I don't own Beyblade, this is purely fiction!

Warning for language and lemon.


"Hey! You're ba-" Rei started calling out to his boyfriend as he entered their shared apartment, happy to realise that he had returned earlier from his family meeting than he had thought, but he was interrupted by said person before he was even able to finish his sentence.

"Where were you?"

Rei frowned inwardly with the harsh tone of the other's voice but he continued smiling at him cheerfully whilst putting away his jacket. "I was out, sorry I didn't leave you a message but I thought you wouldn't return before Monday."

"Too bad then that I messed up your plans, isn't it? I'm honestly sorry." It was impossible to mistake the sarcasm and mockery in his voice. This time Rei frowned on the outside, too.

"Plans? Kai, what are you talking about… what's wrong?" He turned his head to the side slightly - an unconscious habit - and looked at his boyfriend inquisitively. This was nothing new; Kai was always in a bad mood when he returned from having had to meet up with his relatives, but normally he tried to hide it in front of Rei rather than outright snapping at him.

Kai snorted. "Well, obviously you've already made plans for your 'Kai free weekend', haven't you? So really, I'm terribly sorry for being back already and ruining it for you but then again don't let me disturb you. Just pretend I'm not here and continue on with your-"

Rei was getting impatient. "Okay, that's enough now, why don't you just tell me what's your problem instead of giving me this cryptic shit? I'm not a mind reader."

"Oh, so there is indeed something the great Rei Kon isn't able to accomplish, what a relief; I was afraid all the worship you get from the people around you would've given you a God complex already."

The Chinese felt slight anger building up inside of him. What was wrong with Kai, why did he act so damn hostile towards him? He tried his best to stay calm. Letting himself be baited into a stupid argument wouldn't do any good for either of them. Well, maybe it would do something for Kai; he obviously wanted an argument at the moment but Rei really didn't feel the need to play along with this. "Kai, I really have no idea what's going on with you right now but I can't help you, if you do-"

"Help?" Kai drew a brow in a sardonic manner. "Who said anything about me needing your help? Not everyone is desperately craving your attention."

Wow, now he was seriously going a bit too far. Rei's golden orbs were starting to narrow before he could prevent it. Kai would be able to see that he had succeeded in rousing his anger. Nothing that could be done about that now. "Well, the way you're behaving now speaks differently. I'd say you're practically screaming for my attention."

The Russian stared at him then scowled and crossed his arms over his chest. That meant he wasn't so far off with his assumption but of course Kai wouldn't be Kai if he'd easily admit to that - ever. "Don't get all psychological on me now, Rei. Maybe that works with your dimwitted customers who have nothing better to do than waste away their time at a café listening to the attractive waiter's babbling because they think they've got a chance to get him in bed." Kai's eyes were cold and his face showed something akin to disgust. Rei's eyes widened. For a short second he wasn't sure if it was aimed at the dimwitted customers or… him. He felt hurt - betrayed.

"Fine. I'll just keep my mouth shut then and save my words for the dimwitted customers who only pretend to be interested in what I've got to say because they want to get me in bed." He was almost sneering, and his golden orbs were flashing dangerously.

The Russian opened his mouth and for a moment, just for a moment Rei thought there was something near remorse visible in his dark eyes but then it was gone again, replaced by an expression of bitterness. He suddenly walked towards him and grabbed for his hand, crudely turning it upside down. Stunned by the abrupt action, Rei allowed for this rude handling and then stared at the piece of paper Kai had just pressed into his palm.

"You don't need to save them for long. Some ferret called and told me to give you his number since you hadn't called after he wrote it on a tissue, so he assumed you accidentally threw it away."

Kai gave him a last glare then he stormed away in the direction of his room, leaving Rei to gawk at his retreating back, dumbstruck. So, that was the reason his boyfriend was so damn mad at him? A silly phone call from some random guy who…but wait a moment there - how had that guy even gotten his home phone number? He wasn't listed in the phonebook and he had made sure to drill it into his colleague's heads at work that they had no permission to give any numbers of his to anyone – especially not to customers who were trying to get him into bed.

Great. He had just supported Kai's stupid prejudices with his own thoughts. So, how was it possible that someone had called here? And just what luck did he have that it was Kai who had to answer the phone, and that after just having returned from his trip to the family from hell? Was someone trying to nettle him? – Huh, maybe that was the answer to it.

He sighed and walked through the living room until he was standing in front of Kai's bedroom door. Better to get this over with. He knocked.

"Kai, can we talk?" He waited patiently at first but after having received no answer for three minutes or so he knocked again. "Kai?" The door was flung open and he was confronted with the stone mask that was the face of his boyfriend.

"What's to talk about?" Kai snapped at him.

Rei tried to form a facial expression that was somehow soothing and waved the paper in front of Kai. "You're not honestly angry at me because of this?"

His boyfriend's eyes narrowed and his whole body went rigid. "Who said I was angry?" He asked, stubbornly and warningly at the same time, daring him to try and contradict this.

If he hadn't known that it would aggravate Kai even more, Rei would've laughed loudly about his childish demeanor. "Yeah, sure you're not angry, I'm glad you aren't because there's no reason to be."

