Chapter 26

The team sat and stood outside the bathroom door, all staring on a bit disappointedly. Kai had eaten like he said he would, he got tired after a while and then they got to talking. They all could tell that Kai was uncomfortable about talking about his personal life and his childhood so they tried to make him feel as comfortable as possible, just being careful, smiling and asking some of the littlest questions.

Kai had just talking about some things in his life at the time, not too much of the past as he would have preferred to keep the past buried. He just spoke about the nightmares feeling real, that they made him ill every time he woke up from one and explained that that was the reason Tori was keeping him out of some training. Through out the conversation Kai remained strong, his usual emotionless features and voice, although there where times that you'd hear his voice shake just slightly but that was all. This worried the team since it wasn't right to be talking about something that made your life a living hell and not show it, it worried them even though they showed Kai their supportive smiles and showed him how proud they actually where that he was talking about it.

---Flashback---

Kai just sat back on the floor, his back against the sofa as he stared at the ground. He had his knees up to his chest and his arms held tight around them, not saying another word but feeling the others gaze on him. "Kai…" Ray started. "Are you alright?" he asked.

Kai looked up at him, a blank look on his face at first before he gave a small smile and nodded. "Yeah, fine." He answered. "I'll be right back." He staggered to his feet and walked out of the room.

---End Flashback---

That was just under ten minutes ago and all of them where waiting outside the bathroom for him. It wasn't that they didn't trust him or anything, it was just that they didn't really know what to expect. They didn't know if he just wanted to be alone or if he wasn't feeling well. Max turned to Ray, obviously looking upset and worried. "You think he's alright?" he asked.

"I don't know but we'll ask him when he's back out, after today maybe he'll be a little bit more open with us." Ray replied.

Tyson smiled and nodded in agreement, "Yeah, don't worry, Max."

The bathroom door slowly creaked open and Kai stepped out, at first he'd been staring at the ground but then noticed his friends that stood in front of him and he hurriedly looked up. He took in all those worried gazes that where on his friends' faces, "You didn't need to wait for me. I'm fine." He told them.

"What just happened then?" Tyson asked him, stepping closer to his captain.

"It was nothing." Kai answered him, "I need some painkillers, they're in the kitchen right?" he asked.

"Yeah."

Kai walked past them and into the kitchen while the others went back to the living room and settled on the ground again, talking quietly amongst themselves. In the meantime, Kai took two painkillers, gulping them down painfully with water. He took a moment of silence just to get used to his throbbing skull before he walked into the living room again and looked down at the others, "Talking about me?" he asked them.

"Why would you think that?" Max asked disappointedly.

Kai smirked and shook his head, "I don't."

"You're okay?" Ray asked him.

"I told you…I'm fine, really."

"He's saying the truth." A quiet voice said from by the door.

All eyes turned to the figure in the doorway, all seeing Denzelle standing there, tall and healthy. "What are you doing here? Did something happen?" Kai asked urgently, standing up in front of the girl.

Denzelle smiled and shook her head, "No, Tori just asked me to come and check on you all."

"Well we're all fine and by all, Kai not included because we really can't tell." Tyson said honestly.

Denzelle stood in front of Kai, placing her hand under his chin and turning his face to look at her. She raised an eyebrow at him and smiled, "He's fine…more than anything he just needs a good night sleep." She told them with a small laugh. She took her hand away from his face and then out of nowhere pulled out a white envelope, "And maybe this will help him get that good night sleep." She handed it to him and turned to leave and before either of the team members knew it, she was gone again.

Kai sat down on the sofa, wincing at the cringing pain in his neck as he sat back and put his feet up onto the table as he opened the letter.

"What is it, Kai?" Tyson asked.

The team captain ignored the other boy and began to read the hand writing,

Dear Kai,

I guess you feel pretty bad by now. I'm sorry for what I did, I admit I should have told you that I was going for the surgery but I guess I was just afraid that it would make it harder on the both of us and you couldn't handle anymore on your mind at the time. Also, I didn't want you to be here when it happened.

