Rimnerel: Okay, I'm tired, my arm hurts from the shot I got, I seriously
don't have enough time in the day to rest, I had to go to work despite it
was my day off, I want summer to come, I'm tired of school and above all
things, I have another two fics I'm thinking about posting!!! (pouts)
Ozuma: Done throwing your tantrum?
Rimnerel (pouts more): No.
Kain: Well too bad, get off your trip. There's a chapter that needs to be written. Welcome everyone to the next chapter of the story. We would like to thank Angevar, SelenaWheeler, Nancys-little-Obsession, blazing-wolf-08, russle, and Dark-Demi-2001 for all their reviews.
Rimnerel: And as always, my absolute thanks to B. Tiamat Atardecer for helping me write this one. If I never talked plans over with you, I don't think I would get such great ideas, thanks! Now on to the story! As a note anything within the "[ ]" symbols means computer writing.
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[June 27, 1999.]
[Today is just like any other day here, which doesn't say too much. I'm hanging out with Tyson, Max, Johnny, and Zeo again. Well, Jordan, Emily, and Mariah are here too, which is allowing me to meet the guy that Mariah chose for a boyfriend instead of my cousin who seems to be fuming quietly watching as Max and Johnny beybattle. The guy, Lee, seems like an okay person. Mariah seems to adore him for the entire world, making Tyson that much more jealous. I think he's waiting for something to go wrong so he can say she should have gone out with him. Well, I guess I can't blame him, he did...or should I be more correct to say still likes her.]
[I don't know if she realizes it, but he is hurting from her obvious overlook of his feelings. The others are trying to cheer him up, but his mind seems elsewhere. He's been like this four maybe four days. I tried talking with him, but as you can imagine he didn't open up to me either. I think though we are coming to even grounds. This is like the first time I've ever offered my shoulder to anyone. I wonder what is the change in my sudden introverted being. Well, I can probably think of maybe two or three factors. I'll just choose not to name them currently.]
[One of those factors allowed me to tell that psycho Jordan off. Well, let's not talk so badly about her. She liked me, and I could probably have liked her too if she wasn't so hyper and what not. Oh well, I probably wouldn't have liked her too long anyway. She's a bit much for my taste. Even now, I can feel her staring at me from the other side of the beyblade dish. Why can't she stop looking at me? It's really creeping me out, if I look up, she will probably be giving me sad, pleading, puppy dog eyes to give her another chance. If anyone knows me, they know that I love my life a little bit too much to allow that.]
[Back to the point of Tyson, he seems to be really distant. Sometimes when he thinks no one is paying attention to him, I see him touch his lips in a thoughtful manner. Those usually clear eyes of his are now a dark stormy color. He's thinking about something, that I doubt has to do fully with Mariah and her neglect of his feelings. There's something else underlined here. Brace yourself: HE HARDLY EATS!! Tyson Granger, not eating?]
[That's like life without oxygen, quite impossible. I hope he hasn't come down with something, we would never hear the end of our aunt fretting over him. Well, I guess that's a change of pace for things. I mean, it's not like he's passing out or anything, it's just that he seems more thoughtful than anything else right now. Must have a lot on his mind. He'll rebound. Tyson isn't one that would let anything get him down this bad.]
[Let's see, what have I been doing during this time. I think a bit of avoiding everyone and a bit of contemplating. Why do you ask? Probably due to one of the factors that I mentioned earlier in my entry, a certain red head by the name of Tala Ivanor that it seems that I'm slowly falling in love with. Yes, that's right, I said it. I, Kenny Shinoda, am falling in love with someone. Not just anyone either, a guy who has quite a reputation in town. I don't think that I believe everything said about he and his cousin, but as one of my new friends, Max, said, I can never know.]
[But there's just something about him that draws me to him. Well, was drawing me to him. Currently, I haven't seen him in about a week and a half. Not too long ago I discovered from my friend Max that he's suppose to be sick or something. His mother is a doctor who's treating him, and Max here's parts of her conversations. I hope he's okay. I go sit in the field where...well...I'll tell you another time. I know it's been a while since I've updated, but there is way too much that I have to say, and I don't think I feel like sharing it right about now. Next entry I promise to tell everything.]
Kenny moved his mouse to the box that said add and doubled clicked on it. With a short sigh, he waited for the thing to load up, which only took a second. Moving the mouse to the top of the screen, he clicked on the box that said log out. Clicking on it, he returned to the main screen of the online journal entry page. There, he finally did what he said he was going to do for like the last two weeks.
"Hey, Kenny, what were you typing?" Max asked having finished his battle with Johnny who was no being taken on by Tyson. Kenny's eyes studied his cousin for a minute, seeing the male try to attack normal. He wondered if anyone but him noticed this state, or if they were also oblivious to it.
"Oh, I was just adding an entry into my online journal. I try to update it as often as possible. But as of late I haven't done much on it. So, while I was sitting here, I thought I would give it a go," Kenny replied to his friend's question. Yes, in the time that they had talked about Max going with Zeo, the two were becoming great friends.
"I see. You must have a lot of things to talk about this summer then," Max grinned.
"Lots..." Kenny thought about it for a long second.
"You know, with Jordan and Tala and all"
"Well, I think I'll save that for my next entry," Kenny smiled. "I don't think I feel like overloading my brain today with all the details that I know will come out when I write it." Max smiled, looking back towards where Tyson and Johnny battle, the blue haired male urging his blade on.
"Hey, Kenny, can I ask you something?" Max said. His smile faulting faintly as a frown decreased the edges of his mouth. Kenny looked over at the blonde, seeing that Max had yet to turn his eyes back to him. They still studied Tyson.
"It's about Tyson isn't it?" inquired Kenny.
"Yeah," Max nodded. "Is it just me, or does he seem a little bit distracted?"
"Yeah, he's been like that since that day we found out about Mariah and Lee. You think it's about them?"
"No," Max said shaking his head. "It's definitely something different. Has he said anything to you? He only smiles and tells me that he's fine. I don't think he is, Kenny."
"Me neither. He told me that he would tell me when he was ready to. I guess he has a lot on his mind right now beside just the thing with Mariah. Don't you think so, Kenny?" Max inquired, watching Tyson. "He's been my best friend for a long time. I was the really shy kind in my class, because my family moved here from out of town. I knew no one and it was hard on me, but then Tyson just started talking to me and we just slipped into being best friends. I don't know what I would do without him, even if at times he is a big pain."
"I can understand how you feel. Before I became friends with Rei, I didn't have anyone to talk to. He practically did the same thing when he moved from China. I guess that's why he and Tyson get along so well, because both of them are like that. So, you don't have to explain," Kenny stated.
"Question," Max, said as a thought just hit him.
