Chapter number 2 is here ^^ review once again please, don't be too harsh on me ^-^

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"I'm here to pick you up, Ayase-san." Said a-standing-in-the-front-door-entrance Kuba. "Boss told me to pick you up." Ayase looked at the big brown haired man and wondered. Wondered how Kanou-san was doing. When he woke up this morning he saw an empty couch, only a pillow and a blanket, but no Kanou. Since last night they hadn't spoken, and he left to work without even a morning kiss. Of course that was the most important thing of Kanou's day, so forgetting a kiss with Ayase seemed impossible. Which meant he really was angry. "Ayase-san? Is anything wrong? You look rather pale."

"…Ah…No, I'm fine, thank you." The blue eyed boy said, showing Kuba a not so happy smile.

"Well, let us leave then, you should be at school in half an hour and it is about a twenty minutes drive."

"…Sure…" Of course Kuba could notice something was wrong. Normally he at least smiled once at him, and asked him how he was doing, but this time. He was quiet and seemed kind of sad.

"You know, Ayase-san, I don't expect you to tell me what is wrong, but… shouldn't you look a little happier on your first day of school?" Ayase was shocked by the sentence, but maybe he was right.

"Yes, I know… I'm sorry." Ayase whispered. Kuba grinned out of it.

"You don't have to apologize. It is okay to be sad sometimes. So… do you want to talk about it?"

"No… I don't…"

"All right." actually Ayase wanted to tell him everything that happened, but… he was a part of Kanou-san's staff… and keeping a secret from Kanou was impossible. "We're here, Ayase-san." Ayase looked up but did not move a muscle. He had to wait untill Kuba-san opened the door. What if Kanou-san really was angry… what would happen if they see each other again… would he ignore him? Or maybe punish him? His face turned red with that thought… a tear ran over his cheek. "Ayase-san?" Ayase quickly whipped the tear off. Kuba gave him a worried expression, which he tried to ignore. He lay his hand in the bigger hand of the brown haired man and let himself be lifted out of the car. He looked up. Kuba gave him a sweet smile.

"Thank you…" The blond said and started to walk to the school gate.

"You know, Ayase-san…" The brown haired man said. Ayase turned in a shock.

"… what is it…?"

"I don't know what happened between you and boss, but he didn't look like his usual self. He normally focuses quit well on his work, and never makes mistakes, but this time… he couldn't even find his calculator… I already told you… you don't have to tell me what is wrong, but… can't you talk about it with boss?" Kuba saw the bright blue eyes filling with water and immediately regretted what he just said. "No, don't cry… shit…"

"No… I… it's all my fault… I was… and he…" The little blond sobbed. Kuba felt like crying too. Even though he would risk his own life if he would, but he really liked this person and might even feel affection for him. He slowly lay his arms around the little boy.

"Stop crying, I'm so sorry…" the little one let his tears overflow. This hug felt good… just a hug, with no specific meaning. The big man had this weird warmth around him that felt really comforting, but it was still different form Kanou-san's hugs, which Ayase missed most in the world. The hug slowly stopped. The bigger man's hands still on his back, his hands still on his chest. The eyes in intensive contact. The bigger lips slowly appeared the little ones, but were then pushed away by hands on the chest.

"…We… You…" Ayase tried, but the man lay his finger on Ayase's lips.

"Don't worry, this was all my fault, I'm glad you pushed me away." The bigger man said, but deep down, he felt sorry. He wanted this kiss, but wasn't allowed. "Just… forget about it… and don't tell boss I tried to."

"I won't…" Ayase bit his lip and blushed softly while seeing the big man's gaze. Both of them were snapped out of it when the bell rang.

"Lets find your classroom, shall we." Kuba said, finally letting go of the little one's back. Ayase sighed, still not understanding what just happened. Was Kuba-san in love with him? That couldn't be. Mustn't be. For his own good, and that of Kuba's, he had to make sure to stay friends with Kuba, in any way, he didn't have feelings for him in a… sexual relationship kind of way. He was just a good friend to Ayase. Nothing more, nothing less. "Are you coming?" Kuba asked. The blue eyed boy turned around again and nodded. Kuba-san smiled and waited for Ayase to finally walk I front of him. To Ayase, Kuba-san was just a friend and it had to remain that way, no matter what happened.

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"Yukiya Ayase, I presume?" the teacher said in an angry way. Ayase, who was still catching in on his breath, nodded. "I don't like students to be late in my class…"

"…I'm sorry…I…" the little blond started.

"SILENCE!" Ayase gave a shocked look at the teacher who looked awfully mean with the glasses he was wearing. "When I am talking, you shut up!"

