Ariette: Hiya' guys! I'm back! Exactly in... *looks her clock* September 28 at 8:53 am. That means: 1 week and 6 days! Yay!

Black Mist: Stupid human...

Ariette: Hey! I heard that! *BM rolls his eyes* Well, let's continue with the story, shall we? I made this chapter a bit longer, wish you enjoy!

Declaimer: I do NOT own Yu-gi-oh Zexal, sadly ToT

Note Three: How can I smile…?

When the class finished, Astral heard the teacher telling Yuma to come.

"Yuma, come here." Astral watches as Yuma tells his friends to leave and then gets near the teacher.

"Mr. Kay, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come late. I-" Mr. Kay interrupted Yuma.

"It's ok Yuma. You don't need to tell me nothing. You already know the consequences of being late." Astral sees how Yuma lowers his head. It seemed like Yuma was kind of sad.

"But, I have a question. If I may ask it…" Astral and Yuma looked at Yuma's teacher.

"Sure, ask away Mr. Kay." Mr. Kay accommodates his glasses.

"Lately, I've see you more weird than usual…" Astral watched Yuma's reaction while Yuma opened his eyes surprised. "Don't get me wrong Yuma. What I'm trying to tell is, that I have noticed you've been more distracted than usual. Like, if you are always thinking of something that bothers you. You know you can tell me, right?"

"It is true. I must admit, I am surprised someone else noticed…" Astral thought to himself.

"Well Yuma? Do you wish to tell me what's wrong?" Mr. Kay asked hoping Yuma would tell him what was wrong.

"I think your imagining things Mr. Kay." Astral and the teacher looked at Yuma confused. "I-I mean, there's nothing wrong with me. Really! I was just... Um... I was thinking… About my classes… Yeah! That! I was thinking I should pay more attention to classes, that's all!" Yuma told a bit nervous. Astral was surprised. Why would Yuma lie like that? It was obvious Yuma wasn't thinking about that.

It seemed that Mr. Kay also noticed Yuma was lying when he saw Yuma's nervousness. "Are you sure everything's fine Yuma? You seem a bit nervous…"

"Everything's ok! Well, I have to go. See you later Mr. Kay!" Yuma leaved the classroom before Mr. Kay could say another thing. Astral saw that Mr. Kay sighed before he too leaved the classroom.

"That was close… I have to be more careful next time… Don't want to worry anyone." Said Yuma in a whisper, never noticing Astral was there.

"Why would you lie like that Yuma? Are you hiding something?" Astral asked seeing his opportunity to speak. Yuma jumped scared. He never felt Astral was there.

"A-Astral! Y-you scared me! Never do that again!" Yuma said with a hand in his heart trying to calm himself. Astral saw this; he wondered why Yuma had his hand in his heart.

"Does it hurt?" He thought but decided to ignore this because he had more important things to discuss. "You did not answer my question Yuma. Are you hiding something? Is something wrong?" He asked a bit (cofverycof) concerned.

Yuma said nothing at first and turned away so Astral didn't watch his face. "Nothing's wrong Astral. Geez, you and Mr. Kay are worrying about nothing."

Astral didn't believe Yuma's words. He knows Yuma pretty well, and he knew Yuma was lying. Astral felt a little hurt.

"I though Yuma and I were already friends… After what happened with Vector… It seems I was wrong… Yuma is still hiding things…" Astral said nothing. He looked at Yuma, still with the hope that Yuma would tell him something. But Yuma didn't, instead, Yuma started walking to his other classroom.

"Sorry, Astral. I still have class. See you later…" Yuma continued walking never looking back at Astral. Astral knew that 'sorry' meant more than just the fact that Yuma was ignoring him. That 'sorry' was also about something else, it was about what was bothering Yuma.

Still, Astral felt really bad. He was hurt, he was sad, but most of all, he was worried. Now he was really worried. If Yuma was lying and didn't want to talk about it, it means something really bad is happening.

"Does this mean Yuma does not trust me?" Astral was also confused. But he could say nothing. After everything that happened with Vector he knew Yuma and him needed time to heal the wounds.

