Kanone and Kousuke rushed into the hospital's waiting room, "Okay, Kousuke. You go talk to Ayumu, I'll deal with Eyes." Kousuke nodded and the two went off to find their partners.

Kanone walked into Eyes' room to see Rio sitting by the pianist's bedside. Rio looked up when Kanone walked in and now she ran over to him and hugged him, "Kanone! Do you know what happened?" She cried, looking up at him, "Eyes won't tell me anything."

Kanone looked from Rio to Eyes, who was sitting up in his bed looking out the window, and then back again, "Yes, Rio. I know exactly what happened. I'll explain everything in a second, okay?" Rio nodded and Kanone walked over to Eyes, "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Eyes said, a little bitterly, "And where have you been?" He now turned to Kanone and gave him a look that said he knew exactly where the other man had been when he was being attacked.

"I was here," Kanone confessed, "talking with Ayumu. Eyes, what you did was..."

"Save me your lectures, Kanone." Eyes interrupted, "I know what I did and why I did it. I have no regrets other than I didn't kill him."

Rio had been listening patiently to the conversation, but now she stepped in, "Kill who? Eyes? Kanone, what's going on?" Rio had been hospitalized until earlier this afternoon. She was just on her way out when she saw Eyes being carried in on a stretcher. She knew nothing of Ayumu's attack, or even that Eyes hadn't been dead. When she finally got the chance to talk to him, he told her that the Hunter hadn't killed him, but he conveniently forgot to mention attacking Ayumu, or that he and Kanone were together.

"This isn't working.' Kanone thought, 'There's too much to tell everyone, and who knows how well Kousuke's handling Ayumu and whoever might be with him." Kanone turned to the grey-haired girl, "Rio, will you wait outside for a moment?"

"But, Kanone..." Rio started to object.

"I promise I'll explain in a minute. I just need to talk to Eyes first."

After Rio left Kanone turned to Eyes and started to explain everything but Eyes cut him off, "I haven't much to say to you, Kanone. And if you decide to side with Little Narumi on this, then there's nothing you need to say to me."

Kanone waited a second longer to make sure Eyes was finished and then spoke, "Eyes, I'm not siding with Ayumu on anything. I love you and nothing will change that. I loved you first and I love you the most. I just wish you would have talked to me instead of doing what you did. It doesn't help that Asazuki put you in the hospital."

This got Eyes' attention, "Kousuke? He attacked me?" Eyes thought this through. He hadn't seen his attacker and the person hadn't spoke, "So Kousuke was the one. But…" "Why?"

"He's in love with Ayumu." Kanone said bluntly. At Eyes' questioning glance, Kanone explained everything that had happened; from the moment he got home to when he walked into the hospital a few minutes ago. "And that's everything. Eyes, I know you think that I love Ayumu, and I won't lie to you; a part of me did start to love him. But he'll never compare to you. Eyes, nobody makes more sense than we do, even Ayumu can see that. So, please, don't be angry with me for caring for a friend. And next time talk to me; you have no reason to be jealous because I'm all yours if you want me. And nothing in this world or any other will change that." Kanone had spilled his heart out, and no wall he could do was wait. Of course everything he had just said didn't mean a thing to Eyes; Kanone could see this in his lover's eyes, how uncertain he was of Kanone's honesty. Kanone sighed, "Eyes never was impressed with words. And why should he be? Nobody can be completely honest all the time, and everyone lies, so why should he trust me? I was hoping to save this more a more...romantic setting. But here goes." Kanone pulled an object from his coat pocket and looked at Eyes; who was still staring at him, "Eyes I have only one more question to ask you." A slight shift in the other man's cold expression was all he needed to proceed, "Eyes, I know words haven't always meant much to you, but I hope you will take these next ones seriously..."

Kousuke walked into Ayumu's room to see Hiyono and Ryoko there as well, "Great," Kousuke thought, "Just what I need; Ayumu's wannabe girlfriend... and my wannabe girlfriend. Wait Hiyoko already knows Ayumu's gay. That'll make things a little easier...I think."

Ayumu looked up when Kousuke walked in and he brightened a little, "Kousuke, you're back. Where have you been? I've explained everything I know to Hiyono and Ryoko. That Eyes is alive and he attacked me because of Kanone... but Ryoko said that Rio saw Eyes being carried into the hospital on a stretcher. What happened? Do you know anything?"

Kousuke looked from Ayumu to Hiyono to Ryoko and back to his new love, "Yeah, I did that."

Ryoko immediately walked across the room and hit Kousuke in the head, "You idiot! What were you thinking? Why would you attack Eyes? Kousuke, you told me you wouldn't hurt people any more." Ryoko looked hurt now, "Were you just lying to me?"

