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Between the Lines
By : Kali
Category: Beyblade > Yaoi - Male/Male
Views: 4201 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. - Chapter List
Kali Notes: FYI, this part picks up in the middle of the manga’s end, just before Tyson runs into Kai again. If you don’t know what I’m talking about,
then this would be a huge hint that there will be a huge spoiler at the
beginning. Can’t avoid it though! But after that…the rest comes directly from
the muses through me! Enjoy!Warnings: Yaoi (shonen ai, on ffnet), adult language and
situations; don’t read it if you can’t take the heat!Heavy
spoilers for the last volume of the manga! Don’t read if you don’t wanna
know yet! XDDisclaimer: Kali and muses do not own Beyblade or its
characters. We make no money from
writing this fic – how unfortunate. Neither do we own the parts in this fic taken from the English dub of the anime.Dedication: To all TyKa
fans everywhere, especially those hardworking writers, artists, and AMV-techs
who continue to support the fandom even though everyone seems to have
disappeared… O.o– and
– to TechnoRanma, Feelin Glayish, and Flamable Devil (Crazy
Jen) in celebration of Tyson’s Birthday – and because it’s around the
anniversary of the time we first ‘met’…~~~~~~~~~~
BETWEEN THE LINES
~~~~~~~~~~
Part IV
I ignored the protests of my underlings as I walked
purposefully through the halls of the new BBA stadium toward the distant sounds
of the audience cheering and blades clanking and grinding away. Oh. And the huffing and puffing of the out-of-shape executives of my
company that had chased after me all the way from my offices at Hiwatari Enterprises.“President!”
“Please wait!”
“President Hiwatari!”
I scowled internally, asking
myself for the billionth time why I bothered returning to run my grandfather’s
company – something I’ve asked myself several times a day and had for the past
ten years. But I kept walking and
ignoring them. The things I had come
here to do were far, far more important than any job.I have put something off for too
long, now, and I finally had come up with the courage to actually fix the
situation.My son is blading today. It is a major tournament, and Gou’s
first. The boy has certainly taken up
where I had left off in the world of Beyblade.
At supper the evening before, Gou had told me that he had an opponent
that he had to face and beat no matter what.
It gave me shivers of
recognition, and I was almost completely certain that there was only one
possibility of competition enough out there that could make a Hiwatari that
determined. I have kept in touch with
the Chief over the years, mostly because of the considerable funding Hiwatari
Enterprises provides to the BBA. So I
knew what had been going on in my friends’ lives since I’d left. And I knew what was going on in Tyson’s life. I knew about his son.I’d studied my own son carefully, nodding at the
determination in that expression.
Yep. No doubt at all. “I will be there.” I promised.
“For you, and for myself.” Gou had given me a weird look, but I didn’t
feel the need to explain anything to him.
I wasn’t ready for that yet.Even though I’d obviously puzzled
the child, Gou didn’t ask any further questions about it. He knew that when his father said he’d do
something, then he would, and that was enough for him.My pace increased slightly the
closer I got to the stadium. I could
feel it,
tugging on me like an invisible thread, urging me on.“Please return to the office! We
have an important afternoon meeting!”That made me pause, cold anger at
being given a near direct order – no matter how politely – by a subordinate
turning my expression to stone as I turned on them.“I have something to do that’s more important than work.” I stated softly, my tone making the poor men
and one woman quake in fear for their jobs.
That tug was becoming stronger, and I was getting impatient to follow
it. It wasn’t like I didn’t know what
that tug was. I knew it very well, and I
had missed it more than I can ever say.At that moment…my life changed
again forever. I heard a voice. It was deeper, more mature and maybe a little
more subdued than it had been over ten years ago when I’d last heard it, but it
was still the same voice. Beloved. Welcoming. Forgiving. A voice I
have wanted to hear for so long, ending on my name.“That makes two of us, Kai!”
“Tyson…” I turned slightly
to look over my shoulder, and saw him standing there with a smug smile on his
face with his arms crossed over his chest.
My heart leapt up into my throat and it was hard to keep my face from
showing just how much his appearance affected me. The insistent tugging had stopped, now that
he was here, and instead there was a pressure in my chest that was constricting
and wonderful. He just tilted his head
at me, waiting. I gave him a short nod
and spared a glance at my…groupies (I had better names for them, but they ceased
to be important with Tyson there). “Get
lost.” I ordered. “I will not be returning today, and probably
not tomorrow, either. Anyone who
disturbs me will lose their position.
Understood?”Shock appeared on all their
faces, but none were brave enough to offer any further protests or to follow me
when I left, going with Tyson the rest of the way to the stadium. We stood at the railing and watched the match
down below in the main dish, where Gou and a young boy of equal age and
ridiculously familiar blading style – not to mention sense of fashion – battled
it out for the tournament title. They
were so determined, so eager, and so concentrated on the battle. I couldn’t help but be a little more than
proud of both kids for it.“There was a time when we were just like them.” Tyson spoke up after a few minutes, his tone
nostalgic. I felt the corners of my
mouth tilt up a little. Yes…we certainly
had been like those kids, if not worse. “Sure brings back memories…” He added.I nodded, watching the battle
below a little longer. It was winding
down. I could see that Gou and the other
boy, who was a mini-Tyson and obviously his son, were tiring quickly, and both
blades were beginning to wobble. No
matter who won, though, I knew it wouldn’t be the end. It never was.Knowing that, I reached into my
pocket and pulled out a familiar blade.
With Dranzer in hand, I gave Tyson a questioning smirk of my own. “Tyson! I have no intention of discussing the past
with you!” I stated, reaching up
with my other hand to pull off my tie.
Now wasn’t the time to talk about the past, the present, or the
future. Now was the time to reacquaint
ourselves in the one way we knew best.Tyson chuckled and brought out
his own blade. Dragoon appeared to be in
perfect condition, though I’d expected no less from my rival. “You
haven’t changed a bit, Kai.” He
smiled at me fondly, and I gestured for him to follow me.After all, when we bladed…we
didn’t hold back, and we didn’t need unnecessary casualties or damages. I think we’ve destroyed enough stadiums in
our lifetime, thanks.We found a quite spot not far
from the stadium, in a peaceful little park.
There was no one around, not even a stray dog or cat. It was here that we took up positions apart
from each other and raised our launchers to face off for battle.“Bring it on, Tyson!”
“Here I come, Kai!”
Our launches were typically
furious, and we didn’t hesitate to get down to business.~~~~~~~~~~
Elsewhere…
“Man…” Kinomiya Makoto complained, adjusting his hat
after dusting it off. “I was so close!”“Close isn’t winning, baka.” Hiwatari Gou
pointed out smugly, watching his rival with folded arms. “But it was a good battle. You’re almost as good as I am.”“Jerk. If you hadn’t pulled that stunt right at the
end like that I’d have won!” Makoto
stuck out his tongue at the dual-haired boy.
Then he sighed dramatically.
“Dad’s going to be disappointed.”Before Gou could say anything to
that, he was interrupted by a flying pink blur.“Makoto!” the blur squealed. “That was great! Even though I wanted to be the one to blade
against you in the final round, it was still a really great battle!”Makoto winced as he was tackled
in a flying glomp and landed on his butt on the
floor. Hard. “Ow! Geez, Rin! I’m not a plushie! Let go!”Gou raised an eyebrow. “I take it you know each other.”
The pink blur, a little girl
otherwise known as Kon Rin, left off squeezing the
air out of Makoto to look up at the new Regional Champion curiously. “Of course. Our dads are really good friends. They used to be teammates.” She tilted her head at Gou. “Congrats on winning the
tournament, by the way.”“Thank you.”
“Ha ha!” A very
adult voice laughed and drew the children’s attention to the locker room
doors. “I’m glad to see you can all get
along so well.” A blond man in a
brightly coloured checkered shirt and jeans sauntered
in, followed by a shorter, spectacled brunette man in a lab coat, then a woman
with pink hair like Rin and a man with long, black, wrapped hair. The four adults studied the kids with fond
amusement and nostalgia. “Don’t they
remind you of us, guys?”“Oh, maybe a little, Max.” The raven-haired man chuckled, his arm around
the woman’s waist. “Rin,
let Makoto get up off the floor, at least.”“Oops! Sorry, Makoto!” Rin moved away and Makoto stood up, inching
closer toward Gou and away from Rin to safety.
“Hey, Daddy!
Can we invite them to supper tonight, too?”“Ask your mother. I don’t get to make these decisions.”
“I think that was the plan,
sweetie.” Mariah gave Rei an elbow in
the side. “Your father is just being
silly.”“Uncle Kenny…” Makoto tugged on
the lab coat to get his attention. Kenny
knelt down to the child’s height and dropped a hand on his head.“Wondering where your Dad is,
huh?” Kenny smiled. “Don’t worry, Makoto. He was watching the whole battle. You know he wouldn’t have missed it for
anything.”“I know…but…I lost.”
Gou rolled his eyes. “You still did pretty good,
for an amateur.” Gou poked a finger into
Makoto’s face. “But if you don’t start
practicing, you’ll never beat me!”Makoto scowled at him. “Sure, you can say that because you won.”
