Dangerous Liaisons Chapter 2

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The meeting…a little different from the movie but hey, don't like it, sue me XD

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Soft classical music floated through the air as well as the surprisingly quiet chatter from everyone in the room. Tala had always found these parties not only a bore, but an abnormality. No fun event should be this quiet. Then again he preferred spending his weekends at the trendiest discotheques, not in a room filled with stuffy conversation and even stuffier O.A.P's and music students.

He didn't notice Kai, who had been leaning behind the door waiting for him to arrive, and who appeared by his side as he walked through the main hall towards the ballroom. Not even when the bluenette moved directly before him, halting his process, and as he tilted his chin as he stared coolly into the fiery orbs before him. "Yes?"

Kai smirked, recognising this act. The one Tala always tried to pull at these parties. The redhead would rather be seen blowing a homeless man than caught talking to him at the 'Social Gathering of the Year', especially since Tala's little school was involved. Something about free scholarships to the music students who were interested or some nonsense. "You don't remember me pet? We spent a lot of time together in Manhattan…"

"Really? I'm sorry, but I spend a lot of time with a lot of men in Armani suits in Manhattan. Excuse me." Tala brushed off, trying to step around Kai, keeping his eyes focused straight ahead, but the bluenette stepped before him once again, hands moving to the collar of his shirt.

He undid the first button. "Well, if you don't remember me with the suit maybe you'll remember me without it?" Kai smirked, lowering his hands to the second. His fingertips didn't even brush the button as Tala grabbed his wrist and yanked him into a shadowed alcove. He could still see the redhead scowling darkly, glaring at him.

"I don't want to be seen talking with you, least of all here, and you know it."

Kai shrugged and buttoned his shirt properly, still smirking at his half-sibling. "Of course I do, however I felt the need to inform you that my little prize is here."

The corner of Tala's mouth twitched up into a smirk. "Mmm, extraordinary, but somehow I don't see you wooing him tonight. Or any night, to be honest."

Kai used his superior strength and speed to shove Tala back against the wall, and before the redhead could protest, crushed their lips together in a heated but unimpassioned kiss. Tala knew that the kiss was nothing more than a reminder of their bet, or perhaps even Kai feeling the need to stake a claim upon him. He didn't try to slip away, even after the bluenette leaned back from the kiss and offered him enough room to escape.

"Besides," Tala continued, as if he'd merely stopped for a breath or to have a drink, "I don't want to be seen talking with you, and as such have no intent to meet your soon-to-be failed conquest."

Kai allowed a finger to trace lightly up the buttons of Tala's shirt, head tilted slightly, eyes following his fingers path. He let his other hand rest at the wall a little above the red-head's shoulder and leaned in closer to his ear, smirking. "You just remember that after I've won, I expect you in my room…and bring those little handcuffs you do enjoy so much."

Tala laughed, shaking his head as he blatantly ignored the hand that was now trailing down his chest and how right and good it felt. "I don't think I'll need them, unless of course you try to keep my car and I have to take it from you." He shifted slightly, not failing to notice where Kai's hand had halted its travels.

Kai squeezed hard, a low chuckle escaping him as Tala gasped, the brilliant blue eyes fluttering closed. Soothingly he rubbed, deciding that this was delicious payback for the time his half-brother had dismissed him so blatantly. What better than giving his brother a little reminder of him each time he took a step throughout his party

"K-Kai…" Tala breathed softly, immediately clamping his teeth on his tongue to restrain any more sounds from escaping and his hand moving to the bluenette's wrist, half-heartedly trying to push it away.

Kai felt a sliver of arousal and delight spark his every nerve-ending as he heard his name spoken in such a weak and needy tone. He craved to hear that sound again, and out of sheer habit glanced behind him to see if anyone would notice him ravage his step-brother where he was.

Tala swallowed down a moan, his voice coming out in a growl he was thankful for due to his suddenly parched throat. "Quit it! This isn't the time, and you most certainly have not won yet…"

"No, I have not won yet," Kai agreed, his voice amused and triumphant, "but you do remember the last time your little school held a party like this, don't you?"

Tala thought back, and he thought hard, because Kai's hand was distracting him from every single thing apart from the pleasure that was wrapping his body in a warm glow…

Tala had been talking with several very important investors in his school for aspiring music students when Kai had sidled up behind him, smiling charmingly to the investors while wrapping his arms around Tala's waist from behind, propping his chin on the redheads shoulder. "Hey honey," he had purred in his half-brother's ear, before glancing at the others who were giving him looks of disdain. "Gentlemen."

He had felt the redheads hand moving, sliding up his thigh…and then grabbing his balls in a death-grip for a moment or two, then relaxing his hand, a silent warning to the bluenette that should he have to, he'd hold on just as strong and for longer next time. He smiled politely at the investors and tilted his head, murmuring angrily over his shoulder, "What did I tell you? Leave me be, here, I won't be seen with you."

