Title: In Between

Full Summary: Kai is a rock star which only wants one thing and that's too have a normal life, so he leaves his music to go back to college, where he meets Ray, an aspiring artist who only wants recognition for his art. But some people disagree on Kai's choice to leave and will do anything to bring him back.

Pairings:

KaiRay

TysonHilary

There are other minor pairings.

Rating: T, may go up

Ages:

Kai, Tala, Bryan, Rick 19.5

Ray, Tyson, Max, Hilary, Mariah, Lee 18.5

Daichi, Kenny 18

Prologue

You're in an art exhibition, many paintings of local painters and sculptures aligned around the massive room.

You stare at each piece of work with deep concentration.

Until something catches your eye, it is a portrait oil painting, landscape shaped but the painting is not of an ordinary landscape.

There's a person, a boy, or a man, you cannot decide but you stare at him as he lies on a bed, legs sprawled out in front of him, he sits on the bed, propped up by some pillows.

You see that there is a classical guitar in front of the boy; he appears to be playing it, his chest bare, only wearing a pair of black jeans you see that his face is partly turned away as if something else had caught his eye.

His torso is well developed and he has a strong jaw line, you see think lips apart and a strong straight nose.

You see that his hair is disheveled as if he had just woken up from bed.

You gaze over at the guitar, red and black base, and steal stringed you see his long thin fingers over them.

There is a bedside table next to the bed which has a digital alarm clock on it; the LCD screen is showing, 17:45.

You look back at his face and gaze at his pale features and look closely at his eyes, his gaze has not turned as his face has but is staring at you intensely, mahogany eyes, staring at you blankly showing no emotion at all.

You look over at the corner of the painting to see a small board where it says:

Artist: Ray Kon

Painting: Quarter to 6.

You gaze back up at the those eyes and stare back, captivated by them, they look so familiar, something you have seen before, somewhere.

Walking out the exhibition you walk past many shops and stores, you pass a music shop and see in the window the very same guitar from the painting, a replica maybe.

Moving on you came across a CD shop and sees a poster on one of the walls, it's the boy from the painting but he's changed.

You go inside to take a closer look.

He's standing on a stage, guitar in hand, his hair tied back, and he wears a small jacket and pants and around his neck is a long silky white scarf which flows behind him.

On his face are four blue painted shark fins, two on each cheek.

You see how his eyes penetrate the paper and it appears as if he is staring straight at you, this time there is emotion in his eyes, this time is love.

You ask someone who he is and they answering shrugged, "Where have you been, that's Kai, greatest musician to ever walk this earth".

You turn and look back at the poster…Kai?

Ok short I know, but anyway I hope you liked the prologue.