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Chapter 2:
"If you were in a secret relationship and wanted to come out to the world, how would you do it?" Ray asks.
A deafening silence fills the room and everyone once again turn their attention to Kai, looks of intrigue and complexity on their faces.
Kai ignores the stares around him and raises a questioning eyebrow in Ray's direction. Inwardly, he mutters, feeling intense annoyance at his obvious underestimation of his neko teammate. Ray has probably had suspicions of his 'good friendship' with Miguel for a really long time now. He's too observant, that one.
Oh well, if he wants to play that game, let him. But he will find a way to get him back. Oh, he can certainly promise that…
"Well," Kai drawls casually and coolly as he turns around to face everyone's stares. "First I'd ask my partner if it's ok with him," he says, emphasizing the word him. "Next I'd wait until everyone I knew gathered in one place, ie, a reunion of some kind. Then I'd walk up to my partner, wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him passionately."
A stun silence fills the room as the majority of his fellow bladers gawk at him like he just spoken in an alien language. Which would probably be right. Since when does the badass of Beyblade talk about anything other then finding a stronger opponent?
Looking over his shoulder to Miguel, Kai can't help but let a small smile grace his lips when he notices a look of amusement on Miguel's face. He also has a look of wanton, like he really wants Kai to fulfill that previous statement.
And if Miguel keeps looking at him like that, he might just do it.
Glancing over to the other occupants in the room, Kai feels his irritation returning ten fold when he realizes that some of them are looking at him with disapproval, no doubt picking up on the earlier emphasis of him.
"I then would punch out anyone who made any gagging noises or any rude comments," Kai adds with a threatening hiss, turning his narrowing eyes in the direction of the disapprovals. "I would then kiss my partner again, tell him I'll be back shortly, and then leave, not giving a shit what anyone else thinks."
The looks of disapproval soon disappear at the threat of violence, most knowing that even though Kai is petite and light; he can pack a punch that will leave you seeing stars for weeks. However, not everyone realizes this little fact.
"He?" Rick asks in a gruff voice, his large muscular arms folded tightly across his chest. "Are you gay, or something?"
Kai's eyebrow gives a sudden twitch at the question. "I suppose you can say I was gay, although being known as a something seems more appealing."
From his position on the floor, Ray laughs good naturedly and shakes his head with amusement. "Good answer, Kai," he says before giving Kai a pointed look. "Well?"
Kai blinks his ruby red eyes slowly before he simply shrugs, tilting his head to the side ever so slightly to gaze into Miguel's eyes. Miguel easily catches the silent question and nods his consent, a small smile making its way onto his lips. A smile also appears on Kai's lips as he silently crosses the room, moving to stand a mere few inches before Miguel. Ignoring the gasps of surprise from a few of the members of the audience, Kai lifts his arms and wraps them securely around Miguel's neck, having Miguel's arms wrap around his waist in turn. They take a moment to gaze briefly into each other's eyes before letting their eyelids fall close and they close the gap between them.
Tilting his head to the side, Kai leans up on his toes to pull himself deeper into the already passionate kiss. Blatantly ignoring everyone else in the room, either that or they're so caught up in the kiss that they've forgotten about them, they continue to kiss heatedly, lips moving hungrily against each others.
Watching the passionate display playing out before him with a dark blush marring his features, Raul can't help but feel a sense of awe at how brave Kai and Miguel are. They've just oust themselves in front of everyone and neither one seems to be embarrassed.
Folding his hands over his heart, Raul can't help but feel a bit guilty. He has a hard time kissing Tala in public in fear that someone will see them. It must be frustrating for Tala, despite being a part of days or weeks at a time, he isn't allowed to kiss him in public because of that fear. Tala, for his part though, is very patient which only intensifies Raul's guilt.
One day he might find the courage to actually come out about his relationship, but…what would his sister think? She isn't exactly fond of Tala, hence the reason why he's so scared to be with him in public.
The sound of someone gagging pulls Raul out of his thoughts and he turns his forest green eyes, letting them fall upon the form of a bulky American, who seems to be staring at the passionately embracing pair with a look of disgust.
Great. Raul visibly winces. Seems as though they might have a homophobe amongst them.
A flash of light causes Raul to wince again. Trying to ignore the stars dancing before his eyes by the sudden intrusion, Raul glances amongst the audience and immediately realizes that Hilary just took a picture of the pair as she is giddily holding a camera to her chest, not letting anyone touch it.
Raul can't help but deadpan. It appears that they also have a yaoi fangirl amongst them as well.
Looking around at the audience again, Raul's gaze falls upon a certain silver haired martial artist. Garland seems to staring at the embracing pairing, a light blush crossing the bridge of his nose, but his eyes holding a sense of longing. It's like he wishes he could experience something so passionate.
Tilting his head to the side just a little, Raul looks upon Garland with a thoughtful gaze as he recalls Kai once telling him that he suspects that Garland may have a crush on the badass from Russia, Bryan.
Could it be true?
