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Poison does strange things to your inhibitions, he thinks, his eyes fluttering open.

He feels… like himself. He’s able to sit right up, is surprised when he can not only flex his fingers but can move and flex his legs. He feels weak, but not like before. He feels like he’s been in bed all week long with the flu, and it’s finally out of his system. With hesitation he reaches down and pulls his shirt back, takes off his bandage.

The gaping wound that had been before is now down to a small white scar. Kai breathes a sigh of relief and looks up, expecting to see someone… but not his sister.

“Sup, hot head,” she says, smacking her gum and grinning. Her feet are propped up on the bed, and she’s got a magazine in her hands.

“Would you stop calling me that, puddle water?” He responds, reaching down to give her leg a hard pinch. “Especially in front of the others,” he tells her, and she smiles. “Im hardly a hot head anymore!”

"Debatable, much?,” she squeaks, pulls her foot away from his pinching. “Glad to see you’re okay, bro.”

He nods, feeling okay, which is such a huge relief. “Where’s Cole?” He asks before he thinks about it, and immediately regrets it when he sees a large smirk on Nya’s face.

“Oh, you mean your boyfriend?” She teases, and he glares.

“He’s not my boyfriend,” he objects immediately, then regrets that, too.

“He went to take a shower and catch some Z’s. Remember, he’s been at your side all week,” she wiggles her eyebrows, and he swipes for her.

She rolls out of the chair and away, and Kai swings his feet off the bed and onto the floor to chase her, and is actually surprised that they support him.

The door opens, and Sensei and his parents come in, chatting happily. He waves.

“Oh, my little Kaito!” Maya says, coming forward and kissing his cheek, giving him a hug.

“Ah, Maya,” Ray groans, “He's just survived deadly snake poison. Don’t kill him from embarrassment.”

She laughs, pulls back. “Embarrass you? In front of Sensei? Please, this man helped me change your diapers,” she chides, and Kai squeezes his eyes shut.

“That’s something I could have gone my whole life without knowing and I wish I had done,” Kai says, and Sensei laughs.

“She was threatening to pull out the baby photo’s to show the ninjas,” he says, and Kai’s eyes snap open in horror, “but I talked her out of that one.”

“There’s still time,” Maya winks at him.

“Okay, seriously,” Kai jokes, stepping away from his mom. “When are you leaving?”