Disclaimer please Rei!

Rei: Sharpened Knife does not own beyblade.

Kai: Fortunatley for us.

Hey!

Rei: He has a point...

And for that, you will both suffer! Mwahahahaha!

Kai

Kai woke up the next morning on the floor beside Rei's bed. It took him a minute to remember why he was there. Rei had gotten sick again in the night and he had decided it would be easier to look after the Neko-jin if he was closer.

Kai still wasn't sure what to make of what Rei had said last night. The boy had told him he loved him, and Kai had told him the same but Kai was still worried that it was Rei's fever that had caused him to say it.

Pushing those thoughts from his mind, Kai stood up, stretched, got his clothes and walked to the bathroom quietly as not to not wake Rei. Kai studied himself in the mirror. His eyes were sunken from lack of sleep and his hair was sticking up at even odder angles than usual. He showered quickly and got dressed.

Walking back into the main room, Kai looked at the clock. It was 6:30 am. He had 3 hours to get the team up and ready for the tournament.

Kai looked over at Rei, who, at long last, was sleeping. He didn't know what to do with him. Kai couldn't leave him behind as there would be no one to look after him but Rei was defiantly not in any condition to compete. Sighing, Kai settled on taking the Neko-jin to the tournament with them and having him sit out, Kai would have to take his place.

Deciding to leave Rei to sleep a while longer, Kai walked down the hall to Kenny's room and knocked.

"Wake up, get ready and meet us downstairs in an hour." Kai said loudly through the door before Continuing down to the other team member's room.

Kai knocked, but as he was about to tell them what he had told Kenny, the door swung open. Max stood there, fully dressed and wide awake.

"Hey Kai!" he said cheerfully, "I need some help."

Kai raised and eyebrow at him.

"Tyson won't get up." Max informed him.

"Hn, we'll see about that." Kai muttered, pushing past Max.

He grabbed a water bottle from the side and removed the lid. Kai walked over to Tyson and emptied the water onto his head.

"Gahhhh!" Tyson squealed, rolling out of bed onto the floor.

Max fell to the ground in laughter as Kai walked back to his room.

Opening the door, he saw that Rei was still sleeping. The clock read 7:00 and Kai knew he had to wake him. He sat on the edge of Rei's bed and stroked the Neko-jin's hair.

"Time to wake up Kitten." Kai whispered softly.

"No, sleep time." Rei mumbled into his pillow.

Kai smiled as Rei rolled over and looked at him.

"Good morning Kitten."

"Mornin' Kai." Rei replied, still half asleep.

"How are you feeling?"

As if in response, Rei started coughing violently. Kai patted his back and handed Rei some water. Just as Rei swallowed, he coughed, causing himself to gag and then throw up all down himself, the bed and Kai's lap. Rei's eyes became wide with horror and he looked apologetically at Kai. Tear's brimmed in the Neko-jins eyes so Kai pulled him into a tight embrace.

"It's ok Kitten, don't worry, let's get you cleaned up."

Kai picked the boy up bridal style and carried him into the bathroom. He put Rei down and helped him take off his shirt.

"Is it ok for me to leave you to take a shower on your own?"

"Yes." Rei said, blushing pink with embarrassment.

Kai left the bathroom and stripped down to his boxers. Luckily there was a sink in the room so Kai used it to scrub himself clean. He bundled up the dirty bedding and threw it down the laundry chute. He then dialled reception requesting fresh bedding to have been put on the bed by the time they had arrived back from the tournament.

The bathroom door opened and Rei stuck his head out.

"Urm, Kai?"

"Yes?"

"Could you get me some clothes?"

"Sure thing."

Kai grabbed some clean clothes from Rei's bag and handed them to him. Kai looked at Rei, he only had a towel around his waist. Kai stared at his chest. Rei's muscles were well defined and a lot more tanned than Kai had expected.

"Thanks." Rei said before closing the door again.

Kai went over to his bed and sat down. The image of Rei's chest was stuck in his mind and Kai just couldn't shake it.

Rei came back into the room, fully dressed.

"Better?" Kai asked.

"Peachy," Rei replied, "I'm ready to blade."
"Hahaha, no." Kai said, "Not after last night. I'm taking your place.

"But…"

"Rei," Kai cut him off, "Do you honestly believe that after last night and this morning, you are fit enough to compete?"

Rei didn't argue with that. Kai looked at the clock, 7:45.

"Now that's sorted, let's go. We are late." Kai said jumping up and walking to the door.

"Umm, Kai?"

Kai turned to look at him

"Are you gonna get dressed first?"

Kai: OH MY GOD! WHY?

Rei: Don't worry Kai, i think it's quite a sexy image.

*Rei and Kai run off, leaving me behind.*

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