Chapter 13 You've Never Cared Before
Kai had thought that he was too confused to sleep. He'd sat for nearly an hour trying to figure out what he wanted and then…well he had been asleep for nearly two hours if he was to trust the time on the clock.
He was about to drift off again when he noticed he was not alone.
Bryan sat on the chair by Kai's bed looking bored. "So you wake up when I get here only to ignore me and go back to sleep. You really need to start training again."
"What do you want?" growled Kai squinting in the light, it was still daylight outside.
"Get up." spat Bryan walking to the dresser and grabbing a box of bottles
Kai glared at Bryans back but got out of bed. He knew that he didn't look very threatening when he was all messy and half asleep. "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to sort some things out." said Bryan turning and throwing him a bottle of Gin. "Drink up."
"So what are you the alcohol delivery man?" asked Kai turning over the bottle in his hands. "Gin?" he asked taking off and sniffing it "This stuff is vile."
"But strong." Muttered Bryan taking a seat in front of him and opening a bottle of his own. "To the Abbey."
"And it's destruction" toasted Kai taking a swig and then coughing. "God this stuff really is vile."
"Stop complaining, you sound like a girl." Ordered Bryan bored.
"It's like old times." Kai thought out loud "You were a bastard then too."
"And you were a whiny girl." Bryan bit back, he was enjoying himself no need for manners when you were talking to Kai, god knew Kai never used them.
"So are you going to tell me what all this is about? Or have you just drunk everyone else in the other room under the table…tsk and it's only half four."
"And what if I just wanted to win a little contest. We never did get to finish the last one did we?"
"We were to young to handle it…your not here to fuck me are you?"
"Oh god Kai get over yourself" groaned Bryan "I can't believe you asked me that."
They both burst out laughing.
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They snuck to the room under the floorboards quietly. Floor boards were rare in the Abbey, most of the building was made from concrete or stone.
Between them they held four bottles of home made vodka stolen from a guards room. He would not tell it was as damning for him to have alcohol on the property as it was for them.
They sat down in the corner using a crate as a table and popped open a bottle, whoever said that vodka had no smell must have been lying because this stuff smelled vile.
"You go first." whispered Bryan urgently. He had only been at the Abbey a month and was frightened of getting into trouble,
Kai pretended not to care and took a swig. He nearly died coughing afterwards and swore so much that Bryan had to put a hand over his mouth. After a minute Kai managed to recover and cough out "Your turn, unless you're chicken."
Bryan, angry about having his courage questioned grabbed a bottle and took an even bigger swig than Kai. His reaction was much the same as Kai's had been moments earlier, perhaps even worse.
Kai watched him not even waiting for Bryan to recover before he took another swig, this time not as large as his last one.
When the Abbey guard found them an hour later they were both passed out and the bottles had barely been touched.
They had stolen more just a week later. This time it was whiskey.
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They were a lot drunker than they had been an hour earlier. It was time to put the plan in action.
"You really have fucked up this time." Bryan semi-slurred.
"What? Why? You haven't beat me yet." Kai reasoned.
"Tala loves you."
"What?"
"Tala loves you. What are you going to do about it?"
"What am I going to do about it? It's not like he's pregnant, It's not like I made him love me."
"But he does. He deserves to know how you feel about him."
"And if I don't love him."
"You be a man and tell him. He needs to know either way."
"Did he send you."
"Do you really think that he would send me?"
"Then why did you come?"
"Because we're not in the Abbey anymore. We need to stick together."
"I didn't know Gin made you all emotional."
"You're not going to do that, your are not going to change the subject like that."
"And what if I don't know how I feel."
"Then we are going to stay here and drink until you find out. I know you Kai you have never made a good decision in your life unless you've drunk a little courage first."
"Are you calling me a coward."
"No a stupid drunk."
"Oh."
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"So it's agreed. We are going to take this all to Kai and confront him with it." asked Rei.
They all nodded, even Mr Dickenson.
"This is for his own good."
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Bryan picked up the last full bottle and stood up. Kai was a stubborn arse. He had drunk more than Bryan thought possible.
It had taken a lot but he had his answer and so did Kai, if Kai remembered it when he woke up was a different story. Oh well he could always remind him. He was disappointed he didn't get to hit Kai with the bottle, maybe next time.
Bryan stepped over Kai and walked out the door. Kai would kill him if he found out that he had watered down his own bottles to win.