MasterFranny: this is the second chapter; I decided to post it today so to finish the three-shot before Christmas. I hope you will like it! And if you have time to waste, try my other fics here, plus… on I reposted the first chapter of 'I am Nothing' revised version.
Kai: yes, let her finish it soon, so I can go back to my usual self! I don't like being all depressed and such!
MF: shut up, Kai! Or I'll make you pay dearly!
/Kai goes O.o/
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Warning: intense OOCness, but is intended. Yaoi, meaning boy x boy relationship, so don't like don't read.
Rating: well... not too high... I may put some lime at the end of the fic, but nothing too graphic... I am inexperienced in threesomes!
Summary: A Christmas Party will lead Kai to more than just one surprise. Brooklyn/Kai/Tala, Rei/Mystel, Julia/Matilda, Enrique/Oliver, others.
Disclaimer: Not own. -Laughs evilly- Never will.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"(Talking into other languages)"
Solemn Wishes
Chapter 02: The Party
Rei looked around as he walked down the street, enjoying the light air that lingered around during this particular time of the year. He still wanted to find some little treasures to take with him at the party, and there was the whole day to do so.
"Rei! Rei, wait for me! C'mon!"
The raven haired blader turned around, and saw Tyson running up to catch with him. He was holding his hat in one hand, whilst in the other one there was a muffin. Rei chuckled lightly and stopped waiting for his friend to arrive, sweatdropping as he saw Tyson stuff the whole muffin in his mouth -things would never change. Tyson would never change.
Besides, Rei did not even want to know why Tyson was eating a muffin at this time in the first place.
"Tyson... why did you have to run? That's you who asked me to come and meet you at four, you are punctual!" the Neko-Jinn smiled with his fangs shining.
Tyson pulled on his hat and frowned at him, swallowing the whole muffin with ease as he checked on his wristwatch, "punctual? Are you ok bud? It's almost a quarter past four!"
Rei's grin turned into a sly smirk as he replied, "exactly what I mean -punctual for the time I was waiting you. You always come around fifteen minutes later than the hour you state you'll arrive".
Tyson stood bewildered for a moment, then blushed as he realized what Rei had said, the offence finally kicking in, "you're mean you know, Rei?" he pouted.
"I know, that's what I am," Rei laughed seeing Tyson's face. "What about you? Why did you ask me to meet you here?"
Tyson coughed, before a light blush appeared on his cheeks, "Well, I need you to help me… buy a gift," he smiled sheepishly as he saw the other raise one eyebrow. "A special one".
The Chinese blader's eyes lit up in realization, "oh, you want to find something for Max!"
"Wha!" Tyson's eyes popped out of their sockets in astonishment, and he stood there gaping at him, "how did you know that!"
Rei let out a chuckle as he resumed his walking, Tyson right on his heels, still stupefied, "Tyson Tyson Tyson, you are way too obvious… I mean, the only one who haven't noticed you drooling on Max is –Max himself!" He chuckled more seeing Tyson's blush deepen. "Ok, no need to stress out, I'll help you, but you will have to help me as well".
Tyson shook is head, getting rid of the blush only to cast a sly –or so he thought it to be- look at the White Tiger, "oh, Rei-kun needs to buy some special present to Kai…"
"Kai?" Rei frowned. "Why should I buy him something special? I already bought him a Christmas present, as I did for all of you!"
Tyson shot him an incredulous look, "what do you mean? Who would you buy a present to then?"
Rei felt like missing something peculiar in this talk, so he stopped and turned to stare at the navy haired blader, who was just as confused as he was.
"Mystel," he raised one eyebrow at the look of surprise his former team mate wore. "Yes, Tyson, I am buying a special present for Mystel… why would I want to buy something special for Kai?"
The Dragon wielder blinked, then he resumed his cheery acting once again, walking a little faster to keep up with Rei's pace, before casually replying with a knowingly smile, "because we all know you and Kai are a couple… I mean, you don't have to hide it Rei, don't lie to me… it's so obvious! You are the only one he opens up with, and around you he even smiles… God knows what would happen if I ever try to make him smile at me…"
Then he noticed Rei had stopped walking and turned towards him, and was completely stunned to see him snickering quite loudly from behind his hand. His stunned stupor doubled when Rei lost his fight against the amusement and started laughing rather hysterically –until he choke and started to cough.
