Insanewelshangel: So sorry for lateness! Nothing could get me into the writing mood, but I really needed to start writing, I must have re-written it about a thousand times --; It's late due to the fact that I just won't post if I'm not satisfied with the chapter. Very sorry! Apologies and hugs to all!
Note: "Italic speech" is talking over a phone.
Rei landed on his comfy bed, kicking his shoes off carelessly and dragging a hand over his tired face. He scrunched up his nose as he could smell the diner on him, but was too tired to do anything about it. Maybe Kai was right, he should poison his boss. The neko-jin shook his head and placed the pillow over his head, groaning into it softly as it comforted and cooled his face.
"I need a hug," He announced to no one "Kaaiii come back home already. Damn idiot, leaving like th-" Rei slapped his forehead, or more precisely the pillow "What? God Kon, you're acting like he's married to you"
As soon as he spoke those words, the hazy feeling he got whenever a daydream occurred surrounded him and before he even had a chance to fight it off, he was proclaiming imaginary vows. Sighing longingly, Rei sat up or tried too, and accomplished something that resembled a walk to the kitchen to fetch himself a drink. Reminding himself that if he were richer, he could hire someone to do that for him. He frowned down at his right foot as he leaned against the counter waiting for the kettle to boil.
"I think my big toe is broken," The ebony haired male said worryingly. He tried moving it only to have pain shoot up his leg "Well, ow" He stopped talking to himself and poured the boiling water into a mug. Always expecting someone to suddenly appear whenever he was on his own. It was lonely, stuck in the apartment by himself. He got tired of meals for one and neighbours who were either ancient or would only do two things. Have sex or throw a loud party. Neither of which he wanted to hear.
He sat down on the sofa, gathering the cushions and fleeces around him to create one big comfortable looking thing. He flicked the TV on, and settled down to watch something, what it was he wasn't sure. He wasn't paying much attention but he was sure he saw a flying hamburger in there somewhere, chasing the cow over the moon with a spoon. But that was probably his own imagination scrambling various things up into one big heap of don't-give-a-damn. There, Rei Kon sat, wasting brain cells and any attention span he possessed for 3 minutes and 21 seconds before he turned the television off.
"Well, that was worth my time, now-ow!" He yelped, sticking his finger into his mouth to try and soothe the skin from the hot liquid that spilt onto it from when he was startled by the phone. Somehow he untangled himself from the comfy mess and reached for the phone, not bothering to actually get up, instead stretching for it so his shirt rose and his voice became constricted "Hello?"
"Hello, this is Danielle Richards of Still-zone records and I'd like to speak with a Mr Rei Kon, we were informed we could reach him at this number"
"Ah!" Rei cried, slipping slightly in shock "He is here, I mean yes I am him, he, uh can you hang up and phone me back so we can start again?"
"No"
Rei blinked and smiled nervously "Ok"
"Well this is in reply to the phone call and practice tape you left us, the head of the business thinks it is worth a try and we would like to give you an interview, judging you on how well you do and handle situations, from there it will be decided whether you truly deserve a position"
"Ok, and when would this begin?"
"On Wednesday of next week. A letter should arrive shortly, explaining various options and such for you. If you have any questions or problems do not hesitate to phone us, I trust you have the number. Ok that's settled. One more thing Mr Kon"
"Joy" The neko-jin stated, scribbling some notes down on his hand
"You will be expected to promote your own songs through means of singing, goodbye"
"Wait! Singing! But I don't want to si-" He stopped as the dial tone echoed in his ear "Damn cow, hanging up on me like that I'd like to hang her and-" Wait for it "ARGH! I GOT AN INTERVIEW! I GOT AN INTERVIEW! I GOT AN INTERVIEW!" Rei cried gloriously, jumping up and down before stubbing that dratted toe and cursing under his breath about it.
He stood up straight and chewed lightly on one of his nails, thinking. He shifted his weight to one side and stared out of the window to see the glittering buildings and shine of speeding cars beyond his apartment.
"So that'll mean I need to write some more songs, find my other ones, put them in a portfolio, get something to wear, make sure I can get off work and travel there in time. Where's that damn fairy godmother when you need one?" Shaking the mental image of his old friend, Lee, in a dress with wings and a little wand, the neko-jin sat down on the floor where he was previously standing. "Need. To. Think"
Rei laid down on the floor, arms crossed with one finger tapping his forehead, his golden gaze staring sternly at the ceiling. After a while he turned over onto his stomach and rested his head in his hands, swinging his feet in the air.
"Hmm, what to write? What to write?" The ebony haired male sighed and shot up "I haven't heard from Kai in ages! Gah, stop thinking about him. Anyway he just might…you could just be a bit of fun" Rei felt depressed at that thought, what if that was all he was to him? Rei was in love but what if that wasn't returned, Kai didn't even want to kiss him properly. They just mostly teased; the neko-jin stood up and sat on the windowsill "Great, I've been acting like a love sick school girl when it could mean nothing to him. No, no Kai isn't like that! He wouldn't do that to me!"
Rei grinned and nodded, picking Driger up and whirling around the room shouting about his new job offer.
"I might not know much about Kai, but I know he's a good person really, whatever he does he has his reasons but I'm not going to give up on him. I know he might just love me back, he might not say it or admit it to me but just knowing will be enough"
He nodded again to himself to confirm his speech and made his way back to the bedroom, feeling his newly found energy quickly depleting. Rei fell carelessly onto the blanketed comfort, in a strewn mess and fell asleep that way, only pausing to pull a pillow over his head.
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--You have one new message—
--Sent message from Kai Hiwatari—
Hey Rei,
Having a pretty good time, it gets tiring but nothing can beat it. Just finished a photo shoot for Fatidic magazine, on the tour bus now. Can't get to sleep and my producer let me borrow his laptop (only if I promised not to look in the folder marked 'chtm' which I did and plan to use it's contents in blackmail purposes) so I was able to e-mail you back. This time Tala is snoring his head off going on about some roadie with his teacup in an alleyway. I think I should lock him up but he'd probably mention something about bondage I'd rather avoid. It wasn't me writing it, I swear like I would ever write 'XD or X3 SQUEE' what do they even mean?
Bird? Oh really…pity you can't be here because I want to talk to you about something. My manager says that we've got a couple more weeks until the tour is over but we're passing our hometown on the way down south so I'll drop you a line, if you want me to that is. Don't give these stupid health rumours a second thought, I don't know what they're on about.
