Hello, it's me again!
Hitoki + Cricket: (throw rotten fruit at Henny)

Now, I split my sides laughing at these flames I got…. HA HA HA HA HA YOU BOTHERED TO REVIEW THIS PIECA CRAP YOU LOSERS!

Ri-te-ho then…

Hitoki was kind and gracious enough to write a FULL second chapter for this story. It's better.

Hitoki: I only wrote it for the Foghorn single. And a Just A Day single…. That's why I did it. I feel so ashamed (cries) I had to listen to Just A Day just to drive myself to write this….
Cricket: (pats Hitoki on the shoulder) there there.

By the way, she took this oppurtunity to change it into a HIROTA (shudders)

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Kazu's POV.

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Oh my God.

Did that just happen?

Ah, shit…. It did.

Oh my God, oh my god…

A scream Someone just screamed. And there's crying. I'd sit up and have a look if whatever it was holding me down-

OH MY GOD!

I've just whimpered. Gasps from the doorway. Janyuu rolls off. He's still asleep.

"Oh my God…" I'm crying now. I've finally said those three words that sum up this situation. Why the fuck did God let that happen anyway?

"Kazu, Kazu, Kazu…." Kenta. He's ran up to me now and he's got his arms around me. That's kinda embarassing when you're not wearing anything. I groaned as he touched my ribs.
"Rika!" He yelled towards the door. "Go ring Kazu's mum!"

There was a 'Got it' from outside, and the receding sound of footsteps. I'd stopped crying, but my face was still damp. "Kent-a?"
"What, Kazu?" he looks a little bit like a nervous bunny-rabbit, with his eyes behind those glasses and his nose twitching.

I groaned a bit as I tried to get up. Something had me stuck on the bed. "Get me off this fucking bed, out of this fucking room, and tell me that whatever just FUCKING happened DIDN'T FUCKING HAPPEN!"

Swearing eased the sharp little pain in my chest.

There was the little bunny look again. Kenta grabbed hold of my hand and started working away a the binds. "I can do those first two things, Kazu," he murmured shakily.

"Please, Kenta…." I'm crying again. Shit.

I'm off of the bed now. Kenta digs around and finds my clothes in a little heap by the bed. I wriggle into them gratefully and get out of there as fast as I can. My arse is KILLING ME.

"Oh Kazu…." Kenta's arms are back round my waist. He's crying again, the tears soaking through my T-shirt and being absorbed by my skin. They were lovely and warm. I found myself hugging him back. "I'm so sorry."

I nuzzled into the top of his head. I didn't want him to see the way I was blushing. My own tears mingled into his hair.

Rika walked up to me, shaking her head. "I phoned your parents and asked them to pick you up because you were feeling ill. I couldn't say what happened on the phone."

I smiled weakly at her and nodded. She put her hand on my shoulder, her elbow resting just above Kenta's head. "You've got some resistance to act this normal after that, kiddo."
I cocked my head on one side. "Hm. I'll take that as a compliment."
She smiled and looked to the bedroom. "Takato and Henry are still asleep."

I shrugged. She went into the bedroom and left me and Kenta in the hall.

There was a knock at the door. Kenta detached himself from me and ran to the door, me in hot pursuit. My mum flung herself on top of me. "Are you okay, Kazu?! Please tell me you're okay! Have you thrown up? What do you feel like?"

"I'm fine." I grumbled, though I felt like I'd crumbled away inside and was just empty.
The door at the end of the hall opened and Janyuu walked out, grinning. "Well, hi there, Mrs Shiota-"

"Mum. Let's go. NOW."

I have this sort of relationship with my mum- I say something and she does it. I had a very nice upbringing from her. My dad realized how obnoxious I was turning out to be and had to whack me a few times. Hey, I get used to it.

I don't think I'll get used to Janyuu. We're out of the house and wlaking back home sharpish.

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Kenta POV

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My hand hovered above the phone. Kazu might not want to talk. I don't know exactly what happened with Janyuu, but I know that it had something to do with sex. And sex isn't an easy subject to talk about.

I decided to ring him up and talk to him normally. It might help him out a bit.

Ring, ring…

"Hiya." Well. That wasn't Kazu-like. If it were Kazu-like, that would have an exclamation mark after it, and would be followed by an endless jumble of words randomly punctuated by 'Chumley'.

