Rimnerel: Okay, I'm at my edge right now. I've had a bad weekend and I
just want everyone to know that I'm sorry for this chapter being as late as
it's coming out. I don't feel like going into it, but know it was bad.
Tala: Aren't you always having a bad time?
Rimnerel: Oh, you came back. (O_O ducks as reviewers start throwing objects at the two) Sorry. I would like to thank everyone for waiting and all, and I'm sorry. The next chapter will start off on a note with Tala here. (looks) Who is now unconscious on the floor. Enjoy.
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Tala leaned against the wall in the little restaurant he had been in getting a meal. Not too long ago he had pick pocketed some old guy who had a wallet full of cash. It had been easy pickings.
In the restaurant, he had discovered some brunette kid making eyes at him from another table. Tala allowed him to come over and flirt. Now they were in the restaurant's little bathroom making out like some hormonal teens.
The young man was pressed against him, kissing him hungrily. Tala remembered something about the kid saying he was a big fan of his and wanting to do something or another to him. Tala couldn't remember, he frankly didn't care, his head was muddled since he left the city where that male lived in. He couldn't think clearly.
The young man pulled out of the kiss, his cheeks flushed. Tala couldn't remember what the brunette had said his name was. It was something starting with an S if he recollected correctly.
Tala looked into his hazel eyes, not seeing him really. This was how he was supposed to be. Uncaring, unfeeling towards those around him that were like this, so why hadn't he been? Why had he allowed things to carry on to the point that he lost so much control over what had happened?
Tala looked down at the male that was now on his knees unbuckling Tala's pants. His eyes watched the male for a moment, and then shifted up to the air. Looking at the patterns that made up the ceiling, he finally closed his eyes.
How was it that the other brunette had complicated this process so much? He didn't understand it. He probably never would.
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Zeo watched the teacher write Kenny's name up on the board for the fourth day in a row. He was beginning to get worried about the male. He had tried to ask Max and Tyson what was up, but they were being tight lipped over the whole thing. He wondered if it had to do with the Demolition Boys' team captain, whether or not he and Kenny were off together somewhere.
Zeo shook his head to that. Impossible. Kai, Ray, Max, and Tyson would never allow it. Tyson, most of all. He would have pitched a fit even if someone had considered it. There would be now way Tyson would allow without hellfire and brimstone. It was just one of Tyson's many personality traits of being suspicious of all those that try to hurt or otherwise endanger his friends. Tyson needed to know all about a person before he otherwise allowed them to hang with them.
So, exactly what was up? Maybe he should go by Kenny's house and ask Kenny himself. That was probably the only way he was going to get answers out in the open.
When time for break came, Zeo slipped out his seat and headed for the door, as if he was going to the bathroom. He knew if his aunt found out he had skipped his classes, she would have his hide. But it was for a good cause, so maybe she would be more lenient on him.
Meanwhile as Zeo is making his way over towards Kenny's place, the young man in question is laying on his back looking up at his ceiling. He had been practically like this since the day Kai had came by to check on him. This was more than about three days ago, and counting.
"You have to eat, please stop being stubborn," Dizzi said trying to urge him to move and eat something. "It's been a day and a half since I've seen you do anything."
"Not hungry," Kenny murmured staring up at the ceiling. "I just want Tala."
"Stop upsetting yourself," Dizzi said. "Stop saying that!"
"You don't understand. If you did, you wouldn't bother me. You would just leave me alone."
Kenny turned his back to her, and then decided that he should get up, if not to move around, then to get away from her. Opening a drawer, he picked out some clean clothes and put them on. He ignored his computer's frantic questions to where he was going. She could really be a real mother hen too often.
Once he was finished, he walked out of his room, and down the stairs. He didn't make a sound, being as how Amy had threatened to kill him if she caught him out of his room. Slipping out of the front door, he allowed himself to breath in a fresh breath of air. This would help him. All he needed to do was clear his mind out. He would be fine if he could just find a distraction of some sort.
Just as he was about to walk, he found a green haired young man walking up to him. A pair of green eyes confused and glad that he was all right and nothing had happened to him. Kenny smiled at the male that walked up to him. Maybe he should rethink things over about Zeo. Maybe if he could find someone else to love, his feelings Tala would die and everything would be all right once again.
"Hey what are you doing around here, why haven't you been in school lately? I got worried about you, Chief," Zeo said, walking up to the male who looked at him with such sad face. What had happened to cause him to look like that?
"You were worried. I'm sorry," Kenny said, walking up to the male with a short smile. "I guess I've been worrying a lot of people as of late."
"Hilary and I asked Max and Tyson, but they were real tight lipped about it. So, what's been going on?" Zeo said.
"Nothing much." Kenny had to smile at the green haired young man's concern for him.
