- Warnings for this chapter: Err… Nothing? Probable swearing… Incredible confusion on Kai's part :)

- Disclaimer: I own nothing.

- A/N: I just finished my Georgia Nicolson fanfic, and then I thought to myself, "Holy shit! That means that I have no stories being written at the moment!" But alas, I still have lots of plans for stories, so all is good :) I do need to plan more for the sequel to 'Confessions'. I don't know why that story was so popular… Enjoy this, anyway!

Chapter 1

'I Think I'm Falling In Love'

- Lucas Prata -

"I'm lying awake at night just to watch you sleep

And then you smile that way it makes me weak

I never thought that I've got so much love"

- Kai P.O.V. -

It must've been around the time BEGA went down, that I started feeling funny, and I don't mean funny in the sense of 'haha' funny. I mean funny as in… Funny. It's all because of my team mate, partner in the World Championships, and friend. At least, I thought he was only my friend, until I started feeling like this… And I want more than just friendship from him.

Bloody Tala Ivanov, with his pretty eyes, his thin body, the way he quirks his eyebrow if I say something stupid… Which happens more often than not more recently, and all because I feel something for him.

I've taken to watching him at night when he sleeps - if he gets to sleep. He still has trouble sleeping, but when he does, he looks so peaceful, and he twitches his nose every now and again, a bit like a rabbit. It's really cute. Like him. He's really cute. He'd so kill me if he ever knew I thought that.

There's the problem, though. I think he's cute, but that's not all. I think of him every moment of the day, and then I end up smiling because I'm thinking of him, my heart beats faster when he looks at me, and I get butterflies in my stomach every time he talks to me. I blush if he stares at me for a long time, or if I've said something stupid to him, and I have to try and hide it. I've also started going off my food, because all I think about is him. It doesn't help that he sits next to me when I eat.

Christ, I sound like a lovesick schoolgirl.

Tala and I have become closer, though, and we can actually have a laugh together, taking the piss out of Tyson and so on. Contrary to popular belief, we CAN laugh and smile. It's rare, though.

But, no matter how close we've become, or how much we understand each other now, I still shouldn't be feeling this way about Tala. We're both male for one thing, so if everyone else in the world found out about this, I'd have the press all over me AND Tala like a rash.

It'll be, "Tala, do you feel the same way about Kai?", and, "have you two had sex yet?"

… I really shouldn't have thought of the last part. I really don't need those sort of thoughts in my head. As if my feelings weren't wrong enough, I get sexual images of Tala and I in my head…

… No, no, no, no, NO! I will NOT let my train of thought wander to THAT.

I'm watching Tala now… He's battling Oliver from The Majestics. Yes, they actually qualified for the new championships. Bloody amazing, isn't it? Oliver's putting up a bit of a fight for Tala, but I know that Tala will win. He won't accept anything less. He can't stand Oliver, so I know he'll refuse to lose. Well, actually, he hates the French in general. He says they're too obsessed with wine, snails, frog's legs and kissing each other.

If he can't stand kissing, then how am I going to kiss him?

I wish my brain wouldn't wander off without permission. Who says I'm going to kiss him anyway? I don't have the nerve to kiss him. I've, well… I guess you could say I've 'fancied' him for about a year now, and I've not once had the nerve to tell him how I feel, let alone kiss him.

I hadn't noticed my eyes had glazed over, but they must've done. Also, I don't know how long Bryan's been talking to me, but…

"Hey, Hiwatari! Are you watching Tal's battle or not?"

"Tal's…?"

"Jesus, Hiwatari, what the fuck is wrong with you? Tala's match against Oliver, have you been watching it, or have you been off in your own little world this entire time?"

I stared at Bryan, not giving him an answer. He just stared back at me, with his eyebrows raised. I returned my gaze back to the beydish, only to find Tala standing about a metre away from me, with a triumphant grin on his face. I nearly fell over from shock.

"I did it, Kai. I showed that French little fucker not to mess with me," Tala said, high-fiving Bryan and Spencer.

He high-fived me, too, letting me feel the tips of his fingers against mine. For once, I wish that we both weren't wearing our gloves.

"You OK, Kai? You're acting a bit distant…" Tala asked as we made our way back to our hotel room (I've somehow ended up sharing a room with him…).

"I'm fine," I replied as bluntly as I could.

"He didn't even watch your match, y'know," Bryan piped up. "He was too busy daydreaming."

"Really?" Tala replied, looking at me a little hurt.

"I did watch your match!" I protested. "I just thought that you could've finished it sooner."

"Hiwatari, you really are acting weird recently," Spencer said, looking at me with suspicion.

"Weird in what way?" I asked.

"Just… Weird. You're not eating properly, you're as quiet as Hell, but then you'll have random outbursts like just now," Spencer replied.

"Yeah, normally you're just quiet and don't say anything, no matter what people say to you," Bryan said, smirking.

