Chapter 2
"Zero! Zero c'mon man it's been three days!" Senri was pounding on Zero's door which was also, you know, his door since they were roommates. Senri had been spending his nights over at Rima's house since Zero wouldn't let anyone in. "C'mon Zero this is ridiculous. You won't even let me into my own home! Just like you won't let me into your life… Trust me Zero I know what you're going through, but hiding isn't gonna make it go away." Zero was sitting on the other side of the door listening to him say all this. "How do you think I felt when I saw Hanabusa all over Rima that day we first met?! I was… I was gonna go home and end it all that night until you came in and helped me! Now I may not know much but I do know this; if you don't let people into your life your emotions consume you. They make you do things you regret for the rest of your life." Senri started crying and Zero opened the door slowly. He motioned for Senri to come in and he gladly accepted entry to his home.
Zero looked like a mess. His hair hadn't been combed and he hadn't changed out of his clothes from the party. In fact, it looked like he hadn't taken a shower in the past three days… gross. "How did you stand it? How did you stand watching Rima date that… that… asshole for a full four months?" Zero cracked open a beer bottle and started drinking.
"Well I certainly didn't do that." Senri said snatching the beer away from Zero. "Honestly, Zero, I want to help you, I do… but… I don't know how. I guess I just never gave up hope that someday she would notice me and realize what that jerk really was. Zero," Senri put his hands on Zero's shoulders just as Zero did to Senri the day they met, "promise me… promise me you'll never give up hope." Senri stared deep into Zero's eyes.
Zero looked shocked. He didn't know what just came over Senri because, usually, Senri was always a major pessimist… and now he's telling Zero to hope for the best? What's gotten into him? "Alright," Zero said, "I'll give her time to come around. Senri, thanks for everything you said to me today."
Senri smiled, "You're very welcome Zero! And to celebrate your first shower in three days, which you ARE taking right after I tell you this, the school's going on a hiking trip, and I signed us up!"
Zero screamed, "You did what?!" Senri got an enjoyable smile from his reaction, which I think he may have misinterpreted, "Why would you do that?!"
"Two words, Zero; Yuki Cross." Senri smiled wider. "Oh and the bus leaves in two hours." Zero ran upstairs to take a shower and pack. A whole week in the woods with Yuki. This could be my chance to prove I'm better than that no good piece of shit Kaname Kuran! So Zero got his shower and packed all the essentials; flashlight, trail mix… condoms. You know, just in case. Then he saw the bus loading up.
When he got on Zero saw Kaname sitting and laughing with his buddies Hanabusa and Akatsuki, and noticed Yuki waving bye to all her friends as they went to sit with their boyfriends. She was left to sit there alone… and that was Zero's chance.
"Hey Yuki, mind if I sit?" Zero asked putting his bags on the luggage rack already. "S-sure." She said nervously looking away. He noticed how uneasy Yuki was and sat down. "Look," he said, "I'm sorry about what happened at the party but I was just about to confess my love to you that night when Kuran beat me to it. It's fine if you don't feel the same but I do still wanna be friends, if that's alright with you." She looked at him for a moment then gave a slight smile, "Yeah," she said, "I'd like that too."
Meanwhile there were no other seats so Senri and Rima had to take the seats right behind Kaname, Hanabusa, and Akatsuki. Senri put their bags up on the rack and leaned over to Rima and whispered to her. "Psst, hey Rima, in case you feel like doing something out in the woods this weekend, I brought these." Senri reached in his pocket and slightly pulled out a couple of condoms which were then quickly snatched away by Hanabusa. "Hey, Hanabusa! Give those back!"
"So," Hanabusa said so the whole bus could hear him, "Senri and Rima are planning on fucking during the trip! Well, now that everyone knows, why don't you videotape it and show everyone at our next assembly. I'm sure everyone would wanna see a little bitch scream and cry! Oh and, we'd wanna see what Rima would do too." Hanabusa was saying all this in front of his new girlfriend, Ruka.
Zero was about to step up and help Senri when suddenly a voice rang out, "Enough, Hanabusa, you've humiliated him enough." It was Kaname. Hanabusa looked at him with a little bit of anger. "Whatever…" he said turning back towards his seat. "I'm keeping the fuckin condoms Sen-geek." Zero got up out of his seat and walked over to Senri. As he walked past Kaname he saw Kaname look towards Yuki to see if she was watching. She was. Zero walked over to Senri and whispered to him, "Senri… don't worry about it man I'll hook you up with some if you need them. Just come to me with the when and where and I'll give them to ya." Senri just sat there and slowly leaned his head against Rima's shoulder as she started petting his hair. Zero walked back to his seat and sat down next to Yuki and the bus took off for the campground.
After a two hour bus ride they finally arrived at the campground. Zero and Yuki talked and laughed the whole way there, Kaname talked and laughed with Hanabusa and Akatsuki, and Senri fell asleep on Rima's shoulder. She didn't mind it, actually, she loved being able to gently pet Senri's soft red-ish brown hair; it was soothing. When the bus screeched to a halt Senri woke up and gave a big yawn. He reached up to grab his and Rima's luggage but his was shortly taken; I'll give you three guesses who took it. That's right, it was Hanabusa.
Hanabusa then threw Senri's luggage out the window and walked by his friends laughing and high-fiving them. Zero looked in disgust at the childish ways of Hanabusa then looked at Yuki who he expected to tell Kaname to make his friends calm down. She just sat there quietly looking down with a sad face. "Oh my god! Hey everyone, look! Sen-geek had a dildo in his fucking suitcase!" Hanabusa shouted and pointed at the suitcase, which had popped open on impact, and on the ground next to it was a purple dildo.
"N-no!" Rima shouted. The people on the bus looked out the window and began laughing hysterically. "I swear, that's mine! I-I didn't have enough room in my suitcase so he put it in his! Stop! Please!" The dildo actually was in fact Senri's, because when he had sex with Rima he liked to be punished. But of course, no one knew that. The people just kept on laughing. Zero was staring in rage. He saw an egotistical jerk that never stopped tormenting his best friend. He saw a girlfriend, desperately trying to save her boyfriend's dignity. Worst of all, he saw his best friend, face buried in his hands bawling his eyes out from humiliation. Zero snapped.
The roar of laughter was ended with the sound of footsteps, a pop, and a scream of a boy followed by a scream of a girl. What happened just then happened so fast, it seemed like time had just skipped. Zero darted from his seat straight towards Hanabusa. Once he got to him he grabbed his arm and pulled as hard as he could. Hanabusa stumbled toward him and Zero, still holding Hanabusa's arm, brought his foot up to Hanabusa's chest, and kicked as hard as he could causing his arm to completely pop out of place. Hanabusa shrieked and cried in pain and Ruka screamed and knelt down next to him.
When Zero came to his senses about what he had done the first thing that popped into his mind was to look at Yuki. Yuki was crying and shaking all over, just staring at Zero with the most terrified look. She had never seen him like this. Sure, she saw him get into fights but this; this was an intent to kill. The look in his eyes horrified her. Kaname came over to Yuki and took advantage of the situation. He embraced her and she buried her head into his chest crying. Zero hated himself this moment. His anger got the better of him and that ended up hurting the person he loved most. And just as Zero glanced over to Yuki one last time, he saw Kaname grinning the most devious grin he had ever seen.