The next morning Shuichi woke up at the sound of his radio/alarm clock blaring very loud music. Shuichi got out of bed and stumbled his way through piles of clothes on the floor to his bathroom. He took a quick shower, brushed his teeth, brushed his hair when it was dry, got dressed and headed down stairs. He made breakfast for Yuki and himself. Ten minutes after he started cooking breakfast, Yuki walked into the kitchen with his nightclothes still on. "Oh, you probably want your clothes, huh? Hang on a sec and I'll go get them."

"Don't worry about it. I haven't even showered yet, lets eat first." They ate their breakfast and when they were done Shuichi gave Yuki his clothes and Yuki went to go get ready. After he was done getting ready they both left for school in Yuki's car.

During the drive to school Shuichi finally realized that Yuki ad his own car.

"Hey, Yuki, if you have this car, then why did you ride the bus to school yesterday."

"It's a stupid reason really, but yesterday after school was my drivers license test and I pass, but my dad said I couldn't drive the car to school that morning because I didn't have my license yet, so Tatsuha and I had to ride the bus."

"Well if you didn't you wouldn't have met me and Hiro or Suguru."

"The thought just breaks my heart." Yuki said in a sarcastic tone.

"No need to get sarcastic." Shuichi glared at Yuki.

"Brat." Was all Yuki said.

"Argh! Don't call me a brat!" Yuki looked at Shuichi and then looked at the bruise that was on his cheek.

"What happened last night?"

"Excuse me?"

"What happened between you and Tachi before you met me in the park?" Shuichi looked at Yuki for a while and then looked away and out the window. Yuki waited silently until Shuichi finally answered. "He wanted sex, but I didn't wan to have it with him. He started yelling and hitting me. He said that I was worthless and that I should be lucky to have him." Yuki pulled into the parking lot of the school and parked in the closest spot to the school that was available and Shuichi continued to talk. "I got so mad at him that with all the strength I had I kneed him in the groin. I took my chance and ran. But I've let Tachi hurt me the way he does. Maybe I am worthless." When he said that Yuki brought Shuichi into his arms and kissed him and he felt Shuichi stiffen for a second but began to kiss him back. Yuki wanted to deepen the kiss, but before he could do that Shuichi pulled away. "We cant." Shuichi opened the car door and was about to climb out, but Yuki caught his wrist. Shuichi looked back and Yuki saw the sad look in his eyes. Yuki let go of his wrist. "Your not worthless, Shuichi."

Shuichi stared at Yuki for a while. If it was anyone else he would've been happy and felt better, but with Yuki he wanted him to say something else, but Shuichi didn't know what that something was. Shuichi climbed out of the car and closed the door; he ran as fast as he could and didn't stop until he got to the school.

All morning Shuichi couldn't concentrate in class, and was yelled at a few times for not paying attention. Shuichi was thankful when it was finally time for lunch. Maybe spending time with his friends will make him feel better. As Shuichi was walking down the empty hall towards the cafeteria he was suddenly slammed against the wall and saw Tachi leaning over him. Oh, boy. He's mad. "Listen you little bastard. You don't run out on me got that and you damn well will not run to some other boy. You belong to me. Understand?"

"What you don't seem to understand is after what happened last night we are officially threw. It's over." Tachi's eyes glared murderously at Shuichi.

"Remember the last time you tried that. You ended up black and blue, right? You don't want a repeat of that, do you? Your with me and always will be. Your mine."

"I don't belong to anyone."

"You know, ever since that blonde freak came here you've become a little cocky. I can change that." Tachi raised his fist and was about to bring it down to Shuichi's already bruised face when, "Is there a problem?"

Tachi turned around to see Yuki glaring at him. Tachi backed away from Shuichi and Shuichi ran to Yuki's side. Tachi glared at him, but looked back at Yuki.

"No. No problem at all." When Tachi went inside the cafeteria, Yuki looked at Shuichi.

"You okay? He didn't hurt you did he?"

"No. He was going to but he didn't since you came and stopped him. Thank you." Shuichi laughed, "I think he's scared of you." Shuichi continued to laugh. Yuki smiled glad to see Shuichi laughing. "Come on," Yuki said when Shuichi was done laughing, "your friends are wondering where you are."

When Shuichi got to the table Hiro and Suguru saw Shuichi's bruised face and immediately started questioning him.

"What happen?"

"Did you get into a fight?"

"Who was it?"

"Are you hurt anywhere else?"

"Guys! Guys! Please!" Shuichi yelled at his worried friends. "Be quiet and let me explain." The two immediately stopped asking questions and was quiet. Shuichi smiled when it was quiet again and told Hiro and Suguru the whole thing that happen at Tachi's apartment and at the park. "I swear I'll kill him!" Hiro yelled when Shuichi was done talking and started to get up, but Yuki said, "Sit down, sit down. I've already taken care of it." Just then Tachi walked outside where Shuichi and the others were and Hiro started laughing. "I see you did." Hiro sit backed down and Suguru said, "Thank God you were there Yuki." Just then Shuichi realized something and looked at Yuki.

