A/N: Wow, up to chapter 10 here on FF! Lol! Thanks for the constant support and constructive criticism everyone! You're all real troopers!
DayDrEaMiNg-child: Thanks for giving my story a chance! I know it's a lot different from others that everyone has read. I have read countless fics here on FF and AFF, but that is why I wanted to make this one seem different. So it gives everyone a chance to see the characters in a different way. Depends on the reader whether they like it or not now. Lol! So thanks for reading and reviewing!
zaza98able: First things first, let me know if the pups are okay after their vaccination! Thanks! And as always, thanks for your thoughts! Yeah, that's as fast as its going to go. Lol!
Lyserg-chan: So glad you enjoyed that chappy!
Florallover: Yeah, that chappy was more or less for fun. Lol! And there will be a whole entire chapter dedicated to Yoh and Anna, I believe around chapter 14, when I get it up. Plus, your wish is my command! My cousin will draw the characters in their Halloween costumes! When its done and up, I will post the link. XD
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The wonderful smell of cinnamon rolls woke Yoh from his sleep the following morning. Though it was a bright day out, his room seemed dark and creepy thanks to all the Halloween decorations that still hung around. Looking over the edge of the bed, he saw Horo and Ren fast asleep. Ren was peacefully rested on his side while Horo took up much of the space on his back, legs spread and snoring loudly. Yoh lay in bed a while longer, until the smell reached his stomach and it roared in great impatience. He rolled off his bed, only to land on Horo, waking him, and then rolling off to lie beside Ren and poke him until he woke. Horo massaged his stomach, rubbing the pain away and glaring at Yoh who just got smacked by Ren. He sat up, rubbing his cheek and laughing. "Morning guys!" Yoh yelled enthusiastically, getting to his feet.

Horo continued to glare, but once the smell hit his nose, he smiled and sighed. "Your mom is making cinnamon rolls. My favorite!" he yelled, also getting to his feet.

Ren rolled his eyes and went back under the blanket. "Everything is your favorite Horo. Go enjoy your breakfast; I'll have mine when I decide to wake up!" With that he shut his eyes and got comfortable.

The two boys shrugged their shoulders and then raced to the bathroom, only to have it be occupied by Anna, so they ran back down the hall to wake Hao and Lyserg. They slowed their pace as they approached the door and Yoh placed his hand on the handle. He slowly opened the door and peaked in, but he stopped halfway. He smiled greatly and then closed the door. Horo looked at him in confusion, tapped his shoulder and threw up his arms. Yoh shook his head and pulled Horo back down the hall.

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Hao and Lyserg were still in a deep sleep, but were cuddling and peaceful. Hao slowly began to wake, noticing that his room was still rather dark, but checked the alarm clock by his bed side. It was indeed morning despite the darkness in his room. His room was still completely covered in Halloween decorations, but he did not care as he watched the boy next to him breath calmly as he slept. He began playing with said boy's hair, relishing in how soft his hair was. They spent a few minutes there before Lyserg began to wake, blinking a few times before realizing where he was. He closed his eyes again as he felt Hao's hand play with his hair and he smiled. "Good morning." He said, cuddling closer to Hao.

"Good morning." Hao said, wrapping his arms around the smaller boy and resting his chin atop the others head. "Did you sleep well?" he asked. He felt Lyserg nod a bit and he smiled. "Good."

Both boys began to smell the scent of breakfast being baked and they shared a laugh when their stomachs grumbled in hunger at the same time. Before Lyserg could get up, Hao pulled him close and kissed him. Lyserg returned the kiss and giggled into it. When they parted, Hao sat up and looked at Lyserg. "So, when should we tell everyone?" he asked. "Or do you want to keep it between us? Though I have to tell you, there is only so much I can hide from my brother. I learned that the hard way." He laughed.

Lyserg sat in silence, really thinking it over. "Well, I don't mind telling them. And since everyone is already here, why not after breakfast?"

They nodded in agreement and then made their way out the room and down the hall to where Yoh sat on the floor in front of the bathroom. He smiled at them, wishing them a good morning as they sat next to him on the floor. Yoh pointed to the door, "Horo beat me to it. And Faust, Eliza and all the girls already went home." he said.

