Rimnerel: Wow, I'm finally back in town!
Hilary: Did you have fun?
Rimnerel: Where is Tala? Why isn't he around here?
Hilary: Oh, he took a little trip after you left.
Rimnerel (-_-): I'm not going to ask what you did to my muse. Okay everyone, I would like to thank Jay Kamiya, Silverm, Merodi, FREAK014, B. Tiamat Atardecer, Liika, Raven Star, and AngrySoul for their reviews. I'm glad that everyone is enjoying this. Oh, and FREAK014, thanks for not having your muses and yami kill me. I will make an announcement at the end of the chapter that I'm sure you will like. Hilary, do my author's note for me.
Hilary: This chapter is shorter than the last two or three chapters. The reason for it being like this is because it's setting the events of the next chapter up. Rim hopes everyone will enjoy this next chapter even though it's short.
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"He was the most arrogant bastard I have ever in my entire existence of living have ever met!" Hilary growled as she sat with Zeo and Kenny in a local café while she complained about Tala's attitude. "He's the devil! I swear he is."
Her face was beet red as she sipped angrily on her milkshake. Her brow still twitched with anger from twenty minutes ago, and didn't show any signs that it was going to stop twitching any time soon. Kenny was afraid she was going to explode if this kept up. He wondered if it was Tala's intentional plain to completely piss her off because that was all he did for twenty straight minutes before she slapped him and left. If Tala hadn't been injured already, Hilary would probably have hospitalized him.
"Hilary. . .you might want to calm down," Zeo suggested. "That's not a healthy color to be."
"It's that Tala's fault. The nerve of that guy saying all those things. I have a right to go put my foot up his back end for insulting me like that," Hilary said continuing to growl. "Who does he think he is saying that I'll be lucky to be fucked by some drunk guy with a temper like mine!"
Several people that past the table the trio was seated at gave Hilary a strange look, whispering to each other about the crazy girl sitting with the two boys. Kenny could understand what might be going on in the passerby's head. Seeing her this red and growling at her milkshake was quite a disturbing experience.
"I don't know how you can put up with it, Chief. I would have been in jail for murder a long time ago if I had been the one to find him," Hilary continued.
"Tala's not usually so. . ."
"Goddamn arrogant, conceited, demonic?" Hilary helped out with Kenny's sentence.
"Full of energy," Kenny finished, a bead of sweat rolling down the back of his neck. Tala would have to apologize to her if they ever saw each other again. He seriously had never seen the girl this upset before. Tala really knew how to push people's buttons; not a good thing is he said so himself.
"He's the literal word Satan! Tyson has never made me this angry before." Hilary seemed to get redder by the moment. Finally she stood up.
"Hilary, where are you going?" Zeo inquired. Kenny was afraid she was going to go back to the hospital to kill Tala. She turned dark eyes on both boys who flinched under the intensity of her stare. Her eyes finally lightened up as she sighed angrily.
"I'm going home," Hilary stated, leaving her money for the milkshake on the table. "I'm really, really ticked off and if I stay I might end up taking my anger out on everyone here. So I'm taking my leave for today to go home and work off this anger. Good-bye Zeo, Kenny."
The two boys watched the girl walk out the door to the shop and head off down the street. Once she was gone, Zeo turned to Kenny with a slight shake of his head. A sympathetic smile crossed his lips. "I guess those two will be in permanent crossfire after this."
"That's what I'm afraid of," Kenny sighed. "I will know better next time than to ask him to behave. Sometimes he's impossible to deal with. I hope he didn't offend you any with something he said."
Zeo shook his head, his smile never wavering. "No, you don't have to worry about that. I think he was an interesting person despite being so intense. You can tell he's a great blader. He has a lot of confidence."
"Don't you mean arrogance," Kenny chuckled. He was glad that Zeo wasn't the least bit affected as Hilary had been. "I'm glad you aren't going on a rampage like Hilary. I don't think I would be able to take it."
"Then me and Hilary would have had to sneak back to the hospital and kill him," Zeo laughed.
