Slightly re-edited version! I fixed up some of the grammer and tried to make it flow much better than before.

Don't forget, Italicized words in double quotations means it is being spoken in english.

Italicized words in single quotations means that it is a thought.

I own nothing of Gokusen (even though I secretly want to which is why I started writing a fanfiction for this) but even so please enjoy it! XD

Chapter 4: Puppies, thieves, and stake outs!

"Ohayou!" I yelled out once I entered the classroom Uchiyama right next to me, and like always I received a, "Ohayou Hitomi-Chan!" from the class. I smiled and walked towards my desk. The clattering of lockers opening and mindless chatter filled my ears as everyone got ready for today's class.

"Hey look its Shin."

"He's here early."

"Do you think there's gonna be some natural disaster today?" I couldn't help but laugh at the last one. It was kind of funny.

"Morning Sawada-chan." I greeted when he stopped in front of me. "What's up?" I questioned when he didn't answer me.

"Hey, what's going on with Uchi?" I shrugged. "I really don't have a clue. He refuses to tell me anything, but I know if anyone can figure it out you can. So good luck." Shin gave a short "Hn," before sitting in his seat. "Oh, by the way I'm going to meet her today, my mom I mean. Uchi-nii is going to take me to her work place after school."

"You're excited." He stated noticing the wide grin on my face. Though, the fact that I was bouncing up and down in my seat.

"You can tell." I teased, then turning to the front of the class when Yamaguchi entered. Today in class we didn't do much of anything seeing as the guys were just talking and ignoring Yamaguchi like they always do. The end of school came quicker than normal, and before I knew it I was standing at the front of the school with the guys, and was passed off to Uchi. I waved to them, but I wasn't sure if Uchi did and I didn't hear him say anything.

I hugged his arm. "Hey, your vibe is really starting to put a damper on my mood. So either get happy or at least tell me why you're acting so melancholy."

"It's nothing for you to worry about. It's not your business." I rolled my eyes. "Oh, please. It is my business when my family is involved, and last time I checked being my brother makes you family. So I advise you start talking, and I'm not taking 'no' for an answer."

Uchi sighed. "Fine, if you must know-"

"-Which I must." I interrupted.

Uchi rolled his eyes. "It's about our mom. She's sick, very sick, in fact she passed out last week at her job. Not only that but she insists on working still, just so she can pay for me to get through school." I looked down. No wonder Uchi was feeling so bad. I'm pretty sure that I would be too. To him it probably feels like it's his fault. If she didn't have to work so much then she wouldn't be fainting from fatigue.

"Uchi-nii…You know how mom is. From the sound of it she hasn't changed a bit since when we were little. She doesn't blame you for any of this, and she wouldn't want you to feel like this. Don't beat yourself up over it, besides this will be your last year."

"Don't you get it! If it wasn't for me she wouldn't have to go through that at all!" We had stopped walking by this time. Uchi had my arms in his hands and had me facing him. "It's all my fault and don't you try and tell me it's not…..That's why I've decided to get a job. I'm going to quit school, this way she won't have to work so hard." Uchi's head turned violently to the side, as loud smacking sound filled the surrounding area.

"What the hell Hitomi!" Uchi yelled once he got over the initial shock.

"I should be the one asking that." I glared. "What the hell are you doing thinking of something so stupid like that. How dare you even consider dropping out of school? How would Okaa-san really feel then? She's worked so hard just to keep you in school all this time! This is your final year in high school, and I'm sure she's looking forward to it! So don't stand here saying something that fucking stupid! She's endured all of that and so much more for us…For you. Don't throw it all away."

"Tch, I don't need you preaching this shit to me Hitomi. It's not like you would know. Your new family has all the money to spare." He snapped at me. I didn't say anything, but turned away from Uchi. I heard him sigh.

"Hitomi.." He trailed off.

"It's fine, we should get to Okaa-san's job before we miss her lunch break." Uchi's hand slipped into mine. He gave an apologetic squeeze before walking me the rest of the way.

