I came home from school today and went straight to sleep for about 4 hours... I must say I think I'm too lazy for my own good. Oh well, as long as I update, you all don't care, do you? OK then, enjoy!

alpha2nd: Doesn't german seem so much better now that Eyes can speak it? I know I enjoyed it a lot more today (though that's only because I was to class for about 5 minutes and then left). As cool as my German class is (well...the teacher anyway), no school is always better! Hehehe, you never know what Rio has up her sleeve, and after you know her for a while, you can see that evil little glint she always has in her eyes. And you can't say that she's above using her cuteness to get her enemy's guard down. I figured one of the Narumi brothers shouldn't be a jerk, and I think Kiyotaka has that role filled. Hehehe, and will Eyes see his beloved Kanone? Or will our (possibly) favorite Blade Child be a no-show? I dunno...let's find out! Thanks for reviewing!

The next day at school, Eyes' first three classes drug on for what seemed like forever. Lunch couldn't come soon enough, and Eyes wondered if Kanone would even be there today. Why wouldn't he? There was no reason, unless he was too busy. That didn't seem likely, though, Kanone only seemed to have things to do when he wanted to, any other time he could just do as he pleased. Eyes knew that he couldn't have lived his entire life that carefree, but still envied that type of lifestyle. Kanone had basically had everything handed to him, from his source of income to his lovers. Eyes had to work for everything in his life, it didn't seem fair, but he knew that Kanone wasn't that selfish. He did a lot of work that he didn't need to in order to make other's lives easier.

Eyes recalled one instance where one of the workers had fallen ill before he had finished his chores. Kanone just smiled and told him to go and lay down, then proceeded to pick up the slack instead of making someone else do the extra work. Eyes was in awe of this, but it didn't really suprise him once he thought about how selfless Kanone had been in every other aspect of his life. That was what Eyes loved most about the older boy, how generous he was. Eyes had lived with greedy people his entire life that simply took whatever was given to them without a thought of whether or not they deserved it, and it usually turned out to be the latter. Kanone wasn't like that, though, he was so different. Sighing, Eyes remembered that brief moment of love that they had shared before Kiyotaka had come. It was all he had to hold onto, but not anymore. Now he could see Kanone everyday, assuming everything went according to plan.

"Alright, now moving onto English." Mr. R announced. He erased the board and starting writing new notes down, which everyone immediately started copying. Everyone, of course, except Eyes. The boy just sat there, the same as yesterday, and tried to pay attention to the lesson. It was basically useless, seeing as how all of his thoughts were directed towards Kanone right now. He caught onto a few things and actually remembered the chart that Mr. R sketched out on the board, "Everything in column one you will use a comma with. Everything in column two, a semicolon. Lastly, everything in column three will have no punctuation. Any questions?" When no one voiced any, he continued, "Alright, copy these sentences down and then tell me which punctuation mark you should use, and where it should be placed." He wrote down five sentences, and then went to sit at his desk while the rest of the class did as they were told.

Eyes felt a little out of place being the only one without any notes, but tried to justify it as not needing any. Once he thought about it, the chart seemed simple enough. He had come to realize that everything in school could be recorded either on paper or to memory. Since Eyes didn't have the former, he tried to use the latter as much as possible. He studied the chart while the other copied down the sentences, and quickly found the answer to all five questions. The first one had no punctuation, the second one used a comma, the third one required a semicolon, the fourth was the same as the third, and the final one would need a comma as well. A few mintues later, Mr. R glanced up to see most of the class done, so he started to ask some students the answers. The final sentence came into question and Mr. R called on Eyes. The boy wondered what he had done to get called on, but answered nonetheless, "A comma." He answered simply.

Mr. R smiled and nodded, "Good, it seems that you've all gotten the hang of this, so we'll just wait until after lunch to continue the torture." The class laughed at this and Eyes just glared, the teacher had no idea how right he was.

After what seemed like an hour, but in reality was only about 10 minutes, the lunch bell rang. Students poured into the hallways, and Eyes was annoyed by how long it took to get to the lunchroom. Once to his destination, he spotted Kousuke's bright red hair immediately and then saw that Rio and Ryoko were with him as well. They all seemed to be looking for something, but turned their attention towards Eyes as he approached, "Hi, Eyes!" Rio yelled, even though he was only a few feet away. The others gave less enthusiastic greetings, though that was to be expected; Rio was definitely the most hyper of the group.

"Hello." Eyes returned the greeting, "What are you all doing?"

The three grinned at each other, "Sorry, can't tell." Ryoko informed him.

Eyes was slightly confused, and Kousuke's explanation of "It's a secret." didn't help much.

Rio couldn't help the grin that was forming on her face as she watched Eyes' confused expression turn into annoyance, "Why can't you tell me? It's obvious that you're waiting for something or someone, who is it?" Of course Eyes had considered that they were waiting for Kanone, but wouldn't allow himself to get his hopes up if it weren't true.

"I think they might be waiting for me." Said a voice behind Eyes' turned back.

