Boys For Hire!!

Don't Leave Me

Waking up used to be a routine. I'd hear the alarm for 7:00am, turn it off  and go back to sleep. I'd wake up to my 7:30am alarm, press the off button and go back to sleep. But at 8:00am... I could feel a certain SOMEONE with me.

"If you're planning to sleep all day, I'll sleep with you." I feel a certain playboy's breath on the back of my neck. "S-Shintaro...! Get out of my bed!"

"If you don't get out of it any time soon, I might as well stay here as well." I feel a rumbling on my back, which I assume is Shintaro laughing at me.

I start feeling movements.... Down there. "Shintaro! Get out of there you pervert!"

"That's not me..." Shintaro questions from behind me and I look down beneath the sheets.

"Hahhh.... Chi's stomach is warm..." A sleepy Shiroi lies tiredly under the warmth of my blanket, arms wrapped around my waist and face first into my stomach.

"Oh... It's just Shiroi." I sigh. I've already gotten used to waking up in the morning to find Shiroi sleeping in my bed.

"Just Shiroi!? Tell him to get out of there! Little brat...!" Shintaro exclaims from behind, resting his chin on my shoulder with a huff of jealously. I shift my body position, careful not to wake Shiroi and stroke the small boy's hair, humming. He lets out  small smile in his peaceful slumber.

"So cute..." I lean into Shiroi's hair. It's like hugging a body pillow...

I feel another jealous huff. "Cute!?"

***

"Well you three are awfully close this morning." Masashi grumbles from the other side of the dining table, a piece of buttered toast in his hand. He straightens his glasses.

"You think this is an ideal way for me to spend my morning?" I groan. When I try to lift my hand, I'm pulled back by the restraints of Shintaro's ever possessive arm. Trying to turn to face the playboy, I'm tugged back by Shiroi's cuddly death hug around my waist. "Don't you guys think you could get clammy after I've had my breakfast?" I sigh.

"You heard her brat, lay off!"

"Shuddap stuuuuupid playboy!"

I feel the constraints around me tighten.

"You guys are so noisy..." "Give Arian some space would ya'!" Almost immediately after the dual voices, Shintaro and Shiroi and plucked off me, and a different pair sit beside me.

"Mornin' Arian!" "Good morning Chiseki..." Naozumi and Naoyuki plop down on either side and start digging into their breakfast.

"Good morning you two, sleep well?" I smile happily, finally free from the death grip of the previous seaters.

I watch as Naozumi sleepily looks over at Shintaro and Shiroi, now sitting on either side of Masashi, and then back to me. He lets out a lazy smirk. "Yeah, but not as well as when I slept with you at the festival."

I get a bit of a shock at the clatter of utensils and coughs followed by splutters. "Naozumi! Don't say it that way!!" I slap him lightly on the shoulder and he smirks at me.

"Hmph!" Shiroi puffs his cheeks at Naozumi. "We all know that I sleep with Chi EVERY night."

"Well, you may be in truth there, Shiroi," Masashi stares at the Lolita from under his glasses, then returns his focus to his breakfast. "But it's I who spends most of the night with Chiseki. I've had to teach her a lot of things." The long haired male smirks under his fringe while the boys start to argue.

"You really didn't have phrase it that way." I face palm, leaning my elbows onto the table. Masashi's been helping me keep up with my school work most nights.

"Well now," Haruo trots down the stairs, late to breakfast as always. "I believe I was the first to warm up to her, aren't I right? Compared to you guys, she's closest to ME."

"As if, you stupid foreigner." Naoyuki sticks his tongue out at Haruo. "It was I that had to save her from your little tantrum with the glass cabinet, huh?" Haruo glares at the cheerier twin, before sitting down a few seats down from me, still never far from my presence. "Anyway, I'm the one that your the closest with, yeah Arian? I could feel it since the night of the festival, we're bonded for life~! You know that too, right brother?" Naoyuki looks past me to Naozumi cheerily, who's currently finishing the last bit of his orange juice off.

"Sorry, brother." Naozumi sets his glass of OJ down, turning my way to look Naoyuki in the eyes. "But I'm not losing to you in this either."

"Ehhhh!? Not you too!!"

While I'm silently head banging on the table, I feel someone lift me up by the arms. "Well, sorry to you guys." Shintaro's got me by the waist, and a winning smile on his face. "But I'll be the one that wins this battle, Arian and I have already ki-"

***

"Walking duty again, Katsu?"

