Hello everyone! Well, after almost a full year, I finally bring you the third and final part of my Kai/Max trilogy. But this time, instead of being a one-shot, it will be divided into 2 chapters. As you can see, the first chapter is rather short, not very considerate of me, seeing as it took me this long to write it. But I assure you the second part will be much longer, because there is so much more to tell. But... you'll see. So read on! And bath in the Kai/Max goodness!

Well, actually only Max right now...

Part the Third

Thunder

Leaning close to the door, I pressed my ear hard against it, hoping to catch at least a bit of what they were saying inside. It didn't help that they were speaking quietly, though, probably on purpose. But come on, I mean, who wouldn't try to listen in?

Why am I outside the room lurking around instead of being chewed up by mad kitty? Simple. Not long after Kai walking in, Rei took one look at our guilty faces and promptly shoved me out the door.

Not that I minded not being in the same room with an angry Rei, of course, but my boyfriend was in there, and his life was in danger! Speaking of which, why aren't they yelling at each other? If Rei is still as mad as he looked a few minutes ago, shouldn't he be trashing the place by now?

Squeezing my eyes shut, I concentrated as hard as I could on blocking out the noise around me, and finally I could hear faint bits of their conversation.

"Fuck! . . . tell me? . . . Wouldn't understand?"

That sounded like Rei, but he didn't really sound angry, just upset. Confusing.

". . . like that. . . you know . . . didn't mean. . ."

And there was Kai, probably trying to explain himself.

"What? . . . have to . . . Tyson?"

"I . . . that to happen . . . don't . . . so mad."

Right. Listen to Kai, Rei. You will not get mad… You will not get mad. Right.

"I . . . mad? Fuck. . . before you . . ."

"I didn't . . ."

". . . thought . . . supposed to be. . ."

"We are!"

We are what? Boyfriends? Lovers? I winced at the last one. But Kai wouldn't cheat on me! Besides, he said he didn't like Rei like that! I knelt down to try and look through the key hole, but no luck, and I remembered I had stuffed it with Kleenex to keep Tyson from trying to do that exact thing.

". . . don't do . . . each other! . . . tell. . . important . . ."

". . . didn't . . . important."

"You didn't think it was important?"

I winced and backed hastily away from the door. Wow, Rei can sure screech when he wants to.

"HOW COULD YOU NOT THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT?

"I DON'T KNOW! WHY ARE YOU MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL OVER THIS?"

Oh great. Now Kai was yelling too. I pressed myself flat against the opposite wall and slid down till I was sitting on the floor. I wanted to leave, really I did, but my desire to hear the rest of the conversation was stronger.

Though, I probably shouldn't have worried. The way they were going on, they could probably be heard all the way in America.

"BIG DEAL? BIG DEAL?" Rei shrieked. "YOU'RE GAY, KAI! HOW COULD YOU NOT FIND TIME TO MENTION THAT FACT IN OVER THREE YEARS?"

"I WAS GOING TO!" Kai bellowed. "I WAS JUST TAKING MY TIME!"

"YEAH YOU TOOK YOUR TIME ALRIGHT! AND NOW YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH MAX? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? HOW COULD YOU?"

Okay, ouch. I'm not really that bad, am I?

"STOP IT REI! JUST CALM DOWN!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, KAI! GET AWAY FROM ME!"

There was a loud crash from inside the room, and I yelped as I jumped backwards, hitting my head against the wall.

There was another crash, and then the sudden silence that filled the house after was rather unnerving. Nothing was coming from the bedroom anymore, and that worried me. Visions of Rei strangling Kai flashed through my mind and I leapt to my feet, running to the door. I hesitated for a moment, then, unable to bear it any longer I yanked open the door and ran inside.

And froze.

There in the middle of the room, broken glass shattered around them, stood Kai and Rei, holding each other tightly. One of Kai's arms was wrapped around Rei waist, while the other was threaded through his hair, stroking it, and Rei's hands were clutching at Kai's shoulders.

I stared at them, a cold feeling of settling in my stomach. They looked so perfect together… they looked like they belonged together, so unlike Kai and me.

And as I stared at them, as I saw them look up, guilt written on their faces, I felt so terribly cold.

I could feel Kai leaving me.

To be continued...

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