Disclaimer: I don't own Loveless or it's characters.

Summary: Yayoi is still upset over Yuiko liking Ritsuka, when he suddenly runs into Kio. Can he make Yayoi forget about all his problems?

Outside Heaven's Door

Chapter 1

"Good morning class!" Miss Shinonome walked into the classroom on Wednesday, smiling at ease. Her auburn hair was lying neatly down to her mid-back, and she almost radiated happiness. Yet, as per usual, her sixth grade class gave no responses, and some barely gave her a few concise glances.

Hayabi Yayoi was the only twelve year old to greet her with a gentle smile. This wasn't surprising because he was the smartest in the class and adored coming to learn what most of the academically lethargic class didn't want to. This had earned him the official label as the class nerd. It was rare to see him with the opposite sex, with the exception of relatives. The only unrelated female who would go near him was Hawatari Yuiko. Well, it wasn't like she hung around with him anyway. It was on the whole Aoyogi Ritsuka whom she wished to be around and Yayoi would just tag along, occasionally giving his hopeful input.

It was evident that Hayabi Yayoi had an infatuation for her, but she was quite oblivious to it. It didn't assist Yayoi's strategy when Ritsuka stepped in and stole Yuiko's heart. He was suspicious of Ritsuka and his adult acquaintance, Soubi. Yayoi had sufficed to calling the man by his first name, as he couldn't commit to memory what the man's last name was. It was peculiar what he could and couldn't remember.

Miss Shinonome, disconcerted at the class's ignorance of her presence and morning salutation, decided a new way to get her class to simmer down and direct their attention to the front of the classroom.

"I said…GOOD MORNING CLASS!!" Normally, she wouldn't have raised her voice, but she was quite through with their no-care attitude. They had to acquire a good education, if nothing else. The children all swiftly flew to their appropriate seats for class.

During class, Yayoi happened to glimpse at Ritsuka, who was staring out the window and day dreaming. He's probably thinking about Soubi, Yayoi thought. It made him wonder why Yuiko couldn't see that Ritsuka didn't love her, and that he did. He would do anything for her. Ritsuka scarcely acknowledged her, let alone her feelings! It's so unfair, he thought as the bell chimed, signally the end of first period. He heard the bustle in the hall as the older classes moved to their next class. Yayoi turned to the teacher, who was instructing her class to turn to page two hundred in the History book. For the rest of the morning classes, Yayoi glanced at Ritsuka, who was not paying attention an inch. How could someone like that get some one as wonderful as Yuiko-chan?

At lunch, Yayoi caught up with Yuiko. Since Ritsuka had to ask Miss Shinonome a question, he was hoping to get some time with Yuiko. Once they had obtained their lunches, they went to a table by a window. Yuiko liked the window seats because she liked the scenery. He knew these things, unlike Ritsuka. He was so aloof and quiet he wondered how Ritsuka had friends before. Then again, he couldn't talk, he didn't have many friends either. He suddenly noticed Yuiko looking him with a astonishingly severe look.

"Hayabi-chan?"

"Yes Yuiko-chan?" He asked in expectation. In his mind, a vision of her comprehending her only true love was him was materializing.

"Is there something wrong with Ritsuka-kun?"

And there it went. Why did she always worry about him!? Why not me, a thoroughly depressed Yayoi thought.

"I don't think so, why?"

"Well, it's just that you kept looking at him during classes and I thought something might have happened."

"Oh. No, nothing's wrong. I was…just mad because he wasn't paying attention in class."

Oh, thin it's nothing. Besides, that fits you."

"Huh? What fits me?" Please say it's being kind.

"It fits that you always think about school. You care a lot about your work and stuff. It's your life, ya know?" Yuiko said smiling like she had bestowed some gift on him.

The afternoon classes went swiftly with Yayoi, surprisingly, not paying much concentration to his studies. He was too preoccupied with his plans on how to get Yuiko to notice he didn't just care about school. It upset him that she would say that.

When the final bell of the day chimed, all the youngsters flooded out of the school grounds. As on every day, Soubi was outside the school, not doubt waiting for Ritsuka. Yayoi started heading the other way, hoping to avoid the group. He wasn't quite in the mood for Soubi's antics with Ritsuka. It was so obvious, at least to him, that Soubi liked Ritsuka; and possibly vice versa.

"Hey, Hayabi-chan? Where are you going?" Yuiko asked. Normally, he would have jumped at the fact she talked to him, and immediately turned around and walked with them; but just…not today.

"Huh? Oh! My mom wants me to help her wit the shop so I have to go."

"Ok. Ja ne!"

"See you tomorrow Hayabi-chan," Ritsuka commented.

He had told them that his family owned a flower shop awhile ago. It wasn't exactly a "family business" because his eldest sister owned it. Well, he wasn't lying to them. She was family.

Yayoi trudged through the crowded street, trying not to run into strangers. His mind was busy, though, with thoughts of how to kill Ritsuka for taking Yuiko. Suddenly, despite trying, he ran into someone, falling down onto the cement.

"Geez, gaki, watch where you're going, ok?"

Yayoi looked up to see an adult with dirty blonde hair and slate grey eyes. The man towered above Yayoi's fallen form. Said man offered his hand, a slight scowl on his face.

"S-sorry," Yayoi said timidly, accepting the outstretched hand.

"Yeah, okay. Just…watch where you're going." And before he knew it, the man was

gone. He couldn't quite place it, but something about him was familiar.

A/N: The family I made up will show up in the next chapter. There may not be a fluff or lime scene for a while, but the sequel will have the first lemon. I don't really have a certain amount of chapters I want yet, but I'm aiming for ten. I might go over.

Gaki- brat

Ja ne- see you