Alex: Woot, woot, chpater two is up, like a boss. :D

Ranmaru: Took you long enough.

Alex: Hey! D:

Reiji: I agree with Ran-ran on this one! It took you a while to get this one up. ._.

Alex: Oi! Don't agree with the enemy!

Ranmaru: Wh-...what the hell did I do?!

Reiji: -le gasp- Oh no, I'm becoming one with the dark side! Alex! Save me!

Alex: How about we just get on with the update. ._.

Anyway, I hope you guys like it!

I do not own Uta No Prince-Sama

The school bell rang, interrupting teacher Ringo, who had been going on about the history of France for what seemed like hours.

"Oh, there's the bell! Now students, I want you all to work extra hard on tonight's assignment, it counts for thirty-five percent of your grade!"

Groans came from every student in the room.

"Now, off you go!"

Cheers broke out among the students and the commotion from before picked back up as everyone began packing their things to head off to whatever class they had next.

"Hey."

Reiji blinked and looked up from where he was sliding his notebook into his backpack, surprised to see Ranmaru sitting on his desk. "What class you have next?" He asked coolly, looking down at the brunette while Reiji closed his book bag and pulled it over his shoulder. "Gym~."

"Good, same here. You can take me."

Reiji was a bit surprised but nodded none the less, smiling that signature smile of his that the silver-head couldn't help but find incredibly handsome. "I can do that, but I actually have to-"

"Kurosaki-kun!"

"Oh my god, Kurosaki-kun! We're such big fans!"

The brunette was rudely interrupted when two girls came running up to Ranmaru, the taller of the two practically bouncing in excitement, the excessively short-skirt of her uniform rising up and down with the movement.

"I can tell..." The silver-head said in a blank tone, his eyes holding a bored look in them as he over-looked the two teenage girls.
The female on the right was the tallest, her long orange hair flowing over his shoulders while her big breasts practically popped out of her buttoned top. Her bright blue eyes stayed focused on the Ranmarus face, at least...they did. Soon, they trailed downwards, farther and farther down the superstar's body.

On the left side of the ginger was a girl a bit shorter with straight blue hair that cut off just above her shoulders. Her fingers were laced together in front of herself and her sapphire-blue orbs were focused on the floor.

"I'm Ren, and this is Masa-san." The ginger said, gesturing to herself and her friend before continuing, "Why don't you come hang out us and our girls? A superstar like you can't possible be having fun with hanging out with-..." Ren glanced around Ranmaru, looking at Reiji for about a second before looking back at him. "-...this low-life."

Ranmaru raised an eyebrow, but before he could open his mouth, Ren spoke again, "C'mon rock-star, I heard ya' a few minutes ago, we have the same class next. Gym~." She said, reaching out to the rocker, only to have her hand slapped away.

"Don't touch me."

Ren tilted her head. "Don'cha wanna' hang out with us~?" She slyly asked, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "No way is this loser entertaining you. You're a rich pretty boy, and you need a rich pretty-girl like myself to get along with. This guy is so not your type."

"Hey, I can do whatever the fuck I want." Ranmaru snapped back, a bit irritated with how rude this girl was being.

"No, it's fine, Ran-ran-"

Ranmaru blinked, turning around on the desk when he heard the nickname.

Ran-ran?

"-you can go with them, I'll just walk Otoyan to his history class then I'll head off to the gym myself~." Reiji said with a small smile as he stood up from his seat, intending to climb over the chair to the next aisle over to he could walk up to the front row without anyone blocking his way.

"No, I said I wanted you to show me the way, not them."

Almost abruptly, Reiji's arm was grabbed, keeping him from climbing over the seat. "If I wanted them to show me where to go, I would've asked them, but I didn't, did I?"

Silver-eyes slowly blinked, Reiji caught off guard with the rocker's stern tone of voice.

Without waiting for a response, the silver-head turned to look at Ren and Masa-san. "Get lost."

Ren smirked, her glossy lips sparkling in the light. "Then I guess I'll see you later, rock-star~." She practically purred, turning to stride her way back down the row and out the classroom door. "Come on Masa-san! Let's go find Natt-chan."

"Coming..." Masa-san softly said, glancing at Ranmaru before turning to sprint after her orange-haired friend.

"Tch...bitches." Ranmaru hissed, finally releasing Reiji's arm. "Don't tell me this is like one of those crappy drama movies where the first guy I meet is always getting made fun of like that."

