Ah, je sais, je sais, no update in ages! I am that lazy! But as you see, this story will definitely get finished, since it's about the only one I still update.

And I have candy for you! Fluffy ReiKai moment ahead to satisfy all you cravers. I could say horny cravers, but... That's up to you to decide.

Warning! Shounen-ai hints, swearing,...

Oh yes, I did some research on the effects kicking off of drugs can have on you. I did my best, so cut me some slack.

And afterwards, go download the song Sewn by the Feeling. x3 It's magnificent.


With a grunt, Rei opened the door of the apartment, juggling his keys in his one hand while keeping a firm hold on Kai's waist. Darkness had fallen, and Mariah wasn't at home, because there were no lights burning. She had probably gone out with her girlfriends.

He flipped the light switch with a dry click, and all of a sudden the hall was bathing in a cold yellow light, leaving nothing to the imagination. All the way home he had kept asking himself what he was thinking. He didn't know this boy, not even his name. This strange sense of wanting to take care of someone shouldn't have been enough reason to take him home!

After taking a brief look at the blue-haired boy in this light, he was sure he had been out of his mind. The boy was a mess: his hair was greasy, he smelled like he hadn't bathed decently in weeks, his face was bruised purple and blue, his arms were covered with needle wounds… Not to mention that he had already proven to be potentially dangerous. Rei didn't understand at all why he had taken him home, of all drug addicts.

The neko-jin staggered along the corridor to his room, closing the front door by foot with a slam, meanwhile assuring the Phoenix that everything would be okay. Not as if it mattered. He might as well be talking to a brick wall, Kai was already too far gone.

However, Rei was wrong there. Kai could feel every move the boy was making and could hear everything he was saying. The blue-haired teen just didn't have the power anymore to show any sign of life. He felt incredibly sick: Wave after wave of nausea hit him, he was sweaty all over, and only to start shivering in cold a minute later. The boy carrying him was the only thing that provided him with coolness and warmth, depending on his condition. And all he could think about was his dose, his heroin, his medicine, and how he wasn't going to get it today.

Rei opened his bedroom door, the cold metal feeling like bliss against his strained hands. The red numbers of his digital clock shower it was still only 8 pm, despite the darkness. He left the door open, purposely not turning on the light, but letting himself be guided to the bed by the scarce light shining trough his window. He leaned forward, carefully laying Kai on the bed with his upper body, then bending down to take off the boy's tattered shoes and socks. He tossed them aside next to the bed, and made sure Kai was lying down well before making his way to the window.

Kai drowsily turned on his side, the sheeting becoming more damp with his sweat by the second. Trough slightly closed eyes he could see his so-called saviour looking outside pensively, outlined by artificial orange light, giving his features a softer look.

"Who are you?" he hissed with a dry troth.

Rei woke from his thoughts on how Brussels was so different in lifestyle compared to the little village he had never left before.

"I'm Rei Kon." He told the young man.

"I didn't ask for your name." Kai snapped, his voice breaking. "I asked you who you were. Do I owe you money? Do you have any medicine?" By the end he had trailed off onto something that concerned him more, a begging tone seeping in the conversation.

"If you mean that stuff that's wrecking your life, no. I'm not willing to go fetch it for you either." Rei replied sternly, a frown on his soft features. Kai tried to grasp the meaning of the words spoken, but his mind refused to work properly. His whole body started to shake uncontrollably, shivers running down his spine and his sweat slowly turning cold against his skin.

Rei's frown deepened, his eyes and mouth lined with concern, which made him look older than he actually was. His hand left the window as he walked over to the bed and crouched close to Kai's face.

"Who are you?" he asked inquiringly.

"Hiwatari." The Phoenix managed to say trough clenched teeth and in between the shaking. "Kai."

The neko-jin was puzzled as to what his first name actually was, but decided to settle with Kai.

"Okay, Kai. Now, what's wrong? Are you ill?"

Kai felt a sudden rage welling up inside him, and with a growl he tugged Rei closer by his collar, keeping a tight grip on it. He tried swinging him aside full force, but only managed to knock Rei to the the ground.

"I need my medicine, that's what! You bastard! Whore! Bring me some!" he screamed at the top of his lungs, his nails leaving bloody trails on his arms as he scratched them in utter frustration.

Rei crawled backwards to the door, shocked by the words said, and intimidated by the raging fire in Kai's peculiar eyes. Quickly, he scrambled up, while the hysterical boy's voice rose with every second, yelling the cruellest swearing words he could think of. The neko-jin shut the door as fast as he could. The raging slowly subsided into sobs inside, while he stood staring at the handle of the door. A pleading voice reached out to him.

"Please… Rei… I need it… I need my medicine. You can go and get it while I wait here!"

The voice sounded broken, full of pain, pathetic, and completely heart wrenching at the same time. It took Rei everything in his power to tell Kai off.

"Idiot! Ass-fucker! Cat freak!"

Thus, another swearing stream started. Rei closed his eyes and leaned against the wall next to the door, feeling like gravity itself was weighing down upon his shoulders with all its might. Tears obscured his line of vision as he opened them again. He tried blinking them away, then pushed himself off against the wall and walked towards the tiny kitchen, trying to ignore the screams and pleas coming from his bedroom. It was right about time for dinner.


Rei opened the door quietly. The red light of his clock reached his eyes in the dark. 11 pm. Kai's screaming had already subsided for a while now. His eyes flew across the form of the Phoenix lying on his bed. Kai was still shuddering. Rei walked closer. Kai's eyes glistened in the dark as they noticed the neko-jin coming closer, but he probably decided to ignore him, for no reaction came.

"You okay?" Rei asked, not bothering to hide how distant he felt from the boy after what had happened earlier.

"Cold," was all he got as a reply.

The black-haired boy walked to Kai's beside for the second time that evening and tugged the sheets up to Kai's chin.

"I don't have anything else to warm you up." He told him stiffly, noticing that Kai was wearing but boxers underneath.

The Phoenix nodded slightly, indicating it was okay. Rei's eyes discovered a few blood spats on the sheets as they moved.

Then, he had an idea. He tugged the socks off his feet, pulled his sweater over his head, and lowered his trousers in no time. A minute later, he ushered Kai to move aside, and slipped in the now tiny bed beside him, only wearing boxers and a shirt.

"I'm not like that, cat boy." Kai said mockingly, throwing Rei a look over his shoulders.

"Idiot." Rei replied simply, and shifted closer to Kai, wrapping his arms around the boy's figure and holding him close despite the smell, moving in foetal sleeping position. Kai continued shivering and shaking in his embrace.

"Don't exaggerate it. It's the only way to get you to warm up, so you can go to sleep." He explained.

Silence covered the room like a thick blanket after that, and slowly Kai drifted to sleep as his body warmed up against Rei's. He felt like a child, embraced by his mother, surrounded by a cocoon of warmth. Slowly, he fell asleep.

Rei heard the boy's breath steadying. It took him a lot longer to fall to sleep.

He declared himself insane as of now. Officially.


Yes, that was it. I'm a feedback whore. x3 I am giving you a puppy dog looknow. Don't try and resist, you know you can't.

I am so gaga over the tennis tournaments and the World Cup right now.x3 Rafael Nadal and Erwin van de Sar.

Ja!