Rimnerel: Well, the last chapter was quite a interesting piece, ne? (looks around) Where did everyone go?
Kai: Away. I think it was a little bit much for them.
Rimnerel: Wusses, all of them. I mean, it's not like Tala's just doing his aunt cause he likes older woman and all. I suppose it was just the turn of events.
Kai: Nakago and Sephiroth manipulating from the shadows again?
Rimnerel: Only for a few upcoming chapters. Let's see, what else do I want to stay. Oh yah! My dear friend Kougra is writing a story called Experience Pearls on fanfic.net that has a Kenny/Tala pairing in it!! Yah!! I'm so happy! Now she makes like the third person to pick up on that pairing! I'm so happy! Might want to check it out, it is very cute, I can say that honestly. Now to my reviewers.
Thanks to: B. Tiamat Atardecer, Unknown Assassin, Silverm (I'm so sorry, I have a good reason for this though, so don't kill me), bmw, blazing-wolf-08, Kaikeyi Amorti, Nancys-little-Obsession, russle, Raven Star, Angevar, and Black Jaggan for all their reviews. And I want you all to know that the knife in this story will be twisted even more, last chapter was just the tip of the iceberg, so you all better have life jackets.
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Azure eyes flickered over the sleeping figure in the bed, as the figure sitting in the corner wearing only a pair of jeans and smoking a cigarette watched the the gentle rise and fall of the woman's chest. She seemed at peace right now. She didn't cry out for him to be at her side, or to stay by her forever.
She didn't cry and moan and beg for him to stay home when he wanted to go out in this state. It was quiet in the house. It was...how he wish it could be forever sometimes. Just him, sitting in a corner, smoking a cigarette and listening to the silence throughout the house. Drifting into a world of isolation where nothing could reach him.
The young man drew from his cigarette again, closing his eyes, leaning his head back against the wall, listening to just the emptiness. Why couldn't he find the solace that he sought in this moment? Opening his eyes again, his vision fell back to the figure in bed. He knew it wasn't her fault for it. She was sick after all. It would be unfair to say she did it. She had raised him after his parents died after all.
His uncle didn't really give a damn if he had been with his parents or not that day. Whenever he was home, Tala got missing, knowing that the only thing that he had to look forward to was angry stares of how much he reminded his uncle that his sister, Tala's mother, was gone forever. After all, his uncle had never approved of the union between the two anyway. Tala remembered some times when his uncle would express that very thought.
He didn't care too much about them anymore, he had grown so use to it. As a child he had received them when it was decided that his uncle and his aunt would take him into their home. It was mainly his aunt's wish. Yet...she cried all the time. She looked mournfully to him all the time, saying how much he looked like his father. How he would grow to be the exact replica of a man he no longer remembered. Pictures had been put up from sight. They caused his aunt to go into trantrums at being remembered. Tala had a feeling that she had been in love with his father.
Why else would she refer to him as her son? Why the very mention of his father would drive her to cry for hours? Why only a month after mourning she came in his room one night and...
A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Looking up, he found one of the other maids, an older woman in her mid 60's. She was the head maid of the house that took the duty of making sure that everything stayed intact while his uncle was gone. The woman's knowing grey eyes shifted from him to the sleeping woman in bed. Out of everyone that lived there in that house, she knew the whole story. Had been there when it first started.
"Tala," the woman said quietly.
"The medicine is on the table," he said, still drawing from his cigarette. The woman gave him a scolding look as she walked over to him, taking the cigarette from his mouth, and tossing it out the open window.
"You're going to get cancer before you're 30 if you keep that up, Tala," she scolded. This woman had always tried to be a second mother to him while growing up. But the little influence she had tried to place in him, was snuffed by his aunt. Harshly telling the older woman that Tala nor Kai wasn't any of her concern other than being a wench to provide meals and clean clothes. The woman hadn't taken her other charge seriously, but Tala and Kai did.
"So. Why do you care?" he questioned, reaching into his pants to pull out another cigarette. "Wouldn't that make life better here for at least someone? I mean, I wouldn't be shaming this house by my promiscious ways, right?"
"Tala, you shouldn't say that," she replied, kneeling down to his level. Her eyes were pained to have to watch him turn out to be like this. After his parents' death and growing up around his aunt, he was slowly becoming such a destructive spirit. If his parents were still alive... "Are you trying to make your parents grieve?"
"They're dead and dead people don't grieve, they just decay in their graves. So I have nothing to worry about," he replied. "It's not like I'm trying anything else," he shrugged, deciding to leave the cigarette alone for now.
"But you may want to one day," she said trying to make him see that his slow, destructive ways could lead to more. "Just to try to escape from this world. And then one thing may lead to another and to another, until you're finally dead. That's not the way to go, Tala."
"So what if I do. You're not my mother," he said, getting up from where he sat in the corner and gathered his clothes. "You'll do well to remember that Hannah. You're a maid in this house and nothing more." Walking out the door, he went back to the right wing of the house. Stopping by Kai's room, he was about to knock when he distinctly heard moaning within the room. Rolling his eyes, Tala went to his room. Of course it would have to be Kai to screw the maids, he was horny enough to screw anything with two legs that had an ass.
