Disclaimer: I hope you have already figured it out that I don't own Beyblade.

Warnings: Shounen-ai, possible ooc:ness, pointlessness and fluffiness…

Chiaki-chan: This chapter was already written when I posted the prologue so here it is. It's mostly just pointless babbling, but I hope you can survive through it. I'm trying to make the future ones better.


Chapter 1: Arrival in Finland

At last the eternity like journey to Finland was over. It hadn't been enough that the flight to the capital had took long enough, but we had to take a connection flight to the north as well. Of course it was tiring, but I wasn't complaining even if it sounded like it. After all, I could spend the whole time sitting next to Kai.

As we finally got out from the plane there was a Finnish couple waiting for us, like Mr. Dickenson had informed. They greeted us with warm smiles and introduced themselves as Anna and Tommi something. I'm not quite sure how to pronounce the surname, but they insisted that we would call them by their first names. It seemed like in Finland they didn't address each others formally.

It was freezing when we finally got out of the terminal. The only one of the team, who didn't complain, was of course the captain. Luckily we just had to be in the cold air for the walk to the car.

Tommi informed us that there was still three hours car ride to our cottage. So, we packed out suitcases to their dark green MPV and hopped in. Luckily the car had seven seats and yet again I get the place next to the phoenix. Probably because no one of the others wanted to take the risk of pissing him off.

After forty-five minutes of diving a yawn escaped from my lips. It was either the time lag was probably kicking in or the fact that I hadn't got any sleep on the flights. The three boys in front of me were already soundly asleep, leaving only me, the captain and the adults awake.

The couple was talking something in Finnish so I couldn't understand it and the slate-haired youth next to me was, well Kai. Therefore I didn't have very sociable company. My eyes didn't like me staying awake, so even though I didn't like sleeping in vehicles I gave up and closed my eyes surrendering to my dreams.


I opened my eyes as the car's engine shut down. Lifting my head away from my pillow

I stretched in my cat-like manners. Then it hit me; what or rather who had been my pillow. Looking to my left side I saw Kai putting on his black quilted jacked. My cheeks heated up, realizing that I had been leaning against his shoulder and my heart jumped in joy knowing that he hadn't moved me away.

I turned my attention to the others trying to ignore the feelings. Kenny was already outside and the other two Breakers were putting their jackets on still yawning. I guess they hadn't seen us, because if they had, I would be already hearing about it already.

Tommi moved our luggage to the porch. "Okay then." The man said scratching his brown beard. "This is the main house. There are three bedrooms, living room, kitchen and toilet, of course. There is the shed, where is more of dry wood if needed." He pointed a little house-like constructor and then moved his finger to point at wooden stairs. "And the sauna and showers are down those stairs at the lake's shore."

Anna walked to us and handed me two keys. "This is for the main house; you can find the other keys there. If you need there is a spare one in the fire shelter, inside of an old lantern, under the candle." I presumed the shelter was behind the cottage. "There are groceries in the fridge and freezer, I will be coming every morning and bring more. After all, you are growing boys." She was clearly referring to Takao's appetite. "So if you need anything from the town just tell me or leave a shopping list. Our number is next to the phone and if you need to come over it is just down this road to the main one and a turn to right. Walk that road until a there is a new turn to the left. At the end is our house. It will probably take about half an hour to walk there, I presume."

"And don't go too deep in the woods. You might get lost! If, for some reason you face as situation like that, just walk downhill and you surely find the lake." Tommi instructed us before the couple went to the car again and with goodbyes they took off.

"Rei come open the door!" Max called me in excitement.

"Coming, coming." I muttered and at the same moment that the wooden door was unlocked the two over energetic bladers had rushed inside. Kenny went inside next and Kai came behind me shutting the door.

I stripped off my outdoor clothes and hung them (with Max's and Takao's which were on the floor) up on the rack and went further in.

Straight ahead was a wooden door, little corridor to left and a larger space on the right – the living room. There was a carpet covering the cold floor, two red couches at the left corner (when I looked the room from the "doorway") facing a TV with video recorder. Between the TV and sofa's there was a glass coffee-table. Another wooden door was between the television and the first door I saw.

Right next to me (on my right side) was a fireplace and a wall that separated the kitchen and living-room. The kitchen was clean and it had all equipments you would ever need. A large oak table was 'between' the sitting room and kitchen.

In the small corridor was two doors; a door that led to the bathroom and one to the third bedroom.

"We are taking this room!" Takao declared and threw his staff in the latest room I mentioned. Peaking inside I could see a bunk bed, desk, couple of wardrobes and a chest of drawers.

