Hey all.
Sorry for the short chapter before, I wasn't feeling very up to writing and had mixed ideas for the hospital scenes.
Black: She's lazy.
So. Probably, you reviewed the other chapter after I wrote this so apologies if you're not here. You probably aren't as this is the day after I wrote the other one. _'
To:
TokiKasumari: I have nothing near a clue. You are odd.
Black: Be proud ^__^
Luna: Thanx for the...erm...effort.
Vialana: Forshadowing indeed.
White: ^__^
Thanx for your decent-lingth reviews. I need to know that I'm doing this right.
Vixinbabe: Sorry, but 'tis not all in first-person. It gets tiering sometimes. This on is partly each.
Yumai: No prob. As long as you're reading 'tis all good.
Bloody Mary: Here's your explination. Kinda weak excuse, I know, but I didn't want to have them hanging around during this whole chapter for no reason. They'll show up soon enough.
Phoenix147: I know gays aren't crazy, the guard is just not very well-informed. He only watches Will & Grace. _'
Tyrini: Beging always works. And there is a worse chance than an ice cube in hell for me not finishing.
Porti: You are too generious. Be happy! ^__^
White: *glomps Porti* hiihihihhihihihihi!!!!!! ^_____^
This chapter is for... well, Friday night. You two should know who you are. 'specially... well, no names.
Here we go...
~`~,*|*`~,~
Rei stepped in the door and looked around. They had moved Kai yesterday and it had taken a lot of work to find him once he was out of the intensive care unit.
The room was beige, as usual, but there were no longer the scary tubes and instruments everywhere. This was a two person room, but only one was occupied.
Rei moved closer to the bed, almost scared at what he'd see. The team had been told that Kai had gotten most of his bandages off from the cut in his neck.
His breath caught involuntarily in his thought when he saw Kai lying peacefully on the white sheets. His hair, down for once, fell down to his shoulders and the painted markings on his face were gone. There was a piece of gauze taped on his neck and an IV running into his arm, but other than that he looked very...
Healthy? No. Innocent.
Rei was almost scared to be here with Kai, alone for once. He had asked to go alone this time, coming down into town with the others while they went for groceries.
He stepped closer to the bed side and looked down at Kai, musing on what had happened. He had thought Kai would be the kind of person to realize how stupid coming suicide was, but apparently not. He was faulty, just like the rest of us.
Suddenly Rei sensed a flicker of movement from the bed below and looked down sharply.
~`~,*|*`~,~
Rei's here. In this room with me. I can feel him right next to me. So close. So far. I can't move; he'll know I was awake when he came in. I can't physically move anyways.
But I don't want him to leave without knowing I'm awake. Who knows how long I've been in a coma?!
And why aren't the others here? They should be. Maybe I was over-estimating their friendship. Probably.
My eyes are heavy, but I really want to see him. My curse.
~`~,*|*`~,~
Rei looked down in time to see Kai's eyes flicker open, but then snap shut again as a hiss escaped his lips.
"Kai!"
Rei reached down and grabbed Kai's hand.
"What is it?"
"Shut the...sun..."
"What?" Rei couldn't catch the words, the voice soft from disuse.
Kai cleared his throat and winced as it jarred his injury.
"Shut the bloody blinds." He growled, suddenly irritable in his discomfort.
"Oh..." Rei sounded chastised and Kai wished it hadn't come out so harsh.
Kai felt the heat on his face disappear and he opened his eyes slowly. The face above him was in shadows, but he knew who it was.
"Rei," he murmured, the name flowing from his lips before he could stop it.
"Kai. Welcome back."
Rei sounded genuinely happy to have him talking. It made Kai feel good for a moment, but then he reminded himself of his confession and held back the smile struggling to break through.
"How long have I been out?" he asked, trying to sound unconcerned. And failing. Rei caught the attempt to avoid anything personal and his heart fell. What if Kai didn't mean it? What if he never really liked Rei?
Kai looked at Rei, waiting for an answer and saw the distortion on it, the confusion and pain. Then it hardened and Kai's heart fell, and bounced on the way down when it heard Rei's steely tone.
"A week."
Kai mused over this and then got so fed up with their silence snapped, "I meant it, you know."
Rei was startled out of his train of thought by the sudden earnest words.
"You...you did? I mean..."
"You told Tyson Max and Kenny, right?" Kai asked, frowning at Rei's surprised face above him.
