Hello everybody, I'm back! I hope you enjoyed my little April Fools joke; I definitely was giggling like a maniac while writing it. But anyway, here's the actual chapter 6. As always, thanks to my friend who makes sure this all makes sense, and I hope you like this chapter!


Mika instantly regretted brushing Yuu off after he had woken from his nightmare. Yuu's expression was so hurt after he had done that, he looked like a kicked puppy. Or maybe a sad kitten.

He shook himself, trying to pay attention to the lesson. The teacher was saying something about DNA and RNA, and was pointing to a diagram on the board. Mika tried to figure out what he had missed while he was asleep, and jolted when the teacher suddenly turned the lights on and began explaining the homework assignment. .

Gah, I can't focus right now, thought Mika. I shouldn't have been so rude to Yuu, he was only trying to help me out. Why did I snap at him like that? At this rate, I'll drive him away from me even faster than I mean to.

Wait...that's probably a good thing.

He heard the other students start to move to their friends, carrying their computers along with them. Yuu was still sitting next to him, zoned out with this silly grin on his face, and Mika fought the urge to touch his cheek, and maybe stroke his hair a little, and just hold his hand and never let go-

Mika blinked. He hadn't even realized that he stood up, and was reaching out a little bit towards Yuu. He stopped himself, clenching his hands at his sides, breathing a little faster. That was when Yuu finally looked at him, concerned.

"Mika? You okay?" he asked. "You wanna-"

"No," bit out Mika. He grabbed his computer and rushed away towards Rene and Lacus, trying to get away and stop his thoughts about holding Yuu, kissing him, staying by his side forever, him and only him-

No, no, stop! Mika told himself. Anyway, what I want is never going to happen. Yuu doesn't like me like that, and I don't deserve him even if he did. If my own parents couldn't even love me, how could anyone else? It's impossible.

Mika finally found himself standing beside Rene and Lacus' desk,and setting his computer down a little more harshly than he meant to, he grabbed a chair. It took...longer than expected to get here. What happened, did I do a lap around the classroom while I was thinking or something? That was weird- it was like I blacked out for a minute.

"So," said Mika, "what are we doing? I completely zoned out."

Rene sighed in disgust. "We have to go through this worksheet and form the other side of the strand of DNA, then convert it to mRNA and tRNA. Kill me now."

"It's not that bad," said Lacus. "There aren't that many problems."

Mika groaned and put his head down on the desk. Yeah, screw it. There's no way I'm doing this right now. I can't concentrate on anything but what just happened right now. He sighed and sat back, deciding to just find something good to read and distract himself for the next hour.


Yuu frowned at Mika's retreating form, wishing he hadn't run away so fast, while also wondering why he randomly walked around the classroom before finally going to Rene and Lacus. He hadn't gotten the chance to read his mind, since his thoughts were flying around so fast, but he could guess what they had been about.

He sighed in frustration. Yuu wished Mika would just slow down for a second and just talk to him, but no. Of course not.

Yuu got up and walked over to Shinoa and Yoichi, wondering what they were supposed to be doing, because he just hadn't been listening. Upon reaching them, however, they looked just as confused as he was.

He paused. "Does anyone actually know what we're doing?"

They shook their heads silently. Shinoa spun around, turning to Mitsuba and Kimizuki, who sat behind them. Both of them looked slightly irritated with them.

"None of you know what's going on?" asked Mitsuba, sounding strained. "You all were having a conversation again, weren't you."

Shinoa and Yuu simultaneously turned to Yoichi, silently begging him to answer instead of them. After all, no one could be mad at Yoichi- he was the cinnamon roll of their little group. All he had to do was look at them with his big, green eyes, and they were instantly under his spell. It didn't help that he could easily tell what they were thinking.

"Yes, we were," answered Yoichi calmly, completely unaffected by Mitsuba's glare. "But it was kind of important. We were trying to make sense of what we found in Mika's mind."

Kimizuki sighed and rested his chin on the desk. "It's at times like these that I really wish we could read minds like you three. We'd all be able to know about things at the same time, instead of you all having to explain what's happened to us."

"Yeah, Kimizuki. Then, I could bug you all I want whenever I want," said Yuu, smirking.

"Ugh, never mind," muttered Kimizuki, rolling his eyes. "Now I'm glad I'm not one. But anyway, what happened? What are they planning?"

"So get this," said Shinoa. She pulled out her paper to make it seem like she was working. "The Brotherhood is planning on kidnapping even more mind readers and doing experiments on them, maybe even brainwashing them. Mika apparently thinks they want to gain more power, but what I can't figure out is why. Most of the higher-ups in the government, private contracting companies, even places like, I don't know, Google and Facebook are members of the Brotherhood, and all the others are members of the JIDA."

Yuu looked impressed. "I knew they were powerful, but I didn't think they had that much influence."

"Well, the Brotherhood has been around for a lot longer than the JIDA," said Shinoa. "They're bound to be everywhere. Just look at this place- we're in a pretty small town, and yet some of the leaders live here. You'd think they'd be in big cities, but no. They picked this place."

That's probably got something to do with their plans, thought Yuu. Mika thinks they want more power, right? Maybe they also wanted to stay inconspicuous by being in a small town. But no, a lot of people think of small towns as being backwards. I really hope that's a coincidence, but it's probably not. That's just...extra suspicious.

Yuu snapped out of his thoughts when he felt Kimizuki whack him on the head. He blinked in surprise and promptly went to hit him back, when Yoichi waved his hand between them.

"Stop fighting, you too," he said, frowning. "You don't want to get in trouble again."

"Anyway, what are we going to do about this?" asked Mitsuba. "Do we tell Guren and Kureto? Do we do something about it on our own? Is there anything we can do about it?"

"We figured we'd wait and think about what to do," said Shinoa. "We don't want to make any hasty decisions, after all."

"True," said Mitsuba. "Well, whatever. We should start on the homework now and discuss it later tonight."

"Right," said Yoichi. "Wait, what was the homework? None of us were paying attention."

Kimizuki sighed and explained. It was funny to Yuu how when it was Yoichi asking something, Kimizuki would do it without question and actually be nice about it, but when it was anyone else, he'd act like an angry porcupine who'd been attacked by a bobcat. God, could he make his crush any more obvious?

Apparently he could, seeing as Yoichi hadn't noticed. It was weird how Yoichi could easily see who liked who when looking at other people, but when looking at himself, he was incredibly oblivious. Or maybe he wasn't and was just really good at hiding it, but in any case, no one could read Kimizuki's mind; he had some of the best mental walls, good enough to block Kureto and Tenri Hiiragi. His behavior might make his crush clear to everyone, but his mind certainly wouldn't. No one got in there.

Yuu frowned and got to work. It would be better for him to concentrate on something else right now instead of worrying about the Brotherhood's plan. He could think about all that tonight while talking with his friends- they all came up with better plans while they were together.

Or maybe the worst plans possible.


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