anyways... Yeah! To the story!

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Defining Together

: Chapter 7

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The man slowly removed his hand from over the maid's mouth. She was quiet for a while before she began to open her mouth to scream again, but the man quickly prevented her from doing so, "Please Hilary, don't make noise."

She moved his hand away from her mouth and tried her best to talk calmly, "But Master Kai, what happened?" She felt like screaming again. "I'm going to get Master Tala."

"No you can't. You have to promise me you won't say anything."

"No! I'm calling the ambulance." She felt tears coming from the back of her eyes at his appearance.

Kai flinched, "Don't say anything; I'm going to get in trouble."

"What happened?"

Kai paused and thought about it for a while.

"Are you going to try to lie to me?" She asked watching him carefully.

Kai shook his head, "I'll make you a deal, if I tell you—you have to promise me not to tell anyone."

Just then Hilary started to feel a little fearfulness for her young master and she nodded.

The gray haired guy believed her and began to tell his story, "I had to work late because I couldn't concentrate. All I did at work was sit down and think about all this chaos. But I didn't even do any work; I didn't even touch any papers. By eleven o'clock I gave up and just left and went to a bar."

"Did you drink?"

Kai chuckled, "Of course. And I already had a lot when I over heard a bunch of guys walking crap about their girlfriends. Not only did I have a headache from thinking too much, their talking made everything worst. So, I told them to 'shut up' and a lot of other shit, and we got kicked out of the bar. Then you know nothing much, they just ganged up on me."

Hilary gasped, "What! How many of them were there? Why didn't you do anything?"

He shrugged, "There were only four of them and besides I deserved it so I just let it happen. After about ten minutes they realized that I was just allowing them to do whatever and they asked me if I was that drunk or something that I wasn't doing anything. I didn't answer and they guessed that I had problems. After that we got along really good and went to another bar and got even drunker than we already were."

The brunette furrowed her eyebrows together—she was so disappointed in him.

"But I knew that Robin would've figured out what I was doing if I had gotten into an accident so I sat down until my vision wasn't all that bad."

Hilary saw more of someone who had gotten into an accident for drunk driving than someone who was just drunk and gave him a questioned look, "You don't look drunk."

Kai smirked, "Practice makes perfect," he chuckled, "how do you think I got past my mom when I came home from drinking?"

"You have to promise me something though," Hilary sighed—she could not believe she was going to agree to this clandestine activity, "Miss Robin says that she misses seeing you happy. Smile, for her."

He nodded and grinned.

"And!" She wasn't finished, "I want all your cuts, wounds, bruises, or whatever cleaned. If I see even one tomorrow, I don't know how long I can keep your secret."

"Thanks, Hilary."

She bowed, "Good night Master Kai."

…

Kai looked at himself grinning through a mirror in the large living room.

Hilary cleared her throat as soon as she saw him.

He spun around, "Good morning Hilary! I'm smiling!"

She smiled back and nodded, "Good morning to you too."

With that he turned back around and continued looking at himself with his now larger grin.

Tala who had just come in stopped and looked at his friend, "Kai, what the heck are you doing?"

Kai spun around again, "Tala." He started to flutter his eyelashes as he smiled at him.

The red head looked at him suspiciously, "What?"

"You have to check out my teeth, prim!" He exclaimed.

Tala's eye twitched as he punched a nearby couch, "No way Kai!" He snarled, "I though you were through this!"

Kai scoffed, "How could you get through such a beautiful mouth." He pouted, "I can't believe I haven't honored them in a while."

"Shut the fuck up." The red-head snarled.

"You're just jealous." Kai smirked.

"Don't get me started." Tala threatened.

The gray haired guy shrugged, "You know, I don't blame you for being jealous. I'd be jealous of me too."

"Hilary," Tala called out calmly, "Can you get me something hard like a hammer?"

Kai chuckled and licked his teeth drawing attention to them, "If that's your way of showing me your jealous, I forgive you Tala."

Tala smiled, "Let's see if you forgive me after I knock out all your teeth."

Hilary meant no disrespect but she was honestly curious on what was going on, "I don't get it. Why would you want to remove Master Kai's teeth?"

"Do you see that stupid idiot over there?" Tala asked glaring at Kai. "We were three-"

Kai interrupted, "Four."

