Here goes…
Hopefully, I got it right. Mostly. There are some things…but, well, it'll have to do.
I recently did the speaking and listening test for my CAEC, and beforehand, our teacher told us, very strictly, not to speak any other language than English. And what does the examiner do? Speaks Swedish of course ;). That was amusing…but still, enough of this.
Thanks to all those of you who reviewed to the last chapter, and for the advice…weird how it never occurred to me that you could do it like that…
Mine.
Late night.
"You're so goddamn sexy, Yuu- Yuu-chan!" Rei giggled.
"You're drunk!"
Rei stuck his tongue out. "Uh-huh!"
"Intend to use it?" Rei shook his head.
"Then put it back in before I decide to." The tongue disappeared faster than Rei's eyes widened.
"But you're with, with, Boris!"
Yuriy just chuckled, slinging an arm around Rei's shoulders and drawing him in closer so that their foreheads were touching. "So?"
"B-But that wouldn't be right! It's, it's not right…" Rei stuttered, feeling very confused.
Smirking evilly, Yuriy leaned in even closer. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
Rei started to shake his head, his eyes darting around the garden they were in, trying to find someone to help him with the drunk, horny redheaded Russian.
"I've seen you looking at me, staring." Leaning in to whisper in Rei's ear, he let his breath kiss the tip of the pointed ear. "Or maybe the real problem is that you want Kai to be standing here, holding you, trying to seduce you. Not me." The redhead felt more then heard Rei's breath hitch. Smirking, he boldly traced the neko-jin's ear with his tongue.
"I've seen you staring at him too, more than you look at me or Boris. You want him." Rei's breathing went erratic. Blushing and stammering he tried to protest.
"Ah, oh. N-no…you-you're w-wrong. I- uh." Yuriy nibbled on the lobe of Rei's ear, efficiently cutting the stuttering off.
"You know I'm not. That smooth, deep, slightly husky voice of his…when he speaks, when he calls your name; makes your knees weak. He makes you breathless, you go all red-faced and flushed. So sweet, so obvious…" Rei panted.
"N-no…I-" Planting a kiss or two just below Rei's jawbone silenced him from speaking, though a small squeak escaped his throat.
"Shall we talk about his body then? His strong arms, broad shoulders and firm chest? Or perhaps his abs? Those rocking hard muscles that you and I both know he has. Or is it his behind? From where I'm standing it's a pretty damn hot ass he's got. Judging by the amount of times I've seen your eyes stray after it; I know you think so too."
"Yu-Yuriy…" Yuriy smirked and playfully squeezed Rei's behind.
"I don't think that's it though…I don't think it's his hot body or handsomely beautiful face, but rather his eyes. His deep enticingly, smouldering crimson eyes, framed by those thick lashes, so tantalizingly hidden by a fringe that keeps insisting on falling into his eyes, blocking your gaze, your view." Breathing heavily, Rei closed his eyes. "Am I right?" Rei slowly, hesitantly raised his arms and hugged Yuriy back.
"I-I think you might have a point."
"He makes your spine tingle then?" Raising his head, Yuriy spoke in his normal tone of voice, no longer whispering and breathing in Rei's ear. The two stood, just embracing each other.
"Y-Yes, I think he may do that…"
"Turns you on, does he?" Yuriy hugged Rei tighter to himself.
"I-uh…" A flash of Kai, droplets of water, wet hair and a towel riding low on his hips.
"Oh yes, definitely."
"Can I have my kiss now then?" Smirking mischievously, Yuriy leaned in closer, barely waiting for Rei's stutter before claiming the soft, cold, slightly chapped lips.
"Ye- What? N- Mmph!"
A few dazed, heavenly seconds later, or maybe it was minutes? Rei couldn't tell. What he could tell, however, was that Yuriy was one hell of a kisser. Either way, Yuriy was the first one to break the kiss, and he laughed at the picture the Chinese youth presented. Dazed, confused and blushing. "You're so darn cute!"
"But you kissed me!" Rei was shocked beyond belief, not counting the fact that not only was Yuriy in a relationship with- Rei paled. If Boris found out…oh shit! He'll kill me!
"Da." The redhead grinned smugly, looking immensely proud of himself.
"You weren't supposed to do that!" Rei scolded Yuriy, jabbing his chest with a slender finger, still fearing the reaction Boris might have.
"No?" Yuriy batted at the hand, and cocked his head confusedly at Rei.
"No. We were…what were we supposed to do?" Rei faltered. He remembered something about not being let in, about looking too young and having to go back for something. "We…uh. Something, something to do with Obsidian…"
"IDs! We were supposed to pick up our IDs!" The Russian exclaimed gleefully.
