A/N: Heya peopz! My, my, I will never change --; Now I really needed two months for an update --;; Hope you all can forgive me ;-; My thanks go to Songs make me cry, Shaka Dragomir Nocturnus, TNTiggris, Siver-eyes Magician Girl and of course Devlinn Reiko-sama for the betareading! XD
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Fifth Chapter
Day of Awkwardnesses
The sun rose and shone through the window shades. Kai was already up then at present while one thought preoccupied him: Why did Rei close his mind from the outer world? It was obvious, that something had happened to the boy, that he renounced all of his senses except sight for protecting himself. But what the Russian didn't still know. There was another thing, which didn't leave him alone: Why did he worry about the Chinese on the whole? Didn't he have enough problems on his own?
"Good morning, my cream pile!" Like this for example.
"Shu-chan is coming to make you happy! XD "
"In disappearing and fuck off." said Kai gruffly and threw his blanket over his head.
"Ah, come on, smoochy poochy, don't be so stubborn! . pulls cover away Now your bed linen will be changed o "
"Leave my blanket on! tugs My bed was already sheeted yesterday!"
"Nonsense, darling! You can never make your bed sufficiently! X3 Besides I need an excuse for being at your side . "
With shock the Russian let go and got slightly blue in the face, you can say as substitute for his paintings, which he didn't paint on anymore since the meeting with his grandfather.
"Ha, you're so wonderfully doll XD It doesn't wonder me, that Rei dotes on you " Immediately the quite unwholesome colour turned over into a deep red, which induced Kai to tear his blanket away from Shushu's hands, hide himself under it and let his annoying male nurse know, where the door was.
"That will not do, my butter tartlet! Today we begin your walking attempts and since Go-chan hasn't time for you for this term, I will care for you today! . I will treat you very gently too hg "
It made Kai shake inwardly to know that he was being saddled with this fag. And said Chinese hadn't still shown himself. But "walking attempts" he couldn't keep for himself and peeked out of his cover.
"Of course, my praliné! You don't really want your muscles to be as weak as pudding! Besides you shall get rid of your plaster before."
It couldn't be missed, how a tinge of joy was reflected in Kai's eyes, to know, that everything went smoothly an ascending tendency and he soon be not fettered anymore to the wheel chair. A matter of course he showed this in no way and climbed down from his bed into his vehicle.
"But at first we get you washed." By means of the grin, which Shushu has put on, Kai couldn't help but get thoughts of flight. Yet he wanted to roll passing the joyful queer, if this one hadn't grasped the knobs of his chair.
"Hatata, we don't want to dodge the washing, do we, you mudlark!" he said and nudged Kai briefly on the nose. The Russian would have jumped up out of his chair and strangle the male nurse, but his plaster leg knew how to prevent this. Grumbling he gave up, more for the satisfaction of Shu-chan, who wanted to shove him out through the door right now, when a young delicate nurse had come to meet them, with a full tray in her hands, who had the purpose going to see our quite good looking slate haired and bringing him his breakfast. Of course it happened at the précised moment.
The pretty nurse bumped inadvertently against the wheel chair, therefore she let the glass with orange juice tilt directly over Kai's head, and had nothing better to do than with shock leaving the tray of her hand for short, so that the entire breakfast snuggled in Kai's lap and his beaming white shirt was just a sole jam blot.
In such a case Kai has actually gotten a tantrum and has boomed against her, but instead of this he tried to keep his countenance and pointed to the extremely shocked male nurse to go further, while the orange juice slowly trickled over his forehead (Sometimes I tend to very long sentences...--;; )
And so they passed the pale employee, who could forget her chances to show off to her patient, and went straight to the washroom, turning every gaze to them of course.
"Hehe, at least you have now a true reason going for a shower .; "
"Hm."
Until now Kai just had his quick cleaning in his room and always refused to do anything more than that. Now it couldn't be held back anymore, but he also welcomed the thought of finally feeling warm water again over his body.
