AND REI WINS IT! By about 15 votes by my erratic count. Thanks for voteing for such a fun chapter to write.

Warning for a drop of lime.

LOVE YOU ALL. Please enjoy. X3


Rei drew rock, Max and Takao both drew paper.

"Well Rei, you and Kai are a lot alike… You understand him…"

"Yeah, understand that tender heart of his."

"You might actually live through this if Kai wakes up, statistically you stand a good chance."

Rei began creeping though the dark bedrooms, passing his own bed with an urge to hurl himself on it and hide from the world. Fighting off this base instinct, Rei pressed on.

Kai was lying on his side, away from the partially open door to the hall. Rei took the final soft steps and then stood over the still form of his captain. He half expected Kai to wake and ask in that terribly cold I'm going to kill you in about .5 seconds voice what Rei thought he was doing.

So be it.

Kai didn't move though, for the several seconds Rei stood looking down on Kai's relaxed, clear face, neither moved. Rei wondered why Kai wore the blue shark fins on his face, without them, he wasn't as old as he acted and looked. He was Kai, just Kai, who had to stand up for himself, act and look older to be treated older, respected, distant, cold, protected, safe. Kai the great pretender.

Cautiously, Rei lifted one corner of the duvet, slid down onto the mattress, and lay still and silent on his back, trying to tell himself this was just a bet.

Rei felt Kei tense and shift when he'd climbed under the covers, and concentrated on regular breathing and self restraint as Kai sighed fretfully, and rolled over onto his stomach. Rei relaxed after a few tense seconds, and then began breathing normally. He was almost about to fall asleep winning the bet when Kai moved again, drawing closer to Rei, to the warmth and breath, to Rei, pulling him closer with one arm across his shoulders.

Rei lay in Kai's arms, bet forgotten, heart beat frantic, breathing irregular. Kai was holding him. Lying on his side with his arms around Rei, keeping him close. Rei lay quite still, realizing belatedly as Kai smirked against his bare shoulder, and his hand started stroking Rei's abdomen, that Kai wasn't asleep at all.

"$60 Rei? Kai's whisper was a warm breath across his chest. "You should know better then to bet on me."

"Kai-" Rei gasped as Kai's hand slipped across the waist band of his pajama pants, then slid under the silk.

"Shh Rei," Kai smirked again, his dark eye luminescent against the lack of light, by now only half lying beside Rei, looking down at him panting softly. "Don't let the other know Rei, you don't want to loose the bet."


Squeeeeeee. Love this pairing.

Max will probably be next, and I hope you guys enjoy that too. I love Max.

On a further note, the other chapters will vary; Kai will have different reactions to different people. 83

On a side note, an anonymous reviewer voted for Kenny. Wow. I must say I was knocked on my ass by that one. I thought about suggesting Chief at the end of chapter 1, then I was like, no way, no one'll vote Kyuchi! Well haul out the tar and kill the chickens.
I really don't know if I have the… skills to write a Kenny chapter Anon, but I will try, try hard for you, and anyone else who ever thought before they sent in a vote, "Gee, we never see any Kai, Kenny interaction!"

Thanks alot for reading and for your reveiws. It's been homesliced. XD