When we got to the shop a small chime went off. There were thunderous conversations in the small Udon Shop, and the smell of diverse seasonings hit my nose. The blend of the seasonings was astounding. If this is how it smells then the Udon must taste exquisite. "Come on." Uchi pulled me towards the front then ventured of to the side. I assumed we went into a corner. Uchi cleared his throat. "Hey."

"Haruhi…ko.." I smiled lightly at my mom when her voice faltered, so I was able to safely assume she saw me. "Hi Okaa-san."

"Oh Hitomi…My how you've grown." She stood hugging me. When she did I noticed that her head came right under my chin. I returned the hug. "Yeah, can't stay small forever." My mom laughed. "No, no, I suppose not."

"I just can't believe it's been almost ten years since I've seen you." I could hear the smile in her voice. "You know I still have that painting you made for me. It's framed now, and hanging up in your old bedroom." She put her hand over mine.

"My old room is still there?" Sayuri gave my hand a squeeze.

"Yes, I just couldn't force myself to change it. It was all I had left of you." Her voice began to crack. Smiling I placed my hand over hers. "It's ok Okaa-san. Just in case you didn't know….I never did blame you for what happened. I mean, when I was younger I was angry. I hated you because I just couldn't understand how someone could forget about their own child."

"But now I realize how hard you had it back then. Although I can't say that I'm still not a little angry, no I would be lying if I said I wasn't. But I don't blame you, and I could never hate you."

"Thank you Hitomi. You have no idea how much I needed to hear that, and I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry, I don't know how you did it but I'm glad you forgave me for my mistake. I've regretted that day ever since. The only thing that kept me going was Haruhiko, and the idea that I would see you again to finally apologize for all those years ago. I'm so sorry Hitomi, I truly am."

I smiled. "No sweat Okaa-san."

She laughed. Then she patted my hand. "So tell me, how is your new family? Are they nice? I heard your father lost custody of you only six months after he got you. What happened?"

I shrugged. "I really don't know. From what I heard it was from drug use. Heard he got himself mixed up in a local gang, and got himself ruffed up. Shortly after that I was moved into a foster home. About a week later an American family adopted me. We then moved to America right after they adopted me. I've been there ever since and just moved back down here about three months before school started."

I smiled. "And to answer your earlier question, yes they are nice. They've adapted to my condition very well. Though the fact that they're doctors helped I suppose. That's the reason why we came down here, because of the shortage of medical doctors here." I heard a light clanking noise in front of me. When I reached my hand out it came in contact with a warm glass bowl.

"I thought you might be hungry." Uchi mumbled knowing I was still a bit peeved at his comment earlier.

"Thanks."

"How's school going for you? I hope you're not being bullied like before." I giggled. "No way. The guys in my class are awesome. They wouldn't let anything happen to me. We're all good friends, and when you have good friends like mine you let them know what's bugging you. They may be able to help."

"Tch, whatever." I shook my head at Uchi.

"Uchiyama! You're lunch break is over!" Sayuri's boss yelled, his voice carrying over all the other noises. "Well, I guess I have to go. Don't be a stranger ok?" She hugged me smiling. "Sure thing Okaa-san. Love you."

"Love you too, dear. Make sure she gets home safely Haruhiko." Uchi grabbed my arm.

"I know mom. See ya." We then left the shop. I smiled when the cool crisp hair hit my face. The cold air was welcoming after being in the hot Udon shop. Just because it was welcoming, it didn't make the air any less cold. Uchi must've noticed me shivering because I felt a heavy jacket being placed on my shoulders. "Here that stupid uniform they gave you is going to cause you to catch a cold."

While slipping my arms through the jacket sleeves a light whimpering sound reached my ears. "Uchi-nii, do you hear that?"

"Huh?..." He trailed off. "It's just a dog." I bent down. "Hitomi come on. We're leaving it." Ignoring Uchi I held out my hands and whistled. "Hitomi what did I say." Uchi said in a stern voice. When the dog walked into my outstretched hands he added, "We are not taking the dog."

"Come on please, Uchi-nii. Besides it likes me." I giggled when the puppy licked my face. Uchi gave a defeated sigh. "Fine, but it stays here. I'll be back, and don't move."