When they arrived at the colossal bath, Kai 'entreated' his attendant for not watching him taking his clothes off.
"Turn away! opens pants And woe be to you to if you have a look into my douche. I will break all your bones!" "Haa, how charming you are today . But first of all we have to wrap up you plaster leg, we don't want it going wet right now o " "Which logic does this have, if I will get rid of it anyway ? ô.ó "
"Well, if it gets wet, the plaster will be firmer than before. And we don't want this to get you more trouble in removing this, do we? . " (Dunno, if this is possible --;; ) "And why didn't we go directly to the doctor?!" sounded Kai a bit nettled. "Do you really want to go in this get-up to Doctor Fukuzawa? Besmeared with food from top to bottom! X3 "
Kai growled something. He felt angry that the queer was right, and took off first his wide pants, so that he only stood there with boxers and shirt before him.
Shu: My God, you look very juicy .
Kai - deathglare
Shu: Uhm....Now we make your plaster leg waterproof!
So the young male nurse wrapped a kind of foil around the slowly healed up leg.
Shu: Here you go! Now you can splash as much as you want! XD
Kai: Beat it! #throws with the soap bar#
Shu: Hey! I'm going! How could someone be so touchy?
Yet Shushu tripped away from the scene...
Kai: #mumbles# After all alone. #pulls shirt up#
....for peeping again around the corner.
Shu: What I wanted to add.
Kai: I said BEAT IT! #throws brush#
"KYAAAA!!!" screamed the male nurse and made off without delay.
"Damn fag! Peep somewhere else!" Kai cried after him before he got rid of his clothes completely.
The douche, where he stood (Bathing wasn't really possible --;; ), didn't have neither a curtain nor a door, so that everyone could look into his shower. Kai found this of course not very comforting, but since his private gay nurse had assured him of not being disturbed by other patients, cause not one preferred to take a shower or bath at that time.
'For all that it is...'
Lost in space he reached for the prepared shampoo and shampooed his hair, when he suddenly saw something one meter in front of his eyes.
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"What a grouch! I only wanted to tell him..."
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"WOOOOOAAAAH!!!!!!!!!"
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"...that Rei was waiting for him next door -.- Hmph!"
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"Rei?!" asked he aloud, hit himself then with the flat of the hand at his forehead. The plastic board with the pen and the little sponge went up and down and waited to be received.
What Kai luckily didn't see was Rei's flaming face and the single sweat drop at his head. The Chinese was truly embarrassed standing more or less aside from Kai, who showered in his whole bareness and both of them were only separated by a stone wall. Except the rushing of the water accompanied their serenity.
Hesitantly Kai took the board from Rei, wiped the "Hello" with the hanging sponge away and wrote:
What are you doing here?
Rei: Nice welcome. Maybe to join you? Kai: ...
Slowly Rei got calm and wrote a bit more composed: First finish your shower . Then I will see you at Doctor Fukuzawa's consulting room.
Kai: And what about the fag? grmph
Rei: You mean Shu-chan? He just told me to have an eye on you so that you won't swim away! X3
An annoyed grumble came from the Russian and he grasped the soap bar, with which he'd attacked our obliging male nurse. And so untypical it seemed, it slipped through his fingers, flew in a high arch over the dark red brick wall and...
POCK!
...landed directly on Rei's head.
"Ah!"
Kai heard and washed the soap out of his eyes and hair, which was from the shampoo.
Wait...he HEARED Rei?!?
Like being struck by lightning he stumbled to the partition wall, bowed forward and looked around the corner. There he saw Rei standing with the soap in one hand, while the other one rubbed his head. Kai wasn't sure, if he'd heard right.
But now the Chinese noticed that he was being watched and looked up. He glanced right into Kai's blood-red eyes; saw the water running down his hair, his face and arms, finding their ways over the skin. The rest of his body was hid behind the wall.
