Wheeeeeeee chapter 3! Thank you for all the reviews! I squeal in delight with every one I get. I'll try spacing it better as I've been asked. I know its kinda hard to read all crammed in together like that. Enjoy the 3rd chapter!
Wandering the hallway a few times, Rei discovered the ice machine, the emergency stairs and which room everyone else was in. He was almost dragged into the White Tiger/All-Starz room to settle an argument between captains but managed to slip away when Kevin got distracted and ran to the stairs. At the same time he spotted his own room door swing open and a familiar fur collar appear. Catching Bryan's eye, he winked and disappeared into the stairwell, heading up and hoping to be hunted. Half way up to the two extra flights of stairs to the roof, Rei's ears twitched as he heard the sound of footsteps thundering up behind him. Laughing to himself he sped up, making a dash for the door just seven stairs in front of him and burst through it, running out on to the gravel covered roof.
"Wow…." He breathed, taking in the view and momentarily forgetting he was being chased. Bryan hadn't however and quickly came up behind Rei, grabbing him around the waist and giving him a swing around just so he could hear his kitten squeal. And squeal he did, half in surprise, half in delight and squirmed around in the tight hold around his middle.
"Not like you to drop your guard Tiger." Bryan growled into his lover's ear, making Rei shiver and turn around in his arms once his feet were back on the ground.
"I don't see a view like this everyday either. Come on, the sun is setting." Grabbing the falcon's hand, the nekojin dragged him away from the door to the centre of the roof and looked out to the west where the sun was beginning to sink.
"You want to watch the sunset…..?" Bryan asked, slightly confused as Rei pushed him down into a sitting position and look up residency on his lap.
"I'm certainly not up here to admire the gravel all over the place." Rei's response produced a rare chuckle from his lover and arms wound around his waist again as he leaned back against Bryan's strong chest and watched the colours of the day bleed into the darkness of night. After a long while of comfortable silence, it was broken with a slight growl that caused Rei to tip his head back and give the other a confused look.
"If I get my hands on whoever leaked the hotel information…." Bryan snarled, obviously having not been thinking about the colours and lights coming up from the city beyond the hotel but what had happened earlier in the day. The nekojin wouldn't be surprised if it had been weighing on his lavender haired lover's thoughts since the moment he saw all the fans and Mr. Dickenson had confirmed a mysterious leak.
"It's too late to worry about it now Bryan. The information is out." Rei sighed, lifting a hand to trail across his lover's cheek, trying to drag him out of the murderous glare he was giving the entire city. His move worked and moonlight eyes softened, turning into the touch to press a kiss into the other's palm.
"This was supposed to be our weekend Rei, not us in a room with all our team-mates and not even enough beds to go around." The Russian huffed, his accent coming in stronger than usual now with his irritation, causing the teen in his lap to smile; he loved that accent. It reminded him of times when all English was forgotten and they both reverted to their mother tongues, even if they didn't understand each other whatsoever.
"We'll find time. There's bound to be times when everyone else is off with their commitments and the room is empty. Not to mention that you have the bathtub to yourself with a locking door." Rei's voice trailed off suggestively, causing Bryan to raise an eyebrow and snicker a little.
"You're too smart for me kitten." He chuckled, shaking his head and trailing his fingers through raven coloured hair.
"One of us has to be the smart one." The nekojin teased and tilted his head back further, sliding his hand from Bryan's cheek to the back of his neck, pulling him downwards and pressing their lips together for their first kiss in weeks. The familiar taste of tobacco and winter-mint gum along with natural flavours entered Rei's mouth, causing him to sigh contently into the kiss and swipe his tongue over his lover's lips, begging for more of a taste. Bryan obliged but not before breaking the kiss momentarily to lift the smaller Chinese teen and turn him around in his lap so they were face to face. Diving back in the moment he could, the nekojin nibbled expectantly at his falcon's bottom lip, no longer begging but demanding entrance, one hand burying itself in the lavender locks and holding tight. Although the Russian was known for teasing his partner when it came to these kinds of intimate things, he wasn't playing today; it had been too long of a wait for him to be back in the arms of his feline lover. No access was denied this time, his lips easily parted for Rei, his tongue following and brushing along the other's with the skill of years of practice in the entertainment-less Abbey. Sliding a hand up the other's chest in preparation to push him back, the nekojin stopped for a moment as he heard a 'click' and dove off Bryan's lap, curling up into as tight of a ball as he possibly could, leaving his lover looking dumbfounded for a moment before someone appeared in the roof doorway.
"Rei? Are you up here?" Kenny called, surveying the top of the building until his eyes fell on Bryan. "Oh, hi Bryan….have you seen Rei?" "No kittens up here kid." The Russian responded with a shrug, hoping the flush on his cheeks wasn't apparent from the distance the Bladebreaker's resident genius was standing. At least he was blocking the view of his kitty who had growled at being referred to as a kitten. "Oh….I couldn't find him anywhere else so I thought he might have come up here." Kenny mused, rubbing at the bridge of his nose and started to walk away from the door. Cursing mentally to himself, Bryan fixed a cold glare on the Japanese boy; narrowed eyes and a scowl on his lips.
"Our stairs lead right to the kitchen. He's probably down there. If he'd been up here, I wouldn't be since I was trying to get –away- from everyone." The half growl in his voice made Kenny stop and pale before taking backwards steps to the door.
"Ri-ri-right….the kitchen. That's where he'll be. Bye Bryan, Tala's looking for you by the way." With that the bespectacled boy dashed back off down the stairs, not bothering to close the door behind him. Heaving a sigh, the Russian looked down to his left side and poked the ball of boy in the side.
"Coast is clear kitty." He teased, keeping an eye on the door in case his red headed captain came barging out it.
"If you ever refer to me as a kitten to somebody again, I'm going to rip you a new one." Rei said with a glare as he uncurled himself and sat beside his lover, his own gold eyes on the doorway as well.
"Still doesn't mean you'd ever be top." Bryan laughed and stood up, dusting off the back of his pants and stretching, laughing at the growl that came from beside his knees. "You know, maybe we should tell people. It would be easier than scrambling around trying to hide whenever some one shows up"
"Ha! Why not just go down to our cafeteria and set yourself up a guillotine. It may have been over four years ago, but my teams are still out for blood." Rei laughed outright, standing up as well and wrapping his arms around his falcon's waist, resting his head on his shoulder.
"No, I'm quite happy with my head where it is now." Bryan sighed, looking out over the city with calculating eyes as he lost his fingers in long raven coloured strands. With a sigh of his own, the Chinese nuzzled his Russian's chest and pulled away from him, heading for the door.
"We should probably get going. If Kenny's looking for me and Tala is looking for you, then the convention is probably starting." He explained, looking put out at having to go back to the others so soon. "All the more reason not to go. We can find somewhere else to hide from them." Bryan laughed, walking by the slowly moving Rei and giving his ponytail a tug as he passed. Giving a yelp of surprise, the nekojin lashed out to give his boyfriend a smack upside the head but his wrist was caught before it could connect and he was pulled in to a deep, searing kiss. With a soft groan, he pressed against the other's strong chest, the hand not in Bryan's tight grip crumpling the fabric of his lover's shirt in a clenched fist. It reminded both of their first kiss, the kind of kiss that comes out of nowhere and turns your entire world around.