I nodded. "Ok."

"And call me if anything happens." I shot him a thumbs up. He sighed again before leaving. I heard his footsteps grow fainter and fainter until the only thing I could hear was the puppy's panting. I giggled. "I bet you're just the cutest thing aren't you?" I scratched the puppy behind the ears. Then I felt around for a collar or something but I didn't feel anything. "I guess you don't have an owner." I held the puppy up so it was face-to-face with me. "Now why would someone get rid of such a darling like yourself?" The puppy barked in response. I smiled. "You know I hear that you can only see in black and white. You don't see colors...Like me you won't ever know what the color blue is, or orange, or green...The only color I know is black. And I'm so tired of it. You don't know what I would give just to have a glimpse of something, anything." I sighed, giving a small smile when the dog licked my cheek, as if he was trying to comfort me. "Thanks..."

Suddenly I heard 'Simple and Clean' playing in my school bag. I reached for it and started digging in it. "Oh, come one...Where is it...Ah! Gotcha!" I smiled and opened it. "Moshi Moshi."

"Star! Oh thank goodness. Where are you? You were supposed to be back by now!" I couldn't help but shake my head at my older brother. "Kyo-nii, calm down. I'm fine, I'll be home within the next hour."

I heard a sigh on the other end. "Where are you, and who are you with?"

"Well to answer in order, I'm not exactly sure where I am, and I'm with a puppy."

"A puppy! What the hell? Start explaining Star." I rolled my eyes.

"Fine here's the play by play. After school Uchi-nii and I went to see our mom-"

"Oh, good for you, you finally met her. How is she?" I huffed.

"Hey! No interrupting! Anyway, after we saw our mom he began walking me home. But then we ran into a homeless dog and I convinced Uchi-nii to help him. So Uchi-nii left probably to get some stuff for the puppy. So I'm sitting here with the puppy waiting for Uchi-nii to return."

"Alright, but please be careful Star. And don't leave that spot till he gets back. When you get home I probably won't be there, so you have your key right?" I felt the cold metal in the shape of a key on my chest, and smiled. "Yep. I did what you said, it's on a necklace."

"Good, I gotta go. See ya Star, and don't move." I groaned. "Alright, alright, I got it. Bye." I then hung up before turning to the dog.

"You know I should give you a name." I thought for a bit. "How about...Uhh..Inu?" I didn't receive a response. "Aww, come on! I know it's not original but cut me some slack." The puppy whined in protest. "Oh fine, then your name will be Kane." Kane barked happily. I smiled. "Ok then, Kane it is."

"I wonder where Uchi-nii is. It's been a while." I was sitting with my back against a wall, sitting straddle style (A/N: Isn't that what it's called? How the girls sit on the horses when wearing a dress or something?)on the ground. Kane was lying across my thigh, which he hasn't moved from in a while. I'm guess he fell asleep or something. "Uchi-nii?" I questioned when footsteps approached me. "Uchi-nii, is that you?"

"Yea," He muttered out walking pass me. Scooping Kane in my arms I stood up. "What did you get?" He didn't answer. "Hello are you listening to me?" He walked back over to me.

"I got some stuff for the dog. Sorry I was gone so long." I smiled.

"It's cool. So what did you get Kane?"

"Kane?" Uchi asked.

"Yep, that's the name I gave him."

"Whatever, and I got him a dog house and leash."

"Food too?"

"Yes."

"You hear that boy? You're about to get something to eat, and a small house." I then added, "What about a blanket? It might get cold out." Uchi didn't say anything. "He'll be fine-"

"-But"

"Trust me. He'll be ok." I sighed and handed Kane to Uchi. "Fine."

"Let's go." Uchi grabbed my arm gently and led me away. "You'll come check on him tomorrow right? I won't be in school tomorrow, I have an appointment." I pointed to my eyes so he knew.

"Yea..."

(A/N: I know weird cut off but I couldn't find any other way to cut it off...)

"Hitomi you ready?" My dad asked in his native tongue.

