Warning : Strong language, violence & M/M
Disclaimer : I don't own Beyblade or any of the characters. The characters you do not recognise are mine and are not to be stolen/used in any story other than my own.
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Rushing to get ready for school, Kai almost forgot his homework. It was 5:30 in the morning, he had to be in school for 8. "Idiots could have put me in a hotel closer to the school." He moaned, shoving the papers into his bag and sauntering out the door. Placing a cigarette between his lips and lighting it, he started for the train station. His thoughts were still on Irika's accusation a few days before; they had been on his thoughts since she had uttered her unbelievable suggestion. He had been smoking more the past few days, despite knowing how bad it was for him. He was under a lot of pressure. The police had questioned him twice and still wanted to ask him more. Growling under breath as he neared the station, he saw the clock. 'I'm going to be late.' He assured himself. Although he had rushed to try and be on time, it was the last thing on his mind. He had contemplated missing school, but knew that would get him nowhere.
He sat down heavily on a bench and opened his cigarette packet. 'Fuck it' he thought, taking another and lighting it. As he did so, he caught sight of a group of teenagers slightly younger than himself, also sporting the dark blue uniform and school tie that he wore. He guessed they must be the new first years, a year below himself, as he didn't recognise any of them. He watched them as he smoked, two of the group having a play fight, while three others played a card game. The sixth in the group, however, sat slightly away from the rest, reading a book. The play-fighters seemed to be trying to get his attention, but to no avail. The reader was tall and slim with tanned skin and long midnight black hair, kept out his eyes by a red bandana, the rest wrapped in a tight bandage that hung down the boy's back. Golden eyes flicked to the side as the play-fighters crashed into the rest of their group, sending cards and loud curses flying everywhere, soon followed by giggly apologies. Kai turned his head away and continued smoking, still seeing the image of the dark-haired boy in his mind. He looked over at the group once more and smirked. 'My dark-haired creature doesn't look so impressed…' He laughed in his mind, then stopped. '… My dark-haired creature?'
Kai was happy when the train arrived, pulling him away from that uncomfortable notion. 'Great' he thought sarcastically, 'another thing I don't understand.' He was barely seated when the train doors started closing again and people rushed forward so as not to miss their journey. He pushed unwanted whims out of his mind and sat in silence, staring at the floor, wishing for time to speed up so he could be away from the city bustle and back at school. He also wished for the police to find out what had happened to his neighbour's home so he would be left alone. He also wished Irika hadn't accused him of something he did not do. Luckily for Kai, the journey did seem to go quite quickly and he arrived at the station on time. Of course, then he just had to find the bus that would take him to school… He stared around the huge station and wondered where to go. There were buses and trains everywhere! Getting lost in his thoughts as he pondered about which direction to turn, a long bandage of black hair floated past him. He turned to see the group wandering off toward a stand. Kai followed, looking at the teen in front. 'He's not human… Or, at least, not all human.' He observed, watching the bandaged hair swing side to side as the boy walked. A thump in the arm hastily brought him back from his thoughts. He looked around for the offender, then saw three teens from the year above skate off, sneering and swearing at him as they rounded the corner. He growled loudly and cursed at them under breath. 'The school idiots.' Kai reminded himself. They always loved to jab at Kai for being different and having no parents or friends. He didn't really care, he just found it pretty irritating at times.
Having reached his bus stop, he leaned up the glass of the shelter and began smoking yet another cigarette. 'Fourth one today…' He informed himself with a slight nod. It was then that he realised the group of six were looking at him. Four boys and two girls, just standing there staring. He gave them all a cold look, causing them to look away. 'What the hell were they looking at?' He questioned angrily.
"Sorry… Are you okay?" Came a sweet, innocent girl's voice from behind him. Kai turned to look at the speaker. She was taller than her other five companions, possibly taller than Kai himself. She had shoulder-length lilac hair tucked behind her ears and bright pure blue eyes. Although she seemed sincere and friendly, Kai didn't feel like chatting. He preferred to stick to his thoughts.
"Hm." He retorted, turning again to face away from them. He would have drifted back into his daydreams if the bus hadn't arrived. He meandered through the few other students waiting to board and pushily made his way to the front of the queue. Once on the bus, he slipped back into thought, however not the kind of thought he had wanted. Again his mind was on the dark-haired teen. Kai tried to get rid of the image of the boy forming in his head, but it wouldn't go away. Instead, it stayed there and toyed with his mind for the entire journey.
