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Yes I changed my user name, but this one's here to stay. Honest! :P ...... WARNING for this chapter. Lots of talk about STI's. This is a long chapter yah, but there's only about two left after this!! I hope you like!!
Untamed Secrets
"Ow! Bastard!" Tala yelled, just as a huge splodge of red paint hit his back. He knew immediately who it was, and spun around, to see Kai stood laughing at him with his paintball gun pointed at him. He shot him again, making Tala stumble back slightly. "Hey, that's cheating, I'm dead already! You shot me!"
"So?" Kai grinned, shooting him again, this time directly in the shoulder. Arguably the most painful place.
"KAI!" Tala cried, laughing slightly. "What sort of merciless twit are you!"
"A sexy one," Kai snorted back, shooting him again, for the umpteenth time.
The redhead bit down hard on his bottom lip and clutched the handle of his gun harder, then threw himself behind a bush. "All right, you asked for it!" And he opened fire, paintballs flying towards Kai and making that little 'phut' sound like real gunfire. Kai gasped and quickly dived to the side, disappearing behind a purposely built brick wall.
"I'm coming, Kai!" Tala called, and running low but fast, ducked behind the other end of the wall. Aware Kai was on the other side, he slowly bobbed his head up and peered over, only to come face to face with Kai who had taken a paintball out of his gun, and before Tala could dodge, lifted up Tala's helmet and splattered it all over his head.
"Bahahahaaa!" Kai laughed and pointed as Tala stumbled around, stunned.
"Y-You little... right!" Tala suddenly growled and began to chase after Kai.
The slate-haired teen seemed to run like the wind, not surprisingly a very good runner, after all his physique really was something to look at. Tala began to fire shots at Kai, missing hopelessly, until one finally hit Kai in his back leg. "YES! Come here you!"
Kai seemed to take a quick turn and began firing at Tala from a bush, that he could not avoid and decided to retreat instead, turning on tail and ran in the opposite direction despite being severely out of breath. Kai shot up and started to chase him.
Tala bolted towards a huge haystack, hoping to hide in it then attack Kai from there. But suddenly, from no where, Kai seemed to pick up even more amazing speed and before Tala could comprehend, felt two arms wrap around his waist and plummet him into the hay. Both dropped their guns and were left in a tangle for a few minutes, giggling and trying to spit out the hay from their mouths. Both their helmets came off in the commotion and were flung to the side.
That was before everything suddenly settled, and it was just Kai and Tala, Tala's back placed firmly on the ground with Kai hovering over him, a look of lust circling his eyes. They simply stared at each other for a couple of seconds, trying to read each other's thoughts.
The moment felt right. Tala knew what Kai wanted. With that, everything that had happened the night Kai had turned him down... it vanished into thin air, as Kai's lips sailed down and hit Tala's like a block of ice.
It was like everything that had been held back was coming out now, Kai ripping away at Tala's lips. He slowly wrapped his arm around Tala, snuggling against him and continuing to devour his lips like it had been a desire of his for some time. The kiss began to heat up and became more passionate, both of them feeling a certain connection between them.
It was like it was meant to be. Nothing else existed apart from each other. The world around them blacked out and the only focus was sharing the feelings they had and making them known by simple movements. Tala gripped the back of Kai's head and pulled him even closer, entwining the two in the hay even more.
The other fellow paintballers didn't seem to mind, all too busy shooting each other to even care. But stood lurking nearby, was someone who's presence was certainly not welcome, especially to Kai.
Max Tate stood and sneered with a smirk on his face, watching as the two kissed endlessly. He grunted in mockery when they finally stopped, and with a paintball he had been hiding, Kai splashed it into Tala's hair. Tala shouted something obscene, got up then started to chase Kai around the paintball area.
The blonde folded his arms, turning to look disgustedly at Emily and Michael. "And this guy says he's straight, eh? I wonder what Tala will think of Kai once he finds out. And he will find out."
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Bryan trotted down the corridor, tired, after running into Mrs. Woppit who seemed to pick him out for some reason to explain why Tala, Kai, Emily, Michael and Max were playing truant. It made him wonder why in hell she thought he would know, well, about the latter's anyway. Tala wasn't a stranger to playing that little game.
When he reached his locker, he swung it open, and not expecting what he found to be inside...
