I backed away slowly without realizing it. She was in the apartment with him. Why would he do this? Flynn was making out with Sodia and she went down on her knees to undo Flynn's pants. She saw me and gave me a dirty look. Sodia thought what she was about to do was going to make me jealous.

I rushed out and went into my apartment. Repede fell asleep quickly. It must've been from the heat. I sat on my bed to try to forget about it all. Maybe I should've gone in Estelle's castle anyway.

I haven't played my PS3 in a while. I might as well find a game to play. The box underneath my bed had all of my games in it. Now I couldn't play anything with partial nudity because it would remind me of next door. Just thinking about it makes me want to puke. And Sodia is so gross looking. I suppose I should ask Flynn what he was doing if that obsessed chick doesn't come along, but I can always ask him regardless.

I put Sacred 2 into the console. I'm still level eight as an Inquisitor and I continue to die. I hate fighting wolves and they never come alone. The blue ones take forever to kill.

Every time I play this, Repede gives me an expression like he's offended from me slaying his cousins. It's not like I want to hurt them, but they attack me first. Flynn's raising him to be a real… Flynn Jr. That's annoying. Next thing you know he'll dye Repede blonde.

At least four hours passed by and I finally got past where I was having trouble. Throughout that time, I never heard any sounds next door. Hopefully he was alright and that crazy chick didn't try to murder him. If she did try to do that, I could always pull out my bodhi blastia from behind the refrigerator. I'm not supposed to have it since the Empire has all authority over them. The only blastia that we people see everyday are the barrier blastia. It gets kind of boring. Zaphias holds an aque blastia. It supplies our water and protects us from the monsters.

When I turned off my console, guess who walked in. The one and only, Flynn Scifo. For once in his life, he didn't knock. He seemed upset. Should that really concern me? Honestly, I don't know. I was still upset from seeing them together. I wonder if Sodia dumped him, if they were even a couple. Not very realistic to me.

Flynn came in further to sit down on my bed. I continued to ignore him as I put the game away into the box and shut off the console. If he wanted my attention, all he had to do was say something, but I hated this type of silence. The tension between us had to be lightened up.

So I said "What're you doing over…"

He cut me off. "I know that you saw Sodia and me."

I remained quiet and ran my fingers through my long hair. It just got hotter in here. My nervousness wasn't helping at all. Flynn continued to stare at me too. I didn't want to look at him. He stood up and approached me. I still didn't look at him. It wasn't what I wanted.

Flynn had a firm grasp on my face and he forced me to look him in the eyes. He always wanted the person he was talking to face him. Even when we were kids, he scolded me for not looking at him when he spoke to me. My dark eyes were drawn to his blue ones. I could see the seriousness in them and the regret. Why regret? What did that have to do with me?

"Did you sleep with her?" I asked.

"No. She gave me a blow job."

My mouth twitched in disgust. This wasn't the Flynn that I knew. He'd never do that to a girl. He had too much respect for them. So, what changed now?

"Why would you use her like that, Flynn?"

"Well…" he seemed nervous to say what he was about to. It was whether he could say it or not. "… I was thinking about someone too much and I got the need more than a want."

He let go of my face. I looked at him for a few seconds to examine his expression. He appeared to be telling me the truth.

"Who do you like?" I asked.

He smiled and responded "You'll find out."

My eyebrow raised in question. I wonder if it was Estelle that he liked. She'd be thrilled to hear that since she had a crush on him already. The guards wouldn't let him into the castle with his dirty intentions though. It's all over his face when he's good and ready to do something.

"Who ever you like, Flynn, it better not make you act different towards our friendship."

"Of course not. Let's go eat dinner now."

"Anywhere, but your place. I don't want to be where Sodia's been."

Flynn just laughed at me and agreed. Sometimes I don't understand him. Most days I understand him, but the rest of them it's like he's not himself. I hate those days. I wonder what goes through his head most of the time. I suppose I shouldn't be concerned.

