Quiet Lovers

Summary: Max wants to do anything to help Kai, especially after the ordeal with Zeo and Cereberus, and ends up making a deal with the slate haired boy. If he kept quiet about the phoenix liking him, he would call the blonde his lover, but what do you do when you love someone, and you can't tell anyone he loves you too?

Pairings: Max/Kai, one sided Ty/Max, Rei/Kenny

The sky outside was still dark, even though it was about eight o'clock in the morning, at least two hours late of when the slate haired male usually woke up from his sleep. He could hear the drizzle of rain pouring from outside, so that pretty much explained why it was still pitch black outside. He felt really warm, even though it was certain that the heater in the dojo wasn't on. He didn't want to move, since he was amazingly comfortable, especially with the small stroking that was going through his slate colored bangs. Wait... stroking...? Who was doing that? Was someone in his room? Finally, his stubborness to wake up gave up, as he opened his blood red eyes, only to meet with a pair of marigold that belonged to a Chinese kitten.

The younger boy had pulled the blankets over Kai's frame last night, since he usually just plopped down on the bed without covering up. The usually bound up black hair had been set loose, as some of it went past his lithe shoulders, as his bangs were pressed against his forehead, since he had taken a shower earlier that morning. It was pretty obvious to tell, since the locks smelled with the scent of vanilla. He was still wearing his black chinese pajamas that had little chibi tigers decorated all over the fabric with slits in the sleeves and waist. His sun kissed fingers were lightly brushing Kai's two toned hair out of his face, since there was a ribbon of sweat running down the other male's face. Seeing the phoenix was finally awake, he gave a light smile, and reached out, and flicked on the lamp that sat on the night stand, causing the red eyed male to hiss angrily from getting the blinding light right into his sight since he was still adjusted to the dark. He rubbed his eyes furiously, then looked over at the boy.

"Why are you in my room? Did I leave a sign on my door that said 'Welcome all privacy invading kittens'?"

A small shake of the head came from Rei, "No, I heard you groaning in your sleep after I had taken a shower, so I came in here to see what was wrong."

A chill of ice ran through Kai's spine as he heard that, "...Did I say anything while I was asleep?"

The kitten stared off for a second. Damn right Kai had been talking in his sleep, and whatever it was, it had to do with the little blonde that was still sleeping in the other room, and it has horrible. The whole time he had tried to get the older boy to calm down in his sleep, he had muttered words like 'Max' and 'blood' and many other things. A tiny sigh came from Rei, as he let himself look back over at the two toned male, and shook his head.

"No, you didn't say anything, you were just groaning and whimpering lightly."

"...Right." Our favorite Russian replied in an uneasy tone.

"Well, I'll leave you alone, I'm gonna go talk to the Chief before he falls asleep for a long while."

"..." Kai watched as the kitten opened the door to the room, "...Rei?"

The black haired male looked over, "Yes?"

"...Thanks."

A small blink came from Rei, this was the first time the older boy had thanked him for anything, but a small smile appeared on his lips anyway. He gave a nod to Kai's graditude, and closed the door, and headed down the hall. He gave a quick peek into the little blonde's room, seeing he was lying on his side, his breath barely heard as he inhaled and exhaled, his messy yellow hair slight puffed out on the pillow he was lying his head against. A tiny chuckle came from his lips, the little puppy looked so cute when he was sleeping, maybe that's what made him so attractive to Tyson... and possibly Kai. He light shook his head, no one could keep their hands off him, straight or not. He slid the door closed, and continued down the hall, and looked into the dragon's room, finding him sprawled out on his bed, snoring up a storm. A sweatdrop appeared by the kitten's head. Whoever could sleep through that snoring would have to be the heaviest sleeper ever, or just didn't sleep. Now he knew what Kenny went through when they had started their first year as the Bladebreakers. Poor thing.

After getting himself a drink of strawberry milk, he came into the room he now shared with the Chief, and looked inside, seeing the boy had fallen asleep at his computer again. A chuckle came from Rei, as he closed the door behind him, and made his way over, and picked the boy up, letting him rest against his chest for now, and began to move the mouse he had connected to it last night. Suddenly, the light flashed on, as a plasma colored screen appeared, and a little voice speaker appeared.

"Hey, stop messing with the mouse, a girl is trying to get some sleep!" Came a woman's voice.

A chuckle came from the kitten's lips, "I'm sorry, Dizzi, I was just trying to shut it down, so the both of you could get some rest."

"Awwww, your putting the chief to bed, that is so sweet of you, Rei. Now I know why he loves you so much."

"Cut it out, Diz, your making me blush. Sleep well, okay?"

"Yeah, good night, Rei... or morning, whatever works for you."

