Hello People! alphawolf again! I finally got this chapter posted, and let me tell you the ending was not how it was supposed to be. I wanted it to go one way, but the story wanted to go another, completely different, way. Oh,well I still like the way it turned out. And as a little side note to Isabella Rossellini: I think I know what you thought was going to happen, and it's similar...yet completely different, if you get what I mean, I hope you do. Anyway, please enjoy chapter 2 of Rose Bud: Confessions pt.1

Disclaimer: I, in no way shape or form, own Yu-Gi-Oh GX. Because if I did I wouldn't be writing these fanfictions.

The morning after the little run-in at the beach, Bastion was sitting up in his bed, pondering over whether or not what had happened the other day was a dream, or had it actually happened…….

Flashback

Zane led Bastion to a clearing in the woods, a couple of minutes from the beah where they had left the star-struck Jaden with one of his greatest rivals. Bastion knew that it was okay to leave the two, because from the looks Chazz was giving Jaden, Bastion knew that things were going to change between the two, and hopefully for the better.

Bastion knew the Jaden needed someone to love him, needed someone to be there for him through the hardships. And if things with Dr. Crowler got any worse, than they already were, Jaden might even be in grave danger. So he needed someone to protect him, and Bastion had a feeling, that that someone was Chazz. Sure it might take some time for them to go from enemy, to friend, to lover (or something like that). But Bastion felt that it would all be worth it in the end.

He smiled as he thought about how cute they would be together, when a chuckle brought him out of his thoughts. He looked up to see Zane standing a couple of feet away. Zane's laugh wasn't stiff, or anything, like it was forced or disgusted. No, this laugh came from deep down. Even though it was small, it was a laugh all the same.

Zane stopped chuckling and looked at him. "So you saw the looks too, huh?" he asked. Bastion was confused, and Zane seemed to notice. "The looks that Chazz and Jaden were giving each other."

"Oh, yeah," Bastion said, a little ashamed and embarrassed, that he, the smartest duelist in his class, hadn't known what something meant, and in front of his blue haired crush, no less. A light blush came across his cheeks.

"It's okay, I'm not a homophobe," Zane said, taking Bastion's blush the wrong way.

"No…I…I didn't think you were… I… I mean… well, I thought you might've been…but," Bastion just ranted on and on. Completely losing his calm composure, while Zane just stood there, looking at him, studying him.

It's funny how people we love can be able to do that to us. I mean, just one look and they can send us to pieces then another look and they send those pieces flying after them. It's kind of like wind and…the leaves in the fall. The wind will blow and the leaves will follow, wherever the wind takes them. So, in a way it's kind of like them bending us whichever way, to be just like they like it…perfect. And to some people, perfect is just too much for the ones that love them. So…the people that love them then leave and they're all alone. To others, they just bend their followers the way that they want them, and then just leave them for someone else, as if playing a game. But… sometimes… that's exactly what they're doing. Anyway…

Zane was studying the way Bastion's cheeks turned a crimson red when he was embarrassed, the way he was fidgeting as he stuttered, but what caught Zane's attention the most was how Bastion's grey eyes seemed to shine, no matter how embarrassed he got. Those luscious grey eyes that, Zane thought, were Bastion's best features.

Zane sometimes caught himself staring into those grey wonders, not even realizing he was doing it, until Bastion saw him staring. Which is exactly what happened now.

"Uh…Zane, what are you doing?" Bastion asked.

Zane snapped out of his, somewhat, perverted thoughts. "Huh, what?"

"Just now, you were…staring…at me," the Ra student said, slightly embarrassed. He blushed even more.

' He's cute when he blushes' Zane thought.

"Zane?" the Ra asked wanting to know something that was on his mind. "You didn't pull me away from the others, just because of what was happening, did you?"

"No, I didn't," Zane admitted. "I actually wanted to talk to you…about…us."

"US?" Bastion asked, clearly confused.

"Yes, us," Zane continued, "I admit that I have…realized some things about myself when I started coming to Duel Academy. Things, I didn't even think could be true about me. And…I didn't think they were true. They were right there, and I knew they were, but I ignored them.

"But then…when you came to Duel Academy, I couldn't deny it any longer. I knew that if I kept denying it, someday it would come back and hit me full force. That I would be…wishing…and hoping…and praying to go back in time and fix my mistake!" Zane was looking at the ground, fists clenched tightly at his sides, but the Ra knew he was crying. He was trying hard to hide it, but Zane obviously had kept this locked up inside for a long time, and obviously couldn't take the strain any longer.

