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 slate haired boy winced as the younger puppy tightened the bandages on his shoulder. It was pretty amazing that Maxie was able to work with first aid just as well as Rei, but hey, you learn something new everyday. The scarlet eyed male smiled gently at how well the older boy was able to hold up on his own, especially with how bad his arm was bleeding, and the scratches he had gotten all over his face and chest. Whatever that creature was, it was pissed off that Kai got the blonde out of the way. But then... why had it attacked Max in the first place? It was true that he didn't want to get the blonde involved in whatever mess he had gotten into, but it seemed his affections for him was getting him in it, and it ended up creating that other creature. Was it his fault? Getting others into this ended up making something to get rid of them.

Just at that moment, he felt a hand on his head and looked up, making him look up, seeing the little puppy in front of him, who was giving him the usual puppy dog look. Oh god, why did he pick now to make himself too adorable to resist? A tiny smile appeared on Kai's face, as he reached a hand out, and laid it on his turtle's face, lightly stroking his cheek. He got the blue eyed angel to close his eyes, and lean into his hand in return. What made Max so attractive sometimes, he wasn't really sure, but damn, he was cute. Suddenly, his eyes caught something he hadn't noticed much before. On his young lover's neck was bruise marks, from nearly being choked at the Rex Plex. A slightly... well, concerned look appeared on his face, as he slowly raised a hand, and placed it against the blonde's throat.

A small blink came from the younger boy as he felt the Russian's gentle fingers against the places that strange creatue had put it's claws around his poor throat. They just had to go for the most vulernable part of the body, didn't they? The ice blue eyes looked like the ocean, as he laid a hand on the wrist of the hand that was on his neck, and made Kai look at him. As soon as he even looked up, he found he was being kissed by the young man, as to trying to make him feel better about what happened. It seemed to have worked this time. His scarlet eyes closed, as he wrapped his arms around the boy's waist, and responded openly to their newest lip lock. Max stole the kitten's identity again, as he began to purr softly in his throat, making his lover feel it too. Not like Kai cared, as he began to play with the soft blond locks that he could say belonged to him. (Max might disagree, but keep thinking that XDD)

Finally, the moment seemed to be on hold...

Max slowly broke their kiss, "Kai...?"

"What?" The Russian replied, almost a little breathless.

"...Something has been going on that your not telling me, hasn't it?"

That seemed to leave Kai silent... what else is new?

"Kai..." Max quickly grabbed his hands, lying his on top, "You can tell me what's wrong, your my boyfriend, and you know damn well that I love you--"

'Wow', Kai thought, 'Maxie swore... no, no getting turned on at all time like this.'

"--and I'd do anything for you, I just don't want you to get hurt... and... I don't want you leaving me out of everything that happens to you... it hurts." The blonde made up, his fingers lightly shaking.

Something cold suddenly fell onto the boy's creme colored skin, as he looked down to see what was on his wrist. Tears...oh great, Max was crying again. He looked up, as he saw the silver rain falling from the blonde's innocent soul. He couldn't help but feel responsible for it, he asked Max to hide their relationship, he hid his dreams from the only person he loved, and just before, they both got hurt, although he only worried about the turtle's injuries. Okay, maybe he wasn't ready to tell the others about his relationship with his little puppy, but telling the boy about his dreams should be a little easier...right? He gently pulled Max over to where he was so the young boy was straddling his waist, as he held him there, lightly petting the blonde hair, as he could almost litterally feel him melt in his strong hold.

"...I've been having terrible nightmares, Max..." He whispered, managing to keep his voice from cracking.

"...Nightmares?" The puzzled voice of the boy answered him.

Kai slowly nodded, then spoke again, "Everytime I have them, you're always hurt. And it's always my fault in each night mare." Closing his eyes he dropped his hands there, "The reason why I didn't want you to tell anyone about our relationship was because if everyone knew someone that knows me wants to do anything possible to hurt me in the most effective way possible."

This sparked the blonde's interest, "Wait...who's that?"

