A/N: Next chappy's up. Duh. You're reading it. Ha haa… my brain hurts…T-T

Chapter 3

An Uninvited Guest

Kurogane pushed the light-up button on his digital watch so that he could check the time. It was 8:30 pm. Surely the building was empty by now. He stood, brushed off his pants, stretched his cramped muscles briefly and cautiously poked his head out from behind the bleachers. His ears were met with dead silence. Although this was what he had been hoping for, the absoluteness of it unnerved him a bit.

Quit it, dumb ass, he thought. You already decided that you'd do this and you've gotten this far. You're not backing out now.

The dark-haired boy came out of his hiding place, his backpack full of assorted crap (some of which was extraordinarily nasty) that he would be using to carry out his reeking of unholy havoc upon the school. Making as little noise as possible, Kurogane opened the gym doors just enough so that he could squeeze through and avoid creating a totally creepy creaking sound. He now found himself in the major hallway that connected with the back entrance. It was usually loud and crowded and full of freshmen (fucking stupid freshmen) but now it was as dark and still as the grave.

Trying to fight off the extremely anxious feeling that he was experiencing, Kurogane hitched the backpack higher onto his shoulder and set off down the corridor. He poked his head into a random classroom, making sure that it was truly empty before setting to work. The boy started by dumping paint (which was black because black is a kick-ass color) on the teacher's seat. It oozed, spread rapidly over the fabric and dripped over the sides and he could hear it hitting the ground with a delicious splattering sound. Oh yeah. That was nice.

Next he took out the fish, frowning at their lifeless bodies. He was surprised that he had managed to find such large fish but they weren't as rotten as he would have liked. That's what you get for not planning ahead of time. Yeah, shut up.

Kurogane climbed up onto one of the tables, stood carefully, pushed aside one of the ceiling tiles and removed a fish from the bag. He screwed up his face against the stench; alright, so they were pretty damn nasty after all. As quickly as he could, he dropped the fish into the ceiling, slid the tile back in place and hurriedly shut the bag containing the other disgusting things.

Kurogane finished his first room and moved onto another one. He was just starting to paint the floor with petroleum jelly when he heard a noise behind him that made him jump and spin around. The room was empty. But he was sure that he'd heard something…Then he heard it again, more clearly this time. It sounded a lot like a cat purring. That's weird…what would a cat be doing in a school late at night with no one around? The senior got to his feet, tilting his head as he listened for the sound again.

In the corner of the room was a large cardboard box and it seemed to be the source of the noises. Immediately, the boy's suspicion was aroused; the box was closed and taped shut. That meant that there was no way the animal could have just wandered in by accident when someone opened the door. Someone had to have put it there on purpose…assuming that it was a cat in the first place. Now that he listened to it again, the purring sounded a little phony.

Kurogane approached the suspicious box cautiously. It rattled a bit as if whatever was inside was trying to escape and perhaps…oh, I don't know… munch happily upon his liver! The dark-haired boy found himself really wishing he had a slingshot right about now. Or a sword. Or a machine gun. Maybe he didn't want to know what was in that box after all. He tried to stop himself from getting any closer to it and run out of the room, down the hall and through an exit. His legs seemed to have other plans, however, and continued to lead him towards the cardboard container.

He was about two feet away from the box when a rather tall, skinny, meowing something burst out of the box and fastened itself around his torso. Kurogane yelled in surprise as he was knocked to the ground where he struggled desperately in the vice-like grip of the thing that had grabbed him. It took him a few moments to realize what exactly had attacked him but once he figured it out, his shock and fear was replaced with deep annoyance and then a burning anger. It was Fai.

"YOU STUPID-ASS BASTARD! YOU NEARLY FUCKING KILLED ME! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" the raven-haired senior raged.

The blond just smiled up at him innocently and said "I told you I'd be here to help you, Kuroru."

"AND I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WEREN'T FUCKING ALLOWED SO YOU BETTER NOT FUCKING SHOW UP BUT HERE YOU ARE ANYWAY!"

Fai put a finger to Kurogane's lips to shut him up.

"What is it! Do you hear something!" Kurogane hissed urgently.

"No, but your shouting was hurting my ears," Fai said easily. "Hey, hey! Kuro chan, you should have seen your face when I jumped out at you! You were all like 'Waaaah!' and you were real scared! It was funny!"

Kurogane jumped to his feet and shoved his classmate away, his face burning with anger and shame. "I wasn't scared, bastard! You just surprised me a little!"

The blond giggled and poked his companion playfully in the cheek. "Whatever. You were scared."

Kurogane picked Fai up with one arm and marched down the hall, snarling mutinously to himself as he went. He chose a classroom at the very end of the hall, dropped the other boy in, shut the door and locked it from the outside. Then he brushed his hands off. There; that oughta hold that dipshit for a while.

