Authoress' Notes: YAY! I finally reached the point of no return! grins I, personally, consider this my favourite chapter. So read on, folks, and enjoy!

Warnings: Yaoi, lemon, language – adult content in general. Don't like? Don't read.

Disclaimer: Kali does not own Beyblade or Gravitation.

Pairing: TyKa

07: Predilection

Once back at the hotel, Tyson dropped down on the sofa with a happy little sigh. "That was just awesome, Kai! You were so right about Bad Luck being really good, and Shuichi and his band were so nice, too! I can't believe they're really going to send something autographed for Hilary, just like that!"

Kai made a sound to show he was listening and took off his jacket, hanging it up in the coat closet. All the way back, sitting beside a chattering bluenette in the car, he'd been thinking about what Yuki had said to him. And he'd come to the decision that it was now, or never. He would likely never have a better opportunity, and it was highly likely that he would chicken out at any other time. The problem was, he was nervous as hell. He didn't think Tyson was homophobic – especially since he hadn't seemed to react at all to Yuki's announcement that he was Shuichi's lover – and Kai knew Tyson probably wouldn't start hating him now, after all this time, just because it happened that Kai was in love with another guy…but the fact that it was Tyson that he was in love with probably would make Tyson wary of him, and Kai wasn't sure he could stand that.

Still, there was no living life without taking a few risks. Kai rubbed his suddenly damp palms on his jeans and walked into the sitting area to join Tyson on the couch. He didn't know how he was going to say it, or even bring up the subject.

Tyson stretched out his legs and yawned. "I didn't think I'd be tired after all that great music, but I guess I'm getting a little sleepy." He reached up and undid the tie of his hair, shaking it out and running his fingers through it – much to Kai's delight. "Are you tired?"

Kai cleared his throat and looked away, hiding the glint in his eyes. "Not really."

"Huh. Well, did you want to do something? We could watch a movie, or use the hot tub again…oh! We should order some room service. Do you think they're still open for that?" Tyson got up and went looking for a menu.

"Whatever you want." Kai said, not really caring about that one way or the other. Oh, hell. I should just tell him. There's no way I'll get around to saying it otherwise. He shivered mentally, wishing he had some other way to communicate his feelings other than just blurting them out. But he really didn't. "Uh…listen, Tyson…there's something I want to…"

"Ah ha! Here it is!" Tyson grinned and lifted the menu from a drawer, waving it in the air. He didn't realize Kai was trying to say something, and in truth, he was trying really hard to keep calm because he knew the big moment where he confessed his undying love was rapidly approaching. Gods that's soooo corny! Can I be any more pathetic? He wondered with an internal grimace. Trying to postpone the moment as long as he could, Tyson kept on talking. "I could go for some Chinese tonight. That should make my stomach happy until breakfast tomorrow. Let's see…fried rice, wanton soup, chicken balls, beef and greens…do you like egg rolls, Kai?"

"I don't care what you get, Kinomiya." Kai ground out, annoyed. Here he was, trying to tell the bluenette something really important, and all the guy could think about was food! "Are you even listening to me?"

"Huh? Of course I am." Tyson scanned the pages of the menu intently. "Something on your mind? Oh! Gotta get spring rolls, too."

"Could you put the menu down for a few minutes?" Kai glared at the offensive booklet. "I'm trying to…"

"Hold that thought!" Tyson waved a hand at him, picking up the phone and dialling. "Let me order, and then I'll put it away."

Kai stared at him incredulously. What does it take to get his complete and undivided attention? Do I have to offer him food first! Folding his arms and coming really close to a petulant pout, the older teen scowled darkly at his rival. What was it I see in him again? He waited, foot tapping impatiently, while Tyson rattled off an order over the phone and then hung up.

"Okay! Twenty minutes, they said. So, you had something to say?" Tyson bounced back down on the sofa facing Kai, looking at him attentively.

Kai gave him a glare and sniffed, getting up and making as if to leave Tyson alone.

"Hey! What'd I do? Kai…" Tyson's face fell and he jumped up, too, realizing he must have done something to offend his former captain. He quickly laid a hand on Kai's stiff shoulder and pleaded, "Wait…"

Spinning around, Kai was right in Tyson's face as he ground out, "Why! You're much more interested in food at the moment to bother listening to me when I'm sitting there trying to tell you that I'm in love with you and that I was hoping that you would be interested in trying out a relationship, but no! You're more excited about egg rolls!"

Tyson's eyes were impossibly wide as he listened to Kai's rant and the phrase he thought he'd heard, but couldn't possibly have… "Wha…what? Did you just…I mean, you…" He gasped disbelievingly. "No way. There's no way!"

Annoyed anger falling away to be replaced by hurt, Kai backed away, carefully shutting out any emotion from showing on his face. "You're right. How could I have been thinking that maybe I was a little more important to you than food. Stupid me. Forget it, Tyson. I should never have…"

It was sheer panic that launched Tyson at Kai and had him throwing his arms around Kai's neck to cling desperately. "NO! Wait a minute! I'm sorry, Kai, really! I didn't…I mean I had no idea…" he buried his face in Kai's neck, shaking with emotion. "Do you really? 'Cause if it was just a joke or something, it's not nice to tell me that when I was going to tell you the same thing…" He said softly, hoping against hope.

