Chapter VI – There Is No Such Thing As Boundaries

"Hello Kai!" Monique saluted her friend as he entered the kitchen. The young man rose his hand and waved it a little in front of her, without bothering to verbalize at all. The girl just turned around at washing the dishes they used at lunch. "You missed the meal again you know." She told him as the water covered her hands. Again, she never heard a decent response, just a bored grunt.

Kai took off his dirty green jacket and hanged it on a chair before taking a seat and pinning his chin and right cheek on his fist. His eyes just stared out blankly at the white sheets that covered the table. They betrayed their owner and made it clear he was in deep thought and even his forehead had a few wrinkles running from an end to the other. He seemed to just finish an activity which required a lot of effort. He heard the girl behind him was arranging the dishes in the drawers. A few seconds later, she turned around to face him. Again, Kai didn't bother to return the favor.

Monique stared at his bored and tired figure several seconds. She couldn't help but feel pity for this young man. Gulping away the knot in her throat, she opened her mouth and asked him;

"What did you found out?"

Kai's eyes slightly narrowed at the question before closing themselves slowly. Another slight grunt was freed as his hand went from under his chin up his cheek, temple and rested on his forehead, rubbing it slightly.

"Nothing new whatsoever…" he replied in a bored voice. The blond girl's gaze dropped on the floor as a small frown was planted on her face. "I see." She muttered more to herself. Her thoughts were rudely interrupted by the young man's voice again.

"How is David?"

Her gaze rose again, eyes full of concern. "Never left his room for almost three days." Kai opened one eye and pinned it on the girl next to him. This surely drawn his attention. Monique continued. "Also, I am afraid he hasn't eaten properly. I tried to bring him food a couple of times but.."

"I see." The boy said interrupting her. "I will try and talk with him again, later on."

Monique nodded, feeling rather relieved at his assurance. After all, David had been in a horrible state even since Saya's fight on the ship a year ago. In his eyes, everything was hopeless without her. It was really sad to see him like this. Kai had already tried to talk with him once, but with no use. This time the young man was planning on throwing all his beer and whiskey away. Maybe this way he will snap back to reality.

A small and sad smile curved the girl's lips as she muttered a little "thank you" in such a low voice, she was sure Kai never heard it. A second after she finished her words the door was again opened wide and slammed on the wall. Both Monique and Kai rose their heads to see who was disturbing the quite atmosphere. Standing there with a bored look planted on her face along with a lot of over smudged black eyeliner, was Nicole with an empty paper bag in her left hand. She shot the two of them a curious look before opening her mouth to speak.

"Hey." She said without bothering to fully turn her head towards them. Instead she went to the trash can and threw away the bag. After this, she went for the fridge and opened it wide. Kai rose an eyebrow and Monique blinked a few times.

"Lunch had already been served, Nicole. I called you but you never answered…" she said as she watched the teen every move.

"Really…?" she said as she ran her hands through several bottles, dishes and jars. It was pretty possible for the teen to have listened to her music while she was called. Still, she wasnt that hungry anyways. After a few minutes she turned her head towards the other girl "Don't you have any soda around?" Monique shook her head 'no'. With a grunt, she slammed the fridge door closed just like she done with the other one. Spinning around on her heels, the girl went straight to the drawers and started to open each and every one of them. "How about some coffee?"

"How about you start saying 'please'?"

Monique turned her head around quickly and stared at Kai who had a rather pissed look on his face. "Kai." she called him as if he done something wrong, but the male wasn't going to give up just like that.

"What?" he asked as he rose from his seat angered. "You should not listen to what this brat says!" By this time his voice rose and his eyes narrowed as he grabbed tight the cloth of his jacket. The blond girl done nothing but stare mute first at Kai then at Nicole, who didn't even took notice his little crises. The teen continued to search through the drawers.

"Found it." She said monotone as she grabbed a black colored jar and almost threw it on the kitchen table.

"Did you listen to me!?" Kai slammed the table with his opened up palm.

Yet again, a moment of silence filled the room. The only sound was made by the cup and pot which were placed as well on the table and prepared to be used. The brown haired girl didn't minded her own business, but she decided that after a whole minute it was time she would give this man an answer.

