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Rei slowed his run down to a walk once he got outside, putting his hands in his pockets as he walked the sidewalk surrounding the hotel. He felt ashamed for attacking Kai, the pain in his knuckles kept reminding him of the first punch he threw. They were bruised and red, starting to get sore as he kept balling them up into fists as more tears teased his eye sockets.

"what the hell is wrong with me?", stopping against the wall, "What the hell is she doing to me?", his mind spoke the truth, he wasn't himself and even he knew that.

"If anyone ruined anything, it was you!", Katy's words rang through his head like an electrical shock.

"She's right, I ruined everything with her. She was right about everything, how could I be stupid?!", he said out loud before throwing a fist into the wall behind him. That only made his knuckles hurt even more, immediately wincing from the pain. The vision of that Victor guy kissing his Mariah only made the anger soar through his veins even faster, slamming his fist into the brick wall once more. "Fuck!", yelling as he rested his forehead on the wall, feeling his heart breaking into pieces once more.

As night fell onto the hotel, the team gathered in the cafeteria for dinner; everyone noticed Rei was gone. The atmosphere seemed tense but silent, only one voice rang across the table; "Where's Rei?", Kenny asked, seeing everyone shrug and shake their head. "And what happened to your face?, Hilary asked Kai, noticing a bruise on his cheekbone and red marking around his collarbone. "I bet if you put two and two together, you'll figure out why Rei is missing", Katy bluntly replied, seeing Kai send a small glare her way.

"Wait, you and Rei got in a fight?! Why?", Hilary continued asking questions, annoying both Katy and Kai. "Does it really matter? We're worked everything out", Kai said flatly, continuing to eat his food. Katy then saw Rei's girlfriend come into the cafeteria, laughing and giggling with her team as they sat at another table. Kai followed her eye trail, immediately grabbing her elbow before she could make a move to get up.

"No Katy, you're still hurt", he whispered to her, but she only yanked her arm out of his grip. "I'm so tired of her breaking his heart like that, even though I saw it coming a mile away. She's the reason Rei came after you in the first place, I just know it", she said as her eyes never left Mariah, watching as Mariah turned her gaze towards Katy; glaring back at her as if to challenge her.

Just as Mariah was about to get up to confront Katy, her gaze turned towards the entrance where she saw Rei walking into the cafeteria, a smile growing on her face until she made eye contact with him. Her smile disappeared quickly, running after him as he turned around and started to leave the cafeteria.

"Rei? Rei! Where are you going?", she asked as she got close, but he ignored her as he rounded the corner. The whole team watched as Mariah chased Rei out of the cafeteria, all of them confused as to what was going on.

"Now what?", Hilary asked, rolling her eyes as she spoke. Crossing her arms, Katy sighed heavily as she sat back in her chair. She wanted so badly to wipe that look off Mariah's face, but she was too hurt to be getting into a fight right now. Just getting between Kai and Rei was painful enough for her, but Kai's face looked even more painful.

Mariah followed Rei until she got close enough to stop him, grabbing his arm and turning him around. "What's wrong with you?", she asked, almost flinching at the look Rei gave her. "Do you really have to ask? I saw you with Victor in the fucking hallway earlier, don't try to play innocent with me Mariah", he snapped as he started to head up the stairs, towards his room. Her blood ran cold as she remembered, continuing to follow him. "Rei, please listen to me. I'm sorry about what you saw, but I promise, it wasn't what you thought. Just please, listen to me!", she yelled as she grabbed him once more, but he yanked his arm out of her grip, turning around and grabbing her arm harshly, pulling her close to him.

"I'm done listening to you. You've ruined everything for me, I tried to get over you, tried to move on; but you reeled me back in by taking advantage of my feelings for you. Now, I've lost any chance I've had with Katy, because of you", his grip tightened on her, making her wince and try to pull away from him, but he held her tight. "Do me and yourself a favor, leave me alone", he said harshly, his face only inches from hers before roughly letting her go and walking towards his room, disappearing around the corner.

While holding onto her sore arm, Mariah collapsed against the wall in a state of shock, but reality hit her, and tears exploded from her eyes. "No, not again", she whimpered, pulling her knees to her chest as she wept in sorrow.

"It wasn't like that Rei, it wasn't like that", she whispered, feeling her heart break into a million pieces.

Later that night, Kai was packing up some of his clothes to take over to Katy's room while Rei was laying on his bed. Neither of them said a word to one another, until Rei spoke up; "Look, I'm sorry about earlier Kai. I really am. You don't have to go to another room", Rei tried to reassure him, but Kai ignored him as he usually would. He wasn't in the mood to make amends or even look at Rei.

Zipping up his bag, Kai walked out without saying a word; going next door to Katy's room with the key she had given him and putting his bag in the corner of the room, verifying Katy's location by hearing the shower kick on. His eyes scanned the bed that Katy claimed, immediately imagining what a night with her would be like if they were alone.

