Right updating… Sorry if they're always short, a lot of school load in my shoulders…
Ok recap the current setting is in Tyson, Max and Kenny's room
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"Hey anyone notice that Rei's so quiet today?" said Tyson
"Doesn't he always talk the least among us? Well, next to Kai anyway" said Max
"Those two only had one conversation in the bus" said Kenny "and it was about why Rei's hair is in that style today"
"He looks like a girl in some angles when his hair's like that" said Tyson
"Yeah, sometimes I don't recognize him that way" said Max
"It's looks better than some girls even" said Kenny
They all stared at one another realizing what they had just said.
"Uhm… yeah so much for that" said Tyson with an slightly embarrassed smile scratching the back of his head
Max opened the curtains "Uhm, isn't it a great day for swimming?"
"Err…. Yeah, the sun's great!" said Kenny
Suddenly a knock made them all stare at the door silently.
"Uhm… I'll get that" said Tyson walking toward the door
He turned the knob and everyone looked at who was at the other side.
"Hey guys wanna go swimming?" said Rei casually entering the room
"YEAH!" said the three excitedly
"Great! I'll go tell Kai and Hilary" said Rei as he stepped out the room "Better get dressed!" he added before closing the door finally
The three stared at the door probably thinking about the amazing coincidence… Did he by any chance hear what they were saying earlier on… probably not, he wouldn't be that enthusiastic if he did…
"Well we best get dressed" suggested Kenny
"Right" replied Tyson and Max
After they all got dressed they headed out to the lake.
"Alright!" Tyson ran into the lake splashing lots of water around in the process "The water's great! C'mon in!"
Max ran into the water enthusiastically, Kai just walked in slowly, Kenny just stayed on land under a tree attending to his laptop, Hilary sat down on the picnic cloth she had laid down earlier, while Rei stood at the lakeside.
"What's the matter Rei?" said Max turning back to him.
"Nothing… The water here just reminds me of the rivers back home…" said Rei walking into the water towards where the other three were
"It must be really nice to swim around your village" said Tyson
"Our rivers are used for our drinking water, as well as other basic needs so we don't really swim in them that much" said Rei staring into the distance "And the waterfall is a popular meditation and training ground"
"Life around there is much different from the city" said Max
"Why are we talking about this, lets just swim!" said Rei splashing water into Tyson's face
"Hey! Why me!" shouted Tyson "Take this!" he splashed water into Rei's face
Rei gave out a laugh and splashed into Max's face. The three wrestled splashing water onto each other. Kai just stared blankly at them having no obvious intention of joining them. Rei made a large splash intending for it to go to Tyson, but he ducked, and guess who end up getting wet.
That's right… Kai did…
"Uhm… so—" before Rei could finish his apology Kai had already splashed water onto his face
"Take that" said Kai with a playful grin on his face
Tyson and Max stared at Kai, then turned their attention to Rei who was coughing out some water.
Silence…
"Pfft…" The two broke out into laughter
Splash!
Kai and Rei wet the two laughing boys.
"So it's a team fight eh?" said Tyson squeezing out water from his hair…
"Bring it on…" said Max
Kai walked to Rei's side.
"You take Max he whispered"
"Uhm, right" replied Rei
The four played all afternoon, Kenny and Hilary just watching them laughing along when someone trips and falls. Usually it was just Tyson who fell, but I guess that's the reason why they laughed so much every time.
During all the splashing around, Rei took some moments to stare at Kai, who was unusually participating in their game, those moments were then disturbed when maxed splashed him again. Kai would also pause to stare at Rei… Admiring his long raven hair, which, indeed made him look like a girl. That is, disregarding his body, which, was all male. He shook his head to break up those moments, thereafter getting splashed by Tyson. It was a continuous cycle of staring when the other wasn't looking, neither noticing the other.
This all continued, till dark… because by the time the sky dimmed, they had all gone inside to prepare for dinner.
All dressed up Hilary and Rei headed to the kitchen. Being the only ones who had any idea on cooking. The rest waited in the dining room, Tyson Max and Kenny chatting with each other, and Kai sitting patiently on his chair with his eyes closed and his arms crossed.
"Maybe we should just heat cans of soup for tonight" said Rei "That'll save us the trouble."
"Guess your right" replied Hilary "Nice hot soup will be good for a cold night like this anyway"
They heated two large cans of Mushroom soup and served them to the others, then sitting in their own chairs.
It was a nice dinner, quite normal actually. They all had pleasant conversations, laughing at some remarks.
Kai stared at Rei when he laughed or when he took a bite. Observing his actions intently. Then he thought, "I still haven't figured out what's so different about today"…
At the end of dinner, Tyson and Max volunteered to wash the dishes, though Hilary stayed to make sure they didn't break anything, Kenny went to the living room to attend to his laptop again. Rei headed up to his (and Kai's) room.
Kai stared at him as he went up… Rei looked down before he opened the door of their room and waved at Kai…
Kai turned away with a slight shade of pink on his face… "There's really something wrong with me today" he thought.
After a few minutes of standing around, Kai finally headed up to the room, and there he found Rei staring outside the window. He stood next to him, trying to see what he was staring at, glancing a few times at him.
"This place is really nice isn't it" said Rei
"Err… Yeah…" replied Kai "Just asking but, what are you staring at" he turned to Rei
"I'm just admiring the night sky" said Rei still staring outside
"I see" Kai turned his attention to the sky again
He thought again, "Is the reason why today was o different because of Rei?" Perhaps he thought… But why Rei… His thoughts circled around the Raven haired boy as he stared into the night sky…
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Why Mushroom soup? Err… It's my favorite… Hope you all liked this chapter…