Disclaimer: Sadly, I am not in possession of a highly successful Japanese television show…but it would be kinda fun if I was.
Yeah, so, I'm messing around a little with the point of view in this chapter. Yeah. So, sorry if it's confusing and…yeah. Reviews.
Jani Rieme: Ohoho, do not you worry! They will have of their moment…I must be having of the stop talking weird.
Kawaii Neko-jin Lover: We should all have one of those for ourselves though, shouldn't we? XD
VGMaster04: I have now! And thanks. Y'know, even when I try to write serious stuff, people laugh. So it's better if I at least try and make it slightly funny.
CHIBI Majik: Depends on your sens of humor. And the way you read it and interpret it into images in your head, if you're one of the people who does that. I know I do. And thankyou! I feel extremely privileged.
tntiggris: Thankies! I don't even remember where the idea came from! And yeah, I do rock don't I? P
Shadow Lynx: That's because it is obsessive! But then, we all are aren't we? Go on, admit it…P---- Read and find out. :3
BloodyShadows-D.A: Sowwy! Does he know what? Am I confused? Have I already forgotten everything from the last chapter? 'O
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Reis1gurl: Super awesome eh? Not just plain old awesome? Or even pretty awesome? Wow, I'm better than I thought! Thanks!
ray-is-sexy: Same indeed. Dreams have hidden meanings that are near impossible to interpret with your waking mind. Your subconscious is just so much smarter:3 So, you will, will you? Well, you can stop wait now! (without meaning to mock you. I think it's a cool way to say it – wait instead of waiting)
Kai looked up from the kitchen as Rei came through the open doorway. The neko's hair was out and slightly damp, and he was running his fingers through it as he walked into the room.
Rei seemed surprised to see Kai cooking, but he smiled and sniffed the air.
"Mmm, smells good. What is it?"
Kai looked suspiciously at Rei's cheery smile. He studied the younger boy's face for a moment, trying to decide whether he was trying as hard as he was to forget about what had happened before in the training room. The whole time he kept his usual expression, his eyes half closed in a sort of bored look which almost made Rei think that his question had gone in one ear and straight out the other.
"It's biscuits," came the emotionless reply. "You want some?" It didn't really sound like a question – more like he was just saying it in a half-arsed effort to keep up the conversation they were having.
Rei nodded and licked his lips. "Yes please." He picked up a chocolate chip biscuit from the tray and bit into it. It crumbled slowly into pieces in his mouth and the chocolate melted on his tongue. "Mmm. Still warm."
"Just the way you like it." Before Rei could work out exactly what Kai had meant by this, their three other team mates came bouncing down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Foooood!" Takao called happily as he squeezed in between Rei and Kai and grabbed a biscuit.
"Chocolate!" cried Max, taking one of his own.
"It's not exactly lunch, but I'm starved!" Kyoujyu piped up, taking one of his own as Takao picked up a second, then a third.
"Alright, alright, get the fuck away," Kai told them. He picked one up and popped it into his mouth. "Leave some for me."
Rei smiled as he watched Kai attempt to fight off the three excitable young bladers. Kai waved his spatula at them. Just as Takao was going in for sixths, Rei decided it was time to do some research.
"I'm going up to my room," he announced.
Kai looked up over the bouncing heads of the three teens surrounding him. "You're always up there lately. You hardly ever come out."
"So sue me," Rei shrugged. "If it's a criminal offence to spend time alone with a good book, then get your lawyers on the case."
Kai smirked as Rei hurried back up the staircase into the hallway. He didn't spend much time out here, Kai thought. So back up to his room again. I wonder what's so good he just has to read? I hardly ever cook. It's not that like him to turn it down when I offer it to him. (A/N: That's a sexual reference people! Number three! I have to get two in this chappie because I missed the last one.) What's in his room that's so important? Actually, that reminds me…Kai put down his spatula and let Takao, Max and Kyoujyu attack the biscuits while he took the short trip up to his bedroom.
Once inside, he shut the door behind him and walked briskly over to the opposite wall to open a window. Kai breathed in the fresh air and then flopped down on the bed. After a few seconds, though, he got up and carefully locked the bolt on his bedroom door. Then he took a few steps across the room until he was standing in front of his wardrobe. He opened the door. There inside, he found what he was looking for. A line in the wall – the outline of a doorway.
He slowly ran his fingers along the crack until he found the right spot. (A/N: Number four…sometimes I don't know what the hell I'm doing, seriously.) Then he pushed hard, and the door opened. Kai stepped into his shrine. He had not been here for a while.