"...I'm not sure, Max...that's the whole reason why I don't want anyone else involved in this problem, getting hurt because of something I don't know of." He sighed gently, placing his hands on his puppy's face, "And I don't want you to get hurt because of me, Max, it's so much better off that you leave me to my brutality, because I'm cursed with the life of no happiness-"

"Shut up." Max snapped, tears falling down his eyes, Kai stopped immediately, staring up at the blonde. Maxie wiped his eyes, shaking his head a little, "I don't care Kai, how cursed or how brutal your life is, I love you because I care about you and I will never leave you alone. Just because you don't want me to suffer doesn't mean I don't want you to suffer because of me!"

Kai stared at the blonde, opening his mouth again, "Max, I-"

"Don't you understand Kai? I didn't agree that I didn't tell anyone because you told me to as an order, I did it upon my own free will. I did it because I loved you Kai, loved you. Not anyone else! I'm not a little kid anymore and I will defend what I care about and that's you because I never want to leave you alone!"

The Russian wasn't sure what to say after that, not like he had a chance to talk, as the little pup wrapped his arms around the boy's neck, and trapped his lips in a warm kiss, which immediatly got a positive response. He closed his ruby eyes, and trapped the younger boy in his welcoming arms, keeping him in a strong hold. Identical moans escaped them at the same time, as their innocent kiss became more heated. The younger boy pushed his phoenix onto the bed, letting his fingers play with his slate colored bangs. Oooh, Kai was being submissive this time, pretty good for the pup. He brought his arms around the younger boy's back, lacing his fingers together as if trying to keep him there. He didn't have to hide anything from the younger boy anymore... that was always good.

What happened next sure wasn't...

Suddenly, the click of the light switch going on drifted into the room, causing the light to shine down on the two boys, nearly blinding them. They were about to continue with their passionate kiss, when something hit them like 10 Tysons landing on them. Someone was watching them. The two broke from their kiss and got up(well, Kai did) and looked over, their red and blue eyes meeting with a pair of marigold orbs. You guessed it, the one standing there was none other than Rei. He was leaning against the doorway, not wearing a shirt and his hair was hanging sideways against his body. You could tell he had some fun with his little genius before he had made the boy go to bed. The look on his face as he looked at the boys caused both of them to blush 15 shades of red... if there is that many. He lightly tapped his fingers against his arm.

"Well, I hear strange sounds coming from my room, and a bunch of yelling, and this is what I find, the phoenix and the turtle making out on the bed."

Kai tried to say something, "I can explain..."
"You can explain? What's there to explain, you" points at Kai, "where kissing you." he finished by pointing at Max.

"Rei..." Max whined softly, "Please don't tell the others..."

"Why would I do that?"
"Because your a evil sly cat." The Russian replied flatly.

The Chinese male tapped his chin, "Hm, very true. I won't tell if you make a deal with me."
Kai folded his arms stubbornly, "It better be reasonable."

"Oh it is. You have someone else do the cooking for the rest of the week." Rei gave a evil grin.

"But, Rei--"
"I'll do it." Entered the Russian's shocking words.

"Good."

Max gave the older male a look, "You can cook?"
A annoyed face appeared on Kai, "Of course I can, how else do you think I survived 8 years by myself when I was in Japan?"
"...I thought you had money wired to you."

A completly dumbfounded look appeared on the fire bird's face as he heard that answer, while the kitten was busy cracking up. Oh, come on, anyone would find that funny if Max said that to Kai. (note to self, take previous idea, and make own version of Beyblade season one) Before you could say 'Maxie looks like a cute pup', the older boy tackled him to the bed, and started to give him the tickle torture of death. A fit of laughter escaped the younger one's mouth, his legs kicking uselessly to try and get himself free from the death that was being sent his way. At that moment, Rei thought that would be a good time for him to escape, so he began to start to leave the room. Before he could take another step, something was thrown at him, hitting him in the shoulder. He looked down to see it was Kai's silver arm band.

