Sorry for the time!!! College work kills me, somewhat… But at least I had a week off, so I can do this update for all my fans out there. I know for sure that you guys are jumping for joy now by the time you are reading this, and screaming your heads off. Lol-Lol-Lol.
Enjoy reading this! Cause there will be another painful long period of time before I update this, and till summer starts for me!
Summary: Until the rainstorm comes to an end, Hilary will have to stay in the home of Kai Hiwatari. How bad can it be?
Warnings: KaixHilary hints! KaixHilary moments! Humor may be tough to amuse you when you are dealing with me… Ha, ha, ha…
Rating: T for Teen
Genre: Friendship/Romance, with hints of humor.
Pairing(s): KaixHilary
Disclaimer: StarlightAngel101 DOES NOT own Beyblade in any shape or form. The only things that I own is the plot -cause it's my idea-, and the name of the bulter, in which he'll be called Edward.
Under His Shelter
Chapter Two: Kai's New Guest
"Kai?"
"What happened to you?" Kai asked, as he walked down to meet Hilary. "Why were you outside on a day like this, without an umbrella?"
Unfolding the towel, he had gotten, he draped it along Hilary's shoulders.
"I thought it was going to be a beautiful day to go shopping, till the weather unexpectedly changed. I didn't have any money to use the subway to head back home…so I ended up walking.
"But it went from bad to worse, and I needed to go and find shelter…I am just here to see if I can use the telephone. I am just going to call my mom, if she can pick me up."
"It is her only request, Master Kai," the butler explained. Kai looked at his butler for a moment.
"I was going to look for you to ask if you don't mind."
Kai looked back at Hilary seeing her all wet and soaked. He felt embarrassed when he just looked at her chest. Her clothes drench in the rain cling to her bosom as a second skin.
"You should get out of those clothes first," Kai said as he turns away for his back to face Hilary, "before you get a cold."
'And better for me not to see that again,' he thought.
"Is it alright first that I call my mom?" Hilary asked, "I don't want her to worry more if I delay it any longer-"
"It's better if you take a shower first," Kai insisted. He pauses. "Come, I'll take you to the bathroom."
It would be hard at times to persuade Kai, so Hilary followed him when he was heading up the stairs.
"Master Kai, shall I get Naomi to clean the puddle?" the butler replied.
"Yes."
After Kai went to the closet next to the bathroom to get a few towels for Hilary, he opened the door to allow Hilary in.
Hilary was amazed to see how clean it is, and it was one of the many bathrooms Kai had in his home.
With a bathtub and a shower system, it had a crème-color screen curtains to cover. There was a toilet, clean with the lid down, and a sink with gold metallic color faucets. Above the sink is a medicine cabinet with a mirror for a cover, and on the sink is a small, brown, glass tray with a bar of white soap, and a matching cup. There were cabinets below the sink, and Hilary wondered of what's inside.
The walls were painted a soft brown color to match the bath curtains and necessities in the bathroom. And the tiles were white with brown flecks.
Kai came in afterwards, placing the towels on the counter, next to the sink. He then went down to the bottom cabinets to pull out a hair-dryer and a new brush. He placed these items on top of the towels.
"The shampoos, conditioners and body-washes are on the rack in the bathtub," Kai explained to Hilary, pointing to the bathtub. "I'll be back to get you some spare clothes, and when I do hand me the wet ones, so I can get them ready for wash."
Kai was heading out of the door for Hilary to have some privacy, when she called out his name.
"Kai."
He stopped at the door.
"T-Thank you. Thanks for helping me."
Hilary didn't want to look at him for that moment when she felt her cheeks turning pink.
"It's nothing, really," Kai said, "I am just helping a friend."
Hilary heard the door shut silently. Leaving her the privacy needed to get ready to wash from the rain's water. And she begins removing the towel that he placed on her temporary before going on with her shopping back-pack and her clothes.
When the door was shut behind him, emotions flooded through him. He regretted on saying his last words to Hilary.
"I am just helping a friend."
His hand runs through the side of his hair, and remaining there to ease himself of his mind. His eyes closed for that moment thinking of the memories that he recalls about Hilary, when she entered into the G-Revolution's life, and even his own life.
She was the only one that he could trust, understand, and open up to…just like…his mom.
He knows what his feelings are to Hilary, and it was something that he hadn't had in touch with since…since…
He shook his head from it all. And he removed his hand from his hair to be back at his side. He walks down the hallway to another stair case that goes to the third floor of the mansion. After reaching to the third floor, he walked down the dimly lit hallway to find the room he was looking for.
He only passed a few doors, before stopping at one door. But he stared at it for some time.
If he enters in there, it would have been his first time in some years that he entered in his parents' room. His mother is no longer living in this home and his father… somewhere out there seeing and finding new discoveries on the one thing that Kai grew as a student to the game, and that is Beyblade.
Even though he opens the door of the room, and turning on the lights to allow some light source to glow in the room, it felt like going through a threshold that is never meant to be broken.
Stepping into it brought pain, love, happiness, and sorrow. And yet, it helps him retrace forgotten memories, and he ended it up in front of an oak wood closet.
Opening it up, he saw the colors, the patterns, and the cuts, lengths and styles of his mother's clothes. His hand reaching out on the hangers move and scan for one that would fit Hilary. After all, his mother's clothes were the only ones that would help for Hilary for now.
With disappointment, he went to the drawers next to the closet, and after some time, found something that would do. And yet, from looking at it made him get the shivers to his spine, from thinking of it especially from what happened a moment ago with Hilary.
