Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ How we came to be ❯ Stay with me ( Chapter 3 )

Faith quirked an eyebrow at him.

“Me? I'm not the one screaming the whole house awake. But anyway, to be my informative self, I just went out to get me some water when I heard you screaming.”

Worry seemed to shine through her look

“Are you ok, Kai? From the sound of you, it was like you were going to be abducted by aliens or something.”

“Nah, I'm ok, just a bad dream that's all, nothing to worry bout.”

 

She went into his room further, setting the glass of water on his nightstand. She set herself on the side of his bed and stroked her hand across his cheek. His skin was hot and sweaty and she wasn't reassured.

“You sure you're ok? It feels like you're either getting a fever or had a really bad dream. Don't keep anymore secrets from me Kai; you know I can't stand it.”

He looked at her, the bruises of their earlier fight had darkened, and a certain weariness was evident in her eyes. On closer inspection, her entire figure seemed to be tired.

“I'm fine Faith, trust me. But are you alright? You look tired. Have you had any sleep?”

Thinking back to the first couple of weeks she had been here, Kai was now worried about her.

 

It hadn't been pretty. Every night that she went to bed she woke up screaming, bathing in cold sweat. She never bothered Kai with it, but he could hear her screams. After a week her screaming had stopped, but Faith was starting to get weaker till one day she had just collapsed when they were training. The cause had been exhaustion; it didn't take long before Kai had put two and two together. The reason Faith had stopped screaming was simply because she had stopped sleeping.

He confronted her, forced her to tell what she was so afraid of that she would give up sleep. She burst out in tears, falling into his arms because she didn't have any strength left. It had taken an entire day, but he had gotten out everything that had bothered her. The nightmares that haunted her, the pain that almost felt real, the torture that she had endured; it all kept playing in her mind every time she went to bed. At the end of her story she had just fallen asleep in his arms and he didn't even think for a second to put her back in her own bed. He just carefully laid her down in his, pulled up the covers and fell asleep. Not long after she had started wailing softly. The wailing turned in to small yelps and eventually she woke up screaming again. But this time Kai was there; he just shook her softly and watched her realisation get through. She was not in the convent, she was free, and she was safe. They went to sleep again, but this time, Faith would not let go of Kai. She held him for dear life as she fell asleep. It had been the first time in weeks that she had a good night rest.

 

She smiled. “Yes mother, I had plenty of rest yesterday.”

“I don't mean yesterday, I mean today, did you sleep?”

She looked around the room, glanced at the clock that had 3.30 blinking in a soft red.

“I've been busy Kai; sleep is not an option when you have research to do. If I want to be able to help you, I have to know what I'm supposed to be doing.”

“You shouldn't give up your sleep for that. I'll be fine tomorrow. Don't overstress yourself ok? You know what the doctor said bout you and stress.”

“You mean the shrink Max' mom hired to tell me that `if I get to much stress on my poor little brain I will not be able to suppress my bad memories?' yes, I remember, don't understand why you hurl that at me again though.”

A small smirk appeared on his face.

“Try and remember what happened about 12 years ago in the convent. I believe it had something to do with a certain blue/blonde running into the room of her best friends as if she was being chased by Voltaire himself. And that was just the first time it happened”

Her face faltered, and she raised her hands in defeat.

“Alright, alright I get it. I shouldn't have asked. But I have to tell you one thing mister-I-only-show-emotions-when-I-eat-curly-fries, I was like 7 and afraid of my own shadow. Could you blame me?”

 

“No, but I still remember that face of yours and it still cracks me up.”

“Heeeeeeey, why you…” and she started tickling Kai. It was a sight for sore eyes. Kai Hiwatari, nominee for best death glare in history was now laughing as Faith tickled him all over. While she was doing it he remembered that first day she had come into the room Kai and Tala were forced to share.

 

Light from the outside hall flooded into their room and both boys grunted. Great, was Boris cutting in their sleep now? As they rubbed the sleep out their eyes they saw a blur of blue and blond in the doorway. Tala was the first to speak up.

“Faith? What are you doing here? Boris will kill you if he catches you out of bed at night.”

She was now fidgeting with her sleeves and looking down to the ground. The unmistakable crimson colour could be detected from under her bangs.

“I eum…I had a nightmare, do you mind if… I mean, could I, can I stay here tonight?”

The two boys looked at each other questioning. Neither one of them could see any signs of disapproval in the others look.

“Sure, just give us a second.”

And they both got out of their beds, put them together and patted a spot in between them. She fell asleep not long after she had gotten into the bed and had whispered a short thank you. The two boys were looking at their little team mate with a small smile playing on their lips.

“You know Kai, I don't mind it if she has a nightmare more often. It feels good keeping her safe. It's like she belongs here.”