Kenny smiled, seeing how good natured Zeo was about the whole incident. Why couldn't Tala be more like Zeo instead of such a cynical, sarcastic bastard who thought the world owed him? (But if Tala was more like Zeo there would be no need for this story to be as long as it is now. ^_^) Kenny wished it was that simple though. He would have been saved from all the unnecessary trauma.
"You know Zeo," Kenny found himself saying. "There should be more people like you out there. If Tala had been like you, I think there would be no need to have so many headaches over him."
Zeo looked over at Kenny seeing the male's eyes darken with pain. Zeo wondered. . .maybe. . .that had to be it. "Kenny."
"Yeah Zeo?" The brunette looked over at his friend.
"Do you. . .like Tala? Not to be nosy or anything, but you just have this vibe. If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to," Zeo questioned.
Was it really that noticeable that even Zeo who hadn't been back no more than a day could tell? "Is it that noticeable?" Kenny looked down at his drink with a short smile. "Yes, I do like him. But I'm not sure how he feels about me. When I think I've found out, there's another door slammed shut. He can be really frustrating, but I've learned to cope." Better yet, he had almost learned to cope with Tala's ever changing modes.
*How can he turn down someone as beautiful as Kenny? Is he really that blind to what he is in front of him? * Zeo thought to himself.
Zeo had to admit to himself that he was becoming attracted to the brunette Bladebreaker. Since coming back in town Zeo had not let a single detail escape his notice. If Tala could not see what Zeo himself saw, then there was no point in the red head having Kenny.
"Don't you feel like giving up on him sometimes?" Zeo wondered. "I mean nothing is worst than unrequited love."
"That's true, Zeo. It does hurt when he seems to push me away, but he has been hurt too. So he does it not to know that sort of pain again," Kenny remarked.
"It's seems to me though that he doesn't want to be helped. He would rather stay the way he is," Zeo voiced. "If he doesn't smarten up, you're going to be stolen away by someone who will treat you like you're supposed to be. Then he'll wish he had seen what everyone else did earlier."
"Zeo. . ."
Kenny could hear a changing note in Zeo's tone. Was this really the blader that had left the city a year ago? It seemed that Zeo had done a bit of growing up during that last past year. He no longer sounded like the energetic, anxious teen Kenny had met last year.
The green haired male shook his head, realizing he was sounding bitter towards the red head, but he had every right to be. Kenny did not deserve to be in such an emotionally shifting relationship. "Sorry if I sounded like a complete skeptic. It just doesn't seem right for him to put you through this."
"Thank you. Maybe it is true a little. But I don't want to leave him alone. He deserves to be given a chance and some time," Kenny replied. "I'm just surprised that you don't think it's unnatural." Zeo grinned again, shaking his green head from side to side, causing his hair to sway in a gentle motion.
"No, I don't find it strange. In fact, I'm actually falling in love with a guy myself. He's very attractive and smart. He just doesn't know that I like him yet. I plan on telling him soon enough though," Zeo said, wondering if Kenny would figure it out.
"Really, what's his name?" Kenny asked, not getting the clue at all.
"I can't tell you yet. But you will know when I tell him. So what shall we do now?" Zeo queried. "You want to hit the arcades and see if Tyson and Max are there?"
"Knowing those two you'll find them wherever Ray and Kai are currently. I doubt they're hanging out in the arcades." Kenny suspected that both young men could be found in bed with their boyfriends and not wanting to be disturbed from their activities.
"How about we call it a day then? Since we don't have any school tomorrow, how about you treat me to a welcome back party out on the town," Zeo suggested. "Since the others are so tied up in each other currently, it can be me and you. Not unless you want to spend the whole day at Tala's side."
"No. I would. . .it would be nice to hang out with you." Zeo made it sound as if it was the worst thing to do with his time. Maybe to Zeo it was, but just being close to Tala made him have hope that Tala would come around sooner or later. "So, I guess it's just me and you tomorrow then."
"I don't want you to be uncomfortable about it Kenny. If you don't feel right about it tell me right now," Zeo stated. He stared at Kenny wondering if the male would back down.
