Chapter 2- Do You Care?

Sam here! Ahh, I see that a few people liked my story *feels special*. Actually, the last chapter was only supposed to be . . .well, the whole story. But seeing as the few of you were kind enough to R&R, I decided to post another chapter (seeing as I had another idea in my head as well). You can't help but feel bad for Kai, no? This Chapter's song is "There Is" by BoxCar Racer, just so you know. Well, enough of my babbling, on with the story! ((Ps- don't forget, song lyrics are in brackets!))

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After walking away from Rei, Kai made his way to the main floor, feeling like a coward. That weird vision was what was keeping him from saying anything to the raven-haired teen in the first place. But then again, he was the type that liked to keep everything about him inside. The strong, silent type if you prefer to say.

He pushed the front doors open harshly. They swung back quickly, banging into the brick wall of the hotel. A small crack was heard, meaning he had broken one of the doors' glass. But seeing as he was so infuriated at himself, he couldn't really care less. Crossing his arms like he always did, he made his way down the busy streets of Japan, keeping his careful glance on the ground.

((Do you care if I don't know what to say? Will you sleep tonight, or will you think of me?))

"I probably made him feel uncomfortable. God, I'm such a loser." He thought to himself, pushing his way past strangers without a second look. His slate-blue hair was blowing gently from both the wind and the passing cars, while the setting sun cast its rays over his partially pale body. A sudden shout, however, caught his attention almost immediately.

"Hey Kai, over here!" He turned his gaze to where the voice was coming from, which was from across the street. And just as he had thought, a familiar brown glove was waving him over. It was Tyson, and standing beside him were the Chief and Max. "C'mon Kai, we're gonna go and celebrate now! Get your ass over here!" Kai himself just snorted, his momentarily saddened eyes now turning back to their usual 'Don't piss me off or you're dead' glare. But his teammates' smiles never faded, even with their leader's 'death glare'.

Shrugging, and seeing as he was starting to get both hungry and chilly, he decided to go. He stopped by the side of the road, but it wasn't to look both ways. Something else had caught his eye first.

"I guess I was right on time, wasn't I?" Rei said, smiling and waving to everyone as he ran. Kai felt his heart skip a beat, but he forced himself to push away the feeling. It was time for him to get over this silly emotion, and get back to the way things always were. Without any kind of expression forming on his face, he made his way across the street, without even looking to see if there were any cars coming. Luckily for him, there weren't.

((The days have come and gone, our lives went by so fast.))

Walking all together, Kai obviously walking behind everyone, they made their way into the elegant-looking restaurant. And as soon as Tyson had walked in, his mouth started watering immediately. The air itself even smelt good enough to eat. So after they held Tyson back from running in and stealing other people's food, they were seated near the back of the place, and were each handed a menu. Tyson grabbed his and flipped through the pages, and finally handed it back to the waiter and simply stating "OK!" The others fell out of their chairs anime style.

"God Tyson, could you be anymore of a pig?" Kai stated, his arms folded across his chest as he leaned back in his chair. Max and Rei started snickering amongst themselves, which had caused Kai to turn a slight shade of pink. But he had managed to shake it off before anyone looked.

"And what will the Bladebreakers be having tonight?" the waiter finally asked, bending down and grinning oddly.

"Everything!" Tyson cheered, slamming his fist on the table.

"And who's paying for everything you eat?" Rei laughed, looking up from his menu and smirking. Tyson rummaged through his pockets, but found nothing but a few pieces of yen. He started pouting and complaining, which we all know Kai hates.

"Forget it. I'll foot the bill . . ." he said, opening an eye and looking in Tyson's direction. Tyson blinked, and everyone looked in Kai's direction. It definitely wasn't like him to say or do something like this.

"Really? That's awfully nice of you . . ." Kenny said, looking up from his own menu and smiling.

"Yeah yeah, just order," Kai muttered, pushing his own menu away. "Surprise me. I don't care what it is." The waiter nodded, picking up his menu and jotting something down on the pad of paper.

"I'll have scallops," Rei said, holding up his menu, then looking to Kai, grinning. "I like fish . . ." (a/n: I don't honestly know what Rei would order, but I have a feeling it would be something a feline would like ^_^;). Kai looked at Rei, but with a look that was indeed, very rare for him. His face looked like it had some innocence to it, and his cheeks were a slight pink again. But just as he was about to go say something again, he had another one of his 'flashes'.

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He was still sitting down, looking at Rei with the same look. But all of a sudden, Rei had stood up and almost fell backwards.

"Oh my God! You guys, he's looking at me like he's gay or something! I think he IS gay!" he freaked, backing away slowly. Kai's expression turned into one of pain, and he reached his hand forward, as if trying to pull Rei back to him.

"Please don't feel that way about me! I'm sorry! Please.gomen nasai Rei-chan." he cried out, his eyes watering up on him again. And just as he closed his eyes, he immediately heard the laughter. He opened his red eyes slowly, and sure enough, the whole restaurant was pointing at him and laughing. Their mocking laughs, their ice-cold eyes glaring, looking at him like he was a freak. He covered his ears, looking down and trying to make everything go away. He hated this, this cold reality. He wished he could just disappear into thin air and never be seen again. But even he knew that it was impossible. Then, all of a sudden, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He recognised the voice immediately.

"Hey Kai, you . . .all right?"

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He blinked his eyes open, and instantly noticed that a couple of people were looking in his direction. He also noticed that the tears that had flowed from his eyes in his daydream had really fallen. He couldn't believe it, he was crying in front of his team. He looked over to Rei, who was looking at him with great concern.

((Will I shake this off, pretend it's all okay; that there's someone out there who feels just like me?))

"Don't touch me!" Kai shouted, jumping up from his chair and swinging his shoulder back. There just so happened to be a waitress behind him, and when he had swung his shoulder back, she dropped the food she was carrying all over Max's clothes. Max let out a small yelp, and the waitress cried out as she fell to the floor. Kai, however, didn't hang around to apologise. He ran outside, bumping into a few people as he did. But he didn't care. He didn't care about anything anymore. The tears streamed from his face as he ran, while his scarf fell off and landed roughly on the pavement. Not looking where he was running, he ran onto the street. He looked up slightly, just in time to see the car heading straight towards him. He totally froze on the spot from shock, and just watched as the car slammed on the brakes, hoping not to hit him . . .

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So, how'd you like the second chapter? Yeah, I don't like it either. I'm leaving the third chapter entirely up to you guys. Do you want to see Kai get hit? Or would you rather something else? I have the song already planned out for chapter three though, regardless of what you guys want to happen to poor Kai. Well, as usual, R&R if you want this story to keep going. Remember that flames will be used to light my fireplace! Mua hahahaha!