Tadaa! Last chapter- with lots of drama and shouting. And Johnny's wonderfully foul mouth.
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"Kai?"
"What, Rei? I'm supposed to be meeting my shag-partner, as you so fondly called him." Rei hovered for a second then came closer, voice dropping to a pleading whisper.
"Kai...please don't tell Mariah about me and Lee...please..."
"I said I wouldn't if you didn't say anything about Johnny."
"Kai, you don't understand! If Mariah hears about us we'll both be disowned or-or..." Tears sprang into his eyes. "We'll be put to death...our tribe doesn't -accept- gays, Kai!" Kai shrugged.
"It's none of my concern."
"It is! Because you know! Kai, please! I'll beg on my knees if I have to!"
"I said I'd only tell if you told someone...oh no. You told someone, didn't you!"
"I didn't mean to!" Cried Rei, clutching at Kai's arm desperately. "I was talking to myself and Robert heard!" Kai dragged his arm away and glared contemptuously at Rei.
"Well I guess I'll have to find Mariah then. Or Kevin. Or both."
"No! Please!" Rei begged. "Please!"
"You should have thought about what could happen before you opened your big mouth." Rei stared at him for a moment then backed away.
"I don't know what hurts worse, Kai...that I've ruined Lee's life as well as my own or that you...you could just..." He bit back a sob. "You've just signed my death warrant...and I thought you were my friend!" He turned and ran, bursting into noisy tears.
Kai carried on up the stairs, not bothering to wait for the lift. However, when he reached his room, Johnny was not waiting for him. Had he backed out? Or...Kai's mouth went dry at the thought...had Robert...? He decided to climb up and see.
Johnny was standing on the balcony when he got there. "Hey, Johnny...are you..." Johnny looked over the rail and Kai gasped. A huge red handprint was flaming on Johnny's face, sparkling with his tears. "Kai? I...Robert found out...he..." He bowed his head. "He locked me in. They're all next door, talking about me. I tried picking the lock, but...I couldn't. And I can't climb. They don't listen when I shout...and..." He turned away and Kai scrambled up to stand beside him. "Is it worth it? Wouldn't it be easier to just laugh and say I was joking?"
"It would. But you'll hate yourself for the rest of your life if you don't say anything now." Kai touched his shoulder and he turned, angry.
"This is all your fault Hiwatari!"
"It isn't, and you know it isn't." Johnny stormed into the room and flung himself down on the bed, screaming and shouting into his pillow. Kai watched him in amazement. He had never seen anyone so...angry before. Sure, he had his moments of temper, but not like this. He could almost -feel- the anger radiating from Johnny. He risked his health and ventured to touch Johnny's back, stroking it gently, reassuringly. "I'll stay. I'll tell them it's my fault."
"Why? What's the point!"
"Because if I tell them what they want to believe, then they won't think any the less of you. And they already hate me anyway."
"But-" The door clicked open and Johnny sat up.
"Hiwatari? How did you get in here?" Asked Enrique, shocked. Kai deigned not to reply, only folded his arms around Johnny and held him close. Johnny relaxed against him, feeling that if he was going to be kicked off the team he may as well do it with someone else's arms around him.
"Enrique, that is of no importance. Johnny...we have been talking." Silence. "And..."
"Oh fuck off Robert! If you're going to kick me off the team just tell me and stop pissing about!" Snapped Johnny.
"Johnny...how dare you speak to me like that!"
"Because you're speaking to me like I'm a kid and I can't make decisions for myself!" He grabbed Kai's chin and kissed him. Robert stepped back, disgusted. "Just tell me I'm off the team and I'll get out! You obviously don't agree with my preferences, so I won't burden you with them! Fuck you and your stupid shitty honour! Screw the lot of you!"
"Johnny...we're not..." Began Oliver.
"We don't mind, me and Oliver. But Robert's the captain..."
"And I DO mind, most definitely! Johnny, how can you debase your family in such a way? You know what is expected of you!"
And then Kai spoke. "Fine. I'll finish it." He gave Johnny a quick kiss and stood up. "But maybe you should think about it some more. Just because you've found out he's gay doesn't mean he isn't still Johnny. You should try talking with him, not about him, and then you might understand." One last kiss and Kai walked back out onto the balcony, swinging himself over the side. "If you need me, Johnny...I'm just down there. Shout for me." And with that he was gone.
Johnny looked up into Robert's eyes for a second, then saw red. "IT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS TO JUDGE ME! I KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF ME! SCREW EXPECTATIONS! SCREW YOU!" He twisted on the bed and sprang up, launching himself at Robert with a yell. He tackled Robert to the floor and then before he had the chance to raise his fists Enrique dragged him back. He fought wildly, but Enrique and Oliver sat on him, stopping him from moving. He jerked around under them angrily.
"Johnny...what is this -behaviour-!" Asked Robert, fuming. Johnny growled.
"It's not your business to tell me what I can and can't do! If I want to go and shag Kai and if I find out that I'm gay then it's NOT YOUR PROBLEM!" He screamed. Enrique shrugged.
"He has a point, Robert. And Kai's right, he -is- still Johnny..." Robert turned away, folding his arms.
