"Black-Star, what's wrong?" Kid asked as soon as he was able to get away from everyone and he and the star were alone in their room.
"It's Kenna." Black-Star said.
"Is there something wrong with her? She looked just fine talking to Liz and Patty about the baby."
"She's gay." Kid flinched in shock. "She has a crush on one of the girls here and she's scared about it."
"Why would she be scared?"
"Kenna believes that she's alone, that no one else is like her and when we came along, we showed her that she should keep her sexuality and emotions a secret."
"My God, we are horrible role models." Kid sighed. "What are we going to do?" The shinigami fell back on to the bed.
"Are you really asking me? You and I are both horrible at giving advice to the girl." Black-Star sat down next to the laying Kid. "We're both horrible at advice in general."
"I'm not that bad." Kid stated.
"Then tell me what we're going to do about Kenna. We can't let her suffer because of our mistakes."
"I don't like this, I don't like any of this. I just want to go to sleep and never get up again." Black-Star laid back and grabbed Kid's hand.
"I'll join you in that endless sleep. It'd be at lot easier than here." Kid sat up and crossed his legs, sitting next to the star's stomach. "Maybe we could ran off again. Go back to being crazy teenagers and living on our own."
"We're not that old Black-Star." Kid chuckled.
"Oh my back." Black-Star flipped on to his stomach and put his hands against his back. "I think I hurt my back." He groaned.
"Let me help you, you poor old fool." Kid climbed on top of Black-Star and sat on the star's back, his knees resting on the mattress.
"I don't think this is helping." Black-Star said, arching his back and lifting Kid into the air. The shinigami let out a yelp as he slipped off of the other man. Black-Star swung a leg over the shinigami and was soon straddling his hips. "This, on the other hand, is." Black-Star waited for a protest from Kid, but was shocked to find the other man wrapping his arms around his neck and pulling him into a kiss. It had been over a month, almost seven weeks and it drove them mad. Kid's shirt was thrown across the room and soon was joined by Black-Star's. Hands roamed and they let out soft moans as their thought went to different places, forgetting that they were in a building filled with people.
"Hey Black-Sta-holy shit!" Kenna's curse made the men freeze, they remember where they're at now. Kid quickly scrambled out of under Black-Star, finding his shirt and putting it back on. Black-Star looked at Kenna and saw that she had her hands over her eyes, just like he had when he walked in on Sid and Nygus. "I think I'm blind." Kenna said.
"How are you feeling Kenna?" Kid asked, trying to make his flushed cheeks and his still ruffled shirt presentable to talk seriously to the girl.
"Awkward, I just walked in on you two when you were about to do the nasty." Kenna responded, hands still covering her eyes. "These walls are sound proof so put a sock or a hat or something on the door as a warning for me like everyone else does."
"That's not what I meant, Black-Star told me."
"Oh." Kenna removed her hand and stayed silent and watched Black-Star put his shirt back on. "It's nothing, I just got over emotional over something stupid." The girl looked at Kid and gave him a big smile, the shinigami knew it was fake and it was still hard to tell that it was.
"It's not stupid, it's who you are."
"I know. Everything's fine, you guys don't need to worry about me. What you two need to worry about is getting you some supplies."
"Supplies?"
"You know what I mean. I don't want to see it, but I know it's going to happen and I want you guys to be safe and have a little fun with it as well." Kenna winked. "Plus it'd be very obvious if Kid started limping suddenly." Kid stiffened while Black-Star laughed.
"Kenna!" The shinigami snapped. Kenna let out a laugh, a real genuine laugh, at least, that's what it sounded like.
"She's almost as bad as me." Black-Star said between laughs.
"Tsubaki's going on a run soon and I know where she's going." Kenna sang.
"I'm going to go check on the baby." Kid stated and walked off.
"Kenna, I know what you're doing." Black-Star said, his face serious.
"What are you talking about?" Kenna asked with a smile still on her lips.
"You're hiding your emotions, putting on a mask to hide the pain."
