Ahhhh sorry for the shortness! I had finals all week (which i failed btw), and I'm leaving for New Jersey tomorrow! Technically this chapter was supposed to be longer, and it's kind of unfinished, but i wanted to leave my lovely reviewers with something before I left! Hope you guys enjoy this! Oh and happy holidays:)
Disclaimer: If I owned Beyblade, Kai and Rei would be having gay secks every episode. And Mao wouldnt exist...MAN i wish i owned beyblade...
Red.
Crimson red droplets were scattered everywhere, tinting the once barren room. They were such a pretty shade, the boy noted, much like his own fiery orbs. However the color evoked such sadness, again, reminding the boy of his eyes.
Suddenly feeling extremely weak, the boy relinquished his tight grip on the object in hand. The soft clang of the dagger hitting the marble floor echoed through the room. His knees buckled, and he felt himself falling against the cold, hard ground, his fingers inadvertently swiping the edge of the blade. The boy lifted his hand to eye level to examine his injury. The same crimson red color was oozing out of his skin. He felt no physical pain, but his heart ached. This sensation was foreign to him; he couldn't pinpoint exactly what his emotion was.
He glanced at his companion, the only other person in the blood drenched room. Their body was motionless. Their golden eyes were wide open, but contained no glimmer of life. Their long, ebony hair covered the gaping wound in their stomach. The sight was sickening, but the boy couldn't tear his eyes away. His companion was the victim in this onslaught, so why did he suffer such pain? Such heartache?
This isn't right…the boy told himself.
This isn't right!
"This isn't right!!" Kai gasped out, panting heavily. His rough hands stroked his sweat covered forehead. His heart was beating a million times faster than normal. He clutched his blanket and squeezed his eyes shut in an effort to calm himself down.
"Are you ok?" a timid voice spoke up.
Startled, Kai glanced up at the sound. It was the young Chinese boy looking down at him, worry evident in his expression. Kai groaned inwardly, he's letting his guard down. Usually, even the slightest noise would cause him to wake up in case of a midnight raid. He was feeling much too comfortable in this new home.
"Yeah" Kai frowned at how hesitant his voice sounded and cleared his throat, "Yeah" he said in a much bolder tone, "I'm fine."
"Good", Rei smiled, "You were tossing and turning in your sleep. I wasn't sure if I should've woken you or not."
"Hn, how'd you know that I wasn't sleeping well?" The Russian inquired.
"Well," the neko-jin started, "I'm always up at this hour to get a midnight snack, and when I was heading back up to my room I heard you breathing really heavily. I walked in and it looked like you were having a… a…" Rei turned away.
"Yeah?" the other boy urged.
"..A nightmare" Rei breathed out cautiously, as if he was worried that Kai would be angry with him for insinuating that the Russian was "weak".
"I was" Kai confirmed.
"Oh" Rei replied a little guiltily, "well sorry for not waking you, but I wasn't sure if you'd be mad at me for barging in on your sleep time"
"It's ok" was his nonchalant response.
It was silent for awhile. Not the silence Kai usually enjoyed, but an extremely awkward silence where neither of the boys knew what to say to each other.
"So…" Rei spoke up, and Kai was grateful to hear the Chinese boy's voice for once. "If you don't mind me asking… what were dreaming about?"
"I…" The Russian started, thinking deeply, 'what was I dreaming about?' he thought to himself.
"I… I don't… remember…" Kai answered truthfully.
"Oh…" Rei looked away, a little hurt. He masked his frown and glanced back at the other boy cheerily, "It's ok if you don't want to share… I'm going down to get something to eat, want me to bring you anything?"
"Um… water…"
"Kay!"
Kai watched as his acquaintance flounced out of the room, and he couldn't help but notice that Rei's cheerfulness subsided as soon as he stepped out.
Kai's eyes softened, 'Don't be sad…'
'I'm not lying… I really don't remember'
'All I can remember is that there was red…'
'There was so much red…'
"Holy crap! There's so much red!"
"Haha, yeah," Rei laughed at his friend's astonished expression, "Valentine's Day is usually associated with red, Takao."
"Yeah… but there's just so freakin much! I think I'm blinded! How did the student council manage to decorate the entire school?"
"Magic" a new voice intervened.
"Holy Jesus tap-dancing Christ! Don't just pop up like that, Enrique! You scared the shit out of me!"
"Takao, don't be so melodramatic." Rei smiled, "But yeah… these decorations are incredible! How did you guys find the time to do all of this? I barely even have time to do all of my homework!"
"School should never interfere with the month of love, my friend." Enrique winked, and a couple of girls that were passing by swooned. "And actually… this was mostly Oliver's work, that kid's just amazing with this kind of stuff…"
"Wow…" Rei stared at his surroundings in awe. Oliver was truly genius. Rose petals were scattered all along the hallway floor. The lockers were draped with red ribbons. Hearts of various sizes were plastered on the ceiling. But what really astounded him was the beautiful mural of cupid painted on the once blank wall. "But Valentine's Day isn't until tomorrow… why did you guys do all this today?"
