MasterFranny: this was supposed to be a one-shot, but when I sent it to one of my BETAs she told me it was a little too long to be posted as one-shot, so I decided to rewrite it as three-shot. Hope you will like it, even if it's going to have short chapters!

Kammyh: she babbled about this one for ages, she's so happy about posting it!

MasterFranny: there are so few of them around... anyway, since I am an angsty writer, this is quite out of my style. It's not angsty! But I wanted to try something different, and this came out... enjoy! Plus, it's ok to write it now, since we're drawing near Christmas! A Theme fic! A Theme fic!

Johnny: thus why you keep intruding in our poor lives, complicating them... why wouldn't you go away?

MF: you are a mean guy, you know it? Besides, what the hell are you doing here anyway?

Johnny: I make a brief appearance in this fic!

MF: 'brief', Johnny, key word 'brief'.

Kammyh: on with the trauma... fic.

MF: ha ha ha, you're so funny, that my toes are laughing... TT By the way, I heard around on the net that Mystel was Egyptian, so I used this piece of information. Don't hurt me if it's not true!

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Warning: intense OOCness, but is intended. Yaoi, meaning boy x boy relationship, so don't like don't read.

Rating: well... not too high... I may put some lime at the end of the fic, but nothing too graphic... I am inexperienced in threesomes!

Summary: A Christmas Party will lead Kai to more than just one surprise. /Kai, Rei/Mystel, others

Disclaimer: Not own. -Laughs evilly- Never will.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"(Talking into other languages)"

Solemn Wishes

Chapter 01: Waiting for Christmas

"No way! Absolutely no fucking way!"

Rei glanced quizzically at his friend, as the older teen, better known as Kai Hiwatari, leader of the BladeBreakers Rev, glared at his own image in the mirror. As crimson eyes trailed over his frame, his frown deepened and his eyes flashed with anger, wishing he could just murder the damn mirror and end it there.

The Neko-Jinn had never seen his friend act this way ever before, surely it was something new... but he decided not to press on the matter -besides, he could always use it as a threat later.

"Kai, don't you think I would like to keep that mirror intact when you finish with it? I mean, by the way you keep glaring at it, it'll break in no time," Rei giggled lightly, before sitting down on his bed cross legged­, amber eyes fixed on his captain.

Kai's glare shifted towards him as the slate haired blader scowled, "there's nothing to mock about, Kon". He only used his last name when he was pissed off with him. "I... I just hate this fucking... thing here," addressing himself, or better, what he was wearing, he turned fully towards the Tiger.

"But Kai... you're oh so cute!" Rei made a run towards the cupboard and managed to hide himself behind it nearly in time not to be hit by a pillow Kai threw at him, knowing he said too much. Peering from behind the cupboard he added, "come on Kai, you don't need to be this stubborn, it really looks cute on you!" which resulted into a renewed growl from the older blader.

What caused Kai's outburst, and Rei's comment, were the clothes Kai was wearing at the present moment. The Neko-Jinn had almost to force them on him, and now was satisfied by the results.

And Rei was lying. He did not look cute, he actually looked rather hot.

It was not something the slate haired teen used to wear every day; this was why he looked so out of place and so uncomfortable. Pitch black pants, way too tight for his liking, with a metal chain running from one side to the other, a black leather belt, and a white shirt that was both too short and too tight. It let bare his shoulders, covering merely a little portion of his arms, and stopped few inches above his navel, which was uncomfortable too, and had electric blue strips running across it. His faithful gloves were gone, and in their place he was wearing tight blue fingerless gloves that started from his hand and ended where the shirt left his skin bare, few inches beneath the shoulder.

That alone was driving Kai crazy, but what angered him the most was the fact that he still hadn't put his marks on. Paint less, his face looked years younger.

"This. Is. Not. Me!" crimson eyes flashed dangerously, a faint blush appearing on his face. "I can't... wear this at the Christmas Party... not that I want to go in the first place..." his speech turned to a low muttering and Rei sighed, as he stared at the teen.

Kai was almost pouting, even if he wasn't aware of that, as he brushed away an unruly strand of blue hair from his eyes, his other hand resting on his hip. Rei frowned, looking at him. Maybe... he could just erase the word 'rather' on his previous thought. Kai was not 'rather hot'. He was Hot. If only he could express to others this side of him, Rei was sure Kai would become even more worshipped than he already was.

As his eyes trailed away from Kai, the Chinese blader lost himself in his thoughts, remembering.

Two months passed since the end of the tournament, where Tyson and Brooklyn ended up in a tie. It was something unusual, but in the end it was the only way things could end up fairly good for both parts. This way Boris was defeated, this time for ever.

All the teams returned to their usual lives. The Blitzkrieg Boys and the Justice Five, after long debating, decided to stay in Japan some more -there wasn't really a place they wanted to go.

