Kai Lane Chapter 8: Love

3 Days Later

Those few days had passed quickly. Kai and the others had spent those few days thinking about how to find this man - Jace - but after a while, he realized that there was only so much they could do at the hospital, so he decided to leave it to Kevin and Jack. 

Now Kai had been discharged. He was driving home with his mother. 

"Everyone has forgotten about me. I've been discharged but no one has called," Kai said. He was depressed. Wouldn't you come to see your sibling? If Kai had died, it was like their spirits wouldn't hear. What about his father? Was he worth talking to? 

"They had work, Kai. Don't be too hard on them. The kids were studying. Your father said he'd be late for work. That's why I came to pick you up. Otherwise, how can you think they don't miss you? "

"Should I believe that? Is the study more important than me? No, my supreme identity cannot be more important than these simple matters. These are all excuses. " Kai bowed his head and sighed. I guess he didn't want to bother thinking about it after all that had happened. Whether people missed him or not was a very trivial matter. The important thing was to find the man who knew things he didn't know.

The mother and son duo reached home. Issa stopped the car got out and helped Kai. When they reached the door of the house, she turned Kai around and made him look at her face. Kai looked at his mother, dumbfounded, while Issa looked very serious and sad. For a moment he was about to say something, but then he swallowed his words. 

"Kai, I don't want you to try to look for that man, just let the people who are assigned do their job. You don't have to."

Kai's gaze hardened. 

"I want to find him. I want to see him and learn things beyond my imagination. I may be disappointed, but that's okay. I don't want to live in the ordinary."

Kai took his mother's hand and continued. 

"It's okay with me, mom. You have to be aware too. You should all be aware." 

"Aware of what, Kai? Tell me. " Isse's question forced Kai to let out a small laugh. As he slowly grasped the door handle, a stern expression formed on his face and he frowned. He couldn't believe that his mother didn't know the answer that even a small child could understand. She was just calling him to reality about it. But Kai had already stepped into that reality. 

"Nothing will ever be the same again."

Kai listened no more and went inside. 

As Kai walked in, confetti piled on top of him, causing his face to contort in confusion, but it was only when everyone shouted welcome that Kai realized what had happened. There were signs on the walls saying welcome home. Some of them had jokes that only Kai could understand. Everyone looked happy. Kai put on a fake smile and hugged everyone who came. He thanked them. From ahead Sam was coming in Kai's direction with a girl's hand in his. The smile on Kai's face twitched. I don't need to tell you how funny it was to see two small children holding hands in the crowd. The crowd didn't seem to care about their childish 'love'. Kai was surprised at how fast Sam was moving and at the same time cursed Sam when he realized what his brother was up to while psychopathic killers were chasing him. 

"Kai, you're finally here. You're not taking care of yourself. What would we have done if your head had exploded?" said Sam, laughing sweetly. The smile on Kai's face brightened this time as he heard something really funny and he hugged Sam. 

"If I hadn't taken care of myself, I probably wouldn't have my head on straight." 

Kai whispered something in Sam's ear and Sam turned red. She still didn't understand what had happened. Kai looked at her. She was a small-nosed, donkey-eyed girl with bangs and black hair that fell a little below her shoulders, a little above society's average for beauty. But she was still small, so of course she was likely to get even prettier. 

"I'm Kai, by the way."

Kai held out his hand to shake Melisa's hand.

"I'm Melisa too," she said and shook Kai's hand. It was too formal, but Kai knew it was better this way. After all, he was pretty sure that their relationship would not last long. 

"Anyway, come out and let the next ones come." 

As Kai dismissed them, Sam said goodbye with a laugh and disappeared into the crowd with Melisa. 

Kai turned his gaze once more and saw Jack and Kevin coming towards him.

"I see the wounded lion has recovered," Jack said with a laugh. 

"I hope you didn't expect me to be tied to the bed forever. " Kai hugged them as well and laughed to try to pull the wool over his mother's eyes. 

"Did you find anything useful? "

"There's no need to talk about this now. It's not a good time," Kevin said.

"Okay then, I'll see you then. "said Kai, and Jack and Kevin went to a table with the girls. Kai just sighed and turned away. It looked like Kevin had put the suicide rope around Jack's neck too. 

