Righty-O! Let's get this started. ^^ Bear in mind, I wrote this when I was in secondary school so I'm trying to update it so it doesn't sound too childish yeah?
Okay. I've got an essay due on Wednesday and an exam on Thursday so this isn't exactly the right time for me to be handling stories but my euphoria from handing my case study this afternoon is leaving me on a high.
Uh. Obviously I do not own Beyblade.
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I'm sorry.
Two simple words. Kai stared blankly at the card. It was in his lover, Rei's, tiny, cursive writing. Ex-lover, his mind irritatingly corrected him. Rei had left him.
There was this hollowness in him that Kai disliked. A weak moment, one may call it, but Hiwatari men did not have weaknesses, save his useless father. His mask slipped on as his facial expression went blank before ripping the card and tossing it into the bin.
If Rei wanted to be childish and have a lover's spat, Kai was not about to indulge him. It would be like the countless other times when Rei walked out to stay with Tala or Bryan and Spencer until Rei could no longer bear being away from him and returned.
Yes, that was probably it. Kai's annoyance temporarily satisfied, he returned to his study to concentrate on his work. Someone had to bring in the bacon if Rei and Kai wanted to enjoy their luxurious lifestyle.
He was annoyed. Kai Hiwatari was in a bad mood. It had been twelve days since Rei left and eleven days since he found the short letter. From past experience Rei wouldn't last more than a week without Kai. Mostly he appeared overnight between the sixth and seventh day, Rei would make his blueberry pancake offering and they would be back to normal.
Kai glanced at his table for a moment, watching how the glass figurine caught the light. Rei had this weird fixation on felines and had an odd collection of figurines, stuffed toys and pictures stored in one of the many rooms of the Hiwatari estate. Rei had this silly habit of scouring second-hand shops to find all his little knick-knacks.
On their one year anniversary, Rei made him go on some sort of weird scavenger hunt around the McMansion and his prize? The beautiful phoenix figurine which sat on his desk. Kai fingered the beak as he mused silently.
According to a rather grumpy Bryan, the Blitzkrieg Boys and Rei had spent weeks looking for that special something that Rei had in mind for Kai and they had found the special something in the shop just down the road from Spencer and Bryan's apartment. Kai had hung up chuckling at Bryan's annoyance over the matter.
Kai growled as it reminded him that his kitten was still not back. He pulled on his trademark white scarf and a pair of trainers as opposed to the polished, Italian leather shoes Kai favored before stalking out. He instructed his driver to drop him off along the marketplace before he disappeared into the crowd.
It was the second Saturday of the month which meant the populace would be in full force at the marketplace. Rei loved the carnival-esque feeling that monthly marketplace event gave off and attended faithfully. He would be able to find Rei there.
After much hassle, Kai got to the section where the food and knick-knacks merged. He wandered up an aisle before walking down another before spotting the distinctive pure, white wrap and a tuft of jet-black hair that was Rei.
He sped up, as opposed to running which was undignified as he was in a public area, Kai reminded himself. He cursed when he lost sight of it when he got to the end of the aisle. He turned left, deciding to head down to the lane Rei affectionately renamed Coffeehouse Lane.
He had ordered a black coffee when he spotted not only the jet-black hair but a redhead with a unique hairstyle by said brunet. He hastily grabbed his coffee and was a couple of feet away when he stopped.
Despite having lived in Russia for the last one and half years, Rei had yet to fully adjust to the weather and always wore a coat or jacket. Clad in a white jacket with a single orange stripe down the arm, Rei was talking contentedly to the redhead, and owner of the said white jacket.
Although Kai highly doubted that Rei had left without taking a jacket without him, what made him pause was that Rei and Tala were holding hands. They were a beautiful couple, no doubt, but Kai growled possessively. That was his Rei, not Tala's.
He followed them for a while, watching as they stopped to look at something in a shop or for Tala to briefly hug the shorter male. Kai was already plotting on how to hurt Tala when he felt his own heart stop upon the scene he nearly walked on.
Tala and Rei had stopped yet once again and had briefly debated about entering the shop when Rei gave his heart-warming smile and tip-toeing to give a chaste kiss to the redhead. Tala immediately pulled the Asian closer, deepening the kiss while Rei timidly wrapped his arms around Tala's neck. It was over within a few seconds but both looked equally satisfied as they lovingly continued their walk as though nothing happened.
Kai stared flabbergasted and angry at the scene. Wasn't Rei still his? Kai was sure that there was at least an official breakup before one could actually move onto another lover. Was Rei cheating on him? Had Tala, his so-called best friend, been brainwashing Rei into entering a relationship with him?
He hailed a cab, a sudden urge to go straight him and purge what he had just seen. His chauffeur could rot in hell waiting at the marketplace, right now Kai just needed a drink and maybe a smoke if he desperately needed it.