obvious? yes. have you been warned about it? yes. right now. are the chaps just getting shorter? yes.
and that was me being positive. see all the yeses there. hope you enjoy.

Chapter 8

Tala was coming out of the university building when he heard this slight commotion. There were girls whispering quietly, giggling and glancing at something. He sighed. Some creatures were just dumb.

Then he went around the corner, and his jaw nearly dropped. It wasn't so hard to understand why the girls were acting like idiots. Because he would too if he was one of them. And had no brains. Or self-esteem. Kai was in the parking lot with a damn cool motorcycle. He was dumbstruck for a moment, and like in a teen film, a girl with a very short skirt and a shirt that showed how well formed she was walked to Kai who was straddling his bike. The girl smiled at Kai and tossed her long hair over her shoulder, to show how nicely the hair glistened and to reveal her neck. Tala wanted to do something really not nice to the girl, and took a step forward. Kai turned his head a bit towards the girl, and their gaze met. There was a hundred yards between them, but by the smirk he could tell that Kai had recognized him too. Then Kai turned his head fully to the girl who was smiling and batting her eyes. He wanted to make however it was who invented wake lashes shame for daring to come up with something so horrible. Tala swallowed and moved onward some more. Close enough that he noticed that Kai's eyes were trailing him. Kai's smirk changed a little and revealed his teeth momentarily. Then Kai leaned closer to the girl and whispered something in her ear. But his red eyes never left him. He feared his heart was about to break. Did Kai want to show him that he was too much trouble and not worth it? Or that Kai could easily find someone else? Not like he didn't know it already. Kai's look was really disturbing. Then the girl pulled away hurriedly, blushed and tried to slap Kai. But Kai laughed airily and grabbed the hand flying at him. The girl blushed even redder and Kai let go of her hand, and then the girl started walking away, pulling her hem down with one hand, and readjusting her shirt with the other. He looked back at Kai, who was now looking directly at him and looking like a winner. He glanced at the girl who was disappearing fast in the distance. Then he walked to Kai

"Hi" Kai lifted an eyebrow. He tried not to. He really didn't want to seem jealous or anything after the little whatever they had had in the weekend. But Kai refused to explain anything. Finally he sighed and saw how Kai's lip twitched in an effort not to grin. "So, what was that about?" Kai glanced his watch.

"Better than I expected". There was a silence. He cocked his head to the side

"You know what would be better than expected to me?" Kai looked at him with no expression

"Feel free to share"

"That you would once answer to my question straight." Kai nodded

"Figured. I will do that at least once." then Kai glanced his watch again.

"Why do you keep looking your watch?" Kai looked at him with those burning red eyes

"Making a time estimate. Do you have anything to do today?"

"I don't think so" like he could say. Kai had the effect of washing his head empty simply by appearing. It was slightly annoying. He was still like a fool in front of Kai. "Do you think I am stupid or retard or something?" he spurted out. Immediately, he felt like a complete idiot. Talking about making a fool out of himself. He turned his eyes to the ground.

"No" Kai said. "That's not what I think. I think you are cute." his head snapped up hearing that, and apparently Kai had just waited that, since once his head was up, Kai kissed him. Not some 'hi, how was your day'-kind of kiss. But a proper kiss with some tongue. A hand tugged his hair, and he pulled away. He looked at Kai in wonder, then he realized he had actually moved his hands so one was clutched to the front of Kai's jacket, and the other was behind Kai's head, pulling him closer. So the way of least violence had indeed been to pull him away. "And I.." Kai fell silent. He pulled his hand from the back of Kai's head and caressed his cheek on the way

"You what?" Kai looked him in the eye, and reached some sort of conclusion. And with a shrug he ended

"I like you". He couldn't breath. He couldn't believe he had heard correctly. His head was spinning and his legs felt weak. Kai ignored all of this and did something with his bike. Then the red eyes turned to him again. "And there you had it. I gave straight answer to one of your question."

"Thanks" he muttered, still trying to comprehend this. Kai liked him back? So they could really be something right? He looked at Kai with new eyes. He tried to imagine a future with the guy. It was hard. Because Kai was Kai. But it sounded fun. The idea of having Kai for long made him feel content. He returned to the Earth. And Kai wasn't looking at him, but staring into distance, playing with the bike keys, one eyebrow lifted. The expression was something like disappointed, expectant and deep in thought.

"So you have no plans?" Kai said, still not looking at him.

"No I don't" he said cheerily. He didn't even care if he had. It didn't matter anyway. "Why?" Kai looked at him with the same expression

"Do you want to go for a ride?"

"Yes!" he exclaimed. Kai smirked at him a bit.

"Hop on" he said and gave him a helmet. He smiled at Kai, and gave him a peak on the cheek.

"Thanks." he put the helmet on and lifted the shield

"so, what did you say to the girl?" Kai smirked

"Jealous or curious?" he shrugged

"Both" Kai snorted and looked away, then back at him

"Just commenting about her profession based on her clothes and behavior. Apparently hit a sore spot"

"You are mean" he said laughing. Kai shrugged

"It was a fair guess don't you think? I mean, you made a guess right now about what I said based on what you think I thought of her" there was a long silence.

"wow. That's a nice sentence." he finally said. Kai rolled his eyes

"Maybe you are stupid after all" he swatted Kai at the shoulder. "And violent to top it off" he was a bit upset about it. He could recall slapping Kai earlier. Was he really a violent person deep down?

"Sorry.." he mumbled. Kai huffed

"Whatever you think right now, you are wrong." he avoided the red eyes. "You think you have a violent streak?" he kept looking away. "Don't worry. I can restrain you before anything bad happens."

"What if you won't be around?" he saw how Kai shook his head

"Have you hit people many times?" he thought a while.

"No. you were the first"

"Then stop worrying. One time means nothing. Besides, you don't have the strength to be violent you know. Five year old hits harder."

"Hey!" he objected. Then he noticed he was looking at the red eyes again.

"Got it?" he nodded. "Good. But you should really work on not letting little teasing getting to you so easily." he cocked his head to the side

"You are planning on teasing me?" Kai took an expression of genuine innocence

"Could I do something like that?" he giggled

"But seriously, where are we going?" Kai shrugged

"You'll see. You ready?" he nodded

"Yeah" Kai started the bike

"Jump on" he followed the order and climbed on behind Kai, wrapping hands around Kai's body. It felt good. "Hold on" Kai called to him, and as an answer, he squeezed Kai. Kai took his helmet from the handle bar and was about to put it on when he called

"Kai, wait!" Kai stopped mid movement and glanced at him "I like you too!" first, Kai looked surprised, then there was a smirk

"Thanks" Kai said, put the helmet on and they were on the move. He pressed himself against Kai's back and realized how bad his thanks must have felt to Kai earlier. But he had been too shocked to react any other way. He let out a deep sigh. What was done was done, and the good thing about Kai was the definitely was clever, and pretty forgiving too.

"I love you" he said, knowing there was no way for Kai to hear it, which was the way he wanted. He wasn't ready to go that far yet. But he felt like he could trust Kai, even though he didn't know much about the guy. They had time, no need to rush. He would just enjoy his time now.

I admit it. this was meant to be just few line thing and the chap was meant to be about where they drive. but things don't always go as they are planned. I know that. maybe next time. most likely not. after all, it is those two I am writing about.