Kururu was at his locker, just getting ready to grab his books when out of nowhere Giroro came over and slammed the door in his face. Before the student could let out a single word, and with just a grunt of disapproval, he was gripped by the arm and dragged along the hallway.

Suddenly he grunted softly as the Corporal pushed him into a wall that was down a hall which lead to a dead end. Kururu couldn't help but snicker softly as the taller was so close to him.

"Oh, taking me somewhere secluded and quiet; is this our first date Senpai?" He teased oh-so flirtatiously; just the look on the older males face was enough to make Kururu smile.

"Shut up!" Giroro growled, looking both ways to make sure no teachers or other students had saw them or were coming this way. "Listen, I don't have time for games, I want to know what happen to your face. Don't lie either, I'll be able to tell."

"First tell me what happen to yours~"

"Damn it Kururu this is not a game!" Giroro smashed his hand next to Kururu face making him jump slightly; some sweat began slowly dripping down his face. "Was it those bullies you said were chasing you before?"

Kururu scoffed and picked his nose while avoiding the latters intense glare that burrowed into him. "It's really none of your business Senpai. If you must know I accidentally fell down my steps yesterday."

"Liar..." He moved his face closer to the younger as if he was going to kiss him. Kururu couldn't help but blush slightly at the uncomfortable distance they were from each other. Giroro was just, staring at him and entering his bubble space which he was not fond of at all.

"Back off, I told you what happened now leave me alone." He shoved Giroro out of the way and started walking before he was again roughly griped by his arm. Kururu whipped his head around as if to yell at him but when he saw the older males face, his heart plummeted to his stomach. Giroro was giving him such a stare, one of concern, anger.

As if he trully cared about him; no one cared about him and he was fine with that. He had always come to terms with the fact he was going to be alone for the rest of his life. Kururu shook his head and yanked his arm free. "We got to get to class Senpai, don't want to be late."

"You need to stop running Kururu..."

Kururu froze and stood there for a moment. His face seemed to turn a bit darker and his glasses flashed. He turned around and with a wide grin retorted:

"Who said I was running?"

-Aishite-

Giroro was not having a good day today, not at all. First he was given another detention for being late to class. Than he was teamed up with Keroro on a project who is the worst person to be paired up with because he is the type to make you do all the hard work. Not only that, but he was still ticked off at Kururu for back talking him like that and not giving him a straight answer.

But what was worst of all, is that it was Valentines Day tomorrow. Maybe he should just play hookey and not come in at all. No, that wouldn't work because they would still be everywhere the next day just waiting for him. Sighing, he blew a piece of his hair out of his way and gave a pout. "Why does the universe hate me."

Kururu didn't really talk to the older male for most of the whole day after their meeting in the hall. He was ticked off that Giroro would just get into his business like that. He hated it when people butted into his life, he could do what he liked, when he liked.

"Why does he have to be such a grumpy old worry wart..." Kururu thought distastefully. Just thinking about it made his cheek tint a hint of red. Sure it was fine when he was pretending to be beat up to get the Corporal to worry about him, but when it involved something real he wanted no one to talk about it.

He usually got away with people not asking him such question for when Kururu thought they would bring it up or try to ask, he would give them the most terrifying glare with a couple of his 'Ku's' thrown in. It would immediately shut them up and keep them from saying anything. But really, no one cared to ask, everyone is concerned with their own life to notice what was happening in the life of others.

Maybe that was why he hated how Giroro was, so caring for other people. Or maybe, that is what he loved the most. That no matter how beat up and torn his own life may be, his friends would come first. He acts hard-boiled and mean, because he cares.

"Stupid Senpai..." He just wanted everyone to leave him alone. He cared about himself and only himself; no one to worry about no one to care for and he liked it that way. People with such useless emotions just got in his way.

-Aishite-

"Giroro-kun!" Dororo called and placed his arm into the hoop of Giroro's, wrapping around it tightly and smiling up at him.

The taller male blushed slightly and smiled down at his comrade. Usually he would not allow this kind of P.D.A in school, but he needed a little cheering up. "Yo Dororo, what's up?" He saluted to the 'Lance Corporal' and put on a goofy grin trying to look cheerful.

"Nothing really, just wanted to say hi. He said giggling at the display. Sorry I couldn't hang out yesterday, meds and all. The good news is the doctor said I am getting healthier by the day! I think he might be lying but it gives me hope that one day I won't have to wear this stupid mask anymore."

