She smiled at him sleepily before he could think and said. "I don't think you realize how adorable and hot it is when you speak Japanese without thinking. Because let me tell you if you hadn't just rocked my world and I wasn't exhausted that would constitute another round." She said kissing him.

He sighed with relief and thanked the gods that he spoke two languages interchangeably. He had been able to say it without her knowing. He was wide awake now though and as much as he wanted to stay he couldn't.

"Stay," she said reading his thoughts, she felt him withdrawing. "I don't want to be alone."

"You know I'd love to but I don't want to confuse Oliver. I mean meeting his dad is probably enough confusion for one week. I don't want his mind to have to process this."

"And what is 'this'?" She asked without thinking and knew she had said the wrong thing. He looked uncomfortable as he spoke.

"I don't know." He ran a frustrated hand through his hair. "I like our time together but we know where we both stand. It's just not a good idea."

"I know." She wanted to cry. Why had she pushed it? Everything had been perfect until she had to push things about them. Now he was running.

"I should go," Kiba said.

"Yeah I know." She replied.

"Kate..." He began and she knew what he wanted to say.

"Don't. Please don't." She couldn't handle an apology at this point.

"I'll see you around tomorrow probably." Kiba said leaving her bed. She heard his whisper for akamaru and the click of the dogs nails on the floor as they left. She got up and put on clothes to combat the sudden frigidness in the air and walked to double lock the door. Then she made coffee and cried. And she hated herself for crying for him.

Kiba once again was cursing himself. He texted his best friend as he left the building to walk akamaru. It was cold outside but the dog needed to be walked before bedtime and Kiba needed air. Kiba was looking at his phone when he got a text back from Shino but when he looked up he noticed the same car from the other night sitting once again in their parking lot. Kiba tried to get the license plate number but it was parked in such a way that he couldn't. Kiba slowed his walk and then entered his apartment with his senses whirling. If he saw it again he was going to send the info to his friends and have them send a patrol car to the parking lot every couple of nights. Kiba didn't really put away any high class criminals, he wasn't like Neij, Shikamaru, Naruto, and Sasuke, they were detectives. He was a simple street cop so he could be a k9 officer. He was never really sure how Naruto got that title because he was mostly dumb as bricks but he worked really hard. But the entire group had been working that child kidnapping ring that was selling children ages 5-10 as slaves to the black market. The guy that shot him had been part of that. Kiba checked in occasionally but for the most part he was told to keep out since he was on medical leave. However his friends had kept him in the loop for the most part. They guy that shot him had been low on the totem pole as far as they knew so nobody would really be after Kiba for revenge. He still couldn't quite shake the feeling that he was possibly being watched. He needed to change his schedule. He had become too predictable anyone watching him would know his routine. He walked back up to his apartment and when he was safe inside he sent a return text to his partner explaining that he felt like he was being watched. Shino asked him the details and Kiba shared everything and Shino promised he would make a drive through the area during next patrol and look for the car. Kiba watched some news and once again there was information about another child that had been kidnapped and there were no clues. That makes 10. He shook his head. He couldn't imagine losing a kid that way. His mind flashed to Oliver and his chest tightened. He'd move heaven and earth looking for that kid if he went missing. He was constantly reminding himself that Oliver wasn't his lately. Around 2 am he finally passed out.

A week later Kate found her first real dilemma. It was the first time Oliver would be meeting with his father alone and it was for the whole weekend. She had to fight everything in her to run with Oliver and never look back but Oliver was excited and how do you say no to that. She had packed him a bag and picked him up from school and she was waiting to drop him off. She was meeting Ino and Kiba and their friends for a night out afterwards so she could take her mind off of it but she wasn't sure it would help. When she dropped him off she was still fighting the uneasy feeling of leaving Oliver with Tony. After crying in her car as she watched them drive away she finally made it back to her apartment where she found Kiba and Nate working on Nates car. She had only seen him sporadically throughout the week and she knew he was busy because he had rarely been home except to stay with Oliver after school. He had been putting in light desk duty at work and she had been extra busy with Ino. She didn't want to see them now. She parked and heard Nate calling her but she pushed into the building and rushed to her apartment where she continued to fall apart. She knew she probably looked ridiculous but she didn't care. It was only 10 minutes later that she heard a light knock on her door and opened it trying her best not to look like she was falling apart in front of her brother. Except it wasn't her brother it was the man she was so in love with it hurt and he was looking at her with an expression that made her tear up and then fat drops began falling to the floor and he rushed in to hold her. He knew what was going on, Oliver had no doubt told him.