Sorry its been a while, started another story that I'm so interested in, but don't worry this one is still going to be worked on, but it won't be published as often. Thanks for being patient and thanks to those who have Favorited this story, and the single review you know who you are. Its nice to know that people like this story, and tha'ts why I'm going to try my best to work on it more.

Chapter 5

After that day, I haven't seen Reed in a while, its been what two days now. We are on our way back to home base, we get to go back to earth and take a short break, after what the commander and I had gone through they are going to let us have a short vacation, and the best part is Reed is coming with us. I don't know what the commander is going to do, but I'm sure Reed will want to stay with me the whole time.

I haven't heard or seen John since that day and I don't want to see him, but I'm more concerned about Reed, how is he doing right now, would he need to go back to being what he actually looks like soon or not? I don't know and I really want to know that he is all right. I look around on the floor and see my creation running around, its gotten bigger with in these last few days, just like the others, and it concerns me.

I had thought I kept that genetic from happening, but I guess you can't control everything. Reed had said it was a male. He then comes up onto the bed and stands beside me. I smile down at him and place my hand on his back. He lets out a purring sound.

"What am I going to have to do with you when you get too big"? I ask. I don't want them to find out and then my babies dieing, I can't let that happen, I won't.

"If your a male, then how did you make those three"? I ask knowing I won't get an answer from him. He just makes a noise. I shake my head, wanting to know what it is that they are saying, wanting to understand the bugs with out hearing noises.

"Well I'm going to go take a shower, you guys must go back into your nest", I say and they all do that, all four of them go back into the tank. I smile at them and nod my head. Then I get up and stretch then walk over to the door, opening it, and walking into the hall. When the door closes behind me I walk down the hall after locking it. Now its the little trip to the showers. When I get their, I walk in, trying my best not to look at any of the others, and slowly making my way over to the private showers.

"Hey Hikaru this guy is funny", I hear Josh say and I couldn't help but look over and my eyes widen, Josh is talking to Reed, and they are surrounded by a few other people, women included. I blush and make my way over to my shower and close the curtain.

"Come on, every one knows what one another looks like", Liz's voice says. I just shake my head, I didn't want Reed to see what I looked like, I don't know why I feel this way but I just do.

"Ah oh well, she don't want to show Reed what she has then fine", Josh says.

"Leave me out of this", I hear Reed say. I smile to that and undress then turn the water on. I let it just rain on me, I close my eyes and my entire body just relaxes. I love showers, because its the most relaxing thing in the world and right now I didn't care if any one was trying to talk to me, which people where, but I ignored them. All I want is to go to earth, set foot in my home.

But then the thought of Reed comes to mind and I open my eyes and look at my hands. What will happen once he learns all he needs, is he going to leave and go back to his home, then attack us? Or would he want to stay with us? I grab the bar of soap and press it onto my arm. I slowly rub it up and down my arm, watching as the water rinses my soapy skin.

What will I do if he does decide to leave, what will happen to me? I then start moving the bar of soap on another part of my body to get it washed. Would he even fall for me? I know he had kissed me, but I wonder if that just has something to do with curiosity. I sigh and let the bar of soap fall as I finish with my feet. It makes a loud noise as it hits the ground.

I look at it, watching as the water slowly makes it go smaller, though with our eyes we won't see it layer by layer get smaller. I sigh and raise my head so I can look at the ceiling and the water just hits my skin and goes down, falling like a water fall down my body. After a few minutes of this I reach out and grab the shampoo, and put some into my hand then rub it into my hair, scratching at my scalp to make sure I don't miss anything, then I let the water run down my hair, rinsing it.

I don't know how long I had been in the shower, but when I turned off the water, their isn't any noise. I reach to the side to get a towel and find their isn't one. I sigh and open my mouth to say something, but for some reason I can't get anything out. Then I feel a tear fall from my eyes. I bring my hand up and whip it away.

Crying? Why am I crying? Instead of finding out if any one was out their or not, I just open the curtains and walk out, looking to one side, and the next and freeze. Reed is leaning against the wall, his eyes closed and arms crossed. Before he could open his eyes and look in my direction I grabbed a towel and put it around myself.

"Should of warned me you where still here", I say trying to hide the fact that I had been crying, and why I don't have a clue.

"You could of asked", he replies smiling at me.

"What ever", I say and walk past him so I can grab another towel. He just watches me. I get to the shelves and grab another one then put my hair into it.

"You must like showers", he says. I look over at him and nod my head.

