**Author's Note**: Yay! I finally got this chapter up for everyone! And
I've already started the next chapter! Aren't you so proud of me! ^.^
Thankyou to my reviewers, once again.. ::sigh:: I lost so many..
::sniffle.. chazzy pats her on the back:: Thanks sweetie! ^.^ Anyway, I
also fixed chapters 1-3, but took out the japanese cause it confuses some
people. They are also changed just a bit. Well, have fun reading my lovely
fans! Oh, by the way, special thanks to Lil Yaten Faye! ^.^ thanks for your
suggestion, i'm using it in the next chapterm and thanks for your wonderful
pictures!
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Chapter 9: The Only Mistake
Yaten awoke to the sound of his alarm clock buzzing. He rolled over on his side and squinted at the clock to see the time. 6:24. He yawned loudly as he propped himself up on his elbows and rubbed his eyes with one hand. Deciding to go to school, he grabbed clean clothes and headed into the bathroom to shower. When he entered the bathroom, he grabbed a towel and turned the water on so it would warm up by the time he was ready. He discarded his clothes and shuddered at what he saw. All over his pale skin were brusies, scars, and scratches. If what his father did to him wasn't enough to give him nightmares, the sight of his body sure was. Shaking his head and letting a few tears fall, Yaten continued his morning routine. By the time he was ready to get in his car and drive to school, Yaten's body shook with thoughts of his father. He tried not to cry, because it would take some time for him to recover. Unfortunately, as hard as he tried, the tears came anyway. He sat in his car for about 5 minutes crying uncontrollably. 5 more minutes went passed and he was able to calm himself down. He looked in the mirror, so he could erase all evidence that he had been crying. Once he was content with his image, he made his way to school.
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Andy sighed as he sat in his car waiting for Ryan to come out of his house. What takes him so long to get ready? He always looked perfect to him. He smiled at his own thought and slowly let his mind wander.
"What's the goofy grin for?" Andy was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw Ryan next to him, closing his door.
"Hey sweetie. Just thinkin' about us, that's all." Andy gave him a kiss and started the car up again. He had turned it off while he was waiting for Ryan.
Ryan entwined his fingers with Andy's as their hands rested on the arm rest. "And what were you thinking about?" Andy smiled inwardly. Leave it to Ryan to make it sound very romantic.
Andy put the car in park and leaned close to Ryan's ear. "I was thinking... that we are at Seiya's house." Andy grinned when Ryan pushed him away.
"You suck."
"I know. I'll be right back." Andy winked at him before he made his way up to Seiya's house. He must have heard the car door slam because he was locking his front door up when Andy got there. "I thought your mom did that."
"She left for work early today."
"Oh." That confused Andy a little. Seiya's mom didn't have to be at work until 9. Why was she going in 2 and a half hours earlier. He decided not to ask Seiya any questions though. He didn't really look like he was in the mood to be answering questions. Although, Andy still promised Ryan he would see what was up with him. He would just talk to him later. "So," Andy started as they got into the car, "Do you want to come over after school today? Ryan was busy so I thought maybe you could come over and hang with me."
"I'm not busy." Leave it to Ryan to screw things up.
"Yes you are. You told me you were."
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did."
"Andy, I haven't talked to you all day! The last time I talked to you was last night and we were talking about how you were going to talk to- oh... yeah..um, I am.. uh.." Andy saw Ryan shift in his seat awkwardly as red creeped up into his cheeks.
"I can't come over anyway."
"Why?" Seiya just shrugged his shoulders when Andy asked him that. 'Damn, he's probably thinking about Yaten or something. Jesus, the kid was absent for one day! One day! And he is making such a big deal over it'. "Seiya, no offense or anything, but get over him. He doesn't like you. Stop fooling yourself." Andy knew that came out harsher than he had intended it to, because Ryan gave him a look that said, 'what the fuck is wrong with you'. By now they had reached school. Seiya hadn't said anything about the comment Andy made to him. He just got out of the car, didn't even look at Andy or Ryan, and left.
Ryan sighed as he reached for the door handle. "That went well."
