Rimnerel: Well, let's see, it's apparent to say that everyone liked the ending, ne?
Kai (jacks the girl up): I should kill you.
Johnny (smirks): Killing her wouldn't help any. Here have this plushie that Angevar gave Rim. (holds out the cute Tyson plushie) Now put Rim down so we can get started with the next chapter.
Kai (drops Rim and grabs plushie): MINE!!
Rimnerel: Er...yay...Johnny, do my reviews for me.
Johnny (shrug): Rim would like to thank SelenaWheeler, FREAK014, bmw, Nancys-little-Obsession, silver, Kaikeyi, russle, Angevar, B. Tiamat Atardecer, and Dark-Demi-2001 for all their reviews and hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last one. (turns to look at Kai stroking the plushie possessively in the corner) Um...Kai....
Kai (continuing to stroke the plushie): Leave me and my precious alone.
Rimnerel: Okay....we're just going to start the chapter on that note. Oh, one more note before I begin the chapter, my friend Kougra is posting her sequel to Experience Pearls, if you like my KeTa pairing then you'll like Experience Pearls and No Boundaries too. It's so cute! ^_^
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Tyson sat at the dinner table moving his fork around the potatoes that were on his plate. Usually by now he would have gobbled down everything within the limit of a minute, and asking for seconds, then thirds, then maybe fourths and fifths before someone told him that he wasn't to starve the family to death. Then he would probably whine, pulling in that old routine about how much of a growing boy he was. Once or twice that worked, then they just cut him off from his excessive food lust. But currently, Tyson hadn't so much as lifted his fork to his lips.
He continued to stare down at the plate, not really seeing the food there. His mind was...well...his mind was on a certain event of the day that dealt with him and a certain dual haired male he couldn't get his mind off now. In the past Tyson would have just shrugged everything off, continuing on with his life. At times staying pissed at the male for a while then finding something more constructive to do. Right now, he could neither stay angry, or find something more to do. Why? Why had he been so stupid as to mock Kai like that.
He should have been thankful that the male didn't want to flirt with him. It wasn't like he wanted the male to flirt with him, right? It was just a reaction to the fact that Mariah knew he was into her, and yet she still chose Lee over him. It...it really pissed him off that she would just overlook his feelings like that. As long as she knew that he liked her. He had even told her once, but she stated that she only wanted to be friends.
*How could she be like that? How could she...* Tyson stabbed at a potato on his plate.
"Tyson, are you okay?" his aunt asked as the young man distastefully stabbed the potato in two. The boy looked up surprised by the voice breaking through his thoughts. His wide blue eyes stared at his aunt, before a smile settled on his lips. She could tell he was trying to appear normal, but she saw through that mask. He had been exactly the same when his mother died. Trying to show that he wasn't affected by it as hard as he had been, but it didn't work. She could watch him and see it crumble around him.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me Aunt Hikari," Tyson grinned.
"Are you sure, Tyson?" the woman asked with concern. "You've hardly touched your food."
"I'm not hungry right now. I actually stopped by the store on the way back and brought some snacks," Tyson lied. How could he tell his aunt that he provoked Kai Hiwatari, one of the biggest plagues to that town, into kissing him? And he had liked it too?! "I'm going to lay down for a while, okay."
"All right." There was something on her young nephew's mind, but he seemed as if he didn't want to talk about it right now. She would leave him alone for now until he wanted to open up to her. She watched Tyson get up from the table and leave. The boy didn't even notice that another pair of eyes quietly, and curiously stared after his fleeting figure. Kenny wondered what was on his mind also. It wasn't like Tyson to shut himself in. Was he still upset about what Johnny said earlier that day?
*Nice going Tyson, you got your aunt worrying about you know. You just know how to make things better. You just had to provoke Kai.* Tyson berated himself as he climbed up the stairs to his room he shared with Kenny and Ian. Reaching the room, he threw himself on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Why was this happening to him?
Of all people that he had to provoke to kiss him, it had to be Kai. Why Kai? Why did he do it? And why...the number one question of all, why did he like it and want more?! Tyson raised a hand to his lips, touching the still tender area that Kai had kissed him. His heart still pounded thinking about the feeling. For some reason, every nerve in his body wanted to become intoxicated by that male. Wanted him to...
