May continued to stare at her feet, covered with the black blanket till the ankles. Drew and Shū were both changing clothes, Drew throwing Shū's clothes back at him and changing back to his own clothes.

May noticed that Drew was not very comfortable in his brother's clothes. Well, he was not very comfortable with his brother's presence as well.

"Why are you here?" Drew's cold voice startled her into looking up. She had not heard him speak so icily ever, even with Harley. In fact, his voice with Harley compared to now seem like he was talking with a loved, old friend when he talks to Harley, and that is saying quite a lot.

Drew was having his black polo shirt in his hands, now dry and was proceeding to wear it.

"Tch," Shū said, "I expected a 'thank you' as the first word you speak to me, you know."

As they stood together, May actually noticed that no, Shū was not taller but at same height as Drew. She had not realized how much Drew had grown from that little boy to a fine young man who can tower over her.

"I did not ask you to save us. You did that on your own." Drew replied and sat down near his bag and fished out a comb.

"Little brother, still an ungrateful brat, I see." Shū shook his head in mock remorse, "Where did I go wrong in bringing you up?"

Drew snorted, "I think you presence was wrong enough."

Shū glared at Drew once before looking at May and smiling, "Are you hungry?"

May blushed under his gaze, "A little."

Shū flashed another smile before he pulled out a comb from his jacket's inside pocket, "In a minute. My camp is a little far from here. I was actually out with Pansage when I found you two. I'll get something for you to eat. Bet you're bored with noodles."

Drew felt his ears turn red, more out of anger than embarrassment.

"Where are you going anyway?" May asked, interestedly. She took notice of his hair through which he was combing in vain for the first time. They did not need combing, his hair, which was longer than Drew's and pulled back in a pony where as straight and fine as animal pelt. Bet they were soft too. May was finally pulled out of her reverie when Shū replied.

"Rubello town." Drew closed his eyes tightly, hoping against hope that May won't do what he thought she was going to do, all the while cursing under his breath.

"Why don't you join us? We are going to Rubello as well!"

Sometimes it even surprised Drew how well he knew the brunette. Surprised and scared.

With a last fleeting smile, which meant nothing but agreement, he walked out of the cave and out into the open.

"Yes!" May squealed once then sagged down with a sigh, "Drew, you never told me you had a brother-"

"Which was none of your business, anyhow."

"-and as sexy as that too-"

"Get your eyes checked, girl."

"-You ought to tell me something about him earlier-"

"Which I wouldn't have anyhow."

"-but, no problem! You can tell me now!"

"No, I am not telling you about my brother!"

"Tell me, please! Anything!"

"Fine, for one, he does the word 'devil' too much justice!" Drew said with a sneer.

"Yes, he is as beautiful as one too!" May said again, accompanied by the sigh Drew was so irritated with. How much breath does a girl fill in that tiny body of her?

"I was not talking about that!" May stood up with a roll of her eyes to walk out of the cave but stopped when she felt a pain shoot up in her left leg. Her breath hitched as she collapsed back on the boulder she was sitting up.

Drew looked up, "What? What is it?"

May looked at him and for the first time noticed how truly irritated he looked. His brows furrowed, nostril's flared and that small twitch near the left side of his lower lip where she knew he was biting inside out of annoyance.

"My leg." She muttered and before she could bend down to check, she found him lifting the blanket.

"What are you doing?"

"Amputating your leg."

"Why can't you answer straight for once?"

"Why can't you stop asking idiotic question for once?" Drew snapped and May was taken aback. She remained quiet after a small 'sorry' and watched him as he pulled off her shoes and socks to examine her ankle. May vaguely praised herself for shaving her legs that very morning.

"You have sprained it." Drew said shortly, dropping her leg and walking back to his bag.

"Sprained?"

"A painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligament."

That effectively shut her up for the rest of the time he was examining her ankle.

"Drew," She whispered finally with much gathered courage, "What happened between Shū and you? He is your brother, is he not?"

