Crystal: Hey everyone! Hmm…I'm alone today, -sighs- Tala went to buy grocery, so here I am all alone…LOL! Anyway, here are the responses! =D
Songs make me cry: Hehe…yeah, that baby was so adorable! =) LOL, and yes…every couple is starting to appear…hehe…and you'll have to see how Rei kills Bryan! ;)
Enelya Aldarion: LOL, yes…you're quite right. But then again, unless you're really pissed off that your friends locked you in a room with your future lover, you might think up ways on how to kill them and not pay any attention to the other person…whew, thank god my friends didn't try that routine.
Shaka Dragomir Nocturnus: Haha…you'll see what happens to them! –smiles mischievously-
Lady Snowblossom: LOL, I don't know if Kai or Rei would crack inside the room…although something is going to happen…but you'll have to see!
Devlinn Reiko-sama: Hehe…here's another chapter! =)
IndigoDeath666: LOL, I'm glad everyone liked that part! Hehe…here's another chapter!
Game-kid17: hmm…it was still harsh? Hehe…don't worry, I'm not going to be mean to Kai anymore. Cross my heart and hope to die (well not really die), and stick a needle in my eye (not really either, lol)!
Raku Ozzarian princess: hehe…yeah, I snuck in your comments thingymabobbers…hope you didn't mind! –sweat drops- Anyway, yeah…poor Kai's and Rei's friends…they might not be able to see the couple get married… -shudders-
Keri Hiwatari: Hehe…I'm not that evil! And curious about what are they going to do in the room, eh? Haha…you'll just have to find out!
HimekoSukie: LOL, yeah…they are unpredictable. Especially Kai and Rei… -shakes head-
StarryNightObsession: LOL, are you the one that's curious, or maybe Kai? O.o LOL, and yes, the parents want them to have feeling for each other FASTER! That way, there will be no glitches to the wedding! Besides, hehe…I think they're starting to realized those feeling too, little by little… -smiles mischievously-
CRaZy NeK0-JiN: LOL, yeah I know…they FINALLY kissed…after what 8 or 9 chapters? Haha… XD
Platinum Rei: Don't worry; I'll make sure there will be more action! =D
Tariki Rania: LOL, here's another chapter!
SoulSister: Here's another chapter!
Lokisash: Thanks! =)
Jirachi: Umm…no…Max was pointing with his index finger; although pointing at people is rude…don't know why though… -sweat drops-
Kai-cutie-angel: lol, well then, I thank your friend for influencing you to like yaoi! LOL! Anyway, hope you like this chapter!
Devilburns: Thanks! =)
FORFIRITH-on-a-sugar-high: LOL, yep…go Rei go Rei! Haha… XD
Yugi Lover: LOL, don't worry here's another chapter! =)
Crystal: There, now as a reward…Skittles™ for everyone! =D I'm being nice today and give you some of my "Stress relief". LOL! Yeah, that's the only thing that gets me out of stress… -.-;; Anyhoo, on to the chapter!
Disclaimer: Check…the…previous…CHAPTERS! –glares-
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Breathe – Chapter 10: Truce?
"What do you mean 'Shit'?" asked Rei frantically as he stopped pulling the door and stare at Kai with panic in his eyes.
Not too long ago, Tyson and Max had tricked Kai and Rei that Dizzi and Bryan were at the other room hiding away from them. Of course, with such fury and annoyance, the engaged couple didn't think twice at barging into the door. All they could think of is how they were going to kill their friends as soon as possible. But then, when Tyson had finally cracked (well…not really), he somehow yelled a little too loudly making the neko-jin and surprisingly the stoic boy hear it.
"'Shit' means crap, geez…I though you were smart," Kai smirked, although he kicked himself inwardly that it was not the time to fool around and insult the other boy. After all, they are stuck on a room, and the door can be only opened outside. Oh how much fun he would have when he gets out of here…
Rei didn't say anything even though he gave Kai a deep glare. He stopped trying opening the door and sat back down, leaning against a wall. Oh, great. Now he's going to spend with the guy he dislikes the most in a room, in how many injustice hours. "Might as well get comfortable, unless you think standing up is," he muttered although Kai heard it perfectly fine.
"Whatever." The crimson-eyed boy said and sat –very surprisingly— right beside Rei, who didn't seemed to mind since his mind was in some other place.
