Sup guys, decided to try for a multi chapter fic so lets see how this goes... i have a bad habit of writing at 2 or 3 in the morning so I apologize for the really crappy delivery. Typical High School AU. Enjoy! lemme know what you think!

Shion sat in his usual seat by the window, enjoying the temporary quiet in the empty classroom. He liked coming in early. He settled in his seat, flipping through his math textbook to find some practice equations to occupy himself.

"Shion... Shion." he finished the problem he was on before looking up at Safu. His best friend stood by his desk, hands on her hips. Clearly she'd been waiting to get his attention.

She sighed "Mr. Rikiga wants you."

"Okay." he replied starting to pack his things. Mr. Rikiga like him and would probably find a reason to keep him through class.

"Just "okay"? Aren't you curious as to why?!"

"Well, won't he tell me once I get there?"

"Point taken..." Safu grumbled.

Shion smiled at her as he tightened the straps of his bag so it sat flush against his back. "Could you take notes for me?"

"Yeah, yeah." Safu waved a hand, flopping into her seat "Didn't you already take notes on the book?"

"Yeah but what if she mentions something else that wasn't in the book?"

"Alright, get going before Rikiga comes looking for you."

Shion waved goodbye as he left the room. He and Safu had maths together first thing in the morning then they wouldn't see each other until lunch, then PE. As for Mr. Rikiga, he was one of the english teachers at the school and taught creative writing, journalism, and was running the drama club after school.

He knocked on the faculty door, wondering why there was so much yelling coming from inside. He waited for a minute before starting to knock again only to have the door fly open and a very irritated looking boy nearly knocked him over on his way out.

"Nezumi!" Rikiga roared, successfully sending Shion to the floor in his rush to catch the other boy. "Ah, Shion! Nezumi! Get back here and apologize!"

Shion let the teacher help him to his feet, watching the dark haired boy as he paused and turned around. He had really pretty eyes...

"Why should I? You're the one who knocked him over."

"Why you..." Rikiga seethed shoving Shion towards the taller boy. "Shion meet Nezumi. You're in charge of him starting today."

"What?! I don't need a babysitter old man!"

"Thats Mr. old man to-" Rikiga took a deep breath. "Don't take that tone with me young man. I'm your teacher!"

Nezumi huffed, shoving his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket. Shion looked the boy over. He was wearing a ratty grey scarf and cargo pants and boots, his dark hair up in a bun of some sort, handsome to say the least though why Shion found him so was beyond him. There was something interesting about him.

Rikiga sighed "Shion here is in all of your classes and is well on his way to becoming valedictorian. He is going to make sure you come to school and actually attend your classes. Or at least turn in the work for them."

Nezumi glared at him and Shion gulped turning to stare at his teacher.

"But, Mr. Rikiga, what about my classes?"

"Didn't I tell you? You have the same classes. Same schedule, though it required a bit of rearranging."

"You rearranged my schedule?!" Nezumi demanded "What about drama, or classic lit, are those still in it? Is this air head in calculus?"

Rikiga glared at the boy "Yes, yes, yes and yes. You and Shion were taking the same classes on a different time schedule. You weren't coming to class anyway so I switched yours around to match his. Now. I believe you both have maths to attend. Shion, angel, come by my office whenever you want to complain about him. Make sure you get his address and phone number too since he's likely not to come in tomorrow."

"Bu-" Rikiga waved a hand and closed the door on them. Shion deflated, turning to look at his new charge. "Umm..." only to find him walking away. "H-Hey! Where are you going?" Shion ran to catch up to him.. The kid ignored him.

"hey, Nezumi!"

"What do you want?"

"I... I just..."

"I don't need you to baby sit me." he started walking again.

Shion took a deep breath to steel himself before lunging forward to grab the boy's sleeve, effectively stopping him.

"At least give me your number."

"Why?"

"So I can give you your assignments."

"No. I don't need you, let go."

"Well then..." Shion hurriedly took off his bag and fished out a scrap of paper and a pen scrawling his cell number across it. He quickly zipped up his bag and stood, handing the boy the paper. "At least take mine."

Nezumi raised an eyebrow at him but accepted the paper. "Don't wait up for a call or anything."

"I-" but Nezumi had already started walking away again. Shion sighed and headed back to class.

This was going to be tough.