Kai's look darkened – even more than it had been before. Astonishing, Rei thought. "Good, then everything's clear, isn't it? Glad we talked about it." He attempted to shut the door again but Rei had anticipated exactly this behavior and slipped agilely into the room before he could do just that.

"Rei!" Kai sneered, turning towards him angrily.

"What, Kai? What do you want me to say? I'm sorry, okay, that some guy called and bothered you but I had nothing to do with it, I swear."

The Russian gave him an icy look, crossing his arms again. "Really? And how did this guy get your number then?"

Rei nodded in acknowledgement of this source of doubt, even as he thought that Kai should know him better than that. "I thought about that as well," he shrugged. "I think it was Mariah. You see we had… a little argument about… some things and she was kinda mad at me. So yeah, I think something like that would be her idea of a good revenge."

Kai, who had narrowed his eyes viciously at hearing the girl's name, was staring at him unconvinced but there was at least some uncertainty in his gaze; that was… a start. "She couldn't have known that I would return so early."

"Actually, I'm not sure she even knew you were gone in the first place. I didn't tell her since we aren't speaking to each other, and I don't think any of the other guys did." He frowned. "I did see her though at the club we were at tonight so it's presumable that she saw me there as well – without you for that matter..." He looked at Kai expectantly. He sure was intelligent enough to get the point by now even if his mind was slightly disturbed at the moment by his… unjustified feelings of jealousy.

"Fine, so let's say the pink nuisance really handed that guy your number, why didn't you tell me bout the thing with the tissue?"

Rei's mouth stood almost agape and he was blinking and then staring at Kai with an expression of total bewilderment on his face. "I forgot." He said honestly. "It wasn't of any importance to me. God, Kai, in the business I work in getting offered phone numbers is nothing special, it happens all the time and no one makes a big deal out of it."

Obviously he had said something very wrong yet again because Kai's eyes were shooting daggers at him. "So what you mean is it's nothing special if you exchange numbers with your customers behind your boyfriend's back?!"

The black haired man couldn't believe it! What was Kai getting out of it, twisting the words from his mouth in such a devilish manner?! "I never said anything about exchanging them! And I never ever would give a customer my number!"

Kai looked at him almost triumphantly. "You gave me your number."

Rei's eyes almost bulged out of his head. THAT, that … just wasn't possible! Had Kai completely and utterly lost his last functional brain cell?! "We did fucking hang out together at the time already!"

His boyfriend continued playing stubborn. "What you're saying is-"

"No." Rei interrupted him, shaking his head before he was forced to listen to anymore of the crap his (obviously insane) life partner momentarily came up with. "You know what? I'm not saying anything at all anymore! I'm going. You can come and talk to me again when your brain has returned! The show you're putting on at the moment really doesn't suit you!" He bypassed his boyfriend, golden orbs glistering enraged, and rushed out of his room.

"So now I'm beneath your level, eh?! That's great, just great Rei! Maybe you should call the guy after all so that you can talk to someone who fits your idea of a suitable conversationalist better!"

When Kai was belting his last words after him Rei had already reached the bathroom and slammed the door behind him loudly. He was fuming. What was this damn idiot thinking?! Or better - was he thinking at all?! What did he try to make of him here? A slut who handed his number to anyone who spoke a few friendly words to him? Had he ever, ever given Kai any reasons to doubt him? No, he hadn't! So why, why was the only guy he really was interested in – who should know this by now, goddamnit! – treating him like he had almost cheated on him when all he'd done was throw away a stupid tissue with a number written on it without telling his lunatic boyfriend?! In fact, he was fucking glad now that he hadn't told Kai every single damn time he had gotten a number from someone if he had to listen to such an episode afterwards. This wasn't normal!

Rei took a quick shower, trying to keep his hair dry since he really didn't feel in the mood to dry it afterwards and didn't want to fight with his tangles in the morning. He brushed his teeth, still angry glaring in the mirror, before he went straight to bed – in his own room. Just as well that he and Kai had never been able to come to an agreement on which room they liked best to have as a bedroom and which bed was more comfortable; they had thus just decided to have two bedrooms and switch turns in using them. Everyone needed a little privacy once in a while anyway, and right now Rei really was glad he could have that. He felt like kicking Kai in the guts - at least twice - with his ski boots on!

Next thing would be that when Rei was having a martial arts competition again, Kai would tell him he just used the sport as an opportunity to feel up other guys. HA! Maybe he should've suggested that in their argument, then Kai would've had even more to brood over – oh, how he hoped Kai was brooding! It was just righteous! If he wouldn't get any sleep about this – and he had a feeling he wouldn't - Kai shouldn't get any sleep either! Maybe he should take the phone, go out in the living room and then pretend… Nah! Now he really was getting childish. Great. That was what the Russian was doing to him. Stealing his sleep and putting childish thoughts into his head!

Why was Kai so insecure about their relationship? Maybe he had really done something to… NO! He shouldn't start thinking that! He would not - he would not begin to blame himself for something his boyfriend had totally fucked up! It was always like this. Whenever they argued Rei was the one left feeling guilty and, eventually, apologizing.