"Really? But I like the mask, adds to your mystery. Ladies love the mysterious type." He winked and chuckled making Dororo blush. He knew Dororo didn't like wearing the mask, it was part of the reason why people made fun of him. So he always tried to make him feel a little bit better about one of his insecrites.

"You seemed in a pretty bad mood today, is it because of the V-day tomorrow?" Dororo inquired, usually Giroro would be in a worse mood knowing the inevitable would soon pop up.

"Ehh, that and something else has been bothering me lately..."

"What's that?"

"You'll think it's stupid... and it sounds stupid for me to care so much. Tch, such soft emotions are stupid."

"Giroro." Dororo said in a stern motherly voice as he stopped him from walking. "I have known you for how long now? I would never think what you do or say is stupid de-gonzaru."

Giroro sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "It's Kururu... that little brat. He wont tell me where he got those marks and he is being a complete A-hole about the whole thing. I knew I should not have even gotten involved." He gritted his teeth in frustration. "Idiot..."

Dororo smiled and held Giroro's hand. "It is a good thing you care Giroro-kun, cause if you don't, who else will? I think Kururu-Dono might be hiding how he feels because he is the type to stay hidden. Just like you are the type to hide your true emotions. You may seem mean and nasty, but on the inside your just a big softy." He poked Giroro's chest where his heart would be, making Giroro place his hand on the spot. His brows furrowed and a slight blush spread across his face.

"Am not! And I am completely different from him!"

"Maybe not as much as you think."

"Tsk, Whatever, I don't have time for your old man wisdom ninja junk."

"You have such an angry aura Giroro-kun; fine how about you and Keroro sleep over my house today! It will be just like as kids, and it would help you relax."

"I don't know... aren't we a little to old for that?"

"Giroro, we still pretend we are an invading army base from outter space. And you find sleepovers kiddy?"

"Hey! The invading space frogs is Keroro's idea, not mine! I-I just go along with it for him!" Giroro blushed widely and stuttered; it was not like he enjoyed it or anything. Though, it was kinda cool...sometimes.

"So sleep over, my place?"

"Yupp."

Dororo smiled and waved bye to Giroro. "Alright I'll see you then!"

-Aishite-

It was after school around 7 o'clock, the sun was just setting and the wind chill had gotten worse. It also started snowing pretty hard. Giroro didn't get to go to Dororo's house early because of football practice and an after practice pizza meal. He quickly went home, took a shower and was now heading out the door with a still slightly wet head but he securely placed his hat on and took the voyage anyway. In the army, this would probably be a daily task to build your immune system.

Luckily Dororo didn't live to far away, it was only about a 10-15 minute walk. As his boots made large prints in the freshly falling snow he turned his head towards the park he needed to pass and saw a figure on one of the swings. It was weird to see anyone out in this weather, especially at the park. As he squinted to get a better look he noticed the orange cap and headphones.

It was Kururu, Giroro scoffed and was thinking about just passing on by without saying anything. But the more he thought about doing that, the more he felt like he was being a jerk. Just because Kururu was a jerk didn't mean he needed to be. Making a sharp turn he began walking towards the boy on the swing set who was facing the opposite way.

Smirking to himself he sneakily made his way up to his back and pushed him, the kid almost falling off, stumbling to keep himself seated on the swing he griped the chains and balanced himself.

"Hey who do you think you- oh?" Kururu paused mid-sentence when he saw it was Giroro taking a seat right next to him on the other set. He turned around and gave the Corporal a smile, pushing his headphones down around his neck. "To what do I owe this pleasure, Senpai?"

"Nothing... saw you and thought I would push you off and hopefully break your arm, guess it didn't work, huh?" He said in a sarcastic tone, smiling from almost ear to ear. Was Kururu really no longer mad at him? It didn't seem like it. "I thought you never left your house?"

"Ku ku ku, yeah well, today seemed like a nice time to try something new."

"It's freezing out and your not covered up very well."

"This is the only thing I have." Kururu said zipping up his thin jacket just a bit further to his neck. "I don't mind the cold though, the cold is my friend. Some people even say I have a cold heart, can you believe that? Kuu ku~" He snickered.

