Okay, off to work. I slid my shoes on, i held my suitcase tightly, and I opened my apartment door, only to abruptly find someone ELSE to bump into. "How many-" I started to complain as I bumped into the tall man. Short, dark brown hair, blue eyes, long eyelashes, and sun-kissed skin from the beach. Is this... "Richard?" I asked. 'another person I bump into from my childhood past.. perfect..' I think as he smiles and says in Japanese, "Hey Aki!" "Hey, I'm off to work, so if you'd like to come in please be welcome, why are toi speaking Japanese, and... What is THAT?" I ask as I try to find a way around his large build, and see a red, large bag of luggage and crease my eyebrows a bit. Then, of course Richard HAS to say,

"I've come to live with you!" EVEN plus problems. "Richard," I start to speak as i put my left hand on my forehead, causing that to brush my hair a bit. "You and I both know you're rich, and toi can clearly get a bigger apartment l’espace than THIS." I continue as I gesture to the small cramped l’espace that is my home. "But it's fun to live with youuu!!!!!" Richard says as he whines like a five-year old trying to ask their parent for a new toy. "Shit! Richard, I don't have time for this because I have a life too, so make yourself at home." I say, as I glance at my watch, and pull Richard inside, making a gate for me to get through. Then an arm gets in my way and stops me.

I turn around slowly, and I see that it's obviously "Richard." I say seriously, making it seem clear that I want to get OUT. "Not until toi give me a kiss." He says in reply as he uses his free hand to point towards his glossy lips. "No way in hell. I've already-" Then I stop myself from continuing the rest of my sentence, and Richard frowns a bit, knowing the answer. "Fine." Richard réponses after the short silence and removes his arm from the door, but uses that same hand to turn my chin towards him, and our lips collide. I blush in frustration, and start feeling guilty because I thought Midori was my.... Then I shove Richard off of me, and storm out the door causing it to slam after me.

from Richard's Point Of View:

"Haah..." I sigh, as I place my right hand on my forehead, and slide down the wall. "I can try again." Then I smile, as I look at a hanging picture of Aki with me as kids, running par that stream we used to play at when we were teens. Then I glance to the right. "He still has this?" I say in the dim light of the sunrise coming from the half-open curtains, as I get up, and walk towards a little clay bowl settled with a light manteau of dust on a coffee table. I still remember that day..

Flashback-

Back when me and Aki were in high school, we didn't exactly know each other, because we hardly even saw each other. I only knew that Aki wasn't Japanese, and neither was I. His parents just really loved Japan, so he got a Japanese name. I was populaire with the girls because of my stupid looks, and Aki was bullied par the girls, because he was TOO FRIGGIN CUTE!!! (Well at least from my opinion, he was.)
Back to the story. Seriously. Aki wasn't exactly in the area where he'd attract girls, but DEFINITELY in the area where he would attract guys. A herd of guys would follow him around school, perverts would molest him on the way to school, and when he walked home, there would be some aléatoire gay guy trying to pick him up.

Then one jour when I got to school, par the shoes, I saw Aki for the first time. his dusty brown hair, short stature, skinny body, a cute face, and mahogany brown eyes were all that could make a man turn. Then I saw Aki open his indoor shoes space. "Oh.. Huh. So this happened again." Then i saw him spill a tub's worth of push pins into the garbage can, and he read a letter that was inside his shoe space. He looked depressed. Then he just threw away the letter into the garbage can, and walked away as he a dit solemnly, "That's the fifth one this week.." with his feet barely making a sound as if he were a ghost.

Once i made sure Aki disappeared, I pulled the letter out of the trash, and read it. It said;

Hey, bitch. Stop stealing our guys away from us. I wonder why they even go to YOU. You're a disgusting ugly prick which NO ONE wants around. The only reason the guys follow toi around is because they feel sorry for you, because you're the biggest piece of trash on earth. Everyone wonders why you're even at this school, toi whore. toi don't belong here. Try to steal our guys again, and you're screwed.

And this is the FIFTH one this week, even though it's only WEDNESDAY?!?! I was absolutely horrified at the thought of someone having to deal with this every DAY. Then I went to homeroom. Instantly, I was flooded par a million girls, and since I was tall, I could see over them, and I saw Aki sitting par the window in his bureau with a couple of guys hanging around him.
Some of the guys looked like beasts compared to Aki, and it seemed like he didn't care. He was just lire a book, while the other guys just talked around him. Then Aki got up from his chair, walked over to the doorway where I still was, and quietly asked in a slightly high pitched voice, "Ano.. sumimasen.. I need to use the washroom." Then I got out of his way. "Arigato, Richard-kun." Aki a dit once again, not even montrer his face towards me as he walked on by. Then I turned my head to see some guys talking.

