A/N : - I dedicate this chapter to all the people who have reviewed this story, you're the reason I could be bothered to continue it. And Yazzy, thanks for your continuous threats! (The pixies O.o )

Warning : Strong language, yaoi

Disclaimer : I don't own Beyblade or any of the characters. The characters you do not recognise are mine and are not to be stolen/used in any story other than my own.

"………" - Speech

'………' - Thought

Italics - Something written (e.g. e-mails)

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I want to know where I stand in this relationship…….……………… I hate this feeling of being left in the dark…….……………… I'm sorry…….……………… Just tell me everything, okay?…….……………… I still have lingering feelings for Tala…….……………… Maybe we should let it be that way?

Rei sighed as he rolled over in his bed on Tyson's floor, too many loud thoughts in his head to sleep. He was thinking about the fact that Kai had never e-mailed back and that everything had gotten so confused and mixed up; did Kai want to be with him? Were things ever going to work out? Where would he be now if he'd never made friends with Kai? Would things be easier? So many questions, so few answers.

He sat up in the bed, pushing back the distasteful orange and green striped covers that Tyson seemed to cherish almost as much as his blue and red bedspread and flicked some stray black hairs from his face, hugging his knees. Why was it so hard to be a teenager? Children got it so easy! Well, not all children since some had various problems right from when they were little, but Rei guessed that those who had had it a little harder in early life would find teenage life easier than somebody who was practically spoilt as a child. He sighed and glanced around the dark room, his gaze halting on the window. Although the curtains were drawn, there was a tiny sliver of orange lamp light peering through beneath the hems, illuminating the radiator with a warm glow. It reminded him on sunrise in a way, how the radiator was so dark and plain, but then the lamp light from outside creates an atmosphere and it looks beautiful… Sure, he may be a little delirious since he may soon find himself being ditched by the love of his life-so-far, but there must be others in the world who still found pleasure in such tiny things like an orange glow cast onto a radiator by a streetlamp. Perhaps he could liken this to his life? He is the radiator, plain and simple and perhaps a little bit boring to some, and Kai is the light that warms him up and makes everything about his life a little bit more interesting… And Tala is the money spider that is crawling it's way across the top of the scene now, intervening with everything. Yet the spider could either be seen as a little something to liven up a calm and perfect picture, perhaps making it a little bit messy with it's endless enticing webs; or it could be seen as something that fits in with everything, making it complete as the scene without the spider wouldn't keep onlookers interested for long, and that's what one needs in a picture – Endless possibilities, a picture within a picture. Was his love-life a perfect picture or was it boring and in need of a money spider?

Rei noticed a ball of red wool a couple of feet away from him so grabbed it and began absentmindedly braiding his hair, subconsciously hoping that Tyson wouldn't mind him using the wool. It was too difficult to try and sleep with so much going on in his head so staying up would probably be a better idea, even if it meant he was going to be knackered out the next day. He didn't really know what was happening now, what if Kai and Tala were together right that minute and he were just left out of it all and kept in the dark again? He really hated the thought of something like that happening, he couldn't stand the idea of someone else being with Kai, he loved him so much!

"Rei!" Rei twitched his ears as he distinctly heard someone shout his name. Tyson was still asleep (and in the same room) so he hadn't called anything, and he was pretty sure that he hadn't imagined it, so that would mean it came from.. outside..

Tying off the braid with a puzzled look set on his face, the teenager glanced around the room again, his stare shooting toward the window when he heard his name being called once more – it sounded as though whoever was calling him was outside Tyson's bedroom in the street. He didn't recognise the voice though, but he was sure that the only person who would be nuts enough to shout to him at that hour outside his friend's house was Kai, yet it wasn't Kai's voice he could hear. He slipped his t-shirt back on over his head since he tended to prefer to sleep without it so had taken it off earlier and pulled the curtain back a little to peek out without being seen by The Unnamed outside.

His eyes met a scene of four teenagers in the street, three of whom he immediately recognised. The one who had been calling his name was the tallest one, the blond that Rei had met a couple of times at school – Spencer, wasn't it? Another two boys were chatting and laughing to each other over their taller friend's antics, one with slate blue hair, leaning against a lamppost in a relaxed stance, the other had flame-red hair and was standing next to his gang leader with a smirk on his face, watching the blond. There was one more boy who was actually rather short and wore a pair of motorbike goggles on top of his mass of dark purple hair. Rei assumed that this boy was the other member of Infamous; the one who had been expelled from school for being violent towards other students and for breaking all the rules, Ian.

