Rei smiled. He had just kissed Kai! That was something that he had been dying to do ever since they had been fourteen and a part of the Bladebreakers! However, even though he was glad that he finally gathered enough courage to do such a thing, there was still the chance that Kai never wanted that from him. That thought left his stomach in knots.

Focusing on his path through the people inside of the club, he made sure that he stayed close to the purple haired man until they reached a small secluded spot by the wall. A small hallway that was dark with no one there except for the two of them led to a door that had a small sign that read 'Personnel Only.' Rei followed the man to the door in which he lifted a copper key from his pants pocket and brought it to the lock. Once it was opened, Rei stepped in before the other and had to squint his eyes at the sudden burst of bright light. The room was a dressing room and the nekojin could smell the strong stench of perfumes and colognes that performers had used. He walked over to one of the five large mirrors and sat down in front of the vanity. He looked at his flushed, tan skin and his slightly tousled raven locks of hair. He sighed. What was he going to do with himself?

"Rei, you look great!" a young woman with bleached blonde hair exclaimed. She ran over to the petit boy and rapped her arms around his chest. She looked at him through the mirror as Rei looked at her reflection. He smiled playfully.

"I haven't done anything yet, Isabella!" Rei laughed at the woman. She had the most surprised look plastered to her face even though this happened almost every time.

"Well," she began with a fake indignant tone of voice, "I'm so sorry that I can't compare to your beauty, oh god of everything lovely, Rei! Some of us actually have to put on makeup to look pretty enough to go out on stage." Rei chuckled at her teasing. He looked away from her as she began to undress from the very little amounts of clothing that she wore. Instead, he gazed at his own reflection and solemnly glanced at the varieties of makeup that were placed on the vanity. Grabbing some foundation, he proceeded to prepare himself for his turn on stage.

Kai continued to stare off into space with his fingers idly pressing against a pale cheek that Rei's kiss had been planted. He had an unusual satisfied grin on his normally expressionless face. The young man was sitting on his stool, leaning on his elbow and his free hand he had wrapped around his now empty drink, and thinking of nothing more than Rei's beautiful figure. He even thought of the things that he had hardly ever noticed before such as the way his hair embraced the nimble frame, and how his eyelashes would flutter gently whenever he was content, and how his cheeks would flush with a light pink color that was hardly visible to the untrained eye instead of a healthy rouge as most people's did. He thought of how the Chinese boy's voice changed only slightly when speaking, which made him seem monotone, of how he would hold back thoughts that were begging to be let out so that he would not hurt the ones around him, how Rei's tanned skin would make every scratch extremely prominent because they would turn up an extremely pale color. He thought of how Rei's eyes would change its shade of gold whenever his emotions altered. Kai thought of—

"Would you like some more, sir?" Kai jumped slightly as the voice startled him out of his daydreams. He looked up at the waiter that stood there with a seemingly knowing smile tugging at his lips as he watched the bluenette make sense of what just happened. Kai raised an eyebrow in question. "Would you like some more," the waiter asked while he pointed to the empty glass that was still being held tightly by the Russian. Kai looked down at his cup and pondered the question. Should he? It wasn't as if he couldn't hold his drink…

"I'm going to have to say no," Kai replied. He sighed quietly having decided that he didn't want to take the chance of having a blackout of this night. The brown haired waiter nodded and walked away after he took the glass from the pale man. Kai was looking around at the dancers that were moving to the music when all of a sudden it happened.

Everything went dark. All of the lights had been shut off and the music was silenced. Then, after sitting in the quiet darkness for a few minutes, a low tune could be heard coming from the speakers. It was somewhat quiet, just loud enough for the people in the club to hear it over others' whispers. The music slowed down to a stop. And it was still once again, except for the quiet whispers. Suddenly the darkness was broken as a spotlight lit up a figure on the stage as the music began to start up again, and the voices instantly stopped at the sight.

Rei stood in the light with his eyes closed lightly, lashes quivering from the excitement building up within his lithe body. His long raven colored locks of hair fell behind him loosely, a clip keeping it from falling into his face. The bangs framed his tan, relaxed face as his wavy hair framed the slender form held in tight clothing, revealing just enough smooth, tan skin to leave the audience wanting more. His top was sleeveless and turtle necked, but the material stopped just underneath his chest, which allowed all to see his tight stomach and the jewel in his navel. His pants were black leather that was low ridden, letting others see his defined hip bones. Slowly, he revealed his gorgeous, golden eyes.

He was beautiful standing up there on the stage. The spotlights were on him as he swayed his hips to the music gently, seductively. The people in the club hushed and their eyes fell on the magnificent sight before them. No one would have been able to take their eyes off of this creature of beauty even if they had truly wanted to. The nekojin seemed to have put everyone into a sort of trance, and one Kai Hiwatari was no exception.

He stared openly at the object of his desires. Mesmerizing. That was the one thing that Kai could think of to describe him. His gaze swept over his rocking hips, smooth stomach to his bright, healthy hair, only to finally allow his vision rest on Rei's lovely face.

