Animeobsession: I'M BACK!
PandaPjays: In case if you didn't get that... she's back
Animeobsession: I had /fun/.
PandaPjays: I moped
Animeobsession: There there.
PandaPjays: heh heh but then I laughed with funny holiday tales
Animeobsession: I met Johnny! Shall I tell them the tale?
PandaPjays: /sits down with rest of class/ do tell, sensei
Animeobsession: It was one overcast day in Scotland. I had found an arcade thingy. There was a guy there who wanted a challenge when it came to air hockey. Winner bought drinks. I agreed. Over the next few minutes, I thrashed his ass. Grumpy, he bought drinks and we watched people on DDR. I soon found out that his name was Johnny. And, soon after that, I found out that he loved Beyblade. I was thrilled. Had I met the Gladiator of Glasgow? Unfortunately, no. However, I did meet a new friend. We told each other our emails, having no pen or paper handy and went our separate ways. But then I forgot his email address, and haven't got an email so I'm suspecting he either forgot or doesn't want to talk to me. The end.
PandaPjays: That's a rather depressing ending
Animeobsession: I know/sob/
PandaPjays: /pats you on back/ there there
Animeobsession: By the way, this chapter contains fond memories from the plane, and my trip overseas, along with something that Johnny was doing i.e. trying not to swear.
PandaPjays: It also contains much randomness and insaness- but what else have you come to expect?
Animeobsession: And the word boobs.
PandaPjays: my point exactly
Animeobsession: And it contains Mahjongg, a game I played on the plane, and Panda owns /glare/ GIMMIE!
PandaPjays: Ah... no- I have to con my mother into showing me how to play first- then I'll kick your ass
Animeobsession: We'll see about that!
PandaPjays: We will indeed. Anyways reviews?
Animeobsession: Yes you first
PandaPjays: Ok then Echo in the Dark- /runs from evil sock/ Not exactly a quick update but save us anyway?
Animeobsession: DaaKu Hisaki- Sorry to keep you waiting. But I'm sure this chapter will make up for it.
PandaPjays: KawaiiYoukai9517- I'm so glad that you liked it! Hope you enjoy this chapter too!
Animeobsession: I-Ain't-No-F'in-Angel- Dont worry, she'll die... soon...
PandaPjays: ChaosOverRide- Heh heh I can so see Tyson screaming from hunger. I'm glad that you liked the idea of the socks
Animeobsession: Youkolove -Don't steal Kai! We need him/snickers at Panda covered in sauce/ Poor panda.
PandaPjays: cute-little-Yugi- No, the worst type of socks are smelly moldy ones that have been stuffed behind the washing machine for a few months... personal experience /shudders/
Animeobsession: Zoranie-I think this one is funnier. I hope anyway.
PandaPjays: Lainy- You're in a fluff mood now? I'm not even going to try to keep track of your moods anymore. I have no idea if that's how you spell extinguisher I didn't bring my trusty dictionary
Animeobsession: Lady-Nikki-Nikki-chan! There's more evil then that to come. Believe me. /grins evilly/
PandaPjays: jayhay- And once again you haven't reviewed all my fics- sucks to be you huh? LOTS of people have a 'thing' for Kai. He's just got a 'thing' vibe. I'm glad that you like it /grins manically/ much more to come
Animeobsession: kaieshakai-They're going to get together. But we're holding it off so we can have most flustered moments. They're fun to write. And it means we can use our gutter minds to get them into awkward situations, which are even more fun to write.
PandaPjays: Katsutoshi96- Here's more of our story to read! lol I'm glad you like it
Animeobsession: river rae -Nice to see you like it so much!
PandaPjays: whitespirit04- Argh! Creepy beauty and the beast candlesticks are out to get us all!
Animeobsession: Dark Shadowess-Kai isn't the victim...yet
PandaPjays: Faina- Heh heh I'm glad that you think it's cute in any language... how many different languages can you say cute in now? Is it just the three?
Animeobsession: Forever-Bleeding-Fox-It is pretty cool. Tala makes me smile too. I luff him. And Rei. And Kai. And Kevin. And.../starts listing/
PandaPjays: Platinum Rei- Ego stroke! I'm glad that you like it!
Animeobsession: black knight10-She won't die first, sadly. But she will die soon. I luff LeeKevin. There's not enough of it.
PandaPjays: the kaichou of the world- GAH! Big Ego stroke! heh heh laughing for some minutes reading a sentence? I think you just made my head grow a few inches more
Animeobsession: Snow White Suicide-We know they don't need her. But we can't kill her yet. As for Tala, yes he is drool worthy. Pervy Tala is good Tala. And I've discovered that two people working together make a fic funnier.
PandaPjays: tntiggris- YAY! Glad that you liked it!
Animeobsession: Neko-jin Warrior- Made you laugh for hours? Sweet! Screw your sister. If she doesn't get good humor then humph to her! And the ego stroke was very nice!
Animeobsession: Damn I love our story.
PandaPjays: OoOo Completely random point!
Animeobsession: /pokes at sauce still on Panda after Youkolove threw it/ Hehehehe.
PandaPjays: I was playing with this awesome Japanese word processor thing at school and so was doing my name in Kanji to see what it meant? I never knew my name was so accurate 'Woman Ego'
Animeobsession: O.O What the?
PandaPjays: wipes sauce on AnimeO Freaky, yes?
Animeobsession: Hey/glares/
PandaPjays: Well, you were already getting it on your finger by poking me so I decided to be generous and give you the rest /smiles sweetly/
Animeobsession: Darn you. BTW, if anyone here reads my fic Illawarra Lovin, the next chapter should be up sometime next week. Either that or my oneshot.
PandaPjays: lol shameless plug much? But while we're on the subject- I'm trying to write the next chapter of Innocence fast- there's just a lot of stuff to cram in
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Animeobsession: None from me.
PandaPjays: Try the veal!
Animeobsession: Well, enjoy!
Oliver, who had been cooking chocolate chip pancakes (drool) turned to the fireplace in the kitchen and blinked a few times at the fire crackling away.
Blink.
Blink.
"I don't remember lighting that."
The Frenchman sighed. His memory hadn't been the greatest lately. There'd been that time when he'd been staring at Enrique, forgetting that he needed to try out a new attack ring on his blade. The there was that time when he had spaced out thinking about Enrique when he had just put on a cheese sauce… it had taken weeks to get the burning smell out of the kitchen… Then there had been that time when… Oliver stopped himself from spacing out remembering that he didn't want to face the wrath of a lot of angry, hungry bladers.
