The school's hallway

Shun pulled his hand free and Jeamesero looked at the boy with a sad look in his eyes, worried because he didn’t know why Shun had just pulled his hand free.
‘’Easy, we’re a bit late but not that late. We can still make it in time if we hurry. Also, how’s that baby crow of yours doing? And before you start asking about Mr. Wigglesworth again; he bit me, like almost every morning. Little piece of- I don’t know why I’m keeping him, still… But I guess it’s because I would never kill an animal, and there’s probably no one around here in school who wants to adopt him. I guess I will have to deal with him for a long time…’’, Shun said and Jeamesero giggled, walking close beside his brother. He didn’t want to give him space when walking through the halls and passing many students, afraid he would lose him out of sight.
‘’Mr. Wigglesworth is such a meanie, but he’s also very cute, because he’s so small and stuff.’’, Jeamesero responded smiling, making movements with his hands to show off how cute and small Shun’s painted turtle actually was. ‘’As for my baby crow,’’ the boy then started whispering, looking at Shun. ‘’I named him Corvo not long ago. His name is Corvo now~’’
Jeamesero then suddenly noticed a change in Shun’s expression; the older boy seemed rather distant, his different colored eyes filled with pain, it seemed. ‘’What’s wrong? Nii Nii, are you-’’
Before Jeamesero could finish his sentence Shun grabbed the boy by his arm and pulled him along through the hallway, calling him a slowpoke and telling him to hurry up. He laughed and showed a smile, but the smile seemed odd and distant to Jeamesero, and the younger boy began to worry  even more, but he simply nodded in response with a bright smile and didn’t say anything else after that, as he was lead towards the school’s entrance and dragged inside into the massive hallway.


‘’Nii Nii, I can’t remember where English class was, please take me there. Lead me allllll the wayyyy~’’, Jeamesero said as they moved past all the classrooms, some doors were open and others were simply locked. He looked at Shun with a bright smile, pulling himself free and jumping in front of the boy, walking backwards giggling as he tried to stay in front of Shun. His eyes darted to the side and he saw a classroom with a few students he knew from last year. His smile got brighter and he looked at Shun again, hugging the boy tight for a moment before waving at him and scooting off. ‘’Found my classroom, don’t need your help anymore~ Bye bye Nii Nii! See you during the break!’’
The boy dashed into the classroom; he had English class right now and he was already very late. He had to hurry now and jump into the room if he didn’t want to end up in the very front all alone, with the teacher’s eyes on him constantly and the mean students in his back throwing stuff at him…

Mikazaru saw the school building appear at the horizon and sighed in relief; he had made it, he had found the right school. He rushed onto the school’s ground and parked his bike in the school’s private parking lot, where the other bikes stood from students not living at campus in a dorm room, and even a few cars of students who had their driver’s license and could afford one. ‘’There actually are a lot of students like me who live at home, hadn’t realized that…’’, he thought as he locked his bike. He grabbed his bag and dashed towards the school’s entrance, pushing the front door open and stepping inside.
Immediately an immense sound of voices and random noises came his way and Mikazaru felt rather nervous, entering the school silently. He was looking around for a quiet place where he could sit down and study his books for his next classes, but it seemed like there was no quiet place in this school at all; the hallway was swarmed with students. ‘’So many people, ugh…’’
Mikazaru moved past a few students, two of them two boys talking. One was rather short, just a bit shorter than Mikazaru himself was, and he seemed fairly young, still he told the other student goodbye and left the hallway for his classroom, which was swarmed by people which seemed to be at least fifteen to sixteen years old. ‘’He looks younger than he actually is. That’s cool. I have the same problem with my face.’’, Mikazaru thought to himself and he touched his face for a moment, staring at the ground.
He didn’t really pay any attention to his surroundings and accidently bumped into someone. Looking up in shock he saw it was the other boy, much taller than him, yet he didn’t seem much older. At least sixteen, maybe eighteen like he was. Long black hair in a pony tail and two different colored eyes. ‘’Heterochromea, awesome. I like odd things like that. this boy is kinda hot too, even… Oh wait, shit.’’


‘’Um, I’m sorry for bumping into you, don’t mind me, please.’’, he apologized to the boy and he chuckled nervously, waving at him before passing him and moving deeper into the hallway. He turned his head one last time, still smiling a fake smile.
‘’I’m sorry! Bye!’’
He wasn’t exactly in a hurry, but Mikazaru always felt really ashamed bumping into strangers, people he didn’t know, and he didn’t want to stay in such a situation for too long or else he would maybe end up crying over such a silly thing, since he was a rather emotional boy. he just wanted to get out of the awkward situation he had put himself in. Oh, how clumsy he could be sometimes.
After a few minutes of searching he found a rather quiet place and sat down on the ground, grabbing out his photography class text book. He wasn’t even sure yet if he had that class today, but he just wanted to read and study something to kill time while he waited for 10am.
‘’Got myself into quite a mess again, didn’t I…? I’m glad I could get out of there. And it was even more awkward because he was a pretty handsome boy… Why do I always prefer boys over girls, like oh god. I can’t even think straight anymore.’’, Mikazaru thought and he sighed, opening his book. ‘’Let’s just kill time and forget about it now.’’


