A/N: I'm so sorry it took this long for me to update, but I had exams and other stuff. I'm very happy I got so many reviews! Thank you guys so much! Please review this one too, because reviews really make me want to write more.

Oh yeah, this story will not be Mariah bashing, even when I don't like her.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Desire and the boy in there and Miss Kon.

Warnings: Mild language, mentions of lewdness, very much OOC:ness from all the characters (but forgive me, I just love them like that).

Kai's POV.

I hate Rei Kon. I really do. He makes me do strange things, which I normally wouldn't do. He made me talk to Brooklyn this morning about the football team tryouts. So now I'm officially committed to try to get in the team. Well, I like football, so maybe it's not that bad a thing, but still.

Even worse is what he did to me yesterday. Just before he left my place, he made me promise to go to his place today after school to drink hot chocolate with him. I absolutely hate hot chocolate.

Right now I'm sitting in the school cafeteria with Brooklyn and trying to make up a good and believable excuse to skip the hot chocolate thing. I'm not succeeding very well, I must admit. I think Rei might be one of those people who don't buy anything.

Speak of the devil, by the way. I see Rei entering the cafeteria with that blond friend of his. I guess his name was Max or something. However, they don't get too far from the door when suddenly a bunch of girls tackles Rei to the ground.

Brooklyn has also noticed what's happening, "They're the RMIB," he says. I raise an eyebrow at him.

"The what?" he chuckles.

"The 'Rei Makes It Better' -fan club," Brooklyn clarifies. Heh, why not 'Rei Does It Better'?

"They have a fan club for him?" I ask, shaking the previous thought off my mind. Actually, I'm a bit surprised. I really thought this kind of things you get to see only in anime or bad American teenage movies. I was wrong, apparently.

"Sure they have," Brooklyn now nods towards a very pink girl – by very pink I mean pink hair, pink clothes and overall pink aura - who is currently hugging, or more like strangling, Rei breathless, "See that girl?" I nod, "Name's Mariah. She's the leader of the club and, needless to say, hopelessly in love with Rei. She also believes the feelings are returned, of course. In her opinion, they are destined to be together because they are the only two Neko-jins in this school," the redhead explains.

"So, does she have a chance with Rei?" I ask. Brooklyn shakes his head and laughs.

"No, not really. Rei is not too interested in her in that way, you know. It's been like that for ages," I restrain my urge to ask why it is so and instead just nod slowly and watch as Rei finally manages to gently shove the girls a bit further and stand up. He says something, straightening his white button up shirt, and flashes a lopsided grin at the girls, making them all giggle and squeal in delight. Oh please. I had no idea Rei was such a ladies' man. I roll my eyes and turn my attention back to my lunch.

After a few minutes I look up again as Rei drops himself on the seat next to mine and buries his face in his arms. Max also joins us, sitting across from me. Where is that fat guy? Well, maybe it's better he's not here because I'm not done with eating yet and I kind of noticed yesterday at lunch that he has an incredible ability to ruin your appetite.

"What did I ever do wrong?" I hear Rei whine dramatically against the sleeves of his shirt.

"Oh, don't be such a baby, Rei," Brooklyn grins at the boy.

"I'm serious," Rei lifts his head, "I hoped her love would have died during the summer, but no such luck!" Max smiles sympathetically and pats his back gently.

"There, there," Rei fake sniffs, "I know it's hard to be loved by her and so many other people," I notice sarcasm dripping from the Blond's words. Rei laughs and punches his friend lightly on the arm.

"Oh come on! You're loved too, Maxie," he says gaining a smile and a headshake from Max. Rei nods firmly to make his point clear. Then he finally seems to notice me as he turns his golden eyes to look into my crimson ones, "So," he says slowly, grinning much like a Cheshire cat would, "hot chocolate today, right?" I swallow hard.

"Well, about that…" I say and he raises an eyebrow at me, "I really can't come today," he looks like he's waiting for me to say something more, "I have to go shopping," again he grins.

