The Three New Students

A/N: Well here's the next chapter~ sorry it took me long - A - high school life is so hecti especially when you're graduating in just a few months. O 3 O well at least its CHRISTMAS BREAK! =w=

WARNING: first Yugioh GX fanfic! Typos, grammatical errors and more ENGLISH isn't my first language TT_TT

Disclaimer: DOUGNUT OWN YUGIOH GX!

ON WITH THE STORY~

Chapter 11: Haou Problems

He curses, turns around and sprints

It has been a week and a half since he's been avoiding the golden eyed lad. It wasn't because that they had a fight or anything…it was because of his stupid hormones.

"Stupid hormones" he muttered, opening the door going to the school's rooftop

Ever since he had admitted to the damn brat what he thinks of Haou, his mind couldn't stop thinking about him!

He thought that when he actually told someone what was inside his heart, it would…just…go away. Vanish. Vaporize. Disappear. Fly away. Kapish! Just like that…

BUT NOOO…his feelings for the golden eyed lad didn't even decrease NOR remain the same way but it sky rocketed to the point that he needed to avoid him so that he wouldn't faint due to the blood that would come rushing to his face.

'Can't I just face him, tell him the truth and be on with our daily lives?' he thought, looking at the clouds in the sky, lazily floating in the air not caring wherever the wind might take it.

'Easier said than done' a voice told him. He ruffles his hair in frustration, not knowing what to do anymore. If he doesn't get this stupid thing off his chest, he might lose it and tell to the whole world that he's IN LOVE with Yuki Haou.

YES PEOPLE, IN LOVE!

Not just in love but madly in love with the eldest of the Yuki siblings. To the point that whenever he sees couples, he'd imagine that those couple was him and Haou, holding hands or dating, contented to be with each other's presence. He didn't know what to do with this feeling. It was irritating him.

His cousin even told him that he was acting like Mio!

He sighed, 'Maybe a nap should do it' he laid down on the floor, placed both his hands behind his head as if it was his pillow then slowly closed his eyes.

'Screw classes' he thought, hearing the bell, as he drifted to a dreamless sleep

Satellite Orphanage

And as promise, Fubuki came and treated both the twins a cone of ice cream since Rua was able to provide information about their current target without any instructions. His two best friends weren't able to go since they wanted to stay at today's practice along with Judai.

"E-eto, Nii-san how did you meet Fu-fubuki-nii-san?" Ruka slowly licked her ice cream as Rua was asking for his 5th ice cream. It was a good thing ice cream's one of the cheapest foods unlike steaks… [1]

"Err…he helped me…err…with something when we went to the…err…park?" he lied, taking a bite from his 5th cone

Ruka just nodded her head in response. It was obvious that it was a lie, though she knew that the brunet that just treated the both of them was completely honest. He reminded her of Rua's 'mother' or Onee-san.

"A-ano…a-arigato for the ice c-cream, Fu-fubuki-nii-san" she played with the hem of her skirt. Fubuki just smiled at the girl's shyness remembering a little Asuka in her place.

He patted her head and said to her, "No problem kiddo" he grinned

"Ne isn't that Mio-nee?" Rua pointed at the figure approaching them

"It is…" Fubuki mumbled, wondering why the girl was looking at the ground worriedly, a frown on her lips and slowly walking.

"Mio-nee!" Rua greeted

The meek girl slightly jumped, surprised when someone suddenly called her name. She turned her head side to side, looking for the person who called her within the area.

"Mio-nee!" she heard her name being called again. She looked in front of her and saw Fubuki and the twins eating ice cream while Rua was waving to her.

She went to them with hurried steps, "He-hello, Fubuki-sempai, Ru-rua-kun, Ruka-ch-chan" she greeted with a slight bow and small smile

"Why so sad my fair lady?" Fubuki kneeled in front of Mio, like a prince. His left hand was on top of his chest while the other hand was holding Mio's right hand.

He was going to kiss her hand when Ruka interrupted him, "Fu-fubuki-nii-san, I th-think Judai-nii and Haou-nii wouldn't appreciate i-it if Mio-nee told them that yo-you kissed her han-hand, th-they might get yo-your head for doing s-so" Fubuki turns into stone, imagining a devil Haou and Judai ready to get his head.

"A-ah…" he quickly stands up, making Mio giggle a little when he stuttered. It was obvious that Fubuki wanted his head still intact with his body.

"Why don't we sit down for awhile" Fubuki suggested as he purchased an ice cream for Mio. That might cheer the girl up. "You guys can play while you wait for us" he told the twins

"Here you go, Mio-chaan~" he gave the treat to the girl. At first she didn't want it since it was embarrassing that her sempai treated her ice cream.