He looks over and gives me a sly wink. "You know it."

When Shintaro was about to tell everyone about... our night together, Katsu 'accidentally' interrupted his announcement to take me to school. When we step out the door, I'm hit with the immediate and bright sunlight. "Ugh... This is something I'm never gonna get use too."

"Your tellin' me." Katsu laughs, not fond of the weather either. It's when he laughs when I turn to see the flag on the post box sticking up.

"Hold on, I just gotta check the mail." I leave Katsu while he's still tying up the laces on his boots. I turn the silver flag down and open up the little ivory post box.

"Bank... School notes... Junk mail..." I filter through the bundle of letters I have in my hand before I reach a very elegant pink and gold envelope. I turn the letter around, curious. My eyes scan the front of the note before reaching the Sender and Subject box. My breaths start to become more separated and my hands shake. I freeze up, my chest feeling hollow and my mind spinning out of control.

"Ready to go, Chiseki?" I hear Katsu walking up the stone path behind me, his boots clattering on every step. "Chiseki...?" His hand is on my shoulder and I whip around.

"Y-Yeah, I'm all ready to go." I put the rest of the letters on the ledge below the post box so my mother can pick them up later, shoving the pink and gold letter into my pocket. "I'm all ready to go."

Katsu looks at me suspiciously. "You said that twice."

"D-Did I? Must be the shock from seeing the mathematics competition note. Gotta get Masashi to tutor me some more." I shakily indicate towards the post box ledge and spin on my heel. "C'mon or I'll be late."

I start ahead, ignoring the sceptical look the black haired boy gives me as I walk.

***

"C'mon girls! Move it, move it!!"

The P.E teacher blows a loud whistle and all the 'athletic' girls start running the blue and white indoor track in the school gymnasium. All of their individual groupies cheer and I block my ears, sighing to myself. While everyone's distracted, I duck out under the bleachers, the shadows of all the cheering groupies making my escape all the more easier.

When I find a comfortable position, I duck under a metal bar and take the pink and gold letter out of my pocket. I stare at the letter for a full minute, surprised at myself when my eyes start becoming blurry and my hands start shaking.

"Sender, Boys For Hire Incorporated. Subject, Notification of Closing Hire Term." I mutter to myself, my voice breaking between syllables. I have to take a few breaths to gain enough strength to open the letter. I carefully open up the leaflet, pulling out the pink tinted note with hesitation. I briefly look over the swift cursive writing and gulp.

"Dear Chiseki Family,

This letter has been sent from Boys For Hire Incorporated to notify you of the closing of your hire term.

We request a confirmation from the client's legal guardian of the Boys For Hire's dismissal and separation from the client.

In a further 12 hours, we will dispatch a courier to collect the allocated Boys For Hire.

Thank you for your business, and we hope you have enjoyed the service.

Sincerely, Boys For Hire Incorporated."

I swallow, unable to breathe. I can't think, my head's spinning. My eyes become blurry and everything I hear turns into ringing. I stuff the letter into my pocket and shakily walk out from under the bleachers. The world's spinning around me, the repetitive jumping of the groupies and cheering of the classes is becoming faint and smudged in my vision.

Their gonna leave.

Their gonna leave me alone.

You're going to be lonely again.

You're going to be by yourself. 

I clench my fists around my sweat shirt, I can feel blood rushing to my head and my cheeks becoming hot. My eyes dart around, I'm trying to move but my body won't let me. Then there's a sudden pang in my head.

You never could've been together.

HE'S going to leave. 

I feel my body give in and I collapse to the floor. My eyes are open, but I can't even move. It's like I'm paralysed, the fear caving my mind in and over-filling my thoughts until I can feel myself crying to the point of choking.

"What the f**k is going on with the weeb!?"

"Yo!! Someone get help!"

"What's going on!?"

There's a panic as I see groups of sneakers pounding towards me, the sound of simultaneous thumping giving me an even worse headache. Thankfully, my body decides to shut its eyes, as I start to fade away like sand on the shore. As I black out, only one thought circles my mind.

'I don't want them to leave me'

***

"Why didn't you f*****g notice she was unwell you stupid emo f**k!?"

"Are you laying all this s**t on me you stupid ass play boy!? Maybe you shoulda' thought twice before bringing her back home so late a few nights ago, you hypocritical bastard."

I'm roused out of my deep slumber by loud, shouting voices repeatedly cursing.

"Could you two calm down, we'll be thrown out." Says a stern voice.

