"He's got weird hair, he seems to be a wizard or something, he's always around you, he's weird and creepy, we don't know him, and-and-"He burst out the last bit. "You seem to be spending more time with him then ME!" Harvey finished.

Sabrina stared at him, the whole wide-open mouth, accusing eyes, and angry, trembling body.

"I-cannot—believe you just—said that." She whirled around, her books held angrily in her arm. But then she had a second thought, whirled right back to face toward the now expectant Harvey, and gave him a good, hard slap to the left cheek.

"You are HUMILIATING!" Sabrina screamed. Harvey looked up, stunned, clutching the left side of his face.

"Our date tonight is OVER!" Sabrina ran off down the hallway, tears of uncertainty spilling out. Why had she just hit her Boyfriend? The one boy she had longed to be with for all of school? And for Shinji? All the things he had said were practically true, but it was the oddness of Harvey suddenly becoming so—evil. The boy she remembered was cute and sweet—not paranoid and angry.

"I've wrecked EVERYTHING!" She moaned, setting herself up against a wall of lockers. "I HATE myself!" She almost screamed, but then remembered she was in a school, in the middle of a hallway full of hustling students, all their lives grand and wonderful.

Sabrina kept going over the moment in her head. The slap, the look—everything. She KNEW it was over, even though now, she prayed more then ever-it wasn't.

Tears started to fall from her eyes. Sabrina wiped them away, but more seemed to fall. They wouldn't stop. People were probably staring at her now, thinking she had depression problems or something of the sort. She kept wiping at her eyes, knowing soon they'd be all red and puffy and freaky looking.

"Hey." A voice suddenly said beside her. Sabrina looked to her left to see Shinji resting one arm on the locker wall. He was smiling, but once he saw the crying face of Sabrina, it turned into a worried frown.

"'Brina, what's wrong?" He asked. Sabrina's bottom lip started to quiver. Even though this boy was the cause of all that had come between Harvey and Sabrina, she needed comfort now more then ever.

"Harvey—Harvey—and I—I think we're over!" She sobbed, and, without even thinking, dropped her books and leaned in to Shinji, grabbing the shirt around his shoulders. She now started hiccupping, feeling like a fool more and more.

"Got—mad—slapped—sad—" She sobbed once more, and didn't even notice the shocked look on Shinji's face as she sobbed into his shirt.

"Err—let's get out of this hallway---"Shinji led Sabrina over into an abandoned math club classroom.

(Har, har.)

It was now that Shinji slowly, ever so slowly, wrapped his arms around Sabrina's shoulders. She didn't care, because she was clinging onto him for comfort.

"It's all right 'Brina." She heard him whisper soothingly. She just cried harder. Shinji hugged her closer, and it was then Sabrina realized the two were in a very awkward embrace.

She stopped crying, and let out a quiet sniffle. She looked up at Shinji and gave a weak sort of smile. "Thanks-Shinji." She hiccupped. She saw him smile. Such a comforting smile, in her time of depression and weakness.

"Oh, I must look so stupid." Sabrina suddenly uttered, yet she didn't let go of Shinji, and she didn't know why. "My eyes all puffed up and red—"

"I think you look—beautiful." Shinji said. Sabrina blushed deeply. Was he just saying it to be nice, or was he letting out feelings hidden?

Get a grip. He doesn't like you. YOU like him!

Do not! And why are his arms around me then anyway?

Sabrina suddenly realized that as well, and Shinji seemed to at the same time.

Sabrina blushed and pulled her arms away, but Shinji caught them. Her heart stopped, and she looked up into his violet eyes. They were almost black, they were such a deep purple. But a kind purple, full of love and kindness...

The two looked at each for what seemed like hours. Sabrina's spine shivered for no reason at all. Why had Shinji caught her hands? Was it—

But before Sabrina could think any closer, Shinji leaned in quickly, tilted Sabrina's chin up slightly, and lock his lips with hers.

Sabrina's eyes widened. What was he doing? She pulled away, filled with shock and confusion. She could barely even look at Shinji. She peeked a glance to see he was burning a fiery red, which clashed greatly with his blue hair.

"L-L-Look, Sabrina-"She didn't let him finish. With amazing speed the girl grabbed her books and sprinted out of the room, leaving a just as embarrassed Shinji standing in the empty room awkwardly.