I guess now you feel…confused that I don't want any of you here but its understandable. Look, its not that I don't want all of your help but it's just that I have my reasons. You had your reasons for doing a lot of things by yourself, now this is the same with me, I have a feeling I should do this alone, I'm not too sure why but I guess I feel I need to prove to myself some things before I try to have…a life. I don't know how I'm going to deal with being alive and actually having a life, I never really thought about my future that much.

I just really hope you understand why I have to do this alone. Please take care of yourself while I'm here and please keep an eye on the others but take things easy for your own sake and mine, I don't want to come out of here and find you're dead or anything. Keep safe.

Love from,

Tori!

P.S I plugged my phone back in and Denzelle is getting my charger from the apartment, along with my laptop so we can talk sometime, there isn't anything mechanical in my room anymore so I can use it in here.

Like Denzelle had thought, the letter was quite comforting for Kai to read and all he could do after reading that was take a sharp breath and rest his head back. "Kai…" Max called out.

Kai didn't say a word in reply and just handed the youngest boy the letter, Tyson and Ray grouping over Max's shoulder to read what was on the white sheet of paper. "You see, she's fine Kai." Max smiled happily when he was finished.

"Yeah." Kai smiled back.

Tyson took the letter from Max and gently set it on the table before looking at Ray who sat beside him. Ray got off the ground and sat beside Kai, looking at him, waiting with patience for the boy to come out of his moment of rest and silence. Kai lifted his head a bit and looked on, some fear in his eyes as he saw everyone turned to look at him. "Kai…are you going to be okay tonight?" Ray asked, placing a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder.

"Yeah, I'll be fine."

"You know Kai," Tyson started hesitantly, "now that we know what's going on, maybe we could stay with you for the night if you need us to." He offered.

"He's right." Ray agreed.

"Yeah and we don't mind, if it helps you and will make you feel better than we should stay with you." Max urged.

"Thanks for the offer…but I don't need that right now." Kai answered him, gaining his cold attitude again. The others didn't say a word to that and Kai just got up and left the room, his team mates hearing him walk up the stairs to his bedroom.

---Half An Hour Later---

Kai just sat cross-legged on his bed, most likely in deep thought as he stared at the blankets on the bed, doing nothing ever since he'd gotten back upstairs to his room. He wasn't up for a longer conversation with the others and just wanted to get away from there for a while. That was when he saw Max pass by his bedroom and he called the boy, "Hey, Max!" he called out.

Max smiled and popped his head through the door, "Yeah, Kai?"

"You think…if I sleep in tomorrow morning, you can leave me to it. I'm pretty tired and I don't know if I can wake up in time for training tomorrow."

"Sure Kai, not a problem."

"Thanks." Kai whispered, nodding.

"Are you alright though?"

"Yeah, just that I have a headache and I'm tired so I don't know how that'll turn out."

"You've taken those painkillers right?" Max asked, sitting by his captain's side.

"Yeah, one for the pain, the second to help the affects."

"Than it's probably that you need to sleep so get some rest and come and wake one of us if you need something."

"Yeah…thanks."

Max smiled and turned to leave, "Good night, Kai." He called before leaving the room and closing the door behind him.

Kai moved himself back and then pulled the covers out from underneath him, lying down and neatly setting them over his body. He turned onto his side to sleep this time, keeping his arm under his pillow for support. He tried to find the most comfortable position he could but already his mind was pounding with painful past memories so comfort was something that couldn't be found.

He gave up and just closed his eyes, only being interrupted of his attempted slumber by his mobile ringing on the bedside table. He groaned, wondering who would possibly be texting him at that time, he reached his hand out off the bed and picked the phone up, flipped it open and opened his eyes to look down at the message. 'Good night, sweet dreams.' Obviously there was only one person who'd send him that, Tori of course.

