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Derek sighed as he pulled out his keys. He was utterly exhausted and all he wanted to do was flop over and relax with Kor before attempting anything else tonight. Grumbling to himself he made his way through the separate access and into the apartment proper. "I'm home!" He muttered around a yawn, and was met with.... nothing.

The house was quiet.

Silence was definitely not golden in his current state of life. "Babe?" He called, raising his voice slightly. Derek made his way through the apartment slowly. Nothing looked out of place.. Kor was definitely still here. He wouldn't have just left without giving Derek some sort of heads up. "Talk to me, Love. What's the matter??" Derek stuck his head in the bedroom. Not sleeping...

"Kor." He said, tone losing its softer edge. "Kor, I need you to say something. Anything bud. Let me know you're okay." No sooner do the words leave his mouth, Derek hears his phone go off in the other room. He sighs, aggravated as he stalks back to find it.

Derek is of all things, surprised to see its Kraven call him. "Hello...?"

"Where's. Kor." Kray nearly bites through the other line. Derek rolls his eyes. He's really not in the mood for this sort of bullshit, but he's definitely not going to voice that to the taller man at the moment. "Nice to talk to you too." Derek shoots back. "I don't know. I was in the middle of trying to find him when you called."

"Check faster." Kraven hisses. "He's not answering his phone. I've tried calling him a few times but it goes to voice mail." Derek sighes, trudging back into the bedroom to check Kor's go to spot of the bathroom.

This time, he's none to surprised to find the door locked. "Figures..." He mutters under his breathe. "He's locked himself in the bathroom." Derek can hear a long sigh at the end, and what sounds like the sound of a car engine in the background. "Alright... Just.. tell him I'll be there in a few minutes. Let me handle this." Kray mutters before abruptly hanging up.

Derek sighes, leaning against the "Kraven say's he'll be here soon." He says loudly, hoping to get through whatever this was Kor was dealing with. They had... talked.. briefly, about letting Kor handle his own issues. That Derek didn't need to break his way in to get to him every time... And for the most part, things seemed like they were going okay. But that didn't mean Derek wasn't worried.

"I'm here Babe... I'm right here..." He promised quietly.

"Kor... Sweetheart. Breathe for me Baby." Derek pleaded through the door. He was about ready say ******** it to their agreed terms when he heard the front door being opened, and slammed rather forcefully. "In the bedroom!" Derek called. Part of him wondered just when Kray had managed to make a copy of the apartment keys, or if he'd always had them. "He won't answer me..." The blonde said, shuffling out of the way as Kray rounded the corner.

Kraven scrubbed at his face. "I know. Believe me, I know.." He said with a sigh. "Look... I need you.. to just not be here. Go to the house, hang with Kazuo. Talk s**t about me for being an a*****e. I don't care. Just please leave."

Derek stared at him for a long hard minute. Excuse? "I'm not going to jus-"

"Derek! Please." Kray snapped. "I know you don't think so, but you can't fix this problem. Trust me. I'm not going to let anything happen to him Derek. I'll call you when he's calmed down. I need you to trust me."

Derek again stared. "If anything happens to him..."

"You get first crack. I get it." Kray muttlered, pulling a card from his wallet and proceeding to jimmy open the door. After a moment or two there was a click and Kray slid in and shut the door before Derek had the chance to follow. He sighed as he clicked the lock shut and slowly made his way over towards the drawn shower curtain.

"Firefly." He called softly, pushing the curtain aside. "Hey..." Kray reached in, gently brushing his fingers against the otherman's hand. "You gonna come out or am I getting in? Gonna hafta pick you up to reconfigure... I'm not gonna fit otherwise.."

Kray flinched when Kor screamed. "No, no, no. Shhh Firefly, shhh."

Guess he was getting in. "Kor." He called, stepping over the lip of the tub and crowding into Kor's space. "No. No they don't. Listen to me Firefly." Kray tried to contort himself, and do his best not to actually pick Kor up as he rearranged the two of them in the tub, so that Kor was sitting against me. "You're safe. It's okay." The taller man promised, running a hand along Kor's back. "They aren't looking for you. You're safe. I'm not gonna let them hurt you. Not gonna let them take you." Kraven gently turned the smaller man's head just enough to kiss his temple before tangling their fingers together. "Breathe hun... Breathe. You're in a safe place, I promise." He repeated the same things over and over, his thumb brushing against Kor's skin all the while.

"God damn it Kor, I ain't lyin!" He hissed. "It's me you're talking about. When the hell have I ever lied to you?" Kray shifted some, trying to sit up in the tub as best he could. "To hell with the King!" He snarled. "I sure as ******** didn't elect him."

Kray let go of Kor's waist only to cup his face. "Look at me, Kor. You are safe." For now anyway... "I kept you safe for years. What makes you think I was stopping any time soon??" Kray pulled him close, hugging him against him. "I'm not going to let him hurt you." Or anyone else for else for that matter.

He let go with a bit of a snarl and rubbed at his face. "Do you hear yourself??" Kraven asked. "You and I can pick up and go anywhere, yes. But that doesn't mean the others can. Maybe Kaz doesn't want to pack up and move without so much as a proper explanation... And... And Derek's a kid Kor. He's got family here. Are you gonna really ask him to choose?" Kray hated playing dirty and low like that... But he'd deal with the consequences from that later.

Kray nearly jumped out of his skin when there was a loud clatter from the fire escape outside the bathroom. He stared for a moment wondering if it was Derek, having gotten tired of waiting and was choosing to take things into his own hands. "..What about Nami???" Kray said slowly, turning his attention back to Kor. "Are you going to tell her you plan on leaving? Or are you going to make her witch hunt you down again??" She'd done it once, there was no saying she wouldn't do it again. "...What... What about Laine?" Kray said tentatively. "She's.. You found her. Are you going to disappear on her?" He asked, only to be distracted as the window slammed open.

Kray snarled turning towards the window only for all noise to die in his throat.

"What about me?" Laine said flatly, crawling through the window.

Kraven and Laine watched as Kor dumped himself onto the floor rather unceremoniously.

Kray sighed, climbing out of the tub and over to Kor. "You are going to be the death of me..." He muttered, checking Kor over for any bumps or bruises. "You bruise up for that and the kid's gonna have my god damn head." Part of him wondered if Kor was always this skittish or it was just the current... panic at hand.

"Hey..." Laine muttered quietly, settling in. She glanced towards Kray for a moment. "I see your bruises healed nicely... Unfortunate." Damn... Part of her hoped she'd left a lasting reminder.

Kray kept a hand on Kor, moving to the floor with him. "I'm sorry..." He said quietly as Laine rummaged through the cabinet. "That wasn't fair of me." His hand made a back and forth motion across Kor's shoulders. When Laine sat the bottle and a cup of water on the floor, he stiffened only for a second before forcing himself to relax.

Laine on the other hand, seemed to roll her eyes at Kraven's flinch and chose to sit a short distance away. "Do you just decide you're gonna cuddle anyone who ends up with you in here?" Damn... She really needed to up her game... "Been a long time since I last saw this..."

Kray flinched as he was shoved away. Okay... duly noted. He too, backed up a short distance, trying not to look like a kicked puppy.

Laine made a face when he took one dry. She hated when he did that, and could never completely understand why he could do it without batting an eye. She seemed to sit up a little straighter when MF started from the other side of the door. Damn...cat was still going huh? "Mhmm..." She responded. "No's really doubting that." Laine she moved from her perch to sit on the floor.

"Pretty sure its not you." She said under her breathe, biting at her nail. Laine couldn't confirm anything for certain but, she was pretty sure it wasn't him.