Chapter Four: Betrayal
WARNINGS: Sexual situations/references, Brodi/Kaori
Mac was fast asleep on Brodi's bed as the hours passed. Night fell quickly, and Brodi sat by Mac's bed for a while, staring at him in thought as the boy slept. Why would they do this to him… over a race? Poor Mackenzie… Brodi thought. He sat in his trance for a few more minutes, then stood.
"Kaori, are you going to stay the night?" He turned around to where Kaori was sitting, slouched in a chair by the table.
"Wha…? Oh, yes… I'm really scared for Mac! I don't want him to die on us!" Kaori squealed.
"Relax Kaori, Mackenzie isn't going to die!" Brodi chuckled softly and scooped her up in his arms. He took her over to the couch and laid her down, straddling her. "Let's get our minds off him for a little while…" Brodi leaned down and kissed Kaori.
Kaori and Brodi had been secretly dating for about a month. Secretly, because Brodi and Kaori both knew if Mac found out, he would be shattered. Brodi had feelings for Mac too, and as those feelings grew, what he felt for Kaori faded. He wanted to break up with Kaori, but figured he could use her while he had the chance…
Brodi and Kaori did everything but make love that night, Mac fast asleep through it all.
::Next Morning::
Brodi and Kaori sat on the couch together, kissing and holding each other. They had completely forgotten that Mac was in the trailer with them. Kaori was moaning softly, but not soft enough…
Mac stirred quietly on the bed, waking up to the sound of Kaori's moans. At first he brushed them off, too delirious to make anything of them. But as he lied there, he realized what he was hearing and gasped, sitting up and looking to the couch.
What he saw made his heart immediately shatter, and he jumped up.
"B-BRODI! KAORI!" Mac was freaking out, grabbing his head in agony and falling to his knees. "How could you?! Oh my GOD!" He jumped up again, tears streaming down his face. "BRODI YOU TRAITOR! I… I LOVED YOU!"
Mac ran out of Brodi's trailer in bare feet, to his own. He just fell to his knees again in the snow, sobbing against the trailer door. "Why… Kaori knew… she knew I liked him… but… I HATE YOU KAORI!" He screamed in agony, shattering the cool silence of the crisp winter morning. He stood up and flung open the door of his trailer, storming inside and slamming the door shut and locking it. He stumbled to his bed and collapsed on it, his anger fading to sheer misery. He thought about how he had been betrayed, and the memories of the previous day's events came flooding back to him. He cried out in agony and pulled the covers over his body, curling up in a tiny ball until he cried himself to sleep.