AN: Cool people liked it! Yay me! And if anyone found spelling mistakes in that, I wrote it after 10pm! I usually fall victim to the 10pm Typo Syndrome so there's my excuse (cough). One of my friends has a habit of seeing what'll hit him first: the drink or the 10pm Typo Syndrome. More often than not it's the alcohol that gets there first and kills his spelling XD. To any reviewer who thinks Kai should be uke, all I have to say to you is rock on! I too enjoy reading stories in which Kai is uke, and had planned to make him so from the start! No doubt there will be an uncensored version of this story somewhere, I'll let you know where when I've started it XD. OK! Love you all! (hugs)
Two
Kai couldn't help but watch in disbelief as Tyson began to recount the entire story of their impending marriage to his grandfather. He had chosen to sit outside by the Koi pond while the bluenette joyfully regaled his grandfather with the cringe-inducing truth.
"Why did I go and promise something like that!" Kai cursed inwardly, looking down at his hands. "I should have known that Tyson would have held out for me on purpose! Just to get to me! Like he did with that kiss!" Kai rose to his feet and began to walk around the small pond, nervousness and irritation treading into every step he took. "Stupid Rei! That's the last time I confide in anything with him! He had to have told Tyson about my crush on him, thus making him decide to kiss me just to torment me! I'm going to kill that useless account of a Chinese beyblader when I get my goddamn hands on him…"
Kai cursed inwardly, looking down at his hands. Kai rose to his feet and began to walk around the small pond, nervousness and irritation treading into every step he took."Hey Kai!" Tyson suddenly emerged from the house, his grandfather in tow. The old man had a disturbing smile on his face that made Kai feel incredibly uneasy. Kai stopped as the pair walked over to him. "Seems that my Gramps approves! Isn't that great!"
"Yeah…swell…" Kai mumbled, his tone lacking enthusiasm.
"I think it's mighty sweet that you're hooking up with my lil man," Grandpa said, his usual hip attitude shining through as it always did.
"I can't wait to tell the guys! Man I haven't spoken to any of them in years! Not after Hilary went to beauty school and Kenny went to computer college!" Tyson felt the excitement of the occasion bubble up inside him. Kai just wanted the ground to swallow him whole. Tyson whipped out his small, slightly dated cell phone and began to search through his phone book. Kai felt himself, as if on impulse, slide his hand into his own pocket to reach for his own cell phone. It was a lot newer than Tyson's, and didn't look quite so beaten up. It was one of the perks of owning his own company.
"Tyson, it's late, maybe you should leave this until later," Kai tried to reason with the younger man, to put off his humiliation for at least an extra day. He couldn't handle the laughs and smirks he'd receive from his former team mates when they found out.
"It's not that late!" Tyson grinned, finding Kenny's number first. "It's not even nine o'clock! Besides, they'll be more than happy to hear from me!" pressing the call button, Tyson held the phone to his ear and awaited Kenny's response. Kai groaned silently, feeling the walls of his life starting to crash down all around him. Tyson's face lit up when Kenny answered.
"Hello?" Kenny's familiar voice asked, slightly slurred, but Tyson put that down to the poor quality of his cell phone.
"Kenny! It's me! Tyson!" Tyson almost squealed with delight at hearing his old friend's voice again.
"Tyson! Why are you calling me this late!" Kenny asked, an almost irrational tone to his voice.
"Kenny, it's only eight thirty," Tyson sighed. "Get a grip! What could you seriously be doing?"
"What do you mean what am I doing! I'm not doing anything!" Kenny's sudden sharp response made Tyson realise that it wasn't his cell phone that was making Kenny's voice sound slurred.
"Kenny, are you drunk!" Tyson's eyes were wide as he prepared himself for the answer.
"Me! Drunk! How dare you suggest such a thing!" Kenny started to yell some inaudible speech down the phone at Tyson. Tyson held the phone at arm's length and looked at Kai.
"Do you understand drunk?" Tyson asked.
"…No," came Kai's bland response.
"Thought so," Tyson rolled his eyes when Kenny finally stopped ranting.