"It's not that I'm uncomfortable, but in a way, it sounds sort of like a date," Kenny replied with a faint smile. Humor found its way to Kenny's lips as he turned his head to his friend. "You wouldn't be asking me out, would you Zeo? Thinking about it, that person you like sounds familiar.
*He caught on a little bit faster than I would have thought. Maybe I should be a little bit bolder. He doesn't seem as timid as before. *
Zeo reached over, brushing Kenny's hair out of his eyes in order to look him directly in the eyes. Kenny held Zeo's stare watching a flicker of interest appear in those green eyes. Which made him aware that Zeo was in fact asking him out.
"What if I am? Are you going to turn me away? I want you to know now that I'm not going to sit by and allow him to mistreat you." Zeo got up from his seat with a smile before leaving his money from the milkshakes on the table. "If you're uncomfortable with it all you don't have to show up. I'll be waiting by the bey dishes in the park around two tomorrow if you decide to show up."
Kenny watched Zeo walk away without a second's glance back. The brunette sat there for a while thinking about his new situation. Realizing that he had no idea how this happened. Everything was becoming a lot more complicated than he wanted. Exactly how had this come about? He had thought for sure that Zeo would have never found him attractive. Now here he was. His life was now one big triangle with all points leading back to him.
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Rimnerel: Well, everyone how did you like my chapter! Good, bad, mediocre? And now for my big news. The next chapter will be reader discretion advised! Meaning Kenny finally gets some!
Tala (storming in): If you have that bitch take my piece of ass Rim, I swear I'm leaving this fic and not coming back ever.
Rimnerel: Oh, there you go. I thought Hilary killed you.
Tala: That fucking cunt---
Rimnerel: Language, Tala boy. And who I decide to make Kenny have some nice hot yaoi action with next chapter is my business. You'll find out next chapter anyway. So there you go everyone; the rating will be kicked up to R next chapter. Do my ending Tala.
Tala: Fuck no until I find out who gets the piece of ass. (smacked) Fine! The next chapter comes out next Monday because she wants to take the time to do a good job on the next chapter.
Rimnerel: Thank you Tala baby. So until next Monday, Merry Christmas.
Hilary: Did you have fun?
Rimnerel: Where is Tala? Why isn't he around here?
Hilary: Oh, he took a little trip after you left.
Rimnerel (-_-): I'm not going to ask what you did to my muse. Okay everyone, I would like to thank Jay Kamiya, Silverm, Merodi, FREAK014, B. Tiamat Atardecer, Liika, Raven Star, and AngrySoul for their reviews. I'm glad that everyone is enjoying this. Oh, and FREAK014, thanks for not having your muses and yami kill me. I will make an announcement at the end of the chapter that I'm sure you will like. Hilary, do my author's note for me.
Hilary: This chapter is shorter than the last two or three chapters. The reason for it being like this is because it's setting the events of the next chapter up. Rim hopes everyone will enjoy this next chapter even though it's short.
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"He was the most arrogant bastard I have ever in my entire existence of living have ever met!" Hilary growled as she sat with Zeo and Kenny in a local café while she complained about Tala's attitude. "He's the devil! I swear he is."
Her face was beet red as she sipped angrily on her milkshake. Her brow still twitched with anger from twenty minutes ago, and didn't show any signs that it was going to stop twitching any time soon. Kenny was afraid she was going to explode if this kept up. He wondered if it was Tala's intentional plain to completely piss her off because that was all he did for twenty straight minutes before she slapped him and left. If Tala hadn't been injured already, Hilary would probably have hospitalized him.
"Hilary. . .you might want to calm down," Zeo suggested. "That's not a healthy color to be."
"It's that Tala's fault. The nerve of that guy saying all those things. I have a right to go put my foot up his back end for insulting me like that," Hilary said continuing to growl. "Who does he think he is saying that I'll be lucky to be fucked by some drunk guy with a temper like mine!"
Several people that past the table the trio was seated at gave Hilary a strange look, whispering to each other about the crazy girl sitting with the two boys. Kenny could understand what might be going on in the passerby's head. Seeing her this red and growling at her milkshake was quite a disturbing experience.
