Kai rolled over in the bed yawning and stretched out, looking up at Rei, smirking slightly.
"Feeling better now?" Rei asked, staring into Kai's deep crimson eyes, Kai just smiled nodding his head in return.
"That's good, you need to get up and get some food before Tyson manages to eat it all, you haven't eaten in what... two days?" Rei laughed.
"I hear what you mean," Kai said, indicating towards the door where the sound of Tyson and Max's' cooking could be heard. Rei went to get up.
"Are you coming?" he questioned Kai.
"Yeh...not just yet though," Kai replied, wrapping his strong arms around Rei's waist and pulling him into his chest.
After what seemed like ages of just lying around Rei finally suggested that they get up before Tyson and his little group barged in again, Kai sighed in agreement slowly getting up and heading for the shower leading Rei by the hand behind him. When Rei had newly bandaged the last remaining cuts across Kai's chest and back they headed out for the kitchen.
When they arrived at the kitchen they found Tyson still stuffing his face with food, and an overly energetic Max.
"Hey Kai, how you feeling?" Max asked, bounding up to then.
"Hn," and a slight smile was Kai's only reply as he and Rei sat down at the table with Kenny and Tyson who were surprised at how fast their leader had healed.
"Nice to see you two are finally up," Kenny said, not adverting his gaze from his laptop, Kai just sighed closing his eyes and leaning against the back of his chair, he should've stayed in bed.
"So Kai you gonna fill us in on what happened to you?" Tyson asked, looking up from his food, Kai looked away from Tyson puzzled and then looked at Rei who just smiled back at him shrugging. He had thought that Rei would've told them about his beating by now. Looking away from Rei pleased he hadn't said anything, Kai turned his attention to the three others sitting at the table in front of him. Now he could be as brief as he wanted.
"It was my grandfather Voltair who had me beaten, I had disobeyed him and disgraced my family name." With that, he got up and left the teams hotel room. Rei sighed as he watched Kai leave while Tyson, Kenny and Max just looked on in shock.
A few minutes of silence passed by and then Tyson and the others turned their attention onto Rei hoping he would fill them in but not so brief. However, Rei just shrugged getting up and walking towards the Kitchen window. Rei's keen amber eyes instinctively followed the blue haired boy who made his way through the snow and towards a gathering of trees, after getting the general direction Kai was going he too left the hotel.
Rei silently followed Kai through the trees, pausing when he saw Kai sit down leaning against a tree, his back to him. Rei smiled as he silently crept towards Kai, he had almost made it when...
"Rei, I know your there," Kai said, looking around at the raven-haired boy. Rei smiled innocently at Kai then moved to sit next to him only to be picked up by Kai, his strong arms gently placing Rei in his lap. Rei instinctively rested his head on Kai's shoulder.
"You know the others will want to know more," Rei stated.
"Hn," and a sigh was Kai's reply.
"When are you gonna start us on training again?" Rei finally asked Kai, Kai looked down at the boy curled up in his arms.
"When I get back," he said after some time of thought.
"Where are you going?" Rei questioned, looking concerned.
"I have to return to see my grandfather," Kai said with a sigh, looking away from Rei.
"Kai you cant, what if it happens again!" Rei whined, Kai looked back at him and smiled. "Rei I've got to go, if I don't Voltair will find me and it will happen again."
Rei didn't look convinced, he didn't want Kai to go anywhere near there again but he could see where Kai was coming from.
"I guess your right," he finally said. With that Kai got up,
"I'll be back, don't wait up though," he said then left through the trees leaving Rei out in the snow, cold and alone.