His purple eyes narrowed in wonder. He pulled out a long, silk suit, one suspiciously similar to something Shakespeare would wear. He blinked unknowingly, not comprehending, and glanced around the corridor, looking for the source. There was no one he knew, most of them were from a couple of years below him.
He turned the suit over and found a small note attached to it. He pulled it off and read;
Dear beloved,
Please join me at the prom on Friday.
Love Mariah xxx
Bryan's eyes widened in surprise. What? What what what? He smiled, stroking the suit down. He couldn't believe she'd buy him a suit. Well, he already knew the answer.
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They had been talking for hours. About everything and anything, after Kai had gave Tala a ride home, but Tala insisted they sit around for a while to talk. It was confirmed by Kai that Tala was the only guy he'd ever kissed, the rest of them being girls but he assured him it was Tala that made him realize he was gay.
It was convincing enough, and he believed him. Tala smiled into his eyes. He was most genuine about it. And he'd never felt this happy since... since forever.
"So... where were you last year? Were you actually in prison? Seeing as we are having an honest heart to heart and all..." Tala chuckled.
They were both sat on Tala's porch, face to face, just staring at each other like love-sick puppies. "Heh... well... what do you think? Do you really think it's possible to set someone on fire with your eyes?" Kai asked.
Tala had to think about that one for a second. "Uhm, no..."
Kai nodded. "Well, there's your answer. I, actually, took a year off school. Family problems and all. Evil Grandfather. Not good."
The redhead mouthed, 'oh', and dropped his eye contact from Kai, before looking back up again with a new question. "So... tell me something else about yourself. Something interesting..."
"I'm... hard right now..."
Tala's eyes burst open for a second. Then they creased childishly. "Come on, I'm being serious."
"So am I."
The redhead pulled Kai a fed up smile, to which Kai sighed and laughed. "Okay, okay fine. I know something..." The blue-haired teen leant in then, so he was only inches away from Tala's lips. His breath ghosted against Tala's skin, causing shivers to run down his spine. He started to kiss Tala's neck, mumbling into it.
"You're not as bad as you think you are..." Kai whispered and Tala grunted and moved his head to the side, allowing better access, all the while trying to fight off his laughter as Kai carried on. "You're sexy...." Tala raised his eyebrows. "And hot for me..." The redhead huffed and pushed Kai away, sending him a dirty smile.
"Yeah, and I know you're completely full of yourself. You act like... you're completely used to this?" Tala pondered, but it was more of a question.
Kai tilted his head to the side. "Used to what?"
"This!" Tala pointed to himself then Kai. "You know, being with someone."
Kai looked away then, as though not liking what Tala had pointed out. Tala noticed he looked kind of sad, like something was bothering him. Something he wasn't telling him.... No, no Tala. Don't go back to being Mr. Paranoid arse, Kai's already told you how he feels... he sounded like he meant it, anyway.
"W-Well..." Kai peeped up at Tala, only moving his eyes but kept his head low. "Actually, not really. I haven't been out with many people, as I said before. You're the first guy I've ever been with, I promise," He gripped Tala's chin in between his fingers, looking further up now. "I promise... you're the only one for me."
Tala stared at him. It wasn't like he could look anywhere else, as Kai's grip was so strong and powerful he felt mesmerised by him and his strength. It was a rather attractive trait.
He smiled and nodded. "Okay Kai, I know. I just find it hard to believe, because, well... you're hot," Tala grinned.
Kai smiled back. "I know." Tala smiled into his eyes. He knew if he stared hard enough, it probably would be possible to get lost in their depths, which he wouldn't at all mind. He finally felt like he was somebody. The thing that attracted him most to Kai was the fact that they were very similar- and Kai understood him, unlike Tyson, his Grandpa, and everyone else. Even Bryan, his best friend, didn't know him to the point Kai seemed to.
"Will you go to the prom with me?"
Tala's mind suddenly blanked out. He looked at Kai unsure, a little hesitant to answer, not at all expecting such a question to come up. "Uh... na, I'll pass."
Kai looked surprised. "What, why?"
It looked like Tala had to think about his answer for a moment. "Well, because, as you already know, social events aren't my thing..."
"They aren't my thing either."
"Good..." Tala raised a single eyebrow. "So then why ask me?" He had an overly-suspicious tone to his voice. He sat back slightly.
"...I just thought it would be overcoming. You know, people won't expect us to go."
The redhead didn't look the slightest bit convinced. "My final answer is no."