"OK, so maybe I'm a little drunk…" Kenny said, finally becoming understandable.
"You think?" Tyson was amused that Kenny, of all people, would hang loose at computer college, of all places.
"So…" a gulping noise was heard from Kenny's end of the phone. "You called?"
"Yeah…I just called to ask if you'd be in town any time soon," Tyson began, finally pushing Kenny being a drunkard to the back of his mind and allowing his marriage to Kai to rise back to the forefront of his thinking.
"Tomorrow. I'm coming back tomorrow," Kenny replied.
"Cool! Then you can swing by my place and come see me and Kai!" Tyson tried to refrain from blurting it all out in one go. He wanted to try and keep Kenny in suspense, plus he wanted to tell them all together.
"Kai? He's alive?" Kenny asked, following by more gulping sounds.
"Of course he's alive!" Tyson retorted, receiving a shocked look followed by a slightly angered glare from Kai.
"What's he doing with you though?" Kenny asked.
"I'll tell you when you and the others get here," Tyson replied, trying to sound mysterious, like what he was hiding was really worth knowing.
"Ooh a party," Kenny felt a strange feeling bubble up inside of him. It was either the excitement of another party or the alcohol, more likely to be the latter rather than the former.
"Yeah, so I'll see you tomorrow OK? Come straight here!" Tyson grinned, although Kenny couldn't see it.
"Sure sure, bye Tyson."
"See ya Kenny!" and with that, Tyson hung up the phone and continued to search for the numbers of the rest of the group. The next number he came across was Rei's. "Next up: Rei!" Tyson started to bounce about with joy as he pressed the call button. Kai felt a pang of frustration at the mention of Rei's name.
"If it wasn't for him and his stupid big mouth I wouldn't be in this mess!" Kai thought.
"Rei!" Tyson cried before Rei even had a chance to say hello.
"Tyson!" Rei seemed surprised to hear the voice of his old friend on the other end of the phone. He was sitting in his bunk of the White Tiger Camp. Surprisingly, the cell phone reception was rather good in this area. "Wow! I haven't heard from you in years! How are you, buddy!"
"I'm great!" Tyson beamed. "What have you been up to?"
"Just hanging around with my team."
"More specifically Mariah, huh?" Tyson could feel Rei blush at this and a grin formed on his face.
"Yeah…well…we've gotten pretty close in these three years…" Rei's tone was soft at the thought of Mariah.
"So when are you two getting married? And am I invited?" Tyson asked.
"Tyson! I haven't even asked her yet!"
"Well go ahead and ask her already! I need you here!"
"What for?"
"Ah! You'll find out when you get here! Can you get here tomorrow?"
"It's short notice, but I'll see what I can do," Rei replied, slightly irritated that Tyson wasn't telling him the reason behind his presence being required.
"Cool! Kenny's coming! Hopefully he'll be sober by tomorrow though!" Tyson laughed, smiling broadly upon hearing Rei laugh with him.
"So Kenny's an alcoholic then huh?" Rei still laughed at the idea.
"Well he's on his way," Tyson laughed along with his old Chinese friend.
"Tyson, can you hurry this up?" Kai asked, slightly irritated.
"Is that Kai?" Rei asked, recognising the voice of their impassive team captain in the background.
"Yeah it is, I'd better get going, I have to call Max and Hilary," Tyson looked over at Kai and smiled lightly. "See ya Rei!" Tyson hung up and sent a glare over to Kai. "Don't be rude, Kai. Or I'll be forced to call you 'honey'." With that threat, Kai decided to keep his remarks to himself. The next number Tyson came across was Max's. he knew the call to his friend in America would be fun.
"Hello?" came the slightly muffled voice of Max.
"Maxie!" Tyson burst out. "Hey! How are ya!"
"Tyson? Do you have any idea what time it is here!"
"Uh…no?"
"I thought so."
"Anyway, Max, to get straight to the point before I'm turned into paste by Kai, can you make it over here tomorrow?"
"Tyson! I'm in America! It's going to take me a while to get everything sorted at this short notice!"
"Listen Maxie, it's really important you come. I've got something great to tell you!"
