Rei haven't truly recovered after his fight with Bryan. All he wants is to have a normal life again and friends by his side. But will one of them give him more than he expects? KaixRei, UTTER FLUFF SO BEWARE

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade nor the characters.

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GIFT

Almost a week has passed since Tyson won his match against Tala and Bladebreakers became World Champions. Days were full of interviews, official dinner and stuff like that. Tyson was constantly over the moon, it was probably the best time of his life. Max behaved as he had been on a permanent sugar high, but, after all, it wasn't so strange or surprising. Kenny was excited in his own unique way – he was spending hours surfing the net and searching sites about his friends. And Kai was… well, he was still Kai, as stoic as always. Rei, injured in his battle versus Bryan, hasn't left the hospital yet, but his teammates were spending their whole free time with him, cheering him up.
This time they came a bit later than usual, due to some unexpected press-meeting. Rei couldn't wait to see them. Not that anything was wrong, his room was neat and trig, doctors and nurses were kind and friendly. He just couldn't stand the feeling of being locked, he needed freedem as much as he needed air. And when he thought back to his talk with thw doctor, he couldn't even imagine how will his future life look like.
Entering the room, Tyson almost toppled after walking right into a huge bunch of flowers. Some other bouqets, teddy bears and cards were put all around. The room literally flooded in them.
"Wow, Rei, you really have a lot of fans!" Tyson was astonished.
"Fangirls, to be more precise" added Max giggling. The Chinese blushed a little. "You too, Maxie. And Kai has even more."
The said bluenette rolled his eyes. "How lucky I am" he said sarcastically.
"Man, I really don't understand girls. How can you cheer for an iceberg? They should – " but they never get to know what should girls do as Tyson didn't finished having noticed a cold stare fixed on him. The last year gave him enough experience to know it's better not to mess with his team-captain.

Before leaving, Kenny turned his head to Rei. "By the way, Rei, did they tell you how long are you going to stay here? Your injuries have already healed, I guess."
The ebony-haired boy wasn't prepared for this question. "Er… I think they want to do some more examination. You know how doctors are, Chief."
"Right. See you then" And the four left.

Rei sighed with relief. It seemed they believed him. However, he noticed a strange look in Kai's eyes. Did he suspect something? It was possible. It wasn't the first time Rei was afraid that the older teen would almost read his mind. The bluenette was used to hiding his thoughts and emotions from early childhood, that's why it was so easy for him to read someone's else feelings and sense if someone was lying. Rei learnt all this by simply spending time and training with his captain. They didn't talk much, though. The Russian was never eager to do it. But still, Rei felt that he knew him much better than Tyson or Maxie. He slowly learnt how to tolerate him and to understand him. Now he knew he could call Kai a friend. So he shared his problems with him, and, to his surprise, Kai was always able to help him someway. But the bluenette never responded the same way. Rei tried hard to open him to world, but it was pointless. Kai did came out of his shell, but only a bit. He was always there when they needed him, of course not showing any affection at all. Though even Rei couldn't break the wall Kai created between himself and the rest of the world. Finally Rei had realized why he yearned so much for Kai to open up to him. He realized what he felt for the stoic teen… . Rei smiled sadly and closed his golden eyes. Lifting his lids again, he saw his captain, leaning in a door frame.
"Kai!" he gasped. "What are you doing here? I thought you left."
"You are no expert in lying, Rei" replied the older boy and stepped into the room.

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The truth is I didn't plan to divide this story into chapters but I don't have time to type the rest now, so deal with it. Sorry.

If you want to know what is Rei hiding, wait till the next chapter. In the worst scenario I'll post it on Friday, but probably sooner. Of course I'd appreciate if you left a review.