Rimnerel: Hm...let's see, what do I have to say for this chapter.
Ozuma: Losing all your interesting dialogue?
Rimnerel: What are you doing here? I thought you were still trailing behind my sister.
Joseph (smirking): She left him in order to talk with King.
Ozuma (flushing): Shut up Joseph!
Rimnerel: Oh, I see. Well, guess I have the leader of the Saint Shields to sit through a chapter with me. I would like to thank Kaikeyi Amorti, Silverm (who I will have to apologize about everything and things to come, please don't cry, Rim sowwy!), FREAK014 (you can kill Jordan really soon, I'll tell you when), B. Tiamat Atardecer, russle, Angevar, blazing-wolf-08, Kougra, and Unknown Assassin for all their reviews and support. Thanks guys, I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you enjoyed the last one with the cute Ta/Ke scene.
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Kenny lifted his eyes from the book that Rei had given him to read while he was there, and shifted them to the outside of the house. He watched the rain patter and trickle down the window, the sky deary and dank. It had been raining like this for two days now, leaving him stuck in the house with Tyson and Ian. Luckily for him, this weather managed to keep Jordan away from him to enjoy his peace of mind. Emily was spending the night over at Mariah's, so that was something else solved. As for Tyson and Ian, both downstairs in the recreation room playing video games. Tyson out of Kenny's hair, and Ian preoccupied with other things to bother him.
Not that Ian had bothered him since a week ago, when Kenny had locked the boy in the closet in the hall to teach him a lesson. Of course Kenny still got a bit of a scolding (which he tuned completely out) when he made it back to the house, but the whole thing was worth it. Ian knew better than to do anything else to Kenny now. He was too fearful that the young man would stick him into another closet and this time leave him there.
A small smile came to Kenny's face as he thought about that day. It hadn't been so bad. Going back to his book, Kenny flipped the page over to the text on the next page. The book was actually very good, Kenny found himself really sumerged into the story, yet in the back of his mind at times, thoughts interrupted him. On of the most frequent ones centered around Tala Ivanor, that one certain red head that remained a mystery to him.
Something about that male just wasn't allowing him to rest. *Seriously, I can't be gay! There's no way.* Kenny shook his head, at the thought that he might be. But what other explanation could there be. Up until now, he had ignored girls and guys alike. What reason would he start now to notice people, especially a guy? There had to be more to this than the possibility that Kenny was gay.
Sitting his book down for a minute, the young man looked back out to the rain, his brows furling together as he swept a long strand of hair out of his eyes and behind his ear. Sometimes he wondered why he let his hair grow out that long. Maybe he would get it cut one day. His blue eyes flickered over the shrouded scenery outside. Let's see, reasons for his apparent interest in the young man with red hair.
For starters, he was like no one Kenny had ever met before. Everything around and about him signalled attention, whether it be good or bad. That sort of attitude allowed him to carry himself with an air of arrogance, yet cool collect. His smiles could be sarcastic, carefree, and from a moment that Kenny had seen, somewhat bitter. What really made him like that? Were those rumors that Tyson and the others saying really true, or were they really shattered truths? Kenny honestly didn't know Tala well enough to know if the male was lying or not, yet Kenny had a feeling the male was telling some truth to his tale.
Tala didn't seem like the type to lie about things such as that. From what Kenny had picked up from the male, he would have told Kenny straight out that he was selling drugs, do them, selling people into slave trade, killing them, and any other rumor that was spread. Kenny himself didn't know how so many rumors could be spread about two guys. Did the town really hate them enough to fling false accusations against them?
"I wonder what Rei would say to all of this if I told him?" Kenny said to himself. Actually, it wasn't a bad idea. Placing a marker in his book, he went over to the desk and flipped open his laptop. Booting the system up, he logged into his IM box. As expected, Rei was online. Kenny wondered if the male stayed online as much as he did when he wasn't sharpening his skills with his beyblade Driger.
