A/N- Thanks for the reviews guys (: I really love reviews, they make me want to update faster.
Thanks to Secret Thought and neko-jin72, they really helped me by giving me ideas.
I have two questions... I assume since you guys are reading this, it makes you Yaoi fans... I've never read a Mpreg fic, but I just don't get it. Like, that's not possible right? I'm just so confused about it so I've never read it... and I was just wondering if someone could give me some info on it. I guess it might be wrong for me to not read a story just because I don't understand it... which is why I'm hoping someone can explain it (: maybe I'll read them then.
And question two, what does "slash" mean? Like, I kinda get the impression that it has something to do with meaning Yaoi since most descriptions that say something like "warning, slash..blah blah blah" are usually related to m/m pairings, but yeah, I'm just wondering the actual meaning of it cuz I don't know 100%.
Anyway, I'd be real grateful if you guys could take the time to answer either of those. And I'm sorry in advance for being so clueless lmao.
Now, on to chapter 7 ;P
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Photos... oh no!
Kai and Ray stood in the doorway to the living room, one smiling and one scowling.
"Kai sweetie, you guys should really sit down. Ray's legs must hurt since he's actually standing on his own for once."
Ray smiled politely, "It's actually not that bad at the moment Mrs. Hiwatari."
"Well none the less, you should really take a seat and get comfortable so you can enjoy the picture."
Kai growled as a blush appeared on his face, "Mooom! I thought we agreed you weren't going to show pictures."
"Oh hush Kai. These are your closest friends and they wanted to see pictures of you growing up."
Ray couldn't help but smile as Kai helped him to the love seat before joining him. His cheeks turned a light pink as he took notice of how close Kai sat.
"You guys are just in time, we just sat down." Kai groaned as his mom announced this. She placed the book on the living room table so everybody would be able to see. The pictures on the first page were all baby pictures.
"Awwwwe, Kai you were so adorable!" Max gushed as they looked at pictures that must have been taken right after he was born. There was a couple pages worth of these pictures and Kai was hoping that they wouldn't get worse. Unfortunately he hoped wrong.
Tyson burst out laughing, "Wow you were messy Kai."
Kai blushed as he stared at a few pictures from his first birthday. He could tell the main one that was catching everyone's attention was the one where he was covered in birthday cake.
"Oh yes!" Kate exclaimed. "He was very messy as a child, always getting into anything he could get his hands on."
"That doesn't sound like Kai at all," said Ray. "He's always so neat and tidy."
His mom couldn't help but laugh, "That must be really hard for him, even now he's still always getting into stuff and making a mess."
Ray smiled, "I can't even imagine that."
"Well I'm sure you guys will see it sooner or later. He can't pretend to be tidy forever."
Kai scowled as his friends laughed at him, how could his mom do this to him? Weren't parents supposed to love their kids and try and make life easy?
There were a couple more pictures of his first birthday, but nothing too embarrassing minus the one where he was sitting in a bunch of wrapping paper, Max couldn't help but gush over that one.
The next picture was of a young Kai crying while a man with a pair of scissors looked like he was attempting to calm him down. He had a puppet in the hand that wasn't holding the scissors and the look on his face was one of absolute panic. First haircuts usually didn't go very well.
"Awe, poor Kai, you look so sad, I love getting haircuts!" his little sister said enthusiastically.
"Oh I love this picture of him!" Kate smiled brightly as she pointed to a picture where Kai appeared to be about 6. It was obviously a Halloween picture and Kai had the cutest costume ever, he was dressed up as Big Bird. "He wouldn't let us buy him anything other than this Big Bird suite. He was completely obsessed with Sesame Street at the time and loved mimicking that character."
Tyson laughed, "Wow, you seem more like you'd like Oscar the Grouch Kai."
Kai glared at his 'friend', willing him to fall off a cliff, now if only there was a cliff anywhere near them.
It seemed that 6 years old was the age that Kai liked to do embarrassing things that his parents just happened to catch on camera. The next few photos made the entire group laugh, especially the nude ones.
"Who would have thought that Kai liked to vacuum!" said Tyson, "And I bet nobody would have guessed he liked to do it in the nude!"