"I don't know how you can put up with it, Chief. I would have been in jail for murder a long time ago if I had been the one to find him," Hilary continued.
"Tala's not usually so. . ."
"Goddamn arrogant, conceited, demonic?" Hilary helped out with Kenny's sentence.
"Full of energy," Kenny finished, a bead of sweat rolling down the back of his neck. Tala would have to apologize to her if they ever saw each other again. He seriously had never seen the girl this upset before. Tala really knew how to push people's buttons; not a good thing is he said so himself.
"He's the literal word Satan! Tyson has never made me this angry before." Hilary seemed to get redder by the moment. Finally she stood up.
"Hilary, where are you going?" Zeo inquired. Kenny was afraid she was going to go back to the hospital to kill Tala. She turned dark eyes on both boys who flinched under the intensity of her stare. Her eyes finally lightened up as she sighed angrily.
"I'm going home," Hilary stated, leaving her money for the milkshake on the table. "I'm really, really ticked off and if I stay I might end up taking my anger out on everyone here. So I'm taking my leave for today to go home and work off this anger. Good-bye Zeo, Kenny."
The two boys watched the girl walk out the door to the shop and head off down the street. Once she was gone, Zeo turned to Kenny with a slight shake of his head. A sympathetic smile crossed his lips. "I guess those two will be in permanent crossfire after this."
"That's what I'm afraid of," Kenny sighed. "I will know better next time than to ask him to behave. Sometimes he's impossible to deal with. I hope he didn't offend you any with something he said."
Zeo shook his head, his smile never wavering. "No, you don't have to worry about that. I think he was an interesting person despite being so intense. You can tell he's a great blader. He has a lot of confidence."
"Don't you mean arrogance," Kenny chuckled. He was glad that Zeo wasn't the least bit affected as Hilary had been. "I'm glad you aren't going on a rampage like Hilary. I don't think I would be able to take it."
"Then me and Hilary would have had to sneak back to the hospital and kill him," Zeo laughed.
Kenny smiled, seeing how good natured Zeo was about the whole incident. Why couldn't Tala be more like Zeo instead of such a cynical, sarcastic bastard who thought the world owed him? (But if Tala was more like Zeo there would be no need for this story to be as long as it is now. ^_^) Kenny wished it was that simple though. He would have been saved from all the unnecessary trauma.
"You know Zeo," Kenny found himself saying. "There should be more people like you out there. If Tala had been like you, I think there would be no need to have so many headaches over him."
Zeo looked over at Kenny seeing the male's eyes darken with pain. Zeo wondered. . .maybe. . .that had to be it. "Kenny."
"Yeah Zeo?" The brunette looked over at his friend.
"Do you. . .like Tala? Not to be nosy or anything, but you just have this vibe. If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to," Zeo questioned.
Was it really that noticeable that even Zeo who hadn't been back no more than a day could tell? "Is it that noticeable?" Kenny looked down at his drink with a short smile. "Yes, I do like him. But I'm not sure how he feels about me. When I think I've found out, there's another door slammed shut. He can be really frustrating, but I've learned to cope." Better yet, he had almost learned to cope with Tala's ever changing modes.
*How can he turn down someone as beautiful as Kenny? Is he really that blind to what he is in front of him? * Zeo thought to himself.
Zeo had to admit to himself that he was becoming attracted to the brunette Bladebreaker. Since coming back in town Zeo had not let a single detail escape his notice. If Tala could not see what Zeo himself saw, then there was no point in the red head having Kenny.
"Don't you feel like giving up on him sometimes?" Zeo wondered. "I mean nothing is worst than unrequited love."
"That's true, Zeo. It does hurt when he seems to push me away, but he has been hurt too. So he does it not to know that sort of pain again," Kenny remarked.
"It's seems to me though that he doesn't want to be helped. He would rather stay the way he is," Zeo voiced. "If he doesn't smarten up, you're going to be stolen away by someone who will treat you like you're supposed to be. Then he'll wish he had seen what everyone else did earlier."
"Zeo. . ."
