Sachiko covered her eyes as the car started to drive. She had been resilient and unmoving to the fact that Youko had taken her rosary back, but now she was not. She was vulnerable, she was hurt, she was crying and Yumi would try hard to comfort her with putting an arm around her shoulder.

She knew Sachiko was hurting, she was too, but she hadn't lost her Onee-sama to this. She couldn't even imagine the pain Sachiko must be feeling, but she could tell her gesture and company was appreciated when Sachiko wrapped her arms around Yumi and buried her head into her shoulder.

"Shhhh, everything will be alright." Yumi whispered as she patted the back of Sachiko head gently trying to calm her girlfriend. "I'm sure this is only temporary, Youko-sama loves you like a sister. I'm sure she is just doing this to please the others right now." Yumi explained as she found herself having trouble believing what she was saying. The fact that even the others were allowing this was out of the ordinary in her mind.

"I don't get it. . . What did we do wrong?" Sachiko asked as Yumi frowned a little feeling Sachiko's pain in a simple question. She couldn't fathom herself why everyone at the school was against them, it's not like they had attacked anyone.

"I don't know, Sachiko. . . I do know however that we will get through this. Remember what I told you that night?" Yumi asked as Sachiko instantly recalled what Yumi was talking about.

"I do, Yumi. Trust me, I remember." Sachiko responded quietly as Yumi fully returned the hug and gave Sachiko a tight brief squeeze.

-X-X-

Yoshino sighed as soon as the biscuit door to the council room closed and she was alone with Rei. The meeting had been quiet and awkward especially for Yoshino, who kept glancing over to the two empty seats her friends usually occupied.

"Talk to me." Rei said as Yoshino glanced back to her from the window she had been standing by again. She found an odd comfort standing by the window looking towards the front gate where her friends had just left not too long ago. Then again, perhaps this window was just easing a troubled mind that was unsure of it's current situation. Perhaps she was hoping that Sachiko and Yumi would walk back down that path towards the Rose Mansion like nothing had happened.

"You don't agree with what happened do you?" Rei finally asked after a good minute of silence as she took a sip of her tea and leaving the floor open to Yoshino.

"Do you?" Yoshino simply replied as she glanced towards the school gate one last time before turning and facing her cousin who hadn't responded. "Shouldn't we be trying to support their decision?"

"If we were to support them you know it would mean trouble for us, right?" Rei asked as Yoshino shrugged.

"Who cares, they are our friends, the entire school is picking on them! I can't even imagine what Sachiko-sama feels like right now and have you heard the names they call Yumi-san?" Yoshino asked in a rapid fire way that Rei had kind of seen coming.

"It's terrible, I know." Rei said as she glanced down to her tea. "Having everything you know ripped away from you because you tried to pursue your own happiness and having to be constantly criticized for it. I don't even want to imagine what they are going through." She continued grimly as she shook her head a little.

"Then do something about it! All of us are guilty of just standing by letting this happen! Our friends are hurting and the only thing we have done is completely turned our back on them!" Yoshino argued as Rei slapped her hand against the table to get Yoshino to stop.

"Don't you understand that what they are going through will happen to us?! If we even mention trying to be on their side we will be labeled just as badly as them, we might even be kicked out of the Yamayurikai!" Rei explained loudly as Yoshino crossed her arms and shook her head at her cousin.

"So you choose the Yamayurikai over your friends. . .?" Yoshino asked as she shook her head again in frustration. ". . .You know there was a time that I looked up to you as a role model. I strived to be like you, even through everything that happened, you always seemed to remain strong. . . This though. . . This is just wrong, and Sachiko was right. We're no better than the rest of those girls. Who cares if Sachiko and Yumi are being mentally and emotionally torn to pieces on a daily basis, as long as we're not them everything is fine, right?" Yoshino asked as Rei looked away from her with her own displeased look. "So that's your answer. . .?" She asked a moment later when Rei didn't respond.

"Fine, so be it. You can tell the others in the morning that I'm not turning my back on our friends. As of now, I'm done with this council and you." Yoshino said adamantly as she grabbed her things and left the council room to Rei who remained silent for a good minute after Yoshino left before cursing her frustration out loud.

The last thing she did before standing and leaving her own things was send a text message and glance to Yoshino's empty seat.

"We have a problem."

A/N: Hey so I had some free time today, but that is changing like I had mentioned in the previous chapter. I know these chapters are short, but when they are short I can get them out three times as fast and (personally) I think I'm better at shorter chapters. If you can't tell I am trying for a more serious take on this. As one review said in the last chapter "this is a good break fromt he usual concept where gay bashing does not exist." That is basically the idea. Now I can't pull from personal experience on this because I myself am straight, but big part of the reason I like writing MSGM and SP is because they are different. I can't even imagine what gay/lesbian couples go through to be together. I mean dealing with your family, society, just everything in general. It always seems to me that the whole world is looking down on two people being happy and doing no wrong.

(Please don't send me any messages telling that I'm bashing the bible and I don't believe in anything. I have my beliefs and I don't care if they fit your standards, I don't expect you to believe what I do and that is fine! I just want everyone to be happy, especially Sachiko and Yumi :x )