-Yuu's notepad-

'Thoughts'

Chapter 1: The Other One

Ayumu's POV

I woke from a very good dream to feel like a potato chip, to say the least. Apparently I forgot to close the curtain last night before I fell asleep.

Sucks.

I slowly reach for the hem of the curtain that's closest to me to cover the window, and more importantly, the sun, but I pulled the curtain off the rod.

Shit. That's not good.

I look around and find that there's still shade coming from my bed. I think for a little bit, still burning. As I grab the sheets on my bed, my hand comes up with black crisps. Then it dawns on me.

My room is on fire.

I "scream" in my stupid dry voice that sounds like an old man when Haruna breaks the door down and comes in with a fire extinguisher. At least that's what I think it is. I saw a flash of red before getting a face full of door. Then I hear the sound of the fire extinguisher and was glad the "genius" grabbed the right tool this time.

"You O.K.?" she says.

I stick my hand out from under the door and give her a thumbs up, the point at the window.

"Oh… hmm… OH! I'll be right back!" she says as she runs off.

I can only hope she's going to get another curtain.

I get up, angling the door to where the sun will be covered up. When I gain enough strength, I cover the window with the door and take the ruined curtains and tack them to the doorframe so I can a small measure of privacy. Looking less like a raisin and more like myself, I get dressed. Hearing Seraphim's door close, I immediately dash for my closet, wearing nothing but my underwear. I get halfway when she brushes my curtains.

"Seraphim..." I groan, making myself a smaller target.

Sweat drop.

"I'll let it slide this once, given the circumstances, but never again. You hear me? Never again."

As she goes into the hallway, I collapse onto the floor. Opening my eyes, I look at the clock.

"Shit, imma be late!"

I rush around getting my clothes on and run (well, more like fall) down the stairs. I run into the room where everyone is eating. I grab some rice and start shoveling it down my face when Yuu pulls on my shirt.

"What is it?" I ask, spitting some rice back into my bowl.

-Your pants are on backwards-

"They are?!" I yell, looking down.

Indeed they are.

"I don't have time for this. I'll just switch them at school," I say, reaching for my umbrella. "I'll see you later!"

Sire's POV

"Man Ayumu, you were almost late today! What were you doing?" I ask, leaning on the wall beside him.

"Alarm broke," he said,

It was a blatant lie, I could tell.

I just shook my head at his answer and tugged the curtains to cover the sun for him when the teacher walked in. I wandered to my seat and slumped down in it as he started taking role.

(A/N- totes gonna skip the school day. Let's just say that it was as boring as any other school day, with the exception of the project they were assigned at the end of the day.)

As the teacher left the class, I walked over to Ayumu, who was laying his head on his arm.

"Hey," I said rapping my knuckles on his head.

"What?" He responded, more a statement than a question.

"You doing anything after school?'

"No why?"

"Because that project that we were assigned…" I let the unsaid question hang over his head.

"What? Oh! Sure, you can come over and work on it with me. But just letting you know I live with 3 girls…" he said.

I think he either regrets or hates living with 3 people of the opposite gender.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine. They'll love me!" I said spreading my arms out, giving him my trademark smirk.

"If you say so." He sighed.

I dropped my arms, thinking about what kind of shit this guy might be living in if he tries to turn me away. 'Oh well, can't be that bad' I thought.

Later that day, same POV

Boy was I wrong.

As soon as we stepped in the door. Someone immediately yelled:

"WHAT THE FUCK TOOK YOU SO LONG?!"

I immediately felt bad for the guy. I saw his shoulders slump, so I put a hand on one of them. He looked at me and I just nodded, understanding his pain, remembering what my sister used to do. Ayumu started walking into the kitchen to make some food, I took a half-step and realized I still had my shoes on. I slipped them off and looked up at the boo- person standing in front of me.

"The hell are you, maggot?"

"My name is Sire," I said, deciding that this woman, no girl, in front of me has no manners.

I pushed past her into the room that had light pouring from it into the hallway. I walked in and say two people sitting at a table. One was small and had short brown hair and was yelling at Ayumu to hurry up with the food and the other was also small but had long white hair and was just sitting there quietly, a notepad and pen laying on the table in front of her. I stared at the girl with white hair for a second, remembering some faint memory, but I shook my head, dispelling that thought. I took a seat in between the two girls and said nothing, until I felt a tug on my shirt. I looked up and saw the white haired girl pulling on my shirt sleeve.

"What is it?" I asked politely. She held up the notepad.

-Who are you?-

"Oh, I'm sorry. I never introduced myself," I sat up straighter. "My name is Sire."

"Well I'm Haruna, and I'm a genius!" the brown haired girl said, pointing a thumb at herself.

-My name is Yuu-

When Yuu showed me her name, the fuzzy memory returned. I was about to ask her something, when Ayumu came in with food and set it in the center of the table. I was kindly forced to scoot closer to Yuu when Ayumu sat down. He then proceeded to give everyone some food from the massive bowl in the center of the table. When I got some I failed at holding the chopsticks, twice. After the second time, Yuu took my hand and showed me how to properly hold them. When she touched my hand, the old memory returned, and I had to shake it away and focus on the task at hand.

Time to find the bathroom.

"Hey, Ayumu."

Yeah? What is it?"

"Where's the bathroom?"

"Oh. It's the third door to the right in the hallway,"

"Thanks." I said as I stood up to leave.

Ayumu's POV

"That guy is weird," Haruna said after we heard the bathroom door closed.

"I don't like him," Seraphim declared bluntly, crossing her arms.

"That's because he wasn't nice to you…" I mumbled.

"What was that, maggot?"

"N-NOTHING!"

She looked away with an abrupt "hmph!" I just sighed and looked at Yuu. She practically shoved her notepad in my face.

-Where did you find this guy?-

I was about to imagine her saying something, but that was before I saw her face. It was a face of desperation and something else. Lust? No.

Longing.

"He goes to school with me."

-Since when?-

"Since the beginning of the school year. Where are you going with this?" I said recognizing a pattern with her questions. She sighed, hanging her shoulders, and gave me the next thing she "said."

"THE FUCK IS THIS?"

"What is it? I wanna see!" Haruna said, holding out her hands to the note.

I reluctantly handed her the note. The color visibly drained from her face as she read it, then gave the note to Seraphim. Yuu looked sad as everyone read the note. Sera saw her face as she threw it away. It stuck out of the trashcan and 3 words were visible.

-He's my brother-

First fanfic I wrote, so yeah probably isn't that good. At any rate i have one thing to clear up:

Sire is pronounced see-ray

Also I don't know how long it'll be before the next one will come out because i wrote this in one day at school, so... yeahhh...