A/N: Sorry about not updating as quick! I had many things to think about! I hope you enjoy the next chapter of PacMan (In Highschool /shot)

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It was dusk and Pinky had become frustrated with the ice-pack in his hands that were placed on top of Pakku's head. The boy was knocked out for about a few hours now and it was getting dark! If anything, Pinky just wanted to leave the kid here by himself. But somehow, Pinky had never been this close to someone without trying to beat someone up before. He blinked several times, wishing it was someone else he was tending. Using his imagination, Pinky blushed slightly, panicking about his own idiocy and slapping his face to snap out of it.

/Stupid Machibuse! Stop being a goddamn fuckface!/ He shouted in his mind, shaking his head as the blush stained his face. He looked down at Pakku, staring intensely. Pinky could feel himself becoming tired and exhausted from tending the guy. /He really isn't very attractive./ Pinky slightly gagged as he shifted away to observe the sky from the nearby window.

"Pa-chan..."

Pinky turned to face the blonde... Pakku mumbled Pepper's name a few more times as Pinky felt annoyed hearing Pakku's voice repeat itself.

"Huh, so you like her, too?" Pinky whispered to Pakku as Pakku resumed his slumber. "Too bad she completely denies ever going out with you. I bet you won't be able to get her like I will." Pinky smirked a little. "Girls love badasses, and I'm one of them. Don't think I'll let you be alone with her ever again. You'll be seeing me everyday until the day you die."

Pakku's eyes had shot open in panic when he heard Pinky's last sentence. Pinky smiled darkly, figuring that Pakku might have been awake for the last parts. Pakku trembled as he stared, terrified of what may occur next.

"What's with you so suddenly?" Pinky's dark grin widened.

"You..." Pakku shivered as he hid his face within the pillow. "You... You're going to murder me, aren't you?" Pinky couldn't help but spew a laughter.

"Sure! Why the fuck not?" He chuckled uncontrollably, slapping his knee in utter joy.

"Wh-why are you laughing...?! k..Killing isn't very funny!" Pakku spazzed, trembling as he gripped the bed sheets.

"Oh yeah it is!" Pinky shouted loudly in a joyous tone.

"IT ISN'T!"

"YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED HOW FUN IT IS! HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU~"

"n-NOOOOOO!"

"What's with all of this yelling?"

Pakku and Pinky both faced the girl at the door.

"P-Pa-chan!" The two males called out, properly adjusting themselves in a mannerly tone.

"Oh, we were just talking about the new diner that was opening up near the mall. You know, the one that serves really great steaks!" Pinky laughed softly. Pakku slightly cringed but nodded as well.

"Y-Yeah~ St-steaks- and onions...!" Pakku resumed. Pinky flashed a "WTF" look to Pakku for a split second.

"Uh...huh..." Pepper stared before smiling. "Then this is the first time I hear people shouting about food." Pakku's stomach rumbled- ahh... he was so hungry.

"There's nothing to worry about~ Ah- wait...!" Pinky thought for a quick second as he got up from his seat. "What are you doing here so late after school?" He asked in confusion.

"Hm? Me? I was just here for softball practice." She giggled as she placed her hand on the door knob. "Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll be going home, now."

"Ah, hold on!" Pinky called out as he ran up to her and took her handbag. "I'll walk you home. It's dangerous for a girl to walk alone."

Pepper smiled a little at Pinky before she gazed back at Pakku.

"And what about him? Weren't you two having a conversation?"

"Nah! We were really just chilling and got in a heated argument. It's okay, he can handle himself. Let's go!" Pinky suggested, wanting to resume taking care of the woman of his dreams.

"Alright then..." Pepper thought a bit before exiting the room. Pinky took a quick glance at Pakku, who was listening quietly to their conversation. A smirk curved the boy's face as the pink braids twirled in a new position. Childish as they both were, Pinky stuck his tongue out at Pakku and slammed the door behind him, mockingly.

