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Ray wasn't surprised Kai had had another nightmare, they were getting more frequent. The others were struggling not to confront Kai about the screaming, all except Tyson that is. He hadn't even noticed!!
~~~flashback~~~ "What do you mean Kai's having nightmares? And screaming? I haven't heard anything. Besides, Kai likes to keep himself to himself, so just leave him. You'll only get your head snapped off!!!!"
"Tyson you know you sleep through anything!!!!" exclaimed Ray, "And if Kai needs our help we should help him. Even if he won't admit it, we are his friends, and these nightmares are affecting Kai!! He's suffering, and he needs us there!"
Tyson rolled his eyes at Ray. "Fine, we will help him, calm down buddy!!!! I'm just saying I don't want to be the one to mention to Kai we know, i'm too young to die!!!!" At that, ray could only sigh. ~~~flashback~~~
Ray smiled at the memory of that particular conversation. Then the smile quickly turned to a frown, since he was awake, and no one else was, then now would be a good time to ask Kai about it. It was something he wasn't looking forward to. He got up from his blankets as quietly as possible. To wake the others would ruin the chance he now had. He reached the door and took a deep breath before leaving the large training room they were sharing. This would not be easy.
Out in the garden Kai had made it to the pond. He looked in the dark, murky water, watching the silent shapes of fish swim into his vision, before turning rapidly and swimming into the dark depths. A slight breeze ruffled the white t-shirt and black jogging trousers he wore to sleep in. The breeze was cool but did nothing to help Kai's hot skin. As Kai stared into the pond his thoughts raced around his dream, he wanted to know his past. Didn't he? He wasn't sure anymore. Why did his grandfather take him away from his parents anyway? Maybe he was told and just couldn't remember. He let out a groan of frustration. It wasn't fair, why couldn't he even remember his parent's faces. They were so blurry in his dream, he could still hear the screams though. He wished he didn't have to hear those screams, they tore at his heart. He would rather remember the beatings, at least the screams in those dreams were his.
"You don't have to sneak up on me Ray, i'm not deaf".
Ray stopped were he had been tiptoeing, he hadn't meant to, he had done it without realising it. "Sorry Kai, I didn't mean to do that".
"But you intended to see me, right? I'm the reason you've come outside?".
This was so awkward. "Yeah, I wanted to speak to you, i'm not disturbing anything am I?"
Kai sighed and turned to face Ray, pain still etched his features.
"No, I just wanted some air, now what do you want?"
Ouch, thought Ray, I deserved that! "I might as well get to the point, I wanted to ask if you were ok, all of us know you've been having nightmares. We've also noticed you've hardly been eating and sleeping, you've become more snappy and withdrawn when you were bad enough before, and even your beyblading has been affected. We are your friends Kai and we wanna help, stop shutting us out. I mean you were finally opening up to us and then the dreams started and you zoned out again." That was a relief and a surprise to Ray, he didn't know he had that much to say.
Kai listened to the speech with his face avoiding Ray's, his mahogany eyes were filled with pain to what Ray had just said, he didn't know he was being that obvious and now they were worried. He couldn't tell them and drag them in. It wouldn't be fair to them, they were his problems and he would deal with it. If they got involved they would only get hurt. At least Kai could control that.
"There is nothing wrong with me, and even if there was it would be my problem, not yours, so stay out of my way. I don't need anyone's help, I can cope on my own." Kai knew it was harsh to say but if it meant they would leave him alone then it was necessary. Rays pupils narrowed in the way his people seemed to when emotions ran through their minds. His upper lip curled up, showing the gleam of a fang in the moonlight. He truly looked like an angry cat when he did that.
"That's painful Kai, we only want to help!"
"You don't know what pain is Ray, and as your friend I hope you never know."
With that Kai turned on his heel and left in the direction of the house, leaving Ray to stand in confusion as to what he said.
"At least Kai said he was my friend, that's a start." Was all that crossed Ray's mind as he watched the dark blue of Kai's hair disappearing round a corner.
It took a while for Ray's golden coloured eyes to return to normal. He sighed again, then went back to bed, he would have to tell the others when they woke up.