I also wonder why Flynn takes care of me. Without him, I'd probably be living on the streets and stealing from the nobles' quarter. Does Flynn ever get tired of it? I know that he's my friend, but I don't know anyone who cares that much.

The next day, Flynn and I went through our daily morning routine. It was filled with scolding, not listening, and almost running late. I think its funny how worked up he gets. If he's that worried about his grade and attendance, why doesn't he just leave me behind? Not that I want him to.

We arrived onto the school grounds and Sodia came out of nowhere to greet Flynn, again. Luckily Estelle was outside waiting for me. She grabbed me by the hand and led me over towards the trees for shade. I felt hostility as I walked away with her. When I looked back, Flynn quickly turned his head.

Estelle was more active than usual. She was smiling from ear to ear and giggling a lot. I knew that she was a perky person but not this perky. Estelle mentioned something about a royal ball at the castle and that she could invite friends. In her language, Estelle wanted me to attend. I'm not a good dancer. I'll have to force Flynn to teach me how. He knows everything about waltzing and other stuff.

"I'll go." I told her. "When is it?"

"On Saturday. You can come anytime. Do… do you think your friend will come too?"

"I guess. Maybe you should dance with him."

She blushed brightly and looked down at the ground. I assume that's what she wanted all along. It'd be her first time spending any time with her crush. Although, if they're with each other for the entire day, I'll have nothing to do. I don't like talking to or dancing with someone I just met. It's uncomfortably awkward.

"I suppose I could, but then yet you'd have nothing to do."

"It's alright. He'll go."

"Thank you so much, Yuri!"

Estelle hugged me tightly and smiled largely. She smelled good. I think it was her shampoo. My eyes wandered and they caught Flynn looking this way. His blue eyes were full of jealousy. Nothing romantic was going on between us, but I should know better. He's known for jumping to conclusions. Especially situations that involve me.

The front doors finally opened. All of the students went inside and straight to their classes. I really didn't feel like going to class right away so I went onto the roof. It was off limits up there but I didn't care. Security never came up there so there was nothing to worry about.

The clouds were thick and a grayish-white today. It's supposed to rain but I doubt it will. The weather lies. It felt nice up here. Maybe I'll go to second period and skip first. No one would miss me anyway. Besides Estelle. She'd probably be wondering if I got mugged and was left for dead in an alleyway. I know that doesn't make sense, but to Estelle it does. There are no alleyways in school. She's very clueless.

I rolled over onto my stomach and saw feet. I looked up and saw Flynn. I was surprised to see that he skipped too until I saw the bathroom pass. He sat down next to me and I rolled back over onto my back. He didn't say a word so I didn't either. Flynn didn't even really look at me. He just stared out into the sky. Was he mad at me? I didn't do anything this time.

"Yuri?" Flynn said.

I kind of jumped when he spoke since the silence was broken so suddenly. I closed my eyes and relaxed. I get nervous when Flynn uses that tone.

"Yes my beloved friend?" I said.

"You and Estelle… Are you two in some kind of relationship?"

"No." I responded and then thought for a moment. He must be talking about this morning. "Estelle just got excited and hugged me. She asked if I could go to a royal ball with her on Saturday and she wanted you to come along too."

Flynn looked at me and seemed relieved. What was making him so worried? I guess he likes Estelle too.

"I suppose we could go, but Repede has to go to the vet that day."

"Estelle said we could come anytime. Besides Hanks can get him."

"Right…"

I peeked at him. Flynn still sat there but now he was looking at the ground.

"You don't want to go?"

"I will. I'm going to leave before dark though."

"Fine. I'll leave with you."

He smiled at me and got up. He picked me up and carried me over his shoulder. Flynn began to walk back into the building.

"Where are you taking me, Flynn?"

"To class."

"Noooo!"

There was no way I could escape now. Why was the roof such an obvious place?

To be continued…