"Hm?"
"Was fine when he was with us that day, right, but he started being distant after leaving us right?"
"Yeah, he was spacey at dinner, didn't touch anything on his plate in fact. You have a theory about what it is eating at him?"
"Well, from the time he left and walked back, something had to have happened on his way back to the house. My mother was telling my dad that Kai was back in town, when she went to check on Tala like three days ago. Which means he must have arrived in town between..." Max said.
"You think that Tyson met up with Kai while he was walking home?" Kenny finished the sentence. It did make a lot of sense now that he thought about it. But if that was true then... "I see."
"What?"
"Tyson's been thoughtful as of late, and been a little bit absent minded in what he does. Every now and then I catch him touching his lips as if contemplating on something. Or maybe now, someone." Kenny shifted his eyes to Max, who was staring like a goldfish at his best friend.
"You mean that Kai kissed him and he's thinking about it?" Max almost shouted, but managed to keep the level of his tone between him and Kenny.
"If my theory is correct, then yes."
"Man, you two are really on the mark sometimes. You like Tala and he might start liking Kai; if you two aren't cousins then I don't know what. Liking members of the same family, both almost always together, that's just a new term for double dating right there." Max sat back, shaking his head at the irony of that factor. "Well, let's see how this turns out and all."
"Maybe. I wonder what Rei would say if he knew about Tyson's turn of interest. I wonder could Rei think of anything other than Kain right about now anyway," Kenny chuckled with a thought from the day before.
It was the first time all summer he had been able to talk with Rei and Kain on the phone. As usual Kain was over Rei's house, but Kenny could hear from the tiny protests going on between the two that Kain hadn't come over for help with his blade.
After a few more protests, Kain managed to get the phone from Rei and state to Kenny that he wanted into Rei's pants, but the Chinese male was being difficult about it. The brunette swore that his friend had died in the background from the shocked gasp that Rei let out. Then Kain so boldly told Kenny about all the things that had went on in his absence, one of them was the fact he liked Rei, this being for a while, and how he was now dating the Chinese male.
Finally, after a few minutes, Rei wrestled the phone from Kain and apologized to Kenny for not telling him sooner. Only to have Kenny tell him it was all right and such. Then having Kain wrestled the phone back and ask Kenny if it was okay that he call Rei back later so Kain could get into Rei's pants while his parents weren't home. Kenny told them good-bye, imagining that it was definitely going to be an interesting school year when they went to tenth grade.
"What about your friends?" Max inquired.
"Well, I just learned yesterday that they're now together. I would have never thought that those two would ever see each other in that sense. But I guess you sometimes can't tell, huh?" Kenny said.
"Yeah, I mean I've known Zeo for a while and I didn't think I would ever like him like that, I guess things happen. So, what do these two friends of yours look like?" Max inquired, shifting his eyes to the male beside him who typed something into his laptop before turning it to Max.
"This is one of the online photo albums that we made since becoming friends. These are pictures of us on a field trip to an amusement park with some of our classmates."
The first picture was of Kenny trying to get out of being dragged onto a ride by a young man with long black hair and a young man with short blue hair. Both boys were grinning while pulling a horrified thirteen-year-old Kenny towards a ride that looked a hundred feet tall. The picture beside it showed Kenny throwing up in a trashcan while a woman that was probably the teacher was scolding Rei and Kain.
The picture under that one showed the blue haired male trying to give Kenny something to drink, still looking queasy, while the Chinese boy was coming back with a bottle in his hand. The final picture was of the three asleep on the same row of seats while some girl with short brown hair kissed the blue haired boy on the cheek.
"The guy with blue hair is Kain. The other one with black hair is Rei. Since sixth grade, we've stuck together like that. I don't know what I would do without them. I mean Rei's been the one that I've been confining in since this whole thing with Tala started," Kenny said, turning the laptop back to him. "They always give me great advice and all."
"They seem like really great people who must be happy to have you as a friend. And I'm happy to have you as a friend too," Max smiled.
"Thanks Max. But you don't mind I ask you a question, do you?"
"Not at all, what's up?" Max watched a slight rose tint grace the male's cheeks as he looked down at the keys of his laptop keyboard.
"By any chance, do you know where Tala lives?" Kenny questioned.
"You want to go visit him, don't you?" Max smiled. There was a short nod on Kenny's part. "Do you think it would be mean of me to say that you shouldn't? I mean, I don't think it's wrong to want to find out if he's all right or not. I just think that you getting lost trying to go over that way would be bad."
"You can show me," Kenny stated.
"True, but I don't think Tyson would allow us to go without him anywhere. Ty is very sensitive about the whole thing with him and Tala. And probably would go ballistic if he found out we were going to visit Tala, who happened to be your crush," Max pointed out. "I think it's best we wait until we go."
"Well, I guess that I could," Kenny gave in, knowing the male was right. Tyson would have an aneurysm if he learned that Kenny was going to pay a visit to his arch nemesis. But then again, maybe that would allow him to see Kai and while Kenny saw Tala. Making that literal double date theory of Max's come true.
"But don't get depressed over it, I promise that when we can go without Ty finding out, then I'll take you," Max said with a short grin.
"Okay, thanks Max."
"Hey, that's what friends are for."
Meanwhile, the very subject of Max and Kenny's conversation is stretched out on his bed, looking up at the ceiling think about how bored he was doing nothing but sleeping, eating, and doing not much else. He could probably find something to do while he was there, but he didn't want to risk having his uncle find him up and about, and thinking he could take another beating. His ribs weren't healed as of yet, despite most of the other proof of his uncle's vicious attack was erased from sight.
"Shit I need to get out of this house, where the hell has Kai gone?" Tala muttered to himself, allowing his foot to swing over the side of the bed. His arms were behind his head.
Again his cousin decided to do one of his disappearing acts, when he wanted to be alone. Too often now, the other would do that. A few times when Tala caught him, his eyes flickered with distance at something building in his mind. Since the day he came back into town a week after Tala's beating, the dual haired male was in and out all the time. Probably not wanting to be around their uncle. Who could really blame him though?
"But dammit, if I don't get out of this house, I'm more than likely going to die of either boredom or something that pissed off my uncle." Tala let out a sigh allowing his thoughts wander for a while. Eventually they came to rest on a certain brunette with blue eyes. "Kenny..."
Tala wondered what the male was doing right about now. More than likely with his idiotic monkey cousin somewhere doing something or another, or maybe he was inside away from the heat of the day. Kenny didn't seem too much like an outdoors type, unlike his stupid cousin. He was smart, Tala could tell that immediately, he was also the type who didn't care what other's thought about him and spoke his mind when he needed to. That's what Tala really found attractive about him.