Ray wasn't surprised Kai had had another nightmare, they were getting more frequent. The others were struggling not to confront Kai about the screaming, all except Tyson that is. He hadn't even noticed!!
~~~flashback~~~ "What do you mean Kai's having nightmares? And screaming? I haven't heard anything. Besides, Kai likes to keep himself to himself, so just leave him. You'll only get your head snapped off!!!!"
"Tyson you know you sleep through anything!!!!" exclaimed Ray, "And if Kai needs our help we should help him. Even if he won't admit it, we are his friends, and these nightmares are affecting Kai!! He's suffering, and he needs us there!"
Tyson rolled his eyes at Ray. "Fine, we will help him, calm down buddy!!!! I'm just saying I don't want to be the one to mention to Kai we know, i'm too young to die!!!!" At that, ray could only sigh. ~~~flashback~~~
Ray smiled at the memory of that particular conversation. Then the smile quickly turned to a frown, since he was awake, and no one else was, then now would be a good time to ask Kai about it. It was something he wasn't looking forward to. He got up from his blankets as quietly as possible. To wake the others would ruin the chance he now had. He reached the door and took a deep breath before leaving the large training room they were sharing. This would not be easy.
Out in the garden Kai had made it to the pond. He looked in the dark, murky water, watching the silent shapes of fish swim into his vision, before turning rapidly and swimming into the dark depths. A slight breeze ruffled the white t-shirt and black jogging trousers he wore to sleep in. The breeze was cool but did nothing to help Kai's hot skin. As Kai stared into the pond his thoughts raced around his dream, he wanted to know his past. Didn't he? He wasn't sure anymore. Why did his grandfather take him away from his parents anyway? Maybe he was told and just couldn't remember. He let out a groan of frustration. It wasn't fair, why couldn't he even remember his parent's faces. They were so blurry in his dream, he could still hear the screams though. He wished he didn't have to hear those screams, they tore at his heart. He would rather remember the beatings, at least the screams in those dreams were his.
"You don't have to sneak up on me Ray, i'm not deaf".
Ray stopped were he had been tiptoeing, he hadn't meant to, he had done it without realising it. "Sorry Kai, I didn't mean to do that".
"But you intended to see me, right? I'm the reason you've come outside?".
This was so awkward. "Yeah, I wanted to speak to you, i'm not disturbing anything am I?"
Kai sighed and turned to face Ray, pain still etched his features.
"No, I just wanted some air, now what do you want?"
Ouch, thought Ray, I deserved that! "I might as well get to the point, I wanted to ask if you were ok, all of us know you've been having nightmares. We've also noticed you've hardly been eating and sleeping, you've become more snappy and withdrawn when you were bad enough before, and even your beyblading has been affected. We are your friends Kai and we wanna help, stop shutting us out. I mean you were finally opening up to us and then the dreams started and you zoned out again." That was a relief and a surprise to Ray, he didn't know he had that much to say.
Kai listened to the speech with his face avoiding Ray's, his mahogany eyes were filled with pain to what Ray had just said, he didn't know he was being that obvious and now they were worried. He couldn't tell them and drag them in. It wouldn't be fair to them, they were his problems and he would deal with it. If they got involved they would only get hurt. At least Kai could control that.
"There is nothing wrong with me, and even if there was it would be my problem, not yours, so stay out of my way. I don't need anyone's help, I can cope on my own." Kai knew it was harsh to say but if it meant they would leave him alone then it was necessary. Rays pupils narrowed in the way his people seemed to when emotions ran through their minds. His upper lip curled up, showing the gleam of a fang in the moonlight. He truly looked like an angry cat when he did that.
"That's painful Kai, we only want to help!"
"You don't know what pain is Ray, and as your friend I hope you never know."
With that Kai turned on his heel and left in the direction of the house, leaving Ray to stand in confusion as to what he said.
"At least Kai said he was my friend, that's a start." Was all that crossed Ray's mind as he watched the dark blue of Kai's hair disappearing round a corner.
It took a while for Ray's golden coloured eyes to return to normal. He sighed again, then went back to bed, he would have to tell the others when they woke up.