Kai stiffened even more, then nearly went limp, raising his arms to hesitantly curl them around Tyson. "You…were going to tell me that you're in love with me? Seriously?" He asked, wondering if he'd begun hearing things.

Tyson nodded against his neck. "Yes." He nuzzled with his nose and couldn't help smiling at the tentative embrace from his love. "It was what motivated me to win those tickets in the first place. I thought…I figured it would give me a chance to be alone with you and…you know, tell you how I felt…" the bluenette's face burned flaming red. "Kind of stupid, huh?"

Kai was turning pink, too, but he wasn't about to push Tyson away – not now that he had him in his arms. "Not at all. Or if it was, then I'm guilty, too."

Tyson pulled back and looked up into his eyes, blinking. "Really?" His mouth turned up into a smile that grew into a grin, and he laughed. "Gods, we are hopeless, aren't we?"

"Speak for yourself, Kinomiya." Kai growled, arms tightening around him. He turned his head a little to rest his head on Tyson's as the bluenette let his cheek rest on Kai's shoulder again, face turned into Kai's neck.

"I really am sorry, Kai. I was so nervous earlier, about telling you how I felt, and I was just…" A note of embarrassment crept into Tyson's voice. "Anyway, I'm glad we've gotten this out in the open between us. Finally…" He snuggled into Kai's embrace with a purring sound. "You're nice and warm."

"As long as you don't go showering undo amounts of affection on me in public…" Kai warned, taking Tyson by the hand and tugging him to the sofa, where he dropped down onto it and grabbed the remote, flicking on the television. Tyson snickered and shook his head, trying to look innocent.

"Would I do that?"

"Yes, you would. Here, find a movie." Kai tossed the remote at Tyson.

"Sure." Tyson sat down right next to him, and smiled when Kai pulled him up against his side to lean on the crimson-eyed teen and draped an arm around his shoulders. "So can I 'shower undo amounts of affection' on you when we're not in public?" He asked cheekily.

"Only if I can, too." Kai teased huskily, brushing a kiss over Tyson's temple and rubbing his arm. The bluenette shivered and nodded.

"Only you, Kai. You are my predilection." He looked up at an angle and met Kai's eyes for a moment before they went out of focus and his own slid closed as Kai leaned in and tentatively placed his lips on the bluenette's. Tyson pushed back, returning the kiss, and threaded his fingers through Kai's hair to hold his head and keep him from breaking the contact. Kai didn't complain. He was perfectly happy to keep his lips right where they were. And Tyson's fingers in his hair, gently massaging his scalp as they slowly explored each other for the first time, felt so much better than he'd ever imagined (and he'd done a lot of that). He raised a hand to tilt the bluenette's head a little more, deepening the kiss as he stroked Tyson's jaw and traced his features with questing fingertips.

After a few more minutes of that, the two teens broke apart slowly, noses nudging and lips occasionally still brushing against each other. Kai let his forehead rest against Tyson's with closed eyes as one hand ran lazily up and down his arm from shoulder to wrist.

"That was really cheesy, you know." He finally said, his voice a little rough. Tyson made a questioning noise, sure his voice wasn't going to work properly at the moment.

"Hmm?"

"'You are my predilection?'" Kai repeated, smirking when Tyson swatted his shoulder half-heartedly in protest. "Cheesy. And such a big word, too…"

"Maybe." The younger blader shrugged and licked his lips, looking up into Kai's eyes. "It's just the truth, though. Ah…I've kind of had a thing for you for…oh, going on five years now, I suppose." Tyson blushed hotly at the admission, and Kai's eyes widened a bit.

"That long?" Kai whistled quietly. "You sure did a good job of hiding it, then, because I had no idea. But I guess I've…felt the same way for just as long, too." He let Tyson cuddle against his side, his head resting on Kai's shoulder.

"Well, you were really good at hiding your feelings from me, too, you know." Tyson returned, his arm lying on Kai's thigh, his hand on Kai's knee. He gave it a fond squeeze. "I can't believe we had the same idea with this concert and the contest!"

Kai chuckled and shrugged. "Great minds and all that."

"Heh." The bluenette smiled and snuggled closer.

A knock at the door pulled Tyson out of Kai's arms and sent him dashing to answer it. "Food! I'm starved." Kai (though he'd never admit it) pouted to himself at once again losing Tyson's attention to filling his stomach.

Tyson came back wheeling the serving cart loaded with their meal a few minutes later. "You are going to help me eat all this, aren't you? It's been hours since we last ate." He asked, grabbing a plate and a pair of chopsticks for himself. Sighing, the older teen got up and joined his dragon at the cart to fill a plate of his own.