"Just great. Horo takes twenty years in the bathroom. Huh, why did they leave so early?" Hao said, rolling his eyes.

"Then yell at him to hurry up." Yoh said. "He won't be intimidated if I say it. And I don't know." He shrugged his shoulders to Hao's question.

"That's because I still have to toughen you up." Hao said, getting to his feet to bang on the door. He hit the door hard three times before yelling at the person on the other side. "Hurry up Horohoro! You have three minutes!" he said, sitting back down in his place as Horo yelled something back. He turned to Lyserg and smiled. "Horo is over here a lot, so we all know how long he takes."

Yoh turned to face Lyserg as well. "Yeah, and then by the time everyone else is done and goes to eat breakfast, it's all in his stomach!" he laughed.

Lyserg giggled. "You all are very close huh?"

With a nod, Yoh went into detail about how he met his friends and how long he's known them for. Ryu made his way down the hall and sat with them. "Ugh, my back is aching!" Ryu said as he stretched only for his back to pull and he hunched back over. "Yoh, your sofa is not as comfortable as I remembered."

Hao looked at him and frowned. "Why didn't you sleep in one of the guest rooms?"

Ryu pointed to a figure making its way down the hall. "He snores too loudly."

Chocolove joined the group along with Manta, sitting on the floor. "Morning guys." They all said hello in return and Manta pointed to the bathroom.

"Horo." Everyone said in unison.

Chocolove and Manta nodded their heads in understanding and looked down the hall as Ren approached. They all stared at him as he pointed to the door. Once more they all said 'Horo' together and he nodded, making his way over to the door, knocking on it and then opening it and stepping in, locking it behind him.

"WHAT?" Everyone yelled.

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The weather was defiantly in one of its cold days of November. Everyone had a jacket, scarf and hat on as they made their way towards the school to see the damage that had been done. Horo boasted about stealth techniques and how to be secretive so no one would think it was them who did the damage. Hao and Lyserg had told everyone at the beginning of their walk about the start of the relationship. They were harassed with questions, but congratulated all the same. Everyone came to a halt at the corner of the street. The school was completely destroyed. Eggs splattered windows that weren't broken, toilet paper hung from the many trees that surrounded the school. Desk and chairs littered the entrance floor and not all of them were in one piece. Spray paint covered the walls; red stars were drawn all over the place. The gang turned to look at Hao in shock. The red stars meant his gang did it, which means the principle and staffs are going to believe Hao was part of the group that desecrated the school.

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"Technically they can't say it was you Hao." Horo said through a bite of his chilly-cheeseburger. The gang occupied two booths in a local restaurant. Horo, Ren, Chocolove, and Manta sat at one while Hao, Yoh, Lyserg, and Anna sat at the other.

Hao picked up one of the cheese fries from Anna's plate and threw it at Horo, hitting him square in the head. "Yes they can you dipshit! Everyone knows I started that crew and that our sign is the red star!" He looked down at the table and covered his face with his hands. "I'm going to be expelled."

Anna shook her head and continued eating her fries. "No you won't. All we have to do is get your parents to say that you were home the whole time, which you were, and then you'll be fine. Your friends on the other hand, I'm not that sure." She said.

"She's right!" Yoh yelled, setting his cheeseburger down. "You were home the whole time and with the say of a parent they'll have no choice but to leave you alone."

Hao looked back up and nodded. "I guess you're right."

Once everyone was done eating, they left the restaurant and walked to a park. Yoh and Anna sat at the top of the slide, Horo and Ren sat on the top of the jungle gym, Chocolove hung on the monkey bars, helping Manta reach one, and Lyserg sat on a swing while Hao pushed him slowly. The cooled breeze made the day relaxing in a way. School wasn't for another two days, so Hao didn't have to worry about the parent principle meeting until then. For now, he could enjoy his time with Lyserg. He grabbed the swings metal chains and made the swing stop. He wrapped his arms around Lyserg's waist and rested his chin on the others shoulder. Lyserg turned and smiled at Hao, giving him a kiss on his cold cheek and then leaning back to rest against him. "What brought you to make such a group of friends?" Lyserg asked as the warmth from Hao's body filled him. Hao stiffened a bit and said nothing; he just shook his head and began to sway a bit so the swing rocked with him. Lyserg sighed and then pressed his feet against the floor, stopping all motion. "Hao, it's okay. I'm not going to judge you by it. You are nothing like them."

