Warning: This chapter contains scenes of an adult nature. Don't like, don't read.

Also: Very long chapter, sorry. Got carried away. Singing in this chapter. Difficult to write...hope you can picture what I can.

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Chapter Six – First Words and Impromptu Wedding Singer

Gou – 6.5 months old.

The day had finally arrived. Tyson Granger was getting married.

Judy was at Kai's place. She'd been back in America recently, but came back in time for the wedding. Since she didn't drink anyway, she offered to stay the night there. That way she could bring Gou back earlier and babysit to let Kai and Rei enjoy the celebrations.

Rei was showing her Gou's new nursery. Last time she had seen it, it was still Naomi's room. She was glad he'd changed it.

It was a beautiful nursery, he'd done a great job. He'd painted it navy blue and white and it had a dark hardwood floor. The main wall featured a beautiful frame holding an arrangement of his mother's Polaroid pictures. She had a closer look at them. It looked like he'd arranged them in chronological order. The top row were pictures from their wedding, followed by what looked like trips and parties they'd been to. The last row, it seemed she had taken a side-on picture every month of her pregnancy to show how her belly grew. Even though the last few months you could tell she was sick, she still looked beautiful and wore a smile. It was a beautiful tribute to her.

Rei took her out once she'd had a look and showed her to her room.

"Here you are! I hope it'll be comfortable for you. And thank you again for offering to take care of Gou, it'll be nice for Kai to enjoy himself."

"Don't forget about yourself, Rei. I expect you to enjoy yourself too."

"Oh I will. I've been waiting for this for years. I knew they'd end up getting married."

Judy agreed.

"Well, we've got to leave in about 45 minutes. I'll leave you to get ready."

He left her and went to get ready himself. It didn't take long to put a suit on, but his hair was another matter.

When he came down, he found Kai and Judy in the kitchen. Kai was clearly anxious about leaving his son with someone else for the first time and was flapping. Judy was listening politely, but was smiling at his nervousness.

"Ok, so you have my cell number, the hotel number is on the fridge...his bottles are right over here. He should only need one before he goes to sleep...if he doesn't fall asleep right away then-"

"Kai, she's raised her own child. I think she'll be able to handle a few hours with Gou without much instruction. Stop panicking." Rei laughed as he entered the room.

Kai huffed. "I'm not panicking, Rei! I'm just letting her know where everything is!" he protested defensively.

"Don't worry Kai, all parents feel uneasy leaving their kids with someone the first time. But I can assure you, he'll be fine."

Rei took a look at Judy. She was in a mint green, flowy dress with a matching jacket and had curled her hair a little.

"Wow, you look really nice, Judy."

"Why thank you! You boys look very handsome too."

He turned his eyes to Kai and gave him a proper look. He looked fantastic.

His tailored suit fit him perfectly, showing off his slim yet masculine frame. His red tie clashed with his hair and eyes in a way that made them stand out more.

Judy smirked as she caught him looking the other man up and down.

"Rei, where's your tie?" Judy asked.

"Oh, it's right here, I uh..." he looked sheepish, "I've never had to wear one before so..."

Kai looked up from whatever he was doing and walked over to him holding his hand out.

"C'mere, I'll do it for you."

Rei handed him the gold tie and the other took it, before flipping Rei's shirt collar up and draping the tie around his neck. Rei found himself holding his breath at the closeness.

His eyes watched the other, who concentrating on the tie. He flipped one side over the other and tied the knot before pulling it up to the top button.

Kai stepped back and eyed his friend up and down, before nodding in approval.

"There. Perfect."

"...Thanks." he finally breathed again.

"Is Gou ready?" Judy asked, "We'd better leave soon."

Kai sighed loudly. "Yep...let me just finish getting him dressed, won't take a minute."

Rei chuckled, he knew why he was sighing. Tyson had insisted that Gou wear a baby suit and red tie, too. Same as his daddy. He really loved that they looked so alike. Kai didn't want to, but Tyson played the 'it's my wedding' card.

Kai left the room and as promised came back in, carrying a very sharp looking baby.

"Oh my goodness, how precious!" Judy squealed, eyes lit up as she saw the identical duo.

Kai turned to Rei looking unimpressed. "See this, Rei? This is exactly what I don't want to deal with all day."

Rei laughed loudly. It was true, the poor thing. He was going to get a lot of that today. Most of the people coming didn't live close by, it would be their first time seeing Kai's son.

