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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The last thing he saw was those beautiful eyes that he had loved to look into, and the last thing he heard was the boy's voice.
Then he let go.
Everything around him was white, then slowly came into vision. Rei was crying silently and Tyson… God, Tyson was bawling. They were holding onto each other, neither had seemed to notice that he was there. People were running towards him, paramedics? They kneeled next to somebody on the floor, but Kai couldn't see who. His vision was still a bit blurred. He walked over to his friends, hoping they were okay. He didn't know what was going on. "Rei? Tyson?" Neither looked at him. Maybe they hadn't heard because of the younger blunette's cries. The elder tried again louder. "Rei?... Ty?... You guys okay?" They still didn't react, not even slightly. Maybe they were ignoring him after what he'd done to them. He hadn't meant to do it. He loved those two with all his heart, if it weren't for that stupid voice, everything would have been fine. But now they needed him and he couldn't help them. "OW!" Kai grabbed at his ribs as he felt an electric shock jolt through him. He momentarily lost his vision. It happened again and his neck started to hurt. His vision was fast fading into darkness, he couldn't see. There was that shock again and his neck really hurt. He groaned with pain and fell to the floor, completely blacking out with the immense pain. He could hear people… And Tyson had stopped crying.
"Come on… You're going to be alright soon little one."
"Good lad, just keep trying."
Kai didn't recognise the voices, but they sounded soft and welcoming. He suddenly coughed, choking on his tongue. He groaned, feeling so much pain.
"He's back!"
Kai listened, hearing sighs of relief around him. He slowly opened his eyes and was blinded by the bright light. A woman was sitting over him, smiling.
"Welcome back Kai."
He groaned, coughing some more. Every time he coughed it hurt his throat. He felt the woman tilt his head to the side, and it suddenly became a lot easier to breathe.
"Come on, let's get you to a hospital young man. We very nearly lost you." The woman smiled at him some more. Using all his strength, he managed a smile before fading back into his dreams.
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Kai opened his eyes and searched around the room he was in, it was all white. White walls, white bed, white curtains… The only colour in the room seemed to be the blood inside the drip that was connected to his arm. He was covered in bandages and couldn't move his neck because of it. He remembered his suicide attempt, and he remembered why he'd done it. Still, being alive was worth it, he had Rei back. Kai laughed softly, glancing to his side at the sleeping neko-jin, curled up in a chair. "Sorry Rei… I didn't mean to hurt you."
On hearing his love's voice, the cat stirred. "It's okay Kai. I know you didn't mean to. I can't believe I nearly lost you." He nuzzled Kai's cheek with his own and kissed it lightly. "I love you."
"I love you too Rei." The blunette kissed his neko and sighed. He wasn't happy that he was alive after everything that had happened, but he was happy to have the dark-haired teen back in his arms. "How's Tyson?"
"He's fine. He's still freaked, but he's alright… How are you feeling?" Amber eyes gazed lovingly into Kai's crimson ones and sent a rush of calm through his aching body.
"I'm okay… I'm glad that everything has stopped."
"Yeah, me too." The neko-jin cuddled up to him and wrapped his arms around the blunette's back. "It's so good to see you awake." Kai carefully leant down and planted a gentle kiss on the cat's head, closing his eyes. Since successfully killing himself, the voice inside his head appeared to have gone, which he was ecstatic about. Perhaps now he could lead a normal life… In prison. He hadn't been told this yet, but it was obvious. He'd murdered someone and endangered many other lives, of course he was going to jail. He just hoped they'd let him say goodbye to Rei and Tyson first. His thoughts were interrupted by a loud knock, then the door opened to reveal two doctors and a youngish woman with flowing locks of silvery white hair, tinged slightly blue. She had ice blue eyes and a wide, friendly smile. Kai and Rei looked up at her, Rei sitting back into his hair as the woman approached.
"Hello Kai. How are you feeling this afternoon?" She beamed down at him, her pink lips curved prettily giving her such a pleasant expression. Kai smiled back, it was only polite.
"I'm okay thank you." He replied, slightly inwardly. He didn't know who this woman was, but she had a way of speaking that just calmed every muscle in his body.
"My name is Tifa Locke. I'm from the Board of Mental Health and Stability, I'd like to chat with you for a while, if that's okay?" Kai laughed inside. Of course, he wouldn't go to prison… He'd go to the mad house. He nodded, trying not to smirk at the irony. She smiled and sat on a chair the other side of his bed, pulling a notepad and pen from her bag. Rei sighed and stood up, giving the elder teen a quick peck on the lips before he left with the doctors. Kai looked at the woman as she cleared her throat and wrote Kai's name on the paper of her pad.
"Do you want to know why I killed Ozuma? Because if you do I…" the young woman shook her head, interrupting him.
"No, Kai. I'd like to talk about you. Just you. Can you help me?" She smiled her pretty smile and the blunette nodded slowly, soon stopping as the movement hurt his neck. "Wonderful. Now, I've heard from your head teacher at school that you lived alone, why was that?" The warm pale blue of her eyes shone into his cool crimson ones as he sighed.
"I used to live with my grandfather, but he… He hurt me." Kai replied solemnly. Tifa tilted her head to the side, sympathy leaking through her perfect orbs of blue.
"How did he hurt you? What did he do?"
Kai stammered, then realised that she was here to help him. "He was strict. He wouldn't let me have any friends, and when I made a friend, he made sure that I drove them away. I bought a friend back from school once and… And he hit me."
