Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ How we came to be ❯ Time to let your heart speak ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter 16

 

He continued to brush her hair, even though she was crying. That way she still had some form of privacy so she wouldn't have to hold back her emotions. Once the brushing was over he put a hand on her shoulder and saw her looking at him. She had a small but sad smile on her face.

“Thank you.”

He told her it was not a problem. After wishing her strength and luck he left her sitting on the bed. He had his hand on the doorknob when she called out his name.

 

“I don't wish to bother you, but do you know if we have any scarves in the house? I can't exactly go out looking like this.”

She motioned towards the bruises on her neck and he had to agree that it would attract a lot of attention and suspicion. He nodded and told her to put on a turtleneck and come with him. They needed to get some shopping done anyway; they could just as well go for a scarf too.

 

She was going to sit in the wheelchair again when he stopped her. There was no need to attract any major attention to them. He knew Ray would yell at him when they got back, but he handed Faith a walking cane.

“Now, walk with this, and if you feel that you can't continue tell me, and we'll stop ok?”

She looked at him in disbelief. She hadn't expected Max to ever break any rules. But he just smiled at her and said that they didn't need any attention. Because even though the Bladebreakers were famous, only Ray and Kai seemed to have a lot of difficulty with the press. They usually left the rest of the team alone, or maybe had one or two reporters monitoring from a distance. Max and Faith were free to go and do the shopping.

 

It was what Faith needed. A little bit of normality after the chaotic events that had happened. Max gave her just that feeling right now. Like the world had once again found its inner peace. Her health was not a key issue, like it was with Ray, or she was no longer ignored, like Kai was favouring lately. No, Max and she were equal, talking about whatever she had missed in the week of her absence like she had gone on a holiday. After an hour of getting all the necessary groceries and her new item of clothing, she started to feel tiredness in her legs. She should tell Max. But telling him meant they would be going home again, to that absurd reality that had developed ever since the accident.

 

Max had noticed the discomfort in her face and quickly ended the shopping, got the groceries in the car and left for home again. They had only just closed the front door when Ray stormed at them.

“Faith, are you nuts? Going out without the chair? You could've gotten hurt; or worsened your condition. What were you thinking?”

“Ray, it was my idea ok? I needed to do some shopping and Faith needed the fresh air. How do you think the lone reporter would've reacted if he saw us exit with that blunt thing? We would've been swamped with reporters in 5 minutes.”

Ray said no more and Faith returned to her room, making a stop at Kai's room to leave his white scarf by his door. After that she laid down on her bed, not feeling well at all. Why couldn't everything go back to normal? Why couldn't they stop treating her like she was a cripple? Her night was far from peaceful.

 

And it didn't improve over the next few days. She hadn't been sleeping well at all, and because of that neither did any of the Bladebreakers. Kai slept least of all, he heard her cries when she thought everyone asleep, they all heard her screams when nightmares consumed her. He knew he was the cause of all her suffering and he couldn't comfort her. It would only confuse the both of them. All he ever did was hurt her. He turned around in his bed a lot, hoping for sleep and to black out the visions of Faith screaming and crying, feeling alone and miserable. But his heart wouldn't let him forget. And the others wouldn't let Faith forget what had happened not long ago.

 

Though she had officially been transferred to a walking stick by the doctor, Ray still fussed over her well being too much, and Kai had gotten even worse towards her. She couldn't move, couldn't talk nor think without getting a scowl from the Russian. It had gotten to her so badly that after the hundredth comment from him during training she reacted.

“Do you mind if I breathe?”

“Yes, but you need to do that to live, so I'll have to bear with it.”

The room went silent as the last word left Kai's mouth. Everyone's attention was fixed on Faith. She didn't need to say anything. Her expression said more than enough. Her mouth was slightly open from shock, eyes wide and after the message sank through, tearing lightly.

 

She wished she could storm out of the room. But her walking cane and pride got in the way of that. So she slowly stood up and without another word left the training room with her head high in the air, even though she wanted nothing more than to collapse on the ground and cry. She would not show weakness.

In the training room four faces were looking at Kai with disgust and anger. Only one of them walked up to him and slapped him on the face.

“What is the matter with you? Wasn't nearly strangling her enough? You need to kick her while she's down too? I can't believe you. I thought you cared for her. If that's caring then I'd hate to see you hating someone.” he practically yelled and stormed of towards the door.

“Max, leave this room and you'll have to catch up lost training triple tomorrow.”

Standing in the doorframe Max looked at Kai with a glare that matched his.

“I don't care. She needs me even more than you need a heart right now.”

 

Kai had never expected such harsh words coming from Max, but then again he hadn't expected himself to be so harsh either. Max was right, his heart reminded him, not that he heard it. He had learned to ignore it for a while now. But it had been hard to treat the crestfallen look of Faith like it didn't affect him at all. He knew that everything that they had had was blown up. Maybe she could now forget about him. Now at least she could go on with her life. He had succeeded, but it hurt more than he had expected.

 

After training, Ray decided that Kai's behaviour had gone way beyond tolerable and cornered the Russian. He had had enough of him being an ass towards Faith; he had seen enough of her decreasing mood. And he certainly had enough of the tension and the secret that caused it. He was going to get his answers and he was going to get them NOW. He cornered Kai in the training room with a look on his face that meant business.