{Hey, Rei, what are you doing?} Kenny typed to his friend and sent. A moment went by before Rei responded to him.
{Hey Kenny, what's up? I haven't heard from you in two weeks. Been busy?} Rei sent to him.
{Not really. Been reading, hiding away from Jordan, things like that.} Rei inserted a laughing icon in the place of him typing something. Probably towards the whole hiding from Jordan thing. {Not too long ago I thought I could have a normal conversation with her, that went downhill.}
{What happened?}
{She started telling me about our children, our dog, our house, our honeymoon, while cutting off the circulation in my waist. Then I had to lock Ian in a closet for being an irritating little hell spawn. He really pisses me off. I don't know how anyone can put up with him.} Kenny sat back in his chair, waiting for Rei's response.
{Guess you have been busy trying to keep your sanity. So, what else have you been up to as of late?}
{Nothing much. Reading. It's been raining for two days straight so no one has gone outside. Emily over her friend's house, Ian and Tyson downstairs losing what little brain cells they have by playing video games.}
{I see.}
{Hey, Rei. Do you mind if I ask your opinion about something?} Kenny typed.
{Sure, what is it?} Rei typed back.
Kenny looked at the screen, thinking for a second on how to tell his friend everything. {Remember when I told you how I was almost raped, but I was saved by a gun totting guy?}
{Yes. Does what you have to tell me have to do with him?} Rei wrote to his friend. Kenny smiled, always amazed at how attentive Rei was about things.
{Yes, it actually does have to do with him. You see, his name is Tala Ivanor. I found out that the guy with him that night was his cousin Kai Hiwatari. Well...for starters they're both three years older than us. And secondly, they're both sort of outsiders in town. I learned from Tyson that they all went to the same schools but they never got along.} Kenny wrote.
{Okay, so they got into some fights. That doesn't make you too much of an outsider. So, what is it about this Tala and Kai that the town really don't like?} Rei questioned.
Kenny bit his bottom lip, gnawing on it as he started typing. {Well, there are these rumors.}
{What kind of rumors?}
{Well, Tyson and the others that I met were saying things about Tala and Kai working for a mafia selling drugs and killing people. I heard that some of the rumors were that Tala's aunt was crazy. It's just that there are all these negative rumors floating around. I don't want to believe them, because Tala and Kai just seem like two individuals who just like to have a little fun.} Kenny typed.
{A little fun doesn't involve guns, drugs, and killing.} Rei replied. {Tyson is probably right about those two guys, and they are bad trouble. You shouldn't get mixed up with them.}
{Tala doesn't seem like a bad person.} Kenny countered.
{How would you know? You've only met him once.} Rei wrote back.
{No, actually, I didn't tell you but that day I went to the store with Tyson, I saw him and his cousin again. He didn't speak to me, but then I saw him another time that day when I went for a walk and got lost. He was sitting out on this hill looking at the sky. I sat down and talked to him for a while. He wasn't like Tyson described him at all. I mean sure he was a bit sarcastic and all when I asked him about the rumors, but I think anyone would be considering everything.}
{So you think the rumors are just that? And you want to know what I thought about it?} Rei inquired.
As always, the Chinese male was always a step ahead of Kenny when it came to things. {Yes, I wanted to ask you what did you think on it. Do you think that the rumors surrounding Tala are real or just a product of the town's dislike of them?} For a long minute, Rei remained silent as he thought over what Kenny had just said to him. Finally, when it seemed like he would never say anything, he typed something to Kenny.
{Do you by any chance like this guy?}
Kenny went completely red at the question his friend posed. {OF COURSE NOT WHY WOULD I LIKE A GUY?!?!}
{Take it easy.} Rei wrote. {I was just asking. I find there's nothing wrong with falling in love with a guy. I mean, if you really like them, then it doesn't matter right? I think our society is hung up too much on old traditions and such. After all, who am I to stop you from falling in love, even if it's a guy? It's your life and choice and all I want is for you to be happy, even if it's with a guy.}
{My family would kill me!} Kenny wrote.
