Rei quickly got out of the shower, dried off, got dressed, and made his way out of the hotel room and down to where he had seen Kai from the window. Kai could sense Rei coming and looked up to see him walking across the snowy grounds towards him, he sighed, he knew why Rei was out in the cold but he wasn't ready yet, he still had some things to work out inside his head.
"Rei what are you doing out here in the cold?" he asked for the sake of it,
"Kai I am worried about you and want to know more about what's been happening for the past two nights," Rei pleaded with the older boy. He knew that Kai was not someone who would go and tell everyone his problems, he was the opposite, but he had hoped that Kai would've been able to trust him by now.
I sigh and look away from Rei's gaze, I don't want to deal with this right now, how am I supposed to explain my dreams to him. Something keeps telling me that Rei wont think any less of me for being weak because he didn't think any less of me when I couldn't take it anymore and broke down in tears. However, I just...
"Kai..."
I look back up at the raven-haired boy and I can see the concern flicker in his eye's, I wonder how someone could be so willing to waist their time caring about me, through I have no time to dwell on this as Rei's talking once more.
"I know you think you have to be the strong leader all the time and look out for me but I can help you, I can and would be happy to look after you if you just tell me what's wrong,"
I'm shocked by this, though it was true I always took it upon myself to look after Rei, to be strong for Rei because I enjoyed taking care of him; it gave me a purpose, a reason for being; a reason for living.
I'm somewhat relieved that Rei really cared enough about me to say something like that and I can feel some of my worries beginning to subside. However, I don't want Rei to think of me like that, I wanted him to think of me as strong and not weak.
I haven't said anything or responded even though I know I should its just that I dont know how to react to something like that. No one had said anything like this to me before, I had been longing to be with Rei for ages but I don't know how to tell him; now that I have the chance to I cant. The silence is becoming unbearable so I do the first thing that comes to mind, I run.
I keep running and soon come to one of the hotel's walls, thought this was no problem for me, I'm a good jumper and easily cleared it. I kept running but mentally I could of kicked myself, I didn't understand 'why was I running?' I had always wanted Rei to care about me and now I had got what I wanted but once more I let it slip through my grasp and for what? I know the answer it was because of my pride.
Normal POVRei lost track of Kai as soon as he entered the main town, and decided that it would be best for him to just go back to the hotel and wait for his to return. Rei kept walking trying to tell his mind that everything was going to be fine, after all Kai had been known to go off for long lengths of time by himself to return at some point during the night. Rei hoped that the others would be back by now and they were which allowed him to tell them about Kai and how he had run off.
"That's a good thing Rei, no more Mr serious," Tyson joked,
"And you know he always comes back," Kenny added.
It was then that Rei, feeling that none of his team mates were taking this seriously, told them about the nightmares Kai had been having over the past two nights. However Rei left out the part about waking up to Kai crying each time, it took him along time to get Kai to trust him and he wasn't about to lose it, not now when Kai might need someone the most.
"So big deal, he always goes off by himself, why should we care? I mean he has never shown interest in us," Tyson pointed out.
"Kai does show interest in one of us you know Tyson, and that one person so happens to care and has the right to be worried about him," Max said and Kenny tried to hide a laugh as Rei blushed, he didn't think that they knew about his feelings for Kai.
After a short time Tyson finally got what they were talking about,
"Rei you cant be serious!" he yelled, Max and Kenny confirmed it by laughing, Rei bowed his head, now they all knew, well all besides Kai himself.
"I can't believe it! Him of all people!" Tyson yelled again getting frustrated, he couldn't believe that anyone could actually like Kai. Kenny told Rei that he would keep him company by working out in the lounge room with Dizzie while Rei waited for Kai to come back.
"Yeh, and if he doesn't show they'll raid the streets looking for him," Tyson joked.