Addiction Chapter 8

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A/N: See end.

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After the night that Kyo had pushed Yuki out of bed, their relationship seemed to hit a new phase. For Kyo it had started as hate, as it had with Yuki, then it turned to lust, and now it seemed to have moved to a new type of companionship. But the days started to pass a little quicker and each day seemed like less of a hurdle to get over in terms of their relationship. But one thing never changed… that stupid dog.

"Yuki call him."

"No. Why should I?"

"Because you will make him angrier this way."

"Do I look like I care?"

"You should. You are going to be gone, you need to call Akito. He won't be happy when he calls for you and you aren't here."

"I don't plan my life around a Sunday every month."

"He thinks you do. You need to call him. Chances are you won't even talk with him. Akito has been getting worse and worse for the last two months." Kyo watched them bicker back and forth, but the last statement hit a nerve, two months, that's how long he had Yuki had been together, but thinking nothing of it he continued to watch the two back and forth until Yuki relented and left to call the house. Shigure looked at him next and Kyo started even though he hadn't done anything wrong.

"Don't look at me." Kyo growled working back to eat his breakfast, it was Friday morning and this evening Yuki was leaving for the hot springs, with the Student council. They would be back late Sunday evening, hence why the whole argument had ensued.

"Kyo." Shigure was short and honest, "how long has it been since you seen Akito?"

"A couple years I guess."

"Have you asked him about, after graduation?"

"No, I haven't talked to him much either."

"Maybe, do you think he would let you go to college?"

"Nah, he ain't gonna pay for that, you know that as well as I do." Yeah, Kyo had thought about it, fight with him about how no one's life started any more until after college…so maybe, just maybe, he could get another four years, but he also knew Akito. He was mean and sadistic and there was no way he would give the cat anymore freedom. Under all the turbulent emotions and cruel family dictator, there may be a human being but Kyo doubted that anyone had ever seen it. Crimson eyes looked back up as Yuki entered the room, he sat down gracefully and started eating again. Kyo, curious, extended his foot out under the table and kicked Yuki with it. He looked up surprised, grey eyes wide for a moment and looked at Kyo.

"I talked with Hatori," Yuki stated turning toward Shigure, "He told me that it was fine, Akito has been very sick and running a fever."

"Maybe, I should go over to the main house this evening? Would you to be okay by yourselves, you won't destroy my house. It has been a while since anything has been broken." The dog looked at them curiously while Kyo shrugged his shoulders and Yuki was the one who spoke up.

"We reached an agreement. If we need to fight we do it outside, and its to cold right now to try to fight outside."

"Ahh, when did that happen? Not that I don't appreciate your concern for my house…" The two boys looked at each other.

"Two weeks ago." They said at the same time, then both went back to eating.

"Its kinda weird being around you two, when you aren't fighting."

"Where's Tohru?" Kyo asked trying to get away from that topic…he liked the fact they weren't fighting anymore.

"She left for school already, something about a project with Uo. But it is time for you guys to leave to. Don't forget your umbrella, it may rain today and turn into snow by this evening." They both nodded, appreciating his concern and put on their respective jackets and Yuki grabbed both umbrellas.

"Give me mine."

"No."

"Why not."

"I don't want to."

"Now that is a little more like it. Get going if you don't want to be late." Shigure laughed as he took his plate to the kitchen.

"Give."

"No."

"Come on."

"If I give it to you will you still walk under mine, with me?" Kyo looked at him and blinked, Yuki had just recently, with in the last week, starting to show a more romantic side, and at times like this it threw Kyo for a loop. So he looked into Yuki's eyes, looking for a joke or any sign of jesting, and realized that when Yuki really wanted to share an umbrella.

"Sure…" then softer, "whatever." Yuki smiled pleased and they made their way to school. Once out of sight of the house, Yuki grabbed his hand and laced their fingers together. Kyo just looked back at him and raised an elegant eye brow in question.

"What's with you?"

"Nothing, just I'm not going to see you for two days."

"Ahh, going to miss me?" Kyo asked on a laugh meaning it as a joke.

"Yes, I think I am. I'm just so used to having you around me, that I…I'm not used to it any other way." Kyo looked down at their hands and brought them up to his lips to kiss the slender pale hand in his natural tan hand.