Actually…I need some advice. You see I have these friends, yeah and they both like each other. But one guy is afraid of the relationship while the other is a bit too…well I don't know the word but he won't make the first step. Now the first guy…I'll call him Bryan (no relation) has a really good reason for not going out with guy 2, named Tala (again not the spazz) but whenever he sees him, the reason just disappears from his head and he just wants to be with him. He had a moderately bad past relationship so he doesn't want to hurt Tala, unfortunately he hasn't got a fairy godmother called Max to wave his pink turtle and everything will be fine. What should he do?
I mean, they want to know and I thought you would be able to help and yeah so uh, I see what you mean by those birds now.
Keep safe,
Kai
P.S XXX to you too
----Send message----
"Ohh, that has to be a message from lover boy!"
"Kenji shut up!" Rei admonished, face-blazing red from the added kisses at the end of Kai's e-mail. Next thing he knew the Japanese waiter was beside him scanning the message quickly, smiling and frowning with a sense of wonder in his eyes. "Have you finished nosing?"
"No" Kenji replied, reading it again. "Oh, Tala sounds frisky. I like him"
"What should I write back for advice? It sounds important, what if it's something life changing and my thoughts will make all the difference? They'd end up blaming him, then he'd hate me and I'd get a run down apartment, grow my hair, talk to inanimate objects and feed homeless cats. Ah, no I already do all that!"
"Kitt's calm down-you talk to inanimate objects? -Anyway, Kai just wants a second opinion on things don't worry and-Oh my god I still can't believe I just read Kai Hiwatari's words-take a deep breath, let your fingers do the talking baby" He grinned, moving his fingers on an imaginary keyboard "One mocha latte coming right up for you"
With that he walked off leaving Rei to stare blankly at the computer screen. 'Keep safe, how sweet!' Gathering his somewhat restricted wisdom; he poised his fingers above the keys and started tapping away.
Hello Kai,
Glad to hear you are fine, it may be tiring but you're very lucky to be able to do what you do. I have a much better keyboard now, so I can't write anything bizarre or about the ctrl race of aliens waiting to kill us all. Bet that caught your interest. Anyway, about your friends problem.
I think, and this is purely my thoughts you don't have to listen to them, that if Bryan forgets why he shouldn't be with Tala whenever he is around him then he should go for it. I'm sorry he had a bad relationship but not everyone is like that idiot he used to be with. I know what it's like to have relationship problems, back home in China I was part of an arranged marriage, but something happened. After that I wanted a whole new start so I came here, and put it behind me, I'm much happier for it. I realised that one mistake, tragedy, whatever, didn't happen so our lives become more restricted and wary, they happened so we realise that we should live our life to the full and get as much out of it as possible. Sorry for ranting on about myself there. It's natural to be afraid after something bad happened, I know I was. But what's a life without fear right? It's not real. If he can summon just a tiny bit of his courage, that he does have there somewhere, and take a chance then everything will work out. The worst thing Tala could say back is a 'no' yeah? Tell him to give it a shot, Tala would be very glad.
Hope that helps you. XD and X3 are faces, silly. The X is the eyes and the D or 3 is the mouth, depending on the emotion. I think squee is like a fan-word for awe or gushiness, not sure. I'll ask Kenji because he's a big fan-boy of Ineluctable Lies. Yeah, he pretty much described it like me only he jumped up and down. On a brighter note, I got an interview about song writing! How great is that? Finally, I wouldn't have kept the determination if it weren't for you, I gotta sing though so that sucks. What do you need to say to me? Is it really that important? A couple of weeks seems a bit long, maybe we could arrange something instead, because I want to talk to you too. It's odd; I keep expecting you to randomly pop up like you normally do.
Make sure you stay safe!
Rei. XXX back at ya'
------Message Sent-----
"Well it's far better than my last one" Rei muttered, the giddy feeling still present from Kai wanting to speak to him! That just had to mean that he was missing Rei too and was thinking about him like the neko-jin was thinking of the singer. He returned to playing minesweeper on the computer for the meantime, not noticing as the screen was ignited with digital fire as he lost once more. He was far away in his own world to even bother realising. Kenji placed the cup of hot mocha latte down with a napkin and raised an eyebrow at Rei before walking away.
After a while, the Chinese youth noticed that his drink had arrived and that he had been spacing out for a considerable amount of time. Sheepishly looking around, he picked up the latte and drank it quickly, rummaging in his back for his Discman, placing one headpiece into his ear and tapping his fingers against his cup lightly to the music. Turning back to the computer he searched for information about the record label that had allowed him an interview. He scribbled some facts down onto his handy notebook and chucked it back into his bag, standing up, paying then walking out of the café with a wave to Kenji.
Singing along with the words in his mind, he placed his hands in his jeans pocket, scarf fluttering in the slight wind. The neko-jin strolled back to his home slowly, his eyes transfixed on the pavement before him. Now he thought about it, the e-mail was from three days ago, and only just now he had been able to reply. He hoped Kai didn't think he was being funny with him, or that he couldn't be bothered. Rei sighed, ever since the Russian had left he had felt more lonely than usual, he had gotten used to seeing the annoying smirk and the I-told-you-so voice greeting his ears. Hell, he even missed the teasing, that would render him speechless, gawping like a total buffoon. But even when he made himself to be a total retarded idiot in front of Kai he still felt good about himself. There was something about the singer that made him feel great, like he could do whatever he wanted to.
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It was still quiet.
No one to be seen.
He didn't like that, he really didn't like that.
'You can do it, just…do something'
He raised his hand, poised above the white washed door. He stared at it for some minutes, licking his dry lips observing the small scar running across three knuckles. Taking a deep breath, he tilted his hand back ready to knock.
'Actually, it's pretty late…only because those kids were making out by the door was I able to get in here…but…. oh twazzock!' He knocked, the noise deniably loud and echoing down the equally white corridors. 'Don't be there, don't be there, don't be there…'
Another noise entered his mind and made his heart jump, before he saw those familiar, enchanting eyes light up in recognition "Kai!" Rei whispered in disbelief. His hair was tousled and he had his white tiger plushie hanging limply from his hand like some sort of guard. Wearing yellow pyjamas with white/ black cows dotted over them, making him even more adorable. "Kai!" He said louder, the presence of the bluenette finally sinking in whilst Kai was still standing there, wondering if he just should've head back.
"Hey Rei" He said finally, the corners of his lips rising slightly. His hands were placed by his sides but he raised them helplessly so he could clasp them together. "I was just in-"
Rei launched himself onto the singer, arms wrapping around the Russian's neck, burying his face into the strong shoulder and standing on his tiptoes. Kai had to quickly take a step back to try and balance them from the sudden movement but ended up successfully tripping and landing flat on his back with Rei smiling down at him. When the neko-jin raised his head he let out a small laugh at the shocked face. Kai sat up, the younger perched comfortably on his lap facing him with arms still strung around his neck, and hastily hugged the boy back. His fingers entwined themselves in the soft pyjama top, kneading the material in his own nervousness and Rei's aroma filled his mind once more.
