Story Title: Spirit of Joy
Summary: A spirit enjoying his time in human form with Kai while trying to make Kai see the joy in the holidays but also in life.
Genre: Romance/Spiritual I guess/Attempted humor/Cheesy/Christmas
Author's Note: It's not February what are you guys talking about...
Disclaimer: Noooo I don't own Beyblade.
He was out in the winter cold, tense muscles and a suspicious look on his face. He couldn't stay inside, the house was driving him crazy. He wanted to kick out the kitten because it was destroying everything and peeing everywhere but he couldn't. When he tried to pick it up it ran away like it knew what he would do.
"Merry Christmas!" A Santa collecting money said with happy voice. A man walked over and put money in the bucket, wishing the Santa a merry Christmas. Kai watched the smile of them, then he shuddered. The holiday spirit everyone had made him think of Rei again. Not that he cared about the holiday, but Rei had. He had smiled so much, his eyes had been sparkly when he saw the decorations in town...
"Ah screw it," Kai muttered and picked up his wallet. He had money in there, money he was supposed to waste on important things like cigarettes. He walked over to the Santa slowly, wanting to turn around and satisfy his need for nicotine.
"Ho ho, ho! Merry Christmas!" The Santa greeted him. Kai put a few bucks in the bucket. "That is very generous of you. I can see a miracle coming your way! Merry Christmas!" Kai just nodded shortly as response and walked away. He didn't think 50 dollars deserved a miracle but everyone had different views of money. It's not that he didn't knew it was a lot of money for most people, it just wasn't a lot for him. But he had never thought of giving money to charity before.
"Merry Christmas!" An old couple greeted him, he nodded and kept walking to the store. He hated that he was reminded of Rei, there wasn't a second he didn't think of the nutcase. Was he doomed to think of Rei the whole winter? In that case he'd move to Australia.
"No!" He heard a loud complain and looked over. It was coming from an old man sitting on the street. His beard reached below his neck and he was thin, the clothes sitting loosely. The complain had been about a bowl of soup he had dropped on the ground because of his shaky hands.
"Sir," Kai spoke. It took a few seconds before the old man understood Kai meant him. "Would you like me to buy you food from the coffee shop or perhaps eat there with me?" He tried not to sound too formal. Why was it so difficult for him to act normal around people who weren't nutcases?
"Oh, you are a kind young man," the old man smiled. The smile was filled with warmth and joy. It made Kai think of the nutcase that had lived in his house even more. He didn't like Christmas at all anymore. Not a bit.
"Not really," Kai responded as he helped the man to walk. The coffee-house was only a few steps away and empty except for the owner. He served them coffee and prepared warm food for them. The old man didn't say much but Kai could feel his gratitude, so he looked at the man's face. He had ice blue eyes like Jack Frost, and Rei.
"The Christmas spirit makes a big imprint on everyone," the old man said and smiled. Kai merely shrugged. "Do you miss him?" The old man accepted his warm tea with a warm look in his eyes.
"Sorry what?" Kai didn't even notice when he got his coffee. The old man drank his tea and let out a warm breath.
"This is very good tea," the old man complimented the owner. "Now what is a young man like you doing alone on Christmas?" He ignored Kai's puzzled look.
"I don't celebrate Christmas and I don't like the holiday so I feel no need to do so. Now about what you said before," Kai began.
"Which means you didn't invite me here because it's Christmas," the old man laughed. It sounded like Santa's laugh did in movies.
The old man remained silent and Kai drank his coffee, wondering what the old man had meant before. He knew he wouldn't get a straight answer so he didn't ask, waiting for the old man to talk again. After a few minutes of silence he got his wish.
"You're not happy," the man said with a sad smile. Kai shrugged and ate his bagel.
"I can live without being happy," the old man sighed deeply. A person might be able to live, but what life would it be?
"If a Christmas miracle made it to your doorstep, what would you do?" Kai frowned. In one way he had already experienced what most people would call a Christmas miracle.
"I'd never let it out of my sight," he answered truthfully. He had accepted the fact that Rei was real because he'd never just pick up a kitten for no reason. If Rei returned he'd barricade the doors and never let him leave. It might develop in to a problem when they ran out of food but that would be a problem for future Kai to take care of.
"What if someone else showed up that could make you happy," the old man slurped his tea. "What would you do about your Christmas miracle then?" Kai lowered his gaze for a moment. "You're young, your wishes change. Your feelings change," the old man had a warning tone to his voice.
"I'm old enough to know that nothing will make me as happy as him," Kai looked at the old man who smiled at him.
