I should be stopped... I've been sitting on this fic idea for about half a year now, not really sure what I wanted to do with it or what I could do with it but here we go. A good ol' High school AU just for you all. A lot of the teachers and things that I depict during the school days are a lot like I remember them to be when I was in high school, even using some of my old teachers names and likenesses, though I might have messed up some of them on when I actually had their classes, but oh well. It was a long four years of my life...
Any ways, as always this is yaoi Kai and Ray. The rating will be T as I won't be putting in any explicit sexual scenes this time around, I apologize in advanced. There will be Limes to have, but nothing full blown.
I really don't have a timeline for when this will end, or how often it will be updated, but for now enjoy the first chapter, let me know what you think. See ya'll next time!

The Worst Day of Our Lives, Chapter 1- New Faces

The alarm on his phone went off, red tired eyes cracked open slowly as the dream he had been currently immersed in disappeared. The light from the morning sun poured through his blinds and his eyes snapped shut against the light, it was too damn bright, and he groaned as he blindly reached out to find his phone that sat upon a box beside his mattress. Slim pale fingers finally caught the annoying black box that was his phone, finally silencing it as he rested his face into his pillow once more wanting just a few more minutes.

All hope washed away when his door was kicked open, it hitting the wall behind it.

"Rise and shine Skittles!" His foster brother yelled, and his body tensed up on him immediately.

Having lived with him for three years now he knew the routine, if he didn't get up now his brother would throw himself down on top of him and wrestle him out of bed. It didn't matter if he was in nothing but his boxers, or what day it was, when Tala said it was time to get up, he meant it.

"I'm up." He grumbled out to him, running a hand through his two-toned hair that had been tangled and messed up from sleep.

With his stomach pressed against his bare mattress and a sheet he happened to find and had thrown haphazardly across him before he went to bed, he began to push himself up, groaning again in the process. Tala stayed leaning in the open doorway, arms over his chest as he watched his little brother sit up and wipe the crud from his eyes.

"You excited?" He asked, his smile wide as his icy-blue eyes beamed with delight.

"I'm tired." His brother bit back, letting his arm fall beside him and the palm of his hand rest against his bed. "Why are you up so early, you don't have to go to school."

Tala's smile turned into something almost twisted, looking like a dog trying to smile. "I thought I'd give you a ride." He said excitedly.

His brother's face fell, his red eyes wide. "No, no… I'm taking the bus." He said, trying to sound authoritative.

"Aw, but mom said I could." Tala said, pretending to look hurt.

His brother ground his teeth together, he knew he didn't really have much of a choice in the matter if Tala's mother had already given the go-ahead. It wasn't like this was his first rodeo either, being bounced from one foster home to the next through most of his life he was used to this by now. Sometimes he'd be dumped on a family that didn't have any children of their own and he had to fend for himself, while other times he was dumped with other foster kids that had to fend for themselves while also fighting off each other. This time, after seven years of being thrown through the system and at the age of thirteen he was dumped with the Volkov family.

He had lived with them for four years now, turning seventeen back in September. Tala was their biological son and a year older than himself and for some reason the red head had stuck to his side like glue, and at first it bothered him. He didn't want to loosen up around another boy his age, not after having so many let downs when he was younger. He refused to be used and played, but eventually he came around. Tala wasn't like any of the other 'big brothers' he had before, he was actually and genuinely nice to him. The only real issue he had with Tala was the nickname he gave him, and he wasn't even sure why he had chosen the name 'Skittles' either, he didn't even like the candy.

"Well are you going to get out so I can get dressed then?" He asked, red eyes boring into Tala's blue ones.

Tala smacked his lips, that stupid wolfish smile still on his face. "Of course, hurry up though you don't have much time!" He called out, walking down the hall of their new home.

That was another thing, he had moved with the Volkov's because Tala's father had gotten a new job in a new city in the middle of the school year. It was October now, and he had to get up and move not just a home he had come to love for the past three years but a new high school as well; at least he hadn't had to say goodbye to many friends in the process, it wasn't like he had many to begin with.