"Come on, before the landlord sees you" Rei said quietly, taking Kai's hand and pulling him up and into his humble abode. Shutting the door delicately, the sleep faced youth turned with a beaming smile, eyes sparkling.
Kai felt his throat go dry again and tried swallowing to ease it. He followed Rei into the kitchen area, which opened to the living room, the ebony haired boy filled the kettle and turned around after placing Driger on the counter.
"How are you here?" His voice was full of wonderment and curiosity.
"What can I say? I was getting bored and wanted your company" Kai replied, the smooth words flowing from his tongue like always yet that horrible squiggle was going hay wire in his stomach. "No big deal"
"You travelled over the country and it's no big deal?"
He shrugged, sitting down on the high stool with back support by the breakfast bar, unable to tear his eyes off the previously sleeping wonder. It felt so surreal. Last time he was kissing the Chinese and now he was here to…
"Tch. Kai Hiwatari, must you always be so flippant?" Rei grinned, pulling himself onto the breakfast bar to sit cross legged in front of Kai "I still can't believe your actually here, I bet this is a dream!" He said, as though he had hit the jackpot and then pinched himself hard "Ouch, well there's that idea gone"
"I'm here, alive and breathing"
Rei flashed another smile, leaning forwards so he could prop his elbows onto his knees "So why come see me?"
"Why not?"
A pout "Tell mmeeee"
"Nah, don't think I will"
Pout and watery eyes "Pwease, pwetty pwease?"
"Cause there's no where better to go"
Blush "Oh…. Ok" Rei let out a thankful sigh, praising the heavens for the interruption as the kettle clicked. Scrambling off the counter he got two mugs and made hot chocolate. He slid one over to the elder before sitting back to how he was before. "So, did you miss me?"
"Did you miss me?"
"Hey, you said never to answer a question with a question remember"
"Yeah, but that doesn't include me"
"Bastard"
Kai smirked "But, yeah, I suppose. No one else would keep my bed warm now would they?"
"I'm not a groupi-"
"You don't have to be" Kai said before realising. Both blushed when they caught each other's gazes and stared at the linoleum. Gulping down some of the scalding liquid quickly, Kai felt his anxiety heighten. "So…how's work?"
"Same old crap. But I've gotten an interview with Still-zone records!" Rei cried excitedly. Something flashed through the dual hair's crimson orbs before he smiled back.
"That's great, I remember you said now! If you need any help just say"
"Thanks. How about you?" Concern spread over the tanned face "How are you feeling? I've heard on the TV that you're ill"
"I'm fine. It's a load of bull' don't listen to it. Nice pyjamas by the way"
"I know, I like cows"
"I prefer ducks"
"Weird"
"Weirder"
Rei stuck his tongue out childishly and laughed as Kai went cock eyed "Ah, I'm so glad you're here! I've really missed you and this place can get pretty creepy"
"How?"
"The police sirens, the junkie's in the alley, the shouting. It's kind of lonely" Rei shook his head, his hair following "Anyway, how did you get in? It's…2 in the morning"
"Kids playing tonsil hockey in the doorway. Did I wake you?"
"No"
The bluenette raised his eyebrow sceptically
"Fine, yeah but it don't matter. You're worth it"
Kai grinned smugly.
"I mean, well I uh"
"I travelled miles to see you remember, no need to get embarrassed"
Rei blinked. Had Kai deliberately just missed out a chance to tease him? What's the catch?
"You've got plenty more things to be embarrassed about" He finished, cockiness in tow.
"Well, so have you"
"Like?"
"Liikkkeeee…liking ducks!"
"Hey. Don't diss the ducks"
"Then lay off my cows"
What an odd conversation "Fine, as long as I can pull on your udder" The dual hair replied, raising his eyebrows. Rei flung a foot out and pushed him. "Though, I'd prefer you released some other liquid than milk"
"Pervert!"
"Groupie"
"I'm not a gro-"
"Are"
"Not"
Glare.
"You so are"
"Not, I'm no one's groupie"
"Not even mine?" He was avoiding telling Rei why he had truly travelled that far, and he knew it.
"Nope"
"So there's no way you'd be mine?"
"None" Rei grinned as Kai sulked and poked his knee. 'Ask him about last time, ask him' "Kai, about…ah, pickles"
"What?"
"Um, no I meant last time. When we, on the sofa, yeah, so-"
"Aa, think of it as a goodbye" He mumbled back, avoiding eyesight.
Rei nodded, disappointed. The silence stretched and he wasn't used to it, when with Kai there were awkward pauses but never this long. He felt somewhat cheated, Kai was all too happy to tease, but when it came to the real emotions he avoided it like the bird flu "Oh how's 'Bryan' and 'Tala' by the way?" He asked, placing his mug back on the counter after finishing the drink. It only just occurred to him about the E-mail.
"Well…Bryan's confused again"
"How come?" Even though Kai said it had nothing to do with his band mates, Rei thought otherwise.
"He wants to kiss the other one, he went to his house to tell him they couldn't see each other again but as soon as he saw his smile, all the reasons and bad feelings went flying through the window. 'Tala' is the only important thing right now" He hoped this approach would work.
Rei frowned "Poor Bryan. But it's not fair on Tala either. I bet he's just waiting for him, something shit must have happened so Bryan feels like that" He said in concern, he couldn't help but feel for people "I wish they could sort it out"
"If Bryan wanted to kiss Tala right now, even though he travelled far just to tell him no, and he knows he might regret it later because he could end up hurting Tala, do you still think he should?"
The neko-jin paused, eyes narrowed in thought. Kai waited patiently, eyes glittering in the dim light as he scrutinized the tanned male's features. Rei sighed, climbed off the counter and smiled "I think he should"
Kai nodded and looked at his fingernail absentmindedly, he stood up and moved his empty mug away before turning to Rei. "I'll keep that in mind" He shrugged one shoulder "I should get going" He couldn't do it.
"It's too late"
"Rei"
"Don't argue with me Hiwatari" The neko-jin grinned, stepping forward.
"But-"
"Shh" He smiled more, pressing a finger to Kai's lips. Shyly he took hold of Kai's hand, the Russian smiled back "Stay with me tonight?"
Kai nodded numbly, falling back into the same tangled web Rei had always spun around him. He couldn't find anything to say or unleash his cocky tone to stop himself from being led from the kitchen by Rei. "I have something to tell you-". 'Say it Kai!'
