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*cough* Okay, serious time. So it's a shorter chapter than last time, but it just had a natural end sooner than I was expecting! If I add more it'll be...sorta forced, and I like the flow so far. Anyway, writing progress; I have chapter 6 complete! The issue I'm having is deciding on an ending point. If you have any suggestions on when I could end it, I'm all ears. I'm also open to any other suggestions you might have.
I got no opinions on when to update, so I'll update roughly when I feel like it, which is generally when the number of views/day drops down low. Hopefully by the next update I'll have chapter 7 finished up at least, hopefully with a start on chapter 8 IF it doesn't end in 7.
For those of you curious about today's update, my sister is adopting the cat of one of my friends, and I'm going to help pick up said kitty this weekend, and most likely I'll be playing with said kitty for a couple of days to help her settle. I could've waited a few more days to upload this, but meh, kitty :P
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Both the blonde and black haired males watched quietly as each was poured a fresh drink of vodka, theirs mixed with lemonade while Kai left his straight, handing each back their glass. "Take turns asking a question, and the other two have to answer. If you don't want to answer or can't, you drink."
"Sounds simple enough." Ray agreed, glancing over to see Max eyeing his glass cautiously.
"How much do we need to drink?" the blonde asked cautiously, glancing at the Russian.
The slate haired male pondered the question for several moments. "Just what you normally would if you were having a drink of something."
Both seemingly clear on the rules, the trio sat and thought of questions to ask, with the amber eyed male the first to voice one. "How many guys have you two hooked up with?" he asked curiously, one finger tracing the top of his glass.
"Seven, all of whom I picked up at bars." Kai stated bluntly, no trace of emotion in his voice. "Charles, Kyle, Brad, Jason, David, Jack and Alex." His startling ruby eyes glanced up at the blue eyed male, who seemed to consider things for a moment.
"Three, all of them named James." He finally stated, earning a laugh from the other two. "Never really thought about that before, but every guy I've dated was called James. When did you realise you weren't interested in girls?"
The oldest of the trio thought for a moment before taking a drink, shrugging when he realised both Max and Ray were looking at him with a frown. "Don't remember; it was quite a while ago."
Attention turned to the ebony haired male, who appeared to be seriously considering the question. "Just before I left my home town; Mariah was really interested in me and I…I was more interested in one of the guys in the next village over." He admitted, earning a nod from each of the other two.
"Who would you count as the most annoying person on your team? Excluding when we were Bladebreakers of course." the Russian stated, earning blank stares from both of the other males. "What? It's another thing every team has; one gay guy, one ridiculously annoying person and the token midget."
The amber eyed male continued to frown. "Who's the annoying one on your team then?"
"Bryan; not only does he sleepwalk and climb into other people's beds, he spends an hour in the shower in the mornings and brings the loudest girl he can find home at 3am, particularly when we have a match the next day." The ruby eyed male stated, earning laughs from the remaining two. "Didn't expect the Russian team to be so normal did you?"
Max didn't need to think long before answering. "Most annoying person on the All Stars would have to be Michael; he spends more time doing his hair than Emily and my mom combined, snores louder than Tyson and in the event he brings a girl home, there's normally two more." The blonde stated, shaking his head. "He's not selfish at least; he'll share with Rick and Eddie if they want."
Ray took a quick sip of his drink, shaking his head. "Not answering that one. What's your best memory from being a kid?"
The slate haired male took a quick sip as the blonde answered. "My dad teaching me about beyblading; my mom was still with us, and we were all really happy together. What about you Ray?"
It seemed the dark haired male didn't need to think about it. "When Lee and I were kids, we'd head out into the mountains around the village; we were fast enough that Mariah, Lee and Gary couldn't follow, so it was a place only the two of us went. We'd spend whole days there just talking, swimming, climbing trees, just doing whatever we wanted." He sighed, looking down at his drink. "We stopped going out there when we started beyblading."
"Sounds like a nice place." Max smiled, his grin growing wider suddenly. "What's your biggest fear?"
It was Ray's turn to avoid answering as he took a long drink, eyes fixed on Kai. Both were surprised as the ruby eyed male went to take a sip and stopped, placing his glass back down. "Claustrophobia." He stated, taking a drink anyway. "It's probably the one universal fear everyone from the abbey has."