"Ah come on, it's for Tyson."

"He owes me..." Kai grumbled.

They got in the cab and headed to the venue. The couple had picked out a beautiful hotel and booked the garden for the ceremony. The garden was filled with cherry blossom trees and spring flowers that were in full bloom. The hotel would be used for the reception.

They were not the first to arrive. When they got there, many of the guests were already there and waiting. Today's guest list would bring back a lot of memories. Aside from Tyson and Hilary's school friends and family, a huge number of the old blading gang were coming. And from far and wide. The White Tigers, All Stars, The Majestics and of course the Blitzkrieg boys. They would all be staying that night at the same hotel. It just went to show how well liked Tyson was.

Kai and Rei didn't have time to mingle just yet. They had to find the groom and the other best men. They left the baby with Judy and went to find them.

They found them in a room around the back. Tyson was clearly nervous and was struggling with his tie.

"Damnit! Why can't I do this!?" he said, exasperated.

"Calm down, Tyson." Kai said calmly as he went to offer his tie-doing services for the second time that day. "There. You're good."

The five of them stood almost in a circle. All in black suits, but different colored ties. Tyson wanted them to wear the color that represented their bit-beasts.

Kai, red.

Rei, gold.

Max, purple.

Tyson, blue.

Kenny...well he chose silver for him, it looked like a computer.

Tyson really did like corny.

"Guys, while we're alone I just wanted to say..." his voice already cracking, "Hilary and I would never have gotten together if it weren't for you. You guys are partly responsible for bringing us together. So I want to thank you for that and for everything you've all done for me over the years..."

Max welled up.

"Don't set me off already, Tyson! The wedding hasn't even started yet!" he sniffed.

Kai and Rei looked at each other and rolled their eyes smirking. Their bromance was off the charts.

"Maybe before we get too emotional in here, we should go and see the guests." Kenny suggested.

And so the group headed back to the others.

It was pretty much a full house now. Only thirty minutes until the ceremony.

As soon as they clocked eyes on the five friends, they were surrounded. Everyone obviously wanted a piece of the groom.

Kai felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey Kai! You had a baby!?" came stunned and familiar voice. It was Johnny.

He turned to see the Majestics and Judy, holding his son.

"Now what makes you think he's mine?" He asked sarcastically.

The others laughed. Gou caught sight of his dad and began to whine, kicking and holding his arms out to him. He'd become a real daddy's boy over the past few weeks.

"Ok, Ok!" Judy surrendered, "Here's your daddy." she soothed as she passed him over to Kai.

As soon as he took him, it seemed everyone had surrounded them. Gushing. Kai had anticipated this. Most of them either didn't know he'd even had a child or hadn't seen him yet.

"Whoa! It's like seeing double!"

"I can't believe you're a papa!"

"Oh my god how cute! They're even dressed the same!" Mariah squealed. Kai shot a glare at Tyson, who looked very smug.

"It really has been a long time. I see a wedding ring, Kai. It seems you also married. Congratulations! Tell me, where is your lovely wife?" Robert asked.

Kai's stomach fell and everyone who knew held their breath.

He still couldn't bring himself to take his wedding ring off just yet. He cursed himself for not doing it today at least. He just hadn't thought about it.

"She uh...she can't make it today." he answered diplomatically and forced a smile. Today wasn't about him. He didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable or kill the mood.

"Shame. I wanna see the woman crazy enough to marry a sourpuss like you!" Michael joked.

Some of them shuffled and exchanged awkward glances. Kai was a little surprised he hadn't heard about it from Judy.

"I'm just a...lucky guy, I guess." he answered, looking at his friends for help.

Gou came to the rescue and started babbling and making cute noises. They all turned their attention back to him.

"Awww! He's sooooo cuuuute!" Emily and Mariah gushed. And like that the attention was off Kai's wife and back to the baby.

The time came for everyone to take their places.

The hotel had set up a beautiful white cloth gazebo, in case it rained. They'd decorated it with flowers. Luckily, the weather was perfect and the sun gleamed through the white cloth, making it seem brighter.

The guests took their seats. Tyson waited at the front nervously. His group of best men behind him, whispering comforting words to him.

Judy had sat herself at the front with the baby, so he could see where papa was and not fuss.

Finally, the string quartet began playing. The bride was here.

The white doors opened, the guests stood, looking at the doors in anticipation. Hilary emerged, arm in arm with her father.