Of course he was beautiful, Tala did not overlook that note. When they were out in the fields that day, Tala could have taken him right then and there, sending him to a place above heaven. Tala still wanted to do that, but he doubted that the male would just give in to him that easily. Kenny was not just another pretty face that Tala could con into bed, and then toss out when he wasn't needed anymore.
Tala didn't want to make the boy into just a play toy either. He was special, one of few people that Tala could talk to honestly. Why get rid of that element when there was just a few times the young man felt like being honest with someone? It may come in handy later on in the summer.
"Tala..." The young man sat up quickly, hearing his name called. He expected it to be Clover, but realized that the female voice was much too soft to be Clover's high-pitched teenage voice. Looking at the room's entrance, he paled, seeing his Aunt Irene watching him from where she stood. She was dressed in a white bodice like blouse with a long blue skirt, which reached the ground.
"Aunt Irene, what are you doing up and around?" Tala said, feeling quite uncomfortable with her being in the same room as him. Not just because if his uncle caught her in here with him the man would beat the living hell out of him. The main reason was that the last time she came into his room like this was when he was younger, and that was to molest him. "You're supposed to be resting."
"I get the feeling that you don't want to see your mother, Tala. Do you hate me?" the woman walked over to the bed, stopping once she saw the bandages around his chest and the healing black eye. "Tala what happened to you!" Tears welled up in her eyes, as she climbed on the bed to him. He flinched lightly when she touched the still tender area on his face. "Who did this to you? Oh my darling baby, tell me so I can make sure that they don't do this again."
"It's okay Aun—mother, I'm fine," Tala assured, trying to back away from her. He was ready to die just yet. There was still a thing or two he wanted to get done before he finally lost at roulette to death.
"No it isn't," she said hotly, tears coming into her eyes. "My beautiful little boy was hurt, I can't accept that! I will have your father kill them for you. So tell me who it was."
Tala looked the woman straight in the eye, trying to be as cold as possible. God he hoped this would work and she would leave before he got in trouble. "It was your husband that did this, and it was because of you. Because of what you make me do. That's why you have to leave now, if Uncle Boris finds you here with me, he's going to kill me."
"What...I don't understand Tala," his aunt said, her eyes clouding with confusion. "What do you mean your father did this? Your father would never do something like this to you. He loves you so much, he would never do this."
"Irene, look at me," Tala said. "You know who I'm talking about. My uncle, your husband, Boris Balcov."
"No! It's not true! Stop saying such horrible things. I would never marry that man. I love you and your father. I love you both so very much, Tala, don't you understand that. That's why I do what I do with you. I love you so much."
Tala became aware of her hand slipping between his slightly parted legs, rubbing her hand against his covered crotch. Tala grabbed her hand, pulling it away. "Please don't."
"Don't you want to please your mother, Tala? Are you going to allow her to cry again? Don't you love your mother anymore? Do you hate me now because I allowed this to happen to you? Because I wasn't there to stop that horrible man from doing this to you?" his aunt said, moving in closer to him.
"Even if you were there, you wouldn't have been able to do anything," Tala said, backing up until his back hit the headboard of his bed. With a curse, he made the move to slide off the bed.
"Don't run from me Tala," his aunt said as she grasped his wrist, pulling him to her.
"Aunt Irene let me go," Tala hissed as she climbed on top of him.
"Don't fight me Tala," she said. The woman slid her hand under his shirt, sliding it down his chest until she reaches his waist. With a slight smile, she slid her hand into his pants. Tala gasped, feeling her cold hands brush against his hot flesh.
"Stop," Tala whispered, as she leaned down, licking at his neck. The young man looked up at the ceiling, wondering why he wasn't stopping her. His uncle was downstairs, and could walk in here at anytime. Why? Why was he just laying here allowing her to touch him this way?
"Tala," the woman moaned into his ear as she moved her mouth to kiss him. Tala obediently opened his mouth, darting out his tongue in that familiar dance he learned so long ago. He arched his hips, feeling a slight burning rising below, knowing that he should fight back, he didn't want this, but needing to please his aunt. Lifting up a hand, he combed it through her hand, touching the back of her nape.
"Well, seems someone hasn't learned their lesson as of yet," came a deep voice from the doorway. Tala pushed his aunt off of him to find his uncle standing, watching the little scene. The boy's face paled to almost sheet white. "I hope you got a good enough feel of her boy, because I'm going to break your hands off."
"Leave him alone Boris," Irene said, sitting up blocking his path to reach the boy.
"Ah, so the bitch stands up for her lover. Was I never that good for you, my dear? You grew tiresome for me, so I guess you had to get whatever scrapes are around. Now move out of the way, Irene, or I promise that I wouldn't hesitate to raise my hand against you either," Boris said, walking up to the bed.
"No! Don't you dare lay a hand on my son!" she growled. "I won't allow you to hurt him ever again!"
"You son?" Boris smirked. "You never had any kids, Irene. You're incapable of that. Stop dreaming."
"No! He is!" Irene shouted, tears streaking her cheeks. Tala, taking this opportunity to slide off the bed and head for the window, though not unnoticed.
"Where do you think you're going boy?" Boris reached out, trying to grab hold of Tala's collar, but missed it by almost a centimeter. Tala, grabbing his shoes, headed for the window. With no time at all to get his footing, he slipped out the window, falling to the ground below. Pain splintered throughout his chest and abdomen. Upon impact, he felt himself cough up some blood.
For a minute, he wanted to lie there on the ground and allow to be taken away from the pain. But he had to remember why he was on the ground underneath his window in the first place. If he didn't want to be dragged back inside his house and beat, he would have to get up. Pulling himself halfway up, pain raced up his back, down his chest and into his stomach. Ignoring the feeling, he pulled himself to his feet. Staggering to his bike, he hopped on. Good thing that he usually kept the key in when he was home.
Turning the ignition, he started it. Tossing his shoes into a side bag that he had attached to his bike, the young man sped off, away from the house. Just great, now he had to find somewhere to go now that his uncle wouldn't think about looking for him at. Well, there were only two places he knew, his field, and Doctor Tate's office. Currently, he didn't feel like asking for the woman's help right now.
"So the fields it is."
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"Today's beybattles were awesome," Zeo said as he walked beside Max. Jordan was walking beside Kenny who was walking with Tyson, who was glaring at the ground trying not to look at Mariah and her boyfriend as she clung to his arm.
"Yeah, I would have to say that Tyson really had me on the ropes this time," Johnny said, before turning his eyes to Tyson who was still glaring at the ground. "Hey, idiot, that was your cue to gloat!"
"I don't feel like gloating. I'm not feeling all right. I'm heading home now. I'll see you guys later, I'm going to take a nap," Tyson remarked.
