The Three-Way

Chapter 6

By KellyQ

Yuma rushed down the school hallway hoping to get to his class early and ask the teacher, Mr. K to let him go early for lunch so that he could be in the cafeteria before IV had a chance to do anything to Ryoga. Mr. K looked up when the door open to see his favorite student standing there catching his breath.

"Why Yuma, what are you doing here so early?" Mr. Kay asked casually.

Yuma caught his breath and made his way over to the table. "I was wondering if you would let me go to the cafeteria early, so I can meet up with a new student that's having trouble knowing where some places are."

A respectful look made its way to the teacher's face. "I don't see any harm of you doing that."

"The actual reason why my cousin wants to leave early is because he believes that Shark is in some sort of trouble with another student named IV," came Astral's voice.

Yuma whipped around and stomped his foot, throwing his arms over his head and pointed an accusing finger at his cousin. "Stay out of this, Astral! This is between me and Mr. K!"

Astral sighed and walked over to his desk and sat down. "You can do whatever you want. I'm not going to argue with you about this situation any longer."

Mr. K smiled at the thought of the whole situation. He understood where Astral was coming from, but he didn't see harm of Yuma trying to make some new friends.

"I'll let you go this one time, but in the future you're going to have to leave when the bell rings. Is that understood?"

Yuma turned and beamed. "I knew that you would let me do it just once, despite if I lied or told the truth."

By this point, the students were starting to come in. IV, III, and V came in at single file just as Yuma turned around. He gave IV a look as he sat down and acted like nothing happened.

Mr. K. got up and started the lesson. Yuma listened through half of what Mr. K was teaching when he really wanted the time to go by so he could go see Ryoga.

Time flew by for Yuma and he was ready to leave. He was out of classroom before anyone knew what was really going on. He made his way into the cafeteria and realized that he was early. He sat down and looked up just in time to see Ryoga walking in.

"Hey, Shark! Over here!" Yuma hollered, rising to his feet and waving his right hand.

Ryoga closed his eyes, debating on whether or not to sit at his usual spot that was now invaded, or find a new spot to eat his lunch. Yuma frowned when he noticed that Ryoga was still standing there with an irritated look on his face.

Yuma got up and made his way over to Ryoga. "Come on, sit down and eat!" Without hesitation, Yuma grabbed Ryoga by the wrist and pulled him to their table. Yuma sat down, got out his lunch and started to eat.

"What do you want?" Ryoga asked after a few minutes of watching Yuma.

Yuma swallowed a bite of his sandwich, rotated his head and glanced up at Ryoga. "Nothing. I just want to be able to sit with you. Now sit down and eat."

Ryoga narrowed his eyes with suspicion. "It's obvious that you want something from me, now spill it."

Yuma looked offended. He was about to counter back when the lunch bell rang, and people started to push their way into the cafeteria. IV walked in and smirked as he made his way over. This should be amusing, he thought calling out Ryoga's nickname in a mocking sweet manner. Yuma turned his head and anger flashed across his face. Ryoga closed his eyes and turned his head when IV wrapped his arms his shoulders.

"When are you going to introduce me to your new friend, Sharky?" IV asked the same sickly sweet tone.

Yuma got to his feet and was about to confront IV, but Ryoga jerked out of his grasp and started to walk out of the cafeteria. Yuma glared at IV with hate before he went after Ryoga. Amusement flashed across IV's face as he watched Yuma run out of the cafeteria. He continued to look for Ryoga until the bell rang for class.

Yuma groaned and made his way to health class to see Astral waiting for him. They both walked in and took their seats. The rest of the students came in and sat in their own seats. Yum and his cousin were hoping to see Kaito walk in but he didn't show up. Instead V came in and took a seat just as the last bell for class to start rang.

The health teacher came in and started her lesson. Everyone pulled out their textbooks and turned to the page that was assigned. Yuma couldn't help but stare at the back of V's head and noted that his hair was longer than he thought. Astral was aware of it too. He had to admit that V was an attractive male.

"V, can you come up here and give us a diagram of the mitochondrial cell?" The health teacher spoke up, snapping Yuma and Astral out of their thoughts.

V nodded his head and rose to his feet. He calmly walked to the front of the class with his D-Gazer already to show a virtual hologram. The rest of the lesson was very boring. Yuma tuned everything out. He was more worried about Shark and why Kaito wasn't in class.

To Be Continued …