Ooooh! I got lotsa reviews and that makes me HAPPY! I'm in a really good mood at the minute- I don't have another exam until Tuesday and this Saturday and Sunday is the music festival at my school! And now, replies to all those lovely shiny reviews people left for me!

Roppie: Ah, well you don't have to want any longer, just scroll down a bit and the answer is there!

Platinum Rei: He might be cheating...and he might not! You'll just have to read on and find out!

TomTwins13: I don't mind, I am mean to the characters in all of my fics! If I' mever on the phone to one of my friends, nine out of twn times I tell her about a new idea she tells me I'm evil...

lil-inu: I hurried, I hurried. But I've never really done cliffhangers before, and I felt like trying one!

BloodyShadows: There's nothing wrong with him, per se...or not yet, anyway.

Just that good: Soon enough? Anyway, be curious no more! The answer is down the page!

miriam906: Wow, so many people couldn't wait...but no more waiting, it's the weekend so I have a little more time to write and post in!

Endoh Chiaki: Thanks! And Rei was... ah, you'll have to scroll down to find out!

SilkYuzu: Hee, thanks! and don't worry, you don't have to wait any more!

Thunder Fairy: I'm sorry, I know cliffies are mean, but I've never done one before and I wanted to have a go at one!

wingedsoldier: Pregnant? He could be, I suppose...I've done mpreg before, but no, this isn't one.

Hannah: Tsk tsk, I'm slimming! I'm at my leaver's prom in a few weeks, you'll make me fat giving me cookies! Thank you for the gesture though, I'll give it to my invisible giraffe, Geoff.

MikaTanaka: Or all three... But you'll have to scroll down to find out!

MikeyWaysgirl: I checked out your story, and I left a review for it. I was quite critical, because I don't believe in glossing over the bad parts of a story while outlining the good, but I hope you find it helpful. It's mainly technical things like paragraphing and spelling you need to check, though.

Helen AKA Marsipan: Whoah there, don't die! That wouldn't be very nice at all, and then the story would be on an eternal cliffhanger for you!

UlTiMaTe KaI LuVa: I know, I know, cliffies are evil, but I promise there are no more in this fic! At least...I don't -think- there are...

kaei kon: Hee, thanks for being so nice about my writing! Oh, and can you give me the web address of that fic of mine your friend translated? I'd like to go and check it out!

Weirdo: Hehe, nice name! I'm glad you think this looks good with capitals...makes me feel special!

Orla-chan: Ooh, compliments! I love them, I do! Thank you very much!

LullabyLily: I stockpiled a couple of things to post during my exams, but I usually write anyway when I get sick of revising. There's only so much bitesize I can take! Oh, and good luck with your exams, I hope you get the grades you want!

Ellen: Well, I take my example of year sevens from the people at the school I just left...and most of them were little hooligans who ran around going "MRAH LIKE!" at everyone. I had several vendettas going with irritating little cocky people who thought they were supremely clever when really they were pathetic, racist, homophobic (I would have hated to have been the guy in my year who came out, they were EVIL to him!), and generally stupid. that applies to most of the year eights, nines, tens and elevens as well, but seven comes first so it got put in. I say most- some of them were nice. I hope you'e one of the nice ones!


Kai made a small choking noise in the back of his throat and took a step backwards. Rei was standing there, right in front of him, and he was... "Oh my God..." He whispered. Rei was kissing someone...another man...that was why he'd been so distant...he was...was... "Oh my God..." He repeated. Hearing him, Rei looked up, tearing himself away from his blonde-haired friend.

"Kai..."

Kai felt tears fill his eyes, and backed away a step before turning and running. He thought he could hear someone following him, probably Rei, maybe Rei, but he kept running...it seemed somehow important to get away from that what he'd seen...

His mind replayed the sight of Rei standing there in the arms of that other man and he sobbed, bursting into tears as he collapsed into his flat and shut the door behind himself, locking and bolting it before sliding down it to sit on the floor, sobbing.

A couple of minutes later, someone knocked, loudly and frantically. "Kai! Kai, are you in there?"

"Rei...how could you-? How could you do this to me? You could have just told me it was over... You didn't have to..." Kai succumbed to a fresh wave of sobs, trying desperately to keep hold of his emotions. It was just a kiss, just a kiss...but it was hard to call it 'just' a kiss when kissing Rei meant so much to him...but now Rei had...

"Kai, it isn't over!"

"Oh? And what would your new boyfriend think of you saying that?"

"He's not my boyfriend!"

Kai found his pain suddenly give way to anger. "Even better, you're having one night stands while I sit all day and worry! You were probably only tired last night because you were fucking whoever he is!" He screamed. There was a shocked gasp from the other side of the door.

"Kai, how can you say that! I'm not a slut!"

"What am I supposed to say? Have a nice time with your little loverboy? I don't think so!"

"Kai, please, let me explain!"

"EXPLAIN WHAT?"

"Kai...I..." Kai gave a growl of rage and stormed into his living room, turning on the TV and cranking up the volume until Homer Simpson's voice was the only thing he could hear. Rei hammered on the door a few times, then nothing. Kai presumed he'd gone, then broke down into tears again, turning off the TV and lying there on the sofa, in his cold, quiet, empty flat.