After this conversation, Astral and Yuma didn't speak to each other again. Astral saw Yuma attending the rest of his classes, but never dared to say a thing. While Yuma was doing his best to ignore Astral, although it seemed it was pretty hard to him.

The day almost finished. Yuma was in his PE class right now, whatever that meant. Astral was watching Yuma act 'normally', taking challenges and always being competitive. But every time Yuma and Astral crossed their eyes they looked away not wanting to stare at each other.

Astral noticed a hint of sadness in Yuma's eyes. Like if Yuma really wanted to tell him what was wrong but didn't wanted at the same time. Astral understood Yuma was having an 'internal battle'. He wanted to help, but didn't know how.

Class finished and Yuma and his friends leaved to change their clothes to their usual uniforms. Yuma's friends finished more quickly than Yuma. They were waiting for Yuma to finish.

"Yuma, hurry up! We still have one class left!" Tetsuo called his friend, wanting him to hurry.

"I know! Give me a sec! Why don't you guys go first? I'll go later." Yuma said.

"Okay, Yuma…. Sure, see you in class!" The guys leaved, leaving Yuma alone in the room.

Yuma sighed and took his T-shirt off. He saw a little wound he had on his side. It was a little purple bruise. He made a grimace of pain and took a gauze with alcohol. He started disinfecting the wound. He bitted his lips to not scream.

He remembered how he got that wound. He was doing one of Tetsuo's challenges but he felt and bruised his side. It really hurt like hell.

"Does it hurt you, Yuma?" Although they didn't speak for a long period of time, Astral felt it was a good time to have a word with Yuma.

Yuma didn't dare to see Astral in the eyes. "What do you think? Of course it hurts!" He bitted his lips again, but this time it wasn't because of the wound.

"You are right. It was a stupid question to ask. I am sorry, Yuma…" Astral looked down, feeling how the atmosphere was tense. He waited patiently for Yuma to say something.

Yuma finished with his wound and put his uniform shirt on. He already had put his pants before Astral came, so it wasn't a big problem this time. Yuma came close to his 'locker', as Yuma said one time to Astral, and started searching for his bag and stuff.

Without looking at Astral, Yuma said in a whisper: "It's my fault…"

Astral didn't understand what Yuma meant. "What do you mean?"

"It's my fault…" Yuma repeated louder. "Everything is happening… It's my fault. I don't want you or the guys to worry. Just… Ignore me. Don't put attention of what I'm saying or doing. E-everything's alright, you don't have to worry…" With that, Yuma started to leave the room. But Astral spoke before he leaved.

"Does this means… You do not want to tell me what is happening with you?" Yuma stayed thinking how to answer, but at the end he only nodded and leaved the room.

Astral felt really hurt this time. He really thought things would be better, but he was wrong, again. With a sad expression, Astral could only remember the little note he saw in Yuma's locker when he was searching his bag.

"How can I smile when I'm destroyed on the inside?"

Astral looked at the door, hoping Yuma would enter smiling and telling everything was a bad joke. But he knew that wasn't going to happen, not after what he just saw in that note. Now he knew Yuma was in more bad shape than he could imagine.

"I made a promise to myself, Yuma. And I am going to fulfill it. I am going to help you even if you do not want me to do it. Be sure of that…." Even feeling hurt like he was, Astral was going to help Yuma. Because he knew Yuma needed him, even if he didn't admit it.

Ariette: That's it for the chapter! I really didn't expected this chapter would be like this. I planned it different, but at the end this is what I got... I must admit it was better than I expected...

Well, to the reviewers:

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Keyshipping-Jenny: Astral asked! But I bet you didn't expected it would turn out like this XD True is, I only can publish every two weeks 'cuz I don't have Internet in my house n.n I have to wait until I'm in dad house. Jenny, thanks for your review, but please, don't make write that, I'm not good with romance and I don't write Yaoi *Bows* Sorry for inconvenient...

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Ariette: That's all! Thanks for everyone who reads, I really appreciate you guys! Well, see you in two more weeks! Or maybe I'll do it sooner, it will depend of my free time...

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PS: Question: Should I bring Black Mist to the story or should I don't? I think he deserves to be in this story, but I'm not sure. Note: If he would be in the story he would appear later, more or less in the 7 or 8 chapter n.n