Author's Notes: Wow, I can't believe I actually met my deadline. Well, I'll be gone from tomorrow till Monday so here's a chapter to help you pass the time. Hope you like! XD!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this story. They all belong to Lego and/or anyone else who owns them. This fic also contains yaoi, slash, and/or shounen-ai which all mean boy/boy love. If you don't like this sort of thing, I suggest you leave before you hurt yourself. Also, the Toa will be in the human forms that I have created for them and this is pretty much a complete AU. No mention of the Toa will be made during this whole fic so if you're gonna get made about that as well, leave already. The action and the stuff about Mata Nui will be featured in the sequel. XD! (Damn that's a long disclaimer.)

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"Always"
By: Green Devil
Part III "You Can't Escape the Pain"

Lewa leaned back in his seat with a sigh. "Thanks for taking me out to dinner. I haven't had a nice meal like that in quite a while." He smiled.

"I thought you hadn't been eating right. May I ask why?" Onua asked and took a sip from his drink.

"It's just this time of year. I guess I always get like this."

"What happens around this time of year that makes you so sad?"

Lewa looked down with tear filled eyes. " . . .In two days . . .it'll be the anniversary of . . . Makuta's disappearance . . ."

"Makuta . . .I've heard you say that name before. Who is he?"

"He was my best friend; my only friend."

"What happened to him?"

"I have no idea. One day he just disappeared. No one could figure out what happened to him and eventually, they all just gave up and forgot about him."

Onua frowned, something he'd been doing a lot lately. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's okay though. I know that one day he'll return. I know he will."

"How long has it been?"

"In two days it'll be three years."

Onua took Lewa's hand into his own. "Do you really believe he'll come back?"

"I don't know when, but I'll wait for forever and a day till he comes back to me."

"You love him that much." Onua replied as more of a statement than a question. He tenderly kissed the back of Lewa's hand and looked into his lime green eyes with a small smile. 'If you ever give up on him, I'm here.' He thought, but wouldn't voice it for the promise he had made, a promise that was becoming harder and harder not to break the more he got to know the green-haired boy.

"You know, I've been meaning to ask you, how old are you? You seem so young, it's hard to believe that you're in high school." The emerald-eyed boy asked.

"I'm eighteen."

"You're a senior then?"

"Yes. What about you?"

"I'm nineteen and I'm a senior as well."

"Did you by any chance get held back?"

"Uh . . ." Onua scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "I kinda, sorta got held back in . . .first grade."

Lewa bit his lip, is shoulders shaking.

"Aw, go ahead and laugh. I'm pretty much use to it."

The green-haired boy let out a small laugh. "I'm sorry, it's just, I didn't think anyone could fail something as easy as first grade." He smiled, actually happy. No trace of sadness could be seen in his eyes, which caused Onua to smile as well.

"Well, it wasn't my fault. My teacher had it in for me, I know she did."

So it went on, each getting to know the other a little better, though Lewa made sure to stay off the subject of his lost love as did Onua. The black-haired boy didn't want that sadness to fill the other's lime green eyes again for they looked so beautiful without it.

After learning what they could, Onua drove Lewa home, a comfortable silence surrounding them. As the radio played however, a song came on that Lewa knew very well, but he couldn't bring himself to change the station. Part of him still wanted to hear it. He held back his tears as he looked out the window and directed Onua to his home.

The radio cut off halfway through the song as Onua turned the engine off and he walked Lewa to his front door. The green-haired boy bid the other goodbye and softly closed the door, tears immediately falling from his eyes once he had shut Onua out.

Onua continued to stand on the other's doorstep, a frown on his face. 'He's crying again, I know it . . .but there's nothing I can do.' He sighed and walked back to his car, getting back in.

As he turned on the ignition, the song that had been playing previously continued to play, though nearing it's end. Onua listened to the words, sure that it had been the cause of Lewa's pain.

"—(My friend)
Please share my love with me my friend (Very next time he will be my friend, someone who I can believe in)
(My . . .)
I need someone like you (Very next time he will be my friend)

And if I e(ever fall) in love (again) again
I will be sure that my baby is a friend
And if I ever (ever fall) fall in love (so true) so true
I will be sure that my baby's just like you
"

"Lewa . . ." Onua took one last glance at Lewa's front door and drove off, determined to find out the whole story behind Makuta and his disappearance.

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A/N: I kinda altered the song a bit to fit my needs, but it's not really that big of a change. 'Baby' is really suppose to be 'lady' and whatnot. Also, it doesn't mean 'baby' as in 'child', kay? Just so you know. The song is 'If I Ever Fall in Love Again' by Shai. It's a really nice song. I found it on one of my sister's old cassettes and fell in love with it the first time I heard it. Well, hope you liked! Please review! XD!

Also, I've created a Yahoo! Group called Bionicle Slash. Can you guess what it's for? Yes, it's for archiving Bionicle fan fiction featuring yaoi, slash, and/or shounen-ai. If you're interested, come join. I'll have my fics up there as well. The link's in my profile since it won't show up here.