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Chapter 4

Hangover and My Heart Just Skipped a Beat

Rei awoke to the feeling of his head being cracked open. When he had squint his eyes open and realized he was seeing a very different ceiling, his eyes quickly widened and he abruptly shot up. Before he could regret doing that his surrounding started swirling. He cursed under his breath and clutched his head.

"Uh, shooting up so suddenly like that is suicide" Tala mused. Rei tried his best to look at the redhead leaning against the doorframe. Rei furrowed his eyebrows and when the unwanted throbbing of his head worsened he lowered his head between his knees while still clutching it.

"Guh, I feel like someone's drilling my head!" Rei hissed.

"That's what you get for drinking more than what you should. And Russian vodka is not something that should be drank by an amateur" Tala laughed and walked over to Rei's bed.

"I don't even remember drinking that much" Rei groaned.

"Oh really?" Tala smirked but quickly replaced it with a half-fake half-real worried expression and rubbed Rei's back.

The raven-haired then felt something forcing its way up from his stomach. He quickly covered his mouth before something he'd be terribly embarrassed about happened. Tala noticed it and knew instantly.

"Gonna puke?" he asked.

Rei's immediate run to the bathroom was enough of an answer. Before long, Tala could hear Rei vomiting in the most unattractive sound. He wore a mixture of sympathy and disgust. Then he laughed inwardly.

"That Kai how can he let someone who possibly never even drank one bottle of alcohol in his life actually get drunk with Russian vodka?" he thought. When he heard Rei finally sigh deeply, he went to the bathroom and found him slumped against the wall with traces of tears on his closed eyes.

"You okay?"

"No. I feel like I just puked everything I ate in my entire life" Rei muttered. Tala laughed again. And then he coughed when Rei glared at him.

"Anyway, go freshen up with cold water. It'll help. I'll bring a change of clothes. When you're ready, come down for breakfast" he said and before Rei could reply, he shut the door behind him.

"Ugh, I am never drinking ever again" Rei sighed and stood up. He got into the shower and started bathing.

Tala arrived in the dining room where everyone was busy gobbling up Rei's cakes and pastries. Max was happily seated between Ian and Oliver. Next to the green haired Italian chef was his lover, Enrique, followed by Miguel, then Claude, Robert and Brooklyn. On the other side of the table were Bryan, Spencer, Johnny, Aaron, Ming-Ming, Mathilda and Hilary. Tyson was still asleep in his room (and no one bothered to wake him up since he was sleeping like a log). They were all happily eating and sharing the cakes while having their own discussions. Before fully entering the room, he noticed Kai coming down from the stairs.

"Wow, you actually woke up just now?" Tala raised an eyebrow.

"No, I've been awake since four hours ago" Kai replied nonchalantly.

"Eh? But we all went to bed at like 2 in the morning. You mean you slept for only three hours?"

"Please just shut your mouth. You're making my head hurt" Kai groaned and went to the living room.

"You're not gonna have breakfast?"

"Already did." And with that Kai opened the sliding door and took a stroll along the shore.

"Where's Kai going?" Bryan asked when Tala finally came over and sat next to him and between him and Spencer.

"Dunno. Probably a stroll." Tala shrugged his shoulders and ate his slice of cake.

"You know what, I think these are the best damn cakes I've ever eaten in my entire life."

"I feel ya, bro" Brooklyn said and gobbled his third slice.

"Rei can make such delicious pastries, how come he's still just managing a small-time shop? I mean with skills like his, he can become one of the top patissieres in the world!" Enrique said.

"I've been wondering about that too. And actually, I'd be happy to be his sponsor" Robert said.

"Rei has his reasons" Hilary said. Everyone then looked at her.

"Such as?"

The brunette then placed down her fork and rested her face on her palm while her elbow supported the weight.

"Rei told me before that he made a deal with his father before coming to Japan"

"Deal?" Everyone asked in chorus. Hilary wanted to laugh at how they all looked while listening to her. She coughed to prevent herself from being rude.

"Y-Yes. A deal. Well, since Rei's the son of the leader of their tribe, it's out of the question that he'll be the next leader once he reaches a certain age. And that certain age is 25."

"25? Rei's 24 now right? Then one more year?" Oliver asked.

"Nope, actually, there's only four months before Rei turns 25. When he turns to that age, he'll have to go back to their village and succeed his father whether he likes it or not. And of course that means he'll have to leave everything and by everything I mean everything."

"What?! Four months? We're going to make someone like Rei fall in love with a cold-hearted tyrant like Kai in four months?! That's impossible! Gah, why didn't you tell us sooner?" Johnny was going hysterical.

"Oh don't forget that we have to do the same to Kai" Brooklyn added.

"Bet's over then" Miguel sighed.

"So in short, being a patissiere is like a temporary freedom for Rei. Wouldn't it be such a total waste for Rei to just leave everything like that?" Ming-Ming worried.

"That was the deal. And as far as I know, neko-jins, Rei's tribe, are people with a strong sense of responsibility. When they promise something, no matter what the cost may be, they'll fulfill it."

Amidst the talk, Tala was quiet and seemed like in a very, very deep thought. Bryan noticed it and wanted to ask but hesitated. Tala began furrowing his eyebrows and squinting his eyes. His lips slowly curved to a smile.

"There's nothing to worry about" he said and lifted his head. Everyone was confused.

"Nothing to worry about? Have you been listening?" Enrique asked.

"We're going through with the bet and the plan."

"We are?" Everyone asked.

"Yes. Trust me." Tala's smile was so confident that everybody decided to just trust the redhead. Now it's not just a bet anymore, it's a serious gamble.