It seemed like hours just sitting down on the ground, and Rei was getting irritated with all of the silence going on. Usually he had someone to talk to, and now…well he does have someone to talk to, but then again, when did this someone be a chatterbox like Max or Kenny?
"I'm bored," Rei huffed while crossing his legs and arms. "Good for you…" muttered the other boy. "Now could be quiet? For once I'm finally having that peaceful time without Tyson yelling around."
Rei smiled inwardly. It's true, Tyson does seems to be the optimistic one besides Dizzi and all he ever hears were the laughs coming from them, even Max's included. "Well, can we at least talk? I'm getting annoyed by all of this silence."
Kai just merely shrugged and asked the other boy what they should talk about. Rei stumbled upon this question and now he's stuck. What should they talk about? Kai was getting impatient at this and started to drum his fingers onto the floor. The neko-jin noticed that and it was irritating him.
"Would you stop that? Not only it's irritating, it's not helping me think of a topic!" Rei slammed his fist unto the floor to get Kai to stop drumming his fingers.
"You're the one who wants to talk, besides I'm getting impatient here with all your thinking!" Kai shot back, with one of his crimson orbs staring at Rei into a cold glare. Rei was about to retort back when he suddenly had the topic and said that instead.
"What are we arguing about? And why are we even arguing?" Kai was surprised at the question. Actually, for him he too didn't know the answer. He also was always wondering why are they arguing like some kind of married couple. "I-I don't know…I guess we're stupid and immature to be arguing while our friends are getting along," The crimson-eyed boy admitted.
Rei was stunned at Kai's question. The raven-haired boy was ready to throw a retort back in case that Kai ignores the question and just insults him. He was even more surprised that Kai was actually…well, actually being civil.
"Huh, well anyway…do you want to start all over? As in with the introductions and all?" offered Rei with a tiny tinge of hope twinkling in his eyes. Kai saw that twinkle and couldn't help but start to get warm feelings over it…
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Meanwhile everything of that was going on with Kai and Rei, the rest of the people were waiting patiently…or maybe impatiently for other people. Kenny was reading a book…again, while Max was just sitting there stealing glances at Tyson once in a while. Tyson on the other hand was trying not to make his stomach grumble…since the last time; Bryan threatened him that if his stomach grumbles one more time…Tyson himself would be the food (of course Bryan's only joking…but then Tyson took it seriously). And since after that incident, Tala and Bryan were just quiet there (except when Bryan had to threaten Tyson), minding to their own businesses, sitting on the opposite sides of the room (they were on the dormitory room by the way) although sometimes they get eye contact every now and then. And Dizzi? Well, she's by the windowsill, looking at the luscious green trees.
"Wonder what's happening there now…" Dizzi wondered, turning her head towards the guys.
Tyson somehow ignored his hunger and snorted. "Would you stop being so impatient? We just locked them in, for like what? 5 minutes?"
"Well, gee…how should I know? It feels like 5 hours!" Dizzi retorted back, crossing her arms over chest, and pouted. "Actually, Dizzi's right, maybe we should check on them?" Kenny looked up from the book he was reading and stared at the rest with curiosity.
Tala rolled his eyes. "Only a complete idiot would do that. You're forgetting that once Kai and Rei get out of that room, in less than a minute we'll be all in pieces? As in, heart, liver, lungs, eyes…" He trailed off, not noticing the grim look Tyson had. "Ugh…watch it people." Tyson stood up from where he was sitting and ran out of the room, looking all green and ready to uh…puke his food out to hearts content.
Max stood up from his seat making everyone look at him with confusion. With a very cheerful smile, he said, "Well, the only ones who aren't Kai's and Rei's 'people to kill' list are Tala and Kenny."
"You're point?" Bryan sat up from his chair with his arms both on the armrests and his eyes have that small glint that no one could portray.
"Well…how 'bout if we wait for a little for all of it to sink in, and then maybe Tala and Kenny could go down there and open the door? After all, we can't keep them there locked in with no food, or maybe worse like… no sugar!" Max widened his eyes, looking all shocked and shiny…like he was going to have a breakdown of tears.
Besides the fact that Max was obviously on sugar high, what he said made sense to the others. Anyway, even though they had made up that, everyone was still bored, except for Kenny who was looking really intrigued at the book he's reading. When Tyson had come back, Dizzi was still looking outside, although the sky was now the colour orange. Max has worn off his hyper-ness and fell asleep on the armchair, which Tyson thought that he looked really cute. Kenny was reading his third book still looking intrigued as ever. Tala looked disappointed, and Bryan was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Bryan?" asked Tyson, plopping back to his regular seat.
