Rei raised his eyebrows to the second fuming, pacing person of the day. Instead of going right into the war zone with Kai, he decided to make small talk first, like he always did.
"So, how was work?" Rei managed as sweetly as he could with a toothy grin.
"He got fired again, didn't he? Where the hell is he?" Kai sputtered in an enraged tone. His eyes were a blurry of blood swirls. Rei loved it when he was angry at other people. Rei knitted his eyebrows together curiously wondering how Kai could possibly read minds.
"How did you know?"
Kai scoffed and replaced his scowl with an amused smirk.
"Every time you talk in that sweet manner with that toothy grin it reminds me that Tala asked you to do his dirty work. Plus, the fact that he was scampering upstairs tripping on almost every single thing in his way gave it away. Now, tell me Rei, please, why he shouldn't face my so called 'wrath'." Kai's voice grew angrier with every punctuated word that came from his mouth. The remnants of the smirk were gone.
Rei blinked once, twice, three times, then giggled profusely.
"You won't make this any easier on him or me will you?"
Kai scoffed then grimaced. The ever frequent job-losing Tala was grinding on his nerves. The rent bill was piling up day after day.
"Of course not. He needs to learn some responsibility." Kai rolled his eyes and plopped in the chair by Rei setting his chin on his upright palm. Rei sighed thinking on how to bring on the conversation of a new roommate. The thought literally ran trepidation through his veins. It was hard to have Kai agree with anything that big. So Rei began again with small talk.
"Anything for dinner you would prefer to eat?" Rei asked, standing and walking towards the sink with his glass, dumping it into the mass of dishes.
"No, we don't have any food." Kai replied, a little less murderous.
Rei laughed then turned his giggling golden eyes to stare into the crimson swirls of the ex-captain.
"We could pick up pizza you know. It would be nice to walk around since I haven't had time, and I'll pay. Also, I kind of need to talk to you."
"By we I hope you mean you and I, and what is it that you need to talk about?" Kai inquired inquisitively.
"I'll tell you later." Rei replied cryptically then yelled up to Tala's room, "Tala, we're going to get pizza, be back in about twenty minutes."
With that Rei got his coat leaving a stunned Kai at the table with no room or time for argument.
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Cold wind blasted Rei's face once again as he trudged on into the cold.
'It's going to snow today. I can feel it'
The end of October in Russia had brought upon a unusually cool autumn. The leaves littered the sidewalk painting it brown, yellow, and red. Rei walked a little more until he heard the crunching of leaves announcing his companions arrival.
"What took you so long?" Rei asked amusingly.
"What was that about? You kind of just left me wondering what the hell was going on." Kai aimed. Rei smiled again, pleased to have caught Kai so off guard. Kai wasn't so amused and jutted his lip out into the smallest pout known to man.
"I hate it when you do that. It's almost like you have some big secret about the world that you can't tell me about."
In reality, Rei loved doing this. Catching his former captain off guard sometimes led to the small pout which made Rei know why he fell in love with the blader. The lips were just so cute he could kiss them.
'Ack, I can't believe how sappy I am.' Rei thought.
It only took a couple of seconds of silence and walking until they reached the corner pizza parlor. Feeling grateful to get out of the cold, Rei scurried inside quickly to the warm atmosphere and smells of cheese, pepperoni, and garlic. He went to the counter to order the pizzas while Kai searched a place to sit. It was the same routine every time.
A plump lady with fluffy honey hair reached the counter and flashed Rei a white grin.
"Rei! I suppose you want the usual to go?" she pronounced loudly.
"Yeah, the same." Rei replied smiling a bit. He started to feel uneasy about the upcoming talk that he would be going through. The war zone Tala had called it. He turned and scoped out the place where Kai would be sitting, and found him lounging at his favorite place. A secluded spot in the front where you could watch the many busy people walked by. Kai had told Rei once that it was his favorite spot because he always loved to watch the people in their own little bubbles bustle about with their own lives. It led to curious conversations about what each person was doing or thinking at that time. Rei sighed again. He couldn't prolong this any further. For Tala and his friend, Rei had to suffer just a little.