To what? Kiss him? Feel their bodies close together and...
"NO! That's disgusting!" said to himself just trying to picture that.
Tyson didn't want his first time to be with a guy. Especialy a guy like that. Yet...what would it be like? He didn't know how in the world they would go about it. Did he just stick it in and.... and what? Tyson was very naive in that area. When they had sex education in class, he slept through the whole section, relying on some of his friends to tutor him enough to get a passing grade. He doubted that they would teach that sort of sex education in schools anyway. Did Kai know what to do? Duh, as many times as he's told you what he could do to you if you would allow, Tyson thought.
Tyson sighed, letting his mind go over the details. One detail in particular made Tyson extremely mad. What had Kai meant when he said Tyson wasn't ready! Who was he to tell the boy, or even deny him it!? After all the teasing and flirting and effort Kai spent in drawing Tyson into his web, he finally had breakthrough and what does Kai say. He's not ready. He was nothing but a big chicken. Not that Tyson wasn't grateful now, he just thought it was a big waste. The nerve of Kai getting him worked up like that, then walking away. He should have made Kai stay and continue kissing him.
*Stop thinking like this Tyson! You're not gay nor bisexual! He just screwed up your head, that's all. You're just upset because Mariah's going out with stupid Lee. You'll get over it soon. There are plenty of girls out there that would love to date you. It's Mariah's lost not ours* Tyson told himself.
"Tyson?"
"Huh?" Turning his head towards the doorway, the blue haired young man found his cousin standing in the doorway studying him. "Kenny." Tyson sat up, crossing his legs under him as the slightly older male came in the room and sat on the edge of his bed. "What's up?"
"Tyson, is something on your mind?" Kenny asked, studying the male.
"I'm fine, Chief," Tyson assured. Great, now he had Kenny worrying about him too. "Just got a lot on my mind is all."
"Are you sure?" Kenny inquired. "You're usually the one that asks if everything is all right with everyone else. This would be the first time in a while, huh?" Kenny was not as introverted as everyone thought he was. When the other's mother had died, he probably worried a lot about how the boy was taking it, despite the fact he never said anything to it.
"Yeah..." Tyson smiled slightly.
"Tyson, I understand if you don't want to talk about it right now. I respect that much, I mean, there are things that I think about that I don't know if I'm ready to share with others. So, take your time to think it out and when you're ready, we can talk, okay," Kenny said. This would definitely shock Kain if he was here right now. The fact that Kenny was saying this to someone else would have thrown the male into a loop and then someone. Guess, the summer was changing him.
"Chief..." Tyson smiled, surprised that his cousin would say that at all. "Thanks. That means a lot. But...I was wondering something."
"What?" Kenny inquired.
"As of late, you've seemed a bit distant yourself. Is there a reason that it seems like you're changing, or is it just one of those phases teenagers are suppose to go through?" Tyson wondered.
"Maybe it's both," Kenny smiled. "We can talk about it one day when I've figured out everything."
"Deal. I'll open the door to my secrets and you open yours when the time comes," Tyson chuckled. Maybe this sort of change was best. He was seeing more of an extroverted Kenny, and they were starting to communicate better. Maybe with time, they could be the best of friends.
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Kai pulled the bike into the back of the house quietly, making sure not to make any noise to alert anyone to his arrival back in town. If his uncle was still there, the last thing he wanted to do was bring himself into the man's attention. Everyone in town thought he and Tala hated the man, that was true on a level, but they had reasons. No one knew about the beatings they suffered at the man's hands, the curses, threats, the put downs. No one in town knew about any of it. All they got to see was a facade of what he was suppose to be like.
Parking the bike by the back steps near where Tala's bike was, Kai crept back to the front of the house, pulling out his keys. As he was about to stick the key into the door, it actually swung open, revealing his uncle standing there. Kai's eyes widened, nearly dropping his keys, but managed the fumble. Kai said nothing as his uncle studied him with a cold glare in his eyes. Kai tried not to shift under the weight of that look, but he couldn't help it. He has grown so accustomed to flinching away from the man that it was second nature to him by now.
"Kai, where have you been?" the male finally asked.
"Out of town," Kai stated, which was in fact true.
"You decided to leave this house without even staying to catch up with your uncle, shameful boy," his uncle shook his head.