"Cool! I need to go shopping too," Rei says happily, "We can go together and then after that go to my place to drink hot chocolate," he continues sending me a glance that clearly tells I have no options, "Right, Kai?"

"No," I say making his grin fade. Sorry, but I really am not that easily manipulated. I do have my pride.

Rei narrows his big eyes and locks them with mine, challenging me into a staring competition, which I accept.

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Eventually, I lost. He pulled a cute kitty-look on his face at some point and I couldn't help laughing at the stupidity of the situation. To think that hot chocolate would be that important to someone… give me a break. I really have picked myself wrong people to hang out with. No wait, I was picked by wrong people. Ah the cruelty of the world.

So, after school me and Rei sat in my gorgeous convertible and drove to the downtown. We went to a mall and I bought food and other stuff my grandfather and me need at home. Rei bought nothing, which made me wonder if he really had even had any need to go shopping.

Now we are sitting in my car again. I'm driving, of course, and Rei's on the passenger's seat next to me.

"What was it you needed to shop?" I ask, taking a quick glance at him. He has been smiling like the fucking Sun ever since I gave in and promised to taste that disgusting brown substance that he loves with deep passion, but now his eyes seem to light up even more. It's almost frightening.

"Can we go to Desire?" he almost squeals. I look at him with a raised eyebrow.

"To Where?"

"Desire," he repeats.

"That sounds like a porn store," I mutter, but he's still able to hear me and bursts out laughing.

"No, it doesn't," Rei objects.

"It does," Rei shakes his head.

"Desire is a chocolate store," he says. I hn at him. Then I notice that he's staring at me.

"What?" I ask.

"Would you want to go to a porn store?" he asks me with a very strange smile playing on his lips, "There is one near the chocolate store," I raise an eyebrow at him again.

"I was obviously joking," I say. Rei laughs again. What a nice sound, by the way.

"I thought so," he turns his eyes away from me, "I just had to check."

"Do I look like a guy who would go to a porn store?" I ask, a bit irritated, and he looks at me again.

"To be honest, yes, you do," he grins at me as I send him a glare. I think Rei is the one who wants to go to the porn store.

"So," I decide to change the subject, "where is this Desire?" He's still grinning smugly but manages to give me proper driving instructions.

Soon I can see the porn store Rei mentioned about and right after a small store with a sign 'Desire'. I park my car in front of the chocolate store. We step out of the car and go inside the store. A small bell above the door informs about our arrival and immediately all my expectations about an old lady behind the counter are vanished. Instead I see a boy, probably a few years older than me and Rei, stepping from the backroom. His handsome face is lightened by a smile as he sees us.

"Hello, Rei," so, the boy knows Rei.

"Hi," Rei answers the greeting. I roll my eyes and concentrate on eyeing the store while Rei chats with the boy behind the counter.

The store is actually quite fascinating. It's small and cosy and full of chocolate, of course. There are probably hundreds of different shapes of dark chocolate, white chocolate and milk chocolate candies. I take a closer look at one of the shelves and see all kind of small animals, Eiffel tower and other famous buildings and even anime characters. What I find most interesting are small music instruments, guitars and all. I've never been a great fan of chocolate, but this is just amazing.

"Kai," I turn around when I hear Rei's soft voice calling me, "try this," Rei gives me a small half dark and half white ball. I look at it suspiciously. Rei laughs softly, "Come on, you'll love it," I raise an eyebrow at him and put the ball into my mouth.

Wow. I take back my comment about me not being the great fan of chocolate. This is absolutely heavenly. Honestly, I've never eaten anything so good.

I look at Rei. He's watching me with a strange expression on his face. Then he smiles at me sweetly and turns to say goodbye to the boy behind the counter.

We leave the store and go back to my car.

"Was he a friend of yours?" I ask as I sit onto the driver's seat.

"Well, sort of," Rei says, "I go there pretty often so I've gotten to know him. It's a 'hi, how are you' –kind of friendship, you know," I really don't know why that information feels comforting, but it does.