Not this time! He hadn't done a single thing to deserve this kind of treatment! But maybe… the call hadn't been all that had bothered Kai. Rei hadn't even gotten a chance to ask him about his short trip to Russia; maybe something had happened that had aggravated him – even more than usual - and that was why he had so totally overreacted in the 'tissue issue'. Hn. Funny. Tissue iss… ugh, where had he been? Oh yeah, Kai and his earlier performance. Seriously, how could he…

The door creaked and was opened, and then a shadow slipped inside, making its way silently over to the bed. Inwardly Rei was fighting with himself. Whatever Kai was about to say or do, he shouldn't give in easily. His boyfriend had hurt him today and he should know it! The cover was lifted and a warm body slipped into the unoccupied space beside him, and Rei was suddenly engulfed in two arms and warm breath was ghosting over his neck.

"M'sorry."

He heard a soft mumble that was followed by an even softer kiss to his throat and he almost couldn't believe it. Kai, the Kai Hiwatari was apologizing, he was apologizing to him! So, wonders and miracles did indeed exist. Still…

An evil smirk was forming on his lips. "What did you say? I couldn't hear you."

A growl. Kai knew he was pulling his leg but that was just fine, he had wanted it to be this way. "You heard me."

"I heard… something but I'm not sure what it was, having almost been asleep and all..."

"You were not almost asleep, I know you."

"Really?" Now it was Rei's turn to become sarcastic. "Strangely enough that's not the impression I got today."

There was a long moment of silence and Rei was not certain Kai would say anything at all anymore but then he spoke.

"I'm sorry, Rei, I, I shouldn't have lost it so badly. I was just… angry about… mainly myself, I guess and I let it out on you." A nose started to nuzzle his neck. "Do you think you can forgive your asshole boyfriend this time?"

He wanted to forgive him, he really wanted to but something inside of him was having objections. "Well, maybe if you could explain this a little bit better to me. Were you honestly thinking that I was planning on meeting up with this guy whilst you were gone?" This question was really bothering him for a while now. If the Russian had that little trust in him…

Kai sighed. "No, that's not it, Rei. I was just… I was already in a shitty mood this whole day and the call… I didn't think you would… I didn't think much at all, okay? I was… damn, I'm not good at explaining those things, you know that." He was growling in frustration now.

"Just try it, all right? For me?"

He knew it was a lot he was demanding of his partner; Kai wasn't the type who liked expressing feelings through words, at least not if it was anything else but anger.

"I just… hell, it's just pissing me off sometimes that there so many people out there that… I mean, who wouldn't want you, Rei? I knew I did from the first moment we met!"

This time Rei had to laugh and he was turning in his boyfriend's arms to be able to look him in the face. "Kai, you hated me the first time we met! You made me serve you new coffee, what was it? Five times over because it never was good enough for you!"

The Russian smirked and his eyes were glowing mischievously in the dark. "I made you do it because I thought you were hot and that way you had to come to my table more often."

Rei's mouth stood open agape, completely shocked over this new revelation. "You… bastard!"

"Hey, you were the one who poured the sixth coffee all over my lap. And you can tell me as many times as you like that it was just an accident, I don't believe you; your sense of balance is much too good for something like that to happen to you."

Now the Chinese was the one smirking. "You're right, it wasn't an accident."

Kai's eyes narrowed. "I knew it."

"I knew that you knew. There still wasn't much you could do about it, was there? I played my part convincingly. Everyone was sorry for me after you had stormed out barking at me so rudely."

"Hn. I can imagine that. You still came to me to apologize afterwards, because you wanted to see me again so badly." The expression on his face was more than smug and Rei drew a single brow.

"I came because Lee made me go, threatening that he would kick out my sorry ass if I didn't do it, you being the Hiwatari heir and all… "

His boyfriend frowned. "He couldn't kick you out, you own half of the place."

Rei laughed about that as well. "Now, Kai, I own it now. I didn't two years ago."

"Oh. That means…"

"Sorry if that's a blow to your ego but out of my own free will I never would have come! I thought you were an arrogant bastard, a good looking bastard I give you that, but a bastard nonetheless. "

Kai snorted. "And I thought you were an overfriendly, ass-liking little well, waiter."

"But hot."

"But hot." Kai admitted.

Rei smiled. "Y'know, keeping smiling and being polite in front of you, was one of the hardest things I ever had to do in my whole life and I dropped the act whenever I was entering the kitchen. The chef was quite shocked, for a fact, he had never heard me cuss that much ever before. Did you still think I was an ass-licker when I was pouring the coffee over you?"

"No, I thought you were someone with a death wish then."

"Oh, I did have a death wish at that time; it just wasn't meant for me."

His boyfriend chuckled. "Well, Rei, had I known you could be that entertaining, I would have visited your café more often."

"It was still often enough, believe me, and when you brought Tala and Brian along for the first time, I honestly was tempted to strangle at least one of you. I even refused to serve your table but Lee was unforgiving and I really couldn't afford to lose my job back then, since I had just moved in my new apartment."

The Russian looked at him almost reflectively. "Actually, I didn't bring them along. It was the other way around, they wanted to show something to me."

That was news to him. "Show something to you?"

The way Kai was grinning just about now did make Rei feel kind of uneasy. "Yes, they wanted to show me the hot waiter inside there and they even especially requested him for our table that's why Lee was so persistent towards you."

