Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters mentioned below, except for Kristen Hiwatari and her ex-boyfriend, Andrew. (That jerk, I might add)

A/N: I wonder how the last chapter was. I'm really excited about finishing all my other stories, and not only this one. I'm now working during the afternoon and I can only get to my computer in the evenings. However, my mind's constantly on my stories and how I should finish them! See how dedicated I am? gags at self haha oh well, hope you guys give me the support that I need. Simple, just review! Thanks! Now enjoy! )

From the last chapter…

Kristen was now sleeping and Kai was sitting on the edge of her bed, holding her hand as she slept. She started muttering something in her sleep and Kai leaned in closer to comprehend what she was saying.

"Don't blame Ray."

What? After what he did to you? I'll squeeze the guts outta him.

After a while, Kristen's grip on his hand loosened and he knew that she was fast asleep. He got up from her bed slowly, cast one last look over at his sleeping sister and closed the door behind him softly as he left the room.

He walked over to the balcony and leaned against the railing. Poor Kristen, he thought. The things she has to go through in life.

Kai then heard the clicking of the doorknob and turned around to see who it was that had come back.

It was Ray.

Kai clenched his fists in anger while Ray's eyes wandered to the door of the girls' bedroom. Kai walked up to Ray and Ray thought that Kai was about to beat the crap out of him for sure when Kai said, "We'll talk outside."

Ray could only nod and close the front door behind them.

Mysteries Unraveled

"So, do you have anything to say to me?" Ray and Kai had walked in silence for a while. Ray didn't dare to say anything while Kai was wondering what he should say or do to Ray. They were currently at a park and had both sat down on a park bench.

Ray didn't know what to say, or think. Only one thought had been running in his head most of the time, and so he thought, might as well tell Kai. I probably won't live beyond today, anyway. (A/N: What a depressing thought, huh?)

"We kissed?"

"What?" Kai nearly fell off his seat. This wasn't anything like he had expected.

Ray shrugged at Kai's response.

"When?"

"The first day I saw her."

Damn, he's quick, Kai thought.

"Look, I'm sorry, I know she's your girlfriend and all, but I just couldn't help it."

"Couldn't… help it?" There was doubt in Kai's voice.

Ray sighed. "She came into the guys' bedroom and thought I was you. She started hugging me and crying about some nightmare she had. When she realized I wasn't you, we went to the balcony after she bit my hand. Then you know, it just happened."

Kai didn't know which part of what Ray said to respond to first. He'd pretty much gotten over the "we kissed" part, but Kristen crying because of her nightmare and her biting Ray's hand? He had LOTS to deal with. He decided to go with the nightmare first.

"She had a nightmare?"

"Yeah. Said something about jumping down."

"Poor thing," Kai thought aloud, as he knew exactly what Kristen had dreamt about.

"Then what happened when you guys were supposed to be out together for dinner?"

Ray sighed again and told Kai everything that happened. Kai was about to strangle Ray when he heard about the name-calling part, but he restrained himself and thought about what Ray said. Maybe it was time to come clean with Ray. The poor guy looks so confused, Kai thought. I'll let him off this time.

Kai looked over at Ray and Ray was surprised to see Kai wearing a calm expression on his face.

"You're not mad?"

"The hell I'm not."

"Oh."

"But there are some things that you ought to know, and that it's not entirely your fault."

"Oh."

So Kai began unraveling the mystery of this girl named Kristen.

"Kristen doesn't live with her real parents. Her real dad jumped down from a building when he realized that he had lost everything in shares – his house, his money, everything. But he didn't realize that he still had his family. Kristen was only 7 years old at that time when she and her mother could only watch helplessly as her dad jumped down before their very eyes. The police were there and so were the ambulances and counselors, but no one could stop her dad.

Her mother couldn't take the fact that her husband was dead and broke down completely. She's now at the mental hospital and she doesn't even remember her own daughter. Kristen was rendered an orphan and was taken in by her current foster parents. They love her but she can't seem to shake the past away; it comes back to haunt her at night." Kai took a deep breath.

"As to why she acted that way in response to the word (i.e. bitch), it's because of her ex-boyfriend, Andrew. She trusted him completely, only to find that he had cheated her of her feelings. He only had sex in his mind, and he already had a girlfriend behind Kristen's back.To make it more exciting for himself, he even made a bet with his girlfriend that he could get Kristen into bed.

Of course, Kristen said no. He flew into a rage and let his girlfriend into the room. His girlfriend was outside and had been listening to every word they were saying. To make things even worse, she laughed in Kristen's face and Andrew shouted the word in her face. Just because he lost the bet. She was only fifteen at that time." (A/N: Kristen's currently 17 years old and Kai, 18, just in case you were wondering.)

Kai stopped talking and at that moment, it was impossible to tell who was angrier. Both Ray and Kai were clenching their fists in anger.

"How could he," Ray's voice shook with anger. "That bastard."

Kai heaved a ragged and heavy sigh. "From then on, Kristen never really trusted anyone much. She even told me once that she was probably the one who had seduced him in the first place."

"What? She would never." Ray countered.

"I know. But she doesn't."

Ray sighed. "At least she has you by her side. I'm glad, too."

"For what?"

"That she's not alone."

Kai was quite touched by what Ray had just said. He had only met his sister for a few hours, and he was already feeling so strongly for his sister. They'd make a good pair, Kai couldn't help but think.

Kai got up from his seat and started to make his way back to the hostel. But before he walked away, he looked down at Ray, who was still sitting down on the bench.

"By the way, Ray," Kai smiled.

"Yeah?"

"Kristen's not my girlfriend."

Ray jumped up from his seat. "She's not?" he exclaimed.

"Nope." Kai's smile was growing wider by the minute. He couldn't wait to see the expression on Ray's face when he told him that…

"She's my sister, Ray."

"What!"

"Yup," Kai was thoroughly enjoying every moment of this. "And my parents were the one who took her in."

Kai was already started to walk away when he realized that Ray was rooted to the ground, his mouth hanging slightly open.

"Close your mouth Ray. So unattractive and so unlike you."

Ray closed his mouth, opened it and then closed it again, as if he wanted to say something but decided against it in the end.

"What, Ray? Now you look like a goldfish."

"Nothing," Ray muttered.

Kai laughed and knew what Ray was thinking about right now.

"Okay, you have my permission."

"For what?"

"To go after my sister?"

Before Ray could help himself, he said, "Really?"

Laughing again, Kai patted Ray's left shoulder. "Really."

A/N:

Who's this?

Your conscience.

Oh man, you again? You appear in every story.

Back by popular demand.

Whatever. So what do you want this time?

I want to know why you didn't leave a cliffy.

What? And I thought you were supposed to be the logical and good guy.

I am.

Yeah, right.

So what about the cliffy?

Er… not now, I guess.

Ok.

Silence

Er, how about now?

No!

Dang it.

Haha, ok maybe that conscience thing was a bit lame, but oh well at least I didn't leave a cliffy. So don't complain! P ok read and review! 'till next chapter, then!