"Bryan? Oh, he said something about walking to his bedroom and getting some rest." Tala mumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. 'Why bother going back to your room and just sleep there? I want to see you sleep peacefully…like how Tyson is doing now to the little blond puppy,' the icy blue-eyed boy thought inwardly, while smiling slightly when he saw Tyson looked at Max with a lot of affection in his eyes.
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Kai looked at Rei with intense eyes. At first he was pretty surprised that Rei had suggested that they should start all over again, but he saw a small glint on those golden orbs that made him all warm and giddy inside.
"Hello? Earth to Hiwatari? Are you going to consider my question or not?" Rei crossed his arms and puffed his cheeks out slightly. 'Why isn't he answering? Does he really hate me so bad that I'm not even considered as a person to talk to?' Rei thought, disappointment quickly hovering his face.
The crimson-eyed boy suddenly noticed the disappointment in the other boy's eyes and started to feel guilty, which made him surprised even more. He hardly even feels guilty to anyone, so why start now? Anyway, he had enough of the disappointment, and made Rei have his way…only just this once.
"Look, unless you kept on calling me 'Hiwatari' then we wouldn't go anywhere, hm?" asked Kai, pretending to be not interested, even though he was.
Rei looked at Kai, the disappointed look in his eyes was withering away, but instead confusion was appearing. The older boy smirked when he saw this and said, "What, don't believe me?"
"Well, the last time you left me to fall on my ass, remember?" Rei snapped at the other boy. 'And what a very nice ass that was…' Kai mused, until he realized what he thought. 'Where the hell did that come from?!'
Kai gave him a cold glance, "Look, lets just get this over with, and then we don't even have to talk to the rest of the day, alright?"
"Look, sorry for snapping at you, it's just…well, can I trust you?" Rei still looked pretty doubtful at the situation. Well, why can't he? After all…he did fell on his ass… Kai sighed, 'For a calm boy he sure is stubborn.' "Look, what about if we do that Trust game again? If I don't catch you, then…you can do whatever you want, and if I catch you, then we would stop this nonsense, alright?" The crimson-eyed boy looked at Rei with an irritated look in his eyes.
Rei looked at Kai and said, "Fine, lets just get this over with…" The neko-jin stood up, and then pulled Kai so the other boy could stand up as well. He walked in front of Kai and turned around to his back would face Kai's front. With one big sigh and a deep breath, Rei let himself fall backwards with his eyes shut tightly. 'Here comes the pain…wait for it, wai—huh?' Rei opened his eyes and revealed Kai looking down at him with a smug half-smile in his face.
Kai had managed to catch Rei with ease and noticed how light the raven-haired boy is. Light by meaning, its like he doesn't eat…a lot. "You know, you're way too light. You should eat more like Tyson." The slate-haired boy smirked, while helping Rei stand up.
"Hahaha…very funny." Rei gave him a mocked glare, but then the glare quickly turned to a cheerful smile. "Wow…I'm impressed, you kept to your word! So…truce?" The neko-jin held out his hand, waiting for Kai to shake it, and make it official.
"Heh, whatever. Truce." Kai took Rei's hand and shook roughly. After that, he went back and sat down to his previous spot. He didn't notice that Rei also went back down and sat beside him, until the crimson-eyed boy suddenly felt something land on his shoulder. He turned his head and saw a bunch of ebony hair by his shoulder. "Rei…?" he said, making him quite surprised.
"I see that you're using my name, since you're calling me Rei now…then…I'll just call you…Kai…too…" With one yawn, Rei fell asleep on Kai's shoulder, looking so peaceful and serene.
Kai waited for Rei's word to sink into his mind until it finally clicked. With the slightest hesitation, Kai gently put his head atop Rei's and also fell into sleep.
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"What time is it?" asked Tyson, while playing some cards with Max on the rugged floor. A couple of hours passed and now both Max and Bryan were finally awake from their nap. Kenny was still reading (he's on his 36th book), and Dizzi was watching Bryan and Tala play chess.
"Dinner should be ready in an hour I guess," Dizzi replied, taking her eyes off from the game and into Tyson eyes. "What?! An hour?! But I'm so hungry already…" Tyson pretended a sob while patting his growling stomach making Max giggle slightly.
