Title: Sincerely Yours
Subtitle: Disappointment
Summary: Kai is an all-out player; he has a different girlfriend every single week. Rei is his roommate and best friend ever since high school. They did almost everything together; there isn't a time that these two were ever separated. It didn't bother Rei much that Kai had tons of obsessive fans, and it stayed that way. That is, until Kai fell in love.
Warning: Pointless, don't feel like doing it.
Disclaim: Nothing owned, not even myself.
A/N: Hi there! I know, I know, I'm starting another story when all of the other arches I have up aren't even completed, not even one. But, can you blame me? Okay, don't answer that. I just have too much ideas floating around in my otherwise, empty mind. Bleh, I'm not stupid, I just have too much thoughts.And don't worry all you KaiRei fans, it is a KaiRei fic, I just didn't want to point out the obvious. Anyways, on to their university life.
Question: how do you know when you're really in love?
Of course, most answers would be those corny stuff you see on TV, like "when you want to spend the rest of your life with him". I mean, you could just be in love for about a week and get in a relationship for about a week, and then just get bored. You still were in love.
Or the other one, "you are in love when you find the one". Well who is the 'one'? In society today, you don't see many people being happily married for their entire life, but when they were getting married, they assume that the person they were being married to is the 'one'. So of course, when you say the 'one', you mean almost anybody on the face the Earth.
So back to the question, the thing is, for each and every individual, they have a different answer for that question. And as for the rest of us who's never really been in love, we'll just have to wait. Some tends to be more desperate then others while waiting, which is why Kai Hiwatari have so many girls after him. And even for the people who are not very interested in a relationship, how can you ever resist his charms? The guy's wealthy, talented, and most of all, drop-dead gorgeous. You just can't resist that. So when he comes over to talk to one of the more desperate girls, they either would drool or faint. Both ways show just how foolish, desperate and obviously-in-love they are.
The good thing is, you will have a chance to go on a date with him. Actually, you will have a chance to spend a full week with him. And everyday of that week, he will buy flowers for you. From sunrise to sundown, he will buy whatever you want. You want a romantic dinner, you have it. You want a car, you got it. Isn't that just wonderful? Hasn't it always been a dream of yours?
The sad thing is, after a week, you're gone.
If you still don't know the rules of life, here's a tip. A guy like Kai would never ever spend unnecessary time with a random girl who is over-heels-in-love with him, or just completely obsessed. He will never stick with anyone for long, let along a girl.
There are exceptions though. For example, his friends, especially his best friend, Rei Kon; a young man known to be warm-hearted, nimble, and very much cat-like.
They've been friends for as long as I can remember. And then there's his other friend, Yuriy Ivanov, who is quite a charm himself. Though he's a bit more mischievous and open, and a bit less interested in girls (actually, he's not at all interested in girls.) And as for the rest of his friends, you'll be introduced to them later.
Back to this story. After much stalking, and snooping around on my part (I am a fan of his too, the only difference is I am a fan of not just him, but him with someone else…lol), I have felt the responsibility to write what I've found, all down. And share it, with people who heard of Kai but who would never get a chance to meet him, or go on a date with him.
When I say he will never stick with anyone for long, it doesn't mean it's not possible for him to fall in love like the rest of us. But it does mean that he will never experience desperateness, because after all, that is what average people like you and me must go through. Kai is not average; he is above and beyond that. This is the reason why he has so many fans without being in Hollywood, or shows his face once on a magazine. Okay, he did do a few photo shoots, but that was it. Name one person who did only about 1 to 2 photo shoots and get a fan club bigger than the Titanic. I don't think so.
Okay, everything I have told you is to show just how good of a life Kai have, even though he's in university.
Now I'm not saying university life sucks, but from I've heard from average (reminder: Kai is not average) people, it's very tiring, consider the fact that you have to get that doctor's degree while working 2 jobs to support your living standards. Or working one job and lower your living standards. Which ever way you choice, you can't live big. But for Kai, since he has all the money in the world, he doesn't have to worry about money issues. As a matter for fact, he doesn't even have to go to university. He's already got the most successful company running around the world; he practically owns the world's trade market, which means he practically owns the world.
So why is he in university, you ask? Because Rei is. And where Rei is, Kai is. And vise versa. They are very much inseparateble.
Okay, back to my story again. A long, long time ago…no, no, wait, it wasn't that long ago…
It all started when…oh, this is going to be good. Okay, concentrate.
It all started when…no, not a good beginning.
Uh…let's see.
Once upon a time…?
No, not much of a fairytale.
It was a sunny day, the birds were singing…no wait, it wasn't sunny. It was the middle of winter.
In a small town, on the east coast of…Oh screw it.
You know what; let's just throw the beginning idea out the window. And let's just get to the point.
"It should be snowing by this time of year…" disappointment tangled its way into the sentence.
"Don't worry, it'll come." An enriched voice replied, trying to reassure the younger one.
"How do you know? I know you have the money to buy everything else on Earth, but you can't buy snow, Kai." All sense of reassurance disappeared, and it was on to another ruined conversation.
"Wanna bet?" Kai challenged.
"Okay, I mean real snow." The other raised an eyebrow at the older male, as he retorted.
"Still possible." The blunette shrug his shoulders in suggestion.
"Ugh…you are such a royal pain in the butt." Rei murmured, shaking his head and rolling his eyes.