He groaned as the bell rang. Fine. Physics class next. He trudged to the class and almost immediately the teacher called him over.

"Yes?"

"Shion. Did Rikiga get to you?" The physics teacher was a short, mousy man, always nervous about something.

"Yeah, about Nezumi?"

"Is that the boy's name? Yes well anyways heres his paperwork, he should have the textbook. Heres a list of all that he owes me and everything coming up." The teacher handed him a thick folio. Shion stared at it for a moment then sighed. This was going to be a very long day.

By the time lunch rolled around and he joined Safu at their usual table his backpack was full of folios and weighed a ton.

"Whats in the bag?" Safu asked as he dropped it beside them.

"Nezumi's homework." Shion groaned stretching out his shoulders. Safu sighed and got up, digging her fingers into the aching muscles.

"Who's Nezumi?" she asked as he leaned forward resting his head on the table as she worked the soreness out.

"Rikiga put me in charge of him. Well, getting him through school at least." he all but moaned as Safu released several knots that had formed in his shoulders.

"Well that should keep you busy. At least I won't have to worry so much if you're with him."

"What do you mean?"

"Well." she reclaimed her seat across from him "No one messes with him. If you're with him then I don't have to keep watch for those bullies that like to push you around."

"They don't push me around Safu... Theyre just having fun."

"At your expense." Safu growled

Shion chuckled "It's not like they've ever done any real harm."

"Yet."

He managed to scarf down his lunch that his mom had packed him before the bell rang again. He and Safu spent the time as usual, doing homework and quizing each other. Next up was the most dreaded of his classes. Gym. It wasn't really the class itself but dealing with the changing room before hand.

Shion stuffed his bag in a locker and glanced around. He managed to get here early this time so if he could change quick enough...

"Trying to skip out on us?" Shion flinched as a handful of other boys came in. Most went straight to change but two of them stayed near him leering at his shirtless form and the red snake that wound around his body. One of the boys ruffled his white hair and laughed when Shion pulled away. He still had to change into his shorts... well its not like they could hurt him. Shion smiled sweetly at them and continued to change.

"hey." A hand latched onto his wrist, tightly enough that he couldn't ignore it.

"Let go please, i'm trying to change."

"Nah, you don't need that."

Shion tugged his arm away, quickly pulling on his shorts and a t shirt earning a punch to the shoulder on his way out. Welp. There was going to be bruises.

Everything was fine until he got home. It had started storming during the day so he had walked in the rain.

"Shion?" Karan called from the back of the bakery.

"Yeah mom?"

"How was school?"

"Fine." he slowly made his way to the back giving his mom a hug on his way up the stairs to his room. Karan had a room in the back past the kitchen. Shion had the small upstairs to himself.

He dropped his bag against his desk pulling out his phone as it vibrated.

From: Safu

I'm on my way, have you started your history project?

Shion rolled his eyes as he typed out a reply

To: Safu

I finished it yesterday. Mom's making pie.

He hit the send button and opened his window, the wind was going the opposite way so no rain would get in. He loved storms.

"Awesome, I love pie." Shion jumped as Safu plopped herself on his bed, pulling her feet up to sit cross legged.

"Don't do that!" he laughed and Safu grinned at him.

They sat and talked for hours while the storm raged outside. Karan brought up dinner for them after a while and bid them both goodnight, claiming that she was tired.

Shion sighed as they settled to eat, perfect way to end the day in his opinion.

"Darn. Looks like I have to go home." Safu said as she examined an incoming text.

"You won't eat your dinner?" Shion asked looking at her plate, she hardly had a chance to touch it.

"Sorry Shion, I really have to go. The nurse had a family emergency and can't be there to make sure grandma gets her supper."

"Oh. Tell your grandma I say hi!" Shion called after her as she pulled on her coat, heading down the stairs.

"Will do!" she waved. Shortly after he heard the front door close. He sighed as he stood. He had to lock the door anyway. Should have just gone down with her. He went downstairs to the front door of the bakery and locked it, turning off all the lights as he made his way back to his room. His mother hadn't been feeling well lately so even though it was only 7 he was quiet. There was a thud like something had fallen upstairs.

Shion frowned, taking the stairs two at a time only to find a figure laying on his floor beneath the window, soaking wet and... bleeding?

"Nezumi?!"

The boy jumped, almost getting up until he saw who it was then let himself fall back to the floor with a groan. "Not you..."