"We were three." Tala insisted through gritted teeth. "Kai as a little kid oddly enjoyed brushing his teeth. He flossed and used mouth wash and whatever the hell he they advertised on TV that was for your teeth. You don't see three year-olds using mouth wash. See? Kai was deformed ever since; and right after he was done vigorously brushing he would look at his teeth for about half an hour before he went to bed."

"There's more to the story, Hilary." Kai grinned madly at Tala, "While I was taking care of my teeth Tala had to be forced to."

"I was three."

"So when time came to go to the dentist, I of course had beautiful teeth, while Tala had a cavity." Kai made a face of distaste, "That's sickeningly disgusting."

"I only had one—when I was three. Besides since it was just a baby tooth they pulled it out. I behaved after that and haven't had a cavity since." The red head glared at his boastful friend, "But after that small incident, Kai never let me live it down."

Hilary giggled, "Why tease Master Tala? Surely you had a cavity before."

Kai turned around to the mirror, blew himself a kiss, and slowly turned back to the two, "Not one. Ever." He flaunted making sure he said it slowly for Tala.

At that moment a familiar raven-haired girl walked down from the stairs. Her hair was still damp from her shower. She laughed at the two but sat in the middle. "Is Kai talking about his teeth again?" She asked Tala.

Tala nodded, "I remember when my last two molars on the lower left were apart and I had to get braces just for those two for about half a year. You know, no one knew, it was like there was nothing –you couldn't see anything, but no… Kai had to laugh at that too." He shook his head, "Wow Robin, how did you make him stop?"

"I told him that I'm not going to kiss him anymore and he told me that I'll give in because of his sexiness and amazing teeth." She laughed, "After a week he gave up. I actually though that this phase was over but I guess it's starting again."

"It's better than nothing." Tala surrendered, "You hear that Kai? I'm not going to kiss you anymore." Tala joked.

"Ech… Why would I want to kiss you? I don't want your cavities."

Robin smiled, Kai was being normal and she really liked it.

Tala sighed, "Whatever. I have nice teeth."

Kai raised a brow, "I know, but mine are the best."

"Aren't you going to work today?" Tala changed the subject. He didn't want to hear anymore about Kai's perfect teeth. It was true, Kai did have amazing teeth and maybe he'd complement him too if he would just stop showing off.

Robin snapped out of her dreamy gaze, "What? Why?" She asked as if it were a delayed reaction, "I want you to stay. Please Kai? Please?" She bit her lower lip bleakly as she gave him a glum look. It was her way of pouting and she knew that he couldn't refuse.

He sighed and smiled weakly, he didn't hate it when she made that face, but he surely did dislike it. It always made him feel mushy. Before he met her, everything always went wrong with him until he finally shut down and became a cold hearted ass hole. He'd just have to look at someone and the person would shut up. Then came in Robin and all he could think was 'One more time won't hurt…' and it wasn't as if he had anything to lose anymore. But he had gotten so used to being so closed that even after the many months he had spent with Robin, seeing her like that made him feel weak and it brought beck too many bad memories and he didn't like it. One thing that constantly kept punching him in the face every time he made a mistake was that he had to be firm and shut –and that came in the form of coldness. What was he thinking? This was Robin –his Robin.

Kai walked over to her and pinched her cheeks together making her look like a fish with puckered-up lips and causing her to stop biting her lower lip. He couldn't see it through her fish-imitated face but he knew she was smiling.

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Robin leaned against Kai as the two of them sat on the couch just spending time with each other. She loved it until Tala came in and told Kai he had a phone call. Kai disappeared for a few minutes before coming back.

With a disappointed face he sat down next to her before sighing before running his hand through his hair, "I have to go to work." He said making sure he emphasized that he had no choice.

She understood, "Okay." She leaned in for a deep kiss. "What time will you be home?"

He shrugged, "Don't wait up for me; I know it will take me a long time."

She felt like someone had kicked her in the stomach, she didn't want to worry or make accusations, but she had a reason to; and he already worked late yesterday and he has to do it again?

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I was really hoping on staying with you."