"Would you have wanted to catch up with a worthless wretch like me anyway?" Kai said honestly, but that received him a sound slap across the face from the male. Kai flinched, almost staggering back from the violence of the blow. Kai turned his auburn eyes back to the male who scowled at him.
"You think you're going to mock me you little bastard," the male growled. "You should be lucky that you're my nephew boy, or I swear..."
"You would beat me like you did Tala?" The remark got him another slap across the face. That would definitely bruise in the morning.
"Cut the smart ass remarks boy."
"I'm sorry," Kai muttered. There did not need to be a reason that his uncle Boris beat the shit out of him also. Funny thing about it, Tala always seemed to get it worst than Kai, though Kai still had some nerve to rifle off little comments like this. "I needed a bit of time to myself, that's all."
"I completely doubt that," his uncle scoffed. "Where did you go? Your parents never want you around, neither does your grandfather, or anyone else in this family. This is the only place you're still welcomed at. And that's to keep your worthless better half out of trouble."
Kai said nothing towards that. He looked down at his feet, not giving his uncle the satisfaction of seeing the slightly hurt look in his eyes behind the truth of those words. It was true, his parents were always too busy to deal with him when he went back to Russia and shoved him off to other family members, but half of the time they were willing to deal with him. His grandfather beat him most he was there, and in fact, this was the only place he had somewhat neutral grounds on. He had Tala, the only one within that family that understood his pain. All of their other cousins would just stare at them coldly, wanting nothing to do with him or Tala. So Tala was in fact the only one he could relate to and he felt comfortable around.
"I went to the next town over," Kai said. "I stayed in a hotel for a few days."
"Without bothering to tell anyone that may actually care where you were? It's no wonder anyone would want to take you in. You think you can come and go as you please. If I was your father...."
"But you aren't my father, nor will you ever be," Kai interrupted, receiving yet another sharp slap across the face. "May I come in now?" By now his nose was bleeding but he kept his ground. He wasn't going to be like Tala and cower away from the male anymore, but there was still the possibility this stand would cost him greatly.
"You arrogant little..." Just as Boris raised his hand to strike the boy once more, Hannah walked up, a concerned look on her face.
"Mister Balcov," she said.
"What is it?" Boris lowered his hand, turning to stare at her.
"There's a call for you," she said, stepping aside.
Boris turned his eyes back on his nephew who was standing there waiting for admission into the house. He would break his wild streak yet. If he had stayed there as long as Tala, he would know better than to disrespect him. "Boy, I will deal with you later. And you better not get blood on the floor."
"Yes sir." Kai watched his uncle go back in the house to take the call on the phone. Kai ignored the woman that was trying to get his attention. There was nothing she should have to say to him. Walking into the house, the young man walked up the stairs to the bathroom. Dropping his bag by the door, Kai grabbed some tissue, wiping away the blood as he tilted his head back to stop the rest of the flow of blood.
"Kai...are you all right?" Hannah appeared in the doorway of the bathroom watching the boy glare at her slightly, not saying a word. "Please, I said I'm sorry."
"What is it you want from me?" Kai said, tilting his head forward, throwing the tissue away when his nose finally stopped bleeding. "Why are you trying to apologize to me? I'm not the one with the broken ribs. I'm not the one that could have died if someone hadn't stopped my uncle from beating me. I'm not the one that's been in this fucking house most of my fucking childhood and has had to deal with this all the time."
"I know. I know you hate me. But it was for the best. I had to tell him what was going on. He would have found out anyway and it would have been worst," Hannah said. "I only did this to put you both on the right path."
"Great fucking job," Kai spat sarcastically. "As you see, it's going well. Now that you've had my best friend beat, don't do the same for me." Slipping past her, Kai walked down the hall to where Tala's room was. Opening to the door, he found the male seated in the window, staring out over the evening scenery. A pair of azure eyes shifted to him for a second then back to the woods.
"So, where have you been for the past week. Doctor Tate got a little worried when she came to check up on me a few days ago," Tala said.