Rei clapped his hands in delight. "That's right!" Yuriy looked around, becoming confused. "We're are we?"
The neko-jin took in the surroundings. A swing, good. Anything else? Ah, his climbing tree, and a beydish. "In a garden…" -His- climbing tree? Oh. "It's our garden, look! That's our house!" Rei waved his arms about, proudly presenting the house.
Dissolving into giggles, they soon managed to make their way inside, find their IDs, lock the door and walk back the couple of blocks it took to get to Obsidian. This time, mainly due to their IDs, the bouncers let them in.
After midnight.
A couple of hours later, filled with loud music, alcohol and dancing, found four friends in various intoxicated stages. It was nearing closing time, when a slow song came on, making Rei perk up. "Yuu-chan! I wanna dance!"
"Sorry Rei, but Red's mine for the rest of the night." The lavender haired Russian spoke up, preventing the two friends from dancing yet another dance with each other, and grabbed Yuriy for himself.
"B-But-!" Rei pouted at the oldest Russian. It didn't work.
"Take Kai or something." Boris words made Yuriy giggle.
"Yes Rei-Rei, dance with Kai!" He then disappeared into the swaying bodies on the dance floor, dragging his lover with him, and leaving Rei alone by their table, pouting.
"'What's a cutie like ya doin' 'ere all 'lone?" A heavy arm draped itself over Rei's shoulders, weighing him down. Rei startled, blushing, all of a sudden noticing that he wasn't alone anymore. "I, uhm, nothing."
"Nothin' huh? How 'bout we change tha'?" The stranger's breath reeked of alcohol and tobacco, and his eyes wandered over Rei's body lustfully. The tight clothes the Chinese youth was wearing didn't exactly leave much to the imagination.
"I'm okay." Feeling uncomfortable, he started to look around for his friends. But Yuriy and Boris were still dancing, or, well, too far away for them to see him and there was still no sign of Kai.
"How 'bout ya c'me with me back to m'place? We'll get to know each'ther prop-properly. Yeah?" The man hiccupped, slurring, grinning at Rei, letting one of his hands grope the neko-jin's backside.
"Eek! Uh, no. I don't think so." Rei freaked, feeling molested and deprived of breathing space. Despite being drunk, the man's grip was too strong for Rei to break out of. "Let go of me!"
"Sure ya wanna. I prom-promise I'll behave an' be really nice." Unable to resist, the drunken man started to run his hands over Rei's torso and back. Rei whimpered, shaking his head, pushing at the hands and trying to get away, Kai, where are you?
"Let go! Stop!"
"I believe he said no, creep. Get off him." Rei could've cried, feeling as if a heavy weight had lifted from his heart, there was no mistaking in who that lovely, husky voice belonged to.
"Eh? Who d'ya thin-" Feeling the disgusting freak's grip slack, Rei used it against him.
"Kai!" He slipped out of the drunken man's hold, launching himself at Kai. "I missed you!" He giggled and purred happily, nuzzling Kai's neck, relieved.
Glaring at the two, the molester grumbled and left, no doubt searching for someone else to get into bed that night. Someone easier.
Kai's dark stare followed the man until he was out of sight, rubbing Rei's back absentmindedly. "Rei? Are you alright?"
"Yes…is he gone?" Rei replied hesitantly, still a bit shaken.
"Ah."
The affirmative answer caused Rei to look up, grab Kai's drink and down what was left of it, depositing the now empty glass on a nearby table. "He is. Good. Now come." He then proceeded to back towards the dance floor, pulling Kai along by his neck.
"Eh, where?" Almost tripping due to Rei's anything but efficient method of dragging someone, Kai steadied himself by holding onto Rei's slim hips.
"Dance. I wanna dance, and I really, really like this song. And Yuu wouldn't dance with me, 'cause Boris said he wanted him. So I have to take you instead. So come." Rei explained, sounding as if it was very obvious and that Kai was very stupid for not having realised it already.
Kai startled and started to pull back. "I don't dance." Rei's eyes widened, and he held onto Kai tighter.
"B-But, I- please, Kai."
Kai made the mistake of looking into Rei's eyes; Rei's big, golden, sad, bottomless pits. Kai felt his resolve crumble and die. "Alright. Just please don't be sad Rei…I don't like seeing you sad." Rei's eyes glowed, and he smiled happily, giggling softly. "Yes. You should be happy."
"I'll always be happy then. Are you happy?" Rei laughed, and dragged Kai a couple of feet further into the mass of swaying bodies before he stopped.