"Oh, shut the f**k up four eyes, don't tell us to be so calm about this when Arian is lying in a bed half-dead. Right brother?" Complains a particularly unhappy twin.

"Mmm... If you guys get too noisy and give Chiseki a headache... I'll f*****g beat you up..." Sighs a sleepy male.

"As if you could even lift a finger, ya' drowsy idiot." I hear a growl.

"Wanna fight ya' foreigner?" I hear the sleepy twin retort.

"Take it outside you guys." I hear a childish voice which is the closest to me complain. "This isn't about who did what, this is about Chi." I hear all further grumbling and arguing cease and a strong hug on my arm. "She was fine at breakfast, what coulda' made her so sick?"

I hear a click and a rustle. "The nurse said she had a panic attack from the way the other students described her struggling on the ground." I can hear another click, which I presume is Masashi re-straightening his glasses. "To panic like that... It's natural to assume that it was just a character from her favourite anime dying, but in this case a few members of her class saw her sneak off under the bleachers with a piece of paper. Her substitute P.E coach also said he had confiscated her phone prior to the lesson."

"Piece of paper?" I hear a certain playboy question. My body tenses up. "What was on it?"

"I don't know, most notes by the school are sent in letter form directly to the house."

I hear the clunk of boots. "Notes to the house? I remember, this morning Chiseki looked pretty nervous when she was looking at the letters in the mailbox." I hear Katsu speak up.

I have to clench my teeth in order not to break out with fright. I try to calm myself down by gripping the material of my gold and navy P.E uniform under the sheets.

"Maybe it was a note from school?"

"Nuh-uh." The loli interrupts. "Chi's mum said that she had received all the notes that were due from school today!"

There's silence, before the sentence I least wanted to hear pops up.

"Check her pockets." Naoyuki suggests.

I clench my teeth even further. I feel the sheets being pulled off over me, and the unzipping of my right pocket.

I can't...

"Stop it!!" I lurch up, ignoring the massive headache that strikes at the sudden movement.

"Chi!"

"Chiseki!!"

"Arian!!" There are multiple cries of astonishment as I bolt up, but Shintaro is the first one to my side. I bat him away.

"S-Stay away!!" I shout, clutching at my right pocket which contains the letter.

"What's in your pocket Arian!?" Shintaro shouts back at me.

"Nothing!!"

He grabs my arms and I fight him as we struggle on the white sheets of the infirmary bed.

"Just give us what's in your pocket!!"

"No!" By this time, tears are streaming down my face as I angrily fight back. "Please! Please don't look at it!!" I sniff as Shintaro stares into my eyes, shocked. "I don't want you to see... I don't want you to know."

"It's more like she doesn't want you to go." I hear a stern but familiar voice from the doorway. The Boys For Hire and I turn to see the figure, who's in fact my mother. She's wearing her grey work suit, and her eyes are red. She clutches at her brief case and pulls out a familiar looking pink and gold letter from her coat pocket. "You've received this, haven't you Arian?"

The boys tense up, recognising the pink and gold theme as well as the neat cursive writing. Shintaro turns around and looks at me, I try to avoid his gaze.

"Boys, thank you for helping my Chi, I can't express how grateful I am." I try to avert my attention back to my mother, attempting to ignore the burning stare of Shintaro's eyes. "But I'm afraid the two weeks are up. I apologise for not reminding you all, you seemed to be having such a good time." My mother sighs, sweeping her hair to the right.

I feel the tears rising again as I try to muffle my crying outburst with my hand. When I'm about to give up and let it all out, I feel a warmth embrace me around the stomach. "Don't be sad, Chi." I can see that the first one to cry isn't me, but the boy who'd always cheer me up when I was feeling down and hug me when I was upset. "When you get sad, I get sad too..." Shiroi tries to play it brave for a few seconds, before he breaks down crying in my arms.

"I don't wanna see you get upset either, t-too much paperwork." Masashi hides his face under his glasses, but his tone betrays his actions and his shoulders start to shake.

"I don't wanna leave like this... Right... brother...?" Naoyuki's voice stutters and tremors as he looks at his older brother for some sort of answer.

Naozumi looks at me nervously, his eyes wavering before he shakes his head. "I... I don't know... What to do..."

There's a large thump and then a clatter on the far wall near the entrance to the infirmary. "This is bullshit..." Katsu growls.

"This is so unfair..." Haruo agrees with Katsu, defeated.