As for Pakku... the blonde was only confused. Whatever had just occurred... it only felt even worse.

Pakku glanced out the window, blinking at the sun that began to set. He decided that maybe it was best to stay in the infirmary for a good night's rest... but... he really was hungry. Pakku scurried off his bed in search for something to eat. He didn't care what it was- as long as it was something to put in his stomach. His entire life, he had never had any /real/ food. By real food, it was food you could chew on and enjoy. Pakku remembered why he was always so hungry... he shook the thought about the past. He just wanted something to taste.

Looking around the infirmary, he couldn't find anything for consumption. He wasn't allowed in the cafeteria without written permission and there were no such things as vending machines in the hallways. It was only in the cafeteria. Either way, he didn't have money. His stomach rumbled a little more as his knees fell to the ground. The blonde panted heavily with his eyes screwed shut, trying to forget the pain. He had to go home... so that way he could taste the bagged powder dissolved in boiling hot water his parents always sent him every month. He quickly visited his classroom to retrieve his handbag. Somehow when he reached his desk, though, he couldn't find his bag. Oh, this was great! His house keys were in there! How was he going to eat now?

The growling pursued even louder as Pakku fell on the ground. Tears couldn't be formed- he was hungry... his head ached... he just wanted something nice... something nice...

like Pepper... who was the first person to ever be nice. The only nice thing that made him feel like there was something. Pakku's eyes stayed shut as he felt himself drift away in his sleep. He just... wanted to sleep now.

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Pakku shifted back and forth, not noticing the location he was in. He lifted his eyelids a smidge just to see where he was. Feeling something below him, he glanced down.

"Ah... Hi~" Blinky smiled with his hands clenched to the rim of his uniform pants. Pakku screamed, before kicking Blinky as much as he could as he scrambled to get away from the unexpected guest.

"O-ow...!" Blinky winced, rubbing his chin in pain. "That isn't how you should treat the man who saved you."

"S-Saved me?" Pakku blinked several times, observing his surroundings. He wasn't at home... or at school... he was in someplace unknown! "Where am I?! WH-What time is it?!"

"Almost midnight!" Blinky spat with a grin. "Man, you kick pretty hard~"

"You didn't answer my other question! Where am I?" Pakku panicked.

"Cool it, man. You're in my lair." Blinky laughed, amused by the younger.

"L-Lair?! A-Are you some sort of beast that produces larvae?!"

"Oh yeah~" Blinky smirked teasingly, rubbing his chin a little more. "I create tons and tons of larvae and soon they'll be crawling all over you~" Pakku cringed and shivered. He absolutely /HATED/ anything that resembled a worm! He didn't want to think about any of it!

"I'm pretty sure we all know I don't make any of that. I was only joking." Blinky reassured, looking down at Pakku. Pakku stared up, feeling a little flushed from what just happened. Pakku had completely forgotten why Blinky had his hands on his pants and was mostly focused on his surroundings. Getting up, the younger male felt it was necessary to leave as soon as he could. He didn't feel safe with this man. His memory of the guy was vague but he was sure he had something to do with Pinky; Which meant he wanted nothing to do with him. Pakku's eyes shifted to what seemed to be an exit and immediately edged towards it.

"Where are you going?" Blinky asked.

"Out." Pakku replied as his hand touched the handle, turning it.

"Um..." The redhead hesitated. Pakku twisted the lever but somehow... it was locked!

"Wh-what?!" The blonde panicked slightly as he tried to open a few more times. "Wh-Why is it locked?!"

"Inky said I was getting a little too close to Clyde... and told me to fuck off. She somehow managed to break the handle on the other side. Even I don't have that much strength- She's a monster I tell you!" Blinky pouted with puppy dog eyes.

"Then why am I here, too?!" Pakku questioned in massive confusion. Blinky laughed nervously.

