Aki: Hello there brethren! Huh, I haven't written in a while... a very long while at that. But, I'll try my best at this, so just wish me luck because I have no idea where im going with this. Also, i'm sorry but this is not beta'd and it is very late so sorry if there are mistakes. And, sorry about the whole half bold half not thing, if it bothers you.

Akis' POV

I sat at my computer desk and stared at the screen, WordPerfect was mocking me with cruel words because I have only 4 more hours to hand in this stupid report on Handel and so far I've only written my heading. "Ugh!" I perched my elbows on my computer desk and laid my chin in my hands. I cant think of anything more boring than writing a stupid report on Handel. I mean, who the heck cares about the life of Handel? How does that affect my life in any shape or form? Is knowing about Handels' life going to affect what I eat for dinner tomorrow; I think not? I sat back in my chair and slightly swirled from left to right, a habit I picked up about a year ago. I guess it just helps take my mind off of things. I looked at the red numbers on my night stand clock; 4:00 was committed to memory as I stared at the numbers, silently begging for time to somehow rewind. Unfortunately, it didn't, and it decided that it wanted to move ahead a minute. "UGH! I need some coffee." I said to myself, getting up from my chair and heading towards the kitchen.

Ever since I started 10th grade, my teachers have been on my tail like a light switch on a wall... huh, that was a bad pun. Anyway, I can tell that Saix isn't planning on taking anymore bull crap homework from me anymore and the usual "I forgot to copy my homework down" bit isn't working so well. I grabbed my favorite Betty Boop mug from out of my cabinet and turned towards the coffee maker. SURPRISE! I forgot I hadn't set my timer on, so there wasn't any coffee brewing and I certainly didn't feel like making any. 'That is just friggin great! I got less than 4 hours to finish this report, im tired as heck, and I have no form of caffeine to keep me awake.' I sighed and headed back to my room to see a small box flashing on my computer. I read it aloud. "Akito_Mori wants to video chat. Will you accept?" I quickly pressed yes and sat down to be greeted by the smiling face of my older brother Akito.

"Aki, how's it going?" he said, grinning from ear to ear. I laughed. Even after 4 years, my brother still hasn't really changed.

"Well, it's going." I said rubbing my eyes. "How are you? What's it like over there in Vienna?" I was glad I got to see my brother, even if it was over the computer. I haven't spoken to him in awhile.

"Well, it's been fairly good. What about you? How's it going in Osaka? You're staying out of trouble I hope?" he smiled. I always loved his smile. It was pure, it was real. You don't see to many people smile that way anymore. I remember when I was young, before my mom died, and my dad left, and Akito was still living with us, we were a family, Akito would never really smile. Before, when I was too young to realize the harm that my father was doing to my mom, but Akito always understood. Sometimes, I would cry because I couldn't understand what was going on, but, he would hold me tight and tell me that everything would be alright if I just stayed with him. And, I'd look up at him and see his lips in a straight line. It was only the times when we were alone, making dinner for just the two of us, or playing video games... those were the only times when he would really smile.

"Aki, hello. Are you okay?" he asked, pulling me out of thought. I shook my head, trying to rid myself of those memories.

"Uh, yeah, I was just thinking, I've got this essay to write on Handel or else im going to be in a butt load of trouble." I smiled softly.

"Huh, Handel you say? Well, I could help you if you want. I mean, I could write it and send it to you." he suggested. I shook my head.

"Uh, no, I couldn't let you do that. It's my report." although it sounded like such a good idea, I didn't think it would have been a good idea; I'd hate to take credit for something I didn't do.

"No, don't worry. I can do it. I mean, im not doing anything else, and im very bored." he said. "Plus, you look tired. You should get some rest before classes start back."

I shook my head again. "Sorry bro, I cant let you do that. You know I'll feel guilty. I am tired, but I'll pull through. Don't worry. I should get going though, time is winding down and I've got a lot to do." I smiled.

"Nah, it's cool. I'll speak to you later. I want you to tell me how your grades are going the next time we talk." he gave a knowing look and we both laughed.

"I love you man." I said.

"And I, you. Akito out!' he laughed before closing the screen.

"Aki... out." I said quietly to myself. I looked at the clock again. 5:04? Why is time going so fast? I looked at my computer screen again, rubbed my eyes one last time and set out to write my report.

'BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!' I slowly lifted my head from my computer desk and looked around my room. The sun was shining through the half closed curtains, and slightly burning my eyes. "Oh gosh. What time is it? What is that freakin beeping noise?" I said aloud to myself. I rubbed my eyes and stood up, stretching like I did every morning. I looked at my computer screen. It was black, probably on standby. I tapped a key on the keyboard and waited for everything to load up. I stared at the computer dumbly and read 'Handel was born in IM SO BORED I DON'T GIVE A CRAP TOWN. HIS MOTHER AND FATHER WAS WHO CARES AND WHY BOTHER! BLAH BLAH BLAH!' "What the heck is..." that's when realization smacked me in the face. I looked at my alarm clock, it was still beeping, and read 9:45. I was almost two hours late for class. "Oh my gosh! Saix is going to have my head! Im sure of it." I ran to my closet and grabbed the first pair of jeans and t-shirt I found. Fortunate for me, they were my favorite black distressed jeans and Asking Alexandria band tee. I looked at the computer screen again and reread my work. "I cant hand this in. I'll get in so much trouble." I went to find my boots and thought about what I was going to do. Either I could not hand in the work and try one of my excuses, I could skip class, or I could hand it in and beg Saix for at least a D-. Because im not doing so well in his class as is, I decided to go with begging him. I went back to my computer and pressed print, just as my stomach growled. "Oh, shut up you. You're going to have to wait a while." I yelled at it, as I tugged my boots on, tripping over my foot as I looked for my bag. Finding it and throwing it on my bed, I ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. It's a good thing I took a shower yesterday or I would have been a lot later that I already am. I ran back to my room just as the printing was done. I stuffed the paper into my bag, grabbed an apple from out of the kitchen and grabbed my cell phone before running out the door. I totally hope that Saix wont kill me.

