Yay, I think this chapter is going to be great, but I don't know, it all depends on how well it progresses. Anyway, enjoy!
Emerald eyes stared into violet ones, a smile on both faces.
"The battle was really close, but you should've known that I wouldn't go down that easily." The receiver nodded,
"I know, I just-"
"Daichi!" Before the short red head could finish twisting his body around, he was hoisted up. "We knew you would do it!" The green eyed boy laughed, taking the trophy from Hilary's hands before looking down at the two people carrying him. Blue and blond swayed around, making it obvious as to who it was that was responsible for his current elevation from the ground.
"I told you guys that I wouldn't lose." Behind them was their leader, watching as the scene unfolded.
"Hey, Kai." For a minute he thought about just ignoring them, but when his name was called again he unwillingly looked. His amethyst eyes met dark, almost black ones. "That was some of the best blading we've seen in about six months. Your team isn't as much of a joke as I thought." Crossing his arms over his chests, he looked toward his team once again.
"Hn." A smirk was etched onto Nita's face as she turned away, saluting him jokingly before she did.
"Bye, Maxie, congratulations on the team winning!" Kai found his eyes involuntarily shifting to the side, trying to find the source from which the sentence came. His eyes eventually landed on a flustered looking Max, narrowing when they did.
"Thanks, Amare, bye." A growl threatened to rip its way out of his throat as he watched the way Max smiled. His gaze averted to Amare, the conniving teen was becoming too much to handle, he knew no boundaries. A feather-like touch on his shoulder drew his attention away from the disheveled haired boy, his amethyst orbs meeting a matching set of golden ones.
"What," he snapped, watching as the neko-Jin silently smiled to himself.
"Amare said to tell you he said hello, any reason why he specifically named you?" Kai's eyes closed, breaking the contact with his and Rei's.
"This doesn't concern you." The black haired boy sighed quietly, deciding to stop now, seeing as though the team seemed to be making their way over to the two, Daichi now walking freely beside them.
"Come on," Tyson slung his arm around Max's shoulders, pulling him closer as he spoke. "It's about time we all got back to the rooms and had a party!" Daichi and Tyson's fists thrust into the air, leaving Max and the rest of the team to chuckle to themselves. Kai turned away from them, heading towards the exit as they followed in suit.
"No." Tyson halted, pulling Max to a dead stop along with him, the arm around his shoulder tightening slightly.
"'No' what?" Stopping, too, Kai turned his head to the side, just enough to look at the one, confused bluenette, and the now fidgeting blond. Max wasn't stupid, he knew the beginning of a fight when he saw one, and Tyson was definitely delivering the shot that would start the war.
"'No' as in there will be no party. You're irresponsible enough without loud music and an audience; I can't imagine what you'd do with those two things." A frown broke out on Tyson's face as he pulled the freckle faced boy closer to him.
"Then Daichi, Max and I will just go exploring." Max could see the way Kai was controlling himself, turning around slowly as he sent a glare Tyson's way.
"No, last time you went on your famous expeditions, Max ended up lost, then he landed head first into me after he was pushed by you." He sent Tyson another glare, just to prove his point. Max blushed, mumbling an apology for the last one as he looked down. Kai couldn't help the way guilt seemed to gnaw at him when he saw Max blush with embarrassment. He wouldn't change his mind about the exploring, though.
Images of Amare running his fingers through Max's golden tresses flashed in his mind, his teeth grinding as he did. He wouldn't let that happen again, if he knew how to stop it, he would do anything. His eyes once again found their way to the blond before his hand reached up, massaging the bridge of his nose.
"Fine, you can have your party, just stay in the room." Max smiled cheekily, disregarding the fact that Tyson was bobbing his body up and down as he jumped childishly.
"Yes!" Kai didn't care, he needed to draw the line, because Amare didn't seem to know where it was. A smirk slowly formed on the short green eyed boy.