"Don't you move, Rei, or I'll train you til you can no longer move when I'm finished here!"

If Rei and Max are alive in the morning... it was only because Kai got tired, and fell asleep...

"So what's the deal here? Kai made breakfast this morning?" Kenny tilted his head, as he sat down at the table.

"Yes, but be careful, he could have easily poisoned our meals." The dragon replied in a low whisper.

The phoenix suddenly appeared behind the two boys, "I can hear you, I'm not deaf."

"Eeep!" The two straightened up in their seats.

The kitten and the little turtle were giggling at the little spat with the three boys, even when Kenny gave his lover a little glare. Rei lightly whistled, pretending he did nothing wrong in his life. With that moment out of the way, the Russian began to pass out their food. In front of Maxie was a big stack of pancakes with strawberries, and a little bottle of syrup next to it. A squeal came from the blonde, as he almost attacked his sugary breakfast. He lightly shook his head, then gave the kitten his meal. In front of him was chinese sugar rolls and jam. The younger male looked like he was going to worship the scarlet eyed male for a second, but just gave him puppy eyes, and began to help himself. For Kenny, he got japanese cooked rice with bits of sausage, and a three pieces of bacon next to it. If you could see Kenny's eyes, they would he all sparkly, and have shojo bubbles floating everywhere.

Tyson... well, wasn't exactly completely happy with his captian's choice of food for him. In front of him was a bowl of rice, a few pieces of summer sausage, and a blueberry yogurt with gram pieces in it. He scowled, and looked up at Kai, as if saying 'what's with this pathetic excuse for a meal?' In return, he got a glare that replied 'eat it or I'll shove it through the bottomless hole you call a mouth.' The younger dragon stuck his tounge out at him, and got to eating the food in front of him. Kai sat down, and set his breakfast in front of him. What he made for himself was a mini stack of french toast, with strawberries all over it.

"Wait a damn minute!" The navy haired male spoke up, throwing his fork down, "That is just cruel! How come everyone gets what they want, and I get only this for breakfast!"

Kai took a bite of his breakfast, not answering.

"Kai!"

"...Do you want to be a fat pig? Cause with that gut you have, your gonna end up being one." Another bite.

That left a silence across the table. He gave a baby pout, and sat back down, eating what he had in front of him. Max tried his best not to pay attention... when it came to Tyson and Kai fighting with each other, the dragon always expected him to take his side, but... he really didn't want to get involved. Tyson was his best friend, even though... he knew the other male didn't think that about him, what with the kiss yesterday during his shower, and Kai was his boyfriend, thought Kenny and Tyson were still in the dark about it. He brought his fork into his next part of his breakfast, and took another big bite out of his meal, grinning happily.

"Well, I'm done." The kitten announced, and picked up his dishes, "Tyson, since you seem done over there, would you like to go in the back with me, and practice for a while?"

Seemed like the best news Tyson heard all day, "Sure!" He bolted from his chair, and headed to the garden, leaving the poor kitten to clean up the mess he left behind.

"I'll be out in a minute, Rei, I'm almost done." The chief replied.

The neko smirked, and gave his boyfriend a smooch on the cheek, "It's alright, just get your energy up, babe."

The black haired male looked at his team captian, giving him a look that said he had to do the dishes, as he put them in the sink, and headed off to the training room to start his morning practice with the owner of Dragoon. He could swear the phoenix was giving him the dirtiest look ever as he left the room, swinging his braided hair as if he was the best in the world. A sly look came onto the kitty's face, as he headed off to the gardens, his hands laced into his pockets. He made his way by the water based beydish only to find the dragon was there, and he had his blade out and ready to fight some tiger tricks. The kitten smiled softly, as he reached into his pocket, and brought his blade into his hand, and slipped his launcher off his belt, and pressed it against the hook, and points it forward, as they came into a stare off.

