Sorry for not updating for a while, but I've had a serious case of writers block, and what
with all the changes FF.net has been going through, well anyway heres the latest chappy,
enjoy!
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It was early afternoon.
Tyson, Kenny and Max stood outside Rei's hospital room. Tyson was fidgeting nervously.
They weren't sure how they were going to tell Rei about what happened to Kai. They had
nominated Kenny to tell him almost by default, since Max was close to tears and Tyson was
still racked with guilt.
They weren't sure how Rei would take the news about Kai, for all they knew he now hated
Kai.
Rei saw his fellow team mates walk in and knew immediately something was wrong. They
all looked awful. And Tyson had a large bruise on his cheek. Kai was not with them.
"Morning Rei, how are you feeling?" Max asked, his voice quivering.
"Um, better...thanks." Rei wasn't sure if they were simply feeling awkward around him
because of what happened or if it was something else.
"Tyson, what happened to you?" Rei asked, puzzled by the bruise on his face.
"I..um...umm..." Tyson said in a barely audible voice.
"I guess we better tell you..." Kenny started "...Kai and Tyson got in an argument this
morning, Kai hit Tyson and walked out..."
"He what?? What were you arguing about?" Rei interrupted Kenny.
"That's not all Rei..." Kenny was talking very quietly "...it seems when Kai stormed out he
was...in an accident...he was hit by a car Rei."
Rei was shocked. For a moment he couldn't speak, after a long pause he eventually
managed to ask, "Is he all right?"
"He's in the Intensive Care Unit...he took a nasty blow to the head, he hasn't regained
consciousness, the doctors don't know if he'll make it." Kenny said slowly and purposefully.
The room was silent for what seemed like hours. None of them making eye contact with
Rei.
It was Tyson who eventually spoke. "Rei, it stinks what Kai did to you, but I never meant
for this to happen..." He trailed off.
Rei looked at Tyson. He paused for a moment, and then began hyperventilating. "Oh god,
you argued about me didn't you...you yelled at Kai because you thought he hurt me...oh
god..." Rei was shaking.
"Rei you tried to kill yourself because of what Kai did to you!" Tyson was unsure about his
friends reaction.
"No, Tyson you don't understand..." Rei said between shaky breaths "...Kai stayed with me
last night until I woke up, then he gave me this" Rei held up the small plush cat Kai had
given him "and he kissed me...he kissed me Tyson, I think he likes me."
Tyson froze. His face displaying a look of utter shock. "He, he...he what?" Tyson said
shakily.
"He kissed me Tyson." Rei was almost in tears.
"Oh god." A mortified Tyson got up and ran out the room.
"I better go after him." Kenny said and set off after the dark haired boy.
Max and Rei were left in the room in an awkward silence.
Max walked slowly over to the bed where his distraught friend was and sat next to him.
"Um, I don't really know what to say, but if you ever need someone to talk to I'm here,
okay Rei?" He tried to give the white tiger a cheerful smile, but it was forced.
Max looked at his friend, feeling helpless.
"Why does everything have to be such a mess?" Rei said, Max had to strain to make out the
words.
Max moved closer to Rei and put his arm around him. Squeezing his shoulder lightly.
Rei didn't have any strength left and began to sob. He reached out an arm and clutched at
Max's shirt, burying his face in the blonde boys chest.
Max knew he could little but try to comfort Rei, so he just put his arms around him and let
him cry.
Max just held Rei for some time, his shirt wet with his team mates tears. Eventually Rei
cried himself to sleep, still being held by the blonde haired boy.
Rei woke some hours later. Max had stayed with him, and had dozed off. He looked so
peaceful that Rei decided to let him sleep. Carefully removing his arms from Max, he got
out of the bed.
He knew what he had to do and it was probably better he was alone.
He got dressed and made his way through the hospital. He knew roughly where the
intensive care unit was and after questioning a few nurses he found where Kai was.
His heart threatened to jump out of his chest as he stood outside Kai's room, he had no
idea what to expect inside, so summoning all his courage he opened to door and walked in.
He almost collapsed when he saw Kai. It was like a punch in the stomach.
Kai was lying on a bed, his head heavily bandaged, tubes going into his arms, and a large
bandage on his side. He was covered in bruises and cuts. He looked so small, so fragile.
It was all so terribly real.
It broke Rei's heart to see their strong leader like this.