"Aren't you suppose to be in bed and not moving around to give your ribs time to heal, idiot?" Kai remarked lightly, walking over to the male. A slight chuckle arose from the red head as he combed a hand through his hair. Which was surprisingly enough not up in its usual style. This had to be one of few times he had seen the male with his hair down. Once Kai was near enough, Kai draped himself lightly over his cousin, resting his head on the male's shoulder. Tala turned his eyes on the male, seeing him looking out over the scenery from his point of view.
"It's not like you're going to make me get back in bed, so who cares," Tala said. "So where have you been that would get you hit that hard?" Tala lifted his hand, stroking the area on Kai's cheek gingerly.
"It was more the fact that I wasn't going to cower under him when he rose his hand. I was in the next town over clearing my head. Sorry I didn't call while I was there," Kai murmured. "Anything happen while I was gone?"
"No, I was in and out of sleep for a day or two while you were gone. Then I've just had to induce sleep to not answer uncle's questions. Once or twice while I was out of it, I swore he was going to be the shit out of me. I think the only thing that saved me was Hannah," Tala said, continuing to stroke Kai's cheek.
"You know Tala..." Kai stopped, knowing it would do no good to get his friend upset right now. "You should get some rest. I'm going to change clothes."
"You know what I really want. I need to get out this house, maybe ride for a bit," Tala said.
"You want me to sneak you out?" Kai said. He found a hand playing with a few strands of his cousin's hair.
"You know it," Tala smirked.
"All right. I'll see can I sneak you out maybe later or tomorrow. Get some rest, okay." Kai removed himself from the other, heading for the door. "I'll be back a little later to check on you."
Going out the door, the dual haired young man went back to the bathroom, gathering his bag Kai then headed for his room. Opening the door, he tossed the bag in a corner and went over to the window. Pushing it open, Kai took a deep breath, letting his mind drift for a second, before his thoughts came to rest on a certain blue haired male that had nearly caused him to react in a manner he tried straying from. How could Tyson have been so stupid as to mock him like that. The only thing Kai had been able to do was tell him he wasn't ready yet.
Which he wasn't. "Tyson..." Kai closed his eyes, a soft smile rising to his lips. They had shared their first kiss. When Tyson first mocked him, the first reaction had been to strangle the male. After all, Kai was still pissed off at the point, and Tyson really didn't make the situation better for him. A part of Kai soon became aroused by the complete boldness the younger had showed, approaching him in an equally bold fashion. When Tyson refused to back down, Kai did the only thing that he expected to work on the male. But that had backfired when Tyson kissed him back with equally passionate force. The boy wanted him, for those brief seconds, Tyson was his.
And yet, Kai knew if he continued, allowed the male to kiss him again, his control would have broken and he would have done something regretful. Well...for Tyson it would be regretful when Kai fucked him along that little road. For Kai the act would have been more than satisfying, just to have Tyson be his. As possessive as it sounded, Kai only wanted Tyson to be his. He never wanted to allow Tyson to love anyone but him. Selfish, yes, he suppose his was when it came to that male. He just didn't want to have sex with Tyson, he wanted the male to love him without restrictions, as Kai was trying to do with him. Next to Tala, Tyson was the only other person he truly cared about.
Maybe it was the male's inability to damper anyone's spirits, or an slight envious want of the attention the male could get no matter what he did. Since the first time Kai met Tyson back in elementary school, something about the male drew him closer and closer till it was almost inevitable for Kai to fall in love with him. Despite never having said it, he admired Tyson more than anything. Which was another reason he restraint himself from taking Tyson. When the male finally gave himself to Kai of all willing consent, Tyson would not regret what went on between them.
"But you drive me crazy with want now," Kai murmured into the approaching night. "You have no idea how crazy you make me." Shaking his head free of thoughts, the young man went to stripping off his clothes. What he needed was a cold shower to freeze such rising emotions. The time would come one day when he didn't need to take cold showers to calm himself down. A certain blue haired male would be do that for him.
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Rimnerel (-_-): Okay, it's shorter than the last three chapters I know, but I don't have anymore ideas to put out right now.
Enrique: You allowed two of you main muses to go for a while, what did you expect?
Bryan: Guess you'll be making up for it next chapter, am I right?
Rimnerel: Yeah. I'll just have to. Okay everyone, don't hit me with things, I hope you all liked this chapter, I'm going to go come up with good material for the next chapter now. I will see everyone Wednesday some time! If you have any ideas that you would like to see worked into this piece, then feel free to write me and tell me. Bye now!
