The Unpredictable Battlefield
Chapter 21 – A new emotion, jealousy?

"You did what?"

Honestly, I don't know what it was, but I struggled to register the key information in that sentence. All I could see was Max's lips moving. It got to the point where I would get frustrated with myself because I had asked him to repeat his sentence 3 times already.

It was a shame that the guy had lost his excitement that he originally came to me with. You should have seen him! He was bouncing off the walls with his eyes sparkling brighter than a firework that had been released in to a clear night sky. It made me feel happy and I didn't even know what I was being positive for.

Max has that affect on people~

Jeez, it must have been that accident at the sink I had earlier. Man that hurt!

Then again, it's probably all the thousands of thoughts going through my head at once, I can't do multi-tasking! Listening and thinking at the same time is not something a busy man should contemplate. It confuses things.

"Tyson...!" Max sighed with a sweat drop appearing in the corner of his pale forehead. "Dude, are you alright? You look so lost. Are you upset about Calvin joining the team?"

Pardoning my own issues aside, I waved my floppy hand in front of his blushing face. "No, forget about me and say it one more time. I'm listening." This is where I really put the effort in to the Draciel wielder.

"I said, I kissed Calvin!"

AND THERE IT WAS! I HEARD IT!

If a light bulb could light above my head like it did in the kids cartoons, it would do right now. But that energy source soon exploded when I realised how awkward this could become on the teams behalf.

Calvin and Max? What would Kai say!? That guy is supposed to be my 'replacement', he needs to stay in tip-top shape!

Still, I did what I did best, I ignored my brain and I listened to my heart. Reassuringly, I cracked a smile and stuck up my thumb faithfully. I'm sure the guy knows what he is doing, after all, he's the nicest guy I know!

"He would be crazy to not dig you." I teased and sat back in my bed like a useless team manager. "What happened after you kissed him?"

He perched himself down onto the end of my bed and replied, "I think he got nervous and ran away Tyson. That guy blushed up like a heatwave. So I don't regret what I did."

"I didn't think you would regret it." Lightly I laughed. "Well keep me updated what goes on, won't you Max?"

He nodded in a promising gesture and began to shake like an excited school boy who was falling so hard. Casually, I folded my weak arms and I couldn't stop flashing my pleased smile at him. There was no better feeling in the world than seeing your best friend happy, it brings out the soppy side inside me.

"Hey, fancy doing me a favour?" I shifted my eyes over to the wheelchair that was sitting beside the doorframe. "Grab my wheelchair and help me get in it. I have had enough of laying in bed."

Kai clearly didn't want me to move from this bed, he wanted me to lie here like a dead fish all day and recover. Haha, it's not happening~

"Sure thing buddy. Thank you for listening."

I waved my hand as if it was nothing. After all, it was only a matter of minutes until I scream the house down because of how much hard work this movement was on my body and Max will need all the patients in the world to put up with me yelling at him.

Once in my new set of legs for the next two weeks, I raced Max out the room and to the end of the corridor. We were trying to see who was the quickest to the kitchen to grab dinner, but it turns out that Max had won as I got distracted at a shortcut I was attempting to take for the win.

Kai was alone with Calvin and boy did it look awkward as hell!

"Kiss me..." Kai whispered to Calvin.

Did I hear that right?
Or have I really had too many light slams to the head?

A new energy exploded throughout my inner body as I couldn't believe what I was hearing. A part of me wanted to get out this wheelchair and bounce it off Kai's head for being such a confusing sour-puss. But then another side of me encouraged me to take deep breaths and just witness the whole situation before reacting.

"Kiss you?" Calvin repeated uncertain as he leaned closer to his younger half-brother.

My heart started to speed up and my weak muscles trembled with frustration, my veins honestly felt like they were going to pop because my temper was struggling to be restrained by my discipline for much longer.

Is this what jealousy feels like? Man it's awful!

It killed me to watch Calvin lean into Kai's personal space. He must be embracing the smell of that dominant cologne that Kai always wore, it really was a magnet to draw in people from afar. But to get close enough and experience Kai's soft breath brushing against your lips is a whole new story.

My mouth dried and my pupils narrowed.

Yet to everyone's surprise, Calvin missed Kai's irresistible lips and he leaned towards his ear to whisper, "And I always thought I was the one who was fucked up." Weirdly it was loud enough for me to hear, it's like the boys knew I was present without showing any symptoms of it.

"Fuck you Calvin." Kai snarled and pushed away his half brother aggressively. "Instead of showing weakness about your problems, do something about it."

My jaw flew to the floor as Kai walked into my direction, "How did you get into that?" He asked coldly, referring to me in the wheelchair.

"Hey hey." I snapped and shock my head to come back to reality. "Don't you bring the drama my way, I was just on my way to the front room to the kitchen with Max, that's all."

I paused when I notice Kai's gaze soften with such raw emotion. My heart quickly settled back into my chest and my stomach twisted with guilt. I can't believe how quickly we both lost our cool over such a stupid situation. I got jealous and he lost his patiences.

Maybe we both are so alike without knowing it?

"I just didn't want to sit in bed all day Kai, it's boring and I feel lifeless." I confessed to sooth the atmosphere and shot him a helpless glance. "That's why Max helped me into the chair. We were racing to the kitchen..."

"Save it Tyson." Kai interrupted, hinting at the fact that I didn't have to explain myself anymore. He closed his eyes to restrain his disciplined mind and unclenched his aggressive palms, "What do you want to eat? Some ramen?"

"Ramen?" I tilted my head at the question, "More like half a cow Kai, come on."

A slight smirk snuck up onto the corners of his dry lips, he was amused and it made my heart leap with joy.

"You better not be eating because you're bored Tyson." Kai walked behind me and began to push the wheelchair into the kitchen casually.

"When have I ever done that?" I joked and blushed at his scent that was thriving up my nostrils. "Besides, you better behave when I'm not around."

That's when he finally let his guard down and played along with the sarcastic comments, "When have I ever done that Tyson?" He muttered into my ear like a bad boy.

By now my body was going into over drive, I just wish I had the energy to get up out this wheelchair and pin him against the wall so I could kiss him! Instead I am stuck in this state until I get better! Urgh!

In the kitchen, Max and Kai had prepared a delicious meal for us three to all dig into. It was a light atmosphere, one in which the three of us had missed out on for a long time. I seriously didn't want it to end too be honest with you.

Yet after about half an hour, a familiar figure caught us all off guard.

"Erm guys, I think you need to come and see this." Rei interrupted as he peeked from the front room into the kitchen. "Boris is at his old tricks again, but this time it's Ian."

A/N: You guys have no idea how much I have missed writing this story. It felt like picking up a dusty key from a shelf and re-opening a door - on the otherside was a Tyson who was annoyed because he thought I had forgotten about him xD. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter – Granger Rebellion.