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Seiya glanced over at the clock and then Yaten. He was relieved that Yaten showed up today. That had proven that he was feeling better and that Seiya was making the situation yesterday a lot worse than it really was. He was a little disappointed though. Yaten sat right next to him, but didn't even attempt to bring up a conversation, which made seiya think he didn't really want to talk to him. 5 more minutes of the class left. Seiya started packing up his stuff, which was actually only a pencil. He hadn't been paying attention to what was going on, so he only had a pencil out. Seiya slipped his backpack on and looked at the clock. 4 more minutes. Why was time going so slowly? Seiya sighed as he still looked towards the clock and started tapping his fingers on his desk. 'What exactly am I going to talk to him about... maybe, maybe I can invite him over for dinner. I already ate at his house, so maybe he would eat at my house. Maybe he could spend the night.' Seiya smiled at that thought, but his smile faded when he noticed that it was still the middle of the week. Yaten probably wouldn't want to spend the night when there was school the next day. Seiya glaned at the clock again. 'Fuck, still 2 minutes!' More thoughts flooded Seiya's head and he started wondering how to get Yaten to go to the dance. Was Andy right though? Maybe Yaten was annoyed by seiya's presence all the time... 10 seconds left. The bell rang shortly after Seiya looked at the clock for the fourth time. He jumped out of his chair, knocking it over, but not really caring. Yaten looked over at him when he did that.
"A little excited?"
"Oh," Seiya quickly picked up the chair and turned back to Yaten as they began to walk out of the classroom. "I just really can't stand this class. So, are you busy tonight?"
"I don't think so. Why?"
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come over for dinner? My mom really wants to meet you." Seiya knew that was a lie, but he needed someway to reel Yaten in. "So, what do you say?"
"Um... I'm not-"
"Please!" Seiya grabbed hold of Yaten's hand. Which caused Yaten to flinch a bit. Seiya caught that, but just let it slip by. "My mom's a really good cook!" Yaten still didn't look too convinced. "Please, please, please!"
Yaten sighed in defeat. "Alright. What time?"
"You could just come home with me from school if you want."
"Sure."
"Do you want to call your parents to let them know?"
Yaten thought for a minute. If he called them, there would be a chance that they would say no and he would be stuck home with his dad. Yaten shuddered at that though. Or, he could just go to Seiya's house with out his dad knowing. Sure he would get beat when he got home, but that was pretty much inevitable. Yaten figured a few hours a way from home would do him some good, so he decided against the call. "Nah, they won't mind."
"Alright, cool."
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Andy was glaring at Seiya from across the hall as he watched him practically beg Yaten to go over his house. "How pathetic."
Ryan looked over at Andy. "What is?"
"Him." Ryan followed Andy's eyes over to Seiya, who was chatting frantically with Yaten. "I'm surprised he's not down on his knees by now."
"Come on Andy. He's in love. Give him a break."
"He's wasting his time, that's what he's doing." Andy stopped watching Seiya and turned to Ryan. "I thought you didn't like Yaten. You said there was something about him that made you uneasy."
"Yeah, well... I was thinking, he seems pretty harmless. I mean, maybe he is a bit mysterious, but everybody is. In their own way." Andy just shrugged his shoulders.
"He's still wasting his time."
"Since when did you become so against love? I remember you acting the very same way when I was transfered here."
"No I didn't. I wasn't that pathetic."
"Oh, but you were." Ryan took Andy's hand and lead him to their next class.
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Yaten stepped in Seiya's house, and winced as Seiya's yelled loudly if anyone was home. Seiya's mom poked her out from the kitchen. "Jesus Seiya! We're gonna start needing some kind of warning system with that mouth of yours. Your father is sleeping, so be quiet."
Seiya smiled at his mother as he walked into the kitchen. "Why is he home so early? Why are you home early?"
"I came home to take care of your father. He wasn't feeling to well." Amaya glanced behind Seiya, and saw a short, silver haired boy, looking kind of nervous. "Who's your friend?"
"Oh," Seiya stepped aside to let Yaten through to the kitchen. "This is Yaten. A friend from school. Can he stay over for dinner?"