Said boy turned and saw the person who had occupied his thoughts, both conscious and unconscious, for several days, "Kanone." Eyes whispered. He didn't move, he was frozen to the spot, too afraid that this might be a dream.

"Hello, Eyes, how are you?" Kanone whispered as he walked over to the staring boy, "I missed you." Kanone said into his ear, words meant only for him, as he hugged the silver haired boy.

Eyes relaxed into the embrace, and sighed, "I missed you, too." Kanone eventually broke the hug, and looked to Kousuke. No words were needed, and the redhead jerked his head towards an all but abandoned hallway, which he started to walk to. Kanone follwed him, and Eyes followed Kanone down the hallway to a section of the building Eyes didn't even know existed.

"I'll just leave you two here, now nothing too obscene, okay?" Kousuke asked, grinning at the two boys.

Kanone half glared, half smirked at him, "Thank you, Kousuke." Was the reply that came. Eyes only nodded, but Kousuke knew that the boy was ecstatic; he was back with his Kanone, after all. With the redhead gone, Kanone turned to Eyes, "How have you been?" He asked, trying to make pointless small talk, and at the same time very interested how his boyfriend had been. Was that even right, the term 'boyfriend'? Kanone decided that no one would have a problem with it, so he kept it.

Eyes, however, was not one for small talk. He was a very quiet individual, and always got straight to the point. He leaned in to kiss Kanone, but hesitated, was this the right thing to do? He knew that there was little to no chance that Kiyotaka would catch them, and that Kanone wouldn't have a problem with the affection. So why did it feel wrong to be kissing him? Before he could think too much on the subject, Kanone closed the small gap that Eyes had not. In that instant, all of Eyes' fears and hesitations were wiped away, and the boy wondered why he had been so unsure of doing this. Not wanting to ruin the moment with thinking, Eyes turned his attention to the familiar sensation.

Kanone had taken advantage of his lack of attention, and his tounge had found its way into Eyes' mouth. Not having a problem with this, Eyes began a war in which many soldiers of pride died on Eyes' side. It wasn't that he lost, but the fact that he knew Kanone had let him win. Why the older one did this, Eyes didn't know, but silently declared a rematch. Eyes felt Kanone grin against his lips, and vowed to beat him fair and square this time. It was to no avail, as this time Kanone didn't take it so easy and won. Eyes glared at the outcome, and broke the kiss. Not because he was that upset, but because he was that out of air.

After catching his lost breath, Eyes looked to Kanone once more, "I've been alright." Eyes answered Kanone's previous question, "But it's hard... being without you. You're so close..." Eyes trailed off. He knew Kanone's house was within walking distance, but also knew that there was no way he could get over there without Kiyotaka noticing his absence.

Kanone frowned at this, "I know, Eyes, but there's only a little over two months left. You have to be patient." Seeing that these words didn't comfort the other, Kanone wrapped his arms around the smaller boy, "I know it's hard, I can barely think of anything other than you. But we can see each other here until you can come back. This is just a test, Eyes, and we can pass with flying colors if we just hold out." Pulling back, Kanone decided to change the subject, "Speaking of, how is school going?"

Eyes sighed, "It's still confusing to me. I can't read or write, how am I supposed to do anything here?" Eyes realized how much he talked and how many things he confessed to Kanone; personal things...fears. He realized that he trusted Kanone more than anyone else, and that this realization was going to make the next two months without him even harder.

Kanone smiled, "Eyes, you can't be expected to learn everything in a day, it'll take time. Everything does." Kanone added as an afterthought, bringing the two back to their previous topic, "When you come back, I'll help you out, alright?"

Eyes almost nodded, but caught himself, "You're keeping me in here?"

Kanone smiled, "Of course. I know it may seem pointless now, but an education is invaluable. You can do anything with a decent education."

"You have a good education, Kanone?" Eyes asked. Kanone simply nodded, and Eyes continued, "Then if you can do anything, why can't you make Kiyotaka realize that this whole thing is pointless?" Eyes questioned him, a bit harsher than intended.

Kanone looked slightly hurt at the question, but realized that it was mostly, if not completely, his fault that Eyes was no longer with him, "I can't work miracles." Kanone joked to try and lighten the mood. Honestly, even though Eyes may have been upset with him, Kanone was happy. That meant that Eyes was comfortable enough with him to be angry or upset. That meant he trusted Kanone, which was the only thing that Kanone wanted...well, at least for now.

The 30 minutes for lunch was over too quickly, as the bell rang then. Eyes glared at the device and wanted more than anything to just leave with Kanone. He knew that was impossible, though, and instead just looked at the older boy, "You'll come back tomorrow?" He asked, though he couldn't see any reason why the other wouldn't.

"Of course." Kanone replied, kissing Eyes quickly before the hallway was filled with students, "Just make sure you don't let on about this."

Eyes glared, "Why would I do a thing like that?" Honestly, what kind of fool did Kanone take him for?

The latter simply smiled, "Relax, Eyes, I was just joking." Kanone regreted doing so, remembering how the boy didn't understand sarcasm.

Not wanting to leave things like they were, Eyes kissed Kanone, and hugged him, "I love you." Kanone repeated the phrase, and then disappeared into the now crowded hallway, leaving Eyes to return to class.