"No, Ryoko. I wasn't lying, I just...I couldn't let Eyes get away with what he did."

Now it was Hiyono's turn to speak up, "What do you mean, Kousuke? What did Eyes do?" She thought about it for a moment (only a moment though, I do have to give her a little credit). "Oh, you mean what he did to Ayumu?"

Kousuke nodded and Ryoko looked at him suspiciously, "Kousuke, I thought you hated Ayumu, especially after that little bet...why would you get revenge for him?"

"This is just perfect,' Kousuke sighed, 'I really don't want to deal with Ryoko right now. I need to talk to Ayumu." A fist in the face brought him back to reality, "Damn, Ryoko! That really hurts!"

"Then stop daydreaming and answer my question." Ryoko stared at him impatiently.

Kousuke sighed once more, "Look, I'll explain everything in a second, just go wait out in the hall, okay?"

"What? Kousuke, you can't tell me what to do."

Ryoko was about to punch him in the shoulder but Kousuke grabbed her wrist; which surprised everyone, "Look, Ryoko, I really need to talk to Ayumu right now. You and Hiyoko go wait for me, alright?"

"IT'S HIYONO!" Hiyono yelled and stormed out into the hall.

"Whatever." Was Kousuke's reply. He let go of Ryoko and she followed the other girl out into the hall.

Outside of Ayumu's room Ryoko looked to Hiyono, "Why do you think Kousuke attacked Eyes? I mean why would he want to get revenge for the one person he probably wouldn't mind getting rid of."

Hiyono thought about it for a second, "I don't know. I do have to agree that it's strange. You would think that Kousuke would be glad that Ayumu was in the hospital so he couldn't boss him around so much." Ryoko nodded and looked over to see a startled Rio staring at them.

"Wh-what? Kousuke attacked Eyes? But...why?" The small girl had tears in her eyes, "Why would Kousuke do such a thing? He doesn't have a reason to... wait a minute." Rio looked from Hiyono to Ryoko, "Ayumu is in the hospital? Why?"

Hiyono explained that Eyes had attacked Ayumu because he was in love with Kanone, and he thought that Ayumu didn't deserve Kanone. "The only thing we can't figure out is why Kousuke would defend Ayumu."

Rio let all of this sink in, "Eyes attacked Ayumu? I never thought Eyes was like that. How convenient that he forgot to mention that handy little bit of information. And then Kousuke attacked Eyes...because Eyes attacked Ayumu." The it all clicked in Rio's head, it all made sense, "I get it." She announced.

"Get what? You know why Kousuke attacked Eyes?"

Rio nodded, "Of course, it makes perfect sense. Eyes put Ayumu in the hospital because he loved Kanone and didn't want Ayumu to have him. He did it for love, right?"

Hiyono nodded in confirmation, "Yeah, but why would Kousuke...oh." Hiyono finally got it, "So Kousuke..."

"That's the only explanation." Rio said, proud that she had figured it all out.

Ryoko wasn't in the dark anymore either, "Kousuke isn't...I mean he..." She got it all right, Kousuke was in love with Ayumu, but that didn't mean she couldn't be in denial, "No. I don't believe that. Kousuke loves me. He's not like that!"

Hiyono walked over to Ryoko and put a hand on her shoulder, "I understand how you feel, Ryoko."

"How could you possibly understand?" Ryoko cried, with tears in her eyes. She looked at Hiyono and realized that Hiyono was in the same position she was in, "She thought that Ayumu loved her. Then he announced that he was in love with Kanone..." Ryoko hugged Hiyono and cried even harder.

Hiyono just smiled sadly, "It'll be okay Ryoko, you're too good for him anyway. And you guys will always be friends." Her supposedly encouraging words, however, weren't reaching Ryoko, so she just stood there and comforted the Blade Child.

Rio no longer had a smile on her face, she was now frowning as she watched the scene unfold, "How did all of this happen? I always knew that Eyes and Kanone were more than just friends, there was no way they couldn't be. But I never thought Kousuke was that way. I always pictured him ending up with Ryoko. They really did look perfect together. The same with Hiyono and Ayumu. How did it come to this?" Rio sighed and looked down the hall and saw Kanone emerge from Eyes' room, he was crying. "What happened? Did Eyes not take him back?" Rio ran to Kanone to find out what happened.

After Ryoko ran out of Ayumu's room Kousuke walked over to his lover and gave him a quick kiss, "Hey, how are you feeling?"

Ayumu smiled at Kousuke, the redhead really could be nice when he tried, "I'm fine. The doctors say that I'm healing faster than normal and I should be out in a week."

