Last time: I held her as she cried until she fell asleep. I laid her down in my bed and covered her up. I looked at her as she slept, her face stained with tears.

'She's been through so much, and tonight must have reminded her so much of that night.'

I thought as I watched her sleep.

'If I ever see Tsubasa again I'm going to kill that bastard.'

I thought before getting up and walking over to the couch. I laid down and closed my eyes. Nothing like that was ever going to happen to her again, I was going to make sure of it.

-Bethany-

I slowly opened my eyes and groaned as I realized I was sore for some reason. I sat up and felt my muscles screaming at me, that's when I felt the pain in my bottom lip and ran my tongue over it and froze when I felt the cold metal ring pierced through it and remembered all that had happened last night. Of how Tsubasa almost raped me, of how Natsume had stopped him, then how I'd told him the one secret that no one else knew about. I looked around and realized I was in his room not mine. It was nice, looked like mine except whereas the colors in my room were blacks, grays, purples, and silvers his were blacks, reds, and oranges. I looked around to see where he was, but didn't see him anywhere. I slowly got to my feet and blushed when I realized I was wearing some of Natsume's clothes. I heard a door open and turned around to see Natsume coming out of the bathroom. I froze when I saw he had nothing on except for a towel wrapped loosely around his waist. I blushed when he looked at me and quickly looked away.

'Bloody hell he is hot!'

I thought, then blushed at my own thoughts. I heard him chuckle and blushed even more.

"It's okay, you can turn around now."

He said and I was hesitant to do so, but slowly turned around and was relieved and a little bit disappointed to see him fully clothed now.

"You feeling any better?"

He asked and I nodded.

"That's good."

He said as he walked out of the room. I slowly followed to see he'd walked into a small kitchen. Unlike the other dorms, the Special Star dorms had their own little kitchens in them.

"How long was I asleep?"

I asked hesitantly and he looked up at me before going back to whatever he was doing.

"You fell asleep after telling me about the first time, you didn't wake up all night."

He said and I blushed at the memory of him holding me while I cried popped into my head. He had been so gentle, so caring. No one had ever been that way with me, so then had he? Did he pity me?

"Oh."

I said simply before turning and looking back into the bedroom.

"Here, you must be hungry."

He said and I turned to see him holding out a plate with a sandwich and some chips on it. I took it from him before walking into the bedroom and sitting down on the couch. I tucked my knees under me and picked up a half of the sandwich and took a bite. I was surprised that it was my favorite.

"What is it? Is something wrong?"

He asked as he came and sat across from me. I quickly shook my head as I swallowed the bit I'd taken.

"No, it's actually my favorite."

I said and he looked up at me surprised.

"Really? Huh, not many others like banana and mayonnaise sandwiches."

He said and I nodded in agreement before taking another bite. I finished my meal quickly and he handed me a cup of water.

"Thanks."

I said as I set it down.

"No problem."

He said with a smile and I blushed and looked away from him. I didn't know how to react around him anymore. Not only had he seen me in such a weakened state as when Tsubasa attacked me, but he'd also seen me when I cried and knew about my past. He probably thought I was nothing but a weak little slut. The thought alone made me sad and made tears start to well up in my eyes.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

Natsume asked as he moved and knelt infront of me. I looked away from him, but he grabbed my chin and made me look at him.

"Hey, it's alright. I'm not going to hurt you."

He said softly and I blushed as I looked into his eyes. I didn't see disgust or pity like I thought I would, instead I saw sorrow and what looked like love but that couldn't be right could it? I mean, why in the world would he love me?

"Bethany, you do know that don't you?"

He asked and I nodded, but couldn't help the tears that fell down my face.

"Come on, don't cry. Please? I can't stand to see you cry."

He said as he got up onto the couch and pulled me into his arms like he had last night. I don't know why, but the simple fact of him holding me calmed me down. I didn't even know why I was crying in the first place. I felt his hand on my chin as he tilted it so I was looking up at him. He wiped away my remaining tears with his thumb and smiled down at me.

"That's better."

He said and I blushed as I realized how close his face was to mine. He was holding me in his arms, and was looking at me in such a loving way that it made my heart beat erratically. I stared into his eyes and blushed even more as I realized he started to lean down towards me. I leaned up towards him as well, never looking away from him when suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Mr. Natsume sir, you and Miss. Bethany should get going or you'll be late for class."

The dormbot said and I blushed as I realized we'd just been about to kiss. I heard Natsume growl in annoyance and couldn't help but smile a bit as I pulled away and got to my feet. I heard Natsume get up as well and take the plate and cup into the kitchen. I took a deep breath and composed myself before he walked back into the room.

"Come on, we should go."

He said and I nodded before walking past him out the door and into the hallway. He closed the door after him and walked with me down the stairs and out into the courtyard.

Neither of us said anything as we walked to the classroom. He opened the door for me and I nodded my thanks to him before walking inside. I took my seat next to Mikan and he sat behind me, all the while neither one of us said a word. I honestly didn't know what to say. We had almost kissed, we probably would have had the dormbot not interrupted. So did that mean Natsume liked me? I knew I liked him, I would have been an idiot not to realize I did. I sneaked a peek over my shoulder at Natsume and blushed when I realized he was looking at me. I quickly looked back down at the front of the class and blushed even more when I thought I heard him chuckle. He was enjoying my embarrassment, great. At least one of us was enjoying this.

A/N: Hehe, things got a little awkward between those two but it gets even better. Thank you Ookami for your idea. Hope you all liked the update, i'll post the next chapter when I can. Please, read and review.