I ran down the hall of Osaka University High. It's a high school with all advanced courses, and once you finish high school you can go right into Osaka University. "Stop running will ya'?" some old lady who I didn't recognize yelled to me as I continued to run to class. If our school wasn't also a campus, I would've been dead. I looked at my phone watch.

"Oh no, it's 10:15. Class is over at 10:45. I'm going to die! Im totally going to die!" I bursted into Saix's classroom just as everyone was putting away their books. I paused in the doorway, exchanging glances with snickering classmates, and eventually and upset Saix.

"Uh, heh... hey, Saix... how's it going? What did I miss?" I asked, trying to sound casual. "EVERYTHING!" he yelled. I hung my head in shame. He had the right to be upset.

"Ms. Mori, do you even have your homework?" he asked. I was hoping that dreaded question wouldn't be asked. "Uh, yeah. I mean, I do. But, it's not really the best I've handed in." I said quietly. I could hear faint laughter coming from some kids in the class.

"Well, it's better than nothing. Let me see it." he said, as he held out his hand to retrieve my homework. I fished it out of my bag and handed it to him, slowly, regretfully, I let it go. I totally wanted to just curl up and hide. He began to read it aloud.

"Handel was born in IM SO BORED I DON'T GIVE A CRAP TOWN. HIS MOTHER AND FATHER WAS WHO CARES AND WHY BOTHER! BLAH BLAH BLAH!' Saix turned around and looked at me. "Is this some kind of joke, Ms. Mori?" he asked, pushing his glasses further up his nose.

"Well, I mean, it isn't. But if you would be so kind as to hear me out..." "Enough!" he cut me off. I began to glare at the students cackling like hyenas in the back of the classroom.

"You are one of the worst students here. Do you know that? I have put up with you for the last time. You obviously need a lot more help than I can give you." he walked towards his desk, crumpled up the paper and threw it in the trash.

"Look, just give me another chance, okay. I was up all night trying to do this stupid project, and then I got a video chat request from my brother whom I haven't seen in a long time and I was just really tired, okay. Please, just one more chance." I begged. He looked at me with a serious face, a face only I could recognize as different from his other faces since they all look so serious.

"Fine. I'll give you one last shot at this. End of the day, I want you back in this office, and we'll see if there's any make up work you can do. Class Dismissed!" he said and everyone scrambled out. I left last, taking my sweet old' time. 'I got to get back on track. I cant afford to get kicked out... not yet. I just cant.' I said to my self and headed to my locker.

My last class was math, which happened to be upstairs and Saix's room was downstairs. It's hard to travel from room to room with all of these annoying little kids running around looking for their friends. Unfortunately, in order for me to get back to his room, I had to pass a group of lockers that I didn't really want to pass. The same kids that were laughing so much at the back of his glass room have lockers right next to the stairway. If I can get past them without any problems then I'll be all good. I walked past their lockers and just as I was about to enter the stairway, fate decided to kick my ass.

"Hey, look. It's Aki." a redhead called out. I rolled my eyes and decided to just continue on when I felt a hand grab my shoulder.

"Hey, little girl, lets have a chat, okay." the one who said that was a blonde. Her hair was straight, except for these two strands on her head that looked like antennas. I turned around to face them, slightly red with embarrassment and anger.

"What do you want?" I asked rudely, shaking the blondes hand of my shoulder. She smirked.

"Hey Kairi, looks like we've caught ourselves a bad one." she laughed."Oh goody." Kairi smirked.

"Looked, I've got things to do, so if we could just speed things up that would be awesome." I rolled my eyes. The blonde chick slammed me into a locker.

"Look kid, you don't need to give all the attitude. We just want to talk." she laughed sadistically. Something about her totally creeps me out, but I just cant put my finger on it.

"Okay, how about we talk after school. Huh, sounds like a plan? Good." I said rudely and pushed her off of me. The girl lifted her hand that was balled into a fist and was ready to strike when someone shouted down the hall. Me, the blonde and that Kairi girl looked towards the person. It was some other 10th grader. I don't really know him, but I've seen him around before. He's got dirty-blonde spiky hair, and nice blue eyes. But from what I hear, he's like a top student, so he's probably a prissy, arrogant little bastard. He walked over to us and lowered the girls arm.

"Larxene, fighting never solves anything you know that." she rolled her eyes and backed away. Does he have the upper hand or what? He turned to me, gave me a once over and smiled.

"Hey, I know you." he grinned. "Hey, I don't know you." I smirked. What can I say, it's in my blood. He laughed.

"The name's Roxas. You're Aki Mori, correct? Saix is waiting for you." he said politely. I totally forgot about Saix.

"Oh snap!" I yelled pushing past him and down the stairwell. 'I got to remember to thank that boy next time I see him. What was his name again? Roxas?' I thought to myself as I ran into Saix's room to be greeted with a very unhappy face.

"Heh, sorry."

A/N: Okay, its done. I haven't really reread it so forgive me if there are grammatical errors. Im sure there isn't to many though. It's been a while since i began to write again, so this is kind of pressuring. But, since writing is my favorite thing to do, i wont give this up. Wish me luck.