"What you still that young that you need to take naps," Johnny teased.
"Fuck you Johnny," Tyson said. Johnny batted his eyes at his friend with a sly smirk.
"You wish, but that's only reserved for Emily," Johnny stated, before Emily blushed as she smacked Johnny across the back of his head. "Ouch! What was that for, Em?"
"You idiot! You shouldn't be telling my cousin things like that!" Emily said.
"Embarrassed about what you and Johnny do in the time you guys are not with us?" Lee said, speaking up for one of the first times.
"You shut your mouth too Lee, unless you want me to embarrass you in front of Mariah, and I doubt you want that," Emily said coolly. "Cause I can think of times with you and cream soda that might take a few people back." Kenny watched the male turn bright red as he quickly shut up. "I thought so."
"What about cream soda?" Johnny asked. "Where was I?"
"In class, don't worry about it. Maybe one day I will tell you," Emily said. She turned to Tyson who was already making his way from them. "And Ty, make sure that you eat something. My mother's been getting really worried about you not eating."
"I know, I know," Tyson replied. "Later guys."
"Hey guys, I'm heading back too," Kenny said suddenly breaking away from the group. A couple of pairs of eyes looked at him with curiosity.
"Heading back with Tyson?" Emily said.
"Not right now. There's a hill that I want to go sit on and finish my journal entry. I'll head back to the house later," Kenny said as he headed down a hill which would lead him the way around where he wanted to be.
"Hey, do you need someone to go with you," Jordan said.
"No thanks!" Kenny shouted.
"But you'll get lost!" she exclaimed.
"No I won't, don't worry about me." Kenny disappeared into the nearby trees before Jordan could ask him another question. He saw she was still trying to get him back. Too bad that she didn't realize that her battle wasn't against another woman, but a male that seemed to have no equal.
A grin rose to his face thinking about the red head. It definitely was a handful, this love that he had for the male. But Kenny doubted that it would be enough to overwhelm him. Tala may be a bit mysterious and probably hard to deal with, but all the years he spent dealing with others' stupidity. Though this was definitely different from all the times he dealt with individuals. Tala had an air about him that set him apart from everyone else.
"It's no wonder that someone hasn't been able to do anything about his wild streak," Kenny chuckled. "But then again, I doubt that anyone could rightfully do so." The young man made his way through the trees finding it easy now to navigate when he has walked this trail so many times. By now, he knew exactly when to turn and when to keep straight, leading him to the bottom of the hill where the bike was.
The bike?!
What was a bike doing at the bottom of the hill? Running up to the top, Kenny found on his back in the grass looking up at the sky, Tala Ivanor. His eyes didn't break from his observation of the sky, but Kenny could tell that Tala knew he was there. Kenny just stood there watching the male.
"Are you just going to stand there all day staring at me? Do you want to sit down?" Tala finally said with a short smile, shifting his eyes to the male for a long second. "Long time no see, how are you?"
"Tala..." Kenny sat down beside the male, placing his laptop next to him.
"You don't seem too happy to see me," the male said.
"What am I really supposed to say when you disappear for a week and a half and then show up out of no where?" Kenny remarked, turning his eyes to the sky. "Anyone else would have been happy to know that you're alive."
"But you're just pissed that I made you waste so much time coming here and all, am I right?" Tala said. This male really was something else.
"I don't have to say a thing if you plan on convicting yourself," Kenny remarked with a short smile. "So, where have you been that you've allowed me to waste so much of my time waiting for you?"
Tala said nothing at first, and then sat up, looking at Kenny. He saw the male's eyes widen as he looked at the healing bruise on his eye. "I've had to take care of a few things."
"You're hurt, aren't you? Not just your eye either," Kenny said, seeing the slightly glazed look in the male's eyes.
"What does it matter? It's not like you have to care about me or anything," Tala muttered. "It's not a big deal. It's just my broken ribs that I've probably jarred out of place jumping out windows. I just need to rest a minute..." Tala fell back into the grass, closing his eyes, the pinch look in his face easing only slightly.
"Tala! You need to get some help seriously. You can't lay here and let your ribs—"
"Mind doing me a favor, Kenny?" Tala interrupted.
"What?"
"Allow me to kiss you like I want to a few weeks back," the male whispered. He found a streak of color gracing the male's cheeks.
"Idiot! You're hurt and you're talking about kissing me!" Kenny said. "You should think more about your injuries than anything else. I swear you're like your cousin."
"My injuries can wait," Tala said as he sat up once more. Ignoring the throbbing in his chest, he reached over and pulled Kenny to him. "It's not like I'm going to die from it or anything."
"Tala." Kenny was silence as Tala leaned in, kissing his lips in a chaste fashion. Kenny's heart did flips as his eyes closed. He felt the male's lips travel up his nose, kissing each eyelid until he reached the brunette's forehead. Moving his lips down the side of Kenny's face, he traced Kenny's jaw line with butterfly kisses. "Tala..."
"You're so beautiful," Tala murmured. "You have no idea how many of my dreams were filled with you while I was laying in bed asleep. You make me want you so much that I don't think I can take it anymore." Moving his lips back to Kenny's slightly parted, and sensual lips, he kissed the male hard on the mouth, causing him to gasp.
Using this little action, Tala slipped his tongue into the male's mouth, combing over previously unexplored territory. A moan slipped away into Tala's mouth, urging the red head to coax the male's tongue to dance with his. Pulling the male down in the grass with him, Tala climbed on top of him, moving his mouth downwards, sucking on Kenny's neck until he marked him. Once that task was completely, Tala's mouth traveled further.
"Tala...stop," Kenny half whispered, half moaned, feeling the male move a hand down to rest between his thighs. His eyes opened, looking up into the stormy azure blues that flickered over him.
"Do you really want me to stop?" Tala whispered, leaning in to kiss Kenny once more before pulling back. "I promise I'll be gentle."
"No, please. Now is not the time for this. You're still injured," Kenny said. "No matter what I'm feeling right now, I have to tend to you first. Now come on, we have to get you some help."
"Fine," Tala said with a sigh, giving in to the male. There was just something about him that the red head could not get around. Even though he was trying to shed off what his aunt wanted to do to him, a part of him could not do it like this. Maybe...there was more to him than what Tala saw.
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Rimnerel: Okay, I'm done finally. And my arm is now more swollen than it was before. (cries) Make it stop!!
Kain: No one told you to get shots it's your fault.
Rimnerel (_): Would you have rather me die before you hooked up with Rei then?
Kain: Never mind. Shots are good. Needles are evil.
Rimnerel: Good Kain. Okay, I know everyone hates to hear this, but I have four tests next week. You guess are going to have to wait until next Friday to get the next chapter, but fear not, in my spare time, I promise to type away the little free time I have and make a great chapter. So, until next Friday, enjoy, my other pieces of work if you haven't already. Bye now.
