A/N: 'Ello from the U.K!

I'm home - finished living my best life in the Carribbean and everything's now back to normal.

Took me a little longer than usual to update as for some reason I just really struggled with this one and its content.

B.B can tell you herself the countless hours she's had to listen to me on the phone ranting about "Chapter 'f-ing' 7", so I'm not even going to lie when I say I'll be glad to see the back of this damn chapter. xD

We're going back to the airport here, and continuing on from Ray's POV.

Also for those that don't know yet, the Smut Queen herself Lux, very kindly wrote us a little something of the events between Kai and Tala that occurred after Chapter 6. *wiggles eyebrows* a little behind the scenes if you will.. because a prude I am far from, however I can not write lemons to save my life xD

It's on Ao3 and is called "Fire and Ice" - by LuxahHeart. Go find it. Go read it. It's beautiful. Thank you again Lux, you honestly don't know how much it made my da- LIFE.

As always thank you to everyone following and reviewing. Hope you like this one and the struggle was worth it.

K~

Chapter 7. Broken Promises

"I should get going…"

Ray now stared down at the floor as he spoke as seeing Kai's deflated expression before him was heart breaking. He couldn't bring himself to keep gazing into those dull ruby eyes that were staring back at him pleading for him to stay.

"Call me as soon as you land, yeah?"

Kai's voice seemed unsure at the request. Like he was filled with doubt on whether Ray actually would call him or not.

It wasn't going to be 'out of sight out of mind' if that's what he was thinking.

This wasn't exactly easy for him either. Of course he'd call; he really didn't have to worry about that.

Ray nodded in response, and wrapped his arms around the others neck.

"I will, I promise… I love you, Kai," he softly said, taking in a deep inhale of his cologne one last time.

There was a brief pause before the hold against his lower back tightened.

"I love you too, Ray..."

Walking away from him was tough, and it was an internal battle for Ray on whether to turn around and take a final look or to just keep on walking through to the airport security.

He was so used to taking this journey through an airport with his beau alongside him that it felt strange to not be holding his hand and leaving him behind.

With his slow and steady pace he dared to look over his shoulder and turn back to face him, but a feeling of regret immediately washed over him as he did so.

Kai hadn't moved from where they were once stood in their embrace and he was holding his right arm with his left crossed over his chest, almost like he was cradling himself and didn't really know what else to do. He just looked lost and his eyes appeared to be glistening too a little, Ray noticed.

It almost seemed like he was tearing up? Though, it was probably just the bright lights reflecting off the floor.

During the several years he had known him he could count on one hand the amount of times he'd seen Kai cry, and not wanting to add to that number he chose to remain in denial and waved over to him with a light smile, so faint that with the distance between them it was completely unseen.

He wasn't aware, but that simple wave goodbye had felt like the final nail in the coffin for the other, and as Ray turned his back again, a single tear had rolled down Kai's cheek.

He'd meekly lifted a hand up to reciprocate the farewell before bringing fair arms back in tighter around himself to try and rid the overwhelming vulnerability he was currently feeling before finally turning once silent sobs started to escape him.

Ray had gone onto autopilot now as he placed his duffle bag on the short conveyer belt to be scanned. The whole process a complete blur as he'd gone through this procedure a thousand times over now.

Before he had even met the Bladebreakers he had frequented airports many times on his own solo ventures exploring the world. The whole experience had more than lost its appeal.

After a brief pat down after some loose change in his pocket had set off the metal detector, he finally made his way through the security and into the departures lounge and this was the part that he found the most boring. The aimless wandering around all the stores, wasting time before a flight.

It was his chance to stretch his legs though whilst he could, as the journey back home was a painfully long one...

He took it all in as he wandered.

The spotless, gleaming white floor tiles, the overpriced food and drink, luggage all over the place, a mix of both excited and frustrated expressions…

He could have been anywhere in the world right now, the hustle and bustle that was an airport was just all the same to him. He used to get such a buzz from his wanderlust but now it had been more than satisfied, the whole thing was so tedious now.

In his mind, once he'd retired from blading, the long flights and travelling would finally cease. He'd be settled, and would just have the one annual trip of relaxation like a normal person.

But instead, he was now waiting to board a plane to go on back to where he had started out in the first place - The White Tiger Village.

Slight resentment sat within him as he vacantly looked over a pair of designer sunglasses that he wouldn't ever be able to afford.

He wasn't blaming Kai or anything.