Kai couldn't do anything but agree, keeping her safe just felt right to him.

 

That had been the first but certainly not the last time she had been in there. To his disappointment he noticed she had stopped the assault and was now getting up and turning back towards the door.

“Anyways, since you're not getting abducted, threatened, severely injured or killed I'm going back to bed, night Kai.”

He gripped her wrist. “Faith, wait. “She turned, looking at him questioning. “What's wrong Kai?”

He bit his lip and a silent plea could be seen in his eyes. He was fighting a blush as he stated his simple request. His team would never stop teasing him if they found out.

 

“Stay here tonight? Please”

“Excuse me?”

“I want you to stay here tonight. To know that you're safe, to know that you're not dead. Don't make me beg.”

He lost all courage to look at her after that. The mattress shifted as she sat back down on the bed.

“What happened in your nightmare? Tell me about it Kai… it must've really spooked you if you want a living teddy bear.”

It was nothing more than a comment to keep the conversation light and breezy for the time being. Knowing from experience how it felt to wake up screaming and alone, she had no intention of laughing at him. Soft whispers came out of Kais mouth and Faith listened intently to every word. The appearance of Tala, his future, what had happened, he spilled it all.

“I-I just want you near me, it's the only proof I can think of that it wasn't real.”

“Will you give me the time to save my stuff and shut down the computer?”

“As long as you come back”

 

Going into the bedroom, she changed into some sleepwear, shut down the computer and went back to Kai. What he had told her had shocked her as well. She could not believe that Kai would ever become someone like that. Why was she doing this anyway? Kai had asked her to stay with him, of course, but this wasn't as evident as 12 years ago. For one thing they were both 19 years old so sleeping in the same bed was not as easy anymore. But on the other hand, Kai had been there every time she needed a shoulder, the least she could do was grant him a sleepover. When she entered his room Kai had already crawled under the covers and was holding them open for Faith to crawl in as well.

She mentally slapped herself a million times as she found her eyes wandering over her best friend's naked torso. -He's your friend, he's your best friend, he's your absolutely hot naked best friend *slap* he would kill you if he ever found out. And he's starting to suspect something. Get in the bloody bed.-

 

She quickly scooted under the covers, back turned to Kai so she wouldn't have to slap herself anymore. As Kai slid his arms around her and whispered thank you in her ear, she cursed her blushing form. After a good couple of minutes they finally fell asleep, both of them having a quiet and peaceful night. For both of them that was a rare occasion.

 

A door creaked as it opened. Faith groaned as she was woken up by something. -this must be the first time I had such a good sleep. Well except for the time they drugged me at the hospital. Now what happened? Oh yeah, the door creaking. - She rubbed her eyes sleepily and vaguely became aware of the remaining Bladebreakers standing in the doorway. -Great what do they want from me now, Bad enough they come into my room every minute of the afternoon, but now in the morn….ing- it suddenly hit her. This wasn't her room. Her senses kicked in fully and she could feel someone nuzzled against her. -Oh shit, shit, shit, I forgot, Kai asked me to stay with him yesterday. Damn you sleeping brains.-

 

She looked at them and saw looks of shock and horror written on the face of Tyson, Kenny and Max. Ray just looked at her with a big smile on his face. Her attempt to glare failed miserably because she was blushing like mad. How could they think about her and Kai this way? They were the best of friends; they would never share a bed in that way. -But you'd like it if you did, wouldn't you? Remember the thoughts when you saw him yesterday? *Slap*-

 

“Guys, I know what it looks like…. But that is NOT what happened.”

They all quirked their eyebrows and then looked at each other, seeing none of them believed her. The fact that he had held her even tighter when she attempted to sit up did not help her statement. Her whole mind just hoped he would wake up so no other embarrassing things like that would happen. She suddenly felt a stirring behind her. Kai opened his eyes and looked around. Morning already? In front of him was a mop of dual coloured hair. -Oh, right, she stayed here the whole night. He let go of her and propped himself up on one elbow, and the Bladebreakers came in sight.

 

Shock, fear, embarrassment and anger showed on his face. “What are you all doing in my room, without even knocking?”

“Well eum, you see Kai, heh, the thing is… you normally get up at 5.30 for training and it's now round 8.30. We didn't see you downstairs so we were worried. But I see you were busy last night, so how bout we reschedule training?”

“Max, you have 10 seconds to get out of this room. This goes for the rest of you as well.”

“But Kai…”

“10……..9…….8…….7… ….6”

Ray suddenly spoke up; he was about the only one that dared to go up against their team leader when said person was pissed off.

“Alright, alright, we're leaving. But I want a total explanation of what happened as soon as you guys are dressed, and don't you dare skip any juicy details.”

Angered Kai chucked a pillow at Ray's head, but missed target as the Asian had already left and closed the door.