Rei could be found in his usual spot, a small rock garden overlooking the koi pond, the soft sounds soothing him on the already warm and quiet day. The argument before was being rewound in his head as Rei took slow, deep breathes, thinking back to what had happened the night before.
flashback
Kai shoved Rei against the wall. "Is this what you want? You want to know how I feel."
Leaning close into Rei's face, Kai's eyes were practically glowing, the cruel smirk on his face giving him the look of the heartless monster everyone had always accused him of. Rei already regretted losing his temper and calling the anti-social captain an unfeeling psychopath. Kai's outburst only made him feel worst.
"Well, I'm in hell!!! I think of you every waking moment of the day." Ka's voice was growing with each word.
"I watch you smile and encourage the others, but me? I get nothing!! You think I like myself? Knowing I was weak enough to fall in love? That all I do is watch for a smile? A word? A tiny ounce of concern? Anything that shows you give a SHIT about me."
Kai practically screamed the last few words. Rei's face had gone white as a sheet and the neko-jin was plastered against the garden wall, eyes wide and shocked. The garden sounded softly in the distance. Kai closed the space and pinned Rei's arms at his side and continued.
Stepping forward, he whispered softly, the words filled with enough venom that Rei flinched.
"That you feel anything close to the way I feel about you"
Kai sealed the distance between them, kissing the darker haired boy so fiercely that he shocked himself more then Rei. Pulling away, he waited, watching behind the cool arrogance, for something to flitter across the younger boys face. Rei could only stare, amber eyes unfocused. Soft strands escaped his usual braid to fall down his face gently. He stammered a moment, his brain unable to focus. Sad eyes turned to the teen that held him captive.
"K-kai, ……" he paused, the slate haired teens name dying on his tongue at the look of hurt that flashed through crimson eyes, before being swallowed by an angry smirk that could peel paint from the wall Rei was huddled against. The other teen walked away without another word.
"Kai, w-wait!" he shouted.
Rei's feet took small trembling steps to follow, but all he saw was a flash of scarf, disappearing around the corner. That was the last Rei Kon saw of that side of Kai. In fact, that was the last Kai even looked at Rei for the rest of the day.
end flashback
When Rei returned to the dojo, things were seemingly back to normal. His captain had retired early, with strict order to be undisturbed 'till morning. Tyson was raiding the fridge, while Max was reading a comic on the sofa. Kenny was somewhere lost in data as usual, and Hilary was at home, where she stayed when they weren't training. In fact, the only thing out of place was the sinking feeling in Rei's stomach. The only evidence left of that moment in the garden.
The next day, Kai was back to his old self, driving the Bladebreakers to the point of exhaustion. Rei tried several times to get a few minutes alone with their surly captain, but was always distracted by some exercise or errand that would suddenly need to be done. After practice was no better, because yet again, Kai retreated to his room and remained there until night fall. With a slam of the door, he walked out of the house without so much a glance at anyone, nor a time when he would be back.
Rei had begun to think that Kai was avoiding. He sighed and snuggled deeper into the blanket he was wrapped in as he waited on the couch. He only hoped Kai would be in tonight, instead of coming home in time for morning practice and then out the door again, like he was often prone to do. The more Rei sat in thought, the more he realized that their captain was rarely in the house anymore. He never spoke to anyone except to grunt a reply, or glare. If you call that a response.
"Knowing I was weak enough to fall in love?"
Rei gave himself a mental shake. The Russian had been mad. Surely he didn't know what he had said. The captain couldn't possibly be in love with him. He was a teammate. A friend. More than that, he was a guy! Rei sank lower on the couch, stretching his muscles out.
Surely he had mistaken his friend's words.
Hours later, when he was gently lifted into his own bed, soft words made their way through the room, but Rei was already in the grip of dreams. Those soft words so quietly uttered, fell on deaf ears.
"I'm sorry"
Okay, just a little something to test a idea for a story out. It's not even a one shot,( more of a prologue if you will) but I hope you enjoy. And if I bomb cookies and applesauce, shhhhhhhhh. Don't tell me! I'd like to remain oblivious please. Make me much happier. lol
Thanks and Love!!!!! CF (p.s. if you do decide to be gracious enough to leave a review, I will kindly send you a picture of some cookies, since internet has yet to devolop warp skills, dang it. ( curses bill gates lack of scientific knowledge )