After that Ienzo found himself talking to Gabrielle more and more. They began eating together too but nothing more really happened until one class.

They had been studying equations when Gabrielle threw her pencil down, exclaiming that 'she just couldn't get it'.

Looking at her paper, Ienzo smiled.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD. YOU JUST FORGOT TO SIMPLIFY AFTER YOU DIVIDED AND YOU DIDN'T SQUARE THE ANSWER.

She looked down at her notes and stared for a moment before she picked her eraser up and fixed her mistake, getting the correct answer.

"Oh! I did it!" she cried happily and hugged him. "Thank you Ienzo!"

Ienzo blushed slightly and looked at his lap.

He could feel someone's eyes on him and turned to see Adam glaring at him before he dragged a finger over his neck, eyes still locked on his.

Gulping, Ienzo relaxed as Gabrielle let go of him and continued working.

"Did you finish already?" she asked, breaking through his thoughts. "Because you aren't taking notes."

He nodded and opened his notebook to the page they were on, showing fully worked problems.

"Wow. You're so good at this. Can I check my answers?" He nodded again as she kept working. When she finished she had most of the problems correct but was far from right on the ones she had missed. "Darn it. I'm never going to get this."

She looked so upset that Ienzo couldn't stop himself.

IF YOU WANT, I CAN TUTOR YOU.

Her head snapped up to look at him.

"Really? You would do that for me?"

OF COURSE.

She hugged him again.

"Oh thank you Ienzo! The only time I have free though is after school."

I COULD MEET YOU IN THE LIBRARY IF THAT'S EASIEST FOR YOU.

She smiled.

"Why don't you just come over? That would be easiest."

MY…PARENTS…DON'T LIKE ME TO GO TO PLACES WITH PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW.

A pout instantly came to her face.

"Darn it. I'm never going to pass this class then…"

The pout was going to kill him. There was no possible way he could sit and watch her pout like that without doing anything.

I'LL TALK TO THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY. PROFESSOR EVEN IS A FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S SO HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM.

She smiled brightly and hugged him a third time.

"Thank you so much Ienzo!"

He blushed again and gently hugged her back.

"No Ienzo," Even said with a frown. "You are not allowed to go to her house. You can meet her in the library or in my classroom but you are not allowed to go with her."

"But why not?" he begged. "She's my friend! And you said yourself that she's a good person!"

"No means no Ienzo!"

"Just give me a reason!"

Even sighed and rubbed his eyes with his palm.

"Look," he started. "What if you went with her, how would you get home?"

"I would walk-"

Even held up his hand to stop him.

"There is problem number one. You are not supposed to walk around alone."

"Then I would get her to walk me home."

"And there is problem number two. No one is supposed to know you live here."

Ienzo frowned.

"Then you could come pick me up."

"And problem number three. I can't pick you up. People aren't supposed to know how well we know each other."

Ienzo stamped his foot impatiently.

"What if Braig or Dilan came and got me?!"

Even sighed.

"Ienzo…you know there need to stay at their station whenever they aren't down here working." Ienzo opened his mouth to keep arguing when Even put his hand up again. "Before you say Ansem remember how important he is. He cannot simply walk around alone either. Not only that but everyone knows who he is so if he picked you up it would be very suspicious." He knelt down before the boy, smiling sadly. "It's not like we wouldn't let you go if we could. We all want you to fit in and have friends but it's just too dangerous for you to go with her. I'm sorry."

Ienzo crossed his arms and looked away.

"It's not fair," he muttered. "All of you can walk around freely but /I/ have to been kept on a metaphorical leash. Constantly under someone's watch. You say it's for my own safety," He looked up, glaring at Even. "But I feel like you're just too afraid that you'll lose your control over me!"

With that he ran away from the man.

"Ienzo! Ienzo wait!"

Even hurried after him only to have a large door slammed in his face.

"Ienzo!" he yelled as he banged on the door. "Ienzo! Ienzo, let me in!"

The boy ignored him and curled into a ball on his bed.

Outside the door he could hear Ansem chastising Even for being so loud and distracting him.

AN: Aww. Ienzo's crush is getting stronger! But he's not allowed to help her! So what does he do? Throw a childish tantrum and run away. Like a kid! XD