Chapter 3: You were my friend first

I walked past Max's backyard, to the place where we first met, right under the bridge. I sat down on the damp grass and stared at the flowing river. I watched as the river flowed calmly uninterrupted by the now passing storm. It was then I realized that I had a weird feeling in my chest. It didn't feel nice either. It kinda made me feel like I didn't matter even though I knew that wasn't the case. I sighed trying to think. Why the heck would Max want to go out with someone like him? This question went through my head many times and I couldn't think of any answers, not even an excuse. Another question popped into my head. Why do I care? I mean sure Im concerned because Im his best friend and I know that Alan just isn't the person for him, but why does my chest hurt every time I think of him kissing Alan? I inhale deeply trying to calm myself down. I suddenly felt a drop of water hit my hand. I thought it to be rain so I dismissed it but then I felt them on my face as well. I touched it with my hand and realized I was crying. I quickly wiped away the tears and stood, looking at the river and how the moon reflected its image across it. I felt tears forming in my eyes again and I tried desperately to stop them from forming when I heard a voice behind me.

"Tyson." He said quietly. It was Kai. "Its ok to cry you know."

Something inside me just split and I felt myself crying harder than I ever had. I turned and buried my head into Kai, crying into chest. He wrapped his arms around me in a tight hug and we stood there as I cried my eyes out. I suddenly realized why I was crying. Max had broken my heart. After about 10 minutes of straight bawling Kai stroked my back telling me it was ok. I stopped crying feeling I had no more tears left and looked at him. "Im sorry Kai." I said wiping my eyes.

He smiled. "What are you apologizing for? I may not say it." He paused and looked me in the eye. "I'll always be here for you Tyson."

I smiled at that. It made me feel good to hear that from him. "Thank you." I said looking at his crimson eyes.

He then turned around and crouched down. "Now come on. Lets take a walk."

"Im not a kid anymore." I said crossing my arms with a pout.

"You don't have to be a kid to be carried." He said blankly. About a month after we defeated Brooklyn I won a bey battle against this kid in school, he was sort of a bully and had failed many times. I think he was about 18. Anyways once I beat him he was supposed to give back all the blades he had taken. He refused. We were at the park where we usually practice at and so I took the bag and threw it to Kenny who caught it with his head.

(Flashback: Normal POV)

"Your going to get it for that one Granger!" Rufus shouted at the bold navy haired boy.

"The deal was you'd give back the blades, so since you didn't I did." Tyson said with a bold face.

"Lets see how cocky you are after this!" he said throwing a punch that hit Tyson straight in the jaw sending him into the grass hard. He picked Tyson up by the collar of his shirt and held him up eye level. "How'd that feel?" the red headed teen said smiling.

Tyson smiled and spit the blood pooling in his mouth right in the kids eye causing him to scream and drop the blader. Tyson rolled off the ground and got into the fighting stance taught to him by Ray. The kid charged at him at full speed which wasn't that fast to begin with. Tyson hopped over the kid with ease and lunged at him from behind. Just as Rufus turned around Tyson jumped in the air and kicked him on the side of his face sending to the right staggering. He didn't recover fast enough and Tyson uppercutted him before following up by turning around while he was in the air and punching him right in the face causing him to fall the ground with a thud. Tyson landed slowly and smiled. "Heh heh." He said smirking and rubbing his nose.

Rufus got up, face pink with anger. "Bingo! Trent! Colin! Lets teach this kid a lesson." The large teen said standing. 3 of the kids who were watching the fight suddenly stepped out and cracked their knuckles. Bingo was also 18 and was Rufus's twin brother. Trent had deep black hair and was skinny. He had on an all black shirt and pants. Colin was a blonde that was about my height and was skinnier than Trent. All three joined the circle surrounding me.

"Oh come on guys, a four on 1 isnt fair. For you at least." Tyson said smirking. Within four minutes of the fight Tyson had managed to knock out Trent and Colin but couldn't seem to deal with the gigantic twins. The tide turned however when Bingo had caught Tyson by the arms and held him so that he couldn't get away. Rufus smiled wickedly and punched Tyson as hard as he could in the gut causing him to spit up blood. He then punched him again in the face causing more blood to fly from his mouth. His hat fell off from the force of the third hit and his mouth was bleeding at the fourth. He spit out the blood in his mouth and looked up at the bully. He felt like he couldn't move at all. One more punch and he would be out.

Rufus wheeled out his giant hand and was about to hit Tyson again before he suddenly saw his brother get knocked a few feet away by someone wearing a white scarf. Tyson fell to the ground with a thud. "Who the-"

"Who did this to him!?" Kai said voice booming as he set the injured boy on the grass. His eyes were flaring and all the kids watching suddenly ran away.

"That'd be me." Rufus said smiling.

"Your finished!" Kai said to him with such force that Rufus felt his knees shake. Kai suddenly lunged at him so fast that he didn't even see the punch/kick/ elbow combo that Kai dished out on him. Rufus fell the ground hard and hit a tree that he slid up on trying to get away from Kai, fear in his eyes. Kai picked him up by the collar and held him up on the tree. "Don't you ever let me catch you around here ever again!" he said before punching him right in the face causing a splint to be made in the tree from the force of the punch. He walked back over to Tyson and bent down to observe the damage. He was holding his side and he had blood down the side of his mouth. Kai helped him up and he put him on his back with ease.