"Hey, Tyson," Hearing his name, the bluenette momentarily paused his jumping, his eyes immediately meeting Daichi's. "I'll race you to the room, but whoever loses has to clean up after the party." Tyson smiled cockily, swiftly taking on a sprinting position.
"You're on, I'll see you there." Looking down at his red wrists, Max quickly scrambled out of their way, not wanting to be dragged along. Before Daichi's could retort, Tyson was off, scrambling off toward the room, leaving the short red head to gasp and take his leave as well. No longer being able to see the two as they rounded a corner, Max turned a nervous glance toward Kai.
"Sorry, you know how Tyson can be when he wants something." Kai met his gaze, his eyes lingering there longer than needed. Sweeping over Max's face, his eyes narrowed in concentration. Amare's teasing about how cute and puppy-like Max's face were taking over his thoughts, taunting him to the point where he was sure he wanted to hit something. Seeing that the staring had caught Rei's attention, Kai broke the contact, looking down the hall to where a crash had just echoed.
Without much effort, he lifted his foot, heading back to his room, catching Max's attention as he heaved a small sigh of annoyance. Max quietly followed behind, his mind conjuring images of what had played out just moments ago. No matter how hard Max tried, he couldn't get his thoughts to lead away from his team leader. When he stood there, staring at him, he seemed almost frustrated in a way. Shaking his head, Max continued moving forward, trying hard not dwell on it any longer.
Kai's P.O.V.
Everything around me was slowly morphing into burry, insignificant figures. I was fully aware of the way Max watched me as I silently walked, but I didn't allow myself to acknowledge him. I had been paying too much attention to him already, there was no need for me to keep do so now. He was slowly taking over my thoughts, and I wouldn't let it continue anymore. I was beginning to think of Max as someone who could be trusted, and no matter how true it was, it wasn't right.
Yelling was heard from the distance before a thump was heard, numerous thumps following after. I heaved a sighed; this had to be Tyson and Daichi acting like children. My head twisted as I heard Max speed his walking, his shoes making a familiar thumping sound as he did. We didn't have to walk far before someone came into view, Max's eyes immediately widening as we did. The man on the ground in front of us slowly turned, his eyes locking on Max before he pointed and accusing finger.
"You, you were with the red head and the blue haired boy when they ate all my food!" I could clearly see Rei smacking his forehead in disbelief, and it took more than I thought it would not to do the same. My eyes found their way over to Max, quickly noticing the redness that seemed to seep into his cheeks. He smiled sheepishly as his hand flew up to rub the back of his neck.
"Well, you see, about that, they really didn't mean to. They're just sort of like that when they get around food, and they're really competitive." The man turned to glare at Max with his brown eyes, his newly cut hair shining a bit.
"I don't care how sorry they are, they ate everything. There was barely anything left to feed the people who actually pay to stay here!" My eyes narrowed involuntarily as his voice rose; I wasn't too fond of the way he was talking to Max either.
"But you have your food now, don't you?" His gaze was pulled off of Max and on to me, gulping when he saw my face.
"W-Well, yes, but there's no way I can make up for the profit I lost today with no to feed." I could see the look of confusion on Rei's face as the man spoke, even finding myself slightly curious as to what he meant.
"Profit? I thought the cafeteria was free." The man once again turned away from me and toward Rei, relief flooding into his eyes as he was finally allowed to look away from my gaze.
"It is, but I get paid on the amount of praise the visitors give me, but I tend not to get praised often when I don't have any food to feed the hungry people." Looking toward Max, I noticed the way he looked down, his shoulders slumping a little.
"I'm sorry, I should've stopped them when I saw what they were doing…" His sapphire eyes glistened, and I slowly found myself walking over to him and placing a hand on his shoulders, making sure to shoot the man a cold look.
"Good going, now you've made him cry." The food court manager flinched at my tone and quickly looked away, mumbling something incoherent before looking up at Max. His mouth opened, but soon found itself closed again as nothing passed his lips. I scoffed before turning back to Max, my expression calm.