Sunny orbs barely blinked up at him, Rei pawed at them sleepily and tried to talk around a yawn, failing miserably "Y-eeaah?" He mumbled, head lolling onto Kai's chest as the bluenette stopped them in their paces.
"I…what would you say if…?". 'Go on!'
"Hmm?" Rei padded into his bedroom, tagging Kai along behind him, his eyes weren't even open.
"If I-" Kai watched the younger lay down on the bed, groaning slightly in protest when Kai didn't. Rei smiled slightly when he heard the distant thumps of Kai's shoes being kicked off before a warm weight settled beside him on the mattress. He turned his face into Kai's chest, finding himself drifting off in pure content. Raising his hand, the bluenette ran it softly through the ebony locks and tried to finish what he had started "If I said I was 'Bryan' and you were 'Tala', and that I really wanted to-"
"Hmmm"
"Kiss you?"
Yawning again, Rei only smiled. Sighing, Kai pulled him closer; unsure whether he'd ever be able to do this again. Rei obviously hadn't understood or heard him and half of him was relieved, while the other was bitter. Of all times to tell the neko-jin, why did it have to be when he was unconscious?
"Damn groupie" He huffed.
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Kai threw his arm over his eyes, refusing to admit he was awake just yet. Damn that had been such a good dream. He blinked slowly, and blearily looked to his side at the clock. 6: 21 AM. Way too early for a workday, but alas that's what he got for wanting to be a musician.
"Huh?" He said, frowning as he looked around the room. Something stirred beside him and his eyes widened. "Rei?" Slowly, he reached a hand out and placed it upon the base of Rei's back, underneath his shirt and rubbed the skin gently, as though testing if he was real. He looked so peaceful, lips parted slightly and black hair sticking in all directions, but he was still perfect. Infuriating, Kai smiled fondly as he thought; even when Rei looked like a mess he was still bloody perfect. Flaming Chinese. Why did nothing else ever matter with him around? Even the memories didn't dare interrupt the Russian's appreciation of the boy. For once, Kai felt like he was free from the past.
"Hmmm" The tanned boy mumbled happily, snuggled up beside the singer, head resting on his chest and his right hand placed upon the bluenette's stomach, their legs intertwined. His eyes were still closed and he wouldn't open them. Kai paused in his movements, making to retreat his hand before the other gave a disappointed groan "Don't stop"
Shutting his mouth, Kai knew full well that nothing happened in bed, he didn't think either of them was ready for that anyway. 'Idiot' He reprimanded himself. He came to do something negative and ended up sleeping in the same bed as the damn gorgeous ebony haired male! "I thought it was a dream" He half whispered, afraid his voice would disturb the silence.
"So did I" Rei chuckled, moving to lie lazily on top of the Russian, he only had a single bed so there wasn't much room to begin with. Beaming he toyed with a piece of Kai's hair "I'm glad it wasn't"
"You've still yet to show me your bed skills though" Kai smirked.
A loud, melodic laugh rang through the room "It's nice to know you're still the same old Kai even like this"
Kai smirked, "Like this? Sorry but" He rolled them over, successfully pinning Rei to the bed "I prefer to be on top" He said with a wink. Rei pouted up at him, head butting the Russian and laughing at the offended expression given back. Catching each other's eyes, they shared a smile. A small voice, constantly getting weaker, kept reminding the bluenette that he'd regret everything, but being with Rei made him feel great, why should he see that as a bad thing? Suddenly he became conscious of the body beneath him, the heat turned up and the playful banter ceased, they were left only with staring, getting caught up in the dizzying temperature that enveloped their bodies as they pressed together. The bluenette's eyes glued to the paragon of beauty, amazed he hadn't pushed Kai back or asked him what he was doing.
The dusty peach coloured lips were begging to be kissed, pleading for another sacred embrace that only those two ever seemed to share. Gender, religion, nationality and social credit, none of it mattered. Only the heat and contact, only the blushing face before him with the bright eyes shyly but determinedly peeking up into his own. Kai was a mere human, no matter what people said, calling him inhuman or heartless, he still had his weaknesses at the end of the day. He hated them and would never admit to it, but he too fell into sin. Rei was a sin he wouldn't repent-No, Rei was too pure to be a sin. He flittered his lips over the strong yet delicate jaw, poising them against the flushed lips as electricity ran down their spines.
"Kai" Rei breathed out, uncertain, aware and a little afraid. Not of Kai but of the situation, what it would lead to. Was this a spur of the moment thing, or another goodbye like last time? Was it real?
Kai dared to sneak a glance into the glazed twin suns, his own lips grazing the corner of Rei's allowing time for them to catch their breath, blood pounding through their bodies by an increasing heartbeat and also allowing Rei to pull away if he wanted to. Did Rei want it as much as he did? Closing the distance, Kai pressed his lips firmly to the younger males, who froze in shock as Kai circled his arms around his waist. Pressing harder to get a response, he eased when Rei finally kissed back, his sunny orbs sliding shut. What were they doing, what was Kai thinking? This kiss was going to lead to heartbreak, he knew it. 'Forgive me'
And yet, he couldn't care less at that moment. As soon as his lips touched Rei's in that first real embrace, he felt more worthy than he had since he was born. He felt like he was someone to be proud of, someone people didn't edge away from or scorn. He was worth something. Rei made him feel like that. In the back of his mind, he realised Rei was running his hand though the two toned hair and his other was resting against Kai's pale neck. It made him hungrier-he was craving Rei.
The tanned one, on the other hand, couldn't believe anything was real at that moment; any coherent or reasonable thought had vanished. Kai's lips held a promise, and he wanted to know what it was. It was a surprise but, he told himself, Kai was full of surprises. It was a collaboration of awkwardness; emotions and mouths open for the other being. Finding the courage, Kai flickered his tongue out shyly into Rei's warm cavern, ready and waiting for him only. The Chinese youth arched his back in agreement, wanting to be as close as possible as Kai searched his property. In that moment Rei succumbed himself to the elder, as he delved further, seeking the taste inside the neko-jin's mouth. Feeling he had to do something, Rei tentatively pushed against the intruding but welcome tongue, shivering and moaning in reply. Excitement flew through them and bodies pressed harder together, fuelling the present fire. Oxygen was worthless now it seemed, as clothes and skin were clung to. The neko-jin pressed blunt nails into Kai's back and racked them down the silky skin in delirious actions.