"Pssh, yeah..." Giroro looked up to the falling snow and closed his eyes letting some of them fell upon his eye lids. He was debating whether or not he should apologize for being so mean and grabbing him like that in school. Demanding answers to questions no one should be forced to answer was not the best idea he had. Dororo was getting to him, he use to never think of things this sappy.

"If you are going to apologize, I accept. Though I might have to make you pay later~"

"Huh?" He snapped his head towards Kururu and gave him a confusing glare. "B-But how did you-?"

"You're not very good at hiding your emotions, you are so easy to read. Like an open book, you wear your emotions on your sleeve."

Giroro pouted his lower lip out slightly. "Not all of them..."

"No, but some. like I said though, I accept your apology, I understand why you did it. I just don't want to talk about it is all." Kururu looked away from Giroro and focused on something else far out into the distance that seemed to be more interesting at the moment.

"Will you tell me one day?"

"What?" Kururu asked, he was not quite sure he heard Giroro correctly.

"Not today, but will you tell me one day. If it gets worse, I want you to tell me." He gave Kururu one of the most serious looks he had ever given anyone, the only one Kururu ever saw him give that look was at Dororo. The look gave him chills running up his spin, or was that because of the wind outside? Whatever it was, it made his stomach knot slightly.

"Ku...don't get sappy on me old man."

"Eh!? Ahem," blushing Giroro stood up and adjusted his hat. "Yeah, don't get used to it. After tomorrow I will treat you like the creep you are."

"Aww, how sweet~ You'll be mean to me, just for me? I knew you loved me Giroro-Senpai~" He laughed loudly and it just made Giroro more frustrated and defiently thinking twice about what he was going to ask.

"Err, Well listen, Dororo is having this sleep over right now, want to come?" It sounded strained when he spoke, gritting his teeth through the sentence.

"Sleep over? I've never been to one."

"Then this could be your first, so come on. Do you have to tell your parents?"

Kururu was quiet for a moment before shaking his head. "No, I can do what I want. They won't mind if I am gone for a day or two."

It was a weird answer, but Giroro choose to ignore it. "Come on then, I wont slow down for you." He said as he began walking a quick pace leaving Kururu behind for a moment. That was until the younger got up and began chasing him, walking side by side when Giroro did something abnormal. He saw Kururu shiver slightly as he stood next to him and slid off his heavyier jacket, throwing it onto Kururu's head.

Kururu glared at Giroro in annoyance and confusion but when Giroro didn't even look back at him, he knew what he meant. His cheeks heated up slightly and placed the jacket on, feeling warmth spread thought his body, and it wasn't just because of the jacket. The red coat had the older males scent on it and for some odd reason, it was comforting. It was much bigger than him so the sleeves went past his hands and there was a lot of left over room.

For the first moment of their entire time knowing each other this was the first time Giroro actually did not mind standing next to Kururu and walking with him. They had a silent conversation with one another that spoke more than words ever could.

-Aishite-

"No, no! You can't make me go to school today!"

"Come on Giroro-kun!" Keroro shouted as he and Kururu struggled to drag the Corporal across the halls forcefully. Today was the day, Valentines day and the school was spreading its love. The halls were lined with red, white and purple hearts. Pink and red banners hung along the walls and streamers from the ceiling.

"I don't see what the big deal is Senpai, it's just one holiday~"

"It's the worst holiday ever! Leave me alone!" He looked around when he heard slight giggling and whisperinh to only see many girls blushing and smiling at him; waving nervously. Giroro's face went bright red as he got loose of Keroro and Kururu's grip, only to hide his head in shame by his locker.

Already he could tell this was not good; hearts and candies were taped to his locker like some kind of huge Valentines card. Slowly he dialed his combination and loads of bystanders stop to witness the display they only ever got to see once a year. This was also his last year, so by far there had to be the most anyone has ever seen.

Giroro hit the final number, prayed to the heavens and opened the locker. To his object horror and everyones joy; piles and piles of letters and boxes of candies and other fluffy toys fell out onto his feet, piling around him. He sometimes wondered how the girls even got his combo, but realized it was probably Keroro just trying to make his life worse by spreading it around.

Everyone laughed but the girls who placed some in blushed and looked away. The bell rang for the next class period and the crowd dispersed except for him, Keroro and Kururu. The teachers knew what happened to Giroro on this day and gave him extra time to clean up the mess. Even they felt bad for the poor Senior, but found he should be grateful for it.