He went back to flipping the pancakes and finishing off the breakfast. Then something struck him. "Where the hell are we going to eat?"
"Good question" Spencer told him, walking into the room, rubbing his eyes. He sighed before pulling out one of the chairs in front of the kitchen bench and sprawling out on the surface of the bench. "Nnhn" He groaned, closing his eyes.
Oliver smirked. "Get much sleep?"
"Did anyone?"
"I didn't. You didn't. I'm guessing big nose didn't."
"His nose isn't that big."
"Yes it is."
"...Ok, maybe it is big. And no, Ian didn't get any sleep either. Stupid flucking Tala and flucking Bryan."
"Fluck?"
"I'm trying to stop swearing."
"Good luck with that. Do you think you could move yourself enough to go and look for a dining room?"
"Depends what's in it for me."
"A shiny Euro?"
"Isn't that meant to be a shiny nickel?"
"I don't have any nickels on me. So will you go and look?"
"Nnhn" Spencer buried his face in his arms for a moment before shoving his chair backwards. Unfortunately he miscalculated and ended up tipping the chair over backwards- his huge frame falling with it "SHIT!"
"There goes that resolution." Oliver quipped.
"Shut up."
Spencer picked himself up off the floor, righted the chair and walked to a door connected to the room (not the one he came through), thinking logically that the dining room would be near the kitchen.
Luckily, logic was right.
"Holy Sh-" Spencer stopped himself. "Moley." The dining room was huge. It looked like it could fit everyone in the house in it plus a circus and their monkey. The table was covered with a large white sheet that Spencer quickly removed, revealing a long wooden table in the style of a royal dining room or similar. "Merde." He said softly, every room in this house made him feel more and more jealous of Rei's luck.
"I heard that" Oliver called from the kitchen. "Swearing in different languages still counts."
"You'd swear too if you saw how big this room is- wait you're one of the rich kiddos aren't you? So you probably wouldn't think much of it."
"I might, just let me- HOLY MERCIFUL CRAP!"
Spencer raised an eyebrow. "I expected you to swear at least."
Oliver puffed out his cheeks. "I did swear."
"I don't count crap as a swear word."
"And this is why you, my friend, are uncouth"
Spencer looked across at the green haired boy. "You aren't turning into Robert on me are you?"
"Oh God no!"
"Good to hear. I'm hungry"
"That would be the point of breakfast."
"Then go make it!"
"Yes master for I am your slave."
"And don't you forget it." Spencer told him with a smirk.
"Who is who's slave-MARY MOTHER OF GOD!" The two teens turned to look at Claude as he stood just inside the door gaping at the room.
"It's big, no?" Spencer said, starting to shove Oliver into the kitchen, along with quiet mutters of 'make food. I'm damn hungry.'
Oliver grumbled but allowed Spencer to push him back into the kitchen. "I'd like to see you try to cook enough to feed everyone."
"No. No you really wouldn't." Spencer told him, depositing the Frenchman in front of the stove. "My cooking is worse than Tala's."
Oliver raised his eyebrows. "That's nigh on impossible."
"Want to make a bet?"
"No. I'm fine."
"OCH AYE!"
Spencer and Oliver blinked. Then blinked again.
"Was that Johnny?"
Oliver's eyes widened. Johnny only sounded like that when… He cut off that train of thought and went back to making pancakes.
"Do you think he's alright?" Spencer asked, looking at Oliver, concerned.
"He's fine." Oliver answered shortly. As if Tala hadn't been bad now Johnny had to start? Did everyone have to take the term 'screaming orgasm' quite so literally?
"Are you sur-" Spencer began.
"Yes. I'm sure."
Meanwhile, upstairs.
Three Russians and a Chinese neko-jin stared at the door the led to Johnny and Roberts room.
Rei was the first to speak. "Did you guys just-?"
"Yes, we heard it. Kind of hard not too."
Kai smirked at Tala. "Seems you're not the loudest anymore, Red."
Tala growled. "How DARE they take my title!" He turned to Bryan indignantly. "We were doing so well!"
"I don't think well is quite the way to put-" Kai began but was silenced by Rei poking him in the ribs.
"Shh! If we just humor him hopefully he won't try to regain his crown tonight." Rei whispered in Kai's ear by way of explanation.
Kai nodded. Then a bell went off somewhere. "What the-?"
"Everyone! Breakfast!" They heard Oliver yell.
Rei sighed. "Guess that means we got to get everyone up. Bags not getting Johnny and Uncouth Man."
Kai nodded. "Same" He turned to Tala. "I nominate you!"
"M-me?" Tala spluttered.
"Yes you. Rei and I voted and you lost." Kai said smugly before walk off, Rei in tow. "What do you say we take our chances with Miggie and Mati?"
Rei snickered. "I like the sound of that!"
Rei and Kai wandered down the hall to Miguel and Mathilda's' room, quietly opened the door and crept in.
The two lovebirds were curled up in the middle of the bed; luckily Mati had a shirt on.
Kai suddenly remember waking up that morning lying like that with Rei. He blushed slightly.
Rei, meanwhile, was gushing over the cute image. "AWW!"
That woke them up.
"KAI! REI! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING IN HERE?" Mathilda yelled, sitting up too fast. "Whoa… headspin."
"What the- huh?" Miguel asked, woken by Mathilda. "What the hell?"
"Um… Breakfast is ready?" Rei ventured, stepping back behind Kai to hide from the wrath of the pink haired one.
"WHAT? COULDN'T YOU HAVE KNOCKED?" Mathilda asked angrily.
"And miss you screaming at us?" Kai asked. "Calm down. At least you weren't naked."
"What? You were expecting me to be? You PERVERTS!"
Miguel cowered behind his girlfriend. "She's not a morning person," he mouthed to them.
Rei and Kai paled. "RUN FOR IT!"
Meanwhile, with Tala and Bryan.
"Why do we have to go wake the scary people? Why Bry-Bry? Why?" Tala wailed, arms around Bryan's neck.
Bryan sighed. "Because Johnny's louder than you." Tala suddenly went quiet.