"Well that's good news." Kousuke paused unsure of what to say next, "Do I tell him what I did? He'll find out anyway, I might as well not start off our relationship by lying to him. But how to tell him...what if he gets angry? I don't see why he would, he can't like Eyes very much. But this is all so complicated." Kousuke sighed in frustration and Ayumu grabbed his hand. Kousuke looked up into his reassuring smile and sighed again, this still wasn't going to be easy, "Ayumu there's something I have to tell you." Ayumu waited patiently, not saying a word. "Damn, why won't he talk? He's making this so much harder. Oh well, here goes nothing." "Ayumu, after I left earlier I...I went to Kanone's apartment."

"And you attacked Eyes, I know, Kousuke." At the surprised glance he got, Ayumu chuckled and explained, "Remember when you first came in you said you were the reason that Eyes was in the hospital?"

Kousuke thought back and mentally kicked himself, "Right, I forgot about that...but Ayumu, I only did it because..."

"Look, Kousuke, I understand why you did it. Because you love me...right?" Ayumu looked worried for a second that he had misinterpreted Kousuke's intentions.

Now it was Kousuke's turn to chuckle, and blush a little bit, "Yeah. I just couldn't stand seeing you in here and knowing that Eyes thought he got away with it."

Ayumu smiled at Kousuke, he was cute when he blushed. This, of course, in turn made Ayumu blush and smiled a little wider at his lover, "I'm not upset with you, Kousuke. I'm just worried what Kanone will do when he finds out...he can be pretty violent when he wants to." Ayumu stopped smiling and frowned at Kousuke, "I don't want you hurt. This cycle has to end. maybe I can talk to Kanone and..."

"That won't be necessary. I already talked to him. It seems he thought us fighting would only hurt you, and he still cares about you enough not to hurt you by hurting me. Which I am very happy for...because, now don't tell anyone this, but Kanone could kick my ass with one hand behind his back."

Ayumu laughed out loud at this, "Yeah, Kousuke, that's why I was worried."

Kousuke looked embarrassed for a moment and then pouted, "Thanks for the support. Now I know what you think of me." He grumbled. Ayumu grinned and Kousuke pouted even more. He soon got over it though when Ayumu pulled him into a passionate kiss. Kousuke smiled into the kiss for a second and then pulled away and looked at Ayumu seriously. "Listen Ayumu, me and Kanone came to an agreement. We figured it would be best to forget all of this and just start over, can you do that?"

Ayumu thought about it and nodded, "I agree. I was hoping we could work all of this out." Ayumu was relieved beyond words that everything had already been worked out, now there was only one problem. "How does Eyes feel about all of this?"

"I really don't know. Kanone has been in his room talking to him while I've been in here. I guess now we've just got to wait for him. In the mean time, I guess I should go and explain all of this to Ryoko and Hiyoko." Ayumu just stared at his boyfriend, "What? Oh...I mean Hiyono." Ayumu smiled and kissed Kousuke before the Blade Child left his room. Out in the hall Kousuke saw Ryoko and Hiyono. He walked over to the two and placed a hand on Ryoko's shoulder, "Hey, Ryoko? Can I talk to you? You too, Hiyono." Kousuke smiled momentarily, 'Hey, I finally got it right!' His achievement, however, went unnoticed.

Ryoko turned to Kousuke, he could see that she had been crying, but now she was smiling, "There's no need, Kousuke. We've figured it all out."

" 'We'? Who is 'we'? And what exactly do you think you've figured out?" Kousuke looked at Ryoko and Hiyono suspiciously.

Hiyono smiled and looked at Ryoko to make sure her friend was okay with all of this. Ryoko glanced at Hiyono and nodded then turned to Kousuke, "We, being me, Hiyono, and Rio, figured out that you're in love with Ayumu. That's why you attacked Eyes."

Kousuke just stared at Ryoko, his mouth hanging open in disbelief, "There's no way they could have figured that all out. How... wait, where's Rio?" Kousuke looked around and spotted Rio hugging Kanone, they were several yards away, so Kousuke couldn't see exactly what was going on, but he could tell both of them were looking rather solemn, "Hey, what's up with those two?"

Ryoko and Hiyono turned to look at Rio and Kanone. Ryoko frowned, "I have no idea, are they alright?"

"Let's go see what's going on." Hiyono suggested. Kousuke and Ryoko nodded and they ran over to the two.

Kousuke reached them first, "Kanone, Rio! What's going on?" he asked, looking mildly concerned.

Kanone looked up at him, "Kousuke, I have some news...for all of you actually. Me and Eyes...we..."Kanone trailed off, unable to say the next words.

"What is it, Kanone?" Hiyono asked concerned.

Kanone looked up at his friends, sighed, and told them the news.