"Hi, Kazu." I sat down with the phone. "Are you okay?"
"Just a sec." There was the sound of a door slamming and locking.

"KAZU! DON'T SLAM THE DOOR!"
"FUCK OFF, DAD!"

"KAZU!"

He was back on- I could hear him breathing down the end of the phone. "Sorry about that."

"Um, no problem."

"Look, I'm sorry about screwing your life up because of-"
"Kazu, it wasn't you, it was Janyuu! Now shut up, stop thinking those stupid things about you being responsible, and don't slam the door, it's rude."

Kazu laughed. It didn't sound right- it sounded hollow and empty, as if he was trying to cry but it came out wrong. "Right. Whatever."

"Kazu…..are you allowed out?"
He stopped for a second. His breathing was harsh andraspy, as if he was choking. "Not yet. Not yet."

"Why?"
"I cut myself."
"Huh?" I blinked, not understanding.

His voice came out, pleased, almost as if he'd made an achievement. "All by myself. All by myself. I blame myself. I guess you think it's funny now, eh Kenta? My life sounds like a FUCKING FEEDER SONG!"*

"God, Kazu…" I stopped. He'd maybe lost it. Those sort of things do that to people.

"I cut myself….this big long gash right down my arm…. On purpose. There was so much blood…" He was sobbing. "I was in the shower, and it went all over my legs…. I cut my other arm….. More blood….and I passed out. My mum….she was terrified. I made her feel so bad…"

He was crying for a while. "I'm such a bitch to everyone."

"I love you anyway,"** I said into the phone, and I switched it off.

Poor Kazu.

I decided to go for a walk to clear my head. I told my mum and dad and left. I ended up walking along the beach.

I love walking along the beach when the sun sets. It was setting now. A beautiful big palette of pinks and purples, oranges and golds.

There was a little figure sitting on the beach where the waves were coming in. that was weird….no one ever comes out recently. The other beach is more open- this one has a natural shelf around it and it's kinda small. I rushed down the steps and gasped.

"Kazu, you're not allowed out!"
He didn't listen. He just looked at the sea, hugging his knees. A thin mark reached from under his T-shirt, presumably it ended up at his shoulder, but I could see the start…. The white mark stopped at his wrist. A breeze blew past and ruffled at his hair.

"Kazu?"
"…"

he didn't want to talk. I sat next to him and looked out at the sea too.

"Why did that have to happen." It wasn't a question. There was no inflection to suggest it was a question. Kazu's voice was just a long, flat, monotone. "Why the hell did it have to be me."

"Kazu…."

"Kenta. Why the hell did you say what you did when you turned off the phone?"

Some expression at least. I thought back to when I was on the phone-

Shit.

"Why….did….you….say…that?" Oh, another emotion. Impatience.

I couldn't say anything. I just watched him. He closed his eyes and rocked backwards and forwards gently, his visor shadowing his eyes a little. "I'm not gay, Kenta."

Whoops. You'd better pay for that broken heart, Kazu.

"The fact that… that….happened, does not make me gay." His shirt blew in the wind, rippling fluidly around his skinny body. I don't care if he's not gay. He's beautiful.

"But that won't stop us being friends, will it?" Wow! That actually sounded almost normal!

"Of course not." I nodded. "But Kazu…please….don't die."
He took a long time before answering. His eyes were still blue, but they'd changed- instead of being that sharp, instantly noticeable cobalt, they'd changed to a sort of grey-blue, and there was no light left in them at all. He stared blankly into the sea, watching silently as sunrays bounced on the tide. "I'm already dead."

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Will be continued.

Hitoki: WHAT?!

You've won the Foghorn and Just A day singles…. But what would you do for…. Emily and all three Nothing singles?

Hitoki: (grumbles)

Cricket: Bribing evil…

Henny: I actually like this story now….

Hitoki: that's because I'm writing it for you.

Henny: yeah, whatever. I'm amazed how serious you made that after how awful the first chapter was…

Cricket: Don't remind us.

Hitoki:

* Okay, I'm sorry. I was listening to Feeder's Just A Day….

** "You're a bitch, but I love you anyway," is a line out of the Bitch Song by Bowling For Soup.