Well. Maybe a little.

But if he was completely honest with himself, now that he was alone with his thoughts, it wasn't just solely due to Kai's actions why he wanted to venture back home...

Ray had tried to convince him that the space would do them both good and surprisingly Kai had seemed to actually believe him. He must have really put on a convincing performance because he hadn't even believed his own words; not entirely anyway.

Truth be told he wasn't going away thinking space would fix their relationship... This really was a solo venture and he was going away to truly find out for himself if the old feelings that had returned to him recently were-" "RAYY!"

At the sound of a bright female voice calling out his name, he automatically turned his head to find the source. His eyes immediately catching on a long wave of pink hair bounding towards him and two arms being held out wide in front of her as she ran.

The sight instantly caused him to brighten, a flash of fangs appearing at the familiar face and warm welcome.

He set the sunglasses back on the rack and started to walk towards her, letting his bag fall by his feet as he held out his own arms for her to run into.

He let out a chuckle once her body had connected with his, her arms wrapping around his neck whilst his went to her waist and playfully spun her round in a circle.

"Hah! Hey you!" he laughed out as he set her back down and looked over her petite frame to see the rest of the white tiger team walking to join them.

"Glad you decided to join us, Ray," Lee said with a smile once he was close enough. "Just like old times, ey?"

Ray nodded to him picking up his hand luggage.

"Yeah, it's crazy how things pan out.." he commented, returning the smile but his voice was tainted with a touch of sadness.

12 Hours ago.

[R: Well he's still not come home yet..]

[M: Srsly?! It's 3am! U deserve so much better than this babe u know that right? I hate seeing him treat u like this! It makes me so mad! xo]

Ray was laid in bed curled up on his side, the bedroom captured in complete darkness apart from the phone screen's soft glow illuminating his tired facial features as he slowly tapped back a reply.

[R: It's not always like this...]

Mariah had sat upright in her hotel room bed, the lamp beside her switched on as steam practically poured out from her ears.

He deserved so much better than this! She needed to get Ray away from him!

After a quick internet search her own slender fingers furiously pounded away at her phone's keyboard.

[M: Buy the ticket Ray. I've just checked + there are still seats available on our evening flight. Did u ask work for the time off? xo]

[R: Yeah, they granted it a few days ago.]

[M: Great! :D did u tell him? xo]

[R: No, not yet.. I've not really spoken to him...]

Ray wasn't going to delve into a huge amount of detail with her as to why he hadn't spoken to Kai recently. Especially when the reason was because he'd been staying at a hotel the past few nights due to an argument over that photo that she sent.

He scrolled back up to look at it again, and not for the necklace.

He wasn't exactly mad at her for sending it, he just wished Kai hadn't seen it as his already suspicious mind was more than working over time now.

And rightly so... But it was just a harmless photo.

There was more skin on display in his internet history...

[M: Keep it that way. Book the flight! xo]

[R: I don't know.. I feel like I should use this time off work to maybe spend some time with him? Might makes things better no?]

[M: Ur home now + where is he? - OUT. He doesn't care whether ur there or not Ray. Book the flight. Let's all just go home for a little while! It'll do u good baby trust me when I say this! xo]

Ray let a long exhale slip from his nose and clicked on the link she had just sent him for the airline's website.

She did have a point...

x-x-x

After two hours of moseying around the stores and having some extortionately priced food, the White Tiger team all began to make their way to the gate to board the plane for China.

Once on the aircraft they were directed to their seats by one of the overly chirpy air hostess's and Ray, who had led the pack, looked back over his shoulder to Mariah as he walked down the centre of the plane.

"Do you want to sit by the window, in the middle or the aisle 'Riah?"

Her eyes twinkled up to him.

She loved it when he called her that. Especially because he was the only one who did and had done ever since they were children.

"Aw still a gentleman I see! Window seat please!" she responded with a spoilt princess air about her.

Letting her past him to shuffle along the seats, Ray then gestured for Lee, who had been walking behind her, to take the next seat in the middle.

"Go ahead Lee-"

"-No no! Lee you sit on the end, Ray you sit here next to me," she patted on the empty seat next to her as she blurted out the order.

Lee tutted before taking a step back again and the two Chinese males shared a silent look accompanied with an innocent smile, their thoughts clear as day.

Anything for a quiet life.