"No..." the Chinese boy replied sheepishly.
Kai let out a sigh and started to push himself up onto his elbows. He felt too restricted in the tight sheets.
"Kai, don't! You'll hurt yourself!" Rei exclaimed and grabbed Kai's arm.
The bluenette tried to shrug Rei's arm off, but in doing so he pulled the skin around his wound setting off a sharp pain. A noise escaped his lips and Rei looked at him disapprovingly.
The Chinese boy sat down on the edge of the bed and with a gentleness that almost broke Kai's heart, moved his weak body into a position so he could sit up and lean on Rei's shoulder. They sat in silence for a bit until Rei finally said:
"Why did you decide to do it like that? You're the one who always says never give up."
"That's beyblading," grunted Kai, "Life is harder than any sport."
"True, but you should have just told us. Told me. We could have helped you deal with it."
"They will be disgusted with me. You're hiding it pretty well." Kai said quietly.
"No they wouldn't! They value you too much as a friend to let something like that get in their way. As for me, I'm not disgusted with you."
"What are you then? You obviously aren't very happy with my actions."
"No, I'm not." Rei replied, moving slightly to make Kai more comfortable on his shoulder. He could feel that the boy wasn't putting his whole weight on him, for some reason. Just wasting energy.
"I'm... surprised. I guess I'm flattered that I could mean so much to you to make you do this over just me. And... I want to know more about you. You hide everything so well..."
"You don't need to know anything." Kai snapped and then felt angry at himself. Why do I always have to be so nasty every time anyone tries to be nice to me?
"Sorry," Kai muttered.
"You're sorry? For what?"
"Everything," snorted Kai. "Telling you this. Even leaving that note. Pushing you away when you're just trying to help. I'm not worthy of you, even if you did want me."
They both went silent after Kai's outburst. The only sound was the humming of the machines and soft voices outside the room.
Rei was chewing on his lip, thinking heavily. Kai was watching steadfastly staring at the off-white wall.
"Who says I don't?"
"What?" Kai moved to look at the other teen, disbelief written across his face. Rei was looking down at his hands, folded on his lap.
"Who says I don't want you?"
Kai's heart stopped.
"You mean you... you would... after everything... you like me too?"
"Yes." Rei kept his face down, but Kai saw through his haze the blush heating the others face and swallowed his question. Rei wasn't doing this just for him. He meant it. Somehow, for some reason, fate was giving him a good hand. Now all he had to do is play his cards right and he was home free.
"Rei... I can't believe that after all this... you really care? I mean, I liked you, but I never thought that you'd actually care back..."
Rei nodded and looked up at Kai. Their eyes met and a jolt seemed to run through them. Rei felt naked after telling his crush about his feelings.
Then, hearing a knock on the door, Rei realized his time was up and he had actually just spent an entire hour here. He looked at Kai and it suddenly hit him. They could be together. A couple. Both their dreams come true. He moved, careful of the tube running out of Kai's arm and faced him. Kai looked at him in apprehension, not really understanding. Then when Rei slowly moved in closer he wrapped his hands around the other's waist awkwardly and leaned into the hug.
Rei squeezed Kai gently, feeling how painfully weak he was.
"I have to go," he whispered, feeling Kai's light hands on his back, tentatively holding him.
"Can you come back tomorrow?" Kai asked as Rei pulled away reluctantly as another knock on the door sounded.
"Of course. The others will want to come once they find out you're awake."
Kai grimaced and then smiled at Rei. "I don't really care anymore."
Rei smiled back, but noticed the tired drawn look on his captain's face and worried that maybe he had worn him out too long.
"Get some sleep and eat some," Rei ordered, "and do what the doctors and nurses say."
"Yes mother." Kai said playfully when the door opened and the security guard stepped in the doorway.
"Come on kid, time to go. Oh, you're awake, are you? The nurse is here to see you. Don't try anything funny."
Kai scowled at him and Rei knew the wall was up again. But now he had a key in through its door and he would be back tomorrow.
Things would be different. This would be a start of something new. From now on everything would change. But for the better. He had Kai now, and if he could make that work, that was all he needed.
Reborn
~`~,*|*`~,~
Tuhduh!
This is the start of the real story!
White: yey!
Black: You thought they were going to kiss, didn't ya? ^__^'
People don't (where I come from at least) kiss the first day they start going out. That's... discusting.
So, here we go! ^__^
See ya!
White: Clicky clicky!!
