Another week passed and it seemed Hotsuma had given up thinking Shusei was hiding anything else so he was able to complete his project. The day after they turned in their music was when they had to perform for the teacher. Each was done privately so that others couldn't try and change their performance if someone else's was better.

When Shusei went in and sat at the piano, he took a deep breath. The song he played and sang was full of emotion. You could sense the love and care he had for the person he sang about, you could feel the pain during parts and sadness he felt. The song was beautifully done.

After everyone was finished the teacher let everyone leave for the afternoon. As she went over the assignments and was grading each person, she couldn't get Usui-kun's song out of her mind. She continued to think and came up with a brilliant plan. She just had to get Usui-kun to agree which would be the toughest part.

The next day when the student's walked in Shusei was called to the teacher's office.

"Usui-kun, your final project was amazing. You really pushed yourself and it shows."

"Thank you."

"I want you to perform your piece at the recital in one week."

"I'm sorry, I can't"

"Yes you can. Other's need to hear your song, it was beautiful and memorable and please we need your song."

"I can't, I didn't write that for other's to hear it."

"Are you worried about everyone hearing it or are you worried about the person you wrote it about hearing it."

Shusei stiffened and averted his eyes. He was worried about Hotsuma hearing it. They had just talked about not hiding things. He didn't want this to come out.

"Look the recital is optional to students and it is after school so if you want I can make an excuse so that whoever it is thinks that you are doing school work and not this." The teacher had hoped that this would sway him.

"Let me think about it." Shusei walked out with his head down not wanting to deal with this right now. He quickly made his way to the roof of the school.

"Jeez, it was hard enough writing that song, why do I have to perform it for anyone else… Well I guess though there might be others who feel like outsiders and might be thinking of committing suicide. The feelings I had when I saw Hotsuma, I don't want anyone else to feel that… but I can't play this for Hotsuma…"

"GOD… Why can't I play this for him? It is about him, he should hear it. If he hears it though, what will he think? I don't want him to hate me for writing it."

"No he is my Best Friend; he wouldn't hate me for it. He may even like it. If he liked it maybe he would hug me again like he did when we were in the bath."

"Wait, what am I thinking, why do I want him to hug me again? And why did I not want to let go of him before?"

"OH MY GOD, we were naked. I just realized we were naked when he hugged me." Shusie blushed furiously thinking about it.

"What is this? I have always cared for Hotsuma, but why does it feel different now?" As Shusei was leaving the roof he stopped dead in his tracks.

"Holy crap, I think I might be in love with him. When did this happen? He doesn't treat me any different. When did this change?"

Shusei thought it over and realized that when he was finally able to bare his scars to the person closest to him and not see an ounce of guilt in his eyes, that was when his heart healed and opened up to the possibility.