Blue gave a slight yawn as she felt herself awaken from her sleep. She sat up in her bed, lifted up her arms and stretched before she turned and noticed Tsume sleeping beside her. Blue felt a bubble of pride and warmth burst in her chest as she looked at Tsume sleeping peacefully. She was tempted to trace that strange shaped scar on his chest with the tips of her fingers, but she resisted. It was almost too difficult, but somehow she managed.

Blue found a tshirt that had been thrown on the floor and put it on, glad that she liked oversized shirts instead of the smaller babydoll t's. They were not nearly as efficient in covering oneself.

Blue quietly made her way to the bathroom that was down the hall and turned on the shower as hot as it would go. She took off her shirt and threw it in the dirty clothes basket and looked at herself in the mirror before it got too foggy. Her hair had grown out a little, but still did it's flip out at least. The skin around her eyes was a little dark, either from her mascara and eyeliner, or from lack of sleep lately. Even though she'd only advanced a year in college, it seemed like the workload grew ten times. She leaned in a little closer to the mirror and looked at her neck. It was purple with bruises, and still covered in bite marks. Blue sighed and touched them gingerly. At least it was getting close to Fall so she could just wear something to cover the marks instead of having to bother with make up.

Twenty minutes later Blue emerged from the bath room, a large towel wrapped around her, and her hair freshly gelled with hair goo that smelled like, of course, peaches. Blue crept back into her room to find Tsume still asleep on her bed, but this time completely curled up in her pillows and sheets.

Blue sighed as she sat down on her bed and ran her fingers through Tsume's short, silverish hair, fiddling with the thin, short pony tail that extended to the nape of his neck.

"Hey, Tsume," Blue whispered, putting her hand on his bare shoulder. "Tsume, it's about time to get up."

Tsume grunted sleepily and rolled over, taking most of the blankets with him. Blue stretched over him and whispered a little closer to his ear. "Hey, get up, sleepy head." Tsume still continued to sleep, so Blue nibbled from the top cartilage of his ear down to his ear lobe and felt him shiver.

"Tsume, there's no way you're asleep through all that," whispered Blue in his ear again.

"Want to bet on that?" Tsume grumbled, rolling away from Blue.

"Yeah, you just talked, silly," smiled Blue. She lay down and curled her towel wrapped body against Tsume's sheet covered one. "Besides, don't you have work today?"

Tsume rolled over and looked at Blue intensely. "Nope. I'm all yours for the whole day." He trailed his fingers from Blue's ear lobe down to the tip of her chin and Blue felt her heart just melt. Tsume leaned in a kissed Blue gently on the lips; a kiss just as chaste as if they had been only twelve and on their first date.

"Why are you so tempting?" Blue sighed when their lips separated.

"Hm, because it's more fun that way."

...

"Hey, Blue, how was your weekend?"

Blue turned to look at Christie who was waving at her and running spiritedly down the sidewalk. Blue stopped to wait for Christie.

"It was ok, how was yours?" replied Blue once Christie had caught up to her.

"It was actually pretty good." Christie caught her breath and flipped her long, silky blond pony tail over her shoulder. "I hooked Hige up with another one of my friends. He didn't quite click with the last one."

Blue felt a slight twinge of jealousy flare up. "Oh, is that so?"

Christie nodded. "Well, I figure that since you were able to find happiness with Tsume, that maybe Hige's feeling a little left out."

Blue shrugged as they walked up the steps.

"You aren't jealous, are you?" asked Christie, sensing Blue's obvious irritation and jealousy. "I mean, if he means that much to you, then just dump Tsume and go back to him."

"I can't do that," Blue said cooly. She stopped and looked at Christie, her rich blue eyes meeting Christie's emerald green one's in all seriousness. "Look, I love Hige. I'll admit that. But the fact is, he broke up with me, had sex with me, and then said he didn't want to be with me because it 'didn't feel right'. I'd go crawling back to him if he would take me back, but the fact is, he's not going to." Blue looked away. "So, I'm just gonna move on." Blue continued walking to class, not exactly wanting to wait for Christie any more.

"Hey, Blue, wait!" Christie ran after her and caught up quickly. "Look, Blue, if you really love Hige, then it should work. I know he cares about you!" Christie stood in front of Blue, obstructing her path and earning a death glare at the same time. "Even I saw that look he gave Tsume when he kissed you in front of him, and Hige was dating me!"

"That doesn't matter," Blue said quickly, walking around Christie.

"Um, hello? It does matter, Blue."

Blue gave a slight growl and turned to face Christie. "Look, Christie, I appreciate you trying to get him outta my thoughts and hair, but the fact is that he doesn't want me for whatever reason. I found someone else who takes care of me like Hige used to, and Hige obviously doesn't want that position or else he wouldn't have left it. He could turn gay for all I care right now, because nothing is going to change between us."

Blue turned away and continued walking to class, too busy fuming with anger to cry. Besides, crying was for high school girls. She was a sophomore in college and needed to get her act together anyway. There wasn't any time for childish games with boys.

Christie merely sighed and followed Blue to glass. The cheerful glow that surrounded her beach blond hair and tan skin seemed to have dimmed a little, or maybe that was just because they had officially walked into the artificially lit part of the building.

For the rest of the day, Blue was quiet and cool around Christie. As soon as class ended, she gathered up her books, left the school and headed to the day care where she worked during the week. Things were just going to get crazy if she started falling for Hige again; remembering his touch, his voice, his kisses. It was just too much trouble, and she couldn't lose both men in her life.

Author's Note: Hey everyone! Ok, sorry the second chapter was kinda short. I wanna try and make my chapters a lot longer, but I thought that this chapter was pretty good and to the point, despite it's shortness. ; Anyways, please don't forget to leave reviews! Thanks for reading!