Ray shuffled along to the middle seat and stuffed his bag underneath the chair in front of him. He kinda wanted the aisle seat to be able to stretch out his legs when no one was passing by but the flight to China wasn't that long he supposed. He could deal with it.

Once seated Lee was then able to finally sit down on the aisle seat next to him, and both Gary and Kevin sat down in the row behind them.

After around twenty minutes all the passengers were buckled in and with the cabin crew having gone through all of the safety procedures that no one really took much notice of, the airplane's engine fired up and after a few words from the captain prepared for take-off.

Mariah instantly took hold of Ray's hand and gripped it tight as the plane began to speed down the runway, her eyes screwed shut as she mouthed a prayer in Chinese.

She'd always been a nervous flyer. He thought she'd be used to it by now having travelled around the world for all the tournaments they competed in but apparently not.

"It's okay 'Riah, I'm here," he'd softly whispered into her ear after leaning over, rubbing his thumb against her hand in comfort.

Mariah's stomach fluttered, and not from the nerves.

Prizing a single eye open she quickly took a glimpse at him beside her and sweetly smiled before giving him a nod and mouthing a 'thank you.'

x-x-x

The sound of the pilot coming over the speakers stirred Ray from his slumber.

He remembered starting to watch a movie but the screen on the seat in front of him had gone onto standby mode so he could only presume that he had dozed off half way through.

Groggily he peered around to take in his surroundings and shifted in his seat wanting to sit upright with him slouching down in his sleep, but a weight on his shoulder refrained him from doing so.

Mariah must've dozed off too.

Having completely woken up now he realised that the arm rest that originally separated them had been moved up, out of the way, and she was completely leaning over, snuggled into his arm with her head on his shoulder.

He wondered how long they'd been like that for. So close.

He softly smiled at her still peaceful looking form and couldn't help but breathe in the familiar scent of her hair that tickled his skin.

She was still using the same shampoo he noted. He recognised it instantly as he'd always loved the smell of it. Tropical something or other. He couldn't remember the name of it but it was citrusy.

Gingerly he tried to gather up his belongings from the seat pocket in front, aware that they were due to land soon but not wanting to disturb her just yet. Three hours may have passed already but the journey back to the village wasn't over by a long shot, and they could do with all the sleep they could get.

At feeling the slight shift underneath her, Mariah's golden eyes slowly fluttered open and an exaggerated yawn escaped her throat as she eased herself off of Ray and stretched out her arms.

"Gosh how long was I out for?" she asked to no one in particular, rubbing at her eyes.

At the movement in his peripheral vision, Lee glanced to his left and took out his headphones noticing both sleeping beauties had now woken up.

"Oh nice of you two to finally join us!" he sarcastically said, "Been great talkin' to you both."

"Pfft. We can't help it if you're boring Lee and you send us all to sleep," Mariah said sticking out her tongue.

Ray chuckled as he sat between the two squabbling siblings and with her weight now completely off him he too stretched out his arms before starting to properly get his things together.

Feeling around the seat pocket in front, he retrieved his iPod and the packet of skittles he'd bought in the airport though frowned as he continued to search around. He could've sworn he'd had his phone in there too.

"You okay Ray?" Mariah asked tilting her head, noticing he was starting to look a little uneasy.

"Yeah I just don't know what I did with my phone..." he quietly responded as he started to empty out the brochures and safety pamphlets from the pocket, getting slightly flustered.

"Pretty sure I saw you put it in your bag earlier," she said as she gestured towards the duffle bag by his feet.

"Oh I did? Ah, that's fine then..."

He didn't remember putting it in his bag but if she said she saw him then he must have done... it definitely wasn't in this pocket though so he started to put everything back.

After 15 minutes the plane prepared to land and after another bout of fear for Mariah and the loss of circulation to Ray's hand, the wheels finally touched the tarmac runway and the plane came to a standstill.

Once they'd retrieved all of their belongings the group started to make their way off the plane when Mariah took out her phone.

"Hey let's take a photo guys! Huddle in!"

As she lifted up her phone to take the selfie the white tiger team got closer to her to be in the shot. Wide grins all round she threw the peace sign before taking the picture.

"Cheese!"

She peered down at her screen to check it and smiled before clicking back onto her camera.

"Ray, take another one with me!"

Lifting up the phone once more with just her and Ray in the shot, she turned to face him and puckered her lips onto his cheek whilst Ray looked into the camera with a fanged smile.

Hearing the camera shutter noise once more she looked at the photo before she squealed in delight.