The music gradually got louder and louder and after awhile, when the music stayed on a set volume, Rei opened his mouth. And what came out of it made Kai's heart flutter and stop all on the same moment. The voice and melody were heavenly. Kai would have sworn that Rei was an angel that was sent here with the single purpose of healing with his voice. And if the Russian had looked around the room, his theory would have been proven.

The people in the club wore such calm expressions. They seemed to have permitted their problems and hardships to flow out of them as Rei's voice flowed out of his mouth. The crowd let go of their thoughts and relaxed and let the music go into them. Some nodded their heads with the beat while others closed their eyes, yet all were silent. This was an event that was looked forward to by all. Rei's singing was one of the reasons that the business was doing well.

The music slowly came to a stop as did the melodious voice of the tan Chinese boy, and when it did, the crowd burst out in applause. The pale Russian also joined in the clapping and let a wide grin grace his features as he caught the Chinaman's eye. He smiled back before giving his full attention to the crowd once again.

"Thank you! I hope you enjoyed that," Rei said to the crowd who cheered louder. Rei's smile grew larger. "Well, even though slower songs are nice, I think I'll pick up the pace, what do you guys think?" Once again Rei was answered with a blast of shout of approval. As the crowd applauded and cheered, two men and one woman walked onto the stage. One of the men carried a base guitar in his hands while the other walked to a set of drums that had been shrouded in darkness earlier. The woman had an electric guitar strapped around her shoulder and she gave a microphone to Rei, who accepted it gratefully.

As soon as the bass and the guitar were plugged into the speakers, the music began. Rei's voice was still extremely melodious, yet it lost its soothing touch to be replaced by that of energy. It fueled the crowd to begin dancing and jumping around to the beats of the drums. Kai was still gazing at his former teammate when a hand was placed on his shoulder. The Russian looked over to the owner of the somewhat petite hand to see a handsome young man with red hair and green eyes. He was handsome, yes, but all of his features were dull which made him look just like every other handsome man out there.

"Hey, um, you wanna dance?" He asked with a small smile. Kai thought about it and looked over to Rei who was still singing and moving with the beat. Shouldn't he dance to Rei's performance as well? He didn't see why he shouldn't, although he would prefer it if Rei was the one he would be dancing with.

"Why not?" Kai slid off of the stool and stood up. Together the two of them walked into the energized sea of people and joined in with dancing.

The beat of the drums and the strum of the guitar and bass pounded in his ears as Rei sang along. He felt the energy rush through his body and he poured out all of that energy into his song. He had gotten to the third song and everything had gone by smoothly. There would only be one slower song left before his performance came to an end, and Rei was looking forward to see Kai afterwards.

He stopped singing with the drums while the bass and guitar carried on for a few more measures.

"Alright! I hate to say it," lie, "but the next song will be my last for tonight." The crowd groaned. "Haha! Yeah, it breaks my heart too," lie, "but it can't be helped. So I'm going to be ending tonight's performance with a slower song."

There were a few whoots and whistles and clapping, but it all died down at the first strum of the guitar. When it came time to do so, Rei began to sing. However, unlike the first song, people actually danced with each other. Some of the crowd dispersed to grab drinks and sit down to listen to the song quietly while the others paired up.

It was going great. No slip ups had occurred yet and they were half way done, but then Rei spotted him. Kai. With another man. Dancing. What was going on? Didn't Kai like him, Rei? Then why was he dancing with that other guy? And why was that other guy, that was not Rei, pressing so close to Kai! Something just wasn't right, and Rei definitely was not pleased.

He hadn't known it, but the Chinese boy had been glaring daggers at the two for the rest of the song. There was even a slight cracking in his voice when the singing part of the song came to a close. After he said a few more words to the crowd, in which his voice held some malice in his voice, he stomped off of the stage and into the changing room. The band members followed him, chattering away. They left the glowering nekojin alone, fearing that his spite would turn on them. Even Isabella, the bleached blonde woman, dared not give him his usual congratulating hug.

Rei plopped down on the small seat in front of the vanity he used before the routine and heaved a huge sigh. He looked at his reflection solemnly. The anger had distorted into a depression. His eyes were dull and his lips were pulled down into a frown, even his hair seemed more limp than usual. Well, he would have to face the Russian sooner or later, might as well make it sooner.

He stood up and slowly walked to the room's exit and opened the door. Walking through it and out into the club, Rei was bombarded with compliments, flirtations, shy looks, and giggles. It was hard enough already to face Kai without having to shove his way through a crowd that he really didn't feel like putting up with at the moment. But he did, and he did push his way through the people and searched for the bluenette. Rei finally caught sight of the Russian sitting at the bar. At least he was alone with no carrot top to be seen. Rei was grateful for that.

Kai looked up from his musings when he noticed Rei walking towards him. There was something off about the normally cheerful tanned nekojin, but he shrugged it off and decided that it was just because Rei was tired from the show. He smiled and stood up when Rei stopped in front of him.

"Hey, you were amazing up there," Kai said with that smile still gracing his face. "I never knew—"

"Who was he?" Kai looked at him bewildered from the cut off.

