This is a little extra thing i wrote for Ever Tense, I found that once I had gotten into the Rei X Kabuto paring that, i really did like it, and that i'd like to write more Kabuto fics in the future. This is really out of place at the end but, yea...oh well, enjoy!

The first night:

She rolled over in bed, keeping her eyes closed. What have I done? Rei inwardly demanded of herself.

The Sound medic lay next to her breathing even, and steady. Of all people? Him? Her heart ached; it felt like it was ripping its way out of her chest. The wet tears pooled in her eyes, and she begged them not to fall. But she couldn't hold them back. She cried silently until he shifted next to her.

"Rei…I'm sorry…did I…?" His voice sounded unsure for the first time in her presence.

She rolled from the bed in anger, "I hate you!" she spat.

"I know…" He sighed, as if he knew she would act like this, but let himself lose control of anyway.

"This…this never…" Her tears dotted his floor; Rei pressed her back to the wall.

He sat up fully and moved toward her, reaching out for her hand. The goose-bumps crawling over her skin mixed with the cold of the room and her tears made her look surprisingly helpless, he'd never seen her in such a way.

"Don't touch me!" She shrieked and ran from the room. Her feet were still bare, and her legs and the cold stone hall air bit at her mercilessly. Silent waterfalls were still streaming her cheeks, as she ran for a way out.

Breaking out into the nearly freezing air of the night, finally, she ran into the trees, stopping under a large oak. Rei fell to the ground in a crying, shaking heap. She pulled the over-sized black T tighter on her small form, fighting the cold, not around her, but inside her. Her heart felt dead and heavy, icy and dark in heart chest, and at this point, she wanted to tear it out herself.

The thought crossed her mind fleetingly, that if she'd had a kunai, she'd have already done it.

She threw her head back and stared up at the starry midnight sky, longing for an escape, knowing there wasn't one, not now. Her choice had been made, the path walked, and she couldn't go back. She left to get away from something so similar to what she was throwing herself back into, the difference was supposed to be, that she'd be alone…in the sense that, it would be just her, against everyone. Kabuto wasn't supposed to be on her side! Damn it! Her fist hit the tree bark, hard, pushing splinters into her cold and numb skin, she hissed with the burning pain, and she enjoyed it in the same instant, loved the feel of the sharp end cutting her flesh, the feel of blood dripping to the ground.

She heard the leaves crunching under his feet as Kabuto made his way over to her, and she glared daggers at him as he stepped into her little hollow of self misery. "What?" She hissed.

"Rei, please…" He looked nervously at her.

"Go away!" She yelled.

He ignored her screamed request, kneeling in front of her. "You can't stay out here..." He whispered gently. "Please just come back inside..."

"I won't go back in the disgusting hell hole!" Rei shook her head, crying out in inner agony.

"Rei," He grabbed her shoulder and forced her to look at him.

She wanted to run away but was too scared to move from his grip, he could kill her with one jolt of chakra, that's all it would take. But...why would he? She looked in his eyes, and felt like the prey before the snake, paralyzed with fear.

As she gazed deep in his eyes though, she saw that he was truly concerned for her, that he wouldn't hurt her, she felt her body loosen along with his grip.

"I...I..." She stammered unsure of herself, as her eyes began to water again.

"Shhh, shhh, it'll be alright." He promised gently. His eyes glanced down at her bleeding fist, thorn like splinters still embedded into her hand. His hand—much larger than hers—eased her fist open in his palm, examining the wound.

She leaned away, not so keen on seeing her blood dripping to the ground as before. A soft heat seeped from his finger tips into the side of her hand, and up to the tip of her little finger, pushing out the bits of wood with gentle ease, healing the gashes from the inside out.

When he was finished the cold night air had gotten to her, and the thought of his warm embrace was inviting. She accepted. Throwing her arms around his neck she cried again.

His warm hands stroked her shoulders and back, warming her a bit, before he hoisted her up into his arms. She dangled lightly there in his hold, she was a lot smaller than him, a lot more than he'd realized.

Rei pressed her cheek into his strong chest, and held a small fist to him as well as she tried to regain some sort of control.

As they re-enter the "hell-hole" Rei shuddered in his arms, clinging closer to him for a second, before the musty air could creep down her throat.

"Rei, are you alright?" Kabuto asked again.

"You know what," She started then peeked up at him with surprisingly serious eyes, "I hate you." She whispered.

"Yes, I know." He answered.

"Good," She nodded before tucking her head back between his shoulder and his neck.

"Hate me all you want," You know it's a lie…it was there on his tongue, and she heard it.

"I hate you…" she told him, and herself.

This was a really amazing story for me, writing it was the greatest thing i've written, well, maybe not the greatest but the longest, its made me really happy, now i just need something to do in my free time, since Ever Tense is done now....