"I only came to keep you company, sweetheart." Kai answered normally, still smiling at the others who were doing their best not to meet his gaze. The hand on his balls tightened.

"I can't stand people like you Kai, so leave me."

"Tell me Tala," Kai murmured softly in his ear, almost lovingly, breaking him from his reverie, "now that our positions are reversed, and I have your prized asset in the palm of my hand...do you still wish not to be seen with me?"

Tala blinked his eyes open slowly, head fuzzy as he licked his lips. At some point during his memory Kai had unbuttoned his pants and unzipped his fly, and he could feel the warmth of the others palm as it teasingly stroked him through his underwear. He smiled. "Kai, Kai, Kai...these tactics may work on most of the bird-brains you've seduced--" His breath caught in his throat as the bluenette squeezed, not tightly enough to cause pain, but tightly enough for him to swoon and for his knees to weaken. He quickly placed the palms of his hands on the wall. His voice was soft and breathy as he finished his point, but the words sounded even more venomous in the light, airy tone no one could fake, "--but they're old, used and juvenile Why not be more creative the next time you try to get me in this position?"

Kai was stunned only for a moment, but after the moment had passed his free hand was fisted in the silken red locks and forcing his step-brother to look down. "For juvenile, old and used tactics they seem to be getting the desired results...I guess someone of your...extensive experience is just very accustomed to them."

"Bastard." Tala hissed furiously between his teeth, half in pleasure of the bluenette's hand, the other half in rage of his words. "Just finish it off or let go, I have no time for your childish games!"

"Oh yes, that's right isn't it little brother? You'll be making a speech tonight...and look how immaculately dressed you are...wouldn't it be a pity if you went on stage with a large, white stain on your pants?" While the words were worried, the tone of voice belied Kai's interest in that situation taking place.

"You wouldn't dare!"

"I wouldn't dare to humiliate you before everyone by leaving evidence of our time together on your clothing? My dearest Tala, you mustn't know me as well as you thought."

Throughout the argument Kai's hand continued to stroke and squeeze, fondle and caress, and Tala was quickly feeling the beginnings of climax building in his stomach, tightening his insides, leaving a warm tingle on his skin. His eyes fluttered closed and he hoped his voice wasn't shaking when he asked his next question. "What do you want?"

Kai smirked, knowing that this battle was his. "Oh nothing much..." He murmured, continuing to pleasure the younger male, meeting the half-lidded glazed eyes, "all I want is for you to cry for me. Nothing too difficult. I used to hear you cry for Rik all the time...even when I knew you didn't enjoy it."

"Bastard!" The redhead reiterated, throwing his head back and using all his willpower to stop himself from bucking into the warm inviting hand.

Kai nuzzled his face into Tala's cheek, lips beside his ear. "Come on now, I know you're close Tala, all I want you to do is cum for me...and utter my name as you do so. Doesn't matter how loud or quiet, for I assure you, once I've won the bet, I'll make sure to experiment with the volume of your moans."

Tala bit his lower lip, refraining from replying, wondering if he should even give in and allow his brother this small victory. Sure, he could ignore the threat, keep his silence...but what would Kai do with the evidence, that was the problem. He knew his brother would do exactly as he'd said, and he couldn't afford that kind of thing. "Damnit Kai!" He hissed, "You win, all right?"

"That's what I like to hear..."

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Tyson shifted next to Hiro, not meeting the eyes of the ancient men and women who were currently speaking with his older brother. Instead his eyes roved the room, looking urgently for his redheaded friend. He was no where in sight. The cobalt orbs swept the room once more, this time looking for the handsome bluenette who usually remained within arms distance of the redhead. He couldn't find him either.

"Tyson!" Hiro hissed, and the younger bluenette snapped around to face his older brother, noticing the narrowed eyes and clenched fists.

"Sorry, I thought I recognised someone."

"Tyson, this is Rei Kon. His father is going to be the new headmaster at Manchester."

Tyson smiled as he noticed the other teen standing at the border of the group, and the smile was returned with twice the brightness. "Hi."

"Hey." Tyson returned. "How long have you been here?"

"Um...about a week, I think." Rei replied after a moment of thought, eyebrows furrowed. "I've been staying in Connecticut, the lady who's taking care of me insisted I had to come to this thing." He added the end part after noticing that the 'adults' attention had diverted back to cooing over each other's wealth and standing in society.

Tyson giggled, nodding. "My brother." He sighed. "I was hoping Tala would be here, since it's his school and stuff, but I haven't seen him yet."

"Tala?" Rei repeated, head tilting. "Is he our age?"

"Yeah, he's at Manchester too. He's promised to show me arou—Hey! Tala!"