"I found you knocked out on the ground in a classroom when I was up for cleaning duty. I didn't want to just let you lie there so, I brought you to my room to sleep in. Then I was teaching Clyde his homework. For some reason, Inky just got a little angry and took Clyde away and that left me with you. I tried to leave when she slammed the door on me, but somehow she broke the other side's handle... yeah." Blinky smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck in pure embarrassment. "Sorry... I didn't mean to get you involved with anything, really."

"N..No... it's okay... I guess it's not your fault. But it sure seems like this woman has anger issues if she was 'a little bit angry.'"

"Oh yeah~ She gets pretty angry when she doesn't get things her way." Blinky chuckled slightly, sighing. "We just gotta wait until she cools down. I'm sure she'll open the door when she's more chilled." Pakku nodded a little before his stomach began aching. He hadn't eaten anything most of the entire day! It was almost midnight... the blonde could feel his entire body breaking apart. The boy came to his knees in ache.

"Hey! What's wrong?" Blinky questioned in great concern, reaching out to Pakku to see what made the poor boy fall to his knees.

"It hurts..." Pakku mumbled. "My stomach... It... hurts...!" Blinky could feel the hairs of the back of his neck spike up as he frantically looked around his room.

Blinky panted heavily, slightly scared as he ran to his drawers and under his bed for any sign of something to help the blonde. Pakku couldn't keep his strength... he needed something to eat, soon. He didn't like the pounding headaches that occurred. He didn't enjoy any of this. There wasn't any sort of medication or helping kit in Blinky's room. The redhead was lost- so he pounded on the door.

"OI! KIMAGURE! OPEN THIS GODDAMN DOOR ALREADY! THERE'S A KID IN HERE WHO'S ALL PALE! I NEED THE FIRST AID KIT, GODDAMMIT!"

Instantly, an explosion blew up the door; It caused Blinky to jerk back a bit but he recoiled easily. Pakku was breathing, but could barely keep himself awake any longer. Blinky blinked several times before realizing who "opened" the door. Orange hair- orange colored hues... the child smiled brightly to have achieved his main homework.

"Oikake~!" Clyde's poked his own cheeks before running up to Blinky and clinging to him. "I saved you! I saved you! I knew I could! Are you proud of me?" The child jumped up in down in great pleasure. Blinky laughed a little, patting Clyde's soft, orange hair.

"Yeah, I'm pretty proud of you." Blinky looked beside him feeling a little melancholy for Pakku. "But now's not the time for this Clyde... I'll congratulate you later. We need to help this guy here." Clyde nodded with eager energy and immediately picked up Pakku. The blonde grunted slightly at the sudden impact of being held but Clyde managed to do so swiftly without a care in the world.

"Where do y'wanna put him?" The child blinked in joy, waiting for Blinky's command. The redhead rubbed the back of his neck, and pointed to his bed once again. He didn't quite know what to do with the blonde.

"Just leave him on my bed. He looks really pale... I'm guessing he must be pretty hungry." Blinky stated, waving at Clyde to come along as the boy put Pakku on his bed. "We'll try to find him something."

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Blinky returned with a few pills and a cup of water. There wasn't any food... he really had to go shopping but at the moment, it didn't seem like he could. With his business, Blinky didn't want to get involved with the police and how he gained his income. The only thing he could consume as of late were supplements. Clyde was in his room sleeping by now and Blinky surely didn't want to wake up anyone here.

"Oi... oi...!" The redhead called out softly to the blonde. Pakku groaned, turning a little to Blinky. "It's midnight and all but I really think you need something in your body. Here." Blinky reached out his hand; Only a few pills were visible. Pakku's eyes blurred as he tried to get up. The boy was dizzy and surely tired. He didn't know what the effects of the pills were, but it was his only chance to eat at least something. Picking up the supplements, Pakku placed them on his tongue as he drank the cup of water to wash it down. Pakku fell back to Blinky's bed, feeling too weak to continue any further movement.

