Chapter 12

Nostalgia. That was the one word that currently described the burning feeling in the vampire's cold heart. He paused his breathing for just a second, returning it to a decent pattern to get the irritating hitch out of his pattern of breathing. Already an irritating stinging could be felt in his eyes, in result having to close his eyes to hold it back. He shook his head of all feeling, looking up at the red-head with some sadness in his eyes, a small spark of happiness in there to glaze over the painful feelings, "At this rate Sakura and I will tell you a lot about ourselves, but not for now."

Tala sat up straight suddenly and shook his head at the sound of that, "You don't need to tell us anything. Besides, as far as Sakura is concerned us being here is strictly professional."

"Clearly, you don't know me very well." Sakura surprised them in speaking from her place, sitting at the bottom of the stairs. She waited till both pairs of eyes were on her before she decided to get up, she was one for big entrances apparently. She walked up to them, handing Kyoshi a glass vial between her three fingertips as she looked down at Tala to add, "With me, things don't usually remain just professional, I'm human and get attached to people."

Kyoshi though just put the vial on the desk, gaining a small glare from Sakura and a sudden innocent look from Tala, not knowing what was going on. "What?" Kyoshi asked her, trying to ignore the glare that was burning into his skin already.

"Drink up." Sakura instructed quickly and harshly.

Kyo gave her a sad resisting look, one she could read clearly as though they were black words on a white page, a look of fear and pleading for her not to make him. Tala turned to look at Sakura's fading glare and tapped her arm to get some attention, "What's wrong?"

Saku looked at him hurriedly once she felt the light tap on her arm, softening her look on him as she replied while still glancing at Kyo, "He doesn't want to drink the blood with you here because he's afraid you'd think its disgusting." She informed.

"Believe it or not, I have a high tolerance for looking at blood."

Kyo slipped the bottle off the table with a frustrated exhale, glaring down at it, "Really? Because I've been having to drink this stuff for ages and I still can't get used to it."

"There's a bit of a difference with looking at blood and having to drink it." Tala pointed out smartly.

Kyoshi pulled off the cap and drank the liquid in a hurry, wincing after as he felt the horrible taste go down his throat, "Yeah and these days I can do neither properly." He mumbled carelessly once he could speak again. He looked up again, ready to hand the glass bottle back to Sakura but as quick as the girl had come she was gone again. He just put it on the table instead and wiped his eyes of tiredness, "Great, now I'm hungry." He muttered to himself.

"And tired looks like it." Tala added, standing up. "Let's go back upstairs, you can get something to eat and go to bed then."

Kyoshi stood up and raised an eyebrow at the younger boy, "You really think Saku just gave me blood so that I can go to bed? No way, we have another gig to perform tonight and she doesn't want me collapsing…well, during the show at least, then after I can do what I like." He gave Tala's saddening look a warm smile, placing a hand on one of the boy's shoulders, "Go upstairs, get yourself something to eat and I'll get some practice in, I'll be upstairs soon."

The Russian just shrugged off the hand, still not covering up his worry before he turned and walked away, hurrying up the stairs and shutting the door behind him. He walked quietly to the kitchen, taking no notice of Sakura who was sitting at table with her guitar on her lap. While he made himself a cold drink he could suddenly feel Saku's cold gaze on him and then a quiet sound as the guitar was placed on the ground by her chair, "I'm gone for a few hours and suddenly everyone is depressed, what happened?" she was demanding as always and the sudden height she had on Tala was a lot when he turned round to look at her.

Tala stared aimlessly at the ground, closing his bright blue eyes as he counted things off in his mind, just before he began a reply for her, "Kyoshi suggested to Kai that he'd talk to you about something and that got Kai angry and in a bad mood. Kyoshi isn't feeling well and I think I said something that hurt him and I don't know if he'll last tonight and I'm worried about both of them."

Saku walked back to where she sat and took her seat again, pushing out another chair and indicating for him to sit down which he did willingly. "Let's start with this…what did Kyoshi want Kai to talk about to me?" she sat back at an angle so that one of her arm's rested on the back of the chair and her back against the wall.

"I don't know, all I understood was that it was for some advice but that's all I got."

The raven-haired girl shifted uncomfortably in her seat, "Okay, so what did you say to Kyo?"

Tala rested his head in his hands, exhaling uncomfortably, "I didn't mean to say anything wrong." He began slowly.

"What did you say?" Saku demanded.