"Why were you there so late at night?"

"My father and I got into a argument and I left the house. I drove to the park to take a walk. When I was about to leave I saw a certain pinked hair brat running and then collapsed onto the bench."

"Hey! Will you stop calling me a brat?!" Yuki just chuckled at Shuichi's look and ruffled his hair. "Your cute." Shuichi blushed and looked away to hide it from Yuki but he saw it and he smiled to himself.

"Hey, guess what I heard." Tatsuha, who was quiet until then, suddenly exclaimed making Shuichi and his friends jump. Yuki just sat there, already used to Tatsuha's sudden outbursts. "Our school is having a homecoming!"

"Idiot. This is an all boys' school. Not every guy here is gay." Yuki said hitting Tatsuha in the head.

"No, no, no. We're having the homecoming with the all girls' school that is in this area. But I'm going with a boy that's in my science class, and before you say anything Yuki, no he does not want to get me in bed."

"I wasn't going to say anything."

"Then why did you say it last time about that guy in my English class?"

"Because it was the truth and I knew it would make you mad."

"Argh!" Tatsuha glared at Yuki.

"See, you're mad now." Yuki said calmly. Tatsuha just looked away from Yuki and didn't say another word to him; Yuki just sat there smirking.

Shuichi started thinking about the homecoming, but then got bored and wanted to do something. He looked at Hiro and Suguru and smirked. Maybe I can help get them together. This is going to be fun. The two victims were looking at the ground nervously. (A/N: They're all just sitting outside on the ground talking.) Shuichi smirked. "Hey, Hiro, Suguru, are you two going together?" He looked from Hiro to Suguru and thought he was going to burst out laughing then. They both jumped when they heard Shuichi say that and started blushing like crazy, but then Hiro said, "No. What makes you think that?"

Shuichi shrugged, "Just wondering." He looked at Suguru and decided to pick on him.

"Hey, Suguru, I know someone who has the hots for you." Suguru eyes widened and when Shuichi looked at Hiro he wanted to laugh so bad. Hiro was glaring at the ground in jealousy. Yuki looked at Shuichi and was wondering why he had such a mischievous glint in his eye. He looked at Suguru and then at Hiro. When he saw Hiro he understood and had to bite his tong from laughing.

"W-what? M-me?" Suguru stuttered.

"Oh yeah," Shuichi said, "this guy came up to me in one of my classes telling me how he thought you were hot and sexy. He wanted me to ask you to the homecoming for him." Suguru blushed even redder and Hiro was looking even angrier.

"R-really? Who?" Suguru asked.

"Oh, I'm not allowed to say. It's a surprise. He doesn't want you to know until you see him homecoming night."

"Oh, and he wants to go with me?" Suguru asked. His face was getting redder by every word Shuichi said, and Hiro looked like he was going to explode, and Shuichi knew just the thing to say to make Hiro explode.

"Yep. He said Suguru Fujisaki. He wants to take you to homecoming, and somewhere else, too." He winked at Suguru. Suguru, if possible, blushed even redder, and Hiro…well Hiro exploded. "ARGH! THAT'S IT! SUGURU, WILL YOU GO TO THE HOMECOMING WITH ME?" The look on Suguru's face was priceless. Shuichi was rolling on the ground and laughing, and Yuki was chuckling. The two victims looked confused, and Tatsuha, who didn't catch on like Yuki did, looked just as confused.

"W-what's so funny?" Suguru asked.

"You two…should've seen…your faces…it was priceless." Shuichi was gasping for air and his stomach hurt. He hasn't laughed like that in forever.

"So," Suguru said slowly, "there isn't really a guy who wants to go to the homecoming with me?" Shuichi shook his head. "I said…all of that…to bait…Hiro."

"To bait me?" Hiro asked.

"Yes, and it worked." Yuki said and that just made Shuichi laugh even more.

"Why?" Suguru asked.

"Because I knew it would make Hiro so mad that he would want to ask you and get you to go with him."

"How did you know I…" Hiro started to ask but Shuichi answered before he could finish his sentence.

"Oh please! Watching you two is like watching a comedy-romance anime series. It's so obvious that you two should have a Hiro/Suguru fan club." Shuichi laughed some more when he saw Hiro and Suguru blush and look away and seemed to find the ground very interesting. "Now Hiro," Shuichi said and Hiro looked up, "please continue." He waved his hand towards Suguru. Hiro blushed but looked at Suguru and Suguru looked back at him. "Um…Suguru, will you go to the homecoming with me, and be my boyfriend?" Suguru's eyes went wide and he smiled from ear to ear. "Yes!" he exclaimed and hugged Hiro's neck. Hiro smiled and hugged Suguru's waist. From over Suguru's shouldered Hiro looked at his best friend and mouthed the words "Thank you."

Shuichi smiled. Just like he thought. He was happy now that he was with his friends. He helped get his two best friends together. That made him happy. Shuichi smiled his true smile, not the fake one he smiled when he was with Tachi and was pretending to be happy, but a true smile. Yuki saw this and hope he could be the reason Shuichi smiled like that one day.