"Oh yeah. I got to beat the crap out of that Scot." Tala attempted to roll up his sleeve, and failed because of all the little belt thingies "JOHNNY! I GOT A SCORE TO SETTLE WITH YOU!"
The sounds from the room ceased. Tala was positive he heard a 'Did you hear something?' In Robert's voice then an incoherent moan from Johnny.
Tala grinned wickedly before turning to Bryan. "I'm going in!" He took his best police pose beside the doorway and quickly turned the knob and burst in, holding his hands in a 'gun-pose'. "FREEZE!"
Bryan stayed outside, however he could hear a lot of swearing, in both English and German, though the English often didn't sound quite right, like it had been altered, or wasn't English at all.
He could also hear Tala laughing madly.
Well, at least his fellow red head hadn't killed him. Was probably trying to keep Tala from seeing him nude.
"Tala, just tell him what you're there for."
"Ok! Johnny, I got a score-"
"The other reason."
"Oh yeah. Breakfast's ready."
Johnny tried to get up to go for Tala's throat, but was held down by Robert. "WHAT!"
Tala continued cackling, leaning against the wall for support. "You should see your face! It's priceless!"
"YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR FACE WHEN I'M DONE WITH IT IVANHOE!"
Robert struggled to keep Johnny down on the bed instead of attacking Tala but Johnny eventually bucked him off and leaped off the bed.
Tala's jaw dropped. "Crap." He said before bolting out the door, a naked and furious Scot after him.
Bryan watched as his boyfriend ran out, followed by the nude Scot, and sighed. Tala got himself into it; he could get himself out of it. He smirked. As for Johnny...his reputation was about to take a nosedive. Or a face plant.
Kai and Rei ran out of Miguel and Mati's room, followed by the angry female.
However they all stopped when they heard Tala's terrified scream. They saw Tala, and then they saw…
"Is that Johnny?" Kai said, squinting slightly, then his eyes widened.
Rei blinked before realizing what he was looking at "ARGH!" He buried he head in Kai's arm. "I don't need to see these things." He mumbled.
Kai patted him on the back consolingly, "I know exactly what you mean." He said, in shock as Tala bolted past them closely followed by Johnny.
They watched, in slight horror, as the naked Scot became the naked flying Scot, as Johnny leapt at Tala. He sailed through the air, catching Tala and slamming the Russian boy into the ground, quickly getting a good hold on his neck.
"RAPE! RAPE!"
Suddenly the door they were in front of opened, and an annoyed, pink haired girl stuck her head out.
"What's with all... the... noise..." Mariah went very quiet as the two redheads looked at her like two deers in headlights.
Tala was the first to say anything. "Uh… Breakfast's ready?" He offered, suddenly becoming painfully aware of the fact that Johnny was straddling him.
Mariah blinked before stepping back into her room and slamming the door. "I'M NOT HUNGRY ANYMORE!" She yelled at them through the door.
Mariah turned to Emily, her roommate. "You really don't want to get out there. It's like a nudist beach colony with Tala as the lifeguard."
Emily raised an eyebrow, but trusted Mariah's judgment.
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The group had gradually woken everyone up. Now they headed down to the kitchen, all thankfully fully dressed.
Oliver's eyes widened as he saw the sheer number of people he was expected to feed. "Is that everyone?" He asked Rei nervously.
"No, Mariah and Emily are holed up in their room, possibly scheming."
"God, is that all they do?"
"And gossip and shop."
"Glad I'm not a girl."
"Why? You look the part." Bryan told him, walking into the kitchen in search of food. He ducked, narrowly avoiding the spatula Oliver threw at him.
It fell into the fireplace with a smack.
"I'll get it." Bryan said as he walked over. There was no fire so-"Ouch!" Bryan shook his hand and looked. The spatula was out of the fireplace, he must have knocked it out, and a fire was crackling away merrily.
Bryan raised an eyebrow. "Funny. It didn't look lit. Maybe the spatula smothered it down, or something." He shrugged and took the spatula back to Oliver.
Oliver snatched it from Bryan "You so deserved to get burnt," he told the Russian.
"What? Did I hurt your manly pride?" Bryan asked, snickering. He started when a pair of arms wrapped themselves around his belly.
"Will you stop teasing him? He can't help it if he's a girly-man." Tala told Bryan seriously. "-And if you so much as think of throwing that spoon at me you will regret it." He told Oliver without turning around. Oliver put down the spoon, guiltily.
The Frenchman started stacking the plates on the counter. He turned to get some more and put them with the others, but the others were gone. He turned to glare and Tala and Bryan but they were obviously too...occupied. He shrugged and after putting some more down, he turned to the last few plates and as he turned to put them with the rest he saw Rei gathering the food plates.
"Rei! What are you doing?"
Rei looked at him. "Being a good host."
"But I-" Oliver decided to give up without starting. It wasn't worth it. This was an argument he couldn't win. "…Ok."
Rei nodded and looked at Tala and Bryan. "When you two have stopped cleaning each others tonsils can you help out by getting everyone seated?" When he was completely ignored, Rei sighed and headed out into the dining room. He almost dropped his plates. "HOLY POO ON A STICK WITH MUSTARD! THIS IS HUGE!"
That got Tala and Bryan to stop sucking the life out of each other.
"I know! I envy you Rei-Rei!" Tala squirmed out of Bryan's arms and ran into the other room, waiting until the plates were on the table, before glomping Rei, knocking the neko-jin to the floor.
"ARGH!" Rei hit the ground hard and skidded until his head hit a chair. "Instant headache!" He said, rubbing his head.
Tala cackled. His landing had been cushioned by the neko-jin. "Huge and a slippery floor! Do you reckon we could push all the tables to the sides and then skate around in socks and play hockey?"
Rei stared at the redhead. "I'm not even going to dignify that question with an answer."
Kai, who had just finished his own wide-eyed staring at the size of the room, started growling at Tala, who was on Rei. The kitten. His kitten. Kai blinked. His?
He shook his head, best not to think of those types of things. Sure, last night with Rei had been… cozy to say the least. But that had only been because Rei was finding it hard to sleep. Who wouldn't? Finding yourself the owner of this huge monster of a manor had to be at least a tiny bit unsettling.
He noted, with some possessive anger that Tala was still laying on the kitten. Growling again, he walked, as calmly as he could, over to Tala and Rei. He quickly grabbed Tala around the middle and hauled him off of Rei, dumping him on the floor.
