Arthur went through the rest of the day as if half asleep. He didn't fully understand why exactly he was so upset about Francis knowing about his drug misuse the previous year, but nonetheless he was upset about it. He stared down at his desk top as the final bell rang and the students around him, mainly lower class men, began to rush out of the room. The teacher didn't even look to him as she began to clean off the board.

He slowly threw his pencils and notebook into his back pack and began to wander through the halls until he stopped at the library entrance.

"But Linh!" Arthur heard a whiny voice plead. "No Yong-Soo!" "But it's so hard!" The boys voice said back. "And that's why you study!" He heard the Vietnamese girl say back, annoyed. He heard the boy groan. "But you're smarter than me! Can't you do it? Please?" She sighed. "No. I am not going to do your homewo- woah!"

She ran into Arthur and the two fell into a heap on the floor in the middle of the hallway. Linh was on top of the blonde and when they realized their position they flushed a deep red and stuttered in embarrassment.

Yong-Soo glared down at Arthur in jealousy. "Linh!" The Korean yelped. "Huh?" Linh stared over at him and Yong-Soo pouted. "Are you okay?" He mumbled, blushing slightly. Linh smiled softly and nodded as she stood up and reached out a hand to the blonde on the floor. "Yes, I'm fine. Arthur?"

Arthur blushed softly and looked away. "Yeah. I'm okay. Sorry." Linh waved a hand, as if she were waving away the sorry. "Not your fault. I should have been paying closer attention. I need to take Yong-Soo home so I'll see you tomorrow in French." She gave a last grin before walking away, Yong-Soo's hand in hers.

The Korean blushed brightly and he followed the Vietnamese girl with stars in his eyes. Arthur chuckled to himself as the duo walked away. It was quite obvious that Yong-Soo had a crush on Linh and Arthur could only hope for the best for the younger boy.

The blonde teen continued to walk out of the school and towards his house. A few minutes later and he unlocked the door and slowly went in. Ian wouldn't be off work for another hour or two. Arthur went to his room and changed into some dark jeans and a gray t-shirt then went to the kitchen with his back pack to make himself some tea.

He filled the silver kettle with water and set it on the stove and as the water boiled he pulled out his notebooks and a pen to do his homework.

"Hm?" He glanced out the window and saw an ambulance and police car rush down the street in the direction of the school. "Wonder what that's about. Wasn't my fault this time, I know that for sure." Arthur mumbled to himself as he watched the flashing lights drive away.

Arthur sighed softly and turned to the stove as the kettle whistled shrilly. He quickly poured some of the boiling water into a tea cup with his Earl Gray tea.

~A Few Hours Later(5:30-ish because I'm lazy)~
Arthur lazily watched the t.v. as he waited for Ian to come home. Becoming bored with the program he was watching he began to channel surf, pausing every few seconds when something struck his fancy.

Ian ran into the house, slamming the door shut behind him, scaring Arthur a bit, before he ran into the living room where his younger brother sat on the couch.

"Gyah! You bloody jerk! I almost fell off of the couch!" Arthur yelled, a little red faced, as he glared at his elder brother. Ian ignored him and grabbed the remote and hit the mute button. "Did you by any chance know some Asian girl? Long dark hair?"

Arthur raised an eyebrow. "Linh? Or her twin, Lien? Why?"

Ian ignored him and narrowed his green eyes slightly in thought. "What about some Asian boy? Strange hair curl going on?" He made a gesture with his hand showing what the hair looked like. Arthur nodded confusedly. "Why?"

Ian pursed his lips. "The girl got hit by a car earlier today or something. The boy was just scraped up. Both went to the hospital. The driver was texting and didn't see them or something and then he just drove off. The boy gave a description of the car though so the cops may find them soon. Hopefully."

Arthur stared at Ian with a shocked expression. "H- how do you know all of this exactly? You weren't there were you?" Ian shook his head solemnly. "No. Somebody who was passing by at the time saw the whole ordeal and while the boy was crying and going into shock the person called the police and such. Somehow the news spread quickly and it became a topic of discussion at work."

The younger of the two nodded slowly and watched as Ian turned to the kitchen and began to pop some food into the oven. 'Linh...? I was with her and Yong-Soo just moments before they left though! If I had talked to them for just a few more moments she wouldn't have gotten hurt!' Arthur blinked quickly and shakily stood up and slowly made his way to his bedroom where he stayed until Ian called him down for dinner twenty minutes later.


A/N: Blah! So sorry for the late chapter. I had a hard time writing this chapter for some reason. Like, I knew what I wanted to happen but putting it down on paper(computer?) was easier said than done... So yeah... Sorry. Definitely not very proud of this chapter but on a plus side I think the kiss is gonna happen soon~ like very soon. x3