A/N : Thank you all so much for your reviews to chapter one, I'm glad you're all enjoying it so far! Here's chapter two for you!
Warning : Strong language, yaoi
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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All I Want : Chapter Two
December 19th
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrng!
"Shuh-the-fuck-up!" I groan, opening my eyes and swearing profusely under-breath at my rude awakening, courtesy of my alarm clock. I hate those damn things, they always interrupt the best bits of your dreams. I was just about to kiss Rei for fuck's sake! We were about that far away from utter bliss and then that damn ringing thing interrupts! I hate it! With a passion! Shudder. Kami, it's freezing! It's six o fucking clock in the morning. Winter. Russia. You cannot even begin to imagine how cold my bedroom is, I do not want to get out of bed and that damn alarm clock woke me up with that damn noise. I'm freezing. However, I'm not entirely sure if I can complain, since I did set my alarm for six instead of seven for a reason, and that reason is because I have to go shopping… Again. I'm getting decorations today, not sure what colours, but Marie said she'd come with me to choose, then stay to help me put them all up too. Unfortunately for me, she's a bit of a shop-o-holic so I may end up getting even more Christmas presents for the guys, but still, I suppose that's not too bad considering a bar of chocolate and a scarf each isn't that much, even if I did buy some of those delicious truffles and a sled to share too, but whatever – they can have more, I don't care about how much I spend – like I said, I have a lot to prove to these guys!
Okay, guess it's time to get up now… Ever woken up with that feeling? Knowing that you have to get out of bed but it takes about ten minutes to finally muster up the courage to brave the cold of your bedroom that feels about minus ten degrees comparing to the wonderful warmth of your bed..? It's just not fair, is it? I've just forced myself to remove my covers and step down onto the cold, hardwood floor of my bedroom and I'm hating it; I hope I get a pair of slippers for Christmas, I may have to mention that to Tala and hope he gets my drift… Oh shit! Tala and Bryan! I haven't got them anything yet! Okay, so I'm not actually seeing them on Christmas day, but I can still post them something each to show I care about them, which I do, by the way, very much, heartless as they may be. They aren't really heartless, Tala is full of love (selectively) and Bryan… Well, Bryan is just Bryan. He's cold and mean, but he's a good friend and has never once let me down, and I know there's a heart full of care in there somewhere… Really deep down.
I hate this cold weather. Maybe Tal and Bry (pet names that they hate) will get me some thick socks and a dressing gown too.. Though then I may end up looking like my grandfather did, and that is something I never, ever want, hence me keeping my hair the same length and not letting it grow, since if it was shoulder-length then I'd just be the young, caring (sometimes), normal (again, sometimes), blue-and-slate-haired version of… Actually I'm nothing like him so I'll just stop now before I think myself into a hole in the corner. I hate it when I do that. I'm really glad the guys never noticed how ditsy I can actually be, around them I always manage to keep my cool, luckily. Well, apart from that time I fell down the stairs while exiting the Beyblade arena after battling Brooklyn, but I was feeling almost dead so I think I had some kind of right, and though I never admitted it back then, I am really glad Tyson caught me otherwise I don't think I would have been able to get back up and I hate to make a scene, and one definitely would have been made if I'd passed out on the floor after falling down some steps.
You know, to be perfectly honest, despite me being seriously injured I think Tala would have laughed if he'd been awake and seen it – Hn. Bastard. Oh how he loves to laugh at my pain, but then again he tends to be the one who causes it. I actually think he gets jealous if somebody else manages to hurt me, probably because that would mean that somebody other than him managed to break through this hard exterior of mine, and Tala knows that he is the only one who has done that so far… I love Tala. Not in that way, but as a friend, a good friend. I occasionally wish Bryan was the same, but I don't think I'd be able to control my hysterics if Bryan ever acted the way Tala does when he's showing a fit of excitement or joy… Even the mere thought of Bryan jumping around and giggling like a love-sick fan-girl is making me smirk, which is (by the way) how Tala acts when affected by afore mentioned attacks, and amuses me to an extent far beyond any thing else that was made for amusement purposes. How sweet.