Reiji blinked, rubbing the reddened area on his arm where Ranmaru had gripped him. "What? No, of course not." The silver-eyed male let out a light laugh. "No no, everyone loves me~. Even the teachers~." He boastfully said, putting both of his hands on his hips.

"Then what was with the bitchy-ginger-chick?" Ranmaru asked, raising his eyebrow again.

Reiji waved it off. "Ren and her little 'possy' are the only group here that treats me like that. She's hated me for years because apparently her boyfriend broke up with her or something because of me."

"How is that your fault?"

Reiji stepped forward, pressing his finger to Ranmaru's chest and saying in a low, smooth, seductive tone, "Looking this great isn't the only thing I'm good at, rock-star~."

Ranmaru's lips parted so he could give a response, but no words came out, which only resulted in Reiji grinning and step back. "Don't worry, I'm kidding; he just had a crush on me, that doesn't mean we dated or had sex." He said with a chuckle.

"Rei-chan! Rei-chan!"

Reiji yelped when a bigger body slammed into his own from behind, a pair of arms wrapping around him.

"G-gah!"

Looking over his shoulder, Reiji was met with messy red-hair and a big, goofy smile. "You said you'd walk me to history~."

"Oh...Otoyan, actually, I have to take Ran-ran to gym."

Otoya got a sad look. "But, you promised..."

"Well, he kinda said he'd show me the way...I'm kinda new here and it'd make more sense for him to walk with me." Ranmaru said, his eyebrows furrowing together.

Otoya looked up at the rock-star, frowning.

I thought he'd be a bit nicer then he acts on T.V...guess not.

"Otoyan, I'm sorry." Reiji gave a sincere smile and pried himself from the red-head's arms so he could turn around and look up at him, putting his hands on his shoulders. "I honestly forgot, but, I'll make it up to you!"

"...How?"

"I'll give you the cookie out of my lunch."

Otoya's eyes almost instantly lit up, the bright red orbs sparkling. "Okay!"

Reiji sighed in relief, beyond glad that his red-headed friend wasn't too hard make happy. "M'kay! Good! Then go on-"

Reiji was cut off when he was tugged forward and pulled into a hug, Otoya nuzzling the top of his head in a small display of affection, Reiji not being able to help but lightly chuckle as he reached up to return the friendly embrace.

"Alright alright, go on."

Otoya let out a happy laugh and nodded, releasing his friend. Once the brunette was let go of, he glanced up at Ranmaru before brushing past his desk and making his way back down the row, soon exiting the classroom.

That left Ranmaru and Reiji alone in the classroom, the brunette adjusting the strap of his bag. "So..." He smiled and looked up at the rocker. "...We should get going."

"Was that your boyfriend or something?"

Reiji slowly blinked at the accusing look Ranmaru was giving him. "W-whaa-?" He frantically waved his hands around in the air. "No, no! Otoyan and I are just really good friends! We're not like that! I swear!"

Ranmaru's eyes narrowed. "You're getting all defensive about it, that only makes it more obvious that you're lying."

"No, no! I'm being serious! Me and Otoyan aren't like that! He's much too innocent for a guy like me!"

Ranmaru's eyebrow shot up further. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I-..." Reiji groaned a bit and covered his face with his hands, feeling his cheeks begin to heat up in the slightest.

Ranmaru smirked, reaching out to take a hold on Reiji's wrist so he could pry one of his hands from his face, where a light blush had begun to form.

"You know...you're kinda cute when you're flustered." Not giving the brunette a chance to respond, Ranmaru pulled on his wrist as he himself stood up. He pulled Reiji down through the row of desks, a sly look on his face.

Reiji let himsef be pulled along, looking up at the back of Ranmaru's head as he was pulled out of the classroom.

It's gonna' be a long day.

~(OwO)~(OwO)~(OwO)~

"So we like-...all change in here?"

"Yeah, you've never heard of a locker room before?"

"No, of course I have, I'm not an idiot. I just thought only professionals and other freaks used them."

Reiji let out an amused-sounding laugh as he set his bag down on the bench in the guy's locker room, opening it up so he could rummage through it. "We're not weirdos, this is just how things work here." He said, looking up at Ranmaru once he had pulled his change-out clothes from his bag.

"You're gonna change though, right?"

Ranmaru looked up, his eyes scanning the locker room so he could look at the multiple guys looking and pointing in his direction.

"Uhh..how about not. I'll bribe the coach to let me sit out since It's my first day anyway."