Dropping his clothes on the floor, the young man went to his closet to pick out something else to put on. He had to get out the house. Otherwise he would probably do something that he would rather not do. And that was probably what Kai had took the opportunity to indulge in. Tala would only screw a maid if he, for one, had no choice and two was that extremely bored. Pulling out a sleeveless, low cut gray t-shirt, the male pulled it over his head. Grabbing everything else that he needed, the young man left the room, the moaning in his cousin's room still going on.
"Master Tala, are you going out?" As the young man was about to head down the stairs, a soft voice caught his attention. Turning around, he found the 14 year old girl that had not too long ago began working in the house standing by the door to one of the guest rooms on his wing. A cleaning rag and polish were in her hands.
"Yeah, I'm leaving for a while Clover," Tala said. "Whenever Kai gets done, tell him that I left and will be back later."
The girl blushed, hearing the sounds coming from down the hall. She lowered her gaze from his, fiddling with the rag in her hand. "I will, I promise."
"Clover," Tala said with slight curiosity. "Kai hasn't broke you in yet has he?" The blush on the girl's face intensified as she shook her head rapidly. "Stay that way. I swear he'll fuck anything with two legs."
"Okay...I hope you come back safely," she said.
"Yeah, whatever." Walking down the stairs, he left the house, hopping on the back of one of the dirt bikes seated in the yard. Cranking it up, the young man sped off. No where really in mind. Just letting the air clear his mind.
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"Did that really happen Kenny?" Jordan's eyes widened with shock as she listened to how Kenny and Kain became friends. She was sitting on his bed, actually very normal for a change, rather than clinging to him like a parasite. Kenny was still situated in the chair by his laptop. "Did Kain really kick the guy in the head?"
"It would surprise you, but Kain does a lot of things that he says he's going to do," Kenny said. "The guys thought twice about messing with me from then on. Despite his attitude sometimes, Kain's a great person to get along with."
"What kind of attitude?" Jordan wondered.
"Well, I guess you can say that he's demanding of me to be a little more open with him and Rei. He wants me to try to be a little bit more 'worldly' about life and such," Kenny smiled, thinking about all the plans that Kain has made to hook Kenny up with some girl that he knew and how they have all backfired on him. He knew that Kain was only looking out for his interest, but at times it was too much. "Kain thinks that I need more in life than just computers."
"I think he's right. Computers can only offer you so much. Everyone needs a little love and compassion to get by," Jordan stated. "I mean, it's great that you're smart and everything, but only filling the glass halfway can't possible quench your thirst for the world. It does take a lot more, than just facts to know the truth."
For a moment, Kenny was silent as he stared directly at Jordan. That, coming from her was surprising. Kenny didn't actually think that they could have a normal conversation without the girl pawing, mauling, or trying to coax him onto the bed. It was actually very relaxing to know that he and the girl could just sit there discussing things like this. Maybe she wasn't such a bad person after all. Maybe the passionate love she expressed was just an intial reaction. He wasn't use to any girls coming at him so strongly and relentlessly.
All the girls he had known, or been introduced to by Kain, only cared to pay him as much attention as he gave them. But of course Jordan made him pay attention by doing things girls wouldn't normally do around him. Maybe he had figured her wrong all together and was sane. Could there be a small chance he could get use to this? Only time would tell that.
"Kenny? Are you in there?" Jordan said.
"Oh, sorry, I was thinking," Kenny said. Jordan tilted her head to the side, giving him a small smile.
"About what?"
"Well, in honesty, I was thinking about you," Kenny said. "I think this is the first time that we've really had a nice time."
Jordan remained silent for a minute as she stared at Kenny. Then she got out off the bed and threw herself at him. "Oh Kenny! I knew you would feel it soon too! See! We are made for each other. It was destiny that we met. We're going to be together forever!"
"Jordan!" Kenny tried to pry the girl off his waist, but she was intent on staying there. Maybe he should scratch that out about her being normal after all.
"Oh, don't worry Kenny. We can wait a few years from now to get married. The wedding has to be large cause I've always wanted big weddings. And I'm going to have this beautiful dress. And the cake's going to be ten layers high. Can't you hear the music already," she smiled, wrapping her arms tighter around his waist.
"Let go!" Kenny said. But of course the girl wasn't listening to him as she began telling him about the four children they were going to have and their names. And the dog that would have a dog house in te back of their home. Kenny looked up to the ceiling, wondering how exactly he got himself into this.
"You know Jordan, that would be sweeter, if it wasn't for the fact that it was my cousin that you were saying all that about," came a voice from the doorway. Kenny looked up to find Ian standing there with a disgusted look on his face towards the things she was mentioning. "I mean, would you really want to do it with him? Of all people?"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Jordan said, stopping her proclamations to stare at the little boy.
"Well, isn't it obvious? I mean, up until now he hasn't had a girl," Ian said, planning to get pay back on his cousin for earlier. "I mean, I'm sure that Rei and Kain introduce him to tons of hot girls, but I bet he's turned them all down."