… I need coffee. It's too damn early, I can't stand it! Waking up at seven thirty in the morning is fine for me, six is just a little unfair, but still. I have to drink coffee, have a shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, drink more coffee, go to Marie's house and get some money out all before eight thirty, which is when the shops start opening. I hate Marie for making me wake up this early. Bitch. Still, I guess six seems like pure bliss for those people who have to get up at five every day for college or work or something… Poor bastards. I'd hate to have to do that, I mean, I'm not lazy or anything but five just seems a little too early, especially for someone like me who doesn't tend to sleep until two in the morning. Yesterday I went to bed at just gone eleven, so it was a very early night for me, I'm glad I had the sense to do that though because now I'm not as tired as I would have been, actually I'm not really tired at all. Once I have that coffee down my throat and had a good shower I'll be right as rain. Speaking of rain, it is pissing it down out there. I'm not impressed.
Brrrng brrrrng… Brrrng brrrrng… Brrrng brr- "Hn?" To most people, that would seem rude, but that is actually my usual greeting. Okay, admittedly it was slightly more irate than usual, but it is just gone six.
"Hi Kai! Good morning!" Oh. It's Marie, I guess she's just making sure I'm awake, which I blatantly am since I answered the phone. "I've had some great ideas for today." Here we go. Sigh. "I thought that you should buy stockings for your friends and get some stocking fillers, you know, little presents to go in them like chocolate pennies and-"
"Do you not think I have enough chocolate for them?" I can just imagine her rolling her eyes and shaking her down on the other end of the line. I think I'm going to change my phone number.
"No, of course not! You can never get enough chocolate for Christmas! Well, that's what my dad says anyway…" Well he would, wouldn't he? He owns a chocolate shop. I wish she'd shut up and let me get ready, she's still talking at me down the line but I've managed to blank her out. I occasionally grunt in what I hope are the right places so she doesn't catch on I'm ignoring her. "Kai, are you even listening?" Bugger.
"Yes Marie, but I have to go and get ready now otherwise I'll still be wandering round in my underwear by nine." Silence. I guess she's thinking that one over. "Tell me your plans later, I am spending all day with you."
"Yeah, you sound thrilled. Later Kai." Heh. She hates my sarcasm. I do wonder sometimes why she puts up with me at all, she's one of the few.
"Later Marie." I snicker, before adding "Love yooou!" in my sweetest and most angelic voice, the one that makes even Bryan feel very uncomfortable because it's so difficult to resist. Ah, I love me. Sometimes.
Right! Coffee. Shower. Coffee. Breakfast. Coffee. Go! … I may have a slight caffeine addiction.
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"Red, green and gold are just too common so I was thinking something along the lines of blue, purple and silver, if that's okay with you." That wasn't a question by the way, that was a statement. That's Marie for you, she doesn't ever give me a chance to give my opinion on things that concern my house or my life. She's like the big sister I never had, but worse. She's been talking at me ever since we met up at her father's shop about things that either don't matter or things she knows I don't give a damn about – Like the colour and positions (for sod's sake) of my decorations, for example. I don't give a crap what colour they are, just as long as they create a lasting impression on Rei… The team, I mean. And I most definitely don't care where they go, as long as there's some funky stuff in every room, I'm even decorating the kitchen. We have managed to agree on one thing though, the tree is going in the living room and she's going to decorate it because I (apparently) have no sense of style when it comes to Christmas. Well what can you expect? I've never had a real Christmas before, it's not my fault! Stupid bastard Grandfather…
"Can we stop for a coffee soon?" I think I may have to duck a slap any second. She hates it when I do things like that, interrupt her with no good reason, especially if I'm straying completely off subject. She always tells me I'm useless and that she may as well shop for me on her own, so I try to add a little input and she tells me to be quiet. Bloody women, it's no wonder I prefer guys when I have her as a role model.
"Kai." Yep, there's the slap-attempt. I suppose it's a good job she didn't hear my last thought process or I think she would have tried much harder to give me a piece of her mind. "Firstly, you interrupted me, and secondly, no." I open my mouth to protest, but she's too damn quick for me, retorting immediately with a "Just no" as soon as my lips move. I'm now pretending to sulk, which isn't really that much different to my usual expression so she barely notices, then something catches my eye, and unfortunately she does notice my sudden change of spirit. "Found your Christmassy side again Kai?"
