CHAPTER THREE: TALA'S MUSINGS
Normal POV
Tala turned around, he'd heard someone say his name. He looked around the darkened alley and saw a dark shape lying on the ground. He walked causally towards it and when he was a few feet away he saw it was a person lying on their front. When he got closer he recognised him.
"Rei?" He crouched down beside him and picked him up. "What happened to you?"
Rei didn't answer and Tala guesses he had lost conscious, so he carried him back to his apartment.
He laid him on the sofa and pulled off his Chinese style shirt. He gasped. Rei's torso and chest were tanned and muscular and he had delicate curves that were made unnoticeable by his loose clothing. But his perfect body was marred by ugly purple and blue bruises that inhabited his chest, face and arms.
He looked at Rei's face; his features were faultless except for the bruises. His small nose was perfectly positioned in the middle of his face while thick and thin strands of ebony hair fell over his headband. He heard Rei sigh and looked at his lips. They were slightly parted and Tala had the sudden urge to kiss the sleeping boy.
He quickly dismissed the thought, shocked at himself for thinking of his enemy that way. 'But he isn't really the enemy anymore; I'm not part of BioVolt anymore. Maybe we could be friends now.'
Deciding Rei wasn't going to get the good nights sleep he needed on the couch he picked him up and carried him into his bedroom. As soon as Rei was in his arms he purred and snuggled closer to Tala. Tala smiled as he lifted the covers and put Rei under them.
Tala quickly pulled off his T-shirt and got a spare blanket and pillow from the cupboard and settled down to sleep on the couch.