Chapter Dedicated To: EpitomeOfMisery. I've been a fan of her work for quite a long time now and have gotten addicted to her writing and she seems to be liking this fic so I thought I'd dedicate a chapter to her, not to mention the fact that she's a good friend so sooner or later I was going to dedicate a chapter to her, I guess it's sooner rather than later.
Chapter 16
Tori finished up her fifteen phone conversation in the kitchen while she finished up cooking. Kai listened to the conversation the whole time from the living room, wondering what they're were talking about. Tori walked into the living room, handed Kai his food and sat down next to him with her own, ending the call with her mom and placing the phone back onto the table. "Something tells me I didn't make a very good impression with your dad." Kai said wincing slightly.
"I'm his only daughter, dieing daughter might I add. I'm half way across the world, where he doesn't know what's happening and a guy he doesn't know just picked up my phone at 6 in the evening."
"Damn, now that you put it that way it really is bad." Kai muttered.
Tori laughed before beginning to take a bite of her burger. Once done chewing and swallowing she turned to him slightly, "Don't worry much, I'll try have it sorted though you might want to make plans for yourself for next week." She said before taking another bite.
"How come?"
"My parents are coming to visit me and stay her for about two weeks. They won't be able to stay here in my last month so they're coming next week instead." Tori replied casually.
"They too busy for their dieing daughter?" Kai asked bitterly.
Tori smiled a bit, "No, I'm glad that they're not staying here. I've been following them around all my life, now at least I'm away from them and…I don't need more time to be with them."
"Sounds like you love them soooo much." Kai said sarcastically, smirking down at her.
"Hey, I do love my parents." Tori pouted lightly at that.
Kai smiled, "You probably do. I'll bet you're lucky to have them."
"Yeah they're great and all but dad's way too protective." Tori said, elongating the 'way.'
"Like you said, you're his little girl, why shouldn't he be worried?"
Tori looked at him strangely at that, suddenly glancing down at his plate where his burger hadn't been touched. "Stop stalling and get eating." She scolded, getting up with her empty plate and walking into the kitchen.
Kai groaned and turned to his food, as always not in the mood for a big meal. He sighed, hearing Tori go to her bedroom he was left alone to eat his food so he couldn't stall any longer.
---A Little Later---
Tori sat on the sofa next to Kai with a sigh, looking up at him a bit while he stared at the ground. She looked up at him strangely, cocking her head to the side a bit; a pout on her face as she tried to understand what was going on. "Did I miss something important?" She broke the silence in the room.
Kai looked at her quickly, eyes holding a bit of confusion. "No, sorry, just spaced out for a minute."
"Something's wrong?" Tori asked quietly, moving closer.
"No, nothing. Trust me, I would have told you by now."
"After today, I'd hope so." Tori nodded in agreement.
Kai didn't comment on that, just kept staring in front of him for a bit and not taking much more interest to the girl who sat worriedly beside him.
"Kai…I'm really sorry for what I did to you today."
"It doesn't matter." Came Kai's honest answer.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure."
Tori sighed a bit. Her arm went across his stomach and stroked his bare shoulder with the back of her fingers, her warm skin against his cold pale one. Chills ran quickly down Kai's spine at that touch, his shoulders particularly sensitive after all the abuse he put them through back when he used to cut them up. The young girl grew tired, Kai noticing he pulled an arm around her and let her rest against him. Her soothing strokes continued subconsciously till she fell asleep when her hand fell away completely.
Kai just sat there for a few minutes, sometimes glancing down at the girl, making sure she was comfortable. Resting his head back and in a couple of minutes he joined her in sleeping, a peaceful sleep on the most part.
About two hours or so into their sleep, Kai woke up with a bit of a start at the shaking that happened next to him. Tori shook violently, a pain-tainted look carved onto her face as tears welled up in her eyes and her hands went to her aching head. Her eyelashes where soaked as her salty tears slid from under her eyelids and down her pale cheeks. "Hey…Tori. Wake up." Kai called quietly, shaking her by her shoulders slightly.
