Chapter 129 The Start: Rock Climbing Competition (1/2)

It was finally the Day of the Competition.

Since Kyle had been admitted to hospital, Kyle could only join them for training a couple of days before the competition itself. However, just those two days was enough to satisfy Cole and the team that Kyle's skills were still sharp and he wasn't behind.

Cole found it amazing that despite being in bed for nearly two weeks, Kyle was still agile and quick. His ankle did not pose any problems either for Kyle to execute complicated moves. The nervousness that Cole didn't realise he had dissipated when he saw Kyle practicing.

During those two days of practice, however, Kyle spent most of it chasing the twins.

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Kay was standing at the Wall, looking up and then at Kyle. He was busy strapping the gear on, and adjusting the chalk belt. Kay came over and helped buckle him up.

Seeing him chalk his hands, she asked, ”What does that feel like?”

”Try it and see,” Kyle said twisting around so she could put her dainty hands into the chalk bag.

”It feels like coarse powder,” Kay said with a smile, her eyes twinkling at him.

Kyle had a premonition but was a tad bit too late. Actually, whenever it came to Kay, he was always 'late' in his reactions.

Kay pinched his cheeks, effectively chalking his face and he quickly grabbed her by the waist, tickling her. She screamed in laughter, trying to break free but was unsuccessful. When he finally let her go, her face was full of chalk as well.

”KYLE!” Kay shouted at him, as he practically jumped up onto the wall and quickly scaled up.

Just then, she felt a tap on her shoulder and saw the two twins grinning at her. Both of them had a handkerchief held out to her and she smiled, taking it.

”No, no,” Rylen said.

”You missed a few spots,” Rxel commented.

Before Kay could ask where, the twins took another pair of handkerchief and started wiping her face gently.

”Hey, Kay,” Rxel began.

”Yes?” Kay replied, standing still and letting them wipe her face.

”How do you feel about dating twins?” Rylen asked.

”Er, nothing, why?” Kay asked back in puzzlement, ”I'm a twin myself, so why should I feel anything different about dating a twin?”

”No, not a twin,” Rylen said.

”Twins,” Rxel clarified.

Kay's eyes widened at the implication of what they were asking. ”You mean ...”

Rxel and Rylen grinned, put their hands on each other's shoulders and nodded, ”Yes. Us. We can assure you,” Rxel said.

”Being pampered by two guys at the same time is truly special,” Rylen continued.

”You get two for the price of one!” Rxel finished with a flourish.

Kay found the whole thing funny and the twins rather cute. However, before she could answer, the twins suddenly dashed off. A blast of wind passed her and she saw Kyle chasing after them. Kay started laughing as she saw how the two boys ran like Mister Bean, with exaggerated hand and leg movements while Kyle was quickly catching up.

They split up, forcing Kyle to choose to chase one - and he chose Rxel.

Rxel ran off towards the exit, with Kyle close behind. At that moment, Rylen came up to Kay again, out of breath as he asked, ”So? Two guys pampering you - whadda ya say?”

”RYLEN!!” roared Kyle as he turned to head back, instinctively knowing that Rylen was there.

”Think about it!!” Rylen shouted as he ran off for safety.

Kyle reached Kay in a huff, while Kay was busy laughing.

”They're cute,” Kay commented with a smile.

Kyle snorted.

So it began.

Each time Kyle started his climb, those two would start crowding around Kay. Flirting, flattering and overall being charming. Kay never took them seriously, always refusing them but they never gave up. They would time it accurately, too, for the moment Kyle finished his climb, they'd run away like crazy.

It was all in good fun, of course. Kyle wasn't really upset or angry at them but he DID feel he had to make a point each time. So it became a normal routine that everyone in the Gym would see. Kay laughing, Rxel and Rylen running away with a grin and Kyle chasing after them for a few minutes before he returned back to Kay.

He didn't chase them for long since they'd just split up and whoever it was that Kyle was not chasing, would run back to Kay.

Well, at least it was a workout.

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The first day of the competition was the qualifying rounds.

There were two categories to the competition: individual and team.* The unique thing about this competition was that every single member for the team competition category must have passed the individual rounds.

Thus, the first level of competition was the qualifying rounds which would reduce the number of participants to 80. After that, there were the tougher qualifying rounds which would further reduce the number of participants to 50.

This is where it gets interesting for team competitions. It was a rule that ALL of its team members would have to pass the preliminary rounds. The team without enough members would automatically be disqualified. That's why most teams would have a lot of members in order to reduce the risk of not qualifying.