Ozuma: Done throwing your tantrum?
Rimnerel (pouts more): No.
Kain: Well too bad, get off your trip. There's a chapter that needs to be written. Welcome everyone to the next chapter of the story. We would like to thank Angevar, SelenaWheeler, Nancys-little-Obsession, blazing-wolf-08, russle, and Dark-Demi-2001 for all their reviews.
Rimnerel: And as always, my absolute thanks to B. Tiamat Atardecer for helping me write this one. If I never talked plans over with you, I don't think I would get such great ideas, thanks! Now on to the story! As a note anything within the "[ ]" symbols means computer writing.
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[June 27, 1999.]
[Today is just like any other day here, which doesn't say too much. I'm hanging out with Tyson, Max, Johnny, and Zeo again. Well, Jordan, Emily, and Mariah are here too, which is allowing me to meet the guy that Mariah chose for a boyfriend instead of my cousin who seems to be fuming quietly watching as Max and Johnny beybattle. The guy, Lee, seems like an okay person. Mariah seems to adore him for the entire world, making Tyson that much more jealous. I think he's waiting for something to go wrong so he can say she should have gone out with him. Well, I guess I can't blame him, he did...or should I be more correct to say still likes her.]
[I don't know if she realizes it, but he is hurting from her obvious overlook of his feelings. The others are trying to cheer him up, but his mind seems elsewhere. He's been like this four maybe four days. I tried talking with him, but as you can imagine he didn't open up to me either. I think though we are coming to even grounds. This is like the first time I've ever offered my shoulder to anyone. I wonder what is the change in my sudden introverted being. Well, I can probably think of maybe two or three factors. I'll just choose not to name them currently.]
[One of those factors allowed me to tell that psycho Jordan off. Well, let's not talk so badly about her. She liked me, and I could probably have liked her too if she wasn't so hyper and what not. Oh well, I probably wouldn't have liked her too long anyway. She's a bit much for my taste. Even now, I can feel her staring at me from the other side of the beyblade dish. Why can't she stop looking at me? It's really creeping me out, if I look up, she will probably be giving me sad, pleading, puppy dog eyes to give her another chance. If anyone knows me, they know that I love my life a little bit too much to allow that.]
[Back to the point of Tyson, he seems to be really distant. Sometimes when he thinks no one is paying attention to him, I see him touch his lips in a thoughtful manner. Those usually clear eyes of his are now a dark stormy color. He's thinking about something, that I doubt has to do fully with Mariah and her neglect of his feelings. There's something else underlined here. Brace yourself: HE HARDLY EATS!! Tyson Granger, not eating?]
[That's like life without oxygen, quite impossible. I hope he hasn't come down with something, we would never hear the end of our aunt fretting over him. Well, I guess that's a change of pace for things. I mean, it's not like he's passing out or anything, it's just that he seems more thoughtful than anything else right now. Must have a lot on his mind. He'll rebound. Tyson isn't one that would let anything get him down this bad.]
[Let's see, what have I been doing during this time. I think a bit of avoiding everyone and a bit of contemplating. Why do you ask? Probably due to one of the factors that I mentioned earlier in my entry, a certain red head by the name of Tala Ivanor that it seems that I'm slowly falling in love with. Yes, that's right, I said it. I, Kenny Shinoda, am falling in love with someone. Not just anyone either, a guy who has quite a reputation in town. I don't think that I believe everything said about he and his cousin, but as one of my new friends, Max, said, I can never know.]
[But there's just something about him that draws me to him. Well, was drawing me to him. Currently, I haven't seen him in about a week and a half. Not too long ago I discovered from my friend Max that he's suppose to be sick or something. His mother is a doctor who's treating him, and Max here's parts of her conversations. I hope he's okay. I go sit in the field where...well...I'll tell you another time. I know it's been a while since I've updated, but there is way too much that I have to say, and I don't think I feel like sharing it right about now. Next entry I promise to tell everything.]
Kenny moved his mouse to the box that said add and doubled clicked on it. With a short sigh, he waited for the thing to load up, which only took a second. Moving the mouse to the top of the screen, he clicked on the box that said log out. Clicking on it, he returned to the main screen of the online journal entry page. There, he finally did what he said he was going to do for like the last two weeks.
"Hey, Kenny, what were you typing?" Max asked having finished his battle with Johnny who was no being taken on by Tyson. Kenny's eyes studied his cousin for a minute, seeing the male try to attack normal. He wondered if anyone but him noticed this state, or if they were also oblivious to it.
"Oh, I was just adding an entry into my online journal. I try to update it as often as possible. But as of late I haven't done much on it. So, while I was sitting here, I thought I would give it a go," Kenny replied to his friend's question. Yes, in the time that they had talked about Max going with Zeo, the two were becoming great friends.
"I see. You must have a lot of things to talk about this summer then," Max grinned.
"Lots..." Kenny thought about it for a long second.
"You know, with Jordan and Tala and all"
"Well, I think I'll save that for my next entry," Kenny smiled. "I don't think I feel like overloading my brain today with all the details that I know will come out when I write it." Max smiled, looking back towards where Tyson and Johnny battle, the blue haired male urging his blade on.
"Hey, Kenny, can I ask you something?" Max said. His smile faulting faintly as a frown decreased the edges of his mouth. Kenny looked over at the blonde, seeing that Max had yet to turn his eyes back to him. They still studied Tyson.
"It's about Tyson isn't it?" inquired Kenny.
"Yeah," Max nodded. "Is it just me, or does he seem a little bit distracted?"
"Yeah, he's been like that since that day we found out about Mariah and Lee. You think it's about them?"
"No," Max said shaking his head. "It's definitely something different. Has he said anything to you? He only smiles and tells me that he's fine. I don't think he is, Kenny."
"Me neither. He told me that he would tell me when he was ready to. I guess he has a lot on his mind right now beside just the thing with Mariah. Don't you think so, Kenny?" Max inquired, watching Tyson. "He's been my best friend for a long time. I was the really shy kind in my class, because my family moved here from out of town. I knew no one and it was hard on me, but then Tyson just started talking to me and we just slipped into being best friends. I don't know what I would do without him, even if at times he is a big pain."
"I can understand how you feel. Before I became friends with Rei, I didn't have anyone to talk to. He practically did the same thing when he moved from China. I guess that's why he and Tyson get along so well, because both of them are like that. So, you don't have to explain," Kenny stated.
"Question," Max, said as a thought just hit him.
"Hm?"
"Was fine when he was with us that day, right, but he started being distant after leaving us right?"