The elder broke off slightly, resting his forehead on Rei's and breathing harshly to get his breath back. Rei was no better, smiling as he panted and looking at Kai's closed eyes. The dual hair gripped Rei's shirt, holding him close as though he might run away from him, as though he might stop everything and make Kai face reality. He didn't want that, he wanted to hold on while he still could. He let himself nuzzle the ebony hair, breathing the irresistible smell of ashes and tealeaves, musky but fresh and all too addictive. Rei shivered again, feeling the bluenette respond with a tremor through his own flesh. 'Don't stop' both cried in their minds. Light touches to his cheek made him open his eyes, half lidded and honest. Rei translated his message through his bright eyes, veiled by the swirling passion and wonder 'Never stop'
Kai groaned, whispering another kiss against bruised lips, tingling sensations he had on his pale skin transmitted onto Rei's more tanned flesh, their hearts pounding ferociously against chests as hands desperately sought out more hot and unknown land. Dragging a hand up, the neko-jin entangled it into the fury of two-toned hair, gripping and pushing Kai deeper onto him, making the kiss more urgent. The familiar weight settling in their manhood, and Rei pulled him further. Letting go of a shaky breath, arching his head back as Kai's moistened lips began adoring his neck. The movement resulted in a small grind of hips, and the bluenette bit hard on his bottom lip to stifle the moan. He slipped a hand further beneath, circling it around to Rei's spine pleased at the tremors and goose bumps. Awed he had created such a vigorous reaction. He brushed his hand up and down softly, moving his lips to tease the neko-jin's jugular making Rei give a throaty groan.
"Kai" He whimpered ecstatically.
"I've wanted this so much" The Russian whispered, trailing kisses along the younger's collar bone "I was afraid of what I'd do to you"
The ebony haired man looked at the alive crimson, the burning flames that resonated that reserved emotion and smiled in understanding "Kai, why didn't you tell me you felt like that?"
"I don't know Rei, I'm no good in relationships. I just really don't want to hurt you," He said, keeping his voice low. The neko-jin stared hard at him for a few seconds before nodding
"You won't," He promised with such surety Kai had to do a double take, raising his head from the crook of the delicious neck to return the powerful gaze. "I've wanted this too, you know. You should have told me sooner. Selfish bastard"
Kai could only smile.
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"Kai!" Tala burst through the hotel door laughing, his cheeks red from the cold with a scarf hanging limply around his shoulders "Kai come on where are you? We got to get going, have some fun while we can before we get dragged off for something again. Dude, Max, Tyson and Bryan are ready, so hurry up" Tala looked around the room "Kai?"
"What?"
The redhead jumped and spun around to look in the direction of the bathroom. He crossed his arms in disagreement "Blue, get dressed"
Kai rolled his eyes, drying his hair with a towel as he strode over to the television, flinging himself ungracefully down on the couch and flipped the channel over, one leg on the sofa while the other was stationary on the floor as his back only just rested against the arm. Tala stuck out his bottom lip and stood in front of the bluenette, who just moved his head. Proving how close they were as friends, Tala laid down on top of Kai, folding his hands on the naked chest to place under his chin as he stared at Kai.
The younger remained unfazed; there was no romance in the gesture. Smirking, the redhead moved one hand down the chest to the towel covering Kai's modesty. The red-eyed male turned to glare warningly at his best friend. Tala gave an innocent smile and widened his blue orbs until they reached maximum level of cuteness, before he leapt off Kai, taking the towels with him.
"TALA!"
The redhead laughed and wolf whistled when Kai stood up, only his hands to shield himself. The bluenette looked around and grabbed a magazine to cover himself with, running after the redhead.
"Grr baby, grrr!" Tala shouted, almost chocking on his laughter as Kai stumbled on the mat.
"Tala, give me that back!"
"Not until you ask nicely"
"Tala, please may I have my towel back?"
"No"
"But you said-"
"You must say the magic phrase!"
Kai sweat dropped, glaring lightly at the redhead before sighing and shaking his head in defeat "Oh sexy, gorgeous king of all, please, may my humble lowly self, have the most unworthy possession that has only been worth any value when clasped in your godly hands?"
"Oh alright! No need to suck up"
Ignoring the teasing smirk, Kai reached for the towel and quickly secured it around his waist, rolling the magazine up and hitting Tala across the head with it. The redhead yelled, hitting the bluenette back with a pillow.
"Go get changed snookums"
Sighing massively, Kai went to his room and picked out clothes, quickly placing them on. Just as he slipped the long sleeved shirt on Tala barged in and sat on the edge of the bed, clearing his throat "We made the tabloids again, Kai"
"Great, what for now?"
"Something about me holding your hand and dragging you down the street. You know how they think we are 'secretly in love' pfft, sounds like a bad movie that's been ripped off something like Casablanca"
"Joy, guess they've commented on me actually laughing as well?"
"Sexy and able to tell the future" The redhead smirked, raising an eyebrow "Kai, you've done the buttons wrong"
"Huh?" Looking down, he found Tala was correct; he had made a mess.
Clicking his tongue, Tala redid the buttons "Anyway, have you spoken to Rei lately?"
"…" Kai combed his hair, applying some gel to his hands before brushing it through the two toned locks. He knew Tala was dying to hear and could barely keep a smirk from his face
"Kai, answer me"
"You could say I have" He grinned
"Holy shitting fuck, really? You?"
"Ha ha. You could kill all of Russia by hilarity with that sarcasm"
"I know, but I've yet to pick an area" Tala said, narrowing his blue eyes as they darted around the room "So?"
"So? Since when do you care about me?" Kai smirked, flicking the end of the redhead's nose.
"Now I'm the one busting a gut" He deadpanned
The younger just smirked more; looking in the mirror he shifted some hair strands around, spiking them slightly and a few fell into his eyes naturally. He frowned to himself, looking for something. Tala sighed again and turned the radio on to sing along to The Vendetta. Since no one was there he made his voice high and squeaky, holding the notes for ages, just to annoy the other man present.
"Tell me then"
"About?"
"About the transportation of bicarbonates through the digestive system and what they do for our so called dietary affairs"
"Well, first of all-"
"I actually, really don't want to know. Knowing my luck it'd end up in the shrinkage of something"
"Like?"
"My favourite thing" He gestured downwards
"You've got no problem about shrinkage then have you?" Kai scoffed, finding the necklace he was searching for and placed it around his neck. It was thinly chained with a Celtic cross on the end, all done in silver. A book connected with the back of his head. "Ow! Tal'!"
"Sure, accuse me"
Deciding it was best not to comment, Kai opened a small box and took his eyebrow piecing out, skilfully placing it right then he reached for his cologne.
"Kai tell me 'bout kitten," The redhead said seriously, sitting cross legged on the middle of the master bed, looking like an innocent puppy-Kai knew better.