"Of course, as long as his parents don't mind."
"They don't."
Amaya looked at Seiya. "Let the boy speak. Do they mind, dear?" Amaya turned her attention over to Yaten, who still looked pretty nervous.
"No."
Amaya nodded her head and turned back to the dishes she was washing. "Alright then. Seiya, dinner will be ready around six. For now, go off and hang out with your friend, but be quiet."
"Sure thing." Seiya then latched his arm through Yaten's and headed to his room with him. Once in, seiya shut the door, and pulled out his computer chair for Yaten to sit on. "Mom's are annoying, huh?"
"Yeah." Yaten sat down and looked around Seiya's room. His bed was up against a window, with blue sheets. The rug in his room was also blue. He had random posters on his walls of different bands he liked, except for one painting that stuck out. Yaten decided that the painting must have been one of Van Gouh's. Well, at least he knew good art. Seiya's computer was set up on one side of the room, with his closet and dresser on the other side.
"What do you think of my room?"
"It's very... blue. Very different than mine. Mine doesn't even match."
"Heh, yeah it is blue. My parents let me do whatever I want in it, as long as it's not too outrageous looking. I wanted a huge rainbow going across the wall, but my dad said no." Yaten just nodded his head and continued looking around the room. "Um... that was a joke."
"Oh sorry. Ha ha." Seiya shook his head and just continued to talk to Yaten about random things until dinner was ready.
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"Where the fuck is that kid?" Shinu threw another piece of glass that zoomed past Herena's head.
"How the hell should I know! But don't you dare go and take it out on me! I told you that you should have given him a cell phone!"
"Why, so he could eat away at the rest of my money? Hell no women! If you think he needs a cell phone, you buy him one!"
Herena threw her hands up in frustration. "I don't even know why I married you!"
"Neither do I! you go off with random men anyway!"
"And what do you think you do when I'm not here?" Shinu threw the dinner plates off the table and sent them falling to the floor in tremendous crashes. "You know your going to have to pay for a new set of those now, don't you?" Shinu pounded his fist against the table and left the room, obviously disgusted with being defeated by a women, his own wife even! But he vowed to himself that when Yaten got back into this house, he was going to give his ass a beaten so bad, that he wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
********************************************************* Tada! All done! ^.^ By the way, I told Lil yaten Faye, that I would credit her artwork, so here ya go girl! . Thankyou so much! Review please!
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Chapter 9: The Only Mistake
Yaten awoke to the sound of his alarm clock buzzing. He rolled over on his side and squinted at the clock to see the time. 6:24. He yawned loudly as he propped himself up on his elbows and rubbed his eyes with one hand. Deciding to go to school, he grabbed clean clothes and headed into the bathroom to shower. When he entered the bathroom, he grabbed a towel and turned the water on so it would warm up by the time he was ready. He discarded his clothes and shuddered at what he saw. All over his pale skin were brusies, scars, and scratches. If what his father did to him wasn't enough to give him nightmares, the sight of his body sure was. Shaking his head and letting a few tears fall, Yaten continued his morning routine. By the time he was ready to get in his car and drive to school, Yaten's body shook with thoughts of his father. He tried not to cry, because it would take some time for him to recover. Unfortunately, as hard as he tried, the tears came anyway. He sat in his car for about 5 minutes crying uncontrollably. 5 more minutes went passed and he was able to calm himself down. He looked in the mirror, so he could erase all evidence that he had been crying. Once he was content with his image, he made his way to school.
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Andy sighed as he sat in his car waiting for Ryan to come out of his house. What takes him so long to get ready? He always looked perfect to him. He smiled at his own thought and slowly let his mind wander.
"What's the goofy grin for?" Andy was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw Ryan next to him, closing his door.
"Hey sweetie. Just thinkin' about us, that's all." Andy gave him a kiss and started the car up again. He had turned it off while he was waiting for Ryan.
Ryan entwined his fingers with Andy's as their hands rested on the arm rest. "And what were you thinking about?" Andy smiled inwardly. Leave it to Ryan to make it sound very romantic.