With those few shakes Tori opened her eyes ever so slightly but they kept screwing themselves shut again from the pain in her head.
Kai slowed down and stopped shaking her but instead focused on keeping her awake and conscious till her pain subsided. He let her rest back a bit, in the mean time getting a cold cloth and a glass of water, dabbing the wet cloth against her forehead even though it made it almost impossible with her movement. Tori's breathing was still labored and her shaking slowly settled down, her pain passed just a bit, though still making her release a couple of winces. "Kai…" She breathed, "Don't worry." She whispered weakly, smiling lightly.
"It's almost time, Tori." Kai whispered, his heart beat quickening with his words.
"I know it is." Tori fell forward into Kai's arms, lifting herself up a bit and placing a quick kiss on his lips. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."
"You're going to die!" Kai said, a bit angrily.
Tori pushed herself back and rested her head back too, "I don't need to be reminded." She smiled.
Kai sighed and sat beside her again, "What am I going to do?" he asked, more himself than Tori.
"Stop worrying for starters." Tori lay down on one side of the sofa, curling up in a ball to keep warm.
"I can't do that."
"Just don't worry bout what's going to happen, it'll pass with some time and you've got Denzelle for help." Tori spoke quietly and trailed off back to her peaceful sleep.
Kai sat forward, his head resting in his hands, pain burning through his heart and he became dizzy. He just shrugged it off and sat back again, lying behind Tori and pulling a blanket over them and through his blurred vision kept an eye on her till he too fell asleep.
---Next Day---
Kai opened his eyes, quietly glancing around the room from his lying position. Tori wasn't in front of him anymore and if he remembered correctly he had been sleeping with his head on the arm rest, but when he woke up he found he had his pillow there instead and was in a bit more comfortable position than when he had slept. He sat up a bit, the blanket falling off a bit, sending the cold wind against the skin of his arms, making him shudder at the contact. Tori walked in, wearing her school uniform with her black bag in hand. "Hey…slept well?" she asked.
"Yeah, quite. What time is it?" Kai rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, still feeling the need to go lay back down.
"Almost one, you slept all night and all morning, quite peacefully might I add."
Kai listened intently to that, staring at the ground for a bit while pushing himself up to a better sitting position.
"I went to my classes and you slept past the phone ringing you know?"
"Sorry." Kai whispered, turning away from her.
"It's alright but I've got some bad news…"
"You…" Kai started, turning back to her quickly.
"No. There was an accident at the Dojo; Max fell down the stairs this morning." Tori explained, sitting on the arm rest.
"What?! How is he?"
"Well he's at the hospital at the moment, just a twisted ankle but he's got a pretty bad hit on the head so he's staying there for a couple of hours."
"How'd it happen?"
"Not sure but I'm going to go out now, I want to buy him something to cheer him up then go see him in the hospital." Tori smiled. "You want to come with me?" she asked quickly, shooting up off the sofa.
"Yeah, sure. I'll just go change." Kai got off the sofa and walked down the hall to his bedroom.
As he walked Tori noticed him shake his head a bit in confusion while Tori smiled a bit at that, he felt different, she knew it.
Tori and Kai just left the apartment, saying nothing to each other since the talk in the living room. Tori had had enough of the silence between them and was in need to say something to break the uncomfortable silence they had, "So what do you think we should get him?" she asked.
"I don't know. You think of something." Kai replied, almost monotonously.
"Kai…" Tori whined.
"Well, it's Max, just get him some chocolate and he's happy."
"I'm serious." Tori continued in the same upset and whining voice, a small smile on her face.
"So am I." Kai laughed.
Tori laughed at that, punching Kai's shoulder lightly. "I was thinking of getting him something instead of candy."
"Think of something then."
"You've known him longer."
"Yet you talk to him more."
"That's probably true but it's strange, all he says about you is great stuff."
