"Hey retard." Mituna cringed. He hated being called that and he hated the person the voice belonged to. He kept walking to his next class trying to ignore him, keeping his eyes on the ground. He jumped at the sound of a hand smash into a locker and saw a familiar pair of shoes across from him. He looked up to see Cronus, a guy who tended to enjoy bullying Mituna.

"What?" Mituna mumbled, he really didn't want to deal with the other boy today.

"Ignoring people is rude."

"I have to go." Mituna tried to walk around the other boy but he just moved in front of him again.

"I think you can spare a minute." Cronus backed Mituna into a locker and put his arms on either side of Mitunas head. Mituna kept his eyes down hoping he'd leave soon. "You were so much more fun before. Now you barely fight back."

"I'm sorry." Mituna looked past Cronus hoping to see a way out.

"Stop saying that!" Cronus hit the locker with a fist making Mituna flinch. He looked over Cronus' shoulder again and saw a very tall goth boy walk up behind Cronus and tap his shoulder. Cronus turned his head. "Beat it. We're in the middle of something." The other boy glared at him and shoved him to the side a little. Cronus whirled around to confront the other boy and Mituna slipped away and hurried to his next class.

"Hey Tuna."

"Hey Tulip." Mituna sat beside his ex-girlfriend. They were still close even after going through a rocky break up. They had been together for quite a while when she couldn't handle it anymore. Mituna had been in an accident that damaged his brain making it hard to control his emotions and made it harder for him think.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes. I'm fine." He was still a little shaky from his confrontation with Cronus.

"You know you can talk to me." He nodded and looked to the front of the room. Latulas new boyfriend, Kankri, walked in and sat beside her. Mituna sighed. It still hurt a little to see them interacting. And it was painful to hear Kankri talk but that's just because he always had a lot to say and ended up insulting you while trying to say something nice. The teacher closed the door and walked to the front of the room and started teaching. Mituna put his head down and went to sleep.

He woke up at the bell and walked to the place he usually met his younger brother. The younger boy drove them to and from school. He saw his brother walking toward their spot with his boyfriend. They were arguing like they usually did, Mituna thought it was a miracle they were still together.

"Let's go Tuna." Sollux said while he walked past Mituna and grabbed his sleeve. Mituna stumbled behind him and followed him to the student parking lot. He climbed into the backseat of the jeep giving Solluxs boyfriend the front seat.

"Hey brother, how are you doing?" Gamzee said turning in the passenger seat to look at Mituna.

"Fine." Mituna looked out the window and watched the trees go by. Gamzee and Sollux were play fighting in the front seat, making Mituna miss having someone that loved him more than he had already. They pulled into the driveway and Mituna hurried out and went to his room. He threw his stuff on his floor and flopped onto his bed and stared at his ceiling. He could hear his brothers laughter through the wall and sighed. He'd been so lonely without Latula.

Mituna didn't notice he'd fallen asleep when he jerked awake to the sound of the doorbell. He groaned, got out of bed, and padded towards the door. He ran his fingers through his messy hair and opened the door to see the goth boy who'd helped him earlier today. He didn't really know anything about him other than he never spoke. He did know that he used sign language because he saw it sometimes and learned it in the hospital.

"Hi?" he made some hand motions Mituna couldn't understand. "I know sign language." the other boy smiled.

I'm here to get my bro. He said he was here and dad isn't too happy he up and didn't come home.

"Oh yeah he's in my brothers room." Mituna motioned for the other to follow and led him to Solluxs room. He knocked and waited. He heard someone curse and some shuffling around. Sollux cracked the door open.

"What?" he hissed. Mituna gestured to Gamzees brother. Solluxs eyes widened. "Gamzee, your brother's here." Mituna heard a groan and more shuffling around. The door opened wider.

"What's up bro?"

Dad wants you home.

"So he's actually motherfucking home today? What a miracle."

Let's go.

"Give me a minute." the door closed again and the older boys wandered into the living room. Mituna was feeling nervous and wasn't exactly sure why.

"Uh, I wanted to say thanks. You know for at school." Mituna kept his eyes on Kurlozes hands.

It's cool brother. That guy can be a motherfucking asshole. Mituna looked up at his face and was kind of surprised to see a smile there. Kurloz wasn't really the smiling type. The only person Mituna had ever seen him smile around was Meulin, his ex-girlfriend. A lot like Mituna with Latula. He realized he'd been staring and quickly looked away blushing. He felt Kurloz tap his shoulder and looked back at him.

Got any plans this weekend? Mituna shook his head, confused.

"No. I don't really have any ever."

That's a shame. You know, I don't ever have 'em either anymore. Why don't we do something?

"Oh, yeah. Sure. Great." Mituna stopped talking and blushed again. Kurloz smiled again. Mituna heard Solluxs door open and Gamzee excited with disheveled clothes and messier hair. Kurloz raised his eyebrows and lead Gamzee to the door.

See you Saturday.

"Got a date?" Sollux asked his brother raising his eyebrows.

"No shut up." Mituna blushed and watched Kurloz leave.

"Oh right I believe that. You just look at everybody that way." Mituna turned to his brother.

"What way?" Sollux made his way back his way back to his room.

"The way you looked at Latula."