Kai smiled at her concideration, then slowly typing back a reply. He only got as far as 'Good Ni' before feeling that his eyes were drooping shut, clearly the medication was taking an affect, at the wrong times and with a strong force. Kai flicked his hand slightly and his phone shut again before he finally fell asleep, one arm under the pillow to aid his aching head, his other hand gripping his phone tightly in his hands and a gentle breeze from outside his window entering the room and gently brushing against his shoulders.

For the most part, the sleep was peaceful since Kai was far too tired for his mind to let him dream, let alone hurt him with a nightmare. But as the night progressed and Kai's mind became more stable the more his mind brought up more memories. So at five in the morning, when he shot up in bed in a cold sweat, Kai knew that what had happened was something to be afraid of but because of the hold the painkillers had taken on him he didn't quite remember a lot when he woke up, which was something he was not complaining about.

Not remembering what had happened during the night was like a treat, that way whatever had hurt him in his sleep wouldn't haunt him when he woke up too. He adjusted his pillows and he sat back against them, his heart beat slowly returning to its calm pace. He picked his phone up from by his side where he had almost slept on it and moved it back to the table. Once taking into account that he was feeling better he fixed the pillows back down and lay back again, slowly dozing off again.

---Late Next Morning---

It was eleven in the morning and the whole team was grouped in Kai's room, all keeping an eye on Kai's sleeping form. The boy had woken up about two hours earlier, choking on his own breathing so hard that they thought he was going to suffocate on his own breath. He had been so caught up in trying to breathe and control his heart and his tears that he didn't notice his team mates in his room standing behind him. He'd then slowed down, dropped his head back onto the pillow and fell asleep again in under a minute.

So now the team kept a close eye on their team leader in case something else happened, which so far, nothing else did. Although they didn't need to be that protective for that much longer since within a few minutes Kai was waking up again, carefully and slowly this time. Once grasping the idea that he'd slept in Kai sat up a little faster instead of taking things as easy as he would have liked.

A hand was quickly placed onto Kai's shoulder and then it slowly pushed Kai back against the pillows. "Slow down." Ray ordered him.

"What's the problem?" Kai asked, wincing at how raspy his voice was.

"You weren't well last night." Max told him, sitting beside him.

"So you have to take things easy for a while." Tyson added.

"What are you saying? I feel fine."

"Just stay there till we know you're alright." Ray sighed annoyingly. "What do you want for breakfast?" he asked.

"Nothing."

"Kai…" Max whispered, obviously upset that Kai was going back to not eating.

Kai heard Max's disappointment and sighed inwardly, not wanting to upset the younger boy since he'd learnt to have a good…friendship with the boy. "Fruit." He groaned to Ray.

Ray smiled, nodded and left the room quickly to get his captain some breakfast.

Kai turned to Max, no real emotion in his eyes other than some humorous frustration, "You aren't really going to leave me here right?" he asked.

"It's for your own good, Kai." Tyson laughed at him.

"This is cruel. I never treated you like this." Kai told him.

"No, you didn't." Tyson teased, "Instead you treated us worse by making us go out when we were sick."

"I was doing you a favour." Kai retorted sadly, sitting back properly again.

"Now we're returning the favour." Max laughed.

Kai groaned, rolling his eyes with a bit of irritation but a small and very vague smile on his face. All eyes then shot to the object of the ringing sound that came from beside the bed. Kai reached over Max and picked up his phone, eyes widening slightly on seeing that it was Tori calling. Kai flipped open the phone and brought it to his ear slowly, "Hello."

"Hey there, sunshine."

Kai raised an eyebrow at her quick and happy greeting, despite the weakness in her voice. "Sunshine? Who are you trying to kid?" he asked her.

"Hey, I'm doing fine; it's just the morphine getting to me. What's wrong with you?"

"The others said that I wasn't well last night so they're keeping me in bed."

"Their first night on the duty and their already making your life a living hell." Tori laughed sweetly at her own comment.