Kai looked at her strangely, confusedly most of all, "Really?"
"Yeah, you two good friends?"
"He is a friend but not like we're that close or anything."
"So how do you see your team mates?" Tori asked as they walked on, glancing in shop windows once in a while in case she saw something good to buy Max.
"What's with the weird questions?" Kai asked hurriedly, a smirk on his face.
"What's wrong with that question?"
"Nothing wrong with it, it's just strange."
"I'm curious."
"Alright…" Kai started with a deep breath, "Ray's probably the most mature of the lot, probably the closest person you can talk to if you're looking for a decent conversation." He said, "Max…well Max is a bit more child like but he's alright to talk to once in a while."
"Yeah he seems like the little brother of the team too."
"Yeah that's true and so I'm pretty defensive when it comes to him, since him and Tyson like to tease a lot and Tyson takes it a bit too far."
Tori smiled at that, "And I'll bet you anything that's how Max ended up in the hospital."
"Why would I not be surprised?" Kai asked, shaking his head with that in mind.
"What about Tyson?" Tori asked.
"An annoying brat with an ego the size of Russia."
Tori laughed, "Anything nice about him?"
"Not really." Kai shook his head.
"You're so kind." The other teenager said sarcastically.
"I try."
"I see that."
The two teenagers walked along the streets joking with each other for quite some time while looking around a few shops that Tori pointed out. Kai kept walking, not realizing that Tori had stopped and walked into another small shop, looking around at books and figurines but after one thing that she had seen in the window. Her eyes settled on a white wooden music box with great interest, in a bit of a trance as she picked it up. She ran her finger along the gold painted edges and corners before pulling the lid up slowly, she smiled a bit, hearing the soft tune that played.
Being so much in a trance by the music she hadn't noticed Kai had caught up with her and now stood behind her. Once the music finished Tori placed the box back down and turned round to walk back out but walked straight into Kai instead. She blushed bright red and whispered a quiet, "Sorry."
Kai smirked at the sight of her blush and stepped out of the way and followed her out of the shop.
After a few more minutes of walking, Tori had picked out a big book for Max, one on Tokyo landscaping which was filled with pictures rather than a plain book filled with texts. Of course she picked up on Kai's suggestion on getting Max chocolate too, her reason for agreeing being that hospital food tasted horrible and she wanted Max to survive being stuck on a bed. "Hey, are you going to be alright over there?" Tori asked Kai as they made their way up to the hospital.
"Yeah. As long as you don't make me see a doctor I'm going to be fine." Kai replied, his hands shoved in his pockets as he stared, a bit nervously, at the ground.
Tori moved closer to Kai, holding the bag with the sweets and book in one hand, her other arm hooked onto Kai's and she leant against him a bit, giving him a kind and reassuring smile. "Don't worry. After last night, I'm cutting you some slack. And besides, my parents are here next week so if I think you need a doctor there's going to be two living with me."
Kai groaned at that, already feeling uneasiness rise in him, "That sounds too much like a threat."
"It wasn't intentional. I just mean that if things get that bad then you can still be checked out and don't need to worry bout the hospital or other people finding out."
Kai didn't reply, keeping silent while they went up to Max's room on the second floor. Just outside the room Tori gave Kai a quick kiss before opening the door and walking inside.
On seeing the two bladers Max cheered up more and smiled happily at the two. "Hey!" He greeted.
"Something tells me we shouldn't have gotten him chocolate." Tori muttered with a smile. She walked over to him and gave the injured boy a hug before placing the bags in front of him. "Pictures and chocolate, enjoy." She said with humor in her voice.
"Hey, thanks!"
Tori sat down on the chair beside Max, exchanging hellos with the other two teenagers that sat there too while from the corner of her eye she saw Kai at the back of the room by himself.