Since the Professional BeyBlade was out of question, there was no more need to fight for the former Justice Five team... not to add they abandoned Boris as soon as they realized his real plans. MingMing continued her way up the Japanese Musical Top Tens, Moses disappeared somewhere, coming back occasionally for some good challenge with BeyBlades, Garland and Brooklyn usually hung around, and Mystel wandered here and there.

Daichi, much to Tyson's distress, still lived at the dojo, whilst Rei and Kai rented an apartment together. Apart from Tala, Rei was Kai's best friend, and both agreed it would be great to share a house. Max and his mother, after a long talk with Max's father, accepted to stay in Japan as well, at least for some time.

Maybe both parents decided Max was in need of some family time all together, the same reasoning that made Tyson's brother resolve to stay some more with his little brother.

The Baihutsu returned to China, the All Starz to America, and the Majestics, who arrived in Japan just for the sake of the final match against the Justice Five, went back to their aristocratic lives.

But, as the festivity approached, Tyson had the 'great' idea of throwing a party to reunite again all the gang -Tyson's dojo would be the place, being the only one big enough for all of them.

As it was obvious, Rei and Kai had been invited as well.

Being all his life in a little concealed village in the middle of China, Rei had never celebrated Christmas before, he first came to know that festivity when he left China to go and meet strong opponents, and after a while, he took a liking for it.

It was not just the merry air that people seemed to gain during this period, it was not just the lights, and the colours, and the snow. It was... the feeling. He was happy he came to know such a beautiful festivity.

It had been hard to convince Kai to come as well, but in the end he managed to, much to his amusement.

Rei shook his head to clear his mind, and tried one of his best glares at Kai, but not with much effort.

"You have had a bet with me, Hiwatari," he used his last name, too. "I dared you to do fifteen laps around Tyson's dojo in less than two minutes -and you failed!" a light mischievous smirk slowly made its way on his face, but he tried to hide it.

Kai, who had returned his glare to the mirror, turned in a flash towards the Chinese blader, eyes flickering dangerously, "that wasn't fair! There was Tyson blocking my way half through!" he growled.

Rei tch tched, said smirk growing even wider, "nuh-uh... it doesn't change the fact that I won the bet, and you promised you would do whatever I said... thus you're wearing it!" Rei's tone was one of finality. "It'll be funny: I can't wait to see the faces of them when they see you!"

Kai's shoulders slumped slightly as he once more stared at himself in the mirror, still cursing Tyson and the bet with Rei. No way he was going to go dressed like that when all the teams -which included All Starz, Baihutsu, Majestics, Blitzkrieg Boys and Justice Five- gathered up together to celebrate Christmas. That would... ruin his image of the cruel and cold and untouchable type!

He looked way too much... friendly.

Rei couldn't but giggle again, knowing too well what was going on in his friend's mind, so he approached him and hugged him from behind, tightly, making the older teen gasp and tense up -relaxing quickly, being used to this kind of physical contact from the Neko-Jinn.

But he still pushed him away in a hurry not even a second later, he didn't like hugs nonetheless.

"So..." Kai ravaged his mind to find a suitable subject that could keep Rei away from the bet, "how's going between you and Mystel?" he started taking off the hellclothes, "Garland said you two were hanging out..."

Feeling the blush creep on his face Rei turned to stare at the wall, "he said so?"

The fighter ex member of the Justice Five knew really too much about the lives of all of them, maybe it was one of his hobbies to go and pry into their business...

The Chinese blader busied himself by cleaning the mess Kai made in their bedroom so to hide said blush, but the Phoenix noticed it anyway.

"Hai," Kai smirked, knowing he hit a sensitive spot, "but I thought he wasn't interested".

"I... I thought that too, but this was before we got stuck in that elevator, you know, three days ago," Rei cleared his throat in distress, his cheeks doubling the blush as he remembered what happened. "We get stuck in there one hour, and... well, it happened".

The slate haired blader's eyebrow lifted up.

"One hour? Must have been hellish for him, he isn't the one to stay that much in narrow, little spaces".

Rei's blush disappeared as once again, a devilish smirk crept on his lips, fangs flashing behind them, "he lose it, completely... would've never thought it, the collected Mystel going all crazy because of claustrophobia!"

Kai let a similar smirk grace his face as he re-applied his blue paint back on his cheeks with secure moves, "there -much better".

"How are you feeling now?" Rei stepped towards him again, locking eyes with his friend and room mate.

Kai glanced at him; ever since his fight with Brooklyn, for some weeks, his hands hurt, and he couldn't even launch Dranzer; after a month the pain and the trembling stopped and now they were just as fine as they always been. But Rei, being the mother hen he had always been, worried over him.

It had been Rei the one helping him when his hands hurt so much he couldn't even grab a pen, so maybe he had rights to be worried.

"Fine as usual, mother," he mocked Rei, and was hit on the back of his head with a pillow. "Jeez, you act like a freaking girlfriend!"