{Who says that you have to tell me right away. I mean, you can keep it to yourself until you're able to move out the house, then it wouldn't matter if you told them or not. You're already out if they wanted to kick you out.} Rei countered that. {I mean, once you're grown, they have no say in the matter, right?}
{They would disown me!}
{Which meant that they never really loved you if they couldn't accept the lifestyle that you have chosen. Aren't parents suppose to love you unconditionally, despite all your flaws and faults? If they couldn't accept you because you're gay, then really, what's the point of parents in the first place?}
{You know Rei Kon.} Kenny wrote wearily. {You definitely have some twisted morales. I wonder sometimes why I'm your friend, besides the point that you save my ass all the time.}
{Cause you know that I will accept you no matter what and you revel in that thought. So, what's this guy like?}
{Tala?} Kenny questioned.
{Yeah, him.} Rei wrote back.
{Well, I guess you could say mysterious sort of. He's like a magnet, pulling me towards him with this whole mysterious air that he has. I don't know what it is, but it continues to draw me to him. He's shifty with his emotions, but a lot of times that I've spotted him, he's been laid back and always thinking about something. I guess you can say that he's reflective.}
{Mysterious type who likes to keep to himself. Probably doesn't have anyone really close to him.}
{Well, he and Kai seem to be really good friends.} Kenny wrote. {Tyson says that they're usually hanging out with each other and all.}
{Okay, so besides a cousin, he has no close friends and everyone seems to disregard him. Your feeling of being drawn to him is probably due to the fact that in a way you're like him. Me and Kain are your only two real friends. You shy away from social contact, some people have disregarded you, and you both seem to drift off into your own worlds. His air of mystery draws you to him because you're starting to seek a little bit more out of life subconsciously, and he's the perfect reason.} Rei analyzed the situation.
{Thank you for psychoanalyzing me.}
{What? I was just giving you my amateur opinion on it. You can take it anyway you want. Now let me get going, I was suppose to be going out with Kain on some double date that he conspired in my absence.}
Kenny grinned, sensing his friend's relutance within his words. {Try to have fun, and don't get yourself in trouble.}
{I could say the saything about you.} Rei wrote before he logged off. Kenny logged out of his IM box and decided to surf the net for a while. His mind fluttered to what Rei had said about the whole thing with Kenny. What if it was true? Maybe that was really why Kenny felt so attracted to him. He and Tala were so alike in small ways, that each saw some sort of representation within each other subconsciously, and it was slowly pulling them towards one another.
"Or I'm crazy one," Kenny sighed, losing his enthusiasm for the moment. He needed something else to do, that didn't involve staying in that house like this. Yet he didn't want to go outside while it was pouring like hell. He swore to himself that he wasn't going near another tree without the company of someone that knew their way around. Turning off his computer, the young man went back to the window, looking out at the rain. He wondered what Tala and Kai were doing right about now.
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Tala ignored his cousin who was playing Russian roulette with himself. Tala heard another click of an empty chamber which made four so far. Hearing Kai pull the hammer back once more, the young red head finally turned around with annoyance to watch his cousin gamble with his life. The slightly older male's eyes were hazy as he idly put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger once more. Standing up, Tala grabbed the gun from his cousin.
"If you want to blow your brains out, do it while I'm not in the room," Tala scoffed, opening the gun and pulling out the bullet that was in the next chamber over. "Can't you find something better to do with your time?"
"What? I was just having a little fun. I knew exactly which chamber it was in. You been so uptight as of late. Sit back and have a little fun," Kai smirked, tossing a small bottle to his cousin. Tala looked inside at the blue capsules, then over to Kai who was idly watching the ceiling.
:"Valium?" Tala questioned with a brow arched. "That is so sad. If you wasn't a pussy, you would have something other than Valium on you. Don't you know we have to live up to our reputation?"