I nodded. "Yeah, you know you should learn my language. It's tiring to talk in English, you guys have to many sounds."

"But then we wouldn't get to hear that cute little accent you have." I blushed. "Let's just go so I won't be late."

He gave a deep chuckle patting me on the back. "As you wish baby girl. Besides mom's gonna kill me if we don't get there in time."

Today both mom and dad are off, which is a very rare occasion. Usually they're not off on the same day, but since they are we schedule my appointment today because they both like to be present for my appointments.

"How's school coming along?" Dad asked while driving to the hospital.

I shrugged, "Good I guess."

"Just good?" He chuckled.

"I mean, what do you want me to say. It's been ok. We don't really do that much work in the class, but with how behind the students are in math any test I receive I can ace no problem." I sighed out, wishing I was back at school with the others. "I wonder if Uchi-nii went to school today..." I didn't realize I said that out loud, so when my dad spoke it surprised me.

"What did you say?"

I furrowed my brow. "What?"

"I asked, what did you say? I couldn't understand you." I giggled and translated what I said. "I was just wondering of Uchi-nii have went to school today."

"Your brother? He hasn't been going to school?" I shook my head. "Nope...He's...He has a lot of things on his mind. And I'm worried about him, I just hope he doesn't make the wrong choice."

"Don't worry about it too much Baby girl. Everything will work out for the best, you'll see."

I smiled. "You always say that dad."

He laughed. "And aren't I always right?"

I gave him a light shove to which he laughed too. The rest of the ride we talked about pointless things, and made jokes about what we saw and remembered. Before I knew it my appointment was over, and I was in the hospital's waiting room with my brother, Kyo, and my mom and dad talking to the doctor in his office.

"I thought you had to work Kyo-nii." I asked resting my head on his shoulder. I felt him shrug.

"Shinohara asked me about you, and I told him you had an appointment today. So he gave me the day off so I could come, and they said 'Ohyaho', by the way."

I smiled. "I haven't talked to them in a while, I miss them."

"Hey Star there's something you should know." I sat up. "What is it?"

"Have you heard about the thief that's been stealing women's purses?" I furrowed my brow.

"No, I haven't…but what does this have to do with me? I'm never out of the house at night."

"And with good reason. There are a lot of sickos that comes out at night." I rolled my eyes. "Just get to your point Kyo-nii."

"Always the blunt one aren't you?" Kyo joked pulling my hair lightly. "One of us has to be. If it was up to you we'd never get to the point."

"You know me too well, Star."

"Anyway, point?"

"Right. Well, it seems as though the leading suspects are-"

"Class 3-D..."

Kyo sighed. "Yea, you hit the nail on the head. Not only that, but everyone seems to be hell bent on Uchiyama being the culprit." I gasped. "What! No way!"

"Shh, keep your voice down." Kyo urgently said. "It's not Uchi-nii. You believe me don't you?"

"Well...If you could've seen the picture it does look a bit like Uchiyama...But even saying that is still a stretch." I motioned for him to continue. "I was able to convince Shinohara, and Kashiwagi to disregard the orders from the chief on bringing the kid in for questioning. We've agreed that it would be best if we wait until the thief messes up and we can catch him."

I nodded. "Good, and I know it's not him. True he's a bit ruff around the edges, as are all of my classmates, but I believe in him. He wouldn't go so low as thievery."

"Well I hope you're right." Kyo said before standing. He pulled me up by my arm. I felt the familiar aura of my parents long before they reached us. "How did it go?" I asked, switching to english.

"Oh, it went fine baby girl. It's…Fine." I heard the light quiver in his voice, and I knew he was lying. However, I just smiled and nodded.

"Cool, so we get to go home? We've been here for hours, and I'm hungry." I whined.

They laughed a bit. "Well then we better get home then."

"Wouldn't want baby girl here to starve now would we?" I pouted at their light teasing.

They only laughed more as we all walked towards the car.

"So you guys searched all night?"