While Kai was about to answer to that sarcastically, he was getting quite annoyed at the two teenagers by his sides that where hitting his shoulder whispering to him to let them speak to Tori. Finally Tyson pinched Kai's arm and Kai swore heavily under his breath although he was sure that Max had heard him, "Alright, alright. I'm going to let you talk to the others before they start bruising me." Kai handed the phone to Tyson before Tori got a chance to even answer but he could hear a small laugh.

Max moved over Kai and sat next to Tyson so he could hear what Tori was saying and get to talk to her too, "Hey boys."

"Hey Tori." Max and Tyson greeted happily.

"How are you two?"

"How are we? How are you?!" Tyson said quickly.

Tori laughed casually, seeing how worried he actually was about her. "I'm fine. Doctors said I should be out of here in about two weeks." She replied. "Now, off topic, how are you all? You're not torturing Kai too much, right?"

"We don't know yet but he's still alive." Max laughed.

"And we're doing fine, still trying to get over the fact that you lied to us though."

"Yeah…about that, I'm really sorry but really, I didn't think I was going to change my mind and I didn't want to hurt you guys."

"We get it but just for that you have to give us days off once you get back." Tyson said, grinning.

"Not on my watch." Kai shouted, though shouting not because he was angry but just shouting so that it was clear to the two teenagers and so that Tori could hear him.

Tori laughed upon hearing him and she spoke quietly, "Yeah, I don't think that Kai would approve of that but I'll try my best. Well I need to go soon so you think I can talk to Kai quickly before I go?"

"Sure. Bye Tori, get well soon." Tyson said, handing the phone to Max.

"Bye!" Max happily called before passing the phone back to Kai who took it readily.

Kai said hi again to the girl but the two teenagers remained by his side. He coughed in indication that he wanted them to leave, Tyson obviously not getting it but Max picking up quickly on what was going on, "Hey Tyson, lets go help Ray with the food and maybe we could get a snack too." Max told him, grabbing his arm quickly and jumping off the bed.

"Good idea, Maxie."

Kai watched as the two teenagers left and Max closed the door behind them. Kai turned back to the girl he was on the phone with, "So, two weeks huh?"

"Yeah but they'll just fly by, I'm sure."

Kai sighed, turning and lying on his side. "You're sure you don't want us to come and see you?" he asked her, worriedly.

"I'm positive; I need to do this by myself."

"Mr Dickinson told us that you were afraid that the surgery would change your personality…are you sure you can handle that?"

"Yeah, I'll manage it; I've got my best friends behind me anyway don't I?"

"Of course you do."

"So I'll be fine."

"You had better be." Kai muttered, smirking.

"Yeah, you too, you know? I want you alive when I'm out of here."

"Don't worry, I'll live."

"Good. So…maybe we can talk a little later?"

"Sure, on the condition you look after yourself." Kai told her.

"Yeah, I'm just about to go to the children's ward, then get some rest."

"Alright. Then we'll talk later, take care of yourself."

"Yeah, you too."

The two hung up and Kai placed his phone on his bedside table, then curling back under the covers. Just when he'd gotten comfortable and closed his eyes Ray walked into the room with a bowl of fruit and a plate with toast on it. Kai turned over to look at him and raised an eyebrow at him when he saw Ray smiling so much, "What?" he asked.

"Nothing." Ray replied, not being able to remove the smile from his face as he handed Kai the bowl of fruit.

"I haven't a smile on your face that big since Tori pushed Tyson down the stairs and then stepped on his back." Kai pointed out to him in hopes of getting an answer. He sat back up, sitting comfortably against the pillows as he took the bowl of fruit salad. He hadn't originally wanted a fruit salad, he just wanted an apple or something but Ray was sometimes like that, you asked for something and he'd make something bigger than what you asked for.

"It's nothing; I just think this thing with Tori is really…"

"If you say 'cute' I will hurt you." Kai informed him, sounding amazingly serious.