A small laugh came from his lips, as he let the labtop shut down, and then turned his attention to the boy still resting his head against his chest. With ease, he lifted the little genius into his arms, and went over by the bed, and sat down, carefully laying the boy onto the slighty unmade bed, and brought the soft blankets around the brown haired boy's body, who immediatly curled up under them. The sun kissed skinned boy reached out, and took the boy's glasses, and laid them on the night stand. He lightly ran his fingers through the boy's earth colored hair, feeling the soft locks run through his fingers. He smiled, the expert looked so adorable, and snuggled up in bed, wearing his green pajamas with chibi frogs on them. He suddenly yawned, then muttered something like 'please don't put peanut butter on the keyboard, Tyson.' A muffled laugh came from Rei, since he had covered his mouth with his hand to keep from waking the younger boy from the sleep he was in. He decided to leave Kenny where he was, the boy needed some rest after all the updates he made to everyone's beyblades last night. He picked himself off the bed, hesitantly bringing his fingers out of his hair, and headed for the kitchen to make something for everyone to eat, since he was the only person around that was trusted in the kitchen anymore.

A cute yawn came from the small turtle, as he opened his eyes, and found it was raining outside, making it pretty dark outside. He light rubbed his blue eyes, and turned his lamp on, as he reached for the brush he usually used to fix up his hair. He brought his hand around the light green handle, and began to run it through his hair. He began to hope that Tyson didn't come in like he did yesterday, and scare the life out of him. He tried to push that thought out of his mind, and to keep him from thinking of the stings of pain that ran through his scalp from brushing his golden hair. He allowed himself to drift off into yaoi land, as he ran his brush through his blonde locks. He could see the older Russian standing there, wearing a silk black top that had a collar connected to the neck of the shirt. He wasn't even wearing his blue face paint... oh god, it made him look so sexy to the American. Kai turned his head lightly, seeing the younger boy, as a gentle smile appeared on his face, as he reached his arms out, as if offering the boy a place in his arms. The younger boy felt a smile tug at his lips, and was just about to dash over, and throw his arms around the older boy...was.

"Max, what's with the pole hugging?"

The blonde snapped out of his daydream to see he was hugging the pole that was on his bed, and looked over to see the slate haired male standing there, not sure if he should wonder what the turtle was doing, or just snicker at the sight in front of him. A deep shade of blush appeared on his face, as he let go of the pole he was currently hugging. Oh god, he was so embarressed. He picked his brush back up, and began to run it through the tangled parts of his hair, trying to let the deep flush finally disappear from his light tanned skin. The older boy lightly shook his head, and made his way over, and sat next to the boy, and snatched the brush from him. Before Max could protest, the brush was gently ran through his hair, doing it's best not to pull at the blonde silk, since the boy was tender headed. The turtled melted completely, his blue eyes closing in relaxation. This was really comforting to him, maybe he should have Kai brush his hair more often.

Kai ran the soft bristles through the young boy's hair, pretty amazed at how well the younger male kept his hair, despit the usual unruley look he always had. Not that he really minded it, at least he didn't have to worry about messing the boy's hair up while petting it randomly. Finally he was done getting the evil tangles out of the boy's hair, as he set the brush down, when Max suddenly fell backwards, and fell onto Kai's chest. A huge shade of crimson appeared on the older boy's face since he had expected the sudden contact. The American snuggled into his a chibi smile appearing on his face. The moment seemed completely perfect, as if God had granted them a moment together. A small smile appeared on the Russian's lips, as he raised his arms, and brought them around the young teen's frame, letting him rest against his strong chest. Another purr came from Max, as if he had stolen the identity of neko-jin from Rei while he wasn't looking. Kai lifted a hand, and ran it through the boy's hair.

The two boys were pulled out of their beautiful bliss when they heard someone running through the halls. Both of them guessed it was either Tyson or Hilary, since Rei never ran unless someone was messing with his genius, and Kenny could never keep that pace for more than 3 minutes. They quickly seperated from their hug, and the younger boy hurried over to his dresser so he could quickly pick out something to wear, since he could smell sausage cooking in the kitchen, so they would be called to dinner very soon. Kai stood up, and headed for the door, only to have a sharp impact with the navy haired boy, as both of them fell over, hitting the dojo ground with a thud. Hilary, who had been chasing Tyson to get him to do his homework, froze as she found the two fallen boys, as he brought her hands over her mouth in a 'oh my goodness' look. A sweatdrop appeared by Max's head, as he stood up, throwing on his blue and yellow star shirt, and made his way over.

"Tyson? Kai? Are you both okay?" The blonde asked, hoping nothing was broken.

"Keep her away!" Tyson cried, and jumped behind Max, "She's torturing me with the Geometry!"

