Chapter I
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It was morning when it happened. Which, may I add, is EXACTLY why I hate mornings.
Whimpering because the air outside my blanket was dry and freezing to the touch, I managed to climb over my twin and out of bed. That was no easy task in its self. Hikaru is such a light sleeper, but somehow I managed to not wake him up as I got dressed and ready for the day.
"Not exactly a surprise, he's been sleeping better ever since he started dating Haruhi." I whispered to myself as I left the room. A sad pang went through my chest as I thought of being left behind by him, MY Hikaru. Why did she have to steal him away…
"NO NO NO! It's not her fault. Its better this way." I reminded myself as I walked towards the kitchen. For the hundredth time that week I reassured myself that it was 'better this way' and it was only Tuesday! I wasn't mad at either of them. In fact, I loved both of them. I love them so much that I let them go so that they could be together, even if it meant that I would be abandoned.
BANG
Next thing I knew I was slowly opening my eyes only to be blinded by a light. Slowly I tried to sit up and recognize where I was. The first sense to come back was touch; I could at least guess I was in the middle of a cold, square tiled floor in a large room. Next thing was vision. The blurr and mixture of colors promptly sorted themselves out giving me a vast view of the wall to my right that was leading up to some open dark brown oak cabinets and a stove. Next to the stove was a big metal fridge. The wall continued from there to a set of swinging double doors. By now I realized I was in a kitchen, but WHY? And more importantly, WHERE? Lastly my hearing came back; it started out as a small wurr, and then formed words as the noise became progressively louder, it could be described as one being on the runway as a plane comes in. Eventually all was normal.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT YOUNG MASTER!" a panicked voice wavered near my left ear.
I groaned, "ughn, what's going on?" my forehead hurt immensely.
"Um… you wandered into the kitchen, and hit your head upon an open cabinet door, and then proceeded to fall on the floor… young master…" the voice wavered into my ear. "I had figured you were asleep…" I finally stopped rubbing my head to look towards the voice. It was a maid of the household, aside from the maid's uniform she wore a panicked expression, and judging by her face, she was probably the culprit of the open cabinets.
"AH, you're bleeding! Let me get some rags!" she got up in a hurry and started fussing around looking for the rags, and for the most part just ending up tripping over herself. Meanwhile I looked at my hand to find a crimson liquid stain covering the palm section of my hand. The maid had returned with some worn down, ugly, but still very usable, rags to clean my face with. Not even bothering to ask she started soaking up the liquid on my forehead.
Between the dabs of the cool wet cloth I managed to mutter "Where am I?"
" W-well you're in the kitchen." The maid stuttered, looking around to check that it actually WAS the kitchen.
"Not what I meant…" I sighed. "Ok, let's start with this, Who am I?"
"y-you're, YOU'RE THE YOUNG MASTER!" she started to panic again, this time in a much louder tone. She must have thought this a trick question.
"Ah… young master?" I questioned. "Is that my name?"
But before she could answer there was a stampede of feet bounding toward the door that was behind me. Turning just in time to see the oncoming door as it collided with my face, and sent my flying in the opposite direction.
"KAORU! THE BOSS IS ON THE PHO-WOahwoah WOAAHHH! WHAT is going on here?" The astonished red head froze in obvious confusion and shock of what must have appeared to him as a very naughty scene.
"K-Kaoru…" the intruder's face was almost as red as his hair as he tried to avert his eyes, "I thought you played for the OTHER team…"
My face must have been bright red at that point, because he continued on with "B-BUT THIS IS OKAY TOO! I mean… she's cute … but is she even ALIVE?" I finally turned to look at the maid who I was accidently pinning down. Her face was still stuck in a panicked state and her cheeks were on fire. I inspected her figure now that I was closer, a rather cute girl indeed. Her eyes (however frozen they were) were a gorgeous emerald color which brought out the shape of her rather childish face, and right around her nose was a light sprinkle of freckles. Looking up towards her hair I noticed it was a rather odd shade of brown, almost as if it was a sunset red at one point. Then I saw her shoulders, rather broad for a girl, but it suit her… and then I was suddenly struck with the thought that she might not even be breathing by now. So I lowered my head on to her breast to hear her lungs working, only to find myself thrown furiously across the room by the surprisingly strong maid, and right into the wall opposing her.
"KAORU! Are you alright! Kaoru! SPEAK TO ME!" the red head raced over to me and grabbed my shoulder. Then practically stuck his face on mine, for some reason my face got even hotter than it already was. His face had no flaws. His amber eyes were drawn to me, looking up and down for injuries. Finally concluding that I wasn't injured by the throw, he embraced me warmly and tightly as if I was a precious childhood toy. Acting on impulse I started to hug him back, but then again, why should I care? I don't even know this guy. Why was he so close? All of this started to sicken me, I wanted out. To be alone.
"BACK OFF!" I growled, startling the red head "WHERE THE HELL AM I? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" I yelled even louder trying to get them to back away. The more I yelled, the more the look on the boy's face had dropped from worried to scared. Scared for who, me? Why did he look at me with those eyes of his? They made me angry, and sicker with myself, but most of all I was frightened.
I bolted out of the kitchen door, where instincts directed me straight to the entrance. Out the entrance through the yard and down the road. I kept running until my lungs felt like they would shrivel off and die, I collapsed. The only thing I knew was the sun beating warm rays of morning light on to my pale skin. Breathing heavily, I let myself slip away into unconsciousness….
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that's a wrap for chapter uno! And all I want in return is just a few reviews. Oh pretty please! Just two or three and I'll post the next chapter! n.n
~ Koneko-kun