Kai (jacks the girl up): I should kill you.
Johnny (smirks): Killing her wouldn't help any. Here have this plushie that Angevar gave Rim. (holds out the cute Tyson plushie) Now put Rim down so we can get started with the next chapter.
Kai (drops Rim and grabs plushie): MINE!!
Rimnerel: Er...yay...Johnny, do my reviews for me.
Johnny (shrug): Rim would like to thank SelenaWheeler, FREAK014, bmw, Nancys-little-Obsession, silver, Kaikeyi, russle, Angevar, B. Tiamat Atardecer, and Dark-Demi-2001 for all their reviews and hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last one. (turns to look at Kai stroking the plushie possessively in the corner) Um...Kai....
Kai (continuing to stroke the plushie): Leave me and my precious alone.
Rimnerel: Okay....we're just going to start the chapter on that note. Oh, one more note before I begin the chapter, my friend Kougra is posting her sequel to Experience Pearls, if you like my KeTa pairing then you'll like Experience Pearls and No Boundaries too. It's so cute! ^_^
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Tyson sat at the dinner table moving his fork around the potatoes that were on his plate. Usually by now he would have gobbled down everything within the limit of a minute, and asking for seconds, then thirds, then maybe fourths and fifths before someone told him that he wasn't to starve the family to death. Then he would probably whine, pulling in that old routine about how much of a growing boy he was. Once or twice that worked, then they just cut him off from his excessive food lust. But currently, Tyson hadn't so much as lifted his fork to his lips.
He continued to stare down at the plate, not really seeing the food there. His mind was...well...his mind was on a certain event of the day that dealt with him and a certain dual haired male he couldn't get his mind off now. In the past Tyson would have just shrugged everything off, continuing on with his life. At times staying pissed at the male for a while then finding something more constructive to do. Right now, he could neither stay angry, or find something more to do. Why? Why had he been so stupid as to mock Kai like that.
He should have been thankful that the male didn't want to flirt with him. It wasn't like he wanted the male to flirt with him, right? It was just a reaction to the fact that Mariah knew he was into her, and yet she still chose Lee over him. It...it really pissed him off that she would just overlook his feelings like that. As long as she knew that he liked her. He had even told her once, but she stated that she only wanted to be friends.
*How could she be like that? How could she...* Tyson stabbed at a potato on his plate.
"Tyson, are you okay?" his aunt asked as the young man distastefully stabbed the potato in two. The boy looked up surprised by the voice breaking through his thoughts. His wide blue eyes stared at his aunt, before a smile settled on his lips. She could tell he was trying to appear normal, but she saw through that mask. He had been exactly the same when his mother died. Trying to show that he wasn't affected by it as hard as he had been, but it didn't work. She could watch him and see it crumble around him.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me Aunt Hikari," Tyson grinned.
"Are you sure, Tyson?" the woman asked with concern. "You've hardly touched your food."
"I'm not hungry right now. I actually stopped by the store on the way back and brought some snacks," Tyson lied. How could he tell his aunt that he provoked Kai Hiwatari, one of the biggest plagues to that town, into kissing him? And he had liked it too?! "I'm going to lay down for a while, okay."
"All right." There was something on her young nephew's mind, but he seemed as if he didn't want to talk about it right now. She would leave him alone for now until he wanted to open up to her. She watched Tyson get up from the table and leave. The boy didn't even notice that another pair of eyes quietly, and curiously stared after his fleeting figure. Kenny wondered what was on his mind also. It wasn't like Tyson to shut himself in. Was he still upset about what Johnny said earlier that day?
*Nice going Tyson, you got your aunt worrying about you know. You just know how to make things better. You just had to provoke Kai.* Tyson berated himself as he climbed up the stairs to his room he shared with Kenny and Ian. Reaching the room, he threw himself on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Why was this happening to him?
Of all people that he had to provoke to kiss him, it had to be Kai. Why Kai? Why did he do it? And why...the number one question of all, why did he like it and want more?! Tyson raised a hand to his lips, touching the still tender area that Kai had kissed him. His heart still pounded thinking about the feeling. For some reason, every nerve in his body wanted to become intoxicated by that male. Wanted him to...
To what? Kiss him? Feel their bodies close together and...