Max was chuckling again. “Wow.
Some things don’t even change in a generation. Oh yeah!” He walked over to the kids and held out a
hand to Gou. “I guess we never
introduced ourselves! Mizuhara Max.”Gou looked up at the blonde and
tentatively accepted the offered hand with a quick shake. “Hiwatari Gou.”“Yep. Kai’s son, right?” Max grinned,
slapping Kenny on the back and nearly knocking his glasses off. “Good to meet you! And congratulations. It was a great battle. The Chief here, and I, were both keeping a
close eye on everything from the sidelines.”“Indeed. I was quite impressed. Kai has trained you well, Gou.” Kenny observed. “Not that I’d expect anything less.”
“No kidding.” Rei laughed.
“I think we all remember his training sessions well enough to
sympathize.”Gou frowned thoughtfully. “So…you all know my father?”
They looked down at him,
startled, then at each other. “Wait…you
mean Kai hasn’t mentioned us before?”
Kenny asked. Gou shook his head.“Ouch. That hurts.”
Max sighed. “Though…not
unexpected for a lot of reasons.”Makoto frowned, too. “I don’t understand.”
“It’s
okay, Makoto.” Max patted the youngest
Kinomiya on the shoulder reassuringly.
“It’s…old news. Kai was our team
captain, once upon a time. He…didn’t
always get along with us, but we respected him a great deal and we cared about
him, even though he didn’t want us to most of the time.”Rei laid a hand on Max’s shoulder
in return. “That’s not important
though. The important thing is that we
do, indeed, know your dad, Gou. And he
knows us.”“Okay.” Gou glanced at a clock on the wall. “Funny though…he said he was going to come
today. But I haven’t seen him.”“Kai? Here?”
Max’s face took on a slightly pale expression. “Oh…”“So that’s where Tyson ran off to!”
Kenny sighed. “I should have
known….”Mariah slipped her hand into
Rei’s, squeezing lightly. “Can you blame
him? He’s been waiting for years…”Rei squeezed back. “I’m sure they’re fine, Mariah. Those two…”
“Hey! Here you all are!” DJ Daichi interrupted, appearing in the
doorway. “I was hoping you’d all still
be around.”“Oh it’s the rude guy.” Rin huffed, sticking her tongue out at
Daichi.“Rin! You stop that!” Mariah scolded.
“Sorry, Mama.”
“Have you seen Tyson,
Daichi?” Max asked.The young man looked thoughtful
for a moment, then shook his head. “Nope. I actually thought he’d be here with everyone
else. Don’t tell me he didn’t show up
for his own kid’s first tournament!”Makoto crossed his arms and
stomped a foot down on Daichi’s. “Dad’s
right. You are a brat.”“OW! Why you little…”
Everyone laughed at their antics.
“Maybe we should go look for
Tyson.” Kenny suggested a moment
later. “After all, I think we could all
use a bite to eat, and…” He stopped
abruptly as the ground shook under his feet and a strange energy pulsed through
the air.“Earthquake?” Mariah asked, hugging her daughter to her leg
protectively.“No.” Rei shook his head, eyes wide and
golden. “That was Power.”Max chuckled uneasily. “You don’t think…?”
A sonic boom crashed from
seemingly all around them, rattling the windows with its force. Kenny went very pale, and started for the
door. “I think we’d better find them and
run some interference before they blow up another stadium.”The others followed him quickly
in agreement, the kids trailing along behind in confusion.“Do you know what they’re talking
about, Gou?” Makoto asked in a hushed
whisper as they ran along behind the adults.“No. I assume they mean our fathers, but I don’t
know why. Or what that noise or the
ground shaking was all about.”“That’s ridiculous!” Rin objected.
“How could they do something like that?”“I don’t know! I’m saying what I understood from what the
adults were saying!”“Don’t fight about it. We’ll just go with them and find out for
ourselves, right?” Makoto tried to
diffuse the argument before it even started.They followed their elders into a
park, and stopped abruptly when they stopped and stood staring at whatever was
going on in the distance. Makoto and Gou
peeked around Kenny and Max to see what it was, while Rin went to her mother
and clutched at her hand on the other end of the line.Some few hundred metres away, a beybattle was going on. Two blades bashed and slashed and generally
tore into each other with a force that could be felt even from their
distance. Makoto exchanged looks with
Gou briefly before both boys stepped forward – only to be held back by Kenny
and Max.“No, boys. Stay here.
Don’t get too close. It’s
dangerous.” Max cautioned.“But…that’s Dad, Uncle Max.” Makoto protested. “Why is he battling?”
“And that’s my father!” Gou added, struggling against Kenny’s
hold. “What’s going on?”“Kids…this is a battle that has
been a lifetime in the making.” Rei was
the one who finally answered after a few minutes of watching the battle
continue to rage before them. “Your
fathers have been rivals since the day they met. Friends, too, although
their relationship is so much more than that.”“I don’t get it.” Makoto stated grumpily.
“Baka. It’s
like you and me.” Gou nudged him. “You really want to beat me, and I really
want to beat you, and we are always working hard to try and do that, but at the
same time we’re friends, right?”“Oh. Yeah.”
“It’s more than that, too,
though, Gou.” Max smiled sadly. “I don’t know if we can explain it to you
well enough. I think you’ll have to talk
to you father about it.”“It…isn’t our place.” Kenny added.
“I just hope they don’t take this battle past their rivalry. There’s too much potential for it to get out
of hand.”“And none of us is nearly
powerful enough to stop them if it does.”
Daichi agreed.“Heh. This
coming from the one who wanted to defeat Tyson almost more than Kai ever
did?” Max teased.“Shut it, Mizuhara.” Daichi sniffled indignantly. “Even I
know when to throw in the towel. But it doesn’t
mean I’ve given up, you know. He is
still a three-time World Champion, and he is still the one to beat.”“How very
true.” Rei agreed with a
grin. The grin faded when another sonic
boom preceded a blinding flash of light and a huge blast of wind and fire, and
Rei quickly ducked, curling himself over his wife and daughter to shield
them. Kenny and Max had done the same
for Makoto and Gou, while Daichi just simply ducked.When the fury was over, they
slowly stood up and looked over to where the two bladers were still standing
amongst the yet-swirling dust and grass and leaves.Makoto went to take a step
forward but Kenny’s hand on his shoulder held him back again. “Wait.”
Kenny said.Max peered through the dust,
trying to see if the blades were still spinning. When he saw both blades lying on their sides,
still, he let out a breath he hadn’t realized he’d been holding. “They’re done. And it was a tie.”Rei sighed. “Of course it was. Do you think they worked anything out?”
“I don’t know.”
Two minutes later, the adults
were ushering the kids away, bribing them with promises of food. Obviously the two World-class rivals needed
some more time alone.~~~~~~~~~~
Struggling for breath, I stared
hazily across the battlefield at my rival.
God, that had felt really good. Swaying slightly, but somehow managing to
keep on my feet, I stumbled forward to grab my blade from the ground. Tyson did the same, and we stood there panting,
sweating, and generally exhausted for a few moments grinning rather foolishly
at each other.“I missed you, you know.” He said suddenly, in a soft voice I had
rarely heard him use. I tilted my head
at him, unsure of his meaning.“Same. But then, I have always been your only true
competition.”He laughed. “Yes. But
that wasn’t what I meant. I mean I
missed you, Kai. Not just the battles. Not the competition. You.”Why did that make me feel like
crying? I managed a tiny smile, and I
answered as truthfully as I could.
“Same.”“Why did you come back, Kai? I know it wasn’t just for this.” Tyson gestured around at the destruction our
battle had wrought. There was going to
be a nice little donation to the city from Hiwatari Enterprises, I decided
absently. New park. Must make a memo of it for
my secretary to get started on.“What makes you think…”
“Don’t even.” Tyson’s eyes flashed at me in warning and I
promptly shut up. “Okay, I know you came
here for Gou – I did for Makoto – and you came here for this battle between us,
but that wasn’t it. You think you can
hide it from me? Me, Kai. I still feel it. It’s still
there. You can’t hide a damn thing from
me, so tell me the truth for once.”Urk. I flinched and ducked my head
sheepishly. Damn weird bond thing. Tyson’s the only person in the entire world
that can do this to me without even trying.“Kai…”
“Geez,
give me a second, would you?! I’m trying
to find that courage it’s taken me this long to work up to even BE here.” I growled back at him, fiddling with my
rather destroyed business shirt.“Forgive me if I’m
impatient.” He threw back at me with a
raised eyebrow, arms folding over his chest.
I shuffled a foot.“This is hard enough as it is
without you throwing my cowardice back in my face, Kinomiya.”“I’m not doing that. I’m waiting for you to say the words, Kai.” He reached out and dragged me into his
personal space by the shirt. I wasn’t in
any shape to protest, and really…I didn’t want to. Physical communication worked best for me,
after all. I’m not that good with
words. “I could hear it just fine during
our battle just now. But I need to hear
it from your mouth, not your head. I’ve
been waiting, Hiwatari.”I was already shaky with
exhaustion, but now I couldn’t keep from visibly trembling. No really.