Addressed: Shun Mentioned: Jeamesero, other students Word Count: 580 Notes: There, he’s settled~

Roki stood there with his arm held out ready to help this girl out. He felt really bad for standing in her way and hoped she was okay. Suddenly she stood up and hugged him which surprised him greatly. He yelped in surprise as he heard her start speaking.
“Awww its okay sweetheart I am okay~ You didn't mean to and I understand, but really I need to say sorry too since I wasn't paying attention to where I was going.”
Roki smiled gently and hugged her back happy she was okay. He really needed a hug also so it made him feel a tiny bit better though he still wanted to talk with Nana later maybe before class. It really depended on if she called him back or not. Since she worked late at night sometimes he figured she might still be sleeping.
“And I'm not a miss but thanks for the complaint~”
The girl suddenly said pulling back and cutting thru his thoughts. He looked at her in confusion. “Wait what? B-but your-”  She pulled him off quickly cutting off his words. Roki wasn't sure if she heard him but since she never answered back he guessed she didn't.


Roki pulled back with his arm a few times trying to break from her grip. Finally he gave up and let her her drag him to the school building and into the front door into the big entrance hallway. Once inside Roki looked around in awe at the building. It was huge in the hallway and he couldn't wait to see the classrooms. Suddenly the girl let go of his hand and smiled at him.
“Sorry but I need to get to class now can you make it on your own?”
Before he could answer she rushed off leaving Roki to stand there by himself again. He looked at the clock and noticed he still had a little bit of time before class.
“Well that was a bit different and kinda weird..." He said softly very lost by how the girl had acted.
He pulled out his cellphone to check it again and see if she had called him back.
To his surprise she hadn't yet and a sense of loneliness fell over him again. He slowly walked off down the hallway towards his classroom. He wasn't sure if he would be able to concentrate on his work though since he didn't have Nana to speak with.


Really he didn't have anyone else to speak with either so after class he might just go back to his room. He was one to socialize with others and he really just wanted to speak with Nana.
'That on girl was kinda nice though...a lot different then all the other girls I have met. But she said she wasn't a girl...?' That piece she had told him confused Roki to no end. She looked like a girl and giggled like a girl and acted like a girl. Why was she saying she wasn't one when she clearly was.
“People in this school are weirder then I first thought I guess.” Roki muttered still lost to her words.
As he walked down the hallway and looked around he started to really like the look of this school. Everything was amazing looking and he had never been to a school like this before so it was all really new to him.
Finally reaching his classroom door he stopped just in front of it. He wasn't going to admit it but he was really nervous about going into class alone since he didn't know anyone.

Jeamesero started walking in front of him after they had entered the school building and walked through the hallway. the kid kept on doing this, and it was quite annoying Shun, but he didn’t want to show it because he was afraid it might hurt Jeamesero’s feelings, so he kept on smiling and only spoke back to the boy when he talked to him. even though Jeamesero’s actions were getting a bit on his nerves.
‘’Nii Nii, I can’t remember where English class was, please take me there. Lead me allllll the wayyyy~’’, Jeamesero suddenly spoke and Shun groaned slightly under his breath. He knew Jeamesero wasn’t being serious, he was teasing him right now; he often did that, annoying the shit out of him with his questions.
‘’Oh really?’’, he asked, chuckling slightly. ‘’You just want me to hold your hand again, don’t you?’’
He saw an open classroom and suddenly Jeamesero told him goodbye, rushing off towards that classroom. ‘’Found my classroom, don’t need your help anymore~ Bye bye Nii Nii! See you during the break!’’, the kid yelled before running off and Shun looked at the boy in confusion before letting out a sigh of frustration.
‘’He’s to class. Sometimes I wonder if he can’t act normal and like his age at all… Why does Jeames always have to be so childish and girly? I know he’s gay, but can’t he at least try to not make it look too obvious?’’, he thought as he stopped and stared for a moment. He was almost too late for class, yes, but all of a sudden he didn’t really feel like moving anymore. His legs felt heavy, there was this horrible feeling in his stomach. ‘’A class full of people I don’t know… Jeames is the only one I know and even though he sometimes might annoy me, that’s what little brothers are for, and he’s the only one I can talk to, the only one who keeps me sane…’’


Suddenly someone bumped into him and Shun jerked his body around to see a rather short black haired boy look at him with big eyes, like he was shocked. ‘’Um, I’m sorry for bumping into you, don’t mind me, please.’’, the boy said and he ran off immediately. Shun looked at the boy, rather shocked because he didn’t know this person or what just had happened. ‘’ I’m sorry! Bye!’’
‘’That was weird…’’, Shun thought, not really wanting to pay any more attention to this all. he just stood there in the middle of the hallway staring at the boy, before staring at the ground at his feet. He felt lonely and tired now that Jeamesero had gone to class, and he didn’t want to go to his own, even though he loved art class and even though the art teacher was like his most favorite teacher in the entire school. But he felt like this every day, so he had already gotten quite used to it.
Again someone bumped into him, another boy. Shun almost screamed out in panic as he almost stumbled and fell backwards. However, he managed to hold his balance just in time and started at the boy in annoyance, not sure what to think of this. ‘’S-sorry man I didn't see...’’, the boy said before stopping himself and now both the boys were staring at each other.
‘’He looks like someone I know, but who…?’’, Shun asked himself in his thoughts as he started looking the boy up and down. It felt like he knew the boy, but he wasn’t exactly sure yet from where. And to make it all even more strange, the boy started walking circles around him and examined him. He even pulled at Shun’s pony tail and smelled his hands afterwards, and stared straight into Shun’s eyes. ‘’What the hell? Rude…’’


