Saya didn't notice the fact that Haji was still looking to her after he left. She was too busy dealing with the incredulous looks both her friends were giving her at the time. It stayed silent for about thirty seconds while Saya was chewing on a French fry until she finally got rather annoyed with the situation.

"What?" she asked in a frustrated voice to her friends.

"Don't you what us girl-friend, we should be asking you the questions. Like what you were doing with loner boy over there." Nathan said while trying to point over to Haji without making it too obvious, in case Haji was looking over at them at that moment. Saya, idiotically, looked back anyway and once again made direct eye contact with Haji. His stare made her blush and look back to her friends quickly. Nathan and Kaori looked at Saya's cheeks and then glanced at each other, already in silent agreement that something was up.

Saya just ignored Nathans question "loner boy?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, don't you know? Absolutely no one talks to him" Kaori stated.

"Well that's not very nice. He seems like a good guy."

"Only if you like the strong silent types" Nathan chided. "It's not like no one has tried to talk to him. I'm sure a lot of girls are fascinated by the tall musical wallflower. It's just a matter of getting him to talk back. You know it's very frustrating to have a conversation with someone who seems to have no intention to participate. I think you're the first person to actually get a name out of him Saya, now what did he say it was?"

"Haji" Saya said, in a voice that was once again a little too admirable, but she hoped her friends would ignore her tone. "And maybe he just likes to be quiet, you know not everyone has to be as loud as you Nathan," she joked, throwing a fry at his nose.

"Anyway what happened back there?" Kaori demanded.

Saya shrugged, trying quite desperately to seem nonchalant. "I fainted, and he caught me, end of story."

Her friends just exchanged looks again.

"Oh, how about that look?" Kaori sneered.

"Look?" Nathan questioned.

"Oh yeah, you totally missed it Nathan! When he caught her, he looked down at her, and she looked up, and I swear to god the intensity! It was like long lost lovers getting lost in each others eyes. I bet you anything that if Saya didn't notice me staring they would of kissed." Kaori gushed. By now Saya had her face down into the lunch table growing redder by the second. She wondered momentarily if it was possible to blush enough that her cheeks would start bleeding out access blood cause of too much pressure. Her friends snickered and started throwing more accusations about the holes in Saya's explanation.

"Not only that, but why did he follow you to the table?" Nathan asked.

"He probably just wanted to make sure I wouldn't fall again before I ate something. I wouldn't be surprised if I did." Saya mumbled against the table.

"Oh and what about his offer to ppplllaaayyy. What kind of games are you and loner boy planning on huh?" Nathan poked at her arm this time.

"He's a good cello player, he told me he'd play for me later." She kept mumbling refusing to look up.

"Aw how romantic! Having a private session with a boy playing music just for you." Kaori gushed a little enviously.

Saya looked up this time, trying not to care that by now she was probably as red as a tomato. "It's not like that! I'm sure he'd play for anyone if they'd care enough to listen."

"Yeah Yeah" Nathan rolled his eyes.

"Sure Sure" Kaori smirked finishing Nathans sentence.

"Shut up, Shut up, Shut Up!" Saya said throwing a small tantrum from all the teasing she was getting. She banged her hands against the table for emphasis, and her friends just broke out in loud giggles. Saya turned her head away from them and started silently chewing on a piece of pizza. Nathan and Kaori still talked amongst each other giving no concern about Saya's silent treatment; they knew she'd forgive them both by the end of next period. Saya always sucked at holding a grudge. Saya unintentionally glanced over to Haji, whom was still looking at her. She felt compelled to go over to him again, like his stare was trying to convey a message but she still needed the words. She sighed and quickly looked away again, knowing if she dared take a step towards Haji anytime soon, her friends wouldn't let her live it down for the next week. Which is a little more than she was willing to put up with.

