Whee!! New chapter! -hugs first reviewers- We were surprised... we got our first review on this in less than an hour and a half after it appeared. Yay! Oh, and I can't believe that I forgot to put a yaoi warning in summary! I put one, just in case. Okay, on to the chapter!
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Beytanic - Chapter Two
"Aren't you going to thank me?" Rei asked while he and Kai strolled across the first-class deck.
"Thank you for what? Following me around and being a pain-in-the-ass?" Kai countered sarcastically.
"No, for saving you, of course!" Rei answered matter-of-factly. "If I hadn't helped you, you woulda jumped off the ship and died. Thanks to me, you're alive!"
Kai gave an exasperated sigh and leaned on the railing, arms crossed. "Thanks. Happy?"
Rei, however, didn't answer, but instead asked another question. "Why were you running out there that night?"
"Well... I..." Kai stuttered, caught off guard by the sudden change of subject. He quickly straightened himself and set his usual impassive expression back on his face. "I had a lot on my mind, and I needed to think about it."
"Like what?" Rei pressed.
Kai gave him a pointed glare before continuing. "Like about my stupid grandfather and fiancee," he went on, and Rei nodded.
Both were silent for a moment before Rei spoke again. "Do you love him?"
"Love who?" he asked, frowning.
"Your fiancee."
Kai shot Rei a look that could kill. "That's a very personal question," he pointed out, rather than answering.
"Do you love him?" Rei questioned again, not taking his eyes from the other pair of bright red ones.
Kai's frown grew. He turned away from Rei and leaned his arms and back on the rail.
"You're avoiding the question," Rei stated bluntly.
Kai turned around abruptly and glared daggers at him before snatching away the worn notebook Rei held in his hands. He flipped through the pages, sitting on a nearby bench, Rei close behind. "What is this thing, anyway?"
[ A/N: Whew... -breathes sigh of relief- I was afraid it would get a bit too serious there... -hugs Kai for changing the subject- ]
"That's my notebook," Rei said proudly, beaming. "I like to draw."
"Err..." Kai stopped on a page with a stick figure drawing of what looked like a one-legged stripper.
"Oh, that?" Rei looked down at the page. "That was a one legged stripper that I liked to draw. She had nice feet-- er, I mean, a nice foot. Her peg leg wasn't too bad, but it made a weird noise when she walked." He grimaced at the thought.
Having heard enough, Kai shoved the notebook back into Rei's hands and stood. As he strode away, Rei scrambled off behind him.
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Kai wandered up on the "rich" level of the ship, Rei in tow.
"I can teach you how to spit like a man," Rei said suddenly. Kai stopped abruptly, causing Rei to run into him.
"What?" Kai asked, turning to give Rei a look.
"I dunno... I couldn't think of anything better to say," Rei shrugged.
Kai glared at Rei, then leaned on the railing. Rei joined him, glancing at Kai to check his mood.
"So, want me to show you how to spit like a man?"
"Are you suggesting that I'm not man enough?" Kai glared at Rei.
"No, I don't think so...," Rei replied quickly.
An awkward silence followed in which Rei twiddled his thumbs and whistled and Kai glared at the people on the lower decks. Finally Kai spoke up.
"Go ahead and spit."
Rei leaned over the railing cheerfully, hacked up some "spitting material," and spit as far as possible.
Kai watched it lamely as it fell and hit a woman on the head. She reached up, felt the spit, and ran off, shrieking.
"I can do better than that." And without another word, Kai also hacked up something and spit.
His spit flew much farther and smacked a guy in a sailor suit on the leg.
The two boys then began a spitting battle, each attempting to hit more people than the other.
As they continued spitting, Voltaire, the Unsinkable Tala Brown, and a few other rich, snotty men walked toward them.
"Ahem...," Voltaire coughed out loudly, causing Kai and Rei to jump and turn around.
Tala grinned at them. "Howdeedo!" he greeted, giving a small wave.
"You must be Rei. Thank you for saving Kai. It is greatly appreciated," Voltaire said, grabbing Kai by the arm and yanking him away.
"See you tonight!" Rei yelled at Kai's retreating back, then turned back to Tala.
Tala looked him up and down and clicked his tongue disapprovingly.
"You don't plan on going like you are, do you?" he asked.
"Well, I don't have much else," Rei mumbled.
"Today is you lucky day! I've got a spiffy red headband that would look great on you. And I have some body glitter that will help to attract the opposite and/or same sex," Tala said, smiling at Rei.
"Okay...," Rei said, staring at Tala.
"Come to my room later. I'll get you fixed up," he said. And with that, Tala was gone.
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Kai stared down at the filled teacup, wondering why they haven't figured out that he hates it by now.