"It will be fine, you will be okay," and under his breath, "I'll miss you too." Pleased with that response Yuki smiled.

"Off to school then."

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"So did Hatori say anything bad." Kyo asked as he watched Yuki pack for the weekend trip to the hot springs.

"No, just that he would pass the message along to Akito when he was finally awake."

"Hmm." Kyo watched as he packed noticing that he was bringing nothing but slacks and button up shirts. "Man, it's a vacation, why are you packing dress clothes?" He asked and watched a cute blush covered Yuki's cheeks.

"I really don't have anything else." Yuki stated softly. Noticing for the first time that it was really all he had, and occasionally when he was cold at night he would slip on one of Kyo's T-shirts and sleep in that. His sleep clothes…well he didn't find them comfortable anymore.

"Do you want to take some of my clothes? Its not like anyone would notice, not really." Kyo looked over to see that Yuki was giving him a long good look. As though he was studying him. "I'm not joking; you can take what you want."

"Can I have your pajamas?" Yuki questioned.

"Sure, not like I actually wear them much anymore." Kyo shrugged.

"But you may have to wear them over the weekend."

"No need, I'll find something else. Are you sure that you don't want to grab a couple t-shirts or something. You would be more comfortable riding the bus in them." Kyo got up off the bed that he had been sitting on and walked over to his room. He grabbed some clothes from his closet and his pajamas and then walked back across the hall and threw them to Yuki. "Just don't ruin them." Kyo gazed in surprise as Yuki brought the clothes up to his face then folded them neatly. He unbuttoned the shirt he was wearing and put on the black t-shirt with the pair of dressier jeans that he had been wearing. "You look good in my clothes." Kyo noted watching as again, Yuki blushed slightly.

"They're too big."

"Part of the charm."

"They smell like you."

"Hmmm?" Kyo cocked his head to one side and looked questionably at Yuki.

"They smell like you, you always smell good, like earthy and spicy."

"Really?" Kyo asked but he already knew what he said was true. Yuki to always smelled good, even when he was sweaty and tired after sex, he still smelled like Yuki. It was something that comforted Kyo. Yuki's scent clung to his room, and to his bed, even though more often then not is was their room, and their bed. But they both seemed to be dancing around the fact that Yuki was leaving. That for the first time in almost two months, they would be sleeping apart.

Yuki stayed silent continuing to pack, but did indeed notice that he was a lot more comfortable in Kyo's worn t-shirt. There was no doubt in his mind that he would most likely be wearing Kyo's clothes for most of the trip. "It's time for me to go." They stood in front of each other for a moment, Yuki wasn't really sure how to say goodbye.

"Go on, I'll catch up in bit and walk a while with you."

"Isn't that a little suspicious?"

"I have to get groceries for Tohru, so I'll leave in a few minutes and walk with you part ways." Yuki smiled and pulled on his coat yelling goodbye to everyone before heading out. He walked slow, and even though it was irrational, kept looking behind him to see if Kyo was coming. He missed him already…god he was pathetic.

Kyo caught up quick enough and Yuki acknowledged him with a nod. They walked silently beside each other hands occasionally brushing.

"Why is this awkward?" Kyo finally asked, it was just odd, for some reason he felt like he might never see the rat again, though he knew that was far away from the truth.

"I don't know."

"So you agree with me? This feels strange?"

"Yeah, it does." They stopped on a corner both falling silent again. "But I'll be busy and you'll find stuff to do."

"Yeah." The light changed and they continued until Yuki came to a stop in the middle of the block. "Your turn was back there." He said pointing over his shoulder and looking at Kyo with a pointed look.

"I know."

"You don't have to walk me there, as you so often remind me 'I'm not a girl'."

"I know." This time Kyo could feel his face getting hot from the embarrassment.

Yuki looked around noticing that while it was pretty quiet on the street, maybe, just maybe, Kyo would let him…

Yuki reached out and grabbed his hand, lacing their fingers together and pulled him close. Dropping his bag on the ground, he reached his other hand up and pulled his head down for a small kiss. Yuki knew that he looked like a girl half the time. He knew that most people seeing this right now would assume that Kyo was kissing a girl on the street and he was in this one moment, happy that sometime he could pass for someone as the opposite gender. As he started to pull away, Kyo's other arm came around his waist and pulled him close deepening the kiss. Yuki's arm draped around Kyo's shoulder and pulled them tight. It was strange outside, light snow in the air, and big bulky coats on, but it was still sweet at the same time.

