Kitten's Wings
Summary: Rei is in an accident that leaves him paralyzed waist down. Bryan, Tala, and Kai take him in and are in love with him. (Bryan, Tala, and Kai are already together when the fic starts.) Set when Rei is 18.
Warnings: Yaoi, foursome (BryTalKaRei)
Pairings: BTKR, TM, other.
Chapter 1
Rei sighed. It had been another long day at work. He worked at a café quite far from his apartment. Climbing into the taxi that was waiting for him, he turned on his cell phone to check for any text messages; there were none.
Lost in his thoughts, he almost didn't hear the screech of tires as another car stopped in front of the taxi he was in. Suddenly, he was lurched forward and his head hit the windshield, his vision starting to go black. He noticed a heavy weight on his back just before he passed out.
Kai had been in Japan and on his way to a business meeting when his cell phone rang. "Hello?"
"Is this Kai Hiwatari?"
"Yes; why?"
"This is Tokyo General Hospital; do you know a person named Rei Kon?"
"Yes; what happened to him is he sick?"
"No; Mr. Kon was in an accident, we checked his cell phone and you were on his contacts' list. Could you please hurry to the hospital?"
"WHAT?!?! Rei was in an accident? What the hell happened? Never mind, I'm coming to the hospital."
And with that, he shut his phone and promptly changed his route.
Kai quickly parked his car and made his way through the sliding doors of the hospital. He walked over to the receptionist and asked, "Where can I find Rei Kon?"
She answered without looking up, "2nd floor, Room 243"
He muttered his thanks and walked over to the elevators.
Hurrying to Rei's room, he bumped into several nurses and patients. He slipped into the room and noticed there was a doctor in the room talking to two nurses. At his approach, she turned around and smiled.
"You must be Kai, I'll tell you about Rei's condition in a minute."
She dismissed the nurses and motioned for Kai to sit down.
"I'll start off with the most serious injury. The car completely crushed Rei, and cut his motor nerves for his legs. I'm sorry, but he's paralyzed waist down. He'll still have feeling in his leg, though. His sensory nerves weren't cut. We'll have to get him a wheelchair and help him get situated in it."
"What do you mean? There's no chance of him ever walking again?"
"I'm sorry, but there isn't. The minor injuries, Rei had a couple of cuts across his arms and face. We had to stitch them up. They'll heal, and won't leave scars. When Rei wakes up, would you tell him about his new … handicap?"
"I'll tell him, but I don't know how he'll take it."
"Thank you, now I must go to see my other patients. Goodbye."
"Bye."
With that said, the doctor walked out of the room, leaving Kai alone with Rei. Kai sat down in the chair beside Rei's bed, holding Rei's slim hand. With his other hand, he reached into his pocket for his cell phone. Turning it on, he called the first person that came into mind.
"Hello?"
"Tala!"
"Kai? I thought you were in a business meeting right now."
"I'm supposed to be, but something happened."
"What happened?"
"Tala, do you mind if someone else comes to live with us?"
"No, not really, why?"
"Rei's going to move in with us."
"Rei? What happened? Why's he going to live with us?"
"I'll explain it to you later; I have to call Bry now."
"Okay, bye"
"Bye, Tal"
Hearing the click at the other end, Kai dialed a second number, Bryan's number.
"Bryan speaking, who is this?"
"It's me, Kai."
"What's wrong?"
"Rei's going to come and live with us, Bryan. Is that okay?"
"It's okay, but why?"
"I'll tell you when I bring him back to Russia with me, okay?"
"Why not now?"
"Because that's when Tala's going to find out."
"Fine, then. Bye."
"Bye."
Turning his cell phone off, Kai returned his attention to the lithe figure in the bed, whose upper body was twitching. He watched as Rei slowly opened his amber orbs. Rei looked around the room until his eyes finally settled on Kai.
"K…Kai?"
"How are you feeling?"
"My arm really hurts, my head hurts, and my legs… my legs feel…odd."
Kai sighed and looked at the ceiling. "Rei, the reason your legs feel weird is because…you're paralyzed waist down."