"What took you so long?" Tyson said putting his on backwards.

"Traffic." Kai said smirking.

(End Flashback: Tyson's POV)

He carried me all the way back to my dojo while I just enjoyed the ride. That's the day he said he wouldn't let anything happen to me; I was like a brother to him. "Having a flashback?" Kai said interrupting my thoughts.

"Shutup and carry me." I said jumping on his back. He picked me up and he started walking back to Max's house.

"So do you want to explain that little outburst?" Kai said suddenly.

I paused for a minute. "I think I'm in love with him." I said quietly.

"That would certainly explain a lot. And from what I could tell he's pretty fond of you too."

"What do you mean?" I asked puzzled.

"Ray told me. He's supposedly in love with you too. He found out in a little diary of said blonde. But he was sworn to secrecy. I just happened to overhear."

I was silent letting it all sink in. There was still one question that bothered him though. "Why did he go out with Alan then?"

"I don't know. He probably just asked him and he couldn't say no. Besides he hasn't seen the side we all have of that child from hell he calls Alan."

I put my head on Kai's shoulder. "Do you really think Max likes me?" I asked thoughtfully. "Like I do him?"

"Who knows, maybe he's just confused, like you were. But come on, hop off. Were here." Kai said crouching down.

I got off and took a deep breath before putting on a fake smile and walking back into the house. The lights were still out it seemed. "Sorry about that, I was uhh worried about my gramps and had to go check on him." I said with my fake smile practically plastered onto my face.

"Its ok I understand." Max said from his place on the couch.

I sat down in one of the armchairs and took another deep breath. "So you and Alan are going out huh?" I said looking him in the eye. My smile was gone mostly because my face was beginning to hurt.

"Yeah. He asked me after you left yesterday. While we were playing a game." He said looking at the table. He didn't seem to happy about it. Either that or he couldn't keep eye contact with me.

"So what are we gonna do now!? Im bored!" Daichi yelled. I stood up suddenly not wanting to be alone and sat next to Kai at the end of the couch, kicking Daichi off.

"Oh yeah, what time is it?" Max said looking towards Ray.

"About 11 o'clock." Ray replied after checking his phone.

"Is there anyway we can get the lights back on?" I asked.

"I'll go check the generator." Max said standing.

"I'll go with you." I said standing up as well.

Max blushed suddenly. "O-ok." He stuttered. We walked out into the back of the house into the shed where the outlet box and generator were stored.

The silence was unbearable as we walked to the shed. It felt like hours before we finally reached it. I decided to say something. "Max." I said quietly.

He turned around and looked at me with bright blue eyes. "Yeah Tyson?"

I scratched the back of my head as I thought of something to say. "So your going to be with Alan now more than ever huh?" I said looking at my socks.

He looked down. "Yeah, but Im still going to hang with you to Tyson." He said quietly.

"I doubt it." I said turning around in a fake pout and putting my hands behind my head.

"Tyson."

"It doesn't matter though." I continued, my mood suddenly feeling better. "You were my friend first right? Don't forget that."

"I-I know. I wont. Are you mad at me?" he said suddenly.

My hands dropped from my head and I crossed them looking thoughtfully at the sky. I shook my head no. "You haven't done anything wrong. I cant say I approve of your choice," I turned to look at him smiling. "but if your happy then I guess I am too."

He smiled at that. "Thanks." He said hugging me.

"Hey you don't want your boyfriend coming out here and seeing us right?" I said sarcastically.

He let go and looked down before realizing the joke. He punched me playfully in the arm. "I can still hug my best friend." He said smirking.

"HEY WERE JUST BEING BORED IN HERE!!! HURRY IT UP WILL YA!?" Daichi suddenly shouted from the doorway.

"Oh yeah, forgot about that." Max said before flipping on the power. The lights in the house roared to life and we ran back inside. Once back in Alan was telling a sweat dropping Ray the story of how he saved a crab from a turtle. Don't ask. I walked behind the couch and whispered in Ray's ear.

"Is it bad?"

"Uber bad."

"Sorry we took so long. Thanks for stalling Alan for me."

"No problem but you owe me one." Ray said still pretending to listen.

I took my place next to Kai and Max where I was before, my heart suddenly feeling a little better. "So um what do you guys want to do now?" I said interrupting Alan's adventure.

"You guys wanna finish the movie?" Ray said standing.

"Yeah sounds good." I said slipping onto the not so crowded floor. Max sat down next to me leaving Kai, Ray, and Alan on the couch and me and Max with our backs to said couch. We started the movie over and Alan fell asleep in a matter of minutes, slopping lazily on Ray who had to keep a ruler between his shoulder and Alan's head. Every so often the ruler would slip and Alan would wake up with a loud noise before going back to sleep. About half way into the movie I was really getting into it when I suddenly felt something on my hand. I looked down and saw Max with his fingers on top of mine. I looked at him and raised an eyebrow and he simply smiled and continued watching the movie. I scooted over closer to him and put our hands together, our heads leaning back on the couch as we enjoyed the rest of the movie.

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