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

"What the hell happened here!"

The mess that is circled around the Russian, the American, and the Japanese boy began as the three boys came into the room to find Max was bleeding, and the blades had stopped. Tyson had taken notice that Draciel's green blade was stained red from being thrashed out of the dish, and across the blonde's arm. His eyes seeming like raging storms, as he looked over at the older male, who was kneeling next to Max, trying to get a better look at his injured arm. It was Kai's fault, the dragon growled in his mind, he knew he was the reason the poor blonde was hurt. Before even giving the two boys a chance to reply to the question, he stomped over, and pulled Max to his feet, and brought him behind him, keeping the blonde out of reach of the phoenix.

"Tell me what happened, Kai...! What happened to my Maxie...?"
"..." The fire bird's hair covered his blood red eyes.
"Tyson, it wasn't Kai's fau--"
"I said tell me what happened, dammit!"

The older boy twitched as the younger dragon raised his voice at the Russian like that. He really couldn't blame Tyson though. He cared about Max just as much as he did, and seeing him hurt would cause him to grow in anger. His gloved hands turned into tight fists, as his blood eyes stayed locked with the orbs of baby blue. The young turtle looked over at his lover, a sad look on his face, even as the kitten came over to him, and lightly took his hand, and lead him out of the room to have his arm looked out, and get it fixed up. The Chinese boy was really good with medical care, it explains why he was able to last as long as he did when he lived with the White Tigers back in White Tiger Hills. Kenny looked at his kitten, and then over at Tyson and Kai. He wasn't sure where to go at the moment, then had his shoulder gripped by Rei, who gave him the look that said 'Leave them alone, there's going to be sparks flying between them'. Getting that picture clear through his head, he followed the three boys out of the room.

The dragon and the phoenix stood a few minutes, the scarlet orbs looking into the piercing storm eyes. A mellow looking phoenix and a completely pissed off dragon. I think they switched personalities for a couple minutes as this was happening. Tyson moved forward, his eyes piercing into Kai's, nearly making the older boy back away, but he didn't even bother to move from where he was, whatever he was getting, he probably deserved it. The storm eyed male gripped the older male's shirt, and pushed him into the wall behind him, making the fire bird wince. He opened one of his red eyes, looking at the flaming eyes in front of him.

"Tell me what went on in here, Kai! What happened that we came in here to see Max on the floor, and his arm was bleeding!"
The red eyed male twitched, as he let his eyes close, "..."
"Answer me, dammit!"

"...It was an accident...Draciel was knocked out of the dish, and it missed his palm, and went across his arm..."
The storm eyes narrowed dangerously, "Is that the truth?"
"I don't lie when it comes to my team mates..."

Guilt completely covered the phoenix's face, and even the dragon could see it in his eyes. A growl came from the younger male, as he clentched his hand into a fist. He released the older male from his grip before he brought himself to slam his knuckles into Kai's face, and repeat the action at least 5 times. He hissed, and stomped out of the room, leaving the older male in his grief. The older male laced his fingers into his hair, his mouth curling up into a snarl. He had the urge to start crying, he had hurt his little turtle, and now the dragon was pissed at him like a girl on a rampage when someone called her fat. Nothing would come for him, not even for this. Maybe he should wait before going to talk to the younger blonde, if he went in there now, Tyson's rage would meet him head on, and he knew Max didn't want him hurt over something like this. He clentched a few of his locks into his hand, and headed out of the room, ready to just lock himself in his bedroom for a couple hours.

"There, it's all fixed up, Max." The tiger announced, tightening the bandages into a knot.

The blonde gently rubbed his arm, giving Rei a smile, "Thank you, Rei, it feels a lot better now."

"What happened in there, Maxie?" The chief asked, hugging his lab top to his chest.

"It was an accident, that's all... I missed my beyblade, and it hit my arm..."

The kitty sat next to the younger boy, and placed a hand on Max's head, "Don't let it bother you so much."

"Huh? Don't let what bother me?"
"Tyson and Kai. They'll calm down after a while, they usually do, so don't feel bad about what happened, okay?"

"...Yeah, okay."

"We'll let you rest now. Let's go, Kenny."

The black haired kitty began to gather his first aid kit, as the young blonde looked out the window, a look of concern appearing in his face. He didn't even take notice to the chief and the golden eyed male's absence, his blue eyes looking at the glass that had drips of water pouring down them. He knew Rei was right, hell he always was when it came to stuff like that, but he felt responsible. He could have dodged that blade before it hit his arm. Simply move out of the way, give a playful laugh that he lost, like it was no big deal. Now it was going to hell, he was injured, the dragon probably can't even look at Kai without getting the urger to kick him in the shins, and the slate haired male is going through a guilt trip in his room. He winced, since the thought of Kai locked up in his room caused him to tensify his grip on his arm. He took his hand away, and looked at the blood that had leaked through the bandages and onto his fingers. He sighed, and picked himself off the chair in his room, and headed to the bathroom to wash himself up.

