Hello everyone, how's it going? n.n
Yes, I know it's been a long time, but believe me, I just could not write this damn chapter! I have the next two basically finished (just missing some scenes to tied them all together) but this one was just not happening!
Ugh, well, I let you to read it, hope you like it!
Chapter warnings: Genderswap, mentioned child abuse (you'll know what I mean), sort-of-but-not-really anorexia (you'll also know what I mean), some OOC (mainly at the end) and minor OC (for now).
Disclaimer: Beyblade does not belong to me, or I wouldn't be hungry right now.
Chapter III: Those things you do.
It was around 7:45 in the morning and she had only fifteen minutes to get back home, take a shower and go to work.
Kai stopped to take a break, holding her knees while catching her breath. She took a look at her watch, seeing that it had only been 42 minutes since the last time she checked.
Hn, sixty blocks on 40 minutes, not her best mark. Not by a long range.
'I'm so out of shape' when was the last time she exercised like this?
Oh, not for a long while. Collage and work were very time consuming on their own, combined they barely left her with time to sleep; and even after she graduated, work was still hard and she had to maintain a relationship with…
She shook her head to clear her mind of those thought, she needed to hurry up if she wanted to be on time for work.
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Tyson rubbed his eyes, trying to clear the sleep out of them, and picked up his cup, breathing deeply to let the smell of hot coffee fill his longs.
How much he hated those damn monthly reviews. Getting up early has never been something he particularly liked, and having to do so to go to work and spend hours talking about what he did, what he planned to do, new ideas, improvements and what-not was just a torture.
"Morning" Kai greeted him entering the kitchen and opening the fridge to get her sports-drink.
"Morning" he greeted back, taking a sip from his coffee "Out for a run, huh?" it was easy to tell, she was wearing sport-wear and running shoes, plus he could smell her from here.
"Hn" he interpreted that noise she made while drinking as a 'yes'.
"You're not gonna have breakfast?" he asked when he saw her leave the kitchen.
"Can't. Late" woah…he forgot how much monosyllabic Kai could be when she wanted to.
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It was almost 12:30 in the afternoon, and Kai knew she should be having her lunch now, but she just needed to finish this reports and she could go.
"Hey, ready to go?" Tyson asked her, and the dual-blunette cursed her distraction, she hasn't even heard him open the door.
"Busy" she said, typing away on her desktop, spearing only a quick look at him.
The man resisted the urge to sigh in annoyance, this was the third time this week she was 'too busy' to go have lunch with him.
"Come on, you promised" he insisted, walking closer to her desk, he wasn't ready to give up just yet.
"Ty, I need to finish this" she said, pausing just a moment to glare at him "Once the European Delegate comes, I have a big presentation with him"
Ah, right. The 'golden boy' of the European BBA was coming here in a few weeks for an inspection. He was supposed to be a big deal, so everyone in the higher ranks was freaking out about his visit.
The blunet sighed defeated once the woman reassumed her typing and went back to ignoring him; he was not going to pry her away from that computer any time soon.
"You want me to bring you something?" Tyson asked before going out of the office. He didn't know if Kai had has breakfast, as she was gone by the time he woke up, but she hadn't eaten anything last night.
"Nah, I'll have something when I'm done" the dual-blunette dismissed him without much care; she really, really needed to finish this.
"Ok" he whispered, concern lacing his face, before closing the door.
He'll trust her word, for now.
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It was way past 10:00 p.m. when Kai got back home, and she dropped the bag holding her gym-stuff and walked to the kitchen.
"Nice time to come back" her housemate's voice told her once she entered the kitchen, and she found him by the sink, washing the dishes she was supposed to wash.
"I send you a message saying I would be late" she said while going to the fridge. She didn't apologized, as he had known that she would be late and she hadn't asked him to do her chorus for her.
"Yeah, 'late, don't wait up'" he was pissed off, but not about having to do the dishes "I think I deserve a little more details" he has barely seen her all day and she doesn't even tells him why would she be late or where would she be going.
"Well, what you want from me?" he hadn't expected the dual-blunette to snap at him like that, nor the not-so-gently way she closed the fridge.
Tyson bite his tongue to hold his come-back, and sighed telling himself that he shouldn't get angry at her. She was going to a rough time; she had the right to be a little snappy.
"You're not gonna eat?" the blunet asked seeing that the other was leaving after only taking a quick drink of water.
"Nah, I'm beaten" Kai shock her head and walked calmly out of the kitchen.
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She had no idea what time it was, she didn't even knew where she was, all she knew was that she had a terrible headache and she felt light-headed.
"Wake up!" somebody yelled in her ear and she woke up with a start. She looked around, finding out that she was laying on the dojo's couch and there was an angry blunet looking down on her.
"What…?" Kai took a hand to her forehead, every one of her limbs felt weak and like if they were detached from her body.
"You fainted on your way out" Tyson crossed his arms and watched her with a frown on his face.
She fainted? She doesn't remember fainting, in fact, the last thing she remembers is heading to work….Oh my god, work!