A tint of red covered the cheeks of the deaf-mute, but his forehead showed some frowns and a smile graced his lips, shaking slightly the head implying Kai, what had happened that he looked at him so strange. At this moment the slate haired observed his still nakedness and returned hastily with a "Nothing". In great haste he finished his shower, stepped on the other side, where his new rags lay and put them on as fast as was possible with the plaster leg. Limping he went back to Rei, sat in his wheel chair and was slowly driven to the doctor.
Arriving at the consulting room Doctor Fukuzawa already stood with the saw in the hand and a gleam in his eyes, which nearly bordered on madness.
"So, my boy, today your leg will be finally amputated." Rei patted terrified the hands at his face, what moved Kai to smile amused and roll by himself to his doctor. On a couch his plaster leg was prepared, while Doctor Fukuzawa put his toy saw away, which he sometimes used for pranks like this, and fetched a small handy gear with a little circular saw.
"You don't have to fear anything, this saw cuts only the plaster, not the skin . " explained the old man and demonstrated this on his arm, which made Rei twitch with shock. And it was true, not one scratch was to be seen. (2)
Kai didn't seem to be worried, laid with crossed arms and waited impatiently, that the doctor quickly do his work. As though he could jump up at once and decamp
Like being paralyzed Rei watched Mr. Fukuzawa, extremely excited, but then he still didn't trust this thing. What was totally unnecessary, cause this procedure didn't last longer than two minutes, giving him a reason to breathe freely.
"What are you gaping at? Did you really think he would sever the leg?" taunted Kai against his nature; he was too amused because of Rei's momentary appearance than brooding over his 'opening', and smirked as if he had always such a bad vein :)
First the neko-jin looked at him surprised, which turned to offense though, giving him the cold shoulder. If Kai had chuckled at that, a world would probably break down relative to his utmost odd behaviour --;
"Rei?" Doctor Fukuzawa waved the boy to himself, while Kai sat again in his wheel chair. "Please take care of Kai - Today he won't have an easy going . " Rei nodded and conducted Kai to the so-called 'fitness room', where Shushu was waiting for them with a loud pink bandana and pink wristlets...:
"KAAIIII! CREAM COOKIE!! #waves arms# COME HERE!!!!! XD "
Immediately the slate haired made with his wheel chair a turning about 180 degree and wanted to flee out of this lunatic asylum, if Rei hadn't seized him at its back with a smile on his lips and pointed with a finger, that there was no getaway. Grumbling the Russian left his attempt to escape and rolled reluctantly back to the shining gay.
"Okay, my sweet honeys cakey now you first get a super swell dress similar to mine..." #Deathglare# "...or not and today we will try to make your pretty legs toe the line."
'Well, this could be a quite wonderful day.' Kai thought sarcastically and drove his hand annoyed to his forehead.
Somewhere else
"Oh, hello Mariah!"
"Hello Mr. Kon! Is Rei there?"
"I'm sorry, no. Rei told me he was going to the hospital again. "
"Again?! Don't tell me again to that lout of disgust! GRMPH! òó "
"Lout? Rei didn't tell me anything about him ô.ò Do he get along well with him?"
Uneasiness was found in the father's voice; he hadn't really suspected that his son was in a way unhappy. More the opposite. 'Could it be...'
"For my taste a bit too well! HRMM! :( "
"Tell me Mariah, what's the name of this boy with whom Rei spend his time with?"
"How should I know?" she responded snotty "I only know that he sits in a wheel chair at the present."
"Ah, is it perhaps..." The father remembered the day before, when he came to picking Rei up. Sister Go led him to a boy whose bed Rei sat on and apparently was talking with him via written language. He didn't notice him very well, since only one thing was important for him: taking his child at home.
"I'll go home again, Mr. Kon." said Mariah casually and tramped annoyed over the gravel walk down to the next main street.
"Should I maybe dare..."