"Ian, if you don't shut your mouth," Kenny said through clenched teeth, watching the smug look on his cousin's face grow. And this was why he hated the little brat in the first place. The boy was now going to die, he swore it. If Kenny thought Ian was going to say what he was thinking, it was about to be a hanging really soon. "Jordan, will you let me go for a minute?"
"Huh? Why?" Jordan asked looking up at him.
"I want to talk to Ian for a moment," Kenny said, his eyes never leaving the boy in the doorway. He felt Jordan move as Ian backed out of the room. "Thank you Jordan. Ian...you want to come here for a moment don't you?"
"Why, so you can rape me in front of Jordan," Ian said.
"You little--" It didn't take Kenny very long to catch up to Ian, even though the younger had a head start. Grabbing the boy by his collar, Kenny dragged him to the closest thing he could find to a closet and shoved him inside, looking the door from the outside. "Now stay in there and die you little brat."
"Let me out! I don't like small spaces!" Ian cried banging on the door. Kenny had forgot the boy was claustrophoic...oh well, he did deserve this. Little nuisance that he was.
"If you don't shut up, I'll make sure that they won't find you for a while, all I have to do is bound and gag you in there," Kenny said leaning against the door with a short evil smile on his face. He wasn't naturally a violent or evil person, but the brat made him do things like this. "Now what do I hear before I let you out." The only sound that Kenny heard was the boy beginning to cry, refusing to give in to Kenny's demands, but wanting to get out the closet. "I don't hear anything, Ian. You want to get out of there don't you?"
"Sorry," came a muffled, sob.
"What was that?" Kenny inquired. A minute went by with the boy sobbing.
"I said I'm sorry!"
"And?" Kenny said.
"And I'll never do it again," Ian cried.
"And?"
"And you're not gay."
"And?" The smile on Kenny's face widened, knowing that Ian was hating himself for it because he knew Kenny wouldn't let him out of that closet without an apology on every level.
"And I won't get in your business again," Ian hiccuped between crying.
"All right then. I think I can find it in my heart to forgive you," Kenny said as he unlocked the door, letting the boy out. Ian came out the closet, tears running down his cheeks, snot coming from his nose as he looked at Kenny. "You know you brought that on yourself short stuff."
"I hate you!" Ian shouted as he ran downstairs somewhere.
"Well, I think it's time that I get lost. Knowing that brat, he probably went to go tell some sob story." Kenny quietly made his way downstairs, and out of the house just in time to hear his mother calling his name. "Note to self, going to have to gag him next time."
Okay, so what was he suppose to do now that he was escaping from his mother and aunt's nagging tones of how he should know better about locking the claustrophobic boy in a closet and how he was suppose to be more mature than that. And then he would be made to apologize to that brat because he was the one that was insinuating things. Why should he apologize for giving him a little desensitization therapy for his dislike of small spaces? Oh well, at least this little stunt got him away from Jordan for a while.
Maybe he could go for a walk. Let things settle down before he came back. Standing in front of the house would be incredibly stupid anyway. With a set mind, the young man went for his walk towards some trees that seemed to have a little path. Kenny being the city boy he is, the closest thing to woods he's come across would be the park, somehow manages get to himself lost within ten minutes of walking through the woods. God only knows how, but he did.
*Dammit, another note to myself, stop trying to walk through woods by yourself. Last time you nearly got yourself raped. Who knows what might happen now.* Kenny brushed his hair out of his eyes, moving a tree branch from out his way as he made another right. Keeping straight would probably be the best route, but hey, like it said, he was a city boy and his sense of direction was a little more than bad.
"Fuck!" he swore, as he looked around. Trees, that's all he could see, and the little bit of sunlight between them. Why did the country have all these damn trees? It made life that much harder. With a sigh, he kept on his way. Maybe about 20 more minutes later, he found an exit through the trees. Emerging, there was a hill, and a field, flowers, no road. "Dammit!"
"Lost again I see," came a light amused voice. Looking in the direction that it had come from, Kenny spotted the male from earlier laying on the top of the hill, his head turned towards Kenny. As usual, he had a cigarette in his mouth, his hands behind his head, as he turned his attention back to the sky. His long lashes closed over his azure eyes as he drew from the cigarette. "You have a knack for that, don't you?"
"I--yeah, probably do. It's all these damn trees though, they look alike. How can anyone not get lost?" Kenny remarked. A smile rose to the red head's face as he made donuts with smoke.
"I suppose so. At least this time you wasn't ambushed by some old, horny, drunk guy."
"You actually remember me from the other night?" Kenny inquired. "I thought you didn't. I mean...back at the store earlier..."
"Did you really want me or Kai to acknowledge you back there with Tyson and the others? I didn't thnk you would want everyone to know how we knew you or what happened," Tala stated. "Tyson's a fucking pain in the ass when he wants to be. I've listened to his mouth enough to know."
Kenny didn't say anything towards this, instead he asked another question. "What are you doing out here?"
"Relaxing. Clearing my mind." Turning a suspicious eye to the brunette he added in, "Why do you want to know?"
