Chapter 4:

Living Together

When we arrived at home we went to Rex's house instead of ours.

Rex had told Miaka what had happened.

Weevil was sitting next to Rex and I.

"Kara. You don't have to worry about those pictures. They mean nothing. You should worry about your own happiness. And not protect me." Mom said smiling at me.

"But-," I said looking at her. "I can't let you get hurt because of those pictures again. Don't you remember what happened last time?!" I asked.

"I remember," Mom said closing her eyes.

"I don't want that to happen again." I said as tears fell out of my eyes. "If I hadn't done what I did, you wouldn't be with me now."

"Why don't you go and lay down." Miaka paused then said, "you look exhausted Kara."

Rex placed his hand over mine as he said, "you can rest in my room Kara."

"Okay," I said as he took my hands and led me to his room.

"You can sleep on my bed until we can fix up a room for you." Rex said smiling at me.

"I don't mind staying in here with you," I said blushing.

Rex blushed as he asked me while looking at the ground, "what if I tried to make a move on you?"
I blushed as I leaned in closer to whisper in his ear, "I would let you."

Rex turned his head in surprise.

As he turned, my lips caught his in a kiss.

Rex closed his eyes as he placed one hand on the back of my neck and wrapped the other around my waist.

I wrapped my arms around his neck.

Rex leaned me back on his bed as he smiled at me. "I'm very tempted to make you mine Kara. But I won't. You had just started to trust me. And I don't want to lose it." Rex paused then said smiling at me, "maybe we can on a special occasion." Rex leaned back over and kissed my lips.

"Okay. Will you stay with me until I fall asleep then?" I asked.

"Of course." He said smiling at me.

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"I'm glad Kara can be happy." Mom said to Miaka and Weevil. "She deserves it after all the pain she's been through."

"Has Kara told you anything about her injury a couple days ago?" Miaka asked Karen.

"She told me of no injury. What happened to her?"

"She was attacked by some college kids walking home from school. I had stitched up the cut on on her head." Miaka said.

Karen was about to go and talk to me.

"Karen, stay here." Miaka said. "She'll get more worried about you if she knows you're worried about her."

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Rex had sat by his bed as he held my hand. He smiled at me as he watched me sleep.

He got up a few minutes later and bent over. "Goodnight Kara," he said bending over and kissed my lips.

He had left his bedroom and closed the door behind him as he walked downsatirs.

"How is she?" Karen asked.

"She's asleep," Rex said to her.

"I hope she'll be okay." Karen said worriedly.

"You guys can stay here for as long as you like. Until the situation is over. It's too dangerous for you to go home. Now that he knows where you live." Miaka said.

"True," Karen said back.

"I told you you had fallen in love at first sight," Weevil whispered in Rex's ear.

"I guess you were right." Rex said smiling at him. "I'll do what I can to make sure she doesn't go through that kind of pain again." Rex paused then said, "as we were talking upstairs. She had confessed her feelings to me. But she had also told me it was okay that she stayed in my room with me. I had asked her what if I had made a move on her. And she told me it was okay. I had told her I was tempted to." Rex paused then said as Miaka and Karen both looked at him. "But I told her I won't. Because she had just started to trust me and I didn't want to lose her trust."

"It's a good think you decided not to. It might have ruined your new relationship and her trust to anyone completely." Karen said smiling at Rex.

"That's what I had thought as well. I want her to trust me completely before we take our friendship farther." Rex said smiling at Mom.

"I can see you care for her alot." Karen paused then said as she smiled at Rex. "I'm glad she had met you, Rex. You were the first person to make her open up in a long time. She always hid her feelings from anyone after that bastard had used her for his own purpouses. I'm glad we moved here. I just wish he didn't find out. I don't know how he did either." Karen said angrily.

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Kara had woken up a half an hour. She smiled as she felt her lips were a little swollen from the kiss she had given Rex.

"I guess Mom was right about me liking Rex. I wouldn't have kissed him otherwise. He has done so much for me already. I know he had fought against those boys from last week. I had seen the bruises on his face. And he was so kind to help me get Mom back from that bastard. If he wasn't there with me. I don't know if that bastard would have let her go if I had agreed with his terms."

Kara had gone downstairs and had heard Rex talking with Karen and Miaka.

Karen had looked up and saw Kara at the bottom of the stairway.

"Are you alright Kara?" Karen asked walking up to her.

"I'm olay Mom." Kara said smiling at her.

"You're blushing Rex." Weevil whispered in his ear.

"Uh," Rex paused then said to Weevil, "shut up Weevil. I was just thinking about what had happened upstairs earier."

"You mean the kiss?" Weevil asked.

"Yeah," Rex said in a whisper.

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Kara had looked towards Rex for a second and felt her cheeks grow hot. She smiled as she looked towards the ground.

Rex did the same.

"Kara? Why didn't you tell me you were attacked?" Karen asked looking worriedly at her.