It was the next day and we were all sitting in class. Apparently Uchi hadn't come to school yesterday and didn't show today either. Minami, Noda, and Kuma took turns explaining their previous night. I was a bit shocked to hear that not only was it Shin's idea to begin with, but that Yamaguchi-sensei had also went with them. They told me that they saw Uchi yesterday too. I smiled. If he was out last night, which was when they did their search, then he must've kept his promise to check up on Kane.

"He's not coming today either." Minami said after a while.

Currently everyone was sitting or standing in a semi-circle around Uchi's chair.

"Uchi didn't show up again." Noda mumbled.

"He's been acting strange lately." Minami said, "What's wrong with him?" I played with a lock of my hair considering telling them about Uchi's problem. I mean it would be for the best…But….Then again I didn't want to break the trust he has in me. I sighed. I could only hope that by the end of this my father would be right.

"I be it had something to do with the theft cases." I thought about what Kuma said. Why didn't I think about that? More and more people are starting to assume Uchi as the thief. So no doubt that's bothering him too. I lightly scolded myself wondering why I hadn't thought of that.

"Ah that's it. He has no idea how worried his mother is."

There was a brief silence before, "Yankumi!" Kuma yelled causing me to wince.

"When did you get here?" Noda asked loudly.

I would have to admit that I was lightly wondering where she came from as well, seeing as I hadn't heard her walk over to us.

"I have an idea," Yankumi continued ignoring Noda's question, "Until the suspect strikes again we cannot just sit and wait. We must initiate the attack."

"What have you come up with this time?" Noda excitedly asked.

"There's going to be a decoy and a stake out." Yankumi supplied the answer.

"And who's going to do that?" Minami questioned.

"All of the victims were women right? Well when it comes to women I'm the only one here."

I frowned. "Hey! Then what am I, a slab of meat?"

"Ah, gomen Hitomi, it's just seeing as you can't see I didn't consider you being the decoy." Yankumi quickly said trying to explain herself.

"How could that ever work?" Wow, I've never heard Noda ask so many questions in a classroom. This has to be a record. Noda then continued with a, "Right, Shin?"

"Let her do what she wants." The whole class turned to Shin with a, "Huh?" I was also shocked that Shin would actually go along with this. It wasn't like him, but I only smiled.

"Well I'll be coming along with you guys this time." Shin was the one who asked. "How come?"

"My parents won't be home until 3 in the morning, and my brother will also be home late. If they can help it they don't like me home alone for too long. Not only that but they haven't found a sitter for me….I hate having sitters." I whispered the last part, but since everyone laughed I assumed that they all heard.

"Alright then! Meet me at the park, an hour after school!" I sighed. This was going to be a long day.

~One Hour later~

"I wonder what's
taking her so long." I sighed out.

We were currently at the park waiting for Yankumi sensei. We've been here for a while already. So I went to sit under one of the trees here. I was the only one sitting as far as I knew. "Oh man I'm so hungry." Kuma whined.

"Fathead," Minami shouted, "When are you not hungry?" I reached into my bag and pulled out the rice ball I had in there. As I was doing so Kuma growled out, "Shut up, and take that ba-"

"Kuma-kun," I smiled, "You can have my rice ball. It's not much but it's all I have." I held it out.

"Ah! Thank you Hitomi-chan!" The rice ball was quickly taken out my hand.

I only smiled. "Of course Kuma-kun."

"Oh, my god," Noda whispered in complete disbelief, "She's a walking fashion disaster."

I tilted my head to the side. I assumed they were talking about Yankumi because she soon spoke.

"Well what do you think? I'm wearing the current fashion. This way I'll stand out." I laughed a bit to myself.

She sounded so proud of herself.

"Fashion?" Kuma said in shock. "Then…Why are you wearing that?"

I heard footstep reach me. He held my hand up signaling I wanted to stand up. I couldn't help but smile at the hand that helped me. "Sawada-chan." He grunted. "So how does she look?"

There was silence before he answered. "Let's just say that right now you've been blessed by the gods." I lightly hit his chest. I noticed that his chest was facing me, so I assumed that he was leaning with his shoulder on the tree. As for me, back was against the tree. "Do you really believe this will work?"

