Chapter I:

A small boy peeked out of the side of a tree and was knocked off his feet being accompanied by a scream of 'tag'. He scowled up a his brown haired companion as he reached out a hand that the raven took as he pulled him down. "It's rude to push people down you know."Shun sighed as he stood up and walked away. Dan ran to him informed him of his position of it and whizzed past him with Shun hot on his trail, the storm clouds following.

The boys lay on the open field watching the storm clouds roll in as droplets decorated their faces. Shun stood up as the storm started to pour down on them but was pulled down by his friend "Are you going home?" Dan asked "That's what you do when there's a storm." A clap of thunder resounded through the smalls hills surrounding the town. "We could wait it out, it could be like an adventure!" Dan said very sure of himself. Shun found himself a few seconds later huddling close to Dan and onto the thick bark in fear of being swept away, baby tears streaming down the child's face as his companion was grinning ear to ear. His raven hair swept around his pale face as the approaching lighting went barely noticed. He gripped Dan's hand hoping the boy wouldn't be taken away by the storm and closed his eyes. An intense pain unlike any other shot through him as his grip on the hand loosened as he slowly fell out of consciousness barely registering a shrill scream.

Please don't cry...

Shun's eyes snapped open and he inhaled slowly to calm himself. He pealed back his sweat soaked sheets and walked to the bathroom. Every night the same dream would plague him and every night he would have to make a fresh batch of coffee at one in the morning. The bottle in his hand shook out two small blue pills and Shun shoved them down his throat grimacing at the taste. As if on cue his phone started to ring. He sprinted back to his bedside table, not wanting to wake his grandfather, and swiftly answered the phone the person on the other end already annoying him.

"I got a suprise for you!"

"Oh lucky me." Shun spat his voice laced with sarcasm

"Yolo!" "What exactly would that even mean" I whispered

"You only live once." I inwardly groaned

"If you're going to lecture me on my face your fears crap-"

"But if you never face your fears you will never know what it's like to live"

"Well smartass my fears aren't irrational so they don't need to be faced."

"But it happened when you were a child."

"As much as I want to be a part of your crazy phsych ward rehabilitation I'll have to pass."

"Okay~" Dan said like a scolded child.

"Good night Daniel."

The raven haired male hung up swiftly smiling discretely to himself 'Dork' he thought closing my eyes.

Shun blinked wearily barely registering my name being called, he shifted onto my stomach and slowly opened his eyes as a hand swept down. The raven made slight choking noises as a doubled over and stared at his grandfather in disbelief.

"Why would you do that?" The boy rasped

"You wouldn't wake up." He turned and walked away.

He coughed as he got up from the bed to get ready for another boring day at school. The raven haired boy trudged out of bed and shrugged on his usual black and white school attire. He plopped down onto the bed and waited for his ride to arrive, reminiscing on the most beautiful type of sleep he had experienced in a while, the dreamless kind. The slobbering teen snored soundly oblivious to the pounding at his door.

"SHUN!"

"Um… Kazami-san it's all right." Dan said pointing toward the slender.

"I'll wake him up." Dan paled at the old man's smile.

Shun squinted his eyes as his name was called and started to wake up a he suddenly felt the cool breeze of being airborne.

"I hate you grandfather." Shun whispered as he felt the impact of gravity on his jaw.

The raven teen's hair whipped around his face as he sat in Dan's convertible on the way to school some sticking to the frozen peas clutched to his jaw.

"You cul had try t stup him."

"You sound like a mutant." He said fixing his black blazer.

"Thabs to you." Dan stuck out his tongue.

They walked around until when the warning bell rang and ran to their lockers. Shun threw his makeshift icepack in his locker and grimaced as he massaged his jaw.

"Bell's about to rang!~" Dan shouted cheerily while patting Shun's face between his hands. The raven teen grimaced while crushing Dan's wrist in his grip.

"I hat yo"

"I still love you" Dan smiled weakly while he listened to his bones crunch.

Shun cursed as the bell rang and ran into the classroom near his locker unintentionally dragging Dan along.

"Mr. Kazami who is your...guest" Shun flushed and quickly let go of Dan's wrist.

"I'm sorry Mr. Aber, I saw this starving boy on the street and i didn't know what to do with him so I brought him here to you knowing with your endless generosity you would find a way to help him."

"Lovely story and i bet will sound even better in detention, you as well brown hair" Dan pouted and turned to to scowl at Shun from his position halfway out of the door.

'Crybaby' Shun mouthed as he walked to his desk instantly being swarmed by his fan group questioning him on his bruise.

The day flew by before Shun's eyes like it always does, sometimes he felt like he was just watching his life move on without him. It was a feeling that came and went. Nothing held his attention except maybe Dan, he thought. The boy needed more guidance than a blind person on roller skates.

He slowly approached up to his homeroom teacher's class dreading the hours ahead. Dan showed up after him and like usual he whined about sitting and doing nothing. Shun found Dan's constant whispered complaints to be absolutely agonizing. The brown haired teen clearly didn't understand the meaning of the phrase 'trying to sleep.' He was well informed by Dan on how while he was nodding off the other teen had to reorganize the chemistry classes shelves alone of detention work. Shun balanced on the edge of the school barrier with Dan walking at the base of it to the car. They arrived at the car and Shun watched Dan as he put his legs over the edge and started to swing them in anticipation. Dan unlocked the car and put the key in the ignition to start the air conditioning

"You gonna get down from there?"

"In a second" Shun replied

The raven teen stood up and put his arm in his school bag so he could proceed to the shorter end to the brick wall. Shun stepped forward and his foot contacted a large pebble and he gasped as the fall was set slow motion for him.

He didn't want to fall things just made it happen that way, he didn't want to cry but fear made him. With his footing lost his feet scraped off the ledge after his torso, he closed his eyes and braced for the cold smack of the cement. It never came. Instead the raven teen was surrounded with a gentle warmth, he opened his eyes and breathed as he settled into the arms of his red savior.

"Get up." the voice from beneath him uttered

Shun' s face heated up as he came back to reality. He wiped his eyes so he wouldn't seem like that much of an incompetent ninjas in front of Dan.

"You are so damn heavy." Dan chimed

The his awkwardness went away as his best friend fussed over him and the fear of falling didn't scare him anymore. It wasn't the last time Dan would save him but that just made him happier. Nothing could rival the love of a friend and the thought just made his life worth living.

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