My New English Tutor

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade or its characters.

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The tapping of his foot against the floor. The ticking of his watch. The sound of his teacher droning on and on about nothing he cared about. The sound of those two girls at the back of the classroom gossiping about something trivial. The sound of Takao's pen clicking next to him. He glanced at the clock. Then his watch, just to check. Ten more minutes.

He ducked behind the bush as another guard came past, grinning at his partner-in-crime. They tiptoed to the parking lot and the fairer haired Russian got into the car, while he mounted the bike. He put on his helmet and the other revved the engine in impatience. Tala nodded and turned the keys, backing out before the car and charging towards the gate.

He sighed in annoyance as the teacher started to give out homework. He could've been told to write a five thousand word essay in three weeks right now and he'd probably agree purely to get out of this hell hole and go to the gate.

Security stood in the way, but the loud honk from the car and the smooth dodges of the bike made them give up quickly and simply contact the main office. The nameplate on the car was a dead give away, and the redhead's loud barks of laughter didn't help. The two vehicles started to speed down the road to a local school.

Rei was out the classroom before the bell had even gone, charging out quickly with Takao tagging behind him. He ignored the calls for him to slow down however, he'd stop when he'd got to his destination, but for now, he wasn't stopping for anyone.

Two red lights, three only just misses of pedestrians, speeding, riding the bike on the pavement, going the wrong way down a one way street.

Knocking over two, probably more, people, running in the hall, sliding down the banister, breaking open his own locker because it was 'faster'. Finally, he arrived at the front, looking at his watch again and glancing up and down the street.

The car passed the school, waving to the Chinese boy standing on the pavement, while the bike slowed to a stop. Takao watched from the door with Mao, who giggled happily.

"Oh yeah," Takao said. "It's Tuesday."

"Yup!" Mao confirmed. "Rei's never free on Tuesday."

They watched the boy in question jump on the back of the bike and pull on a helmet that was handed to him as they set off. Takao sighed in disappointment. "Now who's going to help me with my math?"

Mao linked her arm with Takao's, making the boy flush. "I'm great at math! No problem!"

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Tala watched Rei's brow furrow as he tried to memories the words on the page.

"Ready?" Tala asked. The Chinese boy sucked in a deep breath and nodded. "Okay, hello. What is your name?"

"My name is Rei, what is yours?"

Tala nodded. "My name is Tala. It's nice to meet you."

"You too. Are you busy on...Saturday?"

"Yes, I am," Tala grinned. Rei frowned in confusion. This wasn't how they'd practiced it. "I have dance class."

"But-"

Tala rolled his eyes. "You can't tell someone what their answer is, Rei."

Rei pouted slightly.

"There is a disco at my house," Tala continued. He paused to make sure that Rei had absorbed and translated what he'd said. "Do you want to come?"

Rei took a moment to dissect that one, before widening his eyes in surprise. "What?"

Tala rolled his eyes again. "Do you want to come?"

"Yeah, I got that. At your house. As in, the orphanage?"

"Yes, the orphanage. It's our Easter Dance. Miriam and Salima will be there, and you can bring a friend. I want to bring you."

Rei smiled softly. "Sure. What time?"

"Five pm. I'll pick you up."

The boy raised a brow. "You'll what?"

"Pick you up."

He laughed. "I think it'd be easier for me to make my own way there, seeing as it's at you house!"

Tala huffed. "Fine, be there for seven."

Rei raised a brow.

"So I wanted to hang out with you beforehand. What's the big deal?"

Rei giggled, shaking his head. "I have homework to do, pick me up later, okay?"

--

Rei looked up from his book as there was a knock on his door. He had already informed his family that he was going out with Tala, so they left it for him to answer. The boy was in a smart, baggy white shirt with pin stripe trousers.

"I feel under dressed now," Rei joked, looking down at his button up T-shirt, red tie and jeans. Tala rolled his eyes and motioned for the other to follow him outside. There, parked agains his car, was Tala's old bicycle.

"You biked here?" Rei asked, slightly surprised.

"I bike every where if I don't have Kai's motorbike. I was hoping to put it in the back of your car and drive back."

Rei nodded, jogging back inside and grabbing the car keys. "I'm taking the car!" he called, receiving an 'sure' from Mao and a 'whatever' from her father, the Chinese boy was back outside, opening the boot for his boyfriend's bike.

He still couldn't get used to how nice that sounded. His boyfriend's.

Tala hopped in the driver's side and took the keys from his date, starting the engine and pulling out the drive. The car ride there was pretty silent with the occasional small talk, and when they got there, Tala sucked in a breath, staring at the building.

"This is it," he said. "You're the first person I've brought to come inside here."

"What about Kai, or Byan?"

Tala scoffed. "No way. They rip on me for being pour enough to then deal with having them see the place. They drop me off but that's it."

Rei nodded in understanding and he was led into the building. It looked at lot like a boarding school, with a main hall and different rooms here and there. Tala led him down one of the halls and through a pair of double doors where there was a large room, full of multi-coloured balloons and streamers. Rei looked around the room at the other people there. There were a few adults who were clearly chaperoning, and a mixture of children and teens.

"Rei!" called a familiar voice, and he looked to see Miriam running over to him with a large grin plastered on her face. "I'm so glad you came! I feel so old around these kids."

"I'm older than you," Tala pointed out, raising a fine brow.

She waved him off. "You don't count. Come on, you can come sit with us. Salima's here too!"

Rei chuckled at the girl's eagerness as he was pulled to a circular table on the edge of the room. Sure enough, Salima was there, in jeans and a blouse, while Miriam wore a yellow petticoat skirt that look like it came out a musical. Tala was striding behind him, an air of arrogance he'd never seen on the boy shining through.

"Tala's got a bit of a reputation here," Miriam explained as the redhead sat, a conversation between him and the other redhead starting up quickly. "So don't be surprised if you get odd looks. He doesn't like to bring people, never mind dates."

Rei's eyebrows rose. "People know he's gay."

The girl's face scrunched up in thought. "Not really gay, but no one's ever seen him with a girl. Only with other Russian males...and me and Salima of course. But that's about it."

Rei nodded in understanding, looking into the blue eyes.

Almost as soon as Rei had sat; Miriam preferring to stand behind Tala's chair, the music started. The dark haired girl squealed, grabbing Tala and dragging him out to the dance floor, though he didn't really protest. Salima and Rei laughed as Miriam's pale yellow skirt flowed freely around her knees. Salima looked to Rei, her hand supporting her chin.

"Have you ever seen those two dance?" she asked.

The dark haired boy looked curious. "No, are they good?"

A grin. "Amazing."

He looked back to the couple, who had already started dancing; their hands clammed together in front of them, cha-cha-chaing back and forth. Salima held her hand out to Rei, who grinned sheepishly.

"I'm not too good either," she said with a shrug. "But we can do the easy version."

He nodded and took her hand, standing next to their partners and making much simpler movements. Rei glanced at Tala and Miriam, who were expertly moving their feet back and forth, in front of each other and spinning, while he and Salima simply moved back and forth, back and forth. Tala and Miriam had their own little bubble, which was shortly destroyed when Tala spun round and took Rei's hands, Miriam following suit with Salima.

"I can't dance," Rei informed his date. "Seriously."

Tala shrugged, his face softening as he looked at Rei. "It's okay; you're quick on your feet, and graceful. Just follow me," Tala moved so that he was next to Rei, and started to move forward, teaching the boy the woman's part. Rei had his eyes trained on Tala's feet as they crossed, and moved forward, then uncrossed and moved back. After a while he looked at his own feet, moving in time with Tala.

Until the boy took his place back in front of Tala. "You've got it."

"No, I haven't. Come back here!" he said, pointing to his side. Tala laughed, and Rei found out what Miriam meant. People looked over in surprise and mild horror as the two started to move.

"People are looking," he pointed out, glancing around him and losing his beat.

"Then let them look," Tala replied hotly with a smirk. "I want to show you off to everyone."

Rei blushed and squeaked slightly as he was tipped back and up again, then got dragged back into the dance. He couldn't help but laugh at Tala's pride and eccentric actions and attitude as he was spun in circles and dragged about.

"See, you're not that bad at dancing."

"Only because you're pulling me around! I don't have much time to think."

"That's a good thing. Don't think," Tala moved his ear to Rei's ear. "Just move with me."

Rei squirmed slightly and shivered at the sound of his mate's husky voice and the feeling of warm air hitting his cheek and ear.

"Please keep PDA down to a minimum, teens," came a harsh voice from the speakers, making Rei look up and jump slightly. Tala pressed his lips forcefully against Rei's, making amber eyes widen and tanned body freeze up.

"Tala!" he hissed. "What are you doing?!"

"Pissing off the whore," he snorted, glaring at the stage where a large woman looked furious. He smirked, the arm on Rei's waist creeping down.

Rei took his own hand that was resting on Tala's shoulder and moved it back up, frowning at the boy. "Behave yourself, Tala. There's children around."

Tala grumbled something, his mood slightly burst, before a wicked glint lit up in his eyes. "Hey, you want a tour around this place? See where I live seeing as I've been to your house so many times."

Rei gave his boyfriend a suspicious look before nodding, a light smile gracing his features. "Why not? Lead the way."

A grin that was clearly rare for Tala judging from the gasps and whispers of those around them met Rei's eyes. He couldn't help rolling his eyes as he was dragged out the hall, past the man supervising at the door who just gave the boys a wink as he and Tala's fists met in a friendly gesture. Tala led him up some large stairs and down another one of the endless hallways.

"Where are we going?" Rei asked curiously, looking around.

"The Library," Tala replied, the coldness that he had met the people in the hall with relaxing in the solitude they now had. "Figured with the amount of books in your room you might like it."

Rei grinned this time. "You guys have a whole library?"

"Kids buy their own books, and just kind of put them in the library when they're done. It's not so much of a library as a room full of second-hand books."

They turned a corner and Tala opened a wooden door into a small room- at least it looked small with all the books clattered around. "The workers figured they should start organising in here, so they're starting to put up a system. That's why it's a mess."

Rei let go of Tala's hand and walked further into the room. The bookshelves weren't too tall; about as tall as a school's bookshelf. They lined the walls and there were a few desks scattered around with books on them. Boxes lined any free-space with labels such as 'Drama' and 'History' on them. "This place is amazing."

"Thought you might say that," Tala chuckled, wrapping his arms around Rei's waist, nuzzling the boy's neck. "Not as amazing as you."

Rei scoffed. "You think that line's going to work on me?" he asked, turning in Tala's arms with a brow raised.

The redhead shrugged. "It was worth a try."

Rei's hands traced along the arms that were wrapped round his waist, following them up to their shoulders, snaking down and around a neck and back. "Mm, it might've worked. A little."

"A little, huh?"

Just as their lips brushed there was a feminine squeak in the corner. Tala groaned and hung his head, looking highly irritated and popping a vein. Rei looked to where the sound came from nervously.

"S-sorry!" said a small girl quickly, brushing pink bangs from her face. "I didn't mean to disturb you!"

"Jesus Christ, what the hell are you doing here, Mathilda?"

She spluttered nervously, beat red looking anywhere but the two boys. Seeing her embarrassment Rei started to feel some of his own creep onto his face. "I...um, I was just looking for a book. That's all."

"That's not what I meant," Tala insisted, his strong hold on Rei not loosening. "What are you doing here and not downstairs?"

She cringed. "Daichi's following me around again..." was the small mutter. "It's making me uncomfortable."

Tala sighed in annoyance. "Look, just go down and hang out with your friends. If he follows you around, then just turn and ask him what the fuck he's doing!" he frowned. "Or tell him I'm going to come get him for making you stay up here and disrupting my mood!"

Squeaking again, the girl smiled thankfully, though she still looked a bit fearful. "Th-thank you, Tala!"

"Yeah, whatever. Fuck off."

And she was gone.

He turned back to Rei to see the boy looking very, very curious. He held back another sigh.

"She seemed scared of you."

"I need to illustrate my authority as the elder. Besides," he smirked. "We were just getting to a very happy place."

Rei rolled his eyes, squirming out of the grasp and sauntering over to a table, sitting on top of it, trying not to giggle at the hungry look in his boyfriend's eyes. "Oh? What would this happy place be?"

"Why don't I show you?"

--

After being finally found by the large plump woman that Rei had seen on stage earlier that evening, they returned to the hall for a while before Rei told Tala he needed to leave. Most of the guests were starting to depart at that point anyway, Salima informing them that she was staying the night. Tala got back into the car, though Rei frowned.

"I'll drive myself home, it's dark," he insisted.

Tala shook his head. "I'm dropping you off, like a normal boy does with his date."

Rei gave up as soon as the word 'normal' left Tala's lips, getting into the passenger's seat.

The drive back seemed far too short for either male's liking.

"So," Rei said, helping Tala get his bike out the boot and taking the keys while they stood on the doorstep. "I guess I'll see you around, huh?"

Tala smirked, a hand sliding round the boy's waist and quickly pulling the boy flush against him. "I suppose you will. I'll call you."

"You better!" the Chinese boy joked pulling on a stray hair that was hanging in Tala's face. "I know where you live; I'll come hunt you down if you don't."

Tala's smirk widened into a proper smile against rosy lips, mumbling into them. "Yes, but you don't know which room I am. See? Thinking ahead right there."

Rei chuckled and pressed his lips against Tala's, his fingers interlinking round the back of the redhead's neck, as two pale hands groped his ass, mashing their lips and hips together.

"Ah, I take it your cousin didn't know where you were going," Tala said with an amused look, eyes looking behind Rei.

He scowled, turning slightly. "Which one-"

There stood Lee, glaring at the couple (though mainly at Tala), his arms crossed over his chest, standing in the living room window. Rei froze up in horror. "Oh fuck."

Tala forced the boy to look at him again and smacked their lips together roughly. "Maybe I'll call you tomorrow to make sure you're still alive," he said before leaving to get on his bike, flipping off the boy at the window. Rei smacked a hand to his forehead, preparing for the conversation that was about to come.

He stepping into the door, and there was a loud voice that rang through from the living room.

"Rei's kissing a rich asshole on the doorstep!"

Rei sighed.

"Lee, stop spying on him! And don't use that language!" came a woman's voice from the kitchen.

"But mum! He is a rich asshole!"

"Rei's dating a boy?" came another male voice, from further back in the house. "A rich one? Get him to buy you your own car!"

"Kouji! Don't be rude!"

Rei pinched his nose. "He's on scholarship! He's not rich! And yes, Rei is dating a boy!" he replied. His voice was met with silence.

"I didn't know he was on scholarship!" he heard Mao exclaim from the kitchen.

"He doesn't like people knowing!" Rei whined. "Do we have to shout? My voice hurts!"

Lee and Mao emerged from their respective places.

"He's still an asshole," Lee declared.

"I heard that Lee!" scolded his mother.

Lee fumed. "Good! 'Cause its true!"

"What did he say?" asked his dad.

"I said that he's still an asshole!"

Mao started asking him many questions, excitement in her eyes. "How did it go? Did you dance? Did you have fun? Did he kiss you? Did he show you his room?" her excitement turned into mild perversion. "Did you guys do stuff?"

Lee and Rei looked horrified. "Mao!" they exclaimed together.

"I did not need that image!" Lee wailed.

"No, we didn't do stuff!" Rei defended.

"Good, you're too young!" came the woman of the house.

There was a grunt from the other side of the house. "They're old enough, sugar! So long as they don't come home with a baby!"

"Don't encourage them!"

Rei couldn't help but smile that time, as the married couple emerged to debate the subject of 'whether their children and their nephew should be having sex'. Mao was still at his side, probing for information, and Lee looked slightly repulsed.

"He's still an asshole."

"Lee! Language!"

--

Kivea: I AM SO NOT DEAD!

My girlfriend would be happy to hear that xD

I know, I'm such a crappy updater, but I'm almost finished my holidays and I'll be back on regular schedule, where southpark will not be able to distract me with its toilet humour that I know and love.

R+R, CC plz.

Ja ne ~

Kivea

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