"Kai!" Rei yelled out mock offended and heaved himself up on his elbow.

His boyfriend simply shrugged. "What? I had nothing to do with it." He then bended forward and placed a soft kiss on his mouth. "I had wanted to keep you to myself."

Rei huffed. "I bet you were still having a great time watching the way the two shitheads were trying to get a rise out of me."

"Well, maybe it was a bit funny but what I found even better was the way you were talking them speechless the next time we'd met on neutral territory. They had no idea what hit them, they couldn't believe that the always smiling kitten suddenly turned out to be a tiger with real sharp claws."

The black haired man smiled, appeased. "You could've warned them, after all you already knew since my… apology had gotten a little out of hand at the end."

Kai drew a brow. "I could have but it was more amusing that way… and little is good, for a moment back then I'd thought you were going to try and bite me."

He rolled his eyes at his boyfriend. "Stop constantly comparing me to a cat and don't exaggerate so much, you weren't exactly sociable to me either."

"But you are like one, Rei, everyone thinks that." Kai laughed at the sore expression he showed and wiped a loose strand of black hair out of his face in a playful manner. "And you know," he said, whilst scooting closer to his ear, speaking in a low, husky tone, "I always had a thing for cats."

"Is that so?" Rei asked, a certain gleam showing itself in his eyes. "And here I thought you didn't like pets."

Kai was nibbling at his earlobe now. "I like this pet."

"I'm not a pet, Kai. " He stated in a cool manner.

"Are you sure?" The Russian had wandered down a bit with his mouth and was biting and licking at Rei's throat now. "Because I bet I could make you purr."

How unfair! The Chinese was just about to formulate some sort of protest when Kai's right hand found that one spot right underneath his left shoulder blade where he was very sensitive. He moaned.

"See, it already started."

"That's cheap. You're using – ahhh – unjust methods on – fuck!"

Kai's other hand was stroking his thigh now. "We're getting there, Rei, just be a little patient," he said in a throaty, low chuckle that made Rei shiver with pleasant anticipation and then Kai sought out his mouth. Hot lips were pressed against his in a fierce kiss and within seconds Rei's whole body felt like it was on fire. When Kai's tongue invaded his mouth he was ready to forgive him anything. Anything he'd ever done to him in the past and would do to him in the future, in this life and any life beyond. Yeah, such a good kisser was Kai.

Rei felt a slight tinge of disappointment when Kai's mouth dislocated itself from his again but when his boyfriend started trailing kisses along his throat traveling down to his collarbone, his hands always busy wandering to all the places he knew would make Rei's body react, a new wave of arousal washed right through him and he threw back his head, pressing it deeper into the pillow. Kai had reached his chest now and was taking one of his nipples between his teeth, releasing it for a second just to bite down yet again. He moaned and the Russian started licking over his hot flesh, making a trail of cool saliva that reached down to the brim of his boxers.

He then grabbed the fabric with his teeth starting to slowly pull it down. Rei heaved himself up on his elbows to be able to watch. Kai noticed and paused in his task, bringing up his head a little higher. Their eyes met. The Russian licked over his lips. The sight of this alone was enough to make Rei become completely hard.

"Do you know that all that made me survive this trip was the thought of what I would do to you when I was back here?"

The promise that stood in Kai's eyes was evident and the tone of his voice made Rei shudder whilst his heartbeat sped up drastically, but what pleased the Chinese the most was his boyfriend's admission that he had thought of him whilst he was gone. As he had reflected earlier Kai really was not a person for talking much about his feelings towards him and small comments like this were therefore all the more essential to him. Of course he had accepted the fact that his lover was closed up and sometimes even a bit cold in appearance, but still hearing from time to time that he was important to him, even if it was in a small teasing remark right before sex - it just made him feel happy. He smiled seductively and lowered his lids over his golden orbs.

"You mean, making me purr?"

The Russian smirked. "That and more." He then brought up a hand and pushed lightly against his chest to make him lay down again. "So c'mon, Rei, relax, leave everything to me."

The Chinese obliged, a smile still on his lips. For a moment he'd been tempted to ask how Kai's meeting with his parents had gone, but he knew his boyfriend would've been anything but delighted with that, especially now. He would wait; surely there'd be a chance to get something out of him later. He already knew that it hadn't been that good. Kai's cutting words and his provocative behavior from earlier this evening had spoken volumes about it and he had confessed that he had been in shitty mood the whole day. He really wondered if… ahhh, damn! Kai was back to removing his boxers and the fabric was momentarily rubbing over his cock. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply, lifting up his hips slightly to help his boyfriend in his mission. The Russian was using his hands now as well and pulled the boxers down completely right before throwing the entirely unnecessary piece of clothing to the floor.

And then Rei could feel Kai's tongue once more but not at the place he had expected it next – and that needed some attention pretty soon – but at the toes of his right foot. For the smallest of seconds he was thinking about how glad he was that he'd taken that shower because now at least he didn't need to be in awe that his boyfriend had to fight with a real unpleasant taste in his mouth, but then he had to fight with something – his ticklishness. He bit on his lip and tried his best to hold himself together but when his boyfriend's tongue reached the sole of his foot, he really couldn't withstand the effect that sensation had upon him any longer.