Rei sits next to me and I start the car.

"Is there anything else you needed?" I ask the Chinese boy. He thinks for a moment and then shakes his head.

"No, if you're done we can go to my place," he says smiling smugly at me. I grunt quietly and steer the car to a road leading to our neighbourhood.

The drive goes quietly and we soon reach our destination. I drive the car to our garage and Rei and I take the things I bought to my home and then we head to Rei's.

Ten minutes later I find myself sitting in Rei's kitchen, tapping my fingers against the kitchen table. My gaze follows the black-haired Neko-jin as he makes hot chocolate.

"Here you go, Kai," Rei places a steaming cup on the table in front of me. He sits down across from me and takes a sip from his own cup. Immediately his face breaks into a huge smile, "Oh I've really surpassed myself this time!" I raise an eyebrow at him as he takes another sip from his drink, "Go on, Kai, try it," he says looking at me. I glance at the cup before me briefly and then push it a bit towards Rei.

"Thanks, but I'll pass," Rei puts his cup on the table and glares at me straight into my eyes. He looks almost scary, but just almost.

"Why don't you want it?" Rei asks coldly, his voice hinting he's a bit hurt.

"I told you, I don't like hot chocolate," I explain. Then, before I even notice him moving, he's suddenly sitting in my lap, smirking. Now, that was quite a fast change of mood, I must say.

"I know," he replies to my explanation, "But I told you I'm going to change that, didn't I?" he continues sweetly, leaning slightly closer to me.

"Yes, you did," I say calmly. He chuckles and turns his body a bit to take my cup from the table behind him, "But I don't want to drink that," I say when he raises the cup between our faces. He smiles at me and takes a deep inhale of the steam rising from the cup.

"It smells nice, doesn't it?" Rei purrs, perfectly ignoring what I said to him. I replicate his previous action and nod as the rich aroma of chocolate and mint fills my nose. His smile widens a bit and he leans even closer. If he doesn't stop that soon he's going to be in my mouth, "Will you now try it?" He asks softly. I smirk and shake my head slowly wiping the smile off Rei's face, "You will drink it. Voluntarily or then I'll force it down your throat. It's really your choice," he says. I chuckle at him.

"Really? You think you could do that?" I ask. Now he smiles mischievously and raises an eyebrow at me.

"I have my ways, trust me," the look in his eyes is anything but innocent. Today I've really seen new sides in Rei. When I first met him, I automatically thought he's just a sweet boy next door and so on, but today he's the biggest flirt I've ever met. Well, at least almost. For some unknown reason most of the people I know are flirty and if Rei doesn't start to behave decently soon he's definitely going to the top of the list.

I sigh softly. It looks like there is no way I can avoid drinking the hot chocolate Rei is holding under my nose, "Very well then," I mutter taking the cup from Rei's hand and raising it to my lips. Rei watches as I take a small sip from the cup.

"Well?" he asks, "Do you like it?" Do I like it? Hell, it's even better than that chocolate I ate in the chocolate store. But I'm not telling that to Rei, of course. Instead, I just shrug.

"It's okay," I say colourlessly.

"Okay?" Rei looks shocked, "It's best hot chocolate I've ever made! It's not okay!"

"Okay, it was good," I say, "Are you happy now?" a sweet smile takes over his soft-looking lips.

"Very," he says with almost childlike voice. Then he gets off my lap and returns to his own seat and I instantly feel a bit cold, which forces me to take another sip from my warm drink. Only because it's warm, of course.

"What did you put into this?" I ask. Rei looks at me and smiles knowingly.

"And you think it was just good…," he chuckles and I send him a warning glare, "Okay, I won't tell you my secret, but it's something from Desire," I roll my eyes.

"I bet you spat in it," I mutter more to myself than to him. He laughs. Damn those Neko-jins for hearing everything.

"You think I taste that good?" the mischievous tone is back in Rei's voice.

"I wouldn't know until I've tried," I say raising one of my eyebrows insinuatingly. Immediately he looks away blushing slightly. I laugh inwardly.

