"um...this isnt..." Kazaki looked at Kazumara. "okay, maybe this is what it looks like.." his mom eyes rolled back into her head and they saw the whites before she hit the ground. "Hashime!" said Kazaki's dad, then he looked at the two boys. "okay, before she wakes up i'll tell you this. i'm fine with you two being together and all, but..." he looked away. "at least warn us when youre gunna do stuff, jezzez." Kazaki looked at his dad as he pulled on his pants and gave Kazumara his. "youre..okay with it?" his dad looked at him. "well duh. your mom doesnt know this and dont tell her, but im bi. so, gay is only a little bit different." he smiled at them. Kazumara looked at Kazaki. "your dads nice." Kazaki nodded. "yeah..i must say, he doesnt act his age, even at work. at his last job, he threw spit wads at his boss." Kazumara laughed, and Kazaki smiled, but then his mom woke up. "Hashime..." said his dad as he helped her off the ground. "that was...shocking. please don't...come over anymore." she pointed to Kazumara. "Hashime, don't be that way. they're teenagers. its probably just a faze." Said his dad, Kazaki and Kazumara knew he was trying to cut them some slack. " they're probably jut seeing whixh is better; boys or girls." said his dad as he stroked her hair. "b-but..he was..with his...and they were..having.." his dad laughed. "what?" she looked at him. "are you a homophobic?" he asked. "well, my brother was gay..and...my parents always told me it was a sin.." his dads face stiffend. "well then, i'd like to get a--" he looked at Kazaki. "Kazaki, please take your friend home. your mom and i need to have a talk." Kazaki knew what his dad was going to tell her, but he knew it was coming all along, she never liked how childish his dad was, so whoever filed for it, it didny matter. Kazaki nodded and took Kazumara's hand. "come on." he said, as he pulled Kazumara out. when the got out side, Kazumara broke down. "i'm really sorry, this is all my fault i shouldnt have agreed to come over or anything!" Kazaki put his fingers to his lips. " its okay. it was coming in the end either way." Kazumara looked a little bit releived at that, and smiled. "you want to go home?" Kazumara shook his head and his smile fadded. "my dad and some lady from one of those parties..." Kazaki hugged him. "Kay then. we'll just sit outside for a little bit, then go back to my place." Kazaki and Kazumara sat on a bus bench, and fell asleep.------------------------------------------------------- Around six, an hour and a half later, some old lady was shaking them awake. "--y! heeey!" she was yelling at them, waking Kazaki, who's sudden movement cause Kazumara to wake up. "huh? wuh? what?" Kazaki looked around. "you two boys are going to miss the six twenty bus, you'll sleep through it." she said, tapping her watch. "huh? oh, no we were just out late last night partying, and i guess we fell asleep on the way home.." he said, rubbing his eye. "home!" he shot up, and ran. "wa--h-hey! wait up Kazakiii!" he said running after him, fumbling, still half asleep. Kazaki burst in his front door and looked around. "mom? dad?" he yelled, and Kazumara finally caught up. his dad came down the stairs. "your mom went to a hotel..she's moving out, she said she'd come get her things while you were at school." Kazaki nodded. "what about me?" His dad looked at him. "well, since she knows youre..gay, she doesnt want you. she's offering me full custody of you." Kazumara just stood there. "she doesnt...want me?" he said, obviously hurt; Kazumara took his hand and tried to comfort him. "hey..its okay. your dad still wants you, right?" Kazaki looked at him, and he was realy trying not to cry. "Kazaki, you can stay home if you want to." his dad added, trying to help. "Kazumara..you should go to school...i'll...see you later, okay?" he looked at Kazumara, who nodded. "bye then.." he ran down the street and hopped over a fence, then was gone. "dad..." his dad came over and hugged him. "It's okay." Kazaki began to cry. "hey hey hey..dont cry." his dad said stoking his hair. in a way, he knew how Kazumara must've felt when his mom left him.