"What's so funny?" Tyson was staring at him wide-eyed.
The raven haired blader wiped away the tears from his eyes and stopped laughing, shaking his head at Tyson's stupidity, before smiling at him, "me and Kai –a couple? Come on Ty, that is funny!" the other continued staring at him confusedly, so he added, "me and Kai are not a couple; it's me and Mystel".
"You're not!" the Dragon's eyes were as wide as plates. Then he turned as red as a tomato and averted his gaze from Rei's, "I… you two seemed so close… how could I know it was just… friendship? Hell, I couldn't believe I would ever put Kai and friendship in the same sentence!" he laughed loudly. "Now I know why Mystel laughed at me every time I tried to convince him you and Kai were an item!"
Both stared at each other for a moment, laughing together at the amusing mistake, before Tyson turning suddenly thoughtful.
"You know, I wasn't the only one thinking you and Kai were together… almost all the others… some of them has such faces when they knew… like Johnny, or Tala…"
Rei froze and stared in shock at Tyson, "what does Tala have to do with me and…Kai?"
"You see, I met Tala a week ago, he came back from Russia and he wanted to know how Kai was… you know how Tala is around Kai, as protective as a brother… " Tyson shook his head with a smile, "one would think Kai knows how to protect himself; I think Tala only wants Kai safe… whoa, he actually cares for Kai… another thing I would never thought possible!"
Rei was about to go and strangle Tyson right on the street, he hated when the Dragon started speaking about non inherent things.
"Well?" he pressed on.
"Well, I replied he was fine because you were with him and you two were together… and here Tala glared at me, as if he wanted me dead! Jeez, he's so jealous… I know once or twice in their past at the Abbey, but now…"
Rei wasn't listening to Tyson's babbling anymore, as the bluenette passed from speaking about Kai to Max, eyes shining in happiness, already looking around to see for some great present he could give to the blonde.
'Tala…' Rei closed briefly his eyes, deep in thought. 'Are you really trying to protect Kai as a brother, or is there more? Are you interested in Kai?'
He knew Tala was always fussing over Kai, because Kai was younger than him, and like Tyson said, in the Abbey he was used to protecting him. Maybe it was because the red head saw Kai as a little brother, but… could it be that Tala considered Kai as something more?
Now, Tyson was just the worse thing that could ever happen. If Tala believed him to be Kai's boyfriend, not only the red head would hold a grudge against him all his life –either if he was in love with the slate haired blader or if he only cared in a brotherly way- but that would not help Kai any way.
Tala was quite possessive but… Rei knew why Kai was so reluctant about revealing his feelings to him. He feared rejection.
The Neko-Jin sighed as Tyson entered in a shop, and for a moment he just stood there, deep in thought. He wanted Kai happy. He had to know if there could be a chance for the slate haired blader or not.
Either way, he needed to sort things out with Tala.
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"I said I don't want to come like this! Rei!"
Kai's scream could be heard echoing through all their shared apartment, but the raven haired Chinese was not going to be affected the last bit by it. Kai was going to come to the party, and he was going to come dressed as planned. And he was gonna enjoy it, willingly or not.
That's why, to stop anything else from happen, Rei hid all Kai's normal clothes, and he threw away his face paint.
"Kai… don't be such a child," Rei scolded the older blader.
"Where is my second option!" the other growled glaring at him.
"But you have it: you can come naked… I'm sure Johnny would love it" Rei giggled, teasing the slate haired blader.
"What are you implying!" Kai hissed, turning away –but not before Rei could see a light blush cover his cheeks.
Johnny had a thing on Kai, there was no way he could deny it –the Scottish had asked Kai out twice, being always rejected politely. And resulting Tala to glare at the magenta haired European as if wishing he was dead.
"It's not that bad, you look great… come on!" Rei was kind of pleading now. Kai shook his head. "Nuh-uh!" Rei pouted, then he tried his last option "you are so mean, Kai…" then he did it. His infamous puppy eyes. The sole look that could break through Kai's cold resolution; tears pooled at the corners of his eyes, and he stared with a cute pout at the slate haired blader.
