Different Lifes -
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Karen yawned out and leaned against the chair in the livingroom, looking lazy she stared up at the ceiling. "Ricky!" she called out as if something was wrong. "Come here! quickly!!" she shouted and sighed leaning up and streching out. "Come here!!"

"Nuuu..." Ricky muttered, staring up at the ceiling, lying down on his bed. Sighing, he phased through the floor, keeping his eyes closed. "I was taking a nap... Now my head hurts and my stomach feels weird..." Opening his eyes, he gave a loud gasp, staring at her with wide eyes. "Oh, jeez! What happened to you?"

"My back hurts!" she complained looking at him all lazy like. "Gimme a backrub!" she said all child-ish. "Please?"

"N-No, I don't want to..." Ricky muttered, still staring at her. "Karen... Why...is your hair blond? Oh jeez, did you dye it or something?"

Karen blinked at him and raised a brow at him the her eyes widened. "Why is your hair brown!?" her mouth was open as she stared up at him with wide maroon eyes. "Why is your eye color- brown?!" she steped away from him, looking at herself in the mirror. Her hair was no longer below her elbows, it was much shorter- her bangs were different and in the back a weird hair part. "Why...does my hair look almost like yours?" she looked down at her shirt. "The...heck...it's your shirt- but...it's different...and my skirt- it's like your freaking...jeans.." she looked over at him. "Your outfit...is different...as well."

With wide eyes, Ricky landed in front of the mirror, staring at his own stunned reflection. He bit his lip to stop himself from screaming. Timidly reaching back to touch his hair, he realized it was much longer. "B-But...why? Why is my hair like this, Karen!? My sexy blond hair... It's gone!" He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath, looking down at his outfit. "I...look like a...freaking girl!"

Karen looked over at him, holding in a laugh. "Ricky...you have your long hair back!" she said looking up at him. "Do I have your- eye color?" she asked looking down. "This is weird..."

"Nii-san!!"

"Rai?" Karen looked over at Rai running up to Ricky hugging him. "What...the?"

"Nii-san! I'll see you later, I love you!" Rai ran out of the room and into the hall.

"Ricky...have we...switched lives?"

"I... I dunno... But we'd better switch back because I look really stupid..." Ricky sighed, glaring at the ground.

"Hiiiiya!" Myles ran into the room, glomping Karen. "I'm gonna go play outside, okie! Love you!" He waved to them, saying, "Oh, bye, Ricky!" before running out the door.

"Th-That...was weird..." Ricky muttered, glancing back at his reflection in the mirror. "My...hair... Karen... We have to know how and why this happened... I want to fix this right now..."

Karen looked down and rubbed her eyes. "Geez..." she whispered with wet eyes. "Why am I crying?" she asked outloud shaking her head. "...Ricky, this could...be one of those 'freaky friday' things.." she said softly looking down at her hand. "It's...to weird being you.."

"Jeez, you don't have to cry about it..." Ricky said softly, staring down at her. "Everything will be f-- Hey...your eye color..." He took a step backwards, staring at her. "Just...like mine... You look...really creepy..." He shivered slightly, taking another step back. "I want to switch back...right now..."

Karen shivered and tilted her head down. "I don't want to look creepy to you..." she whispered softly looking up at him. "Now you're backing away from me.." she steped towards him looking away. "This isn't right...I'm going to...sleep..." Karen whispered as she jumped into the air phasing threw the ceiling.

"N-No, the eyes...just...remind me of..." Ricky gave an aggravated sigh, phasing up after her. "Karen, you can't sleep... We need to figure this out... We have to fix this..." He grabbed her hand, sighing softly. "Karen, help me. Please... You can sleep once we're normal again..."

Karen winced and groaned sitting down on the bed, still holding his hand. "But...Ricky...my back is killing me..." she whispered softly. "It needs to be masaged.."

Ricky heaved a deep sigh, sitting down next to her. "Jeez, Karen..." He pushed his hair our of his face, glaring across the room. "It's...so annoying...having long hair... Jeez..." He sighed again, sliding his hand up her shirt, starting to massage her back. "Jeez... Happy now?"

Karen moaned under her breath and stared to lay down. "...Soft spot- makes me moan.." she whispered blushing. "...That...feels good.."

"Oh really?" Ricky grinned, finding her soft spot again. "You know how much I like it when you moan..." He smiled, seeing her blush. "You're still really cute, even with the eyes."

Karen moaned again blushing looking over at Ricky. "W-Whats wrong...with the eye color?" she asked breathless. "I...always loved your unique eye color...much more- prettier then my blan eye color.."

"You think it's pretty?" Ricky blinked, blushing lightly. "I...never liked it... I always thought it looked...sort of creepy..." He smiled slightly, massaging her soft spot as he said softly, "But...it looks kinda cute on you... Plus watching you blush and moan... That always makes you seem cute..."

Karen moaned again smiling softly, she turned over onto her back wincing slightly, looking up at Ricky. "Ricky..." she whispered soft maroon eyes. "I'm...so sleepy.."

"...Okay..." Ricky sighed, phasing off his shirt. "These clothes are so girly... I'm afraid of what might happen to me if I sleep in them." He shuddered, throwing his shirt to the ground. Phasing off his pants, he sighed, lying down beside her, smiling slightly. "...Night, Karen..."

Karen closed her eyes and leaned against his shoulder sighing. "Tomorrow...I'll...cut your hair for you..." she muttered falling asleep.

The next morning Karen slowly woke up with two hands on her chest. "Ricky..." she whispered shaking him awake. "Wake up...it's the next morning.."

"Ehh..." Ricky muttered softly, groaning in his sleep. "Morning..." He yawned, keeping his eyes closed. "Tired...today... Stupid...hair... So...annoying..."

Karen sighed and slowly sat up. "Stay...asleep..then." she said softly standing up. "Bye Ricky."

Without opening his eyes, Ricky reached out with a quick hand, grabbing ahold of her arm before she could walk away. "No... Wait..." He sat up, yawning. "I'm...awake..." he muttered, staring at her with half-open eyes. "Don't leave... Will you...cut my hair...for me...?"

Karen looked over at him sighing, she nodded. "Okay...stay still..." with out even thinking she created a red ecto-knife. After realizing what she did she gasped. "I..." she blinked shaking her head. "Turn...around."

"That's a... No way..." Ricky grabbed the knife from her hand, staring at it. "I-I'm sorry... Did I cut you?" The blade of the knife had scraped against her hand, causing drops of blood to trickle out of a small cut. "Sorry about that... Here, let me..." His hand glowed softly as he put it against the cut, which instantly healed. "That was...so easy..." he said softly, staring down at his hand. "Usually to heal a simple cut I have to concentrate really hard... But this time...I didn't even think... W-Wow..."

Karen shivered and looked over at him. "We...have each other's powers.." she made another ecto knife. "Stay...still.." she said lifting up his thick brown hair. "Only a second..." she said as she cut off a hand full...the color changed to the color blond. "Do you think..when we're back to normal...I'll have the same length of hair?" she burnt up the hair in her hand with a red ecto-glow. "...Ricky, why is my eye color...weird to you?"

"I... Karen, it's not..." Ricky sighed, glancing quickly at her eyes - his eyes. "It's...not weird... That eye color...just reminds me of things...that make me feel sad and guilty..." He looked away, sighing softly. "I remember after I killed all those people on that one day... I remember staring down at my reflection in the broken pieces of glass on the ground... I remember looking into those same eyes and feeling proud of what I'd done..." He narrowed his eyes, glaring down at his hands. "What he'd done..." Shaking his head, he muttered softly, "I'm sorry."

Karen looked over at him. "...I'm sorry..." she stood up. "I'm going to go...downstairs..." she said turning her back to him. "So sorry.."

"Nope." Ricky made a small ectoblast, aiming carefully before firing it at her, hitting her squarely in her bra clip. "Nice aim, huh?" he said softly, putting his arms around her from behind. "I've been dreaming... Thinking about what it would be like to have fun while we're still like this..." He pushed himself against her, moving his hands to her chest. "So...wanna find out what it's like?"

"Ah..." Karen whispered a bit shocked and looked back at him blushing. "Ricky.." she whispered softly shivering feeling him push himself against her. "W-What...do you mean?" she asked cluelessly. "Ricky..."

"What do you think I mean?" Ricky said softly, smirking. "You're so cute when you're clueless..." He moved his hands down to her skirt. "Let me...give you a hint..." Grabbing her skirt with both hands, he pulled down roughly, whispering in her ear, "Do you get it now?"

Part of her underwear showed and it caused her to gulp. "Ricky...d-don't you think...we...should go downstairs and figure this out?" she asked looking back at him. "Please?"

"No, I don't think so..." Ricky smiled slightly, grabbing her underwear, pulling down. "I want to have fun with you...right now...before you figure anything out..." he pulled harder on her skirt and underwear. "Please..."

Karen shivered and looked down at him. "N-No.." she studdered pushing him away pulling her skirt up. "Let's...go figure this out, now." she quickly walked to the door putting on another spair bra and shirt. "Lets...go.."

Ricky sighed, glaring at the ground. "Fine... We'll figure this out...and then we'll do something fun... Jeez... Well, first we need to figure out how this happened..." He put an arm around her shoulders, lightly touching her chest, pretending not to notice what he was doing. "Any guesses?"

Karen looked down at his hand on her chest, looking up at him with the 'you got to be kidding me' look. "Ricky..." she sighed turning around to him. "The only way to figure this out...is..." she turned around trying to think. "I can't...think of anything!" she sounded shocked and she looked back at him. "I got your cluelessness even!?" she gapped then whispered. "How...annoying.."