"The playboys. "

Kai turned his head and saw Matt and Lily standing next to him. A boy was holding Lily's hand. Kai couldn't help the look on his face when he saw it. Why had he put a member of the opposite sex on his arm while he was dying in the hospital?

"Welcome, Kai. " Lily said and hugged Kai. Matt hugged Kai back and Kai stared at the boy. 

"Who's that?" Kai said suddenly. He was getting tired of this nonsense. He only hoped the answer to his question wasn't 'Darling!

"Darling!"

Kai's expression instantly turned ugly and he cursed the grandfather of the boy holding Lily's hand for the slaps life had given him. 

"Yeah, my crazy little brother. I've survived two big mountains and if I can survive you, I'll have accomplished my mission," Lily said. She didn't want any more trouble. Lily had already convinced her father Rhodes and Matt. Kai didn't know if it would be harder or easier. 

"Matt, is it true?" Kai asked and Matt just nodded. He fixed his serious blue eyes on Kai. 

"Even though I caused a little trouble at school because of it, I know that in the end, Lily won't become a nun. Lily has a mind of her own. She can make her own decisions. Even though my father was a little tougher on him, he only took a few punches from me. Now it's your turn. "

Kai rolled his eyes and waved his hands dismissively. Then he held out his hand, this time to the handsome dark-haired young man next to Lily to introduce himself. 

"You are older than me. Even so, I won't insult you disrespectfully and stupidly and say silly things like give me my sister, but if you cheat on my sister flirtatiously or upset her, we'll fall out." 

The handsome young man with black hair smiled. As he smiled, many women around turned in that direction to see this handsome young man smiling. He gave off a much more charming aura than the immature Kai. And the way he embraced Lily even though he was with his brothers was being watched with interest by many people. 

"Dean, my name is Dean. Nice to meet you." 

Kai saw sharp flashes in his gaze. As if something was causing swords to clash in his soul. For some reason, it made him very uncomfortable and he took a step back. But then the certainty vanished and Kai breathed a sigh of relief. 

"Well, let's get on with the party!" said Kai. Kai looked at the boy as everyone went back to the way they were.

"See you later. You too, sis." 

Lily grumbled as she moved next to Dean, telling him to say goodbye to Kai first, that he was her brother. Even though what she was complaining about was ridiculous, Dean was listening to her with a wide smile on his face. 

'Is that love?' 

Kai took a deep breath and looked around at the people laughing happily. He was breathing deeply and trying to calm down without anyone noticing. So much had happened but none of them understood what Kai was going through, how he felt. Kai wanted to leave, but he knew he would lose his peace after what had happened before. Only one person in the crowd could see that his eyes were red and a third yellow base had formed. Then all the differences in his eyes disappeared as if they had never existed. 

***

Kai woke up in the morning to his cell phone ringing and quickly got up and dressed. Then he immediately called Jack. He couldn't wait any longer. 

"What happened? "Jack answered. 

"Come on, get ready, I'm coming to your house, call Kevin to come over. Let's put our information together. "

"Okay. " Jack said and Kai hung up the phone. After eating breakfast, he wasted no time and started walking towards Jack's house. His steps showed how hurried he was. His face was as tense as it was excited. Kai didn't seem in control at that moment. 

After walking for a while, Kai saw the house organized around the corner. New people must have been moving in. Curiosity got the better of him and he moved to find out who they were. He walked a little further and stopped a few meters away from the doorway before he left the road and tried to look inside. 

"Ahh!!!"

Kai suddenly fell to the ground with the person he had bumped into. Realizing that it was a weak girl, he lightened himself as much as possible and avoided falling on her. He noticed her blonde hair. It covered her thin body. Kai felt her soft body and it made his body tremble momentarily. Yet he was in control. He knew he had to avoid her. As she fell, in a move that destroyed all Kai's efforts, he grabbed her arm and pulled her down with him. 

PAAATTT...!

Kai's head had fallen very softly and her hands were on his back. From the outside, they looked very awkward. It took Kai a few seconds after feeling the softness to react. 

"Excuse me, are you okay?"

Kai was gentle and pulled his head off the girl's chest where she had fallen directly on top of him, got up, and spoke as if nothing had happened, but it was hard to hide the reddening of his face. He had never experienced anything like this in his life. It was a tremendous feeling he could never have imagined.

At the same time, he started to pick up her fallen things.