Damn that weird bond thing! “I’m
a coward. That’s the truth of it. I ran away, again. It seems to be the only thing I’m really good
at.”He sighed, seeming to deflate
before me, and his hand eased from a fist to flatten against my chest, rubbing
in apology. “No, Kai. You didn’t run away. I know that.
I know you needed to get yourself and your life back together
again. I was willing to wait as long as
you needed for that. I just…wasn’t
expecting it to be ten years.”“I’m sorry, Tyson. I don’t know if you need an apology but I
need to give one. I’m so sorry.” Honestly, I didn’t know what else to
say. Oh wait. Yes I did.He looked up at me, though it
wasn’t that much of a distance up any longer.
We were about the same height now.
Okay, yes. I was distracting
myself. I met his eyes with my own and
didn’t try to hide anything from him, not that I could.“No. I don’t need one. But I do appreciate that you wanted to make
it. So thanks. And I forgive you.”I shivered and let my head drop
forward, my forehead pressed to his as I leaned into him. His hand slid up my chest and around the back
of my neck, and I could feel his fingers absently playing with the small hairs
there. “Thank you.” I whispered.“Mmm…”
Tyson shrugged. “So…you were
saying?” Those fingers at the back of my
neck were distracting – more than my own thoughts were. I shifted restlessly, my hands finding their
own way to Tyson’s waist. My nose bumped
against his and I began to wonder what in the world I was getting myself into.“Um…” Very
coherent, Kai. So
smooth.I knew he wasn’t going to be
patient forever. I didn’t expect him to
be. And here I was, right? This was why I had allowed myself to be found,
instead of hiding somewhere and watching Gou.
“Kinomiya…I…”“Kai?”
I blinked. “Yeah?”
He gave me a crooked smile. “Shut up and kiss me.”
I huffed. Did he want me to talk or what?! I was trying here… I gave a quiet growl and did something I
should have done a very, very long time ago.“Baka.” I
pressed my mouth to his and pulled him flush against my front. His lips parted under mine on a gasp and his
hand tightened on my neck. I felt a
full-body shiver run through him – or me, I couldn’t separate us any longer –
and suddenly my nerves sprung to life all at once. I heard him mumble something
into our kiss and suddenly I was backing up until my shoulders hit a tree
trunk. Oh god, oh god, oh god… it was
like trying to capture the wind. And I
thought our beybattles were passionate and furious and hot. A moan, deep and throaty, burned into my ears
and I distantly realized it was me.“Tyson…oh god,
Tyson!” His mouth left mine and
latched onto my throat and my ear instead.
I let the tree support our weight and clutched at him helplessly.He wrenched away from me with
visible effort and just went still, pressed against me
as if he was sure I would disappear otherwise.
My heart was pounding harder and faster than it had during our battle,
and I was sucking in air like I’d never breathed before.“Please tell me that you’re here
to stay.” Tyson’s voice was muffled by
my shoulder. “I don’t care if you lie to
me, just…tell me that.”My heart did that leap-frog thing
in my chest and my arms were around him faster than you can say, “let it
rip!” I didn’t have to lie. I’d made up my mind, after all, long before
I’d come here today.“It’s not going to be easy
integrating our lives, you know.”“I know.”
“We have the kids to think of
now.”“They already get along, and I
think they need each other about as much as you and I always have.”“We’ll probably drive one another
insane.”“I’ll go insane without you now.”
“Alright. Just so we have that understood.”
“We’ll work it out somehow.”
“God. Your never-ending faith is really a force to
be reckoned with, Kinomiya.”“One last thing.” I blinked when he backed away from me enough
to look me in the eye. “No more
‘Kinomiya’ from you. It’s ‘Tyson,’ Kai. Tyson, lover, honey…I don’t care if you call
me buttercup. No wait. Yes I do.”
I choked back a laugh and did the one thing I had just figured out
(aren’t I quick?) that shuts him up really quick. I kissed him, though this time it was soft
and rather chaste.“Tyson. I do love you.”
That had come out before I could
even think about it. And it hadn’t hurt
a bit.His smile was the most beautiful
thing in the world. The sun paled in
comparison.Nope. Didn’t hurt at all. We were kissing again before I even realized
it.“We…should go back.” I managed to get out on breathing spaces
between kisses. “The kids…”“Yeah.” Tyson’s hand had somehow gotten under my
shirt and onto my bare back, his fingertips slipping dangerously close to the
waistband of my pants. “And the others…”I shuddered as those fingers did
dip under my waistband. “Ahh…the others?”His mouth nipped at the thick
pulse in my neck, then soothed with his tongue.
I was putty in his hands and I really didn’t care if I ever left. “Max…Rei and Mariah…Kenny…Daichi…”“Oh.” That took a minute to digest and then it hit
me. “Shit! Tyson, come on…stop…”“Don’t wanna.” He suckled at my neck, sure to leave a nice,
tell-tale hickey.I groaned, and slid my fingers
into his hair, firmly – but gently – pulling him away from me by the head. “I don’t either but we have to stop.”He pouted at me and sighed,
pulling back and straightening my completely useless shirt fondly. “I am jumping your ultra sexy bones the
minute I can. Fair
warning.”“Duly noted. Let’s go before they send out a search
party.”“Worse yet: Daichi.”
We both shivered dramatically, then grinned at each other.
Hand in hand, we headed back toward the stadium.~~~~~~~~~~
The giddy relief and euphoria had
toned down by the time we got there – not to mention the lust. I was no stranger to it – obviously. I had a son.
So did Tyson. And while it did
give me twinges of regret and jealousy that we weren’t each other’s firsts,
would I have traded that over my son?
No. Gou meant everything to me,
just as Tyson did. And I had a feeling
it wouldn’t take long for Makoto to win me over either, if he was anything at
all like his father.“We have a lot of talking to do,
don’t we.” It
was a statement more than a question. I
nodded, squeezing his hand.“Yeah. I suppose we do.” I answered.
“More…how do we tell the kids?”Tyson ran a hand through his
hair. “Uh…well, the truth usually
works.”He had a point. I sighed.
This was going to be an awkward conversation.We entered the halls that led to
the locker rooms. Tyson stopped at the
door to one of them, and I watched him shore himself up for the entry. I did the same, but it was completely
inward. Some habits don’t die. I pushed open the door and was met by several
pairs of eyes.I swallowed.
“DAD!” A mini version of Tyson went zipping past me
and leapt onto his father before I could blink.
Dear god. I think Makoto may
actually be faster than Tyson. “Dad! Are you
okay!? You were battling Gou’s dad! How come?
What’s going on? Why won’t anyone tell me what’s going on?”Tyson grinned at the whirlwind of
energy and tugged on the extremely familiar hat on his son’s head. So that’s where it went to…“I’m just fine, Makoto. Yes, I was battling Gou’s father. It’s a…long-standing rivalry. We tend to do that every time we see each
other after a long time apart.” Tyson
glanced at me and winked. “He seems to
think he’s good enough to beat me someday.”I resisted the urge to thwack him
upside the head, and looked down as a little hand grasped mine. “Gou. That was a very good battle, son. Congratulations on winning the tournament.”He smiled at me and I picked him
up. Wrapping his arms around my neck, he
said, “Thanks, Papa. I’m glad you were
here!”“Of course I was. I said I would be.”
“I know.”
I ruffled his hair. There was a muffled wail from Makoto and when
I looked over he was clinging to Tyson like a monkey.“Makoto…son, I don’t care if you
didn’t win! It was the battle that
counted, and you did very well. You
can’t win every time.”“But…you do!”
I couldn’t help it. I laughed.
And laughed.
And laughed.
Tyson gave me a glare that said, “Shut up, Kai.”“Tyson!” The others all chorused, minus Rin, in
admonishment.“What?! What did I do!?”
“Have you been letting your ego
tell Makoto stories?” Max asked, eyeing
the bluenette with a sharp sea-blue eye.
Tyson scowled at him.“No-o. What do you think I am? Give me a break you guys.”
I shook my head. Gou was staring at me in astonishment and I
gave him a questioning look.“You laughed.” He answered, sounding rather awed. “You never laugh.”
I face-vaulted,
and the others began to laugh themselves after a short pause.“That’s our Kai. ‘Course, the only person who can make him
laugh like that is Tyson.” Rei’s grin
was a little too knowing and fang-filled for my liking. Pink stained my cheeks.“Rei?”
“Yes, Kai?”
“Go soak your head.”
“Aye, Captain.”
Tyson intervened before I could
soak Rei’s head for him – in the river. “Guys, really. A big
reunion like this and you two are already sniping at each other. Don’t you think we should go have a big
celebratory dinner or something?”“And Tyson is still thinking with
his stomach. Nice to
see that nothing has changed.”
Kenny added wryly.Tyson and I exchanged
glances. “Well…not ‘nothing.’” Tyson said, slowly.“Huh?”
Max, eternal child that he is,
bounced up and down like a ball, letting out a rather happy squeal of
delight. “FINALLY!”“Papa…is he alright?” Gou whispered in my ear, eyeing the blonde
warily. “Like, in the head?” I snickered.“He’s perfectly normal. For Max.” I reassured him.