"No… no way!" Kai desperately tried to look anywhere but at Rei, shaking his head, "I'm not gonna fall for this ever again, Kon!"
"Please… Kaaaai…" Rei's eyes turned even bigger if possible, and he intensified the pleading look.
"Fuck, Kon!" Kai's shoulders slumped in defeat; he never managed to get away safe against his puppy eyes. He couldn't stand them. "But any comment, any, and you're going to regret ever asking me to wear this thing!"
Rei brightened up considerably hearing this and mentally patted himself on the back, happy he once more defeated the almighty Kai Hiwatari. He jumped on him, but had to let go due to Kai's face turning a deep shade of purple.
"Remind me not to let you anywhere near Mariah next time she comes visiting…" Kai huffed, brushing one hand in his hair.
The raven haired blader smirked, "you tend to run away every time she comes…" he reasoned.
"That's damn true! I can't stand her!" Kai pointed at his friend. "You know what then? Next time, you'll run with me!"
Rei rolled his eyes but had a playful smirk on as he watched Kai slowly –really slowly- preparing himself for the party. His mind wandered away to more pressing matters: he needed to have a speech with Tala soon, and maybe make out with Mystel.
"… Did you tell them?" Kai was now observing Rei carefully, and as the Tiger did not reply, being too spaced out to notice he was speaking to him, he sighed, "Rei? Reeeei?" he frowned and waved his hand before his friend's eyes, but received no reply to assure him the other was still alive. "Oh, and, Rei? Mystel called, he said he's going to dump you for Garland".
This got to him all right. Rei snapped out of his trance and stared at him with eyes wide and shocked, but as soon as he saw the smirk on Kai's face he calmed down, "what was that for!"
"You were lost once more in your ecchi thoughts," Kai said matter of factly. "I asked you if… if you already told the White Tigers about, you know".
Rei shrugged it off; once he would already have been deep in anguish and guilt because he was keeping something important from his childhood friends; once he would have been blaming himself because his village would exile him for being gay… because it wasn't natural, it wasn't… accepted.
Once, but not anymore. He still cared for Lee and the others, but this was his life, and he was going to keep on doing what he wanted, not what the clan wanted him to do. And still, he would not tell them.
But no matter what, he couldn't tell them he was not straight. Lee would rip his head apart and Mariah would… well, he didn't even want to know what she would do if she knew.
If the clan rejected him, he couldn't care less; but if his best friends since childhood rejected him, well, this was another matter.
"Not yet…" he murmured.
"You shouldn't care about their opinion," Kai hastily wiped off the blue marks from his cheeks and glared at his own image in the mirror. "It's your life, not theirs". Rei could almost hear the slate haired teen's thoughts, 'how could he care about what a giant pink ribbon bouncing around thinks?'
"Kai, they are still my friends!" Rei huffed and leaned down to adjust Kai's shirt slightly. "I don't want to ruin our friendship… just like you and Tala… you won't tell him your feelings right?"
Kai blushed, "touché" he admitted. He then grabbed his earring –a little Tao in silver and jade- and put it on. "Happy now?" he asked with a light grimace.
"You look great," Rei became cheerful again. "Kai's gonna hunt tonight!"
"Oh, shut it," Kai glared at him then shrugged it off.
Rei himself wasn't quite that bad; he wore one of his usual Chinese outfits he looked so great in, but this was something different than usual. It was dark green, with long sweeping sleeves; golden stripes run through the sleeves and the shirt in a spiral pattern, whilst his ebony hair for once wasn't all tied up. Two longs strands hung loose at each side of his head and the rest was tied with a low ponytail. He even left his usual bandana, so his forehead was bare; plus, there was a cuddly and smooth white fur around the shirt's neck: it wasn't real fur, obviously, but it was really cute and warm.
He looked cool.
"You'll break hearts when people will find out you are already taken," Kai let out a smirk, his eyes flashing almost playfully.
"Ah, what can I say, I am utterly fuckable," Rei sighed in delight, "and only one person will enjoy this hot body –someone who this night will cry out my name at least ten times…"
"Rei!" Kai groaned. "Please…" 'Bad, bad, bad mental images… growing more detailed… go away! Shoo!'