"Why"? I look down and wonder that myself, is it because I can cry and no one will notice, or is it because I can relax and go some place else.

"I don't know, I guess the feel of the water hitting my body is soothing", I say, then look away, looking around and spotting my clothes, then I walk over to them.

"What about another person"? Reed asks as I hear him walking over to me. I then turn around just as he is now inches away.

"No, I don't like other people touching me, its embarrassing", I say, and can't seem to get away from him.

"I see you have made friends with Josh", I say and look away.

"Friends? No, just don't want to make myself seem different", he answers. I feel his hand on the side of my face and he forces me to look at him.

"Please, I don't want this if it is only because of curiosity", I say, pleading, my heart races hopping that he don't let go, that he continues. That he removes my towel, and touches me in ways no one has ever touched me, not even Josh, I had all ways run away from him. Then his hand is removed, and my heart sinks.

"Sorry", he says as he backs away. I look at him saddened then turn around and walk over to a bathroom stall. I walk into it and close the door then lock it. Standing their for what felt like ever till I dropped everything. I hear Reed's foot steps leave the shower area. I fall to my knees crying, why is it that I had hopped it meant more then just curiosity on his end? Why is it that I feel this way about a creature that isn't human?

"Why have I let myself believe"? I ask aloud not knowing if he was still in the room or not. My heart feels as though its been broken all over again, and this time for some reason I can't seem to get it to go away. I had hurt like this before because of what Josh tried to do after I dumped him, but its not quiet the same. I had been rejected in a way.

I start crying, not able to control it anymore. I let it all out, what happened on the planet, why I feel this way about this creature and what is to come in the future which I see isn't too good.

I turn and start walking, I don't know what had just happened, but I can't seem to shake the feeling that I had hurt her in some way. Yes I care for her, but not in the way that she seems to care for me. I hear her drop everything that she had been carrying, and by the time I get to the door to leave the area, I hear her say, " Why have I let myself believe"?

I turn and look back the way I had come, not knowing if I should leave or not, now I'm sure that I had hurt her, I can feel the pain she feels, I can sense the hurt I had caused. And then I hear faint sobs echoing through the room. I sigh then open the door and leave. I have a mission, and even though I have taken a liking to this lesser, don't mean that I could keep her as a pet. Yes I was curious about what her body feels like, and thought she would of let me explore that curiosity, but I thought wrong.

I walk down the hall, not really caring about what I had done, but only thinking of how I can learn about this creature with out her. I stop outside the lunch room, I had gotten a tour of the ship after I had left Hikaru's room, and the day after that, I met with the council as they called them. They believed my story which is a good thing. I then stop, because of what I had done, would she tell?

I have to find out, I then turn around ignoring the person who had called my name with in the room. I walk back to the showers, walk into the room and sensed to see if she was still in here, and that she had been the only one. Nodding, I lock the door after entering and walking slowly back to that stall she had locked herself into.

Just as I turned the corner that door opens. She stands their shocked, at seeing me? I wouldn't know. She shakes her head and walks out, walking right past me as though I didn't exist. But before she could leave my line of reach I grab her arm, and not to gently either.

When he grabbed my arm, I froze, I didn't know what this was about and right now I'm afraid its because he may think I will tell on him.

"Ow, that hurts, let me go"! I snap at him, he had hurt me, yes, and no I will not tell on him, as he may find my kind fascinating, I will not tell on some one that I promised his secret would be safe.

"No", he simply says, not caring that his grip had gotten tighter.

"Look if you let your bug self out, the ship sensors will sense you", I say as I try to pull my arm free with no avail.

"Why should I trust you, give me a good reason to trust you"? He asks glaring at me.

"Because your still here aren't you"? I ask back. He shakes his head at me and then pushes me against the wall.

"Not good enough", he growls. I look at him scared, had I did something wrong, to make him believe that I'm not trust worthy anymore. Tears start to fall from my eyes and then I scream at him, "Look I don't care if all your interest in me is just curiosity, I have come to like you as a man, and I will not give you up. I will not tell any one... But please, take your curiosity to some one else"! That last part I had put my head down. Tears just streaming down my face like a water fall.

I had been shocked by what she had said, that she likes me as a man. Does that mean she finds me attractive? Is that the reason why she reacted the way she did? I let all my anger go, and take my hand and gently place it on the side of her face. Then I force her to look at me, and the fear that she seemed to have stopped when she looked into my eyes.

"I'm sorry, I had no idea", I reply. I take my other hand and gently brush away a tear that wanted to linger on her face.