"It isn't possible."
"But Robert, you know he's still Johnny! He still looks like Johnny, he still sounds like Johnny...he still swears like Johnny..." Said Oliver, smiling slightly.
Johnny clenched his fists and glared. "It's not like I'm asking you to fuck me!"
"Johnny, how can you let another -man- touch you like that? How can you -kiss- another man?"
"I don't -know-! I just know that it feels right! Can't you accept that that's just how I feel? That it's what makes me happy!" Enrique and Oliver slid off him and he got up. "I don't even know what I feel properly. But last night...me and Kai...it was...I want that. I crave it. I -need- it. And if you can't understand, then..." He headed for the door, but Robert stood in front of it. Johnny tensed. "This isn't the middle ages, Robert! You can't just lock up the things that you don't like! If that was possible then I would have you locked up for being such a closed-minded ARSEHOLE!"
"SHUT UP!" Robert raised his well-mannered fist and slammed it into Johnny's face, sending him flying. Johnny hit the floor, yelling with pain. A pool of blood started spreading over the carpet and he held his nose, panting. Oliver and Enrique gawped. "Robert-!"
"How could you-?"
"You prejudiced shithead! I've been your friend for YEARS, and now you wanna fucking kill me for being what I am! BASTARD!" There was a sudden uneasy silence and Johnny turned his head.
Kai heard a knock at his door and went to answer it. He found Lee and Rei there, both of them looking depressed and miserable. "Have you told her yet?" Asked Lee, hand seeking out Rei's and squeezing it.
"No."
"Are you going to?"
"I don't know. Shut up a minute..." There was the sound of someone being punched from above and a pained cry. Johnny's cry. "Oh, shit!" He grabbed his bag and reached into it, ripping out a gun and shoving it into his belt. "Come if you're coming!" He ran out onto the balcony and leapt up onto the ledge, scrambling up the wall. Lee and Rei followed him easily, in time to see Johnny rear up from his position on the floor to scream "BASTARD!"
"Kai..." Whispered Johnny. He got to his feet and went over to Kai. Kai said nothing, just hugged him tightly and then kissed him passionately. Robert gave a roar of rage. "Things of this nature shall not happen in my presence!"
"Shall they not? Tell it to my bullets." Kai yanked out the gun and pointed it at Robert, one arm still around Johnny's waist. And then there was mass hysteria, mainly from Oliver, during which Johnny rested his head on Kai's shoulder and cried. Kai let go of him and wiped his nose and cheeks with his scarf, getting rid of the blood. "It's okay. I talked to Tyson and Mr. Dickenson. If they still can't accept you for what you are, then you can come with us." Johnny nodded dumbly.
Was all this really for the sake of such a little thing? He knew he did a lot of things that annoyed Robert, but he'd never provoked this kind of reaction before. "This is just another thing about me that annoys you. You know you won't change it..." He said quietly. "You always said violence wasn't the answer. You always told me to keep an open mind. Maybe you should have taken your own advice!" From behind him he heard a guttural growl, and Lee stepped forwards.
"It's people like you who stop people being happy! It's people like you that can't accept that it's possible for a man to love another man! Not all relationships are based on sex! Just 'cause you aren't getting any off anyone doesn't mean -we- can't be happy!" Oliver and Enrique gasped. They had finally met someone else with Johnny's explosive temper.
Robert opened and closed his mouth a few times, then turned his back. He seemed to hold some kind of internal struggle with himself then turned back. "This...makes you happy?" Johnny nodded and sniffed.
"I think so..." Kai lowered his gun and wrapped both arms around the Scot comfortingly.
"Then...you are right. It is none of my business. You...are right. I should take my own advice. I may not agree with it, but if this...man...makes you happy, I will have to learn to live with it." Robert bowed. "Forgive me for being, as you so rightly called me, an arsehole." Johnny appreciated Robert's well-hidden humour and laughed weakly.
"Thanks Robert...Enrique...Oliver...uh...would you mind if I sort of..." Kai smiled mischievously, and tightened his grip on Johnny's waist.
"I promise I'll give him back in the morning..." Robert's eyes widened slightly, and he nodded, almost imperceptibly. A hand closed over Kai's shoulder and he turned his head. Rei was standing there, tears in his eyes. "You never gave us an answer. Are you going to tell Mariah or not?" He clutched at Lee, who held him tightly. "Are you going to tell her? We're not afraid to die..."
"Die?" Robert asked incredulously. Rei nodded.
"Kai found out about me and Lee...but if any of our team get to know we'll be disowned from our tribe...if they don't decide to put us to death instead..."
"But we aren't going to deny that we love each other!" Lee interjected, wiping Rei's tears away tenderly. "So are you going to tell Mariah and Kevin, or not?" Kai was silent for a while, then shook his head.
"I'm not going to say anything. What about the rest of you?" There was an outbreak of shaken heads and muttered 'No's from the Majestics.
