Disclaimers: I don't own Beyblade; I'm simply using the characters for my and my muse's entertainment.
Something x2 by Yaoi Girl
Five years…it had been five years since the incident with the now happily married couple, though the day and its events remained clear in the minds as if it had all happened yesterday.
It was only about two years after the incident that Kai's greatest threat was gone for good. His grandfather had finally bit the dust.
About three years ago, Rei had moved from China to live with his lover in the mansion that Kai had inherited and remodeled, and four and a half months after that they were engaged.
Soon after his grandfather's death, many of the house attendants wanted to return home, now free from torture and blackmail. Kai had wished them well, paying them their normal salary with a bonus and their way home. A few of the attendants had stayed to serve Kai like they had since the day he had arrived, treating Rei in much the same manner.
The boys may have only been 20 years old, but they had everything they could ever want except…
"Rei, what's been bothering you lately?" Kai asked as he sat down next to the boy on the couch.
The raven-haired boy was currently curled up with his arms and chin on the armrest as he stared into the crackling fire.
"It's no big deal."
"It is to me. You're worrying me and the house keepers with the way you just sit and rock in the rocking chair in that empty room."
Rei sat up and pressed his side against his lover's, resting his head on his shoulder. "We've been together for a little over five years, we're married…but it just feels like something is missing, ya know?" he said, never meeting questioning crimson eyes.
"Like what?"
"Listen," he said as he covered Kai's mouth, removing it a few moments later. "What do you hear?"
"The fire and our breathing, but that's it," he replied, not sure where this conversation was going.
"What's missing?"
Kai thought long and hard. "I don't know."
Laughing slightly, the raven-haired boy said, "Maybe it's just that I spent too much time at home with my sisters last time. I miss hearing their laughter."
"Rei…I think I know where you're going with this…" he said with a small smile, Rei not noticing as he had curled back up on the end of the couch, his gaze once again focused on the flames.
"I envy Tyson and Max." There was then a long silence that followed, Rei breaking it. "If you'd agree to what they did, I'd be the one to carry…"
"I understand what you think our lives are missing, and if it means that much to you, yes, we can go through with it. But first, lets invite Max and loudmouth over to talk about it to make absolutely sure it's something we want to do."
Rei flung himself towards Kai, enveloping him in a hug as they both fell to the floor. "Thank you! I love you so much!"
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"Wow! How's come you wait this long to invite us over to see this place? It's awesome!" Max said as he and Tyson entered the mansion about a week later, the blonde holding a hand gently over his tummy as they walked to the parlor room.
"We just got done with the last of the remodeling last weekend," Rei said as he and Kai sat down on one couch, the other pair sitting down on the couch opposite them. "How have you guys been getting along?"
"Since the wedding, we've found a house big enough for us, and of course we've got a third person to feed in a couple months," Tyson said as he squeezed Max's hand, smiling at him.
"So we've heard. Kenny's been nagging me about when we were going to go through with it too, but I didn't know if Kai was ready for a baby yet."
"That's one of the reasons we invited you over, to see what all goes on so we can decided on it for sure before we make a mistake we can't correct," Kai said as he tossed another log into the fireplace.
"Well, you know the basics, right? I mean, Kenny told us about it a long time ago, but still, it was amazing to know that it was now possible for guys to have babies too!" Max said. "The only part I'm not looking forward to is the C-section…they already had to cut me once."
"Well how else is it supposed to come out?" Rei laughed. "So how do they do it? Put the baby in you, I mean."
"They put an artificial womb into you and then the combined DNA from you and your partner, and that's when the magic happens, I guess. I don't know how they combine everything, but they do it somehow," Tyson said as he took a cup of cocoa from the tray the servant offered them. "Thanks."
"So, does it hurt at all?"
"Not when they do anything to you. You don't even notice any difference until the baby starts to kick and move around."
"Do you know what you're having yet?" Kai asked as he sat back down, sipping his cocoa as he looked over at the pair.
"A boy."
"Just don't let him turn into Tyson," Kai said, smirking at the boy who was now glaring at him.
Max laughed. "I don't think anyone else could have an appetite like Tyson."
"How far along are you right now?"
"Three and a half months." (A/N: I don't know for sure when the baby starts kicking…^_^;; So lets play pretend if I'm wrong, okay?)
The boys talked long into the night about what else would happen with the whole baby development and then onto other random things until Tyson fell asleep, the blonde having to wake him up, as the bluenette was driving.
"We'll call you sometime after the procedure!" Rei waved as the pair slid into their car.
"We'll be waiting to hear from you. And you guy's will have to stop by sometime and see the house. Bye!"
Kai and Rei waved, shivering from the cold outside, watching the snow for a few moments after Tyson's car had pulled out of the gates.
"So, I take that as a yes, you still want to go through with this?"
"Well, yeah. Why? Did you change your mind?"
"No. I'm just concerned for you. Having to carry that extra weight around and eating for two," the crimson-eyed bluenette replied as he put an arm around his shivering lover and pulled him inside to the warmth of the fire.
"So are you saying that you want to carry and eat for two?" Rei teased, knowing that Kai wouldn't want to ruin his gorgeous figure.
"How about we celebrate for our future child?" Kai smirked as he pushed Rei gently to lie on the couch, claiming his lips in a searing kiss.
TBC
The whole idea with the guys having kids came from…I have no clue or explanation other than my muse…And they're around 14 or 15 in the show, yes? So I'm guessing that 20 would be about the right age…*shrugs* Welcome to my mind, please feel free to be either amused or afraid, very, very afraid…lol.
Anywho, I hope you liked the beginning of their trip into being parents!!! ^_^