This dish was more tricky than any other you could face. It floated on the surface of the dojo's lake, and it's durability was only two blades on it at a time., so it was a good dish to keep your grip and balance sharp. The boys didn't even bother to do the count down, as they launched their blades towards the water, both landing on the water dish with near perfection. Usually, if Kai was there, he would sometimes gripe at them to try and do it perfectly, cause that's Kai for you, always reaching for perfection. With that, the fight began. Tyson raced after the kitten's blade, but the older boy's speed was a lot higher than the dragon's so it was harder for him to keep up, but that wasn't going to stop him, he had a drive to win no matter what he had to do. Although it nearly made him cheat and redesign his blade illegally during the fight with the Cyber beasts. Rei still had that battle in his thoughts... especially when he faced Salima.

A slam of Dragoon meeting with the white tiger brought the neko-jin back on course, as they ducked it out with each other, although battling, they seemed to be enjoying themselves. Yeah, it had only been a couple days since they won their second championship in a row, but they were always ready to face each other... since they had no other opponent available. Dark silver energy engulfed the blade that weilded the dragon, as it did the same for Rei's tiger, as the two beasts emerged, and ran at each other, causing the lights of sky blue and dark green to fill the sky above them, anyone near could swear there was a light show going on. The two blades came to one side of the water dish, managing not to fall off, as they took one finally hit at each other. The dragon landed on the other side of the dish, as the silver blade wobbled, and fell to the side, landing in the water with a small 'plop'.

"Whoo hoo, I win again!" The navy haired boy cheered, hopping up and down.

The tiger folded his arms, "Yeah, yeah, you won, and since my blade fell on your side, you get it out for me."

Tyson seemed to freeze where he was, and looked at the cat, "That's not fair!"

"Life's not fair, something to think about, now get it out, it fell because of you."

The storm eyed male grumbled to himself, as he reached into the water, feeling around the soft ground under it for the older male's feline weilding blade. Rei did his part by getting the white beyblade from the dish, and went and sat on the porch, lightly tapping his clawed fingers against the wood. Our little dragon grinned victoriously, as he pulled the blade out of the water, and wiped the water off, and hurried over to where the tiger was sitting. That started the blade trade, Tyson got his favorite blue dragon back, and the kitty recieved his treasured Driger. The Japanese boy took a seat next to the kitty, going into a lightly bent over position.

"Hey."

"Yeah, what?"

"How did you and Kenny end up together?"

A eyebrow raised, as Rei looked at him, "Why do you wanna know?"

"I could use some advice... my love life has gone to hell."

"..." Rei couldn't help but laugh at that, "If you say so. I guess I can tell you what happened."

Tyson's eyes suddenly sparkled, "You could? Oh, thanks, Rei, your the best gay kitty I know!"

"..." A dumbfound look came onto the black haired male's face, "... I might never talk to you again after this."

"Oh come on, I'm kidding, I'll listen."

Rei gave a little sigh, this was going to take a while...

The young kitten was curled up in his bed, breathing softly, as all the blankets were pulled over himself to keep warm for the night, since it was snowing outside. He had gotten a room to himself, since the dragon was stuck in the room with the brown haired genius, and the blonde was sharing a room with the slate haired sourpuss. Yeah, the older male was a sourpuss, they all knew it, and it was with a couple of threats that he finally agreed to stay in the same bed as someone else. The kitty grumbled in his sleep, as he turned onto his back, breathing softly, as his fangs were in view. A night where he didn't have to share a room with anybody... god had finally answered his prays, as he stretched his legs out on the mattress, giving a purr in the middle of his dark dream.

The black haired male was too deep in his sleep to hear the door softly open to show a boy who looked about the age of 13. He was clutching a labtop under his arm, and quietly closed the door behind him. It had finally happened, the younger boy had gotten tired of being kept up with the dragon's snoring, so he took the only room that had one person, and a person that didn't snore louder than a motor engine. He set his labtop on the nightstand next to the clock, and looked at the single bed where Rei was sleeping. He had all the blankets bundled up around him, and his legs were sprawled out on the bed. It must have been a long time since he had a bed all to himself. He sighed, all he had to do was get some blankets for himself, and he would let the tiger keep the bed, and he would sleep on the floor. Sounds easy, but it's harder than it looks.