"Sorry…"

"Didn't you hear me! I said SHUT UP!" Ayase opened his mouth but then let his lips be sealed before this teacher would yell at him again. "You can go sit next to Miss. Yumiko, Yukiya-kun! And if you interrupt me one more time, you can stay here this evening… I don't think you want that, do you?" Ayase was not sure what to do, did he have to reply or did he have to shut up. "Do you?" the teacher repeated, which made it clear, reply was the answer!

"No, sir." he said.

"I thought so… no sit down! And don't you dare come too late again." Ayase quietly remain to his place. The whole class stared at him, all girls, at about 30 students. Yumiko-chan. Since there were name cards on each desk telling the name of the student, he looked for the name Yumiko. Since he didn't find it he saw a girl wave. She had curly black hair with bright blue eyes and was the only one of the class who smiled at him. He quickly step to the girl and sighed when he finally sat down.

"Don't worry about it, that teacher is an asshole." she said. Ayase smiled at the girl, but was too breathless to answer the girl. She put forth her hand and looked in his eyes. "Yumiko Otona." she said. "But you can call me Yumiko, Yukiya-kun."

"…Ah…Yukiya Ayase." Ayase whispered.

"So, Ayase-kun, it's okay for me to call you that right, how are you?"

"Fine… thank you… you?"

"Good enough… you can call me Otona-chan, if you want to of course. This class is so lazy, you should be happy that you were too late, of course, there is still half an hour remaining to sit here and be bored, but we'll get through this together, right, Ayase-kun?" Ayase could do nothing but nod. "You eat at school?"

"…Yes…"

"Great! Then you can eat with me, will you? Of course you will!" she smiled and looked back to the teacher.

"…Sure… I will…" Ayase wasn't used to… the happy girl stuff, but this girl made him smile with all her talking. His first day of school and he already had made a friend.

"You have a girlfriend?" she asked all of a sudden. The little blond blushed and gave her a shocked look. "Don't worry! And don't want to be your girlfriend! I have a boyfriend and we're really doing great right now so… do you have a girlfriend?"

"…No…" Ayase whispered, sighing.

"That's a pity! You're really cute!" She said. Ayase smiled at her.

"…Thank you…" There was a remaining silence between him and the girl. To be honest, she looked cute too. Her hair was very curly and had a beautiful shine in the light, with a green hairpin in them. Her eyes were big and watery while nails were polished in a blue colour. On her cheecks were little freckles and she had long silver earrings. She was wearing the uniform, in the right way, but there was something about her tie that wasn't as all the rest of the class, and it made her look special. Her shoes were long boots, covering half of her legs. Her eyes suddenly turned back to Ayase. The blue staring at the blue.

"What is your size? You know, you have to tell me if I ask too much questions, I'm bad at this, I don't have any friends except you and my boyfriend so…"

"It's okay…"

"So… what size are you?"

"1m60... you?"

"1m58" she whispered. It kind of felt good to finally meet someone smaller than him, not that big of a difference, but it felt good. The bell rang again. "Whoohoow!" the girl yelled, so loud that the teacher himself could hear it.

"… Uhm… Otona-san…"

"Come on, Ayase-kun! Time for our next class!" she took Ayase's hand and pulled him of his chair. She held his hand tightly while running through the hallways. This girl was pretty active and there couldn't pass one minute without her saying something, but she was friendly, and above all things, she made Ayase feel needed and wanted and that feeling was great. But, if he would tell Otona about Kanou-san and all the rest she would see him as a… only thinking about it was terrible.

"Ayase-kun? What is wrong?" Otona said, when they arrived at the next lesson.

"Nothing! Why?"

"You look sad…" maybe he had to tell her. If he wanted to build up a good friendship, she had to know everything before he got used to her presence. Somehow it would feel good to get the happenings between him and Kanou of his chest.

"Well… It's… about me…"

"…What is it?"

"You want to be friends with me, right?"

"Yes, sure!"

"..But then you have to know…everything, right?"

"Ayase-kun! If you don't want to tell, you don't have to!"

"…I think I do… and it might shock you…"

"…Tell me."

"About… when you asked me I had a girlfriend… I just…"

"You don't have one, right?"

"…No… not a girlfriend, no."

"You have a boyfriend?" she asked. Her smile was sweet, understanding and nothing despising in it.

"…yes and no…" her look became confused.

"Otona-san, I… I live with a man…"

"I don't mind!"

"I know, but… that is not the problem…"

"Then what is?"

"I don't just live there because I want to, but because I have to…"

"…why…?"

"I…he…We…Uhm…"

"You guys have sex?" Ayase blushed.

"Well…Kind of…No…Yes…But…Uuuhm…"

"Don't worry! I won't tell! The teacher is there, tell me more later, I think it's pretty interesting, really!" and so, Otona ran after the rest of the class, entering the next classroom.