I gather my strength in order to finally look Shintaro in the eye. His eyes narrow down into mine, and I can't help but feel a painful pang in my chest when he turns away.

"This is bullshit, f**k, this is such bullshit!" The playboy whips around, avoiding my gaze and begins to storm out of the room.

"Shintaro!" I call out after him, but he ignores me, angrily pushing past the boys before he knocks into Katsu.

"What the f**k is wrong with you. You asshole!" Katsu pushes Shintaro back, and the playboy clutters into a tray of medical equipment. I can't help the tears that stream down my face as I bite my palm in anxiety. "Don't you have any f*****g decency!? I thought you cared about her?! Or are you such a f*****g prick that you only care about a stupid rank and a golden crown." Shintaro doesn't fight back when Katsu grabs him by the collar and shakes him violently. When the playboy doesn't respond, the raven haired boy's frown deepens and he lets go of his collar.

"You’re f*****g worthless." Katsu spits at him, and it takes all my strength not to interject. "To think you cared about someone other than yourself, what a day I must've been having-"

"Shut the f**k up you bastard." This time, it's Shintaro's turn to grab the other by the collar. My mother covers her eyes, trying to shield herself form the commotion. Shiroi hugs me tightly and by what seems like instinct, I cover his eyes and ears from the obscenities. "You have NO f*****g idea what I'm going through right now."

"How DARE you say that to me, you don't even give a damn about Chiseki!"

"I LOVE HER!!"

All the commotion in the room ceases and is replaced by a deathly silence.

"Why're you telling me that, you f*****g fool." Katsu grabs Shintaro by the wrist.

"The company will never let me go; I am his son after all..."

His son...? I ponder, gripping at Shiroi's hoodie.

"I'm sorry, Arian." Shintaro speaks to me with his back turned. "That night... I-I made promises to you I can't keep. I was being foolish. I hoped that if you could see a future with me, you'd accept me and we'd somehow over come this, but that was just wishful thinking." His voice cracks in the middle of his last sentence, and my heart breaks. I can't stand it. I want to be with him, but my body is completely frozen. "E... Every night, I wished to myself to be normal. If I was just a normal guy, I could make you happy and see you smile every day." I can hear all his emotions pouring out into his voice as he speaks, and I can't help but fall deeper...

"But a guy like me, having to bounce around form girl to girl, wouldn't make you happy, so I gotta let you go. Or some cliché thing like that." The playboy chuckles through his sniffles.

"Guys." Shintaro takes up a more serious voice. "Let's go, we've got a curfew to make and a report to start." The playboy folds his arms, still not looking at me.

"But I... I don't wanna leave..." Shiroi sniffles into my shoulder.

"C'mon let's go, brat." Katsu comes and tears Shiroi away from me gently and sympathetically, but I can't help but burst out crying when his arms leave mine.

"No, no, NO!! I don't wanna leave!!!" I stifle my cries with my mouth as I watch Shiroi and Katsu leave the room.

Flash Back

"Shiroi! C'mon get back here!!" I laugh as Shiroi twirls around in his cosplay.

"Look at me, Chi!! Don't I look cute!?" He smiles at me before giving me a tight hug. His smile illuminates further under the light of the orange lanterns.

"Cutest cosplayer I've ever seen." I smile and the boy grins in delight. "Now c'mon, let's get back before Masashi gets grumpy with us!"

The small boy skips towards me and we walk hand in hand under the soft glow of the orange lanterns.

"I'll follow you anywhere, Chi!!"

Flash Back

"Yo Katsu, think you could help me out here?" I ask the raven-haired boy, my shoelace caught on a piece of wire while walking to school.

"Hmmm, nah it's too funny watching you struggle." He laughs and I roll my eyes.

"Oh ha-ha."

Eventually, Katsu comes over and helps me out of the wire. "Whew, close one." I smile down at my shoes, but catch Katsu looking down at me. "What's up?"

"Nothing." The raven-haired boy shrugs and keeps walking, and I speed up to catch up with him.

"Is it really nothing?" I grin as I tease him.

"Just thinkin'..." He ponders off, before returning my smile. "How beautiful your smile is, Chiseki."

End of Flash Black

"Mum please!!" I cry out to my mother, who's trying to avoid the scene in front of her by averting her gaze. "Isn't there anything we can do...?"

"Chi, please." She tries to calm me down. "We just don't have enough money to hire them every single week..." As I'm racking my brain for a solution, Masashi just shakes his head.

