✦Sean✦

“You sure you don’t want me to give you a ride to school Sean? It’s not a problem it’s on my way to work,” Mr. Carlson asks as I finish tying my shoe.

Looking up at him I smile grabbing my backpack and tossing it over both my shoulders, “I’m sure, I need to get my run in anyways and running now will make sure that I’m awake for my classes.”

“Alright, be safe. I’ll see you this weekend,” Mr. Carlson smiles back at me and placed a hand on my shoulder before heading out of the house.

I fill my water bottle, slipping it into my bag and then I left their house. I keep at a steady jog. Running up the street I turn and run up the street that the Kaisai's live on. Mr. Kaisai is walking down the sidewalk. Picking up the pace I catch up to him. "Good morning Mr. Kaisai." I slow down and walk with him.

“Oh, good morning Sean, what has you up and moving at this time?” He questioned.

"I had to babysit for my foster parents last night and I figured I would get a run in this morning instead of getting a ride in," I answer.

“That’s a good way to start your morning,” He smiles down at me, “Are you still into swimming?”

“Of course sir!” I nod hooking my thumbs under my backpack straps, “I’m planning on joining the swim team for the school!”

“Good, I’m proud of you for keeping up with it,” He said and put a hand on my head, “And try to stay out of fights alright. I know about the fight you had with Sasuke and Toshiro yesterday. And I’m sorry if Sasuke seems a bit out of it or is frustrated. He’s going through somethings and he’s trying to sort everything out.”

I stare at him with wide eyes. So Sasuke did tell him about the fight? But, he’s not scolding me? Why? "Y-Yes, sir."

“Good, now get back to your run,” He gently pats my head and lets his hand slip, “And don’t be afraid to stop by some time. I know Yui would love to see you again.”

“I will sir, thank you,” I nod and then go back into jogging the rest of the way to school.

Going around the front of the school I head to the left to the boy's dorms. Going into through the main door to the dorm I head up the stairs to the second floor and down the hall three doors down on the left I turned the handle and walked into my room. Hua, Andy’s not here. Maybe he went for a swim and is actually doing what he should be doing as a captain. I set my bag down on my bed and change into a pair of jeans and a plain blue shirt before grabbing my toothbrush and toothpaste and going to the bathroom. There's a particular white-haired boy that's standing at one of the sinks and just shoved his toothbrush in his mouth.

"Good-mornin' snowflake," I greet happily giving him a light tap on the back, "I didn't know you were staying in the dorms." I glance over to his mirror and saw that his eye twitched slightly. So did he really not like that nickname? It fit him with his white hair and whatnot. “So your hair, is it naturally white or do you bleach it?” I asked curiously as I wet down my brush and put toothpaste on it. I like to be different from others even if it’s just a simple thing or if the toothpaste goes one before or after you wet down your brush.

He didn’t answer me he just continued brushing his teeth, “It’s just a question. It’s not like I’m going to hound you about it.” I mumble bringing my toothbrush up to my lips, “I’m sorry for yesterday. I know that doesn’t really change anything, but I am sorry.” Sticking my toothbrush in my mouth I brush my teeth.

Snowflake spit out the suds in his mouth and rinsed. When he looked up at me I leaned back slightly. He has really intense ice blue eyes, I wasn’t expecting that. "It's natural. I would appreciate it if you stopped calling me Snowflake. I'm not particularly fond of it," He explained to me with a slight sigh.

“Why not, it fits,” I muffled out blinking a few times.

“Because you use it as a way to pick on me, and I’m not going to put up with it.” He answered picking up his stuff as I spit out the suds and rinsed out my mouth. “And if you are one of Sasuke’s friends start acting like it. Otherwise stay away from him.”

"Who are you to tell me to stay away from Sasuke. I'll do whatever I damn feel like it, how's that sound?" I cock my head to the side looking over at him. Snowflake was as tall as me so there's really no real way to intimidate him with my height. And then on top of it, I have brown eyes I have nothing fierce about my eyes like Snowflake or Sasuke do. I don't have that broad of shoulders, but if I had my shirt off one can see that I'm not some pathetic shrimp either. I had some muscle to me because of keeping up with swimming no matter where I ended up.