"Kai," he laughed, "Kai, that's haha... Kai, that's really… haha… c'mon stop!" He drew back his feet and sat himself up.

"What's the matter, Kon?" His boyfriend asked, the corner of his mouth turning slightly upwards.

"I thought you wanted to make me purr, not laugh." Rei said still smiling broadly. "You knew I would when you were doing that."

Kai was crawling closer to him, his eyes fixed on his face. "I know a lot of things about you, Kon."

So they were playing the surname game again. Strangely enough it was something that seemed to turn his boyfriend on incredibly. The first time the both of them had had sex, they had still tended to call each other by surnames only. Well, they had also tended to glare at each other and make snappy comments about heritage, appearance and significant character traits. That hadn't stopped them though from having the greatest, most mind blowing sex in their lives, too.

Rei's eyes were shining. "Well, Hiwatari, I hope you do because otherwise you're going to lose your bet."

His boyfriend smirked, his face now only inches away from him. "I never lose."

The Chinese looked at him skeptically. "You do lose sometimes or do I really need to remind you…" His words were cut off rather rudely when Kai's mouth was covering his in a needy kiss. Oh yes, the surname game certainly had made the Russian hot. And he proved that he knew him well indeed when his right hand started wandering to that one place under his shoulder blade again whilst his left went deeper, a lot deeper to be even more precise – it went in between his legs. Rei gasped into Kai's mouth and he used this chance to push forward with his tongue.

His boyfriend was stroking him now and Rei was feeling a new wave of heat washing right through him, shattering most of his thoughts that didn't evolve around sex and heat and – well, Kai. Said person's tongue was dancing in circles, challenging him, urging him on to put all in the kiss he had. And damn! Rei was trying his best!

They broke apart, gasping for air, their skins already sweaty, their bodies burning with undeniable desire.

"Lay down." Kai ordered and then started trailing kisses down Rei's skin until he had reached his goal. And then his mouth was at Rei's cock, and the Chinese moaned in pleasure when Kai started licking its underside first making his way slowly upwards. When his lips finally closed around him and Rei's own heat was mixing with the heat of Kai's mouth, the Chinese's hands were fisting themselves in the covers and his eyes were rolling slightly in the back and when the Russian's hand also started fumbling his balls… Motherfucking shit!

Rei wasn't certain if he was purring now but undeniably he produced lots of interesting noises, that much was sure. He was close, really close now. Kai's mouth and tongue and teeth all working him in just the right way – that was too much – and then the Russian… stopped. What the…?! An almost whiny sound escaped his lips.

"Not yet, Rei." Was all Kai gave him in return and then Rei could hear a drawer being opened and his whole body clenched for a moment in pleasant anticipation. His boyfriend was getting the lube.

But then… "Rei, it's empty…"

Damn! He had forgotten. "Ugh… It was my turn, wasn't it?"

"It was."

Double damn. "Well… in that case… I'm sorry? But it's not so bad now, is it, we could just use… hey, where are you going?"

"I'll be right back. Don't move." Kai's tone showed clearly that he wasn't amused at this interruption to their activities at exactly that moment. But hell, he had simply forgotten to buy it, that wasn't such a crime now, was it?

The Russian was back holding an object in his hand Rei couldn't clearly see but when his lover's face appeared right in front of him, he didn't care anyway. He was so hot at the moment, Kei could've oiled him with anything – as long as it wasn't spicy – he never wanted to repeat that experience again!

"All right, where were we?" Kai asked with a smirk.

"Have you honestly forgotten?" Rei answered in a teasing way.

"Maybe, remind me." And then they were kissing again until Kai remembered that he had had something else planned for him as well and flung one of Rei's legs over his shoulder to get better access when two of his greased fingers were entering him.

"All right, now I want to know, what is it?"

Kai didn't give him an answer. Rei presumed that he was smirking again.

"No, honestly I want… ahhh …. I want to know."

"Do you remember Tala's present for my last birthday?"

Rei almost choked. "No way, I thought you threw everything away afterwards!" The whole pink basket with the many pink gruesome things Tala had thought to be a fabulous addition to a young couple's household.

"Not everything."

The Chinese recalled the image of the tube of lube he had seen in the basket as well. Pink and glittering all over and with a feather bound around the cap.

"That's…. ahhhh god! … that's really disgusting, Kai."

His boyfriend's fingers had never stopped working throughout the whole conversation and now he was even adding a third one. "Your own fault."

Yeah, yeah if he had bought the lube… hell, he couldn't really properly think about such nonsense right now. The friction Kai's fingers were causing inside of him felt much too good. He relaxed, letting himself sink into the feeling.

Kai was taking his time, stretching him thoroughly, switching between soft and harder movements just in the right combination and then he had finally found that one spot in him and was putting more pressure behind his actions and Rei's brain shut down. He bit on his lower lip to prevent himself from moaning too loud but after a moment he didn't care for that any longer and just let the noises stream out of his throat.

He retained some of his attentiveness when a deep, pleased chuckle was reaching his ear and then he listened closer to the sounds of his own pleasure. Well, if you had some imagination, really, really much imagination and had a fair obsession with a certain animal and… all right! He had to admit it - it sounded a bit like… purring.