"Love it! Oh we're gonna all have so much fun!"

As they all walked through the airport to the main baggage collection Mariah logged into her Facebook page and attached the two photos to her check in.

..:: Just landed in Beijing! ::..

Attaching Ray, Lee, Gary and Kevin to the status she firmly pressed the 'post' button with a mischievous expression painted on her face.

Let's see how you like that one Kai...

x-x-x

The coach trip back to the village was a long one and Ray had forgotten completely just how far out into the wilderness his former settlement was.

The street lights were becoming further and further apart from each other as the city of Beijing was being left behind them as the bus they were on made its way up into the mountains.

He loved the scenery here. Being able to see the millions of stars clearly up in the night sky due to the zero light pollution. It was so pretty. He'd have to bring Kai here sometime...

KAI!

Ray suddenly gasped and his eyes simultaneously widened at the realisation he hadn't gotten in contact with him yet. They'd been on this bus for at least an hour now already. He needed his phone! Now!

Mariah jumped at the unexpected noise from him beside her, her own eyes now mimicking his, wide with worry.

"What's wrong, Ray? Did you leave something behind?"

He quickly shook his head.

"No no I just need my phone, I need to get in touch with Kai and let him know we landed safely," he reeled off, eyeing his duffle bag that sat up on the metal shelving above the seats.

Mariah tutted.

"Can't it wait until we get there?" She whined glancing down at her watch. "He'll probably be asleep now anyway with the time difference! I wouldn't worry about it," she waved her hand brushing him off.

Ray pressed his lips together and slowly nodded.

Knowing Kai though he wouldn't have just gone to sleep, he'd have stayed up until he got confirmation he was here. But he knew what it was like to travel. It's hectic. He'd understand. As soon as they got to the village he'd text him.

Another hour had passed and the bus had finally pulled up to the edge of a forest, a steep dirt track could be seen winding through the trees. They'd have to walk the final half a mile journey from here.

Grabbing all their belongings once again the group hopped off the bus and began to head into the darkness.

It was almost midnight now and the only light source were the hundreds of stars scattered across the night sky.

Being this deep in the forest with no aid would have been a dangerous journey to anyone else, but for the white tiger clan their feline attributes came into play and they could see the track ahead with no problem like it was the middle of the day.

They all chatted casually amongst themselves to pass the time, almost salivating at the talk of the feast that would be waiting for them upon their arrival into the village. The elders had a huge banquet prepared to welcome home their sacred beast's leader Ray, who hadn't been back since the last championships several years ago.

Ray however wasn't joining in on the conversation and seemed to be in his own little bubble paying no attention to the chit-chat that surrounded him. He was walking slightly ahead of the others, his pace just a touch quicker as he couldn't wait to unpack all his things, find his phone, and finally let Kai know he was alive.

With the time difference it would be almost 1am in Japan and knowing Kai would probably be really worrying by now a pang of guilt shot in his stomach.

He'd landed over three hours ago now and Kai was none the wiser...

As they all continued to stroll deeper into the dense forest, after what felt like a never ending journey, the trees slowly but surely began to thin out and very faint specks of light could be seen flickering through the openings. A foreigner might very well have described them to be cat's eyes, peeping through, twinkling and enticing, however they weren't cat's eyes at all.

With them reaching the glade they had finally made it to the village and hundreds of lanterns in various sizes were all lit, illuminating the entire settlement in a glorious array of light.

Ray's eyes glistened, and his lips slowly parted as he took in the sheer beauty of it all. The village hadn't changed at all.

He was home.

"Master Tao!"

Ray was brought back to the present as Mariah pushed past him after dropping her bags on the ground and ran to embrace the ex coach. He stood resting on his cane outside the main hut where the villagers ate, held council meetings, and hosted events.

Tao was in his nineties now and age had finally caught up with wise man with him seemingly being a lot frailer than Ray had originally remembered him.

Upon the warm greeting from Mariah, Tao chuckled, "Just drop all your things in your rooms young ones and then come straight for dinner, you must all be famished!"

The group nodded, grabbed a lantern each along with their bags and proceeded to split off and head to their cabins.

Ray opened the wooden door of his hut with a slight creak and peered inside, the flicker from the lantern lighting up the room.

Nothing had changed here either.

It was basic but it was what he had always been accustomed to: A bed with a small table, a single wardrobe, and a writing desk.

