Chapter: About dragons, enemies & the eternal ocean

~ What I like best about this Kappi is the flashback>. <
I figured it would fit nicely at this point ...
At this point I would like to ♥ -mostly thank ALL of my commi-writers! I am happy about each and every one of them and hope you stay with it!
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"What is the crap? It's all too cumbersome!"
"Awkward yes, but necessary and useful. And now be quiet and enjoy your breakfast!"
Tala gave his friend a withering look and strangely enough, this one complied without another word. Nevertheless, he continued to look around morosely; the many people made him uncomfortable.
The two Russians sat very early in the morning in front of a small, cozy cafe on the outskirts to have breakfast in peace; at least that was Tala's plan. While the others were still fast asleep, he tumbled into Kai's room to wake the stubborn Blader and then drag him resolutely here. Although Kai didn’t do a joyful dance but rather sat opposite Tala with a long face and drooping corners of his mouth, he liked it - somehow.
Once the anger was gone, Kai became fully aware of the situation; why Tala had got up so early and even bothered - for him.
Becoming aware of this, he gave his long-time and arguably most valuable friend a benevolent look and almost let himself be carried away into a smile.
Tala's fine senses felt the glance directed at himself and he slowly raised his head, which was directed at his breakfast plate, the right eyebrow then went up imperceptibly and his lips twisted into a clear smile.
If Tala knew one thing, it was what was going on in Kai's head without having to ask him about it. He was probably one of the few people who saw in the clever Russian not an emotionless ice sculpture, but a profound and inestimably valuable person.He hadn't expected an exuberant scene of gratitude from his best friend for a second, but this look filled him with joy, as it meant more than any word, no matter how dear.
He met Kai's gaze for a brief moment, then turned to his breakfast and ... waited. Less than two minutes passed before Kai's voice suddenly rang out, muffled and hesitant.

"Do you know it?"
Tala nodded.
"Then everyone knows?"
The red-haired man shook his head slightly, nothing more - Kai hadn't asked him to. He rocked his head slightly, pushed his egg back and forth on the plate and then asked: "Is that the reason for our morning excursion?"
Well, not the expected question, but at least.
Tala took a sip of his steaming coffee and replied, "Not quite. I've wanted to do something with you alone for a long time without going to kindergarten, so this circumstance came in handy. Still, you're right, I wanted to get you away from Leylan too. "
Kai raised his eyes and fixed his friend attentively.
"So are you against her?"
Another question he hadn't seen coming.
Tala jerked her head up and replied with unexpected vehemence.
"No! So that this is clear from the start: I am neither for nor against anyone.
Anyway, how do you get such stupid thoughts? "
Ignoring Kai's irritated and slightly sour look, he added: "This is NOT a fight, right ?! I don't know in detail what happened between you, but it can never be so serious that you want to turn away from her completely."
Tala looked his counterpart in the eye, seriously worried and irritated.
Kai escaped a joyless laugh and with an angry movement he speared the rest of his toast, although he did not intend to let it disappear in his mouth. Armed with ´toast-on-fork´ he aimed at Tala and replied with scorn: "Exactly, you know NOTHING, so you have no right to judge it.What if I find it 'bad enough' and don't want anything to do with her anymore? Hey, then what is- will some heavenly punishment overtake me? "
Just upset and contrary to his habit, Tala was now calm.
There was a regretful expression on his face as he calmly replied: "No, not a heavenly punishment, but a completely different one. You will regret it, Kai, you will regret it every second of your life. It will always appear in your thoughts until after All these years only a vague shadow of her is left, because your dwindling memory can no longer hold it up. And then you will suffer and just in that moment you will realize how much you lack it and you will at least call the memory yours forever Stubbornness is the enemy of all happiness, Kai, and unfortunately I have to notice that stubbornness clings to you in a downright penetrating manner. "

