Silver stared up at the trio, a realization hitting him. His eyes wondered to the obvious leader's blade, which the man grasped in his left hand tightly. Through the pale moonlight, he saw that it was coated in a thin layer of bright red blood. It only took Silver a moment to realize that it had been used on the girl, and he widened his eyes.

The leader of the three grinned as he saw this, and he rubbed the somewhat dried blood off of the weapon with his thumb. Chuckling lowly, he looked Silver dead in the eye as he pointed the knife right at him. Silver immediately stiffened as the sharp edge of the blade was thrust into his face. The man had pale green eyes, and dirty-blonde hair that spiked up a bit. His face was tanned, small, cut-like areas on his face proved to be dark scars.

His grin widened as he looked into Silver's grey, worried eyes. "I can see that this is a done deal, so how about handing over sweetness there?"

Silver tensed up. That's right… He looked down at the girl, who was still sleeping soundly. She looked entirely peaceful, without a single twitch present on her lovely face.

She looks like an angel…

The leader, now growing very irritated; thrust the switchblade a ways underneath Silver's chin. "Is there a problem with our request, boy?"

Silver felt every muscle in his body tighten. His mind began to race as he held the girl in his arms. Even though he had been in fights before, none of his opponents had been able to get a blade close enough to his throat to pin him. It was a desperate situation.

Silver's thoughts raced through his mind, and he couldn't seem to concentrate on one thing. He couldn't show his fear to his attackers, or it would only make things worse. His face was dripping with sweat, and if it hadn't been for the rain; not a soul would have been able to tell. On the outside, the boy was a pillar of brutality, but on the inside, Silver couldn't even keep his head on his shoulders. God damn it.. Silver was lost. He breathed inward sharply, What the hell do I do?

Suddenly, Silver felt the girl move slightly in his lap. He was instantly aware again as she cooed in her sleep softly. He shut his eyes tightly.

The men were getting impatient. The green-eyed leader growled, and brought his hand backward. Bringing it forward, he spat; "Move damn you!" and aimed the blade at Silver's throat.

Silver's eyes snapped open, and with one swift move of his hand, he caught the man's wrist, and stopped him dead in his tracks.

The leader froze as he looked into the boy's now furious glare. Silver tightened his viselike grip on the man's wrist. "You know," Silver began in a ferocious tone, "I've been here all evening because of you." Silver jerked his grip towards the wall behind him, and head-butted the man as he fell his way. Letting go at just the right moment, his attacker fell onto the pavement, dropping the switchblade as he went.

The other two men were stunned. They didn't even flinch as Silver carefully lifted the girl off of his lap, and gently leaned her against the wall. The leader, who had begun to grasp his now bleeding head in pain, muttered meekly, "K k kill h him.."

With this they dashed forward, blades aimed for the jugular. The first attack was easily dodged by Silver, who countered each and every one with swift punches to the chest, arms, and shoulders. One of the men became very agitated with this, and began to blindly slash at every part of Silver, roaring like a madman. When this proved un successful, he brought his knife forward in a stabbing motion. Silver caught his arm, and clocked him straight in the jaw. A sickening crack was heard, and the man fell to the ground, twitching and moaning.

The second man, now frightened out of his mind, ran out of the alley, crying out. Silver turned his attention to the leader, who was now on his knees, and making his way towards the girl. Silver growled, and brought his foot to the man's ribcage, pinning him down. "No you don't you bastard."

The man shook, tearing up pathetically. "P please….. w w wa wait. I'm sorry! I won't-"

"Do you think that bullshit is gonna work on me?"

The man whimpered. Silver turned his attention to the girl again, who was amazingly still asleep. Turning back to the leader, Silver let out a crescendo like snarl and jammed his foot into the helpless criminal's chest. When the leader tried to cry out, Silver kicked him in the face. "You die, when she wakes up." He repeated this process over and over again. After breaking his nose, and snapping at least two ribs, he relaxed his leg and released him.

"Get out of my sight."

With what little strength he had, the leader slowly started to crawl out of the alley, whining and whimpering as he went. Silver watched him through the rain until he at last was out of his vision. "Weakling." He muttered.

Silver stood there, staring into the ground with a blank expression on his face. He was still shaking with rage, and breathing heavily. He paused and looked up at the sky to see that it had stopped raining. With the thugs gone, and the rainfall ceasing, he began to calm himself. His breathing slowed, his muscles relaxed, and his eyes shut themselves. The rain soon stopped, and finally, all was quiet.

He nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard a gasp from behind him. Looking back, he noticed that the girl was now awake, shaking with fright. Silver gulped. Slowly, ever so carefully, he made his way towards her. In an effort to comfort her, he reached out to pet her head. She recoiled from his hand and shut her eyes, whimpering softly.

Silver's heart sank. He stood there, hand in midair.

He turned around and walked straight out of the alley, not bothering to look back.

Silver tread down the street slowly. His head was down, staring at the old sidewalk.

His feet felt as though they were made of lead, and it was almost as though his arms were carrying weights, because they refused to move his side.

He hated it. He didn't understand it. He didn't believe it.

He couldn't figure out why his heart was breaking the way it was. "Stupid, ungrateful…"

Silver stopped. He couldn't move. He just felt so frustrated with that girl. And angry. And hateful.

He grit his teeth, grinding them together with every minute passing by.

He hated her. He hated her. He hated… her.

Silver suddenly began to quiver in his place, his head down even lower. Eyes shut tight. Breathing uneven.

He…longed for her.

Silver stopped breathing as a single, minuscule tear slid down his face. It was so small; you would almost swear that it wasn't there. But it was.

Franticly, he wiped it away, now angry at himself. Crying was for the weak. It never solved anything. And to cry over such a stupid reason! Well, for Silver, it was almost unforgivable. His head snapped forward and he started to kick everything and anything that was in sight. He kicked boxes, cans, bottles, metal scrap, and anything else that he passed. He needed to let off steam.

Minutes passed. Ten minutes, fifteen, thirty.

He shouted at everything he kicked, with each enraged roar becoming louder as his kicks grew more powerful. He paused once, before kicking a wooden crate once more with all the power he could muster. At last, Silver stopped, unclenching his fists.

As he began to calm down, his shoulders sinking, he heard something rustle behind him. Not bothering to turn his head, he continued to stare at the ground.

"Excuse me…" said a small, meek voice.

Silver faced the source of the voice, growling as he did so. He came to a complete halt when he saw who was there.

The girl stood at the far end of the sidewalk, a sad look plastered on her face. Her gaze was shifting back and forth between Silver and the ground. It was as though she had something important to say, but could not bring herself to form the words.

Even in the embrace of relief, Silver found a way to express some form of resentment towards the girl. It was all he knew, after all. Resentment, hatred, rejection...

Twisting his expression into one of bitterness, he began to mock her. "What's the matter, you brat? Aren't you going run away? Hmm?" The girl said nothing, and kept her head down.

There was a great deal of silence. The time tore away at them as the young man somehow managed to keep his fixation on the girl.

At last, Silver couldn't bare it any longer. "WELL?" He spat, the words full of malice.

She cringed, and her head dropped down.

"What the fuck do you wan-"

Silver froze as he watched her run towards him, and then proceed to bury her head in his neck.

She embraced him, her arms tight. He didn't move.

Silver was shocked, and he didn't know how to handle the situation at all. It was as though the entire world had stopped moving. Like the trains halted, like the insects had stopped buzzing, like every person on the planet hadn't uttered a word; it went on for what felt like hours.

Slowly, with great hesitation, Silver allowed his arms to creep up and embrace her back. He felt his face grow warmer, and he knew that he was probably blushing heavily, but as each second passed, he felt himself care about it less and less.

The two eventually had to pull away, however, and Silver found himself staring into her also blushing face.

Their gazes met. She looked up at him with her beautiful, gentle brown eyes. She was completely calm. He stared back at her, his look softer than it had ever been before. Looking into her face, he felt , (for the first time in years,) totally at ease. She was so sweet, so innocent. He felt like his heart was going to pound out of his chest.

Together, as though being puppeteered by the same hand, they pulled towards each other. It was slow, and there was much hesitation shown by both parties.

As their noses began to touch, they paused.

The tension grew as they started closing their eyes.

And then, at long last, his lips touched hers, and they melted into a sweet kiss.

It went on for minutes. Softly kissing, and then, they pulled away.

At some time, she smiled, looking up at him with fondness.

After the moment they had just shared, Silver couldn't help be smile too.

"Come on. I'll take you home."

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