a/n: Hey everyone! I know that this fanfic got off to a rather...um...depressing start. Actually it's been a bit like my real life. (sob) How lame am I to translate my own life into my stories? Actually, some of the greatest American authors did it, so I can get away with it too...right? Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I would also like to add that this fanfic WILL have a HAPPY ending. So no matter how dim or gloomy my story seems, LOVE PREVAILS! (oh em gee...walk away! XD) Read and Review please! Much love!

Chapter 2

Blue felt her mind awaken from sleep but didn't open her eyes. Her eyelids felt heavy and puffy and her head was throbbing. It was almost as if she had the worst dream of her entire life, but she knew it was simply a harsh reality. She opened her eyes slowly as she rolled over to look at the annoying lights on her digital clock. Two-fifteen in the morning was far to early for things to have been normal. It couldn't have all been a dream if she was waking up in the middle of the night.

As Blue pushed the covers aside and stepped out of the bed that hadn't been hers until a few hours before, she felt the coldness of reality rush through her like the wind through the cracked window a few feet from her face. She rubbed her eyes gently with the palms of her hands and opened the door, walking into the dark hallway.

"Someone's sleeping like a corpse," muttered Blue as she walked past the closed door to Hige's bedroom. "I hope he freezes his ass off tonight though."

Eventually her bare feet reached the icy tile in the kitchen. The cold sent shivers up her body and she felt goosebumps rise on her bare legs. Curse the laundry machine that broke down. Otherwise she would have had pajama pants instead of a flimsy t-shirt and shorts. Blue opened the wooden cabinet carefully, hoping the hinges wouldn't squeak, and grabbed a clean glass, dumping a handful of ice into it. She filled it to the brim with water from the tap, chugged it, and then refilled it before she made her way back to her new bedroom.

"What are you doing up?"

Blue looked up at Hige. He was inches from her and she didn't know which impulse was stronger: the one to slap him or kiss him. "I could ask you the same thing," she nearly snapped back. "Not like you have anything that would keep you up until two in the morning."
Hige shrugged. "It's a slight possibility." He was thankful for the darkness of the hallway to cover his blushing. Of course Blue would have to walk around the apartment showing off her bare legs after he broke up with her. Go figure that right when he couldn't have her, he wanted her most.

"Whatever, I'm going to bed." Blue pushed passed him, ignoring the shivers that were automatically sent up her arm as Hige's hand brushed against her thigh. "And if you're going to break up with me, keep your paws off."

"Yeah," replied Hige, running his fingers through his hair nervously. "I know how much you like to bite. It's kind of a turn on, actually."

Blue glared at Hige venomously. "Fuck off, Hige," Blue snapped as she slammed the door to her bedroom behind her, hoping he would get the point that she was, perhaps, a little irritated. She knew he didn't mean to touch her thigh. The hallways were rather small, afterall. It just irked her so much that he could be casually flirtatious merely hours after he crushed almost all her hopes for their future together. She finished her water as she looked outside her window at the moon. It seemed more like a curse now than something she once considered to bring her peace. Blue shook her head as she set her glass down on the side table, turning away from the silver ball in the sky. It was almost heart wrenching to think about anything to deal with the moon now. She sighed as she snuggled back under the covers. Thank God for the beginning of school. At least that was one thing that would get her stupid, tactless, and completely perverted now ex-boyfriend out of her mind, but that still didn't keep her from crying herself to sleep.

Hige rolled over uneasily in his sleep. "Damn, it's cold," Hige muttered through his chattering teeth. He glared at the half open window, the sheer curtains blowing slightly with the breeze. If he weren't too lazy to get up and shut the window, perhaps he would have been a bit warmer. Then again, it was entirely his own fault for wearing only boxers (and socks) the one night he had no one else beside him to keep him warm.

He frowned as he wrapped his entire blanket around his body, shuffling his way to the window. With the blanket still wrapped around his hands, he pulled the window shut and locked it. The silver moon in the sky caught his eye and he couldn't help but gaze at it for a while. The sky was so clear, without a single cloud to block the millions of stars that dotted the sky. It reminded him of the night he met Blue, except now it wasn't snowing. The weather was just cold enough to freeze bone marrow, that's all. Hige snarled internally for thinking about Blue at a time like this. It was too early to be thinking. He shuffled back to his bed and collapsed, still wrapped up in his blanket. The pillow had gotten cold, too. Hige couldn't help but think that he had made a mistake as he curled into a ball, cold and alone.

A/N: Okay, I usually don't make two authors notes, but I must tell you that Hige went to bed without Blue or his stuffed rabbit. (Yes, he has a stuffed rabbit in this fanfiction.) The rabbit shall be introduced formally later.