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Summary: Kai returns home one night, frozen and injured. What happened to the stoic captain of G-Revolution and how is Tala involved? TalaxKai ReixKai

Warnings: Yaoi aka malexmale relationship. If you don't like don't read. This is your chance to click that little 'back' button. Oh and as well as a handful of Kai angst.

Rating: T

Disclaimer: - looks annoyed- Seriously, what do you think? I'll let you highly intelligent people figure that out for yourselves.

On with the chappie!!


Chapter Seven – Happy Memories and Falsely Accused?

"Kai…I'm in love with you…"

Kai's head whipped towards Rei. He blinked. Then blinked again. Then, as if for more emphasis, blinked a final time before his eyes widened comically. Rei would've laughed if it wasn't for the fact that his heart was on the line.

"Kai?" Rei leant forward and grabbed Kai's hands gently, searching the other's face closely.

Kai shut his eyes and shoved Rei away from him, who, surprised by the sudden movement, fell backwards.

"How could you?" Kai spat venomously.

Kai scrambled up and balled his fists, body poised as if contemplating to run. Rei stood up slowly, his heart aching.

'I knew I shouldn't have said anything,' Rei sighed mentally, taking a step forwards, taking Kai's clenched fists in his hands.

Kai growled and tried to pull away, surprised when Rei's grip on his wrists only tightened, on the verge of hurting him.

"Kai…I'm sorry, but you wanted the truth and I gave it to you," Rei reasoned, drawing Kai towards him.

"Rei! Let go of me," Kai hissed threateningly, still desperately to pull away.

Rei shook his head, staring at Kai with sad golden eyes.

"Kai…I love you!"

"No! Why are you doing this, Rei? Why? I've just found out that Tala's dead, and then you tell me this…What the fuck is wrong with you!?"

"I told you because you asked me to!"

"Then you should've lied!"

Rei growled and let go of one of Kai's hands, bringing his hand up to grip Kai's chin tightly, his other hand, moving to restrain both of Kai's hands.

"I don't lie!" Rei murmured huskliy, before crushing his lips against Kai's forcefully.

Kai froze and stopped moving, tears unknowingly trailing down his cheeks. Rei broke off after a few seconds and stared at Kai in shock, his hands falling away to hang limply by his sides.

"Kai…I'm-I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me…"Rei stuttered, gazing at Kai with worry.

Kai shivered and glanced up at Rei slowly, his eyes shining with confusion and pain. With a quick turn on his heel, Kai ran, oblivious to Rei's yells. Oblivious to the fact that the other teen was pursuing him and was swiftly catching up. He gave a yelp of surprise as strong arms wrapped around his waist and he was suddenly lifted up in to the air.

"Rei! Let me go!" Kai screamed, his fists pounding Rei's chest.

"Kai! Let me explain!" Rei begged, placing Kai on his feet, yet pinning the other teen's arms by his side.

"You're taking advantage of me! Rei, just piss off and leave me alone!" tears were forming in Kai's eyes and the sight caused Rei to stop. He sighed and let Kai go, watching as the teen glanced at him momentarily before setting off back home, and Rei knew that he couldn't and wouldn't follow.

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Kai slammed the door closed and sunk down against it, sobs wracking his body harshly. He didn't know how long he stayed that way, and he didn't care. Not for the first time in his life, he felt betrayed, but this hurt the most, considering that it was Rei who had betrayed him; Rei, the person who he admired the most.

'Why? Why the hell did he have to do that? Out of all people, why him? Especially at a time like-especially since--….since Tala died…Tala…why you? Just when things really started looking up, since…

FLASHBACK

Kai laughed as he watched Tala trip, stumble, then oh-so-gracefully, fall flat on his face in a puddle of mud. Kai stumbled forwards, his body shaking with uncontrollable laughter.

"Tala? Tala…are you okay?" Kai gasped out, kneeling in front of a very muddy and annoyed Tala.