In the morning, he realised that he'd probably been a bit harsh. Rei had asked to explain...maybe there really was a good reason for it? With a sigh, Kai sat up. He couldn't pretend to be ill again, the school would suspect. He would just have to go and see Rei after work. He knew where the Chinese would be; giving a talk at the local library.
Rei rolled over in bed with a groan and found someone lying next to him. Someone...and it wasn't Kai. Startled, he sat up. And then he saw the blonde hair fanned out on the pillow beside him and remembered. Kai had seen him kissing Andy.

With a sigh, he sank back, snuggling up in the duvet. Kai had been so angry...he hadn't let Rei explain...he wasn't dating Andy or anything like that. It was all so simple...so stupid. Andy gave a soft moan and shifted, and Rei shook his head. Andy had just wanted to know what it was like to kiss another guy...it was a question anyone would ask if they suspected they were gay. It was just hideously, hideously bad luck that Kai had seen them, at that moment.

And...it was becoming clearer, now that his mind was ascending from it's sleep-ridden depths...he'd gone to Andy and...

A wave of shame crashed over Rei as he remembered the night before. Of walking into Andy's house, of kissing him, of stripping him, and inviting him to...

It had hurt. Andy had neither Kai's experience nor his gentleness, and far from the pleasure he usually felt, Rei had just been in pain the whole time. And Andy didn't moan like Kai, he didn't whisper 'Rei' like Kai, he didn't caress and stroke every inch of Rei's body like Kai...he was, to be blunt, awful compared to Kai. But...

Rei sniffed and started to cry. Kai would never want him back after this... He got up and dressed quickly before Andy woke up and then left, feeling dirty, ashamed, and desolate, and knowing that one night...one night of what hadn't even been pleasure...was the end of any chance he could have had of being with Kai.


"Mr. Hiwatari..."

"Yes?" Kai looked up to see an annoying little first year girl standing in front of him with her book. She tilted her small round face up and smiled slightly, cocking her head so that her blonde hair fell onto one of her shoulders.

"Will you mark my work, sir?"

"No. I'm marking your books tonight. Do the next exercise if you've finished that one."

"But sir, we're not supposed to start on Shakespeare till-"

"JUST GET ON WITH IT!" Kai hollered, slamming a hand onto the desk. He didn't need little kids quibbling with him right now. When he looked up a second later, the little girl was still there, and she was crying. With a sigh, he stood up. "I'm sorry. I have a lot on my mind at the moment. Go and clean yourself up and then come back. And the rest of you, stay quiet while I go and sort something out."

He left the room, walking into the opposite direction to the crying girl, whose name he couldn't remember. He headed for the staff toilets and collapsed inside, locking the door behind himself and sitting down on the lid of the toilet, heaving an almighty sigh and burying his face in his hands. When you lose your temper with children, Hiwatari, he thought, and you're a teacher, it isn't a good thing...

A minute or so later after calming himself down some, he went back to his classroom to find it in total chaos. The children were running about and screaming at each other, and one of them was inexplicably tied to the window latch. Kai stood there for a second, gobsmacked, then he felt his temper begin to surface. "GET BACK TO YOUR SEATS AND SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU! I WILL HAVE SILENCE UNTIL THE END OF THE LESSON!" He screamed. The first years scurried back to their places and went about finishing their comprehension, while Kai kept his blood pressure low by thinking about how he and Rei could reconcile their differences and get back together...


"Mr. Kon?"

"Um...yes?" The tall, thin receptionist looked down her nose at him.

"There's a man here to see you. Says his name is Kai Hiwatari." She over-pronounced the first 'i' in Kai's surname, making it sound like Heewatari. Rei sighed. So Kai had come to see him. What for? To give him his toothbrush? He noticed after a while that the receptionist was waiting for a reply, and smiled. "Please, send him up."

And then he sat and waited in the tiny, empty community room, feeling his heart thudding in his chest. A few seconds later, the door opened, and Kai walked in, still in his purple shirt and tie from work. "Rei. You said you wanted to explain." He pulled over a chair and sat across from Rei. "So explain."

"Kai I...I'm not dating him or anything like that! He wondered if he was gay, and..."

"He wanted to see if he liked kissing other guys?" Rei nodded, and Kai nodded as well. "So I was being paranoid about nothing?" Rei hesitated.

"I'm not going out with him or anything."

"Okay. So...to make up for being an idiot...do you want to have dinner with me?" Rei smiled and leapt over onto Kai's lap, hugging him and kissing him...kissing Andy...

Suddenly he moved back, and out of Kai's arms, standing up again. "Kai...I-I can't...I... You would want me...to be honest, wouldn't you, Kai?" Kai was suddenly tense.

"Have you been lying to me?"

"N-No! But I...I..." Rei closed his eyes. "I slept with him! Last night! I'm sorry! I was angry! I-I just wanted to be with someone and I-I-" He opened his eyes and saw that Kai's face had gone white. His naturally pale skin had lightened to an almost translucent colour, and the look in his eyes was one of such rage and pain that Rei fell to his knees, grabbing Kai's hands. "I'm sorry Kai! I didn't even like it- I don't like him! But you made me angry, Kai, and-"

"What, so it's my fault you're a slut?" Kai shook Rei's hands away and stood up, walking to the door and turning. "I don't ever want to see you again, Rei. You just... You... Oh forget it. I loved you. I'm regretting that right now. I should have known it would never work."

And with that, he was gone. Rei stood up and looked after him, then started to cry.


Weeble! I know it seems hopeless for them, but I promise now that this story will have a happy ending! It'll get worse before it gets better, but it will get better! Anyway, R&R please!