Thank you everyone for the reviews!

cutegixie lol yeah I guess I am a FrUK fan, however, I like USUK just as much. (I can never decide between the two…) That's why I kinda fit them both in here. (or at least tried to haha) It's one of those things where I like to pair him up with multiple people. Like America. I love pairing him up with Iggy, however I love to pair him up with S. Korea too. I guess it all depends on my mood at the time.

Dylan lol I already did some USUK. I probably won't bring it back up much for awhile in the story since I need to get through some other pairings. But I might make another USUK later on (that is, once I get through all of the pairings that I want to include)

So, I'm going to try to make this one longer (I've noticed that they're kinda short…) however, it's probably going to end up with me rambling here and there… Sorry…

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I woke to Adelphos pawing at my face again. I yawned and sat up. For some reason, my head was pounding and couldn't see straight. Once my vision cleared, I also realized that I wasn't in the dorms anymore and Adelphos had disappeared. I was back at home in Japan. I could hear my mom outside my room cooking something in the kitchen. I got up and head towards the door, holding my head all the way due to the pain. However, once I got to the door, I heard her talking. "-Oh yeah. Take him away. He's been such a pain to deal with. Plus, I want to get back together with Makoto. But he said that he won't be with because he doesn't want to deal with raising a child. That's why I'm sending him to you in America. That way, he'll be out of my hair and I can be with Makoto." I froze and realized she was talking about my dad. He had left us awhile ago, but I thought my mom was over him. And then the full force of the conversation hit me. She was talking about me too. I thought my mom loved me with all of her heart, but now she's talking like this? I put my back to the door and slid to the ground with a thump. My mom immediately stopped talking. I heard her get up and walk towards my door. "Kiku, sweetie? What are you doing in there? What was that noise?" she opened the door and stared down at me, a grin across her face. "Oh I see. You overheard mommy on the phone? It's a shame really," she turned and walked off. Tears started to form in my eyes as I started to sob. I then lost balance and fell to the floor.

My eyes shot open as I realized I was back in the dorms, only on the floor and wrapped in my blanket. I sat up and looked around. I jumped a little when I realized Heracles was sitting on his bed, watching me.

"G-good morning Heracles," I mumbled, looking up at him. He had a blank look on his face as he gazed back.

"It's 2 o'clock," he said, looking over at the clock.

"Oh, well then good afternoon," I said as I tried to stand. However, I stumbled as I felt my head throb again. I clutched my forehead and winced at the pain.

"Hey, are you alright?" Heracles asked, "I noticed you bumped your head on the backboard of your bed. And then you fell off…" he trailed off.

"Is that why it hurts?" I asked myself. And then I froze as the dream flowed back into my mind. Is that how she really feels about me? No, no. I'm sure it was just my mind making stuff up.

"Hey, who's 'Makoto'? You were mumbling something about him in your sleep…" Heracles said, looking out the window.

"You heard that?" I asked as my cheeks flushed red, "It's no one of importance."

He then turned back to face me and stared at me. His emerald eyes stared deeply into my auburn eyes, "You sure it's no one?"

I didn't answer at first, but just stared back. "It's my dad," I gave in after another minute of staring. Normally I didn't give into things so easily, but for some reason, the look in his eyes forced it out of me.

"Your dad, huh?" he asked, "Well you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. However, I'd like to know what happened in your dream. You were squirming and sweating a lot."

I looked down and answered, "I don't really want to talk about it. I'm guessing it's just because I'm homesick though. I've never left my country before, so maybe it's just nerves."

Heracles nodded a little to show that he understood. "Hey, you want to go get breakfast?" I nodded and got changed. Once I was done, I put my camera in my pocket and left with him.

Once we were in the cafeteria, I got the same thing that I did yesterday and we sat down in the same spot. I again couldn't help but notice the intense glares in our direction. I wonder I Heracles felt them too? After about ten minutes, Heracles said that he needed to take care of something and told me to stay here and wait for him. He got up and I was left sitting there. I felt the glares increase as Heracles left.

"Kiku!" I heard someone shout from behind me. I turned to see Yao-san walking towards me with his tray. He sat down next to me and smiled, "How's your second day so far, aru?"

"It's fine," I mumbled as I began to eat again.

"My roommate ended up being that Korean that was sitting in front of us on the plane, aru. I thought he'd be calm by the way he acted on the plane, however he's way too hyper for my tastes and keeps trying to grope me. I hate it, aru…" he explained as he motioned to Yong Soo-san behind us. I turned and saw him bouncing around on the seats, his elongated sleeves flailing around everywhere as he hopped from seat to seat. Everyone seemed to be annoyed accept for Alfred-san who was sitting nearby and cheering him on. It looked like Alfred-san wanted to join in, but Arthur-san was restraining him by the arm. I chuckled a little at the sight and turned back to my meal.

"What am I going to do with him, aru," Yao-san sighed, "He also took on the habit of calling me Aniki, even though we're not related. And he's always going on about these sappy soap operas that he watched back in South Korea. I don't understand him, aru."

Then, I heard a clatter and I turned to see what made the noise. It turns out that Yong Soo-san had fallen off of one of the chairs and was laughing on the ground as his green hoodie trailed on the ground. He then spotted Yao-san over here and dashed over.

"Anikiiiiiiiii~" he shouted as he ran up. He came up behind Yao-san and grabbed his chest.

"Haven't I already told you to stop that, aru?" Yao-san said with a sigh.