Rei laughed.
"Nice try, Kai. I can still feel my legs so I'm obviously not paralyzed down there. Since when do you joke?"
"I'm not joking Rei. The reason you can still feel your legs is because your sensory nerves weren't cut; only your motor nerves were. You can still feel your legs, but you won't be able to move them. I'm sorry, Rei."
Rei stared at Kai silently. It went on like that for a few minutes until…
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M PARALYZED WAIST DOWN!?!?!?!? I'M NOT PARALYZED WAIST DOWN, I DON'T WANT TO BE PARALYZED WAIST DOWN, I DON'T WANT…"
Rei was struggling as much as he could against the hold Kai had on him.
"Rei, calm down, it's ok," he soothed.
"It's not okay, Kai! I can't move my legs anymore; I'll never be able to move them anymore! Why did this happen to me, Kai? WHY ME???????!!!!!"
Rei was screaming again now. Two nurses came in, one with a syringe in her hand. The other one held Rei down while she gave him the sedative in the syringe. He went to sleep after a minute or so.
The nurse said to Kai, "If he does this again, call for a sedative."
Kai nodded and the nurses left the room. He was unconsciously stroking Rei's hand now. Abruptly standing up, he left the room, promising to the silent figure on the bed that he would come back the next morning.
The next morning, Kai woke up in his hotel room, momentarily forgetting about Rei as he tossed on his clothes and left for the business meeting that he had cancelled the day before. The meeting wasn't very long, it only lasted an hour.
Kai headed towards the hospital to visit Rei, thinking about his reaction the previous day. He was sure that Rei hadn't calmed down yet, and would probably be furious that he had let them sedate him.
Parking his car in the parking lot, he entered the hospital. He headed up to where he knew Rei's room was. Every time he saw Rei's name written on the door, his heart clenched painfully. Entering the room, he saw Rei struggling futilely against the nurse holding him down.
The other nurse that was there tried to put a needle in his arm, but Rei was moving around too much. When he saw Kai, his expression became hopeful, but then he remembered what had happened the day before, and his expression quickly became one of fear.
"Oh, Rei," he muttered, hurrying to comfort him.
"What happened?" he asked one of the nurses.
"When he woke up this morning we brought him breakfast and then left to check up on other patients and when we came back to check up on him, he still hadn't eaten. I told him that we would have to feed him through a tube if he didn't eat then we would have to feed him by tube, but he still didn't eat. We waited two hours for him, but when he still refused to eat, we had to do this," she explained.
"Rei is this true?" he asked the frightened teen. Rei nodded sullenly.
"Then why don't you want to eat?" he motioned for the nurses to leave the room.
"Well, Rei?"
Rei just crossed his arms and wouldn't speak. Kai tried to get him to speak but to no avail. After trying to get him to speak for about half an hour, he sighed and finally gave up. Walking out of the room, he let the nurses go back in and do their job.
Rei's behavior continued to be like this for five days. Eight days since the accident, Kai walked into Rei's hospital room once again, hoping that Rei would at least eat a few bites of his meal. You could only give him so much food through a tube.
However, he was very surprised to see Tala and Bryan there, coaxing him to put some food into his system. Rei had lost a lot of weight by now. His ribs and hips stuck out prominently and his face had gotten thinner. He was still beautiful, but Kai, Bryan, and Tala knew that he was too skinny for his own good.
Hearing the door open, Bryan and Tala turned to look at who had arrived, smiling when they saw it was Kai, but were still upset because of Rei's condition.
"Why are you guys here?" he asked, confused as to how they knew Rei was in the hospital. Tala smiled again.
"Kai, you make it sound as if you aren't happy to see us."
"Of course, we could leave if you wanted us to…"
"NO! Please don't leave, I need you here," Kai begged, a few tears slipping down his face.
"Okay, okay, we'll stay," Bryan soothed, bringing Kai into his lap and wiping the tears off his face.
"Now, why don't you tell us what happened and what's wrong with Rei?"
"Okay," Kai said sniffling. "Well, what happened is that…"