Again in the fitness room
"Now up the legs, up!" Shushu was enthusiastic with his job. Not like Kai, who sat on the floor on a blue mat and was trying to raise his leg. He imagined this more easier to be discharged from the hospital, as soon as the plaster was down, but it seemed that it would take longer as his doctor has ordered him though. For one hour the gayish male nurse danced up and down before him, showed him a few walking practices for the legs and arms, therewith it wasn't too one-sided for the muscle setup, and took every chance to touch and coddle the Russian.
Kai felt foolish, especially cause of this penetrating guy, drawing near the whole time and treating him like an infant, who was about to learn walking. And this got on his nerves! It was very embarrassing for him in front of Rei, who had to smile incessantly and seemed to be very amused.
'Why me...'
But seeing Rei's laughing face was kinda worth it, playing the fool. Only the twinge and the acute pain in his left leg were the real unpleasant thing.
"Come on, Kai-honey! Do we start some walking attempts 0 " And the bundle of nerves belonging to it.
Rei helped him stand up and released his hand. Without the plaster it wasn't easy to stand on his own feet. They trembled like in the coldness, and weren't used to uphold the heavy body without any aid. When the plaster was still on, Kai sat mostly in the wheel chair. When he had to stand some time, it wasn't for long. And the stitches in the calf weren't really a great help.
Every moment he threatened to fall, if Rei didn't grasp him under his arms and support him. A slight red extended over his cheeks. He'd rather tear himself away only if he had the purpose to fall flat on his face.
"Well as you can see, my sugar plum, it will take a bit longer till you can hop freely through the hospital. But beforehand I will always stay by your side and will show you some more pretty exercises." And yet the male nurse executed rather something which looked more like ballet than something which could help Kai with walking --;
However Rei rolled on the mat, his entire body quivered and he held his belly. It looked like he had a stomach-ache, since not one tone came over his lips. More for his regret.
Wait...if Rei laid on the mat, then Kai did stand totally alone on his feet!
"Great job, my honey pot! You made great strides!" said Shushu satisfied and made a joyful slap on his ass.
#great angry face#
The slate haired had cut off his head in forcing him to do harakiri, only if he didn't topple over unstably and land like a wet sack on Rei, who was lying on his back and gasped for breath. He didn't see Kai coming until the last moment, and wasn't able to catch him or to roll aside (It would be very hard for Kai --;; ), so that the other one fell directly on him aaaaand...stopped one millimeter before his lips (What precision X3 ). Both gaped at each other, shocked by this coincidence, and were kinda 'dumbfounded'.
A little more and their lips had collided...
For a moment the Chinese lapsed in those warm red eyes of the boy lying on him and he got the feeling that he found a copy of his own soul, filled with grief and self-abomination. Rei didn't dare to raise his hand to the other's face, even if the urge to do so was strong. This didn't give him rest seeing as both were similar in many aspects...
"I don't want to bother you, but it's time for Kai to get used to walking. Now, darling, roll over carefully from you lover!" Shushu sat right next to the nonplused couple and couldn't get enough of this view.
"PARDON?!" cried the slate haired indignant, synchronous with another unknown voice, which had rather screamed than cried. At once Kai's head jerked from the male nurse to the other side and terrified Rei slightly with this reaction, and looked to the exit of the fitness room. There stood his quite recently personal horror, BEFORE the faggot.
The ebony haired boy also turned his face, which now couldn't decide between the colours deadly pale or flaming red. "Mariah" formed his lips, the pupils of his golden eyes stood still.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" she screeched furiously and quivered with rage. She had changed her purpose of going home and wanted to go after her beloved Rei. Which was kinda a big mistake.
Kai laid still on Rei and didn't move one inch. Boiling with rage the pink haired monster stomped over to both. Her also golden eyes flamed up like a forest-fire and had rather impaled, quartered and lacerated the Russian if the gaze of her secret love didn't keep her back threatening.
The Chinese touched Kai at his upper arms and surprised him with shoving him carefully down and standing quite coolly on his feet, with the Russian in his arms. Kai had never suspected, that Rei was that strong.
O.O
So it wasn't really amazing, if he gaped at him like a car and has totally forgotten to protest against it.