The redhead in question turned, and groaned softly in annoyance as he saw the bluenette waving at him from the other end of the room. Thankfully, an older female stepped up to him with a greeting, and he lifted a finger to signal he'd head over in a moment.

"He's busy at the moment."

"I guess since it's his school..." Rei shrugged, sensing bad vibes from the teen who wasn't even near them yet. But then again, when the bluenette walked in moments after, stroking a hand over the conversing Tala's lower back, those bad vibes tripled. He glanced back towards Tyson, who apparently had also noticed the bluenette's entrance. "Hey Kai!" He shouted.

Kai turned, smiled a little, and glided quickly to the younger male after noticing his conquest by his side. "Tyson, nice to see you again. And you are...?" He trailed off, eyes casually sweeping over the lean, graceful body of the Chinese teen. His thoughts, however, were anything but casual.

"Rei Kon."

Kai held out his hand politely, still smiling. "I'm--"

"Kai Hiwatari?" Rei blinked, his head tilting slightly in confusion.

"Hmm. Do you know me?" Kai was also curious as to how the boy knew his name. Surely his aunt had not mentioned him? And if she had, what exactly had she said? He would have to discuss this with the elderly woman later. Noticing the younger male had not returned his handshake he lowered the appendage to his side.

"I know of you." The tone was indignant.

"And, pre tell, what do you know of me?"

"Kai," another voice broke in, and Rei was grateful for the distraction as the ruby eyes swayed to his side to find a smirking Tala, "what have I told you about pestering people?" The blue eyes left Kai, and not giving Kai a chance to reply, spoke to Rei. "I'm sorry about him, he never minds his manners."

"It's all right." Rei said, forcing a small smile. "You must be Tala."

"Now I'm sure you must have heard of him." Kai murmured under his breath as he turned his eyes out towards the crowd, but he did manage to catch the glare sent his way.

"Yes, I have actually. Tyson was just telling me this is your school?"

Tala smiled, shook his head. "Not mine yet. It's my mothers. But while she's travelling she leaves me to take care of things. Thankfully she's wise enough not to leave it in Kai's hands. God knows where we'd be then."

Kai ignored the insult and turned back to face his step-brother. "Don't you have people to beg money from?"

"No." Was the simple reply. "Don't you have people to go and try to seduce into your bed?"

Yet again, before Kai could defend himself, a voice squealed his name. "Kai!"

'Fuck me!' Kai thought, but grinned nonetheless as he turned around and was caught in a tight hug. "Aunt Helen." He returned her hug with twice the force, lifting her clear off her feet and spinning her round. He put her back down and pecked her forehead. "God I've missed you."

She playfully swatted his arm. "I see you've met Rei, he'll be staying with me this summer."

"That makes two of us." Kai said softly. "I'd been planning to come by for a while but...well...you understand that someone needs to take care of Tala while our parents are gone."

Tala shook his head slightly, repressing a smile. He could have whined, could have forced Kai to remain in the city...but he resisted, knowing that the more time he spent with Rei, the more Rei would be likely to hate him. "Oh brother, I don't see why you didn't tell me before...after all I have Lee, and I'm sure Tyson could come over a few nights and stay with me."

"I'd be glad to." The bluenette piped up.

"Well, I guess that's settled then. Thank you Tala."

"You're welcome Kai."

Helen turned to Rei and threw him a wink. "I'll come by and see you later." She promised, waving at someone behind the teens and hurrying off. Conversation was stilted for a moment, and after seeing the smug smirk Tala shot him, Kai started a new one.

"I read your manifesto." He remarked, and Tala nodded his head.

"Me too. Tyson, could I speak to you for a moment? Privately?"

Tyson nodded and the two teens departed, leaving Kai and Rei alone. "You did?" Rei questioned, hiding his shaking hands in his pockets.

"Hmm." Kai nodded, folding his own hands behind his back. "I must admit, I found it rather appalling."

"That's strange, most people praise me for it."

"Most people are morons." Kai retorted mildly. "Who are you to criticise something you've never experienced?"

"I wasn't critisising anything." Rei argued vehemently. "I just don't believe people should experience the act of love until they are in love, and people our age aren't mature enough to feel such emotions yet."

Kai wondered whether or not he should ask about plain fucking, but decided against it. "Aren't we?"

"Well take you for example, you've slept with many men. Have any of them made you happier?"

"Are you a homophobe?"

"N-no!" Rei sputtered, cheeks flushing a dull red.

Dismissing his earlier question he pursued a new one. "And how do you know I've been with many men?"

"A friend wrote me. But why do you sound so surprised? It's true, isn't it?"

"If you say so." Kai returned coolly. "But perhaps you should try getting to know a person before judging them based on some bullshit gossip."

"...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." Rei apologised sincerely. "But you still haven't answered the question."

