Chapter 2: Case of the Ex.
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Summary: Max is running into the park and Mystel is following to see what's wrong with the cute little blonde. Meanwhile Tyson and the others left the completely silent Bryan and fuming girl to go look for Max. Emily becomes worried after finding out Max is missing and searches for him before its too late.
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Meanwhile a sad and hurt looking blonde kept running through the streets not caring who might bump into, eager to go to the park. To hide from the world, everyone and most importantly from him.
"Hey, watch it!" A platinum blonde boy got up from being knocked down moments ago.
Noticing it was Max that had bumped onto him, seeing the boy continue running without so much as a "sorry". 'What's up with him? Wait! Did I just see him in tears? What is he crying for?' Unable to handle his curiosity, he went after the distraught looking blonde.
He followed the blonde boy swiftly while making sure to keep some distance between them so that the boy won't be able to sense his presence much less have the feeling that somebody must be following him, though by the look on his face, it'd be a wonder if he does.
Back at the restaurant, Tyson and the others were all crowded around the small table where Bryan and his girlfriend were seated. They were now attracting a small crowd of curious onlookers around them.
"Bryan, what in the world do they mean cheating?" the girl asked curiously at the young man. "Is there something I'm not aware about that I should be?"
"Yeah, Bryan why don't you just come clean and tell her what's really going on. I mean, Max already know, so why don't you just let her considering that would only leave no one if you were to tell her." Tyson spoke up mockingly as he glared with a nasty smirk etched on his face at Bryan who still remained silent.
Finally snapping in anger at their constant bitching, the silver-haired dude stood up and glared dangerously at them all.
"You both shut the fuck up." Bryan hissed menacingly at them. Turning to look directly at Tyson, "And you, you have no business in this, so stay the hell out of this or else."
He then stormed out of the place to go to who knows where, leaving the rest of the occupants of the place completely stunned at the sudden action of the Russian blader.
Walking around, brooding as he allowed his feet to carry him to whichever destination, which unexpectedly happens to be the park where his first memory with the bouncy happy-go-lucky blader. All of a sudden, he heard an all too familiar voice coming from somewhere behind the bush by the opposite end of the entrance of the park.
"Where could he be, Ray?" Bryan noticed that voice as Emily from the All Stars team.
"I don't know, he just up and left after…"Ray said but didn't finish his words as he looked down on the ground, not feeling alright to say such things.
"After he saw Bryan and that girl he was with, am I right?" Emily finished exasperatingly as Ray stood silent but nodded nonetheless in response. "Well, come on we have to find him before something happens to him," the two bladers then went to the opposite direction and started calling out for their blonde friend.
Bryan watched them leave before coming out from his hiding spot. 'Great, now everyone knows. What else can go wrong?' Sighing in frustration, he began to walk around the park not paying much attention to the direction he was heading to.
Max ran all the way to the spot where everything began between him and Bryan. Once there, he stopped to slowly walk at the edge of the cliff that overviews the whole city the waters out in the horizon. Unable to hold his tears for much longer, he let the tears slip out of his glistening blue eyes and sliding down the side of his face. Crying out the overwhelming pain inside his chest, feeling the sharp edges of his shattered heart.
While he sobbed in agony, he didn't notice that he was no longer alone as someone was standing behind him. The stranger stood still starring at the young bouncy, happy-go-lucky boy who's now currently crying his misery. He watched the boy's face clearly speaking in volumes of the sufferings that whatever had caused the youth must have been really serious, for he has never seen the boy show this much expression other than smiles and laughter.
Unsteadily he walked silently next to the blonde.
"Hey." he softly spoke next to him.
Surprised by the unexpected intruder, Max whipped his around and found himself starring at cyan blue eyes. Starring silently in surprise as he felt suddenly captivated by those piercing orbs.
"What? Are that stunned to see me?" Mystel asked in a lightly mocking manner.
Unable to produce words in his head nor the voice in his throat somewhat clogged, Max could only nod slowly in response. Looking intently at each, neither one showing any sign of ever looking away, unconsciously closing the gap between them as they reached in for each other's face as their lips touched softly against each other. Mystel could see the inner turmoil through those forget-me-not blue eyes.
Pain, confusion, panic and fear clearly visible in those eyes, unable to take in such a sight, Mystel quickly placed his hands on each of Max's arms and placed a distance between them.
Diverting his eyes away from the blonde blader in front of him, cascading his bangs to shadow his eyes away from those vulnerable blue eyes.
"I'm sorry. I didn't meant for that to happen, it just…" Mystel spoke softly as he left the words in its trail.
Looking up the silent blonde, now seeing those mixed emotions more clearly than it was while they shared that chaste kiss.
"Why?"
"To be honest, I really don't either. One moment I saw you in tears and start chasing after you and the next thing I know I…" Mystel once again left his sentences unfinished to the air around them.
Taking a step to the edge where he saw the other stood before to look at the scene below of the Bayside City. As if suddenly a thought occurred, turning to look at the silent blader.
"Why were you crying?" he asked curiously as their eyes met once more. Noticing how they seem to keep doing that too often lately.
Max was the first to brake the eye contact to try and get away from those scrutinizing eyes.
"P-please, don't ask." he murmured quietly that Mystel nearly missed it.
"No, I searched and chased for you not to mention end up kissing you. Oh and don't forget you were the one who bumped onto me without so much a backward glance nor an apology. So I think the least you could do to make it up would to at least tell what's bugging you out." Mystel ranted as he came closer in front of the shorter blader.
Mouth hanging open as he starred in a shocked trance at those intense cyan blue eyes. Realizing his current situation, Max started shaking his head in trance like manner as he tried to get away from the Mystel. An alarming look covering his entire face.
"Your not going anywhere." he spoke a bit harshly as he grabbed the others shoulder to prevent from getting away. Twirling the shaking figure so to face him once more. "Your going to tell me whether you like it or not. You can't just stay quiet and not at least try to talk to someone about it." slightly softening his eyes as he spoke softly once more.
"I just want to help alright?"
Turning away from those eyes, "I just can't…" Max replied in a murmur as his posture still shake.
"why can't you?"
"Because it hurts, that's why!" Max yelled in frustration as he looked dead blank on the others heated glare head on. " I just can't, so just please leave it at that." he added as tears began to flow down his cheeks once again.
Realizing at what he was causing, Mystel hugged the other blader tightly trying to sooth the sobbing youngster.
"Sorry, sorry for hurting you like this. Shhh…shh…it's okay now." He said softly as he started rubbeing the back of the other blader to try and calm the other down.
"I-I'll t-tell you we-when I'm re-read-y." Max said in between sobs.
"Shh…shhh…its okay I know you will." Mystel said as he continued to comfort the other. Silently think of various possible ways why the angel of his life is suffering this way. 'Wait, since when did I refer as that?' (Hmm… maybe ever since you started fantasizing in that way. snickerz)