"NO! That's disgusting!" said to himself just trying to picture that.
Tyson didn't want his first time to be with a guy. Especialy a guy like that. Yet...what would it be like? He didn't know how in the world they would go about it. Did he just stick it in and.... and what? Tyson was very naive in that area. When they had sex education in class, he slept through the whole section, relying on some of his friends to tutor him enough to get a passing grade. He doubted that they would teach that sort of sex education in schools anyway. Did Kai know what to do? Duh, as many times as he's told you what he could do to you if you would allow, Tyson thought.
Tyson sighed, letting his mind go over the details. One detail in particular made Tyson extremely mad. What had Kai meant when he said Tyson wasn't ready! Who was he to tell the boy, or even deny him it!? After all the teasing and flirting and effort Kai spent in drawing Tyson into his web, he finally had breakthrough and what does Kai say. He's not ready. He was nothing but a big chicken. Not that Tyson wasn't grateful now, he just thought it was a big waste. The nerve of Kai getting him worked up like that, then walking away. He should have made Kai stay and continue kissing him.
*Stop thinking like this Tyson! You're not gay nor bisexual! He just screwed up your head, that's all. You're just upset because Mariah's going out with stupid Lee. You'll get over it soon. There are plenty of girls out there that would love to date you. It's Mariah's lost not ours* Tyson told himself.
"Tyson?"
"Huh?" Turning his head towards the doorway, the blue haired young man found his cousin standing in the doorway studying him. "Kenny." Tyson sat up, crossing his legs under him as the slightly older male came in the room and sat on the edge of his bed. "What's up?"
"Tyson, is something on your mind?" Kenny asked, studying the male.
"I'm fine, Chief," Tyson assured. Great, now he had Kenny worrying about him too. "Just got a lot on my mind is all."
"Are you sure?" Kenny inquired. "You're usually the one that asks if everything is all right with everyone else. This would be the first time in a while, huh?" Kenny was not as introverted as everyone thought he was. When the other's mother had died, he probably worried a lot about how the boy was taking it, despite the fact he never said anything to it.
"Yeah..." Tyson smiled slightly.
"Tyson, I understand if you don't want to talk about it right now. I respect that much, I mean, there are things that I think about that I don't know if I'm ready to share with others. So, take your time to think it out and when you're ready, we can talk, okay," Kenny said. This would definitely shock Kain if he was here right now. The fact that Kenny was saying this to someone else would have thrown the male into a loop and then someone. Guess, the summer was changing him.
"Chief..." Tyson smiled, surprised that his cousin would say that at all. "Thanks. That means a lot. But...I was wondering something."
"What?" Kenny inquired.
"As of late, you've seemed a bit distant yourself. Is there a reason that it seems like you're changing, or is it just one of those phases teenagers are suppose to go through?" Tyson wondered.
"Maybe it's both," Kenny smiled. "We can talk about it one day when I've figured out everything."
"Deal. I'll open the door to my secrets and you open yours when the time comes," Tyson chuckled. Maybe this sort of change was best. He was seeing more of an extroverted Kenny, and they were starting to communicate better. Maybe with time, they could be the best of friends.
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Kai pulled the bike into the back of the house quietly, making sure not to make any noise to alert anyone to his arrival back in town. If his uncle was still there, the last thing he wanted to do was bring himself into the man's attention. Everyone in town thought he and Tala hated the man, that was true on a level, but they had reasons. No one knew about the beatings they suffered at the man's hands, the curses, threats, the put downs. No one in town knew about any of it. All they got to see was a facade of what he was suppose to be like.
Parking the bike by the back steps near where Tala's bike was, Kai crept back to the front of the house, pulling out his keys. As he was about to stick the key into the door, it actually swung open, revealing his uncle standing there. Kai's eyes widened, nearly dropping his keys, but managed the fumble. Kai said nothing as his uncle studied him with a cold glare in his eyes. Kai tried not to shift under the weight of that look, but he couldn't help it. He has grown so accustomed to flinching away from the man that it was second nature to him by now.
"Kai, where have you been?" the male finally asked.
"Out of town," Kai stated, which was in fact true.
"You decided to leave this house without even staying to catch up with your uncle, shameful boy," his uncle shook his head.
