Chapter Two – Lesson Number One

I woke up earlier than usual and looked in the mirror for a brief moment. Pulling my hair back and letting my natural streaks form my face, I pulled the rest into a ponytail and searched for my glasses. Finding them, I put them on and began to rummage through the closet for something decent and not thrown on the floor after a tiring day or a too-long session of studying until three AM.

Getting ready I walked out and closed the house, putting the keys on my neck. I walked to the bus stop, and as if it was my luck, my bus came up right at the time I took the last step. I quickly got on it and stood by a girl, maybe from our school, but freshman. She looked up at me with blue eyes and turned away shyly. She had light blonde hair and wore a white coat, clutching her sketchbook in her arms. I blinked and looked out the window, holding onto the handlebar. The weather was slightly windy and my hair and coat blew when the door opened for more passengers. I noticed that it was now lighter than it was a couple of days ago at this time. iI guess that Spring is indeed coming./i I thought, gripping the handlebar more when sudden movement almost knocked me off my feet.

I saw someone I knew. The yellow-blonde hair and aqua blue eyes..

Larxene glared at the girl that was sitting with her sketchbook and she gasped, backing away from the place. My "student"'s best friend rolled her eyes and sat down, throwing a leg over another. She looked up and our eyes met.

"Frost?" she raised her eyebrows, "Thunder." I greeted. She grinned at me, "'Sup, Vex?"

"Nothing yet. I didn't know you lived around here."

"I do." She shrugged, "Mar lives on the other side, so I have to get my ass all the way to his wealthy little neighborhood, the fag." She huffed. I raised an eyebrow – I didn't think that would be a way to speak about someone that was your friend. "Really…" I murmured."

"Yep. And so you are around the apartments too, huh? Which corpus do you live in?"

"The 'Peace.' What about you?"

"The 'Acceptance.'" She answered. I nodded.

She made a few more pointless remarks and laughed while we got there. When she called me 'science boy,' I hissed and called her a 'bug lady' which she didn't like. We got off at the same time, bumping shoulders. We murmured our goodbyes and Xigbar caught me by the sleeve, "Good move, kid! Before capturing the heart of the one you want, capture the hearts of his friends!" he gave me a thumbs up. I rolled my eyes and freed myself of his grip, taking my pale blue coat off and stuffing it in my locker. "Zip it before I slap you with something, Xig."

He simply laughed and let it go. Xaldin fumed still.

"What's up with you lately, Xaldin?" I asked, resting my books on my hip.

He shook his head, "Science teacher – bitch." He said shortly.

Xigbar groaned, "What is it today?"

"She gave me a detention for NOTHING! Apparently my hair is inappropriate! Look at Marluxia's! His hair is much more inappropriate – it's ipink!/i And Axel.."

I didn't pay attention to what he said as a pair of sapphire eyes captured me again. Marluxia smiled and nodded at me. I gulped and nodded back.

"Oooh." I noticed that Xaldin and Xigbar both turned around, "How sweet."

I couldn't sigh and smack Xigbar across the face, "Here's another battle scar for you." I said sweetly and walked to class.

For some reason, I felt nervous when I came up to him after classes. Larxene grinned at me and he turned to face me, smiling at me. "I hear that you and Larxene live in the same neighborhood." I nodded. "So, let's go."

"Bye, Larx."

"See ya, Mar, Vex." She waved.

"Wait, isn't she coming with us?"

Marluxia shook his head, "Nope, she has detention."

I opened my mouth in a silent 'O' and motioned for him to follow me onto the bus. I saw Xigbar do thumbs up before a few girls of Junior High flew in and the doors closed. I rolled my eyes.

"Come in." I said when my doors were opened. I didn't know why I was shaking, but I was. When he came in and started eyeing the place, I closed the door. "The kitchen is through here." I pointed to the living room. He nodded and followed me, setting down his bag.

"Would you like anything to drink?" I walked over to the fridge.

"Hm, what do you have?" He glanced over my shoulder in a second.

"Milk, Coke, Orange Juice, I can make coffee, tea, hot chocolate…" I began listing. He thought for a minute, "Coffee for today, maybe?"

"Cooked or instant?" I said in a monotone.

He raised his eyebrows, "Whichever is more convenient."

"Instant." I said and put on the teapot.

I sat at my side and took out the packet. He sat across me and put his hand under his chin. I could feel his eyes following me and I shivered slightly again. "Alright… We have to begin with the obvious…"

I lost track of time as we took care of the first page and his phone rang when we were in the middle of building up an algebra equation, "So X over 365…" I began as his ringtone filled the room. We sat in silence for a moment, and he took the phone out.

"Excuse me." He whispered to me and talked into the phone, "Hi mom…"

i"Marluxia! It's 2 in the morning! Where the hell are you?!"/i

I paled. "Mom, I told you that I am starting tutoring tonight-"

i""Not until the morning!" /i

"We lost track of time!"

i"I don't care! You should be more responsible! Just wait until your father hears about this!"/i she screamed at him. But she didn't sound iworried./i…

He sighed, "Yes, mom." He said and hung up. We both looked down at his work in silence.

"I should go…"

"Yeah.." I nodded slowly, getting the empty coffee cups into the sink. He looked at me for a moment and sighed, "I'm sorry about this."

"It's ok." I whispered. He decided to change the subject, "Do you think I can have your number? In case, you know..."

I nodded quickly and gave him my cell and home numbers. He gave me his just in case. I walked him until the door, "Are you sure you'll get home fine?"

He nodded, "I got home from Larxene's just fine, I'll be fine here too." I nodded and looked up, "I will see you tomorrow."

"Yeah…" he nodded and stood there for a moment. "Bye." He whispered and closed the door.

I breathed in walked to my bedroom, quickly undressing and falling under the covers. But I was not sure if I would go to sleep so quickly. I still heard his scent and still saw his eyes. Something strange was happening.