The smile on Ray's face very slowly disappeared, "Alright, I'm going to shut up now." He whispered.

"That's the smartest thing I've heard you say all week."

"You wouldn't blame someone for being honest, right?"

"If being honest involves the word 'cute' in it than yes, I will blame you for being honest."

Ray thought for a second, while watching Kai eat some of the fruit salad. "So what can I use to describe you and Tori together?"

"Not 'cute'." Kai smirked.

"I get it, not cute." Ray laughed. "But I guess I do think it's pretty…" Kai raised his eyes from the bowl and glared at him, "sweet." Ray finished.

"Nice save." Kai told him, turning back to the fruit.

"I thought so too."

Kai sat there in silence, not giving Ray that much importance as he just continued eating his food and Ray didn't say much, thinking that Kai might say something sooner or later if he where ready to. About ten minutes past and Kai had said nothing so far, his hand had been shaking a little but it stopped after a while. "Kai, you alright?" Ray asked, concern obvious in his voice.

"It's not fair." Kai said, quietly. He didn't meet Ray's gaze, instead staring down at his bare scarred hands.

"What's not fair?" Ray asked, confused.

"The fact that she's gone, even after she knows I'm already having a hard time dealing with all this." Kai rubbed his temples, taking a deep breath. "She's too young, she's too good to have died so suddenly or so young. She doesn't deserve to suffer so I guess I feel selfish that I want her here."

"You're not selfish, you just got used to her being around so now that you can't see her as much you feel helpless, it happens." Ray reminded him quietly. "It's normal for people to do that sometimes and I know she's young and she doesn't deserve it but there's nothing anyone could have done, the surgery was her choice to make and in the end, she did what you wanted and not what she had wanted but now we just need to trust her to do what she wants for once."

"I do trust her but I don't want her all alone, I know how she feels about these kinds of things and I don't want her to suffer alone with it."

"Maybe now you know how she feels with things when it comes to you."

"I'm different." Kai muttered.

"How do you think that?"

Kai didn't answer, just kept staring on at the bowl, he'd stopped eating and stare is all he could do.

"... Kai?"

"I don't want to lose her; I really…care about her." Kai said, so quietly that Ray had almost missed it.

Almost.

"If she…if she dies…" Kai broke off, a slight grimace on his face. "then the team won't be the same without her. I won't be the same without her and I don't want to ruin any other part of my life because if I lose her than I'll go through another change and I can't handle that."

"She's got less of a chance of dieing now. I say we should just leave her to do what she needs to and then she'll be back and you'll both be better."

"Yeah." Kai whispered.

"Is there more?" Ray asked him.

"No."

Ray placed a hand on Kai's shoulder, "Kai?" The captain didn't give his team mate any answer and Ray just stood up, giving the shoulder a supportive squeeze. "Eat and get some rest, I'll be in my room." He told him, hesitantly leaving his captain's bedroom.

Kai dumped the bowl of fruit on the bedside table by the plate of toast on the table. He pushed himself down under the covers, pulling the blankets tighter around his form, placing a hand to his mouth before coughing into it. His breathing slowly returned to a decent level and Kai just felt drained after it happened, he refused to fall asleep again though and didn't even dare close his eyes, in fear of falling asleep. All he could do though was yell at himself in his own mind, wondering why everyday something was wrong with him. He hated it but clearly there was nothing he could do, it was just stress taking its toll on his body, paying him back for all the years of abuse he put it through and others put him through.

Tears where stinging his eyes half the time and the coughing fits started up occasionally. The laboured breathing and sun light from the window shining in Kai's eyes was the last that he could take, he squeezed his eyes shut and buried his face in his pillow before finally losing consciousness, which to him was the best thing that could have happened to him at the time.