They had moved into the new house over the weekend, his foster father having to go into the new office on Monday as his foster mother finished getting the house unpacked. He had been in charge of getting his own room done, and with the boxes still packed and his un-made bed in the middle of the room and not even done all week was a testament to his less than enthused new start in life. At least his foster parents weren't the kind to breathe down on his neck all the time, they really didn't care what he did as long as it wasn't illegal or life threatening.

Tiredly he went about, trying to find the trash bag of his clothes in the mess that was currently his room. It was Wednesday now and he mentally made a note to actually get his room finished by the end of the week, as much as he thought he could live out of trash bags and boxes he really couldn't.

He tore open one of the trash bags containing his clothes, rummaging in it and pulled out a clean pair of black jeans and a red and black long-sleeved shirt. His boots were by his bedroom door, and with hardly any time to spare he just wore the socks that were stuck inside them.

Once dressed he lazily made his way to the bathroom down the hall to try and tame the wild mop on his head that he called hair, his styling gel already set out on the counter next to Tala's own; between the two of them they went through bottles of it weekly.

He brushed his hair, cringing as he remembered the teasing he got from his last school because of the odd color it was. Not like he had much say in it though, he had been born with it, and as odd as it may have seemed to them he was actually quite fond of it. Once that was done and he had styled the slate colored portion of it, he went back down the hall towards the kitchen where he could smell his foster mother cooking breakfast.

"Morning sweetheart, did you sleep well?" She asked, a bright smile on her face.

"Yeah…" He answered back dully, taking a seat at the small round wooden table in the little nook of the kitchen as he poured himself a glass of orange juice.

His foster mother smiled, turning back to her eggs that were cooking on the stove as Tala came into the kitchen dressed for the day with a pair of pink sunglasses on the top of his red head.

"Yo Skittles, you're up." He laughed, sitting down across from him at the table as he eyed him up and down. "You're really going to start your new school looking like that?" He asked.

"What's wrong with the way I look?" He bit back, his eyes narrowing.

Tala sat back, one leg crossed over the other as he hung his left arm over the back of his chair as another twisted smile wound it's way up on his face. "You look boring." He said bluntly.

"Tala, quit picking on Kai, he looks fine." His mother shot over her shoulder.

"You haven't seen what he looks like, how is he supposed to make friends when he looks so boring?" Tala shouted back playfully, his voice two octaves higher than what it normally was.

Kai huffed, shaking his head at him. Why did it matter if he made friends or not? Or what he was even wearing, at least he was dressed like a normal person unlike Tala who looked like a Care Bear had thrown up on his clothes, with all the bright colors and patterns on the shirt and the too skin tight pants he wore. Sometimes Kai wondered why Tala's parents allowed him to pick out his own clothes.

"That's enough Tal, Kai looks fine." His mother said again, scooping out the eggs onto two paper plates and placing two sausage patties beside the eggs before taking the plates over to the boys. "Now hurry up and eat, or you'll make him late." She said, her own icy-blue eyes boring into her sons.

"Fine Ma." Tala whined out, sitting back into his chair properly before he dug into his food after pouring a sickening amount of ketchup over his eggs, practically drowning them in it.

"You look fine Kai, don't let him get to you." She said sweetly, patting his back before she walked off.

"You forgot to turn off the stove." Kai called, and she paused in the doorway.

"Whoops." She laughed, going back over to it and turning it off. "Thank you hun. That would have been terrible." She laughed before heading back towards the exit.

Kai smirked at her back as she left, bowing his head so he didn't have to watch Tala eat his slop of ketchup with a side of eggs. When they were done they threw their plates in the trash and he grabbed his backpack from his room, having to find it in his mess, and met Tala out in his car that he had already started up while waiting for him.

Thankfully the ride was quiet, the only sound between the two of them was Tala's terrible choice in music, Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl blaring out while Tala sang along. Though every time the lyrics "I kissed a girl and I liked it" came up, Tala would play with the lyrics, singing "I didn't like it."

Kai was more than thankful that his new school was only fifteen minutes down the road, he couldn't take more of Katy Perry ringing in his ears. The song that started to play as he got out of the car happened to be one of Tala's favorites, and "Hallelujah it's raining men" came out blasting through the open door along with Tala's terrible impression of the singers as he belted out the lyrics.

"HAVE A GOOD DAY SKITTLES!" He shouted over the music, Kai rolling his eyes as he slammed the door as other kids turned their heads towards the concert on wheels.

