A/N: Posting for shits and giggles xD

The alarm on my phone started blaring in my ear, I jumped out of the deep sleep I was in and groaned, switching it off. I was so damn tired, I could have slept for a few more hours.

Ray rolled over to face me, resting his arm on my chest. "Don't make me get up." He moaned.

"Come on, we have training to do." I chuckled softly.

I threw the covers off us, gaining a defiant grunt from my partner; I sat up in the bed, hissing as a sharp pain bolted through my body.

The bed shifted and Ray was sitting next to me, looking concerned. "Are you okay?" He asked.

I rubbed my backside. "Yeah, just a little sore."

He pulled me into a hug. "Well, you did go rather fast for your first time."

"Hn. Not my fault it was good." I pulled away, smirking slyly at him.

Ray pecked me on the lips. "I'm glad."

I stood up and stretched, my back clicking in the process. "I'm going for a shower."

"Kai? Take it easy when you go to the toilet." He warned me.

My cheeks burned as a blush made its way across them. "Oh, err, okay."

Grabbing a towel and a change of clothes, I left the bedroom and headed to the bathroom. I closed the door behind me and locked it; I took a look at myself in the mirror and nearly gasped at what I saw. I ran my fingers through my two-toned hair, it was an absolute mess, it needed brushing before I got in the shower. My face-paint had smudged so much I could barely distinguish the triangles, I grabbed a wipe and began to remove the blue paint. Picking up my brush, I started the painful process of brushing the knots out of my hair, hissing when I pulled a few strands out of my scalp. There was a familiar feeling in the pit of my gut, and I glanced over to the toilet, swallowing hard; I thought it was probably best to get it over and done with than put it off and endure worse pain later. I slipped my boxers off and sat on the toilet, relaxing myself enough to go for a piss first; when I'd finished I took a few breaths and relaxed further…

"Fuck my life, that hurts!" I curse through clenched teeth.

After I'd finished, I cleaned up and turned on the shower, wanting to wash away the sweat that lingered on me. I stepped under the scolding hot water and sighed deeply, mulling over last nights activity. 'My god, I've never felt so good.' I mused to myself. A smile made its way onto my face, my heart picking up speed as I went through every detail that happened; I never thought it was possible to feel so much pleasure in my body, it was electrifying. As I re-lived those tender moments, I felt my nether region begin to grow; thinking about it was turning me on like crazy!

I smirked. "I'm such a horny bastard."

I decided to ignore my hard on and washed my hair, I still had to get Tyson up before training, else he'd complain about not having any breakfast.

By the time everyone else had woken up, it was nearly 8, and I was particularly grouchy due to the lack of sleep I had last night. I sat at the table, coffee in one hand and my head in the other, trying desperately hard not to nod off there and then. Next to me, Ray had his head in his arms and I swear I could hear gentle snoring coming from him; I kicked him under the table and he bolted upright.

"I'm up! I'm up…" He panted.

Kenny was eyeing us from across the table. "Are you sure you two are up for training today?"

"Yes." I attempted to glare at the brunette, but my eyes stung with tiredness.

Tyson and Max entered the room with their breakfast that Ray had prepared earlier, taking seats either side of the Chief. Max leaned over to Kenny and whispered something into his ear, to which the younger boy shook his head, stood up and left to grab his laptop. It was unusually quiet at the table this morning, but I didn't take much notice, I was too busy trying to stay awake. That was clearly failing as my head slipped out of my hand, causing me to jerk upwards, spilling some of my coffee.

"God damn it Kai. I'm telling you now, we're not training today." Tyson sighed.

I narrowed my eyes at him. "What gives you the authority to decide that?" I retorted.

"Since you're clearly incapable of staying awake, I'm taking charge and saying we're having a day off." He smirked at Max.

I pushed my half-drunk coffee away and dropped my head into my arms. "Fine, I can't be arsed to argue."

I heard the pair high-five each other, before they downed the rest of their food and hurried off to do whatever it was they wanted to do.

Ray nudged me. "Wanna go watch some TV then?" He offered.

I peeked over my arm at him, he looked just as tired as I felt; I nodded and we slowly stood from the table, heading to the living room. Once there, we sank into the sofa together and switched the TV on; Ray flicked through the channels to find something to watch.

"Anything you fancy?" He asked.

I shook my head. "Not bothered."

Stifling a yawn, I leant on Ray's shoulder, to which he wrapped his arm around me.

"Did you enjoy your shower earlier?" His eyes didn't leave the TV.

I looked around briefly. "I couldn't stop thinking about last night." I said when I was sure we were alone.

Ray snickered. "I thought you might have, although we're definitely feeling the effects of it today."

He leant over to give me a kiss, but I avoided it and leaned to his ear.

"I got so fucking hard in the shower." I whispered.

The raven-haired teen shivered. "Don't, you'll turn me on and I'm too tired to do anything about it."

I smirked seductively at him. "To be honest, I was too tired to do anything too."

"I could really do with a nap." He sighed.

I shifted and laid down across the sofa, my head resting in Ray's lap; he started playing with my hair, running his fingers through it and pulling out any tangles.

"Your hair is so funky." He mused.

I snorted. "How so?"

"Well for starters, it's two different colours. It's also very thick and sticks in all sorts of directions, I don't know how you deal with it, I'd get so wound up with it." Ray muttered.

I turned and looked at him. "You're one to talk, yours is basically down to the floor and when a strand gets loose, so help me. I once found one of your hairs wrapped in my scarf, took me ages to get the bugger out…"

He laughed. "Well, you moult every summer. I swear to god if I pull another slate hair from my clothes I'ma scream."

"I guess we both have hair trouble." I smirked, closing my eyes.