The girl twitched as she was being pointed to as if she was a monster, "Tyson, if you don't do your homework now, you'll have even less time to get it done, and I'll make sure it interfers with your beyblading."

"You homework nazi!" He cried back.

"Why you-!"

"Shut up."

They all looked over at the Russian who had just regained his composure, and was busy brushing the invisible dirt from his arms. The blonde could tell, even before hearing anything else. Kai had been knocked over, and now he was pissed. The older boy sent a glare at the Japanese boy, making him cringe, and hide further behind Max, pretending he was a scared child that needed to be rescued. The scarlet eyed male twitched lightly, as he pulled Tyson by the arm, and lightly threw him, but the dragon regained his footing, and looked over to see his Ice captian giving him a dirty look.

"I don't want to hear another word of this. Hilary, if you stop bugging Tyson, I'll let you watch us practice, and Tyson, get in there, and get at least 5 pages of your math homework done, or I'll make sure and tell Rei not to make you anything for breakfast, no matter how much you cry or beg."

Tyson went completely pale as he heard those words. He quickly scrambled down the hall to his room to get his work down as quickly as he could. The dragon was a huge eater, if he didn't eat breakfast, he was going to be complaining that he was hungry until they had lunch. Hilary sighed lightly, and bowed lightly to the older boy, giving her apologises for what just happened, and the made her way to the kitchen as if to see if she could offer the neko-jin any assissance. The puppy looked over at the older boy, pretty amused at how he had settled the situation, and even more amused at the fact that he had thrown the dragon off of him as if he was a rag doll. A small giggle came from his lips, as he lightly took Kai's arm.

"Kai! I'm hungry, let's go eat, the smell in the kitchen is pretty delicious."

"...Yeah, alright." With that, the older boy allowed himself to be dragged through the hall and into the kitchen.

Tyson was finally getting to work on the last page of Geometry that he had to work on before he could eat. Then he would be dragged into the living room to practice for a good long 3 hours, and then finally get to eat some decent for lunch. The dragon looked at the shapes and numbers and angles on his paper, and it was only starting to give him a headache. Even after Hilary's lecture, which he wasn't paying attention for, he still didn't know completely what he was doing. He lightly tapped his pencil against the table, his storm eyes looking blank from the confusion that was running through his mind. The blade that was on the desk next to him started to lightly pulse.

/What's with the unintelligent look, Tyson/

The dragon nearly jumped in his seat, but the voice was familiar, "...Dragoon?"

/Yeah, now what's the problem/

"It's this damn math that Hilary is making me work on! It's making my brain do flips in my head..." He muttered.

/I could help you if you really want./

"...You know how to do Geometry?"

/Tyson, I used to guard the planet before I was put in the sword your grandfather had, I'm smarter than I look./

The Japanese boy quirked an eyebrow up, at least one dragon was smart, "Yeah, sure, you can help."

With that, the Japanese boy would speak out the problem, and the dragon would give out the tips neccesary to solve the problem. It was actually pretty surprising, his bit beast was actually smart. Unknown to the baseball capped boy, then door opened a bit, and showed the red eyed girl, since she was checking on Tyson to make sure he was actually doing his work, and not slacking off and reading his comics again. Last time he did that, she chased him around the room with a tendo stick, occasionally hitting him on the head with it. It left her in a bit of a shock, the navy haired boy was actually working, and he was getting the right answers. She lightly tapped her chin. She almost got the urge to go into the room, and shake him until he told her what he did with the real Tyson. A tiny smile appeared on his face, as she closed the door, and headed down the hall, since the kitty had finally finished breakfast, and Max had already attacked it.

Hilary came into the dining room to see the three boys sitting at the table, already getting started on their share of breakfast. Max took a bite of his sausage and gravy, then began to talk to the other boys about something random. He was quickly silenced by the eldest male, and told to swallow his food before he talked, since having gravy spit on you wasn't very comfortable. Rei gave a small chuckle, and bit into his toast. She smiled, and decided to go wait in the backyard for a while until they started their training, besides, the fresh air would do her some good, besides, she had already finished her lunch.

"Seconds please!" Max chirped, raising his plate up for another helping.

"Max, I told you to swallow your food!" Kai butted in.

"Now now, Kai, just let him enjoy himself." The kitty smiled, and handed the boy his second plate.

The older boy grumbled angrily, "Easy for you to say, your not getting gravy spluttered on you."

"I've gotten worse when I had to sit by Tyson while we went to restaurants, thank you very much."

Max decided to help, "Come on, let's not fight, we can save it for when we're practicing, okay?"

