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Authors note: words written like this are thought speech. Hope you like it and review.

Chapter 1 Head Aches and voices

I hate mornings,… Kento better not have used all the hot water.

Cooking, cooking, …maybe I should make eggs….

I hope Cye made bacon….Oh no its Sage…

Homework…now where did I put it

"Oh man, my head is killing me." Ryo wasn't sure when it started, this waking up every morning feeling like something was trying to claw out of his head, but he knew that if it didn't stop soon he was going to have to do something about it. Not only was he waking up with headaches every morning but in the between period of sleep and wakefulness he thought he could hear voices inside his head.

"Maybe I should talk to Sage about this. He would know what to do." He had actually gone to Sage many times over the last week trying to get up the nerve to tell him but he just couldn't do it. It's not easy trying to tell your best friend that your hearing voices.

"AHHH, Sage what did you do that for! That was cold."

Must be Kento, used all the hot water again. You would think that he would learn. Ryo slowly got out of bed careful not to move his head too much for fear of the shooting pains that he knew would come. He moved towards his sock drawer where he had managed to hide one of the few bottles of migraine strength Tylenol that were in the house.

Man that Sage he makes me so mad

Ryo muffled a scream; the pain in his head had just doubled. If he wasn't careful he knew that some of the pain would leak into the bond, but just before the pain he thought he heard a voice…Kento maybe. Slowly he could feel the effect of the Tylenol. The pain was still there but it was down to a bearable level.

"Hey Ryo! You need to get…Oh your up already"

"Yeah Rowen I'm up" Ryo reached down to move some socks to hide the bottle again.

"Well, ah anyway Cye says breakfast is ready. He made…"

"Eggs. I know," said an irritated Ryo. All he wanted was for Rowen to leave so he could maybe sneak in a few more Tylenol.

"Ok well I'll just be going then"

Ryo felt that he needed to let Rowen know it was nothing personal he just wanted to be alone.

"Hey Rowen?"

"Yeah Ryo"

"Did you find your homework, this morning?"

"Yeah, it was under…Wait a minute how did you know that I lost it?" Rowen stopped in the hallway and looked back at Ryo. Sometimes he wondered how Ryo did that, seemed to know things that no one else knew. Like the other day when he just happened to know that Kento was eating ice cream with out looking at him, or how he knew what Cye was making for breakfast before Cye had even started making it. He was beginning to get worried about Ryo. There were always dark circles around his eyes in the mornings like he hadn't slept for days and he looked like he was loosing weight.

"Oh um I don't know." At Ryo's confused look Rowen just let it slide as another lucky guess, but for Ryo it wasn't that easy.

I don't get it how do I know these things about the people around me, when I haven't talked to them. It just doesn't make sense. Ryo left his room and headed down stairs for breakfast.

"Sage, why don't you just get up earlier and beat Kento to the shower?" asked Mia

"Cause I think that some of us around here should be more considerate of others and not use all the hot water." Sage replied angrily

I wonder if Ryo would let me use his shower. He does have his own hot water heater and everything.

"Hey just because your angry with Kento doesn't mean you have to take it out on poor Mia." Said Rowen

Mia must have the patience of a saint to deal with Sage and Kento every morning. At least I normally sleep through it.

"Guys will you please not argue. At least wait until I get the table set" said Cye as he walked into the room

Sometimes they are just so immature I wish they would just grow up.

"Hey don't put me in the same league as those idiots. I wasn't arguing. Was I Ryo?" asked Kento

Everyone looked towards Ryo but he was just sitting there, staring straight ahead with a glazed look in his eyes. Everyone looked at each other. They were all beginning to worry about him.

"Ryo?"

Still there was no response

"Hey man, are you still in there somewhere?" Kento reached out and snapped his hands in front of Ryo's face. Ryo gasped and looked around at everyone slightly sheepish.

"I guess I zoned out there for a minute."

"I wasn't arguing was I?" asked an impatient Kento

"What, I don't remember any argument. Sage asked me if he could use my shower in the mornings." Ryo looks over at Sage as if for confirmation, "Which he can if he wants as long as he leaves some hot water for me, can't take cold bathes you know." Said Ryo while laughing.

"Ryo I didn't ask you if I could use your shower. I was thinking about asking but I didn't actually ask."

"You must have asked, I mean how else would I know."

"Yeah maybe your right" Sage realized how uncomfortable this was making Ryo and decided to end the conversation. Still he wondered how did Ryo know?