Chapter three of Secrets And Surprises! As promised, it's longer – but sadly not by much. Again, I hope you enjoy it anyway and do leave a review for me to know what readers think of this story!
Warning: Yaoi (boyXboy), MPreg, and a little bit of bad language
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or its characters
CHAPTER THREE
Sick
It had been about twenty five days since Kai was gone. And Rei was losing it. Tala and Bryan had begun to take it a little more seriously, but Rei was on verge of going crazy with worry. He'd never gone so long without knowing where Kai was. It seemed any question any of them came up with never had an answer, or lead to a dead end in their search. Rei was frustrated with Kai too, having not heard anything from him. He spent most nights wishing for Kai to come back, and he hadn't been sleeping very well since he was gone. Tala and Bryan had taken on the role of making sure Rei ate when he refused food, and calming him down when he got frustrated. It made Rei feel like a child that needed to be babysat, and he got angry just wondering if that's how Kai thought of him. Making his friends watch over him, like he couldn't handle himself.
But every time he got angry he'd get sad afterwards and just wish that Kai was home. Their home felt emptier without him, though all the staff was there including the cook who had to taken to coming every day now to cook food for everyone. Rei's emotions were out of line because of the stress, and his appetite was also affected. He'd be starving one moment and then not hungry at all the next and certain things made this change quicker. When the cook had made omelettes for breakfast one morning, the smell of eggs had made Rei not want to even drink any juice. Tala had concluded that they needed to get some answers soon.
"Kai Hiwatari, don't you have any record of him flying? Yes, I understand but this is important." Tala's voice was firm as he spoke on the phone with the airport for probably the tenth time. "My name is Tala Ivanov, I'm one of his very close- No I don't want to hold. I just want to know if Kai Hiwatari has flown or has booked any tickets to fly...Okay, alright bye."
Rei sighed as Tala walked back in, Bryan looking up from his laptop where he had been responding to an email from the bank telling him that without Kai Hiwatari's permission and identification information about his latest transactions could not be shared. He had also emailed the bank that handled all of Kai's bills and taxes, that confirmed that payments were being made automatically while he was away. The Chinese male sat on the couch in the biggest room in the house, the main floor living space, and stared at the TV screen. The news was on, but nothing interesting was being said.
"The airport?" Bryan questioned and Tala frowned.
"They will not tell me if he's booked any tickets to fly, or if he's flown privately which is another option." He said and sat on the couch, pulling his legs up. Bryan nodded, looking down with a frown at the computer.
"Another word for concern?" Bryan asked, looking up at Rei. They had been doing this for hours, pretty much every day.
Bryan's vocabulary wasn't the most colourful; though he wasn't stupid he wasn't as good with words as Rei was. Plus it distracted Rei a little. Rei thought, playing with the end of his braid.
"Worry. Distress. Unease..." He murmured, describing how he currently felt when he thought about Kai, and Bryan nodded; beginning to type again.
Tala sighed and Rei glanced at the male. Even though they hadn't left the house much, Tala kept up his appearance every day. Today he wore white pants that were skinny, with a red belt around his waist and a light blue tank top. His slim figure was obvious and complimented by the outfit that was obviously designer, compliments of Kai Rei was sure. Kai was quick to let them use his money, he had more than one needed in a life time from Voltaire and the rest of his family. Evil they were. Rei sighed, wondering if anyone in Kai's family had a clue that he was MIA.
He looked at the TV again and saw the newscaster talk about recent floods in some places, and he watched the video of water rising and taking over places. It was sad he knew, but he found that even things such as that didn't bother him as much as Kai's disappearance did. Bryan clicked the mouse pad on the laptop and leaned back, setting the laptop on the coffee table and cracking his knuckles.
"The email to the bank has been sent, explaining our situation and need to know Kai's information." He said and Tala nodded.
"What about-"
Tala stopped talking when Rei got up quickly and ran to the bathroom, barely managing to turn on the light before he fell to his knees and vomited into the toilet. He coughed and spit, wincing and pulling back. It had been so sudden he couldn't hold it back. There had been a few times when Rei had wanted to vomit these past few weeks, but currently he felt a bit queasy. He rubbed his head and flushed the toilet, getting up slowly and gripping the counter. Tala walked up to the door with worry flecked in his icy blue eyes, something Rei hadn't seen so much of when it concerned him.
"Are you alright?" The redhead asked, stepping forward to run a cloth under the tap and pass it to Rei.
It felt nice and cool against the teen's face, and when he looked in the mirror he noticed that he looked a bit flushed. A fever maybe? Maybe it was just worry that made him feel a bit sick. Tala stepped forward and wiped his forehead with the cloth before tossing it by the sink and telling Rei he should go up to his room and rest. Rei nodded and listened, going upstairs tiredly to fall asleep quickly in bed. He slept heavily and when he woke up he felt better, hungry even. Tala and Bryan seemed pleased to see this, and they ate lunch together; talking about not getting any progress when it came to finding out where the hell Kai was.
Rei sighed, silently wondering if they'd ever have any progress when it came to finding him.
That's it for chapter three! Hopefully it was good, tell me what you think and I hope you enjoyed it!
