Chapter 14 : In the dark...
Katy opened the door .

'' Hey, why you never come school today? H1N1 right? Here's your homework .! '' Kris began.

'' Ya lor... got fl- ''
AHH-CHOO.
Kris felt some droplet of water hit his face and he just stood there, stunned.

'' Oh my god. Come in ! I'll get you some tissue, have a seat over there '' Katy hastily said, and moved aside to let Kris in .

Kris removed his shoes and stepped in .

When he was almost over the threshold, he suddenly stopped and questioned himself.

'' Should I really go in?! It's 8.55P.M already... No one except Katy is at home.. ! What if... ''

Kris felt a sharp pain to his forehead .

'' Ouch! '' Kris shouted and started to rub his forehead.

'' Oi come in , waiting for what? I don't have H1N1 la ! '' exclaimed Katy.

''Go there sit, I go get tissue '' katy pointed to the sofa at the end of the room , and walked off towards a room .

All alone now, Kris looked around and he realised that Katy's house is awfully plain, just 4 white walls with a small tv and 1 sofa with a grandfather clock beside it, hardly anything else .

'' Here, got you a pack of tissue , goodb-'' Katy began.

All of a sudden, the lights went out, Kris heard Kate yelp and felt something attaching itself onto him , Kris was shocked beyond belief.

After about a second, Kris realised it was Katy and he tried to push her away , but Katy just made some muffled noises, which was all she kept making.

'' Oi... let go.. relax, it's just an power outage la.. '' Kris said in a soothing tone .

More muffled noises.

'' Can talk anot little girl '' Kris began.

The noises persisted.

Looking down, and to his immense shock and horror, he could make out the fact that Katy's face was practically buried in Kris' chest in the dim light.

'' Relax... we just need to get to the power box Katy . '' Kris whispered softly .

He could not control his next movement.

It was as though someone was controlling him like a puppet, and he raised his shaking hand and placed it on Katy's hair...

Katy looked up.

Kris's hand went down immediately.

Looking down at Katy's eyes made his knees weak and he only managed to turn his head away to avoid Katy's gaze.

Sensing that the sobbing had stopped, he summoned his remaining willpower and pushed Katy away.

Katy ran forward towards Kris again, and this time Kris had the sense to actually block her from advancing.

'' Kris... I am scared...of the dark.. ''

Katy finally spoke , in a frightened voice so soft that Kris could barely hear it....

'' You are scared of what? '' Kris advanced, hoping to catch what Katy was saying

For that second that Kris had let his guard down, Katy dodged Kris hands and went forward to hug him again, tighter...

It was only now that he noticed it.

Katy's hair smells so nice....

'' Crap ! I have to get out of this situation ASAP ! Not good ! '' Kris realised abruptly.

Kris tired to regain his composure and thought about what to do next.

'' Calm down Katy, I am going to bring you to the sofa then I am going to look for the power box alright? ''

To his amazement, Katy merely nodded and allowed Kris to lead her there.

After settling down on the sofa, Kris's mind was wandering between sitting down there and to enjoy Katy's warmth or to get to the powerbox.

After struggling with himself, he got up and started towards the direction of the powerbox.

All of a sudden, something warm came into contact with Kris' hand....

Looking back, he discovered that Katy had reached out and is holding onto his hand....

Kris felt himself hitting the sofa very hard after being pulled back.

Before he realised it, Katy's lips was dangerously close to his.

Shinobi Life.... =p

Their lips locked.

Kris felt himself being eaten up by some sort of fire and it was as though a beast was roaring in his chest.

He wanted more.

A sudden realisation akin to being doused with water dawned upon him.

He immediately pushed Katy away and stood up.

Turning back to Katy, he simply said,
'' Err.. Im going to go to the light- ''

''Dong! ''

The clock struck .

Kris jumped but Katy also jumped, and held onto his hand tightly.

At that moment, it was as though an electric shock had run through it.

'' Maybe it's the kiss . Oh god. What have I done ! '' Kris thought to himself.

Kris could not bring himself to turn back but instead headed towards the power box.

Every step the pair took was as though they were underwater, moving ever so slowly and Kris felt hot.

Very hot. Despite the fan being switched on.

Feeling for the source of the heat, Kris looked down and suddenly become conscious of the source of that heat.

It was Katy's hands.. her hands was clasped tightly onto Kris' hands.

Feeling helpless and not knowing what to do next, he simply squeezed her hand softly to give her reassurance and continued walking towards the power box.

After what felt like eternity, they reached the power box , and Katy left go, so that Kris could get on top of the chair.

Flick. The switched flipped and light returned and chased all shadows away from the room .

Kris heaved a sigh of relief and started to get down the chair.

The chair's legs suddenly broke and Kris fell.
When falling, Kris felt something soft supporting his back and something hard hitting his head, the soft support suddenly disintegrated and disappeared.

His vision blurred as he crashed onto the floor, and saw that Katy was also down on the floor.

It then came to him that Katy was the one who had supported him.

Reaching for Katy, he saw a small pool of red liquid in front of him.

He craned his neck upwards and saw the blunt edge of a shoe cupboard.

The edge was tainted red.

'' My god.... '' he moaned.

Kris' vision darkened and he slowly lost conscious...


DONG.

Kris's eyes flew open.

Sharp pain started to pierce his head as he slowly came to his senses.

He looked down and saw that the pool of blood had dried up, and the clock registered 3A.M.

He slowly made his way to the lifeless Katy.

'' Hey wake up... ''

No response from Katy.

'' Hey ! wake up ! ''

No response .

Kris heart started pumping faster.

Kris felt his conscience slipping away again...