A doctor had passed by Max's room after a while, talking to them about what they knew so far. They concluded that Max could only have a mild concussion but for the next few hours he'd need to stay awake since it was common that after a head injury, while sleeping the person could slip into a coma so staying awake for a couple of hours would assure that that didn't happen. So all stayed there to make sure that Max didn't fall asleep or anything and all tried their best to keep Max in a good mood, since they all knew that with Max being forced to stay in one place wasn't going to be any good for him.
Tori's eye caught something just outside the door, seeing Doctor Toketu, her current doctor, outside and staring at her sit there. Tori sat forward in her chair and glared coldly at him and with that he took it as a signal to leave her alone. Kai had noticed her glaring at something and he had taken a look beside him, clearly seeing the doctor that stood outside the door. Once he saw the doctor leave he turned to Tori with a questioning look but Tori just gave him a reassuring smile and nod like she usually did and it seemed like almost everything was better. Almost everything at least.
In Tori's mind it seemed as though nothing were wrong with her and in her opinion, dieing was no big deal but to Kai it was now a big deal. He had gotten close to her in a small amount of time. He knew her for a total of about five months so far but the first few where he stayed away from her, fought her, he did that for so long that it made it even easier for his barriers to fall after that. A part of himself really did hate himself for getting close to her when he had swore he wouldn't do that, when he was taught never to get close to anyone. But now, a part of him really did enjoy being around her, feeling like someone cared about him when it seemed like no one else did. True, he did have his friends but it's as though he didn't take them into account until she pointed them out to him and made him understand why they did what they did.
He admitted, he didn't really like a lot of things that happened. Like the day before, he hated what she had done to him but after a while of thinking about it he realized that if he didn't start dealing with the little things, he could never let go of all the things that ever happened to him. He hated being forced into being helped but if he was really true to himself he would have known that he wasn't going to try to recover by himself. He did need help, he just didn't know the road to recovery would be so painful. But probably, the most painful part of it is that…the one person that tried to help him recover, the one that pushed him far enough to try to recover and take some risks would die soon and if his recovery worked out she wouldn't be around to see it. So the question is, what's the point of changing if the person helping you isn't even going to be around to see the result?
The only answer to that he could possibly come up with was that he wanted the change for himself too. He was sick and tired of being haunted by nightmares of a past in a dark dingy abbey, getting beaten every night. He hated being bound by all the things that his demented grandfather and twisted mentor had hard wired into his mind and soul, who would want to be tied down by rules that made no sense? Rules that keep you from doing everything that makes a person human and lets them feel like they're real. He wasn't allowed to do that…he wasn't allowed to feel like a human being, he was made to feel like something that didn't exist, something that was made only to be used.
Even with just those thoughts, they'd make almost anyone feel pain, even him. Even though he was taught not to feel certain emotions he still did and with the thoughts that he had been bound by rules and used by his own blood, his heart beat quickened immensely, his heart feeling heavier in his chest and tears would have entered his eyes if it weren't for the reminder to himself that everyone else was in the room and he couldn't have them seeing him cry, not yet at least.
"Kai! Kai…are you alright?"
A soft voice saying those words cut through his thoughts and his head shot up to look at Tori and the others all facing him. "What did you say?" He asked, not originally hearing all that was asked of him apart from hearing his name being called.
"Are you alright?" Tori asked, breaking down the question.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Kai answered all their worried gazes in a soft and quiet raspy voice.
"Come sit down." Max said, indicating to a chair that had been pulled up to the other side of the bed.
Kai took in each of their caring looks and did what was asked, sitting on the chair beside the bed and resting his arms against one side of the bed, too exhausted to sit back straight.
"Are you sure you're alright Kai?" Ray asked curiously.
"Ray, leave Kai alone. He's just tired is all." Tori cut in.
Kai looked up a bit, "She's right and you don't need to worry."
"You spaced out for a really long time though." Tyson pointed out.
"You do the same if you don't sleep at night." Kai retorted coldly.
"Hey, you two, let's go get something to eat from downstairs." Tori interrupted again, talking to Ray and Tyson. She tried her best to keep Kai out of the discussion, hoping to stress him out a little less than he was already looking just by sitting there.