"Oh, you mean of deal and using drugs," Kai said with a half grin. "Sorry, next time I'll make sure that I bring some Special K with me. Or would heroin do the trick?" (A/N: Special K is a cat tranquilizer that people are known to use at parties.)
"Both, that way if we overdose and die, then they'll really have something to talk about," Tala laughed. Kai looked over at his cousin and began laughing also. This keeps up for a minute or so before Kai turns his head to the open window, looking out at the rain.
"Why did you bring that up anyway?"
Tala pulled out a cigarette and picked up his lighter from the dresser, lighting it. Once done, the young red head walked over to the window, positioning himself on the sill. "You remember that little kid we saved a while back?"
"The one that I would love to get missing with for a few hours," Kai remarked slyly.
"Is sex all you think of?" Tala scoffed. "Your brain is in your dick. Try using what was given to you in that half way empty head of yours for once."
"Uh-oh, Tala's getting a little bit touchy over that subject." Kai sauntered over to where his cousin sat with an arrogant grin on his face. His auburn eyes flickered over the male. "What's wrong? You're the one that said he had a nice ass in the first place. Maybe my cousin thinks he has dibs on the boy, is that it?"
"Don't kid yourself Kai. I don't want the boy," Tala said.
"Then why take offense to what I said then cousin?"
"I'm not! Now back off!" Tala snapped.
"Fine, fine. I'll back off. So what about the boy?" Kai said, taking a seat on the floor.
"Well, a few weeks ago, it was that same day that we spotted Tyson in town, I saw that boy in the woods." A short unseen smile crossed the male's lips as he shook his head. "He was lost again. I had to help him find his way back yet again. But he asked me about the rumors."
"And did you tell him the truth?" Kai yawned, starting to feel the effects of the Valium finally take hold of him.
"Not really. Yet, he seemed like he wasn't concerned about what I said. He's different from the others. He told me that Tyson was his cousin and that he was different from him. I don't know if he was just trying to get me to trust him, or did he really mean it. There's something about this kid. I tried telling him to go to hell and he just...it was like it rolled off of him. After everything I said to him, he still asked for my help. Well, he was lost, but he could have just said forget it and find his own way back home. I don't get it. What do you think Kai?"
Tala looked down to find his cousin on the floor sleep. With an amused smile, he got off the window sill and picked his cousin up, dragging him to his bed. Dumping the boy onto the bed, Tala left the room to find something to do with his time now that his cousin had drugged himself with Valium. Walking down the hall to the left wing, he stopped by his aunt's door. Hopefully she was asleep. Peeping in, he found Hannah giving the woman a sedative. Closing the door as quietly as possible, the young man headed back down the hall to his room.
His mind going back to the brunette, Kenny. There was something about him that Tala couldn't shake off. Maybe it was the boy's attitude towards him that caused Tala to question if he could actually get along with someone other than Kai. After all, when he had been sitting with the male that day in the field, he wasn't at all apprehensive at guarding himself. It felt...well...natural. Tala hadn't felt like that in a long time. Probably since his parents had been alive.
What was it that made the male so special? So different than the rest of the world around him that continued to try to expel him from such a hateful world? Why is it that his anger melted away just by looking at that male? Tala wanted to know this male in order to understand why he was feeling like this. Tala had a strange feeling that this summer was definitely going to be more than the previous summers before.
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Rimnerel: Hm...I have plans for next chapter. I think I'm going to change the rating in another two chapters.
Ozuma: Sex or violence?
Rimnerel: Maybe both. But I think next chapter will involve some nice interactions of some kind while allowing Tala and Kenny to get to know each other. But I still need a bit of opposition towards those two. If anyone has any suggestions they would like to add in, then feel free to send it in your reviews. I'm always looking for help.
Joseph: Ozuma's looking for some help to, to fix his broken heart.
Ozuma (narrowing eyes): I'm going to kill you when we leave here.
Rimnerel: Okay, since I obviously have nothing more to add to this chapter, I say good-bye until Saturday. Please review and give me some ideas about what you guys would like to see happen or what shoud happen in the future. Bye bye now.
