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who reviewed! * glomps and huggles reviewers*
well.....i'm sure yindz are all anxious to find out who raped rei!! * grins* one thing...it ain't Lee.....i just luv lee too much to do that to him!! that, and he's enough of a bully in other fics! * giggles and huggles Lee* and, besides, after Kai dumps Rei, who is our poor little kitten going to go out with?
* giggles again* SIKE! just joking! i could never hurt Rei-chan like that!! * huggles Rei* don't worry, folks, kai most certainly won't leave rei. at least, i don't think he does.... * pauses to think* * blinks and looks confused* * giggles*
kai: * rolls eyes* right..... * snorts*
* blinks again and looks at kai* what is up with you and snorting? you do enough of that in the fic-
kai: * glares* why are your arms around my kitten?
* shrugs* *huggles rei closer * b/c ur being a meany head! * sticks tongue out*
rei: *sweat drops as kai and oni glare at each other * eh.....* looks helplessly at reviewers * anyway.....while they're distracted.....start the fic!!!
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Mao's light pink sneakers pounded on the pavement as she ran desperately searching for Kai. She'd frantically checked all the local areas in town where the neighborhood bad boy was known to hang out, but he wasn't anywhere to be found. It was only when she'd run out of breath and leaned, panting, against a white picket fence that she began to think and recalled Rei telling her where his and Kai's favorite romantic spots in the neighborhood were.
Mao had checked all of them, except for one; the park, which was where she was headed now. Looking ahead, she could see the closely knit, thick trees and neatly trimmed hedges come into view. She breathed in deeply, then used the last of her strength in a sudden spurt of speed.
She slipped past the black painted, heavy iron fence leftover from the Victorian era. Her feet crunched gravel as she left the main, cememted path, tore past the duck pond, scattered pigeions some old ladies were feeding, and ran up a hill on top of which sat a solitary, gigantic, ancient oak with swings hanging from its aged branches.
And there, sitting on one of the three wooden and rope swings, was none other than Kai Hiwatari. He was swaying slightly, rocking the swing with one booted foot and lost in thought.
"What do you want?" he said scathingly, not turning around as she approached, already knowing who it was. Mao was the only person besides Rei who would dare to bother him.
Nonpulsed by his coldness, Mao merely plopped down in the lush grass next to his swing, closing her eyes and catching her breath. Once her chest rose and fell evenly, she opened her light golden eyes , which weren't as dark or beautiful as Rei's, and went to speak, then paused, wondering what would be the best way to start. She gulped, slightly hesitant; she knew Rei didn't want Kai to know, but if Kai didn't know, then their relationship might be ruined.....and Rei loved Kai so much.....Mao couldn't bear to see her best friend hurt and in pain anymore; she was going to tell Kai.
"Kai....there's...there's something about Rei you should know....."
"Hn." Kai stiffened slightly at the hesitancy in her tone, knowing that she was going to tell him why Rei was acting so weird.
Mao frowned, llicking her lips indecisively. "Rei's well....sometimes, you know how he gets so upset for no reason......how.....how he tends to freak out....well, that's because....because he was.....he's been...." She broke off, trying to still her hammering heart and calm her nerves. She had never told Rei's secret to another living soul, not even her diary. It was a secret she kept locked away in her heart, and now, she had to open it up to Kai. "He's been......damaged." Her last word came out in a rushed whisper, hoping that Kai would get the implications. He wasn't the easiest person to talk to, especially about such a delicate matter.
Kai snorted and turned his head part way to regard her with an impatient, frosted garnet glare. He wanted to talk to Rei, not her, and find out just what was going on with the soft, black haired nekojin. However.....she seemed to be the only one willing to tell him what was wrong with his kitten. The image of Rei's haunting amber eyes, dark with sorrow and pain, shimmering with tears, burned in his mind, and he decided to hear her out, to get to the bottom of this.
"He was damaged. That doesn't tell me much." He watched as she flinched from his cold remark, then chewed her bottom lip, thinking and choosing her words carefully.