"Don't know."

I turned my head to face Shin. I wished I could see how he looked, how everything looked. I hated looking into darkness. Can you believe that I'm afraid of the dark, but darkness is all I've ever known in my life. Weird I know. Why did I have to be so different from everyone? What I wouldn't give just to see one color.

To see one person...

Shin must've noticed the troubled look on my face because he asked, "What's up?" I sighed. "It's just...I'm sick and tired of not being able to see..." I reached my hand out and placed it on his cheek. "I really do wonder what you look like...Could I..." A blush rose to my cheeks when I noticed what I was doing. I brought my hand to my chest and looked down. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have.."

"It's fine." I don't know why but I felt my heart beat a mile a minute. I'm sure I looked like a tomato. I had a feeling Shin was about to say something but Yankumi beat him to it.

"Hey Sawada, Hitomi watcha think?"

I gave Yankumi a deadpan look. She did not just ask a blind person for an opinion of how she looked. "You look wonderful Yankumi-sensei." I said rolling my faded blue eyes.

"You look fine." Shin sounded as if he couldn't care less.

"Good. Class 3-D: Operation Blondie, to catch the real thief. Fight-oh, Oh!" I shook my head. What a teacher.

~Time Skip~

"It doesn't look like he's going to show up." I heard Noda sigh out from next to me.

"We've been out here for two hours." Minami complained pacing in front of Noda and I.

"What do you expect; she looks so tacky that no one in their right mind would go near her." I stifled my laughter at Shin's comment. That was a low blow, but then again when has Shin been anything but blunt?

I was told it was pass eight o'clock and we were at the bridge waiting for the thief to come. Yankumi-sensei was walking back and forth on the bridge, and right about now I was wishing that I still had my rice ball. If I had known it would be like this then I would've asked my Okaa-san if I could stay with her. "How long do you think we'll be here?" I moaned out rubbing my arms. I really need to get Yankumi-sensei to see if they can get me a jacket to go with this uniform. Although, it'll probably look tacky.

"You should remember to bring a jacket." Minami laughed draping his coat over my shoulders. I gave a sheepish smile. "Thanks Minami-chan." If I was able to see I would've notice the look Shin shot Minami, as he put his arm back into the half removed jacket. Minami returned it with a teasing grin. Shin simply turned his head staring back at Yankumi-sensei…Or at least where she was supposed to be.

"Hey guys. Where did Yamaguchi go?"

The guys responded with a, "Huh?" turning to see what Shin was talking about.

"Oh, shit man. We lost her." Noda complained. I blinked. "What are you talki-" Suddenly there was a scream, not one I recognized but she was screaming for help. The guys looked over the railing I was leaning on, and I'm guessing they saw the lady because I heard many footsteps leaving the area. I blinked.

"Guys?...Guys?" I huffed with my hands on my hips. I can't believe it. Those bastards actually left me! Sighing and reached out for the railing. I followed the railing in the direction that the guys went. I walked slowly so I wouldn't trip over anything. I came to the stairs and carefully went down them. As the bottom got closer the voices ahead of me grew louder. It sounded as if they were in a tunnel with the way the sound rebounded off of the surrounding area.

A loud yell from Kuma caused me to pause in my descent. Next Yankumi-sensei's voice was heard, "Baka! Kuma! Stop!"

There were lots of grunts of pain and I could only imagine what might've happened. Once I got to the end I heard Noda say. "Guys, where's Hitomi?"

"I thought Minami had her."

"I thought Shin had her." Minami said.

"Kuma was last so I thought he grabbed her." Retorted Shin.

"Uh…I forgot."

"You guys left Hitomi!" Yankumi yelled in disappointment.

"It's nice that you all remembered me!" I yelled angrily stomping my way over to them, only until Yankumi grabbed my arm and brought me over to the group. "We're really sorry Hitomi-chan." Kuma said.

"Yeah whatever. Just find out who this thief is so my brother can be cleared." I crossed my arms and leaned against the tunnel wall.

