Thank you so very much for pointing out my mistakes. I think I have all of the Kumaguro name errors fixed though I'm afraid I haven't been able to go through and check the sentences yet, but I should have that corrected by either the end of this week or the end of next week. Silverone and Lizeth, thank you a lot! I appreciate your help! I have always been horrible at the finer points of grammar. 'Sigh' Well, we all have our weaknesses.

Chapter 6: Many Shades of Embarrassment
The morning rays of light illuminated the living room and Ryuichi slowly opened his soar, tired eyes. In his arms he held Kumaguro tightly, it wasn't hard to remember the events from the day before. He knew he had been horribly sick, and that Narumi had been there to nurse him back to health.

"Narumi-chan?"

He noticed a note left for him on the small coffee table in the living room. Ryuichi-san,

I hope your feeling better this morning. I left some money on the kitchen table. There should be enough for subway fare if you need it, or if your still feeling ill I left some chicken soup in the refrigerator. You just need to heat it up in the microwave. If you need to get a hold of me my work number and the school address are both on the kitchen counter too.

Narumi

Ryuichi leaned back against the sofa, and let his head rest against its back. She had mentioned the fact that she was an elementary school teacher to him once before, he was pretty sure of that.

His eyes slid over to the crayon drawing hanging on the wall. That was when his eyes slid to the wall clock beside it.

12:00!!!

"So that's why you were so late this morning." Tohma leaned back in his chair as he watched Kumaguro peek over his desktop making weird expressions. Well if a stuffed bunny can actually make weird expressions anyway. "It was a good thing we didn't really have anything scheduled except for some recordings all day. I'll see what I can do about finding you another apartment "

"I don't want to!"

Tohma was more than a bit surprised. In all the years that he had known Sakuma Ryuichi, he had never shared an apartment or housing with anybody else. Though, to be honest, Ryuichi wasn't the type able to keep roommates for very long. He was more than a little messy, and his giant pink bunny outfit probably had the tendency to scare off potential roommates.

Tohma sat and watched as Ryuichi sulked.

"I'm staying! I'm staying! I'm staying! I'm staying! I'm staying!"

"Well..." Tohma leaned back and thought things through carefully. "It seems like you've already made up your mind. Have you asked her yet, though? This Shirokawa Narumi sounds like a nice person but..."

"She is! Definitely! She said that she wasn't just going to leave me! She said that she promised! She said she keeps her promises! She's not going to do that!"

Tohma rubbed the area in-between his eyes and wondered if this Shirokawa even understood the amount of trouble she had found herself unwittingly in. Her generosity in helping a stranger was probably going to land her with a very interesting roommate... either that or a sobbing mess on the floor, and that was something Nittle Grasper could NOT afford to have.

He was going to have to meet her and talk to her.

"Tohma?"

"What is it?" He looked up to see a dancing Kumaguro on his desk. It kind of reminded him of one of the old performances the three of them had done before Ryuichi did his live tour over in the States.

"I need a favor. Please!" Ryuichi gave him a large boyish grin. Something was definitely up.
Loud voices were coming from outside Narumi's classroom. She excused herself from her students for a moment and walked over to the door and took a peek outside

"Wait a second young man you can't just come in here like that this is a school!"

"Naruuuuumi-chan!" Ryuichi called through the hallways

Ryuichi-san?

"I'm sorry, I hope you will forgive our intrusion. I know we didn't give you much warning." The man in the fir-lined coat tried to sooth the distressed principal. "However, think of the implications this will have on your school. Think of the benefits."

Why was Ryuichi-san here? At her school?

She prayed that man managed to sooth the principal down otherwise she would never hear the end of this. Either way it was something that had to be dealt with, or the Principal would really be mad. Still what was he talking about?

"Excuse..."

"Narumi-chan I found you!" Ryuichi had already launched himself head first into Narumi and she found herself crashing back into her classroom. With a giant pink Kumaguro on top of her... She was more than a little startled.

The whole classroom went silent, before the exclamations from all of the children filled the room.

"Kumaguro!"

"Sakuma Ryuichi! It's Sakuma Ryuichi from Nittle Grasper!"

"It's him! It's really him!"

"That can't be?"

"That is him!"

"Ryu-chan!!!"

Narumi was already trying really hard to pry the clinging Ryuichi away from her but he was completely latched into place. The children had gone completely wild at the site of their idol.

"Settle down!"

It was too late.

"Get back in your seats immediately."

The principal was in the room and her fellow teachers surrounded the door and she was lying prostrated on the floor with a giant pink bunny clinging to her waist.

She was so happy that she had worn a pair of pants that day.

Chapter 7 : A Technicolor Schoolyard

Ryuichi came to her school for a reason and Tohma did two. However, they are only a little related to each other.

Poor Narumi her whole life is about to be completely turned upside down!