we burn in fire.

we burn in blood.

we burn in dreams.

    Lee stood before the young, lounging male. The heir gave the boy a once over. Medium length blonde locks of hair with tints of green grass that had been sprinkled across his head, a symbol that he had, at the very least, been at his current location quite a bit. Half-dazed and lax, yet vibrant cerulean eyes met the onyx-haired third year's own discerning bluish-grey ones. A slacker was the first thing that had crossed the teenage businessman's mind. His appearance seemed dazed and disturbed from his prior nap. At least, that was what Yi Jung assumed he was partaking in. It was the only logical action the young male could guess due to the grass particles sprinkled in his hair adding to the disheveled appearance.

    After dispelling the picture before the boy, Lee had almost immediately snatched the photo right back and away. He had folded the image and placed it into his suit's pocket, before turning his attention back before the blonde haired foreigner before him. Lee watched with unimpressed eyes as the peer before him arched an eyebrow. Whether it was concern, suspicion, or any other emotion, Lee could not tell, but caring too much about that was not even on his top priority list. He could not be bothered.

    "…May I ask why you’re looking for her?" The teenage boy's response was languidly slow with a crisp light accent. So he was not American either. A lack of concern dripped from his voice though, and if Lee truly considered it, maybe there was a bit of wariness and apprehension as well? His response was immediate nonetheless: "That's classified. It's simply 'yes, I have,' or 'no, I have not. Which is it and I will let you be." It was easy to tell that the Hsu heir's patience was running thin, but Lee was running out of daylight hours and his priority of finding this young woman on campus was the first.

    It had crossed his mind a few times during the day as to just why this girl was so hard to find. It hardly made sense. His duplicates, he had sensed, had found no such luck either. Any pratical place, be it the Phoenix dorms, out and about shopping through the town, to more remote areas like the beach or the woods, Yi Jung's luck had turned up flat when it cames to finding her. It was as if this woman, Katya Kanazaki had completely fallen off the face of the Earth. Did she even exist in the first place?

    A small touch had brought Lee out of his brooding thoughts. Xiang hand placed a concerned hand on his upper arm touching it just slightly with a small show of concern on her face. Nothing needed to be said between the two of them. Her facial expression had just said it all, Young Master, you don't have to overexert yourself. Even if we don't find her today, there is always tomorrow. But the truth be told, there was no tomorrow. He had a schedule to be on. To take another day to find a girl he was not sure had existed anymore would throw his scheduling completely off. Every hour of the day mattered to him and his time would not be wasted. His efforts would not be wasted. Even if there was a severe lack of sleep, Yi Jung would see to it that the girl in the photo would be found and Lee would proceed to watch over his fiancee through his graduation.

     "Thank you Xiang-Jie jie." The Chinese heir had placed his own hand over hers. Switching back to his mother tongue, the words came out quietly before turning his attention back to the young man who now proceeded to sit up from his lackadaisical position in order to engage what Lee had hoped would be more of a fruitful conversation.

we burn in fire.



we burn in blood.



we burn in dreams.

    The response the young Hsu heir was looking for was not the immediate one. Nor was it the response that he was seeking, which meant that his time was being wasted and that was something Lee was not exactly fond of. The raven haired teen had noticed that the boy’s mouth twitched as if he had more to say, but he seemed resolute in keeping a dispassionate and impersonal disposition which Lee was fine with. He was not one for excess chatter when there was already so much for him to do and he still had yet to have found this girl.


“…If you put that way then…”


    His eyes had followed every movement the blonde haired boy before him made. Noting his dazed pauses and the slight tinge of an accent he had. Upon closer observation of the slacker before her, Lee had noticed that he actually was less of a foreigner than he thought. His hair had certainly thrown him off. It was a very natural shade of blond and there were hardly any traces of what could have been his natural hair color. The Chinese heir had decided that despite proving to be quite the slacker, he must have at the very least kept up with his hair. The largest indication however, was his eyes. The boys eyes, though were a vibrant shade of blue, they were quite almond shaped, much similar to his own, which clearly gave another indication this boy was Asian. As to why he chose to dye his hair blonde made him think of those idols that were prevalent all over the Asian music industries or another possibility of it just him wanting to fit in or maybe just because he felt like it.
If Lee were being objective, he was certainly to the more attractive spectrum looking quite like the male idols who consistently sent teenager girls into a tissy with a mere wink.