"You can have my bed for the night." Blinky suggested, getting up from his seat. "And rest in tomorrow. I'll tell your teacher what was up. Go home and chill after, yeah?" Pakku didn't respond, only falling asleep in the kind gang master's bed.

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Birds chirped loudly as the blonde opened his eyes in little delight from escaping the pain he felt much earlier that occurred in the night. The pills weren't that great of a taste, but Pakku felt so happy today. He felt he should thank Blinky later for feeding him something, even though it wasn't much of a taste. The hunger pain had faded for the morning. The young blonde skipped out of the place and back to his own. He had heard Blinky say that he would tell his teacher. Pakku was certainly happy to be free from school this day.

That was...
Until he saw Pinky leaning on a door...
Waiting at his own front door!

"Damn, what took you so long?" Pinky snarled in disgust, placing a bag in front of Pakku's face. "You left your shitfaced bag at school. Just thought I would return it... until I noticed that /YOU WEREN'T HOME/!"

"S...Sorry...!" Pakku replied in a hushed manner as he snatched his bag away from him. Pinky yawned, waving his hand at Pakku.

"I haven't had breakfast, fuckass. Feed me." Pinky chirped as he snatched Pakku's arm. "Or I'll break you. I didn't have to wait here all day for you, you know."

"Then you didn't have to!" Pakku responded, tugging his arm away from the pink-haired bully. "I don't have anything for you to eat. All you would get would be a bag of powder."

"Ha!" Pinky scoffed, walking to the direction of school. "Then there's no use on trying to get fed when school has it. Besides, I'd rather be really late and attend class than not go at all."

"Well, I'm off for today, so I'm not going back."

"Oh? Why's that?"

"Because your boss said he would take care of it for me."

"Really? Akabei sure is a nice guy, huh?" Pinky teasingly played along; not believing the words that were heard. "Anyways, we never finished our argument about Pepper." Pinky smirked. "I believe she has a thing for me, don't you think so?"

"Yeah, right." Pakku shuddered. "Like she would ever like a bully like /you/."

"Oh yeah? If she didn't like me, she wouldn't have given me her phone number yesterday~" Pinky bragged, swinging his phone around the blonde's face. Pakku twinged in jealousy.

"I doubt she really gave you her number! You're lying!"

"I'm not lying~! I can call her right now since it's almost time for lunch at school. I bet she'd pick up~" Pinky smirked widely in joy.

"Whatever! Just leave me alone!" Pakku screamed in arrogance, trying to run into his house. The pink-haired male immediately grasped the other's wrist, grinning darkly at the blonde.

"Let's make a bet." Pinky suggested, his grip tightening. "If I can get Pa-chan to admit she likes me- you take me out to eat, yeah?" Pakku turned a bit, staring at the other.

"...and what if she doesn't like you- and likes me, instead?"

"Then I'll take you out to eat... /if you win/, though." Pinky sneered. Food! The blonde had never had /real/ food before! Is Pinky just kidding or...? If it was for food, Pakku would do anything to try a hamburger or something that was chewy and had taste! His mouth watered at the thought of all the food he had seen in commercials and advertisements laying around. Pakku clicked his tongue in a tsk, but he was sure he'd be able to get all of that food!

"Okay! It's a bet! I'm sure I'll win!" Pakku responded as he pulled his arm away.

"I doubt you will. If Pa-chan says she likes me within three days, you have to feed me all you got!" The pink-haired male smiled slyly. Pakku was surely after the food- but he was sure there was no way someone as sweet as Pepper could ever enjoy someone as foolishly insecure like Pinky! What a laugh!

"You're on! You'll see- Pa-chan will like /me/!" Pakku scowled as he inched closer to the front entrance of his house. Pinky turned away, positively sure that Pepper would see him the way he wanted. As Pakku entered his house, the bully had left to the direction of the school. Pakku though... how could anyone ever like someone as low as him? He had a dark feeling that told him...

"No one has ever liked you..."

"...and no one will, now."