"Half-brother." Drew corrected automatically, "He is my half-brother."

"Half? How come?"

Drew sighed loudly and looked up at her face, pausing in his task of opening up the bottle of ointment.

"My mother him with her first husband, Arthur, but after his death, my mother raised him alone until she met my father two years later. She was 22 at that time and remarried my father and had my sister and me. So that makes him my half brother."

"So why the coldness and all?" May asked, taking a chance as Drew finally confided in her to tell about his family.

"He never liked me. Since beginning. We were never friendly with each other for as long as I can remember."

"Let me guess. You father loved you more than him after you were born?"

"No," Drew chuckled, "No, not at all. My dad never was placing any of us before other. He always regarded Shū as his first born son, or as he sometime says 'the one who made him daddy'."

With a final knot, he placed his hand on her thigh to push himself up when a loud yelp caused him to topple back in surprise.

"What?" He asked eyes wide.

"It…it hurt here." She said pointing at her upper thigh. May blushed furiously as Drew rolled up her skin tight shorts.

"It would have been easier if you would have taken them off." Drew sniggered, getting a well earned bonk on his head.

May continued to blush as he continued to roll up her shorts to an uncomfortable point before a wound appeared there. It was taking on a bluish look and May immediately turned her head away from it.

Drew chuckled as he watched her face. May turned a brighter red as she felt him move his hand around her inner thigh to hold the leg in place as he opened the cap on a small tube. She saw him trace the wound and he made a face, a cross between concern and incredulity.

"How the hell did you manage that?" He muttered to himself, squeezing a little ointment on the finger tips of his free hand with the hand which was around her thigh.

He worked silently, rubbing the cream on her wound. He looked up, shocked when she made a little noise at the back of her throat which sounded suspiciously like a moan. May stared at him as the color drained from her face and finally she glowed bright as an apple and turned her head away from him.

The air became awkward around them after that. Neither of them knew what to say to each other. May was mentally screaming at her embarrassing gesture while Drew was thinking about it, amused and slight turned on.

"There you go." Drew said softly after tying the last knot as he began to roll down her shorts again.

"Thanks." She whispered and continued to stare at her feet.

Drew was lost in his thoughts after that. He inhaled deeply as he thought about it, and was even pleased with himself that he was the one to cause it. He wondered how it would feel like, to make her moan again, deliberately this time. Make her chant his name, make her moan, make her feel good, make her his…

O.o

"Shū, you ought to be the best cook I had ever seen." May declared as they finished away her dinner. Drew had not spoken since after his half-brother had returned and while Shū made the dinner.

"Thank you." He said in the velvety voice, making May sigh. She watched as Shū cleared away the plates, mesmerized. "Dear May, I believe it is time for you to sleep. It is getting quite late."

"Yes," May nodded without listening and let him take her hand and make her stand on her feet, "Eek!"

She squealed in surprise and pain when she realized that she had her ankle bandaged. Shū had a firm grip on her hand, saving her fall.

"I'll guide her to her bag." Drew said quietly and icily, taking May's hand from his and supporting her to her bag where he made her lay down.

"Get inside." Drew said.

"No, it's hot inside, Drew!" May retorted, sitting on top of her bag.

"Get inside, now, May." May looked at him for a moment. Never had she seen Drew more serious than today. Usually he always had that irritated, or mocking or pervert or playful expression. But this was the first time she had seen him so serious, so scary. She obliged and slowly crawled inside her bag.

"Are you not sleeping?" She said in a small voice 5 minutes later when Drew continued to sit near the cave entrance and Shū was playing a game in his mobile.

"No." Drew replied without looking at her.

"What about you, Shū?" May asked him.

Shū looked at her, smiling, "Not yet. I am not quite sleepy. You should sleep, good night, May."

She smiled at him and with one final glance at both of them, she closed her eyes.

We were unable to make this filler chapter any longer. And again a apology for the late update. Someone was being a little too lazy.

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