"Oh hush up, Tyson. You're always hungry; oh, and check," Tala smirked as he his white bishop obliterated Bryan's black queen, and was almost near to the lilac-haired boy's king. Bryan gave the other boy a slight glare and moved his rook (1) forward. "Go, it's your turn," he muttered.
Kenny put down his book down, indicating that he was done reading it, and then asked the rest on something. "Hey…are we forgetting something?" The others looked at the brunette in confusion, until they realized that they left Kai and Rei locked in on the other room, for five hours straight!
"OH, CRAP!" Everyone ran out of the room and prayed that their friends didn't do anything drastic that would make them faint with fear. They ran and ran until they stood in front of the door where they had locked Kai and Rei in.
"Umm…do you hear anything?" asked Max, with his tone of voice full of concern.
Everyone looked at each other, until Tala opened the door. Tyson and Dizzi looked at Tala who just stood there with a very surprised look in his face. It seems like Kai and Rei were still sleeping, with the neko-jin's head on Kai's shoulder, while Kai's head was on top of Rei's head. Max, being the hyper blond that he is, pushed Tala and Dizzi aside, and looked at the sleeping pair.
"Aww…they look so cute together, sleeping like that!" Max squealed a little too loudly, making Rei stir and shift, which also make Kai move as well.
Blinking his eyes slightly, Rei looked at the people who were standing above him, and realized that it was their friends. The raven-haired boy tried to stand up, until he noticed that Kai was still asleep on top of his head. He smiled inwardly and tried to wake Kai up.
"Umm…Kai, wake up," Rei murmured, not hearing Dizzi say, "Aww…now they're on a first name basis, isn't that sweet?"
Kai grunted slightly, until he opened those crimson eyes of his. Blinking twice, he saw Rei looking up to him, while the others were hovering towards them. "What happened?"
"Actually, we're supposed to ask that question. What happened here?" Bryan smirked. Kai and Rei looked the lilac-haired boy in confusion until the previous events happened before they were locked in this goddamned room. Kenny gulped while Max and Tyson were starting to back away…
"YOU FOUR ARE SO DEAD!" Kai and Rei stood up suddenly making Bryan, Dizzi, Max, and Tyson run for their lives, while Tala and Kenny were just standing there, face faulted and sweat dropping.
- An hour later –
"You know, this isn't funny." Tyson's stomach grumbled once again, underneath a coil of ropes wrapped around him and the chair he was sitting on. "Can you at least just give me a piece of bread? Or even water?"
Kai smirked and slowly ate a piece of chicken leg, making Tyson even more jealous that he's eating and the bluenette isn't. "Ha, that will teach you not to make a fool of us."
It seems like Kai and Rei managed to punish Max, Tyson, Bryan and Dizzi for what they did earlier in the day. Although they were torturing their friends, on the inside, somehow both of them wanted to thank the others for doing that. Well, except for the kiss of course, although…I think they wanted to thank them for that too…
"Reiiii… please oh please, can I have a piece of chocolate muffins?" whined Max, like Tyson, the blond was also tied to the chair with a coil of ropes. Rei just shook his head. "Sorry, Maxie. You have to sacrifice all your sweets for tonight."
"You're all evil, that even hell spat you back out," muttered Bryan, who was also tied with ropes, although instead of being tied into a chair, he was hanging by the chandelier. Rei just grinned at his cheekily while Kai just gave him a smug smirk.
Tala looked at Bryan sympathetically. 'Now, mental note: never piss both Kai and Rei at the same time. Who knows what they'll do to me.'
"Mmmphhmmhhmp!" Dizzi gave muffled cry. Apparently, her mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth, and she was also tied onto a chair.
"Can't hear you, Diz," Kai drank his goblet of water and looked at her, smugly.
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Crystal: O.o Man…are you guys mean to them.
Rei: They locked us in a frickin' room! What do you think we're supposed to do? Thank them and tell them to do it next time?
Crystal: -being her naïve self- Well, you could have done that. Besides, weren't you and Kai have been waiting to have a LOT of privacy? XD
Rei: -blushes- .
(1) – Umm…ok, it that the name of the castle thingy on chess? =S
Crystal: Hehe…there we go! Chapter 10 over and done! Don't forget to R&R, bye everyone!