And it seemed Kai wasn't taking that as his final answer either. He leant forward in a rather intimidating way, grabbed a hold of Tala's hand and whispered gently. "Come ooon, go with me. You really should go."
Tala used his hand to push Kai away and untwisted their hands, his bluey eyes almost on the verge of erupting into anger. "Why? Why are you so desperate for me to go!?" Kai looked taken aback, surprised by how he'd taken it. "...What's in it for you?" He asked, dreading the answer for all it was worth. His paranoid streak riddled back, that part of his mind telling him there was an ulterior motive for all this. He had always kept asking himself, 'why would Kai want to go out with me?' He could have anyone he wants. But he chose him. The paranoia was taking over rapidly.
"What!" Kai sat back, surprised. "What's in it for me? What sort of stupid-ass question is that! Seeing you, of course, and enjoying an evening together that you won't know you'll enjoy unless you gave the fucking thing a chance! God!" Kai slammed his fist down into the concrete, his eyes narrowing at the pain but continued to shout back. "You really are mad, you know that? Jeez..."
Tala bit his upper lip, hard, as he watched Kai carelessly take a cigarette out of his pocket. "What are you doing!?" He grabbed it and threw it onto the floor. "And you wonder why I'm suspicious about this whole thing!?"
The slate-haired teen gritted his teeth in realization, the stress of the conversation having caused him to take out a fag- Not a very bright move, Kai.
Tala swallowed, his voice beginning to soften. "Kai, everything you said earlier. About me being the only one for you. Me being your first. Your feelings for me genuine. Did you mean it?"
"What do you think?" The familiar voice caused Kai to squirm in his shoes. Tala looked towards the porch entrance and was confused to see Max walking towards them, a sneaky grin on his face, with Emily and Michael following. Triple snide smiles was definitely not what Kai needed now.
Kai hit his forehead. "Please go away Max, please..."
"What do you want!" Tala snapped, not at all pleased by the interruption. "Hey.. wait... what do you mean?"
Max stopped before them, halting Emily and Michael behind him. All three of them stood with their arms folded, no innocent intent written across their faces- just pure evil. And usually Max was the sweet and innocent sort- this just proved to Kai there was evil in every human being, despite what they showed on the outside.
"Please go away, Max," Kai repeated again, his heart beating faster and faster. Max looked ready to pounce like a panther, and Kai knew that if those words rolled off Max's tongue, he wouldn't have a tongue by the time he finished with him.
"Why don't you want me here?" Max grinned, knowing that question couldn't be answered.
"Max, tell me what you're talking about!" Tala begged, desperation in his voice. He stood up and Kai went up with him, making sure Max saw his fists curl into giant, threatening balls.
Max coughed. "So, that's what he's been telling you? That you're his first? You're his one true love? He's an infectious disease. Literally. I'd steer clear."
"Max..." Kai warned, his teeth gritting together.
"Tell me what you're talking about!" Tala growled, holding up a fist to Max's face. The blonde stared down at it for a second in fear, but then removed it with his hand.
He grinned. He was going to pounce, Kai could feel it. And he was ready to beat the living crap out of him.
"Kai is no 'male-virgin' as he claims to be. God no. Did you forget about our little rumble in the park together, Kai?" Max snickered. "I'm offended."
The redhead's mouth fell open slowly in awe, his eyebrows creasing, not sure what emotion to feel first. His head shot over to Kai who was turning red, veins popping out his head, dead-set intent to kill Max written all over his body. "K-Kai..." Tala stuttered.
"As I said, he's a disease. Contagious, and too stupid to realize it- not bothering to get himself checked out, plus bumsex, equals bumsex infection. Savvy?" His blue eyes seemed to dim, as though not entirely enjoying talking about this. But watching Kai squirm, watching their relationship fall apart before his very eyes was enough eye candy he needed.
"Kai!?" Tala yelled in shock, as Kai's head bowed towards the ground, looking as though he was about to lash out at someone. But he didn't, instead appeared as though he was trying to control his rapid breathing. "You mean..."