Tyson was looking a little
pained. I sympathized. “Max…cut it out, would you? It’s not like…”“What? You mean you aren’t finally getting together?”
His expression fell.“Uh…I didn’t say that…” Tyson looked at me. “A little help here?”
I set Gou down. He looked up at me. “Papa? What’s Mizuhara-san mean?” Those innocent eyes stared up at me and I couldn’t not answer.
I crouched down and replied in a solemn voice.“Son…Tyson is a very special
person to me. He and I…we’re not just
rivals.”“I get that part. They,” Gou gestured at the others, “said as
much earlier.”I nodded. I hadn’t planned on having this conversation
with all these other people around. Maybe just Tyson and Makoto, but not the others. But…Gou was
my son. And he was just like me in that
he would demand answers and now, no
arguments. So, embarrassment aside, I
told him the truth. “I love Tyson very
much, Gou. But I…have been too scared to
tell him so, until now.”As with myself,
Gou saw right past the “I love him” part and went right to the real heart of the problem. “You
were scared?” I think I was scaring him,
now. I did have a reputation for being
fearless, if not downright reckless.There was a great deal of silence
in the room, and it was really
uncomfortable.My face was burning. I could feel it. But I swallowed my pride and nodded. “I do get scared sometimes, Gou. Even me. Is that bad?”
I watched him think about that
for a bit, then he smiled at me. “No. I
don’t feel bad for being scared sometimes, too, then.” He hugged me and I sighed, hugging him
back. “But Papa…does that mean that
Makoto and his father are going to live with us or something now? Like, a mother or something?”My mouth twitched at the corners,
a mental image of Tyson in a dress with a frilly apron and rubber gloves
washing a sink full of dishes came to mind.
“Or something.”
I agreed, trying not to snicker.
I felt Tyson’s eyes bore into the back of my head, and heard a faint, I saw
that! somewhere in there in what was very much
Tyson’s voice. Then… You know you’d love it, too, hentai. I
coughed as my cheeks absolutely flamed and I threw a sharp glare back over my
shoulder at him. You. Zip it. I returned.“Papa? Are you okay?
Your face is all red.”“Oh I’m fine.” I assured him quickly, getting to my
feet. “We can talk about it all you want
later, okay?”“Okay.”
“Hey, Dad?” Makoto’s voice piped up.
“Yeah?” Tyson set the boy down and sat on a bench.
“Are we moving? ‘Cause I really like
the dojo, and…”“Whoa, hold on, kiddo.” Tyson blinked. Obviously Makoto’s mind moved a little faster
than ours did. I raised an eyebrow. “Nothing’s been decided on that yet. We just wanted to tell you two about us,
that’s all. Kai and I still have a lot
of things to talk about, you know.”“Like what?”
He had a great deal Tyson’s
curiosity, too.“Ah, well…living arrangements, of
course. But other
things that won’t mean anything to you.”“Dad…you’re hedging. Spill it.”
Again, I couldn’t help it. I started laughing again. I got a rather disgruntled look from
my…boyfriend? Lover? Well…not yet, but as soon as humanly
possible.“What?” Makoto looked back and forth between us,
looking equally disgruntled. Now Gou was
snickering, and the others in the room weren’t far behind. “What?!”“Ignore the peanut gallery,
son.” Tyson stuck his tongue out at us
all and stood up. “So! How hungry are you? I think because Gou won, you should get to
pick where we eat tonight.”“Hey!” Gou protested. I patted him on the shoulder.
“Sportsmanship, Gou. Remember?”
“Yeah, yeah.”
“I want sushi!” Makoto declared. “Lots and lots of sushi!”
“Sushi?” Tyson blinked. “You hate sushi.”
“No. I hate your
sushi. You can’t cook sushi, Dad.”Rei, Max, Kenny, and Daichi all
burst into laughter. Tyson looked
absolutely dejected. I shook my head and
made a mental note never to try any of Tyson’s sushi.“Sushi sounds good to me. Let’s go, everyone.” I fell into a role I hadn’t been in for a
very long time – captain mode – and was vaguely surprised to discover that the
shoes still fit. “I know a good
place.” Gou in tow, I led the way out of
the locker room and the stadium.~~~~~~~~~~
Dinner was a noisy affair, as it
usually is with Tyson around. It was
just a little bit noisier because there were two Kinomiyas
at the dinner table. That was going to
take some getting used to, but I think I could live with it for most
nights. Correction. The kids were at another table, protesting
that they didn’t want to sit with the adults and be bored to tears over the
conversation. Lucky them…“So, Kai.” I knew
it wasn’t going to take long for one of them to start the inquisition. “Where have you been all this time?”I felt Tyson’s leg move next to
me and saw Max wince. I smiled with
deceptive peacefulness. “None of your business, Mizuhara.”“I’ve kept in contact with Kai
the whole time, Max.” Kenny interjected
hastily. “Leave him be, okay? Besides…he’s right. It isn’t our business. He’ll talk to Tyson about it when he gets the
chance, so leave it be.”Max pouted, but I didn’t believe
it for a second. Under the cuteness was
a crack mind. I’d learned my lesson in
underestimating him well. “Maybe. But don’t we
get an explanation, too? He was our
friend. Our captain. We worried about him, too.”Ouch. Point for you, Max. “I’ve been busy with Hiwatari
Enterprises. I took over Voltaire’s
company and I’ve been reorganizing and reallocating resources, funding, and
employees to change the types of businesses it is involved in.”“And starting a
family.”“Max.” Tyson was the one who cut him off this
time. It should have surprised me to
hear that no-nonsense tone in his voice, but it didn’t. I could feel a wave of protectiveness from
him down the bond between us, and under the table his hand fell on my knee,
resting there in support.“I’m just curious! I’ve never pictured Kai as a daddy,
okay?” He glanced at me. “No offence.”“None taken.” It was the truth after all. I didn’t think I’d make much of a father,
either, once upon a time.“We’re all curious, but Kai can
tell us about it when he wants to.” Rei
sipped his tea calmly. He was used to
us. “As has been
said…that’s none of our business.
Besides, I hardly think it matters.”
He gave me a grin. “Gou’s a good
kid, Kai. You’ve done a really good job
with him.”Mariah rolled her eyes. “He is a good child. He’s far too much like you, but we can
overlook that.”I blinked at her. “What did I do to you?”
“You made Rei and Max, and Kenny,
and Hilary, and especially Tyson worry about you.”“Oh.”
I’m glad we all understand each
other. Oh well. I should have known that while Tyson would be
willing to forgive and move on, the others would take some convincing
again. So I’d start with Tyson, and work
my up from there. I casually let my arm
fall to my side, my hand ending up covering Tyson’s on my leg. I felt him start in surprise as I threaded my
fingers through his.“Don’t worry, Kai. We won’t pry.
We’re just concerned, is all.”
Rei gave me a small reassuring smile.
“And curious.
But…if Tyson can be patient, then we sure as hell can be, too.”I nodded in acceptance of
that. “Thanks. I’m…not trying to shut you out, I just…”“I know.”
Kenny, who’d been mostly silent
and watching us with his usual powers of observation under that hair of his,
spoke up. “So I
have a suggestion for you two.”Tyson stuffed a roll of kappa maki in his mouth and nodded to show he was listening. “What’s that?” I asked, grateful
Tyson had finally learned table manners.“If you have no objections, why
don’t you let Gou and Makoto come stay with me for a couple days. I wouldn’t mind at all. You two need some time alone, and having the
boys around constantly won’t allow you much time to talk about everything you
need to.” He coughed slightly and
reached for his tea. “Among
other things.”This time Tyson turned bright
red. I’d already humiliated myself
enough in front of them so the fact that Kenny was hinting that we were in need
of some serious sexual activity was nothing.“Chief!”
“What? You can’t tell me you aren’t going to take
advantage of that.”“Urk. You’re
not supposed to just come out and say it, though!”“Why? It’s been completely obvious to the rest of
us forever now. It’s only the two of you
who are oblivious.”That earned my attention. But if I stopped to think about it, which I
did, Kenny was totally correct. I had
been very blind to my feelings for Tyson until…well. Yes, it had been shortly after I’d left for
the last time that I figured out why I was so scared of my emotions and what
they implied for myself and Tyson. And was also the reason it took me as long as
it had to work up the courage to do what I’d done today and finally take that
first step toward a relationship. A real one.“Thank you, Kenny.” I said to him when Tyson simply stared at
him, gaping like a fish out of water. A very red fish. “If
Gou agrees to it, I don’t have a problem with it. And I’m sure Tyson doesn’t mind,
either.” The bluenette shrugged, still
unable to say anything.“Sure. Besides, I need a couple of test bladers, and
they’d be just the right kids for it.”I rolled my eyes. Of course.
“Hey, Max, how’s Hilary? I almost forgot to ask.” Tyson changed the subject.
The blonde’s smile was at full
Wattage. “She’s perfect! Well…she didn’t come to the tournament today
because she didn’t sleep well last night – baby was kicking too much, I guess –
and she wanted to rest today.”“Good. At least we didn’t have to try and keep her
from killing Daichi for calling her an old pregnant hag again.” Tyson nodded, and I nearly choked on my
spring roll when I swallowed back a laugh.“Still calling her that, huh?”
