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Chapter Two – Reasons

He looked up at me, yet again, with those big, purple eyes. "Eiri Yuki… You're that famous author, aren't you? My little sister loves your books." Shuichi smiled at me, and I could do nothing except smile back at him.

For about the next half hour, we sat on that old park bench in silence. He occasionally yawned and snuggled up against me. Eventually, he fell sound asleep.

I couldn't just leave him there, it was getting late and he would have frozen to death if I left him. So I carried him home to my apartment. I placed Shuichi on the couch and covered him with a blanket. Once I made sure he was warm enough, I sat on the floor next to him and watched him sleep. He looked so beautiful when he slept. A little while later, I got up and went to bed myself.

The next morning, I awoke before he did and started making waffles. The smell of the food must have woke him up. He walked into the kitchen with a confused look on his face. "Where am I? Is this your house?" He said.

"You fell asleep on the park bench. And I didn't want you to freeze to death, so I brought you here." I replied as I took a waffle out of the waffle maker.

"Oh. I'm sorry for putting you through all that trouble. I'll leave now." Shuichi turned and headed toward the front door. I didn't want him to go, do I grabbed his arm. "Oww…" Shuichi moaned, "You're squeezing my cuts… It hurts…"

I loosened my grip on his wrist. "You don't have to go. You can stay here, with me." I looked him in the eye.

"I don't want to bother you. I'd be too much trouble." He said. "You don't want me here."

"If I didn't want you here, I wouldn't have asked you to stay." I let go of his arm and he rubbed it gently.

"Alright. I'll stay." He sat back down on the couch and wrapped himself in a blanket. "Thank you for letting me stay here."

"Don't worry about it. Breakfast will be ready in a few minutes; I made waffles." I went back to the kitchen and finished making breakfast. When the waffles were done, I set them on the table and called him in. Shuichi walked in and sat in the seat farthest from me. I noticed that his arm had a few more cuts in it when he reached for a waffle. He must have cut it while I was cooking. There was an awkward silence between us as we ate.

"Umm… Last night," he broke the silence, "why did you come over to me?" I noticed that he always kept his head down. I guess he was ashamed of himself.

"You looked like you needed someone to talk to." I took another bite of my waffle and looked at him. "Why were you out there? Did you run away from home?" I think that was it. As soon as I said it, his eyes shot up at me.

"…My parents and I were arguing over something. Then they kicked me out. So I went to the park bench because I had no where else to stay." From where I was sitting, I could see a few tears forming in his eyes.

I went over to him and wiped the tears from his face. "Don't cry, you're much cuter when you're smiling." The next thing I remember doing was leaning down to kiss him. I don't know why I tried to kiss him.

"Hey!" He jerked away from me. "What are you doing? …Yeah, I like you in that way, but I don't know if I'm ready for that." The tears were wiped from Shuichi's eyes and he smiled at me.

Instead of kissing him, I gave him a small hug. Then I cleaned up my plate and took a shower. After my shower I asked Shuichi if he wanted one. He said he didn't have any clean clothes to change into, so he didn't need one. I offered him my clothes and he finally accepted.

That evening, after we ate dinner, we sat on the couch and watched T.V. together. When the show on T.V. was over and we were getting ready for bed, he broke out into tears on the floor. I embraced him and let him cry on my shoulder. "What's wrong, Shuichi?" I said, trying to calm him.

"I-I-I just can't take it all of your kindness. You barely even know me, yet you're letting me live with you. And you're not even expecting anything in return." To me, it seemed like he was crying because he was happy. (A/N- sorry, mega cheesy/OOC T.T) I actually felt kind of relieved knowing that he was crying because he was happy and not sad. When Shuichi was sad, it somehow made me feel sad, too.

Earlier that day, he told me that he was afraid of the dark and being alone. I didn't know if he was serious, or just wanted an excuse to sleep with me. Either way, truth or lie, I kind of wanted to spend the night with him, so I let him sleep with me.

We climbed into bed and he cuddled up close to me. "So, I guess you really do like me?" I smirked.

"Umm… Well… Yeah, I guess so." He replied in a shy voice. I smiled and looked into his eyes; Shuichi smiled back at me and leaned in to kiss me.

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That was our first kiss. If I could, I would go back to that moment and re-live it one million times over.

End of Chapter Two

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