Give in to Fate
Hello!
I'm back with another fic! Yay! If this is the first time you've read anything written by me then welcome :)
I hope this one will live up to the success of 'Open your Heart'! Your comments make me so happy!
I'm trying to cut back on the rambling so, enjoy!
Friday
Kai looked out the foggy window at the depressing scenery around him. Fields, fields, and more fields. Not even vaguely interesting fields, just murky, muddy, soggy fields. They had been travelling for four hours now and it was getting past boring, it was painful. Tyson insisted on singing every single repetitive song he knew, and when he ran out of them, he started from the beginning again. He was now on 'ten green bottles', the sixth time of singing it, Kai recalled. Max was just encouraging the Dragoon blader by singing along, even though it was pretty obvious he was getting tired of it too. Kenny was hacking away at the keyboard of his laptop, involved in some brain-splittingly dull research. Ray was quietly dozing on the seat next to Kai, his head drooping lower and lower.
"And then there were three green bottles hanging on the wall!"
'Oh great, now Max's dad has joined in' Kai sighed loudly in irritation only to be completely ignored. They were heading towards a campsite in the middle of a forest to do some 'teamwork training', and Max's dad happened to be the minibus driver. It was a recipe for disaster.
"Oh hey! It stopped raining!"
Kai properly looked out of the window he had just been staring at for the last half an hour. It had finally stopped raining.
'About time too'. Just as Kai was pondering this thought, he felt a light pressure on his shoulder. He turned to see that Ray was gently resting his slumbering head on his shoulder. The Russian was usually very uptight about his personal space but it wasn't Ray's fault, it had been a long journey. He may be cold but he wasn't heartless enough to wake the beautiful figure resting softly against him.
"Dad, are we nearly there yet?" Max asked curiously, head reaching over to observe the map being held by his father.
"Erm, well I reckon we've got about an hour to go."
"An hour? That's ages!" Max's moaning grated on Kai but any snide comeback may wake the dozing figure next to him. The Dranzer blader merely shrugged and continued to look out of the misty window.
'This is going to be one long journey'
"Dad, how long now? You said an hour, it's been ages!"
"I know Max, it's just that I can't find where we are on the map."
Max lifted the map off the front passenger's seat and scrunched up his nose as he read it.
"What's 77IH NOI7? It's written at the top some bumpy looking thing."
"Let me look."
Kenny gently slid the map out of Max's hands and stared at the spot Max pointed out.
"That's not 77IH NOI7, its Lion Hill! You have the map upside down!"
An awkward silence fell over the bus; only the sound of the tyres over the stony road could be heard.
"Ah."
'What the hell? We've been driving for eight hours in the wrong direction! I'm going to kill someone!' The rage inside him bubbled as Kai tried to control himself.
"Dad! How did you not realise it was up the wrong way!"
'Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm.' Trying to control himself was not working. 'Maybe I should try that stress reliving technique Ray taught me.'
"Mr Tate! That means we've been going the wrong way!"
"Er, yeah."
'Breathe in, 1….'
"I'm sorry boys; I guess we'll have to turn around." Mr. Tate gave an embarrassed giggle.
'2…'
"But that's going to take another 100 hours!"
'3….'
"Oh well, another 100 hours of camp songs!"
'4…'
"Yay!"
"Mmmm…"
Ray snuggled into Kai's neck as he moaned slightly in his sleep. For some reason this saved Kai from exploding, it made him feel oddly calm. Now relaxed, the Russian observed his sleeping team mate. The neko-jin's features seemed even more delicate than usual; his fine lashes gently caressing his smooth cheek, his luscious lips curled into a slight smile, his glossy bangs softly fallen across his face. 'Why am I thinking this? I knew this journey would drive me crazy.'
Kai's eyes suddenly felt very heavy as his head automatically drooped towards the neko. Being so close to Ray was intoxicating. The phoenix breathed in his sweet aroma, the smell of fresh pine trees and earth that made Kai feel so at home filled his senses. Despite vowing to never fall asleep in front of people, Kai felt himself drifting off.
"Aww, don't they look cute?"
"Yeah. But I didn't think Kai slept in front of people."
"Me neither!"
Max and Tyson watched their fellow team mates as they slept softly on each other. Ray's head was cuddled into the top of the Russian's chest and Kai's head was gently rested on the neko's. They had never seen Kai look so peaceful, somehow it suited him.
"Hey, look at that boys!"
The three awake boys looked out of the grubby window as they sped past a sign.
"OH YES!"
"Huh!"
"Ah, Shit!"
Max blinked in confusion at the scene he just caused. Ray had his hands covering the top of his head grimacing in pain as he looked to his Russian friend who was cupping the left side of his face in pain. It seemed that Max had misjudged the volume of his own voice when he saw the sign for the campsite they were staying at. The blasting sound had been so loud it had awoken Ray, whose head had then jerked upwards. Kai, as his head was resting on Ray's, got the full impact, causing both him and Ray extreme pain. It really was quite an amusing scene to watch from afar but not generally fun for the two involved.
"I'm so sorry Kai!"
Ray took his hands off his head and attempted to examine Kai's cheek. Kai just flinched and moved backwards.
"I'm sorry Kai, I didn't mean to..."
Kai, seeing the hurt in Ray's eyes attempted to relieve him of the blame.
"No, it was my fault."
'Come to think of it, why did I fall asleep on Ray? I don't think I've ever fallen asleep in public let alone on someone! I must have let my guard down.'