“Variations
thereof, but yeah.”I’d known of Max and Hilary’s
engagement through Kenny, but he hadn’t mentioned she was pregnant. I eyed Max and held a hand across the table
to him. “Congratulations,
Max. I hope you know what you’re getting
into.”“Which? Marrying Hilary or having a baby?”
“Either.” My grin was just a touch evil, I admit. “Both.”
He just laughed good naturedly.
“Thanks. And yeah, I do. She’s mellowed, Kai. Though…you may not want to
run into her until after the baby’s born. Hormones make her do drastic things…”I took that warning to
heart. She was fiercely protective of
her friends, and that translated into fiercely protective of Tyson. Hilary was almost like a mother to all of us
wild boys. Ever since she became part of
the team, she’s been the mother figure for all of us. Even me, to a certain
extent. If she had run into me
after today (now that I was back in Tyson’s life, hopefully on a permanent
basis), not pregnant, she’d probably just kill me. But with the hormone soup in her body it was
highly likely that death was the least of my concerns. I’d probably face torture, too.“Um…has anyone seen Daichi?” Mariah looked around. “He disappeared some time ago.”
Tyson sighed and pushed away from
the table. “I’ll go. He’s probably trying to chat up some poor
waitress or else he’s attempting to devour the buffet again.”I pushed my plate aside and
picked up my teacup. Yes, some things
definitely didn’t change.~~~~~~~~~~
Gou had been intrigued by the
idea of being a test blader for Kenny, so he had no problem with staying at the
Chief’s house for a couple days. Neither
did Makoto. His eyes had lit up like it
was Christmas. And it was kind of
annoying how very correct Kenny was about how Tyson and I would be spending a
great deal of our time.I followed Tyson home in my car
after dropping the boys off with Kenny.
Once there, I had to stop outside the dojo and look around. Not much had changed. It was still the same. Home. I was home.Before I could get choked up
about it, Tyson took me by the hand and led me inside.And the moment we were through
the door and our shoes were kicked off, I was shoved up against a wall with a
very enthusiastic Tyson kissing me breathless, his hands tugging my shirt out
of my pants and undoing my belt. I
groaned and pushed his jacket off his shoulders then grabbed his shirt to try
and get that off him, too, my mouth completely occupied fighting back against
Tyson’s.“Hmm…eager, aren’t we?” Tyson smirked, pulling back from me and
leaving his jacket on the floor. He took
my hand and dragged me into the dojo, heading back toward the residence. “Come on, Kai.”“What happened to all that
talking we have to do?” I asked,
bemused. He looked at me over his shoulder
and the naked lust there made me swallow back any other words I might have
said. Okay. He had a point. Talking could wait. My whole body was tight and hot, and there
was a ball of need growing at my centre that demanded attention and
relief. I met his eyes with mine, full
of my own desire for him. He seemed
satisfied with that and continued past the living room and kitchen and down the
hallway. I barely noticed that the room
we entered was his same old bedroom as it had been back then.“I have wanted this…you, Kai, for so long. I wanted to make love to you every night and
wake up with you in my arms every morning for the last ten years – no,
longer!” Tyson stopped next to the bed and
drew me close to him. I raised a hand to
his face, resting it tenderly on his cheek.
“I admit I had a brief moment of doubt.
I wasn’t sure for a while there that you were going to come back. That’s where Makoto came from. But…”“Shh…Tyson.” I
smiled and kissed him lightly, my thumb tracing the fullness of his bottom
lip. “I understand. I didn’t expect you to wait for me, you
know. I’ve taken you for granted far too
often over the years, but…I love you.
And I want you just as badly, then and now.” I kissed him again, this time a little more
strongly. His hands gripped my hips and
pulled me tightly against him, prying my lips apart with his tongue and
thoroughly taking control. Oddly enough,
I didn’t mind. It felt so right –
natural, even. Where, in everything
else, I would have been pushing back and fighting him with everything I have to
be in control, as I despise not being in control of any situation, I was
instead perfectly happy to surrender to him.
In this, I would give him everything of me.Finally, I was ready to do that.
Tyson tugged off my battered
shirt and tossed it aside, letting his palms slowly rub up and down my
chest. “God, you’re so beautiful.” He traced a prominent scar that crossed my
ribs with one finger. “Battle scars and
all…” I shuddered under his touch and
grabbed his hands to still them.“They’re not beautiful,
Tyson. But I appreciate the thought.”“Baka. Yes
they are. They’re more beautiful because
I know where each of them came from and what you were fighting for at the
time.” His eyes were a gorgeous, unreal
shade of silver blue as they stared into mine, and I let myself drown in
them. “Will you let me show you how
beautiful you are? Will you stay here
with me tonight, and be here with me from now until…for as long as time lasts?”“I’m here. I’m not leaving.” I let go of his hands and removed his shirt,
then his belt. “Nothing could make me
leave you now, Tyson.” He smiled at me,
love reflected in his eyes so deeply it seemed fathomless. No, it was
fathomless. If there was an end to his
love for me, I couldn’t see it. My
breath hitched and we kissed once more, ending any further conversation for
this moment. Later, we’d talk about all
the things that needed discussing, but right now was just us.It wasn’t long before passion
took over and he was guiding me back to lie on the bed. Tyson crawled over me and watched his hand as
it traced the lines of my body, as if he were trying to memorize each part of
me by touch. Then his mouth was
following his hand and I gasped, arching into the warm, wet heat that left a
trail of sensation as it passed over every inch of my skin. One of my hands found its way to his hair and
my fingers slipped through the silken midnight blue strands, tangling there as
his lips brushed one of my nipples teasingly.
I murmured his name softly and restlessly ran my free hand down his
shoulders and back, encouraging him to continue. God, he felt so good! I wanted desperately to touch him, to explore
him as he was currently doing to me.I heard him chuckle darkly. “Easy, love.
I’m definitely not going anywhere either.” Tyson moved back to kiss me deeply
again. “Mmm…I
should have known you’d be like this in bed.”I gave him a slightly frustrated,
slightly curious, half-hearted glare.
“Like what?” It came out a little
more wary than I’d have liked. Suspicious even. So
sue me, I’m still self-conscious with him.“Passionate. Intensely passionate.” He kissed me again, his fingers running
through my hair and gripping the strands while his tongue mimicked what he
would have liked to be doing with another part of his body, currently pressed
tightly against my pelvis and rubbing with every movement he made. I let out a deep groan, which was promptly
swallowed by his kiss, and I tried to bring him closer to me, my leg curling
around his. He ended the kiss after a
moment, and stared into my eyes with heavy-lidded, stormy blue eyes that had
become almost silver-black with his desire.
I swallowed hard. I still didn’t
believe that I could make him feel that way, even though he did the same for
me. He smiled at me and rocked against
me slowly. “Ah…and
that wonderful fire that’s always in your eyes whenever you look at me. I can’t tell you how many times in practices
I wanted to battle you just so that you’d look at me.” Now he smirked. “But now I’d much rather you’d look at me
when we’re together like this…”I answered his smirk with one of
my own, and stared at him with interest.
“You really wanted that? In
practices, I mean?”He rolled his eyes at me and
propped himself up on his elbows. “Kai?”
he crooked an eyebrow at me. “Do you
truly want to chat right now?” He slid a
hand down my chest and stomach to unceremoniously grip me through my
pants. I nearly yelped, but managed to
make it more of a high-pitched grunt of pleasure-pain. I think my eyes may have rolled back into my
head because he snickered.“Bastard…” I groaned out, this
time, as his hand wasn’t gripping so much as stroking me through the material
of my pants and underwear. “Damn
it…Tyson! I…”“That’s what I thought.” Suddenly he was gone and I opened my eyes,
wondering what happened. He was standing
next to the bed fumbling with the buttons on his jeans. I licked my lips and sat up, reaching out to
grab the waist of his jeans and pull him close enough that I could assist him
myself. I was getting tired of the
barrier of our clothes, and decided I’d much rather he (and I) were naked. Very naked.His hands fell away and he
watched me hungrily as I pulled the fly of his jeans open and slid my hands
inside to push the denim off his hips and down his legs. He hissed out a breath when my hand brushed
the tent in his boxer shorts. I looked
up at him and didn’t try to hide the smug glint in my eyes. I could see quite obviously how very turned
on he was and that for all the posing he was doing to pretend he was fully in
control, he couldn’t hide how his body reacted to my touch. It was a heady feeling to know I could affect
him like this. Tyson stepped out of his jeans and kicked
them off to the side, tilting my head up by the chin to kiss me lightly. “Thanks.
I think you need to lose the rest of your clothes, Kai.”I nodded and stood up, not
wasting any time in shedding my pants and underwear, all in one go. I couldn’t help sighing as my erection was
released from confinement, and I blinked when I heard a murmured, “Damn…” Glancing up, I nearly burst into laughter at
his expression. He must have noticed me watching
him because he looked up and promptly blushed hotly. I wasn’t exactly free of a blush, either, but
it was still funny.“Honestly, Tyson…” I tried to
keep a smile off my face but it didn’t work.
