He slowly turned the door knob and pulled open the door as far as the latch could let him.
".....................The Fuck?!!"
----Chapter 6----
Tala immediately undid the latch on the chain, and swung open the door. Almost instantly, the limp figure collapsed onto Tala, fortunately he caught him...........barely actually.
"Hey buddy?! You alright?!..........Kai! Wake up!" The limp figure groaned in response, a strong smell of vodka and gin wafted into the air.
"Kai!!!" Tala spun his head around; Saskia ran from the couch and was now trying to pat Kai awake.
"Kai......? Wake up? Please?? Kai???" She continued to pat his arm, tug at his shirt and poke his sides. Not wanting to panic the youngster, Tala looked at the open front door.
"Hey Kiddo! Do us a favour and close the door, it's getting kinda cold in here, you know, the draft and all."
"But Kai........"
"Kai's alright! He's just knocked out from all the work he's done you know? The dude needs a rest!" Unconvinced, Saskia looked at the limp figure Tala was currently supporting and then proceeded to close the front door.
"I'm gonna go let him rest, bring us some cold water to wake him up a bit, hold the ice." After receiving a nod, he starts to pull, no, -drag- Kai towards his bedroom. Fiddling with the handle, Tala kicks the door open and pulls Kai inside. Couple of groans and moans escape from Kai's mouth, he was obviously so drunk that he wouldn't even notice if Tala dropped him there and then. He lifts up the drunken Kai and places him onto his bed; he rolls him over so he is lying flat on his back, with his head on his pillow. Tala took off the leather jacket, and his shoes. Heck, Kai wouldn't even notice if someone robbed him of his clothes!
"Hey Buddy! Wakey wakey!" Another groan, Kai's face turned into a frown of pain, he tried to feel the pain throbbing in his head with one of his hands, but he couldn't even control his own palm.
"Dude, you seriously are out cold........" Kai didn't move. "..........Wakey Wakey Kai! Big Brother needs to be awake now!" Tala starts to pat both sides of Kai's cheeks, not too lightly either.
"Fuck you............" Kai moves his head away and manages to turn away from Tala on the bed. Pain shot up his head, the more he moved or even thought, the more it hurt.
".......Unkie........." At the door way, Saskia was cautiously walking in holding a glass of clear water in one hand. Tala thanked her and took the glass out of her hand.
"Thanks Kiddo, could you stay outside for a while? I gotta talk to your brother for a second." She nods and closes the door with a soft click. Tala pauses.
"I gotta talk to your brother ALONE Sassy" After a small moment, soft footsteps started to make its way into to living room. He always knew that she was the curious type. Turning his attention back to Kai, he saw him still lying with his back facing him. With his free hand, he pulled Kai back to lying face up. There was no resistance at all.
"Hey Kai, drink some of this, I'm sure it'll wake you up old buddy." He edges closer and waited for him to react. He didn't even get an opening of an eyelid for a reply.
"You –so- knocked yourself out this time man....." He supports Kai's back up right and puts the glass near to his mouth. Kai's face grew even more scrunched up; the throbbing pain was growing worse.
"Drrrriiiinnnnkkkkk Kai........." He puts the edge of the glass just touching Kai's lower lip, about to tilt the glass so the water would reach, Kai lashed out. He used his both arms and forcefully pushed Tala away, shocking the guy.
"FUCK – OFF!" With nothing to support him, Kai literally collapsed back onto his pillow, but with both his hands clutching at his head.
"Ugh.............Fuck it hurts................" Tala stunned by the sudden reaction, now regain his position. Most of the water was still in the glass fortunately, only a few drops managed to spill.
"........The fuck did you do that for?!!" Only a groan answered him.....again. He wasn't gonna take it anymore; he walks over and with a smirk on his face. He tips the glass's contents all on Kai's head.
"Heh heh heh, Whoops..........." Kai immediately swore at the sudden chill, he sat up instantly and glared up at Tala.
"What the FUCK did you do that for?!"
"You pushed me."
"You didn't need to do that!!!"
"Course I did."
"No you didn't you bastard!!"
"Isn't your head meant to be hurting?"
