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Kai woke up to see an empty space next to him. He looked at the end of the bed and saw Max by his drawers putting a book or something away.

"Morning!" Max said cheerfully and beamed at Kai. He couldn't help but smile back at the angel.

"Mornin'" Kai replied a little less enthusiastic. He noticed that Max was fully dressed in his V-force clothes. "What time is it?" he asked.

"1o'clock"

"WHAT!" Kai sat up quickly, staring at Max. He'd never slept in that late. Max smiled at him and sat down at the end of the bed.

"Calm down. I thought you needed the sleep."

"Max…"

"I also knew you had nothing better to do. Besides, the rest of us haven't been up that long. Ty and Ray got up 'bout 10"

"That's 3 hours, seems pretty long to me."

"So you're saying you don't feel better after having a good lie-in?"

"No…" Kai mumbled.

"Good! So don't complain!" Max got back up and went back to whatever he was doing. Kai smiled at him. He did love Max. He had for a long time. It started at the American tournament and seemed to grow throughout the years. The only problem was telling him. The fact Max liked him didn't make it any easier. It still meant the difficulties of realising emotions (not one of Kai's strong points) and the fact Max could get hurt. After all, if he went out with Max, Voltaire would learn he had feelings for the blonde therefore another way of hurting Kai. But he didn't know how much longer he could keep his lust and love contained.

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very short chapter. please review.