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{Chapter 5/9}

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// It's been a week. A whole week, and nothing has happened// thought Tyson miserably as, he lay on his bed, staring at the ceiling.

Things had gone back to normal.

Kai hardly talked to them, and Tyson acted his usual happy self.

They had just won another tournament in a country that none of them could remember the name of, and Mr. Dickinson had decided that they deserved a holiday.

Much to Kai's dismay, and everyone else's delight, Mr. Dickinson, had organized for them to go on a cruise for a week.

For the first two days Tyson had had a great time, exploring the ship and seeing and doing everything he could. But by the third day, he had started to run out of things to do. When he had slowed down a bit, he had realized that he had only seen Kai a few times late at night at dinner and before they went to bed.

//How can I make him accept how he feels, when he's avoiding me like the plague??!!//

Getting up, Tyson decided to see if he could find Kai.

Because he had absolutely no idea where he could be, he decided to go ask Max and Rei.

He didn't bother trying to ask Kenny, because it seemed he still got seasick, and was probably off somewhere trying not to throw up.

When he walked onto the deck, he found that Kenny was actually ok at the moment, and was sitting down in the sun, doing something on his laptop.

'Hey Kenny!'

Kenny looked up at him, 'Huh?.........Oh, Hi Tyson! What are you up to?'

'Nothing much, what are you doing? Working on your holiday?'

'Well, I thought I could use my spare time to see if I could upgrade your Beyblades!'

Tyson: ^_^;;;; 'That sure is nice of you chief, but I think you need a break.'

Tyson grabbed Kenny's arm and made him stand up.

'But Tyson!'

'No buts. You're coming with me! You can help me find the others, you need to take a break from work sometime, and now is that time!'

'Fine, but don't come crying to me if your blade becomes too outdated!'

'Yeah, yeah, I promise I won't. So do you have any idea where the others could be?'

'I think they are all over at the pool.'

'ALL of them? Even Kai?'

'Yeah, I think Rei got annoyed with him doing nothing but practice bladeing inside all day, so he dragged him to the pool with him and Max.'

'Well let's go see ok?'

'Sure.'

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When they got to the pool they found Max and Rei playing around in the water with a ball, and a fully dressed Kai, sitting at the edge of the pool, with his knees tucked under his chin, glaring at them. Tyson and Kenny came up from behind him, so he didn't realize they were there.

When Max saw them approach he grinned, 'HI GUYS!'

'You should come in! They waters great!' said Rei.

Kenny smiled, 'Sure, I've got my swimmers on underneath my clothes anyway,' he took his shirt off and jumped in.

'How 'bout you Tyson?' said Rei.

Behind him Max looked at Tyson, and then looked at Kai pointedly.

Tyson took the hint, 'Nah, I think I'll just watch, and keep Kai company.'

Kai looked horrified for a second, before re-composing himself and said evenly, 'I don't need any company. I am quite fine by myself thankyou.'

'Nonsense Kai! You can't be by yourself forever!' said Max cheerfully.

If looks could kill, Max would have died a horrible death, 'No. I am sure Tyson would be happier in the pool with YOU, instead of out here with ME.'

Unfortunately for Kai, everyone ignored him.

'Well, you two feel free to join us if you change your minds,' said Rei.

'Thanks guys! Have fun!' said Tyson.

The others swam away, and there was an awkward silence.

'So.......' Said Tyson.

'.......'

'How are you? I've hardly seen you at all in the last week!'

'I'm fine, thankyou.'

'That's.....good. Have you done anything interesting lately?'

'No.'

Tyson frowned, 'You could make this a bit easier you know.'

'Life wasn't meant to be easy.'

'I know that, but you're making this A LOT harder than it could be.'

Kai turned his head to face him and glared into his eyes, 'What the HELL do you want me to do,' he said savagely, 'Fall into your arms like a lovesick schoolgirl and say (he put on a girly voice) "I'll love you for all eternity my darling prince" I THINK NOT! That is not who I am and you know it! I do NOT do sappy love scenes. Just because I have feelings for you doesn't mean that I am going to go through a miraculous transformation and start swooning whenever I see you! I am going to stay the cold, calculating, heartless leader of the Bladebreakers, whether you like it or not! And why in gods name are you grinning at me like an idiot!'

'You said you have feelings for me. You ADMITTED it!'

Kai looked aghast, 'I DID NOT!'

'You did and you know it!'

'I DIDN'T! You just wish I did, so you imagined it. You're deluded. You are pretending to see something in me to make yourself feel better! And that is the ONLY reason why I wrote those cards, I felt sorry for you, and I thought it would help! And I have certainly learnt my lesson because I'm sure as hell never going to do anything like that for someone else EVER AGAIN!'

Tyson suddenly got angry, 'Now you listen to me Kai Hiwatari. Don't give me that bullshit. I _know_ what you said, and what you feel. But I also know that you don't want anyone to get close to you. I am not the one that is deluded here, YOU ARE! You're scared because you hate people knowing what you really think and feel about them. And I don't want you to change and start swooning over me! Because then you wouldn't be the person I fell in love with! YOU are the person I like, and I never want you to change! So stop being so stubborn and stop playing these games! You're just wasting our time!'

'............'

'Kai? Aren't you going to start telling me I'm wrong?'

'............'

'Kai? Are you alright!?'

'............you said you loved me.'

There was a pause.

'.....I know.'

Another pause.

'.........Do you?'

'I think so.'

'Why?'

'What do you mean WHY?'

'..........why do you love me?'

'I don't know, I just do.........'

They both looked out at the water, the shouts of people playing in the water was the only sound there was for at least 5 minutes.

'I can't remember anyone ever saying that to me before,' said Kai suddenly.

'You can't?'

'No.'

'Not even your parents? Or your grandpa?'

'I don't really remember my parents, and,' Kai laughed bitterly, ' Could you ever imagine _my_ grandpa saying anything like _that_.'

'Oh......'

'I don't want your pity.'

'Then you won't get it.'

They sat in silence for awhile.

'Why won't you get into the water?' asked Tyson curiously.

'I don't want to.'

'Why? Can't your swim?'

'Of course I can! I just didn't feel like it.'

Tyson smirked evilly, 'Didn't? As in you feel like it now?'

Before Kai could answer him, he pushed Kai into the pool.

SPLASH!

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To be continued...........