A/N- Thanks for the Reviews everyone! I love Kai's mom, she's so sweet lol.
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Pizza and Bedtime
Ray grimaced as Kai helped him out of the limo, his body ached all over, and even having Kai hold him wasn't taking his mind off of it. His legs felt so weak, almost like Jell-O, and every step that he took reminded him of that fact. 'I swear I am going to collapse soon.'
"Are you okay?" Kai asked softly as he continued to try and get Ray out of the limo, not having much success.
Ray nodded slowly with an apologetic smile, "Yeah, I'm sorry that you have to go through this, I don't mean to be such a bother."
Kai shook his head, "I'm your captain, and it's my job to look after your well being."
Ray snorted, "That's a first." When he saw Kai's glare he quickly apologized. "Sorry, I didn't mean that. I'm really grateful that you're here for me Kai." Kai looked away as he managed to finally get Ray out of the limo without too much complication. Ray gaped at the house before him, "Wow, this place is huge Kai!"
Kai smiled, that was usually the reaction he got whenever people came to his house, and that was the main reason that he rarely ever let people know where his house was. He didn't like the idea of people only liking him because of the fact that he had money. Not that he really wanted people to like him anyway, he enjoyed being my himself, something his grandfather taught him.
"I never expected you to live in a place like this Kai."
"You're not going to treat me any different because of it right?" Ray gasped. "Are you okay!? Ray! What's wrong?"
Ray laughed, trying to calm Kai down. "No, I was just surprised by your question. I cant believe you would think that I would treat you differently just because you have a huge, beautiful, house."
Kai slightly smiled, "Oh, I'm... sorry."
Ray looked at him, 'Did Kai just apologize?' "It's okay Kai. Now, are we gunna stand here all day, or are you gunna help me into that fancy house of yours?" he asked in a teasing way.
"You're lucky you're injured," Kai growled as he helped a chuckling Ray into his house. "Are you hungry?" he suddenly asked.
Ray nodded his head, they had tried to give him food when he had first woken up, but he had been too sore to eat and more eager to watch the end of Tyson's battle.
"Will you be able to eat?"
Ray nodded again, "I think so anyway, I don't see why I wouldn't be able to."
"Alright," said Kai as he guided Ray into the kitchen and placed him in one of the chairs before reading the note his mother had left for him on the table. "Apparently Kenny's stomach disagreed with the food our chef made, so there's pizza in the fridge."
Ray grinned, "Awe, I love pizza."
Kai shook his head, he was so happy to see Ray up and smiling again. He went into the fridge and grabbed them both two slices each before heating them up.
"Hey, its gunna be just like every tournament Kai."
"What?" he asked his teammate, thoroughly confused.
Ray laughed again, "The note your mom left, at the bottom of it, it says that she gave Max and Tyson the guest room and that it's your job to take care of me."
Kai nodded in agreement as he placed the slices of pizza in front of Ray before sitting down and joining him.
"I'm really sorry Kai. I know it's your house and everything, but you really shouldn't be forced to take care of me, or share your room with me. You must be so happy to finally be home for a little while, and now I'm taking over your room."
"You're an idiot," Kai mumbled. "Don't think about it that way. I'm not upset about sharing a room with you, and I'm not upset about my mom making it my job to take care of you."
Ray blushed, Kai was staring at him while he spoke. His words just sounded so sincere, Ray couldn't help but to take on the appearance of a tomato.
Kai looked at him confused before shrugging it off and taking a bite of his pizza. "Ah!" he suddenly yelled.
"Are you okay Kai?"
Kai blushed, "I um... I burned the roof of my mouth."
Ray burst out laughing. "AHAHA! Are you serious?" noticing his captains glare, he quickly stopped laughing, "Um, I mean, are you okay?"
Kai glared but slightly pouted as he got up and grabbed himself some water, also grabbing a glass for Ray.
"Thanks," said Ray, as Kai placed the cup in front of him. "You must be really tired."
On cue, Kai yawned, "I guess a little bit."
"I'm still really sorry that you had to take care of me."
"Haven't we been over this already Ray?" Kai drawled. "I swear, if I hear you apologize even once more I am going to make you run until your legs fall off once you get better."
Ray laughed, "Alright alright. I wont mention it again."
"Good, now hurry up, you eat like a girl."
