The Ladies Man- Chapter 11
A/N: Remember this is an AU, my critters. I did not stick to the Beyblade plot of Kai's past… Though influences? Yes. This is a shawty chapter. And by shawty I mean short.
Tala knew?
How could he know?
TYSON NEVER TOLD HIM.
And yet… He knew?
"Uhh, what?" Tyson said stupidly, looking up at Tala with wide eyes.
"Tyson, I know this is hard for you to accept—" Tala began.
"Accept?" Tyson asked quickly and loudly, feeling somehow exposed.
"I mean, it must be kind of weird knowing that I know you like—" Tala tried again.
"LIKE?" Tyson screeched, looking at other boy like he'd just grown a second head.
"Tyson, breathe." Tala said with a sigh, looking somewhat defeated.
"BREATHE?" Tyson squeaked in the most manly manner a young teenager could.
"You like Kai." Tala said quickly and decisively and Tyson choked on his own saliva, completing the awkward moment.
A silence passed between the two as Tyson caught his breath and Tala contemplated how and why he started this conversation.
"Well now that it's all out on the table…" Tala said with a pause, to glance at his younger friend who was staring at the ground like it spit on him and flipped off his mother.
"I don't know what you're talking about Tala!" Tyson said suddenly, looking up from his glaring contest with the ground and giving Tala the cheesiest most plastic smile the Russian had ever seen.
"Uhh, Tyson?" Tala asked uncomfortably as the younger boy beamed at him.
"Kai and I are great friends. Kai's helping me get laid." Tyson said, nodding to himself, his grin not wavering as the words left his mouth.
"Tyson… It's ok, I understand—"
"Well good! I'm glad we had this discussion. Look at the time! Wow! I must get going, Tala, really, I have things to do and homework to burn and—"
"Tyson, stop cutting me off." Tala growled at the younger teen who ignored him.
"—I bet gramps is gonna want me to do all kinds of chores and drills and stuff and WOW! I better call Maxie too and ask him about going to the arcade sometime because it's been so long—" Tyson said and began to stand up.
That was, until he was intercepted by a firm hand on his shoulder, pushing him back onto the bench roughly and then slapping him just hard enough to sting a little.
"Tala?" Tyson asked pathetically, looking at the redhead with a defeated expression.
"Tyson, I don't know why Kai took to you like he did, but I don't want you to fuck this up, so there's some things you have to know." Tala said, not looking at Tyson until he was finished speaking. The younger froze under the sheer ferocity of the look Tala gave him, this was clearly something deeply important to the older boy.
"What things?" Tyson asked quietly, his mind settled enough to listen.
"You must have wondered by now why he and Hilary broke up… And perhaps why he's so bitter about it." Tala said seriously.
"Well, yeah, but… I thought he'd tell me, eventually." Tyson said with a shrug, honesty in his words.
"Not if you keep fucking this up. I won't give you the full story, because it's not mine to tell, but I will give you a few no-no's around Kai." Tala said, his lips pressed into a straight line after he finished talking.
"Okay, shoot." Tyson confirmed.
"First of all, don't question his feelings, even the negative ones towards your friends. He's very sensitive, very, very sensitive. He also has a quick temper, but you've seen that." Tala stated and Tyson nodded.
"Alright…" Tyson responded.
"Hilary was his first love. He was fairly innocent at the time, an outcast in addition, and so it wasn't hard for him to fall for her." Tala said and took a deep breath, "But things changed one summer, his parents were killed in an airplane crash early in the summer and he was sent to his grandfather's for the remainder of the summer. It didn't go so well with his gramps, and he came back different. He came back the way he is now, and Hilary didn't like it." Tala said, sort of vaguely.
"What do you mean?" Tyson asked, looking at Tala with wide eyes and his head cocked slightly to the left.
"He wasn't ready to talk about it, and she forced the subject, and he snapped at her one too many times, and she dumped him. Then hooked up with ole' Maxie a few months later, while Kai was still reeling from the breakup." Tala finished. Tyson took a deep breath and nodded again, his mind mulling over the story Tala had just given him.
"So nowadays he's such a pig with the girlies because he resents the way Hilary treated him, and Hilary refuses to sleep with Max because she thinks that he will use her for it, which she mistakenly thinks Kai did. It's really a mess. However, Kai slowed his habits of breaking hearts a bit when he became friends with little obnoxious you." Tala said and Tyson looked at him briefly before speaking.
"Why?" That was the only question Tyson had at the moment.
"I don't know. I don't get it either, because half the time he complains about you, the other half he seems to like you, in his very aloof way." Tala continued.
"And how do you know about Hilary?" Tyson asked suddenly, realizing Tala had mentiond his friend before.
"I know everything." Tala said with a grin.
"Oh. Right." Tyson said, giving Tala a grin back.
"You know, Tyson, what you need to do now is let me give you a ride to Kai's place so you can corner him and grovel at his feet." Tala said slyly.
"I can do that!" Tyson said enthusiastically.
"Just no dirty thoughts while you're on your knees in front of him." Tala threw in for good measure, causing his younger friend's face to turn bright red.
"TALA!" Tyson shrieked and the older boy laughed, getting up and walking towards his beat up little car.
"Um, Tala?" Tyson asked as they settled into their seats in his car a few minutes later.
"Yes, Tyson?" Tala replied, clicking in his seat belt and shoving his keys into the ignition.
"Thanks." Tyson said with a smile and the older just smiled back and drove off.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"GO AWAY." A gruff voice from behind a white door barked.
"KAI! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" Tyson screeched, knocking a few more times.
"I'M BUSY." Kai growled loudly at the closed door.
"Just open the door, Kai! C'mon!" Tyson said loudly, knocking more.
