Good morning! To answer the reviewer's (Guest's) question. I like Kaichi the most, I think it's obvious from the amount of Kaichi oneshots, but other than that I also like KaixRen, MiwaxKai, RenxAsaka, KouteixYuri, etc. But what I really dislike are pairings involving Aichi and somone that isn't Kai.

Pairing: KaixAichi (Kaichi!)

Time: After Link Joker

Word: Strawberries (I was getting out of ideas, so I decided always to think of a story, while having a given word.)

"Kai, I'm glad everything is back to normal now," said Miwa to his brunette friend, who was freed from the influence of Link Joker just a few days ago. Kai was time to time still tired, because he wielded the Link Joker power the longest of all the card fighters. But what amazed him the most was that Miwa and the others had forgiven him for his sins so easily. He did some horrible things and he hasn't even forgiven himself yet.

"Come on, let's head to Card Capital," said Miwa, after he didn't receive an asnwer or reaction from Kai. He pulled Kai up and dragged him behind himself. Kai just frowned. Miwa was his friend, but this pulling and dragging to the card shop really annoyed him.

"Miwa, release my arm," exclaimed Kai in a stern voice. He felt the love he received from everybody, but that didn't mean he didn't want some personal space. Miwa just laughed apologetically and let go of his arm.

"Miwa! Kai!"

Both boys turned around to see Aichi Sendou running in their direction. As Kai saw Aichi, a smile appeared on his face, not a bright one, but it was still a smile. Miwa noticed this, but decided to tease Kai about it later. As he arrived he breathed heavily and steaded himself against a tree, since the sprinting was probably a little too much for him. After all these years, his physical stamina was still very weak.

"And here's the savior of the world, Aichi Sendou!" yelled Miwa out, patting the younger boy on his shoulder. Kai remained silent, he didn't really get the chance to thank Aichi properly since he beat him at the roof of the Tatsunagi building.

"Miwa, it wasn't that big of a deal," said Aichi, getting a little embarrassed. But Aichi was wrong, it was a big deal and even bigger to Kai.

"Well, I think we should go in and play some Vanguard," said Miwa, heading in, leaving Aichi an Kai just stand there all by themselves. Aichi gave Kai a nervous look since their last conversation was more or less filled with all the emotions their felt for each other.

"Umm, should we go in?"

Kai just shrugged and went inside. Aichi Sendou was his best friend, but even after he saved him from eternal misery, he still couldn't bring himself to act all cheerful and happy. He was assured that Aichi was following him, since he heard little footsteps behind him. Misaki wasn't sitting behind the counter as usual, she was at a table fighting Naoki Ishida. Aichi smiled and walked over to them. Kai remembered again why he fell in the fangs of Link Joker in the first place. He wanted to gain the needed strength for Aichi to adore him again. And yet it still wasn't enough. He might have told him that he idolized him, but Kai had a bad hunch, that it wasn't that honest like it used to be. The hours went by at Card Capital and everyone did his best to improve even more. There were some good and so bad fights, but all in all, it was a good day for everybody.

"Guess, the stress of the past days got the best of our hero," said Miwa, examining the sleeping bluenette, who was leaning against a wall of the shop. Kai looked up and his gaze stayed at the spot, where Aichi was napping. Aichi looked so vulnerable and fragile that Kai almost forgot, that this was the strongest fighter around.

"Shouldn't somebody carry him home?" asked Misaki after she beat Miwa for the first time that day. No one really knew where Aichi lived and unofortunately his little sister, Emi, wasn't at Card Capital that day. Little did the others know, that Kai was pretty familiar with the place, where Aichi's house was located.

"I can take him. It's on my way home, anyway," said Kai, standing up and brushing away the dust of his pants. He walked over to Aichi and picked him up and was fairly surprised that he was so light.

"How do you even know where he lives?" asked Miwa, teasingly. By Miwa's expression he wasn't able to hold back anymore. Whenever there was a way to tease and embarrass Kai he would totally go for it.

"I've been there once, when Aichi invited me for tea," replied Kai, already standing at the sliding door of Card Capital. And before Miwa had the chances to drop another funny question, Kai and Aichi were already gone.

"Well, Aichi, seems like it's just the two of us."

After a short while he arrived at the Sendou household. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He felt more and more frustrated. Sure, Aichi was light like a feather, but carrying him all the way back would be a waste of energy. He looked through Aichi's pockets to find the key in his back pocket. He unlocked the door and went upstairs to Aichi's room. He laid Aichi down on the bed and sat down beside him. He leaned in a little to see his face more precisely. And before he knew it, Aichi had pulled him into a tight hug.

"Aichi, what the-," but he soon realized that Aichi had his eyes still closed and was sound asleep. He probably did it instictively or something similar to that. But Kai suddenly registered the sweet scent of strawberries. He needed a few seconds to actually realize that Aichi Sendou smelled like strawberries, maybe it was his shampoo or maybe something else, but Kai knew he liked the scent very much. Strawberries were his favourite fruit after all.

"Well, this is awkward," murmured Kai, as he was technically in an embrace with Aichi. Kai wanted to wake the little boy up, but somehow he could not interfere with his sleeping, he didn't know why, he just couldn't do it. After a half hour passed, Kai was getting sleepy. How could you not? And short minutes after, Toshiki Kai fell asleep next to Aichi Sendou.

He woke up 2 hours later in the exact position he fell asleep. He looked at Aichi, who was lying very close to him, his head pressed against Kai's chest. A smile spread across his face and he softly tried to pull away, unluckily, Aichi reacted to that and clung even more to Kai's body. It was like Aichi feared that the warmth would go away. Kai had no choice, but to wait, until the bluenette would wake up and he would be finally set free. But still, Kai had to admit that it was comfortable to be so close to Aichi for a change.

"Hmph," moaned Aichi, before his eyes opened and his blue orbs stared at what or better who was lying next to him. Kai almost let out a laugh as Aichi looked up at him his face red like a tomato.

"K-Kai!"

"Have you slept well, Aichi?"

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A/N The next one will be the long awaited KamuixEmi story.