Stepping from the bus and making his way toward the large school gates, Kai cursed himself for thinking about the younger teen. For a whole twenty minutes, his mind had pictured nothing but long black hair and large golden eyes. 'But the best bit was the slim, slender body…' Kai stopped, thinking he would hit himself if he carried on. He turned a corner to his locker and threw his bag inside, locking it again afterwards. He then noticed the small sign that had been stuck on there with tape.
"Kai sucks." He read it aloud to himself before ripping it off and screwing it up into a small ball, which he then kicked down the long corridor. He punched his locker, suddenly feeling angry. His anger was pushed to the limit when the same three boys who had hit him at the station, whizzed down the corridor on their boards, shouting 'Kai sucks' on their way through. Kai leant up his locker and sighed angrily, growling slightly. He started making his way to the classroom, hopeful to calm down. At least a bit. He rounded a corner and opened the door to his classroom.
"Kai, you're late." Came the bossy voice of their teacher.
"Hm." Kai replied and took his seat. This was going to be a very long day. The more the teacher talked about English grammar, the more Kai started to daydream… The black hair, the beautiful golden eyes, the slender, tanned body. He was infatuated and he didn't care. 'At least having someone to think about keeps other things off my mind.' He smirked to himself. Still, that much was true. Since he'd seen the younger teen, a lot of his other troubles hadn't played in his mind so much. The fire, the accusation from Irika, the completed homework, the state he was in after waking up in the wrong place… None of that had bothered him after seeing the boy at the station. Kai suddenly remembered the sunrise and how it would have been great to have shared it with… 'Woah. Bit too far Hiwatari.' Shaking away that particular feeling, and coming back into reality, he realised he'd missed the entirety of his teacher's speech and had no clue what was required of him that lesson. Staring at the board at the front of the classroom and seeing the many questions on it, Kai figured out what he had to do. He took up his pen, opened his book and began copying down the questions, answering them as he went.
"Homework!" The shrill voice of their teacher rung out through the room. Kai cursed, he hadn't even finished the day's lesson, let alone ready to think about homework. The woman continued. "You're to finish the rest of these for your homework, and I have made a sheet with another 30 that you have to complete." A groan ran around the room, voicing the disapproval of the class. The small woman began walking between desks, placing a sheet on each one. She stopped when she got to Kai, looking down at his work unhappily.
"Three questions?" There was obvious disbelief in her voice. "Three questions?" She tapped her foot angrily as Kai's uncaring crimson eyes met hers. "This isn't good enough Hiwatari. Detention." And with that she skulked off, continuing to hand out her sheet. Kai rolled his eyes. Like he cared about getting a detention. At least it was a distraction - now he wouldn't have to get the train back with his beautiful stranger. Though… He would have to be in a room with the school idiots for a whole hour and risk missing his bus back to the station. 'Serves me right I guess.' He sighed slowly, resting his head on the desk and closing his eyes. If he already had detention then what was the point of bothering?
"KAI HIWATARI!" Ah… That was it. That was the point. Kai lifted his head off the desk to see the teacher glaring at him. For someone as stout as that, she sure could give a mean look. Half of Kai's class had left, the other half were all laughing at him and whispering in disbelief. Some of Ms. Butcher's next class were snickering in the hall way, looking at him. Kai noticed with a painful eye that one of the pupils outside was in fact the dark-haired object of his lust. He too was giggling. Kai stared at the boy for a while, before he was given a hefty shove back into reality by his teacher's raised voice.
"Get up!" Kai slowly obliged and yawned. Butcher was not impressed. "Who the hell do you think you are? First you sit and daydream, then you don't do the work and fall asleep in my class!" She carried on for a while.
'I wonder how long she'll shout at me for…' Kai smirked to himself. Unfortunately, the smirk showed on his face which made the small woman scream more. Kai got bored. He picked up his bag from the floor and pushed past her, making for the door.
"Don't just walk off Kai."
He kept walking.
"Kai!"
Kept walking.
"KAI HIWATARI!"
Slam. Kai had closed the door behind him, blocking the angry brunette's voice out. Nobody shouted at him like that. He realised everyone was staring at him. He simply turned and sauntered off toward his next class as he heard the exasperated teacher fling the door open and glare at him from down the hall. He did not care. The only thing on his mind was the cute smile on the stranger's face as he'd laughed. Kai smiled to himself as he rounded another corner. That was an image he didn't mind playing on his thoughts, which it did for the rest of the day.
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