"Oh no!" Rei suddenly yells. I look at him questioningly and follow his eyes to the window to see that the sky is covered with dark clouds, "It's going to rain again," Rei says, sounding sad.

"So?" I ask.

"I hate rain," Rei explains, "I just hope it's not going to be a storm. I can't stand thunder," I hn and drink the rest of my hot chocolate and place the cup on the table just as I hear the front door open. Soon a soaking wet woman walks into the kitchen. She looks amazingly like Rei with her long black hair and big golden eyes, "Hi, Mom!" Rei says to the woman. In my opinion, she looks way too young to be a sixteen-year-old boy's mother.

"Hello, dear," the woman smiles softly at her son.

"This is Kai," Rei points at my direction, "He's our new neighbour," his mother turns his attention to me, her smile widening, and offers her slender hand to me as a greeting. I take it and shake it lightly.

"Very nice to meet you," she chirps.

"Likewise, Miss Kon," I say politely. Mentally I'm relieved that Rei told me yesterday his mother is not married, so I don't have to think whether I should call her Miss or Mrs.

"So, when did you move here?" Miss Kon asks as she pulls her hand away and starts unpacking the groceries she brought with her.

"On Tuesday," I reply the question. She frowns a bit.

"How come I haven't seen you earlier?" she asks.

"Because you're never home, Mom," Rei says accusingly.

"I know, honey, but it's not mine to decide when I'm working and when I'm not," Miss Kon smiles at him apologetically, "Which reminds me that I must leave on next Thursday to a business trip. It will probably take a few days."

"It's okay, Mom," Rei returns her smile, "Will you make dinner now?" He asks.

"Yes," she nods, "Will you stay for dinner, Kai?" she turns to me. I glance at Rei, who nods, and then turn my eyes back to her.

"Sure," I say making her smile with delight.

"We'll go to my room," Rei says standing up from his seat, "Let us know when the dinner's ready, ok?" his mother nods. I also stand up and follow Rei out of the kitchen.

"Rei?" Miss Kon calls after us. Rei returns a few steps and leans against the kitchen's doorframe.

"Yeah?"

"Has something happened to your phone? Have you lost it?" Miss Kon asks. Rei frowns and shoves his hand into his pants' pocket.

"No, it's in my pocket. Why do you ask?"

"Oh, I just wondered why you didn't answer me when I tried to call you a couple of times earlier today," she says.

"Well, you know it's a bit broken," Rei explains, "Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't," he says walking to his mother and stealing a piece of red pepper she's currently cutting. She slaps him on the fingers lightly.

"Okay, boys, now go upstairs and play nicely," Miss Kon says with a childlike voice. Rei almost chokes on his red pepper.

"Mother!" he yells. Miss Kon pulls the most innocent look on her face, "That would have sounded decent if me and Kai were like five years old, but not when we're sixteen," Rei lowers his voice. Now his mother grins and pats his head.

"You're fifteen, honey."

"Well almost sixteen," Rei snort, "Still, that was indecent."

"No, Rei, you just have a filthy mind," I decide to join the conversation. Rei throws me a shocked glance while his mother just giggles girlishly.

"I think I like this new friend of yours, Rei."

"Oh come on!" Rei exclaims, "You can't agree with him, Mother!"

"Sorry, but he might have a point, you know," Miss Kon says apologetically.

"Some mother are you!" Rei grunts turning on his heels and stepping in front of me, "And you," he pokes at my chest with his index finger, "You're not the one to talk! You're the one who thought Desire was a porn store," I smirk at him and shrug nonchalantly.

"I never said I was," Rei hmph's in mock disappointment and storms off towards the stairs, muttering 'traitors'. I offer Miss Kon one last smirk and follow Rei upstairs.

I guess I don't hate Rei Kon. He's actually quite fascinating and fun to be with, even if he's more than a bit flirty and weird sometimes. But that is just a game I'm also capable of playing, I learned from the best, after all.