Kai shook his head forcibly and followed the Neko-Jin outside, pulling on his coat and closing the door behind his back with a sigh; Rei, who was trying to keep his balance with at least four bags full of Christmas presents, waited for him on the sidewalk, glancing up. It was already dark, but there were clouds covering the sky, and Rei beamed happily, "it's gonna snow tonight!"
He loved snow. It was one of the many things he loved about Christmas time, together with the lights, the cheerfulness, the mistletoe, the trees…
Kai rolled his eyes and followed his raven haired friend through the main street, taking two of the bags from his hands as he looked around. Until two years before he had never celebrated such a festivity, but after joining with the BladeBreakers it became usual. He even started enjoying it.
The streets were filled with people chatting and laughing merrily, pointing to the many lights that hung from the shop windows and the balconies of the houses; there were trees as well, decorated with coloured balls, candles, rows of intermittent lights, and yellow shiny stars on their tops.
It all looked beautiful and even Kai felt himself relax while looking at Rei, who was giggling and bouncing around in happiness. His shoulders drooped a little and he tapped his friend on the shoulder to call him back from his own world.
"Ready to go, Rei-I-am-the-Christmas-fan?" he asked the other with one raised eyebrow.
"Yup!" he replied smiling.
Kai smiled back, and Rei wondered why he simply couldn't drop the cold act when he was around others as well. He looked younger and even cuter –he couldn't deny it.
Yes, cute, but between them nothing would ever flare up. Both liked each other's company but only as friends, nothing more.
As Rei glanced at Kai while walking he was determined to have a talk with Tala, to sort things out; Kai deserved to be happy. Of course he wouldn't be revealing Kai's feelings to the Russian, that would be betraying Kai's trust.
"Rei! Kai!"
Both bladers turned and saw Hilary waving at them as she approached in a hurry; she was almost completely hidden under a large pink jumper, an azure wool hat, and a long blue scarf. She too was holding a little bag filled with presents.
"Hi! How are you?" she smiled. Then she turned around and shouted, "Daichi! You slow monkey! Hurry up!"
Daichi appeared from around the corner, wobbling under the weight of at least eight bags of presents, and with great strain he managed to drag himself near the three.
Surprisingly enough –or maybe not- he was wearing his usual outfit, which consisted in a sleeveless shirt and pants without a leg, plus a scarf and a pair of gloves.
"Hilary… would you please take back your bags! I'm dying here you know!" he cried at the happily bouncing girl -Kai thought she looked like a brown haired Mariah and cringed.
Hilary stopped dead and turned to him, "this is what you get for calling me a hold hag, shortie!"
"Who's shortie!" Daichi dropped the bags on the ground and glared back at her, but then both turned towards Kai, astonished. He didn't like the attention and growled, "what?"
"Wow, Kai, you look… different," Hilary whispered, eyes wide and a light blush on her cheeks. 'He looks damn hot too' she mentally added.
"See? They don't like it!" Kai turned towards Rei with an angry glare.
"It's not that…" Daichi circled him twice, looking at hi up and down, mouth open. "It's just that… you look younger! And less imposing! Who could have thought that sourpuss could look this… innocent!"
He stopped and swallowed in fear, because the glare he was receiving was just as fierce as his older ones. On the outside he was different, but inside he was the same Kai as usual.
"However, merry Christmas to you both!" Hilary leaned over Rei to kiss him on the cheek, as she was common to do on this holiday, and the Neko-Jin kissed her back, but when the cheerful girl went for Kai, he stepped back, glaring, "don't you dare," he hissed.
She wasn't the last bit affected by his acting, being accustomed to it too much to get angry, so she ignored the glare and planted a kiss on each cheek of the distressed teen, who flushed and pulled away –he didn't like that much the kissing part.
"Now let's go," she ordered them as her usual boldness kicked in, and Hilary punched Daichi, who picked up the bags again with a growl, following the other three to Tyson's dojo.
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As the four entered in the dojo, they stared speechlessly at the crowd and at the chaos reigning inside; it really looked like there was twice the number of people that it really was.