".......................Just fuck off Tala." Kai fell back onto his bed with one hand covering his forehead. Tala sighs, Kai wouldn't go for alcohol normally, even if he was so depressed. He wouldn't even get as pissed as -this- if he did go for alcohol. He sat down beside the figure, receiving no "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!!" Or something along those lines, he started the conversation.
"Hey old buddy, wasup?" Kai grunted, he wasn't in a mood to talk. Tala was persistent though.
"Come on, you can tell ole' me." Kai grunted louder this time, obviously getting agitated, Tala slowly takes away Kai's hand from his face and looks right into his crimson orbs.
"Kai, I know something's wrong, your drunk as hell, your lil' sis is as depressed as you are, plus, you didn't even get pissed off at me 'bout ruining your pillow!" Kai merely stared back into the ice blue eyes, even though the throbbing pain had already faded a bit, he was still a bit hazy about what was happening around him.
"..........Tala, talk another time........." He shrugs off the red-head's hand on his arm; then he tries to turn away from him. But Tala continued to persist.
"Kai, if you read what she wrote to you, you would've already gone out there and tried to cheer her up!"
"Tala, please, just go."
"Nah man! I'll show you!" And with that, he left the room. Kai groaned,Tala was like an annoying fly that wouldn't buzz off, a fly you couldn't kill either because it was so small. Tala jogged back into the room and shoved the colorful paper into Kai's face.
"Check this out!" He gestured for Kai to take it. Kai just lay there, avoiding the paper; he looked back at Tala with an unfazed look. The kind which says ".........You are such a moron did you know that?"
"Aw come on, check it out! It's got pictures in it!" He started to unfold the paper, every second looking back at Kai.
"No." Kai rolled over so his back was facing Tala and closed his eyes. He just wanted to sleep, was that so much to ask?
"Check it out man! It even says –To: Kai-"
"Tala, GO-AWAY."
"It's got a bright squiggles and decoration! All the artwork from your lil' sis!"
"AWAY Tala. AWAY from ME."
"But Kai! It's important! Really!" ...............This time, Kai didn't answer.
"....................Kai man!"
".................................................."
"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai!!!"
".................................................."
"Kai Godamnit man! Just CHECK IT OUT!!" Tala literally stuffs the paper into Kai's face. That was the last blow for Kai; it wasas if afuse just snapped. Kai knocks the paper out of Tala's hand, he pushes him to the other side, against the wall and pins him up by yanking up his shirt. He spoke in a low whisper, but it was deadly clear. Even the breath was deadly, with the alcohol and all.
"Tala Ivanov, I got no other way to say it, so FUCK OFF GODAMNIT!!!" Tala winced at the loud shout; he puts his hands on Kai's strong hold and attempts to pull them off his good shirt.
"Kai Hiwatari, CHECK. THE. FUCKING. NOTE. OUT!!!" Tala pushes Kai back onto the bed, furious; Kai gets back up onto his feet and slams Tala back onto the wall.
"Tala, I ain't joking, get out, or I will seriously kick your sorry ass."
"I WILL get out if you check out that note," He smirks. "Besides, you can NOT kick MY ass." Tala shoves him away again, now this totally got Kai pissed, actually, pissed isn't strong enough to describe his feelings now. Kai pushed Tala even harder against the wall; the red-head growled at the stubbornness and grabbed Kai by his shirt. But he knew this; Kai took the advantage and propelled his knee directly into Tala's stomach. Having the wind knocked out of him, Tala collapsed onto his knees and clutched his stomach, Kai seriously wanted him out of the room. He wasn't going to give up yet though; Tala slowly got up and smiled his sly smile, the smile he often flashed when he was victorious in something. Through clenched teeth, he spoke:
"You're a fucking ass you know that Hiwatari? A total asshole." Kai turned around, his back towards Tala.
"Thanks, now go if you don't want your ass getting kicked anymore." Feeling a tap on his shoulder, Kai sighed at his friend's stubbornness, turning around, he spoke:
"Tala, do you –seriously- want me to kick your as-......" He was cut short as Tala's fist collided with his jaw line, making his head spin to the right, and in his drunken state, he had to support himself on his bed to prevent himself from falling.