"I didn't want you to worry about me. Because it was the same reason we had moved here." Kara said as she looked at Karen. "I didn't want you to have that kind of pain again. After I told you what that bastard did to me. You were always so worried about my safety until we moved here." She paused then whispered, "plus I like living here."

Even though it was a whisper. Everyone heard it and smiled.

Weevil looked at Rex and nudged him in the ribs as he smiled at him.

Rex smiled back as he blushed a little.

"Why don't you kids go out for a while." Miaka paused then said, "Karen and I will make dinner. And when it's finished. We'll call you and let you know." She said smiling at Rex and everyone else.

"Okay," Rex said as he had gotten up.

Weevil and Kara had left with him.

Kara began walking towards her house.

"Where are you going Kara?" Rex asked as he and Weevil walked with her.

"I wanted to change my clothes. I sure don't want to be outside any longer than I have to in my school uniform." She said smiling at them.

"Okay," Rex said smiling at her.

They had walked into her house and Kara had gone up to her room. She had taken out a pair of jeans and a black tanktop with a black button down shirt.

She came down the stairs a few minutes later as she had her school uniform in her hands.

"You're blushing again Rex." Weevil said whispereing in his ear.

"Uh," Rex paused then whispered in Weevil's ear. "She looks cute in black."

Kara had left with Rex and Weevil.

"How about we go to Kaiba Land?" Rex asked. "It's one of the few intersting places in Domino City." He said looking at Kara.

"Okay," she said smiling at him.

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"Hey Rex, Weevil." Spoke a blond haired kid with a group of other kids.

"Hey Wheeler," Rex said back as he walked towards him.

"You must be new here," the blond kid said holding his hand out towards Kara. "My name's Joey Wheeler. Nice to meet you."

"My name is Kara Takamori. Nice to meet you too." Kara said smiling at him.

"You guys want to hang out with us?" Joey asked.

"Sure," Rex said.

"Since Joey's not going to introduce us. We shall introduce ourselves," said a short spikey-haired kid laughing.

"Sorry Yugi," Joey said smiling.

"My name is Yugi Mutou." Said the spikey-haired kid.

"My name is Tristan," said the dark brown haired kid.

"My name is Tea," said the girl.

"My name is Duke," Said the black spikey-haired kid with a dice earring in his left ear.

"And I'm Bakura," said the white haried kid.

"Nice to meet you all." Kara said smiling at them.

Everyone had gone to the entrance to Kaiba Land.

Rex and Kara had gone to where there was a throwing contest with the prizes being stuffed Duel Monster characters.

Kara smiled as she saw a small stuff Ancient Elf character.

Rex talked to the game worker and then was handed some balls to throw at the target.

After four tries. Rex was able to get a prize. He had picked the Ancient Elf figure.

"Here Kara." Rex said smiling at her as he gave her the stuffed toy.

"Thanks," Kara said smiling at him as she took it.

"Hello?" Rex asked as he picked up his cell phone. "Hi Mom," he said a few seconds later. "Okay." He said as he hung up the phone.

"What did your Mom say?" Kara asked.

"Dinner is ready." Rex said smiling at her.

"Okay," she said smiling back at him.

They left to go and get Weevil.

"Hey Mom said dinner's ready for us." Rex said.

"Okay," Weevil said.

"Hey Rex," Joey paused then said smiling. "Good luck on your school's play."

"How?" Rex paused then asked looking at Weevil, "did you tell them?"

"Yeah," Weevil said smiling. "Plus they might like it. So I had invited them to it."

Joey looked towards Kara with a sad expression as he watched them leave.

"You're thinking about what Weevil told us about Kara," Yugi said looking at him.

"Yeah," Joey paused then said angrily. "I find it disgusting that had happened to her. That so called teacher is one evil bastard."

"Yeah," Yugi and everyone else said.

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"I wonder who's playing Juliet?" Kara asked outloud as she walked home with Rex and Weevil.

"You still are," Rex said smiling at her.

"But I had refused," Kara said looking at him.

"Rex made them keep the choices for you guys to be playing Romeo and Juliet." Weevil said

Kara smiled at Rex as she said, "Thanks Rex."

"Sure," he said smiling back at her.

They had gone home and ate dinner together. Weevil had left the house saying he'll see them tomorrow in school.

Rex and Kara had gone to their room and started working on their homework. What homework they had before they had left the school that day.

Soon after they had fallen asleep laying next to eachother in his bed.

Miaka and Karen looked in on them and smiled as they saw Rex and Kara sleeping next to eachother.

"It's been so long since I've seen her sleep with a peaceful expression," Karen whispered to Marie as she closed the bedroom door.

"She looks so happy now. Compared to when they both met the first time." Miaka said smiling.

"Yeah," Karen said smiling as she agreed.

They had closed the door and left to let Kara and Rex sleep.