Ricky couldn't hold back a grin. "Now you know what it's like to be me... Hey, maybe if we switch places more often it'll stop us from having so many fights." He smiled, staring off into space. "But you're cute when you're clueless..."

Karen glared back at him hissing lowly. "Bite me.." she sighing as she opened up the door. "It looks like no ones here.."

"I love you too," Ricky said cheerfully and sarcastically, walking out the door with her. "Well, when we realized we had switched yesterday...I was taking a nap..." He sighed, closing his eyes. "Does that have anything to do with it? Jeez, this is annoying... What were you doing yesterday before we realized we were switched?"

Karen put a hand to her head and sighed. "I think...I was hurting..." she said softly. "...I don't know what would be wrong." she said looking back at him rubbing her back. "It's still hurting though...that's the weird thing..." looking up at the ceiling she stopped walking and rubbed her eye. "I...think I got something in my eye.." she said rubbing it repeatedly.

"Something wrong?" Ricky asked softly, tilting his head to the side. "Jeez, why are you hurting so much? Yesterday I just remember waking up with a headache, that's all... I haven't been hurting besides that..." He put an arm around her shoulders, asking hopefully, "Want me to massage your back again? It'll make you feel better..."

Karen continued to rub her eye. "Ricky, you idiot, somethings in my eye." she said as she continued to rub it. "My..back is fine.."

"Well, then get it out... Jeez..." Ricky sighed, staring up at the ceiling. "It's not like I can help you... I'd accidentally poke your eye out or something, jeez..."

Karen glared at him with one eye. "Some help you are..." she whispered walking by him and into the kitchen. Not paying attention where she was walking she walked into a chair causing her to hit the floor, but knock over a knife which scrached across her chest and land shallow-ish on her chest. "Ow- darn it..." she hissed standing up slowly. "...R-Ricky..." she whispered not able to call him. "Hurting...help..."

"What did you do, klutz?" Ricky muttered, hearing a noise in the kitchen. Walking into the room, he caught sight of the knife, quickly running over to her. "Jeez..." He put his hand against her chest, making it glow softly as he pulled out the knife. "I told you to get that thing out of your eye, klutz..." He pressed his hand against her chest, watching as the wound began to heal.

Karen opened her eyes and continued to rub her left one. "I'm sorry..." she said looking down at his hand. "Are...you...going to..." she looked away from him. "Are you..." she shook her head. "No...it's nothing.."

"Going to do what?" Ricky tilted his head to the side. "Jeez, Karen, just tell me what you want me to do..." He let out an impatient sigh. "Do you want me to help you get that thing out of your eye? Jeez..."

"Are you going to...get out of my way?" she asked hissing as she stood up. "Move." she said simply pushing him away. "Idiot.."

"Jeez, I was just trying to help..." Ricky glared at her, taking a step away from her. "What's wrong with you today? Jeez!"

Karen glared back at him. "Don't...get in my way." she hissed walking into the livingroom laying down onto her stomach. "Rub my back.."

"No." Ricky followed her into the living room, kneeling down next to her, grabbing her by her shirt and pushing her roughly against the wall. "I don't want to. Now get out of my way, idiot." He shoved her to the ground, glaring coldly down at her.

Karen winced and put a hand onto her back. "M-my...back..." she hissed glaring up at him. "You're the idiot!" she hissed at him. "Geez, that's a freaking wall!" she pointed out bluntly. "Help me up, now."

"No. Help yourself up." Ricky turned around, putting his back to her. "Don't tell me what to do." He glared across the room, at the wall. "It's not my fault your back hurts, so stop acting like an idiot."

"You...lowlife...idiot...selfcentered...Clueless...heartless...everything-go's-my-way-when-I'm-turned-on jerk!" she hissed glaring at him keeping her hand onto her back. "I need help, you're supossed to help me!" she glared at his back as she tried standing up.

Ricky winced, whispering softly, "So...that's what you really think of me?" He helped her up, glaring at her. "Tell me, Karen... Does this..." he shoved her roughly against the wall, pushing her up against it with all his strength. "...hurt your poor, aching back?"

Karen let out a cry of pain, falling to the ground. "I can't move..." she whispered looking down at the ground. "...I can't move at all..." she closed her eyes and fell to the ground trying to straiten herself out. "It...hurts.."

"Of course it hurts... It's supposed to hurt..." Ricky glared at her, picking her up by her hair. "It's supposed to hurt a lot..." He threw her out the window, still glaring. "...Idiot..."

"Ricky, Ricky!" Myles ran into the room, grinning. "Guess wha--" He froze, staring at the shattered glass on the floor. "Ricky! What did you do!?"

Karen gasped in pain as she was thrown out the window and went plumiting to the ground. "...A little..." she whispered floating softly onto the ground. "...My ...back..." she hand glass shards in her arm- and her forhead was bleeding. "...So, sleepy..." she whispered fainting from the loss of blood.

"KAREN!" Myles jumped out the window, scraping his arms and legs on the pieces of shattered glass on the sides of the window. He knelt down beside her, ignoring the pieces of glass digging into his skin. "Karen, wake up! Ricky!" Myles turned to glare at Ricky with teary eyes. "I hate you!"

Ricky flinched, staring at Myles with wide eyes. "Myles..."

"I hate you!" Myles said again. His bottom lip trembled as he tried not to cry. "You hurt my sister! Go die!"

"Myles..." Ricky phased through the wall, picking Karen up.

"Don't touch her!"

"Myles, shush." Ricky phased into the living room, putting Karen down on the sofa. His hand glowed lightly as he began to pick out the glass shards.

"I said don't touch her!"

"Shush."

Karen winced and opened up her eye looking over at Myles. "Myles...I'm..." she whispered wincing. "I'm...not your sister..." she said hissing in pain. "Riccky...is your brother..."

"No he's not, I hate him!" Myles glared at Ricky, running out of them room. "I hate you!"

Ricky winced, watching as Myles ran out of the room. Turning back to Karen, he continued to pull glass shards out of her skin. "I'm sorry..." he said softly, healing her cuts with a gently glowing hand. He lowered his voice to a soft, gentle murmur. He called it his 'sexy voice.' "I'm so sorry, Karen... Is there anything that'll make you forgive me?" He slid his hand up her shirt, smiling softly. "Want me to rub your back?"

Karen winced and nodded. "...Yes...please..." she whispered softly. "Make...my back feel better...make me...feel better." she closed her eyes. "...I'm...PMSing...Ricky..." she said softly. "So...stay away from me...please.." she looked extremely in pain. "Ricky..." she whispered touching his arm. "I'm...sorry, I'm so fragile...but get on your nerves.."

"What's PM--" Ricky sighed, cutting himself off. "Never mind... I'll make you feel better... I'm so sorry for hurting you..." He looked away. "Why were you so pissed at me before? Is it part of that 'PMS' thing? Is that like a disease?"

Karen sighed and looked back at him as she laid on her stomach. "PMS...is when girls...go emotional crazy...a time of the month.." she closed her eyes. "My...back is killing me...hold on.." she said sitting up slowly. "Don't look..." she said undoing her zipper and her bra clip. Laying back down she groan in pain. "Okay..."

"Ohhh..." Ricky nodded, putting his hand gently on her back. "That makes sense..." He smiled down at her, making his hand glow softly as he began to massage her back. "It...might feel better if I use healing powers..." he muttered softly, trying to remember where her soft spot had been. "Feeling any better yet?"

Karen moaned silently. "...Yes...thanks." she said shivering. "Ricky...do you...hate me?" she asked whispering. "When...you hurt me, I feel a sense of hate...coming from you.."

Ricky winced, glaring down at the ground which caused the glow around his hand to turn into a mass of painful, burning ecto-energy. Unable to stop himself, he dug his nails into her back, concentrating all his frustration into the glare he was aiming at the ground. "No..." he hissed softly, pulling his hand away from her. "I've told you before...I'll never hate you... So stop asking me... It makes me so aggravated, Karen... To give you the idea that I hate you..." He shook his head. "It makes me so mad..."

Karen winced in pain and looked over at him. "Ricky..." she whispered closing her eyes. "I'm sorry I make you angry...really.."

"I'm not mad at you..." Ricky whispered, glaring at the ground. "I'm mad at myself... Jeez, do you really get the feeling that I hate you?" He started to rub her back again, extra gently, looking away. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."

Karen moaned as he went over one part of her back. "...R-R-Ricky..." she whispered closing her eyes. "I-I'm sorry..." she whispered looking back at him. "That I...get that feeling of hate.."

"It's...not your fault..." Ricky said softly, finally looking at her. "I just want to make you feel better..." He gently turned her over so she was lying on her back, getting on top of her. Using his 'sexy' voice, he slipped his hands onto her chest, whispering, "Want me to give you a different kind of massage? It'll feel...really good..." He softly kissed her lips, pulling away, tilting his head to the side. "Want me to?"

Karen blushed and looked up at him. "Ricky..." she nodded not know she nodded. "...Okay?" she asked looking away from him closing her eyes. "S-Show...me what you're talking about.."

"It's going to be...a little unique..." Ricky whispered, grinning at her. "Let's see what we can do to make it more interesting..." He smirked, gently squeezing his hands. "Oh, I know... Karen... Want me to add in some tongue action?" He snickered, poking his tongue out of the side of his mouth.

Pervy, pervy, pervy PERVERT!

Karen blushed and blinked. "...O-Okay..." she whispered softly moaning quietly. "S-Sure..." her heart began to beat quickly as she shivered.