Mao ground her teeth together. He certainly wasn't making this any easier on her. When she spoke, her soft voice was now a bit harder, with an edge to it. "Think about it, Kai. Rei is terrified of close physical contact. He's been .....damaged in body and mind. What could've caused it?"
Kai mulled it over, his mind jumping to a conclusion. But....was that really possible? Did that really happen to his sweet Rei-chan? You only heard about things like that in the news, on TV, or in stories, but to actually have it happen to someone you know.....what were the odds? Kai's red eyes widened in shock, and he stared open mouthed at Mao. "Rei...was raped?"
Mao flinched at the word, ducking her head and nodding as she fought off tears. A tense silence fell between them. Kai continued to rock on his swing, lost once again in his thoughts, and Mao was abosorbed with the grass, plucking up the slender green stalks and shredding them with her fingers.
"How?" Kai's tone was soft, tearing through the silence.
Mao's head flew up, a few tears trickling down her cheeks as she regarded Kai. She wanted to tell him, to let that painful burden she'd harbored so long out, but she couldn't. She had promised Rei that she would never tell another living soul, and she wouldn't break that promise any more than she had to.
Her light golden eyes looked into his softened red ones before she turned her head away, back down to the grass. "I can't tell you that." Her tone was low, barely audible. "That is for Rei to tell, when ever he's ready. I....I promised him I'd never tell anyone.....but...." Here she looked back up at him, her eyes pleading and desperate. "You had to know, Kai. The pain....it's tearing him apart. He's been fighting it for so long, and he's come so far, but....those scars will never go away. Please, Kai, don't leave Rei. It would break his heart."
Kai absorbed this all with astonishment on his normally cold, distant features. The fact that his poor kitten had been raped had settled into his brain, but now what was he supposed to do? He had never been good at dealing with emotions or people when they were fully well; what should he do with an emotionally scarred neko? His first instinct was just to simply ignore it, put it in the past where it belonged and bury it. That always worked for him. But....Rei wasn't him. Rei wasn't Kai Hiwatari.
Mao laid a tentative hand upon one of Kai's knees. "Kai....just...be there for him. Don't walk away from him. Give him time and support. Please.....I know it's hard sometimes.....but....I really don't think Rei could take it if you left him. He's terrified that you'll leave him.....if you knew about....." She couldn't bring herself to finish.
Kai said nothing; he merely stood up and left, the swing squeaking as it swung, empty, in his wake. Mao turned and watched him go. "Kai Hiwatari, you cold hearted bastard! Don't do this to him!" She yelled after the retreating boy's back, fear that she had caused Kai to leave Rei, and anger at Kai for leaving.
Kai stopped and glanced at her over his shoulder, his crimson eyes cold. "I never said I was going to abandon Rei."
"You never said you weren't, either." She shot back, growling.
"Hmph." Kai merely turned around and continued on his way. Now that he had what he wanted from her, he saw no more use for her. It was Rei he was mostly concerned with. He needed to have a talk with him.
"Kai!" Mao jumped to her feet, grass stains on her white capris and a few torn blades of grass clinging in her pink hair. She quickly caught up with him, and placed her hands on his back, shoving him hard.
Kai stumbled for a step or two before turning around, death snapping in his eyes. She glared right back. "I won't let you break Rei's heart." Mao said fiercely, raising her fists and assuming a fighting stance.
Kai snorted and let out a humorless laugh. Then he regarded her coldly. "Are you deaf, or just dumb? I never said I was going to hurt him, or leave him." Kai once more turned and walked away, leaving Mao wide eyed and open mouthed.
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oooooh...heavy note to be ending on, ne? and, next chappie we'll find out what kai's up to....it will probably be the last chapter, and then i'm planning on doing a prequel if enough peops want it....well, more info next chappie! and, yes, we'll find out what happened to our poor lil koneko!
kai: *snarling * MY koneko! *wraps arms around rei tightly *
............ *gulps * ne wayz....plz review!!
well.....i'm sure yindz are all anxious to find out who raped rei!! * grins* one thing...it ain't Lee.....i just luv lee too much to do that to him!! that, and he's enough of a bully in other fics! * giggles and huggles Lee* and, besides, after Kai dumps Rei, who is our poor little kitten going to go out with?