Ray snorted, "I did just get out of the hospital ya know, you can't expect me to move as quick as usual."
Kai rolled his eyes. "Sure sure Kon, keep making excuses."
Ray laughed and lightly hit Kai on the arm as he smirked at the Chinese balder. "Who knew you had a sense of humour Hiwatari. It must be something about being in your house that brings out a new side of you."
"You have no idea," Kai mumbled. How was Ray going to react when he saw the different guy he was around his parents? Would he lose the respect for him that Kai had worked so hard to gain?
"What was that?" Ray asked, absentmindedly running his hands through his hair, which was still down.
"Nothing. Are you ready to go to bed now?"
Ray mimicked Kai's earlier action by yawning. "Yeah, even after so many hours of sleep, I'm still exhausted."
Kai helped Ray to his feet and they made their way to the bottom of the stairs. "Will you be able to go up them with my help?"
Ray looked doubtful, "I'll try, just don't let me fall."
Kai glared at him, "I wouldn't."
Ray smiled as he placed his right foot on the first step just like Kai was doing. When he went to pull his body up to it and get his left foot on, he felt his legs buckle and Kai had to tighten his grip on him, supporting his entire weight.
"Well, unless we want to be here until sunrise, I don't think this method is gunna work very well. I'm going to pick you up, okay? I'm sorry if it hurts." Ray nodded and Kai gently picked up the other blader bridal style. Ray whimpered a little bit and Kai immediately apologized.
Ray blushed as he was held in Kai's strong arms. 'I'm seriously considering marrying Bryan at this point.' He rested his head on Kai's chest as the older boy began his journey up the staircase that seemed never ending.
When they reached the room, Kai didn't bother turning on the light and instead headed straight for the bed, leaning down as he slowly placed Ray on it
'Now if only he would lean down a little farther and kiss me. THEN I would realllllly marry Bryan. Well, I guess I'd have some trouble with that if I was kissing Kai. But I'm sure I could find something equally amazing to give Bryan as thanks.'
"Ray?"
"Huh? What?" Ray asked, looking at how close Kai was.
"Um, could you let go of my neck?"
Ray blushed furiously as he realized that during his fantasy and thoughts about what to give Bryan, he had forgotten to let Kai go. "Oh um! I'm sorry Kai."
"It's okay," he said as he walked over to the bags that had been brought into the room and grabbed a pair of sweats to change into. Slowly he pulled off his shirt as he stifled a yawn.
Ray was literally drooling. This was a regular routine for the two of them. Kai wasn't modest and always changed right in front of him. Well, his shirt and pants anyway, never his boxers.
'My gosh his arms are gorgeous,' the Chinese boy thought as he watched Kai stretch before sliding out of his jeans and pulling on the sweats. Ray continued to watch as he tried to wipe the drool away from the corner of his mouth before Kai could see. For some reason, Kai always changed with his back to Ray, so Ray never managed to get caught drooling, maybe Kai was modest?
"Um," Kai started with a blush as Ray stared at him confused. "Do you um, want help? Or would you prefer to just sleep in your jeans and shirt?"
Ray almost squealed as his face turned into a tomato. Kai mistook his blush for being embarrassed about needing help out of his clothing. "Yes please."
"Um, yes what Ray? I asked you two different questions."
Ray blushed again, feeling quite stupid about his anxiousness. "Oh um, could you please help me change?" Ray didn't miss the small blush that crept over Kai's face.
Kai slowly walked over to the edge of the bed and sat beside where Ray was half sitting up. They stared at each other for a few moments, faces being illuminated by the moon, before Kai grabbed the bottom of Ray's shirt, slowly lifting it, never breaking eye contact.
Ray shivered as Kai's warm hands made contact with the skin on the bottom of his stomach before he slowly lifted the shirt over his head, being careful not to hurt him.
"Are you okay?" Kai almost whispered.
Ray tried to speak but his voice caught in his throat, he had only dreamed that Kai would ever be undressing him. He opted for nodding as Kai gently dropped the shirt to the floor before moving his hands to rest on Ray's belt.
'Control yourself Kai,' his brain reprimanded him. He was very glad that the sweats he was wearing were baggy. He slowly undid Ray's belt and then worked on the button of his jeans before lowering the zipper. "This... might hurt," he said softly as he stood up and tried to slowly help Ray the rest of the way out of the pants.