‘’What's your name? See I use to have a friend that looks a lot like you so I need to know it. I'll say mine first since it's rude to ask ones name before giving your own. The name's Hikaru. Hikaru Cobalt Konoko.’’, the boy said, holding out his hand to Shun like he wanted to shake it. Shun looked at him in utter confusion, but once the boy told him his name memories started to come back, and Shun remembered everything; the great time they had together, the face, only six years younger, the name. The name. Hikaru. It was him.
‘’Hi…Hika…? Hikaru…?’’, he asked, still not believing what he just had heard. He looked the boy up and down again, a sinking feeling suddenly dropping into his stomach, pulling along his chest, his heart; it hurt. Tears started to form in his eyes and he pushed himself forward to the boy, but he didn’t hug him.
His hands turned into fists and he started hitting the boy’s chest with the both of them, sobbing loudly as tears streamed down his face like a waterfall. He choked on his own breathes as he cried yet tried to speak. ‘’Y-you… you fucker! You left me! You left me alone! How could you!? You were my only friend and you left me…! I… I missed you…! I missed you so much…!’’, he screamed out. Once his voice grew softer again his fists turned into flat hands again, resting on Hikaru’s upper chest as his forehead was pushed against the boy’s lower chest. He kept on crying, sobbing, his body shaking with every breath he took and every tear he dropped. His shoulders jolted heavily. ‘’I missed you…’’

Roki looked at the classroom door with sad lonely eyes. He really didn't want to go to class since he had a very bad nightmare and couldn't talk to Nana for comfort. He really didn't know anyone in there either and was very far along with his schooling thanks to his studies.
Figuring finally that he could miss one class since he was feeling a bit sick with fear anyway he turned and walked pass the door.
Roki sighed and looked at his cellphone again almost begging silently for it to start ringing any second. Even though he was really smart, he still had the mind of a thirdteen-year-old boy. Still the emotions, feelings, and ways of think as a small child who really was ready for high-school. He whimpered softly as he placed his cellphone back in his pocket and hugged himself softly.
He glanced at the rooms he passed by, looking in to see teachers and students getting ready for class. He also heard things he had wished he hadn't too. Playing around. Laughing. Talks of what to do after school. Plans to meet up during breaks and meals.
Roki sighed heavily tears forming in his eyes. As he was walking he bumped his feet on the floor and fell down hard onto his tummy, smacking his mouth on the ground. He feel blood enter his mouth and sat up quickly spitting out the little bit of blood.


As he felt around with his hand he realized he had biten his lip hard causing it to puff up a bit and start bleed. He wiped his mouth with his hand and looked down at the blood on it.
Panic rose in his mind and chest as he started shaking unsure of what to do. Hearing the noise of pages moving from a book he looked up to see a boy close by on the ground.
Roki struggled over to him whimpering as he felt more blood seep into his mouth, tasting iron on his tongue. “Mister...” He said softly stopped a few feet away.
He wasn't sure if the boy was nice or wanted to be bothered with a runt like him. But he did know he was told by Nana to find a adult when he couldn't take care of something on his own.
“Mister... Are you busy? C-cause if your not I need help...” He scooted a bit closer so the boy would know who he was talking to, unsure if he even looked like he belonged in a high-school. “I bit thru my lip a little bit and now there's blood. L-lots of blood. How do I get rid of it? I don't like blood. It's scary...”
Slowly he held his hand out to the boy and opened his mouth so he could see. Roki tried his best not to look at the blood on his hand or think about the blood slowly filling his mouth a tiny bit.

Mikazaru kept looking in his books, scanning over stuff. He wasn’t exactly reading, nor studying; he was just simply looking at the pictures and only reading the bold words, the things he actually needed to know for tests and stuff. ‘’I’m not sure anymore what to do. This is boring, I will have to wait for an hour before my first class starts and I’m sure I will be done with all my books in the next twenty minutes… I need to find something else to do.’’, he thought and he searched in his pocket all of a sudden, hasted. He didn’t find anything and sighed in relief, returning to his text book for photography. ‘’Good, I don’t have any money with me. Whenever I get bored I buy food and start eating, even when I’m not hungry…’’
He started looking in his book again, getting lost in it after a minute or two, when suddenly he saw something move towards him from the corner of his eyes. He didn’t really pay attention, he didn’t look up at all. But when he noticed whatever he had seen was staying right in front of him, he began to feel nervous.
‘’Mister...’’, a tiny boy’s voice squeaked and Mikazaru finally looked up from his book, closing it and laying it on his lap as he looked up to see a small boy standing in front of him, he probably wasn’t really older than twelve or thirteen. ‘’A freshman? What does this kid want from me?’’
‘’Mister... Are you busy? C-cause if you’re not I need help...’’, the kid said again and Mikazaru looked confused at him, a weak smile appearing on his face afterwards. ‘’Sure, what do you need help with?’’, he asked politely, waiting for the kid to answer him.


