Ok, so here's chapter 2, I was quick, ne? It's not as long as I'd like it to be, but if I strain myself to make it pointlessly longer, I'll end up giving myself writer's block. Oh well, hope you like it.

For warnings and disclaimer, see the first chapter.

Oh, and I found out that I had a setting on that prevented anonymous users from reviewing, so I fixed it. Anonymous reader, feel free to review till your heart's content.

AUGUST 14th 2005: Chapter revised and edited. Hope it's a little better now…

"No! Rei…. how could you?" he screamed.

Kai was drowning, the endless expanse of water completely surrounding and suffocating him. He made no effort to fight his way back up to the surface. His heart hurt so much; it felt as if it would explode with hopelessness and sadness. He really didn't care if he lived or died at this point. He found himself thinking that death would be the better option.

Rei had meant absolutely everything to him, and now, without him he had nothing. Nothing to live for. He felt as if he would never smile or laugh again, even if he did manage to survive. Nothing would make him happy, nothing would erase the pain.

Suddenly, someone's words broke through the darkness, pulling him towards the surface again. The voice was...no, it couldn't be!

The voice belonged to Rei.

"Kai! Kai, wake up! WAKE UP!" came the frantic voice of the very same sweet neko-jin Kai loved with all his heart.

He opened his eyes to find a very worried-looking Rei standing over him, his hand gently shaking Kai's shoulder.

Kai let out a sigh of relief as he blinked his eyes a few times, surveying the dark interior of the hotel room he shared with Rei.

"Kai, are you all right?" the raven-haired boy asked, the worry evident in his voice. "You were tossing and turning so furiously you woke me up. Are you sure you're feeling ok?" Rei leaned over and placed his hand on Kai's forehead.

Kai thanked any god that was listening that it was still dark, knowing that a blush was creeping upon his cheeks at the touch of Rei's hand on his head.

"Well, at least you don't have a fever" Rei stated, sounding a little less worried and a lot more tired.

"What time is it?" Kai asked groggily.

"It's about 2:30 am" The neko-jin responded with a yawn.

"Go back to sleep" Kai said firmly. "I'll be all right".

Rei seemed to contemplate this for a moment.

"Are you sure you'll be fine? Maybe you're sick! I'll go wake the others." Rei continued on, ignoring Kai's order. His worriedness seemed to be increasing by the second.

Rei turned to face the direction of the door. Kai shot up in his bed and quickly grasped Rei's wrist.

He looked Rei directly in the eyes.

"Rei, really, I'm fine! It was just a nightmare, that's all." He let go of Rei's wrist. "Now, go back to bed...please."

Rei's eyes widened in shock, Kai had never said "please" to anyone since they had first met.

Rei sighed and Kai saw the younger boy's body relax. The "please" had done the trick.

"M'kay" Rei half-yawned as he padded off to his own bed and slipped beneath the covers. "But I'm still worried about you" he added quietly.

Kai stood up and headed for the bathroom. He was dripping with sweat, and he desperately needed a shower. He reached the bathroom and flicked on the light, squinting as his eyes adjusted from the darkness of the other room. He stared disgustedly at the reflection of himself in the mirror. His face had lost all of its' colour, and he looked rather sickly.

I'm a coward Kai cursed himself maliciously.

This was the third time he had that dream this week, and he knew what it was about. Kai knew that head slowly fallen in love with Rei. He didn't know if it was natural, but he had known for a while now that he kept having thoughts about Rei that were more than "just friendly". He was more comfortable when Rei was around, and he even went easier on him then the rest of the bladebreakers. Rei was always on his mind. He loved the way Rei smiled, loved the sound of his laughter, and wanted nothing more than to make him happy.

But, Rei would never think of him the same way, yet alone love him.

I'm supposed to be having these kinds of feelings about girls he thought as he ran his hand through his thick slate-coloured hair.

He undressed quickly and entered the shower. A short while later he emerged from the bathroom, clean, dry, and wearing a fresh set of pyjamas.

Rei was sound asleep, the comforting sounds of his quiet breathing filling the almost silent room.

He looks so cute when he's sleeping. Kai smiled as he moved quietly to sit on the edge of the younger boy's bed.

For a while, he just sat and stared, taking in Rei's beauty. He watched Rei's chest moved slowly up and down as he slept peacefully. Kai slowly stretched his fingers out in the direction of Rei's face. He wanted so badly just to touch him, to run his fingers along the soft sun kissed skin of Rei's cheek.

As silently and as steadily as he could, he moved his tingling fingers closer and closer towards Rei's beautiful face.

Closer...closer...only an inch away now...

Rei chose that very moment to stir in his sleep, mumbling something incoherent and rolling over onto his other side.

Kai hurriedly snapped his hand back. Shaking his head, he removed himself from Rei's bed. His heart was thundering in his chest, so loudly he wondered how it didn't wake Rei.

Kai could never tell him his true feelings, if Rei rejected him, it would be too much to bear. If Rei didn't love him back, there would never be any hope; at least if he said nothing, he could always have that sense of hope. Plus, if it turned out that Rei didn't return his feelings, it was very likely that he would leave the bladebreakers and re-join his old team, he would probably feel uncomfortable around Kai from that point on.

Kai didn't want to loose Rei, even if that meant bottling his feelings up inside.

Maybe someday I'll tell him.

Kai turned around and headed back to his own bed. He crawled under the now cold covers and shivered, bringing them up so that only his head protruded above the blankets.

Taking one last look at the beautiful boy sleeping soundly in the next bed over, Kai fell into a deep slumber, with just a hint of a smile across his lips.

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