A/N: Hey, so sorry, I planned on having this one out a little earlier. Unfortunately, I lost a cat this week and didn't really feel like writing too much. Anyways sad stuff behind me, I did get the chapter written and I want to point something out before you start. -"the italic quotes that have the - before the quote are basically messages and they look like this." Anyways I hope you like this chapter like always.

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Yumi's mouth dropped as she looked at the price the register had brought up as Sachiko handed the lady behind the counter a card. After showing an ID she took the bracelet that she had just bought and held it with both hands in front of Yumi.

Yumi just glanced to it briefly before looking up at Sachiko and seeing her gesture with her hands that she wanted Yumi to lift her arm. "Sachiko, I can't take this, it costs too much."

"It's a present, Yumi, just give me your wrist. It will look great on you, I promise." Sachiko said as Yumi glanced to the bracelet with conflicting thoughts before slowly lifting her wrist for Sachiko.

"I hope you like it." Sachiko smiled as Yumi looked at it as if she had just found an ancient artifact. "I hope that look is a yes?" She asked as Yumi glanced up to her.

"That is putting it lightly, but I cannot afford anything like this, Sachiko. How will I ever repay you? I mean I have some money in saving from doing chores and stuff, but nothing like this." Yumi explained as she she heard Sachiko chuckle before grabbing her shoulders getting her full attention.

"You can pay me back in kisses." Sachiko replied as she leaned down and took her first payment. "If you really want to pay me back though, I can think of another way." She continued after the kiss as Yumi's face turned red.

Her face turned even redder when she glanced to her right and saw the cashier looking at them with an awkward stare. "T-Thank you," was the only thing Yumi could stutter as she kind of dragged Sachiko out of the store.

Sachiko laughed to herself as she was dragged back out into the mall area, that was until Yumi stopped and looked at her. "I'm sorry, Yumi." Sachiko said as she took a seat on a mall bench nearby and looked up to Yumi who was still slightly red in the face. "Do you know how cute you look right now?"

Yumi just huffed before going over and sitting down by Sachiko. A move that was supposed to get Sachiko's eyes off her easily ended up bringing her lips in contact with Sachiko's once again. This time it wasn't as embarrassing though for some reason. It didn't last long either, so maybe that was the reason Yumi thought as the kiss broke and Sachiko smiled at her.

"Do you know how cute you look right now?" Yumi asked catching Sachiko off guard and making her blush this time. "That look suits you, my love." She continued as Sachiko's cheeks burned brighter even though she had just been teasing Yumi like this without a reaction.

"Two girls share a kiss, exchange some words, and blush deeply. I can only wonder what those few words were." A voice said as both Sachiko and Yumi eyes left one another and found Sei standing before them.

"S-Sei-sama, it wasn't what you think!" Yumi said as Sei raised an eyebrow and glanced to Sachiko who still held her blush.

"I never said what I think, I just explained the situation. I hope I'm not interrupting a romantic date or anything like that." Sei replied as both girls shook their heads.

"No, it's quite alright, Sei-sama." Sachiko said as she glanced to the bags in Sei's hands. "I am curious though, what is someone like you doing here? I didn't think you really enjoyed shopping."

"I don't really, but it was necessary today." Sei pointed out as she glanced over to her left which the girls followed. "I know she likes it and she needed it." Sei continued as Sachiko and Yumi's eyes followed to Youko who was busy talking with someone.

"Why are you with her?" Sachiko asked almost defensively as Sei sighed.

"To be honest, I am still trying to figure that out. She came to me last night, but I don't think she is ready to face you two." Sei said as she glanced back over to Youko. "She is in a weird spot right now, but I think she will come to her senses soon. Just let me help her for a little while, I promise she will leave you two alone."

Sachiko glanced to Youko for a moment before turning back to Sei and nodding. "I trust you."

"Thank you, but I should probably get back to her, I just wanted to say hi when I saw you two." Sei replied with a small smile. "You two have fun on your date, but word of advice, not everyone will take kindly to your display of affection in such a public place."

"Well that is just too bad for them." Yumi quickly replied as both Sei and Sachiko looked to her. Even Yumi was unsure where that had come from, just a moment ago she was a blushing mess.

"Well I didn't say you had to stop." Sei smiled before turning back towards Youko and leaving the two.

"Yumi, you are surprising sometimes." Sachiko chuckled as Yumi shrugged.

"I just don't think other people should tell me where I can and cannot show you affection." Yumi sighed as Sachiko smiled and kissed her cheek.

"Then let's not let them dictate that."

-X-X-

Shimako glanced to her phone for a minute before glancing back to her Facebook page, she wasn't happy at all. Youko had not contacted her and worse yet, she had not even been on Facebook for the past day or two. Shimako had no way of contacting her aside from going to her house, which had crossed her mind.

She knew that wouldn't fix anything though, Youko wasn't answering her back for a reason. She feared it was because Sachiko and Yumi had gotten to her. She had to put a stop to them, they were becoming a problem bigger than just being together.

Just as she was about to close Facebook a message popped up in the bottom corner of her screen. -"Hey, how is the Yamayurikai going, I heard it is having a tough time right now."