Kenny could hear a changing note in Zeo's tone. Was this really the blader that had left the city a year ago? It seemed that Zeo had done a bit of growing up during that last past year. He no longer sounded like the energetic, anxious teen Kenny had met last year.
The green haired male shook his head, realizing he was sounding bitter towards the red head, but he had every right to be. Kenny did not deserve to be in such an emotionally shifting relationship. "Sorry if I sounded like a complete skeptic. It just doesn't seem right for him to put you through this."
"Thank you. Maybe it is true a little. But I don't want to leave him alone. He deserves to be given a chance and some time," Kenny replied. "I'm just surprised that you don't think it's unnatural." Zeo grinned again, shaking his green head from side to side, causing his hair to sway in a gentle motion.
"No, I don't find it strange. In fact, I'm actually falling in love with a guy myself. He's very attractive and smart. He just doesn't know that I like him yet. I plan on telling him soon enough though," Zeo said, wondering if Kenny would figure it out.
"Really, what's his name?" Kenny asked, not getting the clue at all.
"I can't tell you yet. But you will know when I tell him. So what shall we do now?" Zeo queried. "You want to hit the arcades and see if Tyson and Max are there?"
"Knowing those two you'll find them wherever Ray and Kai are currently. I doubt they're hanging out in the arcades." Kenny suspected that both young men could be found in bed with their boyfriends and not wanting to be disturbed from their activities.
"How about we call it a day then? Since we don't have any school tomorrow, how about you treat me to a welcome back party out on the town," Zeo suggested. "Since the others are so tied up in each other currently, it can be me and you. Not unless you want to spend the whole day at Tala's side."
"No. I would. . .it would be nice to hang out with you." Zeo made it sound as if it was the worst thing to do with his time. Maybe to Zeo it was, but just being close to Tala made him have hope that Tala would come around sooner or later. "So, I guess it's just me and you tomorrow then."
"I don't want you to be uncomfortable about it Kenny. If you don't feel right about it tell me right now," Zeo stated. He stared at Kenny wondering if the male would back down.
"It's not that I'm uncomfortable, but in a way, it sounds sort of like a date," Kenny replied with a faint smile. Humor found its way to Kenny's lips as he turned his head to his friend. "You wouldn't be asking me out, would you Zeo? Thinking about it, that person you like sounds familiar.
*He caught on a little bit faster than I would have thought. Maybe I should be a little bit bolder. He doesn't seem as timid as before. *
Zeo reached over, brushing Kenny's hair out of his eyes in order to look him directly in the eyes. Kenny held Zeo's stare watching a flicker of interest appear in those green eyes. Which made him aware that Zeo was in fact asking him out.
"What if I am? Are you going to turn me away? I want you to know now that I'm not going to sit by and allow him to mistreat you." Zeo got up from his seat with a smile before leaving his money from the milkshakes on the table. "If you're uncomfortable with it all you don't have to show up. I'll be waiting by the bey dishes in the park around two tomorrow if you decide to show up."
Kenny watched Zeo walk away without a second's glance back. The brunette sat there for a while thinking about his new situation. Realizing that he had no idea how this happened. Everything was becoming a lot more complicated than he wanted. Exactly how had this come about? He had thought for sure that Zeo would have never found him attractive. Now here he was. His life was now one big triangle with all points leading back to him.
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Rimnerel: Well, everyone how did you like my chapter! Good, bad, mediocre? And now for my big news. The next chapter will be reader discretion advised! Meaning Kenny finally gets some!
Tala (storming in): If you have that bitch take my piece of ass Rim, I swear I'm leaving this fic and not coming back ever.
Rimnerel: Oh, there you go. I thought Hilary killed you.
Tala: That fucking cunt---
Rimnerel: Language, Tala boy. And who I decide to make Kenny have some nice hot yaoi action with next chapter is my business. You'll find out next chapter anyway. So there you go everyone; the rating will be kicked up to R next chapter. Do my ending Tala.
Tala: Fuck no until I find out who gets the piece of ass. (smacked) Fine! The next chapter comes out next Monday because she wants to take the time to do a good job on the next chapter.
Rimnerel: Thank you Tala baby. So until next Monday, Merry Christmas.