Kai's face burned a deep red as his mom flipped the page and came across another photo where he was nude. In this one there was a tiny kiddy pool that was in his back yard, filled with only about half a foot of water. Kai was lying half in the pool with his bare bum sticking up in the air.
The next picture was also taken in the back yard, but this time it had Kai struggling to keep his clothes on as a dog pulled at the back of his shorts, once again exposing his bum to the camera.
"Kai seemed to have an issue with clothing," Max pointed out.
"He really did," the older woman agreed. "He was always taking his clothes off and running around the house."
The group of kids laughed and Ray poked Kai in the side, unnoticed by everyone else. "Who knew you liked to show off that gorgeous bum of yours so much Kai."
Kai glared at him, but couldn't help but blush. "Shut up," he muttered lowly.
At that moment Mr. Hiwatari walked into the room, "Hey, What're you guys doing?"
"Looking at picture!" Leena cheered. "Kai was so silly as a kid."
The man couldn't help but laugh, "He was quite rambunctious, he was always doing things to get him in trouble."
"Am I like that Pa?" she asked.
"Of course not sweetie, but we have some good pictures to show your friends when you're Kai's age."
"Ohhh I can't wait!"
"WHY would you want your friends to see pictures of you Lee?" her brother asked.
"Because they're precious memories Kai-Chan, and your friends love them. I can't wait until I can go through my pictures with my friends."
"You're crazy. But I guess I should have figured that out when you were so happy about Tyson being here."
"Why don't you guys take a break and we'll go get some ice cream," suggested Mr. Hiwatari.
"Yay! Ice cream!" Max, Tyson and Leena cheered as they jumped off of the couch and ran towards the kitchen, closely followed by both Mr. and Mrs. Hiwatari.
"Would you like to go get ice cream?"
"I don't think so, I kind of have an upset stomach."
Kai frowned in worry, "Do you want to go back upstairs and get some more rest?"
"And miss the rest of the pictures? Not a chance. You just wish I would want to go back upstairs and rest so I can't see them."
"It's really not that Ray, I'm just worried about your health."
"Ah ha! I totally have you figured out Kai Hiwatari! You're just pretending to be all nice so I can't see these pictures and talk to your parents."
Kai looked at Ray with a blank stare, "You're kidding right?"
"Hmm... nope!"
The slate haired boy rolled his eyes, "Fine, how about this. I'll go get you some gravol for your stomach, that way you won't feel sick and you can stay and see the rest of the pictures, since you're obviously not gunna move without seeing them."
"Well you're right about that. What is gravol though?"
"You've never had it?"
"Nope. No one in my village really believed in taking medication that wasn't all natural when we felt sick."
"Oh. Well, it's just a medication that helps with nausea."
"I'm not really nauseas though, it's just a stomach ache."
"Well I'll just go get you some Tylenol then, that helps with stomach pains."
"You know a lot about this stuff Kai."
"Not really, my mom does though. And Leena gets stomach aches quite often, although she usually feels nauseas with hers, which is why I immediately wanted to give you gravol."
Ray laughed, "You'll be a good parent someday."
"Hn. I'm going to go get that Tylenol now."
"Alright," the Chinese boy said with a smile, glad that he had someone like Kai to help him out. He looked over to the discarded leather book on the table and leaned forward slightly to grab it, bringing it into his lap and smiling as he inspected the pictures they had already seen more closely. It had been hard for him to see them all since he couldn't lean as far like everybody else without hurting his chest.
Kai returned a few moments later with a glass of water and two pills, rolling his eyes as he saw Ray with the book in his lap.
"I knew I should have taken that with me."
Ray looked up at him and grinned, "I haven't looked at any new ones, I'm just looking at the other ones more closely. You really were a cute kid Kai, what happened?"
Kai's jaw dropped, "I don't think I'm going to give you these Tylenol, you can just suffer with your stomach ache."
Ray couldn't help but pout, "You're just in the mood to be mean today aren't you? First you wouldn't give me any dinner, and now you won't give me any Tylenol to help with my tummy ache?"