"Sure!" Tyson shot up quickly and happily, making a quicker break for the door.
"Why not? Tyson's already gone anyway." Ray laughed, following Tyson out the door, in less of a rush than the other teen though.
Tori shot Kai a quick look while Kai nodded in thanks and just got back to resting against the bed. Sitting there, thinking calmly till another voice cut through his thoughts again, breaking through them to listen to the speaker with no other choice. "Kai are you sure you're alright? You're not looking too well." Max said quietly. Of all the team he was most probably the most careful when talking to Kai. Tyson would straight out ask about something before giving it another thought, Ray would ask as quickly and harshly if he felt it were urgent. Max on the other hand was careful, always quiet when he asked and he always made sure that he didn't hurt Kai with his words like the others tended to do with the coldness in their voices.
Kai smiled a bit at the youngest blader, "Don't worry, I'm fine, Max."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
Max grinned happily, "So how are things with Tori?" he asked suddenly.
Kai looked up at him quickly, raising an inquisitive eyebrow at him, "What do you mean?"
"You two aren't fighting anymore." Max pointed out, "And since you're staying at her place you two must be getting along."
Kai took a deep breath and smirked, "Yeah well we still argue but at least there I've got less chance of an argument ending up like the one I had with Tyson."
"That's true and it must be great spending time with her, she's really nice."
"She's alright."
"Hey Kai, fool the others but I'm not blind."
"What are you on about?" Kai asked, almost fearfully.
"You like her!" Max shouted in Kai's face with a grin on his face.
Kai shot up quickly, clapping a hand over Max's mouth. Changing Max's mind on an opinion like that was almost impossible so he didn't deny it, "Be quiet." He said, letting go when Max nodded.
"So it's true?"
Kai groaned, sitting back in his chair. "Yeah."
"Well that's great then!" Max said hurriedly.
"Don't you dare mention this to the others." Kai threatened with a death glare.
The blonde boy on the bed laughed, "Don't worry Kai, secrets safe with me."
Kai nodded thankfully, breathing a sigh of relief at that.
"So she's more than alright to you then huh?"
"Fine, she's great, like you all think but that probably makes it harder."
"That she has to die right?" Max asked.
"Yeah."
"Well Kai, you weren't with us but the others and I made a pact that when she's gone we're going to help each other out with it."
"I know…" Kai started quietly.
"And yes, we're all going to be hurt when she's gone but we stuck together through all our other rough times, this is just one more we can get through together."
Kai smiled and looked up at Max, "It's only you that can keep things together like this huh?"
Max began to laugh, happy to see his captain smiling because of something he had said. "Don't worry, Kai."
"That's hard isn't it?"
"Yeah but you'll manage."
"Yeah, maybe I will."
---That Evening---
The whole team was gathered in Max's room. Max was allowed home though he stayed sitting on his bed while the others stayed with him to talk for a bit and keep him some company. They ordered food and didn't leave the room till they all knew Max was full and had fallen asleep. It was 10pm and after the long day for all of them they planned to leave and go to bed. "Hey Kai, aren't you staying here tonight?" Tyson asked on his way to his room.
"…No I'm staying at Tori's." Kai replied hesitantly before walking down the stairs.
Tori smiled towards Tyson and Tyson nodded before going to his room but Ray stayed behind. "Is he alright?" he asked her.
"Yeah, he's going to be ok." Tori replied with her usual smile.
"Alright. Take care of yourself, Tori." Ray told her.
"You too, Ray." Tori said quietly, after that making her way down the stairs.
Ray watched after her, watching her leave was almost like watching the girl disappear before his very eyes when she left so slowly. He shook his head, opened his bedroom door and stepped inside, taking his mind off the female trainer.
Kai and Tori met at the bottom of the stairs and they left together. Under the dark sky and the light of the moon that shone over them, illuminating their path way as they made their way to go to the apartment. Tori took Kai's hand and looked up at him a bit, "Are you alright?" she whispered, her soft voice almost being carried away with the wind.