Sorry for the short chapter before, I wasn't feeling very up to writing and had mixed ideas for the hospital scenes.
Black: She's lazy.
So. Probably, you reviewed the other chapter after I wrote this so apologies if you're not here. You probably aren't as this is the day after I wrote the other one. _'
To:
TokiKasumari: I have nothing near a clue. You are odd.
Black: Be proud ^__^
Luna: Thanx for the...erm...effort.
Vialana: Forshadowing indeed.
White: ^__^
Thanx for your decent-lingth reviews. I need to know that I'm doing this right.
Vixinbabe: Sorry, but 'tis not all in first-person. It gets tiering sometimes. This on is partly each.
Yumai: No prob. As long as you're reading 'tis all good.
Bloody Mary: Here's your explination. Kinda weak excuse, I know, but I didn't want to have them hanging around during this whole chapter for no reason. They'll show up soon enough.
Phoenix147: I know gays aren't crazy, the guard is just not very well-informed. He only watches Will & Grace. _'
Tyrini: Beging always works. And there is a worse chance than an ice cube in hell for me not finishing.
Porti: You are too generious. Be happy! ^__^
White: *glomps Porti* hiihihihhihihihihi!!!!!! ^_____^
This chapter is for... well, Friday night. You two should know who you are. 'specially... well, no names.
Here we go...
~`~,*|*`~,~
Rei stepped in the door and looked around. They had moved Kai yesterday and it had taken a lot of work to find him once he was out of the intensive care unit.
The room was beige, as usual, but there were no longer the scary tubes and instruments everywhere. This was a two person room, but only one was occupied.
Rei moved closer to the bed, almost scared at what he'd see. The team had been told that Kai had gotten most of his bandages off from the cut in his neck.
His breath caught involuntarily in his thought when he saw Kai lying peacefully on the white sheets. His hair, down for once, fell down to his shoulders and the painted markings on his face were gone. There was a piece of gauze taped on his neck and an IV running into his arm, but other than that he looked very...
Healthy? No. Innocent.
Rei was almost scared to be here with Kai, alone for once. He had asked to go alone this time, coming down into town with the others while they went for groceries.
He stepped closer to the bed side and looked down at Kai, musing on what had happened. He had thought Kai would be the kind of person to realize how stupid coming suicide was, but apparently not. He was faulty, just like the rest of us.
Suddenly Rei sensed a flicker of movement from the bed below and looked down sharply.
~`~,*|*`~,~
Rei's here. In this room with me. I can feel him right next to me. So close. So far. I can't move; he'll know I was awake when he came in. I can't physically move anyways.
But I don't want him to leave without knowing I'm awake. Who knows how long I've been in a coma?!
And why aren't the others here? They should be. Maybe I was over-estimating their friendship. Probably.
My eyes are heavy, but I really want to see him. My curse.
~`~,*|*`~,~
Rei looked down in time to see Kai's eyes flicker open, but then snap shut again as a hiss escaped his lips.
"Kai!"
Rei reached down and grabbed Kai's hand.
"What is it?"
"Shut the...sun..."
"What?" Rei couldn't catch the words, the voice soft from disuse.
Kai cleared his throat and winced as it jarred his injury.
"Shut the bloody blinds." He growled, suddenly irritable in his discomfort.
"Oh..." Rei sounded chastised and Kai wished it hadn't come out so harsh.
Kai felt the heat on his face disappear and he opened his eyes slowly. The face above him was in shadows, but he knew who it was.
"Rei," he murmured, the name flowing from his lips before he could stop it.
"Kai. Welcome back."
Rei sounded genuinely happy to have him talking. It made Kai feel good for a moment, but then he reminded himself of his confession and held back the smile struggling to break through.
"How long have I been out?" he asked, trying to sound unconcerned. And failing. Rei caught the attempt to avoid anything personal and his heart fell. What if Kai didn't mean it? What if he never really liked Rei?
Kai looked at Rei, waiting for an answer and saw the distortion on it, the confusion and pain. Then it hardened and Kai's heart fell, and bounced on the way down when it heard Rei's steely tone.
"A week."
Kai mused over this and then got so fed up with their silence snapped, "I meant it, you know."
Rei was startled out of his train of thought by the sudden earnest words.
"You...you did? I mean..."
"You told Tyson Max and Kenny, right?" Kai asked, frowning at Rei's surprised face above him.