"Just that I'd heard him singing on one of the tracks when he'd leant me his player." On hearing the answer Sakura stood up, walking past Tala to the kitchen counter as she sighed heavily. He looked back at her with a rather apologetic look on his features, "I didn't know it was a delicate subject."

The girl's next action, placing both hands on his broad shoulders and squeezing them tightly, took him by surprise at first and then she shook her head a bit, "I know you didn't, don't worry."

When someone as stoic as her decides to be as comforting and caring as that you tend to realize that something is very wrong and this, being about someone Tala actually cared about, only made him worry a little more. "He's fine though, right?" he turned round to look at her while asking.

Sakura let go of him, apparently she was starting to freak herself out with her own kindness towards the teenager, "I'll go talk to him but I'm sure he's fine." She pulled all her things off the table and her guitar off the ground, walking to the doorway before turning back to him, "We're working tonight so help yourself to something. If there's nothing you like then call for something and come find me in the basement for money." She gave another small smile and left the room to finish off her job.

Just at that moment Kai walked into the room, moving to the side slightly so he wouldn't hit Saku or her guitar just outside the kitchen. The older Russian entered the room with a confused look on his face as he watched Tala slump slightly in his chair, resting both his arms on the desk and his chin on his forearms. "What's the matter with everyone?" he asked him.

Tala smirked half-heartedly, "It's funny…I was just asked that same question a few minutes ago." He commented.

"A repetition of answer would be nice." Kai said coldly, walking up beside his friend, resting both his hands on the table and shifting his weight onto them.

"Something's wrong with Kyoshi and it's my fault."

Kai crouched down slightly, supporting himself with his forearms on the table, "What the hell gives you that idea?" he asked seriously.

"I asked Kyoshi about something I'd heard on his player and apparently it irritated him."

"What do you mean?"

Tala shrugged slightly, thinking for only a second before replying, "He just shut himself in and didn't want to answer, then he seemed like he was going to start crying any second."

Kai grunted turning his head away, "Sounds a little weak if you ask me." He mumbled rudely.

The red-head didn't seem impressed though, actually quite frustrated at the sound of it and kicked Kai, "He was weak but not for the reasons you think, it was the blood loss and he couldn't handle it." He defended, glaring down at the fallen friend of his.

Kai pushed himself off the ground, settling himself against the wall with his arms crossed before continuing where they'd left off, "And you're stupid enough to believe that he got upset because of what you said to him?"

"His mood change was after I asked him!"

The eldest was being stared at intently for an answer and all he did was shrug under the glare at first, "Which really doesn't mean all that much." He commented.

Tala shook his head, really not understanding anything of it, resting his head in both his hands, "I really don't understand the way you think, Kai."

"The right way," Kai informed him, then thought for another second, "Usually." He added to his statement to make it a little more plausible.

The red-head stood up, still facing Kai's direction as he leant back against the kitchen table, "I know what I saw…he changed…" he stated calmly. He glanced up and finally made eye contact with his friend again, silently pleading in his own eyes that Kai would understand what he was trying to say and believe him. He was on the verge of saying something else but he couldn't really bring himself to say anything. Luckily for him by the way Kai's expression softened up it seemed like he didn't even need to say anything else to get him to understand, it just happened this time and his features had said it all for him.

Interruptions, don't you just hate them?

At that moment Sakura walked back into the room, leaning against the doorframe while giving Tala a slightly upset look, "I don't know what you were saying about Kyoshi being upset, he really is feeling just fine."

You know those times where you just feel like the whole world is against you when you strongly believe in something? That's just about how Tala felt at that moment, two people suddenly contradicting what he felt so strongly about and saw with his own eyes. He wished desperately he could just shrug it all off but found he just couldn't so he just pushed himself off the surface he had been against and mumbled something that he was going to go lie down for a while before he left the sight of the other two.

Kai turned to her, giving her a rather unpleased look before voicing his concerns to her in his usual monotonous voice with a tint of coldness, "You know that if you keep covering up things he knows that he saw, then you're going to drive him crazy, or at least make him think he's going crazy."

"I'm not covering up anything." Sakura told him dully.

"I'm starting to go with Tala's side of the story, and if he thinks he saw Kyoshi upset then I believe him."