"I was just curious, that's all," Kenny found himself in a slight blush under the male's scrutinizing gaze. "It's just that every time I've seen you, you're just lounging around. I just thought there was more to it than that."
"Nah, just clearing my mind." Kenny noted that something in the male's tone was bitter and cold. As if something he was taking into consideration troubled him, yet pushed it aside to allow it time to eat at him. This male didn't seem like all the rumors Tyson and the others had been chatting about. "Hey."
"Huh? What?" Kenny squeaked.
"Are you going to stand there staring at me or do you want to come over and sit down," the male said, cutting an eye back to him. Another blush crossed his cheeks as he walked over to where Tala was and sat down. Silence filled the air between them as Kenny looked down at his hands fiddling with blades of grass, while the red head continued to smoke and watch the sky. What were they supposed to be talking about? Why didn't the male say something to him? It was making Kenny nervous.
"Hey..."
"If you forgot, the name's Tala," the male replied, sitting up to flick his cigarette butt to the side.
"I know," Kenny replied. "I was going to ask you, that guy you're with..."
"Kai Hiwatari, he's my second cousin," Tala answered. A clever smirk rose to Tala's face as he turned his head to the male beside him. "You have no reason to be jealous." The level of color that splotched Kenny's face caused the male to burst out into laughter.
"I'm not jealous of him! I wasn't thinking that way!" Kenny squeaked.
"I know kid, keep your pants on, it was just a joke. So, last time you told me you came from the city. A big one like Detroit or Chicago?"
"No, I stay in Massachusetts." (A/N: Massachusetts is a nice city area right? I have no idea, I just picked a point that sounded good. If it doesn't work, then pretend!)
"I've visited Boston before. I was younger though," Tala said, his eyes growing slightly dark with a thought. "Kai lives in California some of his time, here, and also in Virginia. By the way, you know both of our names, but I still don't have a clue about what your name is."
"Oh, it's Kenny. Kenny Shinoda."
"Got some Japanese in you I see," the male remarked. "Both your parents come from a Japanese background?" Kenny nodded his head yes. "I thought so."
"Is it true that growing up, you and Tyson got into fights all the time?" Kenny inquired.
"Yeah. The little bastard couldn't keep his mouth shut. Really made me mad about that too. Tell me how I should act and all that crap. How did you get stuck hanging out with that group anyway?" Tala said with a rose brow.
"Well, Tyson and Emily, they're my cousins," Kenny said.
"I see."
"But I'm nothing like them at all," Kenny added in hastily. "But...can I ask you something? Are...are those things that they said really true? The rumors about you and Kai, that is."
"Which ones?" Tala's tone darkened as he spoke. "The ones about the drugs, about me being a murderer, the one about me being a demon child, specify which one you're talking about."
"I..."
"So, they already told you about what a demon I am, huh? Well it doesn't surprise me. So, you want to know if they're true? Let's see, I've thought about killing plenty of people. I don't do drugs, no matter how much everyone wants me to die doing something like that. I probably am bastardized by the devil. Kai probably is too. Occasionally he might seem like he does drugs, maybe if you see him, you can ask him yourself. And no I'm not screwing him either. Does that cover the main rumors floating around about us?" Tala stated harshly.
Kenny lowered his face from the male. "I didn't mean anything by it."
"Then why the hell did you ask? You thought that you could find you a nice little adventure to play detective to? Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Now if you would excuse me, I think I'm going to find some other way to relax, you just ruined a perfectly good mood."
"Wait!" Kenny said as the male was getting up from his seat.
"What now?" Annoyance colored Tala's words as his dark eyes flickered over Kenny.
"Well...I'm still sort of lost. Mind just pointing me back the right way," Kenny asked shyly.
The scowl that Tala had softened as he shook his head. A small smile graced the corner of his mouth. "You really are hopeless aren't you? If it wasn't for the fact that you had a great looking ass, I would leave you here."
"What is with you and my butt?" Kenny demanded. His face the color of a tomato. The scowl completely disappeared from Tala's face. It was strange for the red head. Somehow, he couldn't stay angry with this male for the questions that he so innocently asked about. It wasn't his fault, yet Tala had lashed out at him as if it were. Yet the anger faded when he simply stared down at the male sitting in the grass. Maybe he was different than his cousins.
"I like your reaction, it's really hilarious," Tala laughed. "Now come on, before I leave your ass here." Kenny could see the change in the male. There was something about this male that just...he didn't know. They were like two magnets of opposite polars being drawn together. This male had truly peaked his interest, and Kenny was going to find out everything about him that he could, and that Tala would allow. That was the only way he would know what was true and what was only rumors.
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Rimnerel: Well, there everyone go, some interaction between the two.
Kai: I think what they meant by interactions were when they would hook up.
Rimnerel: Eh! They're just meeting, I can't hook them up till about another three chapters. I have to give them so interactions before anything else. Okay, I hope everyone liked the chapter. Like I said, I have a lot more to do before I'm finished.
Kai: Okay, stop being evil. We have to end it. The next chapter comes out Tuesday. She's working on another two or three ideas and she promises to make the next chapter just as nice as this one. Or something close to it.