"Thank you...for not saying no..." Ricky whispered, squeezing his hands, kissing her neck before trailing his tongue down to her chest. "By the way... You're blushing again... And I can feel your heart beat speeding up..." Grinning, he whispered softly, "You're so cute..." before dropping his tongue down to her chest again. "I like this..." he murmured softly, smirking. "I like this a lot... You taste delicious..."

Ricky... You're...a freaking...pervert...

Karen blushed and trembled slightly. "Ricky..." she whispered keeping her eyes closed and her blush low, but her heart beat kept going. "...Do...you really...like my body?"

"Yeah... I really do..." Ricky said softly, smiling at her. "I like it a lot... But it's not the main reason why I love you..." He squeezed his hands again, pulling one hand away, letting his tongue take its place. "Mmm..."

Karen moaned then closed her eyes blushing a deeper red. "Ricky..." her leg moved up in between his legs, as her other one streched out. "...It tickles..." she said holding back a giggle.

Ricky moaned as her leg moved between his legs, but he didn't take his tongue away from her chest. His free hand wandered down her stomach to her private place without him even realizing it. He leaned against her, causing her leg to push harder in between his legs. Moaning again, he squeezed his hand on her chest, shivering.

Karen moaned in return as he squeezed his hand closed and continued to lick her chest. "Ricky..." she whispered softly lowering her leg, so they were sprawled out with his knee in between her. "...Do...you..." her words got cut off as she moaned again. "...You..."

"Speechless...huh...?" Ricky whispered against her chest, blushing lightly as he stared at her. He pulled away for a moment, suddenly realizing that he was breathing heavily. "What were...you trying...to say?"

"Normal..." she whispered out breathing deeply. "...What...do my eyes look like? "she asked as she continued breathing deeply. "...Are they...nice?"

"They're always nice..." Ricky said in a soft, far-off voice. "Always so pretty... Such a beautiful shade of brown..." He sighed, closing his eyes, leaning his head against her chest. "S-So...anyway... Did you...like it? Feeling any better?"

Karen nodded blushing. "I did like it...loved...it.." she winced slightly. "My head though..." she blinked her eyes closed. "Are...you...sleepy?"

Ricky was already asleep, resting his head against her chest with a wide grin on his face. He moaned softly in his sleep, letting out a quiet, content sigh. "Love you..." he muttered in his sleep.

"Ricky.." Karen whispered softly while smiling wrapping her arms around his head. "I...love...you...too." she said softly going to sleep.

Ricky, moaned, opening his eyes, sighing as he realized he was leaning against Karen's chest. He grinned as he realized Karen's arms were wrapped around him tightly and he was lying on top of her. It felt awkward, but he liked it. "Morning..." he whispered softly, still smiling. "Morning, Karen..."

Karen slowly opened her eyes and looked up at him. "M-Morning...Ricky..." she whispered softly with soft eyes. "Your eyes are maroon...again..." she gasped touching her hair. "My...hair...is brown but short!"

"That's...good..." Ricky said softly, smiling at her. He ran his fingers through his hair, sighing softly. "So we're...normal again..." He put his head back down on her chest. "So...I guess that means Myles is my brother again?"

Karen blinked. "I don't know..." she whispered looking to her right. "We should get up now don't you think?" she asked looking back down at him on her chest.

"Yeah, I guess so..." Ricky muttered, reluctantly picking his head up. He stood up, offering her a hand. "Thanks for last night, by the way... Thanks for not pushing me away."

"It must have been that switch.." she whispered to herself as she was helped up. "You're welcome." she said smiling, and putting on her bra and shirt.

Ricky smiled back at her. "We should do it again sometime!" he said cheerfully, glancing out the window, wincing as he saw the broken glass. He turned away, mumbling softly as he stared at the ground, "S-Sorry..."

Karen shook her head. "It's...okay..." she whispered softly looking away slipping on her shoes. "I'm, so...tired Ricky." she said yawning and streching out looking up at him. "What is it?" she asked seeing him staring down at her. "Ricky?" her chest had grown a bit, her not realizing it. "Ricky...you're just staring at me...what's wrong?"

"Wrong? Heh..." Ricky gave a nervous laugh, unable to look away. "N-Nothing's wrong..." He shook his head, taking a step back, clenching his hands into tight fists so he wasn't tempted to touch her. "I-It's...nothing..."

Karen blinked and took a step towards him. "Ricky...why are you backing away from me?" she asked sighing. "Come on..."

"Uhh, heh... Self-restraint..." Ricky gave a nervous grin, unable to stop himself from reaching out to her. "Y-You're just...kinda...different today... H-Heh... Mostly in the, uh...chest...area..."

Karen looked back over at him. "My chest isn't any bigger then usual!" she said turning around not noticing her chest bounced a few times sighing. "Geez..." she sighed turning back around. "Come on.."

"Y-Yes it is..." Ricky mumbled softly, still not looking away from her chest. "Y-Yeah, anyway... Wh-What should we do now?" He was trying not to stare or touch her, which made him unable to talk coherently.

Karen thought for a second. "No idea." she said streching out. "The pool good?"

"Y-Yeah..." Ricky muttered in a dreamy voice, staring into space. "P-Pool...is a great idea... Heheh..."

Ricky... You're...such a pervert...

"Well, let's go then..." He grabbed her wrist, phasing through the ceiling. Opening one of his drawers, he pulled out a pair of swimming trunks, phasing off his other clothes and putting them on. "Your turn..." he said softly, grinning at her.

Karen blinked at him. "Turn around." she said bluntly crossing her arms. "I don't like people watching me change." she said as she began to undo her shirt then bra dropping them to the ground she looked in her back. "Here it is..." she pulled out a purple two peice and sighed. "Lets see..." she put on the bottom of the two peice set, then when it came to the top it hardly fit. "Shoot- it's too small.."

"Aww, it's probably fine..." Ricky said with a grin, still looking away. "I don't mind if it's too small... In fact, if it's a little...tight...I'll like it better... Come on, let's just go..."

Karen blinked and sighed blushing putting her hands behind her back. "Lets...go..." she said walking by him to the broken window and going invisable and floating down to the inside pool.

Ricky followed her, seeing the water ripple around the place where she was in the pool, which made it easy for him to see where she was. Getting into the water, he put his arms around her from behind, putting his hands on her chest. "Yup... They are bigger today..."

"Ricky.." Karen whispered blushing, stading in the shallow area. "P-Pervert..." she whispered looking down at his hands on her chest.

"I'm not perverted, I'm just observant." Ricky grinned, hugging her tightly with his hands still firmly on her chest. "But I wonder how...and why it happened..." He lowered his voice, whispering in her ear, "Do...you know?"

Karen blushed deep red and looked back at him, shivering lightly. "I...don't know..." she said phasing threw his hands and sitting down on the stairs, shivering. "It's so cold still.."

Ricky sat down on the stairs next to her, staring across the pool. "Do you...hate it when I act like a pervert?" He spoke softly, staring straight ahead. "Does it...bother you?"

Karen looked over at him keeping her arms in between her nodding softly. "Just, a bit..." she said looking over at him. "Sorry...it's just...I don't like being forced to do things.."

"Yeah..." Ricky sighed softly, glancing sideways at her. "Well, I just wish you'd let me do what I want more often..." Leaning closer, he whispered, "Like, for example... I'm so thirsty..." Poking her chest, he whispered even softer, "I want some milk...right now... And I won't take no for an answer..."

Karen blushed leaning back away from him. "What...what's- you're problem, if you want milk go...to the...kitchen.."

"No, it's okay..." Ricky said softly. "I want it right here and now..." He leaned closer to her as she leaned away. Putting his hands on her chest, he squeezed them tightly, whispering, "I said I won't let you say no... So, please... Just be a good girl..."

Karen moaned and closed her eyes and loooked up at him. "N-No..." she said opening away from him. "Stop..."

"No." Ricky firmly grabbed part of her tank top, pulling it down. "I told you to just cooperate... Now I hope this doesn't hurt..." He grinned, staring at her for a moment before leaning down and biting her.

Karen winced and pushed him away backing away from the stairs into the water. "St-stop...it..."

"No," Ricky said again, stepping towards her as she backed away. "No, Karen. You need to learn... Learn what happens to a dog that disobeys its master..." He grabbed her chest, glaring at her. "You need a lesson in obedience..."

Karen gasped blushing a deep red and slaped his arm away. "I'm not your pet!" she shouted backing up until the shallow end was gone. "Oh no..."

"What's the matter?" Ricky whispered softly, smirking. "Nowhere to run? Well, I guess what's just too bad..." He reached out to her again, roughly grabbing her chest. "Come on, now be a good girl... Just stop running away..."

Karen looked up at him stepping back once more shaking her head. "Stop it...I don't want to...hurt you..." she whispered looking down at the water, as she sunk down a bit. "I don't want to...be a good girl...I want you to s-stop..."

"Too bad... You don't have a choice..." Ricky said softly, stepping closer to her, grabbing the top of her two-piece set, ripping it off. "You need to learn how to be a nice girl... And I'm going to teach you... I don't want to hurt you, Karen... I really don't..."

Karen's hands that trembled under the water closed tightly as shivered. "Stop...it." she wimpered. "I don't want to hurt you..." she said looking up at him. "I'm...giving you...one more chance..."

"Hah, you'd hurt me?" Ricky snickered, shaking his head. "You couldn't... You wouldn't dare..." He stared down at her, raising a brow. "You know what I can do... How much pain I can inflict on you... You'll never stand a chance against me..."