"Eh…yeah, of course I am." Kai looked around hesitantly, feeling awkward and out of place.
"I'm glad." Looping his arms around Kai's neck more firmly, Rei contentedly snuggled his head in the crook of Kai's neck, nuzzling him gently.
Kai froze; the feeling of Rei so close and the vodka, the music so loud…swallowing, Kai held Rei. Rei, feeling Kai's arms around him, pressed himself even closer to Kai, who gasped. "Rei! Oh…uh, I mean-" Rei laughed, kissed Kai's cheek and told him to relax.
Slowly, Kai felt himself relaxing, allowing Rei to lead the dance, the swaying, and awkwardly followed Rei's motions. Growing slightly more confident with each beat, each passing second, he closed his eyes, nuzzling Rei's hair. Ever so slowly he felt himself unwind, and held the slighter teen more firmly against himself, letting Rei take the lead.
Rei smiled happily. "Not so bad, is it?" He whispered slyly in Kai's ear. He felt more than heard Kai's mumbled answer, the vibration of Kai's throat and the kiss pressed against his temple soon after. Rei smiled again and kissed the side of Kai's neck instead of replying verbally.
Feeling his breath hitch slightly, Kai kissed Rei's forehead daringly.
Rei blushed, his mouth dry all of a sudden, heartbeat speeding up. "Kai…" A whispered name, a few short, lingering kisses placed on his jaw made Kai gasp and moan silently. Kai pulled his head back ever so slightly and kissed Rei's nose.
Pulling back again, Kai's burning crimson eyes stared intently into Rei's darkened, golden depths. The distance between them disappeared slowly, so subtly that neither of them noticed until their noses bumped all of sudden.
"Kai…I- Oh. Rei's eyes widened. Kai felt his heart stop beating. Their mouths met in a short, chaste kiss, once, twice, thrice, again and again.
"Rei."
He was not pulling away. A pair of sparkling eyes slowly fell shut, closely followed by a pair of amazed dark crimson. He wants me. "Kiss me." And Kai did.
Their lips met shyly, as if the kisses exchanged before never happened. Kai slowly put more pressure on his lips and tilted his head to the side, in response the nejo-jin's mouth opened ever so slightly. Rei felt Kai's tongue push into his mouth, and moaned blissfully, softly moving his own against it.
Then the world came crashing down. Only the mind-blowing kisses, soft caresses and the easy, sensual sway of dancing bodies existed.
1/4 2001, early morning.
"Nngh…" Rei groaned in protest and burrowed his head pillow. Only, there was no pillow. Damit! Where's the pillow? "Ugh. Bloody sun." He felt his blanket move, and pull him closer. Grumbling, Rei let himself be pulled and snuggled deeper into his blanket. Rei's eyes shot open. "Blankets don't move."
"Ouh…Rei? What…?" Kai grumbled from where his head was resting on Rei's chest, arms wrapped possessively tight around the Chinese youth's torso.
"K-Kai!" Rei panicked. "Why- Wha-? We, uh, how- Mm..." Kissing him softly, mainly to quiet Rei, Kai pulled back after a second or two.
"'S too bloody early. Sleep."
"Kai! But-" Kai kissed him again, harder and a fraction longer. Rei felt his face heat up, and uncertainly looked into Kai's eyes. What-? Oh. We danced and kissed…and then, Yuriy and Boris came…"What happened after we got back, Kai?" Speaking silently, he looked down and noticed their lack of clothing. No shirts, no trousers…Rei's eyes widened, face flushing hotly.
"We didn't go all the way, if that's what you mean. We did…enjoy ourselves though." Kai smirked, albeit a bit tiredly and put his head back on Rei's chest, sighing contentedly, he pulled at Rei's boxers. "Still clothed."
"Oh." And then he remembered. The kisses, the touches, the warm, wonderful feeling when Kai touched him, when he kissed him and gazed into his eyes in that scorching way...
A full-blown make out session, huh? Kai nodded, chuckling. "I said that out loud?" Kai nodded again. "Kai-"
"Rei-Rei! Are you in there? Rei-Rei?" Mao banged on the door, hard and loud, shouting to 'her' Rei.
"Oh no!" Rei groaned and Kai growled. "Bloody nuisance."
"Rei! Rei, are you awake?"
"How could I not be?" Grumbling, he glared at the door. Kai rolled his eyes, and slowly planted kisses along the exposed collarbone, unable to resist.
"Mm, oh..." Moaning, Rei tilted his head, giving Kai more space to work his hot mouth on. "Kai." He temporarily stopped, and smiled at Rei, kissing him fully on his mouth instead.
