A/N. Here it is, the second chapter! It's shorter than the first one, still not too much happening (apart from some hints at Yuki/Haru, yay!). But chapter three should prove to be more interesting…

Disclaimer: As I said before: I don't own any of the Furuba awesomeness, not the characters, names, titles, plots etc etc etc. I am merely borrowing some of it to have some fun!

Warnings: Same as last time, boy on boy (aka Yaoi) and mentions of past child abuse in later chapters, only very mild and infrequent bad language.

**Chapter Two**

When Yuki got back to Shigure's house after school (late, thanks to the unnecessary detention Mr. Nakamura had given him) he tried to be as silent and swift as possible. He strongly hoped that neither Tohru nor Kyo had told Shigure about his detention. It wasn't because he thought his guardian would be at all mad, he just didn't want the overly zealous man to interrogate and/or tease him; he was not in the mood for such things.

He didn't suspect Tohru would make his mathematics mishap known to his older cousin, but Kyo most definitely would not withhold himself from informing Shigure of the perfect Prince's slip up. Then again, the cat would probably want to avoid talking to Shigure unless it was absolutely necessary, and Yuki's school life certainly did not qualify for Kyo's list of important issues to be discussed.

Setting his shoes down gently, Yuki walked softly and slowly past Shigure's office door, hoping to avoid the dog whether he knew about his detention or not. As he walked past the kitchen, recognizing the familiar sound of Tohru humming away to herself as she cooked, he once again made an effort to stealthily avoid any form of contact.

Having successfully managed to make it to the staircase without so much as a single noise from Shigure, Tohru or even Kyo, Yuki let out a small sigh of relief. However, his mind wasn't at ease for long when he realised he would have to face all three of his housemates at dinner. Pushing that thought from his mind, Yuki made his way up to his room.

Unfortunately for Yuki, the silence in his room gave him far too much opportunity to reflect upon the day's events. The detention itself had been horrendous. Several of the students began interrogating him as soon as he had entered the room. Having assumed that Yuki was there as the Student Council President, they all thought he was there to make some sort of evaluation regarding the school's detention system. But once he had sheepishly told them he was there for detention, instead of stopping as Yuki had hoped they would, the flood of questions increased. Every student there refused to believe it until Yuki showed them his slip.

Collapsing onto his bed, Yuki tried to deduce exactly how he had ended up being sent there. He had been day dreaming, that was all it had been really, just a simple misunderstanding and an overreaction on his teacher's part. And what had he been day dreaming about? His childhood. His pain. Haru.

An odd expression came upon his face as he recalled the memory, a bizarre mixture of a frown and a smile. Because it was a bittersweet memory really, mixed with the joy of his thriving newfound friendship and the misery of his life of imprisonment in that room. But when Yuki thought about it, that was how his life always was. The good mixed with the bad, the two never fully separating into opposites, always hand in hand with one another. A bittersweet life.

What was it that had set him off exactly? It was unusual for such a memory to emerge during school, or any time other than when Yuki was actually trying to recall it. There was only one cause; Haru. The way he had smiled at Yuki. Those smiles, Yuki knew, were only reserved for moments of joy or the people Haru truly cared about. Yuki had always thought they were somewhat beautiful. The smile would suddenly light up Haru's usually stoic face, reaching into his captivating, stone grey eyes.

In fact, Haru's smiles were probably just one of the reasons Yuki loved him.

Up until then Yuki had been lying on his bed quite serenely, but as soon as the l word made its appearance in his mind he shot straight up into a sitting position. One of the reasons I love him! Without a doubt, he had definitely used the word love. No, no I meant like. His smiles are one of the reasons I like him… Somehow, those words didn't seem quite right. Like didn't seem to be a strong enough word for the way Yuki cared for Haru.

But surely it was fair for Yuki to love him, wasn't it? After all, Haru was family. No matter how distant or even non-existent their blood relation was, they had been raised to think of each other as cousins, and cousins were allowed to love each other. Although he had to admit, he had been thinking about Haru a fair bit recently…

He shook his head, as though it would literally dislodge the thoughts from his mind. He had enough to worry about as it was, he didn't need to add analysing his exact feelings for Haru to the list.

A distraction. That was what he needed, something to distract himself from his own musings. So he dug around in his school bag until he found some homework that needed finishing, it wasn't much, just basic physics, but it was enough to keep him busy until Tohru called them all in for dinner.

Sitting down at the dinner table was an awkward experience for Yuki. The others were already seated, which unfortunately on this occasion meant that Yuki was sitting next to Kyo, opposite Shigure. He was cornered by the two people he wanted to avoid the most in the world at that moment.