He expected a comment about this any moment but amazingly enough Kai remained quiet about it; he removed his fingers which left Rei with a feeling of loss but the feeling was gone when the fingers were replaced with something else, something the Chinese liked even better to feel inside of him.

"You know… uhhh… that you're covered in the pink stuff as well now?"

Kai grunted with the effort it cost him to force himself to enter Rei slowly. Oh yeah, the Russian could be damn considerate if he wanted to be and it was mostly only Rei who got to see that side of him at all. The thought made him feel proud and happy.

"Shut up, Rei," his boyfriend barked but there was laughter hidden in his tone, and Rei closed his eyes grinning in delight.

They started out following a slower pace, teasing, probing, moving their hips in a steady, slow rhythm but it didn't stay like this between the two of them. Their characters, their personalities were much too fervent for that. Their pace quickened, their clashing of hips got harsher but it was what they both wanted, needed even. Kai's thrusts were hard and precise telling Rei about all his closed up feelings and the tension he had been suffering from because of their argument. The Chinese understood and dug his fingers into Kai's back, clinging to him tightly whilst savoring every second of their intimate struggle of emotions.

The black haired man came first over both of their stomachs and Kai followed only shortly after releasing himself inside of Rei with a loud moan. They remained intertwined for a long moment until Kai finally dislocated their bodies, grabbing for the tissues on the nightstand to clean them both up. It was good Kai was the one doing it; Rei didn't feel capable to move at the moment. He was totally drained but in a really good way. Tissues, he thought for a moment amused whilst watching his boyfriend, huh, really funny.

They were lying next to each other, still slightly panting and filled with an utter feeling of - contentment. At least this was the way Rei was feeling at the moment and he hoped for Kai it was something similar.

"So, would you say I won the bet?" The Russian's voice whispered right next to his ear. Of course – he should've known his boyfriend would demand some sort of confirmation even if he knew the answer to his question already – well, especially then.

Rei laughed and wiped his sweaty bangs out of his face. "I'm not quite sure yet, did it sound to you like I was purring?"

His lover smirked. "It did."

Rei turned his head, his eyes glistering with mischief. "But there's no way you could prove this, right?"

Kai drew a brow. "You want me to take it on camera the next time?"

The Chinese was grinning. "You think you actually manage that again?"

"Now you just admitted that I did make you purr and for the record I could manage it again any time and place."

"Oh, there's someone getting a little full of himself, isn't he?" Rei teased.

"Hn. Just stating the facts here."

"Your facts."

Kai blew in his ear. "Just accept it, Rei. You are like a kitten."

"The hell I am! If I'm kitten, then you're… then you're… oh, just leave me alone!" He said sulkily, faced away from his boyfriend and hauled the covers up to his nose. Now all he had to do was wait.

"… Rei?"

He just mumbled something incoherently in his pillow.

Kai's hand was placed on his shoulder. "C'mon, you're not really upset." He stated but there was the slightest, the slightest hint of doubt in his voice that probably only Rei would've been able to make out because he knew his boyfriend at least as well as he knew him – probably even better.

The Chinese remained silent, the cover hiding his small smile. Next thing was a poke to his cheek.

"You're smiling, Rei." The Russian said in an amused tone.

What…?! The Chinese set himself up abruptly, staring at his boyfriend. "How can you see that?!"

Kai's expression was self-satisfied. "I can't. It was just a guess, you're quite predictable sometimes."

"Predictable?!" He yelled. He wasn't predictable, or was he?

The Russian looked at him a bit warily but the glimmer of glee was still visible in his eyes. "Sometimes, just sometimes, Rei, and I didn't say that was a bad thing."

The Chinese almost puffed. "When am I predictable?"

"Well, you were it right now."

Rei narrowed his eyes. "How so?"

Kai sighed in annoyance. "I shouldn't have said it."

"Right, you shouldn't have but now it's too late. You said I'm predictable, that means that I'm boring. So, do I bore you, Kai?" His tone was biting.

The Russian's eyes widened a fraction. "I never said you were boring."

"Oh yes you did! You said it, you said I was boring! Well, if that's the case, I'm the one totally sorry now that I force you to waste away your precious time with someone that bores you to near death!" He spat at him, glaring.

Kai scowled. "No! Godamnnit, Rei! I never said you were boring, I don't think you are!" The Russian was yelling as well now looking completely furious. Everyone else probably would've started running in fear.

And Rei… wasn't able to hold himself together any longer and burst out laughing, he was laughing so hard that tears were springing to his eyes.

The Russian stared at him entirely baffled, his mouth slightly open. "… You were shitting me."

Rei wanted to answer but he was too busy trying to catch his breath again before suffocating.

That was enough time for Kai to recover somewhat. He smirked again, watching him with an intense gaze. "You sneaky little rat."

The Chinese wiped away the wetness in his eyes and then grinned at his boyfriend. "I'm a rat now? I thought I was a cat."

"Changed my mind, you're definitely a rat."

Rei draws a brow. "An unpredictable rat, I hope?"

Kai was sliding closer to him, his look fixed on him. "Oh yeah, quite unpredictable." And then Rei was flung down and a naked hot body was pressed against his skin again. "And now let me show you some of my unpredictability."