"Who the hell is taking time to write you letters spreading rumours about me?" Kai asked, his voice betraying a little of his anger -but enough to make Rei feel guilty- as he thought over the possibilities. He wondered for a moment if it had been Tala, but quickly tossed that thought out the window. Tala hadn't even heard of Rei, and it would take a while for a letter to reach the Chinese teen. He and Tala had only made the bet that morning...Tala couldn't possibly have done this...could he?

"It isn't really important." Rei replied, breaking the bluenette's train of thought and chewing his lower lip nervously as he saw the anger flickering amidst the flames of the crimson eyes.

"You're right, it isn't important. I guess we're not going to be friends." Shrugging, Kai turned to leave. He almost smirked then he felt a hand grab his arm and Rei's soft voice floating across the low murmur of discussion in the room.

"Why are you being so dramatic?"

Kai snapped around, slapping Rei's hand away from his arm as he fixed the younger male with a chilling glare. "Not that you know anything about me, Mr Kon, but I've got a lot of problems, and I'm trying to deal with them. The last thing I need is to listen to you judge me because of some shit rumours someone has been spreading about me behind my back. I don't have to deal with it."

Taken aback by the pain filled words Rei lifted his hands defensively, lowering his eyes to the ground. "I said I was sorry." He muttered. He waited a moment, then asked, "Maybe we could start over? I think we've gotten off on the wrong foot. I'm Rei."

Kai smiled slightly, eyes softening. "Kai Hiwatari." This time, Rei shook his hand when he offered it. Before Rei could break the handshake Kai simply couldn't help himself, "So tell me Rei, I'm curious, seeing as how you've never had sex, do you jerk-off? Or are you against that too?"

Rei, a disgusted look on his face, whisked his hand away from Kai and turned to leave. Before he could get far, the bluenette spoke once more.

"Nice."

Rei snapped around, glaring at the smirking teen. "Are you always this offensive to people on a first encounter?"

"I was just being honest, you have a nice ass."

Rei stormed off, followed by Kai's chuckle as he disappeared into the crowd, though he heard his final words.

"Was it something I said?"

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"Hiro was mentioning you're also going to be attending Oakwood, on a scholarship." Tala said to Tyson as they reclined in one of the many dorm rooms in Oakwood Music School.

Tyson nodded, smiling. "Yeah. Cello."

Tala smiled politely and began to think. "That's nice." Who did he know who was a talented Cello player? Someone who he knew Hiro would disapprove of? Kai was too busy to repay Tyson, so he'd have to do it himself. "You know, I think I know someone who might be interested in tutoring you, you know, he's been playing all his life. I understand you only started playing rceently."

"Really? That would be awesome Tala!"

"I know Tyson, I know."

Due to his excitement, Tyson missed the malicious flash of Tala's smile, and as they got to their feet, he hugged the leaner teen. "Thanks Tala. You're my best friend."

-

"Nice to see you join me." Kai murmured, taking a sip of his drink.

"We always meet here, don't we?" Tala responded, leaning against the balcony railing. "How did things go with Rei?"

"Quite well, actually." Kai smirked. "And with Tyson?"

"I think things will start falling into place. Who will it be tonight?"

Kai shrugged and put his drink down, gazing down at the dancing people with disinterest. "It's all the same to me, Tala." Absently he picked a flower from the vase beside him and twirled it between his fingers. "How about you? Which of the twins will you be taking into your bed tonight?"

After his speech Tala had been swept away to speak to the pair of boys, as their father was a generous donator to the school. Kai had noticed from his position on the balcony Tala's experienced blue eyes sweeping over them judgingly. What he hadn't noticed, however, was which of the pair his brother had chosen for a bedmate.

"Why not them both?" Tala smirked. "It would be a nice challenge."

Kai chuckled, shaking his head. "Didn't I satisfy you enough earlier?"

Tala ignored the remark. "And how will you chose, dearest brother?"

Kai kept his eyes focused on the people below them. "Whoever picks up the flower is the one I will take to bed."

Tala waved his hand magnamoniously to the crowd. "Feel free." He invited.

With a flick of Kai's wrist the flower was gone, floating down amidst the dancing bodies. A young girl broke away from her partner and bent down to retreive the white rose, then glanced up and saw Kai. She smiled.

Tala scoffed. "Oh, this will be difficult!" He muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Then who do you suggest?"

Sighing, Tala looked around the ballroom, pausing on a figure surrounded by women. He tilted his head and pointed. "Him."

Kai leant close and pecked his ste-brother's forehead. "Thank you Tala."

"I know how much you like bringing them out of the closet Kai." The redhead shrugged.

"You will excuse me, won't you? You know I hate to keep people waiting."

Chuckling, Tala watched as Kai walked off, picking up the bluenette's forsaken glass and downing the rest of the amber liquid inside. He put it back down and then walked off in the direction Kai had gone, planning his seperate meetings with the twins.