“Penis envy?
I don’t know why you’re even worried about it.”“Shut up. I’m not!”
He denied just as hotly, hastily pulling off his boxers and pushing me onto
my back on the bed. He crawled over me
once more and my brain simply shut off.
This was much, much
better. Skin-on-skin
and our bodies fitting together in all the right places. Oh god
nothing has ever felt like this. His
hands don’t hesitate at all to touch me everywhere, completely un-shy about
it. Every nerve in my body tingles, on
fire. I’m not used to human contact –
except my son’s – and I never have been used to it. Rationally (with what was left of that part
of my mind at this point) I understood this and realized that’s why my body was
so hyper-sensitive…and in the two seconds I thought of it, I ceased to care
because now it wasn’t just his hands on me, it was his mouth. I let out a low, purring moan of pure
pleasure, and he paused, looking up at me with these eyes that were full of a
hunger that was more primal than Dranzer’s
battle-cry. “You make the most
interesting sounds, lover. I think I’m
going to have worlds of fun getting them out of you.”“Tyson…you…don’t stop…” I gasped
out in reply, reaching up above my head to grab onto whatever was within reach,
which happened to be a couple of nice, fluffy pillows. Sweat was beginning to trickle down the sides
of my face I was so hot and bothered.
The one time I’d had sex before, it hadn’t been anything like this. I arched into the kiss he placed on my
stomach, nuzzling my naval with his cheek and nose and lips. Shit…at this rate, I was going to come
without much more effort on Tyson’s part.
It was more than a little embarrassing to be very close to begging.My soon-to-be lover, in his
playful glory, smirked and happily continued kissing down my body. His hand was wrapped firmly around my
erection, which ached and throbbed and drove me crazy, and that was being
excruciatingly teasing in its stroking.
Okay…if he was going to keep this up…
I think I growled something suitably harsh, but in a couple of quick
moves I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his upper body,
rolling us over so that he was under me.
I pinned his arms down to the mattress by his wrists, and watched him
while I panted for breath. There was a
brief flash of shock in his expression before it passed and he simply regarded
me hotly with heavy-lidded eyes.“This is interesting…and here I
thought you were going to let me…”“Now, I haven’t said I
wasn’t.” I licked my dry lips, my gaze
traveling down his form and back up again slowly, lingering here and there with
some rather interesting ideas of the things I wanted to do to that golden-hued,
gorgeous skin. Like mark it as mine and
only mine. I groaned quietly, releasing
his wrists and sliding my hands up to meet his palm to palm, my fingers
threading with his. “I just had to…take
a breather…” I scowled at his
self-satisfied smirk. “Get over your inflated
ego, Tyson.”“I can’t help it! I never expected to have such a…pleasant effect on you.” He made the ‘pleasant’ sound like something
far more erotic and continued to grin at me.
“Besides which, you’re so wonderfully sexy when you’re horny.” His leg snuck up and hooked around my hip
with a deceptive movement, the inside of his thigh rubbing against my hip
encouragingly. I shuddered and let my
lower half grind into his, rocking forward.
He threw his head back on a gasp and moaned for me, long and loud. Stars were forming in my vision behind my now
closed eyelids. Maybe that hadn’t been a
good idea because I was going to come. “Kai…damn it, don’t you dare! I want you to come for me!” Tyson admonished in a rough voice that told
me he wasn’t that far off either – and that he was still in my head.“That’s…so not…fair!” I whimpered and forced myself to go still,
freezing in place. I buried my face in
the crook of his neck and counted the rapidly pounding pulse beats I could hear
from my own chest. “How…can you…be so…”“I’m in there, you know – just
like you’re in me.” Tyson turned his
head a little and I felt his lips, then his teeth, at my earlobe. “You’re just not looking hard enough for me. Our bond is too strong to ignore, especially
right now…” He tugged with his teeth and
I shuddered. Huh. Who knew that part of me was so
sensitive? “…when I
want so damn badly to be inside you, Kai.” His voice was thick and dark with want. The hell with it. I wanted him and now. No more playing around.I pulled away from him and looked
around with slightly glazed eyes. “I
hope you have something.” I muttered,
reaching over to his beside table to wrench open the drawer and dig through
without caring for the invasion of privacy.
Forget that. I wanted to get
laid, get fucked, and be nicely blissed out for the
foreseeable future in the arms of my greatest rival and one love. I came up with a tube of KY and practically
ripped the cap off. Tyson reached for it
and plucked it out of my hands, sitting up a bit and wriggling backward so he
could be propped up by the headboard of the bed.“I see you’re losing that iron
patience of yours.” He commented,
squeezing out some of the lube and coating his fingers with it, warming
it. His other hand went to my ass and
squeezed, pulling me forward until I was basically straddling his lap and well
within reach. I leaned down from my
perch a bit, lightly pressing my lips to his.“Since when have I had patience
with you?” I reminded him, nibbling on his
bottom lip while staring into his eyes from almost too close. “I suggest you get going, lover, or I’ll flip
you over and do you my…ah ahhh! Nngh…Ty-son!” His slick
fingers slipped between the lobes of my ass and I discovered just how sensitive
I really could be. “Oh my god…”His answer was to draw me into
the deepest kiss yet, as if he were trying his best to crawl inside me from
both ends. A finger penetrated the tight
ring of my defense and thrust carefully in and out while his tongue mimed the movement
in my mouth. I couldn’t hold still, not
like this, and my body moved in a rhythm to match his ministrations and his
kiss. The moan that came from me as his
second finger joined the first was swallowed up. Air was non-existent between us, and my hands
feverishly began to run through his hair, pulling out his ponytail so it framed
his head and let me run my fingers through it.
Rapidly becoming overwhelmed, I broke the kiss and gulped in air,
swearing succinctly, “Fuck. Me. Now.”“Yes.” Tyson growled, his fingers leaving me empty
and aching until suddenly something much larger and thicker and harder was
probing for entry. This time I know my
eyes rolled back into my head and I actually mewled as he pushed himself into
me carefully. At least he had enough
control left not to simply force things, because as much as I wanted a quick
and dirty end to this session (there would be more tonight, I was certain), I
didn’t like pain and he was big enough that it would hurt. Hell, it did
hurt, but when he was fully seated in me he went incredibly still and gripped
my hips tightly, breathing hard and actually trembling with the effort not to
move, giving me time to adjust. For my
part, I just sort of hovered there above him, working through the ridiculously
intense sensation of full and coming to terms with the fact that it was Tyson
who was giving me that. After all these
years, I finally had him. I could feel
the tears building up behind my eyelids, and my breathing hitched.“I love you.” I whispered thickly
against his lips, seeking his kisses in a desperate need for comfort and
reassurance. “I love you…” I had to say
it again and again. I’d been too silent
about my feelings for him and I was not going to go one more day without
telling him just how much of my heart he’d captured. “I love you…”“Kai!” His hands left my hips to cup my face between
them, holding my head in place while he kissed me so passionately and tenderly
I nearly sobbed at the beauty of it. “God how I love you. So long now…always. Stay with me, my love.” I nodded helplessly, my voice lost to my
emotions as any lingering pain was lost in a flood of pleasure and love. I let my forehead rest against his, bringing
my hands up to grab onto the headboard rather than him, and lifted myself off
the throbbing erection I was impaled upon before dropping myself back down
again hard and fast. Stars didn’t just
form, they burst and I cried out, doing it again…and again, and again, so many
times…my ears ringing and my head spinning deliriously with pleasure.For the first time in my entire
life, I simply let go and did nothing but feel. Euphoria broke over me in waves, crashing
through my mind and body and drawing out a long, hoarse cry that sounded
vaguely like Tyson’s name. I twitched
and writhed and shuddered, spilling myself over his chest in thick pearlescent
streams. My fingers dug into the wood of
the headboard and I hung on for dear life while white filled my vision followed
by black. I actually blanked out for a
few moments, barely registering it when Tyson lifted me and rolled me off him
onto my back, shoving my legs up and to my chest before he thrust back into me
without any hesitation whatsoever. I did
register it when his hand dipped between us and curled around my flagging
erection, though, because my now hyper-sensitive nerves lit up again like the
neon lights of Las Vegas and I went rock solid hard in a few strokes.“Shit, shit, shit!” I sucked in air and groaned, clutching
Tyson’s shoulders so tightly that he was definitely going to have bruises come
morning. “Fuck, Tyson! Yes…yes…harder! Faster!”