Already he felt his nerves snapping with all the unfamiliar eyes on him, god he hated it when people stared at him. He glared back, and it worked as he watched the other kids jump and quickly turn their attention around as they filed towards the school's open doors. Shifting his bag on his shoulder he started behind the crowd, keeping his head low as he stepped into the halls.

He had been there Monday night, so he knew where all his classes were and where his locker was at. He went straight for it, opening it up and grabbing his math book from it's top shelf while stuffing his bag inside before slamming it shut with a pencil wedged behind his ear.

Down the hall he could hear someone blaring music off a portable speaker, the music vibrating down the hall among the voices of the other kids and teachers that were getting their things from their lockers and making their way towards their first period classes. He didn't care, pushing through the crowd to his first class.

"Mr. Granger, I'm sure you know by now this schools policy on hats." He heard a male teacher yell out as he walked through the pile of bodies.

"Class hasn't even started yet." He heard the student whine back, and he realized that he was heading in the direction of the kid who was getting scorned at by the teacher.

"You are on school property now, so take it off and hand it here." He said, and Kai happened to come up on them as the boy handed his baseball cap over to the teacher, looking displeased as he did so.

Great, he had math with what he could tell was the class clown. Not that he hadn't already had his fair share of them in his previous school, he had just hoped that his first day here wouldn't have already been such a pain.

He stopped beside the teacher, who was standing against the door as he held it open for his students to enter the room and he met his eye and smiled at him.

"You're Kai Hiwatari right? Welcome to Algebra B, I'm Mr. Martin." The man said.

He was a tall African American with dark skin and light-brown eyes, his head was cleanly shaven and he wore a suit of all things. Kai got the impression that his friendly smile was just as fake as Tala's eyelashes, the man radiated dominance off of him like perfume.

"If you don't mind waiting by my desk, I'll find you a seat once everyone comes in." Martin said, motioning his hand towards his desk that sat in the corner of the room, facing the desks that faced the white board.

Kai didn't object, even though he didn't like the idea of standing around like an idiot at the front where everyone would have to look at him as they came in and sat down. The boy that had his hat snatched from him came in behind him, taking a seat right at the front still looking sore for having his hat taken from him. Soon enough the classroom filled with other bodies, all taking their seats as their eyes bore into Kai's person while a few of them whispered to one another about him.

Mr. Martin came in just as the bell was about to ring, locking the door behind him as he stood in front of his class and motioned for Kai to stand beside him.

"Alright, listen up. This is Kai Hiwatari, I know he's coming a bit late into the game so for today we're going to do a review of everything we've already learned. You'll all pair up in groups of four, Kai you can join Emily and Tyson along with Kenny." He said, pushing on Kai's back to get him moving while the other kids were moving their desks around together.

Kai did as he was told, going over to the boy who had his hat taken as he was waving at him after having placed their desks together in a square. He took the seat next to the girl, Emily, and sat his book on top of his desk as he leaned into the back of his chair.

"I'm Tyson, this is Emily and Kenny." The boy without a hat said, motioning to the small boy beside him and Kai wondered if he was in the right class, and more so, the right grade. He looked like he belonged in the third grade, not to mention Kai couldn't even see the kids eyes behind his thick round glasses and mess of brown hair that hung in his face.

Tyson wore a big grin on his face, his midnight blue hair hung in his eyes as the rest was pulled back in low ponytail that stopped right below his shoulders. Emily wore round glasses like Kenny, but you could see her green eyes behind them and her hair was a red-orangish color that was cut below her chin. Something about her though made Kai leery of her, she looked pissed at the world but then again, so was he.

"So new kid, where'd you come from?" Tyson began, and Emily sighed and shook her head.

"Tyson, we're supposed to work. You realize that this is school right?" Emily asked, her voice nasally.

Tyson's grin didn't waver as he leaned against his desk towards her. "C'mon Em, we should get to know the new guy at least."

Kai glared at him, it wasn't like he was sitting right there and couldn't hear him. Plus, he didn't feel like telling them his life story. It wouldn't matter anyways.

"If you don't mind, I'd rather work." He said, opening up his text book.

