Yeah, I got reviews, and I'm really trying hard here, doing my best. And It's significantly hard to do when you have to get two people In the same place, at the same time, doing the same thing, really. And I do my best, but If you didn't like it, I really DO NOT like flames, but if it is an absolute must. I can take them, I thank ALL reviewers, and I'm really happy that SOME people like this. And just so you know, I absolutely hated the beginning of this story, I have no idea what's wrong with the people who did. I recommend they see a therapist.
BTW: In this chapter it switched to Graduation, only because the next chapter will be the last and has a special surprise, and I thought it would be nice to do after their graduation… the principals award is done at the end of the year.
This chapter might be longer because I'm preparing for the next chapter to be the last.
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Once all students had left the bus and had gotten all of their belongings, DJ and Dee walked towards DJ's car- a silver Mazda RX-8, and put their stuff in the trunk after telling Ryo to follow them to DJ's house. Ryo sighed as he followed Kai into the house since the girl somehow managed to get a hold of a spare key. "DJ! DEE! We're here!" she called in a sing-song voice as she led Ryo to DJs own personal recording studio.
"Basement!" Was heard from within kitchen, where DJ stood, looking through a closet an pulling out a 6-Pack of diet Pepsi and a 6-pack of Code Red Mountain Dew, which she took downstairs with the other two following.
"Of course." Kai replied, grabbing Ryo and dragging him down the steps, into the basement. Ryo gaped,
"DJ-Chan must be rich..."
"You have no idea..." Muttered Kai. Dee sat on the couch, tuning a cherry red guitar that matched the black, red and white interior of the room. Ryo immediately walked over, sitting next to him happily. Kai pulled a camera form nowhere,
"Hey! Kiss for the camera guys!"
"Working…later…"Dee mumbled. Kai pouted.
"Fine... Meanie..." she pouted more, turned, and sulked off trying to find something else to occupy her time with. Ryo sweat dropped.
"A little harsh don't you think? Don't you want to kiss me?" he asked teasingly.
"He always gets like that when he's working, Kai just refuses to notice it." A black boy said as he walked down the stairs with a blonde boy.
"EEEEEEE!" Kai squealed, glomping the two boys. "Wai! I haven't seen you guys in forever!" Ryo sweat dropped at how quickly she'd forgotten her earlier disappointment. Tommy motioned for all the boys to come over. He was trying to keep a secret from the girls, the boys crowded around Dee on the couch and began whispering "DJ's parents and Kai's father are going to be her in 15 minutes, don't tell. It's a secret surprise." Tommy explained as all of the boys nodding as DJ turned on the DDR on her big screen TV. Ryo, confused, still nodded. They didn't live with their parents? Kai hurried over to watch DJ, sipping on a diet coke.
"Oooh... you're so good DJ! I'm jealous!" she cried out, a little jokingly.
"Thanks." DJ smiled.
"What's the confused look for amigo?" Barry asked Ryo, not knowing the other boy's name as Tommy picked up the bass guitar and began to tune it as Dee was doing.
"I'm Ryo." he introduced, smiling slightly. Softly, so DJ and Kai couldn't hear he asked, "Who are their parents? I've only met them this weekend...so..."
"Are you Japanese?" Tommy asked, looking up.
"Err... half." Ryo admitted, smiling at him.
"You'll know when they get here." Barry said smiling.
"Who are they though?" Ryo asked again.
"You'll know." Dee said with a smirk as he sat down his guitar. Ryo blinked, still confused.
"Uh...huh..."Ryo said as Kai looked over,
"What are you guys talking about?" she asked.
"Nobody" The males in the room chorused at the same time. Kai blinked.
"...Whoa...scary..." She muttered, turning back to DDR. Barry joined DJ at the game and within 15 minutes, of course, The doorbell rang. Kai looked up.
"Are we expecting anyone else...?" she questioned, standing and going to open the door. "Hello?"
