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Chapter 2

Cheating?

The boys piled back into Kai and Rei's home. They had just returned from their lake adventure feeling happy and very exhausted. They had dunked each other in the water, sat out on the shore and watched the waves, ate various junk foods and talked about various things. Tyson and Max had taken Kai and Rei up on the offer of staying at the house a little longer to chat.

They found the living room and sat down in various places. Kai on the couch at one end and Tyson in a chair near Max at the other end. Rei sat on the floor beside Kai, laying his head on Kai's knee. Kai ran his hand through Rei's hair almost like he was some kind of large pet. Rei had become tired within the last hour or so and was now enjoying just laying his head against Kai.

The others were talking amongst themselves. Well sort of. More like Tyson and Max were talking and Kai and Rei putting their input in only a few times. Rei was hardly paying any attention to the conversation till Max turned to Rei and Kai and said, "Oh man did you hear about Mariah and Lee?" Rei raised his head and stared at Max. Mariah and Lee had begun a relationship quite awhile ago. They had been having a good relationship. As far as Rei knew they were still having one. "Mariah thinks that Lee might be cheating on her. Says he's been disappearing all the time and being really jumpy. Says that he's hardly spending time with her any more."

Rei looked up at Kai. He realized that Kai suddenly looked morbid. That was weird. Kai slowly moved to stand up giving Rei time to get out of the way so he didn't get stepped on and then exited the room. The rest of them watched on.

"What was that all about?" Tyson asked but all Rei could do was shake his head.

"Maybe Tyson and I should leave." Max said and grabbed Tyson's wrist and led him out of the house. Rei started after Kai and found him in their bedroom leaning against a window. He was staring at something or other as the breeze blew against his face. If this had been such a serious moment Rei would have stood back and admired his koi but now was not the time. He approached the moody youth and said, "What's wrong Kai?"

"I can't tell you." He said.

"Why not?" he asked.

"Because it's none of your damn business." he said. To this Rei looked to the ground. Kai didn't seem to care that he had hurt Rei.

"Kai is there something you need to tell me?" Rei said. To this Kai widened his eyes in shock and what seemed white hot rage. He stood straight and slowly turned.

"HOW DARE YOU!" He raged. "How dare you! Rei I can't believe you. How dare you think that I would cheat on you!" Kai said.

"How dare I? Damn it Kai you're hardly around anymore. You disappear without telling me where you are." Rei stood there tears filling his eyes. All the feelings of loneliness and sadness were now over flowing. His heart throbbed and his throat felt like someone was crushing it. "How do I know Kai? How the hell do I know."

SLAP! The sound spread throughout the room like poison in a vein. It pounded against Kai's ears. Rei stared in the direction his head had been turned to with the force of the blow. He fell to his knees on the floor. He didn't dare look at Kai scared to see looks of anger or hatred there. More tears were welling up and he let the tears flow freely. A red mark in the shape of a hand marred his beautiful face. Kai stared at the mark, then his reddened hand, then at the tears falling from Rei's eyes.

"W...wh...what have I...done?" Kai then fell to his knees too and pulled Rei into his arms. The two boys cried. "Oh god Rei what have I done? I can't...believe what I have done." He kissed Rei on the top of the head. He kept on mumblings words of apology and saying how stupid he was. How he couldn't believe what he had done.

Rei finally cried himself into a peaceful sleep at which time Kai picked him up and placed him in their bed. Kai stared down at him shaking his head. "I have everything I could ever possibly want and I go and screw it up." Kai took a chair and set it beside Rei. He took one of Rei's hands in both of his. He kissed the hand lightly his eyes starting to water a little. "Voltaire was right Rei. I'm a screw up. Always have been always will be. I can't believe that I would hurt you." Kai gently caressed the pale face.

Rei woke up later that day lying in his bed. He wondered for a moment how they had ended up this way. Then it dawned on him. Kai had hit him. He had caused him pain. But Kai had regretted it. Kai hadn't meant to and Rei was glad. He didn't mean it. Course Rei had also gone a little out of line. How could he have ever thought that Kai would cheat on him?

He remembered his wedding with Kai. It had been on Christmas. They had waited a full year just so they could have a wedding on Christmas. A preacher who seemed to be old friends with Kai was kind enough to marry them on that day. This coming Christmas would be their one year anniversary.

Kai walked in through the door. He looked down at Rei and smiled sadly. He sat down and caressed Rei's face. "I am so sorry." He said as Rei leaned into the hand. "I am such a horrible person." He said. Rei reached up a hand and placed it on Kai's.

"No, Kai it's my fault. I should trust you more. I'm sorry that I ever thought of you as unfaithful. I'm sorry my love." Rei said his eyes watering.

"Why.did you think I was cheating on you?" Kai asked.

Rei was silent for a long moment. "Because Kai you were always gone. You left everyday for hours on end. Then Max was talking about Mariah thinking Lee was cheating on her. Well it kind of seemed.well that you were leaving for Lee."

Kai suddenly smiled and then began to laugh. Rei looked at him like he thought he was had lost his mind. Kai stopped laughing and looked at Rei. "I know why Lee has been leaving so much. It's not because Lee is cheating on her. Part of the time he's been spending with me. We've been going to a café down the street to talk. Plus, he's, well I'm not supposed to tell you this but Rei, Lee has a son."

Rei's eyes got big. "Kai...how can...that be true?"

"He told me that when he was younger about sixteen he met up with a girl. One thing led to another and well she ended up pregnant. The girl didn't want Lee around the boy for a long time. He followed her wishes even though he told her that he wanted to be a part of the boy's life. Then she realized how very wrong she was and allowed him to take care of him. Lee doesn't want Mariah to know because he knows that she would be upset. Although Lee wasn't with Mariah when he had his son she's still likely to be upset."

"So do you know what his son's name is?" Rei asked.

"Yes, it's Sotsu. I've seen him before. Lee had to pick him up from preschool. He's 3 or 4 I can't remember." Kai said. "He's a good father."

"I'm sure he is. Oh god Kai I was so scared I was going to lose you." Rei shook his head looking down at the floor.

Kai caressed his face again. "Rei I am sorry I ever hurt you. I can't believe that I would ever raise a hand to you."

"It's understandable. I hurt you just as much as you hurt me."

"Rei...I have somewhere to take you. I...need you to go somewhere with me." He smiled sweetly and took Rei's hand and pulled him from the bed. Rei smiled and nodded and led him downstairs into the living room and into the car. They drove off down the street Rei still curious as to where they were going to go.

I'm so sorry that it's been so long but I've been really busy and for awhile I couldn't get online. Plus, I've been going through a lot of family problems and just too much shit going on. I really am sorry but if it makes you feel any better I have the whole story planned out and I have a third chapter for you. Well I hope you loved reading it as much as I did writing it. Love ya,

Screamarie