"Would you have wanted to catch up with a worthless wretch like me anyway?" Kai said honestly, but that received him a sound slap across the face from the male. Kai flinched, almost staggering back from the violence of the blow. Kai turned his auburn eyes back to the male who scowled at him.
"You think you're going to mock me you little bastard," the male growled. "You should be lucky that you're my nephew boy, or I swear..."
"You would beat me like you did Tala?" The remark got him another slap across the face. That would definitely bruise in the morning.
"Cut the smart ass remarks boy."
"I'm sorry," Kai muttered. There did not need to be a reason that his uncle Boris beat the shit out of him also. Funny thing about it, Tala always seemed to get it worst than Kai, though Kai still had some nerve to rifle off little comments like this. "I needed a bit of time to myself, that's all."
"I completely doubt that," his uncle scoffed. "Where did you go? Your parents never want you around, neither does your grandfather, or anyone else in this family. This is the only place you're still welcomed at. And that's to keep your worthless better half out of trouble."
Kai said nothing towards that. He looked down at his feet, not giving his uncle the satisfaction of seeing the slightly hurt look in his eyes behind the truth of those words. It was true, his parents were always too busy to deal with him when he went back to Russia and shoved him off to other family members, but half of the time they were willing to deal with him. His grandfather beat him most he was there, and in fact, this was the only place he had somewhat neutral grounds on. He had Tala, the only one within that family that understood his pain. All of their other cousins would just stare at them coldly, wanting nothing to do with him or Tala. So Tala was in fact the only one he could relate to and he felt comfortable around.
"I went to the next town over," Kai said. "I stayed in a hotel for a few days."
"Without bothering to tell anyone that may actually care where you were? It's no wonder anyone would want to take you in. You think you can come and go as you please. If I was your father...."
"But you aren't my father, nor will you ever be," Kai interrupted, receiving yet another sharp slap across the face. "May I come in now?" By now his nose was bleeding but he kept his ground. He wasn't going to be like Tala and cower away from the male anymore, but there was still the possibility this stand would cost him greatly.
"You arrogant little..." Just as Boris raised his hand to strike the boy once more, Hannah walked up, a concerned look on her face.
"Mister Balcov," she said.
"What is it?" Boris lowered his hand, turning to stare at her.
"There's a call for you," she said, stepping aside.
Boris turned his eyes back on his nephew who was standing there waiting for admission into the house. He would break his wild streak yet. If he had stayed there as long as Tala, he would know better than to disrespect him. "Boy, I will deal with you later. And you better not get blood on the floor."
"Yes sir." Kai watched his uncle go back in the house to take the call on the phone. Kai ignored the woman that was trying to get his attention. There was nothing she should have to say to him. Walking into the house, the young man walked up the stairs to the bathroom. Dropping his bag by the door, Kai grabbed some tissue, wiping away the blood as he tilted his head back to stop the rest of the flow of blood.
"Kai...are you all right?" Hannah appeared in the doorway of the bathroom watching the boy glare at her slightly, not saying a word. "Please, I said I'm sorry."
"What is it you want from me?" Kai said, tilting his head forward, throwing the tissue away when his nose finally stopped bleeding. "Why are you trying to apologize to me? I'm not the one with the broken ribs. I'm not the one that could have died if someone hadn't stopped my uncle from beating me. I'm not the one that's been in this fucking house most of my fucking childhood and has had to deal with this all the time."
"I know. I know you hate me. But it was for the best. I had to tell him what was going on. He would have found out anyway and it would have been worst," Hannah said. "I only did this to put you both on the right path."
"Great fucking job," Kai spat sarcastically. "As you see, it's going well. Now that you've had my best friend beat, don't do the same for me." Slipping past her, Kai walked down the hall to where Tala's room was. Opening to the door, he found the male seated in the window, staring out over the evening scenery. A pair of azure eyes shifted to him for a second then back to the woods.
"So, where have you been for the past week. Doctor Tate got a little worried when she came to check up on me a few days ago," Tala said.
"Aren't you suppose to be in bed and not moving around to give your ribs time to heal, idiot?" Kai remarked lightly, walking over to the male. A slight chuckle arose from the red head as he combed a hand through his hair. Which was surprisingly enough not up in its usual style. This had to be one of few times he had seen the male with his hair down. Once Kai was near enough, Kai draped himself lightly over his cousin, resting his head on the male's shoulder. Tala turned his eyes on the male, seeing him looking out over the scenery from his point of view.