IMAGINATION

As Kai climbed on top of Katy, he spread her legs with his as he continued his passionate kiss. He then removed her shirt and her shorts along with his own clothing, groping her body as he gave her love bites on her neck; hearing her moan and feeling nails glide down his back.

END OF IMAGINATION

Shaking his head back to reality, he sat on her bed and turned on the TV, sighing heavily as he tried to get rid of the thought of sleeping with her. "I can't let myself get out of control", he thought before he heard the door open, seeing Hilary walk into the room and obviously surprised to see Kai sitting on Katy's bed. "Hey, what are you doing here?", she asked, feeling stupid for asking that question since she already knew without even having to ask.

"I'm waiting for Katy, she's in the shower", he answered bluntly without looking away from the TV. Hilary's demeanor went back to annoyance, she hated the fact that Katy and Kai were openly flaunting their interest in each other, putting her purse on her night stand as she laid on her bed.

The opportunity to ask him was right in front of her, she had to know, from Kai. The anticipation was killing her, just the thought of Kai and Katy together made her feel nauseous even though Tyson was pursuing her. Sighing heavily, she put her book down and sat on the edge of her bed facing Kai.

"I want to ask you something Kai, and please tell me the truth", he didn't turn towards her, but she knew better, he was listening. "Are you and Katy together?", she asked after taking a few short moments just to get the question out. His eyes shifted in her direction for only a moment, seeming to not be bothered by Hilary's question. "Why do you ask?", his response was shocking, he wasn't at all defending the question and that alone, was enough answers for Hilary but she played along.

"You two are obviously friendly with each other, there isn't a day where you two aren't together and…and….I get that you're helping her with everything she's going through but I need to know, do you have feelings for her?", she asked a bit more demandingly. Kai could tell she was getting anxious, or irritated, both words seemed very fitting for her attitude. Before there was any time to answer, the shower in the bathroom turned off, Kai knew Katy would be coming out any minute, so he ended the conversation by not responding.

Easily taking the hint, Hilary stood up and went to her suitcase for a change of clothes; wanting to shower after Katy got out. Hearing the bathroom door open, Hilary looked back to see Katy's face light up when she saw Kai sitting on her bed. "Hey, so you decided to take my offer?", she asked happily before slowly sitting on her bed, leaning against the headboard.

"Offer?", Hilary asked as she stood up and turned towards Katy. "Oh, Kai is staying here tonight; to make sure Rei didn't try to kill him in his sleep. Hope you don't mind", her tone was casual, as if she didn't care if Hilary agreed to it or not. Her eyes shifted from Katy to Kai, seeing no reaction from Kai once more. This only angered her further, putting her clothes back in her suitcase, walking out of the room and slamming the door.

"I think I touched a nerve", Katy commented cockily, relaxing further into the pillows.

Banging on Tyson's door, Hilary waited for him to open the door before barging her way inside. "what's up with you? Aside from the usual high temper", Tyson joked, but his smile disappeared when he saw the look on Hilary's face, she looked like she was ready to strangle someone. "She's driving me crazy Tyson, can I stay over here tonight? She's got Kai staying in our room", Hilary said as she sat on one of the beds, Max and Kenny were playing a video game on the floor.

Obviously saying yes to her request, it did seem odd that she was so angry about Katy and Kai being in the same room. "Why does it bother you so much?", Hilary wasn't stupid, she knew what Tyson meant by that question. "Do you still have a thing for Kai?", Tyson asked, crossing his arms as he waited for the obvious answer; but it never came.

"It's not even about that Tyson, ever since she came along, everything has been changed! Everything is ruined now, this whole tournament is ruined!", Hilary yelled as tears started to spring to her eyes. "I should've just left her at home, that's where she wanted to be anyways but my parents made this trip happen for both of us. Maybe things wouldn't have changed so much if she hadn't tagged along", her fists were starting to shake from the pure emotion she was feeling, shocking everyone in the room. Max and Kenny had paused their game, but only because they saw someone standing in the doorway behind Tyson.

"Aren't you being a little harsh Hilary? You're angry at her for something else, none of what happened is her fault", Tyson said calmly, trying to reason with the enraged female in front of him. "I don't care Tyson, I just want her gone. She ruined everything for me!'', Hilary yelled once more.

"What exactly did I ruin Hilary?", Katy's voice put the whole room on ice, everyone froze. Hilary's anger only got bigger. As Katy approached her with her arms crossed, she stopped when she got within a foot of Hilary. "You really are one of the most selfish bitches I have ever met in my life, and it's a shame to call you my family", Katy's eyes were set ablaze, Tyson slowly moved so he could get between them if punches started flying. "Just because Kai wasn't, and still isn't, interested in you; I happened to have a bit beast inside of me that belongs to Boris; I have Bryan trying to have his way with me any chance he gets and now I have to deal with this shit from you?", everyone remained quiet, not wanting to attract any fire gazes from the two cousins.

Katy wasn't done. Not Yet.

