Jaheira1000: Hey my people! I'm back with yet another fic…
Kai: Even though you have others to update.
Jaheira1000:-Punches Kai- ANYWAY, this is a small fic dedicated to Elemental Gypsy who got me into this pairing in the first place.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Get it? Got it? Good!
A Learning Experience:
CHAPTER ONE: STRESS
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Kai Hiwitari was seriously stressing. It was two years after BEGA, and the beybladers who had competed to save their sport had finally managed to rebuild the BBA. Three of these teams were currently staying together. Those were the Blade Breakers, the Blitzkrieg Boys, and the Barthez Battalion, who had taken up permanent residence at Kai's mansion in Moscow. After bringing down BEGA, the police had discovered that Voltaire had once again been behind the problems caused by Boris. This information was enough to earn both men life sentences in Moscow prison. As a result, Kai became the richest teen to walk the earth. All of these led them to where they were now.
Kai was sitting in the lounge with Miguel, Tala, Rei, Tyson, Max, Spencer and Matilda. They were trying to decide what to do for the rest of the evening. Or, more accurately, the others watched as Tyson and Max argued about it. Nobody else dared to voice their opinions since they didn't want to be drawn into the argument. After listening to a grand total of two hours non-stop complaining, the normally calm member of the Breakers, Rei, lost it.
"Would you two shut up? Do you have any idea how you sound? I don't care how, but you better decide what to do within the next five minutes or you're sleeping with the snow tonight!" The two guilty parties looked at each other in horror. Rescue came in the form of Miguel.
"Why don't we just go clubbing tonight? I heard there's a great new club that opened two weeks ago." Everybody sat up with interest. Well, almost everybody. Nobody seemed to notice the agitated state of a certain slate-haired blader. They were all very excited. They hadn't been clubbing in ages. Kai was severely stressing. He just hoped Miguel hadn't been talking about the club called Heat. He didn't want them finding out so soon. Scratch that. He didn't want them finding out at all. Sighing, he went upstairs to get ready, since he knew there was no way they would let him stay home. He knew the chances of him having a stress free evening were reduced to zero when he heard Tyson and Max running around gathering the rest of their house-mates. Sighing inwardly, Kai turned to face his cupboard to get an outfit together…
Miguel was running around his room acting like a psychopath. He was trying to put together a truly stunning outfit for tonight which would hopefully get him noticed by his crush. That's right. Miguel was head-over-heels in love with one of his house-mates, and to make it even worse, it was another guy. He smiled inwardly at the thought of a petite and slightly feminine frame, smooth ivory skin, stunning features, two-toned blue hair, and the most intense ruby-red eyes he had ever seen. The name put to this angelic being was none other than Kai Hiwitari. Miguel sighed again, imagining Kai's beautiful form, enticing eyes, full lips… And from there his mind took a flying leap into the gutter. Quickly shaking his head, he mentally pulled himself out of the steep slopes of the gutter he found himself in.
He shook his head again, making his way back to his nearly empty cupboard. He took note of his resources. He finally settled on a pair of tight black leather pants, a matching black shirt with, surprisingly, gold trimmings, a gold stud in his left ear, a gold chain-link belt around his waist, and chunky gold bracelets dangling from his wrists. All-in-all, he was a man with a mission. Tonight he would attempt to get close to his crush. He tried in vain to crush the small voice in his head saying that Kai might not even be gay. After checking his appearance in the mirror once more, he made his way to the foyer where most of the others were ready to get going. He noticed the only two missing were Tala and Kai. No sooner had he thought their names when a loud crash was heard from upstairs, followed by a crash and what sounded like a very pissed off Kai. Rushing towards the scene, they were just in time to see Tala doubled up with laughter on the floor while Kai was nowhere in sight. A few feet away from the bubbly red-head was a dark blue puddle of liquid and what looked suspiciously like shards of glass in-between. Seeing the questioning looks thrown at him, Tala sat up giggling.
"I don't think Kai will be wearing his face paint tonight. It seems I accidentally stole the jar and broke it." Seeing the looks on their faces sent him back into peals of laughter. Miguel sighed inwardly and calmed Tala enough to ask a question.
"Where did Kai go?" The red-haired blader looked at Miguel and smirked.
"I'm sure YOU'D like to know. He's sulking in his room." Miguel was suddenly very thankful that Tala had spoken softly, so that only he heard. He flushed a red that rivaled Tala's hair and made his way to Kai's room, followed closely by the others. They all knew it would take a lot of persuasion to get Kai out of his room now. Miguel mentally strangled Tala. And after all the work he put into his outfit! He knocked softly on Kai's door, and heard a muffled 'Go away!' before trying again. The others finally caught up, and Tyson yelled.
"Oh come on. I'm sure it can't look that bad. Stop trying to find excuses to stay at home." They heard a slight shuffling before he repeated his request for them to go away. Rei strode forward with determination and uttered the words that Kai had always hoped the neko-jin would never use.
"If you don't get out here right now I'm telling THAT to everyone present Kai!" They were shocked to hear Kai's voice turn slightly panicky.
"NO! I'm coming, I'm coming." The door was yanked open to reveal a leather-clad Kai. Miguel nearly tripped over his own tongue as he started to drool along with everyone else who laid eyes on Kai. The slate-haired blader was the shortest out of everyone except Matilda and Kenny. This was surprising since he used to be one of the tallest. His figure had also turned slightly feminine (much to his disgust), and he looked much cuter than he used to. He was currently dressed in a similar way to Miguel, except hi accessories were silver instead of gold, and he was missing the earring. The style of the accessories was much finer than those Miguel wore, but they suited his slim form. The black of his clothes was also trimmed in silver, and only served to enhance the slightly fragile look he had acquired. The thing that stood out most however, was the fact that his trademark blue face-paint was missing. Without them, his face seemed much softer. He looked… innocent. They could easily have mistaken him for somebody else had it not been for the exotic hair and eye colours he possessed.
Kai POV:
They're all staring at me. I must look stupid. I am going to KILL Tala for this. How could he do that to me? He knows why I wear that stuff. He knows how insecure and vulnerable I feel without them. Oh wait, they're talking to me. I hear Miguel whisper 'wow' and a blush bright red. Damn. I don't know why Miguel affects me like that, but I really wanna find out. I'm really confused. I was never really very good with emotions. Oh well. Guess I'll just take it as it comes. Hopefully Rei won't tell the others about the nightclub I own. That's the reason I don't wanna go. Chances are that the hip new club they heard about is Heat. MY club. I opened it as an escape. That plans officially scrapped ever since Rei accidentally walked in on him doing the paperwork for opening night. He strode past the others with his head bowed slightly. Hopefully they wouldn't comment on how timid he was acting since they saw him as some kind of tough guy. Little do they know how much of my real self they'll be seeing tonight…
Normal POV:
The others watched in surprise as Kai walked past them with his head bowed low. They thought he would at least snap at Rei or something. The only ones who weren't surprised by his seeming change in personality were the Demo Boys, Miguel and Rei. These were the only ones who either knew Kai as a child (Demo Boys) or took the time to observe him more closely (Rei and Miguel). After snapping out of their daze, they all made their way to the club…
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