Hao shook his head and tightened his arms, pulling Lyserg closer to him. "But I am like them Lyserg. If it weren't for you and the whole party thing, I would have gone with them to desecrate the school." He pressed his face against Lyserg's neck and drew in a deep breath. "I beat up new kids in the school and torture old ones. I set fires in the hallway. I cut class all the time. I'm just like them."

Lyserg shook his head in protest. "No, you're not. You might have been, yes, but you did not hurt me that day. You didn't go with them last night to do what they did. You go to class now, and you might still have a little addiction to fire, but it's not to set things on fire. It's to stare at its beautiful flames as the oxygen makes it grow." Lyserg began to play with Hao's long hair, wrapping his fingers in it and then letting go. "You're not like them."

There was a moment of silence before Hao spoke again. "It was seventh grade." He began. "I brought a lighter to school and set paper on fire in the basketball court. The gym teacher gave me detention and took my lighter away. I met the three girls there. We became friends and started getting in trouble together. Soon, I started to get suspended, but never told my parents. Instead, me and the three girls would go out and have fun. Stealing from stores. Going to restaurants and running out without paying. My grades dropped and that's when my dad threatened to send me up to my grandparents if I didn't do better. But when I was in ninth grade my grandparents moved in with us." He laughed and took a breath in. "So I started flunking again. I got suspended, almost expelled and started beating up new kids. One day Boris came to the school, we beat him, but he came back the next day. Somehow he became friends with one of the girls, so he was a part of our crew. If it wasn't for Yoh, I wouldn't be a senior." He said, looking over at his brother who was laying on the slide, looking up at the sky while Anna lay next to him. "He helped me with my work, but I didn't care. I passed high school with low D's. But as long as I passed, my parents kept their opinions to themselves. I got caught once by my mom, skipping that is. When I got home, I was grounded. Didn't matter since I was suspended anyways. My parents got called into the school and the principle went over everything I had done. One thing was ruining library books. We drew red stars all over them. We also did that to the hallway walls and all the water fountains. Anyways, that's kind of how we met and how things went wrong. And as for the star, well, I don't know. My brother and I often star gaze on our roof during the summer, and my favorite color is red, so I made that up as our gang symbol." He finished, standing up straight to start pushing Lyserg softly.

"Well," Lyserg began, "that's in the past. And now, you are you." He smiled.

Hao smiled in return, grabbing a hold of him around his waist again and kissing him deeply. Lyserg returned the kiss just as deep. They finally broke apart when Yoh cleared his throat behind them, smiling and announcing that it was getting colder, so they were headed back to the house for another sleep over.

Once home, they sat in the living room with mugs of hot chocolate and pecan pie. The house was surprisingly clear of all its Halloween decorations, but it was being replaced with warm Thanksgiving colors. The living room grew dark as dark clouds made their way across the house. Soon, Horo ran outside yelling in joy. "It's snowing! November first and it's snowing baby!" Everyone laughed as Horo rolled on the ground and lay on his back, letting the snow fall on him.

"Horohoro you get back in here before you catch cold!" Keiko yelled. She wrapped him in a towel once he entered the house, but he let it hang around his shoulders, not cold at all.

The night ended after more cups of hot chocolate were drank, the pecan pie was done, and many game boards lay around the living room floor. Everyone fell asleep someplace in the living room. Yoh and Anna fell asleep next to each other by the fire place, Chocolove was fast asleep on a sofa, Manta was asleep on the love seat (he is small enough to fit), Horo and Ren were asleep next to each other halfway under the table, and Hao was asleep on the longer sofa, Lyserg lay on top of him. Keiko and Mikihisa placed blankets on everyone and put the fire out in the fireplace. Keiko smiled as she placed a blanket atop of Lyserg. "Look." She said, motioning for her husband to walk over. "Our Hao has finally found someone to care for." She said.

Mikihisa placed a hand on his wife's shoulder and smiled. "I hope he doesn't mess this up." With that, the two retreated for the night, leaving everyone to sleep blissfully as the snow fell and covered the ground outside.