She looked beautiful. She wore an elegant white gown with long, lace sleeves. A bouquet of pale pink and white flowers. Some of the same flowers placed in her hair. The long train of her dress trailing behind her as she made her way down the aisle.

Tyson seemed to have forgotten to breathe. His eyes fixed on his bride with a dopey face of awe on his face.

She finally reached the front and joined him. She handed her bouquet to one of her bridesmaids and took his trembling hands.

"You're...so beautiful..." he choked out. Trying hard to keep it together.

Max was already crying. Kenny patted his shoulder.

The minister began the ceremony. Thanking everyone for coming today to witness the union of this young couple and began a speech about the sanctity of marriage.

He was mid sentence when the sound of a little squeal came from the crowd.

"Oh no...Gou, please...don't start fussing. Not now." Kai thought to himself as he kept his eyes on Tyson, begging his son to stay quiet.

"da...daaaadaaaa!" came a sweet voice.

Kai gasped, his jaw dropped. He and Rei turned wide eyed towards the infant.

"Did you just...!?" he blurted out.

"He talked." Rei said in proud disbelief, putting one hand on Kai's shoulder, the other hand to his chest.

Gou smiled and waved his arms up and down from Judy's lap, looking at him, seeming excited to get daddy's attention.

"Daaadaaa!" he laughed happily.

Kai's heart burst. He felt a surge of pure, overwhelming love. He wanted to laugh. He wanted to cry. He wanted to run over and grab his son and squish him. It must have been all over his face because he heard a wave awww's and a warm chuckles as they saw the man they knew to be hard and stoic turn to mush over his little boy.

He blushed slightly as he tore his gaze from his son who had just punched him in the heart and noticed everyone's eyes were on him. Bride, groom and minister included.

He quickly cleared his throat and composed himself and turned back, mumbling an embarrassed apology and gesturing for them to continue.

"Daadaaaaaaaaaa."

"God damnit..." he thought.

"Hey! Kai!" Hilary whispered to him.

He leaned over to see her. Tyson's head was in the way.

"What are you doing? Go get him!" she grinned, excited.

"Later! Now isn't really the time." he stressed nodding towards the minister.

"Dude, just go get him." Tyson smiled at him over his shoulder.

"OK fine!" Kai said, as if he wasn't happy about it. He quickly walked over to Judy, who handed the boy to his obviously proud father.

There was applause as he took him that got louder as he kissed him on the cheek. He didn't care that they all saw.

He made his way back to the front. Rei grinned at the baby and tickled his chin.

"Uh hum...may I continue?" the minister asked Kai.

Kai looked back at Gou, who was staring at him. "You good now?" the baby let out a sweet sigh. Getting another laugh from the crowd.

"Yeh, I think you're OK. Sorry."

The minister chuckled before continuing.

Luckily Gou stayed quiet for the rest of the ceremony, Tyson and Hilary exchanged vows and rings without any more interruptions.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride!"

Tyson and Hilary smiled excitedly at each other before he grabbed her, dipped her and kissed her.

The crowd erupted in to clapping and cheers.

There wasn't a dry eye in the house. Even Kai's.

The new husband and wife walked hand in hand back up the aisle getting covered in confetti.

They took the pictures and headed in to the reception room. The tables beautifully decorated with pink flowers and the room had white and pink balloons around it.

The food was served and the champagne was flowing. The room was alive with laughter and chatter.

Soon people moved around to mingle. Kai and Rei stood and talked with Mariah and Hilary.

Kai caught Tyson out of the corner of his eye. He was frantically talking to the band. He turned to look properly. The two men looked nervous as the talked to him.

Tyson looked over at Hilary and headed their way, frazzled.

"Uh...Hilary...don't freak out but there's a little hiccup..."

Hilary spun around to face him, already freaked out. "What's wrong?!"

"Well uh...the singer isn't here and they can't get hold of him."

Hilary took a few deep breaths.

"Ok...Ok...Uh...maybe they can play without the singer...you know, just get them to play some background music until he gets here. He can't be long..."

"Hil, the singer is also the guitarist." he reminded her with caution.

Hilary didn't take that well.

"What are we going to do!? We're supposed to have our first dance any minute!"

Hilary was a perfectionist. Especially where her big day was concerned. She didn't like lateness or sudden plan changes at the best of times. But especially not today.

"I guess we just have to wait until he shows up."