"I heard there we several graduating high schoolers here." Ryuichi Sakuma said as he stood in the doorway with K, Tohma and Noriko. Kai squealed and glomped them.
"Ohm gosh!" She squealed, at a lost for words, for once.
"Kai… we're ready to practice… what's taking so—OMIGOD! DADDY!" DJ yelled as she ran at the group in the doorway, running to the blonde haired American and hugging him around the neck. The rest of the group of friends returned from the basement to wait for them. Ryo blinked out at their parents and friends, a little confused.
"Um..." Ryo murmured. Kai giggled hugging her father, before letting him go and stepping away. She introduced Ryo to them ((doesn't feel like going through the entire list of games)) and them to Ryo.
"Where's Michael?" DJ asked as she hugged Ryuichi and looked around for her younger brother. Kai blinked.
"Aww! I haven't seen Little Michael-Chan in forever!"
"... He... was... here..." Ryuichi said, spinning around in a circle awkwardly as he spoke, looking for his son. Kai sweat dropped
"Ryu-kun... why you insist on having children I'll never know..." Kai shook her head.
"...But I never had kids..." Ryuichi said, childishly confused.
"..." Kai sighed and shook her head. "Never mind Ryu-kun... never mind..."
"We gotta find him. Duh." Noriko butted in. Ryo gave a small smile.
"Let me go look for him.' He offered with a slight bow, before going off to find the young boy. Kai grinned,
"Ryos going to make a great wife..." She said.
"To who?" DJ asked Kai.
"Dee of course!" Replied Kai, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Dee's face turned a florescent red, as if it were glowing, which everyone noticed. Kai chuckled to herself.
"Aww Dee... how cute! Come on, don't you WANT to marry him?" Kai chorused.
"Well… I …yes…but…I don't think…." Dee mumbled, his face turning redder if it was even possible. Kai smiled, and shook her head, deciding to drop the subject.
"You're so fun to tease Dee!" She chirped happily, Dee pouted.
xXxXx With Ryo xXxXx
'How hard is it to find one little boy?' Ryo thought, frowning slightly.
'It's not even that big of a neighborhood...'
Michael, a ten year old blonde boy sat in the park on a bench, laptop in his lap, working on something. Ryo, spotting him, hurried over. ((let's just pretend they gave him a description on Michael before he left...))
"Excuse me, are you Michael-Chan?" Ryo asked upon approaching.
"Yeah…" The boy said, not looking up from the screen. Ryo gave a small smile of relief.
"The others back at the house are worried about you. They thought you had been kidnapped or something..."
"Doubt it." The younger of the two voiced.
"What do you mean?"
"They're too busy worrying about DJ." The younger boy explained.
"No, Kai almost had a heart attack when she found out you weren't there."
"Not my parents, they probably didn't even know that I was gone."
"Who exactly are your parents?" Ryo asked, sitting beside the younger boy. Michael glanced around, making sure nobody would hear.
"Ryuichi Sakuma and K Winchester." He whispered. Ryo blinked and nodded.
"I see... but you do have people that love you back there, and miss you. I may not know you yet, but I'm sure if I did I would have been panicking about your well being also." The older mentioned.
"You sure about that? Because I sure as hell didn't notice." Michael sated simply. Ryo sighed.
"Why wouldn't they miss you?
"Because they're too busy worrying about DJ." Michael repeated. Ryo sighed.
"I'm sure they love you just as much as they love DJ-san."
"Then why would they send her to America? They sent her because they didn't want her harmed by paparazzi, but they wouldn't send me."
"As far as I know...DJ came here to further advance her studies... and if they sent you too, who would watch over you? DJ is not of legal age to take care of you."
"Still…… my parents wont even talk to me, I can't show them projects from school or any of my web work. They just ignore me."
"Then show them to me." Ryo smiled. "I'm sure they're very interesting, and your parents don't know what they're missing."
