A/N: Okay, so just so that everyone knows, this is my first attempt at writing fanfiction alone. If you want to critique my writing, go ahead, constructive criticism is always good. Or not constructive, you know…Whatever works for you…

At any rate. This is the first chapter of a story I intend to write. I'll hopefully update it every couple of days, or maybe more often than that, I don't know… I have time to write, due to insomnia… Yes, it has it's benefits…

Okay, sorry, off track. Oh yes, and reviews would motivate me to update more often, so… They'd be greatly appreciated. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this – I'm hoping it'll be better than the summary makes it sound.

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Okay, so you know that feeling where you know you're falling, but there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it? You can see the ground getting closer and closer, but all you're able to think about it 'damn, can I hit the concrete already?' You never think 'well, if I hit the ground this way, my arms will break, but at least I'll still be breathing.' In fact, just to spite you, the ground will make sure it comes to meet you at exactly the wrong angle, causing you the most pain possible. That's how I felt at that moment. Like I'd just fallen off a twenty-eight story building and I was only centimetres from the ground. That's teach me to forget about taking risks, now wouldn't it?

"Hey, uhh… Ringo?" The sound of my name brought me out of my somewhat dazed state, causing me to blink a few times in an attempt to make out the fuzzy figure in front of me.

"Ringo, are you okay?" Ikki's hair was the first thing that came into focus, followed quickly by a worried expression that seemed to have taken over his face. Bringing a hand up to rub my eye, I nodded.

"Yeah, of… Of course I am Ikki. What happened?" As I looked down at my feet and saw that my AT's were still fastened around them tightly, I remembered what I'd been doing before… Well… A couple of minutes beforehand

"I err… Knocked you off the roof." He put his hand behind his head, smiling in a way that suggested he wanted to seem innocent. Why would he have knocked me off the roof? He was really good with his AT's now – he didn't have these kinds of accidents. Oh well, at least that explained the feeling of falling – the twenty-eight stories may have been a bit of an exaggeration though.

"Why?" It seemed like a logical question.

"Why what?"

"Why did you knock me off the roof?"

"Jeez Ringo, it's not like I did it on purpose…"

Sighing, I shrugged. Perhaps it hadn't been such a logical question after all.

"Okay, well… Just so you know…" I paused for a second, gesturing towards his wheels. "Mikan's gonna kill you."

The look on Ikki's face as he just realised he'd broken another set of Mikan's wheels would have been funny, only I knew just how badly he was going to suffer.

"Ringo, you have to help me!" He was panicked now. He grabbed my shoulders as he spoke, shaking me a little bit. Why would I help him? Sure, he was Ikki and I lov-… Cared for him and all, but… Well, I couldn't be there every time he screwed up.

"I can't Ikki. I've just been knocked off a building. I'm concussed." I pointed to my head as I spoke somewhat sarcastically, somehow thinking that that movement was supposed to symbolise a concussion.

"Ringo now is not the time to be funny!" I hadn't seen him begging like this in ages. I was actually starting to feel sorry for him.

"Look, I'm sorry, but it's not my fault that you –"

"IKKI!" I could hear Mikan's voice coming from our house, even though we were almost a block away.

"Well just you wait Ringo. You'll cry for me when I'm dead. I hope you feel guilty." Oh, he thought he was so good, but I just rolled my eyes. It didn't take long before Mikan came storming down the street, her face a bright shade of red. If she'd been carrying some kind of sharp implement (or even a blunt one for that matter) I would have been seriously scared that she was about to murder us both. Well, let's just say that that was one of the moments where I certainly didn't wish I was Ikki.

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IKKI'S POV

I was going to die. Plain and simple. Believe me, I'd considered running away, and it had sounded really tempting. But how could I just leave Ringo? I mean, I'd just knocked her off a freaking building! Then again, as I looked over to the pink-haired figure that was now storming towards me, I began to think that maybe Ringo would be fine on her own this time.