"Well maybe I would help with your tummy ache if you weren't constantly teasing me."
"But it's just too much fun Kai."
"Well it's just too much fun to watch you suffer in pain then."
Ray looked at him with his best kitty eyes, "That's just harsh Kai. I thought you said you cared about my health."
Kai sighed, "Here," he said shortly, handing him the two Tylenol.
His teammate grinned as he accepted the pills and took a big sip of water to make them go down easier. "Thanks."
"Hn. Well we'd better hurry up and look at these pictures."
"Don't you want to wait for everyone else to get back?"
Kai gave the boy a look of disbelief. "Yeah right, like I'd really want to wait for them. But even if I did, you'd miss out on the pictures. Those Tylenol are pretty strong, you're gunna be ready to pass out again soon."
"Oh... well then you're right! We'd better hurry up and look at these pictures," he said as he patted the spot beside him on the couch.
Kai plopped himself down beside Ray, even closer than before, if that was possible, attempting to grab the book from the boy.
Ray tightly held the book to his chest, not allowing Kai access to it, "Nuh uh! You're not getting this book."
The other boy rolled his eyes, "Fine, lets just get this over with."
Ray smiled as he flipped to the next page, his eyes widening in surprise at how adorable the picture was. It was a young Kai sleeping in his bed holding tightly onto a brown teddy bear. "Awe, this is so cute Kai."
"Yeah yeah, just hurry up."
The Chinese boy couldn't help but roll his eyes, "I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying." He went through a couple of pages that didn't show anything of particular interest, but he stopped every few minutes to comment on how cute he thought Kai was.
He stopped short when he turned the page though. Every picture on the page was filled with a smiling Kai of about 7, and in every picture, he had a demolition boy with him.
He stared at the picture that had Kai and Tala with their arms around each others' shoulders, grinning brightly at the camera. He couldn't help it as his breathing increased when he stared at a picture of a smiling Bryan.
"You're friends with them Kai?"
Kai nodded his head, "At one point we were friends, yes."
"How could you be friends with people like them?"
"You don't understand what the Abbey does to people Ray. I had my parents to come home to, they only have that horrid place."
"Are you defending their actions?"
"No! Of course I'm not. I'm not proud of what they did. But I know they're not truly like that. They've just been under Boris' control for far too long. Now that he and my grandfather have been shut down, I know that Tala and the others will be able to live their lives normally again."
"You know I can't forgive him for doing this to me, right Kai?"
Kai looked torn for a moment before nodding his head. "I know Ray, and I don't forgive him either. You and the others are my team, I know I made mistakes in that tournament, but my loyalty lies with you."
"Heh, I'm sure the guys wish they could have heard that."
"Don't you dare tell them I said that."
"I won't, but it's nice to know that you care."
"Of course I care. I can't hate them though Ray. They're my brothers. They've changed, I know they have, but I just refuse to believe they're bad people at heart. I'm very angry for what Bryan did to you, I really am, I just want to believe that he was forced to."
Ray smiled brightly as he looked up at Kai.
"Why are you smiling? I thought you would be mad at me."
"You're more important to me than they are Kai."
"What... do you mean?"
"The way you just talked about them. I must be rubbing off on you. For the first time ever, you wanted to see the best in people."
Kai glowered at him, "You're right, we should stop interacting. You're going to be the death of me."
Ray laughed, "Shut up. I'm not finished looking at the pictures yet." Ray went back to the book, finding at least 8 pages filled with Kai and his 4 friends before he came to more pictures that were just of him and his family.
He came to a section of pictures that must have been when his family was on a vacation. There were many pictures of beautiful mountains, but the ones that caught his attention most were pictures of Kai attempting to ski, since most of them consisted of him being on his ass.
"I take it you're not a very good skier?"
"I was 9, give me a break. Wait till you see the ones of me trying to surf for the first time."
Ray didn't have to wait very long, as he turned the next page he instantly noticed that it was full of pictures of Kai failing miserably at surfing, but the joy and laughter was shining in his eyes throughout every picture. Ray continued to smile as he saw a grumpy looking Kai buried deep in the sand.
