Normal POV

"Hey, guys, wake up!" shouted Hilary," come on, we're here!"

It was getting late, and the sky was beginning to turn from a calm blue, to a bright yellow, orange and red, making the sky look like it was ablaze and had caught on fire. But this was ignored by the five teenagers, who were now, slowly but surely, leaving the bus they had just spent several hours locked inside of, and were now looking around at their new surrounding.

"Are you sure that Tyson would have come here?" questioned Kenny," I mean, I know that Tyson left really early, but, I don't think he would come here. I mean, why would he? There's nothing here that would keep him here."

"That's what we're gonna find out," came the short answer from Rei, who was currently supporting a weak, tired and depressed Max.

They all walked into their hotel, booked in, dropped off their luggage, and walked downstairs, into town, looking for Tyson, but what they didn't know, was that he was in his hotel room, under a false name, sleep the day away, dreaming of the boy he couldn't have, in the exact same hotel.

Later

"Guys, I think the best thing we can do is rest now," came a feeble response from Kenny, who was walking towards the lift for a well earnt rest.

"But what if Tyson's hurt, or-or lying unconscious somewhere, we can't leave him," pleaded Max, who had tears falling from his eyes.

All of the Bladebreakers, including Hilary, looked at each other, and then back at Max, with understanding and pity for him, but they all mentally agreed with one thing. Getting tired wouldn't help Tyson either, so Rei walked up towards Max, and hugged him close, letting him cry out silent tears that have yet to stop falling.

"Listen," began Rei," we will find him, but you need your rest. You're tired, and we won't be of much help if we fall asleep in his greatest time of need. Now, come on, you need to sleep."

With little protest from him, Max began walking towards the elevators, but when it came, Kai started to walk away, muttering that he would be upstairs later. They all looked at each other in silent conversation, wondering if it would be a good idea, but they had little word in what Kai did, because he was now sitting in the lounge café, ordering a drink and looking glumly up at the ceiling, wishing that he knew exactly Tyson was, and longing to understand the feelings that were overcoming him, every time he began to think of Tyson, and the constant worry of what might have happened to him.

Tyson's POV

I can't take it anymore! Even when I sleep he's right there! Oh, if only I could really hold you in my arms and tell you how much I love you, Kai. You have no idea how much I love you right now. But, I don't know, maybe this was a mistake. Maybe I'm not really running away from the problem, but making it worse. I mean, I love him too much to forget him, but not enough to make me stay. If he loved me back, I would've stayed, but what's the point of lying to myself.

I love him, and there is no other way of looking at it. I have to go back. I mean, it's a sign that all the boat trips have stopped, and if I was meant to leave my team mates, then I would already be on Sapporo, living in some weird house, working for my food and stay.

"Guys, I'm coming home."

Normal POV

"Guys, you go in, I wanna be alone for a minute," Max said, with a hint of sadness plaguing his speech.

"Sure, Max," replied Rei, as everyone else left them to go to their own rooms on the other side of the hall," but if you need anything, I'm here, you do know that?"

"Yeh, thanks, Rei," and with that, Rei left Max, upset at the state his crush was in, and that Max was, in a way, pushing him away, and puling him in at the same time.

Max stood there, next to the elevator, quietly thinking about what he would do if he never saw Tyson again, and what he'd do to him if he ever got his hands on the idiot, because how dare he leave them all, even if he was upset and confused, because, like Tyson himself is always saying, you can trust everyone in the Bladebreakers, cause we're all friends.

He then decided to go downstairs and grab a drink from the café, because he was beginning to dehydrate from all this crying. As he walked into the lift and pressed the down button, he began thinking about what Tyson might be doing right now, and whether he was alright or not…

Then, a young teenage boy walked in, lost in his own thoughts like Max, until, when the lift finally began to move, he noticed the other boy. When Max looked up, however, he nearly shouted out of pure surprise, happiness and relief.

"T-Tyson?"

"W-Wh-What…?" stammered the other boy, who had just awoken from his dreamland.

When Tyson looked up, however, he began to cry very quietly, and so did Max.

"Why did you leave?"

This was like someone slapping Tyson in the face. He was hoping that he could what a while for the interrogation.

"Wait, you were going back to the dojo, weren't you?" questioned Max.

"Yeh, I was…" came the blunt reply.

"Hilary was right then," began the now upset Max," you were only running away to make a fool out of all of us. How could you, Tyson? I mean, that's low, real low. I've been in a state a shock and pain, and all because you were playing some stupid joke!" Max was now in fits of tears.

"No, Max. It was nothing like that," Tyson began," You see-"

"What?" questioned Max," what would have caused you some much unhappiness that you had to leave us? I mean, I'm your friend. Couldn't you tell me?"

"Max, I… You're right, I should have told you, then you wouldn't have cried, and maybe I wouldn't be in the predicament," said Tyson," but I will tell you now."

So Tyson began to explain to Max how, the day he found him on the hill, he was thinking about Kai, and about how he had so much confused, mixed up feelings towards their captain, and when he began to decipher what it might mean, he began to panic, and thought it would be best for them all to leave. For the team, for his friends, for Kai, and for himself.

"But why couldn't you tell me?" asked Max," I could've helped."

"You don't understand," Tyson stated," how could I explain how I felt to you, when it's taken me up to today to understand how I felt towards him?"

"Well, you'll be happy to know that Kai's down here," started Max," why don't you get it over and done with here, because then, if he turns you down, he can't hit you, because he could get arrested."

"Thanks for your support, Max," replied Tyson, sarcastically.

When the lift doors opened, and they began to walk to the café, they didn't expect to see what they say in front of their eyes. And, what they say made Tyson ever feel any emotion whatsoever, because, what he saw broke his heart more than rejection.

Much, much more…