For everyone saying get on with the Juey and you can't take Jiro seriously, please stop. The summary for the story says a LOVE TRIANGLE. Just let the story progress how I intend it to. I think you some of you guys expect any story that's slightly romantic to be straight up romance and love but no drama, no plot. Huey doesn't know Jazmine and even if he does like, he's not gonna be cool with her being nosy and just spill his whole world to her. He's abrasive at first glance, and she's still on the first glance of course everything isn't gonna be super lovey dovey. Okay? With that said enjoy and thank you for your reviews!

Hiro's POV

I walked downstairs to the smell of fresh food, something that was a rare occurrence at my house. My mom stood in the kitchen getting what smelled like soup ready for dinner. I hadn't seen her since last month and to find her in the kitchen cooking was a surprise. "Mom, I thought you weren't gonna be home until next week?"

"It's a surprise!" she smiled at me, as she turned to give me a hug. I hugged her back and pecked her on the cheek. "I missed you ma. Are you making udon?" she nodded her head and turned around, getting back to prepping dinner. She always made what she could by scratch, that included the noodles. "Taro went to class earlier and I think Ken is at work, I'm not sure. How long until dinner is ready?"

"Hai, tell them to get home as soon as they can."

While I texted both of them that mom and dad were home, I asked how business was going back home. My mom respond in fluent Japanese which was easier for her to speak all though she knew English. I listened intently, not really sure of some of the words she was saying. Japanese was a difficult language to learn and while my parents had spoke it fluently while I grew up I never learned it traditionally and I didn't know how to write it either. I picked up one enough to understand that everything was fine, but there was a bad manager that my dad had to stay behind to deal with. Even though them rarely being home could be at an advantage to me and my brothers, we missed them a lot and it was always good to have them home with us, even if it was for a short period of time.

"Mom?" I paused, waiting for her to say something. "I'm seeing someone. I mean, we aren't together but I like her and, I want her to be my girlfriend."

"Hiro… you know how I feel about stuff like this. You want to have girlfriend but you barely pass your math class. You need to focus on education, not girls." She kept her back turned towards me as she chopped up some vegetables. "I can focus on school and a relationship mom. Taro has a girlfriend and you let him date when he was my age."

"You're not Taro and he was passing his classes. I don't even know this girl and you bring her up? Be happy your father was not here to hear what you said. Is it not enough that you do that music thing on the side? Focus on school. Then maybe we can talk about a girlfriend." I sighed and shook my head. "I'll be down when dinner is done." My mom didn't bother replying and I grabbed my phone off the counter and made my way back up to my room. I locked the door behind me and laid out on my bed. Everything I wanted to do was just a phase, or a 'thing', to my parents. The first person that came to mind to talk to about this was Jazmine.

Usually I kept everything to myself, Huey was a good friend but when it came down to emotions he might as well be a brick wall and Michael understood, but I didn't want to bother him with my problems every single time. My brothers could relate and of course they understood where I was coming from, but they weren't on the receiving end of my parents misunderstanding and unacceptance. They never had been. So even though it had literally been a week me and Jazmine had known one another, I had told her a lot about me. A lot more than I might have ever told anybody. Too bad she hadn't been texting me back since Friday. I wasn't usually the type to double, triple text but how else can you feel when someone goes from texting you back right after you sent the message to texting you back three times a day? Maybe she was busy, maybe she was in a bad mood or on her period or… something. I didn't want to bother her more than I had already. I texted her:

Hey, can I ft you?

A minute later she facetimed me and I felt so relieved to see her face. "Hey Hiro, what's up?" I rubbed the back of my neck and propped my phone up so I didn't have to hold it. "Nothing much, my mom is home and we kinda got into it. Besides, I wanted to see your face."

"Oh that sucks, wanna talk about it?" she smiled at me, "And aw, you're so sweet."

I nodded my head and went into explaining everything, minus the whole wanting her to be my girl part. She listened quietly as I gave her examples and explained how everything made me feel like I was less than, like I was the family disappointment because I wasn't planning on going to college and keep doing the DJing. "I mean, I just want them to get me, you know? School isn't for me and it never has been. I can't imagine going to school for another however years for whatever profession I don't want to do."

"Well it's not unreasonable, you know? I mean I can't say much because I don't know you parents or anything… but it just seems like they want the best for you. Going to college and getting a degree gives you a better chance for a financially stable future than being a DJ, unless you really make it big. Also, you're eighteen and we're graduating soon, if it's something you really can't deal with you can always move out after graduation, you know?" I nodded my head. I already knew I would be moving out after graduation. Any amount of money I got was split into the save and spend category and I had a lot saved up. I'd get a job, find a roommate and split the rent with them. "But, enough about me. How was your weekend, Jaz?"

"It was… good. I guess. I went to the mall with Cindy, Riley and Huey." She seemed a little hesitant when she said Huey's name and I didn't really get why but I didn't bother pressing her about it. "Did you get anything or just window shop?"

"I bought a few things. But now I'm wishing I didn't get half of it because now I barely have any money. I bought some candles, clothes, perfume and jewelry. You know how much I love my hoops." I laughed and looked at her. She was barefaced and even though she looked good in makeup, she looked just as good without it. "Jaz, you're fucking gorgeous." She blushed and looked down away from the screen and it made me laugh again. "You have to make my cookies, don't forget!"

"I won't, I won't. I bought the ingredients, I'm gonna make them on Tuesday."

