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The final chapter of this really incrediably pointless fic. I hope you enjoy it anyway.

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The howling wind outside, the sound of snow battering the window made Kai fell uneasy. He knew he and the others were safe. But he was still a little worried. Ian came to him this morning complaining about feeling sick. Bryan had a fever this morning, one of which he tried to hide. And Tala was acting weird around him. He would be all friendly but then he would growl and snarl whenever Ian walks into the room. Did they have a fight?

Kai tugged gently at the jumper Tala had given him. He wasn't too fond of long sleeves but he had always liked this jumper and was happy when Tala suddenly gave it to him. The jumper was a little too big for him, but he liked it none the less. And so did Tala. He seemed to be extra friendly around him whenever he wears it.

And Kai can't figure out why.

The wind howled again and he felt the house shudder a little and then the lights went out. Kai sighed and walked into the storage room where Tala was, taping up the windows.

"Tala?" Kai walked into the room. "The powers gone. Are there candles in here?"

He watched as Tala grab a torch that was nearby, Tala flicked it on and looked in a few cupboards. Kai walked over and squatted down next to him, his hands on his knees, his knees together. A few seconds later Tala pulled out a box of church candles and handed them to Kai. Kai grabbed the box and stood up straight. He turns to leave the room but stopped and turned to Tala.

"Is there something bothering you?" He asked, as Tala absentmindedly looked for more candles.

Tala stopped what he was doing and walked over to Kai. "I guess you can say there is something"
"And what would that be?"

Tala said nothing but grabbed Kai by the shoulders. Kai blinked up at Tala, feeling confused. Tala only seemed friendly whenever they were alone. He couldn't understand why. Did the others tell him that he was going soft or something? But then again they wouldn't say something like that unless they were joking, so it couldn't be that.

Kai felt Tala tightened his grip on his shoulders. Kai blinked again and watched as Tala slowly leaned forward, his lips a few inches away from his. Their lips edged closer and Kai felt startled.

"Kai? Achoo!" A sniffle was heard.

Kai moved away from Tala, and squatted down in front of Ian who rubbed his eyes. "Ian? What are you doing up?" He asked.

Ian sniffled, sneezed and wiped his nose with his sleeve. "I'm cold."

Placing his hands on the tiny boys shoulders, Kai glanced at Tala from over his shoulder. "Tala, could you ask Spencer to start a fire in the lounge room, please?"

A fire would warm Ian up and keep the house a little warmer for everyone. Kai heard Tala growl softly and then stalk out the room. Kai blinked again and turned his attention to Ian.

"I'll get you a blanket and you can sit in front of the fire. That will keep you warm." Kai said softly, standing up, offering his hand to Ian. Ian sniffled again and slipped his hand in Kai's. Kai walked over to a cupboard and pulled out a large, woolen blanket to keep Ian warm.

Snuggling up in this in front of a warm fire will help Ian's flu. Kai was certain of it. He and Ian walked into the lounge room where Tala was. He looked like he had something on his mind. Ian hopped up onto the lounge chair closest to the fire place and Kai wrapped him up in the blanket. Ian sniffled again and snuggled into the blanket.

"You going to stay with me?" The little one asked.

"Of course." Kai said, softly, ruffling up his hair slightly. Ian smiled and giggled.

"Kai? Could you go and get me some newspaper?" Spencer asked, over his broad shoulder.

Standing up quietly, Kai nodded and walked towards the hallway, where he had to walk pass Tala who was leaning against the wall, and from the looks of things he was pouting. Kai stopped in front of him and glanced at him, mentally asking what's wrong.

Tala pouted and stuck his nose in the air after muttering. "Nothing's wrong."

Kai couldn't help but sigh wearily at the redhead. He can be so confusing at times. He shook his head and continued down the hall. He walked pass Bryan's bedroom and glanced inside. Bryan was sitting on his bed, wrapped up in a blanket, staring out the window.

"Bryan," Kai said. Bryan turned around slightly and Kai noticed he had a flush looked to him. "You're freezing. Go and sit in the lounge room. Spencer is going to build a fire in there in a minute."

Bryan shook his head. "Place Ian in the lounge room. I'll be fine."

Kai wanted to argue and try to convince Bryan to go onto the lounge room but knew he would not be able the convince his platinum hair friend. He reluctantly nods and turns to leave but not without throwing another concern glance over his shoulder.

He hears Bryan sigh as he steps away from the bedroom. Shuffling quietly down the hall into the kitchen Kai gathered a bundle of papers under his arm and grabbed a box of matches on the way out. He wasn't certain if they already had matches.

Kai walked passed Bryan's room again and threw another concern glance inside. Bryan didn't notice him as he continued to stare out the window. Kai reminded himself to tell Spencer about Bryan.

Spencer and Bryan had a really strong connection between them. They're usually paired off. They compliment each other rather well. Kai sense something between the two but what that was, he isn't certain, but knows it's nothing to worry about.

Spencer was the peacemaker of the group. Whenever he and Tala would get into a fight, one minute Tala would be acting friendly, the next he was complaining about something, accusing him of something, Spencer would come along and break the two of them up.

Tala would go somewhere and brood, while Kai would go and have a word with Bryan, wondering why Tala was acting strangely.

Bryan isn't normally one to sit down and do nothing, like he is now. He was somewhat a adrenalin junkie. Always up for something that would be consider dangerous to a mere human.