He slid into the chair across from Kai silently not wanting to bother the look on his face. Kai's anger and rage had leaked from his flush face and was now replaced with one of comfort, tranquility, and boredom. He was watching the mass outside. Rei cleared his throat. Kai looked up with an unreadable look on his face. This was the perfect time.
"So anyways," Rei started, "You know, this thing with Tala is only going to hurt him more so I thought that I might be able to help."
"You're not going to pay his rent for him. Tala needs to under..."
"No, no, I am definitely not going to pay his rent for him. Instead I was thinking that since we still have that unoccupied room upstairs that I could invite one of my friends from China to live with us and pay a fourth of the rent."
Kai quirked an eyebrow, clearly interested, but then a scowl graced his lips. Kai didn't like strangers barging into his life screwing up his routinely life. He had it perfectly organized.
"Hear me out. She's this great girl who just got out of school and is looking for a place to go to college. One of those liberal arts people. Anyways, she's really responsible and she could even get a job at the orphanage part time as a dance or art teacher. She's the chiefs daughter so she comes from a good family. We wouldn't only be helping her out, but we would be helping ourselves out."
The scowl on Kai's face deepened. He didn't like girls that much. He found them too whiny and he already had to work with Mariah and Emily. It was true that Emily seemed more mature than Mariah, but it always came back down to the fact that they were hellishly annoying. And it would be worse that she was one of those artsy girls that always had an open mind about anything. Then again they did need the help not only with the money but around the house. And the orphanage was definitely lacking in the art department. And he could always trust Rei's words. It was something that Kai liked most about the boy, the deep trust they shared for one another. Kai sighed.
"And when can this girl of yours move in?"
A/N: AAHAHAHAHAH I took off time from Pre-AP English work to write this chapter. Listen, if there is anything wrong with personalities, grammar, etc. I really want you guys to tell me. I want this story to be as good as it can. Also, I'm thinking of changing the TalaOC pairing to TalaxBryan. Tell me what you think. I live to serve the reviewers! ::bows down::
^.^
"So, how was work?" Rei managed as sweetly as he could with a toothy grin.
"He got fired again, didn't he? Where the hell is he?" Kai sputtered in an enraged tone. His eyes were a blurry of blood swirls. Rei loved it when he was angry at other people. Rei knitted his eyebrows together curiously wondering how Kai could possibly read minds.
"How did you know?"
Kai scoffed and replaced his scowl with an amused smirk.
"Every time you talk in that sweet manner with that toothy grin it reminds me that Tala asked you to do his dirty work. Plus, the fact that he was scampering upstairs tripping on almost every single thing in his way gave it away. Now, tell me Rei, please, why he shouldn't face my so called 'wrath'." Kai's voice grew angrier with every punctuated word that came from his mouth. The remnants of the smirk were gone.
Rei blinked once, twice, three times, then giggled profusely.
"You won't make this any easier on him or me will you?"
Kai scoffed then grimaced. The ever frequent job-losing Tala was grinding on his nerves. The rent bill was piling up day after day.
"Of course not. He needs to learn some responsibility." Kai rolled his eyes and plopped in the chair by Rei setting his chin on his upright palm. Rei sighed thinking on how to bring on the conversation of a new roommate. The thought literally ran trepidation through his veins. It was hard to have Kai agree with anything that big. So Rei began again with small talk.
"Anything for dinner you would prefer to eat?" Rei asked, standing and walking towards the sink with his glass, dumping it into the mass of dishes.
"No, we don't have any food." Kai replied, a little less murderous.
Rei laughed then turned his giggling golden eyes to stare into the crimson swirls of the ex-captain.
"We could pick up pizza you know. It would be nice to walk around since I haven't had time, and I'll pay. Also, I kind of need to talk to you."
"By we I hope you mean you and I, and what is it that you need to talk about?" Kai inquired inquisitively.
"I'll tell you later." Rei replied cryptically then yelled up to Tala's room, "Tala, we're going to get pizza, be back in about twenty minutes."
