A/N: Well, that was fast. Too bad it's not this easy to update the others. There's just so much inspiration for this fic. Bleh.

ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm currently looking for a Beta for my stories. If anyone's interested, let me know!

Warnings: Same as first chappie, y'all. Except I had to up the rating for Reno's dirty mind and Cloud's language. Oo

------Chapter Two--------

Thank GOD for short classes.

As soon as the bell rang, Sora was out of his seat. Roxas quickly followed, Axel and his brothers in tow. The five of them had Phys Ed every other day for Second Period.

Axel chuckled to himself. He had seen the way Sora had been looking at Riku, like a dog eyeing a bone. Though the kid wouldn't admit it, he was probably attracted to the silver haired beauty. Hell, even Axel himself had been checking him out, though not as openly as Sora. But as far as he was concerned, the brunette could have Riku. It was the flustered boy's little blond twin that Axel wanted.

The pyro slowed down a bit, and Roxas hung back as well. Sora and the others continued on. Axel chuckled. "If I didn't know better, I'd say your bro there may share you and Cloud's taste in dates."

Roxas adopted a thoughtful expression. "Yeah, seems so. I mean, at least I was a little less obvious when I was ogling you. Poor Sora. There goes his bid at being the only straight boy of the family."

Axel chuckled. Cloud was the only one who was open around his parents. He came out to them a year ago when he had first started dating Reno. While Mrs. Strife had squealed and been exited over her oldest child's first love, her husband hadn't been nearly as happy. In fact, down right pissed was the term. Since then, whenever their father was home, Reno wasn't allowed in the Strife's house.

Roxas and Demyx, however, kept their preferences a secret. Cloud and Namine knew, along with Axel's brothers. They hadn't told Sora, because they knew how frightened he had been when he had witnessed their father's anger at Cloud. Axel and Roxas had gotten together right before the end of the last school year, and had managed to keep it quiet. Demyx, on the other hand, had to be content with watching the one he loved from afar. The sitar player had the misfortune to fall in love with Zexion, the cold and distant son of the Bio teacher Vincent Valentine, and his wife, the school nurse, Mrs. Lucrecia. Sure, Zex and Demy were in the same little clique, along with Axel, Roxas, Marluxia, and a few other guys from their school, but Demyx was too afraid that he would ruin whatever little friendship they had.

Something abruptly smacked into Axel, wrapping it's arms around him and hiding behind his back.

"HELP! Sai'x has gone MAD!"

Speaking of Demyx...

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As Shade and Sora walked into the Gym, he noticed that students from different grade levels were gathered here. He knew that after today, the different grades would split up to do their own thing, but for today it would likely be a free period.

As Axel, Roxas, and a cowering Demyx entered the huge Gym, Shade noticed they were one red-head short. Where the Hell is Reno?

"How's it goin', bitches!"

Ah, there he is.

Reno sauntered into the Gym, grinning like the Cheshire cat. Behind him were Rude and Elena, the other two members of the so-called 'Turks'. They shadowed Rufus Shinra acting like bodyguards, but were known to get violent, mostly due to Reno. Rufus was in the same grade level as his Turks, but due to him being the Principal's son, he got a lot of attention. Not that his good looks didn't warrant that already. I wonder if the rumors of his father's dealings with the mob are true.

Spying a certain blonde with the grade twelve crowd, Reno hurried off.

The doors opened again and in walked the Phys Ed teachers, foremost among them being Cid Highwind, in charge of the grade eleven class. As the other teachers; Zell for grade ten and a big guy named Barrett for grade twelve; introduced themselves and gathered their students, Shade noticed a familiar person waving to him. Moving quickly, he moved to the side of the silver haired youth.

"Hey, Shade. How ya been?" The youth that had spoken had silver hair to his shoulders and was dressed in baggy black cargos and a black t-shirt that said 'Got Manga?' on the front. (A/N: I really have one of those shirts! ) He wore black spiked bands on his wrists and a studded collar around his throat. Heavy black eyeliner adorned his face and his nails were painted black. It was amazing that he was dating the spaz known as Yuffie.