"Lee's afraid of clowns; their makeup freaks him out. First time we went into town, there was a clown making balloon animals. Lee took one look at this guy, screamed and ran in the other direction." Ray stated, earning laughs from both Max and Kai. "What about you Max?"
The blonde took small drink, clearly more out of thirst than a desire to avoid answering. "Moths. Can't stand them, and Rick likes to tease me about it. Strangely he thinks that's weirder than a few of flowers." It was obvious both of the older males were trying not to laugh, and the blonde pouted indignantly, which pushed both over the edge. "At least I answered Ray."
Kai was the first to recover, still grinning. "Okay, have you ever worn women's clothing, and if so, what?" The reaction from Ray was almost instant, the dark haired male going bright red while Max sat thinking, before he took a drink. "Ray you're not getting out of this one."
The neko-jin let out a sigh, placing the glass he'd moments before moved to his lips back on the floor. "Lee and I got soaked out in the rain one evening, and we headed around to Lee's to dry off. The only dry clothes they had that fit the two of us were Mariah's…"
That was all he got out before the duo began laughing, and it was Ray's turn to try and pout, to seemingly no effect. "Oh and you've never been forced to wear pink." As the pair recovered, both shook their heads. "Fine. Who's the worst dressed beyblader and why? Let's exclude Tyson for this one, and Daichi."
"Well there's my top two gone." Kai shrugged, "Probably Michael; first world championships we competed in he was fine, but the most recent one he half-assed the baseball theme."
"Really? I would've said Ming Ming or Johnny." The blonde stated, frowning at the slate haired male. "Ming Ming looks like a badly iced cupcake, and Johnny has the same problem as Daichi."
"Fair point." Ray agreed. "Your turn Max."
The trio continued their round of questioning; covering topics from their strangest habit and their favourite foods, to less tame subjects such as how many people they'd slept with and their biggest pet peeve in the bedroom. Both Ray and Max had needed three refills since the start of questioning, while Kai had refilled his own glass only once. The amber and sapphire eyed male's drinks had started getting stronger after the first one, and if either noticed they didn't say anything.
With the dark haired and blonde males both sitting on half a glass of lemonade and vodka, and the slate haired male was sitting on roughly two shots of vodka left in his glass. Coincidentally, it was his turn to ask a question.
"All right, final question; if you don't answer you finish your drink." Kai stated, his ruby eyes hard, indicating there would be no arguing about it.
"And you're going to answer as well?" the amber eyed male confirmed, receiving a nod.
"All right, sounds fair." The blue eyed teen stated, both turning their attention to the captain.
The ruby eyed male glanced down at his glass briefly, clearly making his decision. "Who've you had your eye on, in terms of a relationship?" He questioned, looking into the eyes of both males. A moment later he downed his drink, placing the empty glass on the floor.
It appeared to be a sobering moment for both of the younger bladers, each staring at their drinks for several moments. Max placed his on the floor and moved to the nearby wall, leaning against it slightly as he headed out of the room. Both Kai and Ray watched him leave, frowning at the movement.
"Where's he going?" Ray frowned, turning his gaze back to Kai.
"Most probably the bathroom; he's the only one who hasn't been since we started drinking." Kai guessed, ensuring the top was tightly on the bottle of vodka. They'd managed to down slightly more than half the bottle, which was a rather impressive feat for three people.
Sure enough the blonde returned, still wavering slightly on his feet. He settled back into his seat and glanced at Ray. "Didn't miss your answer did I?" he grinned, still as bubbly as ever.
"No." the dark haired male admitted, looking back down to his glass. He hesitated for a moment before downing his drink as Kai had, coughing slightly as the vodka burned his throat slightly. "You made that stronger than the others."
"I did." The Russian admitted, smirking slightly. "Max?"
The blonde waited another moment before doing likewise, none of the trio wanting to answer the question. "Suppose that's a first." The blonde stated, earning nods of agreement from the other two males. "How about one more?"
Kai did as requested; pouring enough vodka into each glass to fill the bottom quarter of each glass, and the trio recollected their glasses. "So Max, what's the deal?" Ray asked, both he and Kai watching the blonde.