At the opposite corner of the big gym stood a huge Christmas tree, its top brushing against the ceiling. It was completely covered with balls, lights, little golden and silver beyblades –who knows where Tyson found them- and a shining yellow star above it.
Decorations that would be the horror of any sane person were scattered around the room, such as the reindeer with flashing nose at the entrance, or the Santa near the buffet table with waved its hand enthusiastically saying, 'ho, ho, ho' over and over.
There were little mistletoes hanging from the ceiling together with starts, small angels, bells, red and green decorations…
The buffet table was long and filled with sweeties, drinks –they even managed to get alcoholic beverages such as vodka, whisky and sparkling wine- plus some other things.
Music was playing in the undertone, but not loud enough to disturb the chatting.
Kai heard 'In Joy and Sorrow' from the HIM before a new one started, which was an anime song.
At least music was good.
Then, there were the bladers.
The Majestics were already there, as well as part of the Justice Five and the Baihutsu. Robert was speaking with Garland, and both looked like they were enjoying the conversation; Johnny was looking around, in panic, trying to find someone who could free him from the dreaded pink ribbon-girl, who on the other hand looked like she was ready to burst in happiness.
Lee was politely eating some cookies while speaking with Michael from the All Starz and Miguel from the Barthetz Batalion. Enrique and Olivier were flirting in a corner, both unaware of the people around them; Emily, Julia and Matilda were deep in some kind of conversation and they were all giggling softly.
Others were scattered around talking or laughing, some sitting in chairs, some others on the floor or standing, and there was Kevin trying to pry Gary away from the buffet, since he was eating, or better, inhaling there, with Rick and Max at his right, busy speaking.
The Turtle blonde master was obviously enjoying himself greatly, because the American was telling his jokes, making Max laugh his head off. Rei spotted Tyson sulking some feet away, and was sure that he wasn't really paying attention to what Eddie and Michel were saying, but was glaring and pouting at the two Americans.
Rei glanced around but saw no trace of Brooklyn or the Blitzkrieg Boys, and sighed inwardly. Then, his eyes fell on his love who was casually leaning on the wall; the moment Mystel saw him, he smiled and waved at the Chinese blader, who smiled. Mystel looked out of place, even though it was big enough for him not to feel constricted.
The Egyptian blader wasn't wearing his usual mask and he was dressed with light white and cream clothes, with an Egyptian pattern at its corners.
"Oi guys! Merry Christmas!" Tyson finally tore his eyes away from Max and Rick enough to see the arrival of Kai, Rei, Daichi and Hilary, and bounced –Kai noticed a lot of people liked to bounce during Christmas time- towards them. "I'm glad you could come! You know that Enrique brought some strange sweet they eat in Italy? You should try it, it's great!"
"Merry Christmas you too, Ty," Rei smiled.
"Come on, have a drink and-" Tyson pointed towards the buffet table but stopped dead in his tracks. He slowly turned towards Kai, eyes as wide as saucers, "Kai! What the…!"
Kai growled deeply in his throat and glared at the loud mouth, who gaped, "you look so… different!" Rei giggled, knowing that if only another person told Kai he looked 'different' he would surely explode.
"Isn't he cute dressed this way? I forced him, because of the bet! The fifteen laps around the dojo!"
Tyson's face lit up, "oh, the one you asked me to step in front of Kai so he wouldn't complete the laps?" Tyson blinked, then paled, "maybe I shouldn't have said that…"
Kai turned with a murderous glare towards a sweating Neko-Jin, "Rei…"
"Hey guys! Look at Kai! Come on, look at him!" Tyson, searching for a way Kai would not murder Rei, turned towards the other bladers and pointed to the Hiwatari heir, smiling broadly.
Kai turned of a dangerously red shade and Rei could just see the steam coming out of his ears, but then all the teens in the gym turned to him, and the anger turned to embarrassment.
Rei chuckled, knowing they were all thinking the same thing, 'Fuck-he's hot'.
Robert and Johnny approached, the latter looking rather troubled, "Wow Kai, you really look…"
"Different" the Phoenix hissed furiously, as whispers ran through the bladers. "I know, thank you very much".
The Scottish gulped and decided to step back and drop the matter, whilst Robert stared at the slate haired blader. "I think this outfit suits you better than your usual one," he stated. "You look more yourself in this style, more open".