Oh, about the room arrangements. It was like a wordless agreement that had lasted as long as our team; Max and Takao would share a room and Kenny got his own. Of course I was more than happy with this, because most of the time, I got a chance to share my room with Kai. Hehee…

Ahem. The Chief had apparently found also his room (where the middle door led), so the last one was for me and the captain. The phoenix was already going inside our room and I decided to follow him.

The room was the biggest one. Like the other bedrooms ours had a desk, couple closets and a chest of drawers, but different form the one Max and Takao shared, we had night tables and… well… a double bed. It wasn't the first time I shared the bed with Kai… Okay just sounded just too wrong. Let's try again.

It wasn't the first time I slept with Kai… No, definitely not the right phrase. Here we go again…

It wasn't the first time I slept in the same bed with our Ice Captain… That sounded more like the truth… I think.

Anyway. I was nervous. Every time he was close I was nervous. But I would be sleeping in the same bed as the other youth, who would be wearing only his night clothes (which were only boxers and a sleeveless shirt, by the way) made my heart race even faster. I needed only a thought about it to flush.

Pushing the disturbing, but oh so pleasant, image aside and trying to control my blush, I went completely inside the room. Yes, I had been standing on the doorway the whole time, which had made my captain raise an eyebrow at me. Ignoring the unspoken question I started unpacking.

I could hear Max's and Takao's enthusiastic voices when they explored every corner and closet they found. For example, what I heard they found: different board games and books, videos, weird shoes (or so the blue-haired boy described them), some odd wax and many other stuff. I really didn't want to know where they found everything.

As I was finishing my unpacking I heard Kenny whining something about cold and snow to Takao. Well, I didn't blame him; out on the ground was probably close to half meters snow and the temperature was something like -18 Celsius. Luckily all the routs between the buildings were cleared.

"We're going to check the other places!" the blonde kindly informed as the three of them left the main house.

I noticed Kai letting a sigh past his pale lips. It made me fell kind of special when he let his guard drop a bit when he was with me. It was very little, but I was still glad.

The phoenix lay down on the bed placing his hands behind his head, closing the scarlet eyes of his.

"Having a headache?" I asked sitting next to him.

"Aa." was the only answer I got. Well, I was lucky to even get a response of any kind.

"And here I thought you had already become immune to their noisiness." I teased the so called sourpuss.

Again a reply I could have written with only two letters. His typical: "Hn."

"You know, if you never say anything, except yell at Takao, you might forget how to speak." I tried again to make some kind of conversation. I guess I can be stubborn in making him to talk to me.

"I speak, when I fell like it." He murmured.

"I know. I just hoped that you would fell like it more often." I sighed. The red eyes that had been closed till now, opened and turned to look right to mine. Only then I realised that I had said my thought aloud. How unusual of me. I just had to fix the situation quickly. I really didn't want him to get any ideas. Because they probably would be too close to the truth.

"What I mean is…" I stuttered. Very convincing "…that if you spoke more often, even Takao's behaviour towards you could change. You should open up a little." Oh shit! I shouldn't have said that.

"Haven't we discussed about this already." He said with a warning voice. "Let's not start the vacation with another fight."

I completely agreed with him. Every time I tried to convince him to open up to me, we ended up arguing. We didn't yell to each other or anything, we just had different point of views. Normally Kai would say his opinion and I just couldn't change his mind what ever I tried.

You probably don't think those as fights, but to me they were. The air between us would become awkward and the other blader's acts colder towards me. It hurts, it really does. So it would be better not to start, when we both know where it would end up.

"Want something warm to drink?" I decided to change the subject.

"Only, if you're making something for yourself." He stated closing his eyes again.

"I guess that gives me the right to choose." I looked the cold captain beside me. He nodded as agreement, so I stood up and went to the kitchen. Right now I was feeling like drinking hot chocolate.

I looked at the clock on the wall. It was already five o'clock. Knowing Takao he would be soon whining about how hungry he is and that dinner wasn't ready. I could always make it after the chocolate.


We had just sat down to drink the hot liquid when the front door flew open. Takao dashed in bringing cold air and snow with him.

"Rei! You've to come outside! It's great!" He said with a grin. "There's a perfect downhill to slide down with a sledge. Right next to the stairs to sauna! It's awesome! In the shed were two sleds also! And the snow! You can walk on it! But when you take the hard surface off under it is perfect snowball snow!" After finishing he had to take a deep breath. Sometimes I wonder how capacious his lungs were.

"After I drink this I can come. But" I interrupted the blue-haired boy before he could start his victory dance. "That means the dinner will be delayed." I warned, being sure that the younger blader would let me be. To my surprise he didn't.

