Six

Hikaru decided to take a shower and decided to relax for awhile. He had gotten dressed into one of his long sleeved shirts and some sweat pants and was about to head downstairs until he saw Akira's bedroom door open. Hikaru peeked inside to see the boy asleep the covers tangled below his waist…his hair spread across one pillow while his legs and arms were curled around the second pillow.

Hikaru blushed madly. Akira almost...almost looked like a girl. But he wasn't. He was a boy…a very pretty boy...and the position he was in cried out molest me. Hikaru had to shake the thoughts away from his head. But something in the back of his mind was telling him that Kaga was completely right. Hikaru had the urge to just stand there and watch the boy sleep.

'What the hell am I thinking? Even if I do like Touya…there's no way he likes me back!'

Just then the boy stirred and his green eyes opened and his eyes shifted toward Hikaru who didn't have enough time to escape and hide.

Akira jumped upward blushing, throwing the pillow that was he and his arms and legs curled around beside him.

"What are you doing in here Shindo!" screeched out Akira blushing madly.

"I was checking on you. Nice to see you're up Sleeping Beauty," said Hikaru sarcastically.

Akira blushed even more looking away from Hikaru and down at the clock that was hung up across the room.

"How long have you been in here?" he asked.

"Only a couple of minutes," replied Hikaru.

"What were doing in here for a couple minutes?" asked Akira.

"I was watching you sleep," responded Hikaru blushing a little bit.

Akira looked taken a back for a second.

"Why were you watching me?" he asked.

"Because you look cute with your mouth shut, so friggin' cute that you look like a friggin' girl!" teased Hikaru.

Akira blushed.

"What? Do I need to cut my hair so I'll look more like a guy?" he asked.

"NO! If you cut your hair it'll look completely wrong on you. Sorry for being in your room," said Hikaru walking out.

"Dammit Shindo," Akira muttered under his breath and he crawled out of his bed.

He looked in the mirror at his reflection, Hikaru was right, he did look like a girl…

Akira groaned at knowing that Hikaru was right, and yet the blonde haired boy had told him not to cut his hair…. Akira would take his advice not to. He wouldn't feel normal with his brown hair cut.

Akira fixed himself up and went downstairs to see Hikaru in the living room watching TV.

"What are you watching?" asked Akira sitting down next to him.

"Just a movie," replied Hikaru simply.

"Speaking of which…I asked Taeyul about your sensei but he said he'd need more information to find him. Who knows Shindo, he might be Korea," Akira brought up.

Hikaru's golden eyes went wide.

"T-Touya, my sensei is gone, nobody will be able to find him," he replied.

"Please…Shindo give us a chance to find him for you, don't loose hope!" protested Akira grabbing the boy by the shoulders.

Hikaru trembled as Akira's hands grasped his shoulders.

"Touya, I want to tell you the truth about him….but it's not the right time yet," he whispered.

Akira pulled away.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I have a feeling that I know where my sensei is, but I can't go there," replied Hikaru smiling softly.

Akira made an annoyed face.

"I could lend you the money to go find him if he's in some far off country," he said.

"No, money can't take me there," snapped Hikaru tears brimming his eyes.

Akira looked startled for a second, completely surprised that Hikaru Shindo was breaking down in front of him…..like the day that….that Akira had cried himself to sleep over the death of his father.

"H-Hikaru, I'm sorry…. Your…your sensei died?" asked Akira.

Hikaru looked up at him with sad eyes.

"Yes, a very long time ago. He died," he croaked out.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry bringing up the subject Hikaru!" comforted Akira.

"It's alright. I've moved on," said Hikaru.

Akira nodded. He at least had two clues on Hikaru's mysterious sensei now, that his sensei was a man and…that he was dead.

(A/N: A very short chapter, now were getting to one of the plot brackets in the story, Akira is trying to figure out who Hikaru's sensei is...this is where things actually start to make sense...')