"Its fine, really", she says. Though I can still sense the sadness, the hurt. As I look into her eyes, her lovely blue eyes, I get this feeling in my gut, something I've never had before. Then surprising myself, I lean in and kiss her, not a curiosity kiss either, it was a real kiss, at least I believe it felt real. She puts her arms around me and leans into me, kissing me back.

We break apart as a loud knock is heard through out the room. She looks at me with a look I cannot explain and then toward the door.

"You locked it"? She asks seemingly out of it.

"Yes, in case I had to do... Something", I trail the last part off, but I know she knows what that something was. She just looks at me unsure.

"Hello", a voice echos through the room. I then pull away from her and we both walk over to the door.

I'm not sure if I should unlock it or not, I look over at Reed, their is only one reason why the door would be locked and two people in the room. I shake my head as I watch Reed reach out and unlock the door. Then it flies open before I could turn and hide.

Josh looks at the two of us, and narrows his eyes at Reed. He takes a threatening step towards both of us, and I see Reed, tense.

"You stay away from my girl you hear me", Josh says glaring at Reed now.

"I'm afraid she isn't yours", Reed says calmly, but the tone of his voice was threatening. Josh takes another step, I take one back but Reed, he stays in place, his poster showing that if Josh comes any closer her is a dead man.

"You know nothing"! Josh yells and rushes over to Reed, swinging his fist, hitting Reed on the side of the face, making him take a step back. I gasp just by the sound it made. All Reed does is laugh.

"Is that all you've got"? Reed asks. Josh swings again and again and all the times he swings Reed dodges him. After about the tenth time, Reed grabs Joshes fist, and throws him one right back, knocking him back a couple of feet and stumbling to the floor. He looks at Reed shocked.

"Now hear me, she is not owned by any one, she is not controlled by any one, and if you ever come with in a few feet of her, I will kill you", Reed says. Josh just nods, its the second time that Reed had let him live. I walk past them both and hear Reed follow behind me. After a few feet into the hall, I stop and turn around.

"That was amazing", I say forgetting all that had happened. He just looks at me seriously and shakes his head.

"No it wasn't", he simply says.

"I wanted to kill him". My eyes widen at the realization of it all, it was literally a threat, and Josh could tell. Then I just realized what I had done by kissing him back, I had showed him that I'm owned by him.

"Hikaru I do not want to hurt you... So don't get too attached", he says then walks past me. I turn and watch him walk, he turns the corner and walks over to the eating hall. I shake my head and make my way their myself.

Just as I turn the corner to the hall the door is located, I stop and see Liz's arm around Reed's and they are walking down the hall in the other direction of me. I feel my heart sink again. I ignore it and walk into the sitting hall and walk over to the food area and gather some stuff, then take it and myself out of the hall, then down the hall and the short journey to my room. I open the door and close it, then lock it, I don't want any one in here, not even Reed. I walk over to the bed and place my food their, then over to the tank and open it.

My creation is the first to leave its nest and walk out of the tank, onto the bed, I had sat down before hand, tears going down my face.

"My queen", I voice says. I look instantly down at the little guy eyes wide.

"You can hear me"? He asks. I just nod my head.

"What is wrong... And you don't have to tell me with your voice", he says. I smile some at him and start crying.

"Its Reed... I care for him as though he is human, and I don't want to", I think. He comes closer and rubs his body against my arm.

"Give him time... Give you both time to adapt to this", he says. I sit their and listen to the little guy as he talks.

"He does care about you more then he lets on, but is confused by it, since to him your nothing but a lesser, a creature that is so way beneath him", he finishes.

"I know", I say and place my hand on his body and he lets out purring sounds. I use my other hand to scoop up food and shove it into my mouth.

"Wait how can I hear you"? I ask now the sudden shock leaving me.

"Because we wanted you to", comes a female voice.

"We want to help you find yourself a king", says another male voice.

"And we want that king to be Reed", says yet another male voice. I look down and see all of them out and looking at me, my little one moves back beside the others.

"But he isn't my kind, he is yours", I say, trying my best to hide the pain.

"He is more human then you think", says my creations voice. I look at them shocked, that's not the first I heard that being said, Reed even mentioned it once before. I finish my food in silence as I watch them all play outside of their nest.