"Yeah, he was spacey at dinner, didn't touch anything on his plate in fact. You have a theory about what it is eating at him?"
"Well, from the time he left and walked back, something had to have happened on his way back to the house. My mother was telling my dad that Kai was back in town, when she went to check on Tala like three days ago. Which means he must have arrived in town between..." Max said.
"You think that Tyson met up with Kai while he was walking home?" Kenny finished the sentence. It did make a lot of sense now that he thought about it. But if that was true then... "I see."
"What?"
"Tyson's been thoughtful as of late, and been a little bit absent minded in what he does. Every now and then I catch him touching his lips as if contemplating on something. Or maybe now, someone." Kenny shifted his eyes to Max, who was staring like a goldfish at his best friend.
"You mean that Kai kissed him and he's thinking about it?" Max almost shouted, but managed to keep the level of his tone between him and Kenny.
"If my theory is correct, then yes."
"Man, you two are really on the mark sometimes. You like Tala and he might start liking Kai; if you two aren't cousins then I don't know what. Liking members of the same family, both almost always together, that's just a new term for double dating right there." Max sat back, shaking his head at the irony of that factor. "Well, let's see how this turns out and all."
"Maybe. I wonder what Rei would say if he knew about Tyson's turn of interest. I wonder could Rei think of anything other than Kain right about now anyway," Kenny chuckled with a thought from the day before.
It was the first time all summer he had been able to talk with Rei and Kain on the phone. As usual Kain was over Rei's house, but Kenny could hear from the tiny protests going on between the two that Kain hadn't come over for help with his blade.
After a few more protests, Kain managed to get the phone from Rei and state to Kenny that he wanted into Rei's pants, but the Chinese male was being difficult about it. The brunette swore that his friend had died in the background from the shocked gasp that Rei let out. Then Kain so boldly told Kenny about all the things that had went on in his absence, one of them was the fact he liked Rei, this being for a while, and how he was now dating the Chinese male.
Finally, after a few minutes, Rei wrestled the phone from Kain and apologized to Kenny for not telling him sooner. Only to have Kenny tell him it was all right and such. Then having Kain wrestled the phone back and ask Kenny if it was okay that he call Rei back later so Kain could get into Rei's pants while his parents weren't home. Kenny told them good-bye, imagining that it was definitely going to be an interesting school year when they went to tenth grade.
"What about your friends?" Max inquired.
"Well, I just learned yesterday that they're now together. I would have never thought that those two would ever see each other in that sense. But I guess you sometimes can't tell, huh?" Kenny said.
"Yeah, I mean I've known Zeo for a while and I didn't think I would ever like him like that, I guess things happen. So, what do these two friends of yours look like?" Max inquired, shifting his eyes to the male beside him who typed something into his laptop before turning it to Max.
"This is one of the online photo albums that we made since becoming friends. These are pictures of us on a field trip to an amusement park with some of our classmates."
The first picture was of Kenny trying to get out of being dragged onto a ride by a young man with long black hair and a young man with short blue hair. Both boys were grinning while pulling a horrified thirteen-year-old Kenny towards a ride that looked a hundred feet tall. The picture beside it showed Kenny throwing up in a trashcan while a woman that was probably the teacher was scolding Rei and Kain.
The picture under that one showed the blue haired male trying to give Kenny something to drink, still looking queasy, while the Chinese boy was coming back with a bottle in his hand. The final picture was of the three asleep on the same row of seats while some girl with short brown hair kissed the blue haired boy on the cheek.
"The guy with blue hair is Kain. The other one with black hair is Rei. Since sixth grade, we've stuck together like that. I don't know what I would do without them. I mean Rei's been the one that I've been confining in since this whole thing with Tala started," Kenny said, turning the laptop back to him. "They always give me great advice and all."
"They seem like really great people who must be happy to have you as a friend. And I'm happy to have you as a friend too," Max smiled.
"Thanks Max. But you don't mind I ask you a question, do you?"
"Not at all, what's up?" Max watched a slight rose tint grace the male's cheeks as he looked down at the keys of his laptop keyboard.
"By any chance, do you know where Tala lives?" Kenny questioned.
"You want to go visit him, don't you?" Max smiled. There was a short nod on Kenny's part. "Do you think it would be mean of me to say that you shouldn't? I mean, I don't think it's wrong to want to find out if he's all right or not. I just think that you getting lost trying to go over that way would be bad."
"You can show me," Kenny stated.
"True, but I don't think Tyson would allow us to go without him anywhere. Ty is very sensitive about the whole thing with him and Tala. And probably would go ballistic if he found out we were going to visit Tala, who happened to be your crush," Max pointed out. "I think it's best we wait until we go."
"Well, I guess that I could," Kenny gave in, knowing the male was right. Tyson would have an aneurysm if he learned that Kenny was going to pay a visit to his arch nemesis. But then again, maybe that would allow him to see Kai and while Kenny saw Tala. Making that literal double date theory of Max's come true.
"But don't get depressed over it, I promise that when we can go without Ty finding out, then I'll take you," Max said with a short grin.
"Okay, thanks Max."
"Hey, that's what friends are for."
Meanwhile, the very subject of Max and Kenny's conversation is stretched out on his bed, looking up at the ceiling think about how bored he was doing nothing but sleeping, eating, and doing not much else. He could probably find something to do while he was there, but he didn't want to risk having his uncle find him up and about, and thinking he could take another beating. His ribs weren't healed as of yet, despite most of the other proof of his uncle's vicious attack was erased from sight.
"Shit I need to get out of this house, where the hell has Kai gone?" Tala muttered to himself, allowing his foot to swing over the side of the bed. His arms were behind his head.
Again his cousin decided to do one of his disappearing acts, when he wanted to be alone. Too often now, the other would do that. A few times when Tala caught him, his eyes flickered with distance at something building in his mind. Since the day he came back into town a week after Tala's beating, the dual haired male was in and out all the time. Probably not wanting to be around their uncle. Who could really blame him though?
"But dammit, if I don't get out of this house, I'm more than likely going to die of either boredom or something that pissed off my uncle." Tala let out a sigh allowing his thoughts wander for a while. Eventually they came to rest on a certain brunette with blue eyes. "Kenny..."
Tala wondered what the male was doing right about now. More than likely with his idiotic monkey cousin somewhere doing something or another, or maybe he was inside away from the heat of the day. Kenny didn't seem too much like an outdoors type, unlike his stupid cousin. He was smart, Tala could tell that immediately, he was also the type who didn't care what other's thought about him and spoke his mind when he needed to. That's what Tala really found attractive about him.
Of course he was beautiful, Tala did not overlook that note. When they were out in the fields that day, Tala could have taken him right then and there, sending him to a place above heaven. Tala still wanted to do that, but he doubted that the male would just give in to him that easily. Kenny was not just another pretty face that Tala could con into bed, and then toss out when he wasn't needed anymore.