"You don't realize who my parents are, do you?" Michael asked as he closed his laptop and began to walk off. Ryo followed.
"Should I?"
"You are Japanese aren't you?"
"...so you do, indeed know who Nittle Grasper is?" Ryo shook his head 'no.'
"Should I?' he asked again.
"You've never heard of the most famous band in Japan?" Ryo shook his head again.
"No."
"Baka, Baka, baka." Michael uttered under his breath.
"I am not stupid..." Grumbled Ryo. "I have no ties with Japan."
"…..Do you know who Ryuichi Sakuma is?"
"No."
"He was a famous solo artist in America 5 years ago."
"I see..." Ryo said, nodding for him to continue.
"You man to tell me… that you have absolutely NO IDEA whatsoever who he is?" Michael expressed in awe as he and the older blonde came to the house. Ryo sweatdropped.
"No... I'm more content with studying. I don't listen to a lot of music, nor do I watch TV too often."
"…and you're friends with DJ and Dee?" Michel asked disbelievingly.
"I only really became their friend this weekend..."
"Never mind." Michael said as he disappeared into the house and up the stairs, leaving the others staring. Ryo walked in momentarily later, frowning.
"That was awkward." DJ said as she turned to make drinks for her guests.
xXxXx Graduation xXxXx
Ryo fidgeted nervously with his gown...thing, glancing around. Finally, graduation! He gave a nervous smile, glancing around for Dee. Dee snuck up in back of Ryo and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend from behind, smiling. Ryo blushed brightly, smiling over his shoulder at him.
"Hey." he greeted softly.
"What's up?" Dee asked, never loosening his grip.
"The sky, so I hope." Ryo replied, making no move to leave his embrace.
"Heh… that was almost funny." Dee whispered in his boyfriends ear. Ryo blushed lightly.
"Thank you... I think..."
"RYO, DEE!" DJ yelled from across the grounds. Dee spun around too look at her
"What do you need?" He asked her. Ryo glanced over.
"Is something the matter DJ?"
"Can't find Kai." The girl reported. Ryo blinked.
"Huh? Have you checked the library?"
" I though seniors weren't allowed in the building unless it was to change or use the bathroom." Dee said. Ryo shrugged.
"Kai has her ways... trust me."
"Well, she better get here soon, she has to do a speech, doesn't she?" DJ asked as an announcement came over the outside grounds intercom; 'All students and visitors take your seats please.' The principal's voice rang throughout the area. Ryo frowned.
"She'll be here... I hope."
"Well, let's just hope she is and doesn't make a fool of herself." Dee said as the three of them took the seats that they were told to sit in for alphabetical order. Ryo fidgeted nervously, wondering briefly where Kai was. As the teacher announced for Kai to step up, the young girl appeared in the doorway, making her way to the stand.
Conversing softly with the teacher for a moment she stood in front of the podium, gazing uneasily out at the audience. ((is not a good speech writer, so decides to skip it))
After much applause Kai took her seat, fidgeting nervously with the hem of her gown.
As names began to be called certificates were being handed out, DJ pulled out her cell phone and text messaged Kai: 'Why are you nervous? Where were you? Why did you have to talk to the teacher?' Kai smiled slightly and messaged back,
'it was nothing. I just got a little sick before we came here...ok, REALLY sick, I was in the bathroom, over the toilet for well over an hour...I just told the teacher here I was...and as for being nervous, aren't you? we are graduating after all.'
'Not really, we're finally out of this God damned school, we can finally go back home.' Kai smiled softly.
'True...I believe they're about to call your name. Pay attention.' DJ perked up, and upon hearing her name, handed her cell phone to one of her friends, Tammy, who sat next to her and walked on stage to receive her diploma. After doing so, she returned to her seat and reclaimed her phone. Kai let out a soft sigh, once again fidgeting. Messaging she said,
'I'm going to miss this school actually...'
