Somewhere I Belong

PG-13 ish.

Author: Suchan deFamine, alias Poison Candy Sprinkles.

Summary: Two young people's love conflicts with society and the honour of Bloor's Academy. Mr. Pilgrim begins to remember.

Notes: Beware the slashiness, ye gay-fearers! And, since I have this thing that Mr. Pilgrim is Lyell and should wake up any minute… hey, PILGRIM!!! ::clashes cymbals around his ears::

Pilgrim: ::sleeps on:: ZZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZz……

::shrug:: Eh. Well.

OH! Another note: Chaos-Fyre-Elf31, here's your full-length AsaxManfred romance…. :) Muah.

( ":P" indicates a scene change since FFN has been being pretty stupid for a while n it's such a pain to update...)

That said, let us begin….

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Chapter 1

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They walked side by side, not really talking, pinkies linked, and smiling. The other children in the garden were either running or walking, but scampered away with weird looks when they passed. The bell rang, and everyone headed back inside…except for the two young lovers, fingers entwined.

From his tower, Mr. Pilgrim stared out the window at them, smiling slightly. Oh, how wonderful it was to love and be loved… he vaguely remembered a feeling of a time long ago when he had been in love with the most beautiful girl…but the memory cut short and again, he was left with only the piano for companionship, its beautiful mahogany exoskeleton cluttered with papers, sheet music, long lost salted cashews, and dust.

He sat down on the worn bench and began to play a sorrowful tune, the ballad of a forgotten lover.

:P

"Aren't we going to be late for class?"

"Like you care."

"….you do have a point."

:P

"JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" Mr. Bloor roared. "You shirk your classes, go wherever you please, whenever you please, without a second thought for the rest of us! You have duties, young man, and it's high time you acted responsibly and stuck with them."

He stopped for a moment to glare down at his son. "And no more of this fancying males business. Your actions are very closely watched and I'll not have you blackening the name of our family and this Academy!"

"But, Father—"

"NO! This nonsense has to stop! There is a new girl scheduled to come. I suggest," suggest, used in the tone it was, meaning you-will-do-as-I-say-or-be-skinned-alive, "you take her into consideration. She does come from a rather well-off family."

The door closed behind him, leaving Manfred sitting slouching in a chair beside the four poster bed, glaring at the polished wood door. "All you care about it the money."

No wonder Mother had left. Maybe they were in love once…but things went bad…

Manfred shook his head. If luck held out, his father would retire to his room for a while to cool down. He could pack a few necessities and run away. Yes, he thought. That might be the solution to his problem.

Oh. And of course, I'll be taking Asa with me.

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Asa cringed under the foreboding hulk of the fuming headmaster. "You, Asa Pike, will stay well away from my son. You two are causing raised eyebrows. Do you want the fair reputation of Bloor's to be marred by a foolish infatuation?"

Asa's head drooped. "No, sir."

"You have a detention for that, and one next week for skipping class."

The shining doorhandle rattled as it slammed shut, leaving Asa alone with his worries. He pulled his knees up to his chest and stared out the window. A few snowbirds perched on the ledge, pecking at the birdfeed he had left out for them.

He smiled. His heart longed for flight. If only he could sprout wings and fly away to some place, any place that would accept him for his true self.

Accept him even though he loved another boy.

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The digital clock beeped softly that it was midnight; the red numbers turned to 12:00. "Asa."

In the darkness, a body turned over, stretching. "Mmmm….no, give me the bananas, no one gets hurt…"

"Asa, wake up!"

"What?"

"Wake up. Hurry and get dressed. We're running away."

Asa blinked his yellow eyes at the moonlight pouring in the window. "Why?"

"Because," he said, kissing Asa on the cheek, "no one will tolerate us here. We'll find somewhere that does."

Asa smiled. "Alright. Give me five minutes."

"Three."

"Deal."

They thought that their troubles would end when they got away from Bloor's Academy…..

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End Chapter 1.

Please, I need title ideas. I could probably think of one if it wasn't 8:00 am and I hadn't been up since five.

Reviews? Please?