"You are speaking my thoughts, Rei." The conversation led to a playful whack across a certain red-haired young man's head and chuckles from the youngest one of the three.
"I was only expressing my thoughts!" The said redhead retorted, while rubbing the sore spot on the back of his head.
"Well, express your thoughts somewhere else Tala, stop influencing Rei."
"It's not my fault; he simply loves hanging around me more than you." At this time, Tala has completely revealed his true self, the mischievous one.
"Okay, you guys, I'm just gonna go and make dinner since you two are obviously too busy fighting over me." Rei disappeared into the kitchen door, as his voice trailed off, but you can still see him through the living room, since one of Kai's friends, namely Takao decided to cook for himself once and ended up getting the kitchen caught on fire. And now, all that's left as a memory is that huge rectangular gap on the wall that separates the kitchen from the living room. Of course, you can't really see the accident just by looking at it, since it's been redesigned and all the burn marks were covered with new paint.
"I gotta stop you two from hanging out together." Kai (the oh-so-sexy obsession of so many) shook his head and chuckled slightly at the comment made.
"I still don't get why you cook Rei, I mean, Kai probably has enough money to treat us to fancy restaurants for the rest of our lives." Tala smiled innocently towards who he calls Mr. rich-and-famous while 'expressing' his thoughts.
"No, they're food isn't very good. And besides, I enjoy cooking." The Asian replied from the large cookery, voice slightly distorted due to the noises he was making in the cookery.
"Someday I am going to change your view of restaurant food." Kai said determinedly, but…
"You've been trying for the past 5 years; I think right now is a good place to give it up." Hinting out the obvious, Rei looked through the refrigerator, picking out tonight's dinner.
"Not a chance." You can see, one way or another, Kai gets his way.
"Okay then, but I'm telling you you'll never succeed." This might just prove to be the ultimate challenge Kai has yet to face.
"It's 5, I think some of us have a date to attend to." As much as Kai is talented and skilled, he still forgets things easily. So it is up to Tala or Rei to remember it for him. This time though, Rei didn't know about it.
"Oh right, completely forgot." Kai got up from the sofa and threw the remote control carelessly onto the glass coffee table.
"It's Saturday." The raven-haired young man said in a surprised tone, watching as Kai's shadow stretched down the hallway towards the exit of the house.
"Yeah, I know, that's why I forgot." His voice echoed back, muffled slightly with his distance.
Okay, here's the other rule that I haven't bother to mention at the beginning, Kai doesn't go out on Saturdays. He prefers to spend time with his two closest friends, then some random girl who's infatuated with him. But, there is always a first time for everything. Like tonight.
"Alright, gotta go, I'm already late."
"Oh, she can wait a little longer." The redhead teased.
"Yeah well, I can't stand you, so I'm just gonna go now." Kai returned the gesture, as he took his black coat from the hangers and swung it over his shoulders, seeing no reason to wear it just yet.
"Meanie" Sticking out his tongue at the blunette's retreating figure, Tala retorted.
"Hm. C'ya Rei." The door closed with a small click as the blunette's farewell trailed away.
"Bye…" Silently as it came, it was gone.
The room fell silent for a moment, but as Tala shifted himself from the across the living room to lean himself on the side of the refrigerator, the peace was disturbed.
"Hey Tala, how does spaghetti and meatballs sound?" Rei had a dark red apron on, the ingredients for the said meal already prepared on the kitchen table.
"Sounds delicious" Tala always went along with whatever Rei cooked, it really wasn't necessary to ask in the first place.
"Good" The Asian smiled, and washed his hands, ready to start cooking.
Only the sound of water echoed around the house. And the silence between the two friends continued for a while as Rei heated up the pan.
"Feeling disappointed?"
"What?" Surprised at the question, Rei turned his head and tilted it in confusion.
"Feeling disappointed that Kai isn't here for dinner?" The redhead repeated, rolling his eyes slightly at the other's childish display.
"Come to think of it, yeah, a bit. Why?"
"Oh nothing, but maybe you should wonder why."
"I don't know…I guess just 'cuz he was always here on Saturdays. Oh well, things change." Rei shrugged, still waiting for the pan to heat up.
/That was a lame excuse…/
"Yeah, I guess…So! What have you got planned for tomorrow?" The Russian broke the slight tension as he inquired.
"Well, considering the fact that Kai'll be out most of the time…" A tint of disappointment revealed itself like before, but disappeared as he went on, "I'm just stay home and do some studying. Unlike some people, I'm actually here to graduate."
"Hey! I'm here to graduate, just not as desperate as you are." Tala retorted, defending himself.
"Oh, please." Rei had a grin on his face, as he turned back to focus on his cooking.
/When did Kai going out start to bother him this much…/
That brief thought dashed across the redhead's mind before he pushed himself off of his spot and lazily dropped onto the couch and turned on the TV. No conversation went on till dinner, where once again, Tala was able to help Rei smile and laugh, leaving his slight disappointment till later.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Don't say it. I know my skills are slipping away. But, squeezing what little I have, I've able to make the first chapter of this 10-chapter story. I promise, I will not update anything till this story is completed. I really need at least one of my arches to be completed! -sighs- send in support, flames, doddles, sarcastic remarks, criticisms, ideas, etc. Tootles