"It wasn't what?" She asked staying where she was. Not daring to go near him in case she went off again and probably killed him. It looked to easy in the state he was in.

It looked as if Dominic was trying to disapear into the stone, still held up by the wall, and the wall alone. Terror still in place, his voice was a cracked whisper.

"...your fault."

Zoey blinked and looked down. She felt so bad and also, she felt sorry for him.

"Dominic..." she sighed. "you need help..." She said as she blinked away a tear.

"No! Zoey - Zoey, I didn't leave b-because I didn't..."

Eyes wide, it was as clear as day that 'help' was the last thing he wanted.

She shook her head, "What? You didn't what? It was hard enough trying to get you away from here, but you did it. Why did you come back? I thought you were fine avoiding this place. If you liked the abuse and all, all you had to do was ask me." She rolled her eyes. "I would have done it and probably paid you just so you didn't have to come back here." She couldn't help it, tears started to fall down her cheeks.

Something changed.

The fear left his eyes. Dominic stood up straight, the blood and bruises making him look dangerous now, not vulnerable. He was thinner than before, but new muscles were present too - the hard life, the true lowest of the low existence had had some inconcievable effect on his psyche.

...Or perhaps something else had.

Quite opposite to his previous cowering, with a brutal light in his eyes, he walked towards her and pulled her into a kiss.

Then he whispered. "Why did I come back? Because - " his voice became a ghost of it's previous volume, almost intangible. "I am Kira."

She blinked and pulled back away from him. She laughed, "You came back because of that?" She shook her head laughing. "You really do need help. " She lowered her voice, "You're kira..so.. you have to come back to this?" She said looking around. "I can understand the whole kira thing but coming back to this..." she snorted. 'that is what i don't get. '