It's been so long since I wrote a chapter… I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long… I have exams coming up soon, so I'll have to study for them. I won't be updating for a while.
Thanks for the reviews. My answers might be… are outta date… kinda…
Silent Bob 546: Yes… pity her a little for now… but don't do it for long. She won't deserve any after what she's gonna do.
Interlude: I'm glad you like it :). I hope you like this one as much as you did the last.
xXxCeRuLeAn-x'SxXx: No… probably not a good idea, but hey, it's all good in the end. Laughing is good for your health. Hopefully, I'm making lots of people healthier. I hope you like this chapter.
Lustful Koneko: Lots of people want to see things… I know for a fact that you have pictures of g-rev ray where he's pretty much topless, so don't complain. And Mariah? You gotta feel SOME pity for her after having her hair cut by Kenny coughcough… it's not like she's going to get Ray in the end, anyways rolls eyes. And see? I'm updating!
Raku Ozzarian princess: Yes… it's very confusing, isn't it? It's why I'm thinking about stopping this fic… it's going to stay as Kai thinking Ray likes him, and Mariah thinking Kai and Ray are together, and everyone not knowing what Ray feels for the rest of the fic except for the end. :S At least you got all that sorted out.
Silver Chaotic of Randomia: Lol… lemme get torture her first and they you can go kill/stop her yourself, 'cuz I still need her to finish the fic. Sound good?
Misty-girl-kiki: lol… that's a good idea, but I don't know how I'd put it into the fic unless they were all pulling pranks on one another.
Elisabeth: hehe… thanks. I'm glad you like it. Here's the next chapter.
PhOeNiX2dX: lol… that'd be really funny . Hmm… might work… it'd be great though, if it happened XD
obsessed: haha you seem to like to see Mariah in bandages… maybe I can put it in there somewhere…
Anime girl8: ooo… good ideas… I think I might be able to incorporate them into my fic somehow… thanks
Lao Rei Fan: I'm glad you liked my picture :) Oh, and yea… send in your ideas… or email me them or something.
hn: haha… that'd be great for a prank. Maybe I'll put some pranking in here… but I don't like staying on one idea for a long time, so I'm not going to write a whole bunch of chapters for this. This fic could carry on for a LONG time if I wanted…
linxcat: go innocent people! XD heh heh… thanks for reading my fic. And about your idea, not too shabby… not a shabby idea at all… hmm…
Now that that's done, on with the show! And this time, Ray's gonna have ACTUAL thoughts! XD
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Beyblade.
Shower Curtains
Chapter 8
The sun peeked up from the horizon, spreading its warmth to the land. A beam of light pierced through the curtains of a room and onto the face of a two-toned haired boy. He cringed slightly at the bright light now on him and turned away from the light. He tried to go back to sleep, but it was too late. Once he's been waken, nothing would be able to put him back into his peaceful slumber. Sighing, he opened his eyes groggily, not yet wanting to meet the new day. Pulling himself up, he sat on the edge of the bed. He shook the sleep from himself, and looked up at his roommate, sleeping peacefully. His face, framed with dark hair, relaxed, made Kai want to feel the same way… relaxed, peaceful, and with no worries in the world, but that was impossible for him. He had a harsh past in Russia, and his parents… he didn't remember them. Now, there was the worry about Ray being gay clouding his mind.
Kai got up and walked towards Ray's bed. He gazed down at the snoozing boy.
"He… he's so relaxed," thought Kai, "… so peaceful… like… an angel." Kai slowly raised his hand, reaching out to the tranquil boy. Slowly brushing Ray's bangs to the side, his hand came within millimeters of the soft skin of the sleeping before stopping.
"What am I doing?!" thought Kai. He pulled his hand away quickly, and left to take a shower.
Later
A loud beeping pierced through the room. Ray awoke abruptly, shooting up looking for the source of the noise.
"Huh? What?!" His eyes came to a stop at the alarm clock beside him. 7:00AM. Ray grumbled. Pressing the snooze button, he dove back under the covers.
5 minutes later, the beeping noise awoke Ray once again.
"Argh!" Ray reached out from under his sheets and slammed his fist on the clock. Hearing the beeping stop, he closed his eyes once again.
As he was finally falling back asleep, he jolted awake at the clock.
"AUGH! SHUT UP!!!" Ray threw the covers off him and threw the clock across the room at the bathroom door. The clock shattered as it collided with the door with a crash, and fell lifelessly to the floor.
"Ahh… that should do it," smiled Ray triumphantly. Ray laid his head down on his pillow, pulling his covers over his head and drifted off into a peaceful slumber—or so he thought.
Ray awoke once again to a faint sound. Ray was getting pissed off. "That darn clock won't shut up. I'll show it who's boss!" thought Ray.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" screamed Ray and his threw off his covers and pounced off his bed towards the clock—
Kai was taking a cold shower, washing his worries away. He closed his eyes, letting the cool drops of water slide down his body, when suddenly—CrDINGack!!!