"Ever since day one you have had a problem with me, and for one reason, you feel threatened by me. You don't know anything about how my life was, or how I came to be here. Believe me, I didn't want to be here; but I had no choice", Katy's voice was growing more intense as Kai walked through the door.

Hilary stepped closer, now only inches away from Katy's face. "You had a choice, you could've stayed home with my parents", Hilary then pushed her, but Katy was expecting it and held her ground by only stumbling a step. "Don't you ever fucking touch me!", Katy yelled as she pushed her back, harder so she would stumble into Max who was now standing up. Before Max could get a good grip on Hilary, she lunged at Katy and tackled her to the ground, immediately resulting in a dog pile of everyone trying to split them up. Punches were thrown, hair was pulled, scratches were made, but nothing hurt more than the words that came out of Hilary's mouth.

"You're nothing but a fucking disease to this team, you ruined everything! Just go home Katy! Nobody wants you here!", Hilary screamed as Tyson and Max pulled her off Katy, who was obviously in pain because her injuries were still fresh. Breathing heavily as she stood up, Katy wiped some tears from her face before walking out of the room without saying a word.

Kai didn't follow right away, just looked at Hilary with a purely disgusted look on her face. "Not everything is about you Hilary, I thought you were better than that", he said sternly before following Katy to her room, but Katy made sure to throw Hilary's suitcase into the hallway along with everything she had before locking the door.

"What the hell is wrong with you Hilary?! Its like we don't even know you anymore", Kenny said from behind Max, Hilary didn't say a word as she locked herself in the bathroom. As she looked in the mirror, she noticed some red marks on her face where Katy's fist connected, along with some scratches on her neck. Her anger slowly started to disappear, having gotten a lot out due to the fight; and she started to feel very guilty and horrible.

''Kenny is right, what the hell is wrong with me?", she thought as she rested her forehead on the sink, beginning to cry to herself.

Across the hall, Katy was washing her face; seeing the red marks on her face only made her heart sting even more. "Are you OK? Are you hurting anywhere else?", she heard Kai ask from the doorway, turning to face him. "The pain I'm in isn't anywhere close to feeling betrayed by your own family, but I guess I should be used to it by now. I watched my father murder my mother, the cops came before he could do any damage to me. Now my own cousin, who I thought was close to a best friend to me, doesn't even want me around. I don't even know why I try anymore", she said sadly as she walked out of the bedroom, kneeling in front of her suitcase as she started to zip it up.

"What are you doing Katy?", Kai asked as he stood behind her, watching her pause her actions. He knew she was on the verge of breaking down, her whole body was shaking; "What do you think I'm doing Kai? I'm going back home, I'll probably be safer there anyways", she said as she stood up, grabbing her shoes as she sat on her bed, beginning to put them on.

"Katy, stop this", Kai said as he kneeled in front of her, taking her shoes from her but not without a fight. "You're not going anywhere", he said when he finally gained possession of her shoes. Glaring up at him through her tear cloaked eyes, she grabbed for her shoes once more; "Who's going to stop me? I'll leave if I want to", she said as she fought Kai for the shoes, but he grew tired of it quickly, knocking her on her back.

"I said, you're not going anywhere", he said firmly as he pinned her down by her wrists, looking into her eyes as he kneeled over her on the bed. Katy tried to pry her wrists out of his grip, fighting harder than before. "Get off me Kai, now", she commanded as she fought, but he only gripped her wrists tighter. "I want you to stay Katy, can't you see that?!", Kai raised his voice, making Katy pause her actions. "Fuck what anyone else thinks, and fuck Hilary, I am the team leader, and I want you to stay; stay with me", he said more calmly, feeling her arms start to relax as bigger tears fell from her eyes.

"Do you think your words are enough?", she asked with a sob, feeling his grip loosen. Leaning down towards her, his face got inches away from hers. "No", he said quietly before kissing her, letting go of her wrists when she kissed him back; feeling her wrap her arms around his shoulders. He kissed her for a few more moments before he started to trail seductive kisses onto her neck, going further down her chest.

"Kai? What are you doing?", she asked as she fought something inside of her, her breath was caught in her throat as her body acted on its own accord by arching into his. His kisses went down her chest, skipping over her breasts and going down her stomach as he pulled her shirt up. She started to grow nervous when he didn't response; "Kai?", her voice had a small shake to it as her hands held the side of her face, stopping his trail of kisses just before he got to her belly button.

"What's wrong Katy? Don't you trust me?", he asked as he leaned back over her, seeing the look of uncertainty and nervousness in her eyes. It looked like her voice got caught in her throat, her mind was screaming at her; "say yes, say yes you idiot!". When she didn't answer him, he nodded and stood up, grabbing some clothes from his bag and walking into the bathroom. "I'm taking a shower", he stated before shutting the door.

Face palming herself, she rolled onto her side and sighed heavily. "Get it together Katy", she told herself out loud.

So sorry it took longer than usual, life happens. I recently started a new job and it takes up a lot of my time as well as family and all. Hope you all enjoyed! Will update soon!