A Kitten for Kai
IceAngelDarkMoon & GGKT
~~~~~Hey Everyone, I don't really feel like writing a long and elaborate proclaimed so here it is; we don't own the characters (except for Missile), and there will be shonen-ai, slash, whatever you call it. If you don't like that sort of thing leave because flamers will be hunted down!! Thank you for your time ^_^ Ice~~~
********Background Note: The boys are now 16. The Demolition Boys have moved in with the Bladebreakers. Kai and Tala just happen to be roommates, thus the problems begin!
"I think it would be a great idea!" Rei smiled, and flipped through the phonebook.
"Coming from the neko-jin…" Kai muttered so his teammate couldn't hear. Rei's newest "project" was trying to help Kai with his emotions, by the purchase of a cat. Kai, as the basis for the plan, was far from interested.
The entire process would have been painful enough without Bryan smirking ruthlessly from the corner. Kai frowned back. He had already asked the Russian to alleviate his boyfriend's obvious boredom. It had only worked once, and not for very long. At least Tala wasn't there; Kai could only imagine what the redhead's reaction to a cat was going to be.
"Why don't you just get a cat, Rei? I could then just temporarily borrow it for this 'emotional' thing you're talking about. Besides, I didn't see you tossing kittens at your precious Bryan, hmm?" Both Rei and Bryan blushed.
"He's allergic to cats, and since we live in the same room…" Rei tried to explain before Kai cut him off.
"You only live together?"
Bryan and Rei blushed darker. Finally, Rei recovered his wits enough to point his finger at an address in his phonebook. "We're going here." Kai never even got the chance to argue as both Rei and Bryan dragged him out of his room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At the shelter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"And this is the kitten room. All of these guys are up to date on their shots and are ready to go home." The volunteer ushered them to a cage lined room.
Rei made a noise that could at best be defined as a squeal, and ran from cage to cage peeking in on the startled fluff balls. Bryan had opted to let Rei drag Kai the rest of the way, as to not have a sneezing attack. He couldn't very well have a sneezing attack while trying to kiss Rei, could he? Kai just followed slowly behind the squealing Chinese boy. Suddenly he felt as if someone were strangling him. He turned to find a small, white paw sticking out of a cage with its claws firmly planted in his scarf. Peering out from behind the confining bars two bright green eyes glowed back at him. The face was black on top with white chin and a white strip up the nose. The cat seemed to be demanding Kai take it home before it did something to Kai's scarf (that wouldn't be good!).
"Oh, it likes you already Kai!" Rei squealed and clapped his hands together after he saw Kai and the cat. "We'll take that one!" The shelter assistant smiled and let the kitten out. Not that it let go of Kai, which was quite a feat, and since it now held the scarf captive with its mouth it was running all around trying to tie up Kai.
"Rei," Kai pleaded, "can't I have the nice, quiet, non-hyperactive one over there?"
"No, you've already bonded!"
"That one?"
"No!"
"In the far cage?"
"No!"
"Any other one? Please?" He hated begging but there had to be some other cat he could take home, any other!
"Nope! You two were meant for each other. You'll be together for life!" Rei squealed again, and seemed to be saying something to himself about Bryan, but Kai was just tuning him out.
"Oh joy…" Kai was dragged out, the kitten trailing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Checkout~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Here you go; you're now the proud father of a new kitten. Do you have a carrier for the little bundle of joy?" Asked the overly happy volunteer, while looking at them questioningly, and she handing Kai some paperwork.
"Little bundle of something, that's for sure. It better not drool on my scarf" Kai grumbled and poking the little kitten as it ran across the check out desk, scarf still in its mouth.
"No, he doesn't have one." Rei answered for his blue haired friend. Kai just glared at Rei, the volunteer, and the ball of fur clinging to his scarf.
"Here's a carrier box you can use, plus some kitten food and toys! Thank you for adopting today, have a nice day." With that the lady left to go back to the animals.