He smirked then faked a pout, thinking about something "Fine then…then I'll just throw this POOR ice crea-"

"I'll ta-take it!" she quickly took the ice cream in Fubuki's hands and started to unwrap it.

She bit the ice cream as it melted inside her mouth; a small blush was visible on her cheeks. "A-arigato, Fubuki-se-sempai" she said, looking at the two kids playing in the park while taking yet another bite of the ice cream that she was holding.

"So…why so down?" the brunet asked, looking at the sky

"E-eh? What do you mean Fubuki-sem-sempai?" she asked, tilting her head, indicating that she was confused.

'Aaa…so adorable' he made a kitty grin at what he just thought. He then explained to Mio, "You were looking so down when we saw you walking towards us. Your slow pace, the frown on your lips and you looking at the ground with unfocused eyes! It's obvious that something's in your mind" he explained

"O-oh that…" she reluctantly replied

"Come on Mio! Just tell your worries to your sempai! It's not that bad!" he smiled as it was returned with a small one.

"If you s-say so…" she took the last bite of her ice cream, she then explained to her sempai why she was looking so worried awhile ago. "It's ab-about Haou-nii…" she started

This got Fubuki's attention

With the events that Rua told him that night, he wanted to know what has been happening to the eldest of the Yuki siblings to make Mio worried about him.

"What about Haou-kun?" he asked, noticing that the girl in front of him was fumbling with her fingers

Come to think about it Haou has been acting a bit out of character these past few days

"If you gu-guys haven't no-noticed, Haou-nii has be-been acting strange la-lately…" she whispered, playing the hem of her skirt, "…and those ha-happened just a fe-few days a-ago. You see, out of the th-three of us, he's us-usually th-the one who wakes u-up early in th-the morning…bu-but, a few days a-ago he was the l-last one to wa-wake up. I-it may sound wei-weird or some-something so small to you b-but i-it's how we know wh-when someone a-among the three of us is ha-having a p-problem or akin to t-that…" she paused, wanting to know if Fubuki was able to follow whatever she had just said.

"Go on…" she nodded her head

"…an-and three da-days ago, when we woke up that morning, we saw…we saw Haou-nii co-cooking!"

A question mark appeared on top of Fubuki's head, "Eh? How is Haou's strange actions connected to cooking?"

Mio shivered, "Haou-nii ca-can't cook even if his life de-depended on i-it…and if h-he succeeds making a me-meal, it can 'kill' you in-instantly" [2] she paled, remembering that she and Judai were sent to the hospital due to severe stomach ache when they ate a bite of Haou's first successful food.

Fubuki paled, feeling his stomach twisting in agony

"I-is that all?" he shivered, taking note to never EVER eat whatever food Haou makes

"Tha-that's not all…la-last night he was being ni-nice to Ju-judai-nii! He was smi-smiling at him an-and acting so ca-carefree to the point that we sa-saw him playing with o-our cat, Kuriboh, while telling hi-him, 'I love you', 'I'm going to dye your fur dark teal!' a-and 'Then after that I'm going to love you even more'; Ju-judai-nii and I even have to make a small fo-fortress to ke-keep him fr-from going to u-us since he might do so-something we-weird like dy-dyeing Kuriboh's fu-fur dark teal" she sobs, not liking that their cat's color is currently dark teal at the moment. At least their parrot, Avian, wasn't harmed, goldfish named Burstrix, pet turtle, Clay and their unusual blue-furred dog, Sparky [3]

'Hmmm…guess Haou's becoming lovesick' Fubuki concluded, a grin on his face. It wasn't a coincidence that the both of them happened at the same time, Haou starting to act like that way and when Rua had told him about what had happened when Haou and Mio visited them a few days ago.

And the fact that Haou turned their pet cat's brown fur into dark teal!

'The same shade as Jehu's' he chuckled darkly, remembering what Mio had just told him awhile ago, 'I'll love you even more when you have the same color, huh?' his smirk widen in amusement

"A-arigato for listening to my problems Fu-fubuki-sempai" Mio smiled

"Anything for my cute kouhai and friend!" he grinned

Silence then envelops the two teens as Mio breaks it,

"Fu-fubuki-sempai…"

"Hmmm?" he asked, looking at the sky

"Ho-how do you know Ru-rua-kun and Ru-ruka-chan?"

That night, Haou couldn't sleep. He quietly dresses himself up as he gazes at his siblings sleeping faces, a smile then appears as he quietly leaves their room and outside their house.

'Maybe a night walk should do it' he thought, placing the key to their house inside his pocket

He then began his leisure time

He shivered when the wind blew, digging his hands deeper into the pockets of his jacket. It was really cold.

His golden eyes looks at the pavement then averts it to the sky, eyeing the stars that were shinning so brightly up above that he could see the Milky Way and some constellations at that time of hour.