The red-eyed male turned around with a simple shrug and half smile, which didn't fool Tala at all "I went to see him"
"Holy shitting fuck"
Kai sighed.
"Have you phoned him?
"No, haven't had time"
Tala just shook his finger at him "The Kai I know wouldn't let that stop him, what happened?" The excitement was practically dripping off his voice.
"I finally got to see him and say something, but I don't even know what I was going to say. How do you tell someone who you're not even dating that you want to split up? Actually I don't even think I could split up with him. But I needed to so he could be a songwriter and stop concentrating on me. He's the best thing to happen to me since this band and I don't want to let him go but what's the point in trying to draw it out when it'll only cause him being attached then it will all end in tears, leaving him more devastated then he would be if we broke up now? But then he told Bryan to kiss Tala and I said 'I'll keep that in mind,' and then we fell asleep and finally we kissed. That's it "
Tala said nothing, a calm expression on his face, as Kai focused on getting his respiratory system back to normal. The bluenette's rambling faded away and left an indifferent look in replace
"So you can stop bitching at me to go see him"
"YAY!" Pause "He said Bryan should kiss me!"
"Yeah, I pretended that my problem was Bryan's"
"So you're good with Rei?"
"Suppose"
"But what about the 'I'll end hurting him and he needs to concentrate on his career' thing?"
"We worked it out"
"You seriously need to get drunk." The redhead declared out of thin air "I can't remember the last time you just let go and had a good time in damaging your liver" Tala laughed, the intelligent twinkle in his eyes sparkling brightly. "Now you can be all romantic and mushy with him. We'll find a way to sneak you out later, so you can sweep him into your arms. Go on Kai, wow me! Go on, show me what the old Kai would do!" He shouted, punching the air with a fist.
"Not now, we have to go"
"Yeah, power to the people" Tala snorted, watching Kai walk out of the room. "You know" He called after him "People died just so you could express free will" Tala let his shoulders slump when he heard the front door close. He cursed under his breath and ran after him before Kai locked the door.
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"Hey, hey over here! Come on guys!"
"Tch, that Tyson, will he ever grow up?"
"Ah, come on Kai" Tala smiled walking beside the bluenette as Max and Tyson ran ahead "We forget what it is like to be that young and carefree"
"You talk as though we're 60" Bryan commented
The redhead waved his hand in disagreement "No, I mean that because we are the oldest we have to take the most responsibility, even more so then Kai here, little Kai-Chan" Tala pinched one of the dual hair's cheeks and got hit over the head because of it
"Even so" He put his hands back into his pockets and closed his eyes "They act as though they're 6 years of age"
Tala looked at Bryan and smirked "Well then Kai, maybe you should learn to be like that as well for one day"
"Wha-?"
Bryan suddenly tipped his water bottle over the youngest Russian's head and grabbed Tala's hand to quickly run from the singer. Kai's eyebrow twitched as he flicked his wet hair from his eyes
"YOU ARE SO GOING TO DIE!" He shouted after them, shaking his fist
Max blinked and turning around, running backwards to see what Kai was yelling about, Bryan sped past them dragging the guitarist behind him. Max sighed and shook his head smirking before running normal to catch up with them.
"What did you two do now?" He asked
"Ha, well Bryan here poured water over Kai's head. He's been too stressed lately so we're gonna make him have fun no matter what! Deal?"
"Terrorising Kai?" Tyson grinned, "Sounds good to me!"
The four laughed and Tala blew a kiss back to the bluenette before jumping over to him and punching him playfully in the arm "Kai?"
"What?" He hissed, glaring around for Bryan
"Tag, you're it!"
"Huh? What? Tala! Get back here!"
The redhead laughed, "No, you have to catch me or the others, that is, if you're up to it"
Kai sat on the edge of the fountain in the empty park "There's no way I'm lowering myself to a child's game"
"Chicken!" Tyson laughed, making bwack-bwack noises and flapping his arms
"What did you call me?"
"You, Kai Hiwatari, are a chicken!"
With that the dual haired male narrowed his eyes and stood up "Is that so?"
"Yep!"
"Hell yes"
"Definably"
"Bet your mittens!"
The challenge was set, and Kai never could resist a challenge "Prepare to meet your maker!" He said stepping forward with his hand fisted in front of him
"Bring it chicken!" The others cried, running quickly.
Now, say five grown men ran past you, one with a pink turtle on his head, and one shouting obscenities and waving his fist in the air. What would you do? Thankfully for them, there were no other people around but hell, did those pigeons ever get the crap scared out of them! Tala laughed, dodging a bin while Max jumped over a bench. Kai launched forward and reached out for the blonde and laughed, his eyes closed, standing straight knowing he had caught something. Opening his crimson eyes he saw Mr. Black in his hand, the plastic eyes glaring up at the singer. The sewn smile on the plushie did nothing but further it's need for an exorcist
"Shit, Max I can't believe your mother actually gave this to you as a baby!"
"Explains why he's so tapped in the head" Tyson shouted, getting an acorn thrown at him by the American.
"Oh well" Kai smirked, plan forming in his mind as he walked ever so casually towards the water fountain "If you want Mr. Black to live, sacrifice yourself"
The others gasped, looking from Max to Kai like a messed up version of tennis. Kai might have been stupidly brave but he took the whole packet of biscuits, even the ones that said 'less then blah percentage fat' but resulted in a cardboard taste. Funnily enough, the sky seemed to darken. How damn inconspicuous.
"Grrrr" Max …well, growled, eyes lighting up with an eerie flame. Then he sniffed and looked down at the floor, looking back up with the most irresistible puppy dog pout/look ever.
Kai narrowed his eyes in a deadpan sort of gesture, slowly bringing his outstretched arm from hovering above the water. Max laughed victoriously and launched himself at the Russian, who muttered the word 'crap' having already accepted the fact that he just fell for the oldest trick in a libraries worth of books.
The other three sat down on a bench, blinking with their mouths wide open. Even as the water from the fountain splashed onto the ground and only two pairs of feet in the air could be seen as a pink plushie was held safely above the water. They just blinked and gawped. The two males that had fallen into the water-or rather one lunged and the other got knocked in-sat up, hair sopping into their eyes and spitting water out of their mouths. Kai stuck his tongue out from the taste and tried wiping the taste off, only to later remember that his hand was wet too. Really, where was his brain today? Max wrinkled his nose in distaste glancing at Kai only for them both to turn a deep shade of red.