"I'm fine. Thank you, I should apologize. I was not looking where I was going," she said. Her voice was thin, light, and rather hoarse. It made Kai realize that she was embarrassed too. Kai raised his face and looked at her. At the same time, the girl lifted her flushed face and looked at Kai. With her slightly flushed cheeks and bitten lip, Kai felt her soul preparing to leave her body. Those long eyelashes and thin eyebrows, those eyes staring at him in amazement... Simply perfect! Kai could feel his heart pounding and his body going through some changes. But he couldn't think about what was going on inside him. He just stared into those blue eyes and was speechless. 

"I-I'm Kai. I live one street over," Kai said, holding out his hand. He couldn't stop his voice from trembling as he spoke. When he realized this, his eyes widened and his embarrassment grew. 

"I-I'm Emma. "Emma said, shaking Kai's hand. Her voice trembled, whether from the awkwardness of this formal introduction or, like Kai, from the embarrassment of what had just happened.

"Nice to meet you, Emma. I think you're our new neighbor."

'What am I doing?! Why do I feel like I'm trying to start a conversation!? 

"Yes, we moved in here," she said, pointing to the house. I hope she realized that what she was saying was ridiculous. Because Kai seemed to understand perfectly well that they had moved here. 

Meanwhile, Kai kept looking at Emma, trying to think of new ways to talk, but there was already nothing left but a knife on the floor. 

"Wait, I'll get it," Kai said and reached out his hand for the knife. But he accidentally made a wrong move and the knife cut his hand. The intensity of what was wrong with his body was suddenly concentrated in that area. The cut closed slowly as Kai looked at his hand with concern. It happened so quickly that Emma didn't notice. Kai could feel the changes intensifying in his eyes and he prayed inwardly that what he had in mind would not come true.

"Are you okay?" Emma asked. Kai, of course, didn't want to frighten her, so he didn't tell her that he had recovered quickly. Such strange events were not considered normal by people. 

"I'm fine, it didn't cut me, it just grazed me," said Kai. It would be better if Emma didn't prolong this. 

On the other hand, two men were carrying a mirror. When Emma saw the mirror, she paid attention to it. 

"That mirror is a bit precious for my mom, can you take care of it? She wouldn't want it to break. "Emma said towards the men. Kai looked at the mirror and realized what was different. Immediately he felt a big headache coming on. 

Kai's eyes! They were red again! Kai immediately took his gaze away from the mirror and looked down. A strange sad look had appeared on his face. He felt like crying. Why now? Couldn't it have been some other time?! 

Even though Kai was waging a war in his mind, he didn't react to the outside world in any great way. Still, the sudden tilt of his head caught Emma's attention. 

"What happened?" 

"I just got something in my eye." Kai didn't look up, but only seconds later she realized that the color of his eyes had gone back to blue. 

"Are you going to high school?" Emma was taken aback by Kai's sudden question, but seconds later she answered. Emma didn't feel the need to hide it. 

"I'm starting this year," Emma said. Kai's face momentarily broke into a smile he couldn't hide. 

"Oh, very good! If you want to study in this city, there is only one high school. So we will go to the same school." 

Emma's face also showed a smile. 

"I'm happy to have someone I know at school." 

"You can find me whenever you want. I live over there," Kai said and pointed to his house up ahead. It didn't look like much, but Kai explained it well so Emma knew more about it. 

Kai felt a text message on his phone, so he took the vibrating phone out of his pocket and quickly looked at it. He saw it was from Jack, 'Where are you'.

"Ah! I have to go urgently. Nice to meet you, Emma."

"Me too, Kai," Emma said and Kai walked away. His gaze was not even happy that he had met Emma. It was like something was gnawing at him. And he was still forcing back tears. 

All his life Kai had thought that to experience love he had to be at least old enough to go to college, but he was always wrong. Love could happen at any age, but the reactions to it were different. For young children, love was the person with whom they were most willing to share a chocolate bar. For children, it was the one who looked the cutest. For teenagers, it was a beauty, and few looked at the 'heart' they heard from their elders. For adults, anyone could be beautiful, but not everyone was right for her. And so life was divided into many different degrees of maturity. Although Kai had never looked at anyone as beautiful, Emma was more beautiful than he could ever have imagined. It was inevitable that his heart would ignite. 

Kai was convinced he hadn't reached the age of love. He was wrong...