"HEY!" Tala said, indignantly, picking himself up from the ground. He walked over to Kai, who was holding out his hand to Rei, offering to help the neko-jin up. "Did I deserve that?"
Kai grunted as he pulled the neko-jin to his feet. "Probably not- but it was fun"
Tala started pouting at Kai, who rolled his eyes. "I'm not Bryan."
Tala pouted even more and wandered into the kitchen, with cries of "Brrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn!"
The lavender-haired boy looked up at Tala. "What happened?" He asked when Tala flung himself on to him.
"Kai was being mean!" Tala told him earnestly.
Bryan rolled his eyes before extricating himself from Tala's arms. "Then go be mean back. You're not going to let him win are you?"
For a second Tala looked hurt.
"What? You're not? Don't tell me the big, bad captain of the Blitzkrieg Boys has gone soft and weak." That started Tala up.
"I'm not weak! I just... just..." his voice turned quiet, "I just don't want... to be mean anymore. I want to forget all that the abbey forced into our minds."
Bryan pulled his redheaded lover close. "Hey, it's ok." He kissed Tala on his forehead. "I know what you mean."
Tala sighed and snuggled into Bryan's chest, enjoying the warmth that he found there, the fire in the fireplace didn't seem to be giving out much heat. Tala opened his eyes to look at it.
His eyes widened when he realized that it had gone out again. Ollie must have put it out. He reasoned. Still, it was unsettling. Tala buried his face in the folds of Bryan's clothes; he didn't want to think about anything like that at that present moment.
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"Do we have to say grace at breakfast?" Ian asked, already drooling over all the food.
"Um. I don't think so. Do we?"
"Probably not."
"In that case: dig in."
"No more Harry Potter for you, Eddy."
The American rolled his eyes and began to eat his pancakes. "There's going to be none left if he keeps on going at that rate." He said with his mouth full, pointing at Gary.
The neko-jin was ploughing through his pancakes, despite both Lee and Mariah trying to restrain him by holding his arms down. The key word was trying Gary was still enjoying the full use of his arms and his two smaller friends were struggling to remain on their seats.
"Same thing with Little John over there." Kevin said, pointing his knife at Spencer, who was also sucking up food like a vacuum.
"Tyson does that with us. Is there one on every team?" Rei asked, cutting off a piece of his bacon.
"How do you think Tyson is going anyway?" Kenny asked pouring maple syrup all over his meal- he needed the sugar rush after staying up till the early hours in the morning surfing the net.
"He'll be fine." Kai told him, without looking up.
"The silly bugger should have watched where he was going." Claude chimed in.
Matilda looked deep in thought. "Has Tyson always had a fear of socks? Or did he just hit his head too hard?" Everyone turned as one to look at Kenny.
"What?"
"You've known him the longest. Has he always had a fear of socks?" Kenny sighed.
"No. He probably just hit his head too hard. Now where did I put Dizzy...?"
The quiet clicking of a computer mouse and keys slowly filtered through to Kenny's ears. "Dizzy?" He called, looking around for his laptop.
Tala stared at the screen, wildly clicking on the characters on it and selecting different options for them. When a red love heart appeared over the head of his active character Tala grinned manically. "HELL YEAH!" He shouted, pumping his fist in the air. The room fell silent
"Tala?" Kenny asked, looking underneath the table to find the redhead lying down in between the forest of legs staring at Dizzy's screen.
"Bryan loves me! I love Bryan! Life is good. Whoever thought you'd have an awesome game like the Sims on Dizzy?" Tala asked Kenny. "I would have thought it was to childish for you…"
There were many confused blinks as Kenny sat up at the table again. Then the door opened and Emily poked her head in, before opening the door fully.
"It's ok Mariah. They all have clothes on."
"About time!" Mathilda called from her seat next to Miguel. "I'm feeling very outnumbered here!"
"Which reminds me, Mati, do you have to wear a skirt? It's rather uncomfortable lying down here with you wearing one." Tala called.
Mathilda looked down at the pair of jeans she was wearing. "Huh? Tala? I'm not wearing one…"
"Really? Then who is this?" Tala poked the offending pair of legs.
"Stop poking me!" Johnny growled, looking under the table to glare at the Russian.
"JOHNNY? You're wearing a skirt?" Tala asked, trying not to burst out laughing.
"It's called a kilt, Dickwad." Johnny replied curtly, his face turning a faint shade of pink.
"STOP PERVING ON OTHER PEOPLE, IVANHOE!" Mariah yelled. "DIDN'T YOU SEE ENOUGH OF JOHNNY THIS MORNING?"
Tala poked his head out from beneath the table. "Why do you people keep on calling me Ivanhoe?"
"Because you are one!" Tala raised an eyebrow.
"I'm a town in Australia?"
"No you idiot! You're a hoe!"
"I'm not a garden tool."
Mariah threw up her hands in frustration. "Why do I even bother trying to talk to an idiot?"
"Because you think talking to yourself is normal?" Tala offered before ducking beneath the table again to escape the pink one's wrath.
Mariah growled under her breath before taking a seat at the end of the table with Emily, as far away from Tala as possible.
The taping of the keyboard resumed. Apart from that, there was a small silence, apart from the sounds of cutlery scraping on plates, and the sounds coming from Gary and Spencer, then, without warning.
"HOLY SHIT! KENNY YOU PERVY LITTLE NERD!" Kenny went white and ducked under the table. The conversation echoed out from under the table.
"I would never had expected you, of all people, to have something like this on your laptop, you pervert."
"Its not mine! Its Dizzy's!" Kenny's indignant cry came out.
Tala snorted. "Right, you really want me to believe that your laptop downloaded hardcore porn."
Suddenly, most of the guys were under the table.
"Kenny! I simply cannot believe you would be so uncouth as to have this on your laptop!" Robert exclaimed, despite this he was using his height advantage over the less fortunate like Kevin to get a front row seat.
"I said it's not mine!"
"Like we'd believe you, dude, I didn't think you had it in you." Michael said appreciatively.
"Hey! Why are you praising him! I downloaded it!" The guys blinked. Then blinked again. "Yes, I am a talking laptop. Partially because I'M A BIT BEAST! Now stop looking at my porn!" The file suddenly closed, followed by shouts of 'Dizzy!' 'Mean!' 'Put the pictures back up! Come on!' and others like them.