"What?"

"Who was he?" Rei repeated; his voice angry.

"Who was who?" Kai asked, utterly confused.

"Who was that guy you were dancing with! During my song!" Kai had a shocked look on his face. Why was Rei acting so strange? It wasn't as if he did anything…oh.

"Rei…" Kai began with a small smirk gracing his lips.

"What?" Rei's voice was full of spite.

"Are you jealous?" Amusement could clearly be heard in Kai's question. Rei looked shocked.

"NO! Of course not!"

"Uh-huh."

"I'm not! I—"

"Rei, you're jealous," Kai said, trying to hold back a snigger.

"Why would I be jealous!" Rei yelled. The irises in his eyes had turned to slits by now and he was completely baffled.

"Well, that's the thing. I don't know," Kai said, looking at the Chinese boy pointedly. Rei's cheeks flushed lightly and he looked away with shame.

"I-I don't know," He admitted. "Kai, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to fly off the handle." Kai shrugged and reached out; grabbing Rei's chin and forced the other to look at him.

"It's alright. Besides, it's kind of nice." Kai grinned as Rei's face flushed even more. The Russian bent down and pressed his lips tenderly on the Rei's. The nekojin's eyes slipped closed while he leaned into the kiss. Softly, Kai slipped his tongue out and ran it over Rei's bottom lip. The Chinese boy complied and opened his mouth to permit Kai entrance. Kai's tongue probed gently at his and Rei shyly responded. The Russian pulled back after awhile and smiled. Rei opened his eyes and gazed at his former captain.

"Does this mean….that you….like me?" Rei asked timidly. His eyes were shining with hope and Kai couldn't help but smile. He was so adorable.

"As if you needed to ask." Rei blushed. Kai bent down and kissed Rei for a second time before tugging on his arm. "You are finished with work, right?" Rei nodded and looked at him quizzically. "Then Let's get out of here." Rei smiled and allowed Kai to lead him to the club's exit. After they were outside in the crisp air, Kai laced his their fingers together and began to walk towards the parking lot his car waited at. Until Rei abruptly stopped, that is. Kai turned around with an eyebrow raised. "Rei, what—"

"Hey! I just thought of something!" Rei began. "I may have gotten jealous, but I wasn't the only one, you know!" Kai thought back, yet he couldn't think of what Rei was talking about. "Don't act as if you can't remember! Earlier tonight, when I was dancing with that guy, you were the one who was jealous!" Kai's eyes widened. Oh…so that was what Kai was talking about…

"Rei…that wasn't…I wasn't…you were much closer to him than I was!" Kai exclaimed. Rei began to chuckle as Kai frowned.

"Oh, no, no, no, no! You were fairly close, and not only that, but you were dancing with another guy while I had to sing and watch you. I wasn't even aware that you were there!" the nekojin explained in a calm voice. He didn't even try to hide the sniggers. Kai chuckled nervously.

"Let's not dwell on the past," he stated before turning and walking off, fingers unlacing.

"Hey!" Rei ran to catch up with the retreating bluenette and grabbed his hand. "I want an apology!" Kai ignored him and began walking again; this time he dragged Rei along with him. "Kai!" the tan boy whined playfully. Kai sighed before stopping, turning and seizing the nekojin's chin and planting a chaste kiss on them. Rei smiled. "apology accepted."

They walked quietly to Kai's shining, black car; once again hand in hand. Once they reached their destination, Kai turned to Rei and asked him, "So, what does this mean?" Rei looked at him with a confused light tinting his eyes. "Well, I have to go back home tomorrow." Rei's eyes widened.

"Y-you're leaving?" The Chinaman looked down. He had completely forgotten about the fact that Kai no longer lived with him and the team. He had forgotten that Kai would have to return to a place that didn't have Rei in it.

"I am…" Kai trailed off. He looked down at the sullen looking boy and he regretted ever leaving him in the first place. But he couldn't just decide to stay here. He had responsibilities back in Russia. However, if he was able to bring Rei with him… "How about you come with me?" Rei looked up, surprised. Had Kai really asked him that? He didn't really have anything to loose by staying here, and he had everything to lose if he didn't go. What was there really to think about?

"If that is really ok with you, then I would be more than happy to go with you, Kai!" Rei explained with a joyous grin. Kai smiled happily. And then when Kai thought about it, he realized something. He had smiled more that night than he had ever before. Rei truly did make him happy. The smile grew.

"Then it's set. I'll get you a ticket and we can go pack your things." Rei nodded.

"Alright then." The two of them smiled at each other again before kissing again and getting inside of the car. Kai pulled out of the lot and they headed off towards a new life with each other.

FIN

A/N: OM MY GOD! HOW SAPPY WAS THAT ENDING? IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY FROM HORROR! I never, ever write sappy endings….it's kinda creepy… Well, you know the drill! READ AND REVIEW! Oh…also, this is supposed to be the ending since I really, really don't like this fic, but if y'all want, I can continue, but you have to review and tell me to do so! ahaha!