He sighed. Everything seemed to be in order. Except…one of the drawers was hanging slightly open. He hadn't left it like that, had he? Kai glanced at the floor. Where the heck was his diary?
Kai groaned and shut his eyes. "Oh shit…"
Meanwhile, Rei had also locked his door, and he was busy flipping through Kai's old diary until he found a page of interest. It mentioned his name several times. Rei began to read.
'I don't mean to do it. I don't mean to follow Rei this much. I never thought I would. I'm becoming sort of obsessed. I plan to stop, I mean, what kind of psycho would stalk someone without being guilty about what they're doing? Hopefully Rei won't notice and this will all be over soon.
So If I confess – which I am most certainly not going to do – I imagine that things would be incredibly different. Rei would lose his respect for me. So would everyone else. But I am mainly worried about Rei. I don't want to lose him. He's doing something to me – making me go all soft. I know it's wrong to love another man, but I do. I will always love him. I will forever love Rei Kon.'
Rei snapped the diary shut, his heart pounding like a jackhammer. "But…but…no…" were the only words that escaped his lips. He shook his head so hard that he could hear the blood pumping through it. This was impossible. But there was no other explanation. All this time, Rei thought. All this time…this is what he's been hiding?
Rei suddenly felt extremely dirty. He dropped the diary. One of the pages fell out. Rei glanced at it. The four words that stood out the most: 'I love Rei Kon.' Rei stuffed the page back into the diary and bolted out of his room and down the hallway. He was halfway to Kai's room when he ran into someone.
Rei let out a cry as he fell. Kai's diary slipped from his hand and landed on the floor, the loose page once again coming out and floating down beside it.
"Get up." Rei heard a cold, harsh growl. He winced as he looked up. It was Kai – the last person he wanted to see right now. Rei didn't move.
"I said get up!" Kai commanded, and this time Rei obeyed. He scrambled to his feet and leaned against the wall to stop his knees from knocking together. His eyes were cast down to avoid looking Kai straight in the eyes.
"It may not be an offence to be alone in your room with a good book, but when that 'good book' is your team captain's personal diary, you don't do it, Rei! You just don't!"
Rei chanced a quick look up at Kai. He looked furious, all steamed up and red in the face. Rei had never seen him like this. He knew he had done wrong, but Kai had done something worse.
"I just wanted to know why…" Rei whimpered, hurt showing clearly in his voice.
"How much did you find out!" Kai demanded hotly.
"Everything…" Rei said. Then he remembered something. "Kai, Kai, before you say anything else, I want to tell you something. I had a dream like yours, that one in the field, I had one like that. You said something about – about slipping away. Kai, I want to know what it means!"
Kai looked at Rei with surprise. He seemed to calm down a bit and looked instead rather thoughtful. "So…the same dream?"
Rei nodded, glad that Kai had stopped being so angry. "Almost…I sort of got sucked into a vortex in mine. And I only just had that dream today. You said you'd watch me…slowly slip away."
Kai's mood softened with Rei's every word. He looked so small and fragile, so harmless, so…cute. He had never actually used that word to describe Rei before, but right now it just seemed so appropriate. "Rei…that is exactly what I don't want you to do." Kai was taken aback by the words he had just spoken. Expecting the worst, he quickly turned to walk away.
Rei couldn't bear it. He flung out his arm and grasped Kai's hand in his, stopping him from leaving. Kai turned in surprise and studied Rei's eyes, searching for any sign that this was all just some cruel joke. He didn't see a trace of this. Either Rei felt the way that Kai had wished he did all this time, or he was just bloody good at lying.
Rei stepped forward meekly, not really sure of what he was doing. The two boys' bodies pressed up against each other, and it felt right. Something clicked there, in that moment. Their bodies fit together perfectly, as though it was always meant to be that way.
Rei could feel Kai's burning passion as their lips met, but knew he didn't want to take it that far just yet. All this time…all that desire …all reserved for him…the thought made Rei feel like he finally fit in, in the most wonderful way. He breathed in through his nose. Kai's familiar scent met his nostrils.
Rei's hand found its way underneath Kai's shirt. The boy's well-toned stomach was warm to the touch, and the skin was soft and smooth. Rei's hands, though trembling slightly, were not cold, and they comforted Kai.
Kai understood that Rei had probably never done this before, not like this. Rei was an awkward kisser, much less experienced than the older blader. But all the same, it was the best thing that had ever happened to Kai. Probably the best thing that had ever happened to both of them.