Title: A Different Point of View.
Chapter Title: Velvet Darkness.
Disclaimer: If I owned Beyblade it would consist of lots of Rei and Kai making out. Which it doesn't therefore I do not own it.
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: A Voila, the second part of my 'was going to be a short drabble but now isn't' story or Arch. More will be coming if you like this as well.
Night. A time of day that Kai had learnt to like. The shadows that he lingered in by day surrounded him completely. The darkness washing over him pleasantly. But that was only one of the reasons he liked night-time. Because at this time of day most sane people were fast asleep. Which always left Kai like he was now. Perched on a chair just beneath the window, eyes fixed on the bed across from him where Rei slept. The teenage boy lay curled up beneath the pristine white sheets and Kai sat there watching him.
Observe was the best way to describe the look the bluenette was giving his team-mate. Observe and analyse. Rei only ever wore his hair up in a ponytail to bed and it had come loose this night. Leaving the ebony black hair to spill over his pillow in an inky pool. Most of his body was pulled into a ball; much like a cat would, beneath the covers. His fists clutched loosely onto the edge of the bed sheet, holding it up against his chest. His face was a mask of serenity. His features didn't hold any of the forced smiles or worry lines like it did in the day. His soft rosy lips were parted and a quiet purr was rolling past them. His luscious dark eyelashes stood out against his skin, hiding his rich amber eyes from the world. His features were all highlighted by the moonlight that shone through the open window. Casting the boy with a silver glow that seemed so unnatural for a mere human but natural for him. All in all he looked like a god. A god of the night, made out of pure silver, shining against the velvet sky.
But like any god he had a purpose. Kai at first thought he was just the god of night but it then, after nights of watching him, struck him; Rei was something so much more than that. Kai liked the night but it never soothed him like Rei did. Rei was the peace in the raging storm and he calmed Kai's inner turmoil with a single glance. But it was these times that Kai liked, when Rei's natural peace and calm seemed to radiate off him. Kai could practically see the waves of tranquillity washing over him. Kai never showed his emotions but it didn't mean that they weren't there. Kept under lock and key just beneath the surface. It was worse for him than other people, to feel anger but never express it. To never allow yourself to smile or laugh. He used to take it out on the people around him, yelling at Tyson, telling him and the rest of the team off. But then he began to grow attached to them and it didn't work any more. And he suddenly found himself without a release which was when he discovered Rei.
It was the boy's ability to be calm in any situation that Kai wanted. That he got off the boy, though he never knew. Stealing the boy's peace and tranquillity in the darkness calming his own tormented soul. One day he might ask for Rei's harmony rather than steal small pieces of it in the night.
One Day.
Ah, perhaps you see the purple button it the corner? You do? Then be a dear and press it for me. You know you want to.