Tala, meanwhile, giggled to himself. "Hehe. Dizzy the porn dragon. She hoards her porn and attacks anyone that sees her treasure."
"Damn right." Dizzy mumbled. "Can't you guys go and eat like you're supposed to be doing?"
They all grumbled and began climbing out from underneath the table, back on to their chairs.
"You too Tala."
"Aw! But-"
"Eat. Now." Dizzy ordered, putting on her 'angry-voice'. Tala squeaked and crawled up into Bryan's lap.
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"Weeee!"
"Kevin! Get back here! You haven't got a jacket on!" Kevin ran over to his worried lover and grabbed his jacket, putting it on quickly, before diving into the snow outside the manor.
After the porn incident, everyone had decided to go outside, and search the grounds. Rei had been told that there was an old shed on the grounds and he wanted to check it out.
"Bry! It's cold out here!" Tala complained.
"It's a Russian winter, you've lived here all of your life, you expected anything different?" Bryan asked, reaching down to gather some snow in his hands. When he had shaped it into a ball-like shape he pegged it at Aaron's back before quickly stepping behind Tala in a display of innocence.
"Not really, I just wanted to complain about something." Tala said with a shrug, before running at Oliver, who had just finished walked down the stairs, and tackling him. He then stood up and walked back over to Bryan, who was scowling at Aaron.
Tala sighed a deep, long suffering sigh, which was obviously fake. "What did he do, Bry-Bry?"
"Threw a snowball at me."
"Bry? You threw one first."
"That is completely not the point," Bryan said, wiping excess snow off his jacket.
Rei rolled his eyes and began to make his way through the snow toward a small dark smudge on the horizon, which he assumed was the shed.
"Hey guys! I'm heading over there! Looks like I've found the shed! Anyone coming with?" Within seconds Kai was at his side, as were Lee, Kevin, Tala, Bryan, Eddy and Michael.
"Is everyone else just going to stay here?" Rei asked, just so he knew where everyone was.
"Yes mother!" Rei puffed out his cheeks.
"I was only- never mind." He said sulkily before beginning to wade through the snow toward the shed.
"Why are we going?" Kevin asked after taking two steps. "It's just some old shed."
Lee rolled his eyes. "Because we are- are you coming? Or do I have to carry you?"
Kevin's eye brightened as he held out his arms to be picked up. Lee sighed and scooped up the much shorter boy, placing him on his shoulders.
Tala started doing puppy dog eyes at Bryan.
"No Tala. I'm not going to carry you. You're too damn heavy."
"Are you calling me fat?" Tala said glaring at Bryan.
"If I was calling you fat I'd call you fat." Bryan told Tala, frankly. "As it is, if you tried to sit on my shoulders your legs would reach my knees. It's not happening."
Tala pouted but was ignored by Bryan. "Meanie"
"Proud to hold that title." He replied, unfazed. "So, Rei, What do you reckon we'll find in the shed? Ghosts? Old rusty tools? A nest of rats?"
"Probably old rusty tools and rats. I don't believe in ghosts." Rei said as they walked, though they all noticed him shudder.
"Whets so important about this shed anyway?" Lee asked as they walked, Kevin still on his shoulders.
"Not much. But it's apparently on the outskirts of the Reito Manor lands. Plus I've heard that it's beautiful down there."
"What's there to see?" Michael asked. "There's just snow, snow and more snow."
"And when there's snow there's SNOW FIGHTS!" Tala yelled, tackling Michael to the ground, picking up a pile of snow and dumping it on the American's face.
"HEY!" Michael spluttered, trying to fend off a madly cackling Tala.
Eddy tried to help his teammate but was stopped by Bryan casually sticking out his foot, making Eddy do a face plant in the snow. "Oops." Bryan said flatly.
Kevin kicked at Lee's shoulders. "Let me down! I want to join in!" Lee sighed and leant down, watching in amusement as Kevin attached himself to Bryan's face.
Rei stared at the snow fight. "I'm still going to the shed." He told the general group before turning around and heading off. Kai was the only one to follow him.
The two walked silently, until Kai let out a chuckle.
Rei raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"I was just thinking that Tala has started yet another orgy. And we've only been here two days."
"Has Tala beaten his record yet?"
"Probably not."
Rei grinned and slowed down, letting Kai catch up with him.
Kai sighed. He had a niggling feeling that Tala was trying to find excuses for him and Rei to be alone. He hated it when Tala played matchmaker. He was annoying. More annoying than usual.
Rei hummed happily to himself. "I can't believe I own all of this. I mean it probably doesn't hold a candle against what you own but still…"
Kai shook his head. "The Hiwatari Manor in Japan is much smaller then Reito Manor. However, the Hiwatari Manor in Russia is bigger. What bugs me is that I've heard of Reito Manor before."
Meanwhile, Rei was looking at him in shock. "There are two Hiwatari Manors?
Kai nodded, then shook his head. "I said the Japanese one was manor but its just mansion, it doesn't have such big grounds. It belonged to my parents. My father had it built before he and my mother moved to Japan to get away from my grandfather. The Russian manor has been passed down for generations, though."
Kai sighed. "Though I don't actually own any of it."
Rei looked at him puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"Well, last I checked, Voltaire's the oldest Hiwatari alive so all of the titles to the properties are in his name."
"But he's in jail- isn't he?"
"But also has enough money to be able to pay off the right people and keep all of his possessions and so on and such forth even though he's been maintaining and buying them through illegal means."
Rei whistled softly. "Sucks to be you."
"You're telling me."
"So, when he dies, you inherit both the mansion and the manor?" Rei asked, tilting his head slightly to one side.
"And Hiwatari Enterprises, as well as a nice bank account. But I don't really care if that old codger is still alive. Just means he's paying the bills, not me." Kai said with a shrug.
"I can almost taste the amount of love in your family."
"We're full of love. That's all there is between us. Lovelovelove." Kai said sarcastically.
"Lovelovelove? I think that's the most times I've ever heard you say that word, Kai." Rei observed, looking down at his feet. "Funny that you use it the most when you're talking about your grandfather."
Kai looked away from Rei, across the snow-covered land. "Yeah… funny…" He echoed. He could think of a billion things he would rather use that word for… one of them happened to be standing beside him. Making a snap decision, Kai began to walk faster. "Come on. At this rate we'll never reach the shed before the sun goes down."