"We were on page two fourteen." Kenny piped up beside Tyson, sitting in front of Kai as he too opened his book up looking excited to actually do the work they had been assigned.

"Not you too Kenny, c'mon it's all just review. If the guy is in this class, than I'm sure he knows what's going on." Tyson whined out, turning his attention to the smaller boy beside him.

"I'm still surprised you're still in this class, Tyson." Emily sneered out, and Kai wondered if she was always this friendly. He kind of liked her attitude.

"Hey, what is that supposed to mean?" Tyson bit out angrily, grinding his teeth together as he held a fist in her face.

"That's enough over there, you better get to work Tyson or I'll have to talk to Coach Collins." Martin barked out causing Tyson to flop back into his seat, grumbling under his breath.

Emily snickered behind her hand, opening up her own textbook to the page they were on while Tyson slumped in his chair looking bored. The three of them read over the text, occasionally talking and discussing the terms between each other until the bell rang. Martin went to the door and before he unlocked it he ordered everyone to put their desks back the way they were before, the children did as they were told and he unlocked the door for them.

Kai was in no rush to get out, but he walked with a speed and purpose to his locker before anyone from his last class could catch up to him, mainly Tyson. All throughout class he had been trying to talk to him, while Kai had just wanted to get through the first hellish day and go home. He switched out his math book for his history one, slamming his locker shut and spinning on his heel where he rammed into another student and faltered backwards into his locker from the momentum.

"Hey, watch it bud." The other student growled out over the music coming from his portable speaker that he held over his right shoulder.

Kai would have wondered why he was allowed to have that thing, but he was too busy with picking up his text book that had fallen onto the floor to care. When he stood up the other boy was still standing there, looking like he had been expecting something from Kai all along. When Kai went to move past him, the taller teen held his arm out in front of him and smirked at the glare Kai was giving him.

"I don't think so, see you ran into me so I believe you have something to say to me." The boy said, looking down his nose at Kai.

"Move." Kai growled out, his eyes burning. He didn't care for people like this guy, hell, he didn't care for many people at all but these types of jerks got under his skin.

"What'd you say to me?" The boy asked, his white brow twitching.

"Move." Kai repeated in the same dark tone he had used before, his glare intensifying as he stared down the ridiculously tall teen beside him.

"Why you…" The teen grimaced, his teeth clenched as he balled his fist.

"What is going on here?!" Came a shrill yell, the two teens turning their attention to a girl with brown hair and brown eyes, hands on her hips. "Rick Anderson, don't you dare make me go to the principle with this!" She shouted out, her eyes holding a fire behind them.

"Get off my case Hilary, the chump ran into me!" Rick shouted back at her angrily.

"I don't like repeating myself Rick, now leave him alone or I'll make sure you're off the swim team this season!" She shouted, halting the passerby's to stop and now stare, great. Just what he needed, another staring fest.

Rick looked between Hilary and Kai, grinding his teeth again before he continued on his way. Kai barely spared the girl a second look, which seemed to infuriate her and she chased after him.

"Um, hello you could look a bit more grateful you know!" She shouted after him, he ignored her going to his next class. Hoping that she'd get the hint and leave, sadly for him, they were actually going to the same class.

"Ha, thought you could get rid of me that easily." She laughed, jumping in front of him as they entered the class room.

He stood there, staring her down. For some reason his power to scare people away was broken, it seemed to have no affect on her in the slightest. He breathed out a sigh, damn these annoying people. Why couldn't his foster mother just have home schooled him?

"What do you want?" He asked darkly, and her smile widened.

"A thank you would have been nice." She smiled.

"Look, I don't need you jumping into my business. I had it under control."

Hilary wagged her index finger at him. "That's not what it looked like to me, if I hadn't stepped in Rick would have clobbered you." She said with a smug look.

"Just leave me alone." Kai barked out, pushing past her. Where was the damn teacher?

"I'm Hilary by the way, the class president." She said, making the title sound as if it was important as she chased after him again, cornering him by the empty teachers desk.

"And I'm not interested." Kai said, crossing his arms over his chest as he squared his shoulders up.

Hilary blushed scarlet, her words coming out a stuttering mess as she tried to tell him that what ever he thought was wrong, that he shouldn't flatter himself so much until she had steam practically coming out of her ears.