---A Week Later---

Ever since that infuriating day a week before, Kai had been doing better. Ray had forced him to see a doctor and it was conformed that all the effects Kai was having was all because of the stress he was under. It wasn't fatal or anything, more than anything it was just a bit inconvenient for him. Ray had been hinting at Kai to talk to the doctor about the nightmares and other things to see if he could see someone about it but Kai just glared at the boy for the whole time the doctor was there, showing him that he didn't want to tell a doctor about those things and he was going to be fine without it. So Ray just let it slide and didn't persist any longer but he being the next oldest he was the one that kept the closest eye on the captain.

He always made sure that Kai wasn't drinking or going to bed late and that he got enough sleep while still trying to maintain Kai's privacy and pride. There was one more week till they all saw Tori again and Kai was handling things just fine. The two teenagers spoke practically everyday, either on the phone or over the internet since Tori had got her laptop back and she hadn't been plugged into any machinery lately so she was allowed to use it in her room.

The girl had been fine, most of the time at least. Whenever she was upset about something she felt that she could really depend on Kai so she used to call him and just talk for an hour or so and when it was over she'd felt like she was the happiest girl alive and she'd promised Kai, that she wouldn't change and she promised that no matter what happened to her while she was away from him she was going to keep smiling like she always did when something bad happened. The brain tumour had made her the person she was and now that it was gone she didn't want to lose the person it had moulded her into since that person was the one that drew Kai close to her and that person was the one that had made her first group of friends that she'd had ever since she was a young child.

The time that the two teenagers spent away from each other didn't go away wasted or anything. It gave Tori the courage to finally tell Kai how she really felt about him, even if it took about three hours of trying to pluck up the courage.

---Flashback---

Tori sat on her hospital bed with her legs crossed, her right hand on her heated up laptop as she tapped it impatiently. She'd been talking to Kai for about two hours and she was just jumping inside to tell him that she loved him but she was just afraid that he wasn't ready to hear that just yet. Then again, maybe he needed to hear what she needed to say. But this was something she didn't want to risk. Back then she used to risk things because she'd die soon and wouldn't have to deal with it but now it was different and she didn't know what to do.

"You're really quiet today." Kai told her, obviously through the internet messenger they were using.

"Yeah, sorry. Was just thinking." Tori typed back. She sighed a bit, 'Great, he's starting to notice.'

"About?"

"Nothing much."

"If you're this distracted it must be something, I'm not stupid."

"What has Ray been feeding you? I think you've gotten smarter since I left for the surgery."

"Oh you're so funny." Kai said sarcastically.

"Hey, I'm the one stuck in hospital, I deserve to crack a joke once in a while."

"I never said you don't but why can't you just go and tease Tyson? That's fun."

"Yeah but that's predictable."

"Try dealing with him for five years, than tell me what's predictable."

"Alright, I get it, you don't like it there but don't worry, I'll be out of here soon and then we're both back at the apartment."

"Thank goodness."

Tori sat back against the back of her bed which had been turned up by a nurse when Tori had first switched on her computer. She didn't say anything else but her eyes just wandered around the room as she continued tapping at her laptop.

"So tell me. What are you thinking about?"

Tori sat forward again and hesitated at first before typing and hitting enter. "Kai…you know I really care about you right?"

"It's really hard not to notice so yes, of course I know and you know I care back right?"

"Yeah, of course and that's why I guess recently by not being around you all the time, it made me realize more how much I really love you and I'm not just saying that because right now, I think it's the only thing I'm sure about."

Clearly the whole thing took a while for it to sink in on Kai's end since he wasn't quick to answer, three minutes passed and still no answer and tears where already sliding from Tori's eyes. The nurse, the one she'd always known ever since that time when Kai was with her at her check up, walked into the room and saw the girl crying. "What's wrong, sweetie?" She placed a hand on the girl's back and rubbed it soothingly.

"I just told my boyfriend I love him." Tori told her, mustering up a smile as she'd promised Kai.

"Oh, that's nothing, I'm sure he loves you too. It's hard not to love you." The nurse smiled supportively, somehow making Tori feel a lot better than she thought it would.


