The sorting was the same as always, boring. But this time he had to be resorted, not that anybody knew that. But he was not the only non-first year; there were three girls and two boys waiting with him for the first years to be done with. Touya looked over at the Slytherin table. His eyes meet with Draco's and Touya could tell that he was nervous. So he smiled to show Draco not to worry then turned to looked over at his old friends. Hermione looked almost worried and Ron still looked pissed off. But Touya still could not bring himself to care about them.

The first years were finally all sorted. By the looks the students' faces, they did not know about this. It seemed that neither did Hermione or Ron, because they looked just as surprised as the rest of the student body. Touya looked up at the teachers' table and noticed that every one of them, but Dumbledore of curse, also looked surprised. Again Dumbledore had not told anyone his plans, though Dumbledore did look a little worried.

Dumbledore stood up. "You are all probable wanting to get to your food. But you will have to wait a little longer, I'm afraid. We still have some more sorting to do. These new students standing up here are here for a special program that we are starting this year. Now they are all from a different country and may not know our customs yet, so be courteous to them and help them out. Now when I say their names and countries and years, they will then be sorted. Sakura from Japan, 3rd year."

After Dumbledore's little speech, Touya tuned him out until he heard his name. As he walked over to the stool, he gave Draco a small smile. Then the sorting hat was placed over his head. 'Didn't I sort you before?' The hat sounded amused.

'Yes.'

'I though so, I'm still sticking to what I said before and this time I'm not putting you were you don't belong.' The hat then shouted out Slytherin. Touya took the hat off a walked over to Draco. When he sat down next to him, he was bombarded with questions about Egypt, which he didn't answer.

That night, Touya sat down at his desk to write his uncle Kris. He was not worried about waking the others by spending the night writing letters. The Slytherin's liked their privacy a lot, so they were given their own rooms, plus the dungeons were big enough.

Just as he was about halfway through his letter, there was a knock at his door. "Come in." Touya heard the door open but did not turn to look at who it was. Draco quietly entered the room.

"Am I bothering you?" Draco asked quietly. He did not want to disturb Touya if he was working on something important. Draco stood behind Touya and looked over his shoulder at the letter.

"Nope. Just writing a letter to one of my uncles." Touya continued to write the letter. "What can I help you with?"

"I just wanted to get away from everyone." It was true. His supposed friends had entered his room unannounced and demanded why he had not talked to them that summer. Touya turned around in his chair and looked Draco in the eye. Touya could tell that he was telling the truth.

"Your welcome here anytime."

Draco looked down. "Thank you." Draco spoke so softly that Touya had to strain to hear what he said.

"Think nothing of it. I know what it feels like to want to get away from everyone." Draco slowly raised his head back up to the point where he was looking into Touya's eyes again.

"Really? Huh, I did not take you for a person that hung out with many people." Draco gave a small smile.

"Actually, I don't get along with many people outside my family." Draco gave Touya a confused look. "I have many uncles and aunts and I happen to also live with them. So because of that I sometimes feel like I am being smothered by their over protectiveness of me." Draco blinked, and then blinked again, his mouth was hanging slightly open as he stared wide-eyed at Touya.

"You have a big family? I'm jealous; all I have is my mother and father. I always wished I could have brothers and sisters. It must be great to have lots of family around." Touya smiled. It seemed that many of his previous thoughts of his once enemy were wrong. Already it appeared that what he was lead to believe by Ron at the beginning of their first year may have been a lie. Maybe not all those placed in Slytherin were bad seeds, but instead they were just people that were misunderstood by the real world. These people, like Draco, put on a mask because other people had the mind set that those from Slytherin were bad bad people.

"It can be fun at times but there are times that I do like to be alone." Touya sighed. "Though I an jealous of you.

Again Draco blinked. "Huh? Why?"

"You have parents and all I have are uncles and aunts. And speaking of uncles, I should finish my letter to my uncle tonight or I may have a howler in the morning for worrying him." Touya started to turn back to is letter, but Draco making his way back to the door stopped him. Draco had a sad look on his face as he reached for the door. "Then once I finish the letter and send it off, we can finish getting to know one another." This stopped Draco.

"Are you sure?" The timid voice was back and it make Touya want to get up and hug Draco, never letting go. Touya shook those thoughts from his head, now was not the time to be thinking like that. He barely know the real Draco and he did not want to loose this chance of making a real friend by acting like a rash Gryffindor.

"Would I have said anything if I did not want you to stay? Now go make your self comfortable while I finish my letter." Draco gave a great big smile and bounded over to Touya's bed. From there he jumped face first onto the bed and lay there like nothing could bother him. The sight made a small giggle escape Touya as he turned back to his letter.

After that night it was a rear sight to see Draco and Touya apart from each other. They had become fast friends over night and now they were inseparable. The rumor mill that the school was know for had come up with many outrageous reasons why they were so close, though the favorite of many of the student body was that the two of them have been engaged to each other for a while and this was the first time they have met. And as usual the rumor mill was completely and absolutely wrong.