"I don't plan on sharing so take what you want before you give them to me."

She rolled her eyes and shifted on her bed so she was laying down. "You're so greedy Hiro."

"I can't help it, really. My stomach is like 'feed me, feed me' all the time." The smile on my face wouldn't go away and I could feel the soreness of my cheeks. "Anyways, what're you doing right now? Or.. I guess before I called you." Jazmine shrugged her shoulder and yawned. "I was just watching a movie on my laptop." She bit her bottom lip as she paused. "Hey, can I tell you something? And I understand if you get mad but what I did isn't me. At all." I felt like my stomach just dropped and nodded my head slowly. "Yeah… sure."

"I went over to Huey's house… On Friday. We were just watching some tv together but I don't know, the heat of the moment I guess? I don't know where it would have went, but he stopped me before anything happened."

"Oh." That was literally the only thing I could think of. I mean, what else was I supposed to say? Huey was my best friend and I really liked Jazmine. She had said Huey stopped her, but I had no idea what he stopped. Were they just kissing? Or were they gonna have sex? There was a lot I wanted to ask, but couldn't find it in myself to ask. Did this mean Jazmine didn't really like me? "Hiro, I'm sorry. I just figured you should know…"

"Yeah… thanks. Later Jazmine." I mumbled as I hung up the facetime call. What the fuck was that? And with Huey? I may have really liked Jazmine, but Huey had been my best friend for almost ten years. That same day I had just told him about how much I was feeling Jazmine, about how much I like her. Yet he's with her, close enough that they almost did something, whatever that something happened to be. What was I going to do when I had to pick them both up tomorrow?

What would have happened if they hadn't told me anything? Would they have kept it a secret and not bothered telling me, sneaking around behind my back. And Jazmine… she had said before she told me that 'it wasn't her'. What a load of bull. We had been talking for three days, and she had let me eat her out and if I hadn't said she didn't have to, she would've gave me head. How contradictory was that? How was I supposed to believe that 'it wasn't her' when I had told her how close Huey and I were? I shook my head. I can't believe that I had gotten in so deep so quick. It wasn't like I was in love with her, but I was going to ask if she wanted to be a thing. It was a good thing I didn't. But as upset as I was with Jazmine, I was five times more upset with Huey. He knew how I felt about her, yet he had gotten close enough to her for something to escalate that far.

The next morning

I woke up the same way I went to sleep, mad. I brushed my teeth angrily, got dressed angrily, did everything except say bye to my family angrily. I didn't even bother touching my radio, worried that I might break it by mistake. After I had hung up on Jazmine last night, she kept calling and texting me, trying to talk but I couldn't be bothered with her. Like I said, I was mad. And that was the first thing Michael said to me when he got in the car. "Wassup with you Hiro?"

I shook my head and sighed heavily. "Jazmine and Huey." He looked at me as I slid his backpack on the floor in between his legs. "What does that mean, 'Jazmine and Huey'?" I chuckled. "I told you how me and her were hitting it off, right? Well apparently she and Huey almost did something, but of course I don't know what it is. I don't know if they almost fucked or what but they 'almost' did something." I said, driving off as soon as he closed the door. "Aw, shit. Are you picking them up?"

"Yeah, I'm not flaky." I mumbled. Michael shook his head. "Calm down, you know Huey ain't flaky… I think you gotta just hear him out and see what happened. You know how some chicks be, homie hopping left and right. That's why Ming don't like Jazmine even though she seem okay to me. But, you and Huey been niggas since fifth grade, don't drop all that for a girl you known for a week." I didn't bother saying anything but I nodded my head to let him know I was paying attention. As I got closer and closer to where Huey and Jazmine lived, I felt anxious and angry and it wasn't a good mix for me. I always got jittery when I was nervous and mad. Michael was smart enough to turn on the music, which calmed my frazzled nerves just a little bit. When I pulled on to the street, I only saw Huey standing outside waiting for me. I pulled up in front of him, looking back at him when he got in through the rearview mirror. "You know where Jazmine's at?"

"She got a ride from her dad." He said, closing the door. He pat Michael on the shoulder, saying good morning in his own little way. I turned around and headed to school, not even bothering to look at Jazmine's house. The car was quiet with the exception of the music playing. Michael knew what was going on and the tension that was in the car was obvious. "I know what you and Jazmine did." Huey looked up at me through the mirror. "And what exactly did we do?"

"She didn't tell me what, but she said it was the heat of the moment and it almost happened."

"Yeah, and I stopped whatever was going to happen from happening." Huey replied in his usual nonchalant tone, making me angrier than I was beforehand. "How the fuck can you sound like you don't care? You're one of my best friends and you was obviously close enough to her that something almost happened. How could you do that? I told you the same day how much I liked her."

"Look Hiro, I get why you're mad. I didn't try anything and we were hanging out as friends. I stopped her because of my respect for our friendship. So maybe you should get more details from her before pinning it all on me. I'm not going to fight you over her, but I guess I should let you know that you aren't the only one who likes her." He paused. "Like I said, I stopped out of respect for our friendship so I'm obviously not going to do more by putting that in jeopardy." What he said had made sense, but I had a feeling it was only because Huey had a way of making things sound like they weren't unreasonable. He liked her, so he could have her. I didn't want to be bothered with her anymore no matter how much I wanted to patch things up with her.

So a little peek into Hiro's life and feelings and some drama between friends. Jazmine got herself into some shit. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it! Let me know what you thought about this chapter.