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Rei's Dirty Little Secret by Yaoi Girl
Rei had thought that he was over the worst part of his 'illness'. But he was wrong, as he had found out during lunch earlier that day.
On the outside, Rei looked like any other normal male. However, on the inside, on top of having a fully functional male reproductive system, he also had a fully functional female reproduction system. It was only once he had begun to throw up blood – his 'period' if you will – in his younger teenage years did this become discovered.
There were options to have it removed, but Rei's parents didn't have the money or insurance to cover such a thing, so the raven haired male had no choice but to tough it out. He just had to be careful…
His parents and a few select people at the schools knew of his predicament, thus the reason he never got in trouble for missing so many days of school. It was a well kept secret among the family.
Of course, other than his 'period', there were several other downsides as well. His main fear was being with someone. Being so close to someone that when he revealed this secret to him, that he would be shunned.
He was lonely beyond anything he could ever recall and yearned for a real friend, not just someone who wanted to mooch your homework or use you for you brains. And he seemed to find something in Hiwatari Kai.
Rei sighed as he slid his thumb into the waistband of his elastic rimmed PJ bottoms and pulled from one hip to another to try and alleviate some of the agitation from the elastic constricting material as he stared out his bedroom window into the mist of rain that had begun not too long ago.
'I guess a lot of people have him figured out wrong,' Rei mused as he finally ventured lazily over to his bed, sitting down and leaning his head against the slant in the roof above him, reveling in the coolness of the paint.
Seeing as he, as stated before, wasn't a rich kid by any means, the Kon house was rather small, as was his room in the attic. Just a simple 2 story house with the 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a decent sized kitchen, and a livable family room.
He liked his room the best though, despite how small it was. His room was directly under the roof, so two sides of his room had a slanted ceiling, which could be a pain when he tried to jump out of bed only to succeed in slamming his head against the ceiling. He had no dresser; he had a decent sized closet in which to hang and store things, a computer desk – with chair and computer – and a simple lamp with no shade on the computer desk. Posters were hung here and there on all the walls and a few on the slanted ceiling, as well as a few pictures hung up by thumb tacs in one local area between his computer desk and bedroom door.
Rei closed his eyes with a very small smile playing across his lips, recalling the image of his 'newfound friend' Kai and remembering how concerned he was about him earlier that day. No one had ever asked what was wrong with him before, proof that he had no real friends. All they cared about were themselves.
He knew, as well as anyone else at school – save for the new freshman – that Kai was, indeed, a dog and slept with just about anyone he wanted and usually talked like he ran the place. But with Rei, he hadn't done that. He was actually worried and tried to carry on a normal conversation with him. Not a hint of lust – well, okay that was a lie. Kai had been staring at him during Algebra – directed towards him.
Sighing as he flicked off his light and laid down, he couldn't decide if it was a good or bad thing that Kai didn't seem interested in getting him in bed anytime soon. Truth be told, Rei had had dreams for years now of what it would be like to sleep with the sex god himself. But Kai was the only guy he had ever dreamed such erotic dreams about. The thought of any other guy somewhat disgusted him.
He was sure his turn would eventually come, but was he willing to go that far with his condition?
The next morning, Rei felt considerably better as his alarm blared at him to get out of bed and get ready for school.
After grabbing a clean set of clothes, Rei headed downstairs to be cheerily greeted by his mother, who was currently cooking his breakfast, as he headed to the bathroom for a shower.
And during his shower, he thought he heard his mother talking to someone. But it couldn't be his father; he was already at work. And once he was done and had turned the taps off, he was sure his mother was talking to someone with a rather familiar voice.
Quickly dressing and brushing his hair, deciding to braid it once it dried a bit more, he emerged to end his curiosity.
"Kai?! What are you doing here so early?" he gawked as he stood in his family room, noting that the bluenette was sitting on the couch with a food tray in front of him, fresh bacon and eggs sitting there for him to eat.
"Rei, honestly! Where are you manners? This young man came to give you a ride to school since he knew you were sick!" she huffed as she pulled another tray out and set it up next to Kai for her son.