Haou absentmindedly walked, not knowing where his two feet would take him as he tried to make his mind wander and forget whatever that didn't made him sleep that night.

He then stops, noting that he has just arrive the park

The golden eyed lad sits on one of the benches after purchasing a hot cocoa to warmth him up from the coldness of the night.

He closes his eyes for awhile as he enjoys the warmth of the hot cocoa's cup was giving his icy hands

"Haou-nii?" a familiar voice was heard

Said boy opens his eyes as he turns his head wondering who, other than him, would be strolling at this time of night. He couldn't really see who was the one who had called his name, though he saw only the lower part of the person's body while the upper part was covered by darkness

He recalls the voice of the person who had called him a few moments ago, "Crow?" and as he had uttered the boy's name, the young lad stepped forward, revealing himself to Haou.

"What are you doing here?" Haou asks

"Can't sleep" Crow shrugs his shoulder, sitting beside Haou

"Does Martha-san know of this?" he raises his brow

Crow laughs at Haou nervously as he scratches the back of his head; it was obvious that the boy snuck out of the orphanage. Haou raises his brow higher, wanting an explanation.

Crow places both his hands in front of him in a defensive matter, "It's not that I'm doing something bad or anything! It's just that I like to take a walk during nighttime when I can't sleep!" he explained as Haou continues to stare at Crow.

He then breaks their eye contact while telling the lad; "Okay…" as he drinks his hot cocoa

The orange haired lad releases the air that he was holding in. At least Haou wouldn't drag him back to the orphanage, knock in front of the orphanage waking everyone up and tell Martha that he has been sneaking out of the orphanage a couple of times.

The boy focuses his attention to Haou, "So…why are you here Haou-nii?" observing the brunet, who was drinking his hot cocoa.

"Couldn't sleep" was Haou's short answer

Crow couldn't answer anything but an, "Oh…"

A question then comes to his head, "So why couldn't you sleep, Haou-nii?" the brunet that he was talking to, looks at him. He slightly shivers at the piercing gold eyes of his 'parent'

"…" Haou continues to stare at him

The orange haired lad sweat drops at Haou's stare, it was making him somewhat uncomfortable and the atmosphere awkward.

"I gu-guess I'll start fi-first", he suggested while looking at the stars

"Well…you see. There are a couple of times that I wonder who are my real parents and why they didn't want me. And when I ask myself a question, I question that question. Why did they abandon me? Did they not want me? Would I be happier if they didn't abandon me? And so on and so forth…" he pauses as he looks at Haou with a smile, "…but the truth is, I'm really happy that they left me in the orphanage. I was able to meet Yusei and the other kids. I was able to meet you, Haou-nii and your group of friends. Maybe it was blessing in disguise" he finishes

"So what's the real reason why you can't sleep then if you accept the fact that your parents had abandoned you and that you are contented to what you have now?" Haou asks

"I'm…I'm just curious as to why they left me" he responded, looking at his thumbs that were playing with each other. "And, I just can't help but think about it even if I'm happy with what I have now"

"Hmm…"

"So Nii-san, why can't you sleep?" Crow asks

Haou was quiet for awhile, wondering if he should tell the kid. He did tell what was on his mind, maybe he should tell him too. He sighed, "There's…there has been someone in mind lately…" he started as Crow kept quiet, not wanting to interrupt whatever Haou was going to say, "…I do-don't actually know why but this certain person is on my mind lately but it's making me have this irritating feeling in my chest to the point that I do weird stuffs and act out of character…" he crushes the cup, throwing it as it goes inside the trash bin.

"…I actually miss that person's annoyingness and egoness…if that's even a word. How that person elegantly paints, the way that person makes you go 'WOW' on his/her finished painting. You can actually feel the texture of whatever subject that s/he painted. The smoothness of the gems, the rough edges of the scale and the sharpness of its claws and its teeth…it's driving me nuts!" [4] he breaths in and then out, ruffling his head slightly. He frowns when he felt that same feeling in his chest

Crow somewhat blushes, feeling the hidden intense emotion the teen beside him gave out awhile ago. Crow is silent for awhile, pondering what could be wrong with his Nii-san.

A possible answer made way to his head

"Nii-san, I don't know if what I'm going to say might be crazy or not but there is a possibility that it might be the reason as to why you are feeling…that way"

Haou stares at him

"This might sound weird coming from a kid but…" fumbling with his thumbs

…

…

…

"…Nii-san, I think you're in love"

End of Chapter

A/N: well that's it! Hope you guys like this and review! MERRY CHRISTMAS OwO

[1] Refer to the steak chapter

[2] Not literally killing you. Just imagine it like Bianchi's, the one in Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Poison Cooking.

[3] Yes I've named them based on the elemental heroes.

[4] Haou's describing the Rainbow Dragon that Jehu painted =w=