"Yeah, you?"
"I'm fine." Tori smiled, turning back to where she was walking. "It was a fun day." She whispered again.
"Yeah and Max found out about us." Kai said with a smile.
"You told him?" Tori laughed in surprise.
"No, he found out by himself."
"So it was that obvious?" Tori asked.
"I don't know really, I think he was the only one that found out about the three."
"Yeah, most probably."
"Damn he's a smart kid." Kai cursed as they walked up the stairs to the apartment.
"It could have been worse." Tori said optimistically.
"How?"
"It could've been Tyson and he would've teased you about it."
"How did I not remember that?" Kai asked himself.
"Maybe 'cause you're losing your mind." Tori joked, sticking her tongue out at him.
Kai glanced down at her, raising an eyebrow at her, "I'd blame you for that."
They both laughed and settled in the apartment again. Tori went straight to her room and changed, coming back to Kai and joining him in his room. Tori jumped on Kai's bed and got under the covers on the other side of the bed, "Hey what are you doing?" Kai asked, smirking at her actions.
"Sleeping in your bed." Tori answered casually, lying under the covers and resting her head on the pillow.
"May I ask why?"
Tori rested her head in her hands on her elbows and pouted, "Why not?" she asked.
Kai groaned at the look on her face before getting under the covers and lying down. "Good night." He told her coldly before turning off the light.
"Sweet dreams." Tori whispered, her hot breath tickling Kai's face and neck with a small kiss on the cheek accompanying the warm feeling.
---Hours Later---
Kai had had about 5 hours sleep so far but now he was awake, lying on his side and staring intently at Tori as she lay sleeping soundly. He took a deep breath, the thoughts of the dieing girl frightening him like they always did.
---Flashback---
6:30am and a thin figure jogged through the streets. The early morning sun shining on her long auburn hair that was pulled back tightly. She ran round a corner, accidentally bumping into someone, pushing her back but she gripped the wall and caught her balance. "Watch where you're going!" he shot angrily, walking past the startled girl.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, watching the boy walk away.
---End Flashback---
That was the first time he ever heard her speak, the first time he saw her face in the early morning sky. It was crazy to think, that even before they knew who the other was, the two of them where already yelling at each other. A couple of days later, he remembered seeing her again in Mr Dickinson's office and you wouldn't even suspect that anything was wrong with her. He didn't even like her, he didn't think anything of her actually.
The first time they battled, it wasn't even all that special but they had tied anyway. Even in a fist fight, she managed to make him lose at her hands, most likely because she had noticed that something was wrong with him from the start. Then again, at the beginning she didn't like him that much either and not understanding why he was that way.
---Flashback---
Tori turned before entering, watching them leave, sighing she walked inside, looking everywhere for the stoic captain, finding him in the kitchen. She walked up next to him but he still ignored her, not even glancing at her. "Sorry bout that." She whispered, tracing her index finger over the ripped fibres of his jacket. Kai still ignored her, not saying a word as he poured out a cold glass of water. "Just out of random curiosity…are you going to ignore me all day?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. She still didn't get a reply after he drank his water and he just walked back outside without a word, "Yeah, that's what I thought." She said, following him out. "Anyway, if you're not going to answer me than at least listen to my orders. The others have to run laps from here to the beach, numerous times, you only have to twice but wait down by the beach and make sure they're stay out of trouble till I get there."
---End Flashback---
He had done to her what he did to everyone else, gave her the cold shoulder and ignored her the whole time, got into some argues. Even when they had agreed to trying to get along for the sake of the team, he still planned to be the way he always was with everyone and didn't even have that much hope for their friendship at all. So he was wrong, looking back on everything they had been through together, his pain, her pain, everything.