"What time is it?" the dual-blunette asked while sitting up, not really noticing the angry expression his friend had right now.
"9:30" he answered, a little confused that that would be the first inquiry she made, but seeing how she tried to stand up, he understood why "You're not going out of this house!"
"I need to get to work" Kai brushed the hands trying to hold her down off, and stood up.
"What you need is to eat!" Tyson grabbed her by the arm and forced her to look at him "For god's sake, Kai, you haven't eaten anything for three days!" at least as far as he knew, but he wouldn't be surprised if it had been longer.
"So I skipped a few meals, what's the problem?" she was getting angry and she tried to get free, but the weakness she felt prevented her to do so.
"What's the problem?!" he let her go, he was seriously two steps away from slapping her till she understood what she was saying "You're not eating, you're working yourself to exhaustion. Can't you see that you're punishing yourself?"
"Why would I do that?" the dual-blunette swallowed hard before saying that, deep down she knew that the other was right, but she didn't wanted to admit that.
"Because that's how you grew up!" the blunet said and she didn't know how to answer to that "You made a mistake and you get punished like this"
"I don't know what you're talking about" she needed to get out of here; she had more important things to do than to be talking about…those things.
"Please, I don't need to call to Russia to know where you get that from!" he said, and silence befell them after that.
She didn't know what to say, because what he said was right.
When she was young, this same punishment had been forced upon her, and to think about what it meant that she was now forcing it upon herself was something that she just didn't want to do.
"You don't understand what you're saying" but she neither wanted to stop.
"Then help me understand!" the blunet tried to calm down, yelling will get him nowhere, but it angered him so much how the other was letting herself go, that he couldn't avoid raising his voice "I'm trying to help you, but if you don't tell me…!"
"I don't need your help!" Kai yelled as loud as she could. Every fiber of her body was telling her that she had to ask for help, but she wouldn't.
Only the weak asks for help.
"I never asked you to do anything!" Tyson couldn't believe what the other was saying, or how angry she was, and he stayed wide-eyed listening to it all "Whatever I do with my life is my own damn business!"
The dual-blunette still felt dizzy, her knees were about to give in, her bones ached and her vision was blurry on the edges. She knew what those were signs of, but she didn't want to pay attention to what her body was saying.
She also knew –deep, deep inside- that she was directing all her anger towards a friend who was only worried about her and who didn't deserved any of this, but she didn't want to stop.
"So just leave me alone!" it was the last thing the woman said, and the blunet didn't tried to stop her when she headed for the front door.
It would be a long time before they saw each other again.
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It was 12:13 in the afternoon and Kai sighed relieved, walking out of the conference room B.
The meeting had gone well and everyone had liked her presentation, so the day hadn't been as bad as she thought it would be.
After all, she was sure she was going to be late after what happened in the morning…
She sighed again. She should really go apologize…
"Excuse me" a deep, manly voice called her from behind, and she turned around to be face to face with a dark-haired, amethyst-eyed man.
"Hi…" hi? That's what she had to say, hi? This was the damn European Delegate, the man she just had the biggest presentation in her carrier so far with, and all she says is hi?
"I don't believe we were properly introduced" the man was tall, a few years older than her and looked regal in a black suit and glasses "I'm Jacob Alekseievich Vasíliev" he also had a rich ascent, but thankfully it was easy to understand him –but she speaks Russian anyway, so…-
-Hiwatari Kai- she shook the hand that was offered and she couldn't help to feel inferior. Few people had ever made her feel inferior; Mr. Vasíliev here was, apparently, one of them.
I mean, this was the man everyone was talking about, the one that was soon to become head of the whole European BBA, and he was right in front of her, giving her a little smile that made her feel goosebumps.
"I really enjoyed your presentation today, Miss Hiwatari" oh god, was he giving her a compliment on her work? Her superior was complimenting her work?
"I uh…hm" Oh my god, shut up! Couldn't you embarrass yourself even more? You're already looking at him with a dumb expression –yes, I know you are-, do you have to make it worst by being tongue-tied?
Mr. Vasíliev only let a deep chuckle escape his throat at seeing how uncomfortable the woman before him was. It was cute.
"I would like to go over some part with you, if you don't mind" he asked, that soft smile still on his face, and Kai could only watch his eyes that seem to be looking right into her soul –which was ridiculous as eyes didn't do that- and nod "Say, over lunch?"
Lunch? Was it already time for lunch? She had thought about finishing some paperwork, and doing other pending stuff, but…
"Sure" she was really starving.
To be continued…
Yes, I know this is short, especially after all the time without an update, but I swear I just couldn't write anything for this chapter!
I seriously don't like it at all, but I couldn't think of anything else and I wanted to get it out of the way so I can do the ones that I actually like (next chapters will be better, I promise...also I may have to move the rating up...just saying).
But oh well, what do you think? Did you even understood what I was trying to show here? 'cuz I'm pretty sure there're some dialogue that doesn't even make sense in some parts.
Anyway, review and let me know! Maybe give me some ideas or something!
For now, thank you for reading and c'ya next time! Have a nice day! n.n