Karen shivered. "I do...stand a chance against you..." she opened up her hands making a current hit him square in the private place. "I'm...giving you...one more chance.."

"Ouch, jeez!" Ricky hissed, glaring at her. "That hurts like hell!" He pushed her down into the water for a few seconds, glaring at her. "I'll make you suffer..." he hissed. "People who don't obey need to be punished..."

Karen hissed in pain lifting up her hands around towards Ricky throwing him away from her, making her stand back up, and cough up water. "I-Idiot...h-have you...snaped again?" she smirked lightly. "I...do stand against you.."

"You're such an idiot..." Ricky hissed, smirking at her. "You can't beat me..." His eyes glowed faintly red. "You shouldn't even try, or I might accidentally kill you..."

Karen stepped back again, lifting up her hands defensively. "I...can...beat you..." she whispered softly "...I can..." she was shaking a bit as she stared at his glowing red eyes. "...Ricky...you unserestimate me.."

"Heh." Ricky held out his hands, creating two red knives, throwing both of them. One was aimed for her head, one was aimed for her heart. "I warned you, so I won't go easy..."

Karen lifted her hands up quickly making a shield out of water, and freezing it. "Ric-Ricky..." she whispered weakly looking over at him. "Stop it..." she hit the wall of ice with her hand making it turn back into water. Touching the water again, sending a wave of the water at him, pinning him against the pool edge. "Ricky...snap out of it.."

"Shut up!" Ricky hissed, blasting the water away. "You can't beat me... You can't..." He charged up a giant red ectobeam, firing it at her, throwing several knives quickly afterward. "I won't let you..."

Karen lifted up her hands not in time to defend herself from the ectobeam, sending her flying out of the pool. "O-Ouch..." she whispered softly shivering going intangable before the knives hit her. "R-Ricky..." she lifted up a weak hand at him before closing her eyes and fainting.

"Toldja..." Ricky whispered softly, floating over to her, glaring down at her. "I told you...you can't win..." He kicked her, hissing softly, "Now get up... I'm not done with you... Get up."

Karen winced and held her side as she try getting up, but she got onto her knees. "Ricky...stop it please...I don't want to fight you...I won't fight you..."

"No. Get up and fight me." Ricky's voice was cold as he kicked her again, grabbing her by her arm, pulling her to her feet. He pushed her back against the wall. "Fight. Now."

Karen winced her again and shook her head as he pushed her against the wall. "No...I won't fight you...I refuse...too.."

"Just hit me!" Ricky shouted, pinning her hard against the wall with one hand. "Stab me, kick me, punch me! Whatever! Just do it!" He pulled back his hand, slapping her across the face. "Kill me!" He lowered his voice, breathing heavily. "Hurt...me...now..."

Karen winced in pain as he slaped her. "No..." she whispered shivered. "I...refuse...to..." she said feeling the sting on her face.

"Please..." Ricky hissed as his legs began to shake. "Please...hurt me..." He fell to his knees, trembling. "Please, Karen... Please... I won't even fight back... Please..."

Karen bent down to him and hugged him softly. "No...I won't hurt you..." she said pulling away and standing up fixing her staps back. "..I won't...not matter what you do...to me.."

"Hurt...me..." Ricky whispered, squeezing his eyes shut. "Hurt me before I hurt myself... Just do it, Karen... Please... It's what I want...more than anything right now... It's what I deserve..."

Karen shook her head and closed her eyes, "No..." she said stepped away. "I won't...hurt you..." she looked up at him. "Ricky..."

"Damn it, Karen!" Ricky shouted, glaring at her. "Hate me! Look at what I've done to you! Hurt me! Remember how many times I've hurt you... Remember and take it all out on me, now!" His eyes were still glowing bright red as he pinned her to the wall, pushing her hard. "I want pain... It's either you or me... Or you could just give me what I wanted in the first place..."

Karen looked at him sadly closing her eyes and tilted her head down undoing her bikini top, with wet eyes she lowered it. "...Go...a-ahead..."

Ricky pressed his head against her chest, whispering softly, "I make you...so upset... Why won't you hate me? Why won't you hurt me? You're so...annoying..." his voice broke as he pulled his head away from her chest, staring at her with sad eyes. "You're...so sad...and it's all my fault..."

Karen shook her head and kept it down. "N-No..." she whispered in a studder pushing back her tears. "I...love you..." she whispered simpley looking down still. "...I love you..."

"You...can't..." Ricky whispered, softly kissing her chest, staring sadly at her. "I'm sorry, but you can't." He grabbed her tightly by the arm, throwing her to the ground. "I told you to hate me... I told you to hurt me... But you never listen... You never do what I tell you to do, yet you claim you love me..." He shook his head. "Jeez, Karen..."

Karen winced and kept her head down shivering. "...Do you...care at all what it feels like?" she asked whispering with a hoarse voice. "...How someone forces you to do something, to hurt you, and keep hurting you?" she asked looking up at him with tears streaming down her face. "I feel like that everytime, I'm around you!" she stood up weakly, or tried to.. "...I love you...and you can't...say anything to change my mind.." her eye color was off it went back to his eye color. "You...have no idea..."

Ricky's rage slowly boiled away as he noticed her change in eye color. "K-Karen..." he whispered, gently putting a hand to her cheek. "Your...eyes are..." He pulled her gently by the hand to the edge of the pool so she could see her reflection. "But...how...? What...happened...?"

Karen looked away from her reflection and shook her head. "...I don't...know..." she said looking down at his haand and slowly pulled hers out of his hand, stepping away from him. "I'm going home..." she whispered looking down at the water then up at him. "I..." she was speechless and stepped away.

"No." Ricky grabbed her arm, staring sadly at her. "You can't leave... You love me... You can't go... Hurt me, and then we'll be even, and you won't have to leave." His fingers trembled as he grabbed her other hand. "Please... Don't leave..."

Karen stared at him sadly with dark maroon eyes. "I..." she phased her hands out of his touch and stepped back. "...Won't hurt you.." she closed her eyes tightly. "H-hurt me- if it'll stop you from hurting!"

"No, no, no..." Ricky whispered, grabbing her hands again. "I won't hurt you... Just please don't leave... Please... Please... I'm sorry... Please... I'm so sorry..." He closed his eyes, trembling. "Don't...leave..." He squeezed her hands tightly. "Don't..."

Karen looked at him and stepped closer to him wrapping her arms around him. "It's...okay..." she whispered softly in his ear. "Everything'll be...okay..."

Ricky was about to say something, but his words got caught in his throat. "S-Sorry..." he managed to mumble, closing his eyes. "Promise you don't leave... Promise... Please..."

"I promise..." Karen whispered pulling away from him and stepping back fixing her top back, and stepping back into the water. But getting her bikini bottom caught on the edge. "Ah- ouch-!" she shouted blushing. "Help- stuck!"

"Sure, I'll help..." Ricky whispered softly, still looking sad. He stepped into the water with her, pulling her away from the edge, causing her bikini bottom to rip. "Oh, heh..." he blushed, looking away. "S-Sorry..."

Karen blushed and put her hands onto her backside. "Stay here- be right back.." she said floating up into the air and back into Ricky's room quickly changing but stoped and looked down. "I...love you, Ricky." she whispered putting her things into her bag and placing on a shirt of Ricky's she jumped up into the air, and flew out of the house quickly. Flying over the trees, as the sun went down. She sat down under a tree and placed her bag down and laid down putting her head on it and slowly fell asleep.

Ricky waited, staring down into the water for slow, silent minutes that ticked into hours. "She's...gone..." he said softly, hearing his voice crack. He stood up, phasing up into his room, pulling a random shirt and pants out of his drawer, putting them on. He didn't even realize that they were PJs with little teddy bears printed on them. He didn't care anyway. Phasing out the window, he stared down at the ground, frozen as if in a trance. He hoped he was dreaming, but he knew he wasn't. "Karen..." he whispered, staring down at the trees below. "Karen!" he finally managed to shout. His voice broke, but he shouted her name over and over. "Where...are...you...?"

Karen rolled over under the tree hearing Ricky shouting out for her. "No...shut up...sleepy.." she slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the shadows of the darkness. Shivering, she always hated the darkness, putting her hands over her head like a little girl she shivered and shouted out. "Help...me!" she stuttered hugging her bag close to her putting her head down into it shivering from the cold wind russling. "So...scared..."

Ricky stared down, hearing a voice that sounded like Karen. He flew down in the direction, not feeling anything besides the pain in his chest. He couldn't feel the wind whipping at his face or his hair blowing back. "Karen..." he whispered softly once he had landed in front of her. "Karen, why...did you come here?"

Karen shook her head keeping her head down shivering even more hearing someones voice. "No..." she whispered with teary eyes, jumping as she heard something fall in the forest. "Ah." she screamed in a whispered. "...I'm scared..."

"Just shut up and listen to me." Ricky's voice was soft and gentle. He created a small red ectobeam, giving off some light. Holding it up to his face, he said softly, "It's me, all right?" His eyes were still blank, free of any emotion. "Don't be scared."

Karen shook her head and kept her hands over her head. "...I'm...scared...of the dark..." she whispered shivering. "Really..." hugging her bag tightly with wet eyes. "So...scared..."

"Karen!" Ricky grabbed her hands, pulling her arms away from her bag. "Come on, Karen... Jeez..." He made a large ectobeam, shining the light in her eyes. "Light. See? It's okay. Not dark anymore, all right? Jeez..."

Karen shivered and looked up at him with scared up. "...I'm sorry..." she whispered with tears in her eyes. "...I'm so sorry..."