With that Rei got his coat leaving a stunned Kai at the table with no room or time for argument.
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Cold wind blasted Rei's face once again as he trudged on into the cold.
'It's going to snow today. I can feel it'
The end of October in Russia had brought upon a unusually cool autumn. The leaves littered the sidewalk painting it brown, yellow, and red. Rei walked a little more until he heard the crunching of leaves announcing his companions arrival.
"What took you so long?" Rei asked amusingly.
"What was that about? You kind of just left me wondering what the hell was going on." Kai aimed. Rei smiled again, pleased to have caught Kai so off guard. Kai wasn't so amused and jutted his lip out into the smallest pout known to man.
"I hate it when you do that. It's almost like you have some big secret about the world that you can't tell me about."
In reality, Rei loved doing this. Catching his former captain off guard sometimes led to the small pout which made Rei know why he fell in love with the blader. The lips were just so cute he could kiss them.
'Ack, I can't believe how sappy I am.' Rei thought.
It only took a couple of seconds of silence and walking until they reached the corner pizza parlor. Feeling grateful to get out of the cold, Rei scurried inside quickly to the warm atmosphere and smells of cheese, pepperoni, and garlic. He went to the counter to order the pizzas while Kai searched a place to sit. It was the same routine every time.
A plump lady with fluffy honey hair reached the counter and flashed Rei a white grin.
"Rei! I suppose you want the usual to go?" she pronounced loudly.
"Yeah, the same." Rei replied smiling a bit. He started to feel uneasy about the upcoming talk that he would be going through. The war zone Tala had called it. He turned and scoped out the place where Kai would be sitting, and found him lounging at his favorite place. A secluded spot in the front where you could watch the many busy people walked by. Kai had told Rei once that it was his favorite spot because he always loved to watch the people in their own little bubbles bustle about with their own lives. It led to curious conversations about what each person was doing or thinking at that time. Rei sighed again. He couldn't prolong this any further. For Tala and his friend, Rei had to suffer just a little.
He slid into the chair across from Kai silently not wanting to bother the look on his face. Kai's anger and rage had leaked from his flush face and was now replaced with one of comfort, tranquility, and boredom. He was watching the mass outside. Rei cleared his throat. Kai looked up with an unreadable look on his face. This was the perfect time.
"So anyways," Rei started, "You know, this thing with Tala is only going to hurt him more so I thought that I might be able to help."
"You're not going to pay his rent for him. Tala needs to under..."
"No, no, I am definitely not going to pay his rent for him. Instead I was thinking that since we still have that unoccupied room upstairs that I could invite one of my friends from China to live with us and pay a fourth of the rent."
Kai quirked an eyebrow, clearly interested, but then a scowl graced his lips. Kai didn't like strangers barging into his life screwing up his routinely life. He had it perfectly organized.
"Hear me out. She's this great girl who just got out of school and is looking for a place to go to college. One of those liberal arts people. Anyways, she's really responsible and she could even get a job at the orphanage part time as a dance or art teacher. She's the chiefs daughter so she comes from a good family. We wouldn't only be helping her out, but we would be helping ourselves out."
The scowl on Kai's face deepened. He didn't like girls that much. He found them too whiny and he already had to work with Mariah and Emily. It was true that Emily seemed more mature than Mariah, but it always came back down to the fact that they were hellishly annoying. And it would be worse that she was one of those artsy girls that always had an open mind about anything. Then again they did need the help not only with the money but around the house. And the orphanage was definitely lacking in the art department. And he could always trust Rei's words. It was something that Kai liked most about the boy, the deep trust they shared for one another. Kai sighed.
"And when can this girl of yours move in?"
A/N: AAHAHAHAHAH I took off time from Pre-AP English work to write this chapter. Listen, if there is anything wrong with personalities, grammar, etc. I really want you guys to tell me. I want this story to be as good as it can. Also, I'm thinking of changing the TalaOC pairing to TalaxBryan. Tell me what you think. I live to serve the reviewers! ::bows down::
^.^