"Hn."

I could see Tala looking at me from out of the corner of my eye. Please, God, don't let me blush now!

"You're not getting ill, are you?" Tala asked me. He was still looking at me.

"No," I replied bluntly.

"Are you sure? You're a little red," Tala said, still looking at me. Dammit, I was blushing.

"I'm fine!" I said back, trying (and failing) to sound pissed off.

Once we reached to hotel (it was only a short walk down the road from the stadium - and Tala, being the weirdo he is, refuses to let us take a car or something, so we can "save the planet"), Bryan and Spencer went into their room, and Tala and I carried on down the hall to our own room.

I immediately walked to the kitchen area, aiming to get a glass of water to try and calm my nerves (and to also avoid Tala as much as possible). But, this plan backfired, as when I turned around to go sit down, Tala was standing right behind me. Well, in front of me. He had me cornered.

"Kai, you're still a bit red. Are you sure you're feeling OK?" Tala asked, concern in his voice.

"I'm fine. Jesus, Tala, when did you start to worry so much?" I replied, trying to walk away, but failing, as he had grabbed my arm.

"After the whole BEGA shit, actually. Bryan and Spencer are right, though, you are acting really weird. I'm just concerned about you, Kai."

"Well, you don't need to be," I sighed in exasperation. I just really wanted to get away from him… I fear that I will explode from redness if I don't.

Tala loosened his grip on me, but only slightly. With his teeth, he pulled off one of his gloves, and pressed his hand to my cheek. I tried to pull away, but Tala held me in place. That was it, I was definitely going to explode or scream or something.

"Kai, you really are warm," Tala commented, moving his hand to my forehead. I can't stand this.

"I told you, I'm-"

"Will you shut up! Just go to bed and sleep. You're really flushed and warm, and I-"

"You don't know the reason why I'm acting like this, do you? So why don't you just shut up, yourself!" I smacked his hands away and stalked off into the bedroom that we had to share. Thank God we didn't have to share a bed.

- Later On -

I'm still in the bedroom. I couldn't get to sleep, no matter how hard I tried. All I could think about was Tala, and his stupidness, and the stupid way he cares so much, and the stupid way he touched my face.

Though, admittedly, I liked that part.

Thinking of Tala (which I do A LOT), he's just come into the room. The clock on the bedside table says 11.07 pm, so he must be going to bed, too. I've turned over, so I'm facing the wall. I don't want him to think that I'm watching him change. That would just be perverted.

"Kai?"

"Hmm?" I tried to sound as sleepy as possible.

"You feeling OK, now?"

"I was always feeling OK. You just wouldn't believe me."

"Sorry. I can't help it if I care too much about my friends."

"I know."

"Anyway, night, Kai. Make sure you get plenty of sleep, because we have lots of training to do tomorrow."

"OK. Night, Tal."

For a while we both lay there in silence, not saying a thing to each other. After a while, Tala's breathing steadied, and I looked over to his bed to see him fast asleep, eyes shut, and one of his arms dangling over the edge of the bed.

I continued to watch him, the usual thoughts running through my head, and then he did that thing. You know the one. The thing where he twitches his nose. I smiled and got out of bed, and went over to Tala's. I leant down and stroked his nose, and he twitched it again.

I had to resist the urge to laugh, but it was really cute. I just hope that he doesn't wake up, and finds me stroking his nose. That would take a lot of explaining…

I jumped back in shock when Tala moved and raised his arms in the air.

"I'll fucking kill him if he hurts you…"

Tala SLEEP-TALKS? I will have to try and hold this against him. At least he hasn't started sleep-walking. I don't want to be walking around in the middle of the night, following Tala to make sure he doesn't do something stupid while he sleeps.

Chuckling slightly when Tala let his arms flop back down on the bed, I returned to my own pit of comfort, and lay on my side, facing Tala. I could see him perfectly in the moonlight. It really illuminates his skin, making him look even more pretty than he already is.

Oh, God. I didn't just think that did I?

Slowly, I felt my eyes begin to close, and I felt myself drifting off into that drowsiness just before sleep. Just as my eyes were about to shut completely, I uttered one word, and then finally fell asleep.

"Tala…"

A/N: Aww how sweet!! I know this chapter is short, but in all honesty, I don't have much planned for the chapters, so they'll probably all end up being this length. Ah, well.

I might go into detail about what Tala was dreaming about when he started talking in his sleep in the next chapter. If I remember, that is.

Do you know how hard it is to write, when you have a demented rabbit distracting you? No? Well, I do. Talking of Bam, where's he gone… Oh, there he is. He's collapsed in tiredness next to my wardrobe. It's his own fault for being mad. Honestly, I'm amazed my stories make any sort of sense, since he's around every single time I try to write.

Anyhoo, enough about my bloody rabbit. Review? Please? :)