Right, this is the LAST chapter! I've gone from depressed to semi-depressed to pretty much happy, and I'm going no further. Consider this an epilogue of sorts:
"Kai?" You look up from the TV.
"What?"
"Have you seen my hair gel?"
"Maybe." You lean back, head resting against the back of the sofa. "What's it worth?" I fold my arms and pout.
"I'll tickle you to death if you don't tell me." With a careless click the TV goes off and you stand up. You're only wearing trousers, and right now I'm appreciating the view. With a playful growl you lunge at me, picking me up and slinging me over one shoulder. "What're you going to do with me now, huh?" I ask, teasing. You don't like it when I tease, I know. You hate to think I'm laughing at you.
"Why don't you leave it down for once? It's nice down." You loosen your grip and I slide down you, wrapping my legs around your waist. I know I'm too heavy for you, so I'm not surprised when you lay me on the table and lean over me. "I mean it, Tala. You look nicer with it down."
"You're asking me to take fashion tips from a person with absolutely no taste! If you had your way I'd walk around in nothing but a thong and a scarf!"
"You'd look good in nothing but a thong and a scarf..." You whisper, stroking my cheek and smiling flirtatiously.
"Pervert."
"I'm not! I just...think you'd look good in a thong and...okay, maybe I'm a -bit- of a pervert."
"I don't mind. As long as you're -my- pervert." You sigh, exasperated.
"It's been two years since we got together, Tala. Do you -still- think I'm going to run away again?"
"You said it, not me."
You stand back, looking disappointed. "I can't go back and change what I did, Tala..."
"I know you can't. That doesn't mean I'm still not paranoid about you leaving me. I love you too much. I'd die if you left me!" I stand up, crying my words to your turned back.
"Well I'm not going to!" You turn and pull me into your arms. "Tala, I'm not going to leave. I love you. Why would I leave?"
"I don't know. I never knew why you left me..."
"Tala..." You kiss me gently. "My Grandfather made me leave you. He controlled me. And you know what he is now? Dead. So unless he becomes a zombie, he's never going to control me again. I'm not going to leave!" I wriggle out of your arms and open the kitchen cupboard. "What are you doing?" Your face is disbelieving as I back out of the cupboard. "Garlic? Tala, you kill -vampires- with garlic!" I shrug and toss it away.
"What's for zombies, then?"
"Holy water. Don't you dare turn that tap on!" My hand stops in mid air and falls back to my side. I look down, then smile. You take hold of my hands and wrap them around your waist, clamping your own around my back and crushing me to your chest. "I'm not going to leave you, Tala."
"It hurt me. All the time." I mumble, lips brushing against your skin.
"I know, Tala. I know I hurt you. But I'm different now...you know I am...I haven't left you yet and I don't intend to."
"I was angry with you."
"You hit me. I could tell you were angry. But I'm here now, and I always will be."
I know you won't leave me. But I like to be reassured. It scares me when I think back to how angry and hurt I was before. I don't ever want to feel like that again. But it's okay. I know you won't leave me now. I know it. And for now, knowing that is enough.
fin
(the final fin)
Okay, now this IS the end! Please R&R, I'd like to know what you think!
PS, just a note to 'Critique'. I would appreciate it if you would actually sign your name, and I never said it wasn't OOC. I wanted to leave it as an unhappy ending, but people asked, and they asked nicely, so I made it into a happy ending, and if that means Kai is OOC, then Kai is OOC. I have seen enough beyblade episodes to know for -myself- that Kai is OOC, but there are some situations and some emotions which make people act differently, and love is one of them. That is why Kai acts the way he does. However, I appreciate the fact that you took time to review.
