It took me quite a few moments to make sure that my body was responsive enough to stand after the blond stood. I sat for a few seconds after I felt comfortable before trying to stand. My legs wobbled lightly and I groaned. Setting a hand to my head, I tried to steady myself.

"Oh, Yayoi. What a surprise." I heard the voice of Soubi say.

"Yeah." I muttered softly, fixing my hair and clothes. My mind blanked slightly as I looked up and saw the blond haired boy staring at me. My eyes went wide as I stared at the most beautiful eyes I'd ever seen.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to ram into you, but you really shouldn't stand so close to the door." The blond said, bending down to my height. I scowled lightly. It wasn't my fault that I got hit. It wasn't my fault!!

"Yah! You have no right to say it was my fault! You're the one who stormed out!" I said angrily. Tears threatened at my eyes, but I tried to force them away before turning to Soubi-san. "Soubi-san! I hate to ask you this, but I can't go home again! I just need a place to stay for a few nights! Until I find an apartment or hotel! Please!" I begged, clasping my hands together in front of my chest.

Soubi's face showed a great amount of surprise as his eyebrows raised. "Stay? With me? Why can't you go home?" He asked bending down slightly so as to see my face through my hair.

"I just can't! Can you not let me stay? Even for a day?" I can't tell him. I can't tell him I almost killed someone.

"Wah?! You want to stay with Soubi?! What have you said to him that's made him think you owned an inn, Soubi?!" The blond started to rant and throw his hands around, but Soubi made him quiet with a look.

"What did you do, Yayoi?" He asked me. I looked up at him, my eyes big.

"Something bad."

I fidgeted nervously as I felt the stare of the blond on my neck again. I sat on Soubi's couch as he made some tea. With my hands smashed between my legs, I looked around the apartment. It was small, but it had that lived in kind of feeling. It also had the faint smell of cigarette smoke. I coughed lightly and covered my mouth with my hand. Grabbing my bag that sat right beside me, I pulled it into my lap. I clutched it tightly to my chest as I slowly met the gaze of the blond. I still didn't know his name…

"Kio. Stop staring at him. You're scaring him. He obviously doesn't like it." Said Soubi as he entered with a pot of tea and three cups.

It took me a few seconds to figure out that he was talking about me. My mind seemed to be working slow. I suddenly got extremely tired and clutched the bag tighter. My vision blurred slightly as I watched him pour me a glass and set it in front of me on the table. He started to speak to me, but I couldn't distinguish what he was saying. It all seemed run together to me. I took me a few seconds to realize that I was falling and even longer to figure out I had hit the floor. I never heard any of the yells as I slipped into a sleep that I was secretly craving.

My body felt as heavy as led when I finally came back to a conscious state. My eyes felt like they were cemented over and my back hurt like never before. Minutes passed before I realized I wouldn't be going back to sleep. I pried my eyes open and almost completely freaked when I saw everything was blurry. I calmed down as I remembered that I wore glasses. I brought my hands up and scrubbed my eyes with the back. Finally clearing my eyes of gunk and waking up more, I tried sitting up.

Pain shot through my back, but it was bearable. It almost felt like I had just done an intense work out (which I had never done in my life). I sat up straight with a groan and looked for my glasses. I felt around the edge of the bed till my fingertips hit a table. It took me a minute to find my glasses, but I slipped them on with a smile. It stunk having bad vision.

Looking around the room I was in, I realized that I was not at home or any other place that I could remember. It suddenly all came flooding back; the knife, the guilt, running away, finding Soubi, being knocked over by a pretty blond boy that I still didn't remember the name of, and feinting on Soubi's couch.

The door suddenly flew open and I screamed out of shock. In came the last person I wanted to see at the moment.

Ritsuka.