Ozuma: Losing all your interesting dialogue?
Rimnerel: What are you doing here? I thought you were still trailing behind my sister.
Joseph (smirking): She left him in order to talk with King.
Ozuma (flushing): Shut up Joseph!
Rimnerel: Oh, I see. Well, guess I have the leader of the Saint Shields to sit through a chapter with me. I would like to thank Kaikeyi Amorti, Silverm (who I will have to apologize about everything and things to come, please don't cry, Rim sowwy!), FREAK014 (you can kill Jordan really soon, I'll tell you when), B. Tiamat Atardecer, russle, Angevar, blazing-wolf-08, Kougra, and Unknown Assassin for all their reviews and support. Thanks guys, I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you enjoyed the last one with the cute Ta/Ke scene.
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Kenny lifted his eyes from the book that Rei had given him to read while he was there, and shifted them to the outside of the house. He watched the rain patter and trickle down the window, the sky deary and dank. It had been raining like this for two days now, leaving him stuck in the house with Tyson and Ian. Luckily for him, this weather managed to keep Jordan away from him to enjoy his peace of mind. Emily was spending the night over at Mariah's, so that was something else solved. As for Tyson and Ian, both downstairs in the recreation room playing video games. Tyson out of Kenny's hair, and Ian preoccupied with other things to bother him.
Not that Ian had bothered him since a week ago, when Kenny had locked the boy in the closet in the hall to teach him a lesson. Of course Kenny still got a bit of a scolding (which he tuned completely out) when he made it back to the house, but the whole thing was worth it. Ian knew better than to do anything else to Kenny now. He was too fearful that the young man would stick him into another closet and this time leave him there.
A small smile came to Kenny's face as he thought about that day. It hadn't been so bad. Going back to his book, Kenny flipped the page over to the text on the next page. The book was actually very good, Kenny found himself really sumerged into the story, yet in the back of his mind at times, thoughts interrupted him. On of the most frequent ones centered around Tala Ivanor, that one certain red head that remained a mystery to him.
Something about that male just wasn't allowing him to rest. *Seriously, I can't be gay! There's no way.* Kenny shook his head, at the thought that he might be. But what other explanation could there be. Up until now, he had ignored girls and guys alike. What reason would he start now to notice people, especially a guy? There had to be more to this than the possibility that Kenny was gay.
Sitting his book down for a minute, the young man looked back out to the rain, his brows furling together as he swept a long strand of hair out of his eyes and behind his ear. Sometimes he wondered why he let his hair grow out that long. Maybe he would get it cut one day. His blue eyes flickered over the shrouded scenery outside. Let's see, reasons for his apparent interest in the young man with red hair.
For starters, he was like no one Kenny had ever met before. Everything around and about him signalled attention, whether it be good or bad. That sort of attitude allowed him to carry himself with an air of arrogance, yet cool collect. His smiles could be sarcastic, carefree, and from a moment that Kenny had seen, somewhat bitter. What really made him like that? Were those rumors that Tyson and the others saying really true, or were they really shattered truths? Kenny honestly didn't know Tala well enough to know if the male was lying or not, yet Kenny had a feeling the male was telling some truth to his tale.
Tala didn't seem like the type to lie about things such as that. From what Kenny had picked up from the male, he would have told Kenny straight out that he was selling drugs, do them, selling people into slave trade, killing them, and any other rumor that was spread. Kenny himself didn't know how so many rumors could be spread about two guys. Did the town really hate them enough to fling false accusations against them?
"I wonder what Rei would say to all of this if I told him?" Kenny said to himself. Actually, it wasn't a bad idea. Placing a marker in his book, he went over to the desk and flipped open his laptop. Booting the system up, he logged into his IM box. As expected, Rei was online. Kenny wondered if the male stayed online as much as he did when he wasn't sharpening his skills with his beyblade Driger.
{Hey, Rei, what are you doing?} Kenny typed to his friend and sent. A moment went by before Rei responded to him.