The black haired man just smiled. "Sorry to tell you, Hiwatari but this wasn't really un…"

He was cut off with a kiss.

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When Rei awoke, the sun was shining on his face through a gap in the curtains. He blinked and then noticed the lack of a certain source of warmth next to him – Kai wasn't there.

The Chinese rubbed his eyes and then got up, taking the covers with him around his hips as he walked slowly to the door.

"Kai?" He yelled his boyfriend's name questioningly.

"In the kitchen." Came the almost immediate retort. "Go take a shower, Rei, when you're done breakfast's ready."

Rei stood and blinked in wonderment. Wow, his boyfriend was making breakfast and not any breakfast if his nose didn't play any tricks on him – and it almost never did – Kai was making pancakes. It brought a smile to his face and a warm feeling spread through his whole body. The Russian really was sorry because of their argument yesterday.

Feeling truly lighthearted for some absolutely unbeknownst reason he did as told and went to take a quick shower. After that he dressed and walked to the kitchen, stopping to stand in the doorframe for a moment watching his lover place two glasses on the already set table.

Kai looked up, showing a small smile that made Rei's heart jump. "Morning."

"Morning. " He answered smiling back at him, stretching his body and making the last few steps into the room. "You cooked?"

"That's so amazing?" Kai asked with a totally neutral expression on his face.

"Of course not." Rei answered and the warmth he was feeling inside his body was shining out through his eyes. He sat down on his chair. "You didn't burn anything?" The teasing nature of his question was evident.

The Russian growled but it wasn't a serious one and sat down as well. "That was one time, Rei, and it wasn't even my fault."

"Yes, you said Tala was distracting you or something but you never told me the whole story." Rei leant on his hand having placed an elbow on the table, smiling lazily.

"And I won't." The Russian barked coldly.

Rei chuckled. He knew that Kai felt slightly embarrassed whenever Rei mentioned that topic – the whole kitchen had almost burned down that day - and he would've given a lot to hear the story behind that occurrence but neither Kai nor Tala ever talked about it. Rei had the slight suspicion that his boyfriend had threatened the redhead with a slow and painful death to ensure his silence. Tala normally wasn't the type to care for the predicaments of others.

The Chinese smiled even wider and shrugged. "That's fine." And then they both started eating and Rei complemented Kai for the good pancakes. Kai stared at his plate and grunted; that was as much as a thank you.

"By the way, why aren't you talking to each other anymore?" The tone was too casual for the Russian.

Rei looked up and stopped licking the syrup from his fork. "Huh?"

Kai suddenly looked as if he'd eaten something really acidic. "You and… her."

Oh…OH! "You mean me and Mariah?"

The Russian scowled. Rei sighed inwardly, pondering the best way to proceed. "Do we need to talk about this right now?"

Kai went stiff. Bad, Rei, bad. "Kai…"

"No. It's fine, if you don't want to tell me then don't." The Russian stood up taking his plate with him to put it into the sink. Loudly.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, okay?" Rei started in a placating tone. "I just didn't want to ruin our good mood."

"Hn." Kai said his back still turned to him.

Rei guessed that meant his mood was already ruined. "All right. I'll tell you. We're not talking to each other because Mariah was sticking her nose too far in my business again and this time I simply told her to shove off."

That made his boyfriend react and he was facing him again, lifting a brow. "You did?"

"I did."

Kai smirked. "Bet she didn't take it well."

Rei shook his head with the Russian's childish delight about this but it was a bit hard to suppress a grin himself. "Not exactly."

"So, what was she butting into this time?"

Damn. The Chinese had hoped Kai would be satisfied and not question any further; it seemed he was out of luck and he didn't want to lie. Kai would find out sooner or later anyway. "She was trying to give me advice; I really didn't want to hear."

That was enough to alert Kai. "She was bitching about me again."

"Yeah, well, you know her."

"Unfortunately. I still don't get why you haven't fired her yet."

That again. "She's Lee's sister, Kai."

The Russian gave him the 'So what' look.

"He's my partner, and I owe him a lot, I couldn't do it, even if I wanted to."

"Which you don't." He stared at him icily.

"She's not a bad worker, she brings a lot of customers and I know her since my early childhood days." Rei tried to explain his reasoning but he knew with Kai this was futile.

"Sure." He turned away again.

Rei was tempted to bang his head on the table. "Kai, I'm not putting her over you. We are not even talking right now because of you. I literally yelled at her to shut up and get out of my face, what more do you want?"

"What did she say?"

"Uhm…"

"I want to know what she said." Kai repeated cold and stubbornly.

Well, if he wanted to hear it so badly, he could have that! "She said, she doesn't understand, why I should want to be together with a guy who isn't… well, who doesn't even have the…" He didn't want to say it but Kai had turned again, gazing him directly in the face daring him to try and just shut up now! Rei sighed. "Who doesn't even have the courage to come out in the open about us in front of his parents - but I know that's nonsense, Kai! I would never demand anything like that of you. All that matters to me is that you're here. I don't need your parents, or their friends, or any of these high class people to know that I exist. It's enough that you do."

Rei was completely honest when he spoke those words. Everything he'd said was true. He didn't care for all these people, especially after the horrid stories he'd heard from Brian and Tala and sometimes even from Kai himself. And Kai himself was all that mattered to him only – ever would.