"Well, you heard the lady. Let's clear Uchiyama's name." Yankumi smiled as her and the guys all crowed around the guy. "Alright. Here we go." She said.

"This guy.." Minami whispered.

Kuma continued the sentence. "Is definitely not from our school."

"So that means…"

There was a brief silence before a gasp. "He's not even a student." Yankumi said in surprise. "He's the manager from the arcade." Shin said as if he remembered something.

~The next day~

"We award this Certificate of appreciation to the Class of 3-d. In appreciation of your hard work and dedication. Thanks to you we were finally able to catch the thief." I smiled at Shinohara-san's voice. It's been a while since I've heard his voice. I knew my brother Kyo as well as Kashiwagi was here too. They handed the certificate to me and I smiled, "Thanks." There was a light applause.

"Alright everyone get in for a picture." Iwamoto-Sensei said. Yankumi rushed in grabbing the paper from my hands and getting in the center. I laughed just as the picture was being taken.

Afterwards my brother Kyo pulled out into the hall. "What were you thinking?" He whispered harshly. "You could've gotten hurt."

"But the point is I didn't." I countered with a smile, not understanding what the big problem was.

"No, that's not the point." Kyo responded his anger growing, "The point is you had no business being out there trying to catch a criminal. Especially not in your…Condition."

I glared in his direction. "Stop treating me like a child! I can take care of myself, besides it's not like I was alone. I was with the guys and Yankumi-sensei."

"You are so stubborn. You should've let me know that that's what they were doing tonight. When you said you were going to hang out with your friends I didn't know it would be to try and catch the thief! If that was the case then I could've left work! Shinohara would've understood." I knew he was angry because while he was yelling at me he was switching between Japanese and English.

And of course me being with him for all these years I picked up that habit. "You're gonna have to understand and get through your head that you can't baby me forever! You're not going to always be there in my life! Besides, soon I'm going to be able to see and once I can there is no way you or my mom and dad can keep me in that house!"

Kyo growled. "See! There's no way you'll be able to see! They're calling off the operation!"

Those words hit me like a ton of bricks, and I stopped breathing for that second. "Calling off the…What?"

"Oh man." Kyo sighed out running his hands through his hair. "Star…You..You weren't supposed to know.." Before he could try and apologize Shinohara, Kashiwaga, and Yankumi came out.

"Hey Hitomi…Uh, is everything ok?" Shinohara walked over and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Hitomi?" I hiccupped.

"I-I'm fine…It's nice to see…Hear you again…" I heard the guys come out of the room.

I held out my hand. "Shin…" After a few seconds my arm was grabbed in a gentle but firm grip, and I was led away from the adults.

The guys were uncharacteristically quiet while we walked. They were able to sense that something wasn't right. It was as if they didn't want to say anything to make me any more upset. After a while Kuma tried his luck. "Hey…Uh..Hitomi-chan…I have Am uhh, rice ball if you want one." I paused in walking.

"…Can you guys take me to the rest room.."

No one tried to say anything els and once I was in the restroom they all, except Shin, sighed heavily.

"A rice ball? Really?" Minami scolded smacking Kuma in the head.

"Maybe it wouldn't be best to mess with her right now." Noda said staring at the girl's bathroom door.

"Yeah from all that yelling they were doing it sure sounded bad. I couldn't even understand half of it." Minami sighed. Shin thought back to the fight. It was true it was difficult to understand the English parts of the arguments since he wasn't fluent in the language, but he picked up enough to get the just of the situation. Apparently she was upset at the fact that her eye operation was being called off. Shin could only imagine what Hitomi was feeling right now.

"I wonder why she's upset."

"It's because she found out she's not getting the operation." We all turned to see Yankumi walking up to us.

"What do you mean? I thought she was." Yankumi sighed. "I don't know the full details, but she's not going to be able to see."

"Man…that must suck." Kuma said.

Yankumi sighed. "Yeah. The best thing for us to do is to leave her alone for a while. Come on...I have a surprise for you all."

Well there you all have it!

Just as a reminder I'm putting the stories that I'm working on in my profile page.