"What if he doesn't show up Tyson!? We can't have a wedding party without any music!" she was getting upset.

"Kai plays the guitar. Sings too." Rei announced innocently before taking a swig from his glass. He'd had several glasses of champagne and wasn't at all used to drinking.

Kai's eye twitched and he hit Rei's arm.

"Really?!" Hilary exclaimed hopefully.

"Oh no...no no..." Kai panicked before glaring at Rei, "What the hell Rei?!"

"You play guitar?" Tyson said in disbelief, "you...sing?"

"I think our good buddy Rei here has just had a few to drink, guys..." he said as he glared daggers at Rei.

"But can you!?" Hilary asked him desperately.

"Oh yeh, I've heard him. He's good, believe it or not." Rei praised.

"Shut up, Rei..." he warned. It was the first time he'd ever legitimately wanted to punch him.

"Oh, Kai! Please!" she begged with tears in her eyes.

"You can't seriously want me to play your first dance. I-I don't even know what song you want. I might not know how to even play it." he tried reasoning with the distressed bride.

"Do you know how to play Stand By Me!?" she asked desperately.

Kai's breath caught in his throat. His stomach sank.

Rei seemed to sober up and looked worriedly at his friend.

"...your first dance is Stand By Me?" Kai asked softly.

"Yeh. Do you know it?" she looked at him hopefully.

Kai hesitated and gently shook his head. "I'm sorry..."

"Oh...OK...don't worry about it, it'll be fine." Hilary said sadly as she turned back to Tyson. She led him away from the group.

"...Kai, I'm really sorry...I didn't know..."

"You weren't to know about the song, but way to throw me under the bus! Now I feel like a complete asshole."

"...sorry...I just wanted to help."

Kai accepted his apology and glanced back at Hilary and Tyson. She was clearly stressing and worrying about what they were going to do. Tyson was trying his hardest to calm her down, but it didn't look like it was working.

Images flashed in his mind of his wedding night dancing with her to that song. He smiled sadly and his heart ached.

But then Hilary looked like she was about to cry.

Kai remembered what he'd said to Tyson when he'd asked him to be a best man. He didn't want them to be disappointed on their wedding day. Even if it hurt, even though the thought of doing it made him cringe, he could do something to keep them from being disappointed.

He took off his jacket and hung it on the back of his chair and rolled up his shirt sleeves. A waiter carrying a tray of drinks walked by him. He stopped him.

"Is this vodka?"

"Yes, sir."

"Great."

He took it, threw it back in one, and put the glass back on the tray before heading towards the band.

Rei watched him go, bewildered.

Tyson continued to try and calm Hilary as he spotted Kai talking to the band sternly with the guitar in his hand.

"Hang on, Hil..." he said as he left her to investigate.

"Kai? What are you doing?"

He put the guitar strap around his neck and started to tune it.

"If you want me to sing for you, you'd better get ready quick before I change my mind." he said looking nervous.

"You mean you'll do it?!" he beamed.

"I can't promise it'll be good, but I'll try if it'll keep her from crying on her wedding day." he pointed at Hilary.

"Kai...you're the best!" his eyes watered.

"...you sure you wouldn't rather wait and see if the actual singer shows up?" he asked, hoping.

"No. She'll have a meltdown."

"...Shit. OK. Go get her."

He ran off.

Kai adjusted the microphone and looked over at them to see if they were ready. Tyson threw him a thumbs up.

He tapped the mic. It squeaked. He cleared his throat.

"Attention please..."

Silence fell as a room full of people turned to him. His stomach in knots. He took a big, deep breath.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the bride and groom will now have their first dance. If you would please all gather round the dance floor and show your support.."

There were some confused looks, what was Kai doing up there? But they all gathered as Tyson and Hilary stood in the middle of the floor, ready.

Kai turned around and nodded to the band.

The bass and drums started and Kai strummed the familiar melody. His cue came, his smooth, strong voice left his mouth.

"When the night has come

and the land is dark

and the moon is the only light we see..."

There were wide eyes and sounds of surprise from the crowd.

Tyson and Hilary danced as Kai sang. They couldn't help but be surprised themselves how good he was.

He really put his heart in to it at the chorus. The bassist and drummer acting as backup singers. It sounded...really good, as if it had been rehearsed. Kai couldn't believe they were pulling this off.

