Living Fearlessly
Living Fearlessly
By: As Silent As The Shadows
Rating: T for language
Warnings: Language and Yaoi
Pairings: Brooklyn/Tala, Kai/Rei, Spencer/Robert, Bryan/Johnny, Lee/Michael, Ian/Kevin, Enrique/Oliver
Authors Note: …So I'm not dead. I'm sorry I haven't updated for like…two years. -- I had family issues and was really busy with school. Anyways, I hope you like the chapter!
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Kai sighed as he glanced at Rei. They were currently in the emergency room along with all the other careless cookers. Not that Rei was careless, but using his arm to try and split an ice block was not one of his best ideas.
"Don't worry Rei," Kai said trying to calm the boy next to him, "Getting a cast doesn't hurt nearly as much as it sounds."
"That's not what I'm worried about." Kai looked at the boy strangely, "What if the party is ruined? All that work just to be ruined by our idiotic friends."
Kai smiled inwardly at Rei's worries, it was just so…cute. "You have nothing to worry about Rei. Remember, Brooklyn is there. He won't let anything go wrong. He might not be the best cook, but he'll keep the others out of trouble."
"But Kaaaai," Rei persisted, "Brooklyn REALLY can't cook!"
"He's smart enough to know not to cook. He's probably just ordering Tala around."
Rei sighed trying to ease the pain in his arm, "I guess you're right. Brooklyn's not that stupid…"
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"Brooklyn are you done with the food yet?" Tala yelled from the living room.
"Almost," Brooklyn sighed; after they had tasted his cake, he had somehow gotten roped into cooking everything else.
"Well you better hurry up! We have to get ready for the party," Tala yelled exasperated. Brooklyn had become a perfectionist about the food and it was starting to take up his precious 'makeover' time.
"Okay, okay I'm coming."
Bryan raised an eyebrow talking to Spencer under his breath, "You know I always figured that Tala would be uke, but now, I'm not so sure."
Spencer smiled, for he was thinking the exact same thing.
"Finally," Tala said relived, "Now everyone go upstairs so that I can make you over!"
Spencer sighed, as much as he hated to admit it, Tala really did do a good job of making them all look great, but he wasn't sure it was worth everything they had to go through.
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Kai's eyes widened when he walked into the mansion. It was beautiful. There were decorations everywhere, however, it wasn't overbearing. It was perfectly balanced.
"What happened here?" Rei asked in awe; whoever had done this was definitely coming over next year.
"Maybe it was Brooklyn," Kai tried to think of a logical answer.
"No it couldn't have been Brooklyn." Kai raised an eyebrow causing Rei to explain, "He's good, but not this good. This is like, a professional decorators work. It's better than anything I could do."
"So then, who did it?"
"No idea, but I guess we'll just have to ask Brooklyn."
Kai nodded; they entered the dining room in search of the aforementioned blader. However, instead of finding the one they desired to question, they came upon a large crowd surrounding the buffet table.
Rei's eyes widened, "You don't think…"
"Brooklyn," Kai whispered under his breath. Oh that boy was going to pay for ruining the party.
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The door was opened abruptly startling everyone in the room. Tala looked up in order to yell at whoever dared to interrupt his transformations. His eyes widened as he saw a black blur run towards Brooklyn.
The aforementioned blader was nearly knocked over by the force of the hug he was given. He looked down to see Rei gripping him tightly with his good arm.
"Rei?"
"Brooklyn, you're a genius. That food is delicious. When did you ever learn to cook?" Rei smiled up at him, ignoring the glares he was getting from Kai.
Brooklyn, however, was well aware of the looks he was getting from Kai. He quickly released himself from Rei's death-grip, causing more than one blader to rejoice, silently.
"Oh, it was probably just beginners luck. It's no big deal, Rei, really." Brooklyn smiled.
Kai stepped out of the doorway and into the room. He glanced around and saw everyone in full out 'Tala' mode. No one was without eyeliner or hair gel.
"So," he began curiously, although he would never show it, "If Brooklyn was cooking, who changed the decorations."
Tala raised an eyebrow at the blader's sudden curiosity, but nonetheless pointed to the mastermind of the decorations.
Rei gasped as he learned that Bryan of all people was the one who could out decorate him. Tala grinned knowing that Bryan would have to fess up about his very interesting past.
The falcon glared at Tala, but gave in anyways; he knew that Rei would never rest until he found out the story. He grumbled something inaudibly under his breath, signaling Spencer to tell the story.
Spencer sighed, wondering why he was always the one who had to tell the stories; it wasn't like he was a preschool teacher.
Nevertheless he explained Bryan's mysterious talent, "Boris liked to torture everyone in his own special way. He liked to personalize our pain so that we couldn't band together in order to over throw him.
Usually, our torment was caused by physical pain; however, in Bryan's case things were very different. He was too tough for the usual anguish. In fact, he seemed to enjoy being in agony; Boris decided to come up with a new punishment for our cute, little, Bryan."
Spencer grinned, knowing that Bryan was going to kill him later, but really, it was well worth it in order to see Rei and Brooklyn's faces.
"Bryan had a huge dislike for anything pink or pretty, and Boris picked up on this fear. So…he made Bryan decorate his bedroom, and really, I swear that man had a fetish for ruffles."
Tala decided to chime in and finish the story, "And that's how our little Bryan turned into the fruit he is today."
Bryan glared at Tala, muttering under his breath about hypocrites, while Rei exploded with happiness; he now had someone he could talk to about his decorating issues! He revved up to pummel Bryan with a hug, but was stopped by Kai, who was glaring daggers at the falcon.
Brooklyn, seeing the tension in the room, decided to change the topic.