Kai was smoking at the shore. He watched as the sea glistened under the sun. Since it was a private resort and all the annoying ones were inside the villa, it was perfectly quiet and peaceful. But his favorite moment only lasted for a minute when he noticed Rei walking absent-mindedly not too far from him. The younger male seemed out of it and looked like he was thinking pretty deeply. He unconsciously raised an eyebrow.

Rei was closing in and he still hasn't noticed Kai. Well not until he actually bumped to the person.

"Ouch" he muttered and smeared his forehead. The throbbing in his head hasn't subsided completely.

"What are you doing?" Kai voiced out

Rei twitched at the familiarity of the voice and instead of looking up at the older Russian, he went down and hugged his knees.

"S-Sorry" he said in a very soft voice. Kai almost didn't hear it. The Russian obviously didn't understand what was going on and not understand what was going on is just one of the many things Kai hated. He groaned and sat as well. When he was about the same level as the neko-jin, he flicked the other's man's forehead.

"Ack!" Rei hissed and covered his poor forehead.

"What was that for?!" he hissed and glared at Kai who was lovingly returning it with a disinterested look.

"What are you doing?"

"I should be asking that" Kai said.

"I-I was just taking a stroll!" Rei blushed. Kai as usual, didn't miss it.

"Hey, do you remember what happened last night?"

"Ha? What 'what happened last night'?" Rei asked in an obviously annoyed tone. Kai would normally be irritated by that but for some reason, he felt amused.

"Yes. Last night. Something happened, you remember it?" Kai smirked. Rei gulped.

I absolutely cannot remember anything! "O-Of course I remember! I remember everything!"

"Oh really?" Nope, he's completely forgotten what happened last night.

"Yes!" Shit! What happened last night?

"Then, shall we continue it?" This would be fun.

"C-Continue? Continue what?" What the hell is he talking about? W-Wait a second… don't tell me…

"You know…" Kai smirked and started moving closer at the raven-haired whilst the raven was trying to move away. Soon he lost balance and fell on his back. Kai quickly came on top of him. Rei blushed to the brightest shade of Rei. Oh how much fun teasing someone so innocent was for Kai.

"G-G-Get off!" Rei stuttered. He was blushing even up to the ears.

"But weren't you the one who made the first move last night?" Kai smirked. Wow, he's so red.

"W-W-WHAT?!" Shit! Shit! Shit! I swear to whatever gods are out there that I will never ever for the rest of my life drink alcohol ever again! And definitely never with this guy!

"You even said you loved it…" Kai breathed through his lips and was moving inch by inch closer to Rei's face. They were like one push away from actually kissing.

Rei had shut his eyes so tight that probably even a crowbar won't be able to open it. He's pursed his lips tightly as well. Kai had never felt so damn amused in his life and he couldn't stop himself from laughing out loud. He got off from Rei and was laughing hysterically.

Rei just stiffened and still couldn't register in his mind what happened.

After two minutes, Kai's laughter finally died down. He looked to his side and found Rei's pale and soulless appearance. He smiled to himself and tapped the raven's knee.

"Sorry, I was just messing around" he said.

Rei's soul came back to him and pouted. He sat upright and threw sand at Kai.

"You are definitely the worst person I've ever met" he said in almost teary eyes.

"Yeah, I get that a lot" Kai laughed it off.

Rei snorted.

"Oh and you're definitely the weirdest person I've ever met."

Rei was going to snap at him but when he saw that prince-like person smiling so genuine, he fell mute and astounded. When he realized he was actually marveling at the 'worst person he's ever met', he looked away with a snort.

"If only you'd just always smile like that" he said under his breath.

"If you want it" Kai said. Rei twitched.

"You heard that?!"

Kai didn't reply and just smiled. Rei blushed again.

"Ugh, I've had it!" He then stood up and stomped his way back to the villa. Kai watched him walk farther and farther until he reached the house.

The smile then faded and he sighed. He leaned back with his arms supporting his weight.

"Nah. Someone like me… doesn't even deserve to hope for that…"

Hilary found Rei stomping his way across the main hall. HE wore such an agitated expression yet there were traces of light tints of red on his cheeks. Rei soon noticed her as well.

"Hilary!"

"Y-Yes?" Hilary blinked.

"Pack your things. Tyson and Max too. We're going back!" was Rei's order and left before Hilary could utter a single word.

"Was that Rei?" Tala asked when he came to the main hall.

"Uh, yes, I think" Hilary tilted her head.

"You guys are leaving already?"

"That's what the boss said. I wonder what happened" Hilary wondered.

Rei shut the door of his room behind him. The red tints of his cheeks never faded as he slid down and just sat on the floor. He grabbed his head again and cursed under his breath.

"Damn it. This is so wrong!" he hissed.

The memories of Kai's face inches from him and his reddish soft-looking lips so close from pressing on his own were flashing one after another in his mind. He could still feel the Russian's warm breath on his face.

Then the blush started to make its way up to his ears. When Kai's genuine smile appeared, Rei's eyes widened and he hugged himself tightly as if something inside him twitched.

"N-No way… M-My heart… just skipped a beat…" he stuttered a disbelieving and cracked voice.

Oh and unknown to the Rei and Kai, there were two other people who saw them earlier. Robert and Miguel were just on their way to bring some of the cake to Kai when it happened. They weren't really planning to eavesdrop; the two just really didn't notice them. Nope, they never did.

Well not like they cared about that.

"Umm, so do we even really need the plan?" Miguel asked.

"Please don't ask me" Robert sighed.

Ho-Ho. came up with this scene in the middle of the night. Anyway, liked it?

Thank you for reading!

PS. Don't forget that I'm going to change the development of the story and prolly add events/scenes that weren't in the original. Like this one for example.

Ciao! :*