Yuki cursed her luck, checking every pocket of the other girl's clothes that she wore. She had forgotten that she was wearing Anna's clothes when she stormed out of the brunette's apartment, and had left her own and her cell phone in the other girl's bedroom, on her nightstand to be exact. With no phone, that meant she would have to find her parents manually.

She knew her father would be at work now, and he definitely couldn't be bothered with her when he should be tending to patients. Miki would probably be out, meaning the door to their apartment would be locked, to which she had no key. Well, Yuki had a key, but it was currently at Anna's apartment too, stuck at the bottom of a pocket in her coat.

But her papa.. She winced slightly. He would be at work, and, seeing as it wasn't a grading period at the colleges, he would be free. It was an hour's walk from her current position, but she didn't mind. It's not like Yuki had somewhere to be. It was break from school, her internship was on a break as well, and she finished her most of her schoolwork. She had no plans, and she really didn't have many friends to make plans with.

When she arrived, one the loitering college students let her into the main building, and she grudgingly began to head toward the literature department. She was only there for a key, nothing more, she kept telling herself, but her gut burned with unease as she made her way towards the department. The hallways looked abandoned, lights flickering on and off, and the bulletin boards were bare. The hair on the back of her neck stood in fright, and she shivered unintentionally in the air conditioner. How could her papa stand this place? Yuki didn't like it, not one bit. It freaked her out.

She came to her papa's office and knocked softly, before opening the door. But her eyes widened as she saw her papa's superior furiously making out with a feisty blond.

"A-Ano.. You-sensei.." She muttered, face flushed, and Miyagi broke the kiss to gape while Shinobu growled angrily.

"Ugh, dammit! Is there no place in this entire world that we can make love in peace?!" The blond shouted, and Yuki's blush darkened. She could feel herself getting hot and flustered, but over such a small thing like this? What was wrong with her?

She cleared her throat, preparing to leave, but Miyagi caught her attention. "Yuki-kun," He said, watching warily as the black-haired girl turned, a look of frustration and sadness crossing her face. "Hiroki is in the library." Yuki nodded, rolling her eyes slightly. Leave it to her papa to be in the most boring place during his grading break.

She turned and headed out, closing the door behind her, and shuddered as the sound of smacking lips once again started.

The library was just down the hall and up the stairs, and Yuki strode toward the stairwell quickly, wanting to get that key and be done with it. But fate was not so kind. To be honest, fate was never kind to her.

A blond was headed down the same corridor, holding a few boxes of used books from the storage basement.

Miyagi had told Katsuo that it was a good idea to do some manual labor to keep his mind off the silverette for a while until the blond could see him again, and as an added bonus, Miyagi didn't have to take the time to move some of the books in storage to the office which he shared with Hiroki. Helping out his uncle at work was always a challenge, but interesting nonetheless. He did get to meet some weird characters now and then, most of which were former students, returning to the university to wish their favourite professor a happy birthday, new years, or even just to say hello. Katsuo knew the professor didn't remember many of the students, but he covered up well.

Their eyes met each other, gold clashing with deep blue as Yuki glared at the boy, taking in his disheveled form, while Katsuo frowned. He shifted the boxes in his arms, looking over the girl. Something about her seemed wrong.

"Those aren't your clothes.." He said finally, and Yuki growled. "They're too colorful." He'd seen them before, somewhere. The blond watched as Yuki stalked past him, before he realised whose clothes they were.

"Holy shit, those are Anna's clothes." He turned, ignoring the glare the girl was giving him. "Are... are you sleeping with her?!"

Yuki reeled. "What the fuck?! NO!" She ground her teeth together, growling once again when Katsuo dropped the boxes and stared in shock.

"Are you a lesbian?" Katsuo asked, reaching toward her to latch onto her shoulder as she tried to flee from him. She glared up at him through her bangs, knocking his hands away from her body.

"Don't fucking touch me." Yuki turned her back to the blond.

"Yuki.." Katsuo whispered, and the girl stopped. "I don't know how many times I can say sorry. I just-"

"Shut up." Yuki's eyes narrowed. "There's nothing you can do or say to make up for what you did." She flinched when Katsuo gripped her shoulder again, pulling her to him. She struggled for a moment, before giving up and letting the blond boy hold her. It felt wrong. The embrace made her anxious and angry, and it was instinctively wrong.