Andy put the car in park and leaned close to Ryan's ear. "I was thinking... that we are at Seiya's house." Andy grinned when Ryan pushed him away.
"You suck."
"I know. I'll be right back." Andy winked at him before he made his way up to Seiya's house. He must have heard the car door slam because he was locking his front door up when Andy got there. "I thought your mom did that."
"She left for work early today."
"Oh." That confused Andy a little. Seiya's mom didn't have to be at work until 9. Why was she going in 2 and a half hours earlier. He decided not to ask Seiya any questions though. He didn't really look like he was in the mood to be answering questions. Although, Andy still promised Ryan he would see what was up with him. He would just talk to him later. "So," Andy started as they got into the car, "Do you want to come over after school today? Ryan was busy so I thought maybe you could come over and hang with me."
"I'm not busy." Leave it to Ryan to screw things up.
"Yes you are. You told me you were."
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did."
"Andy, I haven't talked to you all day! The last time I talked to you was last night and we were talking about how you were going to talk to- oh... yeah..um, I am.. uh.." Andy saw Ryan shift in his seat awkwardly as red creeped up into his cheeks.
"I can't come over anyway."
"Why?" Seiya just shrugged his shoulders when Andy asked him that. 'Damn, he's probably thinking about Yaten or something. Jesus, the kid was absent for one day! One day! And he is making such a big deal over it'. "Seiya, no offense or anything, but get over him. He doesn't like you. Stop fooling yourself." Andy knew that came out harsher than he had intended it to, because Ryan gave him a look that said, 'what the fuck is wrong with you'. By now they had reached school. Seiya hadn't said anything about the comment Andy made to him. He just got out of the car, didn't even look at Andy or Ryan, and left.
Ryan sighed as he reached for the door handle. "That went well."
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Seiya glanced over at the clock and then Yaten. He was relieved that Yaten showed up today. That had proven that he was feeling better and that Seiya was making the situation yesterday a lot worse than it really was. He was a little disappointed though. Yaten sat right next to him, but didn't even attempt to bring up a conversation, which made seiya think he didn't really want to talk to him. 5 more minutes of the class left. Seiya started packing up his stuff, which was actually only a pencil. He hadn't been paying attention to what was going on, so he only had a pencil out. Seiya slipped his backpack on and looked at the clock. 4 more minutes. Why was time going so slowly? Seiya sighed as he still looked towards the clock and started tapping his fingers on his desk. 'What exactly am I going to talk to him about... maybe, maybe I can invite him over for dinner. I already ate at his house, so maybe he would eat at my house. Maybe he could spend the night.' Seiya smiled at that thought, but his smile faded when he noticed that it was still the middle of the week. Yaten probably wouldn't want to spend the night when there was school the next day. Seiya glaned at the clock again. 'Fuck, still 2 minutes!' More thoughts flooded Seiya's head and he started wondering how to get Yaten to go to the dance. Was Andy right though? Maybe Yaten was annoyed by seiya's presence all the time... 10 seconds left. The bell rang shortly after Seiya looked at the clock for the fourth time. He jumped out of his chair, knocking it over, but not really caring. Yaten looked over at him when he did that.
"A little excited?"
"Oh," Seiya quickly picked up the chair and turned back to Yaten as they began to walk out of the classroom. "I just really can't stand this class. So, are you busy tonight?"
"I don't think so. Why?"
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come over for dinner? My mom really wants to meet you." Seiya knew that was a lie, but he needed someway to reel Yaten in. "So, what do you say?"
"Um... I'm not-"
"Please!" Seiya grabbed hold of Yaten's hand. Which caused Yaten to flinch a bit. Seiya caught that, but just let it slip by. "My mom's a really good cook!" Yaten still didn't look too convinced. "Please, please, please!"
Yaten sighed in defeat. "Alright. What time?"
"You could just come home with me from school if you want."
"Sure."
"Do you want to call your parents to let them know?"
Yaten thought for a minute. If he called them, there would be a chance that they would say no and he would be stuck home with his dad. Yaten shuddered at that though. Or, he could just go to Seiya's house with out his dad knowing. Sure he would get beat when he got home, but that was pretty much inevitable. Yaten figured a few hours a way from home would do him some good, so he decided against the call. "Nah, they won't mind."