"Urgh!" They cried simultaneously, leaping away from each other. Their noses were previously pressed together when Max turned to look at him with the blonde sitting on the elder. Max puffed out his cheeks and wiped his backside, muttering about 'Kai germs' as the dual hair glared at him. He looked in his hand and smiled seeing Mr. Black perfectly dry. He hugged it to his person and jumped out of the fountain. Kai jumped out after him and smirked.
"Oh, by the way Max"
"What?"
"Tag, you're it!" He shouted, running from the shortest. The others leapt into action and doubled over laughing as Max launched at Kai again.
"But I'm wet, no fair Kai you were already wet! Fine, prepare to meet the wrath of the tag team of Max Power and the amazing Mr. Black!"
"Max Power?" Tala grinned
"Must have knocked his head" Bryan snorted. The redhead laughed looking over to Kai who was shouting at Tyson who was heading the wrong way, smiling to see the man so happy. Bryan grabbed Tala's hand again and jerked him from his daydream as the blonde ran towards them.
The blue eyed, red haired male couldn't have been happier even if he tried. He beamed to the world, slowly looking over the scene. Kai was in a tree; helping Tyson up as well as Max came ever closer. Bryan was holding his hand, both standing to the sidelines like parents laughing at the youngest three. Tyson slipped and Kai grabbed his arm with both hands, pulling him up with all his might. When the two bluenette's had settled on the branch they laughed down at Max who shook his fist at them. The American threw Mr. Black, hitting Tyson on the head and catching the toy when it came back down. The battle cry emitted from Max, declaring Tyson as 'it'. The Japanese laughed evilly, turning to look at Kai his prey only to find he had already jumped down and was running away with Max.
"It's like they don't even realise"
"Realise what?" Bryan asked, looking down to the guitarist
"What they're doing. Just like children."
Bryan gave a half smile, looking forward to his band mates, seeing the childish delight in their eyes.
"Oh well guess that proves it" Tala smirked wolfishly "I am a mastermind. I've gotten Kai to have fun without him even knowing, everything is looking up for him now. I am simply the best"
"Yeah right"
Tala glanced at the bassist to say something but closed his mouth upon seeing the gentle look on his face, almost as though he was genuinely agreeing with the redhead's statement. Blushing, Tala looked down at their hands, beaming to himself. Bryan gave him an odd look, letting go of the hand once he noticed. The platinum haired male coughed awkwardly, a pink taint scattering across pale cheeks.
"Hey lovebirds"
"Looking rather cosy"
"About time too!"
Bryan glared at the youngest three and shot off for them. They scattered immediately and Tala sighed, running to catch up with a cry of "Don't kill them Bryan!"
So the five adult men had temporarily forgotten about being celebrities with hordes of fans and the media hunting them down. They forgot they were no longer children. They forgot everything except one thing –Tag, you're it!
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"Hello Mr. Kon"
"Hello nice to meet you Sir" Rei shook the other man's hand firmly.
"Please, sit"
The neko-jin did so and turned serious eyes to his companion, who looked like he was trying not to laugh.
"So, have you any past experiences with writing?"
That was always his killer question, fiddling momentarily Rei cleared his throat "Well, seeing as I'm quite young for this field, I haven't had the chance, but I've many years of song writing under my belt and feel comfortable in the occupation"
"Has anyone got under your belt?"
"Kenji!" Rei yelled, crossing his arms and pouting at the Japanese man who was laughing. "You're supposed to be helping me practice for the interview, not making it into a pervert fest"
He just giggled and poked Rei's shoulder happily "But seriously, any updates on Kai?"
Enter the customary blush, stage left and right "N-no"
"Ohh, I know that shade of red when I see it. Tell me"
"Fine-and don't scream-we kissed" He had to stop himself from sighing happily, his stomach exploded with butterflies whenever he thought of the singer. That night still burnt in his brain, the kiss was still happening every time he closed his eyes. Even when Kai wasn't there, just the mention of his name and he felt warm and protected.
"SQUEEE!" Kenji hugged the bewildered Chinese and looked like he was trying hard to not dance sitting down, so it ended up with his feet shuffling back and fore quickly and his fists balled against his chest "Details! Details!"
"Kenji!" Rei muttered but knew it was helpless "Fine, first we fell asleep in my bed-we didn't do anything in bed, don't give me that look- then when I woke up, he was rubbing my back, then after a while he pinned me to the bed, just messing around" He took a deep breath, his face getting darker "And we just kissed"
If possible, Rei was sure he saw little love hearts in Kenji's eyes and the trail of drool wasn't helping his plea for sanity either. Raising his eyebrows, the neko-jin looked around, picked a menu up and hit Kenji across the head with it. "Hey!"
"You were drooling on your uniform"
The other man glared at him "And you stopped my fantasies just for that reason?" He wiped his red apron before smiling his usual goofy smile "Finally, some action! Oh, you have to bring him here, just so I can see that booty in the flesh" Enter drool.
"Kenji" Rei said, waving a hand in front of the glazed brown eyes "Kenji Himatiro!"
Once again, the Japanese snapped out of it, glaring again "Do you mind? He was already naked as well"
Rei shook his head "I don't even want to know, you're too weird"
"Hey! I resent that fact" He grinned and re-read Rei's songs again "You haven't got any angry songs"
Rei shrugged "Not everyone is angry"
"Yeah but you need a variety. Come on, everyone gets angry, even you oh gorgeous kitt's"
"But my anger doesn't last for long. It goes faster then your attention does"
Kenji pouted, hitting him playfully on the arm "What is this, pick on Kenji day?"
"No"
Kenji smiled.
"That's everyday"
Then he pouted again, widening his eyes so the chocolate brown shimmered "(sniff) Fine, be like that"
The Chinese laughed, flipping though his songs. They weren't necessarily all happy, but they showed hope. Besides he wasn't just going to write for one genre of music, he really liked dance music, as well as hip-hop, rock etc. Besides, he knew he had much more chance with dance and pop being written for someone than the other two, the singers and bands tended to write their own songs in that area.
"Sing this one?"
"But-"
"Kitts, it's just me. You can sing in front of me"
The neko-jin nodded, the café was momentarily empty, after the dinner rush, and took a deep sigh "Ok." He cleared his throat and opened his mouth but no sound came out
"Come on, this is me. I'll sing first" Kenji racked his mind for a suitable song then smirked, singing "I love you, you love me, something, something harmony and a…I don't know the rest. Barney is the anti-Christ," He muttered to himself. Rei chuckled and shook his head "Ok, I'll do another…I have lumbago, but I do not have necessity…wait, that isn't right"
"Oh lord"
"Ok, ok I have one." He said, "The ink is black! The page is white! Together we learn to read and write! Or is it the page is black…wait no…."
