ObsidianPOV;

The look of bland distaste on his face made me want to laugh. But I didn't, because those shiny red scissors were still in his hands, a beacon of danger. Ruby glanced at me, and I realized that I was in defense position.

"Are you afraid of me?" he asked tauntingly, one eyebrow quirking above the other while he grinned.

I nodded truthfully. I was afraid of anyone with a weapon, really.

"As you should be," he said, turning away. But I could have sworn I saw the sadness in his eyes. I couldn't help but smile softly.

"Must be lonely up there, isolated on your throne of righteousness," I whispered. If the tensing of his shoulder's was any indicator, I'm pretty sure he heard me.

Sapphire walked up to me, growling.

"What were you doing?!" he asked frantically. "Are you insane? Akashi could have killed you!"

"But he didn't," I murmured, sitting down to finish my food. "I wonder why?"

"The answer is simple," stated Emerald, pushing his thick, prison-issued glassed up onto the bridge of his nose. "He is fond of you."

I snorted. "You're crazy. Ruby has a bone to pick with everybody."

Emerald held his stuffed rabbit closer to his body, like he expected Ruby to appear out of nowhere and cut it up with his scissors.

"Well, yes," he sighed. "But likes you more than the rest of us. You're strong, beautiful, and as bad-ass as hell, so I can see why."

If I hadn't known that he was gay and had a lover named Takao back home, I might have slapped him upside the head to clear it out.

"Yeah, that must be it," I sighed. I wandered back to the jail yard. Ruby was sitting under the tree, resting again, and the others were gathered by the door, talking about what they like about girls.

Five bucks Sapphire started that conversation.

I stared at Ruby for a second. There was no way I was going to go back over there.

So I turned around and walked back into the building. I ended up in the place where we sleep.

There were five beds lined up in a row, all for the boys. There was a separate room for me, because I was a girl. But honestly, it wasn't a privilege.

The first day, we slept where we were supposed to. The nightmares were so bad that the guards came busting in here, wondering why every single one of their prisoners was emitting blood-curdling screams.

Ever since then, Emerald sleeps with Sugar, Golden boy sleeps with Shadow, and I sleep with Sapphire.

None of us wear any clothes when we sleep, because it gets overheated at night. Sometimes I catch one of them staring at me as I strip to my bra and underwear, but honestly, I stare at them just as much.

None of us are in love with each other. I mean sure, we sleep mostly naked next to each other, cradled in the other person's arms, but I'm a virgin, and I plan to stay that way.

I plop down on mine and Sapphire's bed, exhausted. It was only an hour after midday, really, but Sugar would wake me up for dinner.

He always does.