I know I poofed for so long but college is evil. Yes it is…anyway, since I'm on spring break…updates! Yay!

Minako sighed as she collapsed into her spot in the sewing room. "I'm exhausted," she complained to Bebe who was working on a scarf in the seat opposite to her. She leaned her head back on the chair and rested her hand on her forehead.

"Rough day Minako-sama?" asked Bebe , looking up from his work.

"Tell me about it," she murmured. It was so tiring today. First she had to deal with Junpei's bickering all the way to school and then there seemed be tests or quizzes in every class that she forgot about and she forgot to do her homework because last night she trained in the practice room for a long time so she would be ready for the next guy who tried to marry her. It was only a year, one year; she could make it…right? She really doubted it now though. It was only a little more than two months and she was exhausted. "It's like everyone is out to get me today." Heck they were out to get her for the whole year.

"Don't worry, it will get better," he replied. "Everything will get better, you will see."

"I hope so," said Minako with a sigh. She lifted her head and looked at Bebe. The exchange student had started up the sewing machine and was working on the scarf from before. He had a distant look on his face, like he was thinking about something or worried about something. "Hey, is everything okay?" asked Minako.

Bebe blinked in surprise and looked up at Minako. It was like he was surprised that she had even noticed that he was upset. "Oh, nothing is wrong Minako-sama. I was just thinking of my home back in France."

"Oh?" asked Minako. She leaned forward. She loved hearing stories about France. It was such an interesting country. She might end up going there over the summer break or something. Her father did own a private jet after all.

Bebe shook his head. "It's nothing Minako-sama. Don't worry about it." He gestured to some fabric in a box. "You did say you were going to work on a scarf?"

Minako nodded. Yeah. She remembered telling him that. "Right. I should get to work on that then right?" The two fell silent and continued to work on their own projects. Minako wanted to say something to Bebe but for some reason she had the feeling that he was thinking about something important. After about an hour of working like this Minako had to finally call it quits. This quiet was going to drive her insane if it kept up like this. Well at least she was able to get a lot of work done on the scarf.

She stood. "Sorry Bebe but I have to get going." She ran to find an excuse in her mind. Oh! She knew. "My brother is visiting soon. I have to go make sure his room is all in order and such." She rubbed the back of her head to show how sorry she was, "He's a bit on the odd side."

"Oh, alright then," said Bebe. He gave Minako a smile. "I hope you'll come by soon."

Minako nodded and began cleaning up her work area. After she was done she grabbed her bag and headed for the door. Before she stepped out she turned back to Bebe. "If I can help in any way…" she began. "I know there's something going on. I'll try to help if I can."

"Merci Minako but that is not necessary," replied Bebe before he returned to his sewing.

Minako nodded before leaving the classroom. She pulled the door closed before taking a deep breath. The room was so depressing. She was glad she was finally out of there although she still wondered what was going on with Bebe. "I'll ask him next time," she said with a nod. "I'll ask him what's wrong."

"Hey, did you hear about a website that will get revenge for you?" asked a student to another as they passed Minako in the hallway.

She paused and turned to watch them go. For some reason it felt significant but she had no idea why. Weird. She shrugged and continued on her way. She wasn't lying when she told Bebe about her brother. He was coming to visit from America along with her mother. She couldn't wait to see her. She had to ask her mother about this whole Arisato fortune thing. "Mom will know what to do," she commented.

She walked out of the school and headed for the gates. She paused when she passed the gates and saw Junpei standing there. "Uh, were you waiting for me?" she asked.

Junpei grinned and nodded. "Yeah Mina-tan. I was going to go track you down but that would take too long so I decided it would just be smart to stand out here and wait. See? I can be smart sometimes."

"Sure," replied Minako with a roll of her eyes. So Junpei was going to be her bodyguard in the evening too? "Anyway," she said as she began to walk in the direction of the mansion with Junpei next to her. He began chattering away about the most random things but Minako ignored him. Or tried to. He was quite loud and since he wasn't shutting up, Minako turned her head to snap at him when she noticed something. "Hey," she said. "Your eye."

Junpei paused in his talk and looked away. "Oh this? It's nothing."

Minako blinked and stared at him. Nothing? It obviously wasn't nothing! "Did you get into a fight or something?"

"It was nothing like that," admitted Junpei with a sigh. "Remember Hidetoshi and the mention of those pictures? Well I did a bit of investigating and found out who the culprit was. Don't worry. I took care of him Junpei-style. This bruise is nothing compared to what I did to him."

"Really," commented Minako, not really believing it. She made a note to get his story checked out later. Personally with everything else going on she had forgotten to find out who was taking the pictures. She looked away from Junpei. "Thanks for doing something about it though."

Junpei grinned at Minako. "Are you blushing? You look like your blushing! I can't believe you're blushing about something. Plus I think that's the first time you thanked me about something. Oh man. I wish I got it on tape or some-"

His voice cut off as Minako elbowed him in the ribs. "Shut up," she said as she looked away. She said thank you! It's just that people didn't normally do these things for her without her asking for it to get done.

"I should be thanking you though," said Junpei as he rubbed his side where Minako elbowed him.

She looked at him in confusion. "Why?"

"Well, it feels like I'm being useful for something," he said. He fell silent for a few seconds before he spoke again. "My dad drinks a lot. It's silly but I don't really want to be around at home because of that so when your dad approached me about this job, well I took it because I just wanted to get the heck out of that house. Working as your bodyguard makes me feel important in a way you know? However I'm not much of a hero at all."

He stopped walking and turned to look at Minako who had also stopped walking because he did. This was so unJunpei that she was shocked. "In that fight against Hidetoshi I was pretty useless. You could have done everything yourself. That's why I felt like I at least had you pay you back in a way for finding the other picture culprit you know? So uh," he looked away. "Thanks for making me feel like a part of something bigger. Anyway, that's enough of that deep talk." His usual Junpei grin crossed his face. "Let's back that house of yours."

"Right," replied Minako with a smile. "And Junpei?"

"Yes?"

"Thanks," replied Minako. "Anyway," she said as she lifted her nose to act all regal and heiress like. "We should get back. I'm going to be late for a very special appointment that you cannot know about."

"Right, right," replied Junpei but he was smiling as well.

Minako caught up to Junpei so they were walking side by side again. Today was an interesting day to say in the least. She was about to say something when a car passed by them. Minako stopped and looked back at the retreating car.

"What is it?" asked Junpei.

"Nothing," replied Minako, turning to walk towards her home again. Odd. She had thought she had seen a red haired woman with a dagger sticking through her head in that car but that couldn't be right. She shrugged. Whatever. Her mind might have just been playing tricks on her.

"So about that pay raise."

"You aren't getting one."

"Darn."