Well I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, I know it was way too short but I'm gonna makes the others longer. Thanks for your review.

Here's the next chapter

Lloyd was hiding in the bushes, he had just seen Colette. Thankfully her back was turned when he saw her, she was waving goodbye to one of her friends, which gave him enough time to dive in the bushes outside Raine's apartment.

He was very careful not to slip on any mud this time, as he didn't want to be seen more now, then when he was hiding from Sheena...Sheena. His heart sank when he thought of her. How was he going to tell her that he wasn't who she thought he was? How was he going to tell her he had most likely have to leave Iselia let alone stop working at the restaurant? And she had spent time teaching him how to serve there, and he was gonna throw it away.

Colette had just entered the building, and Lloyd had started to walk to the restaurant, his mind still on Sheena. 'But why though?' He desperately thought, 'Cruxis just discovered me, I should be trying to figure out where I'm going to go, and who I'll become. Yet, all I can think of is what Sheena will say or think of when I tell her. I wonder if she'll worry about me?' he asked himself hopefully. 'Wait...why am I thinking that? Why do I care about what she thinks? I've never cared about anyone else's feelings or thoughts about me.' But any hope of answering this baffling question where lost for now as someone yelled his name.

"Hey Lloyd, overhear!" what seemed to be a feminine voice yelled.

He turned around and saw the person who was invading his thoughts so much lately, Sheena. "Oh h-hey Sheena." He replied, a little nervously. 'Why do I feel like this when I'm near her?'

"Don't worry Lloyd, no need to be nervous." She said after hearing his stutter as if understanding what he was thinking and feeling.

'WHAT! HOW COULD SHE KNOW!' he thought desperately.

"I know it's your first day, but I've taught you all you need to know." Sheena said she put a hand on his shoulder to try and soothe him.

'Phew, she doesn't know.' He thought, though he did start to blush when she touched his shoulder. "Yeah Sheena, about that I...um...I can't really." He tried to say what he had to say. " You see I'm not really..." He stopped after seeing her confused face. He just couldn't bear to see the disappointment on her face.

"What is it Lloyd?" she asked after a brief pause.

'Oh well I guess I could still be Lloyd Irving for now.' He thought, decisively. "Um, oh I know it's early an all..." he was desperately trying to think of a new excuse, "but I may have to stop working for a while, I may have to leave town for a bit."

"Has this got something to do with what Professor Raine took you out of school after lunch? She asked, less confused than he thought she'd been. In fact it looked as if she was expecting it.

"Well...wait how did you know she took me out of school?" he asked, a mixture of horror and amazement that she new what happened.

"Well, I saw you in her car, out the window of my lesson." She replied matter of factly. Then a worried look crossed her face. "You looked a bit grim though, what happened."

A thought suddenly crossed his mind, "Well you see, my house was robbed when it was lunch. Any valuables I had were stolen, and most of my other belonging were destroyed, including the house. The professor told me and gave me permission to see what I could salvage, and she gave me a lift there too."

To his great surprise, and slight delight, Sheena had gave him a hug after he'd finish, "That's terrible!" she said, with worry, "Did you find anything?"

Lloyd, who was blushing ferociously, said without thinking, "W-well my violin and the picture of me and my family." He realised what he just said and gasped. He had told someone he had only known for a few months that he played the violin, he was close to telling her who he really was.

Sheena however overlooked the violin and asked, "Does your parents know yet." She was still holding him.

Lloyd halted for a moment, even forgetting he was being held, he couldn't hide this fact from her, no matter how painful it was. "T-they're...they're dead, they wouldn't know."

Sheena gasped, she never knew and she just made him blurt it out. She held him tighter and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know. I shouldn't have dragged that out."

"Don't worry." He replied, slowly but reluctantly removing her from himself. He noticed tears were forming in her eyes, she did care for him, and he was repaying the gesture by lying. "I never told you."

"Yeah, why not?" she asked hesitantly, as if not wanting to upset her best friend even more. "I mean, we've been good friends for months now. So how come we've never talked about it?"

Lloyd was really tempted to say "You never asked", which would be what Lloyd Irving would've said to this, but for some reason, he was feeling more like himself, something he hadn't felt for years. He replied, "I didn't want you to worry." 'WHY DID I SAY THAT' he desperately thought, 'It would have been better if I said anyone instead of you, but...how embarrassing. Wait, I'm actually embarrassed?' He'd never felt embarrassed (properly) for years.

Sheena seemed unfazed by this statement, but inside she felt excited, pleased, and embarrassed. 'Why do I feel like this near him?' she asked herself, although she did have a vague idea why. She hugged him again, but this time tighter than before and also kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks Lloyd, but you really don't have to worry about me, I know how you feel, I've been living with my grandfather ever since my parents died. I was too young to take over them, so my grandfather is ruling until I'm...ready." She was going to say what she needed to be ready, but she didn't want to let anymore of her life out. She had never told anyone in Iselia or anyone outside of Mizuho about her life. Heck, she'd never talked about it much to her friends in Mizuho, yet hear she was talking about it easily to someone she'd only known for a few months. "So, where are you going to stay?" she asked after releasing him, obviously trying to break the silence that just engulfed them, "You said your house was destroyed."

"That's why I have to move away for a while." He replied quietly, "I need to find a new home somewhere, which means I need to find a new work place and possibly school, depending on the laws of the city."–

"Well..."she paused before continuing, "Why don't you stay at my place, at least for a few days? That way you're not rushed to find a new place, and you can stay both at school and the restaurant."

Lloyd had no idea what to say to this, he couldn't stay in Iselia after Cruxis had found him, but when he decided not to tell her yet who he really was, he had led himself into a bigger whole to fall in once he did tell her. He looked into her eyes, he saw the determination in her that she was not gonna let him do anything else, and he knew that if Cruxis discovered her, she'd be in trouble too and he would not let that happen. This meant that the only thing left to do to make her understand...was to tell her the truth.

"Sheena..." he began, but she cut across him.

"Oh no!" she exclaimed, "I'm sorry Lloyd I've made you late for your first day of work. Come on lets go!"

Lloyd checked his watch, he was indeed 10 minutes late. They both rush towards the restaurant and entered.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Ichi!" Sheena said to the owner before anyone else had talked, "Don't blame Lloyd for his lateness, I just had to talk to him for something important."

"Do not worry Miss. Sheena." He replied, "I was already informed by your companion Kuchinawa."

"That's a good point." Lloyd commented, " if he's your bodyguard, why were you alone?"

Sheena put a mischievous grin on her face and said, "I ditched him so I could come and see how well you did on your first day. Guess he knows me better than I thought."

There's the next chapter for you, a bit of Sheloyd and definitely longer. Thanks to all reviews so far and please give me more.