The girl pulled her dark hair to fall over one shoulder as she walked over to a stool at the table, taking a seat but still keeping her eyes on Kai's form by the door, her hands clasped together on the table in an almost business-like manner. "Kai, understand that I'm a well-trained killer, I cover up things every day and I have yet to be caught, do you really think that if I were covering something up it would be this easy for you to figure it out?" she asked, waiting a moment before tilting her head to the side for an answer. She watched for another second as Kai didn't give her an answer, she was hoping for that the whole time, naturally Kai wouldn't be able to answer her half-rhetorical question. She smirked, balancing backwards on her stool for her upper back to be resting against the wall, digging her hands in her jeans pockets at the same time, "Besides…" she began, calling for Kai's attention again, "Tala seems like a good person, I wouldn't do anything to jeopardise his mental health anymore than what's already been done to him."

A part of Kai felt good hearing that, because with her tone of voice and even her change in posture, it gave her a laid back edge to her voice, an honesty to her which was a degree of comfort that Tala and him where both in safe hands. Another part of him seemed a little angered though, it seemed as though everyone in the house knew how Tala was feeling except him. Now the older Russian knew for a fact that Tala had had no time or trust in the girl whatsoever to have told her anything and Kyoshi wouldn't have said much, even out of the little bit he knew so what was it that made her so confident in all her silent theories?

"What makes you think you know 'what's already been done to him'?"

Saku allowed a small self-assured smirk onto her young face, originally lowering her head to hide it, the thumb nail of her right hand gently lining her lower lip for a moment before she looked back up at him to reply to his question, "You can let your past make you, or break you and your friend has chosen his to do a little bit of both to him. When someone has something terrible happen to them in their past, there isn't a sure-way that they'll go, they can either choose to be the kindest people alive, or they could choose to be the cold-hearted people with untouchable prides. Now Tala has watched you, he's watched you make your mistakes because of your pride and he's making sure that the same things don't happen to him."

For some reason, despite her explanation being a little eye-opening to a degree it really was a stab to the heart to just about anyone who'd had that told to them. Obviously, not Kai though, as much as Kai had feelings this wasn't one of those things that was going to get to him so easily.

"Really Kai…" Sakura began again, making direct taunting eye-contact with him, "Be proud of yourself, you may have just stopped your friend from making the biggest mistake of his life."

Kai really couldn't be proud of himself for that though, at the time his mind was wandering to all his actual mistakes and wishing he could fix each of them, or at least make each one have a less painful blow to his pride. Then again that was probably the feeling that Sakura wanted to get across to him. Once he looked up again the girl was standing at the kitchen counter, raising a glass of water to her lips to take a sip of it before he interrupted her with his sudden question, "So which one are you?" He watched as the girl raised her eyebrows, giving him a questioning look as to what he was talking about so he rephrased, "Are you one of the kindest people alive or are you one of those cold-hearted people with untouchable prides?"

The raven-haired girl put her glass back down on the counter, ignoring her drying throat as she walked up to him, "I'm in the middle, because right now I'm putting my pride on the table to ask you for myself so that we can stop these pitiful arguments and put aside our distrust for one another so that we can be able to live through the coming events and cause less distress to our friends. It's obviously the coldest person with the untouchable pride that refuses acceptance of the other person, even when the other's pride has been put on the line." She gave him a moment to speak but he didn't say anything, instead they went on with a glaring contest in each others eyes up until Sakura placed a hand out in front of her for him to take. She still couldn't believe he didn't want to admit to a truce between them, she shook her head, disbelievingly dropping her hand back by her side. She walked back to the counter, picked up her glass and turned back to the exit which Kai stood by. Just as she'd begun to leave, Kai grabbed at her left hand and she looked down at it, watched as the fingers tightened around her sensitive skin for a second before he completely let go of her. She smiled honestly, glancing up at him even though he refused eye contact with her, "I'm glad you see it my way." She whispered, leaving the room a second later. Just when Kai had thought she was gone, she'd turned back and walked into the kitchen again, staring at him even though he still didn't look at her, "Kai…" she began yet again, "If it means that much to you…I'll go and talk to Tala and make sure he knows that Kyoshi is okay."

Kai turned to her, his features softening vaguely, "That would be good for him." He replied normally, nothing in his tone of voice being hindered by the sudden friendship.

Sakura smirked, almost triumphantly, "Just admit you need my help." She mumbled, walking off again before Kai could comment. The girl walked down the hall slowly, sipping her water quietly before setting the glass down on a small table outside her old bedroom. She knocked quietly on the door, leaning against it as she waited for an acknowledgment or reply of some kind. She got none of either of those so she just opened the door with no other warnings. She walked into the room, pushing the door closed behind her as she stepped up beside the bed and crouched down on the ground beside it. "Get up a second, I need to talk to you." She called to a still-laying Tala.