"Arian Chiseki," He walks over to me shakily, placing a kiss on the back of my hand. "It... has been more than an honour, to be your Boy for Hire." Masashi looks me sincerely in the eye, before turning back around.

"Same here, Miss Otaku Queen." Haruo walks over and fist bumps me on the shoulder. "Don't be too sad, even though I'm sure you'll miss me...! Haha..." The foreigner tries to crack a joke, and I smile a bit. Some things never change.

The both of them turn their backs to me and leave the room.

***Flash Back***

"What the hell?! How do you even keep this many figures in your room?"

"It's called 'skill', my foreign friend." I laugh as Haruo tries to manoeuvre through my room. "Anyway, what is it you wanted to show me?"

He chuckles, before unveiling a small case from behind him. "I wanted to play you a little something."

"You play the violin?" I question curiously and he nods, ready to start his mini performance.

His notes are soothing, and I immediately feel myself falling into his music. I've never seen Haruo look so passionate before... When he finishes, I clap intensely.

"That was amazing, Haruo!! What's it called?" I ask.

"It's called," Haruo walks towards me to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear. "The One I Love the Most."

Flash Back

"Ughh, please can we take a break!" I beg Masashi as he passes me a second maths book.

"Not until you've finished these exercises." He points his pen to exercise 2 and 3 and I yawn, tiredly. We've been studying for hours, or at least I have.

"This is hopeless, I'll never get better at maths."

"That's because you've never tried." The long-haired boy diverts my attention back to the book.

"I'm just too stupid okay..." I fold my arms in defeat, sighing.

"You’re not." Masashi turns my head towards him. "Your strong and smart, Arian Chiseki. I believe that, you just have to try."

I breathe in, finding the strength to get motivated again. "Alright!! I'm not gonna let a stupid maths exercise beat me down!" As I start my pen to paper again, I can basically feel Masashi grin.

"That's my girl."

End of Flash Back

"Please... I... I don't want you guys to go..." I sniffle, already half defeated.

"Brother... Isn't there something? Anything?!" Naoyuki is visibly upset, while Naozumi looks away despairingly.

"I... Don't think there is, brother."

Naoyuki leans down and kisses my cheek. "You taught me the best things in life, Arian. I can't thank you enough in the slightest..." The normally cheery twin takes one more look at my face, and then whips around, as if not able to look at me anymore.

Naozumi puts his hand on my head and pats. "Thank you... For everything... You really are something..." The older twin looks at me sadly, before helping his reluctant brother out of the room.

Flash Back

"C'mon, Naozumi. Get! Up!" I shout at the sleepy twin, who's casually 'lounging' at the bottom of the stairs. "You can't stay here all day-" I can't finish my sentence. The sleepy male pulls me down on top of him.

"Your so noisy..."

"N-Naozumi!! C'mon!" I struggle on top of him, before reluctantly giving up and flopping down. "Why're you always so lazy..."

"I dunno... I guess I'm always so bored, I have nothing else to do..." I hear him rumble.

"Hmmm, is that so...? Then why don't we go to the amusement park some day? I doubt you'll be bored there!!" I offer excitedly.

"Amusement park huh...?" He opens his eyes at me slightly, before shutting them again. "I'd like that."

Flash Back

I'm in the kitchen making banana smoothies, when Naoyuki comes in.

"Hey Arian! Watchya' making?"

"Banana smoothies, want one?"

"Banana? Yuck-" The twin swallows his sentence. "I mean, yeah sure!"

I notice the obvious hesitation and pass him a berry smoothie I'd made earlier. When he opens his mouth to ask, I interrupt. "Your too obvious Naoyuki."

"Darn it." He plays pouts at me and I playfully bat him away. He takes a sip and his face lights up. "Wow!! It's really good!"

"Thank you, my mother taught me how to make them. She used to make them for me every day." I smile at the cheery twin, and he smile back.

"Could you make me one then?" I look at him questionably. "Like your mum did. Make me one for breakfast too!!"

For some reason, that makes me happy. "Of course, if you'd like that, Naoyuki!"

He nods happily, red rising to his cheeks. "Thank you... Arian."

End of Flash Back

I avert my gaze for a while, but my eyes wander back to the last boy in the room.

"Shin... taro..." I mumble, clutching at the sheets.

The playboy turns around and I immediately look down. I hear his boots clunk on the floor until they reach the side of my bed, close to me.

"I'm sorry." He says solemnly, and I whip up.