Kyo really did love kissing Yuki. Something about the feeling of the other boy's lips underneath his just made him want to keep going forever. It always felt like the first kiss over and over.

"We're on a street." Yuki mumbled, for just a second when they parted to breath.

"I know." Kyo stated softly before kissing him again, with the big bulky coats and Yuki's longish hair, he had no fear of being found out making out on the street. After another breathless kiss, Kyo pulled away and Yuki cuddled into him for just a moment, before finally letting go of his hand. The separated and Yuki looked up and smiled.

"Go get your groceries…I'll see you soon." Kyo watched him go and smiled a little before heading to the store.

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"KYO!"

Friday night sucked, Saturday was worse, but Sunday… Sunday was taking the cake. He barely slept last night and now, that damn dog was yelling for him at 8:00 in the morning, something about it was just wrong.

"What the hell do you want?" The question was yelled without him ever actually getting up at out bed.

"Phone call!" Shigure yelled back and Kyo grumbled as he got up out of bed and padded down the stairs.

"Hello?" It was strange for him to receive phone calls, especially on the weekends.

"Hello, Kyo." The voice was cold and smooth and one he would always recognize.

"Akito."

"Well, Kyo, are you busy this evening?"

"No." He had a feeling that even if he had been busy, that Akito would have requested that the plans be canceled.

"Wonderful, I will see you this evening then. We shall meet at The Café for tea." It was a small café, close the Sohma house and it was never really super busy.

"What time?"

"6:30 see you then."

"Wonderful." Kyo muttered looking at the phone as if it were a vile creature, instead of the inanimate object that it was.

"Maybe it's good new." Shigure said optimistically leaning out of the doorway, informing Kyo that he had indeed been listening.

"It's Akito, he is most likely going to ask me what I have planned for the last 6 months of my life."

"Kyo…maybe not…"

"Whatever." He padded back up the stairs and into his room. The hours between the time he woke to when he had to leave seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. He chose his clothing carefully remembering what Yuki would wear and had a feeling that he knew why Yuki knew why to dress that way. It was strange, he felt nervous a feeling that he rarely ever felt and he knew that he would constantly fidget, and especially wearing what he was. Slacks and a nice button up shirt just didn't suit him, not at all. He was walking through the kitchen when Tohru stopped him.

"Wow Kyo, you look great. Do you have a date?"

"Kinda." He muttered fiddling with the buttons at the collar.

"With who?"

"Akito actually." He told her, as Yuki had informed him more then once, he was a bad liar. He looked to the brown haired girl and she seemed to understand the gravity of the gravity of the situation.

"Is…is everything okay."

"Yeah, but my guess is that since Yuki isn't here he wanted to harass someone else."

"Hey, you used his name!" Torhu exclaimed excited, she had always hoped that they could at least pretend to get along. He wondered if they ever came out, if she would be happy or disgusted with them.

"I know what his name is, that doesn't mean that I have to use it though." He muttered glowering at the girl. She stuttered an excuse then smiled.

"Be careful."

"Sure…whatever." The walk to the café seemed to pass as fast as the day, and before he knew it he was seated at a table with the head of the house across from him. He used to think that Akito and Yuki looked alike but now he knew that that was far away from the truth. Akito looked weak, pale, and malevolent. While he knew for a fact that Yuki was…perfect.

"Hello Kyo." Akito's voice was cold; Yuki's was always full of his emotions.

"Hello Akito." He stood waiting to be told he could be seated.

"I took the initiative of ordering for you, please take a seat." Akito was controlling, Yuki was generous.

"Thank you." He did as was told.

"How are you?" Akito was evil; Yuki was nice and so tender hearted.

"I am doing well, and yourself?" Kyo asked politely looking to his eyes.

"I'm sure you have heard. The last two months, I seem to have gotten worse, Hatori stays close." Akito's eyes were cold and empty, Yuki's were always turbulent and if you looked hard you always knew what he was thinking. "He's in the car." Kyo waited for him to say more but he seemed to be waiting for Kyo to say something.