Reiji blinked and then rolled his eyes, standing up straight. "And you called the school-system weird." Shaking his head, he slid off the over-coat of his uniform, letting it fall to the ground. He then slid off his tie and gripped the hem of his T-shirt, prying the fabric from his skin.

"Well it's not my fault I-..." Ranmaru drifted off when the brunette started stripping, his eyes becoming focused on his now exposed torso.

Holy shit.

Reiji hummed to himself as he soon slid off his pants, not looking back up at Ranmaru until he had pulled on his blue gym-shorts and his white tee. "You were saying?"

Ranmaru snapped out of his daze, hurrying to look away from the brunette. "Er..."

"Ahh? Well, c'mon, if you remember, then you can te me later." Reiji gestured for the silver-head to follow him as he turned to follow everyone else out of the locker room.

Ranmaru had to shake his head to clear his mind but soon followed, thinking the same as Reiji had thought before leaving the classroom earlier.

It's gonna' be a long day.

~(OwO)~(OwO)~(OwO)~

"Hey look, sluts. Sluts everywhere."

"Pfft-! That's so mean!"

Ranmaru grinned when Reiji broke out into a laughing fit; the female-coach had exempted the rocker from today's class, but had told the silver-head to stretch along with everyone else. Though, at the moment, him and Reiji were mainly goofing off rather then doing as they were told.

"Not all the girls here are like Ren and her gang." Reiji laughed, lacing his fingers together and turning his hands over so his knuckles were facing himself, his arms extending so he could stretch his arms and pop his fingers.

"I don't know about that." Ranmaru snorted, his hands in his jacket pocket.

"Hey, speak of the devils." Reiji used his index finger to gesture over to said group of girls, who had been looking their way for quite some time and were now walking their way over to them.

"Please tell me there are only four of them." Ranmaru said, cringing. "Don't worry, there are only four of them." Reiji chuckled, standing up on his toes so he could lean up towards Ranmaru and whisper to him, "The short one hates being called small, so make sure to tease her about it, it's so hilarious to watch her explode in rage."

Reiji leaned back down, meeting Ranmaru's grin before he looked towards Ren and her possy, who had walked their way up to them.

"What a coincidence!" Ren exclaimed, her hands on her hips; much like before, Masa-san was standing on her left, but on Ren's right side were two other girls that the silver-head hadn't encountered before.

Closest to the ginger was a rather tall girl with a well-endowed chest. Thin glasses were perched on her nose her bright green eyes showed through the small panes of glass. Her almost-curly blonde hair flowed over her shoulders and down her backside, stopping at her lower back.

Beside said blonde was a much, much shorter blonde, whose hair was paler in colour. Said female had her arms crossed firmly over her chest, her blue eyes showing obvious irritation and a red-pin keeping her short bangs out of her eyes.

"Holy shit you're short."

Ranmaru didn't even bother to respond to Ren, he just automatically went to doing as Reiji had said and started messing with the shortest girl.

"Excuse me?! Syoko Kurusu is not short mister rock-star!" The young girl shouted.

If it wasn't for the fact that the tall blonde-who must've been the 'Natt-chan' Ren had spoken about before-had hugged her from behind, Syoko probably would've attempted to maul Ranmaru's face off for calling her short.

"Yeah you are, like-...a leprechaun is considered a giant compared to you." Ranmaru bluntly said, Ren interrupting Syoko before she had a chance to snap back a response.

"Syo-chan, Syo-chan; relax. He's only kidding."

"No I'm not."

"Anyway~!" Ren let a smirk form on her lips as she took a step forward, pressing her chest to Ranmaru's. "Why aren't you changed out~? Hmm~? I wanna' see more of that hot body of yours~."

Ranmaru just about growled in annoyance, but Reiji soon slid over and pushed Ren back, stepping between her and Ranmaru so she had to stay back.

"Hey, he doesn't like you harassing him, so stop it." The brunette said, a frown on his own lips.

"Oh~? He doesn't~? Are you saying he wants to be left alone~?" Ren smoothly asked, using her fingers to twirl a piece of her own hair. "Then maybe you should get away from him as well."

"Jenguji-san, maybe we should just leave them be." Natsuki offered, still holding an angered Syo in her arms, a bright smile on her plump lips. "No, I can do what I want. So shut your trap, Natt-chan."

"She's nice enough to be your friend, don't snap at her like that." Reiji cut in, absolutely hating the way Ren treated her said to be 'friends', who were all actually really nice. [Not including when Syoko wasn't teased about her height and set off.]