"Never mind, you're just one big jerk!" She yelled, stomping off to her desk.

Kai smirked, not really caring for her opinion about him. So what if he was a jerk, it wasn't like he had asked for her help or even wanted it to begin with. He waited by the teachers desk until they returned, and a tall lanky man with glasses and a tie came walking in.

"New kid, right?" He asked, pointing finger guns at him and winking.

Kai nodded, this man kind of freaked him out a little. The teacher placed a hand under his long pointed chin, jutting out his hip as he scanned the classroom of bodies still coming in and finding their places.

"You know what, just find a seat. If it's someone else's we'll just move em'." He said, and Kai rose a brow at him. What was up with this guy?

Kai didn't bother arguing with him, finding the farthest seat that was closest to the door. The way the teacher had the desks set up made it look like they were about to go to war with one another, with four rows of three all facing each other with a space in the middle that allowed for a walkway. The teachers desk was beside the set closest to the door, where the white board also sat.

Lucky for him no one had come to claim his seat, and across from him he could see Hilary still fuming from their exchange earlier. He ignored her, listening to the teacher, whom he came to learn was called Mr. Mullins, talking up a storm about… Something. Was he even teaching history? Why did it matter if they knew when the soup can was invented?

By the time Kai had drowned him out the bell had rung and he felt like he hadn't learned a damn thing, at least Hilary had decided not to chase after him this time and he was able to go to his locker in peace. His next period was lunch and like always he wasn't hungry, so he stashed his history book and shut his locker, going off to find the library where he could enjoy some peace and quiet.

He ended up having to go through the courtyard to get to the library, several other students sitting outside enjoying the cool fall air as they ate lunch, he didn't bother to stop, pushing through the doors and getting to the library in one piece. When he opened it there was another student sitting behind the desk, busy scanning books and setting them aside in a neat stack beside him.

As the door opened the boys head snapped up, his golden eyes meeting Kai's and he smiled at him. "Pass?" He asked, and Kai rose a brow at him.

"A pass, for the library, do you have one?" The boy asked, looking a little upset.

"I came from lunch…" Kai said, since when did they need a pass to the library?

The boy behind the desk sighed, rummaging through the desk drawer beside him before he pulled out a pink stack of papers, quickly scribbling on it and tearing the top note off and held it out to Kai. Kai shifted over taking it from him, his brow arching again in question.

"Don't tell anyone, but just write your name on that and then put it in the basket here. When you go to leave I have to stamp it, also write your name on that piece of paper on the podium." The boy explained, motioning to the little white basket sitting on the corner of the desk and to the podium that stood in front of the doors.

Kai gave him a disbelieving look, all of this just to get into the damn library? It was stupid! They other boy must have thought the same as he began to laugh a little at the look on Kai's face.

"I know it's a bit extreme, but rules are rules." He said, shrugging his shoulders.

Kai did what he was told, the boy having to hand him a pen, before he dumped his slip into the empty basket and wrote his name on the paper, finally able to go off he went towards the back. Maybe they had something worth reading in here? He dully scanned the titles, looking at each cover that had an interesting name before sticking it back where he had gotten it from. His ears perked as he heard someone walking behind him, only to see the boy from earlier carrying a stack of books in his arms as he was putting them back where they were meant to go on the shelves.

"You work here?" He asked with a raised brow.

"It's an elective." The boy said, slipping a book onto the shelf beside him. "It's actually pretty fun, plus I like the quiet." He said with a toothy smile.

Kai looked him over, like it was the first time seeing him. He had dark, almost purplish, hair that was stuck out all over the place. A read head band was sat on his forehead, pushing back his bangs where they fell and framed his face, the yin-yang symbol stuck in the middle of it. The rest of his hair was held back in what looked like a white rope, tufts of his hair sticking out the end like the tail of a lion.

"I'm Ray." The boy's voice brought Kai out of his staring, and he blinked at him a few times before his brain registered that he had said something.

"Kai." He said in a huff, wondering what had stopped his brain from working all of a sudden.

"Do you have an ID card?" Ray asked, his arms now empty as he had put all his books back where they were supposed to go.

Kai shook his head, he hadn't heard of needing one until now.

