Of late m needed somewhere small without all the flash of urban apartments so he stayed in a small one bedroom apartment in a unknown part of town. He stayed on the second floor where his neighbors were kind caring individuals who often brought him and rei something to eat. He'd sent the word out to anyone who saw her to let her know where he was. Putting the key into the slot he was terrified to enter a empty apartment alone once again.

((Only brigid or rei.))

Rei had been looking out a window, thinking when she heard the door open. She looked up and pounced on M, snuggling him happily.

M fell back to the floor with a now happy rei on top of him which was a bit akward but he snuggled her back. "I've been looking everywhere for you." he told her holding on tight so she wouldn't leave him.

((-super snuggle attacks you- I'VE GOT YOU NOW!!))

((^_^))

Rei giggled and kissed his cheek. "I was on the roof!" she said happily.

"I mean I've been looking for you all over town. Don't leave me again please." he told her hugging her tight and looking up with wide pleading eyes.

((-puts you in a box and mails you to myself and opens it- YEAH MY EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT!!! -finds you- YEAH JUST WHAT I WANTED!!!))

((*gets dizzy from all the movement* Helloz))

"I'm sowwy!!" She hugged him tightly and then looked around suspiciously. She slipped out of his arms and dragged him into the apartment by one of his legs.

As she dragged him away into the apartment he closed the door which locked itself through some strange fluke. "What are you doing?" he asked wondering.

((-cuddles you- MINE!! NO ONE TOUCH MY GIFT!!!))

((*pokes her own arm*))

"People in the hall might yell at us," she explained. She then sat on top of him and smiled. "I love you!"

As she sat on top of and the ceiling fan overhead twirled he looked at her with confusion on his face displayed. "What did I tell you about those three words?" he asked cautiously wondering what she could be thinking.

((Why are you poking yourself?))

((You said no one could touch me. But I just touched me))

"You said I don't have to say them. But I want to say them." She blushed slightly.

((What does Rei call him? She used to call him Izrael, but since he turned back into M, does she know about that?))

((How dare you touch yourself! Wait I can fix that -takes duct tape and ties your hands behind you.))

"I love you too." he said this a bit shakily, not that he wasn't convinced of the feeling just unsure of how to present the emotion, or for that matter handle it.

((Just call him m.))

((*pokes her side with her finger* You that didn't help at all...))

Rei giggled happily and leaned down to kiss him on the lips. It was a small, chaste kiss.

M excepted the kiss and didn't pursue it any further, obviously m was more fragile then he had been originally, his mind unable to bare the thought of being abandoned again by anyone. In a way he was unbalanced but would never harm rei if he could help it. "Please don't leave me." he begged holding her the best he could from the position he was in.

((Stop the madness. -pins you down and sits on top- Would you like a cupcake? Oh and I was going through some old posts and found the one with angel and odd. Good times. Sort of.))

((They were good for Angel ))

Rei was confused. She lay down next to him and hugged him. "Where would I go? I need you."

If rei still posessed her powers she could see the abuse he had taken thoroughly, his hearts conflicts through his minds eye that was never shut or closed, and for the life of him he wanted to spare her the horrid and morbid sites. "I don't know. I just want to be with you." he held her tightly burying his head in her chest closing his eyes.

((Don't laugh but I think m wants to be treated like that again. Minus the incident with the branch.))