As lunch period finally came to an end Saya rushed out past her friends to get to next period; actually happy now to go through the motions of reviewing homework loads and meeting new teachers. She seemed to be more aware of her surroundings though, well mainly, she kept looking for "him". It was bugging her that she never noticed Haji until today, even though she was sure he's been at this school all the time she's been here. How could she not notice someone so tall -carrying a cello around everywhere- before? She's been at school for a full year before, she should of noticed him in the halls at some point. Either way she was going to make sure that she wouldn't miss his presence anymore. She told herself it's an act of goodwill. To make sure someone notices him and talks to him since it seems no one else will. At least that's what she's been telling herself. She sighed as she got into last class with still no sign of him having any classes with her. She shook her head at her own disappointment. "What was I kidding, considering how tall he is he has to be a senior this year. Of course he wouldn't have any classes with me." She scowled internally a bit flustered with herself that she was getting her hopes up in the first place. It seemed very silly to her to care so much whether she got to spend more time with a boy she just met today. She tried very hard just to focus on her last class.

Saya decided to walk home today, she had originally planned to ride with Kai but Mao had already beat Saya to him, planing on them going out to shop. Saya just told Kai that she could walk and he should enjoy himself before Kai tried to argue and leave his Mao at the curbside again. Though, at this moment, Saya was starting to regret that decision.

Saya couldn't quite place her finger on why she felt this way, but she had this intense eerie feeling crawling up her spine. She felt like there were someone's eyes on her back, like she was being watched. She tried to account this feeling to paranoia, or maybe even hopeful thinking; considering that this feeling reminded her of how she felt earlier in the day with Haji. Though in this case, she didn't feel flattered, just nervous. Still maybe she was delusionally imagining him following her home. She shook her head once, reminding herself she doesn't have time for such thoughts in case this was real. What if someone was following her? What would they want? Was she going to be mugged? All the possibilities spiked Saya's breathing as her she picked up her pace. She knew better than to frantically run, because if she was being followed the victim always gets caught right after they start to make a run for it. She tried to calm herself down. "None of this is real, none of this is real. If there's someone behind me I would of heard them. I could hear them walk, right?" Saya tried to focus on her footsteps, listening to their pace. She wasn't sure but she thought she heard more than just her two feet, but it sounded too similar, like if someone was following her they managed to mimic her pace. She finally just came to a dead halt. She heard two more steps after she stopped, and then it went silent. Saya held her sides tightly, and then reluctantly turned around.

"H-hello?" she asked, even though she saw no one behind her.

And in the most quiet whisper, soft enough that most would think it was just the wind, a deep voice said "Saya…"

This was enough to turn Saya frantic as she screamed, and turned around sprinting to get home.

She didn't slow down until she was a few feet outside her families restaurant. Even though it was a moderately busy street she still stopped to try to listen for anyone running behind her. She looked all around her once, just to see people passing by talking to each other or looking into shop windows. She sighed "What a wreak, I wonder how the person knew me." The thought brought another shiver down her spine as she tried to shake it off and compose herself going inside.

"Welcome home" Gorge and Riku said in unison.

"Thanks Riku, thanks Dad," she said hugging them each.

"How was your first day back at school?" Gorge asked.

Saya shrugged "It's school dad, same as every day."

Gorge chuckled at her answer "Yeah I suppose you're right."

Saya put on her apron and got to work cleaning dishes and preparing for the evening crowed. She still had that feeling of eyes on her, but she tried to ignore it. She was with her family, what could go wrong? Gorge set up the grill and chatted with a few regulars up at the bar. Riku sat by the window and worked on his homework, sometimes staring outside when he had to think on a question. Kai came home about two hours later, nearly shoving Mao out the door so he could have some time with his family. It was near closing time when Riku said something particularly interesting.

"I wonder if that guy is poor?" he said, still staring out the window.

"What guy?" Gorge asked.

"Oh, there's a man who's been standing at the street corner staring into the restaurant all afternoon. At first it kinda creped me out because I thought he was staring at me, but it looks like he's trying to look into the restaurant. I bet he's hungry, but can't afford food. Can we give him some left overs dad? We're just going to throw them out anyway."

This caught Saya's attention, she whipped around and looked at Riku. "What does the guy look like?" she blurted. All her family turned to her giving her a look, but she kept her eyes on Riku waiting for an explanation.

"Um, he's pretty tall, and slim, and he's wearing black pants, a black vest and a white undershirt. He was playing music earlier, I think he has a cello slung on his back."

"HAJI?" Saya thought and ran from behind the counter out the door looking both ways. She did not see him though.

"You just scared him away Saya." Riku said, looking back out the window.

"Which way did he go?" She asked, maybe a little frantically, by then Kai wrapped his hand around one of her arms.