"What are you talking about?" Kenna repeated, her smile twitching.
"I did the same thing, actually, I still do it. We don't want anyone to know that we're suffering, we don't want them to worry." The star put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "There's nothing wrong with not wanting people to worry about you. But if you need help, or ever just need a hug, come to me and Kid. And if you want me to-" Black-Star walked over to the door. "-I can talk to Miriah for you."
"Don't you dare!" The star winked and took off, Kenna following the man. "I will kick your ass!" Kenna jumped on Black-Star's back, wrapping her arms and legs around the star. Timmy and Tommy squealed and joined Kenna. The twins grabbed Black-Star's legs and almost knocked the star over.
"Help, anyone?" Black-Star asked, taking a step that involved moving Tommy along with his leg.
"Nah, you can keep the twins busy while I get me something to eat." Liz said and went into the kitchen.
"Kenna, get off." The star took another step, moving Timmy this time.
"I'm good, I think I might be as tall as Free now." Kenna chuckled.
"No where near it." Free said across the room.
"I'll get her." Kid went behind the star and grabbed Kenna. The girl let out a squeak and lost her grip on the blue-haired man.
"Put me down!" Kenna squealed as Kid held her up by her sides.
"Five minutes, I step out for five minutes and you guys are attacking each other." Tsubaki said, hands on her hips.
"How's Maka?" Black-Star asked, the twins on his legs getting bored and running over to Patty.
"She's great, although I didn't know she knew half of the curses that came out of her mouth and she's stating she is never having a child ever again."
"And the baby?"
"Cleaned up and begging for food." Tsubaki chuckled.
"Does he have a name yet?"
"No, they can't make up their mind and if you even think about them naming the child after you, I will make sure that you can't make a Black-Star junior."
"Can't you just feel the love in the room." Soul said as he entered the room, an empty cup in his hand. "By the way, his name is Lance Spirit Evans."
"Lancey!" James giggled, clapping his hands together.
"You positive that everything is good." Tsubaki asked the scythe.
"We're all good, you can go on the run. I, on the other hand, have to get some water for Maka." Soul tipped his cup at the group before going off for the kitchen.
"Me, Kid and Black-Star volunteer to go!" Kenna raised her hand and jumped up and down.
"Alright. Miriah-" Kenna stopped jumping "-come with us too, the place I want to go to is locked and you're our best lock picker." Miriah looked up from her sketch pad and with worry in her eyes, she said;
"Okay." And she went back to her drawing.
"We're leaving in five minutes." Tsubaki stated and Miriah let out a hum as she kept drawing. "Miriah!" Miriah let out a yelp and dropped her sketch pad, the thing sliding across the room and landing right in front of Kenna's feet. Kenna bent down and picked up the sketch pad.
"Okay, okay, okay. I'll get ready." Miriah got up and went over to Kenna. "Thanks for picking up my sketch pad." Kenna smiled and nodded as she handed the sketch pad back. Kid got a glimpse of the drawing Miriah had been looking on and he thought the person being drawn looked like Kenna. "Meet you guys at the door." Miriah said and walked off.
"Smooth." Black-Star said softly.
"Shut up." Kenna responded through her teeth.
"It was pretty bad." Kid added.
"Are you coming or are you going to stand there and gossip like old women?" Tsubaki said with a smile.
"At least I'm fabulous." Kenna snapped her fingers and took off. Kid and Black-Star shared a look then saluted Tsubaki before going off as well.
Soon the group of five were standing in front of the doors. All of them had their own knife belt, Miriah, Kenna and Black-Star had swords on their back while Kid and Tsubaki had guns and all of them had a bag with them as well. Tsubaki told the other four that they were hitting a house that she knew had baby stuff in it by the 'baby on board' sticker the burnt up car sitting in front of the house had. Tsubaki had the group put Miriah in the middle of the line since she was the least experienced on going on runs. Tsubaki went out first, followed by Black-Star, Miriah, Kenna and at the end was Kid. The group went over the fence, Kid grimaced, he didn't like the fence anymore. First it was Kenna, then Bre and the last time he met the fence he had removed Max's hollow corpse, not very good memories.
