Kai Has A Girlfriend IV

Disclaimer: I don't own nothin' not even the people because they were all based on someone that someone else made up or on someone that I actually personally know.

Chapter Five

It turned out that Bryan and Rei couldn't take him to the club on Saturday after all as April got a random phone call from someone in the company telling her that she had to hold a 'tea party' for some branch officals and it had to be done on Saturday, the day she got the phone call.

April had automatically panicked and, not knowing where else to go, had asked them all for help. Rei of course, was against it at first because he really wanted to help Kai out but Bryan had been all for it. So eventually all of the seven of them, got together to help April out.

"Thank you, I don't know what I would do without you." April exclaimed as she walked into the meeting room where Bryan and Courtenay were laying out all of the placemats.

"Eh, it's no problem April." Bryan said, flashing April a smile and then turned his attention back to what he was doing. "I enjoy helping you out, it gives me a reason to do something productive."

"Helping Kai is productive." Rei said under his breath, just loudly enough that Kai could hear it but not anyone else. Kai sighed, Rei was in a really bad mood today. Kai wondered why and decided to ask the boy later.

April came in with the cups and saucers and then placed them on top of the placemats that Bryan and Courtenay had just laid out. "There we go. We just need to get out the cookies and place them around and then we'll be all set to go." April turned to Kai. "I'm really sorry that I ruined your trip to the secret club of Bryan's. I swear I'll make it up to you somehow."

Kai shrugged. "It's not biggie, we'll just go next weekend instead, it won't kill us to do something like that. Besides, I've had worse things that I could have been doing besides helping you."

April smiled. "Well, if you're sure that it wasn't too big of a loss." April trailed off and then looked at the cookies in her hands and frowned. "Guys, what happened to the chocolate ones?"

There was the sound of munching in the corner and everyone turned to look and they all saw Tyson in the corner, with a hoard of chocolate cookies. April glared at him, as did most of the others. Kai just smirked, wondering how Tyson had gotten in here in the first place.

"Sorry." Tyson said lamely, trying to smile while still having cookies crammed in his mouth. "I'll go get you more."

April sighed in desperation. "There isn't time. The guests are going to be here any second now and we're not ready because Tyson decided to take a snack out of my cookies."

Just then there was a knock on the door. Kai and everyone looked at each other, just knowing that the knock was from the guests. April quickly shoved the cookies in Rei's hands and then ran to the door, fixed her hair and then opened it.

Kai found they were only looking at their grandfather and everyone sighed in relief. April even went as far as hitting him in the shoulder for scaring her and then took the cookies back from Rei and began to arrange them by every place.

"Are you ready?" Voltaire asked everyone {A/n: *sighs* i just know I didn't spell that right}. "The guests are in the lobby, waiting."

"Just a second." April said and then rushed to arrange the last plate. "Alright, I'm ready for them now."

Voltaire nodded and went to get them. April turned to everyone, she made a nervous look and Kai laughed and motioned for everyone to follow him into his office until the guests were in the room and it was safe to leave. April hugged Kai before he left, Kai not returning the favor of course, and then April kissed him on the forehead and closed the door behind them. Kai rolled his eyes and followed his friends into his own office.

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Kai watched as Rei and Lolli walked slower than the rest of them, only a few steps in front of Kai. Rei and Lolli were holding hands, giggling in each others ear and just all around having fun together. Kai on the other hand, was really close to just going and hitting them and pulling them apart.

It wasn't that Kai was jealous of Rei because of Lolli, it was just that everything that Rei was doing right now, were things that Kai had once done with Shanna. Things that Kai woke up to every night, itching to do.

Kai sighed, he shouldn't be having this sort of thoughts. It was wrong, not healthy, it was inhuman to wish this of someone that you were over. It just proved one thing and one thing only, that Kai wasn't over Shanna yet and obviously wouldn't be for a long time.

Kai mentally kicked himself. Maybe he just needed to fuck someone, have a one-night stand. So that he would forget about Shanna, after all, he'd been with her for three years, never unfaithful once. Maybe having sex with someone that he could see wasn't Shanna would help.

Kai decided that that was a good idea and so he smiled to himself and began to think of what he was going to wear to that club, so that he could attract a few females.

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Rei looked over his shoulder at the sound of feet dragging along the sidewalk and saw Kai walking, his head down low, the shadow from his hair covering his face, making it impossible for Rei to see him.

Rei sighed and let go of Lolli and told her to go and talk to Tala {A/n: Yah! Tala's back *tackles him and glomps him* Tala: *is dizzy from this*}. Lolli wondered why but shrugged and then ran up to Tala and began to ask him about April.

