Wow, just noticing how many mistakes I had in the other one…So: Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer applies.

A/N: well, this is my first MK fic…. So be nice! Might be shounen ai, Z/H.

Have fun reading!

(Italicized font means the person is dreaming…and now you know)

'….' Means thoughts (without the …)

Chapter one (creative title of the chapter ne?)

He hurt, everything hurt. Where was he?

"Hiead…."

Dare he open his eyes to see the world around him?

' I am not a coward.' He opened his eyes.

Harsh light berated him. He squinted crimson orbs, trying to see through the light, which blinded him.

"Hiead…"

Who was calling his name? He tried to move, to sit up, why wasn't he moving?

"HIEAD!" His father was calling him, what had he done this time?

"Hiead, you little runt, Get over here!"

"Yes father," the little boy with silver hair trotted obediently over to drunken man, his Dad. Looking down at the gravely, dirt floor, he stood. Awaiting the torrent of words that no child should here. Awaiting the pain and hurt that would leave marks, not visible to anyone.

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Hiead sat straight up in bed, Sweating and breathing hard. No scolding, No fists hitting him, everything was…as it was. Falling back into the stiff, white mattress, scarlet eyes staring blankly upward, until another hell, another nightmare…came to claim him.

Little did he know that ever-light sleeping Zero, watched him. "Does he always do that?' Normally Zero thought it best not to wonder too much about Hiead, but recent events had caused him to think deeper on certain things. No matter how much thinking gave him headaches, as Kizna would put it.

'Are they nightmares, Hiead?' He wondered. Zero had had many nightmares…none of them however, had resulted in him waking up in a cold sweat.

Clays voice interrupted his thoughts.

" You know, Zero, Have you ever wondered what would happen if we did destroy Victim? I mean, where would all of us go?" Clay sat up and rested his head on his pajama covered knees.

" I dunno, I never thought that far ahead I guess, where do you think Hiead will go?" Zero couldn't help it, so he was curious boy, no one ever complained before. Well, that wasn't exactly true.

Clay glanced wearily over at Hiead's bed, hoping he was asleep before giving his reply, " To the loony bin." sliding back against the wall when Hiead shifted.

Zero laugher loudly, then flattened his face against his pillow to muffle the sound. Quite suddenly, an unidentified flying object made contact with his head.

"OUCH!" He yelled, holding his injured head in his hands protectively, looking over at Hiead, who was glaring murderously at them.

"Oh, come on Hiead, lighten up! It was just a joke!, Hey, wait a minute, where are you going?" Zero went stand up but got caught in his sheets that promptly deposited him in a heap on the hard floor.

Hiead walked by him, toward the door that slid open as he approached it.

"Hiead Wait! You know we aren't aloud to be roaming freely along in halls when its…" The rest of Zero sentence got cut off somewhere between him trying to get up again, trying to see what time it was (it happened to be 3:15 in the morning) and tripping over his darn, evil, scheming sheets in the dark.

"…Interesting." were the only words that seemed to describe the entire situation.

"well put, Clay." Zero mumbled sarcastically from his place on the linoleum floor.

"Zero, you can get up now."

"No, my blankets will just flatten me again."

"…" was Clays response.

'And…the almighty Zero was beaten to death by the evil, inanimate blankets!' Zero thought, adding mental images to the scene before bursting out laughing, leaving Clay to stare strangely at him and wonder. For the time being, Hiead was forgotten.

TO BE CONTINUED…we hope.

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A/N: and there we have it. Not much angst…but hopefully it will get better, err, worse. Damn, I'm confusing myself. Please review, I know this chapter is short but the next one will be longer. I just need to get started.

All: Get started? *laughing maniacally*

Dark of Sky: …*Grabs Hiead from out of nowhere*

Hiead: *glares*

All:…^_^ *bows before Hiead and Dark of Sky*

Hiead and Dark of Sky: *smirk*