Sakura's voice wasn't exactly the most gentle one in the world at the time, she usually took her time to adjust from coldness to kindness but at the sound of the icy tone Tala did what was asked of him, looking at her with surprising questioning blue eyes. He watched her sigh heavily, shifting her body weight uncomfortably, "What is it?" he questioned.

Saku sat up again, sitting beside him on the bed, her hands by her side to grip the mattress, "Why are you worrying about Kyoshi so much?"

Tala shrugged slightly, he chose to avoid the question, mainly because the answer to that really wasn't the real answer that Saku had wanted from him. "I made a mistake I guess, it won't happen again."

A small explanation couldn't be avoided as much as Sakura would have just loved to have avoided another serious conversation in the day. She glanced to the side to look at any reaction of him while she spoke to him as she normally would, "Kyoshi was just getting tired, it wasn't that he didn't want to talk to you and it wasn't a personal problem, he was just feeling tired and these kind of things happen to him frequently, don't get upset if it happens around you." She didn't get any form of reaction from him, not even a word so she just smiled softly and moved on, bumping her shoulder slightly against his, "He's a great friend isn't he?" she asked him, a sweet and friendly light shining in her eyes suddenly. She watched him nod slightly, and her smile grew a little more, "Yeah, I know the feeling, the guy can make friends with anyone despite who he is and I envy that about the two of you."

"The two of us?" Tala asked confusedly.

Sakura nodded again, "You two both feel like minorities, or just that you don't feel like you make a difference but you've got such a kindness to you that you're both loved without trying." She paused for a moment and stood up, looking down at an upset-looking Tala, "Listen Tala, don't let anything that happens to Kyo get you down. The guy won't keep any of his problems away from me so if you're worried then come ask me about him before you go overboard with worrying and I'll tell you the truth."

Tala smiled up at her gently, nodding slightly, "Sure, thanks." He mumbled softly.

"Good." Sakura said curtly. She placed a quick hand on his shoulder, squeezing it gently at first before sliding it off, "Now go and get yourself something to eat, it's getting late." She instructed, making her way to her exit.

---4am---

Tala walked silently down the hall from his bedroom to the living room after about ten minutes after he'd heard the front door opening and closing behind the two missing accomplices. He smiled, already from the end of the hall he could see the two older teens settle on the sofa, Kyoshi's head resting comfortably in Saku's lap as he slept soundly. The red-head stepped into the room, gaining attention and a soft smile from Sakura before she looked back at the sleeping form. "You two had a really long night." Tala commented to Sakura quietly, setting himself down in the armchair not far from the sofa, smiling contently at Kyo's peaceful appearance.

Sakura smiled and nodded, still running her fingers comfortingly through Kyoshi's blonde hair. Tala was right, the two had had a very long night, directly after their set on stage Kyoshi began to feel uncomfortable, went outside to smoke and relax and never came back inside. Naturally, Sakura kept calm, which surprised both Kai and Tala immensely but neither asked questions so she didn't see any reason to explain to them what had happened. She just dropped them off at the house and left again to look for Kyoshi, finding he'd already killed someone in a cemetery and broke down with guilt from it. After that it didn't take much convincing to get him back home but he'd fallen asleep for the whole drive, then the moment they got home he was asleep again. "It's been exhausting but that's what the early morning is for." She replied simply.

Tala smirked, resting his head back tiredly, "I don't see how you manage to live like this, my ears are still ringing." He said in a complaining childish voice.

This made Sakura laugh quietly, looking up at him with a look that said 'I-told-you-so' and she was quick to rid herself of the responsibility, "I warned you that things would be loud tonight, you should have stayed in the back room like I told you to."

"There's no fun in that."

"Well there's no fun in going deaf either." Sakura retorted quietly, so as not to wake up her fiancé.

Tala gave her an agreeing look, despite how much he didn't want to agree with her in an argument he'd lose. He watched as Saku poked Kyo's cheek and he reacted to it, moving his hand up to try swat her away in the three times she did it, watching as she laughed each time he missed her. As much as Tala found the playful antics funny, he couldn't help protesting to her actions, "Poor guy, leave him alone." He told her quietly.