"Good, Kadaj. And you?" Shade and Kadaj had been best friends for years, and the red-head was a frequent guest at the Lucard household. Ever since he could remember, the two of them had joked with each-other about their families, like how all of Shade's siblings were into guys, and how Kadaj's father would get so emotional over the slightest things, and only their Uncle Genesis (called G for short) could keep him in line. Shade had even helped in Kadaj's pursuit of Yuffie, eventually giving up on traditional methods and locking them in a school janitor closet overnight. THAT did the trick.

Which was sad, because the only person Shade had ever wanted, and still wanted, was the silver-haired youth in front of him.

Not that I could ever tell him that.

"Not bad. Hey! Me and Yuf are goin' to a movie later. Wanna come?"

Shade was about to answer, when Coach Highwind spoke up. "As y'all know, today will be a free period. But tomorrow your asses are MINE, got it!"

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"How's it goin', bitches!"

Reno smirked at the reactions of his fellow students. Some were shocked, others simply annoyed. All of the returning students already knew his routine. No doubt they would warn everyone else. He laughed when he turned and saw Rude and Elena roll their eyes. Rufus was nowhere to be seen, as he had physics this block. Reno didn't know why, but something drew him to the blonde. It wasn't like all the other students, who either admired or feared him. He knew Rufus better than even the other Turks. He knew that Rufus hated the way that everyone acted as they did because his father was the Principal, and was also rumored to have Mafia dealings. The kid was alone in the huge house his dad owned. No siblings, no mother, just the hired help.

Rufus wanted people to admire or fear him because of who he really was, not because of his familial relations. There wasn't much to hate, either. That ashe blonde hair, eyes the color of ice that seemed to look deep into your soul, those lips that seemed so soft that were always set in a frown, except for those rare occasions that Reno made him laugh...

Stop thinking like that, dude. You're taken.

As if the thought summoned him, Reno noticed the other blonde to which he devoted himself. Cloud Strife. Gold blonde hair in those impossible spikes, deep azure eyes. Lean body that could be surprisingly strong. He had found that out through sparring and...other late night activities. They had been together a year, and it was possibly the greatest year of the red-head's life. Everything had been perfect. But lately, the blonde had been acting moody, rejecting his touches, his affections, and loosing his temper and snapping at the Turk for the smallest things. Reno would never admit it, but he was scared that their relationship was falling apart.

Waving goodbye to his fellow Turks, he headed towards the blonde. As he got closer, he noticed that Cloud was talking to a tall brunette that he hadn't seen before. His dark messy hair hung past his shoulders, and he had startlingly blue eyes. What drew Reno's eyes, however, was the diagonal scar across the bridge of his nose. Looks like a knife did that.

"Yo, Spikey!" Walking up behind the blonde, he looped his arms over his shoulders and nuzzled the side of his head. They used to be very open with their relationship, which was why Reno was surprised when Cloud shrugged him off.

"Hey Reno. So, what do you think of Coach Highwind?" He pointed to the blond Gym teacher that was currently yelling at two of the students, not bothering to be mindful of expletives. Apparently, the source of his wrath was none other than his own brother Axel and Cloud's brother Demyx. Reno let out a chuckle.

"Seems like he's gonna be pretty cool. Hopefully he won't be as bad as you say. By the way, who's Scarface here?"

Cloud rolled his eyes in annoyance at the nickname, something else he had been doing a lot lately. "This is Leon Leonhart. His family just moved here a few weeks ago. Apparently his cousins are Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo."

Reno scoffed. "That must be tough. Name's kinda odd though."

"It's a nickname," the brunette replied.

"Ah, I get it...Wait. Leonhart, you say? You the brother of that Riku kid?"

Leon nodded. "Yeah. And I know what you're thinking. He got most of his looks from our grandmother."

