Lost Love (Love Letter From Thief X fanfic) [COMPLETED]

Chapter 10

After about four hours, we pull over at a rest stop. Me,Kelly and Riki bail out of van, leaving the others asleep. Kaylee, Boss, and Blondie come up beside us.

I stretch out my back and legs and arms. "Ugh. I hate driving for long periods of time."

Blondie hands the keys to Boss, who is looking not as hungover now and goes to sit in the front seat of their van. She curls up and immediately falls asleep.

"Well, I guess that's that. Eh, Boss?" I ask. He looks at the now sleeping Blondie in shock. "You do know how to drive out here right?" I double check. He nods.

"She drank like a Russian race horse last night. I'm shocked she was able to operate at all." Kelly murmurs, stifling a yawn. Seeing her do that makes me realize just how tired I am. I lean up against our van and tuck my head to my chest, staring at the pavement, arms crossed over my chest. As Boss and Kelly discuss details of the mission in a low voice, with Riki occasionally offering some information, Kaylee came up and stood beside me and nudged me with her elbow. I looked up with half-lidded eyes. She glances at Riki, then back at me. Even without words the question was obvious. Do you still..?

I take a deep breath and after hesitating for a moment, I nod. She looks back at him and nods, like she knew all along. She turns back to me with a smile and wiggles her eyebrows.

"Oh my God, Kaylee, no. Not gonna happen. Not after.....not after what happened." The last part came out in a strangled breath.

She places her hand on my shoulder with sympathetic eyes. Sorry, she mouths. I give her half-hearted smile back and place my hand on hers. "It's fine." I go back to my former position, head tucked to my chest.

"Alright, time to head out." Kelly's voice makes me look up. I stand up and start towards the driver door, keys in hand, when someone grabs my wrist. I look back, it was Riki.

"C'mon." He takes the keys out of my hand and chucks them to Kelly. He opens the back door and pushes me into the middle seat, between him and a sleeping Takuto. En was in the front seat, out like a light.

"What? You need some sleep. You have circles blacker than your hair." He says, when he sees me staring at him like he's crazy. He's right. I shake my head and lean back against the seat and close my eyes, going to sleep almost immediately.