"I guess I can wait for awhile."

I could see even Kai's eyes widen a little as Takao said this. It was the first time ever, he put something before dinner.

After the enthusiastic youth had went back outside I spoke. "He must have hit his head really hard."

"His brains have just frozen completely." The captain shrugged making me chuckle. "He will start whining when he's hungry and forgets about what he said."

"True." I said thinking. Then a mischievous smile crept on my lips. "But I guess I can make him suffer a little."

"Are you intentionally trying to make my headache come back?" He asked raising an eyebrow. I really liked it when he did that. Well, I liked almost everything he did.

"Not really. Just trying to make your life little harder." I replied drinking the chocolate to hide my smile.

"Like it isn't hard enough already." He muttered quietly before also taking a sip of the warm drink. He probably didn't mean it for my ears.


"Rei I'm hungry!" Takao whined. I was surprised that it had taken this long for him to start. I had been outside with the others for more than an hour now. The place was really pretty amazing. Of course we had been to many places where had been snow, but we never had time, energy or enthusiasm to do anything outside. So this was actually the first time I found pleasure from snow.

We had had a snowball fight, which my team (me and Kenny) won. The downhill the blue-haired boy had talked was actually quite enjoyable as we could continue the fall to the ice that covered the lake. Normally I would be kind of afraid of going on the ice, but Tommi had told us that the ice was more that half meters thick, so it held us up easily.

When I mentioned about this to Takao, he hadn't believed me. Luckily away from the jetty, that started from the front of the sauna, was a hole in the ice for swimming so the youth could check it himself. So we went there and looked and even the Chief was impressed.

"I am getting little cold too." Max said. "We should probably go inside already."

"Takao, I hope you realize that you have to wait probably an hour before we have dinner." I said smirking.

"Not fair!" He complained.

"It was your idea that I came outside. You knew the consequences." I said matter-of-factly as I walked to the porch to clean myself from most of the snow. I checked that the others didn't bring too much snow inside, because it would melt and the whole hallway would be flooded with water. So I went in the last closing the door behind me.

What a nice feeling it was to step inside a warm house from the snowy yard. I almost run into Max's back as they all had stopped at the doorway to the living room.

Kai was sitting on one of the couches watching casually the TV, but that wasn't the object of their attention. I followed their gazes to notice the dinner table was already set. And now that you thought about it, I could smell that someone (in this case the captain) had made the dinner already.

"It looks like you don't have to wait after all." I spoke snapping the others out of the shock. I pushed the boys before me further inside to make them walk.

"Are you sure it's eatable?" Takao whispered to me.

"You don't know until you taste it." I answered as the others made their way to the kitchen. Instead of following I bend over the couch to speak to Kai.

"How sweet of you, to cook for us." I whispered, almost giving him a light kiss on the cheek. What was I doing? If I really was going to keep my feelings hidden I wasn't doing a great job. Okay, I have to admit that I hadn't given my best to hide them before, but at this rate I would tell him directly in couple of days.

"Just trying to avoid another headache." He replied still staring at the screen.

"Well, I know you haven't eaten yet, so you might as well join us." I said before going to sit with the others. After a while the TV shut down and even the phoenix came to the table.

The Dragoon's blader was poking his food earning a death-glare from the captain.

"For the last time Takao, you aren't getting a food poisoning from it." The blue-eyed youth assured. "This is delicious, honestly."

The midnight-haired boy glanced at the other doubting. "You are telling the truth, right?"

"I was wondering, when you would start a diet." Kai stated sarcastically.

"No one's forcing you to eat." I said sighing but continued with a smile. "Because that means more food for us." I reached out to take more, but before I could, the dragon had already eaten his plate empty and was filling it again.

I felt like I had in wicked kind of way managed to make my Ice Prince melt a little. It was after all the first time he had actually done something like this for the team. I was now one step closer to the goal of this vacation. I had decided to make Kai open up in these nine days we were still staying here.

TBC


Chiaki-chan: There it is! Almost six pages worth nothing! I hope you still can read it further, even thought this chapter was pretty pointless… Okay I admit this whole fic is just to unload my three o'clock in the morning inspiration. First I wasn't even going to post this.

Anyway. Please review trying to make the best puppy eyes she can

Thanks you very very very much for the previous reviews. I was positively surprised that I actually got any. Hope you still keep reading.

And to Bluumberry: I'm working on the feeling thing. I'm aware that have a bad habit to start write monotonously and I think it is even worse now that I write in first person point of view, when I normally write in third. Thank you very much from the constructive review. hugs