"Your grandfather hit you? Is that why you ran away?" Kai nodded his reply, then winced.
'I've got to stop doing that…' He reminded himself. "Yes. I didn't want to be hurt any more. I'd already lost my parents, I was hurting enough from that." He explained to the woman as she took notes.
"I see. Were you happy living alone?"
"It was alright. Bit lonely at times, but I liked it." As she took notes, Tifa's crystal blue eyes flicked up and down, from Kai to her pad and back again. She nodded, looking a little confused.
"Hm, okay."
"My past has nothing to do with this situation." This slight outburst from the teenager seemed to shock the young woman. She raised her brow and gave him a sincere look, sighing deeply.
"Kai, your past determines who you are. It determines your future!" She calmed herself and continued. "And you may not think it is fair, but I'm sorry. Once you're fit and free to leave the hospital, you will have to come with me and my colleagues to a new home where we can keep an eye on you at all times. You must realise that this is the best thing for you."
The whole room was silent. Kai didn't know whether to laugh, scream or cry. Sure, living in an institute would probably be the best thing that ever happened to him. He'd be safe, he'd be happy, he'd have a social life, he'd never go hungry, he'd never have to sleep rough again… But he wouldn't have the one thing that was important to him.
"Do you know why I committed suicide?"
The crimson eyes locked onto those of the slender female before him. Slowly, she shook her head.
"It's because I didn't want to live a life without Rei. And if you shove me into some asylum, guess what I won't have." The woman tried to talk, but the glare from the blunette kept her quiet. He spoke again. "If I can't have Rei in my life, then you may as well turn back time and leave me the way I wanted to be. At least if I was dead I'd be free… And not locked up in some God forsaken FUCKING INSTITUTE!"
Tifa looked terrified of the boy. The small room's door was suddenly flung open by two police officers who had heard the shouting. A doctor and nurse hastily followed.
"Doctor Locke! Are you alright?" The nurse stood by her side as she gave a swift nod and retook her seat, which she had leapt from on hearing the growling tone from her patient.
"Yes, thank you nurse. I'm okay. I've dealt with young ones like him before." She gave a soft but nervous laugh. The officers were glaring at Kai, not making him feel any better about his fate. He wished that they'd just left him alone in the school. Left him there to fade away as he'd hoped he would. Instead of going to heaven, now he was in hell.
"I want Rei." He growled quietly. All eyes turned to him.
"Pardon?" Asked his doctor politely.
"I. Want. Rei." He repeated angrily. "Now."
"Young Hiwatari…" The doctor laughed, a hint of apprehension playing with his voice. "I'm afraid you can't have any visitors. It's not within –"
The man's speech was cut off as fell to the floor, knocked out. Kai broke into a grin as he saw angry brown eyes, partly hidden by a streak of navy blue. The eyes in question belonged to a young teenager, who was holding a metal rod that looked like it had once been a chair leg. Behind said person was the most beautiful smile that the blunette had ever seen, surrounded by a perfect face, deep, sensual amber eyes and long, flowing locks of jet. Kai extended his hand forward and the two boys walked toward him, the younger of them waving his metal pole around threateningly until he had successfully made sure his peer had reached his destination : Kai.
"Heard you shouting for Rei. We were only down the hall." The dark-eyed boy explained, taking a seat on the hospital bed next to his elder.
"Tyson found a vending machine…" Rei chuckled, cuddling up to his blunette. As if to prove this statement, Tyson pulled a few bags of crisps and some chocolate bars from his pockets and began to munch, offering some to the others, who heartily accepted. Kai couldn't remember the last time he'd eaten chocolate and it tasted great!
"Thanks. I really appreciate it." He smiled at his friends. 'Friends… My friends… My friends.' He smirked at himself and took another bite from his chocolate bar.
"Give us a little time?" Tyson glared at the officers, swishing his weapon at them. Getting the less than subtle hint, both policemen backed out of the room, hesitantly followed by the nurse and Tifa, who obviously didn't want to leave them alone with someone she knew was completely insane. The navy blunette watched them exit, then turned back to see his best friends kissing… Heavily. "Aww, gimme a break guys! At least wait til I've left the room!"
The couple pulled back, laughing. Kai gave Tyson a fake glare and pushed him off the bed, smirking as he heard the 'thud.' Rei giggled and nuzzled into Kai's chest, being careful not to hurt his love's neck. Kai couldn't wait to be let out of the hospital and be with his neko-jin. Nothing meant more to him than his cat.
"What are you thinking about?" Rei purred into his ear. Kai smiled and stole a kiss from the dark-haired boy and saw Tyson roll his eyes as he perched back onto the edge of the bed. The elder blunette thought it was just too easy to play with him…
"You." He pushed a lock of black feathering behind Rei's ear and stroked his face, gazing lovingly into the sweet amber of his love's eyes. The neko blushed and kissed Kai, who responded. Tyson groaned, looking away. The elder blunette pulled back from Rei and placed a hand on Tyson's shoulder, who shrugged it off. Smirking evilly at his neko-jin-love, Kai leant forward and kissed a very surprised Tyson, before letting go and laughing at the confused younger teen.
"What… What the... I don't... Kai?" Leaning back against his pillows, the elder teen chuckled, and Rei giggled at Tyson's dazed expression.
"Enjoy that Ty?" The cat asked him, ruffling the navy hair. The boy was silent for a while before turning to his friends, his cheeks baring a very slight hint of a blush.
"So… You on for a threesome?"
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