Rei frowned, confused, "Kai! Kai, wait up!" He jogged toward the Russian. "I'm sorry, sensitive topic?" He asked, sympathetically.
"You could say that", Kai told him, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink; he hoped Rei would dismiss it as cold.
"Kai? Are you feeling ok?" Rei grabbed Kais arm to stop him and forced Kai to face him, ignoring the glare he was given, and pressed his hand to Kais forehead. "You look like you're getting sick. If you are just tell me and we can go back."
Kais glare slowly died at the concerned look in Reis eyes." I'm fine Rei. It's just cold out here, that's all." His blush was becoming darker the longer he stared into the neko-jin's eyes, and the longer Reis hand was against his face.
"Are you sure?" Rei asked, taking his hand slowly away from Kai's skin. "You feel warm."
"I'm fine, really. Maybe your hands are just cold." Kai told him.
"Hm. Maybe- but my hands don't normally get cold- even in freezing weather."
"I'd say this counts as below freezing."
Rei rolled his eyes. "Please- this is nothing. When a blizzard starts- that's freezing. This is cold."
Kai quirked an eyebrow. "How do you know? You've only been to Russia once, and that was a while ago."
Rei nodded. "That's true. But I did a bit of research on Russia before we left, so I could find out what the weather would be like. And by the looks of things blizzard equals cold."
"I thought you just said that blizzards were freezing?" Kai asked, amused.
Rei flushed. "I- GAH! Whatever. What I meant was that I hope a blizzard doesn't hit because then I would be cold. Happy?" He glared playfully at Kai.
"More than you will ever know." Kai told him seriously.
Before he had time to ponder what Kai had meant Rei gave a cry of delight. The shed was less than twenty meters away. Rei ran toward it, grinning like a madman.
Kai smiled at his almost childlike happiness about an old rusted shed. He sped up so he wasn't too far behind the raven-haired teen.
As they got closer to the shed, Kai realized that 'shed' wasn't the correct word. Warehouse might be more appropriate. The thing was two stories high, didn't look all that rusty and seemed to be in good shape.
Kai found Rei standing at the door, smiling happily.
"What is it about this shed that you like?" Kai asked.
"I don't know…" Rei said, moving to open the doors. "Hey! I wonder if we'll get a better view at the top? That's incentive enough to go and check it out!" Rei grunted with effort as he tried to push the door. It didn't work. Rei pushed harder but it still had no effect.
Kai smirked and stopped the neko-jin with a hand on his shoulder. Kai reached forward and pulled the door toward himself, making a face as the snow gathered around the door made his task near impossible.
"Hmmm. Maybe we cant get in." Rei said, as he watched Kai pull on the door.
Kai stopped pulling and turned to him. "So we're going to head back and try again another day?"
Rei nodded. "Yeah. No point in freezing our butts off."
Rei looked around, sighing. "It really is pretty here." He blinked as he saw a black rabbit race across the snow. He looked again but already the animal was gone. Weird…
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Meanwhile, back at the orgy, I mean, snow fight (Tala's good at starting things)
"Get off my face, monkey-boy!"
"Hell no! You might eat me!"
"You're closer to my mouth where you are now!"
Lee smirked and lay down in the snow, watching as Kevin did his impression of a gung-ho fighter by pulling Bryan's hair. The pair of vengeful All Starz had long since buried Tala. All that was left of the eccentric redhead was his feet and two tips of his hair sticking out of a snow pile.
Lee sighed as he looked around. Where had Rei and Kai gone? The neko-jin mentally shrugged. Probably went off to the shed alone.
Speaking of which, he could see two figures approaching from the distance. A squint later and he realized that the two seemed to be coming back. Within 2 minutes, they were back.
"Hey guys! Where's Tala-" And Rei landed face first in the snow having had tripped over Tala's leg, which had 'accidentally' slipped out from the snow and into Rei's path.
"Hey, Rei!" Lee said, chuckling, "You found him!" That earned him a death glare from Kai. Thankfully, Lee didn't notice, he had already turned his attention back to his lover who was busily plaiting Bryan's hair.
Rei grumbled underneath his breath as he began digging in the snow where he thought Tala's face was. After about thirty seconds of digging, Rei had found Tala.
"I think I'm turning into a snowman." Tala told him.
Rei looked closely, the Redheads lips were slightly blue.
"Tala, you should go inside. Your lips are blue, and that isn't good." Tala looked sad, then his eyes brightened up.
"Can I take Bry-Bry with me?" he asked, bouncing somewhat on the spot. Rei chuckled.
"Sure."
"YAY!" Tala squirmed out of his snow prison and bounded over to where Bryan was still fighting the green haired monkey. He taped Kevin on the shoulder.
"Yes?" Kevin asked, turning the entire upper half of his body to look at Tala.
"BAH!" Tala shouted in his face, putting on a scary face for effect.
Kevin squeaked and let go of Bryan's face in shock, falling to the ground with a soft puff of snow.
"Bry!" Tala said happily, burying his face in his love's shoulder. "You're really warm!"
Bryan looked at his lover, noticing that he had gotten paler, if that was possible, and the color of his lips. He looked over to Rei.
"I'm taking him inside." Rei nodded.
"I told him to go inside. He wanted you to go too."
Tala ignored them both and snuggled into Bryan's chest. "So warm." He said to himself.
Bryan rolled his eyes. "Come on, you." He told Tala, taking a step toward the house with some difficulty. "There's a warm fire with your name on it inside."
"Really?" Tala asked. He stepped away from Bryan and grabbed his hand. "Come on then!"
Rei laughed as Tala dragged Bryan away, the lavender haired Russian complaining that he could walk on his own, and that Tala therefore didn't need to drag him. He looked to the others, who were still fighting. Now, however, Michael had been ganged up on, and was currently being buried by the other boys.
"Will you guys stop trying to give each other frostbite?" Rei asked. He flopped down beside Lee who was still watching the other boy's antics with amusement.
"I don't think that's going to happen any time soon." Lee told him, smirking as Kevin stepped into a deep snow patch and sunk to waist level.
"What is it with them and burying things?" Rei asked, wriggling around in the snow until he had a nice Rei-shaped indent to lie down in.
"Dogs in a past life frustrated with the restraints of human society?"
Rei snorted. "Probably."
