Hey guys! Lol I'm in such a good mood because I just realized how many days are left of school. Haha seven more weeks and I'm free! Well here's chapter 14. Enjoy!

Song: This Afternoon by Nickelback

Judai's POV

That night, I stared up at the ceiling with my body tucked into the cold sheets of my bed. Sho was snoring lightly next to me. I mean it wasn't that obnoxious of a sound, it seemed to be keeping me awake.

I didn't want to wake him up and tell him to shut the hell up because one: it's rude and two: because it's completely uncontrollable.

Three: because that's not the real reason you're awake…

Ugh! Shut up you stupid voice!

Ok, maybe my extremely creepy conscience is right. Sho's snoring isn't what's keeping me up. It's something very different. Very frustrating. Something that could only be helped by one person.

Johan. Was. Not. In. Bed. With. Me.

And no, I'm not talking about in bed in bed with me. I'm talking about harmless sleeping here. Just sleeping and touching each other in inappropriate places when we the other is asleep. But I was quite surprised to find out that I wasn't the only one who did it.

Besides, it's not like I can just waltz up to Johan's dorm and climb into bed with him. I'd get in serious trouble with the guards outside and if not that, Johan would think I was completely and utterly insane.

Sighing once more, I turned over and closed my eyes. That was a pitiful attempt to fall asleep. I'm not sure how long I tried to keep it up but when I opened my eyes again, I saw Sho looking at me with a smirk on his face.

"I thought you were asleep?" I asked.

He yawned. "I was."

"Did I wake you?"

He shook his head. "No. But it was quite amusing watching you try to sleep."

I rolled my eyes. "Thanks."

Sho chuckled. "But seriously, why are you still up?"

I shrugged.

He scoffed. "Please, I can see your blush. What is it?"

"It's stupid."

"Not stupid enough to keep you up at all hours of the night."

I sighed. "It's Johan."

Sho sat up. "What happened? Did you two get in a fight?"

"What? No! No, it's just that I've gotten so used to him sleeping next to me but tonight, he's not. I don't know, it's just weird."

He smiled. "That's cute."

"Glad you think so. I find it unbelievably frustrating."

Sho laughed. "It means you love him."

"I wouldn't go that far."

He rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I know love when I see it."

"Dude, you're only eighteen."

"And?"

"What do you know about love?"

"Not much but I know what it looks like."

I chuckled. "Yeah, that makes sense."

"Judai, my parents have been married for over ten years and they still look at each other as if it's the first time. I know what it looks like."

I shook my head. "Still I wouldn't go that far."

"You've seriously got some self-esteem issues."

"What does that have to do with anything?" I asked incredulously.

"Well, if I were talking to someone else, absolutely nothing. But I know you Judai. You would go that far because you have no self confidence whatsoever."

You know it's true…

Didn't I tell you to piss off?

"Go to sleep, Sho."

He laughed. "You're in denial."

"Sleep!" I demanded playfully.

"Denial," he sang before he turned over and went back to sleep.

I picked up my iPod and played the song that Johan gave to me and eventually I fell asleep.

SPIRITSHIPPING 4EVER!

I woke up the next day to a guitar solo blaring into my ears.

Sho was standing over me laughing. "Wake up, Sleepyhead!"

I ripped my headphones out of my ears before they could burst my eardrums. I hadn't realized my iPod was still playing until now.

"Are you trying to make me go deaf?" I asked.

"No but I couldn't think of anything else to do. I mean, I could've poured ice cold water on you but I didn't want to ruin your iPod."

I laughed. "Of course, think of the iPod before me."

"Always."

I got out of bed and started my morning routine.

We left the Academy close to three and got to the mall a half hour after that.

"So, do you know what costume you want?" Sho asked from the passenger side.

"Yeah, do you?" I asked as I shifted the car into park.

"No. I'm just looking for something that sticks out to me."

I nodded. "Ok, let's go." I pulled the keys from the ignition and locked the car before walking into the mall with Sho.

Sho and I walked around for almost two hours before he finally decided on a Roman God.

"You're a little short for the part, don't ya think?" I joked.

He growled. "Hey! I'm a god! I can easily change my form to a twelve foot all-star."

I laughed. "Yeah, sure."

"Don't test my abilities."

"Whatever. Now let's go pick out my costume."

"What are you gonna be?" Sho asked.

"A cowboy."

"Oh c'mon, you can do better than that."

"Hey! I've always wanted to be one and now is my chance so hush!"

He laughed.

Once I found one in my size, I bought it and Sho and I were out of there by quarter to six. We could've left so much earlier if Sho weren't so anal about wearing the most perfect costume to the dance.

"Do you know what Johan's dressing as?"

I shook my head. "No. I suggested that we keep it a surprise. And then he said we should meet each other there because it would accentuate the idea or something like that."

He laughed. "Yeah, that's sounds like him."

When we got back, I told Sho that I'd see him later and then went to the Blue Dorm since I promised Johan the rest of the day.

When I reached the door, I didn't bother knocking since Johan indicated I didn't need to the previous day.

But when I did, I heard Johan scream. "Judai, close your eyes!"