‘’I bit thru my lip a little bit and now there's blood. L-lots of blood. How do I get rid of it? I don't like blood. It's scary...’’, the boy said and he opened his mouth. Mikazaru tried to hold back a chuckle; sometimes some freshman could be adorable. At least this kid was adorable. Most freshman were little dicks or bitches that thought they could do anything they wanted now that they had become a student of high school.
The young adult got to his feet, staring at the younger boy’s face and looking inside his mouth. He saw the wound on the kid’s lip and smiled at him; it wasn’t that big of a wound, but it probably felt like that to the poor boy.
‘’Oh yeah, I see the cut. But don’t worry, it’s not that big. Hold on.’’, Mikazaru said and he kneeled down to search through his bag, taking out a few tissues. He moved over to the kid and folded one tissue, placing it on the small cut. ‘’Here, put this on it and it will soon stop bleeding. Wounds in the mouth heal the quickest so you don’t have to worry about a thing. It might feel like a big wound and it might feel like there’s a lot of blood but in the mouth everything feels bigger than it actually is.’’, Mikazaru explained, before winking at the boy and adding: ‘’We could go to the nurse’s office if you like but I’m sure you’re brave enough to not go there~’’
He patted the kid’s head, smiling down at him. He hoped the boy was doing okay now, that he was less scared and that he didn’t feel much pain anymore. ‘’You feeling any better now? Oh, and I’m Mikazaru. Call me Mika, you don’t have to call me ‘mister’ from now on.’’

Jeamesero had said goodbye and had gone to his class, but he had been standing in the doorway talking to one of his fellow students about some things. He still hadn’t entered class, so he still was rather late for school.
He was a bit lost in thoughts just standing there, until he suddenly heard someone yell something behind him. turning around he saw a girl staring at a boy, who ran run towards a group of other boys laughing in a rather mean way, like they had just teased or bullied the girl. The girl wasn’t wearing her uniform, and probably the boys had teased her for that.
‘’That was mean you pervert!’’, the girl said and Jeamesero looked worried at her, narrowing his eyes at the boys slightly as he glanced at them. ‘’Why are there people like them in this world? So unnecessary…’’, he thought to himself, looking back at the girl. ‘’And she seems lost, maybe I need to help her.’’
He moved out of the classroom, ignoring the angry look of the teacher that glanced at him because he was a bit late and still hadn’t really made a move into the classroom yet. As he moved through the hallway over to the girl he could hear her say something, which was probably just meant to herself. ‘’That was mean... didn't have to do that... I have my skirt pulled down for a reason...’’
‘’Hey, are you okay? Do you need any help? They were rather mean…’’, Jeamesero said worried as he looked at the girl. A weak smile appeared on his face afterwards. ‘’You seem a bit lost, are you looking for your class? You seem like a sophomore. If you are one then you’re class is English and then you’re in the same class as me~’’


He heard sudden screaming and crying and turned his head to see his brother Shun and a boy, both were crying, and it didn’t take long before the boy hugged Shun and they both sat on the ground. Jeamesero looked in worry at them, not sure what to think of this. He always felt sad when Shun was sad, he didn’t want his big brother to be sad. ‘’Nii Nii is crying… why is he crying…? And who is that boy…? Why is he hugging my Nii Nii…?’’, he asked himself in a whisper, tears filling his eyes.
He was really worried about Shun and he wanted to go to the boy and hug him too, hoping it would cheer him up. But at the same time he had wanted to help and cheer up this girl as well. He didn’t really know what he should do and it made him panic slightly, tears rolling down his cheek. He wanted to help both, but he couldn’t help both at the same time.
However, he soon noticed a girl moving over to Shun and the unknown boy; she seemed willing to help them as she stayed with them. Jeamesero sighed in relief and the painful feeling on his chest disappeared; he felt less scared and sad now that he knew someone was cheering up his brother. He looked back at the girl and wiped his eyes, getting rid of the tears.
‘’Oh, sorry… I was just worried about my Nii Nii but I think that girl will help him now…’’, he mumbled, smiling weakly again. looking at the back of his hand he saw a few faint black stripes, and realized he had wiped off part of his eyeliner. He wasn’t sure off there was makeup on his face visible now as well, but he was too afraid to look in his small mirror, afraid the girl might think he was weird, a freak. He had been crying before, and he had been bullied for it when they had seen the makeup, a few years ago. He bit his lip, trying to hold back more tears as he slowly started to panic. ‘’Oh no, I wiped it… What will she think of me now…? What do I do…? I don’t want to cry anymore, no…’’