Ricky gave a deep sigh. "Women... So emotional..." He hugged her rightly, resting his head down on her shoulder. "Everything's okay... It's all...going to be okay... All right?" He put a hand to her chest, making it glow brightly. "Should knock you out for a while... Just sleep now, Karen..." He pushed his glowing hand against her chest. "Sleep..."

"R-Ricky..." she studdered shaking her head. "I don't...want to...sleep..." she said as she slowly was knocked out. "I...want to...run away..." she whispered as she became quiet. "Leave...me...here.."

"No... You told me you wouldn't..." Ricky whispered, putting his arms around her, grabbing her tightly. "You made a promise, and I won't let you leave... Not unless you'll take me with you..." He made his hand blow brighter as he pressed it against her chest. "Now, just go to sleep..."

Karen continued to fight it. "No...I won't go...to...sleep.." she said shivering. "S-Stop..." she whispered feeling her vision become blurry. "...Ricky...sto-.." her words got cut-off as she fainted in his arms.

"That's a good girl..." Ricky whispered softly to her as she fainted. Hugging her extra tightly, he closed his eyes, leaning his head against her. "Night...Karen... Love you... Don't...leave"
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Karen slowly opened her eyes looking up at a white ceiling she sat up instantly. "...The...guest room.." she whispered looking down at her hands. "Why...couldn't I just fly away from him, it would...be so simple.."

Ricky stared sadly up at the ceiling, sighing softly. "Why...do I have to act like that?" He was lying down on his bed in his room, feeling depressed. "She always runs away from me..." He sighed, standing up, walking out the door. "What's wrong with me?" He knocked softly on the door of the guest room. "Karen..."

Karen gasped silently and laid back down on the bed to pretend she was asleep. "...It's Ricky, I can answer him. I don't know why- I just can't.."

Ricky sighed, softly opening the door. "Karen..." He sighed again, thinking she was sleeping. "I'm sorry..." he whispered, even though he thought she was sleeping he still had to talk. "I'm so sorry... Jeez..."

Karen continued to keep quiet, and her eyes closed as he spoke to her. "...I forgive you Ricky...stop it- please...just stop it.." she thought turning over onto her right side, so she could open her eyes up and listen to him.

"Karen..." Ricky turned her over, blinking as he saw she was awake. "Karen... You're awake? What were you trying to do - ignore me?!" He glared at her. "What's with you!? You told me you wouldn't leave, and then you ran away... Jeez, what's wrong with you?"

Karen looked away from him sadly. "I..." she didn't know what to say at all. "I...don't- know..."

Ricky glared at her, pinning her onto her back. "Jeez... Just answer me... Now. And don't tell me you don't know, because there has to be a reason."

Karen closed her eyes then opened them. "I...wanted...to run away..." she said quietly. "I...just wanted that..." she knew she was lying but her heart was beating rapidly. "...That's...all.."

"Are you...lying to me?" Ricky hissed softly, putting a hand to her heart, feeling it beat faster. "You are...aren't you? Tell me the truth..."

Karen gulped as her heart beat started to pick up again. "N-No...I'm not..." she closed her eyes. "I'm not..." she looked away from him. "Let...me go..."

"Liar..." Ricky hissed, glaring down at her with eyes full of anger and sadness. "I hate when you lie..." He lifted a shaking hand, preparing to slap her. "I hate it..."

Karen couldn't think strait and she closed her eyes wincing slightly prepared for the slap. "N-No...just..stop hurting me.." she whispered staring at him sadly. "Stop...hurting me.."

"Stop...making me feel like this... Stop lying to me... Please..." Ricky whispered, clenching his hand into a fist, still keeping it raised. "I don't want to hurt you...but...I want you to stop lying..."

Karen still closed her eyes tightly. "I'm...s-sorry..." she whispered still keeping her eyes closed not looking up at him. "I'm...sorry...sorry..." she shivered looking away from him.

"No..." Ricky's voice was a low, angry hiss. "No you're not... Because if you were, you'd stop lying..." He slapped her across the face as his eyes began to glow faintly. "You make me snap... It's all your fault..."

Karen let out a small whimper of pain. "...I'm...sorry." she said as she pulled him towards her and phased off her shirt and bra, squshing his head into her chest. "...I am...stop...blaming me.." she said squeezing her chest around his head. "S-Stop..it.."

Ricky gave a muffled gasp, squeezing his eyes shut. "Liar... You're a...liar..." he managed to whisper, but his anger was fading fast as she squeezed her chest around his head. He blushed bright red, closing his eyes, making a light moaning noise. "K-Karen..."

Karen shivered and pulled his head away from her chest. "...Ricky...stop...hurting my feelings...with your words and actions..." she looked at him with sad maroon eyes. "Please.."

"I don't... I don't try to..." Ricky whispered, staring sadly at her, trembling slightly. "But.. I hate when you lie... I hate when you run away... I hate it..." He tilted his head down. "It hurts...a lot... But all you ever say is 'sorry'...and then you lie to me again...you run away again..." He stared at her sadly, sighing softly. "You're never really sorry."

Karen stared at him sadly. "But I am sorry..." she said hugging him again, pushing her chest against him. "...So...sorry...all the time.."

Ricky closed his eyes, shivering as she pushed her chest against him. "Saying sorry...isn't enough... You have to stop. Just stop lying to me, that's all I want..." He hugged her gently, "I want that more than anything... Please...don't lie to me..." He blushed bright red as he realized what he was wearing; the set of PJs with the teddy bears on them he had worn the night before, not caring about how he looked. At the moment he was feeling extremely self-conscious, which made him blush a deeper shade of red. "I'm...sorry..."

"Okay..." Karen whispered looking down at his PJ. "Teddy bears?" she held back a laugh and phased threw him. "Silly...boy." she said smiling. "You're so silly." she giggled and walked into the bathroom closing the door silently. She sunk down in her place. "...Sorry..."

"Karen..." Ricky stared after her, wondering if he should follow her or not. "Get back here..." He stood up, phasing through the wall of the bathroom. With a light blush, he realized that he probably didn't look very intimidating because of his PJs. "Silly girl...You know I don't like it when you walk away from me..."

Karen blushed up looked up at him, she then wrapped her arms around his legs causing him to fall down next to her. "But you always find me, Ricky." she said hugging his legs. "Always."

"That's...because I can't let you leave, ever..." Ricky whispered, blushing lightly, staring at her. "And also...your hiding places are always so predictable... That's why I always go looking for you... That's why I always find you..."

Karen looked away blushing. "Are you tickleish?" she asked looking over at him smirking and leaned closer to him and started tickling. "React- are you ticklish!?"

"N-No." Ricky bit his lip, keeping his mouth closed, trying not to laugh. He was ticklish, but he refused to admit it, so he just kept his mouth shut, shaking with silent laughter. "N-Not...t-ticklish...at...all..."

Karen smiled "Yes you are!" she said as she started tickling him harder. "Come on Ricky, give in!"

The corners of Ricky's mouth twitched upwards, and he squeezed his eyes tightly. He knew he was fighting a losing battle, and he finally just gave in, letting his laughter out. "O-Okay, y-y-you can...s-stop now..." he managed to say through giggles. With a smirk, he whispered softly, "Y-You...asked for it..." He pushed her onto her back, tickling her, feeling like a little kid.

Hey, at least she's smiling now...

Karen gasped then let out a laugh. "O-O-Okay! S-Stop re-really tickleish!" she laughed out with tears in her eyes. "It t-tickles!"

"No, I'm not going to stop..." Ricky smiled, tickling her harder. "You asked for it, Karen..." He leaned down, kissing her roughly, still tickling her. Pulling his lips away, he whispered, "Besides... I like making you laugh... It's so much batter than making you cry..."

Karen's kiss was muffled as he continued to tickle her. "P-P-P-Please R-Ricky- stop!" she said as she continued to laugh. "P-Please."

Ricky grinned, pulling his hands away from her. "All right, all right...Truce..." He smirked, leaning closer to her. "For now..." Smiling, he whispered, "So you're ticklish, huh? It's really cute..."

Karen finally stoped laughing and began to breath deeply. "R-Ricky..." she whispered still breathless. "You're so...ruthless..."

Karen's heavy breathing, along with the word 'ruthless' made Ricky do a double-take, staring at her for a moment. "Yes..." he whispered softly, grinning at her. "I'm...ruthless..." He smirked. "In more ways than one?"

Karen continued to breath deeply as she nodded. "Yes..." she said tilting her head to her side. "Geez...so dirty,...huh?"

Ricky didn't say anything in response, sliding one of his hands onto her chest. "Karen..." He squeezed his hand roughly, staring at her. "Do you...like it when I'm ruthless?"

Karen blushed and shivered moaning at him, nodding softly. "Y-You...y-yes..." she whispered noticing her breath was still short. "...I love you.."

Ricky smiled, nodding. "I love you too... And I love...being ruthless..." He squeezed his hand again, softly kissing her lips. "I love hearing you moan... I love when you don't push me away..."

Karen moaned again and blushed looking up at him. "I...love it...when you don't...push me around.."

Ricky smiled at her. "I won't push you around as much... Promise." He put both hands on her chest, getting on top of her. "Love you... Want me to be...ruthless?"

Karen gulped silently and nodded. "Yes...yes I do...want you too." she closed her eyes. "Be...ruthless.."

"Good..." Ricky whispered, staring down at her. He pressed himself against her, squeezing his hands again. "But please... If you're planning to back out later...will you just tell me now?" He leaned closer, staring down at her with lustful eyes. "Just tell me so I'll be prepared to stop myself..."

