Chapter 2
By Stormshadow13
Disclaimer: I wish I owned.
AN: Oh, Where, oh where, has my beater gone? Hope you guys like this chapter. I'm going to try and update this story at least once a week but with classes and stuff that may not happen.
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Dark quickly looked around searching for a hiding place. The union was crowded with the normal Monday lunch rush, all the people crowded in to the union food court all seemed to be eating and chattering at the very top of there lungs. He'd seen Daisuke just a few minutes before while he'd been paying for his lunch from Burger King. He'd seen the red-head before the other had seen him, so he'd managed to grab his meal and duck quickly into the crowd. He looked around once more and spied a flash of gold over in one of the corners by the fountain.
The purple-haired teen quickly weaved his way through the crowd heading for the flash of gold. As he got closer Dark realized that the flash of gold that he'd seen had been the light shining off blond hair. He mentally crossed his fingers hoping that it was the blond he thought it was and that said blond was alone. Dark wormed his way through the last of the crowd and was suddenly standing behind the blond in question it indeed was Krad. The blond was staring at a book setting innocently in front of him, he looked like he wanted to launch the book into the cheerfully babbling fountain. Dark cleared his throat and Krad jumped in surprise glancing up from the a fending text book. Dark smiled, "hey, mind if I join you?" The blond blinked at him for a moment before gesturing to the seat across from him.
"I don't mind."
Dark set his food on the table and gratefully slipped into the seat across from the blond. He was glad to see that his side of the table was screened from the rest of the food court by a potted plant of some sort on one side, a wall on the other side and a wall from behind. The two young men kept shooting each other curious looks while they ate their lunches in silence.
It was Krad who finally broke the silence. "I don't mean to be nosey but what caused you to get smashed last Friday? You don't really seem like the type who would do that without a good reason."
Dark chewed on his burger contemplating the question, "I was very depressed."
Krad nodded excepting the answer and didn't push for any more details.
Dark laid his burger down on the rapper and studied the blond across from him. He'd managed to forget his problem this weekend by throwing himself into his school work. He'd gotten all of the chapters read that he'd been intending to do but never gotten around to as well as some other stuff. He didn't have anyone that he really could talk to about what had happened. So the question here was to tell or not to tell. On the one hand he'd just met Krad and didn't know how he'd react to hearing that Dark was gay but on the other hand he really wanted to talk to someone. Finally the need to talk about his problems won out over his cautiousness. "I caught my boyfriend cheating on me."
Krad didn't give him a disgusted look and he didn't pick up his stuff and leave. He just raised an inquisitive eyebrow waiting quietly for Dark to continue.
Dark started to tell how he'd taken a heavier class load then normal and hadn't gotten to spend as much time with his boyfriend as he used to and how he'd walked in on his lover with another. As he started to talk it was like someone had opened a big flood gate inside him. He kept talking Krad listening quietly until he finally got to the end. "I feel like it's all my fault, I should have spent more time with him. If I had maybe he wouldn't have cheated on me and..." He was cut off as finger tips brushed lightly against his hand. Dark looked up in surprise staring into warm honey colored eyes.
"Dark," Krad's voice was low and soothing as he spoke earnestly to the other. "It wasn't your fault. You had to do what you had to do. If this Daisuke really loved you he'd have supported you in your classes. He would have understood your desire to lighten your load for your senior year. It was not your fault, so stop blaming yourself."
Dark sighed what Krad said made sense, he hadn't done anything wrong. He'd known that all along but it made him feel better to have someone else say it too. He once more picked up his burger as the blond started in again on his Taco Bell. "Hey Krad?"
"Hmm?"
Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
Dark glanced at the open book next to the blonds elbow, "what class is that for?"
Krad glanced down at the book and pulled a face. "Contemporary math, we are talking about Vin Diagrams. I don't understand any of what the teacher is saying. It's like he's speaking another language or something"
"Contemporary Math, huh? I took that last semester and got an A. Would you like some help with it?"
"Sure," Krad cocked his head, "Is there anything you want me to help you with in return?"
Dark thought about the question for a moment before answering, "would you proof read papers for me? I need someone to check for spelling, grammar and that kind of stuff."
Krad nodded and then looked at his watch and blinked in surprise. "Uh, we better go or we're going to be late for our religions class."
Dark sighed and twirled one finger in the air. "Yea."
The blond's lips twitched, "that didn't sound very enthusiastic."
"It might be more interesting if the teacher wasn't such a boar," muttered Dark gathering up his trash.
"True," Krad stuffed the book back into his backpack and also gathered up his trash. The two left the table together, throwing there trash into one of the trash cans as they passed.
Dark pretended that he didn't see the red-head and blue-net over by the windows eating and talking and he also ignored the sudden stab of pain in his heart.
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Krad glanced over at his new friend and sighed. Dark was quite cheerfully snoozing away while the religions teacher droned on and on. The blond smothered a yawn behind his hand and struggled to keep his eyes open. The rest of the class was split between sleeping like Dark and trying not to fall asleep like Krad. The professor was so absorbed in his lecture he was completely oblivious to the state of his class. After some time Krad finally gave up in even attempting to pay attention to the professor and quietly pulled his Communication Theory book out and started on chapter ten taking notes as he read. By the time the professor ended class Krad had read that chapter 3 times taken notes on it and written answers to the questions at the end of the unit that were due the next day.
Dark sat up and stretched, "Is class over already?"
Krad rolled his eyes, "Yeah, you slept through almost the whole class."
"I told you," smirked Dark, "I've got a short attention span."
The two left the classroom and headed for the exit closest to the union.
"so where are you off to now?" asked Dark glancing over at the blond next to him.
Krad sighed, "I've got a meeting at the career center."
Dark nodded, "I'll catch you later then I guess." He waved heading off in the opposite direction
from Krad.