They had only gotten a few blocks when Trai suddenly stopped. "OH.."
"Oh, what?" Adrian asked. "I forgot something important! You guys go on ahead I'll meet you there." Before Poke or Nami could stop him he was off at runner-speed back to the house. "I can get there and back no problem without running into any demons." Trai thought casually to himself. He had just reached the door when a chill went up his spine. He turned towards the shadows and knew right away that he had been wrong.

Damian was counting on a nice solemn walk home. He was deep in his thought when he sensed another presence. He looked to see a vaguely familiar face speeding towards him. He stopped at an apartment building, he seemed unaware of Damian's presence until that moment. He looked towards Damian and Damian stared back. Damian wasn't very good at socializing outside of the club. He didn't want to be rude but before he could give a smile or a wave the familiar stranger vanished inside the apartment.
Damian couldn't remember where he had seen that guy before. He was terrible with faces, he always had people coming and going, he never cared to remember them.

Trai ducked inside the apartment. "What the hell?" he said out load to himself. "It's that demon boy from the club!" Trai slowly peeked out the window but he could no longer see the boy. "Well...ok. He was probably just going back to the club. He probably didn't even see me! Yeah...that's it. Or maybe I'm seeing things. God, I'm way too paraniod. I need to relax." He ran up to his room to get the notebook that had been left behind along with a pack of cigarettes that he had carefully hidden. "Well, what Adrian doesn't know won't hurt him." He popped one in his mouth and walked out the door. As soon as he shut it behind him he came face to face with the boy Damian.

Damian was now nose to nose with with Trai. He didn't know what to do, "Hey whats up" Damian stammered out in his loner kid voice. He took a step back to give Trai a little space. He still searched his mind for the boys name, "Calvin was it?"

"Close. It's Trai" Trai stared at the boy. He seemed almost shy. He tried not to let his guard down. "I hope you aren't here to cause trouble. No offense but I've had enough of demons this week."

"That's who you are, your the hot guy that pals around with the half" said way that almost was up beat. Damian never showed enthusiasm when he spoke. He instantly blushed when he realized he just called him hot to his face. "I'm just heading to school, I dislike confrontation too, Angel and I are always getting dragged into things because of Raphael. Damian ran out of things to say but he didn't want to face the awkward silence that could leave room for Trai to mention the hot comment. "So, ummm do you like clowns?"

Trai blinked at the awkward boy. "Clowns? Heh...no. I don't think they're very funny." The way he was blushing reminded him of his boyfriend, so he couldn't help but soften for him. "Well, hey. I'm going to school too. I guess if you want we could get there together."

Damian was taking back by the tone in Trai's voice, he never heard such a tone from a human. In the club the men always talked with such a hunger and anywhere else everyone talked with a stale demeanor. "Yea they scare me" he gripped his book bag strap at the thought of those painted face freaks. "Well, I'm not use to company but I'm sure you will do." As he said that he instantly realized he might offend him. "Not that I'm settling or anything I'm sure your great company, I'm just not use to human's they are often self absorb, not that there is anything wrong with humans, i'm sure there are some good ones like you." Damian couldn't stop he kept rambling trying not offend Trai, normally he wouldn't care but something was different about this person. He all of a sudden cared about what he thought. He was starting to get confused about what was so special about him.

Trai playfully patted the young boy on the back. "Hey, don't worry about it. As long as you act cool I'm sure more humans are gonna accept you. You're pretty shy for a demon. I know a guy just like you. You should be more confident! You don't seem bad, and you're pretty adorable too." He grinned, pulled the half-smoked cig from his mouth and ground it into the dirt. "Oh, I'm not really supposed to be doing this. Bad for my health and all. So I'm gonna ask you not to mention it."

As Trai's hand touched Damian's back his whole world went into slow motion. Every smile every word every touch was savored. What the hell was going on. Damian searched his mind for what he was feeling. What was happening to him. He was so caught up in his mind he didn't realize he had grabbed Trai and locked lips with him. He wasn't sure how it happened or for how long, he jumped back away from Trai. He was now in the middle of the street in the path of an on coming bus.

Trai looked up when the boy didn't answer, but before he even had time to think his lips were locked against his. He wanted to push him away but his whole body was frozen. When Damian finally pulled away he looked just as shocked as Trai himself must have been. The boy jumped back into the street just as a bus was coming. "Hey!" Trai screamed. Without thinking he grabbed Damian's outstreatched arm and pulled him against his chest as the bus whizzed by. The boy stayed shaking in his arms even after the bus turned a corner and was out of sight.

Damian wasn't shaking because of the bus, no he had faced much worse things. He was shaking because he didn't know what was going on. Damian in all the years he's been alive he never cared for another person. When he came to he noticed he was in Trai's embrace. He just tried to save him, not that the bus would have done much damage, it was the principle of the matter. "I am so sorry i don't know what came over me. If you hate me I'll understand, I'll leave you alone." Damian spilled without once looking Trai in the eye, how could he. With that he turned to walk away.

Damian apologized and walked away. Trai stood there watching, unable to move or speak. What the hell had just happened? When he could finally control his body again he turned and standing right behind him was Adrian, eyes wide and shimmering with tears. Trai knew instantly that Adrian had seen them kiss. "H-hey, sweetheart it's not...I don't even.." Adrian narrowed his eyes into a glare, spilling tears down his cheeks. "Don't say anything to me." He growled. "I saw what was going on with him! Do you think I'm just a toy for you? Do you think you can just go around picking up new demon boys? Is that what you do!?" "No!" Trai cried instantly. But Adrian was already running away from him. While Trai knew that it wasn't necessarily his fault, he couldn't help but feel responsible for breaking something so fragile.

Raphael had seen the whole thing he instantly swooped down to comfort the crying boy. Raphael suddenly appeared before Adrian causing him to bump into him. Raph didn't budge an inch. I told you all they do is hurt you. Humans are good for very little at best. I'm sorry you had to find out this way, i hate to be right sometimes. Come with me I'll give you a shoulder to cry on, and a family who won't hurt you." Raphael pulled the crying boy into his broad chest. He stared down deeply in watery eyes, "I'll keep you safe"