With shaky steps he made his way over to Kai's bedside. Luckily there was chair right
beside it because Rei's legs threatened to stop working at any moment.
He did nothing but stare at Kai for some time.
He wasn't on a ventilator, so Rei assumed that was a good sign. The room was silent except
for the constant beep of heart rate monitor Kai was hooked up to.
Rei felt lost, so helpless to see Kai like this.
Rei wondered if this was how Kai felt when he found him with his wrists cut. He wasn't
even sure it was Kai who found him; did he remember Kai holding him in his arms?
"Damnit Kai, don't leave me." Rei whispered, he could feel the tears coming.
He leant forward and as gently as he could he stroked Kai's battered face.
Even with all his cuts and bruises Rei still marvelled at his beauty.
He couldn't bear to apart from Kai ever again. With great care he got on the bed next to
Kai, laying himself down very carefully, as not to hurt the slate haired boy.
The bed was large, so he was able to lie next to Kai quite easily.
He gently tilted Kai's head to face his own and lightly kissed him.
"I love you Kai." He whispered, and began to cry.
He rested his head against Kai's shoulder, and carefully wrapped his arm around Kai's
waist.
He felt something stir. It was Kai.
Rei sat up and looked down at him. Kai moved slowly, his eyes twitching.
Kai opened his eyes and saw Rei, he looked confused.
A smile came over Rei's face, as one of his tears fell on Kai's cheek.
"..R...R.ei.?" Kai said croakily.
Rei leant down and very carefully kissed Kai on the mouth.
Kai winced from an unseen pain, but relaxed, letting the white tiger kiss him.
Rei gazed into his beautiful crimson eyes.
Kai reached up his arm and ran his hand though Rei's hair, though he immediately regretted
it, wincing with pain.
"I love you Rei." Kai said. It was almost a silent whisper.
Rei smiled and lay next to him, gently leaning his body against Kai's. He delicately placed
his arm over Kai's chest and buried his face in Kai's shoulder.
"Lets get some sleep." He said, and began to purr.
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...the end? I don't know, I need to end it sometime and this just seems like such a perfect
moment. I don't think I need to explain every little thing, why not just leave it at this?
Mmmmm?
with all the changes FF.net has been going through, well anyway heres the latest chappy,
enjoy!
*****************************************************************
It was early afternoon.
Tyson, Kenny and Max stood outside Rei's hospital room. Tyson was fidgeting nervously.
They weren't sure how they were going to tell Rei about what happened to Kai. They had
nominated Kenny to tell him almost by default, since Max was close to tears and Tyson was
still racked with guilt.
They weren't sure how Rei would take the news about Kai, for all they knew he now hated
Kai.
Rei saw his fellow team mates walk in and knew immediately something was wrong. They
all looked awful. And Tyson had a large bruise on his cheek. Kai was not with them.
"Morning Rei, how are you feeling?" Max asked, his voice quivering.
"Um, better...thanks." Rei wasn't sure if they were simply feeling awkward around him
because of what happened or if it was something else.
"Tyson, what happened to you?" Rei asked, puzzled by the bruise on his face.
"I..um...umm..." Tyson said in a barely audible voice.
"I guess we better tell you..." Kenny started "...Kai and Tyson got in an argument this
morning, Kai hit Tyson and walked out..."
"He what?? What were you arguing about?" Rei interrupted Kenny.
"That's not all Rei..." Kenny was talking very quietly "...it seems when Kai stormed out he
was...in an accident...he was hit by a car Rei."
Rei was shocked. For a moment he couldn't speak, after a long pause he eventually
managed to ask, "Is he all right?"
"He's in the Intensive Care Unit...he took a nasty blow to the head, he hasn't regained
consciousness, the doctors don't know if he'll make it." Kenny said slowly and purposefully.
The room was silent for what seemed like hours. None of them making eye contact with
Rei.
It was Tyson who eventually spoke. "Rei, it stinks what Kai did to you, but I never meant
for this to happen..." He trailed off.
Rei looked at Tyson. He paused for a moment, and then began hyperventilating. "Oh god,
you argued about me didn't you...you yelled at Kai because you thought he hurt me...oh
god..." Rei was shaking.
"Rei you tried to kill yourself because of what Kai did to you!" Tyson was unsure about his
friends reaction.