Bryan, who was sitting across the small table from Kai, emptied the contents of the large sugar bowl into his cup and stirred violently. He brought his cup to his mouth and slurped his tea, only to earn a scolding look from Voltaire, who was seated nearby.
"Manners, Bryan," Voltaire said.
Bryan sighed into his tea and raised his right pinkie then wiggled it.
Voltaire smiled approvingly. "Good boy."
All three were silent for a minute, except for the sound of Bryan's tea-slurping, before Voltaire spoke up again.
"Kai, I've heard that you invited some third-class scum to dinner tonight."
Kai shrugged. "I can't really say that I invited him... he moreof invited himself. But it's too late to tell him he can't come."
"If he comes near you, I'll put him through the ringa," Bryan reassured Kai, putting his teacup down.
"That's good to know," Kai grunted.
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Rei danced happily into his room, where Lee sat on the bottom bunk of one of the two beds.
"Oh, Lee, I'm going to dinner tonight with the most wonderful guy!"
"America?" Lee question curiously.
"Oh, he's great! Beautiful, witty, intelligent," Rei sighed. "And I think he might have the hots for me!"
"America!!" Lee exclaimed.
"Yeah, I'm happy, too."
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Tala easily tied the red headband around Kai's head.
"A perfect fit!" he exclaimed happily. "I have a son in America, and his head is just about as big as yours."
Rei grinned and winked cheesily at his reflection in the nearby mirror. He was distracted from it, though, when Tala started rubbing the most sparkly, glittery lotion Rei had ever seen onto his arm.
[ A/N: Feel free to insert a hot steamy Rei/Tala sex scene right here if you please. I pointed out to Becky after I wrote this part that you could actually have one here and the last two paragraphs would fit with it. That is, if you have a perverted mind. Mmm... let your imagination go wild, folks. ]
"Wow," Rei gasped when Tala was finished rubbing the glittery lotion all over his body.
Tala stepped back to admire his handiwork. "I couldn't have put it better myself!"
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Sorry it's kinda short. I thought that right before they went to dinner would be a nice place to stop. If I had went on, I wouldn't have been able to stop for a while, unless I wanted it to be an abrupt ending. Oh, and school starts tomorrow, so we'll probably be a bit slow on updating. T__T Oh well... maybe if you drop us some reviews, we'll work a bit faster. -hint hint- ^__~
As for next chapter... will Kai be attracted to Rei and his new sparkliness? Probably not... Also, enter Kenny, Oliver, and Ian!
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Beytanic - Chapter Two
"Aren't you going to thank me?" Rei asked while he and Kai strolled across the first-class deck.
"Thank you for what? Following me around and being a pain-in-the-ass?" Kai countered sarcastically.
"No, for saving you, of course!" Rei answered matter-of-factly. "If I hadn't helped you, you woulda jumped off the ship and died. Thanks to me, you're alive!"
Kai gave an exasperated sigh and leaned on the railing, arms crossed. "Thanks. Happy?"
Rei, however, didn't answer, but instead asked another question. "Why were you running out there that night?"
"Well... I..." Kai stuttered, caught off guard by the sudden change of subject. He quickly straightened himself and set his usual impassive expression back on his face. "I had a lot on my mind, and I needed to think about it."
"Like what?" Rei pressed.
Kai gave him a pointed glare before continuing. "Like about my stupid grandfather and fiancee," he went on, and Rei nodded.
Both were silent for a moment before Rei spoke again. "Do you love him?"
"Love who?" he asked, frowning.
"Your fiancee."
Kai shot Rei a look that could kill. "That's a very personal question," he pointed out, rather than answering.
"Do you love him?" Rei questioned again, not taking his eyes from the other pair of bright red ones.
Kai's frown grew. He turned away from Rei and leaned his arms and back on the rail.
"You're avoiding the question," Rei stated bluntly.
Kai turned around abruptly and glared daggers at him before snatching away the worn notebook Rei held in his hands. He flipped through the pages, sitting on a nearby bench, Rei close behind. "What is this thing, anyway?"
[ A/N: Whew... -breathes sigh of relief- I was afraid it would get a bit too serious there... -hugs Kai for changing the subject- ]
"That's my notebook," Rei said proudly, beaming. "I like to draw."
"Err..." Kai stopped on a page with a stick figure drawing of what looked like a one-legged stripper.
"Oh, that?" Rei looked down at the page. "That was a one legged stripper that I liked to draw. She had nice feet-- er, I mean, a nice foot. Her peg leg wasn't too bad, but it made a weird noise when she walked." He grimaced at the thought.
Having heard enough, Kai shoved the notebook back into Rei's hands and stood. As he strode away, Rei scrambled off behind him.