Max nodded. "Yep. Infected Kai infected Maxie. Infected Maxie had to spend time in hospital. Even though it was infected Kai's fault, he never once visited poor Maxie is hospital, and, funnily, left Maxie in the lurch and decided after all, 'he wasn't gay' because he didn't want anyone to find out about it. Well, I agreed not to tell anyone, because I am such a good friend. But then I thought to myself; why should I? He did this to me, he gave me a fucking STI!" Max's eyes lit up in anger. "Makes you wonder. I wonder where he got it from? Another infected guy? I'm clear of course... I don't know about him-"
"ENOUGH!" Even Kai looked up, despite his supposed mini-breakdown, when Tala cried out in what sounded like pain. He was holding his hands to his ears, rocking his head from side to side. "I'VE HEARD ENOUGH! BASTARD!" He shouted at Kai, before turning around and began to rush off towards his front door.
"TALA, WAIT!" Kai out-stretched his hand but didn't bother to run after him.
"Don't sleep with him! If you do, he'll only dump you!" Max called after him.
Kai growled. "DON'T LISTEN TO THE LITTLE PRICK! It wasn't like that, I swear! TALA!" He made one last attempt but failed, the door slamming shut and causing a couple of birds to emerge from the trees above.
Silence.
You wouldn't think there had just been a full-blown argument. Kai slowly turned around like a human clockwork, his eyes grasping Max, glowing in complete wrath. His forehead was sweating, his hands still curled up into giant rocks. "YOU!" He suddenly growled, pouncing forward one step and pointed at Max. "You slimy little bastard." Kai spat at him, only missing Max's feet by inches. "That's what I think of you. You're the real infection. There's too many assholes at school like you. Just-"
Kai stopped, taking a moment to catch his breath. Max's smug little face was asking for a serious beating, but he resisted- he knew it would only make things worse with Tala. He couldn't risk it. "Get out of my sight." He spat, sending a death glare in Max's direction.
"With pleasure," Max said, no sounding remorse in his tone. Kai watched in torment as Max and his friends walked off. He could have had him there and then. But he knew if Tala never spoke to him again, he'd have Max's head.
He stared sadly back at Tala's house. He felt so weak and disgusting. He only hoped he hadn't blown things. He didn't know what he'd do if Tala never spoke to him again, and the only possible way he would is giving him some space to calm down and gather his thoughts. Even though he didn't like it, Kai began to slowly walk away from the house, dreading the days to come.
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It was one day until the prom, and for the past few days, Tala had not spoken a word to him. It was torturous. They barely saw each other at school. Tala always had his phone switched off. Maybe it was time to pay a visit to his house.
Kai sunk into the sofa harder, shaking his head. No. When he's ready, he'll call me.. won't he?
Into the Granger household, things weren't so quiet.
"Hiiii-yah!" The old man (although you'd hardly think it!) flew threw the air and almost off the edge of the balcony with his shinai, before he heard a tremendous click in his back. His eyes widened and suddenly he toppled over, dropped the weapon and cried out in pain. "Owchie, owchie, my back!"
"Grandpa..." Tyson sighed, walking out onto the balcony after him. "You're getting too old for this."
He scoffed. "If I can still get horny over lad's mags, then I'm not too old for anything!"
Tyson's eyes widened. "Not that I wanted to know that..."
"Ahem, so?" Grandpa scratched the back of his head, looking over the balcony out into the street. "Such a nice day. Why are you moping about here?"
Tyson beamed. "Oh! So... you actually want me to go out? How about... this Friday? At about seven?" No stranger to Tyson's 'wits', the old man turned around and looked at him wisely.
"Are you talking about the prom?" Tyson nodded. "If Tala doesn't go, you don't go."
The navy-haired boy threw his arms in the air, annoyed. "URGH. Why the hell not! Listen fogey, I want to go, Tala does not, it is not fair!
"Hey!" Grandpa pointed at him. "Cheeky little boys don't get to go anywhere, anyway. Stop swearing or I'll have to wash that mouth out of yours. Hm. It might make it easier for me. That way no one would want to kiss a soapy mouth." Before Tyson could open his mouth to speak again, the man silenced him. "Uuh, quiet. You may think all proms are about is dancing, kissing... being with your boyfriend or girlfriend or what have ya. But really, it's all about bedding. Don't argue, because I know I'm right. I know that Brooklyn guy you're seeing is one of those manipulative types..." Tyson didn't even bother to put him right.
"...And he'll only be after one thing. Thus, a trip down to the doctor after catching one of those things. But it may not just be the doc we'll be seeing- it'll be the vicar!" Tyson raised an eyebrow. "For your funeral!"