“How about you lose the attitude and you be the person Sasuke told me you can be. Stop this stupid “I’m tough” attitude because it’s not impressing anyone and it’s getting you in with the wrong people,” Toshiro said and takes a step closer to me.

“Who are you to tell me who I can and can’t hang out with? It’s my life I’ll do whatever the fuck I damn well feel like,” I glared back at him holding my ground.

He sighs in frustration and slowly blinks as he looks away from me. "Look, if you don't makeup with Sasuke, one of these days he may just disappear without a trace and you'll probably never see him again. That's how life is. If you really were one of his friends when you two were little try to make up with him. It sucks seeing him get all bent up over you being a dick to him,” Snowflake made his way towards the door and put his hand on the door and looked at me one last time before leaving the bathroom.

I don’t know what it is, but it feels like that was a warning. What’s going to happen to Sasuke? Was this kid going to do something to him? Should I try to get closer to Sasuke? WHY THE FUCK DOES THIS KID BUG ME SO MUCH?? “Ugh.” I huff and snag my toothpaste off the counter before storming out of the bathroom.

I put my stuff back where I always put it and shove the rest of my books that I took out yesterday into my bag. What the hell is with that kid? Does he have some way to see into the future or something? Why am I even bothering to think about this? Sighing out in frustration I hear the door open.

"Yo Sean I didn' expect ta see ya back so early. I thought that I woulda been seein' ya in class," My roommate greeted as he closed the door.

“I got up early and jogged here. I didn't want to take my foster father up on the ride here, so I figured getting a run in would be best,” I answer trying to calm myself down as I zip up my bag.

Slapping me on the back and I could smell on the chlorine on him. So he did go for a swim this morning, I thought so. I’m sure that he would have told me to join if I was here last night. He knows that I’m going to be trying out this winter. “What got your boxers in a bunch this mornin’?”

"It's nothing I just didn't sleep all that great last night," I mumble as I toss my bag over my shoulder and look at the clock we have in the room. "Ya might want to hurry up with your gonna take a shower before classes start," I mentioned to him noticing that there's a little over a half an hour before the first bell.

He brought his arm up to his nose and sniffed. He laughed and rubbed the back of his head. “I probably should. I’ll see ya in class then.” He smirked and wandered over to his dresser and started pulling out clothes.

"Alright. I'll see ya then," I wave and head out of the room. There are a fair bit of kids that walk, drive themselves, and ride the bus to school that are already here. It's fairly simple to weave through all of them roaming the halls and make it to my locker to get ready for my first three classes. I have drawing and painting right in the morning.

Sitting down at the table that’s kinda more so by the counters and islands where all the art supplies are kept but also close enough to the windows to where if we have them open I can feel a nice breeze. And art is something that, like swimming has stuck with me. I love drawing and painting. I love really any kind of art in general. But…Sasuke’s in this class with me. I don’t think that he was really paying attention yesterday when our names were called out. Of course, his last name lands towards the beginning of the alphabet while mine is dead last. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to be the first one in the classroom…But I can't leave now that would just be stupid. Maybe he won’t notice that I’m here…I should apologize to him though…hhhnnnnggggg what do I do?? He probably doesn’t even want to see my fucking face again after yesterday…but then what snowflake said…

"What was your stress-related item yesterday Sean?" Sasuke hissed as his hands practically slammed down on the table top. I look up at him and he’s glaring down at me with those piercing red eyes.

“About fucking calling Snowflake, snowflake? If he would have just taken the damn nickname and left it at that we wouldn’t have gotten into that fight,” I comment right back placing cheek in the palm of my hand and look up at him. “Besides, he reminds me of snow because of his hair. I wasn’t saying it because he looks weak and pathetic.”

“Did you at least fucking apologize to him?” He asked keeping his voice low he clearly did not wake up on the right side of the bed.

“I’m pretty sure I did this morning when I saw him in the bathroom. And what bug fuckin’ crawled up your god damn ass this morning to make it think it’s okay to come up to me and just start pitching a mother fucking fit? Why don’t you just go sit the fuck down and leave me alone.”

