"Short" authors note: After a long break here's the next (but short) chapter of 'In your Eyes'.. I'm sorry for it's shortness and much more I'm sorry because of the loooooong break between the updates... but school totally exhaustes me and lots of sleepless nights don't help a muse to gain ideas xD. I dedicate this chapter to all reader who read this story but more to everyone who reviewed and/or added it to his/her favorites and/ or alerts :D. AAAAAND to my dear friends Mel ( her account on fanfiction. net is GeeDee382 ) and Rose-chan-chan.. they are the best and you really gotta check out their stories :D

By the way: in less than 23 minutes is my 16th birthday (German time of course^^)... and my wishes are lots of reviews and some chocolate cake x3

It was already around midnight when Nanba Minami woke up. He tried to sit up but it was impossible due to our dear heroine who used once again our favorite former playboy as her pillow. "This girl and her habits", he murmured to himself.

He just drifted back to sleep when he heard the dull sound of footsteps near the door and the sound as the latter one got opened. "Who are you?", Minami whispered while he slowly rose up from his bed. "You'll know soon enough. Now follow me to the lobby – we gotta talk."

Curious went Minami through the dark floor and entered the moonlit lobby. But it was empty. He just wanted to leave as the unknown person pushed him down onto the ground and held him down.

"What do you want from me Sano?"

"I want to know what you did to Mizuki! What did you do with him?"

"Why are you so interested? It's not like it should matter to you! He isn't your roommate anymore"

"It's just your fault! You brainwashed him. And now tell me: What did you do to him!" Sano ordered, pressing the older guy much harder onto the ground.

"What should I have done to him? In case you have already forgotten: I'm Minami Nanba, Ohsaka Gakuen's renowned playboy. What should I do to a boy like him? He may be cute but.." he was cut off by a blow to his face.

"Both of us know that Mizuki isn't a 'he' so stop lying to me. I've heard Nakatsu – he says that you tried to rape her! And now tell me the goddamn..!" Sano lifted his arm to strike another blow but...

"Stop it!" Nakatsu Shuichi was raging. He had been on the way to Sano's room when he saw his beloved Mizuki standing beside the door of the lobby, looking deeply shaken. Puzzled he had risked a look into the lobby just as Sano prepared himself for the second blow into Nanba's face.

Furious he pulled Sano away from the slightly rampaged dorm leader. "What do you think you're doing?" he spat at his friend. Since the latter one didn't attempt to answer he continued: "Do you really believe that this is good for Ashiya? Do you think that he'll move back to your room after you 've beaten his new roommate to a pulp? Look what this did do him!" he pointed to Mizuki who went down onto her knees. "Why?", she cried while a single moonlit tear strained her face.

"Are you happy now?", Nakatsu asked, shoving Sano out of the room.

"Hey, don't worry. I'm fine, don't you see?" Minami suddenly said while he softly embraced her. "Let's go back to our room... we'll talk about this another time, ok?" And he pulled her onto her feet, leading her to their room...

(the next day)

It was around 8a.m. on a nice and sunny Saturday morning when the entire Dorm 2 was woken by a very loud and feminine scream: "AAAAAAAAAAH!"

Shouts echoed from the other rooms "Ashiya? Ashiya" What happened?" and within seconds her room was filled with her friends, the other dorm members.

"They're coming!" she answered with a mixture of fear and anticipation in her eyes and her voice while her hands kept strong hold of the letter in her hands.

"Who's coming?"

"They!"

"Lemme see", the dorm head finally said, pulling the crumbled letter out of Mizuki's shaking hands. "Your family and this strange girl are coming here for a visit? Oh no!"

"I don't get it! Where's the problem? Your night-walking friend may be strange and crazy but what's the problem about your family?"

The answer to this question came quick. But, well, not by a person they expected it from. Sano Izumi, who leaned with a cool and somehow sorrowful expression at the door frame answered with emotionless voice: "The last time they came they wanted to take Mizuki away from m.. - this school." And with a last (longing) glance at his former roommate he turned around and left.

"What. was. that.? Nakao murmured, "What's going on with Sano? He totally changed since Ashi.." But he was interrupted by Nakatsu. "Sano's not important at the moment! Everything that should matter now is how we make sure Mizuki-chan can stay!"

"That's the first brainy thing I've ever heard you say" Nakao snapped.

"Shut up you sissy!"

"Don't be so full of yourself, you monkey! And stop calling me a sissy!"

"At first you - " Nakatsu stopped. While they were shouting Nanba had walked behind them, pulling their shoulders together. And now he whispered into the boys' ears with a scaring voice: "Just one more sound and I'll kick you out of this dorm. Literally. Do you understand?" With this both boys shook their heads frantically in enforced agreement.

"You don't need to help me... I'll be fine" Mizuki stuttered.

"No, we gotta help you!" the boys called in unison. "Let's go to the cafeteria – we gotta get the other boys! They must help us!" And the boys ran.

"Mizuki-chan, what's up? Why don't you want our help?" Minami asked with concern in his eyes. "Well... the guys don't know about my... well, my secret and my parents don't know about this school... and the guys don't know this, do they? They'll most likely let my parents know about it!" the girl cried while holding tight onto her boyfriend. "My dear Mizuki, I already told you that you belong to me, didn't I? I swear that I'll never let you leave!" And he lifted her head, looked deep into her eyes and kissed her passionated.

Absorbed into the magic of the moment they once again forgot everything around (and about) them. Eventually they broke the kiss because they needed to breathe – and because of an impatient cough by Hokuto Umeda who suddenly appeared in the door frame. "If you continue like this you two idiots will most likely blow her cover before her parents arrived, you idiots!", he told them off. "By the way," he added "how do you want to restrain Ashiya's parents from finding out about her studying at an all boys school?"

"How comes you know already about them visiting?", Ashiya wondered.

"News spread fast – particularly when half dorm 2 runs through the school and tells everyone passing!"

"Oh..."

"Yes, 'oh'! Now tell me.. what's your plan? Or let me guess – you have no, right?"

"Well..." But she was interrupted by Sekime who breathless stood in the floor while he snapped for breath. "Ashiya-kun? Ah, Ashiya-kun, you're here! I've been looking for you everywhere! The principal wants to see you. Now. It seems like it has got something to do with your parents... You better hurry.. it seems like an very important matter!"

And without another word our dear heroine left the room...