"How far is the house?" Black-Star asked.
"Good ten minute jog-" Tsubaki stopped and pulled a knife out of her pocket. A second later a small kishin demon appeared from behind a wall and Tsubaki stabbed it in the head before it even noticed the group.
"Damn."
"Thank you." Tsubaki chuckled and put her knife back in her belt. The group went off in silence, making sure not to make too much noise as they finally reached the house. Tsubaki and Black-Star stepped to the side and allowed Miriah to go to the door. The girl went to her knees and pulled several bobbie-pins out of her wild hair and a thin blade from her pocket.
"Hey Black-Star." Kenna jerked her head to the side and gestured toward a store that had three x's on the windows.
"Get any ideas and I will kill you." Kid growled, hand resting on one of his knifes.
"I wasn't." The star protested.
"Fine, if you won't get the stuff. I will." Kenna took off towards the adult store.
"What is she doing!?" Tsubaki snapped in a soft voice at the two men.
"We'll get her." Kid and Black-Star went after the girl, both muttering curses as they pushed open the door.
"What the hell is this!?" Kenna shouted, holding a box in her hands.
"You really don't know?" Black-Star asked as he took the box away from Kenna.
"The closest thing to the sex talk I've gotten is Free stating what a man and a woman do to make a baby and some books I've found in other houses."
"Put the box back." Kid stated. "And let's go back before Tsubaki worries." Black-Star dropped the box and he and Kenna started to leave. Kid made sure the two weren't looking and he slipped a bottle into his back pocket.
"Oh God!" Kenna gasped.
"Dead hooker!" Black-Star added. Kid ran over to the two and resisted the urge to slap his forehead.
"That's a mannequin you idiots, not a dead...woman." Kid didn't feel like calling the mannequin wearing lingerie a dead 'hooker', as Black-Star had put it. "You two scared me a litt-" The three froze at the sound of a scream.
"That was-"
"Miriah!" Kenna finished Black-Star statement and ran, turning her arm into a bow and pulling a pebble out of her pocket. Kid and Black-Star were right behind her as they left the store and soon found Tsubaki and Miriah surrounded by kishin demons.
"The house was filled!" Tsubaki shouted, firing several bullets at demons that were getting close to Miriah. Miriah had her sword in her hand and was swinging it around wildly. Kenna quickly fired an arrow she had made from the pebble and shot a demon in the head when it was about to bite Miriah's leg.
"Black-Star, throw me." Kid ordered and without a second thought Black-Star went to one knee and held his hands out. The shinigami stepped on the hands and jumped as the star tossed him. A move that was very familiar to the two. Kid flipped in the air and he landed in the center of the circle with Miriah and Tsubaki. Black-Star pulled his sword out and decapitated several kishins that stood on the edge. Some of the other demons took notice and started to attack Black-Star and the star had no problem with that. Kenna stopped firing arrows since she had ran out of pebbles and she took out her own sword and helped Black-Star out with his small group of kishins.
"This is why I like staying indoors!" Miriah shouted as she felt her stomach turn after cutting through a demon's face and seeing a green substance gush out of it. Kid let out a curse when he was pushed over by a taller demon and he fell on to his rear. He ignored the fact that the bottle in his pocket popped and the substance got all over the back of his pants and covered the ground. Kid quickly got up and pushed Miriah out of the way of a flying kishin, cutting himself and Miriah from Tsubaki.
"There's too many!" Kenna shouted.
"Don't worry-" Tsubaki slipped on the stuff on the floor. She tried to get up as fast as she could, stumbling to her knees and a kishin with one hand that had a single finger which was longer by a foot than the rest. Tsubaki reached for the gun she had dropped but before she could fire, the kishin shoved his hand into her chest.
"Tsubaki!" Black-Star cried.