Ray whimpered slightly as he realized that he was now only in his boxers and that meant Kai was going to stop undressing him now.
"I'm sorry." Kai quickly said as he heard Ray whimper, "I didn't mean to hurt you."
Ray shook his head, wondering if he should tell Kai that he hadn't hurt him and risk questioning. Nah, not yet. "It's fine, don't worry about it."
Kai nodded as he made his way to the other side of the bed and drew the covers back.
"Um, Kai?"
"Yes Ray?"
"I need help again. I can't move enough to get the covers down." Kai sat up at the top of the bed and helped Ray get into a sitting position before he moved the covers underneath Ray's legs down past his feet before pulling it overtop Ray's legs and then once again helping him back into a lying position. "Thanks."
"You're welcome," Kai said as he laid back down, facing Ray. He watched as his teammate quickly fell asleep and wished that he could make the pain go away as he saw the boy wince in discomfort.
Hours passed as he watched the Neko-Jin sleep peacefully, every once in a while he would whisper soothing words to try and comfort his friend.
As he was about to fall asleep, something caught his attention. "Kai.." looking over at Ray, he saw that the boys eyes were still closed but he had tears running down his cheeks. Kai slowly wiped the tears away.
'What's wrong Ray? Are you having that same dream you had earlier?'
"Please don't."
Kai tensed, somehow he was hurting Ray in his dreams.
"Don't go."
"Ray, I'm here. Nobody is leaving you, we're all so proud of you." Tears continued to run down the Neko's face and Kai wondered if he should wake him up or not. He was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts as a hand was placed on his chest, trying to grab at it.
Kai moved closer to his friend who still had tears flowing down his face and gently shifted his position so that he had his arms around the younger boy.
"Calm down Ray, it's just a dream," he soothed, absently stroking his hair, glad that nobody was seeing his extreme moment of kindness.
The boy sobbed and clung to Kai the best he could in his weakened state and the blue haired boy just continued to hold him, feeling guilty about taking advantage of Ray's nightmare.
Ray suddenly gasped as his eyes flew open. "Ow," he moaned. "God damnit I hate this pain," he hissed, no louder than a whisper.
Kai suddenly felt him stiffen as he realized where he was and who he was with. After about half a minute he felt the other boy relax and place his head on his chest, snuggling deeper into him for warmth, slowly running his hand across Kai's bare chest. Kai then heard the other boy sigh before the hand stopped moving and opted for resting gently against his skin.
Ray once again snuggled closer to Kai before closing his eyes to try and fall back asleep. 'Reality is totally better than dreaming at the moment,' he couldn't help but think to himself, wondering how he had ended up in Kai's arms anyway. He kept having the same dream, he had finally told Kai how he had felt about him, and his reaction wasn't good. In the dream he had yelled and screamed at Ray about how he wasn't gay and how Ray was disgusting for having those feelings towards him and that he should really find a way to cure himself of whatever he was going through. Kai had then told him that even if he did like guys, that Ray was too much of a weakling for him and that nobody, let alone him, could ever love him because of it. He had let himself and his team down by being hurt so badly in that battle against Bryan. That was the last thing Kai said to him before he walked away from him, ignoring Ray's please for him to stay.
"Why are you crying?" Kai asked as he suddenly felt a wet spot on his chest.
Ray stiffened again in his spot against Kai's chest, "Um, how long have you been awake?"
"Just now," Kai lied. "Why are you crying Ray?" he asked again as he tilted the boys head upwards, wiping away the stray tears.
"I had a nightmare."
Kai unconsciously tightened his grip on Ray, "Do you want to talk about it?"
Ray shook his head, "No, I think I'll be okay now... Kai?"
"Hn?"
"Can we stay like this?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, can we stay lying like this? Please. I know it probably just happened in our sleep, but I feel really comfortable, there's no pain or anything."
"Hn," was Kai's reply as he closed his eyes again, fighting off the blush that threatened to creep over his face because of Ray's request.
Ray took Kai's 'Hn' to mean that he could stay in his arms. "You're a great friend," he whispered sadly as he closed his eyes, snuggling into the warmth of his crush before they both drifted off to sleep.
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A/N- Mornings and Bath time (:
