Phantoms

Kai walked at a steady pace through the mostly deserted park. The street lights reflecting and highlighting his clothes and hair. The wind billowing his scarf and long loose hair behind him. As he walked past another bridge he stopped just at the top of a hill that over looked most of the park. A huge sakura tree was just a small distance ahead. Kai gave a soft smile at the tree he had spent so much time in thinking and reading. He walked to the center of the hill and sat down on a bench under the tree and stared up through the snow coated branches.

Kai 'This is where we first met. Do you remember Tyson? I guess I should go see you know huh? And quit stalling. But I'm scared you won't be there.. That's funny isn't it? The great and fearless ice prince Kai afraid that someone won't be there for him."

'God I'm so pathetic sometimes it's funny now days.'

With a grunt he stood up and stepped around the tree back onto the path he had been walking towards the dojo. And was promptly knocked backwards flat onto his ass. In shock he looked up at the cloaked figure standing frozen over top of him. Slowly he stood up never breaking eye contact with the shadow masked faced in front of him.

'What the hell? What's this guys fucking problem? He's just standing there like a statue. Maybe he hit his head or is stupid or something. Say something already for fucksakes guy.'

After a few minutes of standing in utter silence Kai spoke up. He was annoyed and tired of the quiet staring stranger in front of him. The fact that he could'nt see the guys face or eyes bothered him that much more.

Kai: "Excuse you I guess."

As he went to step around the man a hand firmly grabbed onto his right forearm and spun him back around.

Kai: "Look, I don't know what the fuck you're problem is mister. But I really got to go find someone right now and I don't have time for you! Now let go or I'll make you let go painfully."

He shook the hand off his arm pushing back the other man making him stumble and his hood fall away from his face. Kai turned back around and was stunned as he was staring into beautiful haunted deepdark blue fathomlesseyes. Eyes that stared back into his ruby ones with complete shocked disbelief mirroring his own.

Kai: "Tyson?"

Tyson: "Kai.. I-is that really you? Are you real? Where you ever real? Or are you just a ghost that's been haunting me because I could'nt save you?"

With a sighed shudder Tysons knees gave out and he fell foward. Kai moved before he had realised it to catch the midnight haired man before he hit the ground. Tears stung the back of his eyes as he cradled his friend on his lap sitting in the freezing snow.

'Oh Tyson what happened to you? You're so thin and pale. Are you sick? What did you mean by I've haunted you? Is it my fault you're like this? The dreams I've had all this time? What was they?'

Kai pulled Tyson over protectively and hugged him closer to his chest. Then ran his hand through the deep blue silky hair the hood had exposed. He rested his chin ontop the navy eyed mans head and breathed in the scent and smiled. A scent that even over the years he still remembered.

'He still smells like a summer storm's wind and rain. And he's still beautiful to me.'

Kai ran his hand down Tyson's back feeling the hard ridge of muscles beneath the coat and shirts fabric.

'Okay so he's even better then he used to be.'

Kai brushed the dark blue bangs out of midnight eyes just as they fluttered open, looking up at him in complete disbelief.

'God those eyes are going to be the end of me Tyson. I just want to kiss that haunted look out of those eyes of yours.'

Tyson sat up slowly but never took his eyes off of the ruby ones fixed on his own. With a shaking hand he reached out and brushed his fingertips over Kai's jaw then smiled.

Tyson: "It really is you is'nt it Kai? You finally came back... I'm so happy!"

With that the navy haired man jumped foward and grabbed onto Kai pulling him into tight hug. He held on with more strength then Kai would've thought his thin coiled body could have. After a few seconds Kai noticed a warm wetness trailing down his neck onto his scarf.

'Is he crying because of me?'

Kai: "Tyson?"

He quickly pushed away from Kai and stood up. Then pulled Kai up as well but avoided his questioning red eyes by turning away to look over the park.

Tyson: "Kai?"

Kai: "Yes?"

Tyson: "You don't have a hotel room or anything do you? We could go there and get your stuff if you do. You can come back to the dojo and stay with me if you'd like.. for as long as you'd like to. You don't have to if you don't want to. I'd understand. I'm not trying to push you or anything. I just feel like we've got alot of catching up to do. It's been along time you know.."

Kai's eyes mirrored a buring hope. Hope that there was more meaning to Tyson's words then was meant to be. He allowed his eyes to skim over the midnight haired man in front of him appreciatively.

'Okay bad train of though Kai. Stay focused and keep your hands to yourself for now you repressed fiend.'

Kai: "I'd like that Tyson. I don't have anything or anywhere else to go..."

Tyson: "O-okay then. Come on Kai, let's go home. It's cold out here."

Kai fell into step with the midnight haired man beside of him in silence. His heart pounding with a feeling he'd thought long gone. Home. I'm going home after all this time. He never noticed the hand that was clutched onto his scarf. Or the scared look that he might vanish at any given moment in Tyson's deep cobolt blue eyes.