Karen nodded. "I don't know when...I'll back out..." she said truthfully. "But...I-I'll let you know.."

"Okay..." Ricky nodded, pushing himself harder against her. "I'll...keep myself in control... I promise..." He squeezed his hands again, softly kissing her lips. Getting off of her, he whispered softly, "Take...off...your clothes..." Putting on an innocent smile, he added, "Please?"

Karen closed her eyes as her skirt fell off, along with her underwear. "Okay..." she said shivering. "Ricky...go...ahead."

Ricky smiled, phasing off his PJs and his boxers. "Thank you, Karen..." he whispered softly, getting back on top of her. "Thank you...so...much..." He pushed himself against her, squeezing his hands on her chest. "L-Love you...so much..."

Karen moaned and shivered touching him gently on the face "I love you too...soo...much.."

Ricky stared down at her, smiling slightly. "Please... Don't run away..." He pushed himself against her, leaning closer. "Please... It hurts...a lot...every time you leave..." He squeezed his hands, kissing her neck. "I love you too much to let you leave."

Karen opened her eyes. "Ricky..." she stoped talking as soon as he kissed her neck. "I...won't...leave...promise." she shivered closing her eyes.

"Thank you..." Ricky brushed his lips against her neck, hesitating for a moment before biting her neck, pressing himself harder against her. He bit down harder, squeezing his hands tightly on her chest. "Karen..." He pulled away, realizing with a shock that he had made her bleed. A trickle of blood was dripping down her neck, coming from where he had bitten her. "...I..."

Karen winced and held back a scream. "R-Ricky..." she whispered shivering. "...Am I...bleeding?" she asked saidly. "Am...I?"

"No." Ricky pressed his hand to her neck, sealing up the wound. "No, you're not...bleeding..." He ran his tongue down her neck, slowly cleaning off all the blood. "You're...fine... Absolutely...fine..."

"...I think we should...stop...for now." she said looking away. "O-Okay?" she said looking back up at him. "...okay?"

"Why?" Ricky was stalling, trying to stay on top of her for as long as possible. "Why...do you want..to stop?" He leaned close to her, pushing himself against her. "Why?"

Karen shivered and realized he pushing against her. "R-R-Ricky..." she whispered blushing. "Y-You...j-just..." she moaned closing her eyes. "You...just- did...what- people...do...when...they want...a k-kid.."

"Oops..." Ricky whispered softly, staring down at her. "I'm so...sorry..." He tilted his head to the side, pushing himself against her again. "Moan...again... Moan for me..."

Karen closed her eyes shivering squeezing his arms tightly. "Stop..." she moaned out his name softly. "Ricky...stop...N-No more k-kids.."

"All right..." Ricky pushed against her once more before getting off of her, yawning. "No more...kids... That was fun, though..." He smirked, staring sideways at her. "Really fun..."

Karen moaned again shivering. "Ricky..." she closed her eyes standing up slowly, putting on a shirt. "...L-Let's...go to sleep..."

"Sure..." Ricky whispered, phasing on a pair of boxers. "Right... Sleep..." He yawned, kissing her softly, gently touching her chest before pulling away. "Night, Karen..."

Karen closed her eyes and shivered wincing slightly falling asleep. "N-Night...R-Ricky.." she whispered hugging her stomach.

Ricky opened his eyes, staring out the window, watching the sun rising. After a few minutes, he glanced over at Karen, whispering, "Good...morning... How are you feeling today?"

"Sick...to my stomach.." she whispered weakly. "...It feels so heavy...so very heavy..."

Ricky put a hand over his mouth to muffle a curse of dismay. "N-No, it's... It's probably just some weird cold... Take some...medicine..."

Karen sat up slowly then laid back down. "Ricky...I'm pregnate...again.." she said closing her eyes. "...Two...inside...two..."

"Two!?" Ricky gasped, staring at her with wide eyes. "B-But... That means... Freaking twins!"

Karen nodded and shivered. "Y-Yes...t-twins.." she said shivering. "...I'm..sorry.."

Ricky put his arms around her, hugging her tightly. "S-Sorry... My fault... So sorry..." He closed his eyes, sighing deeply, pulling away. He reached out, putting a gentle hand on her stomach. "So...sorry..."

Karen shivered and put her head down onto his shoulder. "Ricky..." she whispered closing her eyes. "It's...not your fault..."

"Yes... Yes it is..." Ricky whispered, staring sadly down at her. "It's all my fault... You told me to stop, but I... I had to go a few extra times, and it's all my fault now... I'm...such an idiot..."

Karen shook her head. "No...it's...okay." she said hugging him tightly, then wincing. "Let's...just...go downstairs and eat.."

"It's...not..." Ricky whispered again, grabbing her hand, pulling her slowly downstairs. He led her to a seat at the table, taking out every kind of food he could find. "Need to eat three times as much as usual... A third for you, a thrid for twin number one, and a third for twin number two..." He slammed a huge plate of food on the table in front of her. "Eat."

"B--But...I don't want to eat this much..." she said looking up at him. "Ricky..." she sighed. "...Maybe...it'll be different this time...and I'll hold them...like a normal person.."

"How do you know?" Ricky sighed, shaking his head. "Women... Think they know everything, jeez..." He glanced down at the plate, sitting down across from her. "Fine, I'll eat some too..."

Karen shook her head. "I...said maybe.." she snaped slightly as she began to eat the food...soon the plate was empty. "...I'm...still hungry.."

"Toldja." Ricky stood up, grabbing all the food he could see, dumping it onto her plate "I knew you'd eat it all... Women really don't know everything. Hah."

Karen shivered and sighed and began to eat somemore. "Geez...and not every guy is as clueless as you.." she stricked back standing up slowly. "Let's...go into the living room."

Ricky sighed, nodding. "Well, I guess that's true." He followed her into the living room, sitting down on the sofa. "So, what do you think? They coming today, or in nine months?".

Karen shook her head. "I...don't know." she said looking down at her stomach, "No...clue."

"Jeez..." Ricky stared up at the ceiling, feeling impatient. "Jeez... I hate waiting... I hate it..."

Karen looked down at her hands. "I...can't speed it up...even if I tried.."

"Yeah, I know..." Ricky muttered, sighing. "I know... What should we do now?" He stared out the window, returning his gaze to the ceiling. "I'm...really sorry about this..."

Karen looked down her a random piece of paper. "Don't...worry about it.." she said as she started to sketch. "Please...don't worry...about it."

"Fine... I...won't... Hey, whatcha drawing?" Ricky asked softly, seeing Karen start to sketch.

Karen looked down at the drawing. "This..." she said lifting it up. "...Does it look good?"

Yeah... It's...great..." Ricky muttered, not really paying attention. His mind was focused on other things, and he had so many questions to ask. "What are we going to name them? If they're both boys? Both girls? Half-and-half? How are we gonna raise them? What d'you think they'll look like? Are you feeling okay?"

"Ricky, shut up." Karen said putting her hands to her head. "Geez...you're giving me...a freaking headache.." sitting back against her seat she sighed. "Geez...I'm a bit..dizzy." she said leaning her head back.

"S-Sorry..." Ricky muttered, looking away. "Are you going through that 'P-J-S' thing again, or whatever it's called? Is that why you're so cranky? Jeez..." He leaned against her, putting an arm around her shoulders. "Just rest...and you'll feel better..."

Karen shook her head. "...Just...sleepy.." she said closing her eyes. "Thank...you.."

Ricky nodded, closing his eyes, falling asleep with his head resting against her shoulder. "Love you..."

Karen winced in her sleep a bit then shivered, letting out a small whimper then scream. "Ow...! Ow!" she opened her eyes. "It-It's...hurts!"

"Whatthehellisgoingon!?" Ricky sat up with wide eyes, glancing beside him at Karen. "Oh, oh jeez..." He put a gentle hand on her stomach. "Karen... It'll...be okay... Just relax... Oh,, jeez, oh, jeez! Panicking! Now do you want me to phase them out of you, or, uhm...er...let them come out the natural way? Jeez, jeez, jeez..."

"Phase!!! Phase!!!" she shouted out loud hugging her stomach. "Hurry- Hurry!!"

"Okay, okay! Hurrying!" Ricky phased his hands into Karen's stomach, grabbing the twins, pulling them out, looking absolutely horrified. "Uh, heh, feeling...any better now?"

Karen looked at the twins. "...L-Lets...name them..." she closed her eyes leaning her head back. "Kana...and Kena.."

"Maaaaaaaaamooooo!" Kana cried out loudly, stretching out stubby little arms, reaching up to Karen. "Hihi, mamo!"

Ricky smiled, finally relazing, leaning back. "Hey, Kana... Hey, Kena... I'm...your daddy..."

"Baka!" Kana exclaimed happily.

"Mamo!!!!!! Baka!!!" Kena screamed out there names, glomping Ricky's arm tightly. "Luv! Luv!!!" she screamed out hugging his arm tightly. "Love!"

Karen blinked smiling. "That's...weird...Kena, she looks like you Ricky." she smiled. "Brown hair...one eye maroon...the other one brown." she looked back at Kana. "Kana has my eyes.."

"Wuv! Wuv!"

"I'mma...keel joo?" Kana stared up at Karen with wide brown eyes. "I'mma...keeeel...joo?"

Ricky blinked, raising a brow. "What? What does that mean?"

"Baka!" Kana flashed an innocent grin at Ricky. "Wuv joo!"