"Awwww, he's so cute Kai! You two are going to be so happy!" Rei cooed, and lifted the fluff ball in the carrier. The only trouble was the kitten would not let go of the scarf. "Kai, do you mind taking off your scarf, or do you want to be attached to the box?" Rei asked as the kitten growled, protecting "his" portion of the scarf. Again the green eyes met Kai's, this time they clearly had a challenge in them, who would win the battle of the scarf?
"I refuse to take my scarf off for the furball." Kai growled, glaring again at the black and white furball. Rei just shrugged and closed the carrier with Kai's scarf coming out of it. He handed it to Kai and headed for the car.
Kai glowered as the car finally began to move. Bryan was driving (eep!!) and Rei was riding shotgun, leaving him crammed in the back with the carrier. To annoy him further, Rei had started to squeal excitedly to Bryan, resulting in a "small" make-out session.
"Hello? Has anyone noticed I'm still back here?"
"Meow!"
"You do not count! Great! Now I'm talking to it!"
"Told you that you two had a bond!" Rei smiled before ducking out of the way of the resulting punch. Not like Kai could reach too far with his beloved scarf still attached to the cage.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At the house~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they got back home, a certain someone was waiting.
"You guys locked me out again!" Tala sulked. He'd been waiting far too long to gain entry to his own residence. Then he started to laugh. Kai looked completely disheveled, his hair all over the place. Finally, Tala managed to notice that Kai's scarf was firmly wedged inside a box he was carrying.
"Umm… Kai? Don't people normally take the scarf out of the box before they wear it home?" Kai glared at the redhead.
"People usually do if it's not attached to a… thing." Kai then glared at the box. Tala gave both Kai and the box a questioning look. Kai looked back to the car he had just gotten out of, Rei and Bryan were both still in there. Kai went over and knocked on the window.
"What do I do with it now?" Kai pleaded, Tala watching in confusion. Rei and Bryan just kept kissing, and ignored Kai. Kai turned with several muttered curses and unlocked the door to let himself and Tala in.
"Does somebody want to tell me what in the heck is up with that box?" Tala questioned, raising a fiery eyebrow.
Crimson eyes met ice blue, and Kai sighed, opening the box where his "bundle of joy" now rested on the scarf, but it still had a paw holding on to it tightly.
Tala's eyes widened considerably. "It's alive." He stated finally. "I've never seen a live cat so close…" The abbey memories still remained, and Kai winced at the inadvertent reference.
"And hopefully this one won't be alive much longer…" Kai muttered.
"It's alive…" restated Tala, showing, in Kai's opinion, a great gift for the obvious. "So what we gonna name him?"
"It needs a name?" Kai was shocked, but then he remembered that all the animals he had ever met had had names. It just never occurred to him that people had to think of them.
"Of course, baka! And since I'm obviously being imposed upon, I should get to name it!" Tala was back to being himself.
"What do you mean, being 'imposed upon'? Do you think I wanted this hyperactive ball of fur attached to my scarf? This is all Rei's fault; he said something about it being good for me emotionally. Besides, it's attached to me, so I should get to name it, I did after all adopt the thing."
"But since I got no say in this, I should name it." Tala insisted. At this point, neither one of them had noticed that the said white and black fuzzball was now on the top bunk of Tala's bed, just over the said person's head.
With a mighty meow, the young kitten launched itself at the temptingly gelled red hair. Tala had no idea what was happening, except that something had hit him on the head. Kai, who had seen the kitten fly through the air to get to Tala was laughing too hard to help the Russian boy.
"Kai! Get it off of me!" Tala inserted a few choice words in Russian as Kai laughed harder. Finally, the kitten jumped back onto the bed, a very angry Tala glaring alternately between the kitten and its owner.
"Shut up, Hiwatari." Tala reverted to Kai's last name, which he rarely used. His hair was a complete loss and he was pissed. Leaving a surprised Kai behind him, he stormed off to the bathroom to prepare for bed. Kai just stared after him before grinning at the small kitten.