Dropping his suitcase on the floor he set his duffle bag down on to the bed and quickly started to rummage through it for his phone.

There was a firm knock several minutes later and his cabin door was pushed open.

"What are you doing, Ray? We're all waiting for you, we're starving here!" Mariah sternly spoke as she entered. "Oh my god, what is all this?!"

His entire bag had been emptied and Ray was sitting on the floor amongst it all, now frantically pulling clothes out from his suitcase and not even caring where they landed.

"I can't find my phone Mariah, where did you say I put it?" he saved her a glance as he continued to panic.

Mariah swallowed before she quickly growled out, "Ray! Do all of this later, come on! The Elders are waiting for us!"

With a frustrated sigh he turned to face her and eased himself up from the floor, his expression filled with worry and his gaze down low.

"Ok ok, let's go..." he muttered out in defeat. The sooner they got dinner out of the way the sooner he could search again.

Mariah's own expression softened.

"It'll turn up Ray don't worry, I'll help you find it after dinner, okay?"

He just nodded.

Turning to walk out Mariah then frowned and turned back to face him.

"Do you really think Kai is going to be mad with you if you don't message him right away? The whole point of this trip Ray was to have some space, away from him, not still pander to him and obey his every order."

"I don't pander to him!" Ray defended.

She scoffed.

"Please, you've been acting like some trapped house wife who needs to report back to her sugar daddy after every move she makes."

"I have not," he bit. "Do you not always let me know that you've got somewhere safe after a flight?"

Mariah bit the inside of her cheek and looked away from him. Sure she did but that's because she knew Ray actually cared, Kai however, did not.

"Exactly." Ray took in a deep breath and exhaled. He was starting to feel a little tired now.

"Just one text, that's all I need to send. Just one text to let him know that I'm here, and I'm okay..."

He scanned over his belongings that were scattered all over the room.

Where the fuck was his phone?!

Mariah groaned before gesturing to the door.

"Well let's go quickly use mine then!" she suggested, though at the now sheepish demeanour opposite, her eyes narrowed in confusion. "What?"

She figured he'd have made a rush for the door at her brilliant idea.

"Kai, doesn't uh... He doesn't know that I came here with you guys... He just thinks I came alone..."

Ray almost cringed at his own words as they left a bitter taste on his tongue. It wasn't like him to lie but just telling Kai he was leaving was bad enough, never mind that it was with his old team… with Mariah.

Her eyes widened at the confession and actually looked somewhat impressed with him as a faint smirk began to appear on her lips. She knew it wasn't great between them, but this shady behaviour from Ray seemed quite promising.

"Oh..."

"Yeah... I kinda feel bad for lying about it now but-"

"-You've not lied you just, haven't told the entire truth, which isn't always a bad thing, Ray," she interrupted with a smile as she tried to quickly diminish his feelings of guilt.

He had no reason to feel bad about any of this. If Kai acted like a decent boyfriend in the first place Ray wouldn't have wanted to leave.

He simply shrugged and all Mariah could do was stare back at him. She didn't understand why he looked so defeated.

Ray had left for a reason. She had hoped she was that reason but how he was acting over not being able to get in contact with Kai she wasn't too sure now.

She sighed.

"Have you checked all your pockets?"

Ray glanced up at her.

"Yeah..." he said as he patted himself again to triple check that his phone definitely wasn't on him.

Folding her arms her tone transitioned to a scold.

"You didn't leave it on the plane did you, Ray? Did it fall on the floor?"

Ray groaned out, "I really hope not."

His stomach then growled.

Mariah tutted with a smirk before opening the door for him and pointing outside.

"We'll look after, come on, let's go eat!"

He lightly nodded with a smile. He was actually starving now.

"Alright. He probably would have dozed off by now anyway I guess..." he said as he reached for the lantern on his bedside table.

Mariah rolled her eyes. Why was he still talking about him?!

"And even if he was awake Ray, he'd just have his face in a spreadsheet or something 'cos he only cares about work and himself," she bit out.

Ray shook his head as he started to make his way out of the cabin.

"That's not true Mariah, stop it."

Though it did feel that way sometimes...

"Do you promise that once you've got in contact with him you'll stop bringing him up?" She tried to sound less harsh with her tone but how were they gonna have fun together if he was always the topic of conversation?

Ray could tell she was getting tired of him. Mariah had never kept it a secret that she couldn't stand Kai. Ever since the world championships in Russia she'd always deemed him a 'rotten one.'