"It's not like you're going to make me get back in bed, so who cares," Tala said. "So where have you been that would get you hit that hard?" Tala lifted his hand, stroking the area on Kai's cheek gingerly.
"It was more the fact that I wasn't going to cower under him when he rose his hand. I was in the next town over clearing my head. Sorry I didn't call while I was there," Kai murmured. "Anything happen while I was gone?"
"No, I was in and out of sleep for a day or two while you were gone. Then I've just had to induce sleep to not answer uncle's questions. Once or twice while I was out of it, I swore he was going to be the shit out of me. I think the only thing that saved me was Hannah," Tala said, continuing to stroke Kai's cheek.
"You know Tala..." Kai stopped, knowing it would do no good to get his friend upset right now. "You should get some rest. I'm going to change clothes."
"You know what I really want. I need to get out this house, maybe ride for a bit," Tala said.
"You want me to sneak you out?" Kai said. He found a hand playing with a few strands of his cousin's hair.
"You know it," Tala smirked.
"All right. I'll see can I sneak you out maybe later or tomorrow. Get some rest, okay." Kai removed himself from the other, heading for the door. "I'll be back a little later to check on you."
Going out the door, the dual haired young man went back to the bathroom, gathering his bag Kai then headed for his room. Opening the door, he tossed the bag in a corner and went over to the window. Pushing it open, Kai took a deep breath, letting his mind drift for a second, before his thoughts came to rest on a certain blue haired male that had nearly caused him to react in a manner he tried straying from. How could Tyson have been so stupid as to mock him like that. The only thing Kai had been able to do was tell him he wasn't ready yet.
Which he wasn't. "Tyson..." Kai closed his eyes, a soft smile rising to his lips. They had shared their first kiss. When Tyson first mocked him, the first reaction had been to strangle the male. After all, Kai was still pissed off at the point, and Tyson really didn't make the situation better for him. A part of Kai soon became aroused by the complete boldness the younger had showed, approaching him in an equally bold fashion. When Tyson refused to back down, Kai did the only thing that he expected to work on the male. But that had backfired when Tyson kissed him back with equally passionate force. The boy wanted him, for those brief seconds, Tyson was his.
And yet, Kai knew if he continued, allowed the male to kiss him again, his control would have broken and he would have done something regretful. Well...for Tyson it would be regretful when Kai fucked him along that little road. For Kai the act would have been more than satisfying, just to have Tyson be his. As possessive as it sounded, Kai only wanted Tyson to be his. He never wanted to allow Tyson to love anyone but him. Selfish, yes, he suppose his was when it came to that male. He just didn't want to have sex with Tyson, he wanted the male to love him without restrictions, as Kai was trying to do with him. Next to Tala, Tyson was the only other person he truly cared about.
Maybe it was the male's inability to damper anyone's spirits, or an slight envious want of the attention the male could get no matter what he did. Since the first time Kai met Tyson back in elementary school, something about the male drew him closer and closer till it was almost inevitable for Kai to fall in love with him. Despite never having said it, he admired Tyson more than anything. Which was another reason he restraint himself from taking Tyson. When the male finally gave himself to Kai of all willing consent, Tyson would not regret what went on between them.
"But you drive me crazy with want now," Kai murmured into the approaching night. "You have no idea how crazy you make me." Shaking his head free of thoughts, the young man went to stripping off his clothes. What he needed was a cold shower to freeze such rising emotions. The time would come one day when he didn't need to take cold showers to calm himself down. A certain blue haired male would be do that for him.
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Rimnerel (-_-): Okay, it's shorter than the last three chapters I know, but I don't have anymore ideas to put out right now.
Enrique: You allowed two of you main muses to go for a while, what did you expect?
Bryan: Guess you'll be making up for it next chapter, am I right?
Rimnerel: Yeah. I'll just have to. Okay everyone, don't hit me with things, I hope you all liked this chapter, I'm going to go come up with good material for the next chapter now. I will see everyone Wednesday some time! If you have any ideas that you would like to see worked into this piece, then feel free to write me and tell me. Bye now!