Ray continued to stroke my hair. "I guess we do." He mumbled sleepily.

The soothing movements of his hand in my hair was sending me off to sleep, and soon I drifted off…

I woke with my head still in Ray's lap, he had woken up before me and resumed stroking my hair. I kept my eyes closed, enjoying the moment for a little longer; then I heard someone enter the living room.

"Is he still asleep?" It was Tyson.

I felt Ray nod.

"Damn, I'm not surprised though." The Dragon laughed.

Ray's heartbeat picked up a little. "What do you mean?" He asked.

"Oh come on, did you think we didn't hear you two last night?" He chuckled.

I was glad my bangs were covering my face, otherwise they would have seen the blush that appeared on my cheeks.

"Hm, I guess it was a bit farfetched to think you wouldn't hear." Ray giggled nervously.

I heard Tyson sit on the arm of the sofa. "Must have been good to get Mr. Sourpuss to scream like that!"

Ray coughed. "Blunt and to the point as always Ty."

"Maybe you should gag him next time." He snickered.

"Hey guys." Max had entered the room. "Wow is Kai still asleep?"

Ray nodded again. "I've been awake for the last hour."

Had I really been out of it for that long? I was tempted to 'wake up', but it was pretty interesting to hear them talk when they thought I was asleep.

Max giggled. "You guys..."

"Dirty sods aren't they." Tyson laughed.

I could feel the heat radiating from Ray's body. "Shut up you two, or I'll be making you run fifty laps." He growled.

I smirked to myself slightly, looks like he's been hanging around me too much.

"Alright Mr. Sourpuss point two." Tyson couldn't help himself.

Ray just chuckled. "He's not that bad, at least not anymore."

"It has taken what, four years for him to realise we're his friends?" Max pointed out.

"True, but we don't fully know the reasoning behind his reluctance to trust us." Ray pulled a knot out of my hair. "He'll tell us in his own time."

I felt another hand on my head, must be Tyson.

He sighed. "You're all like brothers to me, even Kenny; my bond with Kai is on another level though, not as much as you have with him Ray. It's hard to explain..."

"Are you on about that thing that happened during your battle?" Max asked.

Tyson removed his hand. "Yeah, it's like our Bitbeasts created a connection between us."

"Interesting, Kai hasn't mentioned this to me." Ray mused.

Tyson was about to reply, when Kenny had entered the room, speaking on the phone to someone from what I could gather.

"Yes Tala, slow down. What? Why do I need to turn on the news?" The Chief seemed nervous.

I heard the TV come on and Kenny switched to the news channel...

"Breaking News: Russian criminal Voltaire Hiwatari has been released from prison as new evidence has surfaced in his favour-"

I opened my eyes and sat up slowly, my heart thudding hard against my chest.

"No..." I breathed.

Ray put his hand on my shoulder. "Kai..."

I shrugged away from him; I couldn't breathe, I needed to get out of this house. I stood up suddenly and quickly made my way to the front door, ignoring the worried calls from my friends. Opening the front door, I raced outside; but I'd gone less than a few metres when someone grabbed my arm.

"Kai! Stop!" It was Ray.

My breathing was becoming laboured. "Please-"

"No! I will not let you run off!" He growled at me.

I couldn't let him see me like this, I didn't want to break down in front of him, again. I wrenched my arm from his grip and started to run again, but he pounced on me, causing me to lose my footing and fall to the floor. I was starting to hyperventilate; my throat was tightening so much it hurt, the backs of my eyes stung as tears threatened to fall. Ray heaved me into his arms, pulling me close to his chest and rubbing my back. I tried to push him away, but he only tightened his grip on me; damn him for being deceptively strong. I choked out a sob, unable to hold the tears back any longer. 'You're weak.' I could hear my Grandfather saying it now, the things he'd do to me if he saw me in this state…

Another pair of arms circled around me. "You're not weak." Tyson whispered.

I only sobbed harder in response, my fists clutching at Ray's shirt; two more people joined in on the hug, Max and Kenny.

"We're all here for you Kai." Max soothed.

"We'll figure something out, I promise." Kenny piped up.

Ray leaned down and kissed me on the head. "I love you, don't you ever forget that."

After a few moments, I managed to gain control of myself, unfortunately I'd given myself the hiccoughs.

"Hic- Thanks guys." I murmured, resting my head in the crook of Ray's neck.

Tyson chuckled. "Anytime buddy. Hey, I bet we look pretty silly right now, all cuddled up on the floor."

"Can I get -hic- up now?" I growled at the annoying reflex.

The other bladers and Kenny let me go, standing up and brushing ourselves off we fell into an awkward silence, only broken by my hiccoughing.

Max scratched the back of his head. "Apparently scaring people helps get rid of hiccoughs."

"Don't be silly, you've got to drink water upside down." Tyson shook his head.

Kenny raised a hand. "I believe you have to hold your breath for a few moments."

"Well, I heard that laughing can help." Ray smirked.

I sighed and stared at the floor, any other time and I would have smirked or come out with a retort, but after hearing that my Grandfather was out of prison I wasn't in the mood for jokes. I wiped my eyes with the back of my glove and headed back indoors, everyone following me one by one.

"Kai?" Ray called me.

I turned to him. "Hn."

"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked.

My eyes met his, he was deeply concerned about me.

I shook my head. "I need to be alone for a while."

Hesitantly, he nodded. "Okay, call me when you need me hun."

The Tiger pecked me on the cheek and headed towards the living room with the others, I let out another sigh and trudged up the stairs to my bedroom. Once there, I laid face down on Ray's bed and breathed in deeply, his scent and a few others washing over me.

"What am I going to do?" I asked myself out loud.