Torn

The Date

I groaned. It was time to get ready to go out with Rei. Sure, nothing to worry about right, like always, I have everything under control. Not. I have no idea what I'm doing. Sure, I know what you think, I'm Kai, I can do anything and everything, I've been on tuns of dates before, but that's the thing…I haven't. I have never been on a date and I cannot do anything, almost anything, apart from dating. I lay on my bed. I don't know what I'm going to do it all seems simple, but its not…that's he thing. I look towards my clock, five forty. I got back up. I walked down the corridor and down the stairs to the hall. I waited for the clock to strike six. I stood up from the wall. I hadn't anything fancy, but that didn't matter at the moment, all that mattered was to get through this night. Rei came down the stairs and smiled at me.

"Ready to go?" He asked. I nodded. I opened the door for him as he shouted to Oliver that we were leaving. We got into the car and I started to drive. We had a pretty nice silence, though I wasn't sure I should say anything, Rei was smiling, so he obviously didn't mind. It was quite a while till we got to the place that we where going to, most of the journey with that comfortable silence we often sit in. I kept stealing glances at him, he must've been doing the same because occasionally our eyes would meet and we would immediately turn away. As the car stopped, I got out and opened his car door, he stared at the restaurant, and I made a mental note that I have to push my pride to the side and thank Johnny for saving me when we got home. I opened the door to the place for him and let him in first. The waiter showed us to our table, it was next to the window, like I'd asked as Rei like's to see outside.

"So then, what do you think?" I asked Rei looked at me smiling.

"I never thought I'd say this, but I'm impressed. I didn't think you'd be able to pull it off, but you did well." He answered. I glared at him.

"And what's THAT suppose to mean?" He laughed slightly as a waitress came over. I recognized her pale skin instantly. She smiled at us.

"Can I take your drinks order please, or are you not yet ready?" Rei smiled at her in his apologetic smile, she shook her head and smiled back.

"Can I have a vodka?" She laughed a little and wrote it down. I looked at Rei who was skimming the menu. "Decided yet?" He nodded.

"Champagne, the best you have." She nodded. Her nametag read 'Katia.' I saw it as she walked away. She came back a few minutes later with the drinks and poured them.

"Are you ready to order?" We nodded. She got out her little pad. "Order away."

"Spaghetti." I said, she noted it down.

"Italian pizza, tuna, regular," Rei said, handing her the menu, I gave her mine. Rei started to chime the glass that his champagne was in. "It's actually glass."

"What did you expect, plastic?" He looked up thoughtfully. I laughed a little. "Yea, whatever." He grinned widely at me.

"How'd you find this place?" I stopped for a moment.

"Secret."

"Aw! Tell me!" I shook my head. He put on his best cute face. "Please!" I sighed, I really should try and resist that, but I can't, I hate him for it.

"A little bird told me."

"Which little bird?"

"A Scottish one." He laughed a bit.

"I can't believe you would actually talk to him, never mind ask a favor." I nodded.

"That's how much I'd do for you." He pinched my cheek.

"Aw! How sweet! I'm lucky to have you ain't I?" I swatted his hand away.

"Well, I am the best," He laughed a bit. The conversation went on like this fore a while. We just talked about little unimportant things. But when it came down to it, we both knew there was an important matter that needed confirming, one that Oliver couldn't know. He fidgeted a bit, wanting to ask, but not daring to ruin the atmosphere. "It's not something you can ignore, ask."

He gulped and took a breath. "What will we do when we get to Russia…what is it exactly that we're going for?" I let out the rest of the breath he'd been holding and waited for my answer.

I'd been thinking about what I'd say when this came up, but I honestly didn't know, I was speechless. Katia came over with the meal and set it down, wishing us a pleasant meal before leaving.

"Just say it in a straight answer, I just want to know…" I nodded.

"I think I told you before, my Grandfather is going to come out for his last few days. There's not much time before he dies, and the one thing he wants to do is…well…'see' me one last time. I think he wants to take me with him to his grave. I'm the only person who knows about the family secrets. If I don't carry on as his heir, the rules are I die with him. He killed my father because he refused to become his heir, and that leaves me…"

"Didn't he have the death sentence on his head?" I shook my head. "Why?"

"He went into a special hospital, he was ruled out at another madman bent on destruction, just someone who needs mental help. Tala, being the coldest and most reliable of the group, was the one they sent out to look for me. Of course, Tala isn't always what he seems to be. His father was in great dept to mine, and when my father was killed, he went out to seek revenge. Of course, he was no match for someone with so much power, but he was just glad he tried. Of course, this meant that Tala became a tool for Biovolt, just like me. When he first met me, and found out exactly who I was, it was complicated. He bowed when he met me, all the way to the floor, it took me awhile to convince him that to stop, and especially in public. At first, I wasn't so keen on the idea of having him by me all the time, he'd get teased a lot for it, and I would to. Bryan was the person who talked him out of being so slave like, and then he became more like a friend. I got used to him being there, and for a while used it to my advantage. When I saw how much pain he was in, I opened up to him more, and treat him better. Now, thanks to him not telling them where I am, I'm safe, but the dept is paid with his life." I finished. I didn't realize that I was shaking so much until Rei wrapped my hands in his.

