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So, well, here is a good enough chapter. Hope you all like it1

Chapter 30

Ray and Tyson looked at the door expectantly. They had been doing this for the past two hours, waiting for someone to ring the bell, for something to happen. Their excitement was sky high and that is why when the bell rang they jumped, squealing like little girls.

Ray opened the door with a smile that stretched from ear to ear. "Hello, Diana. What took you so long?"

"Lots of research at the University," Diana answered throwing her satchel and the sofa and settling on the carpet. "Guess what? I did such a good deed today."

She looked at the two men in front of her who stared back with controlled excitement, who did not want to hear about good deeds but whether their plan had worked or not. "C'mon, ask me."

Tyson rolled his eyes, "Fine, what was the good deed?"

Diana smiled happily, "Actually it all happened due to Ray."

Ray gave a sudden start.

"See, Kai phoned me today about me leaving his humble abode-"

Tyson gasped, "He said that!?"

"No, silly," Diana frowned. "That's me making the storytelling juicier. Huh! I can't imagine cold Kai saying my warm, creative and highly intelligent dialogues. Don't interrupt the story, Ty. Where was I? Yeah! He asked me if I was and I asked, a little cautiously, who told him that? He said that it was Ray. Well, me with my intelligent grey cells understood that Ray was sadly mistaken or had been playing a joke. Any way I knew Ray was going to get it if Kai came to know the truth. So, me with my kind heart, well, I told him that yes, I was going and all that sorta thing. Am I not the nicest person ever?"

Diana smiled widely waiting for the grateful response she had hoped she would receive but no such luck. On the contrary Ray made a grumpy noise and punched Tyson's shoulder.

"Ow, Ray!" Tyson massaged his shoulder. "Your idea was worse."

Ray and Tyson quickly looked at Diana to see whether she had noticed this slip of tongue on Tyson's part but the woman was already lost in the episode of Naruto she was seeing on the TV.

Tyson mouthed a Phew to Ray.

Ray shook his head but Tyson continued on his quest for information, "So, shouldn't you be packing up?"

For this he got a tremendous glare from Ray. "Don't encourage her to leave," he whispered angrily.

Diana finally tore her eyes away from the cartoons and answered, "Oh! I am not leaving. I have forgotten where I kept the keys to my apartment. I need to find them before thinking of leaving. I hope I am not a nuisance." She said the last part in a most apologetic way as if the idea had just occurred to her.

"Nothing of that sort," Ray smiled kindly.

Tyson had to interrupt, "But what are you going to say to Kai, now?"

"I'll tell him I changed my mind," said Diana with a nonchalant shrug.

"Poor Kai!" Ray didn't know whether to laugh or to groan. Kai was in for a shock but a pleasant one at that.

Mariah had returned and they had ordered pizza for dinner when Kai returned. Looking at his face one could easily understand that he was in a foul mood even if one was deaf enough to not hear the loud sound due to the force with which he banged the main door.

He entered the dining room with one of his pet scowls plastered over his face when he stopped short. There sitting on his favourite chair, eating pizza and grinning, sat Diana Greene.

"You!?" he spoke in a confused voice.

"Me," Diana replied happily. Swallowing her mouthful she continued, "Look, Kai, I hope you don't mind but until I don't find my keys I can't go."

Kai had the tiniest hints of a joyous smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "You are welcome to stay as long as you like." He bit his lip before he could add 'forever'.

Diana gave a huge smile.

That night Mariah, on being pestered by Ray, decided to talk to Diana about Kai. "Diana, do you like Kai?" She nearly kicked herself after she said this. She had not meant to ask the question this way. When she had thought over it in her mind it had seemed ok but when spoken aloud it sounded so direct. Well, what was done was done. She looked at Diana expectantly and she was surprised with the answer.

"Why yes, of course. I like him a lot. He is a really nice guy," Diana replied.

Outside their bedroom door, with their ears stuck to the said door Ray and Tyson high fived silently.

"Wow," Mariah marvelled at the power of love. "That's the first time I have heard someone say that about Kai."

"He is really nice when one gets to know him. He totally deserves an awesome life and I think people are a little too hard on him. In fact, I have decided to find the right girl for him so that even he could have a 'happily ever after'."

Three people face-palmed. Diana did not like Kai that way! Mariah had been right. People said Love was blind. Here Diana was blind to love. Talk about Irony and Satire.

That night, as usual, Diana couldn't sleep. After hours of tossing and turning, she decided to go and eat the choco-chip ice-cream she had seen in the fridge.

She padded to the kitchen, wearing her CM Punk t-shirt and RealMadrid shorts. She opened the fridge and reached for the tub of ice cream. There was the tub there but it was totally empty. Tysoonnn, she mentally growled.

She decided to go out in the balcony. She opened the door and got the fright of her life and if she was not slow on her reflexes then she would have surely screamed. It was Kai looking really scary at first sight but on closer inspection the starry light and the light breeze just made him more handsome.

"Kai, you gave me the most awful fright!" she said clutching her heart. "What are you doing? Up so late at night?"

"I could ask you the same question," Kai smirked.

"And I would answer it," Diana said simply. Kai immediately felt his barriers lowering down. There was something about Diana, something calm and soothing which just relaxed every pain and worry.

However Kai did try to be himself. He didn't want Diana to know he was madly in love with her. She might jump down the balcony with surprise and he would be hanged for murder then.

"Couldn't sleep," he replied coldly and then yawned.

Diana raised an eyebrow.

"Ok, ok," Kai felt the familiar smile beginning to tug at his lips. "I didn't try to sleep. I came out here to think. Its my favourite place of solitude."

"It is nice," agreed Diana, "but if you ever have any problem just tell me, ok?" Lines of worry showed on her face.

Kai just smiled.

Remembering something, Diana brightened up, "Kai, I was wondering. What's your girl type?"

"What!?" Kai spluttered.

"You know, which type of woman would you like?" Diana pressed on.

Kai considered, "I don't know."

"Fine. I'll just have to ask questions one by one I suppose. Which hair colour? Oh c'mon, answer!"

Kai looked at Diana's hair and replied, "Dark brown."

"Funny, beautiful, brainy, goth, goody-goody?"

"I think you should go back to sleep," smiled Kai. "You're getting hysterical."

Hilary looked at her mobile phone for the last time in the dark. A tear rolled down her cheek. He wasn't going to call.

Luna looked at the London Eye from her flat window. She drew back the curtains blocking out the lights and happiness outside. She held a photo in her hand. It was a group photo full of smiling faces.

Luna tore it into little pieces with immense pleasure. As she threw the bits in to the dustbin, a small piece fluttered out. It showed a smiling, black haired Chinese man.

Now, I need a little help. i have a best friend whose just like Hilary and we are thinking of giving her a fairytale-themed b'day party to her. So, if you all could just suggest a fairytale which suits Hilary I will be delighted.

By the way, lovely Ty/Hil coming up in one of the upcoming chapters.

Lets see who remembers Luna. She was once mentioned minorly in this story and even I had forgotten about her.

Be sure to check out my new story A 100 Problems In One. I need encouragement, as usual ;)

Now, my catch-up line-REVIEW PLEASE! It makes Kai hotter and after all fellas this was CHAPTER NUMBER THIRTY. Major milestone! so please make this special!

-ZAK