"The way I see it there's three reasons none of us answered; the answer to Kai's question is someone else in the room, you don't want anyone else to know, or ." The blonde explained, none of the trio moving as he spoke. "So my question is, is the person you have your eye on another beyblader?"
"Same rules as before?" Kai asked, Max shaking his head.
"No, that's no fun; we'll just all drink again." He grinned, the smile sending a chill down both Kai and Ray's spines. "Instead, you either answer honestly and finish your drink, or drink three times what's in your glass."
The trio paused briefly, each considering their options. The blonde had definitely made things much more difficult than they were initially; drinking would mean downing near three shots, answering could narrow the pool of potential crushes for all three.
All three settled their minds and raised their glasses, unable to look at the others.
"Yes."
All three downed their drinks and glasses her placed on the floor, the trio sitting in silence for several moments afterward as thoughts raced through their heads.
Through his almost drunk haze, Max looked up at the two males, both of whom seemed to be trying to realise what their simultaneous agreement actually meant. "I think we should probably all go to bed, we have training tomorrow don't we Kai?"
The blonde's cherry voice seemed to shake both of the older males from their thoughts, the captain clearing his throat. "We do indeed." He agreed, slowly standing. He offered a hand firstly to Ray, who stumbled slightly as he reached his feet. Ensuring the dark haired man was steady, the Russian turned to Max, easily pulling the blonde to his feet.
The youngest of the trio wasn't as steady, falling forward to land against the blue cloth covering the older male's chest. "Easy Max." he stated, placing his hands firmly on the blue eyed male's shoulders. "You all right?"
"Fine." The blonde mumbled, although clearly unable to stand up unaided.
The Russian avoided rolling his eyes as he glanced at Ray. "Can you walk on your own?"
"I'll be fine." The male stated, heading toward the door. "Want me to go ahead?"
The slate haired male nodded as he pulled one of the blonde's arms over his shoulders, ensuring the male was roughly stable before bending slightly to pick the male up. It didn't take much before all three were headed down the hallway; Ray leaning against the wall, Kai carrying Max while the blonde tried to form a protest.
When they reached the room they'd been staying in, both Kai and Ray groaned. They hadn't set out their bedding for the night, and none of the trio really felt like doing it. Moving over to the pile of blankets, the neko-jin laid two of the bedrolls onto the wooden floor and pulled three of the thinner blankets over.
Max was already starting to doze in the captain's arms, the youngest of the trio barely keeping his eyes open. Kai let out a sigh and settled the blonde on the bedrolls, stifling a yawn as he leant down and retrieved the younger male's beyblade, wallet and anything else he found in his pockets.
The black haired male had already emptied his own pockets, and flicked the green shirt off to one corner of the room before moving over to Max, gently tugging the lilac fabric from the drowsy and drunk blonde. It too was fired off to a corner of the room, and Kai returned to the make-shift bed to check on the younger males.
"Think you might've made those drinks a bit strong, Kai." Ray yawned, his amber eyes glancing at the blonde male squirming around on the blankets in an attempt to get comfortable. Settling himself down beside the blonde, he pulled the younger male's head gently into his lap, running a hand gently through his hair to calm the male.
Ruby eyes watching closely, Kai realised that Ray was swaying back and forth slowly, his last drink of vodka starting to affect the male. "Probably; I'm used to drinking with Tala and Bryan." the slate haired male admitted, grabbing the pillows from the pile of blankets. Settling himself down behind Ray, he draped a blanket over Max and another over the neko-jin. "Training tomorrow is cancelled I think."
Ray took the opportunity to lean back against the Russian teen, his hand still moving slowly through Max's hair. "That's probably a good plan." He yawned, his head dropped against the slate haired male's shoulder. Soon enough Kai's hand was running gently through Ray's hair, the amber eyed male struggling to keep himself awake.
The sapphire eyed teen had already dozed off, and Ray felt their captain give a small chuckle. "He looks adorable asleep, doesn't he?"
"Yea…and almost as peaceful as you look asleep." Ray agreed through a yawn, sliding down into a more comfortable position. He soon joined the blonde in slumber, Kai slowly stroking the hair of both males as he too began to doze.
It wasn't long before he too fell asleep, the trio remaining cuddled together as they slept.
Tai: There's the chapter. Remember, suggestions on an ending AND I love reviews. There's three chapters on my laptop, tempt me :P