"Flaming Jesus"
"Well I sang, you're turn"
Rei puffed out his cheeks and shook his head. Kenji sighed, "I just can't think of anything, it's not because I don't like singing in front of people"
"You need to get over that problem and fast Kitts"
The bell above the door tingled as a young man stepped in, hair windswept and scarf wrapped around his neck. He looked to be around their age, and he smiled "Open?"
Kenji stood up and practically flew to the counter "Of course, what would you like?" He asked, leaning forwards, flirting.
"Besides you?" The teen questioned, grinning back. He had blond hair with brown underneath that reached his neck with a beige backpack on one shoulder. "Latte, please"
"Coming up" Kenji set about the coffee maker, shooting looks over his shoulder. Rei rolled his eyes as the man, most likely a student in the local university, leaned against the counter returning the looks. The neko-jin gathered his belongings and shoved them into the bag he had, and stood up.
"See you later Kenji,"
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"So, what're you wearing?"
"Pervert"
"Oh come on"Rei laughed, twisting the phone cord around his finger "Jeans and a top, happy?"
Rei was sure he could hear that smirk that Kai was no doubt doing "Very"
"So" He turned around so his back was resting against the counter "Do you miss me?"
"Nah""Hmph!" Rei pouted.
"You know I do, what's your hair like?""Plait"
"Put it loose""You can't see it" Rei said, rolling his eyes amused.
"Yeah I can""…"
"I'm picturing it, just put it down""Fine" He sighed in defeat, taking the clip out and running a hand through the ebony length. With that he pushed himself to sit on the kitchen counter –it was so comfortable- and rested his back against the wall. Picking up a pen he doodled 'Rei loves Kai' over his phonebook. "You haven't told me what you're wearing though"
"Oh, you dirty thing" Kai admonished.
The neko-jin chortled, "You're a fine one to talk"
"I know I'm fine, thanks for the compliment"Still as annoyingly witty as always "Just tell me what you're wearing"
"This is going to turn into phone sex you know…you're blushing aren't you?"
"N-no!" Rei lied
"Yeah right, and I'm Barbie""Whore" Rei huffed "After all those years you just dumped Ken like that, and for what? A surfer! Ken was your prince, husband, boyfriend, dance partner, swimming partner, life guard, knight and father of your child and you ditched him for a surfer!"
"You're quite bitter about that I see""Damn straight"
"No Rei, you're gay remember?""Who's that?" The Chinese blinked at the new voice filling his eyes. There was an odd sort of scuffle on the phone and he was sure he heard Kai swear.
"It's me Kitten, Tala. And-Kai geroff!-I just wanted to see how my favourite feline was doing?"
"Oh I'm good…Wait, Tala…Oh yeah I remember Kai telling me about your problem with Bryan"
"Kai! I'm gonna-" Rei smirked as he heard more scuffles and obscenities exchanged before the familiar deep, smooth voice greeted him again.
"Welcome back Kai"
"Sorry about that. Tala was eavesdropping" The last word was spat out and the neko-jin got an all too clear image of Kai and Tala glaring at each other. The next thing he new, the sound of a door shutting and someone running up the stairs with Kai shouting in the background was echoing fro the phone.
"Hey!" A chirpy voice practically sang to him "I'm Max, you must be Rei! Just want to thank you for getting that stick from Kai's ass; he's been nicer to us lately. Yet again that must mean he stuck something up your ass to be that happy?"
Rei blushed bright scarlet.
"Oh, Tyson! Catch, here! Quick before Kai catches me!""Um…" Rei muttered to himself. Hearing the Russian yelling at Max who laughed back at him.
"Yo, dude!" A slightly deeper voice said "Rei right? I'm Tyson. The good-looking one of the group! Just for you to know, your boo is chasing Max around the house now. He has no idea I got the phone" He sniggered
Rei nodded, wondering what on earth a boo was. He had long ago halted his pen in sketching out hearts. "Hi?"
"So brother, how could you fall for a guy like Kai eh? He's moody all the time, and annoying, and a bully. A slave driver too"
"I think he's alright"
"Oh he's cool, don't get me wrong, but he's a dick too" Tyson said fondly. It was clear he didn't want Kai to be any different. "Would you like to talk to Bryan?"
"I-"
"Yo, Bry', heads up dude!"
"Uh…Who's this?"
"Rei Kon" The bewildered boy said uncertainly.
"Oh, your Kai's butt buddy"
Was everyone so blunt? "Not really" He said nervously
The voice went darker "Word of warning to you Kon, if you ever and I mean ever hurt Kai at all, I will personally hunt you down and use your balls as tennis practise. Clear on that?"
"Yes" He squeaked out.
"And don't tell him I said that either." Bryan went back to his laid back drawl "You've had a positive effect on him, he hasn't been this happy in a while. I don't want him to know that I care this much, but thanks"
Rei smiled "Bryan, do you like Tala?"
"Huh? N-no. I mean, jeez, what made you think that, I just like my bass! Yeah""Oh well, I think he likes you"
"…Kai's coming"
"Bye!" The younger grinned "Kai? You there yet?"
"Finally" Kai sighed, "Sorry, ignore them and whatever they said. Why is Bryan blushing?"
"I said about Tala"
Kai worried his bottom lip, smiling innocently at the accusing glare Bryan sent his way "Ah. What did they say to you?"
"Nothing really" He said a little too quickly, the bluenette made a suspicious 'Uh-huh' but dropped it, changing the subject.
After a while Kai yawned, they'd been talking for some tine "Got to go now, some studio thing"
"Alright. Don't kill any of them, they only wanted to talk to me"
"And say stuff about me probably, bye Rei"
There were no pet names or endearments but Rei could hear the affection in the baritone voice and smiled "Bye Kai"
"Oh, and Rei?""Hmm?"
"I'm just wearing my boxers"With that he hung up and the line went dead. Rei blinked, staring at the wall opposite with a far away expression. Trying to will himself to get that mental picture from his head.
Insanewelshangel: ALMOST 30 PAGES! Those cow pyjamas Rei was wearing? Yeah, I have those, they rock. I couldn't resist that crack at bird flu either, for those living in the UK you understand the hype and crap about it. Not so sure about it for Americans, the rest of the world is pretty much like the UK though.
Do you really think I was going to do angst so soon when it would be more effective and powerful after they got together? XD No fear people, when the angst moment does come, you might not expect it so there'll be no nasty cliffhangers like that. Because if I suggest a sad chapter off a cliffhanger, the chance is it's probably not because then you're all expecting it to be sad, it's much nicer to be surprised. But that's just me and my weird writing style.
Review please darlings! Thanks for reading!
