Chapter 1 - Discovered
Kai's POV
As the first rays of light hit me my consciousness started to tug at my brain. Without opening my eyes I turned my back to the light and snuggled up to my pillow. Usually I do not hesitate to get up for some early morning training before my other lazy teammates wake up but today I am feeling that much more comfortable that I wish to stay here a bit longer.
As I snuggled closer into my pillow, the bed covers around my middle seemed to tighten. At first I thought that it was just a trick of the mind but after some more minutes of lying there without moving something or should I say someone pulled me towards something solid. Did something happen the night before? But other than the nightmare that I was having nothing seemed to have happened out of the ordinary.
My eyes flew open at the realization and I was met with the view or Rei's clothed chest. His arms were chaining me to the bed; wrapped possessively around my waist and he was still sleeping peacefully. Instinctively I pushed him off the bed and he landed on the ground with a satisfying thud. He should know better than to invade my personal space like that!
Normal POV
Rei woke up with a thud. He didn't know how he finished on the floor and it wasn't the best of ways to get up in the morning. Grumbling he looked up to find Kai staring down at him tangled in the bed sheets. The realization that he must have passed the rest of the night next to Kai hit him full in the face and he looked away to hide the blush that was powdering his cheeks.
"What were you doing in my bed?" Kai never one to beat around the bush asked him angrily.
"I – I was just ugh … sleeping?" That actually came out better than he thought and with renewed courage Rei looked back up at Kai to see the latter's expression. What he saw wasn't much encouraging as Kai was trying to stare him through with one of his infamous death glares.
"I know that you were sleeping Kon. What I don't know is why you were sleeping in my bed!"
"I – I was just … You had another one of those nightmares this night were you would start mumbling words in Russian and trashing around in bed. When I got near you calmed down and I must have fallen asleep right where I was!"
Kai's POV
Horrified to be hearing that I let anyone comfort me even while unconscious and to see me during my weakest of moments I shot out of bed stumbling in the bed sheets and high tailed for the door. My mind was reeling trying to understand what really was happening; how could I be so reckless as to wake Rei up, He shouldn't know about my nightmares … What an idiot I am, I let him see my weak side the one that I would rather have kept for myself!
Without looking where I was actually going I ended up in the park and sat on the first bench I saw breathing heavily from the exertion. I must have been quite a sight with pajamas, disheveled hair and the smeared shark fin marks on my cheeks but now it was too late to think about how I looked. I wasn't going to go back to the dojo anytime soon because first I have to compose myself into my usual expressionless mask. Rei would probably be waiting for me to make me explain what the nightmares are about. He is usually like that even if I try to push him away, just like a thorn in the side!
As I moved from the bench to find somewhere more comfortable two blades flew by my face while the third embedded itself in my side making me bend double and my eyes water with the burning sensation.
Three figures emerged from the bushes right in front of me. I recognized two of them; they were Voltaire's thugs. "So we meet again Kai" The one in the middle said while retrieving their blades from the surrounding area. I was lying on the floor not being able to move as the blow had me paralyzed with pain and I couldn't come up with any smart reply. All I could do was lie there like the weak person my grandfather always blamed me to be as their blades spun around me inflicting damage and pain on everywhere they could reach.
"Your grandfather told us to give you a message Hiwatari; he said that he is tired of seeing you fooling around with those good for nothing bladers"
"Yeh, and he wanted us to teach you a lesson for all the shame you brought to the family name"
By this time my consciousness was teetering … if they don't stop they will leave me in a really bad condition one which I fear I wouldn't be able to patch myself like usual.
"Say your last prayers Hiwatari"