Mistake
Chapter seven - What's going on?
Ray woke and rubbed his eyes sleepily before attempting to stand, which failed due to sleeping in a position that caused his legs to go numb. He fell back down and heard a small noise. He turned and saw Tala, well half of him on his bed, he gently nudged him.
"Eh, leave me alone! Tala sleeping" the messy haired teen batted the hand away weakly.
"Why do you have to be so difficult?" the half awake teen rolled his amber eyes.
"But mom I don't wana go to- Ah!" Tala rolled in an attempt to lose the hand poking him awake but just succeeded in rolling off the bed and onto the floor.
"Awake now are we sleeping beauty?" was all he heard mocking him, as he tried to get untangled from the sheets.
"Ha, ha very funny!" he said sarcastically, standing up before stretching ungracefully then let his arms fall back down by his side.
"Nii-chan, where's the bathroom?" he asked, grinning happily.
"Down the hall, second door on your right" Ray smiled in return, "Thanking you"
"No problem Aniki" they shared a small laugh and smiled at each other for using their newly decided nicknames.
Tala grabbed one of his many bags and disappeared down the corridor.
'I'm glad we made a fresh start' the messy, dark haired teen grabbed a clean set of his usual clothing and prepared to change into his clothes for the day.
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The kitchen echoed with the sound of Tyson's grumbling stomach.
"Can you shut that thing up!" the hungry blader was snapped at by the Russian that seemed even less uncaring than his team mate.
"Wow, you're grumpier than Kai in the morning" unfortunately said team captain walked in at that moment and snored at the comment to he made his entrance know.
"I don't take kindly to insults!" Bryan rose from his chair waving a threatening fist at Tyson's face.
The scared boy waved his hands in defeat "Fine, I'll be quiet"
"Well that's quite a surprise.." Kai trailed off as everyone looked at the door to see the new arrival with his long raven coloured hair down, everyone's mouths seemed to be hanging open.
"..W-what?" Ray asked nervously, his fingers began to play with the hem of his shirt.
"It's just- you look very different with your hair down" Tyson managed to breath after a moment's silence.
"Well, my loving Aniki convinced me to wear it down" he explained while making his way to the stove, preparing to make breakfast.
"But Ray, as far as I know, you don't have a big brother" the hat wearing boy scratched his head in confusion.
At that moment Tala decided to grace everyone with his presence. He was wearing pure white clothing, which got everyone's attention, even though white was the red head's preferred clothing colour.
"Morning everyone! Morning Nii-chan" he smiled cheerfully as he made his way over to his new brother to see what he was preparing for breakfast, he was unsure as he'd never cooked before and therefore didn't know how to make anything.
"Morning " Ray received a giggle at his little 'inside' joke with the crazy older teenager.
"What's up with you two?" Tyson was slightly afraid of what the answer could be.
"Were friends, what's wrong with that?" the Russian blader raised his brow at the younger teen.
"No- nothing" Tala smirked and sat down at the table.
"So kitty, what are we having?" Kai wished that he could strangle his Russian friend for calling his kitten 'kitty' but wisely chose to growl under his breath instead.
"Were having waffles and pancakes" he answered whilst smiled warmly.
Tyson couldn't contain his excitement and cheered loudly. Ray pulled out all the necessary items and began to cook.
"You guys will never guess who me and Kenny ran into" the second in command said in an effort to take his mind away from food but having little luck.
"Who?" Max asked curiously, for he did not remember most of last night but did remember ending up in side a candy floss machine, which was a total mystery to everyone.
"I said guess" the blonde whined, "Ah, please tell me Ty I can't remember!" he started to jump but stopped and rubbed his pounding head.
"Maxie, get some headache tables and remember not to bounce, jump or leap off anyone or anything" Ray started lecturing while getting a small glass and filling it with clear blue water, then he reached into a small box and pulled out a small container filled with tables and passed them to the poor American blonde.
"Thanks Ray, I'll try to remember" Max giggled lightly then placed two tables in his mouth and drank all the liquid in one gulp.
"Any better?" the caring cat like boy seemed very motherly towards the boy, but sometimes it was hard not to. Someone needed to look after him.