"So what did you want to speak with me about?" Why am I here? That is what he really wanted to ask.

"I wanted to meet with you and see how things are at Shigure's house. Last I heard it was fairly quiet. You and Yuki are no longer fighting as much, and that the fights tended to be less violent. Have you finally learned you place?"

Learned you place…

"My place?" Kyo asked looking him. For a moment Akito started.

"Yes, your place. Did you finally realize that you could and will never be a real Sohma, let alone a real person?"

A real person?

"Person? I am a person, just like everyone else." Kyo could feel his temper start to raise, his skin start to tingle. His fist clenched around the tiny tea cup and for a moment he feared that he might shatter it.

"Idiot. You are a monster; you know that I know that. You will never be more then just the cat."

Just the cat…

"I am not…"the cat, "a monster."

"You are vile, evil, and disgusting."

"Then why are we here. What the hell do you want from me?" He growled across the table.

"Don't talk to me like that. I deserve your respect. You more then most. You are lucky I even let you live this long." Akito seemed to be breathing heavy, his hands were slightly shaken. "You swore to me that you would beat Yuki, that you hated him, and that you would find your place in the Sohma family. That will not happen. Yuki…as you know, is perfect, you can and will not be able to beat him. You know just as well as I do that you belong to be. As of May 13th you belong to me."

You belong to me…

"I will still be me. I won't belong to you."

"Yes you will. You will be in my house, on my property, I will feed you, and I will own your freedoms…I already do. You know that, or else you wouldn't be here." Akito's voice was getting a little softer. "Do you have any idea what I have in store for a monster like you?"

A monster like you…

Kyo felt cold, and his skin broke out in a cold sweat. Chills raced over his body and his mind was blank… he could already see it, a small area, bars on a tiny window, some blankets and maybe…maybe if Akito was feeling giving…maybe a pillow. It would be cold and dark and the sun… he would never see the sun. Yuki, he would never feel his warmth, never feel his kiss…it would truly be a cold and dark place.

"I see you are getting the idea…" A small evil smile crept over Akito's pale features before a cough robbed him of his ability to breath for a few minor seconds. But it was enough for Kyo to regain his composure. "So what do you have planned for the last few months of your life?"

"Nothin', just school, graduation."

"By the way… I'll be throwing you and Yuki a graduation party, at the Sohma house. It will be your first and only time ever in the actual house. I thought that it would be nice of me to do that. For you to see what you will never have."

See what you will never have…Yuki.

"Thanks." Kyo's voice was dripping with sarcasm, "I'm sure the rat will appreciate it as much as I do."

"He's going to Toyko U, on a scholarship of course. You could never be that good, could you?"

Never be that good…

"I never tried to. I have no future remember." Kyo's voice had almost turned more into a growl than anything else.

He felt the sting before he realized that anything had really happened. He could feel his face heat as the blood rushed to where Akito's hand had slapped his face.

"Don't ever talk me like that! I own you." Akito's voice was drawing the gaze of others around him.

"Not yet, you don't." It really didn't process what was happening. All he really knew that, when Akito's face contorted in anger he automatically raised his hand. First he felt the heat, then the cutting of glass. The tea cup that Akito had thrown broke when it hit his palm. Kyo raised his other hand, wiping off the hot tea off of his face as his hand continued to burn. He opened his eyes and looked in shock at Akito, but before he could really say anything, Hatori was there, and the look he gave Kyo kept him silent.

"We should go Akito," Hatori left no room for argument as he already was leading the leader of the family away. But Akito turned and looked to Kyo with a smile.

"See you later Kyo, thanks for the tea." Of course, Kyo realized, Akito left him to pay.

Hatori had barely looked at him. Kyo looked down at his hand, there were numerous cuts and blood was covering his hand. Not only that but there was the heat from the tea and his face was still stinging. A waitress rushed up to him, holding a handkerchief and quickly wrapped it around his hand.

"Are you okay?" She asked and when he looked at her he realized that it was someone that went to his school.

"Yeah, fine."

"Who was that, an old girlfriend?" Did Akito really look like a girl…well he wasn't going to go into it.

"Yeah, bad break up." The lie just seemed to slip out, and for once there was no one there to tell him what a bad liar he was.