"That explains a lot." Reno suddenly smirked and turned to Cloud. "Seems there may be no straight boys in this Strife generation after all."

Cloud narrowed his eyes, clearly annoyed. Reno almost faltered. The blonde had been acting really odd lately, like everything he did pissed him off. Odd. "Well, I caught little Sora ogling the younger Leonhart. Got quite flustered when he sat next to him, too. Wouldn't be surprised if, by the end of the month, the two of 'em end up all hot and-"

He was cut off by a hard smack to the face. Scratch that, PUNCH to the face. Cloud was fuming. He grabbed Reno by the arm, and the red-head winced at the harsh pressure being exerted on the large bruise that was already there. Leon and a few of the other surrounding students gaped at them in shock.

"NEVER talk about Sora like that again, EVER. I don't know what the HELL your problem is! Why do you always have to act like that, huh!"

Reno stared at the enraged blonde in front of him, fear creeping into his gaze. This was just like...

"Well! Why don't you answer me, huh! Do you think it's funny, acting the idiot! Do you LIKE causing so much trouble and being the center of attention! You are SO fucking WORTHLESS!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Reno could see Shade and Axel fighting to get to him through the forming crowd. Shade looked panicked, while Axel was downright pissed. Rude and Elena were behind them as well, matching looks of worry on their faces. In any other situation, he would have felt happy that they were coming to help him, but all he could do was stare into those hateful blue eyes, paralyzed with fear.

Cloud, for his part, was pissed at the lack of response. He was also inwardly confused at Reno's expression. He looked like a frightened child that was about to cry. He knew he should just stop, apologize for everything, but his anger was in control, and he couldn't stop.

"I CAN'T believe I wasted my time with a WORTHLESS piece of SHIT like YOU! I've FUCKING had it! We're through, Tarshil. I NEVER want to see your worthless face again, GOT IT!"

That's when the tears came. They trickled from those wide, emerald eyes, filled with pain and fear, and a darker emotion that Cloud couldn't place, but knew he didn't like. What the Hell have I done...

Then Cloud was knocked away and found himself staring into a copy of Reno's face, only this one had black diamond tattoos instead of red crescents. A hand shoved hard at his chest, sending him several steps back.

"What the FUCK is your problem, Strife! I swear to God I'm going to-" Suddenly the pyro was pulled back by a hand on his collar. Cloud looked up into the clearly angered face of Coach Highwind.

"Cloud, I'm surprised at you, kid. You're gettin' two weeks of detention for that one, pal. I don't care who he is or what he did, but you got NO excuse for treatin' someone like that." He turned to Axel next. "I want to see ya in detention after school today too. You DON'T threaten students in MY class, hear me?" Axel, clearly angry, just nodded. "Now you and your brother get Reno out of here and help 'im calm down. Just make sure ya'll make it to your next classes."

Axel turned to see Reno wrapped protectively in Shade's arms. Though Shade whispered words of comfort to the elder triplet, his eyes held a deep burning anger and hate that Axel knew wasn't directed at Cloud for breaking his brother's heart. The source of this anger had been around far longer than that. They saw it every day at home, and that was one of the reasons they caused trouble. If they had detention, they didn't have to go home right away. That was the same for their late night parties and all the times they ever snuck out.

Reno and his brothers went through Hell every day of their lives; school and whatever friendships they made were the only things that got them through it.

Oh, yes. They had seen Hell, all right.

And that Hell was home.

----End Chapter Two---

A/N: Wow. It's amazing what happens when you're at school, bored out of your mind and listening to Emo music on other people's I-Tunes accounts. Oo

Hope that didn't freak to many people out. This chapter just came together on it's own. Rating had to go up due to Cloud's language. Who would of thought that he'd be such an ass, eh?

Reno: Yes, he IS an ass.

Cloud: Don't make me hit you again, bitch.

Reno: Eep!

Well, that's all for now. Read and review!