Rei slowed his pace and fell into step beside Kai. Kai looked up slightly but then pretended that he hadn't noticed his team mate's presence. Rei wasn't that easily fooled though, he knew that Kai knew that he was there and Rei wasn't about to just stand around being a fool and waiting for him to be noticed.

"So, what's the matter?" Rei asked and then continued on before Kai could say anything. "And don't say that nothing's the matter because I know that there is. I may not be the smartest book in the set but I certainly can tell these things. So, come on Kai, spill."

Kai didn't say anything, he only looked up in the air and brushed his bangs away from his face, as if he hadn't heard what Rei said. But finally he replied. "I guess I'm half jealous."

"About what?" Rei pushed, wanting his leader to talk because hopefully that would help him.

Kai shrugged. "I just am, that's all. It's really stupid, you don't want to hear it." Kai looked away, his shadow again keeping his facial expressions from Rei's sight.

"I doubt that." Rei said. "I'd listen even if it was stupid. Come on Kai, just tell me and then I'll stop bugging you. Besides," Rei scratched the back of his neck sheepishly. "I just might be able to help you out."

Kai shook his head. He said something that sounded like "Not unless you're a girl" but Rei couldn't be sure. Kai cleared his throat. "You can't help me out Rei, so why don't you just go back to Lolli."

Rei's head cleared and understandment took place. "You're jealous because me and Lolli are together and you and Shanna aren't." Rei hit himself on the head. "I should have gotten that earlier. Sorry Kai, I didn't realize-"

Kai cut him off. "It's alright, really, I can deal with it."

Rei shook his head. "If you say so Kai, if you say so." Rei decided to change the subject before Kai decided that Rei was pushing it a little bit too far. "So, what are you going to do for the rest of the week?"

Kai shrugged. "Work on some business, go on a couple motorcycle rides {A/n: picture kai on a motorcycle *drools as she does so*}, maybe go through that stupid attic of yours so that I can find the rest of my stuff. You know, things like that."

"That sounds cool. Maybe I'll help you with that attic. Tyson and Max are never going to get to it and if Kenny does, it'll all be arranged alphabetically or something." Rei rolled his eyes at the thought of Kenny doing that. "We'll work on it whenever you want to."

Kai nodded. "Whenever I want to."

Rei and Kai fell into a silence for the rest of the way home and Rei never did figure out if when Kai sighed it was out of relief, or regret.

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Shanna sat in the middle of the living room with a cup of tea in her right hand and a cookie in her left. Shanna watched as April ran around as busily as a bee and just shook her head. April really needed to find a better way to get rid of her anxiety. Obviously Tala wasn't working anymore.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" April asked as she looked frantically in all of her photo albums. "I haven't seen you around for a while and that's kinda strange since we live in the same house."

Shanna smiled. "It's not that strange. I've been busy and you've been working in the office late." Shanna managed to get out of the house every day extra early for a reason, to avoid the rest of the girls.

"You know, it's not healthy to not see someone you're living with." April continued, ignoring Shanna's comment. "Maybe we should do something this weekend. Go shopping or something."

Shanna thought for a second and then shook her head. "Nope, no can do."

"Why not?"

Because I'm going to the club that Rei always goes to this weekend, Shanna thought to herself. But out loud she said simply that; "I already have plans, that's all. Nothing major but I did promise something that I'd go and meet them this weekend and I don't want to break my promise."

April sighed. "Yah, you don't want to do that. Oh well, we can always go some other day." April's eyes lit up. "Ah huh, I found it!" April pushed a photo album into Shanna's lap and then pointed to a picture. "Don't you think that this would be a great scene for a date with Tala?"

Shanna looked at it for a minute. There was a forest in the background, a cliff up above and it looked like the sun set perfectly behind the mountains. "What's the occasion?"

April shrugged. "Well, it's our two year anniversary. It's my turn to plan the date soo."

Shanna nodded. "Yah, that makes sense. You always did go for this kind of stuff." Shanna looked at it again. "Yah, this would be a great place. You having a picnic?"

April tilted her head. "I wasn't, but you know, that's not a bad idea. I'd have to figure out what to bring but hey, I'll find something."

Shanna smiled. "Even if you brought Tala crumbs, I'm sure he'd be pleased with you. He loves you April." Shanna sighed.

April looked at Shanna, concern written all over her face. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Shanna replied, waving April away. "I'm going to go upstairs and read my book. You should work on what you're going to bring to the picnic." Shanna stood up. "Good luck." With that Shanna climbed the stairs and threw herself on her bed.

If only that was Kai and my date instead of April's, Shanna thought, if only.