He went back to the closet to find something to cover it up, and seeing something that caught his eye, took it. Putting everything back into its place, and shutting the closet door, and drawers, left the room, and shut it.
Kai knocked at the bathroom door, before saying, "Hilary it's me, I've got you some clothes to wear. Hand me yours…"
The door was opened with a crack, and glimpsing in, saw Hilary's bare arm holding out her wet clothes.
Kai's free hand went to grasp the wet clothes. As he got it, he handed her the dry clothes he found for her to wear.
When the exchange of clothes was finished, Hilary shut the door and locked it. A moment later, the water from the bathtub begin to run before it was switch to the shower head, leaving a loud sound of water splashing to be heard outside.
Knowing that it will be a while till she comes out, Kai walked down the hallway with the clothes.
It wasn't long before he took a glimpse at the clothes, till he blushed in pink before in fury red.
'Is she without anything to cover herself?!'
On top of the pile he carried, were a matching color and patter n pair of a bra and underwear. Quickly, he covers it up with Hilary's wet orange jacket by placing it on top of the most intimate clothing.
"Ah, Master Kai," his butler called out to him.
Kai looked up to see him walking towards him.
"Are those clothes for wash?"
"Yes," Kai answered, handing the clothes to the butler, "Have them all ready as soon as possible…Edward."
He sometimes called them by their first names, so show some respect.
"I'll be sure they'll be done on time, Master Kai."
Edward soon leaves Kai alone heading his way, to get Kai's request done.
And soon, Kai heads down to the main floor of the mansion. Going to the living room, he went to the couch picked up the remote control and pressed the button for the television to be on. He flipped through some channels before stopping at an old movie, keeping his mind busy and off from what he saw in Hilary's clothes. And even for him to not think about her without any bra or underwear.
Half-hour Later
"Master Kai is here, Miss Tatibana."
"Thank you, very much Edward," Hilary said.
Kai turned around to see Hilary entered the living room, and his face changed with faint blush. She was cute in that outfit…but it would be another story if it weren't for the top that covered her chest.
Standing at the entrance, Hilary wore a red, cropped jacket with two buttons, both buttoned up. The sleeves were rolled up above the elbows. Underneath the jacket, was a white, spaghetti strap dress, made of silk, and trails to her calves.
Her hair looks dry from seeing the thick waves, the color, and the shine.
Kai took note of the white slippers she was wearing; probably Edward managed to get her an extra pair from their dormitory. Realizing of the recent clothing he saw, he turns away from his gaze on Hilary.
"I see that you have no problems with the clothes I gave to you," Kai said.
"Uh huh, and thank you again…" answered Hilary, "but is it possible I can call now? You said so that I could after I refresh myself from the rain."
With no answer, Kai gets up from his seat, and went out of the living room. He took Hilary's hand with his own, and she followed him to a small room next to the living room.
It was small enough to have space around a small table, with a phone connected to a wire with an outlet and plug along one wall. A chair to sit on and the small table had a little drawer below it. Next to the phone is a small cup containing a few pens, incase if messages are in need to be written
"I'll be outside of the room," Kai said leaning against the wall.
"Okay."
Hilary went in the room, and as she was near the table, she picked up the phone. Dialing the number to her home, she heard each number beep, and when she was done, she begins to wait for someone to respond to the receiver.
She hoped her mother was there to pick it up.
Ring…
…Ring…
…Rin-
"Hello, this is the Tatibana residence. How may I help you?" said the voice, sounding like a middle aged woman with cheer in her tone.
"Mom, it's me Hilary," Hilary answered.
"Oh honey, I was worried about you when this nasty weather arrived. Where are you? Are you fine?"
"I am fine, mom. I am at Kai's home. I was wondering if you can pick me up from here."
"I wish I could, but the weather is bad for me to drive, even with precautions."
"Then I can wait till the rain-"
"Till tomorrow?"
"What? What do you mean by tomorrow?"
'Tomorrow?!' Kai thought.
He left his position, as he walked away to leave Hilary's conversation with her mother.
"The news explained that this bad weather will last overnight, and end by morning… So looks like you'll have to stay where you are…Wait, did you say Kai? That one boy in the team with the white scarf?"
"Yes."
"Oh! So that's the one you have a crush on!"
"Mom!"
"Don't worry about it. For someone who is silent and distant he seems to be a well matured young man. And-"
"Mom, I don't need to be lectured on the 'boy talk' again."
"Okay, but I want to make sure that you understand it. So that in case if you even think about it, make sure that you both use protection. When I preferably want you to be abstinence-"
"Okay mom! I got to go now, I'll be home tomorrow. Bye."
"Love you sweetie, bye."
Hilary hangs up the phone. Her cheeks flustered in pink from what her mother told her about her and Kai.
But it vanished when she forgot about the weather.
Exiting out of the phone room, she went back to the living room, to see Kai standing, watching the news cast. And she was just in time when she heard about the weather again.
"That's right, Aya. This is considered as the worst rainfall since almost twenty years ago. In the Tokyo district, we'll see heavy rain showers that would last till morning. And during the night, there will be potential thunderstorm.
"We advice all people to stay indoors. And to stay off the roads, as this is a very dangerous condition to drive. Keep yourself warm and dry, if you get caught in the rain and close any windows and doors to prevent the water coming in. And that's the end of your weather forecast; now back to the desk…"
Hilary couldn't believe this at all. Now she has to stay at Kai's place till morning, and what's worse is that there would be thunderstorms during the night…something she did not enjoy…
"Kai…I guess I'll be staying here for the night then," Hilary said.
"What other options are there?"
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