"Ikki, you might wanna run…" I glanced towards Ringo, attempting to make a final decision on whether or not she was right. I looked back towards the house, trying to judge how far off Mikan was. She'd disappeared. Now I was scared. She was clever – she was probably hiding somewh-

"HA! You are going DOWN PUNK!" My thoughts were cut off by this horrible pain in my… Well, in my everywhere. I tried to move my arms, but they seemed to be attached to my head. I tried to kick out with my legs, but they seemed like they were already bent backwards. I was so screwed.

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"GAH MIKAN IS MY KING! QUEEN! … GOD!" I banged against the bathroom door, trying desperately to smash it down. I swear it hadn't been that hard before… Anyway. It wasn' the fact that I was stuck in the bathroom that was bothering me, it was the fact that they'd stuck Akito in there ­with me. Every couple of minutes I'd dare to look at him, and he'd meet my gaze with this look that said… Well, you know. Let's just say that me being the manly man that I am… It made me feel weird and uncomfortable.

"WILL YOU QUIT IT?" I could hear snorts of laughter coming from the other side of the door as I yelled at Akito. Damn Mikan… Arrogant cow. Bet she thought it was hilarious.

"Quit what, Ikki?" Akito smiled back innocently in a way that should have made me want to throw up, but weirdly enough, didn't actually make me feel sick.

"Forget it." I sighed, throwing myself desperately at the door.

"I fucking hate you Mikan. This is bullshit you know." Oh, but she did know. That was what pissed me off.

"I know it is Ikki… And you should enjoy it while it lasts." What the?

"Hey, Ikki?" Oh, what was the point? I was stuck in here, I might as well talk to the poor guy. I was probably just being paranoid anyway.

"Yeah?"

"Since we're in here… Do you wanna take a bath?"

"WHAT?!?" Nope, I hadn't been paranoid. This was what I was scared of. I jumped back about a metre, smashing my head against the wall.

"I want you to wash me Ikki! It'll be fun!" Fun. Right at that moment, I would have preferred to break off all my fingers successively with a spanner.

"NO AKITO, IT WON'T BE FUN!" I yelled, throwing myself at the door in one last attempt at freedom. Unfortunately for me, it opened, just as I was flying at it. Instead of the door, I hit something squishy and…

"Ikki, what are you DOING?" I was dreaming. I didn't want to look up, just in case it confirmed what I was dreading. Nope… I couldn't resist… I had to…

"Ringo." Of course, Ringo's face was exactly what I saw as I looked up to see what I'd landed on.

"I was coming to help you Ikki, you didn't have to… Molest me, or whatever it is you're doing." Molest her? What was she talking about? I wasn – Oh god. I'd landed in a very awkward position. I really didn't want to move (what guy honestly would?), but I knew that I'd get hit in the head if I didn't. And believe me, I didn't need any more injuries. I rolled sideways, so that half of me was on the ground.

"Oh, I was just… So happy to see you… Umm… Thought I'd… Give you a hug and say thanks…" I grinned, in an attempt to save myself. She just raised an eyebrow and nodded slowly.

"Okay, well… Not that I don't love it when you 'hug' me, but… Can you get odd me now?" She was blushing a little, which I thought was strange, but at least she didn't seem to be mad. Come to think of it, my face felt like it was burning a little bit too… Okay Ikki, ignore it. I rolled off the rest of her, lying face up on the ground for a minute as she smiled and walked off. See, normally right then I would've made sure to look up her skirt, but you wanna know what's weird? Right then, I didn't. Wow, I had some kind of newfound respect for her. Where had that come from? Suddenly, I noticed she'd doubled back.

"Umm… Hey Ikki?" Hmm, by the tone of her voice, this sounded important.

"Yeah?" I replied as I pretty much jumped into a standing position.

"There's something I think I should tell you." Interesting…

"Oooh Ringo… Are you going to confess your love? I didn't know you felt that way…" I raised my eyebrow, giving her a suggestive look. I knew she wasn't actually going to confess her love, but I had to tease her.

"Well, actually…"

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Chapter two coming soon…