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Tyson lay sleepily on his bed, Max sat comfortably on the other next to him, reading a book entitled: The Female Brain.

Tyson watched Max for a while, he sighed and commented:

"Why you reading that junk?"

Max glanced up, looking appalled.

"This" he said, waving the book about a bit, "is no junk. It all makes sense now"

"What does?"

Max sighed in good humour.

"How the female mind works" he emphasised, showing Tyson the title of the book.

Tyson became instantly interested.

"What is it about?" he questioned Max.

Max pulled off a very big grin.

"Everything" he said proudly, "the eating habits, why they put on so much make-up, why they wear high heels, why they're so insecure about their weight...everything"

Tyson grinned too.

"Lets see" he said and peered over Max's shoulder.

(a/n THESE ARE TRUE FACTS! The facts are in bold, listed below)

Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer, or losing their parents, the book read.

Tyson gaped. Bloody hell! He read a little more:

The average American woman is 5'-4", weighs 140 pounds and wears a size 14 dress. The "ideal" woman portrayed by models, Miss America, Barbie dolls, and screen actresses is 5'-7", weighs 100 pounds and wears a size 8, the book stated.

Both gaped. What were these crazy girls thinking!

Body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders are more prevalent among females than males. This gender specificity is apparent in that over 90 of patients with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa are women (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), concluded the book.

Max flipped the page over quickly.

"33 of women wear high heels because they think they make their legs look good" Max read out loud.

Tyson grinned widely. He always liked women who did wear high heels and they do make the legs look "good".

31 wear heels even though they hurt their feet, the book read.

Both boys laughed out-loud. Who would wear shoes that hurt their feet!

Heels force the thigh muscles to work harder, putting extra strain on the knee joint and tendon that runs from the kneecap to the thighbone. Compared with walking barefoot, high heels increase the pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent. Over time, this increased pressure on the knee can lead to osteoarthritis, the book informed.

Both boys breathed in sharply. Ouch, that would hurt.

They continued to read this intriguing book, indulging themselves upon the weird world of women (a/n –sweatdrop-)

The warm water cascaded down Kai's weary body, ridding the clammy feeling he possessed. He sighed, as his present concerns washed away with the water. He lazily cleansed his aching body with aloe vera body wash and scrubbed his long wild blue/grey hair with matching aloe vera and tea tree mint shampoo. The stuff made his skin tingle, telling him he had scrubbed all the dirt off him he could. The soap and shampoo washed away and he switched the shower off. He stepped out and wrapped a purest of white towel round his lower half. The cool air made contact with his clean mint skin, giving him goosebumps. He towel-dried his wet hair a bit, returning it to its spiky look but some bangs still drooped because of the weight of water. He tied the towel around his waist securely and strolled through to the bedroom.

Kin was sitting on the bed, listening to what sounded like her Linkin Park on her CD Player, her eyes closed and her head was bopping along to the beat. Before Kai could even utter a word, she took out 1 earphone, opened her right green eye and stared at Kai. (A/n just to finally sort this eye colour thing out: the green eye is her right and her blue eye is her left)

"I cleaned some clothes for ya, they're in your bit of the wardrobe" she said, pointing to the relevant place.

Kin P.O.V

I'm not seeing what I'm seeing...

Kai? Nude with just a towel?

Better...pinch myself...I must be dreaming...

As he turned, I once again caught sight of that toned back of his, the muscles moved in a chain reaction as he stretched out to grab whatever clothing he was gonna wear. A question ran through my head and was bursting to be let out. Fuck it. Here goes:

"Why do you train so much?"

Kai revolved round to face me slowly, surprise was clearly written upon his features.

"Random question hm?" he answered.

Yay! A good excuse!

"Yeah, sorry bout that" I said, feeling a little blush crawl on my face.

"Well, for starters, it keeps me healthy and so I won't need to worry about any problems in the future with my heart etc, it helps me have a good nights sleep, keeping fit and exercising regularly gives me more energy and plus," he smirked, "having a physique like this attracts all the ladies, who find a fit guy body sooooo irresistible"

Blushing seems to be the new craze, honestly. I managed to swallow some disturbing words.

"Right...well...good answer...but maybe not all women..." I said back. Argh...lame...

Kai just stood there and stared at me. What? Have I got a nose?

"You suit that colour, wear it more" he answered.

I glanced right and saw the mirror.

Pink.

WHY THAT BASTARD! ME? WEAR PINK! HA! IN HIS DREAMS!

The pink turned to an angry red. Looking good Kin.

"I think NOT!" I shot at him, putting down my CD Player and the headphones, "The chances that I would wear pink is when you KISS MY ASS!"

Kai's face was priceless, I wish I could show you people. Think of this movie title: The Return of Kai the Fish!