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Kai wandered up on the "rich" level of the ship, Rei in tow.
"I can teach you how to spit like a man," Rei said suddenly. Kai stopped abruptly, causing Rei to run into him.
"What?" Kai asked, turning to give Rei a look.
"I dunno... I couldn't think of anything better to say," Rei shrugged.
Kai glared at Rei, then leaned on the railing. Rei joined him, glancing at Kai to check his mood.
"So, want me to show you how to spit like a man?"
"Are you suggesting that I'm not man enough?" Kai glared at Rei.
"No, I don't think so...," Rei replied quickly.
An awkward silence followed in which Rei twiddled his thumbs and whistled and Kai glared at the people on the lower decks. Finally Kai spoke up.
"Go ahead and spit."
Rei leaned over the railing cheerfully, hacked up some "spitting material," and spit as far as possible.
Kai watched it lamely as it fell and hit a woman on the head. She reached up, felt the spit, and ran off, shrieking.
"I can do better than that." And without another word, Kai also hacked up something and spit.
His spit flew much farther and smacked a guy in a sailor suit on the leg.
The two boys then began a spitting battle, each attempting to hit more people than the other.
As they continued spitting, Voltaire, the Unsinkable Tala Brown, and a few other rich, snotty men walked toward them.
"Ahem...," Voltaire coughed out loudly, causing Kai and Rei to jump and turn around.
Tala grinned at them. "Howdeedo!" he greeted, giving a small wave.
"You must be Rei. Thank you for saving Kai. It is greatly appreciated," Voltaire said, grabbing Kai by the arm and yanking him away.
"See you tonight!" Rei yelled at Kai's retreating back, then turned back to Tala.
Tala looked him up and down and clicked his tongue disapprovingly.
"You don't plan on going like you are, do you?" he asked.
"Well, I don't have much else," Rei mumbled.
"Today is you lucky day! I've got a spiffy red headband that would look great on you. And I have some body glitter that will help to attract the opposite and/or same sex," Tala said, smiling at Rei.
"Okay...," Rei said, staring at Tala.
"Come to my room later. I'll get you fixed up," he said. And with that, Tala was gone.
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Kai stared down at the filled teacup, wondering why they haven't figured out that he hates it by now.
Bryan, who was sitting across the small table from Kai, emptied the contents of the large sugar bowl into his cup and stirred violently. He brought his cup to his mouth and slurped his tea, only to earn a scolding look from Voltaire, who was seated nearby.
"Manners, Bryan," Voltaire said.
Bryan sighed into his tea and raised his right pinkie then wiggled it.
Voltaire smiled approvingly. "Good boy."
All three were silent for a minute, except for the sound of Bryan's tea-slurping, before Voltaire spoke up again.
"Kai, I've heard that you invited some third-class scum to dinner tonight."
Kai shrugged. "I can't really say that I invited him... he moreof invited himself. But it's too late to tell him he can't come."
"If he comes near you, I'll put him through the ringa," Bryan reassured Kai, putting his teacup down.
"That's good to know," Kai grunted.
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Rei danced happily into his room, where Lee sat on the bottom bunk of one of the two beds.
"Oh, Lee, I'm going to dinner tonight with the most wonderful guy!"
"America?" Lee question curiously.
"Oh, he's great! Beautiful, witty, intelligent," Rei sighed. "And I think he might have the hots for me!"
"America!!" Lee exclaimed.
"Yeah, I'm happy, too."
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Tala easily tied the red headband around Kai's head.
"A perfect fit!" he exclaimed happily. "I have a son in America, and his head is just about as big as yours."
Rei grinned and winked cheesily at his reflection in the nearby mirror. He was distracted from it, though, when Tala started rubbing the most sparkly, glittery lotion Rei had ever seen onto his arm.
[ A/N: Feel free to insert a hot steamy Rei/Tala sex scene right here if you please. I pointed out to Becky after I wrote this part that you could actually have one here and the last two paragraphs would fit with it. That is, if you have a perverted mind. Mmm... let your imagination go wild, folks. ]
"Wow," Rei gasped when Tala was finished rubbing the glittery lotion all over his body.
Tala stepped back to admire his handiwork. "I couldn't have put it better myself!"
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Sorry it's kinda short. I thought that right before they went to dinner would be a nice place to stop. If I had went on, I wouldn't have been able to stop for a while, unless I wanted it to be an abrupt ending. Oh, and school starts tomorrow, so we'll probably be a bit slow on updating. T__T Oh well... maybe if you drop us some reviews, we'll work a bit faster. -hint hint- ^__~
As for next chapter... will Kai be attracted to Rei and his new sparkliness? Probably not... Also, enter Kenny, Oliver, and Ian!