"I'm sorry." He whispered, and Yuki barely fought back tears. How.. How dare him! Her fist collided with his face, and Katsuo stumbled back in shock. He held his cheek, watching as Yuki sprinted down the hall.

In his pocket, his phone buzzed, and he checked it, smiling sadly at the text message from Daichi.

Instead of going to the library, Yuki dipped into the women's restroom. It, like the rest of the building, was quiet and abandoned, and her sobs echoed around the small washroom. Dammit, she was stronger than this, but the resolve that Katsuo showed.. It broke her. It devastated Yuki, almost as much as what he had done.

Her gold eyes found the mirror, and sought herself out, flinching at the image before her. Yuki's hair was mussed and dull, her eyes were red and had bags, the tight purple shirt Anna had given her didn't look right. She looked away. How could she even stand to look at herself? She really was just a burden to everyone else.

"Why.." She whispered softly, tears slipping from her cheeks and pattering against the floor. "F-Fuck.." She leaned against the sink, head in hands as she continued to cry.

"Yuki.."

Her face shot up, bloodshot eyes staring at the brunette in the doorway of the women's washroom. It was Anna.. How had she found her here?

Yuki looked at the floor, managing a weak 'go away' as she tried to brush her tears away with the back of her arm, but they just flooded back.

Anna steeled herself. "No." She said firmly, watching as Yuki turned to her with a broken look. "I'm not leaving you alone."

"Why are you here?" Yuki asked, looking at her hands. They shook slightly, but her fingers were strong as they slid across the scars on her wrist. Anna moved in, grasping Yuki's hands gently, looking at her with a worried expression. Yuki stared at the ground between them.

"Yuki." Anna whispered softly, and the black-haired girl looked up into her eyes. The brunette smiled softly, bringing the other girl into a hug. "It's alright." She said, threading her fingers into black hair. "You can cry."

Yuki sniffled pathetically, reaching around to grip Anna's shirt between her fingers. The other girl stroked her hair, trying her best to calm Yuki.

Something about this connection relaxed the black-haired girl, and she buried her head in the crook of the brunette's neck. This embrace.. it was right. It wasn't fake concern, Yuki knew. This woman cared, for whatever reason, and it showed.

A fluttery feeling bubbled in her gut as she sniffed again, holding the girl closer to her.

"Thank you."

A/N: schools out! :D which means either one of two things: I'll update really quickly, or I won't update that much. It all really depends on my sleeping schedule. As of when I'm posting this, I haven't slept in 38 hours, which is a new record for me, but it also means I'm probably going to sleep the next two days away. And yep, Anna was at Mitsuhashi for a legitimate reason: her dad works there. I believe I mentioned that at the very beginning of the story, but her and her father were on sabbatical, and I guess they just stayed? *shrugs* Next chapter will have more of Mahiro and Ryouta, and then more Katichi.

pinky5907: *whistles innocently* WELLL Katsuo was in this chapter.. yeahhhhh... Gosh, I swear that I'll do some katichi next chapter.. y'know what? Scratch that, next chapter is going to be alllll fanservice~

invisibemage: It's cool! And exams.. yeahhhhh... moving on, I felt that the ukes needed a bit more.. dominance, so I put all the missing dominance into Mahiro~ asdkfhasdgh, I love him. Next chapter.. with all that fanservice.. nehehehe, it'll be beautiful. Him and Ryouta... heh.. hehehe. I'm not sure how Takahiro will react yet, or even if he'll find out. Might just leave it as a secret relationship, or I might have Takahiro absolutely freak out, or just let him accept it, GAH so many ways to go.. ehehe, and I lied, you don't really get to know what happened between Yuki and Katsuo. Maybe later.. Yeah, later~ I promise it'll be in a later chapter, but, like professor oak said: There's a time and place for everything, but not now.

xela44: Thank you~ but still, a part of me feels really bad when I don't update as quickly as usual, because I set deadlines for myself, so then I break them... yeah, but thank you for reviewing!