“Ok mister, spill.”

One floor up Max had entered Faith's room finding her in a heap on the bed, shoulders shocking lightly. He put a hand on her shoulder, slightly shushing her, telling her it's alright. He knew it was far from alright, but he couldn't think of much else to say. And he knew even less when she spoke.

 

“I gave up everything for him, Max. I gave up my family, my happiness. But now I wonder if he was worth coming back for.”

She didn't look at him, she didn't dare.

“Coming back from where?”

“Death…”

Hearing him ask how that was possible she told everything to Max, from falling asleep in the hospital to the darkness, the meadow, to the kiss on the roof and the consequences. She didn't know how Max would react. He would probably think she was insane, but she didn't care, she needed to tell someone, to make someone understand. No one could get through this alone.

 

But Max didn't think she was nuts. He believed her as well as he could, even though it was a lot to swallow, and he also promised her that he wouldn't tell a soul. It had cleared up so much, one of the biggest being why Kai had become so mean.

In the training room, conversation was not going so great.

“So you were on the roof and she saves your ass. Sounds like you should be grateful instead of a first rate prick. Something else happened Kai, and you're not telling. Tell me.”

“Why are you so interested? Faith is yours for the taking.”

“Because I want to know why she's so upset. And you had something to do with it now tell me, WHAT DID YOU DO?”

“I KISSED HER ALRIGHT?”

 

Ray let go of Kai's shirt and took a few steps back, like Kai had just breathed flames.

“You what?”

“Want it in writing or something? I kissed her.”

“Then, why are you acting like she's the scum of the earth? You two should be all over each other.”

“Because it's not right.”

“Says who?”

“Me, you, hordes of fans.”

“The fans say it cuz they don't know you, I say it because I'm jealous. Jealous of what you and she have. There are tons of people who want that kind of connection, including me. Why do you want to destroy that?”

“Because it's not right? We're not meant to be!”

 

Ray felt his anger rising. He had been mistaken by thinking that Kai was an intelligent person. He truly was as dense as Tyson was.

“That's bull Kai, and you know it. There is nothing more right than the two of you together. I spent years trying to ignore the fact, but it's true. You two are meant for each other.”

“All I do is hurt her. She deserves better.”

“Why do you hurt her? Let's see, you go nuts because you're in rehab, then you want to kill yourself, and after she saves your ass and you kiss her, shortly after you treat her like dirt. Don't you see that you only hurt her by pushing her away from you?”

“How would you know?”

“Because she's done so much for you. She forgives you after you try to kill her. She woke up from a coma for you; she even stood on the edge of the 23d floor to stop you from killing yourself. And she would still do so much more for you. What more proof do you need? How I know? Because I see the way your behaviour influences hers. She's probably crying her eyes out right now because she doesn't understand why you act like this. Why don't you allow yourself to love her back Kai? Don't you think you owe yourself and her that much?”

 

Kai said nothing for a while, letting Ray's speech sink in, mulling over every word. He had a point. Kai had always known that he was doing wrong, but his mind always made him do otherwise.

“I thought she would be better off with you.”

Ray sighed. He had forgotten that the Russian always let his feelings come last.

“It doesn't matter what you think, what matters is how you feel and what you feel for her. Are you happy treating her like this? Does it make you feel happy?”

“…no.”

“Then how do you feel?”

-I hate myself, I feel like I want to throw up, my heart aches even trying to think of her-

“Terrible”

“I'd gamble everything I have on the guess that she feels even worse. She loves you, you love her. Get the hint? The only thing that stops the two of you being together is your mind. And though I hate to admit it, she will never be better off with me. You two have a connection that I can never offer her.”

 

Kai ran a hand through his hair. He never expected so much wisdom to come from Ray's mouth. Must be his Asian roots. But it seemed like it was all too late.

“We had a connection. After everything I've done, I'd be surprised if there's anything left.”

“Would she be this affected if she hated you? Like I said Kai, the two of you have something that nothing can break. She's just confused. All the pushing and pulling has gotten too much. It's time you finally let your heart speak Kai. I don't like this tension; I don't like to see Faith sad. It hurts my soul seeing those orbs be purple all the time.”

Kai didn't get to voice his agreement as Max poked his head in the room looking surprised to see the two still sitting in there.

“Oh hey, I thought Tyson had let the lights on again, I'm sorry, I'll go.”

The Russian stopped him though. With a look of deep concern that Max hadn't seen in weeks Kai asked him how Faith was.

“She's a little upset, but sleeping now. The poor thing cried herself asleep. The both of you need to act normal to her again. That's what's upsetting her the most.”

 

Ray didn't understand when he had acted abnormal towards Faith, but nodded in agreement nonetheless. After the talk he had, maybe Kai would finally see the truth. And then they could all have peaceful nights again. He didn't know how much Max' statement influenced Kai to seriously rethink his actions.

 

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There we go, another chapter. I think it went pretty well, don't know about you guys.

 

Yay, Ray finally gets to show off his wisdom, and hopefully Kai still has a chance.

 

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