"Well, she shouldn't have been that cruel. You should go to the bathroom, and rinse that off, I'll get the first aid kit." He got up and did as he was told, running cool water over the cuts and calming down the burns. He looked into the mirror and was a little surprised to see the red spot still of his face…it would fade though. But for some reason the words kept ringing in his head.

Learned you place…

Just the cat…

A monster like you…

You belong to me…

He felt an uncontrollable urge to scream. He had never felt like he was about to loose everything.

See what you will never have.

Yuki…

He had never felt this cornered before, never felt these rise of emotions, his hate that he had had for Yuki was nothing compared to this. He had been surprised when the attacks came. He wasn't ready for them, even though he had seen proof of them before on Yuki. He hadn't though to strike back, too amazed, too confused.

Just a monster…

Monster…

The word rang inside of his head and in the mirror he almost didn't see himself anymore…he saw a twisted version of himself, full of anger and hatred, most of which was reserved for Akito and the rest for life in general. Was this what everyone saw when the looked at him.

Was he really just the cat?

MONSTER?

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Two nights with out sleep was just too long, and now with the snow storm coming in Yuki was starting to wonder if he would even ever make it home. The bus seemed to be going slower and slower and it was already an hour past when they were supposed to get back, but still it would be at least another hour before they were even at the school, then maybe he could catch a ride with one of the other student council members and still get home before midnight. This was just one disaster after another. There rooms were messed up at the inn, but he lucked out because of that. He got his own room, which was good, because no one got to see him toss and turn all night long, getting little to now sleep, wearing clothes that were obviously to big to be his own. He should have known that he would have been stalked, but he did get away long enough to buy Kyo a gift, he just hoped that Kyo would like it, he was indeed a hard person to shop for.

Yuki watched as the snow covered hills passed. It was odd to get a storm like this in the beginning of December, but he wasn't going to try to figure out the weather patterns any time soon. He continued to zone out looking out the window, until the area around them started to look a little bit more familiar.

He got drawn into a conversation around him that quickly turned into a debate, luckily he was in the back of the bus and he was sitting with the people that he considered friends more then stalkers like the rest of the bus that kept looking back at him and giggling. Sometimes he wondered why those girls ever thought that he would be interested in a girl like that…giggly, annoying, not to mention mob mentality. Still he never really understood his appeal. Kyo had brought it up once, that it was the way he acted…maybe he should start acting like Kyo, then they would all run in fear. A small smile crossed his face.

"What is it Yuki?" Dai asked looking over from where he was reading beside him. He was a boy who had joined student council last year. Seemed like kind of an odd duck, but actually had a heart of gold. His eyes were a bright, blue and his blond hair was cut short, he once said to Yuki that if he wore his hair long

"Nothing, I'm just ready to be home."

"The hot springs were fun, but it wasn't as fun as the seniors last year said that it was." Dai confirmed.

"Yeah, they seemed like they all had fun last year."

"You didn't?"

"Yeah, I had fun, but I never sleep well away from home."

"Man you must be tired…" Dai seemed to stop to think for a minute, then went back to his book, then looked back up and over to Yuki, "Hey my dad is picking me up," he held up his cell phone, "you need a ride home?"

"That would be great." With in about another 30 minutes they were finally back at the school. The snow itself seemed to have a life of its own dancing in the wind, and finally forming into large drifts. Yuki waited until he grabbed his bags and then Dai's.

"Daisuke, over here." Yuki looked over to see a maroon sedan sitting a few feet away. Dai waved back and then motioned Yuki over. He took small cautious steps through the snow where he was then introduced to Dai's father.

"Hello, thank you so much for the ride, I hope that it won't put you out of your way."

"Not to worry." The tall man laughed as he climbed into the car motioning for the boys to get in as well. Yuki smiled liking the jovial man and gave him quick directions to the place where he could drop him off. It was about a block away from the house, but Yuki was going to have to fight the forest path to get to the house. "Are you sure this is alright?"

"Yeah this is great. Thanks so much." Yuki grabbed his bag and started the walk to the house. Soon the house was in sight and he could see a light on in the kitchen. Stomping his feet he tried as much as he could to get the snow off.

