Author's notes- Hey people! I'm sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out. I was uh, kind of in a writers block for what to do for this chapter.

Carmen:...

Me: "What?"

Carmen: "What the hell took you so long to write this chapter!"

Me: "Hello~, writer's block!"

Carmen: "That's no excuse! If you had writer's block for so long, why didn't you friggen' ask KCH if she had any ideas?"

Me: *sweatdrop* "Um, because I was thinking of ways to torture Kurger-burger in this story?"

Kurogane: "HEY!"

KCH33: "I could have come up with stuff for that!"

Me: "And that is why you are my faithful editor :D".

Me: "I do not own Tsubasa or FMA. If I owned Tsubasa, I would make SO many more KuroFai/SyaoSaku moments in the series, AND the manga."

Kurogane: "Wait, what?"

Me: "Nothing, Kuro-puppy!"

Kurogane: *eyebrowtwitch*

Fai: *blushes cutely*

Me: "If I owned FMA, I would have put Carmen into the series and manga."

Carmen: "I'm still mad at you."

KCH33 is responsible for editing these chapters for your enjoyment YAY!

~Chapter Six~

It was only a week later when Winry confronted me at my locker. I was busy trying to free my binder from the cramped, tiny space when I heard her walk over. I looked up into her eyes, which were now burning like blue fire in anger.

"Um, Hi Winry." I said reluctantly.

"Why the hell were you talking to Suwa last Friday!" she demanded.

"Oh shit," I thought.

"Don't try to deny that you were, because I saw you," she continued when I opened my mouth to protest. "Al told me that you weren't coming, so I decided to go back and look for you. And then I saw you talking to that thick-headed bastard outside the music room."

"He's not thick headed, and he's not a bastard either!" I snapped, jumping a little too quickly to defend the raven.

Winry's eyes narrowed, "What?" she asked, her voice dangerous.

I shut my mouth quickly, realizing what I had just done. "N-nothing." I stammered turning back to my locker. I grabbed my books and headed swiftly down the hallway, noting that Winry was easily keeping up with my fast pace.

"Why are you defending him?" the blonde asked me. Her furious gaze was growing angrier by the minute.

"It's none of your business," I mumbled not making eye contact.

She stopped me right there. I tried not to flinch as I was forced to look at her.

"It is my God damn business!" she hissed. "Some jackass calls you a... a you-know-what, and you kick him in the crotch for it! Few days later, you're both alone in the school and talking to each other! If your mom was still alive, don't you think that she would want to know what was up too?"

Silence.

I glared into those blue irises, the anger slowly disappearing to be replaced by guilt and shock.

"Carmen. I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"

"Just because my mother isn't here," I snarled in rage, "doesn't mean that you have permission to take her place and worry over me, or throw the memory of her death in my face like it's something that I can just move on from!'' With that, I shoved past Winry and stalked down the hallway, heading for first period, leaving her to stand there in the sea of students, a look of pure guilt on her face.

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I was still pissed off at Winry by the time last period came. I stalked into the room and took my usual seat, slamming my books onto my desk and sitting down.

She had no right to bring my mom up. I never brought up her parents because I knew she would have started crying since their death had hit her hard. Didn't she even realize how much pain the death of my parents had caused me? Sure, I didn't show sadness most of the time since I didn't want people to trouble themselves worrying about me, but that didn't mean that I wasn't still crying on the inside.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't hear footsteps coming up the stairs, nor did hear books being put next to mine.

"Oi."

I gave a small nod, letting him know that I had heard the familiar greeting, as I continued to glare daggers at the wall.

"Something wrong?" Kurogane asked.

I shook my head, still not speaking.

"Liar."

I whipped my head around toward him, my glare meeting his scowl.

"It's nothing. And it's really none of your business either." I retorted through clenched teeth.

"Miss Vega!" I heard the teacher snap, "Is there something you would like to share with the class?"

"No, ma'am." I answered, forcing all the politeness I could muster into my tone.

"Anyway, as I was saying, I am going to assign a project to this class that is worth fifty percent of your grade,"

Groans filled the classroom as she finished her sentence.

"I have paired each of you up with a partner. When I call your names, please come up here so you can receive the topic picked by me for your project." She then looked to a list that she held in her hand.

As she started going down the list, I was hoping that I would get paired up with Riza. She wasn't a slacker, so we would probably get the project done early.

"Riza Hawkeye and Roy Mustang."

Riza groaned while Roy's face showed a look of complete glee.

My mood grew darker as the teacher started to get to the bottom of the list, still not calling out my name. I just hoped that she didn't pair me up with-

"Carmen Vega and Kurogane Suwa."