Kai shook his head as he wandered back into the lounge room. Walking over to Spencer, he said, "I wasn't certain if you already had matches so a grabbed another box."

"I though we did but we can't find them at the moment so I'm glad you did." Spencer said, taking the paper and the box of matches from Kai.

Kai nodded but couldn't help but feel this emotion, this concern for Bryan. He notice Spencer gazing at him and heard Tala snort.

"Kai?"

"I'm a little concern for Bryan. I do not think he is well." Kai said, playing with the end of his jumper again.

He saw Spencer nod and smile at him. "After I build this fire I'll go and check on him, all right?"

Satisfied, Kai nodded and turned to Ian who was trying to get comfortable. He helped him settle and watched him as he drifted off to sleep. He glance from the corner of his eye at Tala who had moved to lean against the wall again. He looked deep in thought.

Sighing to himself, Kai sat on his knees switching gazes between Ian and Tala. Tala was so moody lately and for the life of him, he couldn't figure out why. He seemed extra vicious whenever a stranger off the street would walk by and ask Kai this really strange question, like your place or mine? What kind of question is that? And he often gets this line as well, something about having legs that go all the way up to his ass or something. Kai thought everyone had legs that were connected to their butt.

"Tala keep an eye on this fire while I go and check on Bryan." Kai heard Spencer say, interrupting his last train of thought.

He sees Tala nod and watch as Spencer left the room. Tala walked over to the fire and place a few logs on it. Kai turned to Ian for a second, saw that he was asleep and moved to sit next to Tala, in front of the fire.

"Ian is asleep." Kai said quietly, gazing at the flickering flames. "You did not tell me what was bothering you earlier, did you?"

He removed his gaze from the fire when he felt Tala wrap and arm around his shoulders. Tala's other hand slipped up to his cheek, tilting Kai towards him.

"I didn't, did I?" He said.

Kai felt his eyes widen when Tala began to tilt his chin up towards him, and watched in shock when Tala moved forward to place his lips on his. Kai was shocked, there is no way someone like Tala would want to kiss someone like him.

Suddenly a sneeze interrupted the silence and Tala groaned. He stood up abruptly, nearly knocking Kai over. Kai put out his hand to stop himself from falling onto his side.

"I'm going to check on Bryan." Tala said simply and stormed out of the room.

Kai blinked and turned to Ian who was still little groggy. Kai shifted and tucked Ian into the blankets. Kai glanced up the hallway. He wanted to know what was bothering Tala, and he wants to know now. He hurried up the hallway. He sees Tala standing in Bryan's room, smirking.

On the bed was Bryan and Spencer, snuggling together and from the look on Bryan's face Tala was teasing them. He walked in and grabbed Tala by the arm, dragged him from the room.

"What? Hey!" Tala said, but didn't really struggle. Kai managed to drag him half-way to the lounge room when Tala stopped.

"Why did you do that?"

"Leave them be, Tala." Kai said simply. "You're acting strange today. What is wrong?"

"You don't know, do you? You're so naïve, it makes me sick sometimes, I swear. You want to know what my problem is? It's you, all right. You're my problem." Tala looked furious

Kai blinked, an unknown pain in his chest. "What could I have done to upset you?"

"That's my point!" Tala fumed. He was about to continue when Ian walked in. Tala stopped and looked at the small teen. "Go and sit in front of the fire, Ian." He said while taking Ian's arm and dragging him back to the lounge room.

Something wet slipped down his cheek and Kai was startled to find that he was crying softly. He quickly wiped at his eyes with the sleeve of his, Tala's, jumper. He wonders if he should give it back.

Kai wanted to ask Bryan what he did wrong, since Tala won't tell him because he is too angry with him, but he didn't really want to disturb the two of them. He silently wished that he and Tala had the same kind of relationship that Bryan and Spencer had. They never fought, never accuse one another.

Kai sighed again and wiped his eyes. He nodded to himself. It wouldn't hurt to go and ask, he is sure Bryan won't mind. Besides if he really did something wrong to Tala, Bryan would have mentioned it by now, wouldn't he?

Slowly easing the door open Kai glanced inside. Spencer was lying on his back with Bryan curled up on his chest. Kai couldn't help but smile at the pair. He saw Bryan return the smile and snuggle back into Spencer's chest.

Kai suddenly felt a presence behind him. Tala walked into the room and frowned. He suddenly turned to Kai and glared at him. Kai blinked and tilted his head to the side, mentally saying that he isn't in the mood to fight. Suddenly Tala bent down and flung him over his shoulder. He spun around and stormed out the room.

"Tala, what on earth has gotten into you today? Put me down."

Tala placed Kai on his feet, then grabbed him by the shoulders, crushing him into his chest. His head came down and his mouth moved hungrily against his, the force of the kiss was pushing his head back, so that Kai had to grab at him to stay upright. He felt Tala let go of his shoulders and wrap around his waist, pulling him closer. Kai gasp and felt Tala's tongue slip pass his lips and teeth, exploring his mouth. Kai blushed and sunk against Tala, wrapping his arms around the redheads neck, pulling himself into the kiss.

Tala suddenly broke the kiss and Kai let him wrap his arms around him. "You get it now?" He said.

"This is way you were so irritable." Kai said softly. "Why didn't you tell me?"

He heard Tala growl and Kai blinked. "Did I say something wrong?"

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I told you it was going to be longer than the pervious three sweatdrops I won't do Ian, it'll probably be really, really short. But hwy, who knows?

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