It was kind of sweet, they left the light on for him. He opened the door to the kitchen and there he was. He was standing in front of the fridge, staring into it to be more exact and he looked pale and tired. He glanced at the clock, midnight, well past Kyo's normal bed time. The light from the fridge cast an eerie glow on the beautiful boy causing shades of his hair to be black. He couldn't see his eyes, but there was a bandage wrapped around one of his hands and part of the wrist. He didn't even realize that he had gasped but Kyo seemed to lost in thought to really notice. He wanted to ask what happened, he wanted to fix it, but most of all he wanted to touch Kyo…to see that he was really home, to kiss him so that he could see that nothing had changed, to lay down in their bed, surround by Kyo and his sent, and drift off to sleep in the arms of his lover.

It was ten 'til midnight when Kyo started to really worry. So he decided that he would go rummage in the kitchen. The walk home had been okay, but then when he got back, both Tohru and Shigure had felt the need to fuss over him, to make sure he was okay. They tried to feed him, but he really wasn't hungry, then they told him to sleep but he couldn't sleep, not when Yuki was due home anytime. Then the early snow started to fall, and before he knew it the ground was covered and the visibility was down. Yuki was going to be late. Shigure had left a note for Yuki saying that he didn't have to go to school tomorrow if he didn't feel like it and even though Kyo knew he would feel okay, Shigure told him to take a day off. But all Kyo really wanted to do was stop thinking. He wanted to stop hearing Akito's words in his head.

So here he was staring at the fridge, looking for…he had no clue.

Then he heard his name, so soft he wasn't sure that it was happening. So he looked up around the darkened kitchen. And there he was, standing at the door, there when Kyo needed him to be. Yuki met his eyes, smiling softly, the darkness of the room hiding most of his body in shadows. Yuki unzipped his jacket and toed off his boots then walked across the room. He stopped in front of Kyo, so close that their clothes were touching. "Kyo…" he spoke softly again, his voice a whisper, and laid his head on Kyo's shoulder. Kyo brought his arms up, just feeling the heat from his body and hearing the other boy say his name he knew things would be okay. Almost roughly he pulled the other boy to him. Yuki brought his arms up in tight hug. He wanted to ask to ask Kyo to never let him go, to always keep him close, but he couldn't force the fluffy, clingy words out of his mouth. Instead he raised his head just in time for Kyo's lips to come crashing down on his. The ferocity, the passion, the insecurities, in the kiss was reassuring, nothing had changed. Here they both were…with each other.

This was what Kyo needed, something so good, would never put him in his place, and something so perfect would never let a monster touch him. In less then 10 seconds Yuki soothed all Kyo's fears and all that was really left was his passion for the person in front of him. He pulled away and laughed a little when Yuki whimpered, so he set a soothing kiss on his neck, followed by a little bite.

"Miss me?" He asked his voice was a little breathless as well.

"Yes…" Kyo pulled away when he couldn't here the rest of what Yuki said.

"What?" He asked prodding…it was obviously something that the other boy found embarrassing.

"I couldn't sleep without you." He raised Kyo's bandaged hand and kissed the palm.

"Since you were gone, Akito asked to meet with me; he threw a cup at me." Kyo had surprised Yuki with his honesty.

"What happened with him?"

"Same old, same old…"

"Like?" Yuki probably hadn't noticed that his hands were tracing over Kyo's face or treading through his hair.

"You're a monster…know you place…" He talked softer kissing the fingers as they traced by his lips and leaning down to kiss Yuki once again. Quickly enough it turned passionate and as Kyo's hand cupped Yuki's hips hinting at him to wrap his legs around his waist. As Yuki did he asked once question…

"Where's your place?" Yuki asked kissing down Kyo's throat as he allowed the other boy to carry him to his bedroom.

Kyo looked down, Yuki's arms were draped over his shoulders, and his legs tight around his waist…it wasn't so much erotic as it was sweet, the way Yuki was clinging to him. "With you." He answered hoping that it was the right answer.

Yuki smiled.

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Okay…so in the next few chapters the time will start to go by much faster instead of day by day and week by week, so probably only 4 or 5 chapters left.

Thanks for reading, and thanks so much to all the people who have reviewed and told me to keep going and that you liked my story, you guys really are the only reason to keep posting. Thanks so much!

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