Sakura did as she was asked, resting her head back slightly but still running her fingers through his hair, "Ah, I don't think the guy can wake up even if he wanted to." She informed him sadly. She looked over at Tala after a moment, watching the saddening look in his eyes which made her smile kindly, "Don't worry about us, go and get some sleep." She instructed him in a soft voice, looking back down at her fiancé again, brushing the tips of his fingers against the nap of his neck.

The boy snapped his attention from Kyoshi to Sakura again, speaking quietly, "What are you going to do?" he asked.

"I'll get some sleep in a few minutes but I don't have the heart to move him."

Tala nodded a little disappointedly, getting up with an attempt to exit the room and go back to bed before he turned back to Sakura, "You need anything before I go?" he asked.

His kindness seemed to have touched Sakura, causing her to smile lightly, "I'm fine, thanks." She gave him an assuring nod and watched him leave, smiling a little more while shaking her head. She picked up a pillow from the other end of the sofa, placing it behind her head and resting back comfortably to get some sleep, wincing as she moved her stiff neck back. She very slowly slid off into a quiet sleep, the movements of her fingers still going on gently until she fell asleep completely.

---Dream---

Kyoshi and Naomi walked down the busy streets, Naomi staring in windows while Kyoshi had his arms crossed and stared up at the sky while walking. Naomi turned to him quickly, looking up at him before grabbing onto his arm, "Takashi-san, you okay?" she asked.

"Ah stop calling me that, I thought we were past formalities." Kyoshi said complainingly, taking her hand that was on his arm.

"You didn't answer my question." Naomi pointed out to him, pouting as she looked up at him with pleading of an answer in her eyes.

"Of course I'm fine silly, why wouldn't I be?"

"You know there are countless possibly reasons, Taka-san." Naomi replied, looking forward as she walked.

Kyoshi sighed heavily, shaking his head with frustration, "Have you forgotten my name or something?" he asked rather heartlessly.

Naomi pulled her arm out of his hurriedly, looking up at him with an upset look, "Of course I didn't forget it, we're not like we were before!" she shouted at him.

"Ah well anything is possible, you know? Especially with you." Kyoshi shrugged, walking on.

Naomi grabbed his shoulder and turned him round to look at her, crossing her arms and pouting, "What the heck? Always making fun of me! Why don't you understand people's feelings at all?" she shouted and then stormed off in the other direction, leaving Kyoshi to stare in the direction where she left.

Next Day

The brown-haired Japanese girl sat down quickly on a bench in the back yard of the school where people took their break in between classes. She sighed sadly, gripping the hem of her black skirt, sitting back and closing her eyes. She'd ignored Kyoshi all day just to get a point across to him. A moment later though something fell into her lap and she heard someone sitting beside her on the bench which caused her to open her eyes in a hurry. She looked down at her lap where a small long black case lay, she picked it up and turned quickly to Kyoshi who sat beside her, again with crossed arms staring into space. "What's this?" she asked him slowly.

Kyoshi avoided eye contact with her, speaking calmly and coolly as he always did, "I was going to wait to give it to you tonight but I was afraid if I didn't make it up to you now then I won't be seeing you tonight." He could still feel her gaze on him after he spoke and looked away from her, "So… take a look." He encouraged her, in the meantime taking out a cigarette, holding it in his mouth and lighting it.

Naomi looked surprised to say the least but turned back to the box and did as she was asked of him. She lifted the lid gently, a short gasp accompanying her shocked look and widened eyes as they both fell on the thin silver chain and pendent. Four weeks ago Naomi had asked Kyoshi to go with her shopping for a birthday present for her mother and she'd mentioned that she'd wanted a necklace like the one that was now in the box in her hands. "How did you…?" she asked hurriedly, turning to him again.

Kyoshi smirked, that was probably the thing that made her stop her question so suddenly. He pulled the cigarette out of his mouth and turned to look at her, smiling as gentle as the look in his light blue eyes, "Did you really think I worked the extra time to avoid you or something?" he asked her, a reply in itself. He watched a small smile appear on her face when she turned back to looking at the necklace and he tossed the cigarette on the ground, stepping on it as he slid closer to her. He turned slightly to be facing her, picking up the necklace from the box and placed it around her neck, clipping it from the back for her before moving away from her again.

The girl pushed her brown hair to one side, smiling gently as she looked down at the pink and silver flower at the end of the thin silver chain. Her eyes shone with happiness as she looked over at him after a minute of admiring the present. She pushed her books off her lap and onto the ground, sliding closer to him on the bench and grabbing onto him in a tight hug, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, "Thank you." She whispered gently.