{Hey Kenny, what's up? I haven't heard from you in two weeks. Been busy?} Rei sent to him.
{Not really. Been reading, hiding away from Jordan, things like that.} Rei inserted a laughing icon in the place of him typing something. Probably towards the whole hiding from Jordan thing. {Not too long ago I thought I could have a normal conversation with her, that went downhill.}
{What happened?}
{She started telling me about our children, our dog, our house, our honeymoon, while cutting off the circulation in my waist. Then I had to lock Ian in a closet for being an irritating little hell spawn. He really pisses me off. I don't know how anyone can put up with him.} Kenny sat back in his chair, waiting for Rei's response.
{Guess you have been busy trying to keep your sanity. So, what else have you been up to as of late?}
{Nothing much. Reading. It's been raining for two days straight so no one has gone outside. Emily over her friend's house, Ian and Tyson downstairs losing what little brain cells they have by playing video games.}
{I see.}
{Hey, Rei. Do you mind if I ask your opinion about something?} Kenny typed.
{Sure, what is it?} Rei typed back.
Kenny looked at the screen, thinking for a second on how to tell his friend everything. {Remember when I told you how I was almost raped, but I was saved by a gun totting guy?}
{Yes. Does what you have to tell me have to do with him?} Rei wrote to his friend. Kenny smiled, always amazed at how attentive Rei was about things.
{Yes, it actually does have to do with him. You see, his name is Tala Ivanor. I found out that the guy with him that night was his cousin Kai Hiwatari. Well...for starters they're both three years older than us. And secondly, they're both sort of outsiders in town. I learned from Tyson that they all went to the same schools but they never got along.} Kenny wrote.
{Okay, so they got into some fights. That doesn't make you too much of an outsider. So, what is it about this Tala and Kai that the town really don't like?} Rei questioned.
Kenny bit his bottom lip, gnawing on it as he started typing. {Well, there are these rumors.}
{What kind of rumors?}
{Well, Tyson and the others that I met were saying things about Tala and Kai working for a mafia selling drugs and killing people. I heard that some of the rumors were that Tala's aunt was crazy. It's just that there are all these negative rumors floating around. I don't want to believe them, because Tala and Kai just seem like two individuals who just like to have a little fun.} Kenny typed.
{A little fun doesn't involve guns, drugs, and killing.} Rei replied. {Tyson is probably right about those two guys, and they are bad trouble. You shouldn't get mixed up with them.}
{Tala doesn't seem like a bad person.} Kenny countered.
{How would you know? You've only met him once.} Rei wrote back.
{No, actually, I didn't tell you but that day I went to the store with Tyson, I saw him and his cousin again. He didn't speak to me, but then I saw him another time that day when I went for a walk and got lost. He was sitting out on this hill looking at the sky. I sat down and talked to him for a while. He wasn't like Tyson described him at all. I mean sure he was a bit sarcastic and all when I asked him about the rumors, but I think anyone would be considering everything.}
{So you think the rumors are just that? And you want to know what I thought about it?} Rei inquired.
As always, the Chinese male was always a step ahead of Kenny when it came to things. {Yes, I wanted to ask you what did you think on it. Do you think that the rumors surrounding Tala are real or just a product of the town's dislike of them?} For a long minute, Rei remained silent as he thought over what Kenny had just said to him. Finally, when it seemed like he would never say anything, he typed something to Kenny.
{Do you by any chance like this guy?}
Kenny went completely red at the question his friend posed. {OF COURSE NOT WHY WOULD I LIKE A GUY?!?!}
{Take it easy.} Rei wrote. {I was just asking. I find there's nothing wrong with falling in love with a guy. I mean, if you really like them, then it doesn't matter right? I think our society is hung up too much on old traditions and such. After all, who am I to stop you from falling in love, even if it's a guy? It's your life and choice and all I want is for you to be happy, even if it's with a guy.}
{My family would kill me!} Kenny wrote.