---Flashback---
Kai was about to walk right past her but he heard her whisper a quiet 'sit.' He was planning on ignoring her, pretending he didn't hear what she said, already knowing what she was going to talk to him about. His pause made she knew he had heard her so there was no sense trying to ignore her and no sense running. He sat beside her, his hand behind him for support as he pretended that his wrist didn't hurt.
"What happened over there?" She asked quietly, watching as the beybattle unfolded in front of her.
"Just got dizzy that's all." He lied, not looking at her.
"That's all it was?" Tori asked.
"Yeah."
---End Flashback---
She always covered for him, no matter what happened and what he did to her and that was something great since even when he slipped up, he never wanted the others to know and she was kind to his pride in keeping it all a secret.
---Flashback---
Kai shook his head slowly, feeling another intense headache coming on at the sudden movement.
"Well you collapsed again."
"How……?" Kai began to ask.
"How long?" Tori asked, rephrasing what he was trying to say. "All night and its 2pm now." She answered.
"The…others…"
"They're all fine, a little worried but fine."
"I'm not…asking how they are…I'm asking if they're practicing." Kai said, exhaustedly shutting his eyes again.
Tori laughed, with Kai, something's never changed and in ways, it was a good thing, "How nice of you to show so much concern for them." She informed with a laugh, "They're practicing hard and doing well." She answered the earlier question. "You aren't going to tell us what happened are you?" She asked him, moving off the chair to sit on his bed.
Kai didn't answer, just turned his head away from her and opened his eyes to stare out the window.
Tori smiled caringly, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder, "It's alright." She told him.
---End Flashback---
He never even used to let people get close to him and now not to mention that she was in his bed. Things where never like that, he never used to let anyone next to him, get close to him or touch him but she managed to break through to him. He had a ton of bad memories of her too, all her pushiness, her threats, the orders she gave the others, especially Ray. He didn't dare go through all those memories though, he had little time with her left and he wanted to enjoy that time and not dwell on all the bad things but focus on all she helped him with.
His hand reached out from under the warm covers and pushed back a strand of auburn hair that had fallen over Tori's face. From there he stroked her cheek softly, then down the side of her neck but stopping and quickly pulling away when the girl's eyes slowly opened. "Sorry." He whispered quietly, blushing a bit that he had been caught.
She had just woken up and she was already smiling, "Don't be," She whispered back, "It felt kinda nice actually." She added.
Kai smiled and moved his hand back and continued stroking her neck. Tori closed her eyes, the smile on her face bigger as she enjoyed the soft feeling along her neck and back. She moved herself closer to him and Kai stopped, making Tori open her eyes to look at him. He shyly wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer towards him, watching Tori smile at him kindly. Tori rested against Kai, Kai taking in the scent of her hair while also concentrating on the soft lines Tori traced along his shoulder. Why dwell on all the bad things that where still to come? The two only focused on the present, the present contained each other and that's how it was going to be for at least a little while longer.
Unfortunately Tori hit a sensitive spot on Kai's shoulder and she noticed that when he winced and his hand shot to his shoulder where she had touched him. "That still hurts?" Tori asked quietly, sitting up a bit. Kai nodded in reply, turning on his back and closing his eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize."
"You weren't supposed to." Kai smirked.
Tori moved even closer to him and lay a soft kiss on his hand that covered his shoulder before lying down again. "Don't keep hiding your pain from me." She told him.
"I can't go too fast with this."
"I know but you need to tell me if something's wrong or if you're hurt, that way I know what not to do to hurt you more."
Kai's head shot to the side and he half glared at her and raised an eyebrow at her.
Tori hit him gently on the head, "Alright so what happened two days ago doesn't count but you know what I mean." She said in a scolding tone.
"Yeah, lucky for me I do."
A/N: A nice long chapter that I put so much hard work into, worth a small review isn't it? Well as you can probably see I put a lot of hard work and thought into this chapter and I'd like an opinion on it. I know that maybe this chapter makes the fic look like its over but it's far from it. Please review and I'll update as soon as I can.