"You've never been with a girl before?" Ray suddenly understood his friend's problem. He was scared; scared of letting go, of actually feeling. He'd spent so long being closed off to others that he didn't know how to open up. Ray began to wonder what was different about this girl that Kai had decided he wanted to open up. They say that when you meet someone, you know there and then what they are going to mean to you. Was this what had happened to Kai? Ray wasn't sure but he had a feeling he was going to find out...

Chapter 6.

Ray spent a moment taking this in. Kai, the master of the cold shoulder, wanted relationship advice on his very first relationship. Ok. He could handle that, after all he was the master of understanding. Ray took a sip of his coffee. Kai was still looking steadfastly at the table. He was in a state of shock himself. He felt so strange. It was as if he wasn't here and instead he was watching somebody else have this conversation. However, despite the weirdness he wanted to continue talking to Ray; he wanted to change, which was what was scaring him the most.
"Right. You say you've met this girl. Did you meet her last night when you were with Sarah?"
"Yeah. She was working on the bar of the restaurant."
"Have you spoken to her? Does she know who you are?"
"We said hello, we talked and she ended up giving me her number."
"You have her number? That's a good start."
Ray pondered this bit of information for a second.
"Well, I think you need to go on a date with her, but not a full on one. You just need to get to know her a bit."
Kai looked up at Ray as if to say and how the hell do I do that!
"You have to call her and ask her out. You could go for a drink at a nice bar so that you can just talk but it's a relatively comfortable place. I would suggest a movie but you're not keen on them."
Kai looked down at the table again, mulling over what Ray had said. It wouldn't be too bad, just going for a drink, that's all, nothing more than that.
"Ok. But what do I talk about."
Ray sighed. Kai really was clueless. At this rate he would be going with him to mediate between the two of them.
"Just ask her about herself. Women always like to talk about themselves. You could talk about your.."
"I am not going to tell her about me!"
"Ok, ok... You will have to reveal something about yourself at some point you know."
Kai gave Ray a 'not if I've got anything to do with it' look, and Ray once again sighed into his coffee.
"Right. Now we just have to get the ball rolling. Call her."
"What!"
"You have to call her. For it to be a date, she kind of has to be there, so you have to call her."
Kai reluctantly got out his mobile phone and the napkin with Jiraya's number on it. He kept it in his pocket because... well...he didn't know what else to do with it! Kai was mentally kicking himself. He was hesitating; showing weakness in front of another. He was struggling with his reluctance to show emotion and therefore, in his mind, weakness, but also his need to show strength in being able to overcome any problem that faced him.
Kai dialled Jiraya's number.
"It's ringing." Kai stated. Ray simply nodded and finished off his rapidly cooling coffee.
"It's still ringing...Er... yes... hello Jiraya. It's Kai... from the bar? Yes. I was wondering... cough... if you'd like to go for a drink sometime? Er.. yeah... when?... Samuel's Bar?... Yeah. How about tomorrow night?...7ish?.. Ok then. I'll meet you there. Bye."
Kai exhaled deeply and put his phone back in his pocket. Done.
"Now that wasn't too hard was it?"
Kai just looked at Ray, who could almost see the flames of anger in Kai's eyes at such a question being asked in that tone.
"Ok. Ok. Don't kill me yet. We've still got along way to go..."

Ok, so I'm not very impressed with this chapter myself, but it kind of sets up for the next chapter. Pleas read and review though, I'm happy to read all comments. Thanks:)