{Who says that you have to tell me right away. I mean, you can keep it to yourself until you're able to move out the house, then it wouldn't matter if you told them or not. You're already out if they wanted to kick you out.} Rei countered that. {I mean, once you're grown, they have no say in the matter, right?}
{They would disown me!}
{Which meant that they never really loved you if they couldn't accept the lifestyle that you have chosen. Aren't parents suppose to love you unconditionally, despite all your flaws and faults? If they couldn't accept you because you're gay, then really, what's the point of parents in the first place?}
{You know Rei Kon.} Kenny wrote wearily. {You definitely have some twisted morales. I wonder sometimes why I'm your friend, besides the point that you save my ass all the time.}
{Cause you know that I will accept you no matter what and you revel in that thought. So, what's this guy like?}
{Tala?} Kenny questioned.
{Yeah, him.} Rei wrote back.
{Well, I guess you could say mysterious sort of. He's like a magnet, pulling me towards him with this whole mysterious air that he has. I don't know what it is, but it continues to draw me to him. He's shifty with his emotions, but a lot of times that I've spotted him, he's been laid back and always thinking about something. I guess you can say that he's reflective.}
{Mysterious type who likes to keep to himself. Probably doesn't have anyone really close to him.}
{Well, he and Kai seem to be really good friends.} Kenny wrote. {Tyson says that they're usually hanging out with each other and all.}
{Okay, so besides a cousin, he has no close friends and everyone seems to disregard him. Your feeling of being drawn to him is probably due to the fact that in a way you're like him. Me and Kain are your only two real friends. You shy away from social contact, some people have disregarded you, and you both seem to drift off into your own worlds. His air of mystery draws you to him because you're starting to seek a little bit more out of life subconsciously, and he's the perfect reason.} Rei analyzed the situation.
{Thank you for psychoanalyzing me.}
{What? I was just giving you my amateur opinion on it. You can take it anyway you want. Now let me get going, I was suppose to be going out with Kain on some double date that he conspired in my absence.}
Kenny grinned, sensing his friend's relutance within his words. {Try to have fun, and don't get yourself in trouble.}
{I could say the saything about you.} Rei wrote before he logged off. Kenny logged out of his IM box and decided to surf the net for a while. His mind fluttered to what Rei had said about the whole thing with Kenny. What if it was true? Maybe that was really why Kenny felt so attracted to him. He and Tala were so alike in small ways, that each saw some sort of representation within each other subconsciously, and it was slowly pulling them towards one another.
"Or I'm crazy one," Kenny sighed, losing his enthusiasm for the moment. He needed something else to do, that didn't involve staying in that house like this. Yet he didn't want to go outside while it was pouring like hell. He swore to himself that he wasn't going near another tree without the company of someone that knew their way around. Turning off his computer, the young man went back to the window, looking out at the rain. He wondered what Tala and Kai were doing right about now.
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Tala ignored his cousin who was playing Russian roulette with himself. Tala heard another click of an empty chamber which made four so far. Hearing Kai pull the hammer back once more, the young red head finally turned around with annoyance to watch his cousin gamble with his life. The slightly older male's eyes were hazy as he idly put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger once more. Standing up, Tala grabbed the gun from his cousin.
"If you want to blow your brains out, do it while I'm not in the room," Tala scoffed, opening the gun and pulling out the bullet that was in the next chamber over. "Can't you find something better to do with your time?"
"What? I was just having a little fun. I knew exactly which chamber it was in. You been so uptight as of late. Sit back and have a little fun," Kai smirked, tossing a small bottle to his cousin. Tala looked inside at the blue capsules, then over to Kai who was idly watching the ceiling.
:"Valium?" Tala questioned with a brow arched. "That is so sad. If you wasn't a pussy, you would have something other than Valium on you. Don't you know we have to live up to our reputation?"
"Oh, you mean of deal and using drugs," Kai said with a half grin. "Sorry, next time I'll make sure that I bring some Special K with me. Or would heroin do the trick?" (A/N: Special K is a cat tranquilizer that people are known to use at parties.)