Rimnerel: Okay everyone, good-bye! Until Tuesday!
Kai: Away. I think it was a little bit much for them.
Rimnerel: Wusses, all of them. I mean, it's not like Tala's just doing his aunt cause he likes older woman and all. I suppose it was just the turn of events.
Kai: Nakago and Sephiroth manipulating from the shadows again?
Rimnerel: Only for a few upcoming chapters. Let's see, what else do I want to stay. Oh yah! My dear friend Kougra is writing a story called Experience Pearls on fanfic.net that has a Kenny/Tala pairing in it!! Yah!! I'm so happy! Now she makes like the third person to pick up on that pairing! I'm so happy! Might want to check it out, it is very cute, I can say that honestly. Now to my reviewers.
Thanks to: B. Tiamat Atardecer, Unknown Assassin, Silverm (I'm so sorry, I have a good reason for this though, so don't kill me), bmw, blazing-wolf-08, Kaikeyi Amorti, Nancys-little-Obsession, russle, Raven Star, Angevar, and Black Jaggan for all their reviews. And I want you all to know that the knife in this story will be twisted even more, last chapter was just the tip of the iceberg, so you all better have life jackets.
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Azure eyes flickered over the sleeping figure in the bed, as the figure sitting in the corner wearing only a pair of jeans and smoking a cigarette watched the the gentle rise and fall of the woman's chest. She seemed at peace right now. She didn't cry out for him to be at her side, or to stay by her forever.
She didn't cry and moan and beg for him to stay home when he wanted to go out in this state. It was quiet in the house. It was...how he wish it could be forever sometimes. Just him, sitting in a corner, smoking a cigarette and listening to the silence throughout the house. Drifting into a world of isolation where nothing could reach him.
The young man drew from his cigarette again, closing his eyes, leaning his head back against the wall, listening to just the emptiness. Why couldn't he find the solace that he sought in this moment? Opening his eyes again, his vision fell back to the figure in bed. He knew it wasn't her fault for it. She was sick after all. It would be unfair to say she did it. She had raised him after his parents died after all.
His uncle didn't really give a damn if he had been with his parents or not that day. Whenever he was home, Tala got missing, knowing that the only thing that he had to look forward to was angry stares of how much he reminded his uncle that his sister, Tala's mother, was gone forever. After all, his uncle had never approved of the union between the two anyway. Tala remembered some times when his uncle would express that very thought.
He didn't care too much about them anymore, he had grown so use to it. As a child he had received them when it was decided that his uncle and his aunt would take him into their home. It was mainly his aunt's wish. Yet...she cried all the time. She looked mournfully to him all the time, saying how much he looked like his father. How he would grow to be the exact replica of a man he no longer remembered. Pictures had been put up from sight. They caused his aunt to go into trantrums at being remembered. Tala had a feeling that she had been in love with his father.
Why else would she refer to him as her son? Why the very mention of his father would drive her to cry for hours? Why only a month after mourning she came in his room one night and...
A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Looking up, he found one of the other maids, an older woman in her mid 60's. She was the head maid of the house that took the duty of making sure that everything stayed intact while his uncle was gone. The woman's knowing grey eyes shifted from him to the sleeping woman in bed. Out of everyone that lived there in that house, she knew the whole story. Had been there when it first started.
"Tala," the woman said quietly.
"The medicine is on the table," he said, still drawing from his cigarette. The woman gave him a scolding look as she walked over to him, taking the cigarette from his mouth, and tossing it out the open window.
"You're going to get cancer before you're 30 if you keep that up, Tala," she scolded. This woman had always tried to be a second mother to him while growing up. But the little influence she had tried to place in him, was snuffed by his aunt. Harshly telling the older woman that Tala nor Kai wasn't any of her concern other than being a wench to provide meals and clean clothes. The woman hadn't taken her other charge seriously, but Tala and Kai did.
"So. Why do you care?" he questioned, reaching into his pants to pull out another cigarette. "Wouldn't that make life better here for at least someone? I mean, I wouldn't be shaming this house by my promiscious ways, right?"
"Tala, you shouldn't say that," she replied, kneeling down to his level. Her eyes were pained to have to watch him turn out to be like this. After his parents' death and growing up around his aunt, he was slowly becoming such a destructive spirit. If his parents were still alive... "Are you trying to make your parents grieve?"
"They're dead and dead people don't grieve, they just decay in their graves. So I have nothing to worry about," he replied. "It's not like I'm trying anything else," he shrugged, deciding to leave the cigarette alone for now.
"But you may want to one day," she said trying to make him see that his slow, destructive ways could lead to more. "Just to try to escape from this world. And then one thing may lead to another and to another, until you're finally dead. That's not the way to go, Tala."
"So what if I do. You're not my mother," he said, getting up from where he sat in the corner and gathered his clothes. "You'll do well to remember that Hannah. You're a maid in this house and nothing more." Walking out the door, he went back to the right wing of the house. Stopping by Kai's room, he was about to knock when he distinctly heard moaning within the room. Rolling his eyes, Tala went to his room. Of course it would have to be Kai to screw the maids, he was horny enough to screw anything with two legs that had an ass.