And that was how the next two months went, Eyes went to school and suffered through his first three classes. Then lunch would come, and Kousuke would take them to the same spot as always and leave them there to talk, or make out. As time progressed, the latter became more and more frequent. The weekends, of course, were the hardest. Eyes had nothing to do except think about Kanone and juut count the days until he could finally be back with him.

As for school, Eyes eventually picked up on the English language, and was able to read and write nearly flawlessly. While two months might not seem like a long time to pick up on a language that he barely knew anything of, Eyes was always a quick learner. Besides that, he had help nearly 24/7 if he wanted it, so he wasn't restricted to an hour or so each day like he was with German. Even if none of those things had been taken into consideration, Eyes also had motivation. He wanted to impress Kanone when those two months were up by being able to show him how far he had progressed and how much he had learned. Kiyotaka simply saw this as determination and was just glad that Eyes was staying away from Kanone (oh how little he knows...).

It was now the day before Kanone's birthday, and Eyes never realized how much he wanted to be with Kanone. Only 24 hours seperated him and relief from the pain of being away from his boyfriend. Even though Kanone came to his school everyday, Eyes started to find that these visits made the pain even worse when he left. It got to the point where Eyes would sink into a state of depression shortly after Kanone left, and it wouldn't be relieved until a couple hours later when he got home and had other things to do than listen to other people talk about meaningless things.

There were only about five minutes of lunch left, and Kanone had yet to show up. Eyes had given up hope at least 10 minutes ago and wondered where Kanone was. Did he sense that these visits were bringing Eyes more pain than pleasure, and decided to skip the day since he would see him tomorrow? Eyes didn't know, but realized that the little dose of Kanone he got each day was what kept him going. Kanone was like a drug (haha, he isn't taking drugs...he is a drug. It all makes sense now!), and Eyes needed a fix. Rio saw this, and decided to try and cheer Eyes up, "Hey, Eyes." He looked up, "Have you ever had a musk melon?" (Hehehehehe), she questioned him. When Eyes shook his head, Rio stared at him, "You've never had a musk melon? How are you still alive, they're vital for human existance!"

Eyes looked questioningly to Ryoko and Kousuke. The latter provided an explanation, "She's obssessed with them. If Rio went without a melon for too long, she might go into withdraw." He joked, getting Rio's lunch tray slammed in his face. He set the tray on the table and glared at the one who had thrown it, "What was that for!"

"I'm not obssessed!" She stated, "You can't be obssessed with something that is vital for living. It's like saying I'm obssessed with air, it's a neccessity!"

Eyes stared at the girl, wondering if she was actually serious, "The sad part is, she's serious." He heard Kousuke whisper to Ryoko, who simply nodded in agreement. Lunch ended, and Kanone never showed up, "Wonder where Kanone is?" Kousuke questioned the others, reading Eyes' thoughts.

They all looked to him for an answer, "He said he'd be here today, I don't know where he is." He told them.

His voice was calm, but Rio could tell that he was worried, "I'm sure Kanone is fine. Maybe he just slept in or something." She offered, trying to cheer Eyes up. No one objected to the suggestion, though they all knew it wasn't very likely. Unless Kanone was deathly ill, he wouldn't stay in bed all day, that's just how he was. The next two classes went by suprisingly fast, and school let out in no time.

Eyes joined up with the other three like he did everyday and they all walked outside together. The others lived fairly close to school, so they just walked home, but some days Kiyotaka was late in picking Eyes up and they waited with him. Today must have been one of those days, because Kiyotaka was no where in sight, and this worried Eyes a little. First Kanone was missing, and now Kiyotaka was late? The latter was very punctual, and was never more than a minute or so late, for which he always had a very good reason. So when 10 minutes had passed, and there was still no sign of Kiyotaka, Eyes' mind began to think up horrible things. He couldn't actually say these things or think about them for very long, but they were there.

Finally the car pulled up and Eyes stood from his seat on the steps outside the school. Rio, Ryoko, and Kousuke all stood as well and wanted to stay to see what was wrong. However, Kiyotaka did not explain his lateness, mostly due to the fact that he wasn't there. It was his car and driver for sure, but the man himself was missing. The three decided to leave, knowing that Eyes would explain tomorrow. Getting in, Eyes started to question the driver, "Where's Kiyotaka?"

"Mr. Narumi demanded that I take him to the hospital at once right before we were about to leave to come and get you." The driver answered.

Eyes pursued this no further, figuring the driver would have no answers for him. So instead he went through all of the reason that Kiyotaka would have to go to the hospital. One jumped out at him when he arrived at the house and saw that Ayumu was still there, "Kanone."

Ah yes, the hospital. How I have misssed you...So, is Eyes right? Is his dearest Kanone in the hospital? Hmmmm...I'm not telling! I think this fic is only going to be two or three more chapters, so enjoy it while it lasts. After I'm done with this one, maybe I'll pick back up with Trust. I still haven't had any ideas for that one, which is why I haven't updated, but I'll start thinking about it. Reivew!