"No, Tyson you don't understand..." Rei said between shaky breaths "...Kai stayed with me
last night until I woke up, then he gave me this" Rei held up the small plush cat Kai had
given him "and he kissed me...he kissed me Tyson, I think he likes me."
Tyson froze. His face displaying a look of utter shock. "He, he...he what?" Tyson said
shakily.
"He kissed me Tyson." Rei was almost in tears.
"Oh god." A mortified Tyson got up and ran out the room.
"I better go after him." Kenny said and set off after the dark haired boy.
Max and Rei were left in the room in an awkward silence.
Max walked slowly over to the bed where his distraught friend was and sat next to him.
"Um, I don't really know what to say, but if you ever need someone to talk to I'm here,
okay Rei?" He tried to give the white tiger a cheerful smile, but it was forced.
Max looked at his friend, feeling helpless.
"Why does everything have to be such a mess?" Rei said, Max had to strain to make out the
words.
Max moved closer to Rei and put his arm around him. Squeezing his shoulder lightly.
Rei didn't have any strength left and began to sob. He reached out an arm and clutched at
Max's shirt, burying his face in the blonde boys chest.
Max knew he could little but try to comfort Rei, so he just put his arms around him and let
him cry.
Max just held Rei for some time, his shirt wet with his team mates tears. Eventually Rei
cried himself to sleep, still being held by the blonde haired boy.
Rei woke some hours later. Max had stayed with him, and had dozed off. He looked so
peaceful that Rei decided to let him sleep. Carefully removing his arms from Max, he got
out of the bed.
He knew what he had to do and it was probably better he was alone.
He got dressed and made his way through the hospital. He knew roughly where the
intensive care unit was and after questioning a few nurses he found where Kai was.
His heart threatened to jump out of his chest as he stood outside Kai's room, he had no
idea what to expect inside, so summoning all his courage he opened to door and walked in.
He almost collapsed when he saw Kai. It was like a punch in the stomach.
Kai was lying on a bed, his head heavily bandaged, tubes going into his arms, and a large
bandage on his side. He was covered in bruises and cuts. He looked so small, so fragile.
It was all so terribly real.
It broke Rei's heart to see their strong leader like this.
With shaky steps he made his way over to Kai's bedside. Luckily there was chair right
beside it because Rei's legs threatened to stop working at any moment.
He did nothing but stare at Kai for some time.
He wasn't on a ventilator, so Rei assumed that was a good sign. The room was silent except
for the constant beep of heart rate monitor Kai was hooked up to.
Rei felt lost, so helpless to see Kai like this.
Rei wondered if this was how Kai felt when he found him with his wrists cut. He wasn't
even sure it was Kai who found him; did he remember Kai holding him in his arms?
"Damnit Kai, don't leave me." Rei whispered, he could feel the tears coming.
He leant forward and as gently as he could he stroked Kai's battered face.
Even with all his cuts and bruises Rei still marvelled at his beauty.
He couldn't bear to apart from Kai ever again. With great care he got on the bed next to
Kai, laying himself down very carefully, as not to hurt the slate haired boy.
The bed was large, so he was able to lie next to Kai quite easily.
He gently tilted Kai's head to face his own and lightly kissed him.
"I love you Kai." He whispered, and began to cry.
He rested his head against Kai's shoulder, and carefully wrapped his arm around Kai's
waist.
He felt something stir. It was Kai.
Rei sat up and looked down at him. Kai moved slowly, his eyes twitching.
Kai opened his eyes and saw Rei, he looked confused.
A smile came over Rei's face, as one of his tears fell on Kai's cheek.
"..R...R.ei.?" Kai said croakily.
Rei leant down and very carefully kissed Kai on the mouth.
Kai winced from an unseen pain, but relaxed, letting the white tiger kiss him.
Rei gazed into his beautiful crimson eyes.
Kai reached up his arm and ran his hand though Rei's hair, though he immediately regretted
it, wincing with pain.
"I love you Rei." Kai said. It was almost a silent whisper.
Rei smiled and lay next to him, gently leaning his body against Kai's. He delicately placed
his arm over Kai's chest and buried his face in Kai's shoulder.
"Lets get some sleep." He said, and began to purr.
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...the end? I don't know, I need to end it sometime and this just seems like such a perfect
moment. I don't think I need to explain every little thing, why not just leave it at this?
Mmmmm?