"Both, that way if we overdose and die, then they'll really have something to talk about," Tala laughed. Kai looked over at his cousin and began laughing also. This keeps up for a minute or so before Kai turns his head to the open window, looking out at the rain.
"Why did you bring that up anyway?"
Tala pulled out a cigarette and picked up his lighter from the dresser, lighting it. Once done, the young red head walked over to the window, positioning himself on the sill. "You remember that little kid we saved a while back?"
"The one that I would love to get missing with for a few hours," Kai remarked slyly.
"Is sex all you think of?" Tala scoffed. "Your brain is in your dick. Try using what was given to you in that half way empty head of yours for once."
"Uh-oh, Tala's getting a little bit touchy over that subject." Kai sauntered over to where his cousin sat with an arrogant grin on his face. His auburn eyes flickered over the male. "What's wrong? You're the one that said he had a nice ass in the first place. Maybe my cousin thinks he has dibs on the boy, is that it?"
"Don't kid yourself Kai. I don't want the boy," Tala said.
"Then why take offense to what I said then cousin?"
"I'm not! Now back off!" Tala snapped.
"Fine, fine. I'll back off. So what about the boy?" Kai said, taking a seat on the floor.
"Well, a few weeks ago, it was that same day that we spotted Tyson in town, I saw that boy in the woods." A short unseen smile crossed the male's lips as he shook his head. "He was lost again. I had to help him find his way back yet again. But he asked me about the rumors."
"And did you tell him the truth?" Kai yawned, starting to feel the effects of the Valium finally take hold of him.
"Not really. Yet, he seemed like he wasn't concerned about what I said. He's different from the others. He told me that Tyson was his cousin and that he was different from him. I don't know if he was just trying to get me to trust him, or did he really mean it. There's something about this kid. I tried telling him to go to hell and he just...it was like it rolled off of him. After everything I said to him, he still asked for my help. Well, he was lost, but he could have just said forget it and find his own way back home. I don't get it. What do you think Kai?"
Tala looked down to find his cousin on the floor sleep. With an amused smile, he got off the window sill and picked his cousin up, dragging him to his bed. Dumping the boy onto the bed, Tala left the room to find something to do with his time now that his cousin had drugged himself with Valium. Walking down the hall to the left wing, he stopped by his aunt's door. Hopefully she was asleep. Peeping in, he found Hannah giving the woman a sedative. Closing the door as quietly as possible, the young man headed back down the hall to his room.
His mind going back to the brunette, Kenny. There was something about him that Tala couldn't shake off. Maybe it was the boy's attitude towards him that caused Tala to question if he could actually get along with someone other than Kai. After all, when he had been sitting with the male that day in the field, he wasn't at all apprehensive at guarding himself. It felt...well...natural. Tala hadn't felt like that in a long time. Probably since his parents had been alive.
What was it that made the male so special? So different than the rest of the world around him that continued to try to expel him from such a hateful world? Why is it that his anger melted away just by looking at that male? Tala wanted to know this male in order to understand why he was feeling like this. Tala had a strange feeling that this summer was definitely going to be more than the previous summers before.
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Rimnerel: Hm...I have plans for next chapter. I think I'm going to change the rating in another two chapters.
Ozuma: Sex or violence?
Rimnerel: Maybe both. But I think next chapter will involve some nice interactions of some kind while allowing Tala and Kenny to get to know each other. But I still need a bit of opposition towards those two. If anyone has any suggestions they would like to add in, then feel free to send it in your reviews. I'm always looking for help.
Joseph: Ozuma's looking for some help to, to fix his broken heart.
Ozuma (narrowing eyes): I'm going to kill you when we leave here.
Rimnerel: Okay, since I obviously have nothing more to add to this chapter, I say good-bye until Saturday. Please review and give me some ideas about what you guys would like to see happen or what shoud happen in the future. Bye bye now.