I'm so sorry for the lack of an update for so long (well, it's not that long, but it is to me). But trust me, you will not want to miss this chapter. For more reasons than one. ;D

WARNINGS: Uh, well, I don't want to ruin anything, but I have to do this. Let's see, how shall I phrase this? Uh … sexual situations in this chapter. You'll find out as you read, so just read and enjoy.

The Follies of Love

Kai reveled in the gentle tingle that was sent through his spine as he brushed lightly up against the tanned skin of the figure lying beneath him. He pressed his lips forcefully against that lean neck and trailed his tongue down the silky skin, smirking slightly as he felt the body beneath him shiver.

Slowly, tauntingly, he trailed the tips of his lean fingers down his prey's sides, delighting in the shivers he caused to course through that desirable body. He moved slightly, eliciting a groan from the beautiful boy beneath him.

"Kai," he breathed and closed his eyes in ecstasy as Kai continued to move, causing more moans as the friction between them increased.

Their body heat began to rise and they began to pant for air. Kai could feel a pressure building up inside of him.

He clamped his lips down furiously on his lovers' with a fierce passion he returned. He moved faster, feeling himself spiraling into rapture. He closed his eyes and breathed in deep

"Oh gods, Rei," he cried hoarsely.

He opened his eyes and started from his sleep.

Kai looked around, finding himself sitting fully clothed leaning against the wall. "Fuck," he muttered, holding his head in his hands. He didn't know if he was disappointed or glad that he was dreaming. He looked up over at the bed and his breath froze as he saw the half-naked figure sprawled over the covers.

"What the fuck happened last night?" he asked himself, looking down. He grimaced. "Not enough apparently." He frowned. "Or maybe too much."

Mornings were usual a bit confusing for him, especially seeing the empty vodka bottle at the end of the bed.

Kai frowned again and looked over at Rei again. "I remember drinking with Rei, then ..." his eyes widened and Kai tenderly touched a hand to his lips. "Gods, I kissed him." He looked up. "I think he fell asleep and I wanted to watch over him during the night."

Kai ran his fingers frustratedly through his hair. "Urgh! I hate this! Why the hell do I always fall for someone I can't have?" He got up, sighing, and made his way to the bathroom, looking at the clock as he passed. "Hmm, six am. No one will be up yet and I think Rei will be passed out for a while." Kai entered the bathroom and looked down.

"Shit," he muttered as he noticed the problem he seemed to be having. "This is why I don't wear tight pants." His eyes widened as he remembered something Rei had said to him the night before then blushed slightly. "Although if Rei asked me to ..." he trailed off, thinking about his desirable raven haired teammate, remembering the dream he'd just woken from.

Kai groaned softly. Even just thinking about him now made him want the tiger more. He moved over to the toilet and unzipped his pants and growled, "Fuck, I hate doing this," he muttered darkly. Quickly and methodically he began to stroke himself, his face slightly pained, as if this were a chore he didn't particularly like.

Despite his concentration, his mind began to wander as the pressure inside him built up and he began reliving the dream that had woken him so sharply this morning.

"Fuck," he breathed, not able to control his thoughts as his hand moved faster. "Gods, Rei." Kai shuddered and gasped as he ejaculated. He panted slightly, trying to calm his body down. He flushed the toilet and moved over to the vanity to clean his hands.

He looked into the mirror as he did so and had to turn away.

What kind of person am I? He's a teammate, a friend and I … Kai shook his head, trying to rid himself of his thoughts.

"I can't do this. I can't be with him."

Kai turned off the water and dried his hands. He walked back into the room and grabbed his clothes, not looking at the bed despite how much he wanted to, and went to take a shower.

"I just can't," he whispered as the hot water washed over him, helping him to think and relive his stress. "It wouldn't be right."

* * *

Rei stirred slightly as he felt light stabbing at his eyes.

"Ungh," he moaned and turned over, resenting that someone opened the blinds and let sunlight wake him.

It wasn't going to work, he was going to have to get up.

Of course his head might have had a problem with that.

"Ow!" He winced as he opened his eyes and sat up slowly. Rei felt as though he had a herd of elephants running amok in his head. He slowly reopened his eyes, wincing sharply every few seconds. He looked around slowly, noticing after a while of scanning the room that he was the only one in it.

Where's Kai? He couldn't hear the shower running in the other room either. He shrugged and was about to get up when he noticed something on the bedside table.

A note and two tablets beside a glass of water.

You'll be needing this. Gone to a meeting. Kai.

Rei smiled and took the headache tablets with the water. How typical of him. Rei got up and moved over to the wardrobe once his headache had subsided somewhat. He yawned as he pulled out an outfit for the day then moved into the bathroom.

Rei was feeling a bit strange as he turned on the water for the shower and undressed. It was almost as though he were missing something, or he was forgetting about something.

Something I did at the party maybe? What if it was embarrassing? No, I think I'd remember feeling embarrassment at least. What else could it be though?