"Robin…"

She stood up and rolled her eyes, it was much easier to just let him do whatever than making a big deal out of it, "I'll just see you tomorrow morning then." With that she turned on her heel and left.

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Kai walked into Tala's house an hour past midnight. He was exhausted –mentally not physically. So many numbers, and he'd have to go back to work tomorrow! What did he get himself into? He tried, he really did, he had wanted to finished everything as quickly as possible so he could come back early to spend more time with Robin –and this was the earliest that he could get. At least he finished half of his work for tomorrow so that he could spend a little more time with her.

He had called earlier in the afternoon and she had sounded so bored. And he knew that she did that on purpose, she wanted him to know that talking to him over the phone wasn't good enough. As if he could have done anything, so he just let her go.

He had to make it up to her he decided as he walked up to his room. It shouldn't be too hard; he didn't have to go to work tomorrow until after lunch so he had time. Not enough time, but it was better than nothing, and he planned to use what time he had to his benefit.

A drained hand from all the typing and writing reached for the door knob and lazily opened the door. As he walked towards his bed he removed his shirt and literally fell face first. He kicked off his shoes and rolled to the middle of the large luxurious bed. He was too tired to take off his pants what more shower –he'd just have to do that in the morning. What was he going to do for Robin tomorrow? He looked at the curtain as the moon shined through it but didn't phase him. Tomorrow… He'll think about it tomorrow. He thought as his eyelids gave up on him and closed.

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The gray-haired man stirred as he slowly got up from bed. He glanced at the clock. Great… He had only gotten four hours of sleep. A sigh escaped his lips; Robin was worth walking up at five in the morning. He sleepily headed for the bathroom.

He walked to the toilet absently. People always had to pee after they woke up and it just happened on instinct for him to pee first.

With heavy eyelids that rested halfway on his eyes he flushed the toilet after he was done and walked to the sink. Reaching for the faucet he turned the water on and washed his hands before his face and then at himself in the mirror for half a minute. His eyes widened into saucers as something very slowly registered in his mind. How could he! How could he – Kai Hiwatari – forget about something so beloved to him? He grimaced, it was utterly repulsive! And as much as he hated to admit it – absolutely hated to admit it, he had forgotten to brush his teeth before he went to bed. Looking down at his tooth brush in sorrow, he kept his mouth closed. He quickly looked back at the mirror – he was afraid to open his mouth. What if he had gotten a cavity on his perfect and utterly amazing teeth? Was this karma for telling people how much better his teeth were? What could he do? He couldn't help himself, the truth hurts, so what? They should have thanked him for telling them sooner.

No! He was not going to stand for this! He hurriedly grabbed his toothbrush and globbed on toothpaste before turning his back to the mirror. He didn't want to see his mouth –not just yet. He ferociously brushed his teeth for a couple of minutes before calming down and brushed them gently like the royalty they were. After another couple of minutes, something else clicked in his head. What was wrong with him? The morning made people crazy he cursed and turned back to the sink to lastly brush his tongue before his finish.

After he had washed all the minty foam out of his mouth he smiled at the mirror, and just as he'd expected only recently, his teeth were still perfect. He picked up the box of floss and started between every tooth. He'd still have to make an appointment to the dentist though –just incase, he still felt insecure. When he was finished he washed his mouth again and picked up the mouth wash. He made funny faces at the mirror as he gargled with his mouth closed as to keep the fiery liquid in.

When he knew he was done he spat out the fluid and grinned at the mirror. No wonder Robin couldn't resist him –he was extremely handsome. He thought, no, knew, with a smirk. And extremely full of himself. Yeah, he was satisfied. Now all he had to do was take a shower, find Robin, turn her on, and "make it up to her."

He chuckled, he'd have to revise the last one and remove the one before that. He wasn't going to have sex with her; he was going to make up for the lost time yesterday. But… If it so happens that they have sex somewhere around there, then that was fine with him too. With a smug look on his face he walked to the shower.

Lazily sticking a hand in the shower he waited until the water became a preferred temperature. He removed the only clothing on him before stepping into the shower only to be greeted by the warm water on his chilled skin. He thought as he went through the process of showering. What was he going to do for his Robin? Flowers? Movie? A date? Lunch maybe? Breakfast? Oh yeah… Breakfast. A breakfast in bed. Better yet, a breakfast in bed with him spoon feeding her. Score! That would turn her on so much. And it would be on her bed too. Whoo-hoo! He was going to get some!

