After noticing Hikaru staring at us through the door, I stiffened up. I turned around and hugged Akira. "Someone just came to the door." I whispered to him. he nodded and leaned in a small bit.

"Meet me before class tomorrow, inside the locker room. You know which one." He shoved me away, and turned. leaving, he winked at me. I sighed in defeat, knowing what he meant by that, and that walking would be tough tomorrow.

Putting on my best fake scowl, I pulled out a patch to cover the now reddening spot on my cheek, and wiped my tears. I turned around and stared bullets into the door. Hikaru had disappeared by the time I looked back, so I sped up to catch up with him.

I opened up the door as he picked himself up. I grabbed his jacket to keep him from running anymore. "Are you spying on me, nerd?" He shook his head quickly and scrunched his face up. It looked like he had tasted something sour.

"Why the frick do you let him do that to you?" I wasn't supposed to let anyone know about this. I couldn't tell him why. I looked for any gap to change the subject, so I used his innocence against him.

"The real question is why you say 'frick' instead of 'fuck'." His eyes went wide and he stuttered his next sentence. He pointed at me "menacingly" and I rolled my eyes. Was he trying to be cute or was he doing it on accident?

"Don't change the subject!" His eyes softened and he frowned at me. I started to tear up, but I frowned and pretended I wasn't. He sighed. I felt arms rap around me slowly. I wanted to hug back, but that would show, "weakness" in my eyes. "You can tell me... I promise I won't tell anyone!" He said softly. He moved away to look at me, but didn't remove his arms. I shoved his arms off me and crossed mine.

"Fine."

»time skip because I'm lazy«

After I told him he just sat there for a while. It made me think that he thought I was lying, or maybe I was weak and dumb for staying with him. "I can help you get back at him."

"No! We can't tell anyone! Please..don't." He bit his lip and an idea seemed to pop into his head. He smirked at me. He put his hand out for me to grab.

"Who said anything about telling! Come with me." I rolled my eyes but I think he knew it had no meaning. I took his hand and we started walking.

He led me out of the school and towards the small suburb most of the school lived in. "Hey, yea uh, where are we going?"

"To give you a makeover!"