Beep! Beep! Beep! 'Why is my alarm going off; I don't remember setting it?' Thought Shizuka as she blindly reached for her clock.

"The weather is nice and sunny on this beautiful Saturday morning-" Shizuka stopped looking for her clock that was Kankyo voice, she understood now why it was still going off it was never the clock. With a groan she rolled so her back was facing the noise.

"You better have a good reason for coming into my room on Saturday morning."

"Well first off it's not your room, it's mine."

Shizuka opened her eyes for the first time instead of the wall she was expecting; there was floor space then a dresser pressed up against the wall. Scattered on the floor before were various comic books and manga, Leading to the Dark brown dresser. On the dresser were a couple of framed pictures and pinned to the wall above it were many drawings. She must a fallen asleep while waiting for Kankyo finish his new drawing. She final rolled over and looked at her partner. He stood shirt less in the door way of his room. He had on a pair of blue jean, which hung low on his hips. His hair was dripping wet most likely from a shower. Shizuka laid back down and put her arm over her eyes.

"Pull up your Pants." She said

Kankyo yanked his pants up jokingly over his belly button "There happy." Shizuka look over "Better."

"So I bet your wondering why I woke you up this early."

"I just assumed you had a death wish."

"Ha ha ha" Kankyo said sarcastically "No, we still have to find you a jacket for the party tonight."

Shizuka rolled over and hid her head under the pillow with a groan. "Can't I just wear yours."

"No, it would look funny. Come on party is tonight so we have to get going."

With a groan Shizuka pushed herself up to a sitting position running her fingers through her hair. She felt like she could sleep for another week. She looked at her arms was she willing to go without some kind of cover in exchange for a few more hours of sleep. She remembered when her scars were red and healing when they were like that she didn't cover them. She started to cover them as she got older around age 10 or 11 after she had them for a while. Around that time she began to care about her looks and a few of the kids at school teased her about the scars. As she got older when people saw the scars they asked what happened, so to avoid that questions and the unwanted sympathy she kept her arms covered. Could she leave them uncovered for just one night? The dress Kankyo had found for her stopped just below the knees so a few of the scars on her legs would show, but those scars though long and ugly were nothing compared to the name on her arms.

"Hey." Said Kankyo softly now sitting on the end of the bed. He had an idea of what she was thinking. Over the years she had tryed uncovering her arms but she hated the attention that came from them. She hated the questions, the judging looks, He had heard some people blame her or her parents for the scars. He thought back to his mom after his father died and she became paralyzed. She had days were she felt Useless, ugly or horrible about herself. He always tried his best to cheer her up, tell her she was beautiful whatever he could. He was never sure if it worked but she always smiled at him tried to be in a better mood. She had died three years ago to the day.

Shizuka looked up at Kankyo with a questioning look. He had just dragged her out of her internal debate with his tone of voice. It sounded like he was on the edge of breaking himself. What was today's date? She thought hard well the party for the school was tonight on the anniversary of it being founded on April 1st. The date rang her head the same day Kankyo mother died. She was kicking herself for not remembering the date. She had been for wrapped up in what was going on around her that it had slipped her mind. She was a horrible partner. She reached forward and yanked Kankyo into a tight hug.

"We don't have to go to the party you know, we could just stay home and watch a movie or just talk" She offered not letting go.

"No, she would not want me or us for that matter staying in because if her." He said as he pulled out of Shizuka's hug with a sad smile. Shizuka knew that smile, he put it on when he was trying to be strong for whatever reason.

"Fine, but we are not going shopping. Instead we are going to visit your mom before the party." Shizuka jumped out of Kankyo's bed, grabbed a towel and some dry clothes from her bedroom.

"Give me 30 minutes tops!"

Shizuka stood next to Kankyo in a quiet graveyard. Kankyo was talking to the stone before them telling it about how they had joined the school, how they were ok and a few other things. Shizuka was never much for graveyards or visiting graves of loved ones but she always did it for Kankyo. Even before his mother and father died He would drag her to visit her own parents. Some might consider it heartless to not want to visit the graves of your parents at least once after the funeral but she would have been fine not to. She always thought they were with her somehow if not in spirit then in her memories but Kankyo thought differently. Shizuka kept quiet while he talked, listening to the sound of the wind as it rushed by her ears. She was beginning to feel cold she decided not to wear long sleeves because Kankyo's mother always told her not to cover her scars that they were a beuatiful part of her.

"Hey, Shizuka, got anything to say before we go." Asked Kankyo

"I'll take care of him, I promise" She Said the same thing every time. Kankyo Asked her why she said that his mother always asked her to take care of him when they left the house and that was she always replied with that.

"Let's Go." Said Kankyo "We need to get back in time for the party."

Shizuka nodded and turned to follow. "You raised a good man." She added in a whisper before going to catch up with Kankyo.

Kankyo knocked on Shiuka's door "You ready?"

"Just a second!" Shizuka looked in the mirror one more time fighting the urge to cover her scars. As she looked at herself the dress she was wearing was Black with a gray bands around It that formed Xs. The top went over her right shoulder. The dress ended just below her knees. Her shoes were Sliver to match bands on her dress. Kankyo picked a decent dress and style it was simple but elegant all at the same time, but she still felt out of place in it. She took one last deep breath before opening her door.

"Ready?" Kankyo said with a smile. He wore a sliver suit with a black shirt. It looked nice but she never understood why he wanted to stand out or why he insisted on matching her to events like these. He smelled like he just stepped out of the shower. He must have taken another one. He smelled like a forest or at least what she remembered a forest smells like it was mixed with some kind of musk. She was not sure how they bottled that scent, but it smelled good.

"Yeah, let's go." She replied with a sigh. As Kankyo opened the door.

"By the way you look just like your mom. Everything but the eyes." Kankyo added as they stepped out the door.