The Chief gulped, and crawled onto the bed, and made his way over to where the older blader was sleeping. He seemed really peaceful when he was, but he was always cranky if you woke him before the sun had risen in the sky. His slightly shaking hands reached out, and took a grip of the blanket that was on top of the pile, and began to slowly pull it so he could use it for the night... he seemed a lot more comfortable sleeping in a room with a person he was sure wasn't going to slit his throat or snore him awake. You can tell he's mostly thinking about sharing a room with Kai and Tyson.. be afraid, little Chief. He managed to pull the blanket out of the kitty's grip, but he fell over on his ass, causing the bed to squeak. The golden eyes snapped open at the sound, the immediate thought of something breaking into his room had filled his senses. Before the younger boy could move, he found a blurred form lunging out from the mess of blankets, gripping him by the shoulders, and pinning him roughly to the bed. Kenny did the first thing that his little mind could think of to do when he had been pushed somewhere against his will... he screamed.

"Ahhh, I'm sorry, please don't hurt me, I won't do it again!" He cried out.

A blink came from attacker, as he recognized who was there, "...Kenny?"
The younger boy slowly uncovered his face, "Hi?"
"...What the hell? Why are you in my room this late?"

"...I couldn't sleep..." The genius muttered.

Ah, that was it, "Tyson's snoring kept you up, huh?"

He got a nod as his response.

"So why come in here?"
The younger male tapped his index fingers together, "...This is the one room where I'm not scared someone is going to kill me... maybe I shoulda thought that through."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Chief, I'll get off."

Being as gentle as he could, the kitten released the boy's shoulders from his piercing grip, and lightly jumped backwards to give him some room to breathe from the sudden attack. Kenny slowly lifted himself up, as if making sure the kitty wasn't going to do that to him again, or he was going to have a heartattack. A hand was suddenly offered to him, making him look up to see the tiger giving a support so he wouldn't fall over. It was accepted immediatly, as the little hands clutched tightly around the clawed fingers, lightly breathing softly to get the sight of a shadowed cat with a venomous glare out of his face. Another hand was lifted, as it was laid on the young genius' head, lightly petting his earth colored hair, seeing it had helped the younger boy relax from the scary moment that had come a while ago.

"Hey, Chief?"
"Yes?"
"When was the last time you were hugged?"

That was out of the blue, "What?"
"Come on, tell me." The kitty insisted.

He seemed to think hard about that question, "Well, not too long ago, Max gave me one a whi--" He suddenly felt the clawed hand pressed over his mouth.

"Not that kind, by someone who cares about you."

"..." Yeah, that makes a difference, "Well... a long time ago." He looked at the kitty, "Why do you ask?"

A smile appeared on the boy's lips, "From the way you were clutching my hand, it looked like you were waiting to get one."

"...I could have."

Rei cooed playfully, "Aw, does the little guy need a hug from the neko-jin?"

"Wha--?" The boy found himself blushing madly, "I just... I mean... uh..." He gave up.

"So you want a hug from me?"

"..." Nod nod.

"Aw, that's so cute." Came another coo.

The red cheeked boy looked up, "Your embaressing me."

The black haired boy have a little shrug, as reached over, and brought the younger boy into his arms, trapping him in his custody. This came as a slight surprise to the younger boy, the kitty was really warm. It seemed rather comfortable to have the kitty hug him like that, it was really welcoming. He nuzzled into the boy's chest, as he could hear the soft beating of his heart. A tiny smile appeared on the golden eyed male's lips, as he brought one of his hands up, and ran it through the soft brown hair, feeling the young boy almost litterally melt against him. The boy's fingers clentched together, and made himself comfortable. A small chuckle came from the older male's throat, as the Chief seemed to have made himself at home against his chest. He lightly pet the boy's head, causing him to look up.