The next page made him laugh loudly, it was filled with pictures of Kai in different dresses. "I wasn't aware that you liked to wear dresses and do your makeup Kai," he teased, laughing at the red lipstick that Kai had smeared all over his face.
His captain blushed brightly as Ray came across these photos. "Ah, I wasn't aware these were in here," he said as he saw more pictures that were obviously of him dancing when he thought nobody was around.
"You mean you forgot or else you would have made me skip it."
"Yeah, something like that. Have you had your fill of laughing at me for today yet?"
"Not quite. Your childhood was quite interesting, I'm glad your parents managed to capture it all."
"I bet you are."
Ray smiled as he placed his head on Kai's shoulder momentarily. "It's sweet of them to have all of these photos of you Kai, it shows how much they care."
Kai couldn't help it and he let a small smile escape, although he wasn't too sure if it was from what Ray had said, or if it was because the only person he had ever felt a strong attraction to, was currently resting their head on his shoulder in the open, where anyone could see them.
Ray left his head where it was, shifting the book slightly so it was between him and Kai since they were so close it was awkward to just have it on his own lap. The next page of pictures made Ray smile, it was obvious that many years had passed since any photos had been taken, but the love Kai felt for his family was still reflected in his eyes, which had hardened slightly.
He laughed lightly when he came across a picture of a surprised Kai in the kitchen, chef's hat and all, completely covered from head to toe in flour.
"Your mom was right, you are messy. I thought you're supposed to be good at cooking?"
"That was actually only about 2 years ago. Leena surprised the hell out of me and I dropped the flour bag, causing it to explode everywhere and my mom took that opportunity to take a picture. I think she originally just wanted to catch me cooking, but she obviously found this one more amusing."
"It's cute," was Ray's only comment as he moved on to the next pictures, forcing himself not to comment when he saw a picture of older Kai sleeping, still hugging the same teddy bear that was starting to show signs of its age.
The rest of the book was filled with pictures of Kai beyblading. It also consisted of picture of their team, but it was obvious that they weren't pictures that were taken in person, they were either taken off of the internet of snapped off of the TV.
*click*
The two looked up at a grinning Kate Hiwatari as she held a camera in her hand, very pleased at having caught such an intimate moment between the two on film.
Ray didn't move his head, starting to feel the effects of the Tylenol Kai had given him. "You love your camera, don't you Mrs. Hiwatari?" he asked with a smile, his eyes drooping slightly.
"Oh yes dear, I love it. Kai is the most important person to me, and I never want him to forget a single moment of his life."
Ray attempted to grin as he fought to keep his eyes open, not even aware if he had responded to the woman or not.
"Is he okay sweetie?"
"He's fine mom. I gave him a couple of Tylenol Extra Strength about 20 minutes ago for his stomach ache, I guess they're finally kicking in."
"You should take him back to your room to rest then, it seems you finished going through the photos anyway," she said as she saw the book was open to one of the last pages.
Kai didn't say anything but nodded his head as he picked up his almost asleep companion and made his way up to his room, carefully placing the boy in his arms on the bed. He wasn't tired, considering it was only 10 at night, but he didn't want to leave the boy who had quickly stolen his heart.
Pulling the covers around them both, he made sure Ray appeared to be comfortable before turning out his bedside lamp. "Goodnight Kitten."
"Mmmm, goodnight love."
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A/N- I'm sorry for ending it here! Please don't kill me. At least I'm in the mood for writing so you don't have to wait for too long to get a new update.
AND P.S- If anybody has any embarrassing ideas that they would like to see appear in this fic (or cute ideas) feel free to let me know in a review or msg even. I've been getting some great feedback from people that's really helping me stay creative. I have a few ideas still for this story, but if you have anything specific that you think would be funny or cute to see, let me know.
P.P.S- this kind of ties into the last note, if there is any kind of funny picture you think should have been shown, let me know. Cuz Kai does have a little sister who would know where he hides the MOST embarrassing photos (: or maybe suggestions for silly stories she can tell about her brother? Lol, anything helps! And hopefully you guys enjoy having some input xD.
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