"So darlin', darlin' stand by me

ohhhhh stand by me

oh stand, stand by me, stand by me"

His eyes were closed. He didn't want to look at the crowd. Images swam again in his mind of him and Naomi dancing. They were soon replaced with the images of him and Rei dancing to it that time they shared a moment.

He opened them again and took in his best friend dancing slowly with his new wife. Tyson caught his eye and gave him a thankful smile.

He smiled back and continued to sing and play.

Max moved over to stand with Rei. He smirked, Rei was oblivious to anyone else. He was too busy looking at the stage dreamily.

"He's got a nice voice." he said to him finally. Rei jumped.

"Yeh...he does." his voice squeaked out, face tinged pink. His eyes drawn back to the stage. Max shook his head at him. "When are you going to sack up and do something about it? We're all tired of seeing you two tip-toe around it." he asked him.

"What do you mean all!?" he spluttered.

"Oh please, everyone sees it from miles away...you're basically dating, you've lived together for like six months...you just need to shove your tongue down his throat."

".What are you-!?..It's not that easy, Max."

"It is."

"The guy is still grieving his dead wife. I doubt he's feeling up to being asked on a date."

"I know he is...but they weren't romantically involved, Rei. They were and are both gay. They wanted each other to find someone. He may be grieving, but it's different. "

Rei shook his head at him and told him to drop it. He sighed.

"You wouldn't still be living with him if you weren't hoping for it to go somewhere. And Kai's a proud guy, he wouldn't let you stay with him this long if he wasn't hoping for the same. You're both stubborn, but he's worse. You're going to have to make the move. I suggest growing some balls and doing it."

Rei stayed quiet and turned back to listen to the man of his dreams sing.

The song came to the end. There was a slight, stunned pause before the room burst in to applause and cheering.

Tyson and Hilary kissed before turning to the stage and clapping. Grateful looks aimed at Kai.

"Encore!" came a shout from the crowd.

"Yeh! Encore!"

Kai gave a short laugh in to the mic that said "in your dreams."

Hilary looked around before walking up to the stage.

"Kai...he's not here yet...you think you could...?"

"I can't keep playing!" he spluttered, desperate to get off.

"Just one more?"

"Hil, I am not a professional musician! I can't just pull stuff out my ass!"

"OK...do you know how to play this?" she made him lean down so she could whisper to him.

Kai unwillingly pulled an almost pained face, "...No..." he said unconvincingly.

"HA! Oh my god you totally do!" she said, thrilled. There was snickering from the crowd.

"...Hang on a sec." he said, defeated.

He went and asked the two band members if they knew it. They nervously shook their heads.

"How can you call yourself a wedding band if you don't know this song?!" he yelled. It was loud enough for the rest to hear, causing further laughter.

He turned to Hilary and shrugged in apology. The crowd heckled.

"Play solo!" came a yell.

"Acoustic!" came another.

Kai glared at the crowd.

"Please, Kai?" the bride begged.

Kai couldn't say no and he knew it.

"OK, OK...but this is the last one and then I'm hitting the bar."

More chuckles joined with cheers.

"OK..." he said in the mic, "I can't believe I'm doing this...My final song this evening is "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley..." he said dully, annoyed he was going to be put through further humiliation.

"Woooooooo! Yeh, Kai!"

"Stop that."

He began to strum and the room fell silent in anticipation.

He began quietly, his voice soft and held a sweetness no one expected to come from him.

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you

His voice got louder and more powerful.

Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be

He hit notes that sent a shiver down Rei's spine. The hairs on the back of his neck stood up.He really was a beautiful singer.

Take my hand, take my whole life too

Kai quickly waved his hand up and down, gesturing for the crowd to join in. The room filled with a powerful chorus of 'cause I can't help falling in love with you, making Hilary gasp in delight.

Kai sang the final verses solo, the whole room swayed and waved their hands.

When he got back to the final chorus, the room surrounded Tyson and Hilary as everyone once again sung at the top of their voices to the couple:

'cause I can't help falling in love with you,

'cause I can't help falling in looooove wiiiiiith yoooooooou!

They clapped and cheered. Tyson and Hilary laughed. She jumped up and down, ecstatic at the atmosphere. They both pointed at Kai and the audience clapped hard again and whistled. Kai waved it off and glared at them to stop.

Hilary hitched her dress and ran to the stage and threw her arms around Kai, almost knocking him over.

"Kai that was amazing! Thank you! You saved the day!" she kissed his cheek and let him go.