As he headed down the hallway to the dojo, he came to the door where Kai's room was, and stopped where he was. He reached a hand out, and placed it on the door knob, and gave it a gently jingle. Yep, it was locked, just as he thought. His eyes softened, and took his hand away from the door, and brought his blood stained fingers away from his arm, and wrote something on the sliding door, then took his fingers away. He didn't want to disturb the older boy, so if he came out, he could read his little message, and maybe feel a little less blue. He went into the bathroom, and closed it after him, wanting to take a shower, since he felt like a wreck. He fixed up the bandages on his arm, and went over to the shower, and pulled the curtain over the tub. He moved it aside for a second, and twisted the knob, as the steaming water rained down into the tub.

After stripping off his clothes, but keeping the bandages on, he stepped into the shower, and stood under the water, as it poured down on his shoulders, letting the tense muscles relax under the massaging like pressure of the raining liquid. He picked up the body wash, and squirted some into his palm, and set it aside, as he began to clean his fingers of the blood the he had stained through his bandages, then began to wash everything else up. (not going into detail here if you don't mind) He brought his hands under the water, as it slowly began to wash the soap and suds that had came onto his fingers from washing up, and then went for the 2 in one shampoo, and poured it into his golden hair, as he began to lather it into his hair, massaging his scalp slowly. His head had been hurting from all that, and this was starting to feel good. A small purr came from his throat, since it seemed he stole Rei's identity again. After finally deciding to bring his slender fingers out of his hair, he let his arms rest at his sides, as the shower water rained down on his hair and body, rinsing the solution from his hair.

Unknown to the bathing blonde, the door had opened up, as a figure stepped into the bathroom, silently closing the door behind him. As the young blonde turned off the water, he pulled the curtain back, and grabbed one of the towels he had set on the seat of the toilet, and went back in, rubbing his face since he was stupid enough to get soap in his eyes. He brought the towel away from his face, and threw the curtain to the shower back, and tied the towel around his waist, finally opening his eyes. He nearly freaked out when he found a pair of storm colored orbs looking into his baby blue. He pressed his hand against his chest, as if keeping his heart from going from his chest all the way to his throat. After regaining his ability to breath, and crossed look appeared on his face for the invasion of privacy.

"Tyson, I was taking a shower, what are you doing in here?"

"Well, I went into your room, and found that you weren't in here, so I figured you had taken a shower or something, Max."

"Yeah, I took a shower, but that doesn't exactly explain why you came in here."

"Well, I was worried about you." The dragon replied, giving a small smile.

Yep, the dragon was back to normal, thought Max, "Well, I'm not dead yet. I'm gonna go get dressed, and then take a nap, I'm really tired-"

Before the young blonde could get to his pile of clothes, the older boy took his shoulder into his grip, and pushed the young turtle against the edge of the bathtub. Max let out a soft cry at the forceful push, and almost felt like he was going to hit his head on the back of the shower, but Tyson kept him up with one arm, securing his grip on the boy. The orbs of baby blue looked up at the Japanese boy, a little naiive at what was going on. Before the puppy could speak the older boy's name to ask what he was doing, he was silenced when he found their privacy bubbles had popped, and their lips had been crushed together. His ocean eyes went wide at what happening. He didn't seem to mind a kiss if it came from his crush, but this was different. He lightly squirmed in the lip lock, but Tyson pinned him down a bit more, giving his bottom lip a small lick, litterally begging for entrance into his cavern. He wasn't given the access, as the blonde managed to bring his lips away from the dragon's.

Before another word could be brought between the two boys, the blonde picked up his clothes, and raced past the other boy, throwing the door closed, as he ran through the hall, and towards his room. His run was brought to a hault as he collided with another body. He hit with a 'oomph' and was about to fall to the ground, but a strong hand reached out, and took his arm, keeping him from letting his butt have a meeting with the ground beneath him. He opened one of his big puppy eyes to find them staring into a pair of marigold. His shocked face softened as he looked up at the kitty that was helping him, but didn't get a chance to say anything, as the older boy helped him back to his feet, and held the turtle's shoulders so he could have a grip on the floor below. Upon seeing the slightly hurt look on Max's face, the brotherly concerned look appeared on Rei's gentle face.

"Max? Are you okay?"

Max trembled in the boy's grip, "Y-Yes... I'm okay..."

Rei didn't buy it, "If your fine as you say, why are you trembling? Did something scare you?"

"No, it's nothing, Rei, I promise..." He clutched his clothes close to his chest.

"..." The kitty could see he wasn't gonna get anything out of the shocked boy, "Alright, but at least let me get you to your room."

The little blonde gave a small nod, "T-Thank you..."