"And don't you think for a second that I'll let you anywhere near it" I added quickly.

Kai put on his cocky grin. Uh oh...

"So that's private property huh?"

"You can count on it, buster"

"Great!...so when do I get a permit?"

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

I fell off the bed head first and –

CLONK!

- Smacked my thick head off the tiles. Ow...now I know what Kai felt earlier...

I pulled myself back up.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" I screamed at him.

Kai just threw a look at me, one of pretend hurt.

"So you don't like what you see?" he asked, flexing his chest muscles.

Someone get me a DEEP bucket for fuck's sake!

"Er...no! No way! Nuh-uh! Nada! Hell. NO!" I stuttered at him, managing not to look at his chest and keeping a blush from appearing again.

He doesn't look certain. Hell, I'm not even convinced.

"Riiiiiiiiiiiight, and I'm Tyson in disguise"

I hate him. I picked my CD Player up and jumped from the bed.

"Just get dressed already" I muttered and shut the door behind me.

I collapsed onto the couch. Truthfully, I did like what I saw. A lot. Should I be worried? Tyson would go off his nut...Daichi might do that too...Max would just go hyper...Ray would...uh..."cat"-whistle? And Amaya might say "Oh my God! Don't go out with him!" 'cause my last tries at a relationship was with a really bad guy.

But dreaming isn't so bad is it?

I sat, reflecting the recent phone-call. With these guys coming back, will things go back to the way they were?

FLASHBACK

Phone mode

(Kin is in bold, the other is in italics)

(Ring ring...ring ring...)

Start talking

Yo! How ya been?

Uh...do I know you?

Ah! You've forgotten me?

And who's "me"?

I'm hurt, you've forgotten little ol' Kin Hotaru huh?

KIN?

Bingo. Man, you're slower than a sloth

I resent that

Sure you do, anyway, how you been?

Ok I suppose, life's just become really boring

I could say that, and so I have a proposition for ya

Hmmm?

How about you come back? I'm sure Amaya will have missed you

Im sure she has, where are you?

Japan

What the...! I thought you'd be home!

I was, then I went to Scotland to have a vacation, then I came here cause I got invited for a Beyblade Tournament, Amaya is here too, and you-know-who is coming as well

You don't mean...?

Uh-huh. So he's coming in his private jet, if you're quick, you could catch the next flight, you might even meet him at the airport

Cool, so its gonna be like ol' times huh?

Yeah, I missed the good days...

Well, if you wait, I'll be there, can't wait to see you

Same here

Oh, is this a surprise thing you're doing?

What? You guys coming?

Yeah

Yep, Amaya hasn't got any idea that you are

I'll be there ASAP

Cheers, my money's gonna run out, so I'll get both of you at the airport right?

Yeah, ill tell him to wait

See you soon!

Keep rockin'

End Phone Mode

END FLASHBACK

Man, I've missed those guys so much. I glance about the room. Oh, I'm the only one here? Just great. Fantastic. Brilliant. Not.

I lie back on the couch, picking up the remote for the T.V. I have to be the best channel surfer ever, I'm so damn picky. Heh heh.

All these channels to choose, and not a single bloody good show to watch. I sigh deeply.

I slouched all the way down so my chin was level with my knees. I groaned in boredom. On cue, Kai walked through.

"Isn't there something good on the goddamned TV?" I grumbled to myself mostly.

Kai smirked.

"Why don't you go train for a while?" he asked, emphasising train.

I will not let him get the best of me. I swear.

"Pft, training is for a hidastaa, I don't," I said, accidentally letting slip a word from my native language out. (3 guesses where she's from XD I'm not gonna tell you, the person who guesses right will get a Kai and Kin plushie holding hands :D)

Kai stared at me again. Man, its getting annoying now.

"What the fuck?" he asked.

I threw a bored look at him.

"It's a word from my own language, houkka. Look it up" I told him.

"While I do, you'd better start training, you need the exercise badly" he bit bak.

Man, that one hurt...

Before Kai could say anything else, Amaya unlocked the door and happy couple walked through the door, laughing and grinning. When they saw Kai's sulky expression and my rather pissed off one, they stopped immediately.

"What's been happening here?" asked Ray.

I crossed my arms.

"Kai is being his usual self, he's trying to put across that I'm a fat lazy sod" I huffed.

"He's right 'bout the lazy part" said Amaya.

I'll show everyone I'm NOT A FUCKING FAT LAZY SOD! I jumped up, snatched my card key and stormed out. I quickly found the gym, paid myself in and started to work. I slipped off my top so I could train in my sports bra and rolled up my jeans to my knees securely. I started on some heavy weights, the unfairness of people believing I'm lazy and fat kept my adrenaline going. I'll show 'em all!