Rei wondered why Infamous were outside of Tyson's house, calling to him, though the reason didn't really matter to him that much – this could be a chance for him to talk to Kai face to face instead of via e-mails… He had to go out there. He glanced at Tyson, knowing that he wouldn't wake up til around eleven the next morning but still feeling guilty for leaving, Rei pulled a sweater over his head and tied his hair back in a ponytail, the braid making him look strangely less geeky than usual. He then grabbed the black jacket that Kai had leant him and yanked it on, adding to the already tough-guy look he had somehow managed to acquire by wearing black trousers and grey trainers (both borrowed from his "Brother Lee") rather than his usual white trousers and brown shoes, and the red braid was just the finishing touch. He actually felt a little surprised with himself as he walked past the mirror and noticed how much he had changed lately. Appearances never used to bother him, and he even used to find those who were obsessed with how they looked a little bit pathetic, and here he was, being one of them. Shrugging off the feeling of almost-shame in his gut as he tidied himself up, he quietly opened Tyson's door and left without a sound.

As he crept through the house and down the stairs to the front door, he couldn't help feeling guilty for leaving somebody he called his best friend there on his own while he ran off with a town gang for the night. It really was unforgivable. He reached the bottom of the stairs and looked toward the front door; it always creaked when it was opened. Rei muttered about 'stupid doors' to himself and headed toward the back door through the kitchen instead, picking up the key on his way through. He opened the back door as quietly as possible and left, closing it again behind him and locking it. He then turned to look at the tall wooden gate that led from the front garden to the back garden and noticed the padlock that kept it closed – Locked as usual. He didn't have the key. The damn thing was as tall as the first storey, too. He sighed and gritted his teeth.

"I've done it before, I can do it again." He told himself quietly as he backed up, preparing to vault the gate. He geared himself up mentally and then dashed forward, leaping up onto the back of the gate, his fingers curled around the top of it. He blew some hair from his face and yanked himself up, jumping down the other side and landing perfectly, looking up slowly to see all of the Infamous lads looking shocked… Shocked, but impressed.

"So much for 'sweet and innocent' Hiwatari." Ian muttered with a smirk to his leader who was undoubtedly the most shocked of them all. Kai's expression then cracked into a slightly evil looking grin as he properly took in Rei's attire and stance.

"So much indeed." He replied to the purple-haired teen. Rei huffed in annoyance; he hated it when people talked about him while he was there, they could at least talk to him and tell him they liked how he looked or something, couldn't they?

"Why are you here Kai?" He asked with a very slight air of politeness, though one could barely tell. Kai smirked in a way that made Rei feel a little bit uneasy, and the uneasy feeling really wasn't helped by the fact that all the other three were wearing that same smirk, not to mention the same kind of 'ready for action' type of clothing.

"I need to talk to you." Kai told him simply. "And anyway, we're a gang member short." He added with a touch less seriousness in his tone. 'Great' Rei cursed inwardly, 'what the hell have I got myself into?'

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By three o'clock, Rei was having so much fun with Infamous that he wondered why people had ever been scared of them – maybe it was just The Falcon that everybody had feared? He certainly didn't blame anyone for that, the guy was a complete psycho. The gang had taken Rei to all of their favourite places, various fast food or chip joints that stayed open all night and different buildings that they have hung out at and made their mark on (literally; Rei noticed that they had graffitied the word 'Infamous' on various walls – very artistically too) and at one of the places, the place that Rei took to be their 'base' since it was an abandoned warehouse and a great place for a gang base, the names of the members were scribed on the wall there too, and Rei couldn't help smiling when Tala, Spencer and Ian put their cigarettes out on Falcon's name, even though he found smoking utterly disgusting. It was then that Kai had handed Rei a can of white spray paint from inside the building and indicated toward Bryan's mark on the wall, the perfect blue and black graffiti 'Falcon' was about to be defiled by the one who brought him down... And it was round about that time, after Kai had sprayed Rei's name onto the wall in place of Falcon's, that Rei truly felt like a part of something.

In the distance, they all heard the town clock strike three and Rei stretched his arms out upwards and sighed contentedly. The five of them were sat next to the heater in one of the many all-night chip bars that the gang knew of, all sharing a large spread of codfish and chips with tomato sauce, which Rei found absolutely delicious, and chatting about various random things. Kai was sat next to the wall with one arm wound protectively around his neko's waist, while his other hand occasionally moved lazily forward to pick at one of the pieces of codfish or to dip a chip into the sauce which he then ate quietly, trying not to give away the fact that he was absolutely ravenous; every now and then he would clear his throat or talk to his gang to conveniently cover up the rumbling of his stomach, which Rei found rather amusing, especially as when he did say something, it didn't tend to be anything of great importance.