* giggles again* SIKE! just joking! i could never hurt Rei-chan like that!! * huggles Rei* don't worry, folks, kai most certainly won't leave rei. at least, i don't think he does.... * pauses to think* * blinks and looks confused* * giggles*
kai: * rolls eyes* right..... * snorts*
* blinks again and looks at kai* what is up with you and snorting? you do enough of that in the fic-
kai: * glares* why are your arms around my kitten?
* shrugs* *huggles rei closer * b/c ur being a meany head! * sticks tongue out*
rei: *sweat drops as kai and oni glare at each other * eh.....* looks helplessly at reviewers * anyway.....while they're distracted.....start the fic!!!
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Mao's light pink sneakers pounded on the pavement as she ran desperately searching for Kai. She'd frantically checked all the local areas in town where the neighborhood bad boy was known to hang out, but he wasn't anywhere to be found. It was only when she'd run out of breath and leaned, panting, against a white picket fence that she began to think and recalled Rei telling her where his and Kai's favorite romantic spots in the neighborhood were.
Mao had checked all of them, except for one; the park, which was where she was headed now. Looking ahead, she could see the closely knit, thick trees and neatly trimmed hedges come into view. She breathed in deeply, then used the last of her strength in a sudden spurt of speed.
She slipped past the black painted, heavy iron fence leftover from the Victorian era. Her feet crunched gravel as she left the main, cememted path, tore past the duck pond, scattered pigeions some old ladies were feeding, and ran up a hill on top of which sat a solitary, gigantic, ancient oak with swings hanging from its aged branches.
And there, sitting on one of the three wooden and rope swings, was none other than Kai Hiwatari. He was swaying slightly, rocking the swing with one booted foot and lost in thought.
"What do you want?" he said scathingly, not turning around as she approached, already knowing who it was. Mao was the only person besides Rei who would dare to bother him.
Nonpulsed by his coldness, Mao merely plopped down in the lush grass next to his swing, closing her eyes and catching her breath. Once her chest rose and fell evenly, she opened her light golden eyes , which weren't as dark or beautiful as Rei's, and went to speak, then paused, wondering what would be the best way to start. She gulped, slightly hesitant; she knew Rei didn't want Kai to know, but if Kai didn't know, then their relationship might be ruined.....and Rei loved Kai so much.....Mao couldn't bear to see her best friend hurt and in pain anymore; she was going to tell Kai.
"Kai....there's...there's something about Rei you should know....."
"Hn." Kai stiffened slightly at the hesitancy in her tone, knowing that she was going to tell him why Rei was acting so weird.
Mao frowned, llicking her lips indecisively. "Rei's well....sometimes, you know how he gets so upset for no reason......how.....how he tends to freak out....well, that's because....because he was.....he's been...." She broke off, trying to still her hammering heart and calm her nerves. She had never told Rei's secret to another living soul, not even her diary. It was a secret she kept locked away in her heart, and now, she had to open it up to Kai. "He's been......damaged." Her last word came out in a rushed whisper, hoping that Kai would get the implications. He wasn't the easiest person to talk to, especially about such a delicate matter.
Kai snorted and turned his head part way to regard her with an impatient, frosted garnet glare. He wanted to talk to Rei, not her, and find out just what was going on with the soft, black haired nekojin. However.....she seemed to be the only one willing to tell him what was wrong with his kitten. The image of Rei's haunting amber eyes, dark with sorrow and pain, shimmering with tears, burned in his mind, and he decided to hear her out, to get to the bottom of this.
"He was damaged. That doesn't tell me much." He watched as she flinched from his cold remark, then chewed her bottom lip, thinking and choosing her words carefully.