Both neko-jin watched amused as Michael slowly disappeared. Then their attention was drawn to the monkey, who was calling out for help, as he was unable to pull himself out of the waist high snow patch.
"Excuse me- I have to go and be a snow lifesaver." Lee told Rei, getting up and wandering over to Kevin. "Need a hand?"
Kevin glared up at his lover. "You could say that- pull me up!"
Lee smirked and leaned down to pick up the small neko-jin. Kevin squealed as he was lifted out of the snow. "COLD!" he wrapped his arms and legs around Lee's neck and waist. "That snow is really c-cold."
Lee's smirk grew. "I can see that."
Kevin let out a whine and clung even more tightly to Lee. "Can we go inside? It's really cold out here. And I'm sleepy." Kevin's sentence ended in a yawn as he snuggled in to his lover. Lee smiled down at him and turned to Rei.
"Looks like we're bailing too. See you guys later."
Rei waved lazily and stretched out in the snow. His hand came into contact with something warm. Rei looked up in shock only to relax when he saw that it was Kai's leg. "You scared the living Bejesus out of me!" He told the Russian, irritated that he was so on edge.
"Didn't mean to", Kai said simply, sitting down beside the neko-jin and watching as Michael was buried until nothing but his cap showed.
Eddy crowed triumphantly. He then proceeded to walk over to the two other boys and sit down next to Rei, who had sunk into the snow a little more.
"Hey there. Did you find the shed?" As he spoke he started moving snow from where it had been laying and onto the neko-jin, who was starting to doze.
"Yeah, but we couldn't get in. Going to try again another day." Rei said.
By this time, the snowdrift known as Michael had broken open, and a freezing American had wandered over to the other boys.
"I hate you Eddy." Michael growled as he flopped on to the snow, beside the other boy.
Eddy cackled. "You know you love me deep down, Mikey."
"No. I really don't." Michael blinked before realizing what Eddy had said. "You're kidding me! You too? Am I the only straight person in this entire house?" He asked plaintively.
"What about Mati and Miguel?" Eddy asked, continuing to pile snow on to Rei in small lots so the neko-jin wouldn't notice.
"But they're together so don't count!"
"Well, you know that old saying. 'If you can't beat 'em-"
"No chance in hell."
"C'mon, buddy! You'll have more fun while your here."
"Dude, no. Wait, Kai? Aren't you straight?"
Kai snorted. "Yeah, I'm straight." Rei felt his heart sink. "Straight as a twistie, that is." The light that had dimmed in Rei's eyes suddenly grew bright again.
Michael sighed and threw his hand over his eyes in mock horror. "It figures that I'd rock at a sport where the best are mostly gay guys and all the girls are either taken or plain scary."
"Emily's not that scary." Eddy interjected.
"I was talking about the pink one. And me and Emily? No. I don't even want to think about that. It'd be weird."
"She likes you, you know." Eddy said offhandedly.
"What? Really?" A light blush settled across Michael's nose.
Eddy grinned as he noticed that Reis legs were completely covered. Now for the belly. "Yeah. Haven't you noticed the way she stares at you?"
"No she doesn't." Michael scoffed. "Stop lying- it's not good for you."
"I'm not lying, man. I'm her gay best friend. She tells me all this stuff that I really don't want to know. But aside from that- she likes you." Eddy scooped up a handful of snow and began sprinkling it on Rei's stomach.
The neko-jin didn't notice any of this. He was concentrating on the euphoric feeling that had begun in his toes and was slowly making its way through his entire body. Kai wasn't straight!
Kai, meanwhile, was noticing how much of Rei was covered in snow. He was also noticing that the usually alert neko-jin seemed to be dozing off.
Michael, now blushing furiously, had busied himself with making the snow on Reis legs into the shape of a tail as Eddy added more snow to Reis upper body.
"If you turn any brighter red you'll be put to work as a stop sign." Eddy said, smirking at Michael before turning his attention to piling snow on Rei's upper chest.
Michael growled under his breath and tried to stop himself doing an impression of a tomato. This only made him turn a brighter shade of red. Once he had finished making Rei's 'tail' he dived head first into a pile of snow to try and cool his burning face.
"Michael, stop trying to swim in the snow. What is it with you Americans and swimming in snow? First Max, now you." Kai said.
Michael lifted his head from the snow and stared at Kai. "You said a full sentence? Shocking."
Both boys then saw what Eddy was doing to Rei and grinned.
Eddy had piled snow on to Rei's chest, giving the neko-jin a set of boobs.
"Gorgeous, yes?" The American asked, cackling. "I call it naked-mermaid-girl-man"
Kai rolled his eyes. "Imaginative title."
"I try."
"Too hard."
"Shut up, Michael, who asked you?"
Rei opened his eyes (which he didn't remember closing) and looked at the others, confused as to what they were talking about. It was then that he noticed the twin peaks of snow rising from his chest, and the strange feeling of cold covering his body.
His response was immediate.
"ARGH!" He sat bolt upright. "What the hell?"
He didn't get an answer because both the American boys were too busy pissing themselves laughing, rolling around on the ground. Even Kai was grinning at Rei's expression.
"What the-huh?" Rei asked, calming down and still trying to figure out what was going on.
"Dude! You didn't even realize Eddy was putting snow on you! He's been stacking it up for a while now!" Michael said, rolling in the snow.
Rei looked down to hide his face, noticing the tail of snow. That explained the 'mermaid' part.
Rei kicked his legs, escaping from his snowy prison. He drew his legs up to his body and glared at Eddy. "You're evil."
"I'm not only that. I'm also awesome."
"Yeah, whatever you reckon."
"So you agree ReiRei?" Eddy asked, arching an eyebrow.
"No. And what's with everyone calling me ReiRei?"
Eddy opened his mouth, then, after a moments thought, closed it again. "I'm not sure. I'm just saying it cause Tala said it. I think he's saying it to piss off Mariah."
Rei sighed. "Sounds like something he'd do."
Eddy grinned. "Come on. I'm getting cold- let's go inside."
Rei nodded and stood up, brushing his clothes free of any excess snow. "Sounds like a plan."
The quartet began to trek back towards the manor, Rei Eddy and Michael talking to each other about nothing in particular and Kai being as silent as ever.
When the got within sight of the door Rei squinted and held out a hand to stop the others. They obliged, looking at the neko-jin questioningly. Rei smirked as he watched the two people beside the steps leading up to the door. "Guess they found an alternative way of warming up."
