summary: this is the story of 19 year old agate shiin. after his father died he was forced to do whatver he could to keep his family safe. being the only one able to work out of his middle school sister, and cancerous mother, that means making enough money to live comfortably too. through this time he found love, but can he take it? read and find out.

Pain
story by: Kitsune Arya

prologue:
Blood specked, pale-pink hair covered rich, chocolate eyes as the nine-teen year old wrapped his bleeding arm n gawdy white guaze. The teen was currently in a school bathroom, mentally cursing his luck. 'Damn, I have to work tonight too!' After he finished wrapping his wound, the pale-haired man hurried to his first class. This is Agate Shiin. Short for his age, with shaggy, short, pale-pink hair, and deep chocolate brown eyes. In general people thought of him as the good guy, with a good life, that was clumbsy and ended up hurtings himself alot. Of course, that's just the general beleif. In reality he's not clumsy, but graceful, and he sure-as-hell didn't have a perfect, or even semi-perfect, life! But, not like anyone knew, or cared, about what he went through, and that's just how Shiin liked it. That way no one got hurt, including himself. College at the moment was the only place where he had any peace. Even that one peace was starting to fade. What, with the police chief, Kiba Narashi, going to his school. They guy even had all of shiin's classes!! now, why, do you ask, is agate shiin even remotely worried about the police? Well, if you must know, he's a natorious theif that police have been trying to capture for the long six months he's been around, stealing and leaving letters in his wake. He was known as pain, and if he had anything to do about it, that's all the police would know him by.. when he's a thief anyway. So far it'd been pretty easy to keep things like that. Now, don't misunderstand and think shiin wanted to do this, oh now, but he needed alot of money. Him not being out of college yet, the only thing he could think of that he was good at, and could get enough money out of, was thievery. He had a family to take care of, since his father died, and his mother got brain cancer, he was the only one capable of working. He also had a ounger sister in middle school, but she was tood young to get a job with good income. On top of his work as 'pain' he also worked at a local resturaunt part-time. Nervously, shiin walked from his last class of the day, anatomy, to the cafeteria for luch. Well.. not so much for lunch as for some much needed sleep. 'NO!! i can't sleep! not with this guy around! AAAAAGGHH!!!! why is this guy here again?' by 'this guy' agate shiin meant kiba narashi, police chief, on of his worst enemies (now), and one of the few people he found profoundly attractive, and worthy of his admiration. The entire day narashi had been close by. in his classes, if a teacher asked him to go somewhere, narashi would ask to go too. the guy followed him EVERYWHERE! even to lunch!!