What the hell is wrong with Flynn? I've been asking myself this all day long and because of that, I'm sitting here in detention. Apparently Flynn is distracting me from school work. Unfortunately he's all I think about… even right now.

I thought it was enough to just like your partner at the beginning of a relationship. I didn't realize that word meant a lot to him. If it'll go on like this for the rest of our relationship then I'd have to end it.

My science teacher peered over his newspaper and glared at me. His grey eyes were full of hate. He must be sick of seeing me here. Every time I get detention I am sent here (which is almost everyday). He also treats me like dirt during class and after. It could also be because I'm poor.

I sighed and looked out the window. Autumn was coming fast. The sun was already setting. The orange light came through the window and it made the room look more comfortable to be in. Even the outside looked more pleasant. I never paid attention to how the sun can change things. It almost made everything and everyone beautiful… Damn. Now Flynn's made me more sentimental.

The teacher stood up from the desk and pointed to the door. He said "Get out."

Which I couldn't be happier than to leave. I grabbed my bag and basket of food and strolled down the empty hallway. No one was here. Not even Duke who loves to stay in school to sort his thoughts. There's not even anyone here to talk to as I walk home and I know that the nobles are waiting to shoot me dirty looks as soon as I leave the building. They have some harsh criticism… They don't even show mercy for the children. The one time an adult threw gald and watched the people from the lower quarter fight for it. The guards didn't do anything about it as usual.

It makes me wonder what exactly runs through Commandant Alexei's mind. He must hate the weak and defenseless citizens a lot to let his guards watch our people squirm.

After the hateful staring of our lovely and reliable nobles, I made my way down to the lower quarter. There was hardly anyone outside which is strange to me because there usually are. Some people were here that I've never seen before. They were standing against the walls wearing hooded cloaks and I couldn't see their faces, but I think they had glowing red eyes. That was the only thing that you could see on their faces. It made me wonder if I should go home or not. It could endanger Flynn and Repede.

I just decided to go anyway. Hopefully Flynn "stole" Repede from me. I approached my apartment door. Just to my luck, I heard Repede's heavy footsteps on the other side. I sighed, looked around, and unlocked my door. I didn't even get the chance to open it when someone grabbed from behind. I dropped my stuff and whoever was behind me covered my mouth. He roughly pulled me down the stairs and into an alleyway. He threw me on the dirty ground. Slowly, I looked up to see who it was. He was a stranger.

This guy had had spiky hair of three different colors. The back was red, two strands of hair that stuck out from his headband were blonde, and some of his hair that was pulled back by the headband was black. He also wore the same school uniform I did. Just by looking into his eyes, you could see that he was nuts.

He just stood there staring at me. I was almost too scared to move when he slightly stepped forward. The boy kept coming closer until I heard "That's enough, Zagi!"

The female voice sounded familiar. She came from out of the shadows behind me. I wanted to strangle her so bad especially since it was Sodia.

"You…!" I said full of anger. "What the hell are you doing!"

"Isn't it obvious you boyfriend stealer. I hired Zagi to take you out of the picture so that Flynn will be all mine!"

"Zagi?" I repeated. Then I realized that Zagi got arrested a few months ago for killing a noble because he tried to buy him off. "So? You're going to use Zagi to kill me?"

"That's right!" Zagi said rather excited. "Then I'm going to sell your corpse on the black market."

"Well that's pleasant." I said with plenty of sarcasm.

For some strange reason, I no longer felt fear. I stood up and faced the exit of the alleyway and said "If you two nut-jobs are done fantasizing about my death I'll be leaving now. I have things to take care of."

"You're not going anywhere." Zagi said pulling out his knife.

Before he got the chance to take it out completely, I punched him as hard as I possibly could in the face. He fell to the ground unconscious and I made my way to the exit.

"Yuri Lowell!" Sodia shouted.

I turned to face her. She came at me with Zagi's knife so fast that I didn't have a chance to react. She stabbed me in the stomach and I could feel searing pain as Sodia pushed it in father and twisted it. Sodia pulled out the knife slowly and she watched me fall to the ground next to Zagi, bleeding. I saw her face full of horror when she noticed what she did. Seeing her hadn't lasted long though since everything around me faded to black.

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"… uri… Yuri…"

My vision and hearing came back to me slowly. The lights above me were so bright it hurt my head. I looked beside me and Flynn was there.

"F-Flynn? Where the hell am I?"

"The hospital. Repede found you in an alleyway nearby. Who attacked you?"

"Ugh." I wanted to sit up but my injury wouldn't let me. It hurt too much and I was afraid that it'd reopen. "Your little obsessed girlfriend thought it'd be nice to get me out of the picture so she could have you all to herself. She also bailed some guy named Zagi out of jail so he could assassinate me."

