Kurt had had enough. Sure his team might laugh at a few of his jokes every now and then, but most of them still flinched away whenever he turned off his Hollow watch.

Stepping on the bus a "normal" looking Kurt dropped some change into the box and the driver gave him a ticket. Taking a seat in the very back he mulled over his decision. Everything he owned, not being much, was settled inside the duffle bag in the seat next to him. Besides a few Manga everything he had was mostly cloths.

He rummaged through his bag and picked out one of the Mangas. Covered in a brown paper bag type cover, with anime doodles all over it, the Manga's title or anything about it couldn't be made out. Kurt had done this on purpose. If the x-men cringed at his harmless soft blue fur, he didn't want to think of what they would do if they found out he was gay.

That's right, he liked guys, and from the time he stepped into the mansion he knew it was not something that would be accepted without a fight.

Kurt looked down at the Manga, reading it what must have been the 100th time, he contemplated how much he seemed to resemble one of the main characters. 'My Little Butterfly' Kurt thought gloomily. He wished he was more like Kojima, smiley and talkative, like how he had started out and tried to be. Right now he seemed to be turning into Nakahara, running away, though there was no vast sea to cross.

Nothing awaited him back at the only real home he'd ever had, for his foster parents had been killed before he had been taken in by the professor, killed because of him, because he was a freak. Kurt thought this was the best thing to do, so no one had to be burdened by him. He had his Hollow watch. He could be a street dancer or something, because of his strange body he could do all sorts of flips and such without even trying.

Taking a deep breath he calmed, convincing himself he would be ok. The bus was well on its way, the people were calm and the air had a sweet scent to it. He wasn't expecting the latter, considering everyone thought of public transportation as dirty and horrid. He fit right in, he thought.

The seat jostled as someone sat down next to him and he took another deep breath,, realizing the reason for the bus not smelling as horrid as it supposedly should was because of whoever sat next to him. Recognizing the scent but not being able to connect it to a person he glanced up, only to find the enemies team leader right in front of him.

Pietro himself didn't seem fazed in the least as he gazed down at Kurt. The taller boy's eyes flicked to the book he was still holding splayed on his lap. Before Kurt could even think of hiding it, or even try to teleport out of there, Pietro had used his speed to nab the book out of his hands.

"Hmmmm…" Pietro said, much to Kurt's worry. Kurt blanched and covered his face with his odd hands.

'Oh no, he'll see that and think I'm even more of a freak', Kurt thought frantically. Pietro let out an awkward laugh, as if he couldn't believe something.

'This is it, he's found the perfect thing to hold against me. Now he'll tease me unwaveringly and go tell the x-men. Not like it maters anymore, maybe this is my walk of shame to be able to get away and be alone.' Kurt's thoughts raced as he continued freaking out, but Pietro spoke and all his thoughts calmed as he stared at the older boy, shocked.

"Great Yaoi, why'd you put this weird cover on it?" Pietro questioned.

'Weird? The cover? Not me?' Kurt continued to stare, lacking his voice for any answer. Pietro continued despite the gaping male beside him.

"The best part is the butterflies, cuz in the end you still don't know if Nakahara can ever have his feelings returned, but it is hopeful." Pietro stopped, staring back at the surprised Hollow form of Kurt, one of the x-men he had been fighting for a while now.

Narrowing his eyes he snapped at the normally blue x-men. He'd had a horrible day so far, and had finally just left the brotherhood house to get some space. When he got on the bus and seen Kurt his mood had risen, not because he could tease the younger male, but because he also seemed to be having a bad day. His whole day had improved when he'd grabbed the obvious Manga away from Kurt and seen it was a Yaoi. In that moment something seemed to be going right in his world as he found another Yaoi lover, and possibly gay teen.

Maybe, just maybe, they could find acceptance in one another, despite the fact they were on different teams. They could be like Romeo and Juliet. A gay, mutant genes, Romeo and Juliet.