Somehow I managed to get my eyes open and found his, locking on and
holding, one hand thrusting fingers into his hair and gripping a fistful as he
gave me an absolutely wicked grin and proceeded to pound me into the
mattress. It was as if he were trying to
etch a permanent groove into me, and the bed creaked and threatened to crack
with the force of it. He shifted just a
little and suddenly every thrust was beating against a spot that had me
whimpering his name in a pleading tone that begged for more. I couldn’t tell where he left off and I began
any longer, that’s for sure. And he was
right. He was there, in my head, and it
was so easy to reach out to him in that way, too. We were truly one in this moment – body,
mind, and even soul.I am not ashamed to admit that
when I came for the second time I didn’t just cry out – I screamed. How could I not have with this strong,
courageous, caring man doing his best to kill me with ecstasy? Oh but what a lovely little death it
was. I absolutely exploded and Tyson
wasn’t far behind me. I could feel him
filling me with more than just his body and I twitched, moaning blissfully as I
clung to his shoulders, then welcoming his weight as he withdrew gently and let
my legs flop back to the bed on either side of him. He collapsed on top of me. I curled one arm around his shoulders and
buried my hand in his hair to hold him to me, his face buried in my neck as he
gulped down oxygen.~~~~~~~~~~
Some time later, our hearts had
slowed back to a normal pace and we’d stopped breathing heavily. I was feeling a little sleepy, but I wasn’t
ready to roll over and go to sleep just yet.
I stretched out languidly underneath Tyson, smiling at the protesting
little murmur he made before he propped himself up on his forearms above me,
smiling at me fondly.“Hi.” I pushed some of his hair out of his eyes,
brushing my fingers across his lips that were still red and swollen from
kissing. “You okay?”“Hey.” Tyson kissed my fingers and sighed deeply in
contentment. “I have never felt
better. Are you okay? I was a little
rough…”I snorted. What did he think I was? Fragile? “Please.
I can take whatever you dish out, Tyson.” He laughed and kissed me softly.“Oh yes. I forgot that you’re tough and bad-ass, and
that if I’d really hurt you there’d be no way you’d admit it.”“The hell I wouldn’t.” I eyed him.
“If you ever did, I’d kick your ass.
Besides,” I massaged his shoulders absently. “You’ve never held back on
me before so why should you do so now?”“I wouldn’t.” He moved off me to lay
facing me on his side, head propped up by one hand. His other hand rested on my chest and idly
traced patterns. “But we’ll take a break
to recover so I really don’t hurt you, unintentionally.”I rolled my eyes and ran a hand
through my hair. I was going to need a
shower before long. “So…” I stopped
before I’d even begun. I didn’t know
where to start the conversation that was a long time in coming.“So.” He answered, his tone suggesting he didn’t
really know either. “I guess I should be
demanding why it took you so long, but it’s really kind of pointless to
ask. I know. And I don’t want to dwell on something that
really doesn’t matter in the long run.”I nodded. “True.
But I owe you an explanation, Tyson.
Of all people, you deserve to hear it.”
I closed my eyes briefly and took a deep breath. “I left because I wanted to,
as you said before, get myself and my life back together. I didn’t feel like I had anything to offer
you any longer. I’d already betrayed you
and given you everything I thought I had, and I didn’t know – didn’t understand
– that all that stuff wasn’t what you really needed from me. What you wanted from me.”“Kai…love, I did want your best
as a rival, and I wanted your friendship just as much. Don’t ever think that I was disappointed in
you for that! I was so proud of you,
Kai. So proud.” His eyes met mine, shining with an
affectionate light I have always seen there but was too afraid to
acknowledge. “And I was so honoured that you thought enough of me to work so hard at
our rivalry and our friendship. As for
being betrayed…” he sighed and gave me a wry smile. “Well, we both know I was an immature brat on
occasion, and I had a habit of seeing things in only one way and not looking at
things from different perspectives. You
did what you felt had to be done. And I
just want to say I’m sorry for not listening to what everyone kept telling me
and said all those things to you. I was…too
full of myself to see that you were trying to show how much you cared about me
in the only way you knew how.”I reached out and wiped the
solitary tear that trickled down his cheek, bringing it to my lips and kissing
it away. “Honestly, Tyson, at the time I
didn’t realize that’s what I was doing.
But when I figured it out for myself…I was so scared. I knew, somewhere in the back of my mind,
that our friends and whatnot wouldn’t care one way or another if we were ever…more. But I…” I gave a frustrated huff. “It wasn’t that I cared what people thought
of us, because I didn’t. I don’t. I just…I didn’t want you to have to deal with
that, because even though I know you could care less what the general
population thinks of you, it still hurts you deeply. I never wanted to hurt you again, not like I
already had, and I knew that with our lives in the limelight if we tried to be
anything other than rivals and friends you would get hurt. I couldn’t stand that.”“You realize how ridiculous that
is, right?” He raised an eyebrow at me
and I frowned, brow furrowing in self-admonishment.“Yeah. Now I do, when I’ve had all this time to
think about it and to realize what an idiot I am.” I blinked when his fingers touched my brow
and rubbed gently to erase those frown lines.
“And a coward.
I should have just told you straight out that you meant absolutely
everything to me, Tyson. Instead I ran
off and left you hanging for ten years.”He sighed and pulled me into his
arms, curling them around me tightly. “As
I see it, we have two options. We can
bemoan and berate ourselves and each other for not trying sooner, or we can put
it behind us and focus on the here and now, and move on.” Tyson’s breath ruffled my hair, tickling
slightly. I hugged him more tightly and
kissed his bare shoulder. “Since I know
you don’t go for that first option at any other time, I say we just go with
option two and leave it at that.”“Agreed.” I looked up at him. “About Gou…”
He laid a finger across my lips,
halting my words. “I don’t care. I know what’s in your heart, Kai. And the fact is…he’s a beautiful little
boy. And you love him. You’re trying to be a good father to
him. That means more to me than
explanations about where he came from.”“Still. I want you to know. I don’t want to have secrets with you.” I protested, pulling his hand away from my
face. “There’s been too much of that
already.” He seemed to understand this
was important to me, so he just nodded.“Alright. I’m listening.”
“She was…well, she wasn’t important
to me, if you want the honest truth.” I
sat up, wincing a little at the brief flash of soreness, and propped myself up with pillows against the headboard. I blushed heavily and looked away, unable to
meet his eyes. “It was little more than
a one-night fling. A
moment of weakness. I…won’t bore
with details on that, but a few weeks later, she came looking for me to tell me
she was pregnant, and that she was going to have an abortion. She didn’t want a baby. At first I thought it was a ploy to get money
from me. I’d had plenty of attempts at
that in the past.”Tyson chuckled. “When you’re hot, you’re hot, and you happen
to be rich, too. So goes the life of a
sexy millionaire CEO, I suppose.” He sat
up too, facing me. He laid his hand on
my knee and patted encouragingly. “What
did she really want then, if not your money?”“At first…I was suspicious,
because if she did want my money, then she was doing it the intelligent, sneaky
way. I mean, why else would she come to
tell me she was pregnant and going to get an abortion and not demand money for
the procedure and to compensate for…emotional trauma or whatever excuse she
could have thought up?” My fingers
plucked at the sheets as I spoke, relaying my memories and thoughts of the
time. “She didn’t need my money. She had plenty of her own. It turned out that she had a fight with her fiancé
a couple of days before we met up. They
had broken it off after that fight, and she and I…she was on the rebound, to
put it short. I had thought she was just
another person looking for a night of companionship and sex with no string
attached, or I wouldn’t have taken her home with me that night.”“Kai? You don’t have to sound so guilty. If she chose not to tell
you the details of her life that’s her business. Her choice.” Tyson’s hand was soothing on my leg now. I nodded.“I know that, I just…still feel
bad for putting her in the position she ended up in. See, she came to me about the abortion
because she felt I had the right to know I had fathered a child, even if she
wasn’t keeping it. When it hit me…I was
going to be a father. It just…knocked me
flatter than one of Dragoon’s wind attacks.
I think I accepted that she was going to have an abortion for about a
day, mostly because I was in a panic and had no intention of trying to raise
any child ever. But then…I don’t
know. Something in me changed and I
couldn’t let her go through with it. I
met up with her and told her if she was willing to carry the baby to term, I
would take it and she wouldn’t have to worry about it at all.” I hugged myself, thinking of the first time
the doctors laid that little bundle in my arms and a pair of my own eyes stared
up at me silently and solemnly. “She
agreed after some negotiation, and…I have Gou.”Tyson smiled at something,
sliding forward to pull me into a warm embrace.
I held onto him gratefully. “You
never fail to make me more proud of you than I was before, you know.”“Oh stop.” I mumbled into his shoulder, embarrassed but
pleased at the same time. “He’s my
son. Maybe he came from a night that
didn’t happen because I was in love, and maybe neither of us wanted kids in the
first place, but I don’t regret stopping her from getting that abortion or for
keeping him.”I felt lips press to my
temple. “Kai…I love you.” He said it so simply. I returned the affection and pulled away,
letting him keep my hands in his own.“Has he asked you about his
mother?” Tyson asked after a minute or
two. I nodded.“I explained it to him as best I could. He…doesn’t seem to mind that the woman that
should have been his mother…isn’t.” I
wasn’t sure I understood that, but maybe Gou was smarter than I was, and I knew
he was more forgiving and less serious than I ever had been.“Well, that’s good. At least you were willing to tell him the
truth and not try to hide it from him, as many people try to do because they
think their kids aren’t capable of understanding.”“Yeah. Gou is really smart, Tyson. He makes me feel very inadequate some days.” I admitted wryly. Tyson laughed.
“That’s what kids are for – to remind
us that we aren’t as all that as we think we are, and that we have just as much
to learn from them as they do from us.”“How very true.”