Tears were streaming down his face, his view was blurred, his body shook and his shoulders jolted in almost every way possible. But the worst thing of all was; his chest hurt. It was no phantom pain as people would call it. Shun had a bad heart just like his mother, and only the least bit of stress could really make it worse for him. He knew that for himself, but right now he just couldn’t stop crying, he just couldn’t.
He felt Hikaru wrap his arms around him and Shun sobbed even louder, his forehead still pressed against the boy’s chest. He just couldn’t move anymore, couldn’t look up, couldn’t do anything. Hikaru had made his life a lot better, but after he left Shun turned into a deep depression and nothing was ever the same anymore after that. He wasn’t exactly sure if he was glad or sad or angry or relieved, he just didn’t know anymore how he felt.
They both lowered to the ground, sitting there on the floor, and through his own sobbing Shun could now hear Hikaru sob as well, as the boy tried to explain what had happened, why it had happened.
‘’I... I never want to...! Please listen... I never asked to never wanted to! The memories and things that followed your... your... I just... all I wanted was for him to keep his promise! He said I could make one friend so that... So th-that I could still study and perform but... but he lied to me... He took me away and wouldn't let me see you! I never left you! Damn it why would I leave you!?’’, Hikaru sound, his voice sounded angry, it made Shun feel guilty for blaming him. But of course, both boys were sad, both boys had had a horrible time after they’ve had lost each other, and both boys were just now so relieved to see each other again, most likely.
Shun forced himself to stop crying. His breathing slowed down slightly and his waterfall of tears turned into a few drops rolling down. He took a deep breath but it made him kind of choke, as it hurt deep within his throat and lungs. His glasses were half off his nose and he quickly pushed them back up before they would fall off his face and maybe shatter on the ground.


‘’I.. I’m sorry for hitting you, and screaming at you… I just… I don’t even know why I did it… I… I’m sorry…’’, he mumbled, his voice turning into a whisper as he moved his glasses slightly and wiped most of the tears from his eyes. ‘’I… I missed you… and… I’m glad to see you back…’’
He noticed by bringing up his arm and wiping away his tears his uniform’s sleeve had moved down slightly, revealing only the slight beginning of his cuts from last night. Quickly he lowered his arm and pushed the sleeve back, hoping no one had seen it; he didn’t want any pity. He was already sitting here on the floor crying and hugging a boy; that was more than enough to get people to stop and stare at them like they were a crazy couple, especially crazy. ‘’Fuck, I messed things up. Now I got us both in trouble…’’
He looked up, noticing a girl coming their way. He swallowed, hoping she wasn’t going to laugh at them, because Shun noticed a few people were already making fun of him and Hikaru. It annoyed him so much. The girl kneeled down beside them and Shun looked at her in a daze, confused.
‘’Hey are you guys okay?’’, she asked them and Shun looked at Hikaru for a moment, once again wiping away his own tears, before looking back at the girl; his head started to nod slowly as a blush of fear and shame started to creep on his face.


‘’Y-yeah, we’re fine… It’s a bit hard to explain what just happened but… thanks for worrying.’’, he responded, not really sure what else to say. A weak smile appeared on his face after his last sentence.
He slowly got up, wiping at his eyes again, before noticing the pain in his chest. He winced slightly, groaning as he reached for his chest for only a moment. As the pain faded slightly he took a deep breath and sighed in relief; luckily he didn’t have to take his medicine. He had such a weak unhealthy body, it pissed him off sometimes, but right now he was too tired to be mad at it, just worried and sad.
‘’That hurt, have to be more careful from now on…’’, he thought to himself as he lowered his hand from his chest. He looked at the girl again, his weak smile a bit brighter now that he had stopped crying, for the most of it. ‘’Um… sorry for making you worry if we did, we’re fine now… I swear. Thank you.’’, he said, trying to sound as positive as possible. He looked down at Hikaru and reached out his hand for the boy, wanting to help him up.
‘’I’m so stupid. I should have helped him up immediately after I stood… Why did I only think about myself just now?’’, he asked himself, and it didn’t take long before a tiny voice in the back of his mind answered him. ‘’Because you have a bad heart, Takeru. Your chest hurt just now.’’

Roki had started shaking a tiny bit in fear since he hated blood. He wasn't sure how much there was but looking at his hand nad feeling his mouth filling very slowly with blood he was sure it was a lot. Staring at the older boy he forced himself not to let out a whimper not wanting to appear like a baby, though his eyes still held unshead tears in them.
He watched the boy with huge watery eyes as the boy stood up and walked over to him. He opened his mouth wider as he noticed the boy looking in at the cut.
“Kee?” Roki said trying not to close his mouth yet still talk. He had meant to ask see but it hadn't come out like he wanted and just made him sound cute.
“Oh yeah, I see the cut. But don’t worry, it’s not that big. Hold on.”
Roki nodded slowly still holding his mouth open. He wasn't sure what the boy was going to do but he hoped he hurried. He didn't like the taste of blood in his mouth nor did he like how he couldn't talk. Roki might not be a big talker but he still like to speak. Plus his cheeks were starting to hurt and he found it hard to breath.