Tala groaned, his brow creasing, and turned towards Kai, his frown turning in to a smile at the sight of Kai's beaming smile, yet even then, Tala got a very mischievous glint in his eyes before grabbing a stunned Kai and dragging the smaller teen into the mud. Kai yelped and spluttered indignantly, glowering at Tala who had broken into fits of laughter.

Kai growled and pounced on Tala, pinning the other to the ground, but soon found the roles reversed, as Tala used his weight and strength to easily pin Kai down. Grinning wolfishly, he leant down and placed a fleeting kiss of Kai's lips. Kai moaned and wriggled his arms out of Tala's grip, wrapping them around Tala's neck, only to have Tala pull back. Kai groaned in disapproval, pulling Tala back down for another kiss, this one more passionate, but like all breath-taking kisses, they had to end, due to lack of oxygen.

Separating, they stayed close, noses touching.

"Well…this wasn't exactly how I planned it," Tala mumbled, causing Kai to raise an elegant eyebrow in question.

Tala shook his head and sat back, getting off of Kai. He reached down to help Kai up and then got down on one knee, grimacing at the mud squelching underneath his muddied trousers.

"Well…this was definitely not how I planned it," Tala muttered, looking up at a mud-covered Kai, sheepishly, who wore a very confused expression, "But might as well get this over with."

Tala took a deep breath, and clasped one of Kai's hands in his own.

"Kai…we've known each other for years. You've always been there to put a smile upon my face, a brilliant friend with a beautiful soul. A person who has never judged me and who has accepted me for who I am, even after I became a cyborg. A person who always looks to the bright side of life, even after all the shit that's been thrown at you. An all in all magnificently gorgeous person…and I felt so blessed to have you as a friend, my lover, my boyfriend…"

Kai stared down at Tala wordlessly, tears already forming in his eyes.

"But I'm not happy with that…I don't just want to be your friend, you lover, your boyfriend…I want to be more than that…" Tala took a deep breath and reached in to his pocket, retrieving a small box, which he flipped open silently, "Kai Alexander Hiwatari…will you marry me?"

Kai felt a huge smile breaking out across his face, his tears finally released to trail softly down his cheeks, "Yes…" was his choked out answer, before he flung his arms around Tala, who, with the weight of Kai in his arms, fell back in to the mud.

Tala grinned and pulled Kai towards him, taking his lips in another loving kiss. He broke apart after a few seconds, and lightly lifted Kai off of him. He looked to the box, which had fallen out of his hand, and picked it up. He pulled out another box from his pockets and opened it, pulling out a thick gold chain.

"I know that you might feel uncomfortable about wearing a ring, considering no-one knows we're together so, I want you to wear it on this chain," Tala extracted the gold ring from the box, it's huge ruby stone glinting in the soft light of the moon, and looped the chain through it. He motioned for Kai to turn around and clasped the chain around Kai's slim neck.

Kai turned back to him, his eyes shinning in happiness. "I love you, Tala."

Tala smiled and gathered Kai up into a hug, "I love you too, Kai."

END PLASHBACK

Kai fingered the chain, lightly, then brought it up to his lips and placed a small kiss on the ruby.

"I love you, Tala," Kai whispered, sullenly.

A rapt knock on the door and the strange flashing of blue lights caught Kai's attention and he stood up shakily, his hand on the doorknob. He used his other hand to quickly smooth down his unruly hair and wipe away the tear tracks on his cheeks, and hide the chain beneath his shirt, suddenly wondering how Rei had never noticed it's presence.

Pushing the unnecessary thought to the back of his mind, he turn the doorknob and was greeted by five stern looking police men. He stared at them quizzically, but what they said next made him freeze:

"Kai Hiwatari, you are being arrested on suspicion of the murder of one Tala Ivanov. Anything you say or do, can and will be used against you in the court of law..."

To Be Continued...


-grins sheepishly- That wasn't to unexpected, was it?

A/N: In this story, I decided to make Tala a cyborg for the sake of it, and I couldn't remember if he really was one in the series, or if I've been reading a few too many fanfics, but hey, this is my story, and he will be a cyborg!! Also, I don't know if Kai's middle name is really Alexander, but it suits him. -shrugs-

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