Shigure looked smug, as though he was preparing to insult or tease someone, Yuki feared he was most likely the older man's target. So perhaps he had heard about the detention. But it seemed unlikely that Tohru or Kyo would have told him. And then Yuki realised. The school must have called him! Of course, as he was Yuki's legal guardian, the school was obligated to inform Shigure if he was being kept back at the school for some reason. He felt rather idiotic for not realising that sooner. He had been too caught up in a fantasy which had revolved around the wonderful possibility that Shigure had no clue about the whole ordeal and that the others would simply not care to ask him about it.

Tohru, however, kept casting Yuki concerned looks. And on many occasions it looked as though she was about to say something to him, then either thought better of it or simply lost her nerve.

Kyo frequently glanced at Yuki in his peripheral vision, his face a mask of perpetual annoyance and frustration. He seemed to be curious about what had happened in the mathematics lesson, probably because it was so out of character for his rival, but he hated talking to Yuki for any purpose other than insulting him, and he only did so when it was either necessary or beneficial for him. But as this was deemed to be neither of those things, he didn't bother to ask, though the curious glances continued. Curiosity killed the cat, Yuki thought, and he smiled to himself at his own little joke.

"So," Shigure began, breaking the silence that had filled the room, "How was your day, Tohru?"

"Huh?" Tohru was momentarily taken aback, having not expected any conversation to commence during the meal, "Oh yes, my day was fine! Thank you for asking, Shigure. How was your day?"

"My day was fantastic!" he shifted his gaze to the other side of the table, settling on Kyo, "And how was your day Kyo?"

"Yeah fine," Kyo didn't even bother looking up from his food.

By now, Yuki was suspicious of the dog. He didn't usually ask them one by one how their day was…

And finally Shigure set his sights on Yuki, "And how was your day, Yuki? You were awfully late coming home from school today," Yuki slowly looked up from his dinner. Shigure's smirk told him everything he needed to know. The man was looking for a way to tease him humourously about what the school had informed him of, for his own entertainment. Yuki, however, most certainly did not want to be the victim of his humour.

"Shigure, you know perfectly well why I was late today,"

"Ah yes, I heard that Yuki was naughty today," he put his elbows on the table and his chin in his hands, looking at Yuki with his smirk still firmly in place, "But tell me, Yuki, what exactly did you do to earn yourself a detention?"

By now Tohru and Kyo were paying full attention to the conversation. Neither had been planning on asking Yuki directly about that afternoon, but that didn't mean they didn't want to know what had been going through Yuki's head at the time.

'It was just a simple misunderstanding, there's no need for any of you to concern yourselves over it," Yuki refused to give Shigure anything to tease or taunt him with.

Shigure's smirk was beginning to falter slightly, "So, how was the actual detention then?" but he was still looking for something to tease Yuki with.

"Well it wasn't the most enjoyable experience of my life, but it was endurable,"

Shigure seemed to have given up now, realising that there was no fun to be had in the conversation. Or perhaps it was just that he could tell Yuki was not in the best of moods and he didn't want to push him into doing something out of frustration; such as breaking another part of Shigure's house with Kyo's face. Either way the dog didn't say another word as Yuki finished his meal and excused himself from the table.

The rest of Yuki's evening was simply spent doing trivial tasks to keep himself busy and distract his mind from the odd and seemingly random thought he had had about Haru, such as organising his book shelf and sharpening his pencils for school. But that night, as he lay in bed waiting for sleep to come, Yuki thought of the next day to come with apprehension. Most likely news of his detention would have spread like wild fire through the student body by the morning. He would probably have to deal with stares and questions.

He only hoped that the day would not prove to be undeniably loathsome.

A/N. Congratulations, yet again you managed to avoid death by boredom! And now I shall say thank you to the following people for reviewing the first chapter:

yukixharuyaoi- Teehee, you're welcome!

Tuliharja- Thanks! There will be several more 'flashback scenes' throughout the story. Indeed he is…

mousecat- Glad you liked it! Yes he's a very mean teacher .

tazatiger1995- Thank ya! Haha, long enough for his teacher to get very annoyed with him! T'would be, maybe you could write a detention-bail Yuki/Haru story? :D

Pheonix09- Thank you! Tis a good idea, but I had already written this chapter *facepalm* You could write it! You could use Mr. Nakamura too!

So guys, what did you think of the second chapter? Better? Worse? So terrible that you're going to chase me down with an axe and murder me for daring to call myself a fanfiction author? Well I hope not….

Thanks for reading again! Please review! ^.^

(Haru comes into the story in chapter three! :D)