Tyson glanced away, his
expression becoming sad and serious. It
was totally unnatural and I squeezed his hands.
“What’s wrong?” I inquired
softly. “You went serious on me.”“My turn, that’s all. About Makoto…”
I nodded, tilting my head at him
and waiting patiently to let him know I was listening. He let go of my hands and drew his legs up to
his chest, hugging his knees. “Makoto’s
mother was a friend. She and I started
seeing each other out of that friendship, at first. We were both lonely, I guess, and needed
someone to enjoy life with. Max and
Kenny were always busy with their labs and development centres,
and Hilary was always wherever Max was and assisting Kenny with his work. Rei married Mariah and they stayed in China, even
though they come over to visit often enough.
And Daichi…well, Daichi is Daichi.”
He rolled his eyes and I snickered.
Yes, I knew how well those two got along. I didn’t ask about Gramps Kinomiya, since I’d
heard from Kenny that he had ‘retired’ and moved to a senior’s home on the
beach where he spends most of his days sunbathing and girl-watching (much to
Tyson’s consternation). I shook off my
thoughts and paid attention to him again.
“So I was mostly hanging around the dojo alone with nothing particularly
important to do. I tried working but it
didn’t last long.” He grinned at me and
I smirked.“No really.” I commented sarcastically. He punched me lightly in the arm.
“Yeah, yeah, shut up. I met her in the bookstore, actually. I accidentally knocked her over because I
couldn’t see where I was going over a stack of books I was carrying. Anyway, we had coffee and got to know each
other, started hanging out with each other, and then…” he fell silent for a
moment, but I waited patiently. “I don’t
know. She knew I didn’t love her in that
way. She knew I was waiting for someone –
she didn’t know it was you specifically, but she knew it was someone. And despite that, we somehow ended up in bed
together.”“Friends with
benefits?” I asked. He gave me a reproachful look and I sighed,
hanging my head in apology. “Sorry. I didn’t mean it like that.”“No, that’s okay. It was basically like that, from my end. From her end, I think she genuinely wanted to
love me. Wanted, not did. I also think she had given up on finding
anyone else to love her at all. She had
no other family, and she didn’t have that many friends, really.”“What happened?” I asked, gently directing him to tell me
about it. He let his chin rest on his
knees as he continued.“We had our little affair. It was fun and all, and neither of us were expecting her to get pregnant because she was on the
pill and we used protection. I don’t
know how it happened, honestly. But it
did.” Tyson looked away from me, and I
frowned. I could feel his emotions
clearly, and at the moment it was guilt, pure and simple.“Tyson…hey.” I slid my fingers through his hair and he
raised his head to meet my gaze. “It’s
alright, you know. I had no illusions or
expectations that you would stay celibate while you waited for me to get my act
together. I don’t care about that any
more than you did.” My
mouth quirked slightly. “I know
your heart. And I understand the need
for companionship, especially you. You’ve
always needed people, Tyson, around you.
I’m not a social sort of guy, but you are. So don’t agonize or flog yourself for being
you.” His eyes closed and he held my
hand to his cheek, shivering.“Thank you. It wasn’t just that… I… She
was about six months pregnant when we began discussing marriage.” He refused to look at me now, and I just
watched him, unsurprised. Sure it stung –
a lot – but I knew him, and his sense of honour was
one that meant he’d marry the girl he got pregnant even if he didn’t really
love her like that. “I’m so sorry,
Kai! I…I didn’t want to give up on you,
on us, but I…”“Tyson!” I cut him off, pulling him into my arms this
time and holding him fiercely to my chest.
“It’s okay! Love, you’re being
guilty for nothing. It’s enough for me
to know that you love me, that even if you had married her, you still loved
me. You think I would begrudge you doing
the right thing by a girl? No. So don’t even go there.”He chuckled in a watery way,
tears dripping down my chest. “Kai…in
these modern times, ‘doing the right thing’ is a very male chauvinistic,
medieval concept. Feminists everywhere
would be hanging you by your toes off the Tokyo Tower
to hear you say that.”I scowled at that idea. “They’d have to catch me first. And I didn’t mean…”
“I know!” He sat back up again
and kissed me fondly. “Relax. Kai…
It wasn’t that I was going to marry her just because she was pregnant, it was…I was beginning to doubt myself and whether
or not you really wanted a relationship.
It had already been about three years since I’d last seen or heard from
you. Not one word from you, and I was…” He stopped.
“Well, I was beginning to question whether I’d really seen what I
thought I’d seen in you, for me. I was
being stupid, I know that, but…”“And that’s my fault. I should have…well. There are a lot of things I should have done
that I didn’t. We’ll be here until the apocalypse
listing all those should-haves.” I
kissed him again, lingering a little just because I could. I found I liked kissing him. A lot.“Thank you.” He keeps thanking me for things and it was
beginning to annoy me a little. “Really,
though, I needed to be stronger, and I wasn’t.
But anyway…” he hastily continued before I could give him any more
hell. “There were some complications
during her pregnancy. She wasn’t a very
big woman, and Makoto was a big baby.”
His face fell and took on this sad, pained expression that nearly broke
my heart. I knew what he was going to
say before he said it. “She went into labour early, and the doctors ended up having to perform a
Caesarian. It was to save Makoto. They couldn’t save her. They said something to me about internal bleeding
and infection, but I wasn’t really in a frame of mind to understand it. All I knew is that she had died giving me a
son, and I didn’t love her in the way that she deserved for something like
that.” Tears poured down his cheeks and
I did the only thing I could: I held him and let him weep quietly in mourning
for a woman I’d never meet but was still oddly grateful to for making him
happy, at least for a little while, when I wasn’t capable of it.“I’m sorry, love.” I murmured, stroking his hair and rubbing his
back soothingly. “Makoto obviously
turned out fine.” I tried cheering him
up, pointing out the good that had come from the bad. “He’s as bright and wild as you.”Tyson sniffed and reached for a
tissue from the bedside table. “The boy
is a whirlwind of pure energy. I don’t
think I ever had that much energy as a kid, though Gramps assures me I did.”I grinned. I agreed with Gramps. I’d met Tyson later on in his life, older
than Makoto is now, but he was still almost more energetic than I was willing
to try and put up with. “He’s your son,
after all.”Tyson grinned back, and I felt
very relieved to see him bounce back. “Yep! My son.”I sighed and leaned against the
headboard. “We should clean up a
bit. We’re still all grimy from our
battle earlier.”He wriggled his eyebrows at me
suggestively. “Which battle are we
talking about?” He teased. I made a face.“Brat. Both.”
I swung my legs to the side of the bed and looked around for my
underwear. Tyson’s arms banded around me
from behind and his nose nuzzled behind my ear.
“Tyson…” I moaned as his lips brushed a sensitive spot on my neck. “Don’t you start anything…”“Did you have something better to
do?” He replied innocently, my ear
becoming his favourite toy. I twitched at the jolt of pleasure and
squeezed his knee warningly.“You’re incorrigible, you know
that?” I turned in his arms partially
and raised my mouth to his willingly. He
captured it and kissed me passionately, all tongue and lips and teeth, which I
returned in kind, my fingers burrowing through his hair and tangling. I could get very used to this with him. “Mmm…Tyson, we
should at least clean up some before we get all sweaty and stuff again…” My stomach muscles clenched and I hissed as
his fingers trailed down over my navel and teased the light sprinkling of hair
there. “Damn it, Tyson…”“Alright, love. I don’t see what the point is when we’re just
going to get more dirty
than before.” I shivered at the blatant lust in his voice, but held firm and
pushed away from him to stand up. “Come
on, Tyson.”Half an hour later, we ended up
in the living room with mugs of tea and a movie on TV. Tyson was snuggled in against my side, sleepy
and content as a cat. “Hey,
Kai?” His voice broke my
attention that was fixed on the TV, not that I was actually watching the movie
or anything, I was just staring at it, lost in thought.“Yeah?”
“Any thoughts on just how we are
going to work this out?”I pondered that briefly. Gou and I still lived in the Hiwatari
mansion, but I knew I didn’t have any particular attachment to the place. It was never home, to me. If any place could be said to be that, it was
here at the Kinomiya dojo. But Gou…I’d
have to ask him about it and I said as much to my lover.“Do you see any point in that
whole phase of a relationship they call dating?” I asked.
“Because it seems kind of redundant. And we’ll have to talk to the kids to find
out how they feel about possibly living together, right?”Tyson turned his head to look up
at me. “We could still go out on dates,
you know. I think I’d like going out and
doing things with you sometimes. But you’re
right. And yeah, we do have to talk to
the kids. I know they get along just
fine right now, but its different living with someone than it is just seeing
them every day at school or whatever.”I nodded. “Yeah.” I looked down at him seriously. “And us?
Do you think we can live with each other?”He smiled and pulled me into a
kiss. “Love, we’ll probably drive each
other crazy, but I’d rather have that than nothing at all.”I smiled back in agreement,
because so would I.~~~~~~~~~~
Kali Notes: There you have it. Part IV complete! I hope I haven’t bored you all to death
yet. LOL There is an epilogue, so keep tuned
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