Rei continued to ponder on his strange feelings as he washed himself slowly. A frown creased his face. I don't feel that strange, it's more of a happy feeling, like something good happened. But what? Argh! This is annoying me! Rei put a hand to his head and groaned.

Suddenly he stooped and stared at his hand.

"Palm reading?" Rei frowned in concentration and suddenly his eyes opened wide and he let out a gasped yell.

"Holy Fuck! Kai kissed me!"

* * *

Kai was sitting in the meeting room, waiting for the other captains to arrive for the meeting on the exhibition singles matches. Lee and Michael were the only ones not there, being 'missing'. Tala and Robert were conversing quietly, avoiding Kai, since he obviously had something on his mind.

"We're just going to go outside and wait for the others," Tala informed him after a while, getting a bit worried about the missing captains of the All-Stars and the White Tigers.

Kai shrugged, barely registering him saying anything. Tala looked at him concernedly before turning to Robert and gesturing they go outside.

Kai sighed as he heard the door close.

"Why so glum?"

Kai turned his head at the sound of the voice. He got up and stared.

"Rei, what are you doing here?"

Rei shrugged moving slowly towards him. "I felt like being here. I needed to see you."

"About what?"

"This." Rei pounced at him and clamped his lips down on Kai's, pulling the taller boy close to him. Kai stared at him in surprise before eagerly responding to the kiss. He groaned into Rei's mouth as the tiger began running his hands down Kai's sides to his waistline.

"Rei," Kai moaned into his mouth, trying to pull away slightly. "What are you doing?" he asked between passionate kisses.

"What does it feel like I'm doing?" Kai frowned slight in confusion before his eyes opened wide. Rei smiled at his distress. "You don't like it?" he pouted.

"No," Kai gasped. "I love it."

"Good." Rei pushed Kai against the meeting table and dropped to his knees. "Because now it's getting better." Rei grinned and Kai son fell into a pool of rapture.

"Kai?"

Kai snapped awake as someone prodded him. "What?"

Tala looked at him in concern. "Are you all right? I've never seen you sleep during the day like this."

Kai looked around and noticed everyone at the table staring at him amazedly. He blushed slightly, embarrassed that while waiting for Mr. Dickinson he'd fallen asleep. "I'm fine," he muttered.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I didn't get enough sleep last night." Kai blushed slightly as he remembered his dream from last night and the short fantasy he'd just had.

Tala smirked. "Ah, I see." Kai glared at him, but Tala ignored him and smirked in Lee's direction. The White Tiger's leader smiled back at him. "So, just what exactly did you get up to last night after you left, Kai?" Tala asked curiously, aware that the other three captains were listening in also. Mr. Dickinson still hadn't arrived and they were a bit bored with their previous conversations.

"Not much," Kai muttered, really not wanting to talk about things.

"Really?" Tala shrugged. "That wasn't how I saw things."

"Really, it wasn't much. Just me, Rei and a bottle of vodka."

Michael choked on a laugh. Kai glared at him then at Lee who was snickering behind his hand. "It's not as bad as it sounds, unlike what I could mention about you two." Kai smirked in satisfaction as he saw the two bladers blush furiously.

"Now, now, boys, there's no need for all that." The five at the table looked over to see that the elderly owner of the BBA had finally arrived. He smiled gently at them all. "I hope everyone enjoyed themselves last night." There were snickers and innocent nods all around the table. "Good," the old man chuckled, knowing more than what he was letting on. "No, as you know, the main part of the exhibition tournament will be the single player matches held in two days time." Mr. Dickinson sat down at the head of the meeting table. "What we've done is drawn names from hats to pair various people so that it was a completely random draw. One person from each team will face a person an another team, but no teams will face each other twice."

The five captains nodded at his words.

"I have here the order list for the matches." He handed out five sheets of paper. Kai took his and scanned down the page.

Single Player Exhibition Matches

1. Tyson (bb) vs. Robert (m)

2. Lee (wt) vs. Michael (as)

3. Johnny (m) vs. Bryan (db)

4. Max (bb) vs. Emily (as)

5. Spencer (db) vs. Gary (wt)

6. Enrique (m) vs. Steve (as)

7. Kai (bb) vs. Tala (db)

8. Oliver (m) vs. Kevin (wt)

9. Ian (db) vs. Eddy(as)

10. Rei (bb) vs. Mariah (wt)

"Hey Kai, we'll be facing each other." Tala smiled over at Kai, but the blue-haired captain wasn't listening, he was staring fixatedly at the page before him. Tala leaned in as discussions sprung up around the table with the others. "Kai?" he whispered worriedly.

"Did you see the last match?" Kai asked.

Tala looked down at the page and frowned. "Damn."

"Yeah. I'm not sure if he'd be ready for that yet."

"Well we can't do much about it. It was a random draw, we can't ask to change things around, not without spilling about Rei."

"I know." Kai rubbed at his right temple. "I know. I only hope he'll be ready by then."