A Year Later

Kyoshi walked Naomi to the front door, there the two stopped and Naomi turned round to look at him, "Are you sure you're feeling better?" she asked him a little sceptically.

The older blonde smiled and nodded in assurance, "Much better, thanks for coming; even though you know you didn't have to."

Naomi raised a delicate eyebrow at him, pretending to think for a moment, "Hmm, let me see, you were ill with a 103 fever, your parents left you alone for a week with no one to look out for you, I think it was a very good reason for me to come over and help."

Kyoshi rolled his eyes at the much younger girl, smiling softly as he stepped closer to her, "I'm 21 years old, I think I can take care of myself just fine." He said in a whispered voice, placing both her hands on her waist.

This earned him a strange look from his girlfriend who looked at him with some disbelief in her eyes, shaking her head, "21 years old and you can't take care of yourself as well as you think you can." She teased him quietly.

"Lucky for me, you showed up then." Kyoshi whispered softly in reply.

Naomi laughed quietly, pulling gently out of his hold, "Quit sucking up." she advised him.

Kyoshi pushed aside all joking for a moment, looking down at her with some worry in his eyes, "Are you going to be okay walking home in the dark by yourself?" he asked her, a lot of concern and love for her evident in those words.

"Of course I will…I'm not a child."

Kyoshi shook his head suddenly with some thought, "I know well enough that you aren't a child but it's dangerous out there. I can walk you home, it'll take half an hour, my parents won't know I ever left the house and some fresh air will probably do me good."

"Or it'll get you into the nearest hospital bed." Naomi insisted, pushing him backwards gently. "I'll be fine, I'll call you when I get home so you know I arrived in one piece, is that okay?" she asked him.

Anymore arguing with her really would be the end of Kyoshi, already he was burning up again and didn't both arguing with her, "Sure." He attempted shrugging off his worry, answering her dully like he didn't completely agree but had no other choice than to do so, "Be careful alright?"

Sweetly Naomi smiled up at him, "You know I will, you taught me well." Though Kyo seemed unimpressed by her words and she heard him just grunt quietly at her words, "You trust me don't you?" she asked whisperingly in a serious but gentle voice, stepping closer to him while she still stared up at him Kyo didn't give her a direct answer at first, looking away before looking back down at her once she placed a hand on his shoulder, that was when he nodded but in an almost uncertain manner.

Kyoshi gripped her shoulders gently, leaning forward and downwards, giving her a small peck on her lips before letting go of her completely, "Take care of yourself, and thanks again."

The girl's eyes shined happily again, "No problem, call if you ever need me." She murmured, "Now, get some rest, we start school again in a week and I don't want to have to be spending my breaks without you." She stepped closer, wrapped him in a tight embrace and let go a moment later, "I'll speak to you later." She turned round, ran to the door and as she opened it she turned to him and waved her bye with her usual innocent smile on her face.

Then all he could do was watch until she completely disappeared through the door way and it closed behind her slowly.

---End Dream---

Kyoshi sat up hurriedly, hot tears sliding down his heated cheeks while there were hitches in his breathing and a cough at the end to accompany it. Just behind him Sakura was slowly waking up from the sound of his outburst, looking at his back through tired eyes, "Kyoshi, what's up?" she asked exhaustedly.

The blonde turned his head to the side so he could reply to her without her noticing his tears, "Nothing, go back to sleep." He ordered.

Sakura yawned, sitting forward and taking a good look at him, despite how much he tried to avoid her eyes, "You're flushed, are you ill?" she asked.

Kyoshi shook his head bravely, breathing quickly, "I'm feeling fine." He assured her, lying through his teeth.

The two were too tired to argue, or even persist a further discussion, "Okay, just get back to sleep." Sakura sat back to how she was before, resting back on the pillow and attempting to fall asleep again.

Kyo took a deep breath, brushing his hair back once with his fingers before resting his head back down onto Saku's lap, tightening his arms around his own body for warmth. A second later he felt fingers gently caressing his hair again, an action that made another tear slip from his eye, the warm drop melting softly into Saku's jeans. "I'm glad you're still here." He mumbled softly, closing his eyes to get some sleep.

A/N: Another chapter. Still wish I was getting more reviews, one review out of the five people who have this on their favourite list. Ah well, my one reviewer gives me reviews that are worth at least two reviews so I'm not complaining. I hope you liked this chapter, please leave a review, take care everyone!