If only Tala had been like that, things wouldn't have been so bad. If only Tala. . .there were a lot of ifs concerning the male. A lot of ifs, but not enough buts. He hadn't been able to change Tala. A regret yes, but maybe somewhere down the line someone could. Hopefully by then he would see what he had, and rectify the mistakes.
Seeing the sad and almost reflective look on Kenny's face, Zeo placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Are you really okay?"
"As okay as someone who's just lost the person they loved the most can," Kenny replied in a sort of bitter, yet jokeful response. He caught the look on Zeo's face as the male stared at him. "Don't worry about it. I'll get over him. Kai and everyone were right. He wasn't worth it at all. He's a coward who ran away from everything."
"Kenny-" Zeo knew that the male was hurting, that the tone in his voiced was pinched and pained with the recent lost and no matter how much he tried to cover it up, there was no denying that it would take him a long time to get over what Tala had just done to him.
"It's nothing, don't worry about me," Kenny assured.
But he wasn't assured. He was hurting and hurting really bad. He couldn't play it off, but he had to. To stave off the tears that threatened to leak through and expose his vulnerability. He had to put up this mask, if he didn't he wouldn't be able to face the world again. He wouldn't be able to smile as he once had, or laugh at the antics of Tyson.
"I know you're in pain," Zeo remarked, looking down at the male. "You can stop hiding it from me. It will always hurt if you bottle it up inside. Love can sometimes be painful, but you don't have to let it take hold of you with thorns. Your friends are here to help you. And, I will too, if you want me to be."
"Zeo. . ."
Kenny didn't want them to, but they leaked through. The tears that he had been holding back with his fragile dam finally broke free. They cascaded down his face in a torrent and there was nothing now that could hold them back from falling.
Zeo pulled Kenny into his embrace, stroking the male on the back as the shorter male cried into his chest. A few murmurs drifted over Kenny as he cried. He had thought the tears that were there, would dry up if he found a way to scorch them dry, but they had not and he knew no other way to stop them. All the time he spent fighting them now was falling apart. All because of the kindness of this young man.
Zeo had come a long way from the person he was when he first met the Bladebreakers. He was so naïve to the world of beyblading, but he had passion, and that passion allowed him to rise. He had a dream, and that dream had come true. He was not only more mature as a beyblader, but as a person.
An individual who cared about others around him, and would sacrifice his wants for that of another. That was the kind of person that Kenny wanted to be with. That he had hoped that Tala would have turned out to be. But as he said before, Tala wasn't. And if he hadn't been able to change the male's heart about love and the things around him, then no one would. At least not at this point, maybe some time in the future.
While he cried, Kenny thought out all of the possibilities and points surrounding his life. And when his tears finally stopped, he had come to a decision. Lifting his head up from Zeo's chest, he smiled up at the male that was smiling down at him with the most magnificent smile ever.
"There, better now?" Zeo said, wiping away the tears and hair in Kenny's eyes. The young man found a sparkling there, that didn't seem to have been there before. Maybe it was because he had let go of everything pinned back from the last few days.
"Yes, I'm better. And I came to a decision," Kenny said.
"A decision? What kind of a decision did you come to?" Zeo asked just as Kenny reached up and pulled him into a light kiss. Zeo was shocked, but his brain wanted it. His body wanted this, and so did his heart. When Kenny pulled back and smiled up at him, Zeo continued to gape at the male that was in his arms. "Kenny?"
"Make me yours Zeo. Make me fall in love with you," Kenny whispered. "Make me forget his name and allow yours to be the only one that rolls off my tongue."
"Kenny. . ." That's what Zeo had wanted to hear in the first place, but now, he didn't know. He knew the male was still in love with Tala and it would be wrong to take advantage of that. But he wanted to protect this angel. If only for a little while, he wanted to have Kenny be his. If it meant being selfish for once and tuning his heart off to the one he really loved, then so be it. "Do you really want this?"
"Yes, that's exactly what I want. Please do it," Kenny whispered as he leaned up to kiss Zeo once again.
Placing a hand to the side of Kenny's face, he nodded. "All right, then." If only for a little while, he would allow it to happen. He would allow himself to do this, despite he knew what he should do. Love sometimes made people foolish like that.
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Rimnerel: Okay, I'm done for today. Sorry it was so short. I'm working off memory here. I'm still so mad that my mom put my story away and I still haven't found it! I spent half of the freaking weekend looking for it!
Nakoruru: That's our mom for you. Always the clean freak, but I still haven't found four of the stories I was doing because of her mood. By the way, why is Tala unconscious on the floor?
Rimnerel: Cause my reviewers wanted to hurt him. ^ ^ Okay everyone, if I don't update this week, because I don't have a computer still! I will update the beginning of next week. I promise you that. It's just that so much has gone on and I haven't been able to do anything. Sorry. But until the next chapter, please review.
