Oh did the years pass by now. Kaname was now in his early teens. Thirteen to be exact. He was in the seventh grade now and growing up fast. He was still close to Suki and Hatsumi, even Naomi now too! But he still had his heart set on either Suki or Hatsumi. This kind of worried Kyo and Tohru. Kaname was too nice to worry about things such as this, and the older he got, the more he worried. And the more he would worry about it, the more heartache he'd feel.

Kaname put on his bag and smiled as he waved to his parents and ran outside. Waiting there was Suki. More recently he showed less and less interest in her as a lover and acted more like they were just friends. But Suki kept on insisting they spend more time together. Oddly enough, so did Hatsumi. He groaned as he thought about it then shook his head. "I'll live." he mumbled to himself and then walked up to Suki. She took his hand and the two walked to school.

"How are you?" Suki asked.

"I'm good." he smiled, "Thank you. How are you?"

She blushed a bit and turned away from him. "Couldn't be better." She brushed her hair to the side a bit. She was still very shy, just like how her father used to be. But she had been working on it for a long time and was honestly a lot better than how she used to be.

He smiled and gently squeezed her hand. "Hey Suki, are you still very shy? I don't mind helping you. I'd love to." She blushed a deep shade of red and stared at him. He suddenly stopped her and blinked. "Is something bothering you? You can tell me. I won't laugh."

She shook her head and held her bag tighter to her. "N-no I'm fine, thank you." He blinked a few more times but left it at that and led her to their classroom, where Hatsumi and Noami were waiting. Hatsumi glared at Suki, who happily glared back at her. Kaname sat between the two girls, purely out of habit, but that clearly didn't stop the girls from glaring across each other. When the teacher walked in, it was as if the girls weren't even upset with each other. What great actresses huh?

At the time it came for lunch, which seemed like forever, they all sat together at the same lunch table. Kaname was the new 'Prince' of school while Suki was 'Princess'. So that means that they were constantly watched. Which annoyed both of them. Kaname would often lash out, despite his normal nature of being kind, just like his father. Suki would be cold and distant. In other words, just like their fathers.

Right now was one of those moments when they acted like their old men. A girl walked up to Kaname and blushed, "E-excuse me… Kaname… I-I was wondering… if we could go out to the park together or something…?"

He huffed, "No thanks! I'm not interested!"

A boy across the way snickered, "Maybe because he's not interested in her, but in another girl. But who would want a freak with orange hair?" That made Kaname snap and chase him outside.

"I'll destroy you!" he snarled. That of course got him into trouble and ended up in the office. He looked down at his shoes in sadness when his parents were called in.

"Kaname I'm disappointed in you." Kyo sighed, "You never lash out like this so why start now?"

"I don't know…" the little boy mumbled, "He just teased me and I lost control…"

"That's no excuse." he frowned, "Come on, we're going home." Kaname winced but did as his parents bid and he walked outside with them. He kept his head hung low as they walked down the streets until they made it to their home. "Sit." Kyo instructed, pointing to the couch. He did as his father ordered and sat on the middle seat. His parents sat on each side of him. "So, tell me again, why did you lash out at that kid?"

"He called me a freak because I had orange hair!" he frowned, "He deserved everything he got to him. He needs a good kick in the ass."

Tohru gasped, "Kaname Sohma! I can't believe you just said that!"

Kyo blinked in surprise, "Kaname, you know better than to use language like that."

"I only did it because you say those words all the time dad." he huffed and crossed his arms over his chest.

He frowned, "That's doesn't give you the excuse to use those kinds of words. Kaname for a week, you're going to be grounded and under house arrest after school."

"That's not fair!" he gasped, "I only yelled at him and chased him! And I only said what you say dad!" Kyo frowned and shook his head with a sigh. Tohru stroked her son's head.

"It's only for a little while. I promise it won't be that bad. Besides, it's a tiny punishment compared to what your father would normally do."

"What?!" he gasped. "Of course I wouldn't make it a larger punishment! What kind of father do you think I am?!"

She started spazzing, "O-oh I didn't mean it like that I'm so sorry Kyo! Ugh!" She tripped and landed on her stomach. Kyo helped her up and she winced, "Ow…" Kaname looked up at her, concern flashing in his eyes.

"Mom are you okay?"

"I'm fine baby." she smiled a bit and ran her fingers through his hair, "It was just an accident is all. I'm perfectly fine." He frowned a little and moved away from her. She blinked and felt a small pain in her heart. Was he rejecting her? Kyo noticed this and frowned. His son was starting to act like the old him. The him he never wanted to be again. She grew tears in her eyes and whispered to Kyo, "Is he rejecting me?"

"I don't know." he replied, watching Kaname walk ahead of him. "But I doubt he ever could."

Their son turned to look at them. "What are you whispering about?"

"Dinner. Run ahead and get home. Your mother and I want to discuss it." he told him. The boy shrugged then ran off to the house. Her husband held her close and rocked her. "Shh, no need to cry." he wiped her eyes, "I'm sure he's just going through a phase of some sort. Or maybe it's just because he had a bad day. You never know."

She sniffed then smiled a little, although sadly. "Okay…" That's all she wanted to know. It was just a bad day is all. That's all that it was. No strange phase he was going through. Or any major change. He was still their little boy and that was never going to change. As she hoped with all her might.