Anyone else should have run for their life on the spot, given such presumptuous teaching. But not so Tala. Kai placed, even if he did not always admit it openly, very much value on the opinion and advice of his friend and not all too seldom this influenced his decisions. Today however, Kai was sure of his cause.
"You are too poetic, my friend, these difficult books are probably gradually no longer for you. She herself sees no hope for us, it is she who has withdrawn.
And guess what: Leylan Lao is of the opinion that something like a friendship could develop between us - can you imagine that? Both of us friends? Ts, is it surprising when I give up and am just annoyed? "
He had leaned forward slightly to have a better view of Tala, it was obvious how much Kai saw himself in the right. Tala, however, seemed no less impressed by Kai's remarks and answered unmoved: "355 days a year I show you unreserved respect and trust, but today it is time to tell you again what a stubborn idiot you are !Your looks won't stop me now either, so save yourself. Don't you notice it, don't you notice how hard she tried? Taking the path of friendship is brave, very brave and very desperate. And that is only because YOU were the one who switched to stubborn and aloof and gave her no chance at all to find the ´right´ way. I'm not blind, Kai, I've seen how you treated her once in a friendly manner and then coldly again - everyone would despair! "
Noticeably many words for the otherwise rather silent Russian; even Kai seemed surprised at his friend's openness. This obvious commitment made him thoughtful, almost doubtful. But once Kai has formed an opinion, it takes a lot to change his mind - this time too.

"Hn." Was all he replied.
Tala looked at him in disbelief, then shook her head and snorted in disapproval.
"A little cooperation wouldn't be bad! I don't know what words have been said between you, but it looks like nothing good, but you should rethink everything - hasty decisions won't do you much good, Kai. Even if it looks like that - I don't want to teach you, I just want to save you from loneliness. "
With a gruff movement of his hand, Kai nullified Tala's words and replied in a relaxed manner: “Lonely?
His smug smile left no doubt about the underlying message of his words, whereupon Tala looked at him again disapprovingly. He frowned, "Then you don't know what it means to feel true love ... do you?"
It was a ruse, very obvious and straightforward.
Kai was about to start an ironically angry answer when he noticed the calm expression on Tala's face, this unclouded seriousness, without any irony, cynicism or sarcasm.The words immediately stuck in his throat, whereupon he, feeling Tala's gaze on himself, muffled the answer: "You really want to hear it, don't you? You really want to hear me say that I still love her and without her I don't Tomorrow will be ... that's so stupid, Yuriy. "
With his eyes fixed on his, meanwhile empty, plate he waited tense for the answer of his best friend - and Tala made him wait a long time.
But they were both blessed with an almost endless patience and so he only looked up again when Talas said: "Of course there will be a tomorrow without you ... but it won't be nearly as beautiful and peaceful. I for mine Partly believe that you consciously suppress how exhausted you were the last time, how bad you felt during her absence. Well, in the end it's up to you - I just hope you don't regret it. But don't always see yourself in the role of victim - you are both to blame after all. "

Without waiting for Kai's reaction, he whistled for the waitress and paid. Then the red-haired Russian got up and looked at Kai invitingly: "Come on, I have other plans."
Shaking his head, Kai got up and followed his friend to the car, he couldn't help but grin.
Tala was simply the master in terms of manipulation and acting - of course the young Russian had nothing in mind, on the contrary, if it were necessary he would spend the whole day with Kai and he knew that. Tala, however, pursued a simple plan: He did not agree with Kai's behavior, but was not keen on a tangible argument, which is why he threw him into a real 'thinking hole' and then left him alone with his thoughts.
Reluctantly, Kai had to admit that he hit the bull's eye - he began to doubt his decision.
"Hey Yuriy- you drive up there, I still have something to do ... See you later."

He turned and strode down the street in the fresh morning air.> Bingo! <, thought Tala and a wise smile played on his lips. Even if he was in no way inferior to Kai with his rather reserved behavior - they both dropped this long-standing mask between themselves, the border between them and social contacts of any kind disappeared imperceptibly.
While Tala got into his car, an extremely suspicious thought occurred to him: Kai in the middle of a meter-thick wall of ice which, curiously, was invisible, which is why he laughed himself half sick while others ran against it, unsuspecting. He saw himself surrounded by tonguing snakes, which, also curiously, snaked around him in the air, and hissed spitefully as soon as he was delighted with the suffering and confusion of others.
> Oh yes, we are bad guys ... <
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[i]> There are things that even I don't deserve. Was I such a bad person that such a punishment was imposed on me? Open up the ground or even better, lightning strikes please ... not, well, then just different: Get off the field and