"That's sweet. Thanks."

"I just thought I'd come check up on you so I'll leave you alone. The doctor will check on you soon enough."

The nurse left after her words had been said and Tori turned back to her computer screen, seeing that Kai had finally written something. "I was never sure but now being made to actually think about it I know I love you too."

"You're not just saying that?"

"You know me; I'm not going to lie about something like that."

"Yeah, that's true." Tori was smiling happily again, it seemed like nothing really stopped her from doing that at all. Then she saw her doctor walk into the room and she sighed and quickly turned back to the computer screen. "But now I have to go, I've got a check up and the doctor needs to talk to me about some things."

"Alright, I'll talk to you later then. Take care of yourself."

"Yeah, you too."

Tori shut her laptop and placed it on her bed side table, then turning to look at the doctor, smiling happily in silence. The doctor looked on at her in a bit of surprise, amazed at how the girl was always happily and kindly smiling at everyone really.

---End Flashback---

That was three days ago and now Tori was standing in her casual attire by the window of her hospital room. Thankfully, she'd gained a little weight which made her look healthier and beautifully slender instead of just skin and bones. Her auburn hair was cut neatly shorter than it used to be, just above shoulder length. It had needed to be cut for the surgery and it quickly grew back for her, making her sweet face and smile stand out more.

She didn't like her short hair though. She used to quite like how her hair brushed over her shoulders, giving her pale skin a nice glow to it. Her sparkling brown eyes shined as she continued staring outside, it was as though whenever she smiled, her eyes where smiling with her just to emphasize her happiness and will. "Denzelle…" she whispered.

"Yes, Mistress." Denzelle asked. She had been sitting in the corner of the room, keeping an eye on her Mistress to make sure that she was actually okay.

"I think…" Tori started quietly. "I might stop singing." She told her.

"What? Why, Mistress?" Denzelle asked urgently, moving closer to her Mistress by sitting on the bed exactly behind Tori.

"I don't think I'm capable of doing that anymore."

"Why would you say that? You're very much capable; it was only a few days ago that you were singing in the children's ward again."

"Yeah but while I was singing…it felt so…forced, not like all the other times."

"That doesn't mean you can't sing anymore." Denzelle protested.

Tori shook her head a bit and sat back down on the bed, her loyal bit-beast sitting just behind her. "It just won't be the same, I leave here in at least three days and I don't want to go out of here a changed person but there are some things I can't control." She said.

"Because right now you don't want to control it! You can't just stop singing now, you're too good, you just need to continue and it'll come to you."

"I suppose."

"You just need to prove to yourself that you can do it."

"Yeah." Tori nodded and turned to her bit-beast, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Thanks."

Denzelle suddenly smiled happily, "Anytime, Mistress." She whispered, resting her head on her Mistress' shoulder.

That was when a little form came running in. A little blonde five year old girl ran up to Tori's side of the bed and stood in front of her, handing out a plate with a big slice of chocolate cake on it as she smiled up happily towards the two teenagers. "Eh?" Tori looked on confusedly at the little girl she knew as Mio.

"It's my birthday…and mom got me cake to share." Mio said, jerking the plate closer to Tori.

Tori smiled down at the girl, gave her a kiss on the forehead and took the piece of cake. "Happy birthday, honey." She whispered.

Mio remained smiling and then ran out of the room again with the plastic plate.

Denzelle kept smiling sadly as she stared on after the girl before she got up and walked over to the chair she'd been sitting in earlier when keeping an eye on her Mistress. Tori walked up beside her and knelt down on the ground beside the chair and broke the piece of cake in half and handed Denzelle a piece. Denzelle looked at her Mistress, smiling, "You're sure?" she asked her.

"Yeah."

Denzelle took the cake from her Mistress' hand and Tori moved up to sit on the arm rest of the chair Denzelle was on as they both dug into the big piece of cake.