"Are you ill? I'm coming in, Rei-Rei!" Kai and Rei looked at each other horrified. Pulling back from their kiss, Kai rolled off Rei and swiftly pulled the blanket up from somewhere to cover them.
Then Mao burst into the room.
"Kai! What are you doing to my Rei-Rei!"
Kai glared at her, and closed his eyes, saying nothing. "Eh, Mao, he hasn't done anything bad to me."
Mao's eyes narrowed as she glared at Kai, eyes full of disgust. "Then why are you in his bed!"
Rei's frowned. Why was he in Kai's bed? Ah, that's right. "We were out last night, got pretty wasted and probably thought it was a terrific idea to sleep in the same bed." Kai snorted.
"It was a rather good one, aye?" He mumbled under his breath. Rei heard and blushed, while Mao sneered, disgusted and angry with Kai for daring be close to her precious Rei-Rei.
"Hn." She sniffed. "That's not good for you Rei, who knows what that freak might do to you. Anyway, breakfast is ready. I made pancakes for you, Rei-Rei!" Squealing, she blew Rei a kiss and bounced out, no doubt for the kitchen.
"…I don't feel so good." Kai snorted, and massaged Rei's hair bottom. "You were drunk. It's called a hangover, Rei." Rei nodded. "Amplified."
"I know. All that vodka. Bloody Russian- Shit!" Kai startled.
Rei sat up abruptly in the narrow bed, causing his bed partner to almost fall off. "What?"
"I can't believe I let him do that! Boris' gonna kill me! Oh man, I'm so dead!" Looking at Rei bewildered, he shuffled closer, resting his chin on the bare shoulder.
"What? Yuriy?"
Nodding, he glanced at the Russian. "Him and his bloody mouth! He sprouted all this nonsense about seducing me and that I'd rather have you do it and liking you and stuff like that. He kissed me! I can't believe him! The nerve of it…"
Kai froze, and Rei's eyes widened, realising what he said. "Kai! I, uh, didn't mean-"
"Hn. Get out." His voice was chilly, and Rei was no longer hugged, but shoved back on the bed.
"No! I mean, I do! You're, you're not nonsense. I- you, I really, really like you and I do think that, that you're, uh…" Trailing of, Rei looked down, blushing under Kai's heavy scrutinizing gaze.
"I like you too."
"You do?" Kai nodded, smiling and Rei beamed back, grinning joyously.
"Are we a, a couple then?"
Kai kissed him.
"Oh, and Rei?"
"Y-Yes…"
"You're -my- Rei."
1/4 2001, afternoon.
"Hn."
"Borya! Don't ignore me! C'me on! I won, so you have to pay up!"
"You cheated."
"No, I didn't."
Boris stared witheringly at the redhead, causing him to squirm.
"I may have, eh, pushed him in the right direction, but that's not cheating!"
"…"
"…are you mad?"
Boris snorted and shook his head. "Here." He tossed a wallet to the redhead. "I'm taking a shower."
Confused, Yuriy stared after his lover, What? It wasn't like him to just give up like that. Shrugging, Yuriy opened the wallet, only to find it empty. No notes or money, no pictures or cards. Bewildered he looked it through again. Still nothing. "What the hell?" As a last resort, he opened the part designed to hold coins and something fell out. "Oh, a coin-" Wide-eyed he stared at the object. A ring. It was a ring.
"Boris!" Crying out, he ran into the bathroom, waving the ring back and forth in the air. "Boris! What-?" A hand clamped over his mouth, silencing him.
"Happy anniversary, love."
His blue eyes widened in remembrance. "Anniversary…" Five years. "Oh. I thought…" Sighing, Boris kissed the redhead's cheek.
"Don't you like it?" His head snapped up.
"No, of course I do. I love it, it's so beautiful…" He looked at the ring; a simple ring made of white gold, and sighed happily.
Taking it with his own hand, Boris held it up. He then reached for Yuriy's left hand and slipped it on his ring finger, leaning close, he whispered. "It can be more than that you know."
Giggling softly, Rei closed the door; he could always tell the Russians some other time. Besides, Yuriy already seemed to know he won…
6/4 2001, after dinner.
It was a couple of days after, when it slowly dawned to several of the other occupants in the house, a temporary courtesy of the BBA, that something they couldn't quite place their fingers on had changed.
Max slowly backed out of the kitchen, when he was confronted by the sight of Rei, mixing sugar and curry into a bread tin, sighing, a blissfully distant expression on his face.