"No." Kai hissed just loud enough for Tyson to hear him.
"Kai, please, we're friends." Tyson said, pleading just slightly.
"We're not friends, kid, we're… Unfortunate acquaintances!" Kai said and Tyson felt that one sting a little.
"Kai! We're friends, and I don't want you to be mad at me anymore. I fucked up, I know, and I'm sorry." Tyson said softly, banging his head on the door in a defeated manner and leaving it there.
And then he promptly fell on top of his muscular crush when the older yanked open the door.
Tyson landed with a 'Thump!' on Kai's legs and the older teen crashed down onto the carpeted floor less than gracefully.
Tyson looked up at Kai's crimson eyes which were glaring at him heatedly.
And, unfortunately, the younger teen blushed harshly as he scrambled off his older friend. Kai just collected himself and stood up slowly.
"So you came here to tackle me?" Kai asked once he was up, and he looked at his younger friend who was effectively avoiding eye contact and blankly looking around at the apartment.
"Well, will that make you forgive me?" Tyson asked absent mindedly.
"No." Kai said with crossed arms, huffing at Tyson.
"Well, Kai, I came to apologize." Tyson said honestly, finally cooled off enough to look at Kai's attractive face directly. The crimson-eyes boy just stared at him for a few long moments.
"Go sit down. I'll grab you a coke." Kai said and relaxed, gesturing to the couch. Tyson perked up instantly and smiled as Kai turned and walked to his kitchen.
Kai came back a few minutes later and handed Tyson a cooled can of soda, Tyson just grinned at him as the older teen sat next to him and turned on the TV.
The boys watched crappy reality TV for a few minutes before there was a creaking of a door down the short hallway.
Alexa, of all people, scampered out and into the living room. She set one hand on her hip and looked at the two boys with an annoyed look. The girl was wearing just a tank top and black lacy panties, which made Tyson a little nauceous to see as he diverted his eyes to her messy dark brown hair and smeared eye makeup.
Uhhh, awkward much?
"Kai, baby, what're you doing?" The girl purred from her stance near the hallway entrance. She shifted her weight all to one side and stuck out her hip seductively. Tyson just felt uncomfortable.
"Watching TV with Tyson." Kai said with a shrug, not even glancing at the girl as he sipped his can of soda delicately.
"Uhm… Well, we were kinda busy, why doesn't Tyson come back another time?" The girls soft voice asked, almost dripping with a fake sugary sweetness. Tyson instantly felt his back tense and a strong desire to just leave the apartment and never look back.
"Why don't you leave? This is my apartment, you aren't my mother, that shirt is way too small, and you haven't shaved your legs in like two days. Get out, now." Kai barked, not even bothering to look at the girl who just stood in her spot, horrified. She then quickly dashed to Kai's room to grab her clothes, then came into the living room and glared at them both.
"Fuck you, Kai Hiwatari." She hissed.
"You've already fucked me, babe, and you better enjoy those memories because I'm the best a bitch like you can do. Fix your makeup, too, you look like a used prostitute. And by prostitute, I mean whore, because you aren't worth my money." Kai said swiftly, the girl gaped at him before leaving in a huff and slamming his front door loudly. Kai let out a chuckle.
"Kai… That was… That was… harsh." Tyson said slowly, studying his friend who just looked amused.
"Ah, well, I did learn from the best, Ty." Kai almost teased, glancing at Tyson light heartedly.
God, this guy was bipolar.
"What're you implying, Mr. Hiwatari?" Tyson asked playfully, grinning at his crush.
"Nothing dishonorable, I assure you, Kinomiya." Kai said, and Tyson almost couldn't believe that Kai was almost bantering playfully with him.
"Well that would be a little out of character for you, wouldn't it? You're all about dishonorable." Tyson tried to tease back, but he knew he was melting at the idea of Kai and him actually bantering like friends.
"Honorable or not, your mom seemed to like it." Kai stated with a small grin and Tyson sighed with a big smile on his face.
"I can't believe you just kicked Alexa out. You said she was really good in bed." Tyson said, though it was off subject.
"Well, Ty, she was fairly awesome in the sack, however a bitch is still a bitch. And any girl who thinks she can tell me what to do is, well, just a bitch." Kai said and paused for a moment or two, "And either way, your company is much more enjoyable." Kai said, flipping the TV channel idly.
Tyson couldn't help but feel his heart race to life at the compliment, and his cheeks heated.
"I mean, there's nothing more enjoyable than watching a baboon try and get laid." Kai said and looked at Tyson, a small grin on his lips and his eyes slightly crinkled at the sides with amusement.
Tyson turned to goo at the sight.
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing!I really enjoyed writing this chapter... I am dedicating this chapter to Inyoface because she likes awkwardness and I feel like this chapter was really awkward! That, and she has some AWESOME reviews and is a loyal reader. I LOVE YOU.
I got 10 reviews for chapter 10 so I can't respond to them all without wasting tons of words and whatnot… So I'll just answer the ones with questions and silently love, and adore, the rest of you :) You motivate me beyond belief. I feel so honored when you all take the time out of your busy lives to leave me kind words T.T
Ruby1056: Yes to your confused question and I'm sorry I wasn't clearer! Kai was feeling left out by his best friend Tala and Tyson hanging out and not inviting him. He's kind of a control freak though…
Map: Oh Lordy I love your reviews… Well, now you have a bit more to go on as far as to what happened with Hilary and Kai, and I think you're definitely picking up my direction with Kai's slight jealousy! And, I will try to include more Ray (Just for you ;D), but he's SUCH a hard character for me to write because he lacks a ton of distinctive personality traits. I'll what I can do, and hopefully not fail epically. Love you :3