Tyson suddenly appeared on the scene and also threw his arms around him. He too kissed his cheek, causing Kai to squirm and shove him off. The crowd laughed.

The door to the room opened and a slightly dishevelled man entered the room, panting.

"I'm so sorry I'm late!"

"Oh thank God..." Kai sighed, relieved, before getting the hell off the stage.

The actual singer got in place quickly and the music played, the guests started to dance.

Kai, on the other hand, helped himself to a well earned drink at the bar.

Judy came up to him to praise his performance and then told him it was time to take Gou home. He'd fallen asleep. He kissed him on the head and thanked Judy before she took her leave.

The girls all pouted that the cute baby had left.

He watched for a while as the party was thrown in to full swing. Naomi would have loved this. This was the kind of thing she probably wanted for her day. She probably would have laughed her ass off that he'd just sung Elvis in front of a room full of people.

He threw back another vodka.

He needed some air.

He stepped outside in to the garden. It was peaceful out there. He sat himself on a table.

The peace didn't last long. Tyson had seen him leave and was worried.

"You OK, bud?"

"Yeh, just wanted some air."

"...Rei told me that was your song. I'm really sorry. I had no idea." he said guiltily.

"It's all right, Tyson. A bunch of people use that as their song. And now I have something else to associate it with." he smiled.

"Well...for what it's worth, we'll never forget what you did for us. Who would have guessed someone so quiet could sing like that. You made the day perfect. Hilary's over the moon."

Kai smiled, that made his embarrassment worth it.

Tyson patted his friend's shoulder. "I'll give you some space." he said as he went back inside.

Kai inhaled the night air, his head swirling slightly. It had been a while since he drank. He wasn't drunk, but it was starting to go to his head a little bit.

He heard the door open again. Could he not get five minutes?

"Kai?"

He smiled. It was Rei.

"Hey Rei."

"What are you doin' out here?" He asked.

"Just taking a minute."

"Can I join you?"

"Sure."

They sat together on the table quietly for few minutes.

Rei had thought about what Max said, and after another glass of champagne, he'd gained some Dutch courage.

"You were incredible up there, you know." Rei finally said, out of the blue.

Kai snorted.

"You drunk?"

"No, I'm not! I mean it."

"Well...thanks, but don't think I'm not going to get you back one day for putting me on the spot like that." he said playfully.

Rei hopped off the table and stood in front of him.

"I'll make it up to you, I promise."

"Gonna have to be something pretty spectacular to make up for that."

"Oh yeh?"

"Yeh."

Rei hesitated before stepping forward, walking in to Kai's knees, forcing them open and pushing himself between them.

Kai felt paralysed as his friend had in moved close to him. Amber boring in to violet. He didn't breathe.

"Well then, what if I started by doing this...?" Rei whispered as he leaned in and gently placed his lips on his.

Kai tensed in surprise. Was this really happening? Rei pulled away when he felt him tense, worried he'd made a horrible mistake. They stared each other in the eyes again.

Suddenly they were sharing a passionate kiss. Not knowing exactly who initiated it or caring. Rei wrapped his arms around Kai's waist, pulling him closer, Kai putting his round his neck.

They kept on until they had to pull away for air, both panting.

They both jumped when they heard laughter that sounded close by. They both shot their eyes in the direction of the sound. No one was there, thank God, the door was just slightly open and someone must have been by it.

They looked back at each other, wanting desperately to continue, but not wanting to be caught.

"You know..." Rei whispered suggestively, "Judy has the baby at home and we are in a hotel..."

Kai was shocked at how direct he was. But he found himself considering it. They couldn't, could they? God knows he wanted to. It would mean no one would catch them...

Something in Kai's mind just said 'fuck it'.

He took Rei's hand and led him back to the door.

"Act casual. Don't look at anyone, just follow me."

Rei giggled, this was exciting.

Kai took a breath and opened the door. He manoeuvred his way through the crowd, avoiding eye-contact with anyone. He managed to reach the other side without any interruptions.

He stepped out the door in to the lobby and turned around. He was relieved Rei was right behind him.

Rei smiled like a naughty child and grabbed his hand, pulling him to the front desk.

"You got a room?" the Chinese asked rapidly.

"For two, sir?" the young woman asked politely.

"Yeh." he said, suddenly nervous and looking around.

She tapped away at the keyboard.

"We have one double room available."

"Perfect."

"Will you be paying cash or card?"

