Request: Cole/Kai
Requested by: Darkrainbow, Glacrwlf, Guest, corpselover1426
Warnings: Yaoi
Cole awoke to the sound of someone singing very loudly, and quite terribly, in the shower. He groaned, lifting up his pillow and covering his face with it. He knew for a fact that it was Kai, since he was the only one who woke up early enough to do his hair in the morning without being late for the day's activities. Zane didn't mind Kai's singing, since he was always awake earlier than he was, but Cole and Jay valued sleeping in like it was the world's greatest treasure.
So it was only a matter of time before they began thinking of ways to tell Kai to shut up when he was in the shower. Jay decided against outright telling him he had a terrible singing voice, not because it would be rude, but because he thought they'd have to tell him in a way that would annoy him to no end. "It'll show him exactly how we feel about him not shutting up in the morning," Jay had said.
With that in mind, they decided on ways to annoy Kai, which wasn't too difficult considering how short of a temper he had. Cole didn't feel like pranking him would be enough, so they soon settled on taking something from him, comparing it to how he took the privilege of sleeping in away from them. It wouldn't be anything too important to him, just something small that they could take and not get pummelled for.
At least, that's what they thought it would turn out to be. They didn't exactly expect Kai's hair gel to be so important to him.
Cole got out of bed and would have shaken Jay awake, if it weren't for the fact that the redhead was staring up at the ceiling, a thoroughly annoyed expression on his face. Once Jay was up, they both crept up to the bathroom door quietly, even thought they knew Kai wouldn't hear them at all over his own voice. They turned to look at each other, nodded, then slowly pushed the door open.
Cole and Jay slowly tiptoed into the bathroom, fanning away the steam attacking their faces. Cole snuck up to the sink to grab the hair gel while Jay made sure Kai didn't poke his head out for some reason or another and see them. Once the hair gel was retrieved, they quickly made their way back out, right when Kai turned the shower off.
The two ninja flopped onto their beds, Cole hiding the canister of hair gel under his pillow, both letting out the breath they didn't know they were holding. They soon began snickering, feeling unusually excited to see Kai's reaction.
It took only a few minutes before they heard Kai frantically searching through the bathroom, before he finally shouted, "Who the hell has my hair gel?!"
Their cover was blown once Jay snorted at that comment, and Kai shoved the door open, a towel thankfully secured around his waist, dark eyes glaring and fixed on the redhead. Cole and Jay turned to look at each other, before they leapt off their beds to make a run for the door. Kai managed to grab Cole by the back of his pyjama shirt, while Jay was able to make his escape.
"Alright, I know one of you did it, so who was it?!" he demanded, dragging Cole back inside. He would have gone after Jay, but the black ninja was quicker, wrapping his arms around Kai's torso and pulling him backwards. He was still dripping wet from being in the shower, but Cole didn't care.
"It was me, alright?" he snapped, struggling to keep his hold on Kai even as the red ninja squirmed in his arms. "Calm down already!"
"I am being calm! Now just tell me where you hid it!"
"Okay, sure, if you stop being so loud whenever you sing in the shower!"
"If that's honestly what this is about, here's a tip: Get earplugs!"
"Oh, trust me, I wish I had them right about-" Cole cut off with a yelp when he realized Kai had tracked water through the room, and he had now slipped in one of the puddles. He tried to keep his balance, but with Kai in his arms it was impossible, and he ended up whirling around before falling right on top of the brunet.
Cole shook his head to clear away the pain from the fall, and when he opened his eyes, he finally got a good look at Kai. His brown hair flopped down into his face on one side, completely straight without the aid of hair gel, framing it in a way that Cole thought was undeniably attractive. One eye was almost completely covered, and when both eyes opened halfway, the black ninja thought he felt his heart skip a beat.
"Wow..." he breathed. "Kai, why don't you go without hair gel more often?"
"I keep telling you guys, it's because whenever I don't use hair gel, I end up looking like Nya," he replied with a groan.
Cole raised an eyebrow. "Well, if I'm being honest...you look pretty hot, no pun intended."
Kai looked completely caught off-guard with that comment, turning his head away from Cole as his face slowly reddened. For a moment, Cole thought he could see a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. Neither of them moved, which allowed Cole's gaze to wander to...other places.
"So...are you gonna get off me?" the red ninja asked. "Because I'm almost certain you've noticed that I'm kind of naked, and I really need to pull this towel up soon."
"O-oh, right! Of course!" He scrambled off of Kai, offering a hand to help him up, which he gratefully took while attempting to pull the towel higher up on his waist. Cole then dug under his pillow and picked up the canister of hair gel, handing it to Kai.
He cleared his throat, not meeting Cole's gaze. "Well, I guess I better get ready, so if you'll just excuse me..."
As Kai walked past him towards the bathroom, Cole realized he didn't say anything about not singing in the shower anymore. Well, I'm not about to have any of that, he thought. Slinking up behind Kai, he took the upper edge of the towel in one hand, yanking it down and away just as the door was closing.
"Wha-? Come on, seriously?!" he shouted from behind the door. "Cole! Give me back my towel!"
"Will you stop singing in the shower?"
"Sure, whatever, just give it back!"
"Good. It'll be waiting outside the door."
OKAY I LIED THIS ONE TECHNICALLY INVOLVES SLEEP.
But hey, the towel's not all that will be waiting for Kai outside~
Thank you to Darkrainbow, Glacrwlf, Guest, and corpselover1426 for requesting this pairing! Stay tuned!