"So are you finally going to read them this year Giroro-kun? I mean it is your last time to find that special young lady~"

"No, I told you I stopped reading them a long time ago."

"Oh come on Senpai, just read one?"

"Yeah Giroro! What if one is your long lost lover and are just begging you to read it and come meet them privately for a little romantic rondevu?~ Gero Gero~"

"Keroro, have you been watching those stupid soap opera's again?"

"Gero, Maybe de-arimasu!"

"Just one, Just one! Just one!" Both shouted into his ear with evil grinning faces. Twitching with anger, Giroro finally exploded.

"Okay! B-But just one!"

"Here~" Keroro said reaching into the locker and pulling out a random one with a big heart on it and what seemed like a glitter monster had puked all over it. He shoved it into Giroro's chest and demanded that he read this one.

Giroro looked at the card suspiciously as if it were a rigged bomb or something. Slowly, he opened the contents and the first thing he noticed was the hand writing was very well written. He than noticed the smaller little red drawn hearts all over and the glitter heart that was stabbing his thumb as he held the card.

"Ku ku ku~ Read it out loud, Senpai~"

"Uh, umm," he cleared his throat and red the note: "D-Dear Giroro-Senpai, so I am guessing she is younger than me." Giroro commented in his head. "I know you never read these, and the chances of you finally reading one of mine this year are slim. But if you do, I-I just want to tell you how much I love you. You are handsome and kind, and have a really nice behind..." His face paled when he heard Kururu's and Keroro's chuckling burst into a full on snort of laughter. His hands shook even harder as he continued to read it. "If you do read this, I want to meet with you, I will be waiting at the park entry today, all day for you.

Love a secret admirer."

"Gero gerorin! Oh gosh Giroro, this chick really has it in for you! You totally have to meet her!"

"No, no-way I am not going to meet her, I read the card and that is that!" He growled crumbling up the Valentines in his hand and tossing it back into the locker. He huffed heavily and lifted up the other items that had fallen and threw them in too, slamming the locker shut. "I am going to get to class."

"Tch, what a poor sport." Keroro said with his arms crossed as he watched the hot-head leave. He hated when Giroro ruined his fun, he needed to live a little.

"What now Taichou-sama?" Kururu questioned coming up to him.

"Don't worry, he'll go."

It was the end of the school day and Giroro was walking home. He didn't even enjoy the rest of his day, not only because of the holiday, but because he couldn't get the thought of that girl out of his head. Was he really going to just let her wait outside in the cold because he didn't like it?

"Err," He growled and scratched his head. "Why should I even care, it's not like I know the lady." What if she was some creepy stalker chick?" Just letting her see him might make her think he really cares for her and wants to date her.

Sighing, he stopped walking for a moment and looked up into the sky. It was a clear day, nice but a bit chilly. Fresh snow still claimed the ground as its temporary home and was just perfect for making snow balls. Keroro had actually invited him to have a snow ball fight today after school, but he turned him down saying he had stuff to do.

Which of course was a lie, but what else could he say? Keroro always lost that kind of battle anyway and ends up hurting Dororo with a rock accidentally placed into one of the snowballs. Then Giroro would have to come along and save the blue haired kid by beating Keroro with too many snowballs to count.

At his house he felt the time ticking away slowly, it had only been about 30 minutes since he got home, but it seemed like Giroro was lying in his bed for hours. He still couldn't get the girl out of his head. She could be there now, waiting for her maybe lost love. Even though that was sappy and probably never going to happen, she doesn't know that.

But what if Giroro would regret not going, what if... she killed herself because he never came. That was the last thought he had before he got up, put on his shoes, coat, and hat, and trudged out the door; going to see that girl.

He made it to the park and looked around for any sign of someone who looked like they were waiting. She said she would be at the parks entrance... he looked and spotted a worthy contender. There was someone with their back to him, they were wearing an orange skirt and white t-shirt. She was holding an umbrella with long yellow stockings and yellow boots.

"That has to be her..." Giroro thought and bit his lower lip, starting to move towards her. What was he even going to say to her when he got there? "Hello, it's me, Giroro Gouchou. So I heard you liked me but I'm not really interested?" No, they all sounded unsure and mean.

He finally got up to the girl, her back still facing him. He cleared his throat and saw the mysterious admirer jump slightly at the sound. Giroro blushed and looked down at his feet. "H-Hello, it's me, Giroro? I read your note..."