Kai remembered his jacket was still hanging on the chair. His wallet in the pocket.

"Shit. Card. But hang on a sec. Just...set it up!" he said as he ran back in.

He found his jacket and grabbed it.

"Kai! There you are! I haven't talked to you all night!"

It was Tala.

"Shit."

"Yeh, sorry...I was uh..."

"You OK? You look a little flushed."

"Yeh, yeh! I'm fine...I uh...sorry Tala, I have to call Judy. Check on the baby." he said hastily as he ran off.

Tala raised an eyebrow and watched him go suspiciously.

Kai fished his wallet out his jacket pocket and took out his credit card, slamming it on the desk as he got back.

Rei was clearly anxious. Looking around wearily.

The young woman smirked to herself, she wasn't born yesterday. She knew they were in a hurry.

She swiped his card before giving it back to him.

"OK, your key, sir. Room 1205. If I could just get you to sign here?"

Rei took the key and Kai just about managed to sign before being yanked towards the elevator.

The doors opened and he was pulled in. Rei hit the button for the 12th floor and as soon as the doors closed, he slammed Kai against the wall and went back to frenzied kissing.

The elevator arrived on the 12th floor, the doors opened and Rei dragged Kai to the room. Clumsily trying to get the key in the door. He managed at last and threw it open and pulled Kai in before slamming the door shut.

Tala left the party to look for Kai. He had acted too strange, something was up. Maybe being at the wedding was too much for him. He looked around the lobby. No sign of him. He headed to the entrance. He said he needed to call Judy, maybe he took it outside. He looked outside. No sign of him there either. Where else could he be?

He walked back to the front desk, he'd ask if the staff had seen him.

When he got there, he noticed a credit card laying there.

"Someone left their card...better hand it in."

He picked it up and frowned.

"Mr. K. Hiwatari."

What? Had he dropped it?

The young woman appeared from the back room.

"Good evening sir, may I help you?"

"Uh...yeh...tell me, did my friend come here? Kinda tall, blue hair? I'm looking for him."

The woman looked hesitant.

"...Yes, sir. He did."

"Could you tell me why his card was here?" he asked, holding it up.

She looked a little unwilling to say.

"Miss, did he use his card?" he asked a bit more forcefully, sensing something was off.

"...yes, sir."

"For what?"

"...a room, sir."

Tala opened his mouth to question her, but then his mind came up theory. He went back to the party and scanned the room.

He let out a smug laugh and ran back to the front desk.

"Miss! Was he with a Chinese guy? Long hair?" he asked excitedly.

The woman couldn't contain a sly smile.

"I'm not at liberty to say, sir." she said with the same smile.

Tala burst out laughing to himself.

"About fuckin' time."

(Adult stuff: Start)

Back in the room fingers were fumbling with shirt buttons, neither willing to stop kissing to undo them properly. Finally, shirts were thrown on the floor. Followed by pants. Hands explored feverish, soft skin and light, heated groans mixed in between the sound of kissing filled the otherwise silent room.

Rei broke away and attacked his neck and kissed along to his shoulder. His eyes spotted something red peeking over the edge of his shoulder.

"What's that?"

"What's what?"

Rei gently took him by the shoulders and turned him around.

"Holy shit, you have a tattoo?!"

Kai chuckled.

"Oh...yeh."

Across Kai's back was a beautiful, vibrant tattoo of Dranzer. Her head at the base of his neck, her wings spread majestically across his shoulder blades, her beautiful tail snaking all the way his toned back. It was beautiful ….and badass.

"When did you get this?"

"Really? You wanna talk about this right now?" Kai asked, impatiently.

Rei smirked. He pulled Kai back in to him. His chest pressed against his back.

"You're right...where were we?" he breathed in to his ear before planting light, ticklish kisses on his neck while slipping one hand across his chest, the other around his waist down to the front of his boxers and rubbing, Kai closed his eyes, leaning his head back against Rei's shoulder and let out a deep moan.

The sound he made Rei growl, he turned him around, pulling him in to a hard kiss before pushing him roughly so he fell on the bed. He climbed on top of him and pinned both his hands above his head before kissing him again passionately.

Kai had no idea Rei would be rough like this...he was...surprisingly in to it.

Kai moved his hands to try and touch Rei, but they were quickly shoved back above his head.

"Keep them there..." he ordered.

Kai did as he was told and breathed nervously as the other shifted off him and his hands travelled down.

