DISCLAIMER: I do not own Get Backers or any characters in the series...blah blah blah the usual disclaimers. (I just use them for my own sick and twisted pleasures!)

I wrote this chapter at about 2:00 in the morning. (For some reason that's the only time that I can write fanfics…)

NOTE: This is my first fanfic published online. (not written)

Yes Valerie…I have written a fanfic before (it was just so incoherent that I cant post it!)

Author's note: this might be considered kind of yaoi…it's most likely not going to be explicit or anything, but if you shudder at a guy pondering if he may love his best friend, then please don't read this and no flames!

One of the genres is angst, because all of the characters encounter a great deal of angst. One of them is romance because there will be (later on) a love triangle.

Oh…and if you read this…PLEASE REVIEW! You can even just put "I read it" or "I like it" and that will make me very happy (also: if you review…I might just decide to click on your username and read some of your stories? Got me?

So review! And enjoy

Chapter one: the dark room

"He's not coming back."

The boy softly muttered to himself, as he lowered his head. Several silver locks fell into his face, which caused a sharp contrast against the black room. He turned away from the soft glow of the computer screen, only to see the empty room that imprisoned him.

He hadn't been kidnapped, kept inside, or forced in the room against his will. The boy elected to be there, as strange as it may seem. His deep blue eyes were pensive. He had been abandoned once again. A single image danced across his mind; the man who promised to return, walking away. Turning around, and giving one final warm smile before disappearing into the crowd.

The boy's concentration was broken when he heard light footsteps echo outside of the room.

"Makubex?" a soft voice questioned.

"Yes, Sakura?" he responded quietly.

"Are you…okay?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm quite fine." Makubex lifted his head slightly to look at her, even though he could only spot a faint silhouette in the doorway.

"In fact…I" he began, "Would appreciate being alone at this moment."

Somewhat disheartened, she responded "I'm right here if you need me."

Once she left, he replied softly, "I don't." He only needed one person right now, and it certainly wasn't Sakura. He longed for those gently brown eyes and perky smile.

What was the point of him saving me, if he was never coming back? Makubex thought quietly to himself. He shouldn't have stopped me.

He thought about that man constantly. The idea of going outside of the limitless fortress never crossed his mind. All he wanted was to sit in that room and wait for the person who lit up his life to walk in.

Makubex watched the empty doorway intently, as he had been doing for the past year, the computer's soft hum and gentle glow, which normally comforted him, became an irritant. He turned around and faced the only thing that he could ever take control of. A finger hovered over the off button. With one gentle press, countless hours of work would be gone forever. Five days taken from his life.

It doesn't matter.

The light immediately vanished, and the low hum gradually faded away.

Makubex turned around once more to face the room's entrance. The doorway was gone, not only shrouded in the room's darkness, but also gone in his mind. There is no way in or out, he is trapped inside until he returns.

"Ginji…"