The Russian was silent for a long moment and somehow Rei felt bad for him and he got even angrier at Mariah and her big mouth and at himself, as well. He shouldn't have told his boyfriend after all.

"Kai… "

"It's all right, Rei."

"No, look… "

"I said it's all right." His tone didn't allow any objections and Rei closed his mouth again staring at his empty plate feeling somehow hollow inside.

He saw Kai's shadow approach him on the ground but he expected his boyfriend to just walk over and out of the room. The Russian dealt with his problems mostly on his own and no matter how hard Rei tried to change that and give Kai the reassuring feeling that he was and would always be there for him – situations like this proved all too well that he hadn't succeeded so far.

His expectations turned out to be right and when Kai was gone he did bang his head on the table.

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"Where are you going?" Kai had emerged back from his room and was now watching Rei slipping into his jacket.

The Chinese smiled at him, trying to read something in his face but he wasn't sure what to look for. "Just some grocery shopping before the store closes. The milk's empty and some other things are out, too."

Kai smirked his trademark smirk. "Milk, eh?"

Rei rolled his eyes playfully. "Yeah, milk for the cat, haha, I got it."

His boyfriend strode over to him. "Fine, and when you're back I have a surprise for you."

That made Rei's eyes go big. "Really? What is it?"

The Russian chuckled slightly an evil glimmer in his dark orbs. "Don't you know, Rei, that curiosity-"

"Killed the cat, yeah, yeah, haha, you're such a funny guy today, Kai."

Kai's face became more serious again and his eyes shone in sincerity. "Just come back soon. I'll be here."

Of course he would be here, where else? Rei could've said this but he understood what Kai was trying to tell him in his very own Kai-ish way, and his happiness returned as if a light had been switched on in his heart. "I'll hurry and it better be a good surprise."

The Russian smirked. "I only make good surprises."

Rei pointed at him. "I nail you down on that."

Suddenly Rei was hauled into an almost lip-smashing kiss. It was thrilling! Kai stepped away from him again. "Well, we'll see who'll be nailing who, Rei… but later."

A pleasant shiver was running along the Chinese back. "Heh, now I really make sure to hurry."

"You do that." The Russian answered, giving him a last predatory look that made his knees go weak, just to turn around then and walk straight back into his room – that tease!

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When Rei walked out on the street and breathed in the fresh air, he felt good inside. Things with Kai were lightening up again and he had a feeling with lots of patience and persistence someday he could get Kai to open up to him more. He knew that Kai wanted to, he just needed a push in the right direction and Rei would always gladly kick his ass if need be – and do lots of other stuff with his ass as well. He smiled widely whilst steadily walking forward. Yeah, things between him and Kai would turn out good in the end and Rei would give it his all to ensure this.

And then he thought about last night again and a stupid and even wider grin was spreading all over his face. Sex with Kai was just something so fucking, fucking great, especially because it wasn't just about sex but… well, it was more and when they both were together like this he could clearly feel it. He loved Kai, and even though the Russian had never said it to him with these precise words he was still sure that he felt the same for him. 'I'll be here' was Kai's promise, Kai's declaration of love and for the moment and for Rei that was enough.

Suddenly there was a yell. Someone was yelling his name but Rei wasn't sure at first who… oh, it was Kai! Definitely Kai's voice. Rei turned and looked up smiling happily, realizing for the first time that he was still standing in the middle of the street he had attempted to cross earlier, and then he also became aware of another noise then just Kai's voice and he saw an object, a big, dark thing in the corner of his eye but the moment his brain had received the information that a truck – a huge truck – was coming towards him it was already too late. His body moved thanks to his good reflexes but no reflexes in the world could've prevented him from getting hit. He was flung to the side violently and crashed into a hard thing, he wasn't sure what it was – maybe a wall but he had no possibility to either affirm or refute that for he couldn't see.

He could still hear, though and he heard Kai. Kai yelling his name again and then he could also feel, also feel him but he couldn't move, couldn't open his eyes, or were they open? No, no it was too dark.

Kai was talking to him but he wasn't sure about the words he said. His name, his name and… other things… he was yelling at him to, to… not sleep? But he was tired and it was cold, despite the fact that there were arms around him, it was cold. He felt numb, so numb. He tried to speak, but his mouth wouldn't open and no words would come to him but there was Kai's voice, he sounded distressed about something. Was it so bad? He didn't even feel any pain, he wanted to tell Kai this; he was cold, only cold.

Kai's voice was getting softer, no it was dying away and for the first time Rei felt panic. Had Kai left him, had he… that couldn't be right, he would never do that but then… but then this meant... Kai's voice wasn't getting softer but he wasn't able to hear it any longer and he also couldn't feel his arms around him anymore. There was only the cold, the coldness surrounding him and there was nothing he could do about it, his body felt - broken and had no strength left, not even to formulate the words he desperately wanted to tell the man he couldn't even feel anymore.

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And whilst his mind is slipping further away from him into the dark, Rei is praying and begging and hoping that maybe his friends are right and he really is like a cat because then he would wake up again to a world in which is Kai.

But deep, deep down inside, he already knows he isn't a cat, he is just human. And humans only have one life to live, the same they have only one death to die.