Chapter 16: After birthday Surprises

Kairi and the old doctor felt Kai's forehead and indeed he had a fever. "Pisces go and get a bucket of cold water and a rag please. Hurry." Said Kairi. "Hang in there Kai! You will be ok!" said Kairi. Kai was groaning in his sleep. "Argh. Ha…Haa…"

Finally Pisces comes back with the bucket and a rag. "Put the rag in the water and put it on his head would you please? Thanks Pisces." Said Kairi. "Hang in there buddy. Are you going to check the wound? It shouldn't hurt this bad if I stabbed him. Something else must have happened." Kairi looked and the doctor and they both agreed.

Kairi carefully started unraveling the job she did before he went into the ocean. Then she's finally got down to the gauze. "Read doc? Pisces?" They both nodded then Kairi slowly took off the gauze to show a really red wound. It looks sorer than anything. "Oh dear. At least it wasn't a big dose. That idiot! I told him not to put any poison on my sword!" "What do you mean Pisces? Is he going to be ok?" said Kairi. "I'm sure he is. If the wound doesn't fester, then he will be fine. We just need to watch it for a few days. It's a small dose of poison from the Dosa flower. It shouldn't hurt him. We still need to watch him though. Even a small festering can be fatal. If he doesn't make it, I will kill that guy. If you never want to see me again, I would understand. I'm the one that did this to him in the first place." Kairi sighed. "No, you wouldn't be at fault. This kid does stupid stuff to almost get himself killed. We won't blame you for anything. If anything, we should be taking you in. You're a good friend of his. I know he wouldn't blame you either way. So how do we treat this poison?" said Kairi. "I brought back the antidote. Knowing that idiot did something like this. I just hope its enough. We have to inject it into the wound. Its ok. I can do this. I have done it plenty of times." So, they let Pisces give him the medicine. Kai ended up coughing. "Cough Cough Argh!" "Hey Kai! Calm down. Its going to be ok. Its me Kairi. Pisces and the old doc are here too." I hazily opened my eyes and saw Pisces. "Hey man. Thanks for helping me." "Well that's a good sign he should be ok. He should be good by morning. Sucks he has to spend his birthday here, but at least he's alive." Kairi said, "We will leave you two alone. We will tell the others you are ok now thanks to your friend here."

"Hey pisces? Can you help me out to the others" "I don't think that is wise. I just gave you the antidote. You should wait until it has time to get through the wound." "Dammit! Fine. Can you at least get my girlfriend for me. I need to talk to her." "Yeah. Be right back."

A few minutes later, Rin walked in. "Hey Kai. How you feeling?" "Loads better thanks to my old friend. So how is Elias and the others?" "Oh they are doing fine. They are worried about you." "Yeah I'm sure they are. You know Rin. I've been thinking about the future a lot. I just want to make things clear to you. You know how much danger I get into right? Are you sure you want a boyfriend or future husband to even cause this much trouble? Do you still want me?" "Oh Kai. Look at me. I know you won't change. I love you for who you are. Yes it would be nice if you stopped putting yourself into danger, but I know that will never happen because that's just who you are. One day our son or daughter will do the same. I'm ok with that. The only thing I can really do is stay on the sidelines and cheer you on. If there is anything I can do to support you or help you, just let me know. Elias is always here as well. Remember you got all your friends on this ship and family too." I tried to sit up but it was painful. I sat up anyway. "Argh! I'm ok I was just trying to get confortable. I was going to wait for your birthday but when I get better I have something I want to tell you." "Ok. Well just focus on getting better then ok?" "Yeah. You can bring Elias, Pisces and Etan in there if you want? I wont' be able to eat iceream or cake anyway." "Hehe that's true. I will go get them."

"Hey Kai. How you feeling bro?" "Better thanks to Pisces here. Sorry Etan you must be bored." "No I'm fine. I'm more worried about the birthday boy." "Haha. Thanks. We all talked for awhile then it was time to at least bring in the cake so I can blow the candles out. It was finally night time. They had the candles arranged so it looks like a 19. It was adorable.

After they sang happy birthday I looked at everyone and made my wish. I blew out all my candles. It was finally time for presents. "Oh Kai. The one I got you was a little too..Never mind. You will find out when we get home." Said Rin. "So I opened everyone's gifts and thanked them. Then Everyone let me rest till morning.

The next morning, I was feeling much better. I was ready for any mom's cooking right now. I wanted to go to mom's house first for a while. "Hey guys. I think I'm going to head back for a bit. See you guys in a while. Pisces thanks for everting. See you later." Pisces dove back down with Etan and they went back home.

We finally got home, and I said, "Finally home." Then I heard a tiny bark. "Bark bark." "You didn't Rin." "Oh, I did. Happy birthday." I went into the room and saw the cute little dog. "What's her name?" I asked. "Her name is Gracie." "Hi there little Gracie. You're such a cute doggy. Thanks Rin." I gave her a hug and kissed her cheek. I decided to chill in my room with Gracie for the day.

I went out of my room, and Gracie followed me. "Hey Rin. Remember when there was something, I told you I wanted to tell you? Around noon lets go to the beach. The one where you found me." "Ok then." "Yes you can come too Gracie. Hey dad? Can I talk to you please?" "Yes Kai. I'm coming."

We went inside my room and I wanted to talk to him about what I am doing. "Are you sure dad? I want you and mom to be sure its ok for someone like me to marry Rin." "Haha. Of course its fine. I know its strange because she used to be your sister, but your not blood related. I have seen the look you give her and the look she always gave you when you weren't looking. Elias is ok with it too as you know." "Yeah. I'm going to ask him to be my best man if she says yes." "Oh you know she will." "OK I got mom's ring in my pocket ready to go. We just need to wait until noon."

Finally noon came. I dressed ready for the beach. I had my red Hawaiian shirt on with my black trunks. Rin was beautiful as always with her long wavy baby blue hair. She wore a dress over her swimming stuff. "Ok we are off. See you guys later." I said. "Yeah have fun." Said Elias.

"I will drive my lady." I teased. Then I opened the door for her like a gentleman would and closed the door. "Wow you are so gentleman like today. What is the occasion?" She teased. "I guess you will find out soon enough." The dog was in Rin's lap just chilling.

We were finally at the beach and Rin had the dogs leash. "Before I tell you anything Rin, why don't we have a little fun with Gracie." She agreed. We splashed around a little with Gracie and had a fun time. Then it was time to get serious.

I held Rin's hands and looked her in the eye knowing I was serious right now. Then I said, "Rin. My darling Rin. You and I have known each other since I was 5 years old. It felt kind of weird for us since we grew up as siblings. Then I found out we weren't really related and I started having feelings for you. I love your beautiful smile. You beautiful hair. I will love you forever. I will always love you no matter what. I took the box out of my pocket and opened it up then I knelt down on one knee and said, "Rin Lillian Starr. Will you do the honor of being my wife?" I saw how shocked she was so I gave her a moment. "Kai Aston Shepard. Umm let me think. Just kidding you know my answer is yes." Everyone on the beach clapped. I picked her up twirled her around and kissed her. "Thank you. I love you so much." "I love you too Kai." Then we did a nice kiss. After the kiss I picked up Gracie and we settled down on the blanket in the sand and enjoyed each other's company.