Mao ground her teeth together. He certainly wasn't making this any easier on her. When she spoke, her soft voice was now a bit harder, with an edge to it. "Think about it, Kai. Rei is terrified of close physical contact. He's been .....damaged in body and mind. What could've caused it?"
Kai mulled it over, his mind jumping to a conclusion. But....was that really possible? Did that really happen to his sweet Rei-chan? You only heard about things like that in the news, on TV, or in stories, but to actually have it happen to someone you know.....what were the odds? Kai's red eyes widened in shock, and he stared open mouthed at Mao. "Rei...was raped?"
Mao flinched at the word, ducking her head and nodding as she fought off tears. A tense silence fell between them. Kai continued to rock on his swing, lost once again in his thoughts, and Mao was abosorbed with the grass, plucking up the slender green stalks and shredding them with her fingers.
"How?" Kai's tone was soft, tearing through the silence.
Mao's head flew up, a few tears trickling down her cheeks as she regarded Kai. She wanted to tell him, to let that painful burden she'd harbored so long out, but she couldn't. She had promised Rei that she would never tell another living soul, and she wouldn't break that promise any more than she had to.
Her light golden eyes looked into his softened red ones before she turned her head away, back down to the grass. "I can't tell you that." Her tone was low, barely audible. "That is for Rei to tell, when ever he's ready. I....I promised him I'd never tell anyone.....but...." Here she looked back up at him, her eyes pleading and desperate. "You had to know, Kai. The pain....it's tearing him apart. He's been fighting it for so long, and he's come so far, but....those scars will never go away. Please, Kai, don't leave Rei. It would break his heart."
Kai absorbed this all with astonishment on his normally cold, distant features. The fact that his poor kitten had been raped had settled into his brain, but now what was he supposed to do? He had never been good at dealing with emotions or people when they were fully well; what should he do with an emotionally scarred neko? His first instinct was just to simply ignore it, put it in the past where it belonged and bury it. That always worked for him. But....Rei wasn't him. Rei wasn't Kai Hiwatari.
Mao laid a tentative hand upon one of Kai's knees. "Kai....just...be there for him. Don't walk away from him. Give him time and support. Please.....I know it's hard sometimes.....but....I really don't think Rei could take it if you left him. He's terrified that you'll leave him.....if you knew about....." She couldn't bring herself to finish.
Kai said nothing; he merely stood up and left, the swing squeaking as it swung, empty, in his wake. Mao turned and watched him go. "Kai Hiwatari, you cold hearted bastard! Don't do this to him!" She yelled after the retreating boy's back, fear that she had caused Kai to leave Rei, and anger at Kai for leaving.
Kai stopped and glanced at her over his shoulder, his crimson eyes cold. "I never said I was going to abandon Rei."
"You never said you weren't, either." She shot back, growling.
"Hmph." Kai merely turned around and continued on his way. Now that he had what he wanted from her, he saw no more use for her. It was Rei he was mostly concerned with. He needed to have a talk with him.
"Kai!" Mao jumped to her feet, grass stains on her white capris and a few torn blades of grass clinging in her pink hair. She quickly caught up with him, and placed her hands on his back, shoving him hard.
Kai stumbled for a step or two before turning around, death snapping in his eyes. She glared right back. "I won't let you break Rei's heart." Mao said fiercely, raising her fists and assuming a fighting stance.
Kai snorted and let out a humorless laugh. Then he regarded her coldly. "Are you deaf, or just dumb? I never said I was going to hurt him, or leave him." Kai once more turned and walked away, leaving Mao wide eyed and open mouthed.
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oooooh...heavy note to be ending on, ne? and, next chappie we'll find out what kai's up to....it will probably be the last chapter, and then i'm planning on doing a prequel if enough peops want it....well, more info next chappie! and, yes, we'll find out what happened to our poor lil koneko!
kai: *snarling * MY koneko! *wraps arms around rei tightly *
............ *gulps * ne wayz....plz review!!