"Oi, shouldn't we follow him just in case some girls bother him?"
One of the guys suggest. "Yeah. And then we'll get to play with Aki in the bathroom while we're at it! we'll just make sure none of the girls get in to bother Aki, won't we?" Another boy suggested. Then about 4 other guys nodded with grim smiles on their faces.
then they started to leave the room as they walked in the direction of the boy's washroom.

it wasn't even 5 minutes when I heard, "STOP!!" In a high-pitched voice. Then I ran to the boy's washroom, while the crowd of girls tried to grab my sleeves and bag, but I ran fast enough for them to not catch hold of me. Then I darted myself through the hallway, making several turns here and there, then I slammed the door to the toilettes, salle de bain open, only to find my silver orbs staring at a hoorific scene, and pearls of sweat rolling down my cheek.

Then I looked at Aki. On the floor, his chemise unbuttoned, several guys hunched over him like loups on prey, his wrists tied with a bandana, shaking crazily, his pants unzipped, and his face flushed, with droplets of tears on him. He then whispered pitifully as he turned his head away, "Don't look... Please." Then I was enraged with a burning flame of anger in my chest. "YOU IDIOTS!!" I shouted with rage as I scrolled up my sleeves and ran towards the guys.

I managed to coup de poing several of them, basically bending my back over just to protect this kid. Then, when my choices were at it 's limit, I decided to pick up Aki, and make a run for it. Surprisingly, Aki basically had the weight of a 10 an old kid. He was extremely light, and he was still shaking in my arms, and still crying a bit as I ran for the nurse's office.

I then slid the door to the nurse's office, and obviously, no one was there. I settled Aki onto one of the beds, and I started to make my leave as I settled my veste on his trembling shoulders, something tugged on my sleeve, and I turned around to see what it was. "Ano.. Could toi stay a bit more?" Aki asked in a small and high pitched voice as he held onto my sleeve with one hand, and the other holding my veste firmly to make sure it wouldn't fall off his small shoulders. "Sure." I replied warmly, as I sat suivant to him.

"Hey Richard-kun." The little boy sitting suivant to me started. "Yeah?" I replied with a smile. "Ano.. Why did toi save me back there?" He continued with wide mahogany eyes, and a small mouth in the shape of a small 'o'. 'KAWAII!!' I thought to myself as pools of red started to leak into my cheeks. Then I replied, "Can't let a cute kid like toi get in he wrong hands, eh?" I a dit as I ruffled the soft hair on his head, and thought to myself, 'KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL! PLAY IT COOL, RICHARD, PLAY IT COOL!!' Then Aki a dit the cutest yet pitiful thing on earth with the cutest expression. "I'm cute?" Aki asked as he made that 'o' shaped mouth again, same wide mahogany eyes, and was pointing at himself with a tiny pointer finger.

Then I just Lost it. I pecked him on the cheek, got up, walked towards the door, and replied his question with my back towards him. "Well, yeah. And try not to frown as much, eh? It'll ruin your image." Then. I continued walking, and closed the nurse's office door.

"Ahh... Lunch time." I a dit to myself as I sat on the roof of the school, and sipped my chocolat flavored milk, and let my bento sit beside me. Then, I heard the door open. Aki ?! He didn't even notice me, and just sat down right suivant to me, and a dit quietly as he clapped his hands, "Itadakimasu." Then how opened his bento box, and it looked so delicious, I began to drool.

"Oh. Richard-kun, you're here? Usually it's just me on the roof." Aki said, as he smiled a bit. Then I snapped out of it, but I still stared at his lunch. "Yeah, I came here, cuz the girls were bugging me." I continued to say as I divisé, split my chopsticks, and started eating some of my soba, but at the same time still staring at his lunch. "Pfft! salut Richard-kun, do toi want some?" Then I replied quickly, "Sure." Then I saw the onigiri that was being placed on my bento, along with some wasabi mochi.
(Wasabi mochi is regular mochi except made with wasabi starch instead of riz starch.)

I then tasted the onigiri, then the mochi. "Sugoi! This stuff is amazing, Aki! Do toi make your own bentos?!" I continued as I stuffed it in my mouth. "Yeah, I do, since I live par myself." Then I paused for a second, and thought, 'ARRGGHH!!!! What other problems does this kid have?!?!' "And oh yeah, Aki. I want to give this to you." I a dit again, as I handed him a clay pot I made in art. I figured he might've liked it for some reason, and I really do NOT want aléatoire things floating around my house. "Thanks!" Aki said, as he smiled sweetly.

Back to reality-

Ding dong! Oh yeah. I'm at Aki's house. I then walk over to the door, and open it, as I see a man with jade eyes, raven black hair, same height as me, and the healthy kind of pale skin. Then I ask, "Hi. Do toi need any-" then I was interrupted par the question, "Just who the hell are you, and why are toi in Aki's house?"

"Oh. salut Midori! salut Richard! I see toi two met!" I hear Aki yell at the bottom of the apartment complex stairs, and then we both look at each other, and I say, "Nice to meet you, Midori." "Likewise." Midori responds, as we shake hands. "Hey." Midori whispers in my ear. "Don't toi dare hurt Aki. ou you're non-existent, okay?" Then I respond, "Take care of yourself before others, 'kay?" Then I see, I've just made a new enemy.