Lee had Kevin pushed against the large stone banister of the stairs and the two were furiously kissing, in proper desperate style. Michael immediately passed the pair and went inside. The others, however, found they couldn't look away from the pair who seemed to be having so much fun. Then they heard the sound of running feet and Tala came dashing out the door and, after slipping a little on the stairs, he stood with his hands clasped in front of his chest with happy eyes. At the others questioning looks, he said, "My make out senses were tingling."
They heard a snort and turned to Bryan, who had walked out too. "Yeah. If your make out senses are called Michael."
"Who's saying that they aren't?" Tala asked, leaning on the banister and watching the two neko-jin unashamedly.
"Tala, you are such a pervert." Kai told him, walking up the steps and grabbing the redhead's ear hard. Kai began to march back inside the building, dragging Tala by the top of his ear.
"OWIEOWIEOWIE!" Tala cried, stumbling after Kai.
Rei sighed and pulled on Eddy's arm. "Come on. I doubt they'd let you join in."
"Are you sure?" Eddy asked dazedly, allowing himself to be led by the ebony-haired teen.
"Yes Eddy. I'm very sure. Now leave my friends alone, and put your eyes back in your head. They don't need you ogling them."
"Yes mother."
"AHHHH!" Eddy took off down the hall, Rei hot on his heels. The two passed Kai, Tala and Bryan, much to their amusement, and Eddy quickly hid in a room. Rei growled and stormed into another room. For several minutes there was silence. Then, from the room Rei was in they heard a yell.
"Hey! They have Mahjongg!"
Tala ran into the room Rei had disappeared into. "Really?" He asked eyes wide as saucers. "I've always wanted to know how to play that game!"
"Do you want me to teach you?"
Tala bounced in happiness. "Really? Would you?"
"Of course- I need someone to verse- might as well be you." Rei flashed Bryan and Kai a grin as the entered the room. "Do either of you want to play?"
They both shook their heads and sat down on separate couches facing each other. Between their seating choice was a large coffee table.
Tala sat down in Bryan's lap, still bouncing with happiness, not even seeming to care about the almost bruising grip his boyfriend had on his hips as he tried to stop the bouncing. It wasn't giving Bryan any nice, clean thoughts.
Rei walked over with an old looking wooden box, Chinese writing on each of the sides and on the edges of the top. He sat down beside Kai.
"Rei! You should sit in Kais lap! I'm sitting in Bry-Bry's!" Rei raised an eyebrow at the whining Russian.
"Yes. But he's your boyfriend, Tala."
"So? If Kai was your boyfriend then it wouldn't be a problem."
Rei blushed. "Yes, but he's not."
Tala squeaked as Bryan dug his fingers into his sides. "Quit it." Bryan whispered in Tala's ear so only the redhead could hear him. "Look at Kai's face. You're not helping matters."
Tala glanced across at the bluenette. His face portrayed not emotion but that was sign enough. Kai only completely closed off when he had something to hide. "So how do you play this anyway?" Tala asked, changing the subject away from more delicate matters.
Rei quickly explained the rules of the game. After the explanation, even Kai's shields were down as all three Russians faces shone with confusion. Rei sighed.
"Why don't we just play and as we go I'll show you what to do, ok?" All three nodded dumbly, even though Tala was supposed to be the only one getting a lesson.
Rei picked up two pieces, both with trees depicting different seasons on them, and set them to one side. Tala picked up a piece and started chewing on it.
"Tala! What are you-"
"Checking to see if they're real ivory."
"That's gross and, anyway, you do that for gold." Rei told him, grinning despite himself.
Tala thought about that for a second but continued chewing on the piece. "It tastes good."
Rei rolled his eyes before looking at Bryan. "Help?" He asked.
Bryan sighed and held his hand out in front of his lover. "Ta." He said, like he was talking to a two year old.
Tala sheepishly took the piece out of his mouth and placed it on Bryan's hand.
Bryan nodded in satisfaction and wiped the piece on a non-belted part of Tala's clothes and placed it back on the table.
The game continued. Five minutes later, however, found Tala building a fort out of the pieces and Rei shaking his head.
"Tal, you have the attention span of a five year old."
Tala ignored him and began launching pieces from behind his fortress, making bomb-landing sounds. "Nyow Ptch! Ptch!"
Rei laughed at his antics. "You're insane- you know that?"
In answer Tala threw a tile a Rei's head. It would have hit him had Kai not stretched out his hand to catch the offending piece. "You know, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye."
Tala threw one at him too.
"Tala stop it. These are old and I don't want them broken." Rei said as laughed, gently tilting to one side.
Tala nodded and slowly lowered the walls of his fortress. But every now and then he'd throw another piece, with added bomb noises. Rei simply laughed harder, tilting even more to one side until one of Tala's 'bombs' caught him in the head and, in his confusion, he tipped over completely, landing in Kais lap.
Kai's eyes widened, a small pink tinge tainting his cheeks. Rei's in my lap! No nasty thoughts… no nasty thoughts…
Rei pushed himself up. "Oh my God, I'm sorry." He said, turning bright red. I his haste to remove himself from Kai's lap he ended up slipping straight back into it.
Tala smirked. That's one way to get them close to each other. He thought, satisfied, silently blessing the Mahjongg pieces.
Rei pulled himself up, slowly this time so he didn't fall again, even if he had he wouldn't have really minded, and looked at his lap, his face almost glowing. Kai himself was trying hard not to think of what it had been like to have Rei in his lap. Tried not to think about how warm he had been. Think unsexy thoughts. Think unsexy thoughts.
Their moment was interrupted Tala's stomach growling at them. The redhead looked down at his belly in surprise. "Did I just make that sound?"
Rei grinned. "Yes, you did. Come to the kitchen and I'll start making everyone lunch, ok?"
Tala nodded and stood up. "Hey… won't Ollie be in there?"
"I doubt it, he'll probably be daydreaming about Enri." Bryan told then standing up and stretching.
"Enri?" Rei asked, blinking, confused.
Tala draped his arm around Rei's neck. "Ah… ReiRei You are so unobservant sometimes…"
The four teens got up and left, Rei scowling as Tala laughed and the other two smirked. They were happy. But they were unaware of the events that were going to come. So unaware. So...unready.
The fire hid in the fireplace, contented. The perfect targets for its wrath.
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