The two boys gave a small shrug, and went back to finishing their breakfast, although the Russian let out a string of curses from being smarted off to. The blonde gave a small giggle, and patted the older boy's shoulder, then went back to the remaining breakfast he had. It was pretty cute, Rei had to admit to himself, Max was usually kind to everyone, and he seemed to be giving that a upgrade when he was around Kai. The tiger weilding boy was just about to take another bite of his toast, when a blur of navy ran past him, making him smash his head against the table and his toasted and buttered bread. The other males sweatdropped, and saw the culprit was Tyson, as he was litterally pouring the rest of the sausage and gray onto his plate. Rei picked himself off the table, and slowly removed the edile object off his face, and used a napkin to wipe the butter off his forehead.

"Damn, Tyson... slow down next time, you just turned me into a tiger sandwich." The boy scolded.

A response didn't come, the dragon was already chowing down on his meal, "..."

The blonde and slate haired boy looked at each other, then lightly shrugged, and finished up their breakfast. Kai was the first to stand, and he picked up both his and Max's dishes, and headed to the sink, and set them inside. He turned to the other two and pointed to the living room, pretty much giving away that he was going to go start his training. No response came from the dragon still, the kitty simply nodded, and went to get himself something better to eat, and the turtle stood up from his seat, wanting to practice their blading skills with the other male. He gave a nod to the young blonde, and headed for the living room, since it was still raining outside, and they could just use the dish that was in there.

The young couldn't be more excited, he was finally getting a chance to practice with the mighty phoenix. Usually, Kai was stuck practicing with Rei and Tyson, leaving him to battle one of the others. He quickly passed the older boy, and raced into the living room, and stood in front of the two beydishes, quickly pulling out his blade, and sets it against his launcher, and brought his fingers onto the launcher, and pointed it forwards as the older male came into the room. Kai found himself raising an eyebrow at how fast Max had gotten in there, and then ready his blade for a battle. Well, Max did say he would love to battle against him, and it looks like he was finally getting his wish. A grin appeared on the phoenix's face, as he pulled Dranzer out of his pocket, and set it on his launcher, and pointed it forward, both going into a quick stare down.

"You ready, Kai?" Max grinned playfully.

A simple nod came from the red eyed male, "I always am."

The two didn't even wait for the countdown, as they ripped their cords out of the launchers, and the two blades flew into the dish at great speed, the green blade going into the center of the dish, and the blue blade went across the dish, and raced at the puppy's blade, as they met head on, sparks starting to appear around the two blades. Water energy began to surround Draciel, while fire did the same for Dranzer, as steam started to lift from the dish around the two boy, making it almost seem like they were in the middle of a foggy street. Scarlet eyes stayed locked with the orbs of ocean blue, as small smiles appeared on their faces, as their battle continued.

Finally, the green blade went on the attack, as a small wave of energy emmitted from the blade, and slashed into Kai's Dranzer, causing it to back off a few feet, as it went to the edge of the dish. This was pretty hard to admit, but Max was a worthy opponet, it was no wonder he stood up so well against Tyson and Rei, he was better than he let on. The red phoenix went back onto the attack, and slammed into Draciel, as they struggled for ground, and tried to push each other backwards, but they were getting nowhere fast. Small drops of sweat were starting to appear at the sides of their faces. All the power they were driving from their attacks could probably power the house for a month or so.

"Volcano Emission!"

"Heavy Viper Wall!"

The violet turtle rushed out of the green blade, as it let out a battle cry, as it's defense like attack started to gather it's energy. Dranzer raised itself from the blue beyblade, as it raised it's wings, and let out a cry, as flames surrounded it's frame, as the two flew at each other, as the crackle of flames met head on with the rush of the water like blast, causing the boys to cover their eyes from the forceful wind that started up around them. Claws and bites were thrown at each other, and the fire bird took it's chance, and threw all of it's power at the shelled reptile, as it let out a cry, and disappeared back into it's blade. The blue blade threw the green blade out of the dish, but... it didn't go exactly where it was supposed to.

The green blade flew past the blonde's arm, making him let out a cry, as he tightly gripped his arm, a wave of pain running through his face. A rush of shock ran across the older boy's eyes, as he could see the crimson liquid running through his slender fingers. Flashes of his dream of hell ran through his mind, Max's injured body, the crimson blood flowing onto the ground around him, the blood that was staining his fingers.

'Your going to enjoy it...' The voice echoed in his mind.

The older boy ignored the two blades that were in front of him, only one thing mattered to him at the moment, as he cried out that person's name.

"Max...!"

A/N: Yes, yes, that took forever, but I had a writer's block for a couple days, and I wrote most of this while I was in Digital art at school. I hope you enjoy it, and yes, it's longer that usual, just enjoy and review please.