-That bitch!

When the bell finally rung, I turned to the raven as I rose from the desk with my books.

"Just to make this clear Suwa, I am not, and I repeat NOT, going to do this whole project by myself. Besides, it will do you some good to improve your grade since your horribly failing right now." I informed him.

He answered with the same scowl as before. Rolling my eyes, I turned on my heel and headed out of the room. I was in a wrestling match with my damn padlock on my locker since it wouldn't open for the umpteenth time when Winry walked past me. I pretended not to see her, but I knew that she had stopped and was considering on trying to talk to me. Finally, she sighed and continued walking down the hallway.

I sat down in my car and stuck my key in the ignition. It didn't turn on. I tried again. Nothing.

"The hell?" I asked. I tried for the third time to try to turn it on and once again not making any progress.

I got out and started cursing under my breath, kicking the front wheel out of aggravation, which only resulted in making my foot throb in pain. I had no way of getting home because all of my friends had left already, and I didn't know anybody else well enough here to ask for a ride.

"Something wrong with your car?"

I jumped and turned to see Kurogane standing behind me. Jesus Christ, why did he always have to sneak up on me like that!

"Asshole, don't scare me like that!" I snapped irritably.

"What's got you in such a rotten mood today?" the raven asked. "Do you need a ride or not?"

I hesitated slightly. If anybody found out about this, Winry would probably kill me. Well, I was still pissed off at her, so I didn't exactly care what she thought at the moment. On the other hand if Sakura found out, my head would probably be rotting on a spike by the end of the week.

"Yeah, my car is dead so I have no way of getting home." I finally answered.

Kurogane turned and started walking away. He had only gone a few steps when he turned back to see that I was still standing where I was in a cloud of confusion.

"Well, are you coming?"

"What? Uh, yeah."

I followed him over to his car, which ironically was a Black Hummer SUV. I opened the passenger door and sat down. "Risembool Avenue," I said before he could ask me what street.

The ride home was extremely awkward. We sat there in complete silence; me looking out the window while he watched the road. A heavy downpour started as he pulled up in front of my building. I said a quick thank you before shutting the door and scrambling into the lobby to take refuge from the rain.

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"So let me get this straight." Sarah said from her place at the coffee table in the living room. It was later that night and Sarah was working on homework while I was curled up on the living room's window seat with a good book. "You got paired up with Suwa to do a project."

"Yup." I answered without looking up from the book.

"Then your truck wouldn't start after you got out of school so he gave you a ride home."

"Uh-huh."

"So now he's going to drive you to and from school everyday until your truck gets fixed, and your going to do the project over here and his house?"

"Affirmative."

"So... when did you agree to all of this?"

I sighed before directing my attention to my sister, "Look, it's not like I'm happy about this. I'm probably going to have to do all the work on the project since Kurogane doesn't know how to speak a word of Spanish and completely sucks at the subject. Second, he's only giving me rides until my truck gets fixed, so I'm not exactly thrilled about that either." I explained.

"Yeah, I know," the blonde said, "but I just don't want him to insult you like he did last week you know?"

I rolled my eyes. "Oh please Sarah, it's my job to be worrying about you like a mother hen, not the other way around."

"Hey! I just don't want you to kick another guy in the crotch, that's all!"

"Like the time when you kicked that kid in the balls who wouldn't stop hitting on you?"

I easily dodged the couch pillow thrown at my head and got back to my book.

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As the final bell rang, I headed down the crowded hallway to get out to the parking lot. I called out to Watanuki who was trying to get something off the top shelf of his locker.

"Watanuki-kun!''

"Oh, Hi Carmen," he called back as I came over. "Damn these lockers! Why do they have to make the shelves so freaking high?"

I reached up and grabbed the book off the shelf, giving it to the smaller raven with a smile.

"Thanks." he answered a little embarrassed that a girl was able to reach it and he wasn't.

That's when Doumeki came up behind him. "Hey."

Watanuki let out a terrified yelp and jumped, clutching his heart. His shock quickly turned to anger when he realized who it was.

"You bastard! I told you not to scare me like that!" he yelled spazzing out and flailing.

"De'ja' vu?" I thought to myself.

"You're too loud." was all the stoic teen said before uncovering his ears.

"~Watanuki~!"

The blue-eyed teen grimaced as Yuko's voice was heard down the hallway. "I have to go. Yuko probably wants me to buy her usual intake of booze and food on my way home, the stupid drunk. See you Carmen-chan." he then started walking down the hallway. Doumeki gave me a small nod before following the smaller raven. They hadn't gone a few feet when Doumeki grabbed Watanuki's smaller hand in his. This resulted in his boyfriend's usual spazzing and protests. I snickered to myself quietly as I saw the smirk on Doumeki's face.