"Tons, thanks again" he smiled cheerfully, soon all their attention was forced back on the bluenette who was growing impatient, "Come on, isn't anyone gonna guess?"
"No" Kai stated emotionlessly as he proceeded to walk out of the room to avoid being with 'the chubby moron' a nickname he graced upon the teen but never called him it, otherwise he wouldn't be left alone.
"So, who did you see?" the Nekojin asked trying to put the room back in its happy mood again.
"Kevin and Gary" he nodded, seeming to be proud of himself.
"Really? I saw Mariah" the raven haired blader added.
"Interesting" Tyson put his fingers on his chin in a thinking pose. For some unknown reason.
"Why don't I remember seeing them?" the blonde felt very frustrated, he'd never eaten such a large amount of sugar that he'd forgot most of the day.
"You were on a sugar high; and a very big one at that, so it's kind of understandable I guess" Ray flipped a few pancakes as he slowly nodded in agreement.
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They all sat in the living room, flipping through channels.
"What are we going to do?" Bryan shifted slightly so he wouldn't move his boyfriend, who was lying on his stomach, much.
"Don't know" Ray decided to lie back and found a source of warmth which was more comforting.
"Comfy?" surprised, the Chinese teen threw his head back and met crimson eyes. He began to blush profusely.
"Oh.. I'm so sorry" he quickly moved off Kai's leg, so as not to upset him further.
Kai sighed sadly but covered it with a snort. The cat like teenager felt too embarrassed to stay in the room any longer so he excused himself quickly and disappeared upstairs, unaware that someone had decided to follow him.
Ray walked into his room and fell down on his bed before reaching over to his CD player and turning it on, Mood rings by Relient K, he began to sing along.
"And I've contrived some sort of a plan to help my fellow man
let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings
so we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off"
When the singing boy felt someone wrap their arms around his waist he visibly jumped, the shock causing his voice to do the same and came to a halt.
"Ah… Tala you scared me" he let a breath of relief escape as he figured that the Russian red head was the most likely to hug him.
"Why don't you look?" Ray froze, realising almost immediately that Tala wasn't the one who spoke.
He slowly turned and saw none other than team captain Kai staring back, "I- Who- Wha?" his voice failed him, so he just allowed his mouth to fall open as a confused look overtook his features.
"I never got to say.." the teen stopped nervously and hid his face against the boy's back, but refused to let go of the other's waist.
"...Say what?" Ray asked, looking deeply into crimson eyes; trying to get an answer but found none.
"I just wanted to say that I didn't mind your head on my leg" his voice was suddenly very quiet and shy.
"Why not?" the confusion he felt was noticeable in his wavering voice, it was also present in his amber eyes. He couldn't help but feel somewhat hopeful at the two-toned haired blader's next words.
Kai took in a deep breath before shyly admitting his secret confession "...Because I love you"
Ray was stunned at his words, not sure what to do or say. But he felt he had to do something soon otherwise the slightly older teen might become upset and run away.
"Kai?" he spoke, moving slightly to try and see the others face, "Can you lift your head up please?"
Reluctantly he removed his lightly blushing hidden face to look at the boy he had just confessed his love to; he was scared and waiting for the other teen to do something.
The raven haired blader moved into a more comfortable position before leaning in hesitantly until their lips met. Both teenagers closed their eyes, pressing their mouths together more until Kai opened his lips to let his tongue lick Ray tentatively, asking for entrance. He opened his mouth to grant him access, and was grateful he did; their tongues met, Kai moved his across the other, making Ray shiver. They held each other closer as their tongues moved more passionately.
They both backed away, unwillingly to breathe for air. They stared in each others eyes before leaning in close again, "I love you too" whispered Ray lovingly while panting slightly.
"I know" Kai's soft lips were graced with a small smile. He closed the gap and pulled his love closer to him.
Ray was unaware that Tala had convinced his stubborn friend to go up to their shared room by telling him the raven's secret, the one that was supposed to stay locked up in his journal. And he will probably never dwell on the question as either way he got what he had always wanted.
I'm much happier now that I have re-visited this story as for a long time I was very unhappy with all the mistakes I made as a noob writer, I have probably still made mistakes but I am pleased that I put the effort in to make it a less cringe worthy story XD
I hope you all like it better now, I know I do X3
-Emo