Rei gawped at the scene in front of him; his eyes bulged from their
sockets like huge amber saucers.
"Gah!" He yelped as he felt Kai grab him by his shirt collar (again) and
lift him off his feet (again).
"Can't you come up with a more original form of intimidation oh great
leader?" He grinned, flashing his fangs.
"Just exactly how much have you seen?" Kai growled menacingly.
"Enough to know you're a Fre-eak!" Rei laughed in a suggestive singsong
voice.
Kai blushed and sighed resignedly. "So I suppose you're going to tell
the others."
Rei looked offended and somehow managed to fold his arms and stick his
nose in the air. "Well I never! I am NOT a bigmouth!"
Kai smiled slightly and let the neko-jin back down on the floor.
Rei pouted as he smoothed down his shirt. "I wish you wouldn't keep doing
that, you're supposed to be careful with silk!"
Kai laughed and slapped him on the back companionably.
"So, what do you want in return for keeping quiet?" Tyson's voice piped
up from the sofa; he had finally found it when his lips had stopped
tingling like crazy.
Rei paused to think, stroking his smooth jaw line thoughtfully.
"When the hypnosis where's of on Max...erm..." He paused and blushed.
"You want us to help you two hook up?" Tyson prompted, receiving a glomp
in return.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" He squealed in delight as he pranced
out of the room.
Tyson face faulted. "What have I gotten us into?" He groaned.
Kai placed a comforting hand on his koi's shoulder and stared at the open
door. "What indeed." He murmured, missing Tyson's annoyed pout.
Rei spent the remainder of the day in what Kenny perceived to be a trance, probably caused by denial towards Max's sudden affection. "Rei snap out of it!" Kenny yelled, clicking his fingers in the dazed neko-jin's face. Rei blinked and was about to reply when he heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen. He leapt to his feet and bounded into the kitchen, where he was torn between horror and holding back a fit of giggles (a very funny expression if you can picture it). Max was sprawled unconscious on the floor with an upturned bowl of cookie dough hanging precariously on one side of his head, the thick sweet smelling cookie dough mix was dripping off his fringe and landing in a slimy blob on his hockey shirt. Kenny raised a hand to his mouth in shock as Rei, leaned down beside Max, and licked some of the cookie dough off his nose. "Rei are you trying to get yourself killed?!" Kenny yelped.
Suddenly a pair of ocean blue eyes snapped open, and gazed unfocused, up at the neko-jin. "Rei?" Rei looked down at the blonde angel beneath him shyly. "Yes Max?"
"Why did you lick my nose?"
Kenny face faulted and fell to the floor, making strange gurgling noises and twitching randomly. Rei turned and looked at the computer wiz quizzically, while Max began shaking his head to collect his thoughts. Then he remembered what had happened in the past two days. His face flushed hotly, and he frantically tried to figure out a way to cover up his embarrassment. Then he spied the half-empty bowl of cookie dough that Rei had removed from his head. "Hey Rei, catch!" He yelled playfully.
Rei spun on his heel, and only his agile cat-like reflexes allowed him to dodge the flying ball of cookie dough that had hurtled towards him. He grinned and grabbed a bag of flour that was perched in the table. "Try n' dodge this Maxie!"
At this point Kai and Tyson appeared, pushing and shoving each other to try to get the best view. Kai's eyes turned to huge gleeful grey saucers when he saw the cookie dough flying through the air. "FOOD FIGHT!" He yelled happily jumping into the middle of the kitchen and arming himself with a bag of raisins. Tyson rolled his eyes dramatically, then ducked behind the door as an onslaught of raisins catapulted towards his head. "Join in Sourpuss!" The perpetrator yelled, smudging his blue face paint across his nose as he wiped a blob of cookie dough off his cheek. Tyson huffed for a moment, and then grinned evilly as he spied a bottle of chocolate sauce. "O.K kid, you asked for it!" He leapt onto the table and rugby tackled Kai, splurging sticky chocolate sauce all over the crotch of Kai's trousers. Kai stepped back and was about to stare at his ruined combats in shock, when the back of his foot slipped off the wet surface of the table, and with flailing arms, and wide open eyes, he toppled off the edge, landing with a squishy sounding thump on the floor. He looked up at Tyson, who was standing in a triumphant pose on the table, head held high, arms folded, eyes closed, and the corners of his mouth turned upwards in a smug smile. He was about to launch a counter attack when Tyson's voice cut him off.