Rei smiled suddenly, then fastened his arms around Lee's neck and kissed him deeply. The others watched uncomfortably until Kai cleared his throat loudly. "Rei? Lee? This is -not- the time to start a make-out session. Get a room. Your own room!" He added as Lee opened his mouth, grinning. Rei tweaked Lee's nose and they left, giggling.
As they did, Enrique's face suddenly lit up in a smile. "If you're going to Kai's, does that mean I get the room to myself tonight?"
"Well, yeah...um, if Kai..."
"Are you kidding? They're not getting you back until I've ravaged you several times over!" Robert twitched slightly.
"That was more than we needed to know, Kai!" Giggled Oliver, amused at his captain's reaction. As this exchange happened, Enrique was dialling furiously on his cellphone. "Marie? Yeah. Aha. Ooh, you tease!. No, I was just going to ask you to come over to mine tonight. You can? Good. Can you bring Yasmin? Of course! And don't forget to ask Rosa!"
He ended the call and they all gaped at him. He blushed. "What?"
"-Three- women, Enrique? Is that not a bit...excessive?" Asked Robert, one eyebrow raised.
"I could share..."
"I am going to pretend you did not say that."
"Why not? You never know, you might be surprised!"
"I have had quite enough surprises for today, thank you Enrique." Oliver giggled.
"Would you share with me? That Rosa is so cute!" Robert blinked.
"I am in a team with two sexual deviants and a homosexual! What is the world coming to?" He shook his head disbelievingly and walked out. Kai and Johnny followed, going in the opposite direction. Kai leaned closer and nibbled at Johnny's ear, making him squirm. "You know, after tonight he might have to make that into three sexual deviants..."
"Uh!" Johnny woke with a start. He'd had such a weird dream...Robert had been dancing...in a dress... He shook his head and lay back down, snuggling himself up against Kai's back. Kai wriggled and groaned. "Johnny? What time is it?" Johnny left off admiring Kai's shoulders and looked over at the clock. "Eight..."
"Shit!" Kai shot up suddenly, then relaxed. "It's okay, I cancelled todays practice." He yawned and smirked. "I lied when I said I'd give you back in the morning..."
"Hah. you like to think you're in charge, don't you Kai?"
"I am." He gasped as Johnny's hand plunged under the covers. "Or maybe not..."
"'Rique?"
"Yeah?"
"How do you think Robert will feel when we tell him -we're- gay too?"
"Hmm...I don't know...he'll be shocked, certainly...but judging by the noises from downstairs last night, I'd say he's on a team with three sexual deviants and three gays now...pity Marie and her friends left..."
"Wouldn't you if the two guys you were with started getting it on? How drunk -were- we?"
"Not drunk enough to forget how much you screamed!"
"Enrique!" Oliver blushed and Enrique smirked, snaking an arm around his lover's waist.
"Not drunk enough to forget that it was -good-..."
However, when they went to Robert's room to tell him, they were the shocked ones; from outside they could hear the sound of Robert laughing, accompanied by a girly giggle. They knocked, doubtful, and were answered by Robert wearing nothing but boxers. "Robert? Who's that?" Asked Oliver, peering into the room.
"Rosa!" Enrique exclaimed. Rosa appeared behind Robert, wearing his enormous dressing gown.
"Oh...Enrique..."
"You...and him?" He asked, struck dumb.
"Well, when we realised that you and Oliver were...you know...well Marie and Yasmin are with those horrible American boys! At least I chose a real man..." She pressed herself up against Robert's back and he blushed faintly. Oliver laughed and took hold of Enrique's arm, tugging him away. "Come on, 'Rique! If Robert gets to spend the morning in bed, we do too!"
"But we'd have to get undressed again..." Then he brightened up as the actuality of what he'd said hit him. "We have to get undressed again! Come on!" Oliver giggled and allowed Enrique to pull him back to their room.
"Kai..."
"Mm?"
"Oh, nothing. I just wondered where you got those handcuffs from..."
"Spencer gave me them for my birthday."
"Spencer!" Kai stretched and shifted closer, putting one of his legs over Johnny's and pressing up against him.
"Spencer's not gay or anything...he just has a crap sense of humour..."
"Oh."
"Why, were you jealous?"
"No."
"Yes you were. Jealous git." Kai smirked and yawned, and found a tongue slipping into his mouth. He moaned and let Johnny kiss him. He was just staring to kiss back when Johnny pulled away. "Hey..."
"I'm not jealous."
"If I say you're not, will you finish off that kiss?" Johnny shrugged.
"Maybe."
"You're not jealous..." Johnny let him wait for a few seconds then kissed him again. Kai smiled against his lips as Johnny moaned. They broke apart, gazing into each others' eyes. "I still love it when you moan..."
"Kinky git."
"Sexual deviant." They looked at each other for a second and then laughed, drawing closer and kissing again.
fin
Whee! It's finished! I was contemplating having them all explode and die (I'm in a very bad mood owing to a really evil flame off some random person on one of my Teen Titans fics. What can I say? Some people just don't appreciate yaoi o0) but then I decided against killing them all off because that would ruin my shiny new fic...look at it...shiny... Anyway, see you! Please R&R, flames will all be replied to with sarcasm (I wrote a 282 word response to the one that made me angry).
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