Hey all! This is the start of another multi-chaptered fic, although this won't be as long as some of the ones I've posted recently. It's kind of AU-ish- Kai and Rei and all the others are older and work in a beyblade training facility as teachers. Rei and Kai are living together, and are dating. Kai, however, is cheating on Rei. This is all about what happens after Rei finally decides he's had enough. Some bits are kind of OOC, but hey.
Warning: This containeth yaoi. If thou liketh not yaoi, not only art thou mad but also art thou entirely welcome to bog off.
"Kai, tell me the truth."
"Hm?"
Rei bit his lip, deciding to come straight out with it. "You're having an affair. Aren't you?" Kai looked at him strangely, and Rei knew in that instant that he'd been right. It was in the guilty look in the Russian's eyes, his slight edging away, his hunted posture. "I..."
"Don't bother trying to deny it. You stink of guilt, Kai. Who is it?"
"...Tala."
"I should have known, shouldn't I? How could I ever think you'd be satisfied with someone like me?" Rei clenched his fists, fighting not to cry. Kai looked over at him, still looking guilty but with sadness in his eyes.
"I'm sorry-" The words were barely out of his mouth when Rei slapped him across the face.
"Don't stand there and lie to me, Kai! You aren't sorry or you would have admitted it before now! You're cold, cold as you ever were, and you deserve that little cyborg bitch!" Kai looked angry for the first time.
"Don't talk about him like that!"
"I'll talk about him how I want, Kai! And don't think you're any better than him! I know full damn well you were with him before you came here!"
"How do you know?" Kai sneered. Rei bared his teeth, letting out a low hiss.
"Because I can -smell- it. You stink of him. You never knew, did you? Every time you saw him, I could smell it, and I waited for you to admit, to say you were sorry, and I would have forgiven you. But how long's it been going on now, Kai, about a month? A month and a half? And I'm not going to take it any longer." Kai looked fully shocked by that news
"You said you needed me. You said you couldn't live without me-"
"-He- probably says the same when you're in bed with him, but I daresay he'll get tired of you after a while. It's pillow talk, Kai. I don't think there's anyone in the whole world who needs someone like -you- to keep them alive."
Rei could see that his words were hurting Kai, and it brought satisfaction bubbling up from somewhere deep inside him. He'd put up with the pain of knowing Kai was sleeping with someone else for what seemed like eternity, and now Kai was going to feel some of that pain in return. "Why would I need someone with about as much personality as a dead dog, Kai? And I think I can get by without having to cook for you, and clean for you, and do your washing for you." He smiled maliciously. "I hardly think your dearest Tala's going to do any of those, do you? You're going to have to learn fast, or people might notice that you're a lazy prick who never does anything for himself!"
"Shut up!"
"Make me. I'm tired of putting up with you, Kai. You expect so much, and yet you give so little. You and him are perfectly suited, neither of you care about anyone but yourselves!" Kai suddenly launched himself at Rei, furious, but Rei sidestepped effortlessly, and Kai sprawled to the floor. "Is that how he fucks you? Spread on the floor like some cheap prostitute? How does it feel being bottom, Kai? It's vulnerable, isn't it? You have to trust the person on top of you. Huh. You probably wondered why I didn't touch you all last month...well it's because I didn't trust you because I knew you were shacked up with someone else! Would it hurt you badly to know that I saw him kissing Bryan the other day? And it wasn't one of your friendly, brotherly Russian kisses. Tongues and lips and Tala whispering that he needed Bryan. Just like he tells you he needs -you-. I would have thought you couldn't kid a kidder, but you're so stupid it beggars belief."
Kai shot up, red in the face and glowering. "Did I touch a nerve? Face it, Kai, you know Tala, and you know he's the biggest slut on the planet. At least you'll get your well-earned experience of how it feels to have your heart toyed with!" Kai growled, grabbing Rei by the shoulders. Rei sniggered. "What now, Kai? What are you going to do? Are you going to hit me? Would that make you feel better-" He stamped down hard on Kai's foot and writhed away, flicking out a hand to block Kai's incoming punch. "At all?" He threw Kai's fist back at him. "Get out. I don't want you here any more. It's over between us."
Kai glared at him, then lunged, shoving him to the floor. Rei cried out in pain that Kai could see was very real. He crouched down beside Rei, who was clutching just below his stomach and whimpering. "Rei..."
"Jesus..." Rei gasped through gritted teeth. "You just can't resist hurting me, can you? Get me a doctor!" Kai stood up and picked up the phone, dialling the medical wing of the centre. Rei watched him speaking angrily, directing a hateful glare in Kai's direction. He could feel a burning pain in his lower abdomen. It was ironic. He'd finished with Kai to stop himself getting hurt more, and what had that resulted in?
Kai put the phone down just as the pain took on a new and even more unbearable sting. Rei gasped and felt tears stream down his cheeks. "I HATE you!" He hissed, jaw clenched. Kai looked slightly panicked, sitting next to him and reaching out to touch his arm. "Don't touch me!" Rei growled. Kai obeyed, looking even more upset. Well what was he upset for? He wasn't the one lying there in agony, was he?
"Rei...does it hurt that badly?"
"YES!"
"I'm sorry-"
"No you aren't! You're never sorry because you're to self absorbed to CARE about anyone else! I hate you!"
Kai bit his lip. "Rei...I never wanted...to hurt you. But Tala understands me. He knows me."
"Here's a tip, Kai, if someone you've cheated on is lying on the floor in agony because of something -you- did, it's NOT a good idea to start talking about the slut you've been sleeping with!" Kai opened his mouth to reply when there was a knock at the door. Kai opened it to let two medics in, carrying a first aid kit and a lightweight stretcher.
They talked between themselves in medical language before lifting Rei onto the stretcher, making the neko-jin scream and writhe with pain, before jogging off down the corridor with him. Kai stood there and watched them go, feeling his emotions tumble into a turmoil. He picked up the phone again and dialled Tala's number.
"Hello?"
"Tala..."
"Oh, hi Kai. Are you okay? You sound a bit down..."
"It's over."
"What, you told him? Good. I was never happy keeping it a secret..."
"No...Tala...I mean we're over. Me and you. I can't keep doing this to him. I told him, and we started arguing, and...they've taken him to the medical wing, Tala. And I can't...I can't keep on seeing you. Not after that."
"What did you do to him?"
"I...I was angry...I shoved him over and...he screamed..."
"Kai, how could you? Say what you like about finishing with me, but knowing -that- I wouldn't touch you again anyway! He never did anything wrong, Kai, you were just too much of a coward to tell him!" The phone went dead at the other end, and Kai put the handset down, sinking to the floor and starting to cry. What had he done? What had he been doing? Was he insane?
Hmm, that was quite a short chapter, I'm pretty sure the next one will be longer.
Next Chapter: Rei wakes up in hospital, and Kai plans to do something drastic...
Anyway, please R&R and tell me what you thought of it, even if you didn't like it I'd like to know (so long as you don't flame- the only use for flames is toasting marshmallows).