"Now if you've all quite finished." He paused to glare at Rei who had raised a hand full of flour and aimed it at Kenny. The neko-jin grinned nervously and dropped it. "I think someone ought to clean this mess up. Someone who started it perhaps?" He raised an eyebrow at Max, and winked at Rei, who blushed but winked back. "But I can't clean all this on my own!" Max squeaked. "I'm sure Rei won't mind lending a hand." Kai giggled suggestively, coughing as Tyson grabbed him by the collar and propelled him out the door.
Rei spent the remainder of the day in what Kenny perceived to be a trance, probably caused by denial towards Max's sudden affection. "Rei snap out of it!" Kenny yelled, clicking his fingers in the dazed neko-jin's face. Rei blinked and was about to reply when he heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen. He leapt to his feet and bounded into the kitchen, where he was torn between horror and holding back a fit of giggles (a very funny expression if you can picture it). Max was sprawled unconscious on the floor with an upturned bowl of cookie dough hanging precariously on one side of his head, the thick sweet smelling cookie dough mix was dripping off his fringe and landing in a slimy blob on his hockey shirt. Kenny raised a hand to his mouth in shock as Rei, leaned down beside Max, and licked some of the cookie dough off his nose. "Rei are you trying to get yourself killed?!" Kenny yelped.
Suddenly a pair of ocean blue eyes snapped open, and gazed unfocused, up at the neko-jin. "Rei?" Rei looked down at the blonde angel beneath him shyly. "Yes Max?"
"Why did you lick my nose?"
Kenny face faulted and fell to the floor, making strange gurgling noises and twitching randomly. Rei turned and looked at the computer wiz quizzically, while Max began shaking his head to collect his thoughts. Then he remembered what had happened in the past two days. His face flushed hotly, and he frantically tried to figure out a way to cover up his embarrassment. Then he spied the half-empty bowl of cookie dough that Rei had removed from his head. "Hey Rei, catch!" He yelled playfully.
Rei spun on his heel, and only his agile cat-like reflexes allowed him to dodge the flying ball of cookie dough that had hurtled towards him. He grinned and grabbed a bag of flour that was perched in the table. "Try n' dodge this Maxie!"
At this point Kai and Tyson appeared, pushing and shoving each other to try to get the best view. Kai's eyes turned to huge gleeful grey saucers when he saw the cookie dough flying through the air. "FOOD FIGHT!" He yelled happily jumping into the middle of the kitchen and arming himself with a bag of raisins. Tyson rolled his eyes dramatically, then ducked behind the door as an onslaught of raisins catapulted towards his head. "Join in Sourpuss!" The perpetrator yelled, smudging his blue face paint across his nose as he wiped a blob of cookie dough off his cheek. Tyson huffed for a moment, and then grinned evilly as he spied a bottle of chocolate sauce. "O.K kid, you asked for it!" He leapt onto the table and rugby tackled Kai, splurging sticky chocolate sauce all over the crotch of Kai's trousers. Kai stepped back and was about to stare at his ruined combats in shock, when the back of his foot slipped off the wet surface of the table, and with flailing arms, and wide open eyes, he toppled off the edge, landing with a squishy sounding thump on the floor. He looked up at Tyson, who was standing in a triumphant pose on the table, head held high, arms folded, eyes closed, and the corners of his mouth turned upwards in a smug smile. He was about to launch a counter attack when Tyson's voice cut him off.
"Now if you've all quite finished." He paused to glare at Rei who had raised a hand full of flour and aimed it at Kenny. The neko-jin grinned nervously and dropped it. "I think someone ought to clean this mess up. Someone who started it perhaps?" He raised an eyebrow at Max, and winked at Rei, who blushed but winked back. "But I can't clean all this on my own!" Max squeaked. "I'm sure Rei won't mind lending a hand." Kai giggled suggestively, coughing as Tyson grabbed him by the collar and propelled him out the door.