“Here, put this on it and it will soon stop bleeding. Wounds in the mouth heal the quickest so you don’t have to worry about a thing. It might feel like a big wound and it might feel like there’s a lot of blood but in the mouth everything feels bigger than it actually is. We could go to the nurse’s office if you like but I’m sure you’re brave enough to not go there~”
Roki blinked a few times before taking the tissue he was offer. Pressing it to his mouth he saw the boy wink at him. He though about the nurses office sure she could put a bandge on his bite wound, but the older boys last words caused him to re think it.
'If he thinks I am big enough to not have to go then I don't need to. I am a brave student going to high school now and I don't need to worry about tiny cuts and bruses anymore.' He closed his eyes smiling to himself as he felt his fear grow weaker and his tears slowly fade.
Roki felt the boy suddenly pat his head and he opened his eyes to look up into the older boys face in confusion. Why had he patted his head? Why had he told him he was brave then turn around and pat him like a toddler in need of comfort.
“You feeling any better now? Oh, and I’m Mikazaru. Call me Mika, you don’t have to call me ‘mister’ from now on.”


Roki nodded before pulling the tissue from his lip. He licked it a bit before tasting blood again and quickly putting it back. Since he couldn't talk without the tissue on his lips he decided to do the best he could, hoping the boy would be able to understand him.
“Hello, Mika. Pweased to meet you.” He smiled a innocent child-like smile as he bowed in respect to Mika. “Danks so much for helping.”
Looking at wear the boy had been sitting he noticed his books again and looked up at the boy. “Do you like school work too?” He asked very curious.
Really he knew there were others who loved to learn new thing just like him but he hadn't met any since he hadn't wantedt ot go to school until now. Remebering what he had been doing before falling he quickly pulled his ceel phone out of his pocket to check and see if Nana had called him yet.
One look told him she hadn't yet which caused him to sigh sadly as he placed it back in is pocket. Shaking his head he looked at the ground. Why was she not calling him back? Did she not care? He slowly raised his eyes up, sadness clearly on his face. “Sooo...may I sit with you? Not like I got anyone else who wants me around or wants to talk...If not thats okay...after all you probaly just see me as a little kid anyway.” The last words came out a bit meaner then he had meant them too and he swallowed before muttering. “...sorry that was kinda rude...”

‘’Hello, Mika. Pweased to meet you. Danks so much for helping.’’, the boy said and Mikazaru nodded, smiling brightly at the kid. he sat back down and grabbed up his book again, keeping it closed as he rested it in his lap. The boy would probably soon leave again now that Mikazaru had helped him. But if that wasn’t the case, the Mikazaru wouldn’t mind spending time with him some more; if the kid didn’t have class, that was. ‘’Do you like school work too?’’
Mikazaru looked up in confusion, staring at the boy. he then glanced down at his bag and his books, and the book on his lap; probably the reason why the boy has asked him such a question. ‘’Um, not really. I just learn what I’m assigned to learn and sometimes I look through my books for a bit to kill time, just like now.’’, he answered honestly, hoping his answer wouldn’t really hurt the boy’s feelings, since he seemed to like school work, listening to the way he had asked it.
He noticed the younger boy looking at his phone for a moment, taking it from his pocket. But he soon placed it back and sighed; he seemed a bit sad, or worried. It was either one of those, or maybe even both, and Mikazaru hoped he was fine. He wondered why the younger boy acted like this. And he realized he still didn’t know his name.
‘’Sooo...may I sit with you? Not like I got anyone else who wants me around or wants to talk...If not that’s okay...after all you probably just see me as a little kid anyway.’’, the boy this time said and Mikazaru frowned at him, not sure how to respond to this, so he decided to keep his mouth shut. After all the boy seemed willing to say more to him not long after. ‘’...sorry that was kinda rude...’’


Mikazaru smiled to his last words, opening his book and glancing in it for a moment before looking back up at the kid. ‘’It’s okay. You might be younger but you’re not really a little kid anymore, aren’t you?’’, he said, his words sounding as bit off. Mikazaru wanted to let the boy know it was okay, that he wasn’t bothering him, but he didn’t quite know how to say it. Mikazaru was quite shy around strangers, less shy around younger people though, but he still often chose the wrong words even while he tried his best to explain himself as good as possible.
‘’You can sit here with me if you want to. I won’t chase you away, neither do I bite.’’, he said after a moment of thinking, chuckling to his own words. ‘’Though, don’t you actually have class right now? Or do you have your first hour off just like I do?’’
He wondered if the boy had class or not, if he was skipping school right now by staying here with him or not. Mikazaru didn’t know, because he wasn’t a freshman, so he didn’t have the same exact schedule as this boy had.
‘’I hope he doesn’t have class. If he does and he tends to skip it, and his teachers find out, and they see him here with me, I might probably be the one who gets blamed. I don’t want to get blamed…’’, he thought to himself. Staring up at the boy he opened his mouth to speak but shut it, thinking about the right words to use, before he finally decided to actually speak. ‘’If you have class right now you should go, I don’t want you to get in trouble. And if they see you here with me while you’re skipping class, I might get into trouble as well… Oh by the way, what’s your name?’’

