Chapter 9

**This chapter gets steamy towards the end**

"Kaia? What are you doing here? Its 5:30 in the morning" Bastian asked, pulling his arms through his shirt. He looked like he was in the middle of getting ready when I knocked; his hair is a tousled mess, his pants still hung on his hips, his shirt was still wide open exposing his chest and he was barefoot.

"You never got back to me about watching Ren train with everyone. I figured I could beat you guys this morning and join you" I explained, pushing past him to enter his home.

Bastian opened his mouth to speak but then sighed and closed the door. He walked past me to go into the kitchen, "You like coffee?" he asked.

"I had some before coming over. Thank you" I told him as I walked around to look at the pictures since I was soaking wet last time and didn't look around in fear of getting the floor dirty. I saw pictures of Bastian and Asumi's wedding, pictures of Ren and his brother and family ph