Chapter 18

"'Cause I wanna hear the thunder, I wanna scream. Let the rain fall down. I'm coming clean."

-Hilary Duff

The wind played with Tyson's hair as he laid in the grass. Kai was out and Rei and Max were enjoying each other's company, so Tyson had some free time to relax and think about things. He had to admit he had grown quite fond of Kai, and didn't mind when Ray and Max were doing something together, but he would never say it out loud.

The snapping of a twig altered Tyson of someone's approach. Sitting up Tyson glanced around the area, but couldn't find anyone. About to go back to lying down he heard another sound and stiffened. "Tyson," a familiar voice from a bush outside the gate called. Crawling over to the bush Tyson found his brother sitting there (still human). A smile spread across Hiro's face, but Tyson didn't smile back. "I was worried after our last meeting that you wouldn't want to talk to me."

"I wasn't sure if I wanted to," Tyson replied in a sad tone. He was finally starting to get over the fact that his brother didn't want him, and here he was now.

Hearing the hurt in Tyson's voice Hiro stopped smiling. Silence passed between the two before Hiro spoke. "Tyson, I know you're upset with me about leaving you, but we can't go back to having things the way they used to be. Besides, Anthony tells me that Kai is possessive, so I don't think things would go back to normal even if I wasn't a werewolf."

"But if we had never gone on the camping trip than everything would be normal right now wouldn't it?" Tyson asked, even though he knew the answer.

"I'd like to say yes, but something tells me no." Needless to say Hiro's answer surprised Tyson, he had been sure Hiro was going to say yes. "I don't know why," Hiro went on, "But I think Kai and Rei would have found you and Max anyway. Call it intuition if you want, but I can't help but think that."

Tyson chuckled. "You're probably right. In the end you would have been rid of me no matter what, and then you would be happy." The confused look on Hiro's face made Tyson scowl. "Don't pretend that you want me around. You never wanted me there! You were always pushing me away!"

"Is that what you think?" Hiro asked softly, his voice laced with concern. "Tyson, I will admit when I was little I was upset that Mom died giving birth to you, and I tried to hate you at first, but I never could. As years passed I grew fond of you, but I was never sure how to act around you. When you were little strange things happened around you, and I didn't know what to do. Also, one moment I'd be in the room with you and you would be sad, then I would leave and when I would come back you'd be happier than ever. I could never understand you, and so to avoid doing anything that might upset you I stayed away."

"Really?" Tyson was too stunned to say anything else.

"Yes."

"Then how come when I hug you, you push me away?" Tyson asked.

"Because you confuse me, and I don't know how to respond."

"Oh."

An awkward silence passed between the two brothers. "Tyson," Hiro began, breaking the silence. "Have you told them what happened yet?" Tyson shook his head. "Maybe you should tell them. Who knows, maybe one of them will understand what you're going through."

"Yeah maybe," Tyson said barely above a whisper.

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"Rei, where are you?" Max yelled as he made his way down the hall. Rei had said he wanted to show Max something and would be back in a little bit, but a half an hour had passed and Rei still hadn't come back. Having grown tried of waiting Max had began searching for Rei, but still couldn't find his lover. "Rei if you're here then- hmph!"

Max was pinned to a wall, his back facing his attacker, or more precisely his lover. Rei smirked and rested his head on Max's shoulder and breathed into his ear. "What took you so long?" Licking Max's cheek he was able to make the blonde blush.

Pouting Max turned his head so he could face Rei. "You meanie, you lied to me so you could do this to me, didn't you? You're mean."

Chuckling Rei wrapped his arms around Max's waist and pulled the blond closer to him. "Oh you don't enjoy it?" Rei said teasingly, as he brushed his lips across Max's neck, making the blonde whimper.

"I do, but-" Max was cut off as someone cleared their throat. Blushing a deeper shade of crimson Max pulled away from Rei. "Oh hey Tyson, I didn't know you were there."

Not bothering to stall Tyson said what he wanted to say. "I have something to tell you guys and Kai, and once Kai gets back here I'll tell all of you."

"Guess that means you'll tell us now," a deep voice came from the shadows. Within seconds Kai stood behind Tyson. Sighing Tyson knew it was time to tell them what had happened the night he tried to escape.

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Silence filled the room when Tyson finished his story. Not wanting stick around any longer Tyson left, Max following behind him, but the two vampires stayed behind.

"Kai?" Rei asked gently, he knew Kai was going to want to kill someone after hearing this new piece of information.

Kai didn't respond at first to Rei. He was busy thinking up ways to hurt Hiro, of course he wasn't going to do anything until Tyson gave him the okay, but that didn't mean he couldn't plot. As his thoughts went deeper he came across a surprising revelation. "My brother blushed—I knew he was an uke.