I Love A Gang Leader

Kay’s Bonding Time

I woke up, but it was still dark outside. I get up from my bedding on the floor and head downstairs for some water. As I head downstairs I see the training room on and head there instead.

As I enter the room I instantly hear grunting and someone hitting something. I walk in further and see Kay. It surprised me

“Kay?” I asked gently as I get closer, he whips around, and a wooden sword was pointed at my throat, “Kay?” I ask once more lightly pushing the wooden sword away with my fingers.

I couldn’t see his eyes because his hair was in the way, but I could see tears streaming down his face onto the mat.

“Kay, what’s wrong?” I ask getting closer and picking up his face softly, “You can talk to me if you want or -” Kay cut me off when he hugged me, tightly, his hand clenching a fistful of hair and wrapping his arm around my waist hugging me tightly.

He still didn’t say anything as he did this and I didn’t say anything as I felt the tears stream down his face. The only thing I did was hug him just as tight as he was hugging me feeling the tears stream down his face.

“Kay breath. Slow deep breathes. In through your nose and out through your mouth.” I say stroking his hair. I felt his breathing pattern change as he followed my instructions. The tears slowed down and I slowly pulled away to look him in the face seeing the tears gathering in his eyes.

“I’m sorry Bella. I didn’t mean to burden you. I didn’t even mean to get caught down here. I thought everybody would’ve been asleep by now.” Kay sobbed out, harshly wiping the tears that started to fall.

“Kay darling, stop your gonna peel your skin.” I grab his hands and softly wipe his face with my sleeve, “Whatever you’re feeling right now is fine. You don’t have to be ashamed of having feelings like everyone else. Tell me what’s wrong.”

He let out a shaky breath, “Well, today’s the death anniversary of my younger brother and mother.”

“You don’t have to tell me more if you’re ready or comfortable.”

“I- I think I should. Trent knows, but I don’t wanna wake him up. I can’t dump all my feelings and emotions onto him and I trust you.” Kay says looking me in the eye. I nod and let him continue.

"I was eighteen my little brother was sixteen at the time. We were in the living room playing video games with one another as our mom was in her room, because she had to work later.

Everything was fine till two robbers came in. They had guns they forced the two of us to the floor as they went around the house looking for things to steal. Then I heard yelling upstairs from my mom’s room, then heard serval gunshots, my little brother started crying and I hugged him tighter.

“Kay and Kennedy? Are you guys ok?” Mom asked as she walked down the stairs.

“Mom don’t come downstairs!” I yelled out to her, but I was too late the other robber shot her and her body hit the ground.

I couldn’t stop myself and I ran to her, crying trying to stop the bleeding I forgot there was another robber till I heard another shot, but I didn’t feel anything and I turned around and saw Kennedy grasp his chest. I grabbed the gun my mom had in her hand and shot the robber. Pulling my phone out and calling 911, I finally held both of them in my arms and cried.” Kay finished letting more tears roll down his face, I felt a few tears streaming down my face.

“Oh Kay, I am so so so incredibly sorry.” I didn’t know what to say so I only hugged tighter.

“I just feel guilty. If I warned my mom earlier, if I had just paid attention, they would’ve been alive wouldn’t they?”

“You shouldn’t feel guilty, because it wasn’t your fault.” A new voice said coming into the training room, I look back and see Trent walking closer to us.

“Trent, why are you up?” Kay asked wiping the tears that kept falling.

“You beat yourself up over their deaths. At midnight you wake up and beat the ever-living hell out of some practice dummies. I wake up an hour or so later to check up on you and make sure you aren’t dead. Kay, I love you and I’m gonna make sure you’re ok. That’s why I’m up.” Trent said as he reached us, Trent opened his arms and Kay ran into them making me smile at the site.

“You’re included in this hug too Bella,” Kay said as he spoke from Trent’s chest.

“Oh no, this is yall’s moment, I couldn’t intrude.” Trent rolled his eyes at my words and Kay released himself from Trent, both grabbed onto my wrist and pulled me into a group hug, but one of them pulled too hard and we ended up on the floor just hugging one another.

Groaning I wake up. I couldn’t feel my arms. I wasn’t in my room. I was in the training room and I hear snoring and look to see that I was entwined with Kay and Trent’s bodies. Everything that happened earlier and smiled softly. I didn’t know what time it was, but I didn’t care. I quietly exit the training room and head to the kitchen where the girls were.

“Hey, guys.” The three girls’ eyes widen.

“Oh my god Bella where were you?! Rowan’s freaking the f**k out in his office and Keith is trying to keep him calm. Do you know where Trent and Kay are? ” Ayana said worriedly.

“The three of us fell asleep in the training room and I just got up. You said he’s in his office?” They nod their heads and I run upstairs.

I burst into his office without knocking startling Keith and Rowan. Rowan regained his composer first.

“Where the hell did you go?! I thought you left or something.”

“Where were you?"

"Kay, Trent, and I fell asleep in the training room. I woke up in the middle of the night and I saw Kay training and I joined him, then Trent joined us and we ended falling asleep in the training room." I lied with ease. It wasn't my place to say the truth, and I really don't feel like explaining.

Keith narrowed his eyes at me, but said nothing. Yet. Rowan nodded let me leave. I went to close the door behind me, but Keith's hand stopped it from closing and followed me out of the office and closed it after himself.

"So what really happened?" He asked.

"I told you what happened in the office just now," I say as I walk to my room with Keith still behind me.

"And we both know that's a lie." He said as we reached the door to my room, and I enter it, closing the door in his face. I strip and throw my clothes in a pile as I head to the bathroom. I scrub my skin and scalp trying to relax, but I couldn't and I got frustrated, hopping out of the shower, looking through my closet angrily.