"If you really wanna sleep in here with me, you don't have to sleep on the floor."

The earth haired boy tilted his head, "I don't?"

He lightly shook his head, "No, you can sleep up here with me."

"...Thanks, Rei."

With a little bit of hesitation, the kitten released the younger boy from his hug, and lightly pushed some of the blankets out of the giant pile it had formed on the bed. He lightly passed a couple of them to the younger boy, letting him snuggle up under the multiple colored wool blankets. The genius curled up under the blankets, nuzzling his head into the pillow, finally ready to get the sleep he couldn't get while sharing a room with the snoring dragon. A tiny smile appeared Rei's face, as he laid down, and reached over, and brought his arms around Kenny's waist, pulling the boy over by him so that the back of his head was resting against the kitten's chest. A little sigh came from the young boy as he closed his eyes, and ended up falling asleep, the two nuzzled in each other's arms.

"Oh.my.god.that.is.cute." Tyson replied slowly to what he had heard.

The Chinese male snickered lightly, "I guess so, it seemed cute at the time."

"...Your lucky you have a boyfriend, Rei."

The kitty looked at him, "I am?"
The dragon laid back on the porch, looking at the dojo ceiling, "When your going through tough times, even if your friends aren't there all the time to back you up, you have someone you love and loves you back by your side..."
"...That doesn't mean you won't have one with you soon."

Tyson looked over at the older boy, "The person I like doesn't seem to feel the same way about me."
The marigold eyes narrow, "Then it means that isn't the person for you, and you still need to keep looking, otherwise if you keep looking into the past, your always going to be stuck there, and never move on."

The storm eyed male looked at the boy next to him, he did have a point in all the stuff he just said to him, there was no way he was going to keep himself from moving on. If he did that, he would be adapting to Kai's persona, and he didn't wanna do that. A grin appeared on the kitten's face as he saw the sheer determination appear on his face, as he stood up, and almost yelled to the world that he was back and better than ever... that was a moment were Rei tried his best not to laugh, although it was very tempting. At the very moment, the dragon was acting like more like a goofball than he usually did. Aw well, that's Tyson for you.

Suddenly, the sound of a cord being ripped out of a beyblade launcher was heard, making the boy's attention go elsewhere. A black and light green beyblade slashed in their direction, making the two of them duck out of the way to keep from getting a big hole in the middle of their heads. The smoke finally cleared, as they boy looked up to find there was a steaming hole in the wall of Tyson's dojo. Ooooh crap, Grandpa was so going to kill them for this, no doubt about it. The blade flew from the place it hit, and back into it's owner's hand, which caught the two young men by surprise. It was a hooded figure that looked around 16 from how tall they were, blood red eyes shined from the shadows of their hood, and scales seemed to create little patches on the skin of his hand... which was the only part that was visible to the boys.

"What the hell are you doing here?" The tiger hissed.

"I seek the one you know as Kai. I am here to challenge him."

A dumb look appeared on Tyson's face, "Whoopie, a freak with scales wants to challenge Kai... for once, would some freak of nature show up, and wanna battle me?"

"That's the stupidest thing that I ever heard you say in my life, Tyson."

The two boys turned around to find the phoenix, the turtle, and the kitty's genius right behind them. Kai stepped into the grass to stand face to face with the new creatue that seemed to want a battle from him. Max stayed by the porch, a slightly concerned look on his face, as he brought his lightly curled fingers up by his chin. Kenny, on the other hand, quickly ran off the porch, and clung to his feline's waist, coming slightly behind him. The two different shades of red eyes stared off at each other, that is... until Kai had enough of it. He reached into his pocket, pulled his Dranzer out, slipped it onto the hook of his launcher, and pointed it forward, as if accepting the challenge.

"You wanna battle me? Tell me your name."

"I am known to all as Kame..."

The Russian raised an eyebrow, "Kame? What do you want?"

"I ask one battle from you, you win, I shall no longer exist to you."

"And if... you manage to win?"

"The weilder of Draciel comes with me."