He felt Kai flinch as he gripped he top of his boxers.

"Heh, you're not getting bashful on me, are you?"

He hesitated, not wanting to tell him in case it ruined the moment.

Rei sensed it.

"What's wrong?"

"I...I've never...with a guy..." he admitted, ashamed.

"Ohhhhh..." Rei said as he clicked what he was saying.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought you up here withou-" he was cut off by another kiss.

"It's OK, we don't have to go that far...but uh..." he slipped his hand in to his boxers and caressed him, the other's face quickly flushed and he gasped at the touch, his hands still obediently above his head, "...maybe you'll let me take care of you?"

Kai didn't answer, he was too busy enjoying the feeling of Rei's hand on him.

Rei stroked harder and slightly faster, gaining him a moan.

"Should I take that as a yes?"

Kai's eyes were closed, his head slightly lifted from the bed.

"Yes..." he answered breathlessly, his voice laced with need.

Rei removed his hand and gave him one more kiss before planting kisses down from his throat, to his chest, to his stomach...enjoying seeing goosebumps appear across Kai's pale, white body. He lifted his hips and slipped off his boxers before settling between his thighs. Kai shivered as he felt Rei's hot breath on him.

Rei took him in to his mouth.

"Holy shhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" the Russian exclaimed internally at the brand new sensation as his eyelids fluttered and a long groan escaped his lips.

Rei took him in slowly a few times, getting used to the length and girth before he got in to a stride and loved the breathless gasps and moans coming from the other.

Kai's mind clouded and swam, unable to construct a coherent thought, all he felt was overwhelming pleasure surging through his body. His chest heaved as he panted heavily. The hands above his head as he was told, gripping the bed covers so hard his knuckles were turning white.

Rei picked up speed, the pants and moans came in more intensely.

His body filled with heat, a shimmer of sweat formed on his flushed skin. He felt the hot build up in the pit of his stomach as he got closer and closer to the edge. His legs started to tense and shake.

"Oh god, Rei...I'm gonna..." he drew in a few sharp, short breaths before letting out a loud, intense sigh as he climaxed, releasing in to Rei's mouth.

Rei slowly came away and planted a kiss on his pale thigh. He shuddered at the sensitivity.

He crawled back over the him, looking down at the spent face beneath him. Feeling the heat still radiating from his body. He leaned down and gave him a gentle kiss before shifting off him and laying on his side beside him, propping his head up on his arm.

"Did that make up for earlier?" Rei asked with a cheeky smile as he rest his arm across Kai's stomach.

Kai breathed out a soft laugh.

"...You're off to a good start."

"Heh, asshole."

Kai smirked and rolled on to his side, facing Rei. His smile faded and his face turned serious. He looked him in the eyes as his mind raced.

"Did we just complicate things?" he finally asked, nervously.

He looked so different. He looked vulnerable in a way Rei hadn't seen him before. No hint of armour.

"Strong possibility." Rei answered back.

"...is it worth the risk?"

Rei didn't know exactly what he was referring to. Maybe it was people disapproving, maybe it was that it things might not work out, maybe it was that it would change things. Either way, his answer was the same.

"It is to me." he answered softly as he stroked his hair before pulling him in to a gentle, tender kiss.

(Adult stuff: end)

Back at the party, a slightly intoxicated Tyson was looking around.

"Yo Tala! You seen Kai or Rei? Hil and I are leaving soon, I need to have one more drink with my band of best men!" he whined.

Tala wondered if he should tell him. He was dying to tell someone, but knew it wasn't worth losing his life over.

"Sorry, Tyson. I haven't. Maybe they had to go home. You know, baby stuff?"

"Uhhhhhhh! They better not have!" Tyson complained.

"Well, if they have, you can always leave it 'til tomorrow at the get-together, huh?"

Since everyone had come so far, they were throwing a little extra brunch party the next morning at the hotel.

"Oh yeh! Mimosas tomorrow morning!" Tyson exclaimed happily, seeming to forget about his friends.

"I know I'm looking forward to it!" Tala chuckled almost evilly as he fumbled with Kai's credit card in his pocket. Ohhhhhh he was gonna make Kai squirm.

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Sorry it was long! And uh...I noticed I like making Kai sing a lot, even some of my other stories. I just like the idea. The quiet ones are always the most surprising.

I hope you enjoyed this long chapter. As always, any comments are always appreciated!