"Going to kill me?" she blinked staring down at Kana.

"Baka! Baka!" Kena cried out clinging to his shirt. "...Pease...! I wanna bad!"

Ricky blinked, staring down at Kena. "Uhh... You want what?"

"Mamo, mamo, lookie!" Kana held out a hand, making a small, blunt red ectoknife. "Lookie, lookie, see!"

"I wanna bad!" Kena said pointing over at Kana's small ectoknife. "Pease!"

Karen stared ated Kana. "That's...nice.."

"Kenken!" Kana pointed the ectoknife at Kena, handing it over to her. "Kenken, wuffa joo! Keel! I wann keel!"

Ricky blinked, looking over at Karen. "Can you...understand what they're saying?"

"Kill...I want to...kill.." Karen whispered looking down at Kana worried. "She's...exacly like you..."

Kena scream in a small pain. "Bood!...ouww!!" she said lifting up her hand to Ricky. "Kissie it!!"

Kana giggled in delight as Kena started bleeding. "Bood, mamo, bood! Ish purtty! I wann eat!" She reached out to Kena. "Wann eat bood!"

Ricky looked conerned as he glanced at Kana. Whispering softly to Karen, he said, "We're going to...have to do something about her..." before softly kissing Kena's hand. "All better..."

Karen looked down at Kana. "Kana..Blood...killing...and eating...is a big no-no..." she said bending down to her eye veiw.

"Mamo! nu get closie to Can!"

"Yosh, mamo!" Kana bit Karen's finger, giggling as blood came out. "I likka bood, mamo!" She gave a big grin, showing four sharp fangs. "Wuffa joo!" She hugged Karen tightly. "Wuff joo so much, wann bood... Wann bood, mamo... Plez..."

Ricky's mouth fell open as he stared at Kana. "Oh...Jeez..."

Karen winced and held her hand and hugged Kana back. "Kana..."

"Can! Ish loo! Baka!" Kena said sadly. "Ebil...ebil...she gonna suk mamos bood!"

"Mamo, I wanna bood!" Kana bit Karens hand again, sucking out the blood. Pulling away, she squealed, "Yummeh! Wann more..."

"Kana!" Ricky said sharply, glaring at her. "Don't you dare do that ever again!"

"B-But..." Kana stared at Ricky with teary eyes. "I's hungee..."

Karen winced and looked down sadly at Kana. "Kana..." she whispered hugging her tightly, making sure her hands weren't in view of her mouth. "...Are you, just...like Ricky?"

"Mamo! Nu! Nu! Can! Nu! bitie mamos neck!" Kena squealed out clinging to Rickys shirt. "Pease no hurtie her!"

"Wuv joo, mamo..." Kana said softly before biting into Karen's neck, hugging her tightly. "I's so...hungee..."

"KANA!" Ricky grabbed Kana, pulling her away from Karen. "Don't you dare hurt your mother... No biting, ever."

"Yosh, baka!" Kana said, biting Ricky's neck.

"I said no biting!" Ricky roughly pushed her away, glaring coldly at her.

"Baka...hurtie..." Kana whimpered, cutling up into a little ball. "Hurtie...meh..."

Karen shivered and looked at Ricky sadly. "R-Ricky...you're scaring her.." she said holding Kana softly. "...Kana..." she looked down and lifted Kana up to her neck. "Eat..."

"Mamo, nuuuushell hut joo!!" Kena said clinging to Ricky. "Nu..."

"Mamo... Tank joo..." Kana whispered, wrapping her arms around Karen's neck. "Wuv joo, mamo..." She bit as gently as she could into Karen's neck, sucking out blood.

"You're just letting her bite you!?" Ricky shook his head, staring at Kana with horror. "You have to teach her that it's wrong!"

Karen closed her eyes shivering. "...what...else...do I do, I don't want her to die...Ricky.." she felt dizzy and tired. "I'm so...tired...so very tired.."

"Can! Stop! Joo hurtie mamo bad!!" Kena cried out tugging on her sisters shirt. "Stop ti!"

"Kenken..." Kana mumbled softly, hugging her sister. "I'sa hurtie... Bood...makie better... Need...bood..." She pulled away, whispering softly. "I's no more hurtie joo, mamo... I sowry..." She bit into her own hand, crying out in pain, before drinking the dripping blood.

"Kana!" Ricky bit his lip to stop himself from shouting. "Kana, stop it..."

"Kana. no...wait...blood lust dies from that..." Karen said hugging Kana tightly. "It's okay now..." she said healing her daughters arm. "...It' okay..."

Kena stared up at Ricky her her brown and maroon eyes. "Baka...amma I gonna be likie dat?"

"Mamo..." Kana clung tightly to Karen's arm as her eyes got teary. "Mamo, I don wann hurtie joo... I sowry, mamo..." Small tears dripped down her cheeks. "Mamo, joo hatie meh?"

"I... I don't know..." Ricky hugged Kena gently. "I don't...know..."

Karen hugged Kana tighter. "No...I could never hate you...Iove you Kana...I love you so much...your...blood lust should be gone.."

Kena hugged Ricky tightly squeezing onto his shirt. "I scard...so...scard.."

"Okie...mamo..." Kana said softly, hugging her tightly. "I sowry... I soooo sowry... I don wann hurtie..."

"Kena... Everything's going to be okay..." Ricky whispered, hugging Kena tightly. "You'll be okay... Everything's all right... You're fine, okay?"

"It's okay...Kana.." Karen said hugging her softly. I Love you so much but...I'm so sleepy..."

Kena looked up at Ricky blinking. "I dunno...ifie ill be fin..."

"Ish...meh fald?" Kana tilted her head sideways. "Ish meh fald mamo ish slippy... I's never gonn hurtie joo, mamo... Sowry..." She buried her head into Karen's chest, closing her eyes, letting out a sad whimper. "Hurtie mamo...was...scarie... Never...do again..."

"I'm make sure you'll be okay..." Ricky whispered, hugging Kena tightly. "I'll protect you if anything happens to you...okay?"

Karen shook her head. "It's not your...fault...Ricky." she said shivering. "It's okay..."

Kena looked up at Ricky. "Tank joo...wuv...joo soooooooo muchie!"

Kana had fallen asleep with her head rested against Karen's chest. Her hands were squeezed into fists, grabbing tightly onto Karen's shirt as she slept. "Nuu...killie..." she whispered in her sleep, pushing her head against Karen's chest, snuggling closer. "Plez..."

Ricky smiled down at Kena. "Wuv joo too..." he muttered softly, grinning. "Now can we go to sleep? I'm so tired..."

Karen smiled asn she slowly fell asleep hugging Kana tightly. "It's okay...I'll protect you.."

Kena slowly fell asleep on Ricky's chest. "Okie.."

"Maaaaamooooo!" Kana woke up early in the morning, staring up at Karen with wide eyes. "Whazza going on? I'sa gotta peeee!" She squirmed around on Karen's lap, grabbing Karen's shirt tightly. "Gotta peeeee, mamo!"

"Ugh, jeez..." Ricky muttered, opening his eyes. "So...tired... Jeez..."

Karen handed Kana to Ricky. "Ricky...please...take care of her..." she said falling back asleep.

"Baka- I gotta potty!! potty!!!"

"Potty, potty, baka! Gotta pee!" Kana wailed, grabbing onto Ricky's shirt. "Now, now, gotta gooo!"

"You take care of them!" Ricky glared at Karen. "Fine, I'll take one, you take one. Jeez..."

"All done!" Kana smiled up at Karen, sitting on her lap. "I's okie! I's all done!"

Karen shivered and yawned sitting up. "Okay...come on, Kana.." Karen said walking into Amy and Arams room.

"Mamo!" Amy cried out with wide eyes staring at Kana. "Who?"

"Your sister..." Karen replied changing Kana's diper. "Go...back to sleep, Amy."

"Okie"
-
Kena looked up at Ricky. "I all do-do...done!..."

"Ayyy-meeee!" Kana squealed happily, reaching out to Amy.

Aram opened sleepy eyes, staring up at Kana. "I dun liki joo..." He glared at Kana. "Joo takie mamo 'way! Mamo wuv me more!"

- - -

Ricky sighed, standing up, bringing Kena into Aram and Amy's room, starting to change her diaper.

"Nuuuu!" Aram began to cry once he saw Kena. "Nuuu, mamo, baka!" Turning to Amy, he whispered, "M-Mamo, baka...wuv dem more!"

"Whaaa?" Amy shook her head. "Mamo wuv useh all!" she looked up at Ricky. "D-Daddy!!"

Kena looked at Amy and pointed at her. "Baka!! Lookie!"

Karen sighed sitting down. "So...tired..." she whispered falling asleep again, "So...sleepy..."

"M-Mamo..." Amy said staring at her sadly. "D-Daddy! Mamo ishn't moving!!"

"Mamo notta move!" Aram screeched, curling up into a ball, squeezing his eyes shut. "Mamo...gonn die, my fauld... All my fauld... Issa my...fauld..."

"Nonono, joo notta do nuffink! Is my fauld..." Kana stared sadly at Karen. "I bited mamo... Wannded bood..."

"Karen!" Ricky bent down to Karen, putting a hand over her heart, searching for a pulse. "You're...okay, right? Just sleeping?"

Karen didn't move staying still as Ricky tried waking her up.

"Mamo- died..." Kena said clinging to Kana then looking over at Aram. "I scared brodr!!"

"She...gonn die..." Aram whispered, covering his ears with his little hands. "Is deaded... 'Cos I bin a bad boy.. Yisserday...I stoled a cookie..." Tears dripped down his cheeks as he made soft whimpering noises. "Now mamo gonn die... 'Cos issa my fauld..."