"Hn." My eyes may be showing the great amount of excitement that the brightly lit town ahead is providing me with, but it doesn't mean I'm going to leap around and squeal joyously… I'm not Tala, you know. Heh, he'd kick me for that, I just know it. I'm beginning to miss him, I haven't seen him for at least three days.
"Kai doesn't have a Christmassy side." Speak of the devil! Before I can move out of the way I am 'greeted' by my best friend with a disgustingly wet lick up the side of the face; and he's, what, nearly eighteen? Gross child. I wipe my face on his scarf and give him my foulest glare, which (rumour has it) doesn't actually affect him in the slightest as he's still standing there grinning at me like a prize moron. His bright blue eyes are practically dancing with pride and the two red strands that hang in front of his eyes are blowing messily in the wind. He's so… 'Cute.'
"I didn't think you knew about this time in the morning Tala. It's before eleven." Hn, you know those really sickly smiles that people give you when they can't think of anything witty to say to you? Yeah, Tala just did one of those. I smirk and fling my arms round his waist, pulling him into a brotherly embrace. "Missed you Tal."
"Aww, I'm touched." He puts his hands over his heart to mock me, before greeting Marie, in a much less 'friendly' (as he calls it) fashion as he did to me. "How've you been since I last saw you… Three days ago." Again, like Marie, Tala doesn't ask questions, he just makes statements and then expects some kind of reply. I often wonder how Bryan puts up with the redhead, they live much nearer to each other than I do so see each other much more often than I see either of them. Well, in truth, sometimes Bryan calls me and tells me that I am needed to pry Tala away from his house because he won't go away. Make that often. He calls me often to tell me to get rid of the crazy redhead I call my closest companion.
"Not bad. You? Bryan?" My reply is a nod from the slightly elder teen, which is normal for him. I have learnt over the years that this can be correctly interpreted as "yes thank you Kai, we're both fine." I smile slightly in return with a small nod of the head, resisting the urge to hug him for the second time, if I did he would just think I was weird, or weirder, should I say. Tala thinks I'm pretty strange anyway.
"Okay guys, really sorry but we have some serious shopping to do. No time to stand around, especially in this weather. I'm freezing my bollocks off!" Marie seems to be getting a little wound up at me, but I really wish she hadn't mentioned shopping. Tala's giving me that knowing stare. He knows I'm trying to impress Rei this year, and damn is he going to make it difficult for me if I let him, which I'm not going to. He is the reason I am not inviting him over to mine for Christmas, but he's already assured me he'll be there for Boxing Day with Bryan. I really hope they behave themselves and don't show me up like the bastards they really are.
"You don't have any bollocks Marie." Three cheers for Tala and his light-speed intellect. I feel one of us should point out that it's a figure of speech, but the explanation would be completely wasted on the redhead because he's already been distracted by the toy store down the road which has just switched it's Christmas lights on and is now flashing red and green with all it's might to be seen later when the snow, that the clouds are threatening to drop on the world, begins to fall. That boy has the attention span of a baby chimp, i.e. not very long. He appears to be bored of the toy store lights and looking at me expectantly like a puppy waiting to be taken out for it's daily walk in the woods. He can be so sweet sometimes.
"Yes, Tala?" I smirk knowingly, he's going to ask me something about either Rei, Christmas, what presents I have or manage to combine all three into one.
"What have you got Rei for Christmas?" See? Aren't I clever? No, not really, I've just known him for too long. I sigh in mock exasperation and shake my head.
"Not much." I tell him teasingly. He's giving me that 'I-hate-you-now-tell-me-more' kind of look that suits him better than the colour orange, and that is saying something. "Some chocolate from her dad's store," I say, nodding gently towards Marie, "and a red scarf." I am officially afraid. Tala's face has just cracked into a disgustingly wide grin.
"You like Rei in red, don't you Kai?" No Tala, I think he looks awful. Daft prat doesn't need to ask that! I know you're dying to hear more from me, my wonderful redheaded pal, but I'm not giving you any details in front of Marie, she barely even knows about this at all, and is currently looking extremely interested. Or, I could just ignore him completely.
"Let's get going." Simple. He's already lost interest anyway. Time for decoration and 'stocking filler' shopping by the sounds of things, plus I have to look at some trees to see what sort I want and the like… I get the feeling today will be fun, much as I hate to admit it.
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