“I don’t care if you pick on me or pick fights with me, but leave Shiro out of it. He doesn’t deserve to be picked on,” Sasuke sighs standing up straight and shoving his hands in his pockets and walking away from me and went and sat down at his table. He's going through some tough times, but why is he being so overprotective of snowflake? What is it that I'm missing? I should apologize…but with how upset he is with me, now probably isn't the best time. Fuck, he probably doesn't even want to be in the same room as me right now either. Sighing a bit I drop my head to the table and wait for class to start. I can feel a tension between Sasuke and me especially when our teacher makes us switch up seats and she sits me with Sasuke. Needless to say, it was not a fun class today. Normally art helps me relax but not right now.

When the bell rang I just went right to my AP English class and sat down at the table that was in the front by the door. My AP English class was a smaller class then the history class I’m in. I didn’t mind it though. Everyone was coming in a lot faster than for history class. Unfortunately, Sam was also in my AP class and he decided that we were best buddies and he needed to sit next to me. Thankfully, Ms. Aras was able to keep him in line during class. When the bell rang for the end of class I left fairly quick to get to my history class because I didn’t want to deal with him.

I have this class with Sasuke too. If I remember right he sits in the middle of his row and in the row by the window. But…he’s not here. There’s like a minute left before class starts and he hasn’t come in? Where the fuck is he? Elizabeth came walking in and from what I can hear she said that Sasuke went to the nurse’s office. So he really wasn’t feeling all that good this morning. Should I go see him? If he wasn't feeling good this morning he could have said something instead of being a fucking little prick. No, no stop Sean, You were just as much of an ass as he is. Mr. Kaisai and Toshiro said that I need to get along with him again…but it's a bit fucking hard when all that happens is we keep getting in fucking arguments when we see each other. If I go see him he's probably gonna tell me to get the fuck out anyway. Class started and I took more detailed notes than I usually do. Maybe if I make a copy of my notes and give them to him it can at least be a conversation starter and a way for me to apologize to him.

I don’t mind lunch, but it’s not really my favorite time. Andy, Sam, and Nick are all in the same lunch as I am. Along with Elizabeth, and Toshiro. I was about to go sit with Elizabeth and Toshiro to see if they knew how Sasuke is doing when I feel an arm draped over my shoulder.

"Sean, what are you up to after school today?” Andy questions as he pulls me towards where Sam and Nick were sitting.

“Um, other than homework, I may or may not go for a run later, why?” I questioned as I set my tray down before sitting down. I wasn’t getting out of this one so I might as well sit down.

“Dude why did you leave so quickly after AP English?" Sam asks me before Andy can get a response out of Andy.

“I have history after English and I’m trying to stay on top of my shit for classes," I answered with a flat tone.

“What bug crawled up your ass today?” Nick rose an eyebrow at me.

“Give him a break guys he had to babysit last night,” Andy defended me, which brought my attention back to him. “I was asking because we were thinking of going into town after school, ya know just ta kinda wonder before doin’ some homework.”

“Sure why not,” I agree. I was able to get my History done so it was English and whatever else I would be given in my Bio class, then I had gym for my last class. Bio Lab and Gym rotated with each other in my schedule so it wasn’t that bad.

"Awesome!" Andy smiles and then I kinda zoned them out as I ate lunch. Occasionally I would agree with whoever was telling me to agree with them on a debate that they were having, but I’m sure that it was stupid things that they were talking about, but I just didn’t really feel like paying attention to them.

When there was a little bit of time left before lunch was over I told them that I was going to go use the restroom. Toshiro and Liz were sitting by the door so I was able to catch a part of their conversation. So for some reason when Liz went to go check up on Sasuke he wasn’t in the nurse’s office? His dad is the principal for the time being so it’s not like he would sign him out not unless there was a very significant reason. At least I don’t think he would. Would he? But, Sasuke wouldn't just ditch school…I don't think he would anyway. Is it my fault that he left? Should I go and try to find him? But, if he did ditch school and I leave to go find him, I’ll probably get in trouble for leaving. I don’t put it past Sam and Nick to fucking rat me out…I’ll keep looking around school for him and look up on the roof too. Make sure that he’s not hiding up there.