"Grandpa!" Tyson cried. "Just listen-"
Grandpa carried on, before sighing. "Look, I'm only trying to do what I think is best for you. You may think I'm only trying to scare you with all this- but the sad reality is, you can die from those things. Even if you wanted to go with a girl, how could I still risk it? I'm only looking out for you. And I can't if Tala's not there, your big brother. So that's why you're not going. Besides, you're too young. Proms, at sixteen!? We never had proms!"
Tyson rolled his eyes. "Times change you fogey."
"I told you to stop calling me that!"
Tyson sighed. "Sorry, but- I promise I won't do anything you wouldn't do. All right?"
"Hm. That's the problem. I'd do everything."
Tyson winced. "Ew..."
The old man shook his head. "Anyway. My word is final."
The stroppy teenager wriggled his nose then screwed up his face. He growled, threw him arms in the air and stormed away.
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There came a knock to the bedroom door. Tyson ignored it at first, and rolled over on his bed to reach the remote. He turned on the T.V, turned the volume up and sat on his stomach, chin nestling in his hands.
Whoever it was, they knocked again. "Tyson, it's Tala. I heard your argument with Grandpa. Can I come in, we need to talk."
The younger teen sighed and turned down the T.V. "Fine." Immediately the door opened, and Tala stepped into the room, appearing mentally stable, despite what had happened a few days ago. Besides, he was always one to pull through. It was almost like he'd forgotten all about it. "Door."
Tala closed the door and walked over to the window sill, sitting on it before focusing on Tyson. "This whole prom thing- it's not the end of the world."
Tyson snorted in annoyance. "And what do you know? You don't even want to go. I don't want to let Hilary down. You don't even care."
"I do!" Tala insisted.
"If you really did, you'd go to the prom just for me, just for your little brother, but no, you just slope around thinking you're the big 'it' and you're too good for anyone else-"
"Now, you know that's not true," Tala cut in, scowling at Tyson. "I went to Kenny's party for you."
"Yeah, but only because you had that guy. Now you never see him, and suddenly you've gone back to being an asshole," Tyson ignored the glares he was receiving from Tala, but, surprisingly, Tala didn't act upon his words.
"All right so... you think you're grown up enough to go to all these parties. But the way you're acting now, no wonder all Grandpa wants to do is protect you. You see, I'm not going for my own reasons- I have my own beliefs. I'm not going to go somewhere just because someone wants me to. ...See... something happened..." Tala trailed off.
"What?"
He took a deep breath. "I'm guessing... Brooklyn didn't tell you." Tyson wasn't comprehending. "When we were fourteen, we... we went out." The younger teen laughed at first, totally disbelieving. But Tala didn't look like he was joking.
"You're... serious?" Tyson looked overwhelmed. Tala nodded shamefully. "Why? You hate him."
"Not at the time. I used to think he was charming. But... well..." Tala bit down on his bottom lip. It didn't take a rocket scientist to work it out- Tyson's mouth opened in awe. "We did it. Once." Tyson remained silent. "Only because other people were doing it. Obviously, it wasn't a good experience. We were both too young. So I refused to do it any more. And... he dumped me," Tala shrugged. "He's a Class One asshole. "From then on, I decided not to do anything just because other people were and expected you to- surely you can understand that?"
Tyson was still in awe. "...But... why didn't he tell anyone?"
"I said I'd cut off his dick if he ever told anyone- I've always lived up to that. His dick is his proudest commendation. Sad, isn't it?" Tala smirked.
"A-And you just... you did this, then kept me at bay by never going out? I bet you still have a thing from him!" Tyson sat up and raised his voice. He jumped off the bed and held open the bedroom door.
Tala walked towards him. "No, no I do not."
"Just... go..." Tyson ordered. Tala didn't argue, and left the room without saying another word.
Everything seemed to be falling apart. And it was now only kicking in, perhaps he was a bit of a hypocrite- he'd done the exact same thing Grandpa was trying to avoid for Tyson; and... the exact same thing Kai did.
Tala just didn't know whether what was broken could be fixed.
I was on a real high when writing this... I'm so happy but so scared =D I'll share my news for the sake of sharing. I've been applying for the Army and have FINALLY been accepted to go to selection. So if I pass that, I'll officially be allowed to enrol into the Army!!! o_O Scariness or what!! But I actually can't wait. .
Now... enough about that :P I hope you enjoyed, please review!! As always... cookies. Chocolate cookies.