"REI! Where are you going with him?!" Very smart girl to shout something after a deaf-mute --;; Even if he wasn't this for real...
Shushu could hardly hold himself with his laughter, when he saw Kai's flabbergasted face, how Rei was carrying him out of the fitness room, while Mariah raged, swore and irritated more than ever:
"How could he dare to fall over MY beloved Rei! I couldn't stand him from the beginning! And now this pervert wants to fall FOR him too!" Mariah quivered like hell, until suddenly she got a slap in her face from aside. Shocked and holding her cheek she turned her head and recognized a glaring Shushu.
"Don't act humpty, you donkey!" shouted the male nurse so angry and also so gayish, that you didn't know, if you should laugh or rather feared him.
"What's your business with this, queer?!"
"Nobody talks bad things about my Kai-deary, darling!" And soon both of them stuck out their claws for a fight.
In the meanwhile
"REI! Put me down! NOW!" Kai struggled madly, in doing so the neko-jin released him, but nothing could make Rei put Kai down. A couple of nurses came up.
"Oh Rei! Is this your new bride?" they giggled cheerfully, knowingly that the raven haired carried a boy through the area, even a quite good looking one. But the freezing glare of the so-called 'bride' stopped their chuckling and made them disappear quickly from the corridor.
"A wheel chair would be okay also!" hissed Kai, but Rei stayed stubborn and carried Kai the whole way to his room, but didn't do this without drawing any glances to them .
Finally the Russian was set down to his bed. Rei pulled a chair to himself, set down and put his head on his arms with was on the covers. At once Kai drew his note book forth, wrote a line and put it on Rei's head.
Amazed he rose up with the blotter, took it and read:
Why did you make this fuss?
Rei had to snicker mutely, when he received Kai's horrible glare. He didn't mind it when Kai was doing this, then he knew very well that the other one just pretended as if he was a hard and unmerciful guy. Since the beginning he noticed this as he met him the first time.
'Ha, Kai is so cutely shy, when he stopped at the door of the children's station the very first time and fled when he noticed my glance X3 ' The giggling turned to an extreme trembling and with-the-fist-on-the-bed- knocking, for what Kai had nearly declared him being crazy, if he didn't calm himself.
'God, now I'm thinking him being cute! XD ' Hastily Rei scribbled something on the block:
Many of her views displease me and I thought 'Do we show her what we think about it'. I'm sorry for causing such troubles.
"Hn."
Kai: And what about my walking attempts? #looks grumpy#
Rei: Well...tomorrow you will also have a meeting! Why do you want to go that fast?
Kai added nothing to this and turned his head to the side, which was answer enough for Rei, getting serious again.
Rei: Is it because to your grandfather?
The phrase was simple, understandable, but nevertheless so grave. The slate haired stared at his opponent, till he remembered, that he had told Rei, how he got into the hospital. He nodded briefly, avoided any eye contact. Rei approached him with his chair and suddenly seized Kai's arm. The Russian flinched, his mouth wide open with perplexity, and watched how Rei pulled his sleeve up and laid open his scars.
"What...!"
The Chinese pointed at these and established firmly his gaze, in which Kai could read the unspoken question. Hesitantly he nodded and slowly wiped Rei's hand away from his arm. And consequently also the warmth...
But Rei didn't fob him off with this rejection and did what he should have done earlier: He clasped him in his arms.
He rose up from his chair, took a place right next to Kai on his bed and pressed the boy firmly, who couldn't get anymore of a clear mind by this indescribable event.
"WHA..WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" cried Kai, even if Rei wasn't 'hearing' him. He could feel the vibrations in his chest guided by his loud voice and consequently concluded how the other's feelings were stirred up. The Russian winded in this embrace, wasn't used this close contact. But he also didn't want to tear himself away, away from this comfortable emotion, which he could have never experienced before. He had to admit, he just wanted...
Kai managed to get loose from Rei and was this time the one who started the eye contact. Gently the golden pools of the neko-jin were looking at him, a smile graced his lips.