"Then why don't you hurry home?" The old man said. Kai blinked, not understanding. A piece of him hoped that Rei would be there, but that couldn't be true.
"I'm sorry, sir?" The old man laughed. It was a special laugh, filled with joy.
"Hurry," the old man winked. Kai didn't knew what it was, but he quickly grabbed his coat. The name of the nutcase he had lived with kept entering his mind.
"Merry Christmas," he said to the old man before running out of the café with all that he was worth.
The old man watched him sprint out, a single snowflake entering the café as he did. It landed on the table and the old man looked at it.
"If he cares as much as he say the transformation will work out, don't worry my friend," the old man said. The snowflake seemed to let out a deep breath of relief.
Kai slipped a few times when he ran but didn't fall over. He didn't slow down either. He had to get home fast. He didn't understand why. What was he expecting? It's not like the old man could make Rei come back. Unless..
Kai cursed out loud when he landed before his own stairs. His arm was twisted under his back but didn't seem to be broken so he hurried to stand up. He could take care of that later.
He carefully walked up the stairs and unlocked his door, stumbling inside. It was dark around him, of course. What had he been expecting?
He turned on the lights and let his jacket fall to the floor. He then removed his shoes and let out a deep breath. He was going crazy, no doubt about it.
"Christmas miracle my ass," Kai groaned as he walked upstairs. He had to lay down on his bed, his back was aching too much.
"Don't run in stairs. Toddlers know better, damn it!" Kai cursed and opened the door to his room. There he came to a direct halt. His bed was occupied. By a person. A person with very long, black hair that looked like silk.
Kai walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed. It was Rei. He was curled up, shivering. His skin was pale and when Kai touched him it felt like touching ice.
"What happened?" He whispered, feeling how panic threatened to take over. "Okay. Think," he muttered and quickly removed his dark hoodie. It wasn't much but would make Rei a little warmer for a moment.
"I'll make you something warm to drink. Don't you dare turn into ice while I'm gone," he warned before hurrying down to the kitchen. He had no idea what to do about a person that was so cold. He could pour up a warm bath, the difference in the temperature would just hurt Rei.
He opened his fridge and poured up some milk in a pan that he left on the stove. After that he started the fireplace, thinking it would be warmer for Rei. He rushed upstairs, ignoring the pain in his back.
Rei was laying still with a pained expression on his face. Kai gently stroke the hair away from his face.
"I'm carrying you downstairs," he gently picked Rei up in his arms like a bride. He felt as if Rei would break any second. He didn't understand what was going on but didn't care, all he cared about was how to fix it.
He slowly walked down the stairs and laid Rei down in the sofa closest to the fireplace. There he picked the kitten up and placed it on Rei, hoping it could do something to make him warmer.
The kitten walked around a little before it started licking Rei's face, telling him to wake up. It meowed and complained that it wasn't getting any attention. Rei's fingers twitched when the kitten snuggled against his chin.
In the kitchen Kai was busy preparing the warm milk, he wasn't rushing as much as before. He had to be calm or he would drop everything and set the house on fire and kill them both.
He walked back to where Rei was. The kitten was meowing but was laying on Rei's chest, hoping for him to wake up so it would be feed. Kai saw that Rei had regained some of the pink color in his face and placed a hand on his forehead. He wasn't cold as ice. He stroke Rei's head with a smile tugging the corner of his lips. That's when Rei opened his eyes. Amber locked with crimson.
"C-cold," Rei shivered. Kai helped him to sit up in the couch, ignoring the protests from the kitten. He held the cup of warm milk so Rei could drink and didn't say a word. He wanted to look at things rationally but couldn't. His door had been locked, there had been no way for Rei to enter. He should just ignore everything and accept the fact that Rei was back with a different eye color, otherwise it would eat him alive.
"Feeling better?" Amber eyes looked at him again. "You should take a warm bath. Want me to prepare one for you?" Kai placed the cup on the little table next to the couch. He got up to prepare the bath but Rei grabbed a hold of his hand to stop him from moving.
He was looking down on the floor but Kai could see that his face was slightly pink. He knew it wasn't from the warm milk.
"Don't leave me alone," Rei whispered. He was so confused. His head was spinning. He knew he was back with Kai. He didn't want to lose him again.
"You want to take a bath together?" Kai teased. Rei felt his face heat up more and quickly let go of his hand.
"I do-" Rei started to explain but was cut short when a pair of lips brushed against his. "Yes. I think we should take a bath together," Kai smirked and kissed him again.
I hope I didn't build up some major expectations for this last chapter just because it took me forever to update. It was just supposed to be short and cute and fast I'm sorry. Thanks for the reviews and the support my teapots!