"Oi."

I turned around to see Kurogane standing right behind me.

"What?"

"You're coming to my house to work on the project, remember?"

"Shit! I completely forgot about that!" I thought giving myself a mental kick.

I followed the raven silently out to the parking lot, ignoring the curious stares and whispers of the people around us. They stopped immediately when Kurogane looked at them with a death glare.

When we got to his car, the raven opened the passenger's door for me, which was pretty out of the ordinary.

"You dumbass, don't treat me like a girl!" I grumbled.

"You are a girl."

"Biologically, yes. But I don't want you to treat me like one!"

"Whatever. Idiot."

"Don't call me an idiot either you jackass!"

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Kurogane turned out to live in the Upper class part of Amestris, which I should of guessed since Tomoyo had said that he had come to live with them. The apartment buildings were defiantly classier and a lot better looking than the one that Sarah and I lived in. We finally pulled up in front of one of the nicer looking buildings. The raven stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked toward the front door to the lobby, me trailing behind him.

The moment after I removed my shoes and stepped into the apartment, I was nearly bowled over by Tomoyo, who startled me with an excited flying hug tackle. "Ca-chan! It's so good to see you!" she exclaimed.

"I just saw you at school," I told her, holding back a sigh as my hyper classmate uttered my childhood nickname. "This is probably Winry's doing." I thought, making a mental note to talk to the blonde about her blurting out things from my childhood without my permission.

I was brought out of my thoughts when an irritated Kurogane said that we should start the project already. Tomoyo pouted and mumbled something to the raven about not being so moody all the time before walking down the hallway.

As Kurogane led the way into the living room, I couldn't help myself as I let my eyes roam around the huge living room. Huge picture windows, beautiful chandelier hanging overhead, black leather couch, and a huge flat screen plasma TV. Dear God these people were freaking rich.

"Ugh, she just had to give us the stupidest topic for this dumb ass project! I don't even see how someone can read this stupid language.'' he growled as he unloaded all the materials we needed.

"What are you talking about? This is easy, I can read it-" I paused. "Oh right, you suck at Spanish."

I received an angry glare in return. I smiled back innocently to tease him.

"Here let me show you," I picked up the sheet that had our topic and directions on it (which of course the teacher put in Spanish.) I read each of them easily and then divided up the work for each of us to do. After a few hours of working, I finally called it a day when I realized how late it was getting.

I put my coat on a reached into my pocket for my car keys. I then remembered that my truck was being fixed.

"You need a ride?"

I shook my head, "You've driven me around enough. I don't mind walking home, it's a nice night."

Kurogane raised an eyebrow. "You live on the other side of town. What do you think your parents will think when you come home around midnight or later than that?"

I froze. My eyes widened as I stared at him. Visions of my dream forced themselves back into my mind. Lust, the knife, the blood.

I felt bile rise into my throat as I rushed out of the room and into the adjacent bathroom, slamming the door behind me. I leaned over the toilet and emptied my stomach of its contents.

Tears filled my eyes as I tried not to cry. Unfortunately, my mind's silent plea was ignored as the tears came from my screwed shut eyes as I cried brokenly like a five-year-old who had gotten separated from her mother.

My eyes opened as I felt something cool against my head. I lifted my streaming face and was surprised to see the raven holding a wet face cloth against my forehead, a look of confusion and concern on his face.

"Do you want me to call your mom?" he asked me. "If your this sick, you need to be home so she can take care of you."

Immediately, I turned my face away from him. I wasn't going to show weakness in front of someone else. "My sister and I are the only ones who live in our apartment. My parents..." I stopped, but forced myself to finish my sentence: "...are both dead"

Though my head was turned away, I sensed him freeze. He then asked, "Do you want me to drive you home?"

I nodded my head, angrily wiping the tears from my face.

The drive home was again, very awkward. Neither of us said anything until we pulled up in front of my apartment building. I told him "Bye" before shutting the door and walking swiftly away from the car.

As soon as I got into the apartment, I locked the front door and stumbled into my bedroom, fresh tears rolling down my face. I curled up in a ball on my bed, hugging my pillow to my chest.

I told Kurogane. I had told him about what happened to my parents. What if he told other people? I would be an outcast. They'd probably start rumors of how it was probably my fault for their deaths. I cried and cried until I finally drifted off to sleep still sniffling quietly.

Post notes- Just to warn you guys, you might hate me for what I'm going to do for the next chapter. Sooooo yeah, REVIEW!

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Carmen Veiga