This is my first fic, so be gentle. This takes place after the end of the series and at the end of the school year. I will try and keep them in character as much as possible.

Disclaimer: I do not own Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna and its characters and I never will. So stop reminding me. T T

Lives had been at risk before. But it was in the form of deadly games. Another life might be at risk now, but this time, not in the form of a game, but in real life. This time Ayumu's god like thinking may not find the solution in time to save the one person he strives to protect.

Light filtered through the blinds on the window, disturbing Ayumu's state of sleep. He turned over and stretch out his arm, attempting to go back to sleep. He had almost succeeded when a loud banging noise jolted him awake.

"Narumi-san!"

Ayumu groaned as he turned over and buried his head in his pillow. Hiyono knocking on the door was what had woken him up. What was she doing here? There was no school today, not that, that has ever stopped her before.

"Narumi-san? Are you awake yet?"

Ayumu didn't answer.

A minute later, the click of a lock being turned and the door opening could be heard.

"Narumi-san?" Hiyono called.

Why had he ever given her the key to his apartment? Well he hadn't really given it to her, she had stolen one of his keys, claiming that he was spending too much time by himself then what was healthy, and he hadn't complained, not that he ever did.

"Aha! Found you!" Hiyono's words were accompanied by his door sliding open.

"..."

Prompted by the lack of response Hiyono jumped on his bed and ended up sitting on his legs.

"Naurmi san!" She said while shaking him. "Why wont Narumi-san answer me?" "Because it is early in the morning and I'm trying to sleep."

"Its only 9 o'clock. Time to get up sleepyhead!"

Ayumu had no intention of moving, so instead he asked her a question.

"Why are you here?"

Useless yes, but it was a sufficient enough to distract Hiyono from her current goal.

"Its Rio's birthday today. Takamachi-san and Asazuki-san are planning a surprise birthday party for her and I volunteered to make the cake."

"So why are you here?" He already knew the answer. Hiyono, not matter how good she was at gathering information, lacked the skill to make even a half decent cake. Obviously unable to make one herself, she came to someone who could.

"So you can make it for me!"

Yet another correct theory.

"Now get up!"

When he made no attempt at moving Hiyono puffed out her cheeks in frustration.

"Mou, Narumi-san. Please help me? Please?"

Ayumu, whose gaze had been fixed upon the ceiling for the duration of the whole conversation, smirked slightly. He had her begging for his help. After all those times when she had stolen his lunch from him, he couldn't help but feel some satisfaction at hearing her beg. He changed the focus of his gaze so that her eyes were lock with his.

"You're sitting on my legs."

Hiyono immediately jumped off, and a light blush could be seen on her cheeks.

"I'll let you change, but don't take too long!" Hiyono stammered out before walking out of his room and sliding the door shut. A few seconds later, the distinct sound of pots falling could be heard.

Ayumu sighed, quickly changed and walked out of his room intent on getting to Hiyono before she knocked anything else down.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Hiyono quietly murmured while holding her forearm. Pots and a couple knives were strewn around her, making it obvious that she had gotten hit by some of them.

Ayumu walked up to her. "Let me see."

Hiyono held her arm closer to her for a split second, but then offered it to him so that he could see it.

"How much does it hurt?" Ayumu asked as her surveyed her arm. There were a couple long thin cuts, where knives had obviously fell and hit her. A couple bruises were also beginning to develop, from where the pots had hit her. But what caught his attention where the series of bruises on the upper part, of the underside, of her forearm that disappeared into the sleeve of her shirt.

"Not much." She answered back and smiled at him.

He walked over to a cupboard and pulled out a roll of bandages.

"Where did you get those bruises from?" Ayumu asked.

"Oh these?" Hiyono answered in an innocent voice, "I tripped on something and fell against a table at home. Rio must be rubbing off on me." She gave a small giggle.

Ayumu looked at her; she was still smiling like she always was, like nothing was out of the ordinary. But he couldn't get a nagging suspicion out of his head. If she wanted to hide something from him, then it wasn't his business to find out what it was.

"Nee Narumi-san..." Hiyono started as Ayumu was finishing wrapping up her arm.

"What"

"I'm hungry."

-End Ch.1-

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