Requested by: lovestarr, theoddkid, Guest, Anonymus
Request: Kai/Jay
Warnings: Yaoi
Jay and Kai sat on the small couch of the apartment's living room, the only light coming from the television screen, and even that was barely enough to see more than a foot in front of them. Jay was sprawled out on Kai's lap, his head lying on the armrest. The couple was focused intently on the movie being played, very rarely turning to look at each other.
With it being around 11:30 at night, and being home alone while the others were out, Kai knew it was a mistake to choose a horror movie to watch. But Jay insisted it would be fine, saying the movie wouldn't be that scary and they would be fine even if they watched it with the lights off. Kai also knew it was a mistake to trust Jay when he said this, but did it anyway, hoping for once that the redhead would be right.
He wasn't.
Despite the film being made on a relatively small budget, and using the idea of the ghost of someone who was bullied haunting her tormentors through their computers, it was surprisingly frightening and gruesome. Jay occasionally pointed out some errors with the film to distract them from the scarier parts of the movie.
"Why can't they just log out?" he had asked. "Surely the ghost would leave them alone then, right?" Not too long after, it was revealed the ghost was haunting their entire computers, rather than just one website. "Oh."
"But they can just call the cops or something, right?" Kai added, trying to lighten the mood. "The ghost is only in the computers, right?" Later on, one of the characters die when they attempt to do just that. "Okay, then..."
"And why are they all so horrible to each other? I know they're teenagers and everything, but they've all lied to each other at least once before this!"
Both of them cringed every time one of the characters died, getting the feeling the ghost was willing to do anything to make them pay for their actions. Jay was especially appalled when one of the girls ratted out one of the others to the ghost, still in utter disbelief that anyone could have such little morality.
By the time the movie ended, with the ghost killing the one who tormented her the most after killing the others, Kai and Jay were staring at the screen with wide eyes, clearly shocked by the film they had just witnessed.
"So...that happened," said Jay. "Some movie, huh, Kai?" He chuckled nervously, still tense as though something would pop up on the screen to scare them more.
"Y-yeah, sure was," Kai stammered. "Let's just turn the light on, it's hard to see." Jay sat up on the couch as Kai stood up, wandering over to the switch on the wall and flicking the lights on. He immediately turned the television off, ejecting the DVD and putting it back in its case.
"When did the others say they'd be back?" Jay asked casually, not trying to hint at the fact that he'd rather not be home only with Kai.
"Not sure. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, I was just curious, that's all."
Both of them jumped when the phone rang, giving each other a nervously amused glance before Kai answered. As Kai talked with whoever was on the other end, Jay picked up the DVD case and, when the red ninja's back was turned, placed it under the couch, not wanting to even look at it.
"That was Nya," he said, hanging up. "The Ultra-Sonic Raider broke down and they won't be back until morning."
Jay gulped. "That's disappointing. I guess we'll just be here all night. Alone... Until morning..."
"Yep." Kai looked down at the sleeve of his pyjama shirt, toying with it in his fingers. "A real pity..."
After a long moment of silence and avoiding eye contact with each other, Jay took hold of Kai's arm and walked toward his bedroom. "Let's just get to bed. We can be rested and ready for tomorrow, Nya and the others will be back, we can put that movie behind us and forget everything that happened in it-"
Kai stopped just as they were standing in the doorway. "Hold on, what was that last part?"
"Nya will be back?"
He stared at him for a moment, studying the innocent expression on his face, before he smirked. "That movie really freaked you out, didn't it?"
"What? No! Of course it didn't! Like I said, it wasn't that scary." He pointed an accusatory finger at Kai. "Besides, you're the one who immediately suggested we turn the lights on when it was over! So how do I know that you weren't freaked out by it?"
He scoffed. "I only turned the lights on because I couldn't see. That movie wasn't scary at all." He turned back to his room, collapsing onto the bed. "If I were so scared, I'd be sleeping with the lights on, which I won't be doing because I'm not scared."
"The lights are still on, idiot."
Kai looked around, then reached over to flick the light switch. "Happy?"
Jay shook his head in amusement, rolling his eyes. "Whatever. Goodnight, Kai. See you in the morning."
As Jay headed for his room, he couldn't get over the lingering paranoia the movie instilled in him. He felt as though the ghost was real, and was now watching his every move, just waiting for him to let his guard down, ready to kill him like she did with the characters in the movie in the most gruesome way possible.
He wiped his sweaty hands off on his pyjama pants, and was about to open the door when he heard a creak coming from somewhere in the hallway. He jumped back, feeling his teeth start to chatter, the hair on the back of his neck raising. He backed away from the door, and thought over his options. He could stop being a wimp and go into his room anyway and just keep the light on, or he could stick around in the hallway for whatever was about to kill him. One option that came to his mind that he didn't even want to consider was going back to Kai. Sure it would involve him admitting that yes, the movie scared him, but at least he wouldn't be alone.
Jay decided to go with the last option, and he crept down the hallway, quietly enough that if there was an intruder, he wouldn't be heard. He turned the corner and screamed when he came face to face with another person, who let out a terrified scream of their own.
When they both recovered from surprising each other, Jay looked up, raising an eyebrow. "Kai? It was only you?" he asked.
"Yeah. I came to ask you something important, but if you want to go back to your room, then-"
"No!" he yelped. Kai stared at him in confusion, and Jay coughed awkwardly. "I mean, I had something I wanted to ask you, too." He took a moment to compose himself and think out what he wanted to say before muttering, "I just wanted to know if I could sleep in your room with you tonight. Not for any specific reason or anything, I just think, you know, now that we're a couple and everything, we don't get to do stuff like this often, and we're alone, so it's not like anyone will think it's weird or anything, but if you don't want to, that's-"
"Sure," Kai interrupted. "I actually came to ask you the same thing. Not because I'm scared of the movie or anything, I just think it'd be nice for us to do this."
Jay grinned, secretly glad knowing that his boyfriend was probably just as frightened by the movie as he was, and linked arms with him. He let Kai guide him to his bedroom again, lying down on the bed next to him.
Kai brought Jay close to him, wrapping his arms around Jay's waist. "This has been some night, huh?" he murmured.
Jay nodded, snuggling closer into Kai's hold. "Sure has. And, uh, Kai?" He met the brunet's gaze, sighing in exasperation. "The movie kinda did scare me after all."
"Knew it." Kai rubbed comforting patterns on Jay's back, slowly shutting his eyes. "But it's just a movie, none of it is real."
"Yeah. Goodnight, Kai..."
"'Night, Jay..."
They fell asleep shortly after, their breathing almost perfectly in sync with each other, not separating in the slightest. Their eyes only opened when they heard another creak in the hallway. Their eyes met again, and Kai reached over to flick the light switch on with a nervous smile.
"Let's just sleep with the light on tonight," he chuckled nervously, and Jay noticed how his grip on him tightened with that being said.
And yes, they were watching Unfriended. Honestly, I'm impressed by how the movie was made using Skype video chat and other social networking sites. Sure it'll seem pretty dated in a few years, but it's cool.
I haven't even seen it, though. I was just going off what I knew from the trailers and TV Tropes. The whole "hand in the blender" is preventing me from wanting to see it. That and I don't like horror movies XD
Thank you to those who requested this pairing (it was such a popular request, too)! Stay tuned!