"Well, yippee," Max's voice seemed to drip with sarcasm. Tyson put it down to the fact that he'd woken the blonde up. "Look, Ty, I'll try my best to get to you, alright? Can I go to sleep now?"
"Sure buddy!" Tyson suddenly stopped upon hearing a young woman's voice in the background. "Hey Max…" Tyson stifled a laugh. "Who's that in bed with you! You dirty dog!"
"Tyson! Leave off!" Max was starting to get embarrassed, despite his being tired. "It's nothing for you to be worried about!"
"OK whatever," Tyson couldn't keep the grin off his face. Even Kai was smirking upon hearing that Max had a woman in bed with him. "See ya soon! Oh, and say hi to Mariam from us!" he hung up swiftly before Max could protest. Everyone knew that Mariam from the Saint Shields and Max had a special chemistry, and Tyson had recognised her voice straight off. It was unmistakeable.
"Mariam?" Kai smiled knowingly.
"Mariam," Tyson grinned back, finding Hilary's number at last and pressing call. It didn't take long for the young woman to answer. It appeared that her cell phone was perpetually at her side.
"Tyson!" she squealed. She obviously had Caller ID, or at least Caller ID she paid attention to, because he was sure most phones today had that function, and yet no one had known it was him calling. "Oh my GOD! It's so great to hear from you! How are you? Where are you?"
"Hilary! Slow up!" Tyson laughed. "I'm fine, great even. Look, I just called to ask when you'd be in the neighbourhood next."
"I'm in the neighbourhood, Tyson! I'm at my house!"
"Great! So you'll drop by tomorrow?"
"Sure! What for?"
"When the others get here you'll find out!" Tyson teased. "We can talk more then, OK?"
"Sounds great! I hope it's good!"
"Trust me, it is," Tyson looked over to Kai. Kai looked back at him, slightly dazed as if he was being left out of something.
"Good! I'll catch you tomorrow!" and with that, Hilary hung up.
"Never one to mince words," Tyson laughed, putting his phone in his pocket. "I would call Daichi, but do you expect that guy to have a cell phone?"
"No," Kai replied. "Thank God. One less person to humiliate me," he thought. Kai snapped back to reality upon noticing that Tyson was now incredibly close to him. How had he been able to cover that distance in such a short space of time without Kai noticing?
"So…what do you want to do until the guys get here?" Tyson asked slyly, sliding a hand up the back Kai's t-shirt, causing Kai to shudder lightly.
"Not what you're thinking of, I'm sure," Kai replied through slightly gritted teeth. Tyson slowly placed his other hand up the front of Kai's t-shirt, snaking it upwards, making Kai's heart race.
"Wow, you've definitely been working out a lot," Tyson noted softly. "Not been slacking on the training one bit, have you?"
"Will you stop trying to feel me up?" Kai asked firmly.
"Come on Kai! We're getting married!"
"Your point?"
"I want to have some pre-marital fun!"
"Oh hell no! I am NOT having sex with you, Granger!"
"Aw Kai! Please! You know I turn you on!"
"Get the hell away from me! I'm not getting into bed with you, and that's it!"
"But you've resigned to the fact that we are getting married! Married people have sex with one another!"
"Married people have sex! We're not married! And besides, I did not resign to that!"
"You haven't exactly denied it." this realisation made Kai blush ferociously for the second time that day. "Fine," Tyson sighed. "We won't have sex. Let's just go inside before it gets cold then." Tyson removed his hands from Kai's chest and walked towards the house. "Unless you like sleeping outside, I suggest you follow me." Frowning, Kai reluctantly followed the younger man indoors. "Oh, and Kai?" Tyson suddenly stopped, causing Kai to smack into him and Tyson's hands went straight to Kai's backside. "I may not be getting you tonight, but I will." Noticing that Kai's glare spelt death, Tyson removed his hands and continued walking. Kai scowled.
"No way you fucking pervert!" Kai muttered, trying to control the giddy sensation that was boiling up in his stomach at the closeness he'd just experience with the bluenette. There was no way that all the old feelings he felt for Tyson were still there…was there?