'Oh no, Kai's going to be mad at me! I head butted him! Hang on, how did I head butt him? For that he'd of had to have been…'
"Erm, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Hmph."
"Hey guys! We're here!"
The mini-bus ground to a stop as the team peered out of the window.
"Looks kinda muddy."
"That's because it's been raining, genius."
Kai's sarcastic comeback showed that he was back to his usual self.
"So tired…"
Tyson clicked together two poles needed to support the tent and groaned again.
"Why couldn't we stay in a hotel?"
"Because then it wouldn't be roughing-it Tyson."
Kenny slid the tent cover over the frame and turned to the two older bladers.
"How are you doing over there?"
Ray popped his head out of their almost-finished tent only to find his head in between Kai's legs.
"Ah, sorry!" Ray looked up with a flushed face to meet Kai staring down at him with one cocked eyebrow. The blushing neko withdrew his head and tried to stand up. Losing his balance halfway, possibly through embarrassment, Ray swayed and landed in Kai's strong arms.
"Why are you so clumsy today?"
"Sorry. I have no idea."
"Don't expect me to save you every time."
Kai, his arms around Ray's waist, gently helped the neko to his feet. 'Kai was right, why am I so clumsy today? I'm usually quite light on my feet but today, I feel odd.' Ray's thoughts were cut off by the sound of a zip. Kai had attached the outer layer of the tent and was now entering the way Ray just came out. They were sharing a tent due to the lack of space in the other one and the fact that Ray was the only team member Kai could tolerate for more than 10minutes. Ray didn't mind this arrangement at all. He got on well with Kai, he felt quite safe in his company, it was like having an older brother.
"Is your tent finished Ray?"
Ray looked over to Tyson and their not-even-half-done tent.
"How come you have the same tent and an extra person and we still finished before you?"
"It's hard ok! There are so many bits."
"Tyson, you put beyblades together, surely this is nothing compared to that!"
"Yeah, well…it's dark and I'm tired."
"Don't moan, the quicker you put it up the quicker you can get to sleep."
Tyson let out a groan but returned to clicking poles together. The Dragoon blader had a point though. It was about 10:30 pm, dark, and they had been travelling all day. With this thought, Ray realised how tired he was and crawled into the tent.
Kai was lying on his side reading a complicated looking book. Ray crept in silently and lay on the sleeping bag next to him.
"How can you read in the dark?"
"I've gotten used to it." Kai replied without taking his eyes off the book. Realising he wouldn't get a worthwhile conversation out of the Russian, Ray pulled his bag in from outside and dragged his pyjamas out. He pondered for a minute wondering whether he should go and change in the toilets.
'No way, it's way too cold for that. Kai shouldn't mind if I change in front of him.' Agreeing with himself, he nodded and proceeded to remove his shirt. While Ray's attention was on turning his pyjama shirt the right way round, Kai peeked over his book. The neko's tanned back was directly in front of him as he smelt Ray's aroma waft over him again. Realising that eyes were upon him, Ray turned around to see Kai intensely staring at his back.
"Erm, are you ok?"
Snapping back to reality, Kai looked vacantly at Ray.
"Hm."
'Was he watching me change? I doubt it; Kai's not like that, he was probably just thinking and had comfy eyes.' Ray abandoned his pathetic reasoning, quickly changed into the rest of his pyjamas and climbed into his sleeping bag.
"Good night Kai."
"Yeah, night."
Almost as soon as Ray's head hit the pillow, he was in deep slumber.
'I should really go to sleep now.' Kai looked at his watch. 12:53. The training lined up for tomorrow was pretty harsh; falling asleep during it would not give a very good impression. Shutting his book he glanced over to his sleeping friend. He had noticed that Ray moved a lot more in his sleep than usual and was a little worried that the space between them was becoming smaller and smaller. 'He'll never roll far enough to reach me.' Kai snuggled into his sleeping bag and absorbed the much-needed heat.
"Mmmm….Kai…."
Shocked at hearing his name, Kai turned once again to the Drigger blader. A small smile appeared on Ray's slumbering face as he slowly rolled onto his side becoming only a few inches away from Kai. 'I suppose its ok, it is cold in here. He's probably just heading towards the heat.'
Ray shifted once again, this time his body became pressed up against Kai's. Kai was glad the neko-jin was asleep so he couldn't see the very faint blush that ran across the Russians face. Just to add to Kai's embarrassment, Ray suddenly flung his arm across his chest and pulled him closer. 'Well this is an uncomfortable situation.' Kai, torn between pushing his sleeping friend off him and hugging him closer, just fidgeted slightly instead. 'There's nothing I can do so I suppose I might as well get some sleep'
Surprisingly, Kai found it very easy to fall asleep in the arms of the neko.
To be continued….
How was it? I'm sorry if it was terrible, it was so hard to write in past tense after writing 'Open your Heart' in present.
Do you ever get comfy eyes? You know, when you stare at something randomly and your eyes just feel really comfortable and you can't be bothered to move them? You then realise you were staring at something really dodgy and get all embarrassed about it. Or does that only happen to me? Well anyway, that was what Ray was referring to.
I wasn't sure if the bit where they bash heads was clear or not. Ray says the "Huh?" and Kai says the "Ah, Shit!", just thought I'd say in case anyone was slightly confused about that one.
Hopefully the next chapter should be up soon, that is, if this one is a success!
Thanks for reading, please review!
Mimi
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