Bastion was shocked by what Zane was saying, and he didn't know exactly what to say. "Zane…" he began as he slowly approached the older duelist.

Bur Zane continued, as if he hadn't heard Bastion, "But then, things in Obelisk Blue started to change as well. Chazz and I are good friends, and when you, Jaden, Syrus, and the other new students arrived, I wasn't the only one with a crush.

"Chazz actually came to my room, in the middle of the night, about two months after you guys arrived. He came to my room because he couldn't take the strain any longer, he had to confide in someone. He told me all about his secret love for Jaden. He told me that he couldn't get Jaden out of his head, couldn't do anything without thinking of Jaden. He admitted more things than I wanted to here. It sounded like he had a little bit of an obsession over Jaden, similar to my slight obsession over you. Chazz even admitted that the only reason he was mean to him, was to hide his true feelings from Jaden. Chazz didn't want him to know, so he covered up his feelings, so that no one would know.

"For as long as I've known Chazz, I've never known him to break like that. Never, to anyone, but that one night…he broke right in front of me. Sure it helped him get it off his chest, but it actually made me worse.

"It made me see that if I didn't do anything, that I too would break, just like Chazz did." Zane had stopped crying while he had been talking about Chazz, and now he had his tough-guy mask, to hide any and all emotion. That mask scared Bastion, scared him enough to actually back away from his position in front of Zane.

"Zane…what are you saying?" Bastion asked attentively.

"I'm gay Bastion. I'm friggin…gay," Zane said, he was in a bad mood right now. "And when you came you made it worse." Zane was now glowering at Bastion, and Bastion was scared that he was going to attack him, or something, but Zane didn't move. Zane seemed to have enough sense not to strike Bastion, no matter how angry he got. Instead he clenched his fists tighter, his nails digging in to the skin of his palm, blood slightly dripping down his hand, but he didn't flinch. "When you came I fell in love with you, die-hearted in live with you. And you know what? It scared me, scared the shit outta me. I was scared that you would hate me, scared that you would…well…reject me."

Zane seemed to be furious with Bastion, seemed to be blaming everything on him, but against his better judgment, Zane still didn't attack Bastion. Which confused Bastion even more, he knew that Zane really wanted to just hit him and let it all out no him, and frankly, Bastion wouldn't have blamed Zane if he had hit him. He would have just taken it not caring at all. Several tears leaked down his face but he didn't notice. He was going to say something, but decided against it, wanting to hear Zane's story.

"It was torture," Zane went on, "I wanted to tell you, wanted to be kind to you, in hopes that you would come to like me. But instead, I was mean to you. I was mean to you my brother, and Jaden. I didn't mean to, it just came out like that. And you just took it, Like it was nothing." Bastion could now see some tears leaking out of Zane's own eyes, but there was no trace of it in his voice as he spoke. "And when Chazz admitted all of that stuff to me, I realized…that that was why I I treated you so terribly, I was scared that you would find out. And…I was also hoping to deny those feelings, to get rid of them. But that just caused even more pain. And I couldn't take it anymore…"

"Zane…" Bastion said, as he slowly approached Zane again, trying to be as strong as him and hide the fact that he was crying, and that he just wanted to break down and cry, right then and there. "What did you do?" Fear was evident in his voice. He wasn't scared of Zane, oh no…he was scared of what Zane had done.

"You wanna know what I did, Bastion?" Zane asked. "I tried to kill myself."

-sniff- That was so... I don't know...cool? -sniff- Well what ever it was it made me cry. -sniff- A lot...(get's all happy and cheery again)... I LOVED IT! Did the ending surprise you because it definetly surprised me! Other authors know what I'm talking about when I say that the story and the characters can take you in a completely different direction than the one you intended, and that is certainly what ahppened here! And I give out a big thank you to all who reviewed so far! Eight reviews! Man, my last story only got...(counts reviews in head)... two! So I am really happy that this story made a bigger impression than the last (hugs and kisses to all).
Anyway enough rambling, Please review, and if you flame you will either be:
1) Ignored
or 2) The flame will be put into my desire to write the next chapter.

So, that's it! Love ya all!

Alphawolf
P.S. if anyone can tell me how to get those little symbol things to stay in the document, to create scene changes and such, please tell me.