"Quiet Lovers"

Pairing(s): Kai/Max, one sided Ty/Max, Rei/Kenny

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea for this story, don't hurt me

The blonde had felt his cheeks had gone red by the time the older male in front of him had brought his amazingly soft lips away from his own. His slightly startled blue eyes looked at the narrowed orbs of red, wondering if that really happened. He wanted to say something, but his voice was nearly lost in his throat, his mind was too full of shock, and happiness as well, he had liked Kai all this time, he never would have imagined the older boy would like him back, much less kiss him. He felt the Russian's hands go to his shoulders, and lightly push him back, causing the voice to finally return to his throat.

"K-Kai...?" Max slurred out at the moment, since the phoenix's hands were still on his shoulders.

"I don't want you telling anyone about what just happened, Max."

"Huh...!" Came the blonde's almost intelligent reply, "B-But I..."

"Max."

With that, the turtle finally shut up, allowing him to talk.

The orbs of blood closed, "I know this might seem confusing to you, but I have my reasons, but that doesn't mean I don't feel the same way you do, I'm just not ready to announce to the world that I'm...soft... on another person."

"If you feel the same, then why can't I say anything?"

"Because I'm in real trouble right now, and if anyone were to know about us, you would get hurt too."

Max stared at the Russian in awe, he was in trouble? He didn't want this to get out because he was worried about him? He seemed to feel really special as he heard those words. A tiny grin appeared on his face, and was rewarded with Kai giving a almost sincere smile back. The pale skined boy lifted one of his arms, and brought it around the younger boy's waist, pulling him close. The blonde haired boy found himself blushing again since this marked the first time that Kai had ever hugged him, but he liked it a lot. He raised his arms, and brought them around the older boy, burying his face into the teen's chest, as if it were a silky pillow. The usually ice eyes that belonged to the Ice Captian were like red silk at the moment, as he lifted his free hand, and laid it on the yellow locks, lightly running his fingers through the silky hair.

He didn't want to keep Max away, he would tell the whole world that the blonde was his, and he would never let anyone take him away. But... he would have to wait, since he had other problems of his own. One with his family, and the last... with his life as Kai, the best blader in the world...or used to be. He let out a sigh from his throat, as he looked down at the younger boy, and lightly tapped his fingers against his head, making the blonde come out of the joy of being hugged by the person he liked, his ocean blue eyes blinking in light confusion.

"Max, until I'm ready to let others know about this, I have a deal I want to make with you."

"A deal?" Max asked in a dumbfounded voice, question marks appearing over his head.

"Yes."

"Okay, go ahead, I'm listening."

"I know you care about me, and I love you too, and until I'm ready to tell the others, I want you to stay quiet about it. If you do, I'll be your lover. Does that sound fair?"

Kai's...lover? That was the closest thing to a boyfriend that someone could have, right? A small nod came from the puppy, his eyes closing to give off his famous smile. A tiny smirk appeared on the older male's lips, as he leaned down, and brought the boy into another kiss. It which was responded to this time, Max's arms going around the older boy's neck, pressing deeper against the phoenix, wanting to treasure his warmth for however long it lasted. The older male slipped his arms around the turtle's waist, holding him close as the breeze from the ocean started to get a little cool. He was the fire bird, so he wouldn't let any cold wind sent shivers into the young boy he had in his arms. The younger boy ran his hands through the silky two toned hair, loving the feel of it as it slid against his slender fingers. Their moment of bliss was completely perfect... was being the keyword.

The sound of familiar voices was drawing near, causing the two to open their eyes, since they knew them all too well. They seperated from the lip lock, and looked over to see Tyson, along with Hilary, Kenny, and Rei heading along the beach to get back to the dojo. Rei was busy talking to the young genius about something, leaving the poor dragon to have a boring conversation with the class president at their middle school. As quickly as they had come into their hug and kiss, the two seperated, and gave a small distance to each other, as the weilder of Dragoon came towards the beach, and to the two other boys.

"Maxie!" Came Tyson's cry, as he threw his arms around the younger boy, a chibi smile on his face.

A blink came from the blonde, "Hey, Tyson, you seem excited."

"Where did you go? I was worried about you."

"...Tyson, I only left 30 minutes ago, and you act like we haven't seen each other in years."

"I can't help it, I was worried about my little Maxie." The dragon snuggled the blonde's cheek.

Unknown to them, anger was boiling up in Kai's blood, as he watched this little dragon trying to steal his little turtle away. He grit his teeth as to stop himself from killing Tyson where he stood, and pulling Max into his arms again, and hissing at anybody who tried to touch him. But he couldn't, as he let his anger level go down to normal, his eyebrow still lightly twitching. Rei, like always, was the only one to notice the little war that was going on in Kai's mind. Who could miss a glare appearing on someone's face, as he watched the Japanese boy hugging the younger blonde, and try to keep himself from killing the boy. The chinese boy shook his head, and turned over to Kenny, and took his hand.

"Come on, these guys will be at it for a while, let's go home." With that, the kitten dragged the genius along with him.