Tala: Aren't you always having a bad time?
Rimnerel: Oh, you came back. (O_O ducks as reviewers start throwing objects at the two) Sorry. I would like to thank everyone for waiting and all, and I'm sorry. The next chapter will start off on a note with Tala here. (looks) Who is now unconscious on the floor. Enjoy.
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Tala leaned against the wall in the little restaurant he had been in getting a meal. Not too long ago he had pick pocketed some old guy who had a wallet full of cash. It had been easy pickings.
In the restaurant, he had discovered some brunette kid making eyes at him from another table. Tala allowed him to come over and flirt. Now they were in the restaurant's little bathroom making out like some hormonal teens.
The young man was pressed against him, kissing him hungrily. Tala remembered something about the kid saying he was a big fan of his and wanting to do something or another to him. Tala couldn't remember, he frankly didn't care, his head was muddled since he left the city where that male lived in. He couldn't think clearly.
The young man pulled out of the kiss, his cheeks flushed. Tala couldn't remember what the brunette had said his name was. It was something starting with an S if he recollected correctly.
Tala looked into his hazel eyes, not seeing him really. This was how he was supposed to be. Uncaring, unfeeling towards those around him that were like this, so why hadn't he been? Why had he allowed things to carry on to the point that he lost so much control over what had happened?
Tala looked down at the male that was now on his knees unbuckling Tala's pants. His eyes watched the male for a moment, and then shifted up to the air. Looking at the patterns that made up the ceiling, he finally closed his eyes.
How was it that the other brunette had complicated this process so much? He didn't understand it. He probably never would.
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Zeo watched the teacher write Kenny's name up on the board for the fourth day in a row. He was beginning to get worried about the male. He had tried to ask Max and Tyson what was up, but they were being tight lipped over the whole thing. He wondered if it had to do with the Demolition Boys' team captain, whether or not he and Kenny were off together somewhere.
Zeo shook his head to that. Impossible. Kai, Ray, Max, and Tyson would never allow it. Tyson, most of all. He would have pitched a fit even if someone had considered it. There would be now way Tyson would allow without hellfire and brimstone. It was just one of Tyson's many personality traits of being suspicious of all those that try to hurt or otherwise endanger his friends. Tyson needed to know all about a person before he otherwise allowed them to hang with them.
So, exactly what was up? Maybe he should go by Kenny's house and ask Kenny himself. That was probably the only way he was going to get answers out in the open.
When time for break came, Zeo slipped out his seat and headed for the door, as if he was going to the bathroom. He knew if his aunt found out he had skipped his classes, she would have his hide. But it was for a good cause, so maybe she would be more lenient on him.
Meanwhile as Zeo is making his way over towards Kenny's place, the young man in question is laying on his back looking up at his ceiling. He had been practically like this since the day Kai had came by to check on him. This was more than about three days ago, and counting.
"You have to eat, please stop being stubborn," Dizzi said trying to urge him to move and eat something. "It's been a day and a half since I've seen you do anything."
"Not hungry," Kenny murmured staring up at the ceiling. "I just want Tala."
"Stop upsetting yourself," Dizzi said. "Stop saying that!"
"You don't understand. If you did, you wouldn't bother me. You would just leave me alone."
Kenny turned his back to her, and then decided that he should get up, if not to move around, then to get away from her. Opening a drawer, he picked out some clean clothes and put them on. He ignored his computer's frantic questions to where he was going. She could really be a real mother hen too often.
Once he was finished, he walked out of his room, and down the stairs. He didn't make a sound, being as how Amy had threatened to kill him if she caught him out of his room. Slipping out of the front door, he allowed himself to breath in a fresh breath of air. This would help him. All he needed to do was clear his mind out. He would be fine if he could just find a distraction of some sort.
Just as he was about to walk, he found a green haired young man walking up to him. A pair of green eyes confused and glad that he was all right and nothing had happened to him. Kenny smiled at the male that walked up to him. Maybe he should rethink things over about Zeo. Maybe if he could find someone else to love, his feelings Tala would die and everything would be all right once again.
"Hey what are you doing around here, why haven't you been in school lately? I got worried about you, Chief," Zeo said, walking up to the male who looked at him with such sad face. What had happened to cause him to look like that?
"You were worried. I'm sorry," Kenny said, walking up to the male with a short smile. "I guess I've been worrying a lot of people as of late."
"Hilary and I asked Max and Tyson, but they were real tight lipped about it. So, what's been going on?" Zeo said.
"Nothing much." Kenny had to smile at the green haired young man's concern for him.
