"Well I pictured the little adventures of yours to be a bit more exciting," Gaia complained.

Our team trudged along the path. Yuhan kept glancing over at Gaia, half expecting her to take off. Stared at the base of Kai's neck. He was taller than me, but not too tall.

"Kai? How are you?"

"For the hundredth time Scarlett, I am fine."

I huffed, "well you don't have to be rude about it. You don't understand how worried I was about you. And I don't know how these powers work, maybe it's temporary or something. For all I know you could collapse this very second," I felt tears wavering in my eyes. I was so frustrated and scared at the same time. I'm scared of losing Kai, and frustrated I am not aloud to worry for him.

Kai paused and turned around. I looked up and saw his gentle eyes exploring mine. Suddenly, Kai wrapped his arms around me, and pulled me into his chest. His strong hands, gently stroked my hair. I could hear his heartbeat.

The most beautiful sound ever heard is a heartbeat. It's the sign of a warm, living, human-being. No demons, no spirits, and no undead. A breathing, walking person.

"I'm sorry."

I tightened my grip around his waist, and buried my face into his shirt. I held back the emotional tears with all my might, and make Kai feel like he fixed my worries. there's no use in us both worrying about each other.

It was just him and I, all alone. I felt no worries, or surroundings, just his heat pressed on my skin.

"Get a room you two!" Gaia shouted, making me nearly jump out of my skin. I jerked back from Kai, and nearly tumbled over. Gaia broke out into obnoxiously loud laughter.

Kai remained indifferent and continued walking, while I stood there watching him leave me all by myself. The bond was shattered. For those few moments so close to him, I figured something out that I had known for a long time... I have feelings for Kai.

We camped out in a small cave Gaia sensed. Her powers were pretty handy when navigating through the forrest. I fixed my hands near the fire. The warm, tingling sensation ran through my body.

I could feel my burns on my arms reacting with the fire nearby. The sensation is hard to describe. Almost a slight pain from the memory of recovering the burn.

It has gotten worse. Without the medicines, I can't imagine how much faster it would be spreading.

Gaia was fast asleep in a tree outside, and Yuhan found the cave to be too "restricting", so he went to sleep... somewhere. I honestly have no clue. He gets really weird with sleeping near other people. So it was just Kai and I... all alone.

I mean, it's not like we haven't slept in the same room together or anything, but I just... never thought anything of it. I just thought of him as a protector.

"Kai?" I said with a hushed tone, checking if he was asleep. No response. I crawled over to his spread nearby and peered over his shoulder at his face. His face seemed so at ease while he slept. I knew this was really creepy, but something about seeing him like this was just very alluring.

Suddenly, Kai's eyes opened and he stared back at me. My heart hindered in my chest. His eyes showed no anger and confusion. His stunning eyes. Him.

He rolled over onto his back, and kept in a locked gaze with me. "Is something wrong, Scarlett?"

I sat back on my knees and broke the stare. It was strange being drawn into him this way. I refuse to look at him again, and become trapped....

Kai sat up and touched my face, turning it to him. The intimacy was building, and I could feel my body going numb. I couldn't move anything, think of anything except my breathing.

Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.

"Are you alright? You feel warm."

"F..f..fine," the words barely audible to hear. Kai came to realize his hand was still on my face and pulled it back.

"Well if everything is okay, may I go back to sleep?"

"No," I spoke sternly. I wasn't myself, I was a puppet. Someone was controlling my words and actions, but I controlled my breathing.

"So something is wrong."

"Yes."

"Wha..."

I pulled my face into his and pressed my lips on to his. For a moment he seemed a bit shocked and didn't move. But, after he realized that I was kissing him, he placed his hand on my jawline and deepened the kiss. I felt the heat spread from my face, resonating through my whole body. I felt as if I was awakening from a crippling slumber.

His lips were slightly chapped, but it didn't bother me, as he leaned me on my back. It was strange having someone kiss you. I've never kissed anyone before, and it's a strange sensation. I tried to follow onto Kai, but he was much more experienced than I. The kiss was strong and passionate, a side to Kai I have never experienced before.

All of a sudden, a voice appeared in my head, yelling at me to stop. A crushing pain exploded in my head, and I reared back from the kiss.

"What's wrong?" Kai touched my face, but I could barely hear him over the pounding in my skull. All I could think was, you can not do this, this is wrong. Follow your destiny, not your deceive able human heart.

I hugged the base of Kai's neck tightly, craving touch to help me tolerate the pain. I began bawling, as Kai embraced me into his arms, tenderly encouraged me everything was going to be alright.

I wasn't entirely sure if he truly knew the pain I was in, physically more so than emotionally. But, I don't regret it. No matter how much pain throbs in my head, even if it kills me... I will never regret that passionate kiss.

Everything began getting fuzzy. I had to say something before I fainted. I don't want him to think I'm crying because I regret this. Attempting to speak, all that came out was more tears. The world was turning pitch black... and the stars going dim.