They sat on the floor at the glass coffee table to eat, side by side, so that they could watch TV – not that there was anything on to watch, really.

At one point, Kai glanced at his boyfriend and saw an opportunity. Not one to pass one up when it arose, he purred, "Ty-son…" to gain his attention.

The bluenette looked at him questioningly. "Mmm hmm?" He made a humming noise of inquiry since his mouth was full of spring roll. And then nearly dropped his chopsticks when Kai reached out, slid a hand over the back of his neck to pull him close enough that he could lean in and place a kiss to the corner of his mouth, his tongue flicking out to clean away the sticky, sweet and sour red liquid there. Then he pressed his lips firmly to Tyson's briefly and sat back again. Tyson made a strangled noise and cleared his throat before he could say, "What was that for?"

"You had sauce on your face." Kai told him blandly, eyes fixated on the TV screen. Tyson stared at him for a full minute, then quietly set his chopsticks down, eyes narrowing deviously. He waited until Kai finished chewing and swallowed before he made a move of his own.

"Hey, Kai?"

"What…ooph!" Kai let out a surprised grunt as he was knocked over, tackled by the younger teen, and found his mouth captured in a lusty, heated kiss that left him breathless and hungry for more. When the bluenette finally let him come up for air, he sucked in a few needy breaths and panted, "You're nuts, you know that?"

"I could say something cheesy again, but I'll refrain." Tyson sat up again, grinning like the Cheshire cat, with a hot gleam in his storm-blue eyes. "Besides, that's what you get for teasing."

"Hmm…really, now?" Kai licked his lips and eyed Tyson consideringly. "If that's what I get for teasing, imagine what I'd get if I was serious…" Getting up onto his hands and knees, he crawled up to Tyson, who smiled seductively and got to his feet, holding out a hand to Kai in invitation.

"That, my love, is something you don't have to imagine." He promised as Kai took his hand and rose. He let Kai tug in him into his arms, grabbing onto his muscular upper arms for balance when he was bent backward slightly over Kai's arm around his waist. "I'd be happy to demonstrate…" Tyson murmured a moment before Kai's mouth descended on his own and wiped his mind blank of everything but what all five of his senses were telling him – they were screaming 'Kai' in such vivid detail that it made him a little bit dizzy. His hands moved of their own accord, trusting Kai to hold them both upright as his hands drove fingers through dual-shaded hair and Tyson moaned softly.

The sound of it sent shivers down Kai's spine and he released the bluenette just enough that he could look down into his hazy expression without going cross-eyed. "Are you still hungry?" He asked, pressing Tyson closer to his body with the hand spread at the small of his back. Tyson shook his head, trying to kiss Kai again – though his phoenix wasn't cooperating at the moment.

With a huff of annoyance at not being allowed to continue what they'd been doing, the dragon stuck out his bottom lip in a pout and stared unabashedly at Kai's mouth. "Not for food." He growled, hooking an arm around Kai's neck. "Kiss me again, Kai…"

"Good." The older teen moved, backing him around the couch in the direction of the bedroom. "I'm not either." He bent and took Tyson's mouth again in a scorching kiss, finding he was rapidly becoming addicted to the intoxicating taste and heady scent of the younger teen currently shivering in delight in his arms. And the sounds he was making struck chords of sensation somewhere deep in his very core that made Kai tremble slightly in response. He broke away, breathing heavily, Tyson making protesting noises and trying to draw him back down for more, and dropped smaller kisses across his flushed cheeks and closed eyes. "Tyson…if this is going too fast, stop me…"

"Kai, it's not going fast enough." Tyson complained, arching against him as one of his hands snuck under his shirt to splay across his bare back. "Ah-hh! Oh my god…" He buried his face in Kai's shoulder and gripped his arms again. "I've wanted this for too long. Don't back out on me now!"

"Believe me, I don't plan on it." Kai vowed, his voice growing husky and his eyes smouldering as he slowly slid his hands to Tyson's hips and lifted him up. Tyson squeaked and wrapped his arms and legs around Kai, startled. He looked down into Kai's eyes and cupped his face in one palm, thumb stroking Kai's lips which parted minutely at the caress, as the phoenix made his way to the bedroom.

"I love you." He said, their gazes never breaking as Kai lowered him down to one bed and joined him, covering Tyson's body with his own. Kai's breathing hitched and his entire expression softened. But when he opened his mouth to return the emotion, Tyson laid his finger across his lips, halting the words. "No, you don't have to say it. I know." A wicked little glint sparkled in his eyes and he grinned. "Besides, right now I'd rather you showed me, instead…"

Kai gave a short laugh and proceeded to do just that.

Fin Ende Owari

Authoress' Notes: And that's all I wrote…for ffnet, that is. winks There is a little bit more…of a particularly citrus-y flavour, to be found elsewhere. See my bio for links, or go to my MSN space for more info (link also found in my bio). I hope you all enjoyed this little Easter fic, that took me way too long to write. sighs Will I ever be caught up? Please R/R!

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