Dropping his clothes on the floor, the young man went to his closet to pick out something else to put on. He had to get out the house. Otherwise he would probably do something that he would rather not do. And that was probably what Kai had took the opportunity to indulge in. Tala would only screw a maid if he, for one, had no choice and two was that extremely bored. Pulling out a sleeveless, low cut gray t-shirt, the male pulled it over his head. Grabbing everything else that he needed, the young man left the room, the moaning in his cousin's room still going on.
"Master Tala, are you going out?" As the young man was about to head down the stairs, a soft voice caught his attention. Turning around, he found the 14 year old girl that had not too long ago began working in the house standing by the door to one of the guest rooms on his wing. A cleaning rag and polish were in her hands.
"Yeah, I'm leaving for a while Clover," Tala said. "Whenever Kai gets done, tell him that I left and will be back later."
The girl blushed, hearing the sounds coming from down the hall. She lowered her gaze from his, fiddling with the rag in her hand. "I will, I promise."
"Clover," Tala said with slight curiosity. "Kai hasn't broke you in yet has he?" The blush on the girl's face intensified as she shook her head rapidly. "Stay that way. I swear he'll fuck anything with two legs."
"Okay...I hope you come back safely," she said.
"Yeah, whatever." Walking down the stairs, he left the house, hopping on the back of one of the dirt bikes seated in the yard. Cranking it up, the young man sped off. No where really in mind. Just letting the air clear his mind.
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"Did that really happen Kenny?" Jordan's eyes widened with shock as she listened to how Kenny and Kain became friends. She was sitting on his bed, actually very normal for a change, rather than clinging to him like a parasite. Kenny was still situated in the chair by his laptop. "Did Kain really kick the guy in the head?"
"It would surprise you, but Kain does a lot of things that he says he's going to do," Kenny said. "The guys thought twice about messing with me from then on. Despite his attitude sometimes, Kain's a great person to get along with."
"What kind of attitude?" Jordan wondered.
"Well, I guess you can say that he's demanding of me to be a little more open with him and Rei. He wants me to try to be a little bit more 'worldly' about life and such," Kenny smiled, thinking about all the plans that Kain has made to hook Kenny up with some girl that he knew and how they have all backfired on him. He knew that Kain was only looking out for his interest, but at times it was too much. "Kain thinks that I need more in life than just computers."
"I think he's right. Computers can only offer you so much. Everyone needs a little love and compassion to get by," Jordan stated. "I mean, it's great that you're smart and everything, but only filling the glass halfway can't possible quench your thirst for the world. It does take a lot more, than just facts to know the truth."
For a moment, Kenny was silent as he stared directly at Jordan. That, coming from her was surprising. Kenny didn't actually think that they could have a normal conversation without the girl pawing, mauling, or trying to coax him onto the bed. It was actually very relaxing to know that he and the girl could just sit there discussing things like this. Maybe she wasn't such a bad person after all. Maybe the passionate love she expressed was just an intial reaction. He wasn't use to any girls coming at him so strongly and relentlessly.
All the girls he had known, or been introduced to by Kain, only cared to pay him as much attention as he gave them. But of course Jordan made him pay attention by doing things girls wouldn't normally do around him. Maybe he had figured her wrong all together and was sane. Could there be a small chance he could get use to this? Only time would tell that.
"Kenny? Are you in there?" Jordan said.
"Oh, sorry, I was thinking," Kenny said. Jordan tilted her head to the side, giving him a small smile.
"About what?"
"Well, in honesty, I was thinking about you," Kenny said. "I think this is the first time that we've really had a nice time."
Jordan remained silent for a minute as she stared at Kenny. Then she got out off the bed and threw herself at him. "Oh Kenny! I knew you would feel it soon too! See! We are made for each other. It was destiny that we met. We're going to be together forever!"
"Jordan!" Kenny tried to pry the girl off his waist, but she was intent on staying there. Maybe he should scratch that out about her being normal after all.
"Oh, don't worry Kenny. We can wait a few years from now to get married. The wedding has to be large cause I've always wanted big weddings. And I'm going to have this beautiful dress. And the cake's going to be ten layers high. Can't you hear the music already," she smiled, wrapping her arms tighter around his waist.
"Let go!" Kenny said. But of course the girl wasn't listening to him as she began telling him about the four children they were going to have and their names. And the dog that would have a dog house in te back of their home. Kenny looked up to the ceiling, wondering how exactly he got himself into this.
"You know Jordan, that would be sweeter, if it wasn't for the fact that it was my cousin that you were saying all that about," came a voice from the doorway. Kenny looked up to find Ian standing there with a disgusted look on his face towards the things she was mentioning. "I mean, would you really want to do it with him? Of all people?"
"What's that suppose to mean?" Jordan said, stopping her proclamations to stare at the little boy.
"Well, isn't it obvious? I mean, up until now he hasn't had a girl," Ian said, planning to get pay back on his cousin for earlier. "I mean, I'm sure that Rei and Kain introduce him to tons of hot girls, but I bet he's turned them all down."
