He walked out of the house and down the street, music was blasting in his ears from the red earbud connected to his ipod. He wore ripped jeans and his old soccer jersey from his team. A messenger bag was thrown casually over his shoulder and he was walking along in red and black etnies. His emerald eyes sought out nothing as he walked along the street towards the bus station, he felt as if he was in his own world, but he could see everything around him still. He was numb, feeling nothing, not even the fresh air brushing against him. People passed him, most just going on, not looking at him. They were in their own world too. A voice called out to him, but his music was too loud, and then there was no music. Someone had ripped the earbuds out of his ears, and now the person was standing in his way.

"Kirihara, c'mon your music was too loud, you couldn't even hear Marui." The person in front of him focused to be Niou-sempai and Kirihara's mind became clear.

" Sumimasen, sempai." Kirihara muttered and then tried to walk around Niou-sempai. A loud gasp was heard behind him.

"D-Did Kirihara just say something polite?" Kirihara turned aorund to see the entire Rikkidai team behind him. He mentally groaned and then pulled out his cell phone to look at the time. It was 11:45

" Fuck!" Kirihara hissed

" Akaya! Don't swear." Kirihara glanced at Sanada-fukubuchou before nodding and walking around Niou-semai.

"Oi Kirihara where are you going?" Kirihara slumped down and groaned.

"I have to go the train station. So leave me alone." He began to walk faster but Niou- sempai followed.

"Where are you gonna go Kirihara? You're coming back right? Who are you going to see? Why are you going." Kirihara began to shake in frustration and turned around with his hand slightly raised.

" Niou that's enough, it's none of our buisness where Akaya is going." Yukimura-buchou smiled at Kirihara but the boy was unresponsive, Yukimura frowned. "Everything is alright though isn't Akaya?" Said boy shrugged and headed towards the station.

"I sure as hell hope so Buchou. For my sake... and her's." And then Kirihara was gone.

Yukimura sighed at Akaya's back and turned back to the store they had all come out of. Everyone looked at his back as he rentered the store.

"Why didn't Mura-Buchou stop Kirihara, Fukubuchou?" Marui glanced at his co-captian and waited.

"I... don't know Marui." Sanada headed into the shop after Yukimura and Niou snickered.

"Who else here thinks that Fukubuchou has a thing for Mura-buchou?" Eevryone raised their hand.

Marui sat in the store playing with his ice cream and with his tennis team surrounding him, except for Kirihara, his most favorite thing besides sweets. Yukimura glanced at him from time to time but thankfully didn't say anything to him. Marui placed a piece of bubble gum in his mouth and stood up.

"I've got to get home before Kaa-san gets mad. Bye minna-san!" Marui left the store and headed down the road to his secret hide away. He pushsed away the branches that covered the entrance to his hide out and then stepped inside. Marui looked around, seeing if anything was wrong or out of place and sighed when nothing was. He plopped down in a comfy little nitch at the base of a tree and nodded off.