Kai laughed, he had to stop thinking like this, this wasn't about him. It was about her. He sighed it was time he got serious. Now what was he going to cook? He thought washing out the shampoo in his hair. He'd just have to figure that out when he got to the kitchen.

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Kai put the packet down, okay this was cheating, but so what? He wasn't perfect. Nope, that didn't sound right, he's perfect but sadly still human. He picked up the bowl that he had emptied the contents of the packet into –cheese and broccoli soup. He gently put the bowl in the microwave and quickly glanced back at the packet for instructions, "Microwave on high for three and a half minutes." That was easy enough.

He walked back to one of the kitchen's island counters. Looking down at what he prepared so far: French toast, sausages, orange juice, and a banana which he hoped would give her ideas. Now all he had to do was wait for the soup and finish off the cereal. He had only prepared a bowl of cereal because he was waiting to pour the milk in last so that the crunchy grains wouldn't go saggy.

His stomach howled for attention; he had prepared a humongous stack of French toast and sausages for everybody else but he still ignored his whining organ. A few bites wouldn't hurt, right? He grabbed a plate and placed a couple of toast on it before squirting syrup on top of it. Picking up the fork he began to eat and his stomach was no silent in content.

After he had finished the first toast and half of the second one the microwave chimed, alerting him that the soup was finished. He'll just let it sit for another minute so he could finish his breakfast.

Kai stood up and stretched as soon as he was finished with his food. Now that his stomach was craving attention he realized he had the energy to get-it-on. Walking to the microwave he opened it and carefully pulled out the still hot bowl of soup, and placed it down on the tray. After that he poured the milk over the bowl of cereal and carried the tray out of the kitchen.

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Slowly turning the door knob, Kai walked into Robyn's supposed room with a big grin on his face. He frowned when nobody was in the room. Was she awake already? Trudging out of the room he wondered if he had just made a mistake in the room. So he entered the next room only to be even more disappointed when he found that it too was empty.

He groaned he couldn't keep looking into all the rooms like that; the food was going to get cold. Then it hit him, Tala would know! It was his house after all.

Kai rushed to where the red-head slept most of the time or at least sometimes. He was greeted by two large creamy chocolate wooden doors. Kai glared at the knob –if he walked in on Tala with a tray of food, he'd eat it for himself.

Auburn eyes looked around and spotted a table that was only used as decoration. Kai placed the tray down and looked at the attractive vase –that reminded him how attractive his teeth were- for a few seconds. Turning around he grabbed the door knob and slowly turned it.

Quietly opening the door he gazed over to the direction of the bed. Tala's bare back was faced to him with his arm slung over a girl who he couldn't see because of Tala's build. Kai shook his head, looks like Tala was busy last night. Thank heavens that the comforter and blankets covered possibly both their bodies, well at least Tala's waist and down. He really didn't need to see Tala's shiny butt, he tried not to chuckle –it was an inside joke, a funny memory of their insanity during their early high school years.

He knew that he shouldn't bother Tala and he wouldn't, but his curiosity got to him. So… Who was Tala's new girl friend? Or at least his temporary stress reliever to release his frustrations into… As he silently walked around the bed, he kept his eyes to the carpeted floor, he wanted a surprise. He couldn't figure out what was wrong with him but he was in an amazing mood today.

As he reached to where he estimated was the front of the girl he bit the inside of his lip hard. What if it was a guy? No… Tala didn't swing that way –or did he? Kai tried his best to prevent himself from laughing. Grinning he slowly looked up.

His eyes widened and his smile fell when he landed on the face of the girl.

No…

Not again…

Robin…

Why?

Weee! Cliffie! Ha! Let the mess begin!

But I put some OOC on Kai which was fun but wasn't angst. Angst... I just remembered that this fic was angst. I'm actually more for the humor stuff so hopefully you guys will understand the odd moods or whatever. I can't do hard core sad stuff, because it starts to get dull, and I can't have that.

Okay, here's the thing about reviews, I'mrunning outof different ways to say thanks so I'll only reply to those who need a reply back –along those lines.

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