Tala didn't want to make the boy into just a play toy either. He was special, one of few people that Tala could talk to honestly. Why get rid of that element when there was just a few times the young man felt like being honest with someone? It may come in handy later on in the summer.
"Tala..." The young man sat up quickly, hearing his name called. He expected it to be Clover, but realized that the female voice was much too soft to be Clover's high-pitched teenage voice. Looking at the room's entrance, he paled, seeing his Aunt Irene watching him from where she stood. She was dressed in a white bodice like blouse with a long blue skirt, which reached the ground.
"Aunt Irene, what are you doing up and around?" Tala said, feeling quite uncomfortable with her being in the same room as him. Not just because if his uncle caught her in here with him the man would beat the living hell out of him. The main reason was that the last time she came into his room like this was when he was younger, and that was to molest him. "You're supposed to be resting."
"I get the feeling that you don't want to see your mother, Tala. Do you hate me?" the woman walked over to the bed, stopping once she saw the bandages around his chest and the healing black eye. "Tala what happened to you!" Tears welled up in her eyes, as she climbed on the bed to him. He flinched lightly when she touched the still tender area on his face. "Who did this to you? Oh my darling baby, tell me so I can make sure that they don't do this again."
"It's okay Aun—mother, I'm fine," Tala assured, trying to back away from her. He was ready to die just yet. There was still a thing or two he wanted to get done before he finally lost at roulette to death.
"No it isn't," she said hotly, tears coming into her eyes. "My beautiful little boy was hurt, I can't accept that! I will have your father kill them for you. So tell me who it was."
Tala looked the woman straight in the eye, trying to be as cold as possible. God he hoped this would work and she would leave before he got in trouble. "It was your husband that did this, and it was because of you. Because of what you make me do. That's why you have to leave now, if Uncle Boris finds you here with me, he's going to kill me."
"What...I don't understand Tala," his aunt said, her eyes clouding with confusion. "What do you mean your father did this? Your father would never do something like this to you. He loves you so much, he would never do this."
"Irene, look at me," Tala said. "You know who I'm talking about. My uncle, your husband, Boris Balcov."
"No! It's not true! Stop saying such horrible things. I would never marry that man. I love you and your father. I love you both so very much, Tala, don't you understand that. That's why I do what I do with you. I love you so much."
Tala became aware of her hand slipping between his slightly parted legs, rubbing her hand against his covered crotch. Tala grabbed her hand, pulling it away. "Please don't."
"Don't you want to please your mother, Tala? Are you going to allow her to cry again? Don't you love your mother anymore? Do you hate me now because I allowed this to happen to you? Because I wasn't there to stop that horrible man from doing this to you?" his aunt said, moving in closer to him.
"Even if you were there, you wouldn't have been able to do anything," Tala said, backing up until his back hit the headboard of his bed. With a curse, he made the move to slide off the bed.
"Don't run from me Tala," his aunt said as she grasped his wrist, pulling him to her.
"Aunt Irene let me go," Tala hissed as she climbed on top of him.
"Don't fight me Tala," she said. The woman slid her hand under his shirt, sliding it down his chest until she reaches his waist. With a slight smile, she slid her hand into his pants. Tala gasped, feeling her cold hands brush against his hot flesh.
"Stop," Tala whispered, as she leaned down, licking at his neck. The young man looked up at the ceiling, wondering why he wasn't stopping her. His uncle was downstairs, and could walk in here at anytime. Why? Why was he just laying here allowing her to touch him this way?
"Tala," the woman moaned into his ear as she moved her mouth to kiss him. Tala obediently opened his mouth, darting out his tongue in that familiar dance he learned so long ago. He arched his hips, feeling a slight burning rising below, knowing that he should fight back, he didn't want this, but needing to please his aunt. Lifting up a hand, he combed it through her hand, touching the back of her nape.
"Well, seems someone hasn't learned their lesson as of yet," came a deep voice from the doorway. Tala pushed his aunt off of him to find his uncle standing, watching the little scene. The boy's face paled to almost sheet white. "I hope you got a good enough feel of her boy, because I'm going to break your hands off."
"Leave him alone Boris," Irene said, sitting up blocking his path to reach the boy.
"Ah, so the bitch stands up for her lover. Was I never that good for you, my dear? You grew tiresome for me, so I guess you had to get whatever scrapes are around. Now move out of the way, Irene, or I promise that I wouldn't hesitate to raise my hand against you either," Boris said, walking up to the bed.
"No! Don't you dare lay a hand on my son!" she growled. "I won't allow you to hurt him ever again!"
"You son?" Boris smirked. "You never had any kids, Irene. You're incapable of that. Stop dreaming."
"No! He is!" Irene shouted, tears streaking her cheeks. Tala, taking this opportunity to slide off the bed and head for the window, though not unnoticed.
"Where do you think you're going boy?" Boris reached out, trying to grab hold of Tala's collar, but missed it by almost a centimeter. Tala, grabbing his shoes, headed for the window. With no time at all to get his footing, he slipped out the window, falling to the ground below. Pain splintered throughout his chest and abdomen. Upon impact, he felt himself cough up some blood.
For a minute, he wanted to lie there on the ground and allow to be taken away from the pain. But he had to remember why he was on the ground underneath his window in the first place. If he didn't want to be dragged back inside his house and beat, he would have to get up. Pulling himself halfway up, pain raced up his back, down his chest and into his stomach. Ignoring the feeling, he pulled himself to his feet. Staggering to his bike, he hopped on. Good thing that he usually kept the key in when he was home.
Turning the ignition, he started it. Tossing his shoes into a side bag that he had attached to his bike, the young man sped off, away from the house. Just great, now he had to find somewhere to go now that his uncle wouldn't think about looking for him at. Well, there were only two places he knew, his field, and Doctor Tate's office. Currently, he didn't feel like asking for the woman's help right now.
"So the fields it is."
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"Today's beybattles were awesome," Zeo said as he walked beside Max. Jordan was walking beside Kenny who was walking with Tyson, who was glaring at the ground trying not to look at Mariah and her boyfriend as she clung to his arm.
"Yeah, I would have to say that Tyson really had me on the ropes this time," Johnny said, before turning his eyes to Tyson who was still glaring at the ground. "Hey, idiot, that was your cue to gloat!"
"I don't feel like gloating. I'm not feeling all right. I'm heading home now. I'll see you guys later, I'm going to take a nap," Tyson remarked.
"What you still that young that you need to take naps," Johnny teased.
"Fuck you Johnny," Tyson said. Johnny batted his eyes at his friend with a sly smirk.