"What the heck?"
Kai turned off the shower and stepped out of the shower. He took a fluffy white towel from the towel rack and wrapped it around his waist. Unlocking the door, he saw Ray shifting around under his covers and going back to sleep. By his feet, lay a broken alarm clock.
"Geeze, Ray," muttered Kai as he picked up the alarm clock, "you could of just TURNED the clock off." Kai shook the clock slightly, making a faint clanging sound. "Now I have to get a new clock. Everything inside is all broken now," said Kai shaking the clock a little more to confirm his suspicion. Sighing, Kai shook it a final time before placing it on a table beside the door.
"Ugh… shopping," Kai thought to himself, disgusted, "I hate shop—" Kai's train of thought was interrupted by a familiar, "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
"Huh?" Kai turned around to find Ray pouncing off his bed at him. "AUGH!!" exclaimed Kai, stepping back. Ray, opening his eyes, realized Kai was there and tried to stop himself, but it was too late. He crashed head first into Kai's stomach and wrapped his arms around Kai's waist, causing Kai to lose his balance and fall backwards. Ray's arms pulled Kai's towel down dangerously low as Kai's head luckily fell onto the fluffy crimson bathmat instead of the tiled floor.
"Is… is it over?" muttered Ray, not daring to look up. Kai didn't answer.
"Kai? KAI!" yelled Ray, shifting his head to look at Kai's face, "Are you okay?!" A loud groan came the response.
"Phew!" said Ray, relieved settling his head back down. "The last thing he needed was a dead captain," thought Ray.
The door burst open and a blur of pink rushed in followed by Max, Kenny, and a bleary-eyed Tyson.
"RAY!" screamed Mariah. Ray groaned. "Okay, a dead captain would be the second worst thing," he thought.
"RAY! What—" Mariah gasped at the sight. "It IS true! Kai's practically naked, and Ray's trying to pull off his towel! Drastic actions! I must take DRASTIC actions!" thought Mariah.
"Whoa… look at YOU two," said Max.
"Havin' a little fun?" asked Tyson slyly as he realized what was happening, "Geeze… and you guys didn't even bothering to lock the door, either." Max and Kenny chuckled.
"Huh?" wondered Kai and Ray at the same time. Realizing their current situation, they quickly separated and got up, blushing slightly.
"I'm going to finish my shower," said Kai before closing and locking the bathroom door hastily.
"I'm… I'm… I'm just going to go back to bed," Ray said before diving under the covers of his bed.
The other boys laughed before leaving for the kitchen. Mariah just stood there, stunned, repeating to herself in her mind, "drastic actions, drastic actions, drastic actions…" She snapped out of her reverie and walked towards the hallway to go back to her room.
At the doorway, she stopped and turned around, narrowing her eyes at the bathroom door.
"This means war."
Kai got out of the shower and got dressed. "Again! He really IS after me! Oh no… what am I supposed to do?! I can't keep on avoiding him. If I do, he'll just confront me like last night! Grr…"
Kai got out of the bathroom. He picked up Dranzer from his bedside table, and put her in his pocket.
Ray poked his head from beneath his covers. He wasn't able to go back to sleep. "Hey. Kai?"
"Hn."
"Can I borrow some of your clothes? I don't wanna run around in a pair of boxers, all day, just because Tyson still hasn't done the laundry."
"Fine. Go look for something yourself," said Kai quickly, before leaving the room. Ray grinned. He would be in the closet again!
The boys looked up at Kai as he entered the kitchen.
"Morning, lover boy!" grinned Tyson.
Kai froze and narrowed his eyes down at Tyson.
"I… I was just kidding Kai! Can't you take a joke?" said Tyson scratching the back of his head.
"Tyson…" growled Kai.
"Apparently not," whispered Kenny.
"a) Don't call me 'lover boy'. Ray and I are NOT a couple. b) Do the laundry. It's your turn this week and Ray's gonna be running around in his underpants all day if you don't," said Kai, turning to the fridge to get himself some breakfast.
"Ooo… wouldn't you like that?" whispered Tyson to Max and Kenny, who giggled.
"I HEARD THAT!" yelled Kai. Tyson gulped and ran out the door with Kai on his tail.
Mariah walked down the stairs to see two blue blurs flash by her. Shaking her head, she pulled up the hood of her hoodie and went into the kitchen.
Getting herself some breakfast, she sat down with the other two boys who were still laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing," replied the boys. Mariah frowned.
"Morning!" Max, Kenny and Mariah turned towards the doorway. There stood Ray, dressed in a black dress shirt, unbuttoned, that revealed a white t-shirt; and a pair of black jeans to match.
"Heh heh," grinned Ray, "so, what do you guys think?"
"Sharp! Very sharp!" exclaimed Kenny, while Max gave two thumbs up.
"Whoa! You… look… very… uh… great!" stuttered Mariah, "not to mention hot, sexy, beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, dazzling, lovely—" she added to herself in her mind.