"Eh, to get an early start" Enrique replied, twirling his dirty blonde hair, "Haha, besides, since we finished decorating yesterday, that gives us all day today to make our valentine gifts."
"Ooh! Got someone special in mind?" Takao piped up.
"Nah… I never give out gifts, I just receive them," the blonde answered cheekily, "It's mostly Oliver that needs this time to make his chocolates. So what about you guys, do you have anyone special in mind for tomorrow?"
"Maybe…" Takao reddened, "But I can't really bake… so…"
Rei smiled, Takao was so cute when he blushed. His crush on Hilary was so obvious that even she knew. "It's ok Takao. I'll help you bake…"
Enrique smiled knowingly, then continued: "And Rei, what about you?"
The neko-jin thought for a moment, "Hm… I don't really like anyone right now, but I'll probably make some cookies for all my friends."
"Ah… Rei" Enrique laughed, "You're way too kind for your own good. I'm surprised you still aren't taken."
"Enrique!!" A voice sounded from across the hall, "Student council meeting! Did you forget already?"
"Yeah! Coming Robert!" Enrique yelled back, he glanced at his friends apologetically, "Sorry guys, gotta go! Robert's an ass about student council crap. See yah!"
With that, the blonde boy left, the sound of his footsteps growing fainter and fainter.
"Hey Rei," Takao started nervously.
"Yeah?"
"Will you really help me bake?"
"Sure thing!"
"Thanks! Oh and I'm on your list of people your giving gifts to tomorrow right?"
"Of course!" Takao smiled at that.
"Is…" Takao stuttered, "Are you giving a valentine to Hiwatari?"
"I.." Rei's voice faltered, "Maybe…"
His friend groaned, "But the guy's such an asshole! Is he even your friend?"
Takao's question struck Rei. Truthfully, he wasn't even sure if they were friends or not. It was obvious that Kai was much closer to him than anyone else in school, but still, they weren't as close as him and Tala.
'He didn't even trust me enough to talk about his dream…' Rei thought to himself. He shook his head vigorously, why did he even care? Kai's problems are none of his business and he really shouldn't have been prying in the first place.
"I don't know…" Rei responded solemnly.
"So guess what tomorrow is!" Tala cried enthusiastically.
"Don't know, don't care." Kai grunted.
"Tomorrow is," Tala continued, ignoring the apathetic teen, "Valentine's Day!"
"So?"
"So…. It's a time of love and happiness and stuff"
"You know I don't celebrate holidays…"
"Well… you should! We should make our little ReiRei something!"
"Hn…"
"Say…where is our little ReiRei anyways?"
"He's at Kinomiya's, baking or something…"
"Hee! He's probably making something good for us for tomorrow!"
"Go away, Valkov!"
"You know you want to eat some of ReiRei's homemade treats! You're positively smitten by him!"
"I Said, GO AWAY!" Kai forced the red head out of his room, then, proceeded to slam the door.
Tala smiled to himself, his enigmatic little friend never denied his last statement…
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Aha! Sorry for the crappiness of this chapter! But I was kind of in a hurry to finish it! I still have packing to do for New Jersey! Yeah, again, the pace is a little too quick for my liking, but whatever, you guys will just have to deal with it! And yeah I know.. Valentines Day, how extremely cliche. but wtv...
I was going to write a one-shot for christmas... perhaps a prequal to my other oneshot.. but then i got lazy so i just decided to update this instead:) hope you guys liked it
I'm thinking that there might be extreme fluff next chappie but idk, input anyone?
Thanks again to all my lovely reviewers!
Aimed mischief: Thx! I'm glad you liked it!
nichibotsunokage: Haha yeah! isn't flirty Tala great? He brings a smile to my face, and he wants Rei and Kai to get together too! So yeah i love him!
kavbj: Haha yeah Kai x Tala is ok! but Kai and Rei belong together in my opinion! Teehee I'm glad I made Tala like that too! lolz! YEAH! they should just randomly kill Mao haha! That would be funny...
sparkleshadowcat: Your welcome! And I should bring Bryan in.. but idk how, but i really should...I absolutely Adore TalBry!
kelseywazhere:Thank you! I hope you liked it!
Thefairybloom: Haha, i updated soon ish... hope you like it!
Ma.anda: Lolz! Tala makes everything interesting! and i lurve him!
essenceofthedark: Haha yeah good point, me too! What would really make me squeal is seeing him and rei together naked! haha
Mimay: Thank you! i'm glad you enjoyed my story!
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Bluumberry: Ah thanks! Yeah i know... i suck with summaries! I need to learn how to write them better. If anyone has a summary suggestion let me know! I'm so glad you liked it! your an amazing writer yourself, so it made me happy when i saw your review!
Leibe Katze: Thanks! Hope you liked the update! even though its not very long...
keisan: Hehe! thanks! I'm glad my fic got your attention! Yeah... I want their relationship to be gradual, but i'm so impatient! lol