I did what he said quickly. "Why? What, are you naked?" I secretly hoped that he would say yes.

He laughed. "No! I'm in my Halloween costume."

"Oh! Can I take a peek?"

"No."

"Please?" I asked.

He laughed again. "No. Ju-chan, you're the one who wanted to keep it a surprise."

"Damn, I forgot I said that."

After a couple of seconds, Johan said, "Ok, you can open your eyes now."

I opened them and saw Johan shrugging his vest back on.

"So, do you feel like going out tonight?" Johan asked with a smile.

I smiled too. "Ok, where are we going?"

"To one of my favorite places in the world."

My smile widened as I followed him back outside.

I walked over to Johan's motorcycle but stopped when I saw him walking in another direction. "Jo-kun, where are you going? Isn't this your ride?"

"Don't you have a car?" he asked.

"Yeah, but I've never ridden on a motorcycle before."

He looked at the bike and for a minute, I thought I saw fear in his eyes. But as soon as it came, it was gone. Then I realized he was still hazy about it because of the crash. But he rode it all the time, so what was the problem?

"N-never mind," I stuttered. "We can take my car."

"No, it's ok," he said. "We can ride the motorcycle."

I sighed. "Johan, you don't have to if you're scared."

"I'm not scared," he said. "I'm just worried that you'll get hurt. But if you really want to than you can. But you have to be careful."

I got on the back of the bike and wrapped my arms around his waist loosely.

"Judai, you're gonna have to hang on tighter than that," he warned.

I tightened my grip. "That's better. And you better wear this too," he said as he handed me his helmet.

"No, you wear it," I said.

"Judai."

"Johan."

"I've rode on this bike without a helmet thousands of times. You haven't."

I groaned and strapped it on. "You're so stubborn."

"I learned from the best."

"Hardy-har-har."

He laughed at that and revved the engine. "Hang on tight," he said over the engine's roar."

I cheered as we lurched forward and down the street.

For the first couple of minutes, Johan drove slightly under the speed limit but after he was confident that I wouldn't fall off, he sped up.

No more than ten minutes later, we pulled up to a small building that looked like a store that had gone out of business.

"What is this place?" I asked as I took off my helmet.

"It used to be my mom's when my parents lived here. She said I could run it while they were gone. But now it's just my personal heaven for no one else to see. With you as an exception of course."

"You're parents don't live here with you?"

He shook his head. "No. It was only temporary. My dad got a new job and he had to move here to Japan. That's pretty much why I'm going to Duel Academia."

"Where are they now?" I asked as we entered the store.

"Back home in Sweden."

"Oh my gosh, that's so far away. Don't you miss them?"

"Yeah, absolutely. All the time. But it got easier after a while. We still keep pretty good tabs on each other."

"That's good."

Johan flipped on the lights and I realized his mom owned a music store. There were guitars, violins, cellos pretty much every musical instrument out there.

"C'mon, Ju-chan."

I followed him into the back where sat a grand piano.

I watched as Johan lightly brushed his fingers along the top and stared at it with love and adoration. It was then that I realized how strongly he depended on music.

Johan sat on the bench. "You still interested in learning how to play?"

I smiled and sat down in front of him.

After he taught me all the keys and some of the major keys, I learned how to play a really scruffy version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

"That was good for your first time," Johan complimented.

"Are you kidding me?" I laughed. "That was horrible!"

"Yeah, well you're about to play something absolutely amazing."

He put his hands over mine and pressed them against the keys. The song was beautiful. I had never heard it before and I faintly wondered if he wrote this himself.

I relaxed my hands and allowed him to do all the work for me. Even though it wasn't me playing it was nice to pretend to.

When the song ended, he said quietly, "See? You're a natural."

I turned around to look at him and all of a sudden my body was hot. I'm not sure what it was but I suddenly felt like I needed to be close to him. I guess Johan felt it too because he leaned his head in just as I did.

Our lips touched softly and our tongues brushed every once in a while as well.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled myself even closer. Our bodies were smashed together but I still felt like I wasn't close enough. It was infuriating. Especially with his husky smell intoxicating my every breath.

I pulled away before things could get out of hand and panted slightly.

"What was that?" Johan asked more to himself than me.

"I have no idea. But I liked it."

He chuckled. "Me too."

Johan and I played around with the instruments a while longer before deciding to leave.

"Do you think we can come by here again sometime?" I asked as I got onto the bike.

"Of course we can. I mean, where else are we going to continue your lessons?"

I laughed and cheered as if I were on a rollercoaster as Johan kick-started the bike.

When we got back to the Academy, Johan and I went back into his dorm and watched some TV. And at some point, we muted the volume and put our own soundtrack in there.

We were just finished laughing at one of my corny jokes that included the word "duty" when Johan looked at the time.

It was midnight.

"Happy Halloween," he whispered in my ear.

I smiled and kissed him chastely. "Happy Halloween."

Yep, that's it for now. I was actually planning on putting the dance in this chapter but I didn't expect this chapter to be that long haha well I guess we'll just have to wait until chapter 15. I hoped you all enjoyed it.

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