"You wish, but that's only reserved for Emily," Johnny stated, before Emily blushed as she smacked Johnny across the back of his head. "Ouch! What was that for, Em?"
"You idiot! You shouldn't be telling my cousin things like that!" Emily said.
"Embarrassed about what you and Johnny do in the time you guys are not with us?" Lee said, speaking up for one of the first times.
"You shut your mouth too Lee, unless you want me to embarrass you in front of Mariah, and I doubt you want that," Emily said coolly. "Cause I can think of times with you and cream soda that might take a few people back." Kenny watched the male turn bright red as he quickly shut up. "I thought so."
"What about cream soda?" Johnny asked. "Where was I?"
"In class, don't worry about it. Maybe one day I will tell you," Emily said. She turned to Tyson who was already making his way from them. "And Ty, make sure that you eat something. My mother's been getting really worried about you not eating."
"I know, I know," Tyson replied. "Later guys."
"Hey guys, I'm heading back too," Kenny said suddenly breaking away from the group. A couple of pairs of eyes looked at him with curiosity.
"Heading back with Tyson?" Emily said.
"Not right now. There's a hill that I want to go sit on and finish my journal entry. I'll head back to the house later," Kenny said as he headed down a hill which would lead him the way around where he wanted to be.
"Hey, do you need someone to go with you," Jordan said.
"No thanks!" Kenny shouted.
"But you'll get lost!" she exclaimed.
"No I won't, don't worry about me." Kenny disappeared into the nearby trees before Jordan could ask him another question. He saw she was still trying to get him back. Too bad that she didn't realize that her battle wasn't against another woman, but a male that seemed to have no equal.
A grin rose to his face thinking about the red head. It definitely was a handful, this love that he had for the male. But Kenny doubted that it would be enough to overwhelm him. Tala may be a bit mysterious and probably hard to deal with, but all the years he spent dealing with others' stupidity. Though this was definitely different from all the times he dealt with individuals. Tala had an air about him that set him apart from everyone else.
"It's no wonder that someone hasn't been able to do anything about his wild streak," Kenny chuckled. "But then again, I doubt that anyone could rightfully do so." The young man made his way through the trees finding it easy now to navigate when he has walked this trail so many times. By now, he knew exactly when to turn and when to keep straight, leading him to the bottom of the hill where the bike was.
The bike?!
What was a bike doing at the bottom of the hill? Running up to the top, Kenny found on his back in the grass looking up at the sky, Tala Ivanor. His eyes didn't break from his observation of the sky, but Kenny could tell that Tala knew he was there. Kenny just stood there watching the male.
"Are you just going to stand there all day staring at me? Do you want to sit down?" Tala finally said with a short smile, shifting his eyes to the male for a long second. "Long time no see, how are you?"
"Tala..." Kenny sat down beside the male, placing his laptop next to him.
"You don't seem too happy to see me," the male said.
"What am I really supposed to say when you disappear for a week and a half and then show up out of no where?" Kenny remarked, turning his eyes to the sky. "Anyone else would have been happy to know that you're alive."
"But you're just pissed that I made you waste so much time coming here and all, am I right?" Tala said. This male really was something else.
"I don't have to say a thing if you plan on convicting yourself," Kenny remarked with a short smile. "So, where have you been that you've allowed me to waste so much of my time waiting for you?"
Tala said nothing at first, and then sat up, looking at Kenny. He saw the male's eyes widen as he looked at the healing bruise on his eye. "I've had to take care of a few things."
"You're hurt, aren't you? Not just your eye either," Kenny said, seeing the slightly glazed look in the male's eyes.
"What does it matter? It's not like you have to care about me or anything," Tala muttered. "It's not a big deal. It's just my broken ribs that I've probably jarred out of place jumping out windows. I just need to rest a minute..." Tala fell back into the grass, closing his eyes, the pinch look in his face easing only slightly.
"Tala! You need to get some help seriously. You can't lay here and let your ribs—"
"Mind doing me a favor, Kenny?" Tala interrupted.
"What?"
"Allow me to kiss you like I want to a few weeks back," the male whispered. He found a streak of color gracing the male's cheeks.
"Idiot! You're hurt and you're talking about kissing me!" Kenny said. "You should think more about your injuries than anything else. I swear you're like your cousin."
"My injuries can wait," Tala said as he sat up once more. Ignoring the throbbing in his chest, he reached over and pulled Kenny to him. "It's not like I'm going to die from it or anything."
"Tala." Kenny was silence as Tala leaned in, kissing his lips in a chaste fashion. Kenny's heart did flips as his eyes closed. He felt the male's lips travel up his nose, kissing each eyelid until he reached the brunette's forehead. Moving his lips down the side of Kenny's face, he traced Kenny's jaw line with butterfly kisses. "Tala..."
"You're so beautiful," Tala murmured. "You have no idea how many of my dreams were filled with you while I was laying in bed asleep. You make me want you so much that I don't think I can take it anymore." Moving his lips back to Kenny's slightly parted, and sensual lips, he kissed the male hard on the mouth, causing him to gasp.
Using this little action, Tala slipped his tongue into the male's mouth, combing over previously unexplored territory. A moan slipped away into Tala's mouth, urging the red head to coax the male's tongue to dance with his. Pulling the male down in the grass with him, Tala climbed on top of him, moving his mouth downwards, sucking on Kenny's neck until he marked him. Once that task was completely, Tala's mouth traveled further.
"Tala...stop," Kenny half whispered, half moaned, feeling the male move a hand down to rest between his thighs. His eyes opened, looking up into the stormy azure blues that flickered over him.
"Do you really want me to stop?" Tala whispered, leaning in to kiss Kenny once more before pulling back. "I promise I'll be gentle."
"No, please. Now is not the time for this. You're still injured," Kenny said. "No matter what I'm feeling right now, I have to tend to you first. Now come on, we have to get you some help."
"Fine," Tala said with a sigh, giving in to the male. There was just something about him that the red head could not get around. Even though he was trying to shed off what his aunt wanted to do to him, a part of him could not do it like this. Maybe...there was more to him than what Tala saw.
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Rimnerel: Okay, I'm done finally. And my arm is now more swollen than it was before. (cries) Make it stop!!
Kain: No one told you to get shots it's your fault.
Rimnerel (_): Would you have rather me die before you hooked up with Rei then?
Kain: Never mind. Shots are good. Needles are evil.
Rimnerel: Good Kain. Okay, I know everyone hates to hear this, but I have four tests next week. You guess are going to have to wait until next Friday to get the next chapter, but fear not, in my spare time, I promise to type away the little free time I have and make a great chapter. So, until next Friday, enjoy, my other pieces of work if you haven't already. Bye now.