Rei suddenly yawned against his will, catching the unwanted attention of the gang. Kai and Tala exchanged glances across the table and then both turned their gaze toward the newest member of their group as Kai tightened his grip on the younger teen, pulling him a little closer. Rei sighed and rested his head on the blunette's shoulder, absentmindedly wrapping his own arms around him and closing his eyes. Tala looked on with a hint of jealousy in his eyes, though it was easy to see that he was more concerned with the fact that Rei was tired and needed to be taken home. He voiced this thought to the group, suggesting that he and Kai walk Rei home and that they'd meet the others again tomorrow – a suggestion that everyone seemed to agree with too, so Kai, Rei and Tala all stood, ready to leave, while Ian finished his drink and Spencer threw away the last of the now cold fish and chips.

Soon enough, after walking as a group for about ten minutes, they were ready to split up and go their separate ways. Spencer playfully punched Rei in the top of the arm and nodded his goodbye to him, Kai and Tala before he and Ian branched off to the left into one of the many dark, dank alleyways that that part of town had to offer. It would have been quicker for the others to take a few of the alleys too but Rei had voiced his concern right at the beginning of the night that he was scared to walk through any more alleys in the dark, even if he was with they most widely feared gang in town and the reason he was scared was locked up in jail; still, they stuck to the main roads in the light of the streetlamps for Rei's sake anyway, after all, he was the person that the two elder teens cared about the most.

As they were walking, Kai took hold of Rei's hand and gave him one of his rare warm smiles along with it which the raven-haired teen immediately returned brightly. However, the sour look that crossed Tala's face certainly didn't go unnoticed by either of his companions, yet he was taken completely by surprise when the neko grinned at him and grabbed hold of his hand too, feeling like the luckiest guy alive once more, and Tala couldn't help the little smile that tugged at his lips as they walked.

"Is this what you want, Rei?" Kai asked after a few minutes of silence. Although he hadn't specified, the younger teen knew exactly what Kai meant. And was he really sure that he wanted a… 'triangular' relationship? … Hell yeah! But what about the others..? Is this what they wanted?

"Is it what you want?" He replied with a question, knowing how much that could get on Kai's nerves. Kai smirked and glanced behind Rei's head at Tala who smirked back. Without warning, Rei was suddenly the victim of a double kiss on the cheek, one from each side, making him blush deeply and tighten his grip on the elder teens' hands. "I guess so, then." He muttered quietly through a grin that the other two couldn't see.

They walked the rest of the way in silence, just enjoying each other's company until they reached Tyson's house, where Rei let go of his escorts and flung his arms round them both at the same time, laughing at how surprised they both looked when he did so. He knew that if it weren't for him and it had just been Kai and Tala in the relationship, there wouldn't be half so many 'cute and bouncy spontaneity attacks' that left the two elders blushing and smiling awkwardly and left the younger one grinning like a fool. 'Face it' he thought, 'I'm the one that makes it all interesting.' He giggled a little to himself, refusing to let go until he got a proper hug from who he now assumed he could call his boyfriends. They eventually did hug back, and it was then that Rei felt satisfied enough to wave goodbye and vault energetically back over the gate into Tyson's back garden. Kai and Tala smiled as they watched a flash of red braid disappear and then their Rei was gone for the night. They shared a "he's so cute" look before turning and heading back to their respective homes for the night, chatting about the day's events as they went.

With everything locked back up and nobody any the wiser that he'd been out all night, Rei stripped off his jacket and t-shirt, wrinkling his nose at the smell of smoke and grease they now possessed and snuggled himself back down into his hideous orange and green bedspread, smiling to himself as he did so. He had everything he wanted now. He had two amazing guys who loved him and who he loved in return and they were just at the beginning of something amazing; he had an ace group of hard-core friends who truly accepted him for who he was and who could take him to all the places he'd only ever been able to dream of (not that he actually had, mind); but best of all, he still had the best friend he'd ever had and they still had some fantastic years ahead of them to share – Although now, he seriously felt like he owed said friend big time, after all, what else can you do when you decide to date two people your best friend hates? Rei laughed to himself as he closed his eyes, he really would make this up to Tyson in the best way possible, a treat to the ice-cream parlour or something, all expenses paid… And he had a feeling that the Infamous lads might just know some kick-ass pretty girls that the younger blunette may be interested in.

"Buckle your seatbelt Tyson," Rei chuckled as he closed his eyes, "I think I've finally been unleashed."

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A/N : And it's all over. I hope you enjoyed the story. There will be no sequel to this story in the forseeable future, I may change my mind sometime, but asking for one won't help.