"Yeah, I did."

The water filled the tea pot and seconds later it was placed on the cooker. The fire was lit and the water sooner or later would've started to boil. She remained in the very same position as earlier, with her back at Kai and Monique, hands on the table supporting her whole torso weight. Behind her Kai was still up with his hand still on the table and the other clenched tight around his jacket. Monique was hugging herself and her eyes stared slightly wide at the brown haired girl. What in the world just happened? Nothing important.

"Stop that!" he yelled as his hand hit again the wood on the table this time his fingers were crawled up into a fist. The shock was great enough to make the girl next to her wimp in surprise and get up from her seat as well, taking a couple of steps backwards. "Who the hell do you think you are!"

"How about YOU calm down first!" The other one barked in his face as she quickly turned her head to face him. By this time, Nicole heard the water boiling. Along with it, her anger was also rising.

"Kai! Nicole! Please knock it off both of you!"

Her eyes flushed for a second towards Monique. It seemed she wasn't the type who enjoyed watching or taking part of these kinds of arguments or fights. She was about to yell at her as well, but the young man was first to do so "Shut up Monique! Its none of your business!"

"You shut up! Why the hell are you yelling at her you ass!"

"Oh so now you are protecting her!"

"I do whatever I want!"

"That is why you slam doors and talk as if we are shit!? You forgot your place you brat!"

"Don't tell me which my place is!"

"Really!? You are here because you don't know which your place is!"

The tea pot started to whistle, sing it was time for the flame to be shut down. But of course none of the three persons in the room cared about this anymore. Monique remained silent her hands covering her ears, eyes shut tight and her back almost glued on the wall. Her eyes opened themselves only when she heard the whistle. What she saw wasn't pretty. Kai and Nicole were face to face, only the table separating them. Both had eyes narrowed and teeth clenched. Both had a deep glare planted on the other. Both were silent now.

The first one who opened his mouth was Kai.

"Now you shut up, huh?! That's what you should do from now on! GOT IT?!"

In the next second everything went silent again. The blond girl's eyes were pinned on both Kai and Nicole. But something seemed to have changed. It was only a slight change but, the girl's eyes seem to shine a lot more in the sun rays then Kai's or even her own. Not, they did not shine; there was a small sparkle in her eyes in those moments. Monique turned her head towards Kai whom had made a small gasp. He also had changed. His eyes were no longer narrowed, they grew wide as well. The girl moved her sight from her to him several times. What in the world was happening? Something. The excess of water in her brown eyes dropped and rolled down her cheek.

Kai opened his mouth to speak. He called her name.

"Nicole-"

"Son of a bitch…"

The next thing Kai had to do was duck the flying tea pot filled with boiling water which was thrown towards his head. Luckily, only a few drops of the hot liquid made contact with his skin, which also made him to flinch a little at the feeling. Behind him, the tea pot shattered as it made contact with the wall, and the water was spilled everywhere. Monique covered her mouth as she gasped deeply and the young male only turned around to see the damage. It was clear the item was never to be used again. Both Kai and Monique turned their heads only to see a door being shut loudly.

"Nicole wait!" she got up from her corner and went after her, but it was already too late. The girl went running up stairs slamming other doors while doing so. Another moment of silence passed in which Kai collapsed in his chair still his eyes wide and his mouth slightly hanging open. "Look what you've done!" the blond girl shouted at him as she ran out after the girl herself.

The only thing left for the young man to do was just sit there and reanalyze what just happen. Well, she moved fast, he had to admit that. Its been only a day since she was here and she already got in a fight. 'Well, it was her fault.' He mentally tried to convince himself, but failed miserable. He also had to admit he surely was a jerk for yelling at her like that about not knowing her place. That surely was a dumb thing to say. Punching slightly his forehead, Kai pinned his head again on his fist and lowered his head. She was right about one thing only; he needed to calm down…

"Oh crap…" he muttered as he rubbed forcefully his forehead. At least there were no victims. Besides the tea pot…

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: this didnt came out as expected, because i wanted to include one more event, but i think one fight is enough ^^() i will type the next one soon enough. Review please! ^o^

Edit: fixed a few spelling and grammar mistakes....