"Shintaro." I grab the playboy's wrist. "You have nothing to be sorry about. I... I lo-!"

"Don't say it!" Shintaro wraps his hand around my mouth so I can't finish. "Save that for someone who'll cherish you forever, someone who means everything to you and you to them." Water drips down his cheeks, which makes my heart hurt all the more.

But you mean everything to me...

Flash Back

"Oiiiii, Ariannnn!! Pay attention to me!"

"Gosh you’re so needy." I stick my tongue out at Shintaro, who is continually annoying me while I'm watching the Sunday anime releases.

He hugs me from behind. "When are you gonna say you love me?"

I freeze up, suddenly embarrassed. "W-Where'd that come from... So suddenly..."

"Say it, say it!" He demands and I blush even more.

"S-Stupid...." I back up further into his embrace, and he snuggles into me.

"Well whatever, you'll have plenty of time to say it anyway, cuz' you know," He holds my pinky in his, and I can feel the warmth in his touch. "We'll be together forever."

To hide my embarrassment, I tuck in further into his shoulder. "Y... Your dumb..."

"If I'm so dumb then.... Arian, I love you!!" Shintaro yells semi-loudly and I whip up.

"Shintaro!! The others will hear! My mum's home as well!!" I panic, but the playboy pays no mind.

"But I'm dumb right?" He smirks at me before raising his head again. "ARIAAAAAN!! I LOVE YOUUUUU!!"

"Shhhh! Ok! You’re not dumb! You’re not dumb!!" Shintaro laughs his head off before falling onto me and snuggling into my shoulder. I give up and wrap my arms around him. I hear his breath slow into a steady rhythm, and I look down at his face to see the playboy asleep.

"Honestly, you..." I smile down at the sleepy, but happy boy. I tuck my head into his soft hair and close my eyes.

"I love you too... Shintaro..."

End of Flash Back

Still looking Shintaro in the eyes, my eyes water once again. The playboy runs his slender fingers down my face one more time, before planting a kiss on the back of his hand, which is covering my mouth.

"I'll..." He gulps. "I'll never love anyone, the way I did you again..."

Shintaro looks at me one final time, before leaving the room along with the other Boys for Hire, and I crumple onto the bed.

"I'm sorry, Chi..." My mother comes and strokes my hair, sadly. "They were good boys, and good friends to you..."

I nod. "And I guess..." I sniffle. "It's the first time I've had a crush on someone, and they've loved me back..."

My mother looks down at me in realisation, and then back at the door.

I'll miss you, my Boys for Hire.

No.

My best friends.

??? P.O.V

"So, how was the last job, Shintaro?" Asked a man in an expensive looking soon from the corner of the darkly lit penthouse.

"Just like the usual, father." Shintaro looked out the full wall window and into the view of the city, trying to look as serious as possible.

"Doesn't look that way from the wetness of your eyes, boy."

The playboy looked to concentrate on something frantically, clenching his fists.

"Hmmm, Arian Chiseki? What a girl," The man spoke slyly, hoping to get a reaction from his son. "Says she was charged with murder-"

"It wasn't proven, the charges were dropped." Shintaro interjected harshly, before his hands whizzed up to cover his mouth.

The man stood up to view the scenery outside the window. "You may leave."

"Father, I-"

"Leave, Shintaro."

The playboy swallowed. I'm sorry, Arian... He thought regretfully before leaving the room.

"Arian Chiseki...." The man folded his arms. "To change seven boys, I wonder what she did. No matter. They'll be back in shape in no time. As for her..."

The man let out a deep chuckle, before lighting a second cigarette and sitting back down in his lilac chair. "I wonder how faithful you will stay, once your four-man present arrives..."

Chi's P.O.V

"Mum!! I'll be late for school! Gotta go!" I rush out from the kitchen.

"You've never been this keen to study..." My mother speculates.

"Well, I'm gonna make a fresh start! I'm really gonna try and give school my all!!" Plus, it's a good way to distract myself from the now half silent house which use to be crowded with laughter. I shake my head, ignoring that little reminding part of my brain.

"You gonna hang out with your friends from the athletics team again today?" My mother calls out.

"Yup!" I'd decided to join the athletics team at school and give it a try, and hey I'm not half bad. All the girls on the team wanted me to come back and keep training with them.

I tug on my sneakers and start to open the door.

A whole new life! This time without any of those Boys for Hire!!

But once I opened the door, it turned out my life with the Boys for Hire wasn't about to end so soon...