If only Tala had been like that, things wouldn't have been so bad. If only Tala. . .there were a lot of ifs concerning the male. A lot of ifs, but not enough buts. He hadn't been able to change Tala. A regret yes, but maybe somewhere down the line someone could. Hopefully by then he would see what he had, and rectify the mistakes.
Seeing the sad and almost reflective look on Kenny's face, Zeo placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Are you really okay?"
"As okay as someone who's just lost the person they loved the most can," Kenny replied in a sort of bitter, yet jokeful response. He caught the look on Zeo's face as the male stared at him. "Don't worry about it. I'll get over him. Kai and everyone were right. He wasn't worth it at all. He's a coward who ran away from everything."
"Kenny-" Zeo knew that the male was hurting, that the tone in his voiced was pinched and pained with the recent lost and no matter how much he tried to cover it up, there was no denying that it would take him a long time to get over what Tala had just done to him.
"It's nothing, don't worry about me," Kenny assured.
But he wasn't assured. He was hurting and hurting really bad. He couldn't play it off, but he had to. To stave off the tears that threatened to leak through and expose his vulnerability. He had to put up this mask, if he didn't he wouldn't be able to face the world again. He wouldn't be able to smile as he once had, or laugh at the antics of Tyson.
"I know you're in pain," Zeo remarked, looking down at the male. "You can stop hiding it from me. It will always hurt if you bottle it up inside. Love can sometimes be painful, but you don't have to let it take hold of you with thorns. Your friends are here to help you. And, I will too, if you want me to be."
"Zeo. . ."
Kenny didn't want them to, but they leaked through. The tears that he had been holding back with his fragile dam finally broke free. They cascaded down his face in a torrent and there was nothing now that could hold them back from falling.
Zeo pulled Kenny into his embrace, stroking the male on the back as the shorter male cried into his chest. A few murmurs drifted over Kenny as he cried. He had thought the tears that were there, would dry up if he found a way to scorch them dry, but they had not and he knew no other way to stop them. All the time he spent fighting them now was falling apart. All because of the kindness of this young man.
Zeo had come a long way from the person he was when he first met the Bladebreakers. He was so naïve to the world of beyblading, but he had passion, and that passion allowed him to rise. He had a dream, and that dream had come true. He was not only more mature as a beyblader, but as a person.
An individual who cared about others around him, and would sacrifice his wants for that of another. That was the kind of person that Kenny wanted to be with. That he had hoped that Tala would have turned out to be. But as he said before, Tala wasn't. And if he hadn't been able to change the male's heart about love and the things around him, then no one would. At least not at this point, maybe some time in the future.
While he cried, Kenny thought out all of the possibilities and points surrounding his life. And when his tears finally stopped, he had come to a decision. Lifting his head up from Zeo's chest, he smiled up at the male that was smiling down at him with the most magnificent smile ever.
"There, better now?" Zeo said, wiping away the tears and hair in Kenny's eyes. The young man found a sparkling there, that didn't seem to have been there before. Maybe it was because he had let go of everything pinned back from the last few days.
"Yes, I'm better. And I came to a decision," Kenny said.
"A decision? What kind of a decision did you come to?" Zeo asked just as Kenny reached up and pulled him into a light kiss. Zeo was shocked, but his brain wanted it. His body wanted this, and so did his heart. When Kenny pulled back and smiled up at him, Zeo continued to gape at the male that was in his arms. "Kenny?"
"Make me yours Zeo. Make me fall in love with you," Kenny whispered. "Make me forget his name and allow yours to be the only one that rolls off my tongue."
"Kenny. . ." That's what Zeo had wanted to hear in the first place, but now, he didn't know. He knew the male was still in love with Tala and it would be wrong to take advantage of that. But he wanted to protect this angel. If only for a little while, he wanted to have Kenny be his. If it meant being selfish for once and tuning his heart off to the one he really loved, then so be it. "Do you really want this?"
"Yes, that's exactly what I want. Please do it," Kenny whispered as he leaned up to kiss Zeo once again.
Placing a hand to the side of Kenny's face, he nodded. "All right, then." If only for a little while, he would allow it to happen. He would allow himself to do this, despite he knew what he should do. Love sometimes made people foolish like that.
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Rimnerel: Okay, I'm done for today. Sorry it was so short. I'm working off memory here. I'm still so mad that my mom put my story away and I still haven't found it! I spent half of the freaking weekend looking for it!
Nakoruru: That's our mom for you. Always the clean freak, but I still haven't found four of the stories I was doing because of her mood. By the way, why is Tala unconscious on the floor?
Rimnerel: Cause my reviewers wanted to hurt him. ^ ^ Okay everyone, if I don't update this week, because I don't have a computer still! I will update the beginning of next week. I promise you that. It's just that so much has gone on and I haven't been able to do anything. Sorry. But until the next chapter, please review.