"Don't ever say that! I'm hurt!" Rei pouted, sounding overly hurt, placing his hand on his chest. "Besides, that would make me the uke in my relationship, and I am not..."

Kai turned a light shade of pink, "more information than I wanted to know," he stated, shaking hard his head in order to make the bad mental image go away. 'Go away... bad mental image, I said go away!' he shuddered, "you're way too possessive, kitten" he added.

Rei giggled again, satisfied by Kai's reaction, "what about you? You are not telling me about your sentimental life, and that's not fair!"

The Phoenix turned his back at the Chinese, faking indifference, "there's nothing to say, Rei" he stated in a somewhat cold voice.

Rei bit his lip, knowing he hit a painful would. Kai could be difficult when it came to feelings, but that did not mean he was emotionless. He was like them all, only it took him some more time to adjust on his feelings, that's all.

His past scarred him deeply, leaving him without protection; faking being void of emotions and feelings for all his life, then be presented with this kind of things, would be hard for anyone.

Big problem here, because he wasn't in love with just one person -which would have been enough to deal with for someone like Kai.

No, his heart was torn between two deep loves, and it wasn't like he couldn't love them both, oh, no. People usually said 'you can love just one person at once' and to the slate haired blader, this was the greatest lie ever.

He loved two males, but this was not the bigger problem, in fact it wasn't a problem at all. He dealt with his sexual preferences easily enough, not bothering about what others could think.

He wasn't straight, period.

As expected, one of the two was the cold type. Someone who could freeze people just by staring at them, with his azure, icy eyes. Flaming red hair that looked like they were set on fire.

Tala, leader of the Blitzkrieg Boys, previous leader of the Demolition Boys, one of his closest childhood friends.

To Rei this wasn't strange at all. Knowing the deep admiration Kai held for the older teen, it was just to be expected. He'd loved Tala ever since the end of the first World Tournament, but being the silent and close type, Kai never spoke to anyone, not even himself, about his feelings. He was content in staying friends with him.

As for the red head, he acted as if Kai was his younger brother, nothing more, nothing less. Hence Kai never told him his feelings, not wanting to lose his friendship.

He didn't like being rejected, like many did in his childhood. Especially if the one that could reject you was your best friend.

The real surprise, at least to Rei, was the second person Kai loved. He would have never expected it from him, not after what happened during the tournament against Boris' team.

Appearance of a calm guy, green eyes shining with peace and happiness, bright orange hair, always dressing in white candid clothes.

Brooklyn.

When Rei found out, the one day he and Kai dared each other to drink ten bottles of vodka -Rei cheating by mixing the vodka with water- resulting in the Phoenix spilling his true feelings together with the contents of his stomach, he'd been not just stupefied, but utterly astonished.

He would have never thought Kai could fall in love with Brooklyn.

But the crimson haired teen was simply fascinated by Zeus' wielder, by the way he seemed not to care about what others could think, by the way he acted, carefree and happy.

A smile coming from Brooklyn could make Kai's legs go jelly -for how much he despised this as weakness, he couldn't prevent it from happen.

And he loved the way Brooklyn could turn dark, his face losing his calm appearance, eyes glowing evilly, showing the sadistic and cruel part of himself, just like two souls lived together in the same body, one mischievous and sarcastic, the other good natured and nice.

He loved Brooklyn.

He loved Tala.

And he couldn't have any of them.

Why? Because, drum roll, he was too shy to go and tell them.

Well, this wasn't simple shyness.

It was, as previously said, fear of rejection. He couldn't forget his past and move on, just like Tala did, he was too scarred and drowned into it to act like Max and Tyson. He did try his best, and managed to open up a lot -at least with Rei- but at the same time, he couldn't completely let go.

Kai had been taught not to show emotions, not to feel, not to deal with emotions. So loving someone, being completely foreign to him, left the slate haired teen unprepared and confused. He couldn't accept any rejection, not coming from such a childhood, Rei knew he would break completely. He didn't want to be hurt ever again.

The raven haired blader was the only one to know, the only one trusted enough to know.

No one would believe Kai could be this afraid, but he was... and since he hated weakness, he hid it, burying it under his emotionless mask.

So no one knew, but Rei.

He and Kai were friends, just as close as Kai and Tala were, and the Chinese teen wanted nothing more that seeing Kai finally happy. Witnessing him dwelling on his feelings, hurting himself more and more, made Rei feel bad for him.

"Come on Kai, I'm sure you'll come out of this situation, some way or another! Cheer up! Christmas party will be this week-end, and you will have great time with all of us!"

Kai sighed, shaking his head, but as Rei suggested he buried deeply his pain and forced a weak smile on the outside.

He was strong. He could deal with it, without sinking into it.

Besides, he could use the party to check on his currently crushes some more...

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MasterFranny: hope you liked the first chapter, even if it was short! Go on, review! Please...

Kai: so now I am the one love struck!

MF: you are. So shut up!