"You mean the one who killed a noble?"

"Yeah. And by the look of his uniform, he'll be attending our school."

"Hmm…" Flynn said. He buried his head into his hands. He wasn't crying or anything… it seemed more like thinking. "Listen Yuri. I overreacted today. I know that it's alright to just like me. Prince Ioder's words just messed me up a little. So, I'm sorry."

I smiled mischievously. Hearing "sorry" from Flynn made my day. When he noticed I was smiling, he simply stared at me like I was stupid. That made me laugh which was a bad thing. It made my injury hurt even more. Flynn smiled sweetly. He leaned over and kissed me softly.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He said and left.

Watching him leave me alone gave me the urge to just grab Flynn by the arm and tell him to stay. Plus… hospitals at nighttime are creepy. It kind of reminds me of killers in the movies. I can just imagine Jason walking down the dark hallway with a chainsaw. Just the thought of it gave me goose bumps.

I laid back and tried to relax but the pain from my wound hurt a lot. Since Flynn has no choice but to go to school tomorrow makes me wonder if he and Sodia should even be near each other. Flynn is a calm, collected person but there are rare times when he snaps. I just hope that seeing Sodia or even Zagi makes him want to possibly kill them.

The nurse eventually came into my room and said something about a pain reliever. She injected me with it and that's all I remember. I blacked out after that. The next thing I knew, it was around the time that students came out of school.

I forced myself to sit up, but it hurt like hell. It was a reaction to hold my injury once I was completely sitting up. That was when my nurse of the day came in and told me that I had visitors.

They all came in. Of course Flynn came back, but he also brought Estelle and I assume Ioder decided to come without anyone's support.

Prince Ioder had a lot of things with him. He had three balloons, a bouquet of flowers, a large stuffed rabbit, a box of chocolate, and a small box wrapped up with a bow on it. I'm not so sure that I can accept the gifts, but it'd be rude not to.

"Yuri! How are you? How much does it hurt?" Estelle practically shouted.

"Uh… I feel a little better than yesterday. The hospital's going to release me tomorrow so you don't have to worry that much."

She sighed. "That's good."

Prince Ioder stepped forward blushing slightly. He put all of the stuff on the bed and arranged them in a way that was comfortable for me. Prince Ioder handed me the small box. I looked at Flynn to see if it was okay. He looked angry but he nodded his head anyway.

Inside the box was a 54-karot watch. Just staring at it for even a second hurt my eyes.

"… Ioder. I can't accept this. It's too…"

"Expensive?" the elf prince finished for me. "Take it anyway. It's a symbol of my love for you, Yuri."

"Aww…" Estelle cooed.

Flynn sucked on his teeth and turned the other way. Prince Ioder smiled like he'd won me over. I simply set the watch aside and remained silent. Flynn and Ioder began arguing. Flynn was winning. Estelle stared at me with a suspicious expression on her face. Maybe she's starting to get the idea about Flynn and me. I hope she doesn't slap me for keeping it from her for so long.

"So Yuri…" Estelle said as she inched closer to my bedside. "Are you and Prince Ioder an item?"

My body jerked and I clutched my stomach from the keen pain. "What? No way! Estelle, you have too many fantasies about boy love."

She came a little closer to me. She glanced at Flynn and Ioder to see if they were still arguing. Yes, they were. Estelle then whispered to me "Then, are you and Flynn a couple?"

Before I answered her, I looked at her facial expression. Her green eyes showed the knowledge she gained from just simply watching Flynn and I together. I guess we're not all that good at hiding our intimacy.

I sighed and said "Estelle…"

Yet, I had to stop myself because I saw a guest come into the room.

"Duke…?" I questioned.

He smiled friendlily. I noticed the gift in his hands.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

Everyone stopped to look at him. Estelle pouted since I didn't continue to tell her about her crush and I.

Estelle moved away so Duke could come to my side. He handed me the square present and said hello to all of my guests. Flynn was pretty reluctant to return the gesture. It isn't common for a teacher to visit a student in any situation.

"Well… I'm still in pain but I'm better than yesterday. I'm coming back to school tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Isn't that a little too early?" he asked.

"Maybe, but we'll see how it turns out."

Duke shrugged and said "I guess I'll see you tomorrow then. Alexei is waiting for me. Don't open the gift until you get home, alright."

"I suppose I should go too." Estelle said. "Call me later Yuri."

We said goodbye to them. Estelle got distracted by his extremely long, silver hair as they exited out of the room.

Flynn and Ioder glared at each other. The tension rose between the two. I felt uncomfortable to be in the same room with them. Perhaps I should have begged Estelle to stay? Man… What am I going to do with them?

To Be Continued…