The sun's rays fell upon Hanamichi's face as it rose and the redhead yawned and shut the alarm off before it could ring. He leaned over Rukawa and kissed him long and deep until he felt the other boy responding.

    When they parted the dark haired boy blinked in confusion, "Hanamichi?"

    "Found a way to wake you up without getting swung at didn't I."

    ". . ."

    "School, remember?"

    "I. . ."

    "I told you I'll be there every step. I promised, remember?"
 
    "Hai."

    "Come on, lets take a shower."

    "We just took one last night."

    Hanamichi grinned, "And now you have cum in your hair."

    The fox eyed boy blushed and allowed his lover to scrub the mess from his hair and body, then he returned the favor.

    "Oooh! Fox!"

    "School."

    The red head growled, "You are 'not' leaving me like this."

   "Maybe."

    "Come oooooooooooooon! You wouldn't be that crewl would you?"

    ". . ."

    Hanamichi grinned and slipped closer, "I'll. . . whisper whisper whisper."

    Rukawa's eyes went huge and wide and Hanamichi grinned. Oh yeah. This was definitly the way to wake up!
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    The school was loud and crowded and Rukawa fought down blind panic and forced himself to just hold Hana's hand and not cling to him for support. The redhead had promised that he wouldn't leave him alone and that was all he needed.

    "Doing alright?"

    "It's loud."

    Hanamichi brushed his thumb over the tightly closed lips. "I'll be your eyes. Don't worry."

    "Rukawa!"

    "Shit."

    Haruko ran up to them and instantly began fussing over him, "What are you doing here? Couldn't Hana'kun just bring your work home to you? Isn't this intimidating? Should you guys be holding hands like that?"

    Rukawa was close to striking her when Hanamichi squeezed his hand lightly, "He's fine Haruko. And I'm here for him. The Tensai won't let him be lost!"

    She giggled and nodded, "Of course not."

    "Class." The dark boy muttered and Hanamichi nodded.

    "We're going to be late for class. See you later."

    "Hai Hana-kun."

    As they walked away Rukawa gave in to his need and growled softly.

    "What's wrong?"

    "I hate her."

    Hanamichi bit his lip, "Can't you just try to like her? A little?"

    "No."

    "Well in a month you'll be well again so you won't have to worry about her treating you like an invalid."

    "We're going to be late."

    "hehheh, sorry. Come on, class starts in a few minuets, we still have time. . ."

    "Hey! Sakuragi! Rukawa!"

    They both turned to face their team and Hanamichi slipped closer to Rukawa, "Well it isn't like we haven't been late before." He muttered softly.

    Rukawa fought to contain his laughter.

    "How are you doing Ru?"

    "Fine."

    "Is Hanamichi really LIVING with you?! Sendoh said. . ."

    "Yes."

    Hanamichi grinned, "I'm his seeing eyes friend."

    "Hn. Do'ahou."

    "Hey!"

    "So have you tried to find a doctor who can help?"

    "The hospital called day before last." Hanamichi grinned, "They can fix it."

    "Serious?! Wow! That's great Hana-kun!"

    Akagi held back his enthusiasm. Something wasn't right with this. Rukawa's eyes were clouded over completely. No way could they just be 'fixed'. A transplant maybe but those lists were long. Hanamichi was up to something.

    "So how much is it? How will you pay?"

    "It's pretty much taken care of."

    "We can take up a collection."

    "Yeah! We can all pitch in some to help."

    Hanamichi smiled, "That would be great. You guys would do that?"

    "Of course!"

    //Maybe then we can afford my operation also when new eyes become available!//

    The bell rang and all of them jumped.

    "Late! Shit!"
 
    "Bai bai guys!"

    "See ya at practice Hana-kun."

    "Bai." Hanamichi waved and he and Rukawa turned toward their first class.

    Rukawa was being very silent. More so than usual.

    "What's wrong?"

    "How much is the operation?"

    This was the conversation the red headed tensai had been dreading. "It's covered."

    "Covered?"

    //I hate lying to you Rukawa, but please understand. I know you won't let me do this if you knew.// "A private fund for this kind of operations took your bill."

    Rukawa was quiet a moment and Hanamichi fought to keep his mouth shut lest he take back what he'd told the boy before him.

    "You contacted them, didn't you."

    "Hai."

    "Hana-kun. . ." He swayed for a kiss and remembered at the last minuet where they were. he touched the other boys lips with his hand instead, "Arigato."

    Hanamichi smiled a very forced smile and took the kitsune's hand again. "We'll be late to class."

    Rukawa followed him but his mind was elsewhere. Hanamichi had lied to him. He could hear it in the red head's voice. So where would they 'really' get the money for the operation? Hanamichi said he'd taken care of it but Rukawa knew the other boy wasn't so well off. //Why did you lie to me Hanamichi? What are you planning to do?//

    And for the first time since Hanamichi had held him and promised that everything would be alright, Rukawa was worried.
 
 

~tbc~