"At least I have friends to snap at."

"For your information, I have friends, way more then you too." Reiji shot back.

"Yeah, those idiots you hang out with are totally your friends; really, the only one I'm sure actually likes you is that red-headed queer."

Reiji's eyebrow twitched. "You leave Otoyan out of this, he's sweet and thirty-times smarter then you, you have no right to talk about him like that."

"Stabbing yourself in the eye with a pencil is considered smart in your world~? Oh my, what kind of innocent-little bubble do you even live in~?"

"One that's obviously too good for you."

Ren's eyes narrowed. "Nothing's too good for me. Watch your mouth."

"Oh, nothing's too good for you~? Then why doesn't Ran-ran like you?" Taking a step forward, Reiji got in Ren's face. "Answer me that, princess."

"Students, students! Take your seats! Beginning stretch is over!"

The coach called out, her voice echoing throughout the gym and putting an end to the current feud.

Ren hissed, her eye contact with Reiji breaking momentarily so the two of them could look towards the coach. "You better watch your back, dirt-face. I've put up with your shit for far too long." Ren growled once she had turned back to the brunette, her voice low and full of malice.

"That's my line." Reiji said back, folding his arms over his chest and waiting for Ren to walk away.

A hiss followed his statement and Ren turned to look at her girls. "Come on girls." She snapped, stomping off towards the front of the gym where the students were beginning to gather, her little 'possy' quickly following after her.

"Jeez..." Reiji let out a sigh, letting his arms fall to his sides. "Hey."

Reiji let out something similar to a squeak when a pair of hands gripped his shoulders from behind and spun him around. "E-eh?! Y-yes?!" He had almost forgotten Ranmaru was even there.

"Don't let those bitches get to you, alright?" Ranmaru's tone-of-voice showed he was being completely serious, Reiji blinking in suprise. "A-ah?"

He actually cares?

"Okay?"

"Okay, okay...I wont." Reiji said, stepping back a bit once he was released once again.

Once he had responded, Ranmaru had stood back up straight and looked away from him. "You better get with everyone else before you get in trouble." He said, Reiji giving a small smile and a nod.

"I'll talk to you after class." Reiji said, looking towards where the rest of the class was gathering before sprinting towards the group.

I really like my new friend.

~(OwO)~(OwO)~(OwO)~

"Oi."

Reiji looked up when he was spoken to, just finishing up re-packing his gym clothes back into his backpack; he was the last person left in the boy's locker room, at least, he thought he was, it seemed Ranmaru had stayed back and waited for him.

"Oh, hey." Reiji smiled, closing his bag back and slinging it back over his shoulder. "What class you have next?" The silver-head asked, honestly not wanting to be separated from the one student that actually liked him and didn't treat him like the rock-star he was.

"Art."

"Can I come with you?"

Reiji blinked. "What for? Don'cha have your own connections-class next?"

Ranmaru sighed, shrugging a bit. "My manager signed me up for drama, but I don't wanna' go."

"Oh, m'kay~. Then yeah, you can come with me."

Reiji moved to brush past the silver-head so he could exit the locker room, but stopped short when the back of his shirt was grabbed, causing him to stop in his tracks.

"Ran-ran?" He looked over his shoulder in surprise. "What is it?"

"Give me your number."

Reiji slowly blinked. "Wha-? Why?"

"So you can text me your address, I'm coming over to your place later; remember, you gotta' teach me that 'French' shit?" Ranmaru raised an eyebrow, honestly a bit shocked Reiji had already forgotten.

"Ehh-? Oh! Right! Sorry! I guess I forgot." Reiji said a bit sheepishly, prying himself from Ranmaru's grip so he could turn towards him all the way. "But, my phone's in my locker, and I can't get to it until after the next class, so-..." He reached into the front of his bag and pulled out a green marker. "-here."

Taking a hold of Ranmaru's arm, Reiji pushed up the sleeve of his jacket and stepped closer, pressing the marker tip to his skin so he could begin to write. "Hey! What are you doing?" Ranmaru demanded in an irritated tone.

"Writing my phone number on your arm of course. What else would I be doing?" Reiji asked with a chuckle, re-capping his marker once he had finished. "I'm giving you my number now so you can remind me to give you my address later." He said, sliding the marker back into his bag so he could smile up at Ranmaru.

"Now, I gotta' get to class, and if you're gonna come with me, we should go ahead and get going."