"So, uh," he glanced around the room trying to find a conversation of interest, "Rei, when are you and Kai going to get together?"
Rei blushed cutely, yet didn't seem to mind the question. Kai, however, having already been pushed to his limit, looked ready to kill Brooklyn.
Luckily, Tala jumped in and saved the day, shaking his head at the object of his affections' actions, "What Brooklyn means is that you two would just look wonderful as…," he glanced around the room, his eyes landing on a nearby magazine, "Professional male models. Have you ever thought about abandoning your beyblading careers to pursue modeling?"
Kai raised an eyebrow, but was sufficiently distracted, "Have you ever thought about modeling, Tala?"
The aforementioned teen grinned, loving the attention, "But Kai, don't you remember that one time in Moscow…?" (1)
The Russians all blanched at the memory, none wanting to remember that horrible day.
Brooklyn looked at Tala curiously, feeling left out, "Tala, what happened in Moscow?"
Spencer and Kai's eyes widened, while Bryan quickly covered Tala's mouth with his hands, preventing him from speaking. "Never mind what happened, shouldn't we be greeting our guests?"
Rei's eyes bulged out of his head; he was being a horrible host, neglecting his guests. He sprinted out the door with Kai following.
The others merely shook their heads and began to follow them downstairs.
Before Tala could leave the room, Brooklyn grabbed his arm and mumbled in his ear, "Thanks," before walking down the stairs.
Tala smiled; he could tell it was going to be a wonderful night.
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Tala had always loved this part of the night, the part where they would make their entrances and blind people with their beauty. He was only disappointed that they didn't have someone to announce them, like he had seen them do in the movies.
They walked down the stairs and were greeted by the many guests in attendance. The group split up as usual with Rei wandering off with his old team; Kai in pursuit. Spencer would visit the Majestics, having become rather good friends with the German man. Bryan would follow Spencer, having set his sights on Johnny.
Brooklyn smiled, standing next to Tala, "Look's like some things never change."
"Well, I don't know about that…Bryan seems to be winning Johnny over."
Brooklyn glanced at the two and realized that Tala was right. Bryan had pulled the redhead down onto his lap, glaring at everyone who dared to give them a questioning glance.
Tala snorted, "Leave it to Bryan to make the hot-tempered one submit."
Brooklyn smiled, happy for his friend. He continued to stand next to the Tala in a comfortable silence, content to look around the room.
He spotted Robert with his arm around Spencer, the two looking more than pleased to be together.
Enrique and Oliver were flirting with each other as usual, neither making any bold moves.
He moved his gaze towards the other side of the room, where Lee was blatantly ignoring Rei in order to gaze longingly towards Michael.
Ian was shamelessly groping his boyfriend, Kevin, not caring if anyone was watching.
He glanced towards Kai, who was standing next to Rei, pouting because he was being ignored.
Honestly, Brooklyn could never figure out which one would be dominant in that relationship. If they ever get together, that is.
"Oh they will."
"Did I say that out loud?" Brooklyn wondered curiously.
"No," Tala smiled, "I could just tell what you were thinking."
Brooklyn chuckled and continued people-watching. These kinds of comments used to bother him; he didn't like having someone able to read his thoughts, yet, as he grew closer to Tala, he got used to them. Besides, wasn't it normal for best friends to do these kinds of things?
He was yanked out of his thoughts as Tyson ran up to him and pulled him off towards the buffet.
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"So Tala," Robert said, appearing with Spencer next to the aforementioned blader, "When are you going to tell him?"
"About the same time that you and Spencer finally admit that you love each other."
Robert chuckled; the redhead had so much to learn, "Spencer, love you."
Spencer grinned seeing Robert's game, "Love you too." They kissed chastely and Tala became furious.
"Look's like you have to go tell him now Tal."
"Yes, do tell him. While you're at it, why don't you save him from the uncouth dragon?"
Tala sighed, but nevertheless stormed off in Brooklyn's direction; he was never one to back down on a challenge.
"So Robert, how long do you think it'll take him to realize that we've been unofficially together for 6 months?"
"Let's hope never."
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Brooklyn's face lit up as he saw Tala striding towards him. It wasn't that he didn't enjoy talking to Tyson, but he could only stand the dragon in small doses. Besides, he'd rather talk to his best friend.
"Brooklyn, come here," Tala proceeded to grab the 'blader's arm and drag him towards the empty kitchen.
"So, what's up Tala?"
"Take a seat Brooklyn; I need to talk to you." The lighter haired boy sat down as asked, curious as to what his best friend wanted.
"So, as you know, we've been getting really close lately, and Ian's moving out to live with Kevin soon, and I'm pretty sure that Robert is going to move in with Spencer."
"Really? That's great! I've always thought that they made a cute couple."
Tala raised an eyebrow, "But, they just got together…"
"You're kidding me right? Robert and Spencer have been together for ages."
"Oh," Tala paused thinking of a plan, but realized that he needed to continue talking to Brooklyn, " Anyways, we'll have an extra room open, and we'll already be helping Robert move in; I was wondering if you wanted to move in?"
Brooklyn's eyes widened at the prospect; he'd be able to hang out with his best friends every day instead of hanging around in his apartment, alone. "Of course! I'd love to Tal!"
Tala grinned, "Really? That means you can help me fix up Kai and Rei too!"
Brooklyn beamed and gave Tala a quick hug, before bounding off towards the party with Tala in tow.
Tala smiled; he had been right, it was a great night.
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(1) I thought I'd twist that line from American Pie (which I also don't own)
So, that's all for now. I hope you liked it. I tried to emphasize Brooklyn's view of Tala as a best friend.
If all goes as planned, the next chapter should be up in a couple days.
Reviews would be awesome