With a litte gesture, the kitten pressed his hand on the young one's back, and lead him through the hallway, and opened the sliding door, and gestured the boy into the room. Our little puppy went into his room, and went over to his bed, and set his clothes down on the comforter. He looked back overat Rei, and gave a gentle smile, telling he was okay enough that he could go now. A small nod came from the tiger, as he closed the door, and headed down the hall, going to the living room where his genius was sitting, typing busily onto his computer. The golden eyed male sat down next to the Chief, and laid an arm around him, and looked at the screen in front of him, as Dizzi began to talk.

"Well, it's nice to have you back, Rei." Dizzi chirped.

The Chief looked at him, "What happened? I thought you were getting your blade for me."

"I did," Rei pulled Driger into view, "I ran into Max on my way back, he seemed a little scared about something."

"Scared? He's usually scared of the wind sometimes." The bit beast laughed.

"Dizzi, this is serious." The tiger huffed.

"Yes, yes, we know you are, Rei." Kenny looked over at him, "I'm sure Max will be fine if we leave him alone for a while."

The neko gave a sigh, "Yeah, I guess so. Anyways, what did you wanna see Driger for, Chief?"

"Oh, well, I wanted to talk to you about a special aloe I found for your blade that would be able to help you regain more speed and..."

With a jolt, the slate haired boy was brought into a sitting position, his breath a little labored. He pressed his hand against his face, he was starting to get the urge to never go to sleep again, or that nightmare was going to torture his mind for the rest of his life. he picked up a small rag that was near his bed, and ran it against his forehead, getting the sweat from his face. There went another slash in his heart, he didn't know how many he could stand before going on a breakdown. As he set his hand down, he looked outside, it had finally stopped raining, although it looked more muggy than when Tyson had finally taken a bath, and he didn't drain the bath water. He gave a sigh, wondering how long he had been asleep. He picked himself out of bed, and brought his scarf into his hands slipped it around his neck, bringing the two ends through the hole to make a knot, as he tossed the two ends onto his back. He wanted to check on his little turtle, see if he was doing any better than before.

He opened the door to his room, but when he went to close it, he found a message writting in red letters on his door. The small message to him 'Don't be sad, fire bird.' He raised an eyebrow, then gave a tiny laugh. The young blonde must have written it for him when he noticed he had locked himself into his room. He gave a tiny chuckle, and headed into the kitchen, seeing the clock on the microwave, which read in red letters '8:56'. Hmmm... he had been asleep all afternoon, he felt a bit lazy. Maybe spending all this time with the Bladebreakers was starting to get him out of his schedule he had once perfected. He mostly blamed Tyson and Max for that. He looked into into the living room to see Tyson and Rei going against each other in Super Smash Brothers Melee. Tyson was playing as Mewtwo, and Rei was the puffball, Kirby, and the scary thing was... Rei was winning. Then the older boy noticed something that was a little unusual... the turtle wasn't there with them. He gave a light frown and headed out of the room, going to the young blonde's room.

As he opened the door to the American's room, he didn't see anybody there. He raised an eyebrow in curiousity, where could the young blonde be at this hour, it got him a little worried. He decided to walk around the younger boy's room, since he didn't really have anything else to do. He went over by the bed that the younger boy always slept on, and lightly ran a hand against the soft blankets, a saddened look appearing on his face. Any other night before it had come into the opening that he was in love with Max, he usually just came into the younger boy's room, and found him sleeping, giving off that happy smile in his slumber. He always wondered what gave the younger male the strength to smile, while he was left with a dusty frown and glare that didn't seem to faze anyone unless they didn't know him that well. His eyes looked almost like red blankets, as he slowly took his hand away from the blankets, and turned his head, seeing something that wasn't usually there.

On the table was a small enveloped note, and it was addressed to 'Crimson Rose'. He raised an eyebrow, where the heck did the blonde come up with a name like that for him? He knew that he had red eyes, unlike anyone else they had met along the way, but did he really need the name of a flower? Roses aren't that different from any other flower, they're just petals having sex. He shivered at that last thought, and picked the letter into his hands. He lightly ran his thumb against the envelop for a few seconds, then carefully began to open the top, and pushed it back with his index finger, and slipped into the papered package, and pulled out three things. One, was a small folded up note that had a picture of a turtle drawn on it. The next item was a red flame decorated key that had the letter 'R' printed onto it. The last item was a small card that advertised the Rex Plex (not sure if they have one of those in Japan, but don't care right now). The older boy blinked, Max had gone there? He looked at the key in his hand, finally getting what the R stood for. All that was left was the turtle printed letter he got. He slowly unfolded it out of the small little square that it had been folded into, and began to slowly read it.

Kai,

'Going to strength my arm back up,

if you wanna come, I'll be waiting.'

-Max

A/N: I'm sorry that took so long, I had a bit of a writer's block again. Please don't be mad, okay? I updated, and now you can enjoy. Before I fall over, review and love, you know you want to. And don't be mad if anyone is out of character...