"Heh, like I said before, you can not kick MY ass." Kai brought his hand up to his chin; the blow wasn't hard enough tofracture the bone but was hard enough to bring blood to his mouth. Wiping the liquid off at the corner of his lips, he stood back up and made up his mind, he was going to play along in Tala's game.
"We'll see................." He brought his hands up clenched them into tight fists. "You asked for it Ivanov." He lunged at Tala.
----------------Outside with little Saskia-----------------
She was –SO- bored, absolutely nothing was on TV, her uncle was busy talking with Kai, and there was just nothing for her to do! She hugged her knees and started to rock back and forth, continuing to flick through the many channels.
"Soooooooooooooooooooooooo Booooooooooooooooooooooooored....." She continued to melt the program changer button on the remote control.
"Soooooooboredsoboredsoboredsoboredsoboredsoboredsoboredsobored!!!" She dropped the control beside her and rested her head on her knees. Bored rigid, she then shifted positions and lay on her stomach across the couch, sighing, she continued to mumble on.
"SOboredsoboredsoboredsoboredsoboredsoboredsobor..."
-THUMP-
She looks up; she was still on the couch so she -didn't- fall off. Looking around, the surroundings were the same as before. Nothing had fallen.
-THUMP-
Now she heard it clearer, it was coming from the bedrooms! Muffled shouts and more thumps followed. She props herself up and kneels, she looked at Kai's bedroom door. ..............Hm............. She was curious, but then her uncle told her he wanted privacy. After all, she is a good girl; she had to listen to him. Moments went, nothing happened, it was like the calm..........The calm before the storm. Loud banging on the door and more violent thumps ensued. The bedroom door opened swiftly, out came a staggering Tala. Then the door slammed shut right behind his back, he turned around and muttered a "bastard" before limping into the living room.
"Unkie Tala!! Are you okies??" Saskia jumped off the couch and attempted to pat his arm. Tala pulled it away, and then winced at a sudden pain in his stomach; he clutched his abdomen with his other hand and then tried to smile to the child.
"Yeah...... Well, I've been better."
"You have a stomach ache unkie? Want me to get some medicine??"
"Nah, I'm gonna be ok kiddo."
She tip-toes and points at Tala's forehead. "How comes you have purple patch on your head??" Noticing it for the first time, Tala tries to feel for the bruise, only to remove his hand quickly away at the pain.
"I, um, banged my head at the door. Real silly of me huh?"
"Were you and Kai hungry??"
".................Wha?"
"Did you eat in his room Unkie?"
"What the heck are you on about Kiddo?"
"You have ketchup on your mouth!" She again points to emphasize her point. Tala wipes away at his lip with the back of his hand; indeed, a red liquid was smeared across his hand.
"Uh, yeah, had fish and chips, heh, Kai was sure hungry! He didn't leave any for you!" Sassy fakes a pout; she puffs out her cheeks and folds her arms across her chest. But then smiles again.
"So how Kai?" Tala smirks and starts to limp towards the front door, without using his hands, he slips his feet into his shoes.
"You should go to bed now kiddo, it's late and you got school tomorrow."
"Unkie?" She tugs ever-so gently at his shirt to get his attention. "How is Kai?" Making sure the shoes were on properly, he looks down at the concern face.
"............He's gonna be alright.........I think anyway." He kneels down towards her level. "I gotta go now, so see you some other time kiddo." He opens out one of his arms and hugs her; in return, she wraps her smaller arms around his neck in an embrace. She gives him a peck on his cheek then releases her hold.
"When are you coming back Unkie?" He stands up and opens the front door, turning around and looking back at her, he answers:
"Soon kiddo, soon....." And starts to make his way out, but turns around. "Oh yeah, don't disturb the guy, he's sleeping already." She nods and waves until his figure disappears out of her sight. Closing the front door quietly, and securing all the locks, she switches off the TV. On her way, she stops outside Kai's door; she presses her ear against the wood and listens. There was silence. ...Nighty night Kai......She goes to her own bedroom and slips under her covers, no sooner she got in, she falls into the peaceful slumber of sleep.
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Hehe, sorwie it took me some time to update -.-;;; got a bit stuck at editing this chapter, but I made it up to you readers and made sure this chappie was longer!! Plz Forgive me!!! Plz Review!!