The girl seemed to be crying as well. she wiped at her eyes, getting rid of the tears on her cheeks. It didn’t take long after Jeamesero’s last words and her wiping until she spoke to him about it. ‘’S-sorry I seem to cry a lot...’’, was all she said and Jeamesero looked confused at her. He was still panicking about his drenched makeup, but the girl’s words had caught him off guard a bit.
‘’Why apologize for crying? Aren’t girls supposed to cry a lot?’’, Jeamesero asked himself in his thoughts, before shaking his head and wiping away the faint lines of black underneath his eyes, quickly wiping the back of his hand past his clothes to get the black off of it. He then looked at the girl, smiling weakly.
‘’it’s okay, I don’t mind people crying. I often cry a lot, too.’’, he responded, looking back at his half brother to see he and the boy were doing quite fine again, the girl was talking to them. The unknown boy seemed to be hiding behind Shun though, and Jeamesero wondered why. ‘’Why is he hiding? Is he afraid of that girl? But she seems so nice… She cheered up my Nii Nii.’’
Jeamesero heard a cute sounding noise and turned his head back to the girl, noticing she had hiccupped. He giggled at it slightly, blushing a bit after that; he felt like he shouldn’t have giggled, because maybe she didn’t like him laughing slightly about it. Even though it sounded cute. She looked a bit ashamed.
‘’S-sorry... M-my name is Airamyst. Thanks for helping eelier by the way.’’, she said and Jeamesero shook his head again, resting his hands behind his back. ‘’It’s fine. It’s nice to meet you, Airamyst. I like your name, it’s unique.’’


‘’Soo...what's your name? And...do you wear...um...make-up for a reason? Like to hide stuff that you don't want others to see?’’, the girl then asked and Jeamesero’s face darkened by a huge blush. He stared at her in shock, before glancing at the ground, wiggling his feet nervously and shyly, wondering if he should tell her why. Because if he told her she might accept, or start bullying or teasing him like the others had done. He was still often pushed around and laughed at for being gay, and that truly hurt. He was afraid.
‘’I… I’m Jeamesero… B-but most people call me J-Jeames or J-Jea…’’, he started speaking, looking for his next words to use as he thought deep, afraid to choose the wrong words and cause this girl to laugh at him. ‘’As for the makeup… I just t-think I look b-better with it… I’m u-ugly without…’’, he then whispered, staring at his feet, tears forming in his eyes slowly. ‘’I know it’s weird…’’
He then wiped at his eyes again, once again noticing the black streaks on the back of his hand. He swallowed and hiccupped as he tried to hold back his tears; he got more and more unsure and insecure with every tear that fell, with every second that passed. ‘’I… I need a restroom…’’

Hikaru grabbed Shun’s hand so Shun could help him to his feet. The boy seemed to be feeling uneasy and Shun couldn’t blame him; from all those years ago he could still remember Hikaru wasn’t that very fond of girls, he had once told Shun he was quite afraid of them, and that’s why he had often hidden behind the boy.
‘’No its fine. Really. My name is Rozu Hanabira. What are your names?’’, the girl asked and Shun looked up, letting go of Hikaru’s hand to turn and have a clearer view at the girl that had come to help them, or at least cheer them up a bit. He looked behind him for a moment to notice Hikaru hiding behind him, his head resting against Shun’s back; Shun could feel the boy shiver.
‘’H-Hikaru...’’, Hikaru whispered, answering the girl’s question. Shun nodded in response and guessed he should tell his name as well. but he would say ‘Takeru’, he was going to say his new name. After all he didn’t really want to be recognized anymore as Takeru Hasu. He wanted to be Shun Hasu from now on. ‘’Hikaru might get a bit confused, but I will explain it to him later why I said a different name to her.’’, he thought, opening his mouth to speak and answer the girl who was called Rozu.
‘’I’m Shun, Shun Hasu.’’, he spoke with a smile on his face. He could still feel Hikaru’s body shiver behind him, but he didn’t really want to mention that, or act upon it. Rozu seemed fine; she was nice and caring, she was the only one who had been willing to come over to them to make sure they were alright. he knew Hikaru was afraid of boys, but that didn’t mean Shun should ignore girls and only hang out with him just to please him or make him feel safe. The whole school was full of girls; the boy would to get used to it.


‘’M-maybe you could tell her to go away... Or something... Please? She seems nice unlike most girls but... Come man you know girls scare me... Y-you do remember that right? Th-that girls s-scare me? Th-that that girl... the one in f-front of u-us...sc-scares me...’’, Hikaru whispered in his ear and Shun sighed; yes, he knew. He remembered it.
He turned his head to look at the boy sideways a bit, whispering back: ‘’Yes, I can remember that. but Hikaru, this school is full of girls, there will never be a day you will walk around without your fear, so not to be rude or anything, but maybe you should try to get a bit used to it…’’
He took a deep breath for a moment, hoping he hadn’t made Hikaru angry or sad with his words; he hadn’t seen the boy for six years and was so glad to have him back as his friend. Well, for as far as they were still friends; it had been six years ago, they had been eleven years old. A lot had changed since then, and the two boys probably had gotten a lot of different interests after those years.
‘’Just calm down, okay. She’s nice and caring, you don’t have to be afraid of her, take a deep breath and just stay near me and everything will be fine.’’, he continued to speak, whispering it to the boy and winking at him. he then turned his head to look back at Rozu, smiling apologetic at her. ‘’Eh sorry, my friend is a bit… shy.’’, he said, telling her he was shy instead of saying ‘afraid’ or ‘afraid of girls’; it made Hikaru look less weird.
‘’So you are a junior too? If so, then we have class together.’’, Shun then said, still smiling warmly at her. ‘’We’re a bit late though, but I’m sure our teacher won’t mind, he’s amazing.’’


