Prologue

"MAN I SWEAR THIS TRIP TAKES LONGER EVERY YEAR!" Hokuto flopped backwards into her seat.

"It only seems long because you can't force our brother on the pervert sitting across from us." Kamui glared as he watched Fuuma and Seishirou play Exploding Snap.

"DAMN IT SEISHIROU, THAT'S SEVEN GAMES IN A ROW, STOP CHEATING!"

The compartment door slid open and Subaru slid into a seat. "How was prefect duty Subaru?"

Subaru looked over into amber eyes, blushing furiously. "Lonely but okay, Fay's Head Boy, I got my instructions from him and then I had to patrol the train for a bit, my feet hurt." His eyes lingered to a pile of sweets on the vacant seat. "I'm sorry for taking so long! You all could've eaten!"

"We did, me and Hokuto did anyways. Well Seishirou too, with his sweet tooth."

"So any other news Subaru?"

"Kurogane's Quidditch captain, Touya too."

"AWESOME! BEST FRIEND BENEFITS!"

"Just because your best friend is captain Fuuma doesn't mean you'll get on the team." Kamui folded his arms, he had known Fuuma since they were kids and yet he didn't have the best friend title.

The compartment door opened and Fei Wang was standing there. "Oh, there you are Sumeragi, did you come crying in here after you tripped and fell?"

"What I didn't fall, I've been in here relaxing."

"Not you, you foolish girl, your brother."

An arm went around Subaru. "You didn't tell me you fell."

"Because it's no big deal Seishirou."

"Sakurazuka, you'd do better to hang in better company, the only decent one in this compartment is Shirou, and he hates you."

"Tell us something Fei, did you have a curse placed on you at birth or were you born this ugly?" Fuuma stood up, a challenging smirk on his face. "Anytime you want to go Reed, I'll challenge you and win."

"That's enough Fuuma." Seishirou stood up and lowered his amber eyes at Fei Wang. "I suggest you leave, or I can't promise your bed will be intact when you arrive or if it is, I can't promise you won't look worse in the morning, although I don't think that's physically possible."

The other boy left the compartment and Seishirou closed it before sitting back down next to Subaru.

~#~

After the feast, everyone was safely in the confines of their common rooms. Hokuto, Touya, and Doumeki in one tower, Fay, Watanuki, and Tomoyo in the other; Subaru, Fuuma, Kurogane, and Yukito were by the kitchen, and Seishirou, Yuui, and Kamui were in the dungeons.

Everyone was in their dorm rooms getting ready for bed. Yuui opened his curtains, only to be staring at Seishirou's bare back. "Do you not care who sees you?"

"No, not really." He pulled his pajama shirt on and started to button it, leaving the first couple undone.

"So are you happy to be back Seishirou?"

"Yeah, aren't you? Get to stare at Syaoron some more." Yuui's face tinted pink. "If you like someone, you should tell them before it's too late."

Yuui swallowed and decided to counter. "Look who's talking, if memory serves right, there's a little Hufflepuff who you have your eyes on and have had your eyes on for going on five years now."

Seishirou's amber eyes narrowed, but Yuui couldn't see due to the moonlight catching the teen's glasses. Yuui was right of course, but Seishirou was too prideful to admit it. "And who says?" He pulled off his glasses, his smirk in place.

"Oh I don't know, anyone with eyes?" Yuui countered back and this time it was impossible to miss the narrowing amber eyes.

Thoughts ran through his mind. Thinking of his family, his mother mainly, and just overall his lifestyle. He was the night and Subaru was the day. Happy, carefree, a bit clumsy, and a pure soul. "Subaru deserves someone far better than me, Syaoron and you would balance each other. This conversation is over." Without another word he sat on his bed and pulled his curtains shut.

~#~

Subaru sighed as he rolled up his pajama sleeves. "Hokuto, you packed the ones that are too big for me…."

"Actually Subaru, I think those are my brother's, probably from when he slept over that night." Subaru jumped and turned neon red, causing Fuuma to laugh as he sat on his own bed. "You like my brother, don't you Subaru?"

"EHHH?!" Subaru turned and looked into Fuuma's honey brown eyes. His face was dead serious. "You're, you're serious…"

"I am."

Subaru hesitated before nodding, his face still red. "You should tell him, keeping it a secret only eats away at you, I would know."

Subaru didn't press the taller male on just who he was crushing on and not telling, it was none of his business. "Even though I know I'm far too meek for him, I want to, I have for a long time, I just don't know how to say it, and I'm afraid he'll reject me and stop talking to me."

A smirk rested on Fuuma's face. "Don't worry; I don't think you have to worry about that happening."

"I just know that if by some miracle he accepts me and likes me too, I'm going to regret waiting so long and kick myself for my remaining two years and just be a burden to everyone around me and and—"

"Subaru?"

"What is it Fuuma?"

"Stop worrying and go to sleep; my luck is we'll have potions first period."