"See Reed, Hikaru is too afraid to allow any one to see her", Liz says as she removes her shirt, the first piece of clothing. Revealing another piece that covers two mounds on their torso. I know the males of the lessers don't have those. I stand not too interested in seeing this ones body, I'm more curious about Hikaru's. Then the thought drew me back to the showers, what she had said about me touching her body. Maybe it was me wanting to see her, not actually wanting to see what the body feels like.

"Reed"? Liz's voice asks, I look over at her and she smiles, then reaches behind herself and I look away walking toward the door.

"Hey where are you going"? She asks.

"Turns out I'm not all that interested after all", I say, opening the door and walking out, hearing her scream my name in anger. I had to smile at that, maybe it can be fun messing with peoples mind, but Hikaru's, I don't want to mess with hers, but for some reason, it seems I'm messing with my own mind. I sigh and continue walking, letting my feet take me to where ever, and at this point I don't really care where.

At least till I look at the door, then I didn't really want to be here, but why would my feet lead me here, of all places. Maybe seeing Liz's body had told me that I'm not interested in any one but Hikaru. The urge to touch is more their when I'm around Hikaru. Then could it be that I see her more then just a lesser, but of her own person, like she sees me?

I shake my head and knock on the door, and waited. I hear it unlock then it opens and Hikaru looks at me shocked.

"Reed"? She asks.

"Yes", I answer with a smirk.

"What are you doing here"? She asks. I had to look at her oddly about that question, had she known I went with Liz, I wouldn't doubt it.

"Got board of that lessers body", I say and walk in with out her saying I could, I didn't care. The little ones look at me, then rush to the tank, as she had explained it to me, and hid.

"What"? She asks.

"Turns out I'm not interested in any one else's body... Now I want to know what you meant about liking me as a man"? I had to change the subject. She looks at me with her eyes widen, and then the door closes with out any help as we stair each other down. After a short while, she gets over her shock and walks the short distance to the door and locks it, her back to me, she sighs.

I didn't want to turn around, I didn't want to explain it to him for why I had said that. I'm right now scared of what his reaction will be if he knows that I actually like him enough that in a sense I would no doubt have sex with him at some point.

"Don't be afraid, my queen, let him know... He is confused", my creations voice cuts in my thoughts. I sigh once more then turn and face him, he hadn't moved from his spot.

"Why do you want to know"? I ask, its a good question one I would really like answered, I don't want to tell him that I'm attracted to him if I can help it.

"Just because... I'm confused", he admits, and lowers his gaze from mine.

"About what"? I ask.

"How can you see me as a man? The only explanation I can think of is that you are attracted to me in a way that only my kind can be", he answers. Ok this is shocking, he is smarter then he lets on, and now I have to tell him. I sigh and walk over to my bed and sit down, I don't know how to tell him, but I guess I might as well come out and say it.

"I know that your not a human, lesser as you call us... But to me, I believe you are, you act it, even when your a bug as we call you... I think I might be falling for you", I say not looking up at him, I don't want to look at him, I don't want to see the look on his face. I then hear his steps walking over to me, then I see his feet in my line of sight.

"You know something", he says. I feel his hand come and cup my chin, and he forces me to look up.

"I'm not shocked or disgusted by it", he adds.

"I'm just confused even with my own feelings". My eyes widen, is he saying that he feels something for me.

"I don't know if its the same, as your feelings toward me, but Hikaru I do care about you, more then I have cared about any one... Even my queen", he says. I gasp at that, then a little voice in my head says, "Help him tell what the feelings are". He then lets my chin go and turns so his back is to me.

"I know I had hurt you, and I'm really sorry about it", he says. I see him turn his head toward the tank.

"All the le.. Humans that my kind has encountered your the first that isn't actually horrified by us, you except what we are", he says.

"It was our fault for why this war is happening, and I don't blame you for any deaths that occur, if anything we deserve this", I say looking down.

"No you don't", he says. I then look up at him and he smiles down at me.

"We didn't have to attack you back", he says.

"But we did". He then looks down ashamed.

"We are not anything like humans, we kill, no matter what". He balls his hands into fists and groans.

"And the worst part about it, is... I don't want to see you hurt, I don't want to see another tear fall from your eyes... I want to protect you, even if my life is on the line", he says and looks at me.

"I want you all to myself". I got to my feet and just look at him, is he admitting that he is attracted to me?

"That is what he just did", the female voice says. Then I have a strange feeling go through me, not quiet joy but something else, and I feel tears threatening to let go.

"Reed", I whisper. He rushes over to me before I fall.

Well that's the 5th chapter.. What you think, they both know that they care for one another more then they let on. So what is going to happen next.