Kai looked blankly at the German, not quite understanding the meaning of his statement; he relaxed lightly and nodding a greeting to Tyson he followed the older blader to the table, picking up for himself a glass of vodka and started speaking with the Gryphon. He respected him, and usually felt rather at ease around him.
Rei followed Tyson as the bluenette lead him towards the other end of the room.
"I'm going to let people eat something more at the buffet, and then Hitoshi and Grandpa will take in the main table and the seats so we can eat dinner –Grandpa is a great cook, even if he doesn't look like it, plus Olivier helped!" Tyson smiled, but his smile turned a little stretched as he glared at Rick still talking with Max.
"I wonder what they are saying," he huffed.
"Come on Ty, don't be jealous," Rei patted him on the shoulder. "Just wait for the right moment, and then give him your present!"
Tyson smiled and returned to the buffet.
The raven haired blader sighed in content and headed towards his lover, who was still unmoving and waiting for him. As he approached, Mystel looked at him warmly and smiled, "hello love," he whispered seductively.
"You look hot in this…" Rei brushed his fingers on the smooth cloth.
Mystel blushed and looked in the depth of Rei's amber eyes, "I missed you, how was your week?"
"I missed you too," the Neko-Jin let his finger trailed up until it brushed against the blonde's lips. "I am fine, but I have problems with Kai…" Rei leaned on the wall at Mystel's side, glancing at the blader, who looked at him. "Brooklyn will be there in a few minutes, why don't you go and check on Kai? To make sure he's going to be all right."
Rei smiled fondly, "if he ever hears this he'll rip your skin off… he would say he's old enough to take care of himself".
"He is, but he's in love, and love is a different matter… when love's in the way even the wiser turn into morons" he said wisely.
"Since when you are a philosopher?" Rei smirked.
"Reading a lot of books Garland lent me," the blond Egyptian smiled.
The raven haired Tiger leaned over to kiss him on the cheek, "Thanks, Mystel, you're really nice".
"I know I am…"
"I'll make sure I'll thank you for your kindness later…" Rei whispered seductively in the other's ear.
Walking away he left a blushing Mystel trying to hide his burning cheeks.
"Hey Rei, I see your relationship with Mystel is going ok!" Garland smiled slyly as he approached the raven haired teen, and slammed his hand down on his shoulder, making Rei gasp out in pain, flinching.
"Garland, I wonder how do you know so many things about the life of all the bladers in here… you are not taking lessons from Mariah and Emily, are you?"
"No way!" Garland laughed, "I can't even stand them… they would make such a couple, but strangely enough they haven't realized the feelings they feel for each other… a shame, but then again, I would fear them as one item… it's not like Julia and Matilda. Raul is unsuccessfully trying to get them together but the latter is just too dense!" He waved his hand. "At least with Enrique and Oliver things are pretty obvious".
Rei stared at him in disbelief, "you are serious! Wow, I don't want to know how you manage to find out all of this".
Garland punched him playfully on the shoulder –making Rei hiss in pain once again- and smirked, "then I won't tell you… by the way, how's Kai with his love problems? I think there will be a big problem coming soon, something went wrong and if no one explains it…"
"Garland!"
The fighter blader turned as Raul approached, "what?"
"I think I lost Matilda!" the F-Sangre member looked rather pissed off. "They're so hard to control… oh, hey Rei, say hi to Mystel from me! Come on Garland!" and grabbing the older teen's arm he pulled him away.
Rei blinked twice, still astonished, 'well, that was really strange,' he thought.
The Neko-Jin looked around to search where Kai was, and he saw him turned towards the main door. Without caring what others would think, he threw himself at his slate haired teen's friend, smiling as he hugged him tightly. Kai gasped and turned towards him, and Rei's bright smile vanished as soon as he saw the other's expression. There were tears shimmering in Kai's eyes, as the older teen freed himself from the Chinese's grip and left the dojo as fast as he could.
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MasterFranny: only one chapter left! Follow me to the end of this three-shot! I hope you will review!
Plus, I liked to have Rei as the dominant one, for once. I usually have him under Bryan. I like this side of him though. Sly, dominant and horny.