-"That is an understatement." Shimako typed with a sigh as she thought of Sachiko and Yumi. -"Sachiko and Yumi are causing us so many issues."

-"Is it because they are together?"

-"Yes, their lesbian issue seems to be infectious." Shimako typed before pausing and realizing what she had just typed. Her shock turned to an evil grin as thoughts raced through her head and she turned back to her computer screen. -"It started with just them, but then Sei-sama. . ."

-"What happened to her?"

Shimako's grin widened as she saw the reply from her classmate. -"Yumi had a fight with Sachiko and Sei helped her back on her feet. Sachiko doesn't know yet, but I hear Yumi and Sei are becoming pretty serious. I've heard rumors of them being caught kissing when Sachiko isn't around."

-"You can't be serious. Yumi-chan may be a lesbian, but she would never do that."

-"Then explain why Sei-sama protected her that day before Sachiko was even there. Why do you think Sei was able to be their first. . .? Yumi was with her."

-". . . So, Yumi-chan is...cheating?"

-"Yes, but I don't have the heart to tell Sachiko-sama, even if she has made her choice, I still respect her."

-"If we spread it around the school, I bet it would get to her eventually."

"Jackpot," Shimako smiled as she saw the message pop up on her screen before placing her fingers back on the keyboard. -"That may just work. . . We might be able to have Sachiko-sama become aware of this. On Monday, start telling everyone you know, we owe it to her, after all, she has done so much for the school."

-"Why wait until Monday? We have the internet! By the time Monday morning comes, Yumi-chan's cheating will be all over the place."

-"I don't know how I can thank you enough, this secret has been eating away at me over the past few days."

-X-X-

Rei sat on the edge of her bed, tears in her eyes as she looked up to a picture of her and Yoshino. Never before had she felt anger when looking at this picture, but now she had. She had felt an anger that she never thought possible while looking at Yoshino. She knew it was her only way to cover the heartache she had buried under it though.

She put her head in her hands and lost control of her tears whenever she couldn't handle it though. It had been a long time since she had cried loudly like this, which had caught her parents attention. Unfortunately for her the music she had to cover the noise of her crying was getting on her parents nerves.

"Turn down that music!" Her father demanded from the other side of the door as Rei lifted her tear stained face for a moment. She could hear the door knob trying to be turned forcefully a moment later as she put her head back down in her hands. "Open this door right now!"

"Go away!" Rei yelled as her father pounded on the door again.

"Turn the music down, the neighbors we can hear it from outside!" Her father shouted so she could hear it, but it fell on unwilling ears as Rei looked to her stereo system before laying back on her bed and putting a pillow over her face.

It would only be about five minutes later that her bedroom door would finally open up and her father would storm in and turn the radio off. Just as soon as the music stopped Rei lifted the pillow from her head and saw her father glaring at her.

"Just what do you think you are doing?" He asked noticing the tears in his daughter's eyes. "Are you crying?"

Rei glanced away from him for a moment as she took a deep breath trying to calm herself. "I-I'm fine."

"Well obviously you aren't. You never play your music this loud and you've been crying your eyes out. Tell me what is going on." Her father asked as Rei shook her head.

"You wouldn't understand if I told you." Rei replied as her father sighed and shook his head.

"Fine, then don't tell me. I'm taking your stereo until you do though." He said as he went over to the wall and unplugged it as Rei got out of her bed to try and stop him.

"No, you can't take that, leave it alone!" Rei argued as she tried to interfere with her father who grabbed the stereo and started walking of her room. "Dad, give it back, that is mine!"

"This is my house, you will follow my rules!" Her father replied firmly as she followed him down stairs trying her hardest to get her stereo back.

"I promise, I will turn it down, just give it back!"

"You're lucky, I don't ground you for locking a door on me, in my house. You will get this back when I see fit." He said as they entered the living room where her mother was watching in worry as the shouting got closer to her.

"Do you really want to know why I was crying? If I tell you will you give me my stereo back?" Rei asked as her father stopped next to her mother and looked at her. Rei looked around rapidly as a story formed in her head. "T-There is this guy. . . I thought we had something, but I guess I was wrong."

"That's it?" Her father asked as Rei opened her mouth but didn't speak. "I don't believe that for a second, if there was a guy, Yoshino would have told us by now!"

"You're father has a point." Rei's mother agreed as Rei shook her head giving in.

"Fine, you want the real truth?" She asked as her parents nodded and she put her hands up in surrender. "The truth is that I just found out I'm a lesbian and I am in love with Yoshino, but she rejected me yesterday because I am the biggest failure on the face of this planet. Is that what you wanted to hear. . .?" Rei asked as her parents stood speechless. ". . .I didn't want you to hear my crying, because I didn't want you to find out, because quite honestly, I don't know what I'm feeling right now. I just know that I am one huge walking mistake. . ." Rei choked as tears started rolling down her cheeks again. "I just wish. . . I just wish I was never born." She continued as the sobs started and she made her way out the front door running down the path as her parents chased her to the sidewalk.

"Rei!" Her father called as her mother stopped him from chasing.

"Let her go, I think we may all need a little time to think about what was just said."

Rei's father just nodded with a sigh as he turned back and saw his daughter disappear around the street corner.