    The well-off boy was only half listening until the boy’s voice had brought him back from his thoughts: “I haven’t seen her in my life. So no.” At that, Lee lifted an arched eyebrow. If I put it “that way?” The wording of his response had struck an inkling of suspicion through Lee. It was as if something had prompted him to respond in almost a defensive retaliation. The onyx-haired boy had eyed him up and down again. “I would advise you to think again.” He requested. “Her name is Katya Kanazaki. She would be possibly around a second or third year’s age group. She supposedly attends this academy as well, but I find it convenient that I cannot find her at all at this academy. It is as if she had never existed in the first place. Are you telling me she doesn’t exist at all or that she’s dead?”


    “Perhaps asking the girls?”

Lee shook his head immediately folding his arms and giving the boy before him an incredulous look basically stating, “Well, isn’t that obvious?”


    “Not only have I asked girls on campus, but off of campus and in typically female-dominated territories within Silver Falls. I have no room to be discriminatory now as this girl could be anywhere at this point.” He frowned as he watched the boy jump to his feet as he seemed like he was ready to head off.


    “Or just give up, I doubt you’ll find her if…she doesn’t want to be found. But if you’re the stubborn sort. Have fun hunting. Piece of advice, try learning tact.”


    But Lee was hardly finished with the boy before him as the small seedling of suspicion was quickly budding. He certainly felt that this boy had more to offer in regards to what he was looking for and he was not about to let him leave so easily. Xiang was well ahead of the Young Master as she had slipped through one of the trees in front of the boy before her. She offered him a polite smile while the butler, Xin Yin had proceeded to follow up behind her blocking the boy from proceeding any further.


    “Piece of advice, learn some manners. You do not leave a conversation when someone’s still speaking to you, slacker.” With his folded arms and assertive posture, Lee critically eyed the blonde as he slowly approached him once again. “‘Giving up’ is not an option for me. So I’ll ask once more. What is the current location of Katya Kanazaki?”

we burn in fire.







we burn in blood.







we burn in dreams.

    Lee observed him, silently, patiently, not uttering a word, though frankly he did not have to. There seemed to be a storm brewing behind the younger blond-haired boy's larger cerulean eyes and to the Chinese heir, that just made everything about him seem all the more suspicious. Why the dodging? The ducking and weaving? The distinct word choice? Why the interrogation? Most people would just answer the question and move on, but from what Lee could scrutinize, the boy before her had something to hide and from his wording, it had something to do with Katya Kanazaki. So he paused and waited though not for long as he spoke rather nonchalantly in the midst of being cornered between Xin Yin and Xiang, though he could pinpoint seeds of annoyance growing from within the more assertive and direct tone he was taking. Good. With enough picking and prodding, he might be able to develop more answers in regards to where his fiancée was.

    As he arched his eyebrow, Lee countered with a folding of his arms.

    “Well if you cant find her then you’re probably not looking well enough. Then again. I don’t see how looking for this girl should be my problem? Ask the school administration perhaps?”

    The words slipped from his lips easily. "If searching every nook and cranky of this two-bit town is not well enough then please, by all means, address how I can be more thorough." he borderline snapped followed by a bit of an exasperated sigh, especially towards the end of his reply. "The only one who is making it an issue is you. If you can tell me where this girl is, I'll be out of your way. I'm not a loan shark or anything. I don't need to hurt her, but I have an urgent meeting scheduled with her that needs to be fulfilled. Simple as that. Though, I suppose, if heading back to the school administration office and calling her potentially out of class over the announcement speaks all over campus is the most suitable and least embarrassing course of action then, sure, I guess that would suffice."

    He had never met someone so uncooperative in his life and with his clones being sent out here and there throughout Silver Falls, to augment his personality into one that was more fitting for the situation would tax Lee out thoroughly. He smirked as he tried to dismiss himself though being blocked by Xiang and Xin Yin had put a dent into those plans. Lee casually adjusted the lapel on his pocket a look of indifference crossing his face. "It doesn't have to be your problem if you inform me of where she is or tell me all you know that could allow me to find her." He walked over to him looming over him as his look of indifference had quickly crossed over to a glare. "Starting with your relation to Katya Kanazaki."