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Title: Fire And Ice

Summery: Can the Fire Wolf melt the Ice Prince? A tale of how Tala tries to gain Kai's affection while Kai still mistrusts him. A TalaKai story. Yaoi.

Warning: Yaoi. Don't like don't read

Speaking " Dun Dun Dun"

Thinking 'Ding Ding Ding'

Beep, Beep

Beeepp Beeepp

Beep-beep beep-beep

Argh, what is that? Oh yea, it's my stupid alarm. Argh, another day at work, oh joy.

I whip out my hand and smash it on the 'off' button on the alarm, and get up, yawning as I walk to the bathroom.

I get my toothbrush and start brushing my teeth for three minutes, my toothbrush's kinda cool like that, it has a timer on it! I know I'm acting kiddish but I was really excited when I first bought it, heh I remember Kai telling me to stop acting so immature and start acting my own age.

I look up to the mirror and see my tear stained face and slightly red eyes, and suddenly all of last nights happenings come back to me. Me making lasagna for Kai, Kai asking what I was up to, Kai and me watching the movie, Kai shouting at me for leaning on him and for 'ruining' his hoodie.

I close my eyes quickly, trying to prevent the onslaught of tears that suddenly appear, not wanting to cry again.

I'm a big boy now, something that Kai does and says to me shouldn't break me, make me so sad and weak, should it?

With that, I quickly start washing my face, rubbing at my face until it starts to hurt. I look up, satisfied that all the tears marks are gone. I then undress, and get into the show where I wash my hair carefully and then start to thoroughly cleanse my body clean.

After about twenty minutes I get out and wrap a towel around myself and trudge into my bedroom and to my walk-in closet and choose my pale blue shirt and black trousers to wear for today.

Once I'm dressed I go into the kitchen and put two pieces of bread in the toaster and put the coffee machine on. I can hear Kai in the shower now which means he'll be out in ten minutes, he's always faster then me, I take more care in my hair then he does.

Pop!

Toast is done! I get both pieces of toast, take out the margarine and two cups and try pouring the coffee in the cups and spread margarine over Kai's piece of toast all at once. I don't really like my toast with margarine, but Kai loves it. I put his coffee and toast on the table and proceed to the dining room/study room to eat mine.

Is it worth it? Is it worth all this trouble, all just for one person?

Yes, my mind seems to think.

But I'm tired of this, tired of hiding in the shadows, so to speak. I want to be free, soar high into the sky. I want to be noticed. I want Kai to know that I'm not the same as I used to be.

That's it. I have to be strong. I can't become a crying wreck every time Kai says or does something harsh towards me. I have to be strong. I can feel some of the training from Boris start to kick in. I must say, even though I hate his guts, his training did always help me when I needed it the most.

The old Tala is gone; prepare to say hi to the new Tala, the one who won't let any petty things affect him. Let's see how it feels to be the cold hearted bastard shall we Kai? After all, you must enjoy it, as you're like that to me most of the time.

With that, I get up, take my plate and cup and dump it in the sink and brush past Kai and get my keys and leave the flat without a goodbye to Kai.

I get into the car and start it off, not caring that Kai'll have no ride to work today. With that, I drive off.

Kai's P.O.V

'What the hell?'

That was the first thought in my mind. The second went along the lines of

'What's got him in such a pissy mood?"

And finally, the third was,

"Holy fucking cow! That bastard took our car!"

As you can probably tell, today was NOT a good morning. Where shall I start? I wake up late, have to have a SUPER fast shower, and then find out my roommate's nicked the car! Argh!

Well, at least my breakfast's been made, if that's any consolation. Well, HE can pay for the taxi money cuz I sure as hell ain't paying for it.

I quickly change into my suit, and ring up a taxi service while trying to tie my laces up. Bad combination, trust me.

As I wait for the taxi to arrive I sit out on the porch with my toast and coffee, thinking over why Tala's been so moody this morning.

Nothing's coming to mind, I haven't borrowed anything of his, haven't ruined anything and I can't remember having doing anything to offend him.

Unless he's still annoyed over last night. In all respect, I should be the one annoyed; after all he did ruin my hoodie. He should be over it by now, hell I am, and he's a big boy right? Hope so, otherwise it'll just be like hanging out with Tyson 7 years back. Thankfully, he's more mature now. Which is good, cuz if he wasn't then I would have killed him.

Shit, taxi's here! I hope to god my taxi driver isn't who I think it is…

"Hey Kai! How are ya, bud?"

God, I was hoping it wasn't Max. I just can't deal with his hyperness this morning. Confused yet? Well, it's quite simple really. Max is in university right now, study psychology. Weird huh, wouldn't think our lil Maxie would do something like that. If you think that's surprising, then you should see what Tyson's studying. History and Social Cultures! Never would have pictured him studying that sort of thing. Well, as a part time job, he works in a taxi service thingy.

I think when we all split from the Blade Breakers; I started to look at Max, Kenny and even Tyson surprisingly, as little brothers. Ray, we were like best friends almost. We all still keep in contact; we all meet up once every month or two.

"Hey Max" I manage to force a weak grin on my face; I really can't be bothered with this. I grab my briefcase and head over and into the cab, thankfully, its black.

"How you been Kai? You look kinda frustrated, what's wrong?" Max asks me while starting the car.

I'm surprised he picked up on that, but I answer anyway.

"Oh it's nothing much, Tala just seems to be in a bad mood, and he took the car, which is why I hired a taxi." I reply.

"Oh". Max stops for a moment, clearly thinking. "You haven't done anything to upset him recently have you?"

"Nope, nothing that I can think of."

"Well, maybe he's just having a bad day", Max suggests.

"Yea maybe…" I can't help but think that maybe he is actually upset about last night.

"Well, here's your stop Kai!"

"Thanks Max", I say as I hand him the money.

"No prob Kai, ring me if you need someone to talk to, or if you want to meet up okay?" Max says while looking up at me in slight worry.

"Thanks Max, take care of yourself okay?"

"Sure. You too, well gotta go, duty calls!" Max grins and drives off.

I swear, some times that kid's too sweet for his own good.

With that I walk up to my workplace, thanking Max once again as I realized he managed to get me on time to work.

TBC

Wow, what a crummy place to end innit?

REALLY SOWWY for taking so long for this chapter, even though I said I'd be quicker. Sowwy!

Well, did you like the chapter? I won't blame you if you don't, I don't think it's good either.

But its all I could think of, honest!

I'll try and make next chapter longer and faster, and more interesting, okay?

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