"But... wait... Rei, shouldn't we stop them?"
"No need, Chief, Hilary will probably butt into their conversation in a few minutes."

As the neko had already dragged the younger boy up the steps of the beach, his prediction came true. Hilary began to pull Tyson along, saying he had a month's load of homework to do, which got the dragon back to his normal self, complaining a lot, and saying he was hungry. Max and Kai were left standing there, sweatdropping at the whole thing between the other four, then looked at each other with slightly puzzled looks. They both sighed, and headed back to the dojo. Since no one was watching them, they reached their hands out, and laced their fingers together. A gentle smile appeared on Max's cherub face, a sincere smile on the older male's, as they made their way back to Tyson's house.

The young blonde was sitting in his room, changing into some clean clothes, and laying his clothes aside, which was an under shirt, his blue shirt with a star on the waist on it, his red gloves, his gray shorts, and his tennis shoes. He slipped into the pajamas that Rei had made for him. It was a pair of blue chinese pajamas with little chibi pandas covering them, and the sleeves were lace together with sea green ribbons. He began to tighten the ribbons around his arms, and stood up, lightly running his hand through his blonde hair, already missing how Kai did it. He would run his hand gently through his hair, as if treating it like real silk that shouldn't be disturbed in any way. A small blush appeared on his face as he though of that, a grin on his lips. Speaking of which, where was Kai?

He lifted himself to his feet, and headed out of the room, and looked into the living room, seeing Rei was watching a movie with the younger genius, keeping the boy there with an arm around the waist. He gave a tiny smile, those two were so cute together, and with the kitten around, no one would be able to tease Kenny without getting their faces clawed off, he was protective that way. The look on the younger boy's face showed he was relaxed as they were watching Shark Tale, Rei having the younger boy resting against his bare shoulder.

He gave a little giggle, as he headed out of the living room, and walked down the hallway, and looked into Tyson's room. The dragon was talking on the phone with Hilary, while there was a giant pile of homework in front of him, and complaining to the other girl that this was too much work for having it all due in two weeks, which caught them both in a continuous argument. Max gave a small giggle, and closed the door behind him, and headed across the house, and looked into Kai's room, seeing a form under the blankets, a tiny giggle coming from his throat. He slowly started to creep over to the bed so the older boy wouldn't hear him, his hands brought up like he was going to attack the older boy. He leaped onto the bed, and landing on the form, which he found it only to be a bunch of pillows.

"Huh?" He pulled the blanket off, and found... it really was a bunch of pillows, "Where is he? I looked everywhere..."

He tossed the blankets aside, and got up, and headed out of the bedroom, looking around curiously. He headed down the halls, when he heard the water go off at the bathroom. He blinked, wondering who was in there. He was hoping to god it wasn't grandpa, it wasn't pretty to see a old man naked in the shower. He sweatdropped, and bonked himself in the head for ever getting that image in his mind. As soon as he figured out where Kai was, he was going for a relaxing swim in the lake. He headed over by the bathroom, and pressed his ear against the door, as he heard the sound of wet towels hitting the tiled floor. A small grin appeared on his face, and decided to see who was in the room. He opened the door of the bathroom, only to feel his cheeks go blazing red.

Standing there was the half dressed Russian, his slate hair damp from just taking a shower. He was only wearing the japanese styled black pants that he had gotten at the store, since Grandpa wanted Kai to have more clothes, since it seemed he didn't really care that much about clothing. He was showing off his nice upper frame. Wet, creamy skin, minus the part of his face that was covered by the blue tattoes he had on his cheeks. His eyes seemed a lot more beautiful with the touch of steamy air that had come from the room due to his shower. His chest, his strong shoulders, his well built abs... they were in perfect view, and Max couldn't take his eyes off of him. A hand reached out, and took Max's chin, and lifted it up some, blood locked with blue.

"I'm up here, Max."

"K-K-Kai... I-I'm sorry... I just..."

"You were checking me out?"

The poor blonde's face went red at those words, "I...uh..." He gave up, whimpering lightly.

A small laugh came from the older boy, then suddenly pulled the turtle into the room, making the younger boy fall against his slightly damp chest, his burning face almost about to get hotter. The Russian pushed the door closed, suddenly pinning the younger boy there, making their eyes get caught in a almost unbreakable lock. Max felt like a flame was swallowing him, as he was feeling nervous at the way the phoenix was looking at him... with that lustful look in his eyes.

"What are the others doing right now, Max?"
"T-T-The others? Uh... R-Rei and Kenny are watching a movie together and... Tyson is... talking to Hilary on the phone about his neverending homework."
"Good, then me and you can have a little time to ourselves."

Max felt the same heat cover his face again. Without even meaning to, he got caught between a door, and a lusting eyed Russian. He wasn't sure how this situation could get any worse... if it was even that bad.

A/N: That's all I got for now. We'll get to see a little Max/Kai lime in the next chapter, so if you want an update, 16 reviews oughta get the next chapter up. please enjoy