"He said he'd be ok, that he'd come back…what did he mean?"

"He isn't fully human, you could say he is two people, he's like Zeo, a Android, cyborg, call it what you will," Rei nodded. "When we get there, we'll go straight to the abbey, from there I'll leave you with Bryan, your life will be in his hands, he will do everything to keep you alive, we'll then go to the center, where Tala will say he couldn't find me, Voltaire will become very angry and try to kill him instead of me. We will stop him though, our task is to save Tala." Rei was intrigued, amazed, jealous perhaps, but all the more hyped up in going.

"An adventure, exactly what I wished for!" He said, smiling his biggest smiled. I started to calm down, glad that Rei was going to be there, glad he was there. Even though I stopped shaking, our hands never left the warmth of each other.

The mood went back to a good one, I was happy, and he was happy. We finished dinner and had dessert. He had the biggest and most sickening looking ice-cream I have ever seen, the only other people I know how would eat that are Tala and Max. I bet Tyson would find it to sweetly sickening for his stomach.

"I never knew you had such a sweet tooth." I said, admiring the brilliant childish gold color in his eyes. He looked at my desert. Death by Chocolate cake.

"I see your not all you seem either, can I have some?" I laughed and fed a spoon full to him. "Yummy! I can taste all the ingredients…if you want, I'll make you some when we get home." I stared at him in awe.

"You can do that?" He nodded.

"A trick I learnt from my uncle, how to distinguish the different flavors. Most people can only taste the chocolate, but I can taste the eggs, flour, even the seasoning." I smiled.

"Yes please!" I said.

We finished in no time flat, saying goodbye to Katia and leaving. I opened and closed all the doors for Rei, as I would do. As we where in the car, he started to notice we weren't going to the house, he looked at me funnily.

"Umm…where are we going?" I smirked as he said this.

"A place." His cheeks puffed in furry.

"Don't play games, I want to know." My smirk turned into a grin of satisfaction.

"You'll see, I know you'll like it." He looked out the window, he may be upset, but he's damned cute at it.

I stopped the car, opening his door. He got out and looked around a little. He looked at me with a similar anger as before. We where at a small grass area, no plants, half the grass was dead, and there was lots of rubbish. He raised an eyebrow as I walked over to a line of tall trees, beyond you could here the faint sound of a river. I took his hand, pulling him closer, turned him so his back was facing me and covered his eyes with one hand, putting the other on his waist to guide him. He flinched slightly at the first step. I smirked again.

"What? Don't you trust me? You'll like it, just be patient," After a pause of hesitation, he nodded a little. I stepped slowly, so not to step on his shoes or to make him anymore uncomfortable. My grin got wider as I looked at the place we had stopped. He was shaking slightly; I released him and stood behind him. He gasped slightly. There was a small river, perfect for fishing. A small wooden bridge, leading to the grassy island like place next to a waterfall, and flower strewn pathways along the side. It was beautiful, to say the least, and you could see many stars, not to mention the full moon. I slid my hands round his waist. "Guess why I was always out for the past week?" He looked at me, shocked, but grateful.

"YOU found this place…how?" I shrugged, looking out to the waterfall.

"I wanted to find somewhere that nobody had told me of, I asked around a bit, for a few places, but I didn't find much. I came here once, there was a big crowd, some people where bulling some kid, I managed to get them off him and they left, I heard the water and went to see what it was. This is what I found," Rei was smiling at me when I looked back at him. "What?"

"I just can't believe this is real, I mean, its almost like a fairytale…" I smiled back at him, taking my chance and dipping my head down so my lips almost touched his. He closed the space. It was almost like our first kiss, all over again…

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Kitty-cat: is half asleep it took ages to write this, I have been grounded down to an hour a day until I finish all my school work…it's the holiday, cut me some slack!

Tala: you did spend the WHOLE day playing on the FOURTH harvest moon game! How many do you need!

Kitty-cat: I want the girl's version of the one I just bought, I didn't do that all day…I did some work just now, and where am I? AND I watch TV!

Tala: when she does this, not even the toilet has priority until she needs it so much she can't move,

Kitty-cat: so I have some problems…

Tala: SOME is a bit of an understatment, don't you think?

Kitty-cat: Anyway, I've never done that before.

Tala: oh really, remember at your friends house?

Flash back

Friend – Kitty, are you ok?

Me - …I…think…I…need the toilet…

Friends brother – so go!

Me – I cant move…open the door for me so I can run to in when I get up…rolls off couch

End flash back

Tala: Or the time at you aunts?

Flash back

Cusin – you haven't been sat there all day have you?

Me – no, I went to the toilet.

Cussin – that's in the same room practically, I knew we shouldn't have left you on your own

Me - is drooling TV so big…Americans have many big things…TV so biiiiiiiiiiig…

End flash back

Tala: have I proven my point?

Kitty-cat: your so mean!

Tala: As you say, not mean, just truthful...

Kitty-cat: humph!

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