"I can get you one, you'll need it if you want to check out a book." Ray said, his golden eyes lighting up with excitement.

Kai nodded, feeling like if he spoke he'd say something stupid. The hell was his problem all of a sudden?! Ray motioned for him to follow and Kai obeyed, following him to a small dark room at the back of the library. Ray flipped on the switch, a blue tarp hung off a stand, while a computer and other pieces of equipment sat on a table on the side by the door. A stool was placed in front of the blue tarp, while a camera was sitting across from it.

"Just take a seat while I get this up." Ray said, nodding to the stool.

Kai did as he was told, sitting down on the stool in front of the tarp and facing the camera as Ray went around turning everything on.

"I'm really not supposed to do this by myself." Ray said in a laugh. "But I like doing it too much to really care."

Kai just rose an eyebrow at him, based off the way he looked Ray didn't seem like the kind of guy to misbehave. But what did Kai know, he barely just met the guy. They didn't know each other aside from their names… Had Kai even given his name?

"I'm Kai…" He said a bit uneasily.

Ray turned and gave him a look, another laugh coming from him. "You told me." He said with another toothy smile and Kai felt his face flush, he was an idiot…

"I'll need your last name though, so I can put it on your ID." Ray said, sitting down in front of the computer as he brought up the software to make the ID.

"Hiwatari." He mumbled, and Ray typed in the name quickly.

"Say cheese." Ray sang out, hitting the button for the camera.

There was a bright flash, Kai had just stared forward and blankly at the camera. A blank white piece of plastic got sucked through the machine, coming out the other end with his picture and name and ID number. Ray held it up, frowning.

"You're not much of a smiler, are you?" He asked, handing Kai his new ID.

Kai didn't say anything, taking his ID and putting it into his wallet and sticking it in his back pocket as he stood up from the little stool he had been sitting on.

Ray realized he wasn't going to get an answer, the guy sure acted like he couldn't talk. He shut everything down quickly, shooing Kai out of the little room as he turned out the lights and shut the door behind him like they had just come back from doing something unspeakable.

"Well, see ya." Ray said over his shoulder, waving to him as he went back to his desk.

Kai watched him go, trying to focus on something other than the guys ass but it was like his eyes had a mind of their own. He shook his head, quickly looking away. The hell was wrong with him?! He wish he could blame Tala, but he knew better than that; homosexuality wasn't something you could catch. You were either born that way or not, and for him he wasn't sure what hand he had been dealt with.

He went back towards the back, looking for a book before the bell went off. He blindly picked one up, it was better than nothing and it saved him from looking even more like an idiot.

Ray looked up at him when he approached the desk, holding the book out to him. Ray covered his face, trying not to laugh and Kai fought hard not to scowl at him.

"Scan your ID and then the book." Ray said, pointing to the scanner on the edge of the desk.

Kai's face felt hot again, quietly he took out his ID and scanned it the scanner made a dinging noise as he did so and then he scanned the book after it. Ray watched his computer screen, it giving him the go-ahead to take the book.

"Well, you're not a wanted criminal, so the book is yours until the end of the month." He said, giving Kai another toothy grin. "I'll need to stamp your pass to before you go." He said, motioning to the white basket.

Kai plucked it out, handing it to him. Ray stamped it, handing it back with the same bright smile on his face. Kai nodded his head at him as he started for the doors, not quite sure why it was so hard to stop looking at him as he went. Ray waved at him and Kai almost ran into the still closed glass door, Ray having to hide behind his hand as he chuckled at him. He liked the new kid.

Kai's face flushed brighter, quickly throwing the door open and storming out all the while screaming at himself inside his head. He was stupid, a complete fool, what the hell was with his brain all of a sudden?! His embarrassment turned to anger as he stormed to his locker to put away his book, swapping it out for his English text book before slamming his locker door with such force he was surprised he hadn't broken the latch.

He stormed off to his English class, a cheery looking middle aged woman as his teacher who greeted him at the door with a broad smile and directed him to an empty desk at the back of the class. The rest of the class filed in, just as the door was about to close and the teacher came to stand in front of the white board Ray's hand caught it and he stepped inside breathing in heavily, sweat rolling down his face and Kai's heart plummeted into his stomach.