"No..." the Chinese boy replied sheepishly.
Kai let out a sigh and started to push himself up onto his elbows. He felt too restricted in the tight sheets.
"Kai, don't! You'll hurt yourself!" Rei exclaimed and grabbed Kai's arm.
The bluenette tried to shrug Rei's arm off, but in doing so he pulled the skin around his wound setting off a sharp pain. A noise escaped his lips and Rei looked at him disapprovingly.
The Chinese boy sat down on the edge of the bed and with a gentleness that almost broke Kai's heart, moved his weak body into a position so he could sit up and lean on Rei's shoulder. They sat in silence for a bit until Rei finally said:
"Why did you decide to do it like that? You're the one who always says never give up."
"That's beyblading," grunted Kai, "Life is harder than any sport."
"True, but you should have just told us. Told me. We could have helped you deal with it."
"They will be disgusted with me. You're hiding it pretty well." Kai said quietly.
"No they wouldn't! They value you too much as a friend to let something like that get in their way. As for me, I'm not disgusted with you."
"What are you then? You obviously aren't very happy with my actions."
"No, I'm not." Rei replied, moving slightly to make Kai more comfortable on his shoulder. He could feel that the boy wasn't putting his whole weight on him, for some reason. Just wasting energy.
"I'm... surprised. I guess I'm flattered that I could mean so much to you to make you do this over just me. And... I want to know more about you. You hide everything so well..."
"You don't need to know anything." Kai snapped and then felt angry at himself. Why do I always have to be so nasty every time anyone tries to be nice to me?
"Sorry," Kai muttered.
"You're sorry? For what?"
"Everything," snorted Kai. "Telling you this. Even leaving that note. Pushing you away when you're just trying to help. I'm not worthy of you, even if you did want me."
They both went silent after Kai's outburst. The only sound was the humming of the machines and soft voices outside the room.
Rei was chewing on his lip, thinking heavily. Kai was watching steadfastly staring at the off-white wall.
"Who says I don't?"
"What?" Kai moved to look at the other teen, disbelief written across his face. Rei was looking down at his hands, folded on his lap.
"Who says I don't want you?"
Kai's heart stopped.
"You mean you... you would... after everything... you like me too?"
"Yes." Rei kept his face down, but Kai saw through his haze the blush heating the others face and swallowed his question. Rei wasn't doing this just for him. He meant it. Somehow, for some reason, fate was giving him a good hand. Now all he had to do is play his cards right and he was home free.
"Rei... I can't believe that after all this... you really care? I mean, I liked you, but I never thought that you'd actually care back..."
Rei nodded and looked up at Kai. Their eyes met and a jolt seemed to run through them. Rei felt naked after telling his crush about his feelings.
Then, hearing a knock on the door, Rei realized his time was up and he had actually just spent an entire hour here. He looked at Kai and it suddenly hit him. They could be together. A couple. Both their dreams come true. He moved, careful of the tube running out of Kai's arm and faced him. Kai looked at him in apprehension, not really understanding. Then when Rei slowly moved in closer he wrapped his hands around the other's waist awkwardly and leaned into the hug.
Rei squeezed Kai gently, feeling how painfully weak he was.
"I have to go," he whispered, feeling Kai's light hands on his back, tentatively holding him.
"Can you come back tomorrow?" Kai asked as Rei pulled away reluctantly as another knock on the door sounded.
"Of course. The others will want to come once they find out you're awake."
Kai grimaced and then smiled at Rei. "I don't really care anymore."
Rei smiled back, but noticed the tired drawn look on his captain's face and worried that maybe he had worn him out too long.
"Get some sleep and eat some," Rei ordered, "and do what the doctors and nurses say."
"Yes mother." Kai said playfully when the door opened and the security guard stepped in the doorway.
"Come on kid, time to go. Oh, you're awake, are you? The nurse is here to see you. Don't try anything funny."
Kai scowled at him and Rei knew the wall was up again. But now he had a key in through its door and he would be back tomorrow.
Things would be different. This would be a start of something new. From now on everything would change. But for the better. He had Kai now, and if he could make that work, that was all he needed.
Reborn
~`~,*|*`~,~
Tuhduh!
This is the start of the real story!
White: yey!
Black: You thought they were going to kiss, didn't ya? ^__^'
People don't (where I come from at least) kiss the first day they start going out. That's... discusting.
So, here we go! ^__^
See ya!
White: Clicky clicky!!