'Just for what reason...he might however.'
"Why don't you want to talk?" Kai spoke his thought aloud with purpose and waited for Rei's reaction. He knew, that it was kinda risky to talk with him about this, especially because he shouldn't come to know this by Sister Go. Was this really just a fancy in the shower...?
He knew Rei now for three weeks and it was still inexplicable for him, why he generally intervened in his businesses. What did the Chinese have that made him so attractive?
Back to Rei. As he read Kai's question from his lips, he froze and gazed aghast at the slate haired with open mouth as though he had asked him about his nightly activities (Which we enter into later X3 ). So Go-chan has really blabbed out very much.
Rei: How #pause# much do you know?
Kai: Only, that you are actually able to speak as well as hear. Now, what is on consequence? What prevents you from doing this?
It was quite remarkable how much the older boy could 'talk', when he did it in writing . In any case he waited anxiously, for what Rei would write next. The Chinese set the pen, stared at the white of the sheet, hesitated, and put it away again. Kai watched the other's hand trembling and drop the writing utensil.
Therefore this matter was burnt into Rei so much...
Now it was up to Kai to hug the younger one and to press him to himself for the second time. He felt the quivering, which was sent out by him, and he knew, that Rei still wasn't ready. He stroked his back smoothly, thought it wouldn't be bad to comfort him.
Rei's POV
Today was quite a funny day. It started with Shushu. And that Kai was so cold at his presence which made the situation much more funnier X3 It's long time ago I've 'laughed' so well. When I look back, how the last few years went on...
It shocked me, when Kai asked me about this. How could Go-chan do this to me!
But had I kept this any longer before him...?
Why am I shivering that bad?! Why can't this have an end?
Suddenly I perceived endless warmth around myself and I lay in Kai's arms. I wanted to draw myself away without fear, but Kai held me more fervent, and didn't have the intention to let me go.
Nobody had ever had me so close by himself...even...not my father.
He still didn't forget it...
Then Kai released his grip from me a bit, but still kept me by himself in placing his hands on my shoulders. Again those eyes, which were looking at me so gently and were trying to explore me. Why does my heart start to boom against my chest at once? Why was I so excited? I always had to face such questions.
Then I saw his lips moving.
"No one is going to tell me this besides you, get it? Only if you if you want someone else to tell." I gazed at him depressed. I didn't quite know how I would 'respond' to this but I just nodded. "Father" it came voiceless over my lips and Kai took note of it.
More or less we sat there; his hand still rested next to my head. It truly looked like we would any moment...
No! We don't think that far now, Rei Kon! Oh no, please no blush!
#blushes#
That was obvious. Too late! He'd seen this! And now he takes his hands away...and flashed red by himself?! Yet I could read a "Sorry" from his lips before he turned his face away. His behaviour was somehow...cute.
His doing has cheered me up and I didn't look so melancholy anymore. Smiling I took his blotter and wrote:
I'm going to fetch something to drink.
Normal POV
Then the Chinese went through the door, whirled around once to him and sent him his most beautiful smile. After this he disappeared behind the door and closed it silently. Relieved the Russian exhaled and relaxed slowly again (Couldn't hold his breath on any longer! XD ). Quite ready he dropped himself back into his bed.
This just now was kinda nearly...prickly. The air had, how should I explain, crackled and between both was a tension, which was not awkward at all.
Unexpectedly a knocked at the door came and Kai thought, it would be Rei.
'Why is that idiot knocking?' He hadn't heard his admission anyhow.
The door went open and in the frame stood...
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TBC
(1) Do you know those boards, with which you can write something on it and wipe away with an odd sponge? But I don't know if they hold water! .;;;
(2) That's right! I've watched this by a friend of mine, who got rid of her plaster leg with such a tool! 0
A/N: Okay, I hope you're pleased with this chap ó.ò Next one will come, if I finished the translation from "When the rain..." .;; Please review!