"Giroro..." she said in a really low voice, Giroro almost didn't even hear it. "You actually came?" She whispered again, slightly turning her head but not all the way for were Giroro could see what she looked like.

"Yes, and look. Before you say anything, I am not looking for a relationship right now. B-But I wanted to thank you for the letter, it was s-sweet. Very kind..." It felt like Giroro was about to explode his face was so red, getting more embarrassed by the minute. What if she cried, he wasn't good at dealing with people crying. Except Dororo but that's because it happens almost every secound.

"Oh..." he heard her say in a solemn sounding voice. Giroro ducked his head in shame. "That's ok... I understand."

His head shot back up to stare at the umbrella in his face. He was ecstatic she was not upset or crying, and that she understood what he was trying to get across. "Oh thank keron, hey but if you still want to be friends-"

"Can I ask one thing?" She interrupted, but her voice sounded a little weird. Deeper for some odd reason maybe because she said this one a bit louder?

"Uh, y-yes?"

"Would you just," she turned her head slightly to look at him but Giroro could still not see her. "Would you, JUST KISS ME ONCE~" She yelled it and quickly jumped to turn around, clinging onto Giroro's shoulder almost knocking him down onto the ground. His face went white when he saw the face of his nightmares.

"K-Kururu!? What the hell is this?"

"Kuu ku ku~ Come on Senpai, just one little kiss to keep me going~" The younger pushed out his lips and tried to plant one on the big oaf. Giroro quickly pushed his cheek back with his hands screaming in horror.

"No no no no no! Who put you up to this!? Why the hell are you wearing women's clothes!"

"Ku," his glasses gleamed as he stared at the Corporal with one of his twisted smiles. "Whatever do you mean, Senpai. I did this out of all my love for you~ Kuu Ku kuuu~"

"Keroro had something to do with this, didn't he!" Giroro was now on full rage mood; how dare he let himself be so easily fooled by the two idiots. His temper was rising beyond the limit he could handle without killing anyone.

"Hey! It wasn't totally my fault!" Keroro called out, jumping up from a bush he was hiding behind. "Oops!" The Sergeant quickly covered his mouth and hid back down when he saw Giroro's face of anger look his way. He looked like a demon ready to kill the sacrifice laid out for him.

Suddenly his head was grabbed and he was lifted from the bush. "G-Gero! P-Please don't kill me Giroro-kun!" He pleaded tears streaming down his face. He knew he was going to get the full wrath of the red devil, oh yes maybe this was not such a good plan after all.

-Aishite-

(Ding Dong)

Giroro's ears perked at the sound of the door bell ringing, and a faint knock following the loud bell. He lifted himself up from the couch and headed towards the door. Opening it up he was surprised when he saw Dororo, bundled up tight to protect himself from the cold winter.

"Dororo? What are you doing here so late, you know it's not safe to walk the streets at this hour. Come on in," He motioned for his friend to enter; Dororo bowed his head and stepped in, carefully wiping his feet on the mat first.

"Thank you, Giroro-Kun. I heard what Keroro and Kururu did, I'm sorry."

"Meh, it's fine. I handled those two, I don't think they'll be playing a prank on me in awhile." He smirked, his fangs showing slightly.

"I'm sure they won't." He said closing his eyes. "Well, I know you don't like this kind of stuff, but I hope you don't mind I got you a little something." Dororo looked down blushing a bright red as he handed out a small box of chocolates. "I-It's not much, but..."

"Thank you." Giroro said, smiling softly. He took the box and opened it up, popping one of the smooth creamy pieces into his mouth. Normally he hated sweet things, it really was not his style, not much of a sweet tooth. But it was a gift from Dororo, he couldn't just toss it out.

"H-How are they? I didn't know what kind you liked so I-I just picked out Caramel."

"They're great Dororo, really good! Hey, how about you stay over for the night and we can watch a movie and eat these together."

Dororo smiled and nodded his head. "I would like that!"

And somewhere whining in pain together, Kururu and Keroro were both re-thinking their life. In pain from the many punches and kicks they received from Giroro. They laughed awkwardly and crouched over in discomfort, though Kururu seemed to take it a little better. Maybe they would leave the Corporal alone, just until the wounds healed.

This was such a long chapter, I am sorry about that! But I did finally get a little Girokuru fluff in there, since this is a Girokuru story, but don't worry. There will be much more~

We are only getting started!

TBC