Feeling rather pleased with himself for his resourcefulness, Kurogane returned to the classroom he had been working on before Fai had so rudely burst in on him. At the same time however, the dark-haired boy felt something else… something different… It was almost like a sort of longing. Some part of him wanted to go back and let Fai out of that room so that the blond could hang on him all night.

What the hell is wrong with you, dumbfuck? You think you want that thing on you all night? Wrong answer. Now, get back to work.

Slowly, grudgingly, Kurogane chose another classroom and set to work once more. It was strange: he had been so looking forward to pulling these pranks off during the school day but now that he was here, actually working on it, he felt like there was something else he would rather be doing. Yet no matter how he raked his brain, he couldn't quite put his finger on whatever it was.

Kurogane finished this room hastily and began to move towards the next when he froze in the middle of the hallway. The door of the room he had locked Fai in stood out strangely from the others. It almost seemed to emit a pulsing glow as if beckoning him to open it and release the horror from within. Kurogane contemplated this; maybe it wasn't such a good idea to lock Fai in that room without any (for wont of a better word) supervision. Who knows what trouble he could get in to? The dark-haired boy took an uncoiled paperclip from his pocket and picked the lock on the classroom door with practiced ease.

When Kurogane stuck his head in, he saw that Fai was sitting cross-legged on one of the tables, facing him, a huge (and all too innocent looking) grin spread across his face as if he had been expecting his classmate to walk in at that moment.

"Awww, Kuropu came back for me!" he trilled, latching himself on to Kurogane once more. "I knew you would!"

"Get away," the other boy snapped, trying to shove the blond off. "I didn't come in here because I was worried about you, you dipshit! I was just trying to make sure you weren't doing anything stupid that might get us caught!"

"Oooh," Fai said. "I'm afraid you're a little late for that, then."

Kurogane's eyes widened in horror. "What the fuck did you do?"

The blond smiled up at him. "Look out the window."

The raven-haired senior broke into a cold sweat as he approached the window, thoroughly dreading what he might find once he got there. He pressed his forehead against the cool glass and took in the sight below. No…fucking…way… Oh god, it was a thousand times worse than he had imagined; in the grass in the schoolyard below was a large blazing message that someone had written with gasoline and then lit on fire.

Kuropuu loves Fai (heart).

"Do you like it, Kurowanko?" the blond giggled.

"You…y-you…you did…" he stammered stupidly.

"Yep. All by myself! Do you like it?"

Kurogane looked down at the terrifying sight outside and then back at Fai. For a few moments, the dark-haired boy was speechless and simply blinked in response. Then came the explosion.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING, YOU SCRAWNY BASTARD! ARE YOU FUCKING TRYING TO GET US BOTH SUSPENDED! THAT'S NOT FUNNY, STUPID ASS!"

Fai shrugged. "I thought it was funny."

Then he started laughing. Kurogane's hands curled themselves into fists and if it were humanly possible for smoke to come out of someone's head, the room would have been flooded with it. Unable to contain himself any longer, Kurogane let a punch fly right at Fai's chest. The blond slid off the table he was sitting on, missing the blow by centimeters, still laughing. Though Fai wasn't injured, the table sure as hell was; Kurogane's fist had gone right through it and taken off the corner, which lay in splintered pieces on the ground. Massaging his knuckles as he tried to harness his anger, the dark-haired boy took several deep breaths.

"You're going to get rid of this," he hissed. "Now."

Fai smiled as usual. "What do you want me to do about it? It's not as though I have magic powers."

As soon as the words left the blond's lips, something seemed to hit Kurogane on the head. Magic powers…that sure would explain a lot. Fai was able to pull off some seemingly impossible shit. Kurogane had often found himself lying in bed, recalling each day's events and staying awake for a long time, wondering just how in the flying fuck Fai managed these things. Magical powers, eh? Yeah…that would explain a lot.

Then he shook himself. What am I thinking? Magical powers? Pfft. Right, and I'm the fucking Keebler elf. People with magical powers don't really exist, dumb shit. There came a rather uncertain pause in his thoughts. Without thinking, Kurogane slowly reached out his hand and nervously grazed Fai's chest with his fingertips. Hmmm… he put his palm flat against it and could feel the heartbeat underneath.

"Enjoying yourself, Kuropi?" Fai asked suddenly. Kurogane gave a start, suddenly realizing what he was doing and took a huge step backwards.

"Don't get any weird ideas, blondie," he growled. "I was just…making sure you were real…"

You want me to not get any weird ideas? Fai thought amusedly to himself. Then he started towards his raven-haired classmate, who backed away anxiously until his back was against the wall and he couldn't go any farther.

"I didn't say you had to stop," the blond grinned. "I was having fun."

"Shut the hell up," Kurogane snapped, shoving him away. Then he sighed and ran his fingers backwards through his hair. "Well, as long as you're here, you might as well make yourself useful."

He got up onto one of the tables and pushed aside a ceiling tile.

"Hand me that bag of fish."

A/N: Mmm…fishes. Damn, I'm hungry.

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