"You may have a use after all. I can just throw you in Tala's hair when he makes me mad. I think I'll name you Missile!" Kai grinned affectionately at the little kitten he now held in his arms. Missile just seemed to smirk up at him and purred himself asleep in the blue haired boy's arms.
If Kai had medals for valor, he would have given a few to Missile during the night. Besides being a landing pad, Missile had decided Tala's hair made an excellent bed. Kai tried very hard to pretend he was asleep as the Russian again and again cursed the kitten. At about 4 am, the kitten's name was confirmed as a projectile object flew from Tala's bed towards Kai.
"…sleep with him…" was all the startled crimson eyed boy could hear. Kai lay awake pondering the meaning of that comment. Missile started protesting the movement, so Kai decided to continue thinking in the morning.
Kai awoke to the harmonious sound of the hair dryer. After it turned off, Tala walked out of the room, wearing only boxers. Normally, Kai wouldn't really care, since he'd seen Tala in boxers before, but something was different this time. Kai's eyes widened. Tala's hair…
Tala had left his hair down, and it lay in soft, silky looking tufts, surrounding his face and drifting into his eyes. Kai observed every detail, jaw open. When had Tala gotten this… cute? Since when had he thought of Tala and cute in the same sentence?
The redhead didn't let him stare for long. "Do you have a problem?" Tala asked, still irate about the night's events.
Kai fumbled a bit, but managed to snap back, "No, I just didn't know your hair actually came down." The rational part of his mind was screaming at him, "You do not like Tala! You are not in love with Tala!" The rational part was losing.
"I just wore it down to keep your blasted animal away."
"His name's Missile."
"Now you're going to give him the idea that it's alright to attack me!" Tala whined, glaring at the kitten that was still asleep on Kai's bare chest. Tala felt a small twinge of jealousy; he had always wanted to be held. But not with Kai, he was still angry at the blue haired boy, whose chest was starting to look very tempting… No! He wasn't going to think like that, he didn't like Kai like that at all…
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Kai grumbled and sat up; Missile mewed in protest to losing his warm bed. Kai looked through the peep hole to see Bryan and Rei standing there. He opened the door with a sigh.
"What do you want?" he asked in a tired voice. His hair was all over the place, and he was still in his boxers. Bryan and Rei could only stare at the incredibly hot, just out-of-bed boy in front of them. Before they could reply, Missile shot past them and down the hallway.
"Tala, your cat got out!" Kai called.
"Since when is he my cat?" Tala retorted as the two bishies shot down the hallway after the cat. Unfortunately, neither they nor Missile paid heed to the dead end that was coming. Splat went the kitty… split splat went the bishies.
Suddenly, the two Russian boys found themselves tangled together. Kai found himself looking down into ice blue depths. There was something there he hadn't seen before. He felt his own heart thump in his chest; it was as if his heart was high. Tala felt another body on top of his. His eyes met crimson orbs and he felt butterflies form in his stomach. Both boys were wondering, "What the heck is happening to me?"
True to nature, Missile didn't give them much more time. With his patented flying leap, Missile landed squarely on Kai's head, forcing Kai's lips to meet Tala's. The lips met for the first, but not the last time.
'Maybe the cat is good for all this emotional stuff…' Kai didn't bother to think anything more as he lost himself in Tala's warmth.
End (for now at least)
Ici: We decided that on top of all the other notes to include some of our more…interesting conversations while writing this story. Which happened to be on a band bus after State competition at eleven at night!
KT: We ended up telling most of the people around us that we were plotting their deaths for when we took over the world….
Ici: And they BELIEVED us, MWAHAHAHA!
KT: There were many… interesting… parts of this story…. So excuse the parts that don't make so much sense. We were high on sugar and really tired from four hours of band practice a day preceding.
Ici: Ummm we've just now decided the rest is best left unsaid for this story…or interesting conversation and such will be left up for your imagination! Please review; let us know if we should continue this utter fluff!!