"And what's up with you little missy?" Kai asked, looking Saya in the eye. "You don't think we're gonna let you chase after street predators do you?"

"He's not a predator! I mean… well, I can't be certain, but I think that was someone I know."

"If it was someone you know they would of just came in and said hi." Kai insisted.

Saya wanted to explain to Kai what happened, but she wasn't quite sure if she could explain it even to herself. "I met a guy in school today and now I think he might be stalking me? Oh yeah, that sounds like a good excuse to go follow him. I sound delusional. And besides, even if that was Haji, I'm sure Kai wouldn't think twice about letting some guy follow me around without getting a good beating." She just sighed "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"What is with you anyway Saya? You're not acting like yourself" Kai asked.

"Oh, nothing. It's just lack of sleep I bet. You know the first day of school it's so difficult to go back into the waking early schedule." She faked a laugh and realized she still sounded a little frantic. "Anyway, I should probably go to bed early tonight. I'll shower right now and hit the sack, I should be fine by tomorrow." She nervously pulled her arm out of Kai's hold and rushed up the stairs noticing her family, -and probably the last remaining customers—was watching her oddly. "Great job handling that" she thought sarcastically to herself as she opened her dresser drawers in her room to grab her night clothes and went to the bathroom.

It was the middle of the night when Saya woke again. She wasn't thirsty, and she didn't need to use the bathroom, but she couldn't for the life of her get back to sleep. She sighed reviewing the ups and downs of the previous day wondering if all those problems would go away by tomorrow so she didn't need to explain to her family why she should be put into the loony bin. She severely doubted they would go away considering that feeling her spine was now stronger than ever. "Really Saya? You still think someone's watching you? From where? You're in a second story bedroom with no windows lined up to you. GET A GRIP!" She sighed, and felt rather idiotic for actually needing to do this but she knew she wouldn't sleep until she checked the one place someone could still watch her from. Her window faced the back of the building, and in the back of the building there is a large tree. Saya turned on her bedroom lights, and gazed out of her window looking through the tree branches trying to see if there was anyone up there. She gasped when her eyes adjusted enough, and she swore she saw something in the branch parallel her window, whatever it was, it was trying to hide deep within the tree, leaning against its trunk. It looked like a body, but even more alarming than the body is that she saw a set of eyes, that seemed to be staring right back at her. She probably should of called someone else from the house to check but curiosity got the best of her as she opened her window.

"Hello?" she called out. Her voice seemed to have startled who/whatever it was in the branch as the body seemed to jump up, rattling the branches.

"W-woah" a deep voice said right before it lost its footing. The dark figure fell, luckily not hitting any other branches on the way down, but still landing on its side into the grassy ground.

Saya helped in surprise and then covered her mouth. Now she knew what was out there was definitely human. "Oh my god I'm so sorry" she whispered, even though she was sure the dark figure couldn't hear it. She then turned from her window and bolted out her bedroom door racing down the stairs and unlocking the front door. When she finally got to the back yard, whoever had fallen was gone. She looked around, trying to see as far as she could in every direction. "You can come out you know. You're probably hurt. You shouldn't run." She spoke softly, trying not to make a scene. After a minute she just shook her head and decided it would be best just to back inside.

When she re-entered the restaurant, she locked the door and just slumped her back against it. "Jeeze Saya what's up with you?" she asked herself.

"That's what I'd like to know." A male voice said. Saya jerked up her head to notice that a dim light was turned on in the restaurant and across the room there was Kai with his arms folded to his chest. "Spill it sister" he commanded.

"Oh, well, you see I couldn't sleep, so I was looking out the window. And I saw this raccoon, and it just randomly fell out of the tree. So I got concerned and went outside to try to rescue it you see. But when I got there, it was gone." This was actually Saya's best attempt at lying to Kai's face. She found she could lie better if most the story was true, which in this case, it was, if you can switch such minor details that 'raccoon' was code for the word 'person'.

Kai's eyes just narrowed. "A… Raccoon? For some reason Saya I don't believe you."

Saya just sighed and hung her head, "I had a feeling you wouldn't."

Yes, I made Haji clumsy. I just had to xD He's human now. Also I think his character best fits the dark loner kid in High School. But what do you all think? But please R&R