"You what?" he asked, frozen to his spot.
"What she said," he shrugged as he cut a piece of egg white and forked it before he turned to Rei. "Is that a problem?"
It was an understatement to say that he was embarrassed that the well known rich kid was sitting in his modest little house eating off a tray and watching the news. Let alone him being in this house to begin with!
"No, but I didn't expect something like this from you. I mean, we only started talking to each other yesterday," he murmured as he finally moved, meeting his mother half way between where he was standing and the couch to take his plate of food and glass of milk from her. "Thanks, mom."
"You know," Kai said as he turned to peer over the tanned, slightly worn in piece of furniture. "I think this is honestly one of the best breakfasts I've ever had. The cook always does some unnaturally fancy stuff with breakfast and makes it look more like a piece of art rather than actual food."
Mika, Rei's brown haired green eyed mother, smiled at this. "I'm glad you like it," she said simply before returning to the kitchen. "Just yell if you want more!"
As Rei settled into the couch and set his plate and glass down, he again turned to Kai. "Why are you here?"
"You were told," he sighed in exasperation as he picked up a slice of bacon. "I knew you weren't feeling well, I seen your lights on, and decided I'd take you to school."
"Why?"
"Because I live three houses down from you and know that you walk to school alone everyday."
"Are you spying on me or something?" he inquired as he popped the top of his over easy egg open and dipped a piece of toast in the yolk before devouring it.
"No, not really. I just remember a boy with long black hair always walking by himself down the road everyday while I watched out the window for my ride to school. So I just assumed it was you until I read the name on the mailbox this morning."
"I can't believe we've 'known' each other for years but never talked," Rei chuckled as he then proceeded to eat the white of the egg.
It was true that this neighborhood held many different statures of houses. But he never really paid attention to the name on the 3 story house that was a white with dark green shudders and the expensive looking cars in the drive way. It made sense now.
While the teens ate, they talked about this and that until they were finished, walking the empty plates and glasses to Mika to wash before they gathered their things and were heading out the door.
"Oh, Kai, dear, are you going to be stopping by tomorrow morning?" Mika called after them before they could step outside.
"Uh," he so eloquently muttered as he looked to the raven haired teen next to him. Rei gave him a vague shrug, signifying that the choice was totally his. "Yeah. I'll stop by tomorrow morning."
"Okay!" she beamed as she joined the teens at the door. "Pancakes tomorrow then!"
"Sounds great," he smiled in return before the pair headed down the concrete steps to the sidewalk and down the couple houses to Kai's where they climbed into the vehicle.
"Thanks for offering me a ride," Rei said to finally break the silence between them a few minutes later when they had left the house.
"No problem," the bluenette replied as he turned briefly to gaze at Rei at a stop sign, who he found, oddly enough, already looking at him.
A slight blush crept across Rei's cheeks as he quickly turned away, gazing out the passenger window. Kai decided not to comment.
"You're mom seems like a nice lady," Kai opted for as they continued on.
"She is," Rei idly replied. "Too nice sometimes."
"Why do you say that?"
"She let you in, didn't she?" he laughed as he snuck a glance at Kai before focusing forward.
"Who wouldn't let me in?" he then mock huffed as they pulled into the school's beat-up parking lot.
Rei simply smiled and shook his head as he unfastened his seat belt and waited for Kai to turn off the vehicle. "I wouldn't have. I would've left you standing there!"
"No you wouldn't. How could you even say such a thing?" he teased as he unlocked the doors and the pair got out.
As the pair headed towards the building, Kai just a step or two ahead of Rei, he blindly reached behind him as he stared forward with a growing frown. After a couple attempts of coming up with nothing, much to Rei's amusement since he had no clue as to how to describe Kai's current actions, the bluenette altogether stopped and grabbed Rei's hand.
"What are you doing?" Rei managed, blushing furiously, as he was being quickly dragged to the building.