'So will I, but I miss home, DAMN THEESE AMERICANS AND THEIR DUCK LANGUAGE!' Kai covered her mouth quickly to avoid laughing out loud.
'lol. DJ, you're such a card.'
The students finished being called, everyone was dismissed and students were all over the school yards chattering away happily. Kai sighed, rocking back and forth on her heels as she conversed with her friends Matt and Wes about future plans. She seemed pretty upset with leaving them behind in America, practically leaving Matt behind. Dee and Ryo were sitting at the edge of school grounds with Dee, once again, asleep leaning on Ryo's shoulder, his fingers intertwined with Ryo's. Ryo was blushing lightly, slightly amazed at how much Dee slept. Didn't he sleep at the orphanage? He glanced up in time to Kai embrace matt quickly, the boy, for once not trying to pull away. She turned and hurried over to the two, wiping tears quickly from her eyes.
"H-hey..." She muttered softly, sniffling.
"You ok?" Ryo asked softly. Kai nodded.
"I don't wanna go back to Japan or anything...I wanna stay here..." Dee stirred and sat up straight glancing at Kai,
"Then why don't you?" He asked Kai shrugged.
"I have an obligation to my home and family... I have to go home with them...plus, I need to go to college..."
"Your family can get over it, and you have a good chance of going to Harvard or Yale if you stay, you could get into any school you want." Kai frowned.
"It doesn't matter if I stay behind or not...I'm still not going to see any of them again... Matt's going to a mechanic school, and Wes to a director's school. I'm probably going to take up writing or keyboarding or something...it doesn't matter."
"Then why are you crying?" Ryo asked her.
"Because I'll miss them. I can't help it... I'll see you guys alter, alright?" she said softly, turning and hurrying away to spend her last few moments reminiscing with Matt, Wes, Alex, and all her other friends. Ryo sadly watched her go, feeling a strange pang of pity for the girl.
"I feel so bad for Kai..." he said, before suddenly remembering something. "Oh...that's right, I'm gonna be all alone this summer..." he muttered aloud.
"Why?" Dee asked as he laid back on the grass. Ryo sighed lightly.
"My parents are out of town...well, out of the country for a while."
"That sucks… but I wouldn't know." Ryo shrugged.
"Sorry..." he muttered, looking suddenly tired.
"No, It's cool, I'd actually like to be alone for a change." Dee reassured him.
"Hmm... maybe you could stay with me for a while, that way neither of us has to be lonely..."
"Only if you want me to." Ryo shrugged.
"I don't mind."
"I don't want to burden you though." Dee said as he sat up.
"You won't be a burden!" Ryo chirped, smiling reassuringly.
"…never mind… just forget about it." Dee said.
"No! I want you to stay over! Please Dee?"
"No, I'll just cause trouble for you, don't worry about it." Dee mumbled. Ryo pouted cutely.
"Pleeeeease Dee?"
"Fine..." Dee mumbled Ryo grinned at him, happy with his win.
"Alright! When will you be over?"
"Whenever you want me to be. It doesn't matter."
"What's wrong?" Ryo asked, frowning in worriment.
"Nothing, I'm just exhausted…"
"Alright...you can stop by later...if you want." Ryo said, standing. "I should be getting home... I'll see you later." He said, smiling as he hurried away.
xXxXx Later That Day xXxXx
Ryo rung his hands nervously, waiting for Dee's arrival. A soft knock came to the door and Ryo opened to see Dee standing there smiling. "Hello." The younger said with a smile.
"Hey." Ryo replied, stepping back to allow Dee to enter. "Come on in." He bit his lip nervously... why was he so nervous? He really couldn't think of why. Dee stepped in and wrapped his arms around Ryo's waist, smiling. Ryo blushed brightly.
"D-Dee? What...what are you doing?" he asked, voice slightly above a whisper.
"What do you think I'm doing?" Dee asked as he nibbled on the blonde's ear.
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Next chapter is da end and speshul surprise!