Amaya's P.O.V

She stormed right passed us without a word and slammed the door shut. Oh...did we piss her off?

I glanced at Ray, who looked as lost as I did. We both glanced at Kai, who hadn't moved.

"What did you do to her?" I asked.

Kai shrugged. What a pathetic excuse.

"Kai, did you insult her or something?" asked Ray.

Kai shook his head and explained what happened. Oho...I know whats wrong!

"Kai, you don't say those kind of things to a girl" I sighed.

Kai pulled off a mixed face of surprise and boredom.

"So what the hell am I supposed to say! "Hello Kin, not meaning to be rude or anything...but EXCERCISE!"" he said with his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"No, you should've just tried to encourage her to get active while indicating that she's perfectly fine without it, ya know, be nice" Ray said beside me.

Kai threw him a look.

"Me? Being nice? Maybe you're forgetting whom you're talking to," he said at Ray.

"But it'd be a nice change" I bit back, "why are you such a bastard to everyone around you!"

"Amaya...don't go into-" started Ray.

I cut him off angrily.

"I don't care! Why are you being so fucking mean! Why? Is it because you're jealous! Or are you trying to take from the people around you what you didn't have and still don't?" I snapped at Kai.

He didn't answer but kept staring at me. If he doesn't answer I'll hit him!

"Amaya...this is a sensitive subject to Kai, don't-" said Ray.

This time, though, Kai cut him off. He looked down so his bangs covered his eyes.

"You're absolutely right," he mumbled.

"Speak louder asshole," I growled.

He brought his head up and his eyes bore into mine. They looked...sad? What the fuck! He sat us both down, and I was suddenly hearing Kai's abusive and horrendous history. When he explained all the pain he went through as a child, I felt so bad for shouting at him. As Kai finished telling his life story, an uncomfortable silence fell between the 3 of us.

"...Holy shit...I had no idea..." I said quietly.

"Well... know you know EXACTLY why I'm like this, and he's still out there" informed Kai, with a look that mirrored eating a sour lemon.

I glanced at Ray and, to my surprise, he had an identical expression. I guess he knows all about Kai's earlier years, seeing as he's spent 3 years with him.

"Can't you let it go?" I asked.

Kai shook his head slowly.

"When that kinda stuff is drilled into your head for years on end, it's difficult to forget it so easily" he informed me, "Tala, Ian, Bryan and Spencer all went through the same thing as me. You can guess from that...what that asshole did to us, and how it's still affecting us"

I looked at him in pity. I had thought that Kai was always a cold, hard, determined and a sort of mechanical being, but now that I understand, he's just the same as all of us, probably calling out for desperate help.

"Haven't you had some sort of mental treatment from it?" I asked.

Kai chuckled in slight amusement, although it sounded evil-like, but I'm sure he didn't mean it to sound like that.

"What do you think I'm going under already?"

"Already! ...How long have you been getting it?"

"2 years now I reckon"

"Oh my god..."

I can't believe it. Kai Hiwatari? Mentally traumatised to the extreme where he would close off from the rest of the world? On the spur of the moment, I leaned forward and hugged him tightly. I felt him flinch and tense at the touch. Eventually he put his arms around me, and he was hugging me back! I pulled Ray in too.

"Get in here" I said whilst I pulled him in.

Ray put his arms round me, but didn't touch Kai. Probably afraid Kai will beat him to a bloody pulp. Kai hugged us both a bit awkwardly for a few moments then pulled out of the hug.

"So, you're saying...that I totally screwed up?" he asked.

"Yeah, if I were you, I'd apologise" I said.

"You're sharing an apartment with her, remember?" added Ray.

"Suppose you're right" sighed Kai, standing.

All 3 of us pondered where she might be. This surprisingly took a while.

"If I were Kin in a foul mood about the subject of being fat...where would I go?" I wondered outloud.

"Gym?" suggested Ray.

It was more than I or Kai had thought of so we left the room, looking for a sign of a pissed off Kin Hotaru. We passed the gym and peered through the window and THERE SHE WAS! We snuck in and watched her. She was lifting some heavy weights and I could see her mouth moving. We leant in closer.

"Ei laiska vai rasva" she was muttering over and over. (a/n it translates to "Not lazy or fat" in her native language, I'm not gonna tell you!)

I glanced at the guys, who also looked bewildered.

"Do you understand that?" I whispered.

"I've never heard that language before" answered Ray.

"Must be a fucked up language she made up and-Ow!" said Kai. (I just elbowed him in the ribs)

Kin looked up sharply when she heard Kai.

"I heard you Kai, get your sorry ass out here RIGHT NOW!" she snarled, getting up and putting her hands into fists...

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