"Actually, I'll catch up with you."

"But you don't know where-"

"I'll figure it out." Ranmaru waved it off, reaching out to push on Reiji's forehead. "Go."

Reiji let out a small whine, reaching up to bat Ranmaru's hand away before saying, "Ne, yeah yeah. I'm going." He said, turning so he could saunter his way out of the locker room. "Don't take too long!" He called before the door shut behind him.

Once the brunette was gone, Ranmaru let out a sigh and leaned back against the wall, holding his arm out so he could read over the number that had been written on his skin in green, permanent ink.

Why was his heart racing like it was?

~(OwO)~(OwO)~(OwO)~

[Hey, the address, text me it.
-FuckingKurosaki]

Reiji was walking his way home when his phone vibrated, a small laugh leaving his lips when he finally read over the text.

[113 Rainbow road.
-Rei-chan]

Reiji didn't even get a chance to put his phone back in his pocket before it vibrated again.

[Holy shit, that's a real place? What the fuck, why don't I live there.
-FuckingKurosaki]

Reiji couldn't help it, he laughed again.

[It's actually the address for my family's bentou shop. Since I'm the one that opens and closes the shop in the mornings and at night, I live on the second floor of the building. My mom and sis live at this apartment down the street.
-Rei-chan]

Reiji sighed a bit once the message was sent, looking up towards the sky as he walked.

Speaking of which, where was his sister? He didn't like walking home alone.

[Your family owns a bentou shop?
-FuckingKurosaki]

[Mhm. I work there as a server, which reminds me, you can come over later around five, okay?
-Rei-chan]

[Fine.
See you then.
-FuckingKurosaki]

Reiji smiled once he had read over the text, typing a rather short response back before sliding his phone back into the back pocket of his pants.

After a few minutes, the brunette had walked his way back to his mother's shop. He blinked when he saw it was closed for the time being, his eyebrows furrowing together in confusion as he pushed open the two glass doors of the building and slipped inside.

"Mom?"

He cringed at the intoxicating stench that filled his nose; it was a mixture of alcohol and cigarettes, things he knew the smell of much too well from being in high-school for as long as he had been.

"Ughhh..."

Reiji slipped his bag off and looked across the room at one of the tables of the shop, his mom and sister both sitting around it, the oldest female''s face buried in her arms and the younger-girl slouched back in her chair, her head back.
Bottles of different kinds of alcohol and cigarette buds surrounded them both.

"What the-..."

They were smoking and drinking?

"Guys!" Reiji made his way across the room, sighing a bit as he stooped down to pick up the discarded bottles and set them back on the table. "What the heck are you doing?"

"Shu' up..." Raiko snapped in a groggy, slurred tone, her eyes half lidded and hazed over. "We can...d-...do wha' we wan'..." She practically groaned, the teen's mom doing the same and slowly sitting up, dark rings under her eyes. "Y-...your sis' is right...shu' up. Don' tell us wha' to do...Go get us m-...more to d'wink..."

Reiji frowned. "I will not. You guys shouldn't even be smoking, much less drinking."

They had never done such a thing before...so why were they now? Not to mention they were treating him horribly all of a sudden.

"I said...go get us more ta' d'wink." His mother repeated in a slurred, but more threatening tone, her glazed over eyes narrowing.

"Mom, no."

SMACK!

A few of the drinks on the table clattered to the ground, Reiji blinking and taking a few steps back, putting a hand over his stinging cheek, which soon reddened.

"Mom...?"

Did she just...hit me?

"Go to your ro-...room, a-and don' come out for the w'est of da' nigh'."

"But-...Mom I have tutoring later." Reiji said, his voice holding a bit of fright in it, the brunette not used to seeing his parent like this.

"Go!"

Reiji flinched before giving a small nod, looking down at his drunken sister and glaring, intoxicating mother before he sprinted his way across the room, making his way up the stairs behind the front counter of the shop.

I can't believe she just hit me...what the heck is going on with her and Raiko?

Alex: Long chapter is long. :U

Ranmaru: And what the hell was with the, "~(OwO)~(OwO)~(OwO)~" shit?

Alex: Hey! That's my new scene-switch thingy! I got tired of using the lines!

Reiji: The faces look like Ran-ran when he's drunk. :3

Alex: PFFT-!

Ranmaru: Reiji, don't make me hurt you.

Reiji: I would love that.

Ranmaru: :u Don't test me.

Alex: Anyway...

Reviews are welcome~. :3