"It's alright, Max, no one expects you to be able to control those two idiots." At the last word I cast a glance at the brown eyed man, my eyes narrowing before I looked back at the blond nearly centimeters away from me.
"But I-" without thinking, I grabbed his chin, turning his head toward me as he stopped mid-sentence.
"Max, let it go." At my demand he blinked, seeming shocked at the way I was handling him. "Now stop crying, I'll handle this." Seeing as he wasn't able to speak, he merely nodded, his eyes not leaving mine as he did.
"The little blond sure is interesting, he reminds me of a puppy in some ways. Cute, sweet, innocent, he's everything someone could possibly want." I gripped his shoulder tighter before ripping my eyes away from his, quickly taking back my hand as I turned toward the man.
"Get up." Doing as I said, he shakily stood. "What's your name?" his eye shifted side to side, nervousness gnawing at him.
"Dean-"
"We're having a party in our rooms, there will be people there and you can give them food to make up for the food you weren't able to supply before." He nodded, following hesitantly behind me as I took my leave once again. Feeling a tug on my shoulder, I paused for about a millisecond, turning around only to meet a pair of azure colored eyes. Max looked at me with worry filled eyes.
"How do you know that a lot of people are going to be there?" I looked forward, a sigh escaping my lips as I could already hear music emitting from the corner we were headed in.
"This is Tyson and Daichi we're talking about. They're the two people who would do anything to get attention." Tyson's room door came into view, the music getting louder considerably. It didn't take long for me to reach the door, my hand grasping the handle gently. "They like the crowd."
Pulling the door open, I took note of the way Max', and the other two people accompanying us, eyes widened. Shaking, my head, I entered the dimly lit room where numerous people were blocking my way as they danced, Max, Rei, and Dean following closely behind me. Being pushed by someone who was recklessly moving around, I found Max pressed against me, soon becoming flustered. It didn't take long for me to realize that this night wouldn't end as easily as the passing ones had.
"Hey, Maxie!" Following the call of the blond next to me, my eyes quickly landed on a grinning Tyson. In his hand was a red cup, obviously something inside of it. "Come over here, this is awesome- Oof!" I raised an eyebrow in disbelief as I watched Daichi tackle Tyson, ending up on his back as Tyson nearly toppled over. The short red head's familiar laugh rang through my ears. I closed my eyes in annoyance, a migraine already starting to build in my head.
My hands reached up, rubbing my temples before I froze as someone's hand came in contact with my shoulder. Cracking one of my eyes open, I looked to my right, blond hair catching my attention.
"Kai, are you okay?" I closed my eyes again, resuming the temple rubbing. When I didn't answer, Max took the liberty to continue and fill in my part of the conversation himself. "It's alright, Kai, everyone has to calm down eventually." As I opened my eyes, I released a breath of air as my amethyst eyes connected with Max's.
Not even seconds later, the noise of glass shattering rang through the crowded room. Hearing this, I turned to Max with my eyebrow raised. Noticing my doubtful look, he smiled cheekily before chuckling nervously. "Someone probably just bumped into something, I'm sure it won't happen again-" Another shatter was heard behind us, then a thumping noise, and Max wasted no time in turning around to find out what it was. Following in suit, I saw the nightstand tipped over, the lamp lying lifeless next to it.
The blond in front of me turned slowly, rubbing his head as he once again let loose a nervous laugh.
"The night will end quickly?"
"Wooh! Alright, go, go, go!" The crowd began chanting, and once again Max looked at me with the same sheepish look on his face.
"I seriously doubt that…"My voice wasn't cold, but in a way I was being… somewhat relaxed, or playful, even. With the building headache, I still found myself looking toward Max as he laughed at my words. Slowly, I felt the corners of my mouth pulling up, forming a small smile as I looked upon the beaming blond.
I have to end it there, but have to tell you, this chapter was the hardest I've ever had to do. I was stuck redoing it since I last updated. Anyway, finally it is here, and I missed school today so I figured I should try and bang it out. Hope you enjoy it; remember to R&R because they make me happy, motivate me and are deeply appreciated!