"Ian, if you don't shut your mouth," Kenny said through clenched teeth, watching the smug look on his cousin's face grow. And this was why he hated the little brat in the first place. The boy was now going to die, he swore it. If Kenny thought Ian was going to say what he was thinking, it was about to be a hanging really soon. "Jordan, will you let me go for a minute?"
"Huh? Why?" Jordan asked looking up at him.
"I want to talk to Ian for a moment," Kenny said, his eyes never leaving the boy in the doorway. He felt Jordan move as Ian backed out of the room. "Thank you Jordan. Ian...you want to come here for a moment don't you?"
"Why, so you can rape me in front of Jordan," Ian said.
"You little--" It didn't take Kenny very long to catch up to Ian, even though the younger had a head start. Grabbing the boy by his collar, Kenny dragged him to the closest thing he could find to a closet and shoved him inside, looking the door from the outside. "Now stay in there and die you little brat."
"Let me out! I don't like small spaces!" Ian cried banging on the door. Kenny had forgot the boy was claustrophoic...oh well, he did deserve this. Little nuisance that he was.
"If you don't shut up, I'll make sure that they won't find you for a while, all I have to do is bound and gag you in there," Kenny said leaning against the door with a short evil smile on his face. He wasn't naturally a violent or evil person, but the brat made him do things like this. "Now what do I hear before I let you out." The only sound that Kenny heard was the boy beginning to cry, refusing to give in to Kenny's demands, but wanting to get out the closet. "I don't hear anything, Ian. You want to get out of there don't you?"
"Sorry," came a muffled, sob.
"What was that?" Kenny inquired. A minute went by with the boy sobbing.
"I said I'm sorry!"
"And?" Kenny said.
"And I'll never do it again," Ian cried.
"And?"
"And you're not gay."
"And?" The smile on Kenny's face widened, knowing that Ian was hating himself for it because he knew Kenny wouldn't let him out of that closet without an apology on every level.
"And I won't get in your business again," Ian hiccuped between crying.
"All right then. I think I can find it in my heart to forgive you," Kenny said as he unlocked the door, letting the boy out. Ian came out the closet, tears running down his cheeks, snot coming from his nose as he looked at Kenny. "You know you brought that on yourself short stuff."
"I hate you!" Ian shouted as he ran downstairs somewhere.
"Well, I think it's time that I get lost. Knowing that brat, he probably went to go tell some sob story." Kenny quietly made his way downstairs, and out of the house just in time to hear his mother calling his name. "Note to self, going to have to gag him next time."
Okay, so what was he suppose to do now that he was escaping from his mother and aunt's nagging tones of how he should know better about locking the claustrophobic boy in a closet and how he was suppose to be more mature than that. And then he would be made to apologize to that brat because he was the one that was insinuating things. Why should he apologize for giving him a little desensitization therapy for his dislike of small spaces? Oh well, at least this little stunt got him away from Jordan for a while.
Maybe he could go for a walk. Let things settle down before he came back. Standing in front of the house would be incredibly stupid anyway. With a set mind, the young man went for his walk towards some trees that seemed to have a little path. Kenny being the city boy he is, the closest thing to woods he's come across would be the park, somehow manages get to himself lost within ten minutes of walking through the woods. God only knows how, but he did.
*Dammit, another note to myself, stop trying to walk through woods by yourself. Last time you nearly got yourself raped. Who knows what might happen now.* Kenny brushed his hair out of his eyes, moving a tree branch from out his way as he made another right. Keeping straight would probably be the best route, but hey, like it said, he was a city boy and his sense of direction was a little more than bad.
"Fuck!" he swore, as he looked around. Trees, that's all he could see, and the little bit of sunlight between them. Why did the country have all these damn trees? It made life that much harder. With a sigh, he kept on his way. Maybe about 20 more minutes later, he found an exit through the trees. Emerging, there was a hill, and a field, flowers, no road. "Dammit!"
"Lost again I see," came a light amused voice. Looking in the direction that it had come from, Kenny spotted the male from earlier laying on the top of the hill, his head turned towards Kenny. As usual, he had a cigarette in his mouth, his hands behind his head, as he turned his attention back to the sky. His long lashes closed over his azure eyes as he drew from the cigarette. "You have a knack for that, don't you?"
"I--yeah, probably do. It's all these damn trees though, they look alike. How can anyone not get lost?" Kenny remarked. A smile rose to the red head's face as he made donuts with smoke.
"I suppose so. At least this time you wasn't ambushed by some old, horny, drunk guy."
"You actually remember me from the other night?" Kenny inquired. "I thought you didn't. I mean...back at the store earlier..."
"Did you really want me or Kai to acknowledge you back there with Tyson and the others? I didn't thnk you would want everyone to know how we knew you or what happened," Tala stated. "Tyson's a fucking pain in the ass when he wants to be. I've listened to his mouth enough to know."
Kenny didn't say anything towards this, instead he asked another question. "What are you doing out here?"
"Relaxing. Clearing my mind." Turning a suspicious eye to the brunette he added in, "Why do you want to know?"
"I was just curious, that's all," Kenny found himself in a slight blush under the male's scrutinizing gaze. "It's just that every time I've seen you, you're just lounging around. I just thought there was more to it than that."