"I'll explain later, but for now, just hold on tight, otherwise you'll be trampled," he explained without so much as a glance over his shoulder as a herd of rabid freshman advanced on them, some glowering at Rei while others began to squeal out Kai's name and trying to hand over their love letters. "Are you a fast runner?"
"Yeah, wh…!" he began, but Kai had already jerked his body into a full out sprint; he had no choice but to keep up with him for fall face first to the pavement.
Now, if Rei hadn't been with him, he would've simply walked his normal pace through them, ignoring them all the while or smiling and accepting the letters – only to throw them away as soon as he got inside the building – depending on what mood he was in that day. But he wasn't about to subject Rei to that. He was still ill; he could tell somehow that the teen still wasn't up to speed.
Only half way to the building, with the groupies gaining on them, Rei began to falter. His strides were becoming smaller and he was gasping horribly for breath, and only moments before Rei could hit the ground and kiss pavement, Kai had scooped him up and continued running.
"Why me?!" he whined as he kept going until he reached the doors. But even then he didn't feel safe one he was inside. He knew that there were more girls lurking somewhere. His Kai senses were still tingling. "Rei? Are you alright?" he asked as he leaned against the cool brick wall, panting to catch his breath while still holding tightly onto the raven haired teen.
Rei had one arm slung around Kai's neck, his free hand clutching tightly onto Kai's shirt until his knuckles turned white, while his face was red as could be and he was breathing as though he were hyperventilating, his beautiful amber eyes mere slivers as he stared up at Kai with a pained expression.
He had to get him to the nurse. Like two minutes ago.
With his own pained expression, Kai held the teen tighter against himself as he sprinted down the hallway and through the common area, through some more doors and down another hallway until he reached the nurse's office.
"Rei!" the young nurse gasped as she took one look at the boy in Kai's arms. "What happened?"
"We were running and he…he" he gasped, trying to catch his own breath as he followed the nurse to a room.
"Set him there and catch your breath," she instructed as he sat Rei down on the bed. She then began her nurse-like actions while Kai stood there, watching her every move. "Now tell me what happened."
"We were running and he just started to collapse, so I carried him until we got inside, and he was like that when I stopped running, so I brought him here," he managed in one breath as he still sucked in air.
"Kon Rei! You should know better than to do something like that so soon!" she scolded as she injected him with something. "You know you're…" she started, cutting off as Rei gave her a pleading look, one that told her that Kai knew nothing about his condition. "Be more careful from now on, understood? Now rest for a bit."
Rei nodded weakly as she led him to lie down on the uncomfortable bed.
"Unfortunately, you still have to go to class, Kai," she smiled weakly at him. "Thanks for bringing him though."
"Can I stay with him until it's time for class?" he asked as he sat on the edge of the bed, brushing some of Rei's bangs from his eyes.
"Of course," she said as she gently closed the door and left to return to her post.
"I didn't even think that you'd be anemic," Kai murmured, noticing how Rei's eyes grew wide. "I mean, you were throwing up blood the other day. So of course you're going to be weak for a while. I'm sorry."
Rei shook his head and sighed. "I didn't think you'd even notice."
"Notice what?"
"My stability. I thought I could keep up with you otherwise I would've stayed behind. It's not that far of a run."
"I still wouldn't have left you at their mercy," he replied with a smile as he stood, having heard the bell signifying that he could go to his locker and class. "I'll see you in a bit?"
Rei returned the smile and nodded, watching as Kai silently left.
Once it finally set in that he was all alone, he snuggled deeper into the thin pillow, all the while thinking about how kind Kai had been to him today. Had Kai ever done that for someone else?
A tiny smile crept across his lips at that thought. He had surely found a friend in Kai. If Rei were to collapse in the parking lot or anywhere else in school by himself, he was sure that people would just gather round and not be smart or caring enough to get help. But Kai had put him first; he didn't just sit there and gawk at him and think 'What should I do?'
While Rei was safe and sound in his little room recovering, he didn't yet know about the rumors now circulating through half the school about him and Kai supposedly being an item now.
Kai, on the other hand, was furious. He had never been in a serious relationship and wasn't about to start…