"Mamo..." Kana whispered, hugging Kena tightly. "Mamo..."

"Karen, Karen, wake up!" Ricky shook her roughly. "What's wrong with her!? What happened!? Kana, Kena! What...happened to her...?" He made his hand glow, staring at her sadly. "I don't know what to do... What am I supposed to heal?" He stared at the faint bite marks on her neck, healing them completely. "What...do I do...? I can't help her... I don't know how..."

Kena cried loudly. "Mamo...mamo...dun go...way.." she said hugging Kana tightly. "Pease..."

Amy looked at Aram. "Qiet!!" she shouted to him sadly. "Mamo...just sleep..."

Kena looked at Ricky's hand glowing and moved closer to him putting a small glowing hand on his arm. "...Baka..tere..." she said sadly. "Powers- can tav them.."

"Yosh, baka!" Kana crawled closer to Ricky, making her hand glow, grabbing his arm. "Here, takie."

Aram stared sadly at Amy. "Nuuu..."

Ricky pressed his hand onto her chest, over her heart. "Come on, come on... Jeez, don't die, you idiot... Please...don't..."

Karen winced slightly, her heart beat skiped a beat as she slowly woke up. "Ricky..." she whispered sadly. "I'm so sleepy..."

Kena smiled tiredly at Karen. "Mamo...ish...okie..." she said falling to the ground tired.

"Kena.." Karen said in horror. "...no...Kena wake up..."

"Kenken? Joo...okie?" Kana asked hopefully, feeling extremely tired. "Kenken! Kenken notta move! Kenken! KENKEN, waki up!"

"Kena..." Ricky whispered, gently scooping her into his arms. "You're...okay, aren't you? Kena?"

"Liddle sissy..." Aram whispered sadly. "Nuuu, I dun hate joo... Sissy, waki up..."

Karen looked at Kena with wide eyes. "No...she's...not okay.." she bent down toward Kena who was in Ricky's arms. "R-Ricky..." she shivered sadly touching Kena's chest. Her heart wasn't beating. "Don't...die...don't...die..." she said shivering. "Don't die..." she had tears going to her face. "Don't...die..."

"Heal! Hers!!" Amy cried out with a sad face. "Hurries!!"

Aram stared sadly down at Kena. "I dun...wan joo to die... Plezz...dun die..."

"Mamo, baka! Kenken ish... Ish..." Tears dripped down Kana's cheeks as she hugged her sister tightly. "Ken...ken... Nuuu... G-Gone..." She turned her head, staring at Karen with hurt eyes. "Mamo... Is...no fair... I...wann die..."

"She's not gone!" Ricky grabbed Karen's arm, putting his hand over Kena's heart. "Give me your power, Karen..." he said softly, staring down at Kena.

"I...hep joo..." Kana touched Ricky's arm with teary eyes, lending him her power. "Plezz... Kenken..."

Karen looked down at Kena. "But Ricky..." she shook her head closing eyes. "Ricky...help her.."

Kena slowly opened her eyes. "M-M-Mamo...Baka...Can...Broder...sissy.."

"Kenken!" Kana squealed, hugging Kena tightly. "Wuv joo so much! You life again! Wuv...joo... Dun go way... Never never..."

"Ken!" Aram smiled, shaking slightly with relief. "Joo...okie!"

"She's...okay..." Ricky mumbled softly before closing his eyes. "And no, jeez, I'm not dying or anything..." He smiled slightly. "Just...sleeping..."

Karen felt dizzy again. "Ricky...can you put the kids back to sleep?" she asked slowly but weakly standing up. "I'm...so tired..."

"Mamo..." Kena whispered reaching for her. "I want joo!"

"...Night..." she said walking out of the room and fainting against the wall. "So...sleepy.."

"You...put them...to sleep..." Ricky muttered, keeping his eyes closed. "Too...tired..."

"Baka..." Kana gently poked Ricky's forehead. "Baka...wos joo ebil?"

Ricky's eyes snapped open as he stared at her. "Wh-What? How...did you...?"

"Pokie!" Kana held up a finger. "Jus pokie dere, I see!" She poked his forehead again. "Joo, killie! Killie liddle girlies, lika me an sissy!" She backed away, staring at him with fear in her eyes. "Joo...gonn killie me?"

"No..." Ricky whispered, staring out the door, seeing Karen fainted against the wall. "Uh, Kana, I'll be right back--"

"Nu." Kana firmly grabbed his shirt. "Baka, joo gonn killie me? Killie sissy?"

"No, Kana, I promise..." Ricky glanced back at Karen. "Jeez, just let me go to sleep..."

Kena pulled on Kana's hand. "Seep...shush...pease.." she said curling up next to Aram. "Boder...sissy...baka...mamo...Can!...Wuv joo.."

"Okie, shushie." Kana closed her eyes, curling up next to Kena, resting her head against Kena's shoulder. "Nite nite, Kenken, baka, mamo...big boder, big sissy... Wuv joo!"

"Night." Ricky smiled, walking out the door once he was sure they were all asleep. Picking up Karen who was still fainted against the wall, he walked to their room, putting her down on the bed, lying down beside her. "Twins..." He turned over, sighing. "Jeez..."

The following morning Karen slowly opened her eyes. "Ricky..."

"Mamo!!!"

Karen looked down to see Kena, Kana, Aram, and Amy.

"We fly!! See!!" Kena said floating up into the air. "Sees?" she giggled and flew over Ricky. "Mornin' Baka!"

"Looki, looki!" Kana grinned, flying agross the room. "Didja see, mamo? Flyflyfly!"

"Oh jeez..." Ricky squeezed his eyes shut, sighing. "That's...great, guys... Congratulations..."

"I's a better flyer den liddle sissys! I do it better!" Aram flew as fast as he could across the room, hitting his head against the window. "Oww..." he said with teary eyes. "Mamo... I's...better? I's better den Can and Ken...?"

"Boder!!" Kena flew over to Aram and kissed his head. "Joo all better!" she said smiling. "Okie?"

Karen put a hand over her eyes and sighed. "Geez...guys...go play...flying ninja downstairs..."

"Ninji!!!!" Kena squealed, pulling on Aram's arm. "Commie!!"

"yay! I a ninja!" Amy flew out with her sisters and brother.

"Gez...so...sleepy, Ricky."

"Four kids..." Ricky groaned, staring up at the ceiling. "Four... Jeez..."

- - -

"Ninji, ninji! I a better ninji den joo!" Aram grinned, tackling Kana.

"No, I a better!" Kana pushed him away, making a red ecto-knife. "I kin killie! I haffa knife!"

Karen looked over at him getting ontop of him. "Well...don't you...love them?" she asked hugging him softly. "I love...eatch and everyone of them"
-
"Can!" Kena said getting in front of Aram. "Nu! Dun het broder! Pease"
Amy's bottom lip went up and down. "sissy..."

Yeah... I love them all..." Ricky smiled, hugging her gently. "I do... I really do... They just...give me headaches, that's all"
- - -
"I not hurtie broder!" Kana pointed the knife at Kena. "I jus showie! Here, joo kin haff it!" She held the knife out, staring at Kena. "Takie, knife!"

Aram's eyes widened in fear. "Can...ish...jus...like baka..." he said softly, hugging Kena from behind, clinging to her tightly. "I scard..."

"That's what comes with...parenting...Ricky." she said kissing him but not pulling away. "Ricky..." she muffled in the kiss. "I love you..." she muffled again.
-
Kena took the knife away from Kana. "See...broder...?" Kena said lifting up the knife. "It's...so perdy.."

Ricky moaned softly before mumbling in the kiss, "Love...you...Karen..." He slipped his hands up the back of her shirt, undoing her bra clip, still not breaking the kiss.
- - -
"Nuu, ish not perdy! Ish not!" Aram flew away from Kena, clinging tightly to Amy. "Amy...save...meh... Ish...scaree..."

"Everone..." Kana whisperd, staring sadly at the ground. "Everone ascared of me..."

Karen continued to kiss him as he un-did her bra clip. Slowly pulling away she began to breath deeply. "..Ricky..." she whispered looking down at him. "I love you"
-
Amy stared at Aram and hugged him tightly. "It okie wittle brother..." she looked up at Kena and Kana. "Wez scard!"

Kena looked at Kana and hugged her tightly. "I ishn't scared...nuu way...nuu.."

"Love...you too..." Ricky whispered, staring up at her. "...So...much..." He tugged on her shirt sleeves without realizing he was doing it. "Th-Thank you...for not...hating me"
- - -
"Big sissy..." Aram hugged Amy tightly. "You a save me..."

Kana hugged her back. "Tank...joo... Kenken, wuv joo... I never never gonn hurtie joo..."

"Why would I...hate you?" she asked staring down at him sadly. "I..have no reason to hate you.." she said as she shirt was lowered. "No...reason"
-
Kena smiled and tightened her grip around her. "joo too...soo much..."

Amy huggled Aram tightly. "Love...joo..."

"Thank you..." Ricky said, looking away from her. "I...just... I've hurt you, made you run away, said bad things to you... And you still...don't hate me..." He hugged her tightly, pulling her close to him. "I love you so much"
- - -
"I'mma wuv joo fo' ever..." Kana whispered, smiling at Kena. "Even when I's all growed up!"

Aram pulled away, staring at Kana. "She... I..." He clenched his fists, trying to look brave. "I not ascared of her! She notta scary!"

Karen smiled. "Thanks"
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