"You're doing a great job already." Tala smiled, oblivious to Kai's sudden stillness. "Seriously, getting back on track with a relationship with you is probably the best thing for him."

"I'm not in a relationship with him."

"What?" Tala looked confused. "I thought …"

"You assumed. You should never assume anything about me, especially not concerning my relationships with people."

Tala glared, his fury radiating from him in cold waves. "No, I shouldn't. But then, I guess even learning that the hard way it never sunk in. Perhaps I have a higher opinion of you than I ought to Kai." Not caring what the others thought, Tala got up angrily and left the meeting.

The other four in the room stared at Kai.

"I'm leaving too. I have things to attend to. Was that all you needed me for sir?" Mr. Dickinson nodded, a bit confused as to what just happened. "Thank you sir." Kai nodded to each of them and left.

"Does anyone else feel like they're missing out on something?" Robert asked curiously.

* * *

Rei got up immediately off the couch and answered the door as soon as he heard knocking. Finally, something to keep me occupied. He hated to admit it, but the quality of television shows had really gone downhill.

"Kai?" Rei opened the door wide and let the boy through. Kai walked past him without a greeting. Rei watched him with a frown. Something must be wrong. "Kai? Are you all right? Did the meeting end?"

Kai shrugged heading straight to their room.

Rei followed him. "Tyson and the others are going to be back soon." Rei chuckled. "I talked to Tyson on the phone, I don't think he'll be drinking again any time soon."

"Great." Kai rummaged around in his bag for something.

Rei looked around then closed the door nervously then he walked over to his captain. "All right Kai, something's up and I want to know what it is."

"Fuck off Rei."

Rei took a step back as Kai glared coldly at him. His eyes opened wide as Kai pushed past him into the bathroom. Then they narrowed again. He turned and growled, his eyes slitting and opened the door straight after Kai slammed it shut.

"Do you mind?" Kai demanded angrily.

"Yes, I do mind. What the hell is wrong?" Rei glared coldly at Kai.

"Nothing. Leave." Kai pointed at the door.

"No." Rei frowned. "What happened? Last night you seemed so happy. You'd been changing, and now, you're even worse then how you were before. What happened?"

Kai hesitated slightly and Rei's looked at him hopefully, but his expression fell as Kai's face closed over and he continued to glare at him. "Nothing happened, now I told you to leave." Kai grabbed Rei's arm, but Rei growled and he let go.

"Fucking tell me Kai!"

Kai grew furious. "Fine, you're my problem!" he yelled.

Rei took a step back at the words. "What?"

Kai looked shocked that he'd actually said anything. He tried to say something, but he just turned his head away.

"You … what did you … you didn't mean that did you?"

Kai tried to reassure Rei, but he stopped. He couldn't lie, not to Rei. "I'm sorry Rei."

"Was it …?" Rei swallowed, backing away slightly, feeling very nervous. "The kiss, last night?"

Kai nodded, still refusing to meet Rei's eyes.

"Oh gods," Rei breathed. He felt tears pricking at his eyes. "But you … I thought you wanted … I … you responded to everything. I thought …" he swallowed nervously.

Kai looked up. "You should never assume anything about me Rei."

His tone was so cold and uncaring that Rei pushed back his tears and snapped. "You fucking kissed me! What did you think you were doing? Playing with me? You sick fuck! You know what's happened to me and you decided just to play with my feelings like that?"

Kai moved over t him, "No, Rei, I didn't, it was—"

"Shut up!" Rei glared at him and moved away. "How fucking dare you? You know I like you, and you played along. I flirted, you responded. I thought you actually cared about me. You told me about everything and I told you about myself. Fuck! I trusted you Kai, I let you in and you're just throwing all that back in my face?" Rei couldn't stop the tears falling now. "Were you just playing with me, or did you actually want me?"

Kai stared at him with a pained expression. "I can't do this Rei," he said softly, hating the agonised expression on Rei's face.

Rei walked up to him and landed a right cross on Kai's jaw. "You fucking bastard," he spat, tears streaming down his cheeks. He turned away and ran out of the bathroom.

Kai watched him leave before he allowed his cold mask to slip.

"Oh, gods Rei." Kai started trembling as he whispered brokenly and clung to the edge of the vanity, barely able to hold himself up.

"It was all for the best," he whispered in a choking voice, feeling a stinging in his eyes. "I couldn't be with him, it wouldn't be right, I'd only hurt him."

Kai felt a small splash of water hit his hand before he broke down completely, like he hadn't since he was a child. His legs collapsed from under him and he let go of the vanity to fall to the floor. He curled up into a ball, clutching his knees tightly to his chest and sobbed in anguish as he recalled how Rei's face had looked as he'd broken his heart.

I'm such a cold fucking bastard.

AN: Uh … yeah ^_^;; Sorry 'bout all that. The pressure of school and all … you're probably not going to buy that so I'm going to run now. Bye!