Breaking the kiss with one last drawn out caress, Kai stays in Miguel's arms for a moment, letting his fingers trail down his cheek in a loving manner before reluctantly pulling himself out of his embrace. He then turns around, immediately pinning Rick with a fearsome glare, his hands knotting into fists as they rest on his slender hips. Then, without so much as making a noise, Kai crosses the room, letting one of his hands drop from his hip to hang limply by his side as he approaches. But when he's less than a foot away, he raises that hand, still curled tightly into a fist, and with one swift movement, let his knuckles collide with Rick's nose. A loud crack echoes through the oddly silent dojo, the sound of a body hitting the floor follows shortly after.
Sitting on the floor in stun silence, Rick lifts his fingers to touch his nose, wincing immediately as white pain shoots into his head. He pulls his hand back and sees blood.
Spinning on his heel, Kai turns around and walks back towards Miguel. He places his hands on his shoulders and kisses him softly on the lips. "I won't be long," he promises as he pulls away.
Walking boldly through the stunned onlookers, Kai pauses in the doorway, his back to everyone. "If anyone says anything bad about me when I'm gone, so what?" he says before looking over his shoulder and giving everyone a hard glare. "But if any of you dare say a bad word against Miguel, I'll come back to kick your ass, is that clear?" Several nods from the stunned audience brings a smile to Kai's face. "Good."
Biting his lip to stop himself from laughing out loud the entire time, Ray waits until Kai leaves the room and can no longer hear his footsteps before he lets out a much needed chuckle. "He's great, isn't he?" he asks through the sniggers as a few of the others around him visibly relax, also chuckles softly.
"He broke my nose!" Rick whines from the floor, Michael and Eddy kneeling by his side to check the damage.
"Calm down," Eddy orders as he finally pulls Rick's hand away from his nose to get a better look at the injury. He inspects it for a moment before releasing a small sigh of relief. "It isn't broken. It looks like Kai was holding back."
"Either way, he did give you a warning," Miguel says with a sense of smugness as he turns to face him. "So you'll get no sympathy from me."
"How do you put up with that?" Rick asks, his voice demanding as he points a now bloody hand in the direction Kai just disappeared in.
Quelling the sense of annoyance that's bubbling in his chest, Miguel simply rolls his eyes towards the ceiling. "I don't put up with anything. You're just annoyed that someone less than half your size gave you a bloody nose," he says, a small and almost sadistic smile appearing on his lips. "Honestly, someone should have taken a picture of that."
Everyone sniggers quietly to themselves.
"Don't feel bad, Rick," Max says as he moves over to give the disgruntle blader a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. "No one can beat Kai when he's in protective mode."
Rick merely grumbles something incoherent under his breath as he climbs to his feet and stalks out of the room, no doubt heading for the bathroom. Everyone watches him leave, some with looks of amusement while others have sympathy adorning their faces.
"Ok," Tyson says as he claps his hands once in front of him. "Who wants to go next?"
Miguel turns his attention to the younger blader and raises an eyebrow at him. "Aren't you going to ask any questions about me and Kai?" he asks. He had envisioned this scenario, where they finally come out about their relationship to be a little bit different. He had expected a bit of yelling, cries of disbelief and accusations about how same-sex relationships are wrong.
He certainly wasn't expecting stun silence. Of course, he didn't exactly expect Kai to oust them the way he did. Not that he's complaining or anything.
"Are you kidding?" Tyson scoffs at the idea and folds his arms over his chest. "Ask the wrong question and have Kai belt me one? I don't think so. I might like to charge headfirst into battles, but I'm not that suicidal."
Miguel can't help but laugh at that as a few of his other fellow bladers nod their heads in agreement. It appears that Kai's presence is to be either well respected…or utterly feared.
"How about I go next?" Max asks, hoping to draw the attention back to the game itself. A smile makes an appearance when he receives nods of agreement. "Ok Tyson, truth or dare?"
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Laughter rings out through the once silent dojo as bladers from all over the world seem to be enjoying themselves with one of the most cliché games known to man. Truth or Dare.
The game is going…well. A few dares have been dished out, some quiet humorous like getting Tyson to do the whole dance of the Macarena while singing the verses, to embarrassing like the usually docile Eddy to make a crank and abusive phone call to the downright weird like getting Enrique to climb into Max's lap and kiss him on the lips.
And the strange bit is that Enrique actually did it, and neither of the blondes blushed. Is there something going on between those two?
The truths are just as embarrassing. Robert was asked who of the blitz boys would be rather kiss. Spencer, Robert answered with his usual calm and sophistication. But even so he wasn't able to stop the blush that appeared on his cheeks the moment that question was asked. However, he took it on the chin like a good nobleman he is.
Although, it appears that the purple haired German is now plotting revenge against Enrique, who asked him that sordid question. It appears that Enrique might know something that everyone else does not.
Hmm, there seems to be a lot of secrets going round.
"Ok," Julia giggles after finishing her dare to wear her hair in two overly teased pigtails, now furiously trying to get the knots out, and turns to her brother. "Raul, Truth or Dare?"
Wincing after realizing that there is no way he can get out of it, Raul reluctantly replies. "Um…truth?"
"Ok, um…" a smirk suddenly appears on Julia's lips as a really devious question appears in her mind. She turns to her brother to look almost sweetly at him. "Have you had your first kiss yet and if so, who was it?"
Raul's visibly pales. Oh no…
There, chapter 2 done!
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