when lightning strikes

(prolouge)

The rain pounded the window. I hated the rain. It could always mean a lightning storm was brewing and that meant trouble for me. I wrung my hands in fustration. Tamaki was the only one who knew and maybe Kyouya but I don't think so. After what had happened at the resort. We had been so awkward towards one another.

Tamaki was in his room and so was everyone else. I couldn't even think straight. As I looked into the sky which was colored the way it would be for a thunder storm I pulled out the cell phone the twins had just lent me and I scrolled through the contact list. I called Tamaki senpai but his cell phone just went to the anwser machine. I gripped the cell phone so hard that my knuckles turned white. That familar nausea washed over me. There wasn't anything I could except to hide myself away in place small and safe. Only problem there wasn't anything small about my room. the closet was bigger than two bedrooms combined. "damn rich bastards" I muttered

I ran to the bathroom and braver then felt fought the urge to barf into the sink. I tried to call Tamaki again but still there wasn't an anwser.

Then I heard a knock at the door which scared the crap out of me when it broke through the tension laced silence. It could have been the equavilent of a gun shot. It was the last person I expected to see. Kyouya. His eyes were fixed on my face as he crossed the threshold into the room. I will admit that I am naiive but this was sending warning bells off like a fire alarm. He wasn't wearing his glasses and his normally masked face was flushed. His usually kept hair was a mess. His temper could get the better of him that I knew.

He was out of breath and I couldn't help but wonder why. " There is something that I have wanted to apologize for and i relized it when we were in the mall. I am trully sorry for putting you in a position like that. Its just that..." he trailed of and I found my heart beating faster thinking of the act he had put on in the resort's hotel room. the night of my little misadventure. I blushed crimson.

There was an uncomfortable silence that settled like a blanket between us.

'So you decided to come to my room which is all the way on the other side of the school" I inquired. He shrugged as the indiffrent mask that covered his face once more. He shrugged in response.

"Can I stay in your room tonight Huruhi?" The question sent tingles up and down my spine. It surprised me so much that I almost forgot about the storm brewing outside. For the first time in awhile i didn't say the first thing that came to mind. Which was that he had the gall to ask that when he treated me like trash.

Instead when I went to anwser a deep rumbling noice cracked through the tension and I jumped into his arms. ut ohhhh. I quickly jumped from his arms and brushed myself off. "Excuse me" I didn't want him to know. It was bad enough that Tamaki knew. Then I rushed out of the door. kyouya just stood there in the room stunned. I didn't know where I was going but my legs were filled with adrenaline. I was outside and suddenly my legs wouldn't carry me any farther. My surroundings started to spin and the next thing I saw was to figures running desperatley for me as i collasped and my head hit something hard and wet. I welcomed the darkness with open arms.