"Nah, just clearing my mind." Kenny noted that something in the male's tone was bitter and cold. As if something he was taking into consideration troubled him, yet pushed it aside to allow it time to eat at him. This male didn't seem like all the rumors Tyson and the others had been chatting about. "Hey."
"Huh? What?" Kenny squeaked.
"Are you going to stand there staring at me or do you want to come over and sit down," the male said, cutting an eye back to him. Another blush crossed his cheeks as he walked over to where Tala was and sat down. Silence filled the air between them as Kenny looked down at his hands fiddling with blades of grass, while the red head continued to smoke and watch the sky. What were they supposed to be talking about? Why didn't the male say something to him? It was making Kenny nervous.
"Hey..."
"If you forgot, the name's Tala," the male replied, sitting up to flick his cigarette butt to the side.
"I know," Kenny replied. "I was going to ask you, that guy you're with..."
"Kai Hiwatari, he's my second cousin," Tala answered. A clever smirk rose to Tala's face as he turned his head to the male beside him. "You have no reason to be jealous." The level of color that splotched Kenny's face caused the male to burst out into laughter.
"I'm not jealous of him! I wasn't thinking that way!" Kenny squeaked.
"I know kid, keep your pants on, it was just a joke. So, last time you told me you came from the city. A big one like Detroit or Chicago?"
"No, I stay in Massachusetts." (A/N: Massachusetts is a nice city area right? I have no idea, I just picked a point that sounded good. If it doesn't work, then pretend!)
"I've visited Boston before. I was younger though," Tala said, his eyes growing slightly dark with a thought. "Kai lives in California some of his time, here, and also in Virginia. By the way, you know both of our names, but I still don't have a clue about what your name is."
"Oh, it's Kenny. Kenny Shinoda."
"Got some Japanese in you I see," the male remarked. "Both your parents come from a Japanese background?" Kenny nodded his head yes. "I thought so."
"Is it true that growing up, you and Tyson got into fights all the time?" Kenny inquired.
"Yeah. The little bastard couldn't keep his mouth shut. Really made me mad about that too. Tell me how I should act and all that crap. How did you get stuck hanging out with that group anyway?" Tala said with a rose brow.
"Well, Tyson and Emily, they're my cousins," Kenny said.
"I see."
"But I'm nothing like them at all," Kenny added in hastily. "But...can I ask you something? Are...are those things that they said really true? The rumors about you and Kai, that is."
"Which ones?" Tala's tone darkened as he spoke. "The ones about the drugs, about me being a murderer, the one about me being a demon child, specify which one you're talking about."
"I..."
"So, they already told you about what a demon I am, huh? Well it doesn't surprise me. So, you want to know if they're true? Let's see, I've thought about killing plenty of people. I don't do drugs, no matter how much everyone wants me to die doing something like that. I probably am bastardized by the devil. Kai probably is too. Occasionally he might seem like he does drugs, maybe if you see him, you can ask him yourself. And no I'm not screwing him either. Does that cover the main rumors floating around about us?" Tala stated harshly.
Kenny lowered his face from the male. "I didn't mean anything by it."
"Then why the hell did you ask? You thought that you could find you a nice little adventure to play detective to? Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. Now if you would excuse me, I think I'm going to find some other way to relax, you just ruined a perfectly good mood."
"Wait!" Kenny said as the male was getting up from his seat.
"What now?" Annoyance colored Tala's words as his dark eyes flickered over Kenny.
"Well...I'm still sort of lost. Mind just pointing me back the right way," Kenny asked shyly.
The scowl that Tala had softened as he shook his head. A small smile graced the corner of his mouth. "You really are hopeless aren't you? If it wasn't for the fact that you had a great looking ass, I would leave you here."
"What is with you and my butt?" Kenny demanded. His face the color of a tomato. The scowl completely disappeared from Tala's face. It was strange for the red head. Somehow, he couldn't stay angry with this male for the questions that he so innocently asked about. It wasn't his fault, yet Tala had lashed out at him as if it were. Yet the anger faded when he simply stared down at the male sitting in the grass. Maybe he was different than his cousins.
"I like your reaction, it's really hilarious," Tala laughed. "Now come on, before I leave your ass here." Kenny could see the change in the male. There was something about this male that just...he didn't know. They were like two magnets of opposite polars being drawn together. This male had truly peaked his interest, and Kenny was going to find out everything about him that he could, and that Tala would allow. That was the only way he would know what was true and what was only rumors.
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Rimnerel: Well, there everyone go, some interaction between the two.
Kai: I think what they meant by interactions were when they would hook up.
Rimnerel: Eh! They're just meeting, I can't hook them up till about another three chapters. I have to give them so interactions before anything else. Okay, I hope everyone liked the chapter. Like I said, I have a lot more to do before I'm finished.
Kai: Okay, stop being evil. We have to end it. The next chapter comes out Tuesday. She's working on another two or three ideas and she promises to make the next chapter just as nice as this one. Or something close to it.
Rimnerel: Okay everyone, good-bye! Until Tuesday!