What he did was pretty shitty he'd admit, but that was years ago. Kai had grown up a lot since then.

He took an exaggerated bow before he walked past her and out the hut.

"I promise, okay? Let's go eat, I could eat a horse right now."

Mariah tried to suppress her smile as she caught his own toothy smirk as he bowed down to her and caught his scent as he passed. Her head dreamily following in his direction like a magnet whilst her eyes held a twinkle.

At noticing she hadn't followed him Ray paused to look over his shoulder.

"You coming 'Riah?"

With a blink she nodded and smiled to him before closing the door behind and skipping along to catch up with him, linking her arm into his once she did.

Several hours ago.

They'd only been in the air for around 45 minutes but for Mariah it had felt like days.

All of these movies sucked and the only thing she could see out of the window were clouds.

Taking a bored glance over to see what Ray was watching on his T.V screen beside her, she then took a quick side glance at him to notice the movie was just playing to itself as he'd dozed off in his seat.

It was a pretty long night for him last night, bless him. It wasn't surprising that he'd nodded off so quickly.

She took advantage of the situation and with him being blissfully unaware, shuffled in her seat to turn and face him more so she could drink up the sight before her.

He was so dreamy...

Her eyes couldn't help but shine as she admired each of his softened sleeping features.

His hair was just to die for; and he'd always had really good eyebrows for a guy... and he did not deserve those lashes... and his lips... ugh, his lips...

Mariah's gaze paused on his mouth as she fantasised of all the times her own lips had pressed against them, and the gorgeous smile that stayed hidden underneath.

Her eyes then trailed to his jawline, his shoulders, his arms.. Ugh! God! He was so manly.

Lowering her gaze further they sunk down to his hands which were loosely holding on to his cell phone.

Without really thinking she leant forward and slowly took it out of his hands, Lee catching her and sending her a frown paired with a silent, "What are you doing?"

Mariah sneered a "nothing" back at him in the same way before placing the phone into Ray's seat pocket in front of him.

She was only helping, sheesh. He'd have dropped it in his sleep otherwise.

Throwing Lee her stuck out tongue she folded her arms and went back to staring off out of the oval window again but a few minutes later her eyes had slowly trailed back to the front pocket causing her to shift once more.

She looked back at Lee who was now back engrossed in his movie and then to Ray who was still asleep.

With curiosity getting the better of her she waited until Lee had turned around to threaten Kevin again after kicking his chair for the fourth time and quickly grabbed Ray's phone from the pocket.

Shuffling herself to face the window and hide the phone from everyone elses sights, she clicked on the menu button and the device came to life, a photo of the entire Bladebreakers team was the screen saver.

They were all dressed fairly nice - must've been some occasion or something. Perhaps someone's birthday or a BBA event.

She locked on blue and saw Kai's arm rested on Ray's shoulders, pulling him in towards him whilst Ray's hand sat on Kai's chest. She always did have Kai down as a possessive type.

Ew.

There was a new text notification on the screen too she noticed. Three, all from Kai.

Mhm. Possessive.

She needed to know what they said.

Peeking over her shoulder to glance at Ray, she checked that he was still sleeping before sneaking the phone underneath the pad of his thumb to unlock it.

She couldn't really believe what she was doing right now. This was such an invasion of privacy but if she could protect Ray from the nasty messages that Kai had probably sent to him then she was going to do just that damn it!

She clicked on to his inbox and read each one.

[K: I miss you already...]

[K: Don't forget to let me know as soon as you land.]

[K: I love you.]

Well... That wasn't what she was expecting. But still. Possessive much!

Giving Ray orders – Oh 'as soon as you land!' Who does he think he is making such demands?!

Mariah turned her head again to check on Ray before she deleted all three messages with a brisk swipe of her thumb.

He didn't need to see those. He came to have a good time. Not to still feel he owed this guy anything.

It was then that Ray started to stir a little and with his phone still in her hand she quickly turned it off and in her panic shoved it into her own hand luggage down by her feet.

She pushed the bag further under the chair in front of her with her foot and lifted up the arm rest that originally separated them both and softly leaned against him, settling him almost instantly as he snuggled into her warmth.

Breathing in his scent it instantly calmed her racing heart and a smile danced on her face as she rested her head onto his shoulder and closed her eyes.

Kai wasn't going to come between them anymore. She was going to make sure of it.

Ray belonged with HER.