"I didn't know you had those clothes," said Max.
"I don't. I borrowed these from Kai. Aren't they nice? He's got so many clothes. I wonder why he doesn't wear different outfits everyday. I would if I were him."
"I dunno. But it IS Kai who we're talking about. The one who doesn't say too much," replied Kenny.
"I guess."
"Well, I'm done here. I'm gonna step outside for some peace and quiet," said Kenny, putting his dishes in the dishwasher.
"Same here," said Max.
"How come you guys are going outside? Don't you usually stay in here?" asked Ray.
"Yea… well, Tyson pissed off Kai a couple minutes ago, and now their gonna make a lot of noise," said Max simply as he put his dishes in the dishwasher.
"Really? What did Tyson do?" asked Ray.
"Well—"
Kenny was interrupted by a loud crash. Everyone ran to the living room. It was a mess. Couches were tipped over, lamps were destroyed, and a large bookshelf had fallen over.
"Kai? Tyson? Where are you guys?!" yelled Ray. The bookshelf shifted.
"The boogie man!!!" screamed Max jumping into Kenny's arms. Kenny, being the smaller of the two, collapsed under the sudden increase in weight.
"My butt…" whined Max.
"Dizzi!!!" wailed Kenny, inspecting the damage done to his beloved laptop.
Ray and Mariah, on the other hand, went to the bookshelf and lifted it back up in place. Under the bookshelf lay Kai and Tyson, buried under a pile of books.
"THIS is why I hate school. The books are out to get me," muttered Tyson. A book hit him squarely on the head. "I hate books." Kai just slapped him on the head and got up.
"Clean it up, Tyson," Kai said simply.
"What!? You made half this mess too!"
"So? If it wasn't for you, this mess would have never been made!"
"SO? That's not the point! It's here because of the BOTH of us, so you have to clean!"
"If I clean, you'll just make me do most of it! You haven't even done the laundry this week, and you KNOW it's your turn!"
"Calm down, you two!" said Kenny.
"STAY OUT OF IT!" yelled Kai and Tyson simultaneously. Kenny hid behind Dizzi.
"Well, sor-RY, Mr. Sourpuss! If you want the laundry done so badly, then why don't you do it yourself?"
"It's your JOB to do the laundry. You just don't want to do it, so you're going to make everyone else do it for you! You're the laziest—"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Max. Kai and Tyson stopped, surprised at how their normally cheerful friend would yell. "Thank you. Why don't you guys just calm down, okay? We'll worry about this mess later. Why don't we go to the beach or something, right now? It'd relax us all, and everything, instead of us being cooped up in here?"
"Sounds good to me," said Ray, "I'm going to get my stuff."
"Me too! It'll be fun!" exclaimed Mariah, imagining Ray in trunks, and scurrying off.
"OKAY!" yelled Tyson, jumping up from the pile of books.
"Kenny?" asked Max. Kenny nodded, scampering off.
"Kai?"
"No, thank you," muttered Kai, getting up and brushing himself off.
"Aww… come on. Come outside! Enjoy the sunshine!" said Max. Kai just rolled his eyes.
"Eh, leave the sourpuss alone. He wouldn't know how to have fun even if we got there. I'm going to get my swim stuff," said Tyson disappearing out the door.
"Kai, please reconsider."
"Not going." Kai stepped over the pile of books and left the room. Max sighed and went to get his own stuff.
later
"Everyone ready?" asked Mariah.
"YUP!"
"Hey, where's Kai?" asked Ray, looking around.
"He's not coming," said Max disappointedly.
"What? He's gotta come!" And with that, Ray disappeared up the stairs.
"Where's he going?" wondered Tyson.
All of a sudden a bag fell down from the level above into Max's arms, followed by "RAY! What the heck do you think you're doing?! Leave me alone! I'm not going with you guys! AUGH! thumpbumpbumpbumpbumpbump" Next thing they saw was Ray dragging something down the stairs. Arriving at the bottom, they saw it was Kai with a pair of glasses in one hand and a book in the other.
"READY!" said Ray happily.
Everyone sweat-dropped.
Another chapter! This one sucked… people OOC a little… I wrote it quickly though. Please don't mind my mistakes ;;. I hope you guys can still understand it.
I could've written swears instead of a few of those words in the chapter, but I'm not the type that swears in my writing or outloud… only to myself ;;. So… I used mild swears if you consider them swears at all.
Kk… I don't know whether I should continue this fic. I'm going to have a poll. Please vote.
a) I'm getting confused as to what's happening. Stop this fic before you drive everyone insane!
b) I'm not confused… I don't think… please continue!
c) I could really care less whether you continue with this or not. It sucks anyways.
d) –none of the above (create your own answer)-
Oh, and I still need ideas for Mariah's evil plans, not how to torture Mariah. I can think of ways to torture just fine. It seems to come kinda naturally ;;. Please send me ideas for evil plans!