"Alright, cool."
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Andy was glaring at Seiya from across the hall as he watched him practically beg Yaten to go over his house. "How pathetic."
Ryan looked over at Andy. "What is?"
"Him." Ryan followed Andy's eyes over to Seiya, who was chatting frantically with Yaten. "I'm surprised he's not down on his knees by now."
"Come on Andy. He's in love. Give him a break."
"He's wasting his time, that's what he's doing." Andy stopped watching Seiya and turned to Ryan. "I thought you didn't like Yaten. You said there was something about him that made you uneasy."
"Yeah, well... I was thinking, he seems pretty harmless. I mean, maybe he is a bit mysterious, but everybody is. In their own way." Andy just shrugged his shoulders.
"He's still wasting his time."
"Since when did you become so against love? I remember you acting the very same way when I was transfered here."
"No I didn't. I wasn't that pathetic."
"Oh, but you were." Ryan took Andy's hand and lead him to their next class.
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Yaten stepped in Seiya's house, and winced as Seiya's yelled loudly if anyone was home. Seiya's mom poked her out from the kitchen. "Jesus Seiya! We're gonna start needing some kind of warning system with that mouth of yours. Your father is sleeping, so be quiet."
Seiya smiled at his mother as he walked into the kitchen. "Why is he home so early? Why are you home early?"
"I came home to take care of your father. He wasn't feeling to well." Amaya glanced behind Seiya, and saw a short, silver haired boy, looking kind of nervous. "Who's your friend?"
"Oh," Seiya stepped aside to let Yaten through to the kitchen. "This is Yaten. A friend from school. Can he stay over for dinner?"
"Of course, as long as his parents don't mind."
"They don't."
Amaya looked at Seiya. "Let the boy speak. Do they mind, dear?" Amaya turned her attention over to Yaten, who still looked pretty nervous.
"No."
Amaya nodded her head and turned back to the dishes she was washing. "Alright then. Seiya, dinner will be ready around six. For now, go off and hang out with your friend, but be quiet."
"Sure thing." Seiya then latched his arm through Yaten's and headed to his room with him. Once in, seiya shut the door, and pulled out his computer chair for Yaten to sit on. "Mom's are annoying, huh?"
"Yeah." Yaten sat down and looked around Seiya's room. His bed was up against a window, with blue sheets. The rug in his room was also blue. He had random posters on his walls of different bands he liked, except for one painting that stuck out. Yaten decided that the painting must have been one of Van Gouh's. Well, at least he knew good art. Seiya's computer was set up on one side of the room, with his closet and dresser on the other side.
"What do you think of my room?"
"It's very... blue. Very different than mine. Mine doesn't even match."
"Heh, yeah it is blue. My parents let me do whatever I want in it, as long as it's not too outrageous looking. I wanted a huge rainbow going across the wall, but my dad said no." Yaten just nodded his head and continued looking around the room. "Um... that was a joke."
"Oh sorry. Ha ha." Seiya shook his head and just continued to talk to Yaten about random things until dinner was ready.
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"Where the fuck is that kid?" Shinu threw another piece of glass that zoomed past Herena's head.
"How the hell should I know! But don't you dare go and take it out on me! I told you that you should have given him a cell phone!"
"Why, so he could eat away at the rest of my money? Hell no women! If you think he needs a cell phone, you buy him one!"
Herena threw her hands up in frustration. "I don't even know why I married you!"
"Neither do I! you go off with random men anyway!"
"And what do you think you do when I'm not here?" Shinu threw the dinner plates off the table and sent them falling to the floor in tremendous crashes. "You know your going to have to pay for a new set of those now, don't you?" Shinu pounded his fist against the table and left the room, obviously disgusted with being defeated by a women, his own wife even! But he vowed to himself that when Yaten got back into this house, he was going to give his ass a beaten so bad, that he wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
********************************************************* Tada! All done! ^.^ By the way, I told Lil yaten Faye, that I would credit her artwork, so here ya go girl! . Thankyou so much! Review please!