oOo... yet another short update, but a fairly critical one... this should be the 2nd last chapter... if i can manage to tie things up in the end... well, hope you guys enjoy, and please forgive the cliche/cruddiness i wrote it in.. 10 minutes under painkillers...
Chapter 13:
What Do You Want
For the rest of the week, Kai steered clear of Rei; well, as clear as possible. It was a difficult feat considering Tala had permanently moved into his room with Bryan, and the Russian was stuck residing with the neko-jinn.
They barely spoke, and when they did, it was something to the effect of "can you pass the salt?" or, "can you turn off the light?"… Not exactly the most meaningful of conversations.
Rei himself was noticing it. Of course, they'd never really spoken that much before, but the sudden … lack of interest in anything… the reticence… it was very noticeable. Therefore, he chose to approach the Russian about it.
'Kai?'
The blunette looked up from his place by the window, raising a brow as Rei shut the door, flicking the lock and standing in front of it.
'Yes?'
'We need to talk.'
Those dreaded words were enough to strike fear into even Kai's heart. Rei was watching him carefully, as if gauging his reaction. The Russian had none.
'… All right…'
A rather uncomfortable silence fell over them, at length, being broken by the ebony-haired blader as he padded across the carpet to sit next to his companion.
'What's wrong?'
Kai frowned.
'What do you mean "what's wrong"?'
'There's something up; I can sense it.'
A soft snort from the blunette as he re-directed his eyeline out the window.
'You can "sense it"? Is this a bad time to tell you I don't believe in that spirituality crap?'
It was then Rei's turn to frown.
'Yes, probably.' He raised a hand, taking a grip on Kai's chin and forcing them to meet eyelevel.
Where the sudden confidence came from, the neko-jinn was unsure, though not complaining, he decided to go with it. 'Now, what's suddenly lodged itself up your ass?'
Kai's eyes narrowed at the statement, as if asking the silent question: "Who are you and what have you done with kind, sweet Rei?"
'I don't know what you're talking about.' With a vicious movement, Kai dislodged his chin from the grip. 'And even if I did, I doubt I'd disclose it to you.'
At the statement, a fair amount of Rei's confidence evaporated, but his apprehension just increased tenfore.
'You can't try and tell me… that's not the Kai I know speaking…'
Kai stood at the statement, turning his back.
'Just… get over it… I'm trying to work my head out, all right? Trying to figure out what I want…'
'What do you want…?'
'I … don't know…'
Rei smiled slightly, standing up and placing a hand on Kai's shoulder, turning him gently.
'Any way I can help?'
Something flickered in the crimson depths of the Russian's eyes, before he spoke.
'Don't scream…'
At that husky comment, Rei was pulled into kiss. And not just any kiss; a tender kiss. The neko-jinn's legs seemed to buckle and he was thankful as Kai's arm wrapped around his waist.
Suffice to say, Rei wasn't screaming…
Yet.
