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Part Twelve // Seeing him

A/N: I hope everyone is having an amazing day!!!

Byakuya's POV

*Ding Dong, Bing Bong*

I sit up abruptly, and go to get dressed. The morning announcement just played, and usually I would just get up and get ready at a normal pace, (still quicker than the other commoners though), but today is different.

I walk to the bathroom and finish getting ready. I look at myself in the mirror once before heading out. Something is different. My face is all red. Hopefully Makoto won't notice.

I leave my room quickly and quietly. I head straight to the nurses office.

I see Kyoko up and ready. She's leaving the room, and she stops when she sees me.

"Hey. Your early." Kyoko leans against the doorframe.

"Yeah. I guess so."

"Do you want to get Makoto's breakfast for him then?" She pushes off the wall when I say yes.

"Makoto, I'm going now. Byakuya will get you your breakfast. Have a good day." She smiles towards the boy, and he says goodbye back. He hasn't seen me yet as I'm still kind of in the hallway.

I follow Kyoko to the dining hall and she makes three plates of food: one for her, one for Makoto, and surprisingly one for me.

She pushes two plates into my hands. "Go to the nurses office and give this to Makoto. This one is yours." I nod, and Kyoko goes to make two more plates for Hifumi and Yasuhiro. I almost laugh at how she is taking the role as lunch lady

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I walk into the nurses office. Makoto looks up at me.

"Hello! I missed you yesterday." The brunette says with a smile.

I almost can't speak.

"Yeah. Here's your food." I say. I hold out his plate and look away, so he can't see my red face.

"Thanks!"

"Yeah..." I respond with and head to sit down to eat my own food.

I see Makoto happily much on his food. I watch while I eat as well, and soon we strike up a conversation.

We talk about his condition, and how he feels he's getting a bit better. Soon our conversation strays away from that, and to Makoto's favorite color, (Which is green) Normally I don't partake in small talk, which I've said before. I'm still a little awkward with it, but I know I'll get used to it eventually. Only with Makoto. He's the only person that could make it interesting.

After our conversation goes to me saying how pointless having a favorite color is, and Makoto saying the sentence  'But if you had to choose' about a thousand times, we both finish our breakfast.

I grab Makoto's plate out of his hand now that he finished his food.

"I'll be back in a moment." I say, and exit.

When I get to the dining hall everyone is discussing something. I put the plates in the sink and head out to listen to what everyone is saying.

"I mean, Hiro wasn't the one that stabbed Makoto." Sakura says.

"Yeah, I mean should he be locked up in his room?" Aoi puts in.

"I understand what your all saying, but he did admit that he would commit a murder, didn't he? It's not exactly safe for him to be walking around." Kyoko reminds everyone.

"Yeah, I guess so..." Aoi thinks, looking toward Kiyotaka.

I stay back, and after a couple minutes everyone leaves the dining hall. I walk up to Kyoko.

"So they want Yasuhiro to be allowed out of his room?" I ask.

"Yes. But what I said is true. He did admit to being guilty." I watch her for a bit after she says that.

She stares back and after a moment states, "Well that's not the only reason. Someone may have a grudge over Hiro now, but we can't know if someone does or not. So it's really in his best interest to stay in his room. I couldn't just say that though, because they would just assure me that no one has a grudge, when that is an empty promise."

Kyoko looks down.

"I agree. It's not smart to let him loose. Something is going to happen." I tell her and she looks back up.

"Thank you." She smiles kindly at me. "If you have anymore questions about Makoto, I'm here to help. With anything."

Maybe I could've asked her for advise yesterday. I kind of expected her to tease me. I never expected this.

"Alright," I state to her "I will."

"I guess you have to go back now. I'll see you later." Kyoko says. The way she speaks to me is the same way she speaks with Makoto. Friendly?

I grant her a goodbye before walking away.

"Oh, and," Kyoko starts "everyone visited Makoto yesterday. No one will ask to see him, so he's all yours."

I nod towards her, and exit the room.

As I head back to Makoto, I think back to what just happened. I guess Kyoko may not be a totally awful person. I'm glad to know I have her help.

A/N: I hope you all liked this chapter! I love how Kyoko and Byakuya finally bonded! I like their friendship dynamic a lot so we will see more of that later.

I hope y'all enjoy the double update, it was a surprise for my birthday! I'm now a year older yayyy! *\(^o^)/