"Nope~" he chimed and sat down in between us, "Hey, you were that little Japanese kid on the plane! We didn't really get a good introduction since that scary Ivan guy was squishing my head. My name is Im Yong Soo! Pleased to meet you!" he said and grabbed my hand and started to shake it really fast, "Your name's Kiku, right? I wonder if your chest feels better than Yao's" he said and groped my chest before I could object.

"Mmm… Nope. I like Yao's better~" he sang as he felt up my chest.

"E-er, P-p-please stop…" I mumbled, my cheeks flushing a vibrant red.

He grinned and went back to groping Yao. I blushed furiously and got up to put my tray away. However, halfway back to the table after putting it away, someone grabbed my hand and pulled me outside.

"W-wait!" I shouted as the person pulled me through the cafeteria court yard and to the side of the building. He pulled me to his chest and clamped his hand over my mouth. I looked up to see them peeking at the front of the building around the corner.

"Mmph," I tried to speak, but his hand was firm against my mouth. I couldn't move either due to him restraining me with his other arm.

"So you're Kiku," he said, once he thought it was safe. He released me and I turned around to see who had abducted me. He was a tall person wearing a green hoodie and a white masquerade mask. He was also smirking from ear to ear.

"W-why'd you kidnap me?" I asked, a little shaken.

"Kidnap? Oh no. I'm only messing with Heracles," he said, grinning wider and leaning against the wall.

"Who are you?" I asked, curious as to who this strange man was.

"Sadiq Adnan! Pleased to meet you!" he said, putting his hand out to shake. I hesitantly shook his hand and then turned away. So this was that Adnan person Heracles was talking about, or in Heracles' words, "A Turkish bigot".

"So, uh, how does abducting me mess with Heracles?" I asked.

"Well, he's been looking after you, right? Plus, I can sense that he's taken a liking to you. So, I thought it'd be funny." He explained. He has a twisted sense of humor.

"W-what do you mean?" I asked.

"I don't know. He's just been talking about you and stuff," he shrugged, "and now I know why." I looked at him expectantly and he said, "It's 'cause you're so cute." Then he added with a small chuckle, "Just like a cat."

Why does everyone keep calling me cute! I honestly don't think I'm all that cute. "May I ask you something?"

"Hm?" he asked, looking around the corner again.

"Why does everyone keep glaring at me? I noticed it yesterday," I asked.

"Oh, so you did notice," he said with a smirk, "It's because they're jealous."

"Jealous? Of what?" I looked down at my feet and thought about what they could possibly be jealous of.

"They're jealous that Heracles is hanging around you. He's even really popular with the ladies, you know. He's even got guys that want to go out with him," Sadiq-san smirked again.

"O-oh…" I mumbled and looked back up. Red dusted across my face at the thought.

"Adnan!" an angry voice shouted from around the corner.

"Shit! He saw me!" Sadiq-san muttered and grabbed me again. But it was too late and Heracles came running around the corner. I looked at Heracles and noticed this was the most energy I've ever seen him show so far. Sadiq-san threw me over his shoulder and started running full speed. I propped up against his back to see how far back Heracles was.

"Put Kiku down!" he shouted. We ran by some people who looked on curiously. One of them was a girl with long brown hair and a flower pinning it on the side. The other was a guy with his hair pushed back in the front with a hair poking out. The girl perked up when she saw us and immediately had a camera in her hand. I looked away in embarrassment as she rapidly took pictures.

Sadiq-san chuckled a bit and turned to face Heracles as he ran, "Alright then. Catch!"

"W-what!" I shouted as I was suddenly off his shoulder and under his arm like a football. The next thing I knew, I was flying through the air toward Heracles. He caught me, but the force knocked us to the ground.

"Kiku could've been hurt, you asshole!" Heracles shouted as he sat up. Sadiq-san laughed and ran off. It was then that I realized I was in Heracles' lap. My face went red again. Why was it that I kept getting embarrassed here in America? It must be the lack of personal space here.

Heracles sat there fuming for a second until he asked, "Are you hurt?" He had calmed down now.

"Uh, no. I'm fine. Just a little shaken," I answered, my head spinning a little. Was I actually just thrown to someone? Now I really did feel like a football… I looked down and noticed how small I really was. That's probably why I can be thrown so easily…

"You sure?" he asked as we stood up. He was still kind of holding me, so he put me down on my feet. However, the moment my left ankle touched the ground, a pain shot through it and made me fall again. Heracles caught me before I completely fell though. I winced as the pain increased, "Just a little shaken, huh? It looks like your twisted your ankle. It must've been when Adnan threw you."

"Oh," I mumbled and steadied myself.

"Can you walk?" he asked.

"Uh, yeah sure," I said, taking a step forward. But the moment I stepped with my left foot, I fell again.

I was then picked up off of the ground into Heracles' arms. He had picked me up bridal style and made sure as to not touch my hurt ankle. This again shocked me as to how easily he picked me up.

"C'mon. I'll take you to the infirmary," he said and started walking toward a nearby building.

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Derrrrrrp… Lol what was up with that dream? Pfff, if you noticed, there was foreshadowing in the very first chapter for this.

Korea is so fun to write about! I don't know why I haven't written a story about him yet…

And again, sorry for the wait… I've been super focused on my drawings and school work lately that I've completely forgotten about the story. On the bright side, I can draw guys better than before! (As if it matters lol) I've also been developing OC's everywhere so I've been making character traits and stuff for them. If you wanna see them, they're on my deviantART, which you can find on my profile.

So basically, I'll be updating this whenever I can update it. (which might not be often…)