Shun could remember his art teacher from last year, mister Alexandir Orlov, or as he liked to be called, Alexandir. He was still an intern to this school, but he was great at teaching art, drama, music and photography. He was Shun’s favorite teacher and Shun actually hoped he was his teacher for this year, as well.
‘’I guess we all should go to class, it’s really late.’’, he said, waking from his thoughts. He turned to look at Hikaru, worrying slightly about the boy. ‘’Are you feeling any better now, Hikaru? It’s alright, I’m here with you, I promise. Oh, and give me your phone number so we can stay in touch always, in cause our dorm rooms aren’t close. I haven’t seen you for six years and that was long enough.’’
He chuckled at his words, turning around and tugging at Hikaru’s arm slightly as to try and cheer him up a bit. ‘’Are you a junior now or a senior? Because if you are a junior then we have the same class together, wouldn’t that be fun?’’
‘’I hope he cheers up a bit, I don’t want to see him like this, all scared and sad. It worries me…’’, Shun thought, grabbing Hikaru’s arm and holding it firmly as he pulled the boy beside him, more into view of Rozu, yet he kept the boy close to him as to say ‘come a bit closer’ yet ‘I will keep you save’. He grinned at Hikaru, hoping it would trigger a smile on the shivering boy’s face. ‘’If you are a junior and have art class with me, we will both probably get taught arts by Alexandir Orlov, he’s an awesome intern teacher I had last year~ He replaced the old ugly witch that never smiled…’’
He looked from Hikaru at Rozu and this kept on switching for a few times, a huge smile on his face now that he was excited for the first class of the year. He didn’t care for the other classes, he only cared for art class right now. ‘’Come on guys, let’s go~’’

“It's okay. You might be younger but you're not really a little kid anymore, aren't you?”
Roki looked up at the boy a bit confused. Was Mika saying he was a grown up or a child or in-between? He blinked several times as he thought about it. What the boy had just said as well as what others had told him. 'Nana said I am very growed up and so does this boy but... what he said before confuses me. Plus my father and mother have always said I act like a baby, smart or no.'
Roki shook his head as he raised his hand to his forehead. This subject was confusing him badly and he didn't really understand anymore, nor did he know what to think.
“You can sit here with me if you want to. I won't chase you away, neither do I bite. Though, don't you actually have class right now? Or do you have your first hour off just like I do?”
Roki swallowed not sure what to say. He did have class but didn't know anyone and was scared to go into a large room full of people he didn't know. Mostly every class he had been to the teacher hated him for being so smart and sometimes correcting them, and the students made fun of him.
The only reason he was here was because of Nana's words but she wasn't answering her cellphone and he really wanted to speak with her. From the nightmare and his growing fear of bullies he couldn't bring himself to go to class. He knew he wouldn't be able to concentrate on his work.


'I gotta think of something though...' He thought not wanting to take very long in answering. 'The longer I wait the more suspicious he will get... but I dunno. Should I tell him the truth or should I just leave him alone and go to class...' Roki sighed heavily as he looked at his hands in his lap.
“If you have class right now you should go, I don't want you to get in trouble. And if they see you here with me while you skipping class, I might get into trouble as well... oh by the way, what's your name?”
Roki grew more unsure and nervous. His tummy started to hurt and he popped his fingers together. No sure what to do or say he sat in silence for a few minutes struggling to figure out what to tell the boy.
'Okay...maybe a bit of both? Like a small piece of the truth and then...ugh I dunno!' He looked up at the boy as his eyes filled with unsureness and fear. 'Maybe just my name to start with and more forward from there.'
Roki took a deep breath before weakly smiling up at the boy. “Okay first off, my name is Roki. Roki Hisaki~” Scooting up against the wall he swallowed trying to figure out what to say next. “So...what if I had class but I didn't want to go for a very good reason?”
He rubbed his tummy not wanting to get in trouble with this boy. He had always had trouble with lying since he always felt very bad afterwards, but if he told this boy the truth he might tell him to go away and he didn't want to be alone in class or anywhere right now.


Roki whimpered softly blinking back tears as he forced himself not to cry even though he really wanted to. This was making him very unsure and confused, but he didn't know what to do. Finally he let out a shaky breath and looked up at the boy again.
“M-mister Mika I need to tell you something.” He stuttered softly struggling to keep his voice from breaking and shutting up. He really needed to tell this boy the truth since he couldn't bring himself to lie. It just wasn't him and it was probably because deep down inside he was still a 13 year old boy.
“I am skipping class because I am scared to go in because I don't know anyone. People are always mean to me and I didn't want to come here but my Nana forced me to. She said she was going to answer he cell whenever I called but she wouldn't answer now and I am scared. I had a very bad nightmare and it felt so real and I am scared and worried for her. Plus I am very smart so I know skipping one class won't hurt me-” He cut himself off as he took a deep breath pausing from spilling everything.
“So I am feeling very sick and scared and my tummy hurts and I don't wanna lie to you or get you in trouble but I don't wanna go... I'm scared...” His voice broken after the last few words and he looked up at the boy begging him for any help at all with his eyes.