No one ever realised how scary the sight of someone as stoical and unmoved as Kai staring dreamily into the air and sigh was until Takao dropped the plate of sandwiches, breaking several glasses.
Kyouju dropped dead in a faint, when he, after repairing his laptop, ran into the garage. Yuriy. Radiating. Sparkling eyes. Band of silver.
Boris was the only one of those four that behaved normal, and the word normal and Boris shouldn't be used in the same equation.
The members of the Bai Fu Zu watched apprehensively, nervously twitching. The jeers and leers going on between Sergei and Ivan really weren't something they wanted to know the reason behind. Nor were the inside jokes, smirks, lifted eyebrows and evil snickers.
Rei came in with a hickey the day after their outing. Mao was furious, and lashed out at him, ranting and seething. The other Bladebreakers teased the neko-jin relentlessly. Rei blushed, bothered and uncomfortable, with Kai glaring murderously at everyone, having made a fast recovery from the water he'd choked on when Mao's shriek echoed through the house. However, it was the demonic Russians' comments that set it all off. The most incomprehensible show to date…
Ivanov smirked knowingly, right hand twirling something around on his other hand. "Well, he could've gotten it anywhere, really. It was awfully dark, and smoky after all."
"Ah, smouldering heat…"
"True, true…could've been that new pet of his too, you know."
It was scary, the way they grinned so evilly at each other. "Aye. The Russian blue…"
Kai barked something in Russian at them, snapping. Boris snorted, turning his head away. Yuriy, bit his lip, looking torn, then threw himself at Kai, hugging him to death.
Yuriy pressed his forehead against Kai's and whispered something, he looked almost indifferent, were it not for his sad eyes and his pleading tone of voice. "Ti njenavidesh menya, Kai?"
Kai brought his hands up, and softly traced the outline of the redhead's jawbone. "Niet…nikogda." Yuriy grinned, spirit lifted.
"Kai…ya lyublyu tebya…" Kai's eyes widened, and a small blush grazed his cheeks, eyes taking on a happy gleam, wide as they were.
"Ya…Yuriy- Ya-" Speechless, and Yuriy all-knowing.
"Ya znayu."
"Lyublyu tebya…tebya moy brat."
"Brat..."1
Yuriy leaned down slightly, softly kissing the other Russian on the mouth, slowly. The reactions varied from abhorred and more than a little disgusted, to the gleeful 'aww's in minority.
Yuriy looked close to tears when Kai called him a brat, what's so great with that? That Ivan guy always looked absolutely furious when anyone dared to call him that, and Yuriy broke Takao's nose once because of that same word…"Russians are insane!" Takao's outburst caused them to draw apart, and several sets of eyes swirled expectantly in Boris' direction, waiting for him to lash out at them.
Boris. Tall, menacing, broad shoulders and very, very strong. Sadistic, a love, and a tendency, for torturing and beating people up…
A smirk slowly crept upon his features, and he snorted, amused; he let their abnormal behaviour slip and dared to look amused. He flicked Kai's nose and slung an arm around the redhead's shoulders. Rei grinned, quickly reprimanded by several glares. Temporarily cowed, he shuffled his feet, copying Yuriy's earlier behaviour and bit his lip.
Even if Kai didn't show it, Rei could feel the disappointment welling up inside of him. Rei hesitated, unsure. He was startled out of his thoughts, by Ivan's sudden outburst of laughter, clapping his hands, obviously very amused.
Wringing his hands, he glanced uncertainly at Kai, posture slightly slumped. Turning away, he gazed forlornly over at Mao and Rai, swallowing, he closed his eyes briefly. Boris caught his stare, raising an eyebrow challenging. He shrugged, a smile slowly creeping back on his face.
Then Rei, the supposedly homophobic neko-jin approached them, smiling and laughing happily, going against his entire upbringing in a few, short seconds of defiance, and kissed Kai's cheek. "You guys are just too cute." The others didn't know if it was Rei or his comment that triggered it, but Yuriy all of a sudden hit Kai's chest. Hard. With his fist.
"And don't you ever dare to ignore me again!"
Takao bristled. And he was not alone.
Since my inspiration is sporadic, at best, this story will be too. Context-wise. Next chapter is about changes and happiness a few years down the line. Expect it in a week or so.
That's it for now. Ta.
And the translations, right. Can't forget them, eh?
Tiy njenavidesh mienya - Do you hate me
Niet, nikogda - No, never
Ya lyublyu tebya - I love you
Ya - I
Ya Znajesh - I know
Tebya moy brat - You're my brother
Brat - Brother