Hi! To be blunt, this is my first fanfic though I've written normal stories before. Which is why my writing style may change as the story develops..if the story develops. -clears throat-

CC is welcome, and so is any other type of help. Oh, and reviews are my life source so please keep me alive. I don't really want to see what the afterlife is like just yet ^.^;;

Also, this story does have a pairing, though not necessarily the one that's implied in the beginning. I do have a pair in mind but I'll only tell once the plot develops. And the plot will only develop if I get enough assurance which is in the form of... yes, you guessed it! Reviews!

Disclaimer : This will apply to all future chapters I write; I do not own OHSHC. If I did, I probably wouldn't be writing this.

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~Prologue~

It was raining heavily outside. For the tenth time, Haruhi sighed. The rain was so boring. Especially in the middle of the night when she couldn't sleep. She turned slightly when she heard a scrapping sound behind her. Catching a glimpse of a short person with black hair peeking around the door of her room, she smiled.

Gesturing for the newcomer to join her, she turned around to look out the window again as she fumed over some things in her mind.

"Haruhi, is something wrong?" a childish voice asked her timidly. She looked at the boy of around ten perched on the window seat next to her and shook her head. A thought came to her.

"Sweetie, could you do something for me tomorrow?" she asked with a smile that told of hidden intentions. At the nod from the boy, her smile broke into a grin. She thanked him with a hug and moved over to her bed.

After crawling under the covers she beckoned for the child to follow her. "You came here because you couldn't sleep, right?" He smiled slightly and got under the covers with her. Snuggling up to her side, he whispered a good night and fell asleep within a few minutes of closing his eyes.

In the meantime, Haruhi was still awake, her eyes centered on the ceiling of her room but not really focused on anything. As she ran through her plans for the next day, she couldn't help but chuckle slightly. She knew there were a lot of things that could go wrong. But then, that was the same with everything. It was about time she stopped keeping secrets, time she found her childhood again.

Turning her head slightly to plant a soft kiss on the sleeping boy's forehead, she too whispered a good night and closed her eyes, urging sleep to come.

Ootori Mansion

Kyoya tossed in his sleep. He had wanted sleep to come fast earlier but if he had a choice now, he would rather be awake. His dream probably couldn't be classified as a nightmare. But he still didn't like the feelings he had whenever he thought of her. Of that time. Truth be told, he'd be happier not feeling at all.

"Don't worry, nii-san," the soft lilting voice of the chocolate-eyed girl in front of him broke through his mind's hell and chased away the demons.

For now.

He dreaded to think what would happen to him if - when she left. This small person (who wasn't really that much smaller than his 9 year old self ; yes, this is his childhood he's dreaming about) who was as important to his world as night and day was to the world outside was the only thing that could make him forget. Forget that he will one day have to compete with his brothers for the title of "Ootori Heir" and make him feel… normal. Like a normal 9 year old.

"After all, I can come back as soon as Grandmama becomes better which shouldn't take too long," she continued, unaware of his internal suffering.

Or maybe she knew. She was similar to him in many ways. One of the reasons why they were so close was because she was the only one whose IQ was on par with his and they could spend hours just arguing over the Chaos Theory and God only knew what else.

When this started, most adults tended to leave the room for fear of being asked something by one of them only to be embarrassed.

She was also very very intuitive and noticed things that even he failed to sometimes. Or things that he tried to hide. He was a good liar but she made his attempts at lying seem like a cheesy rendition of a 70's soap opera.

He smiled softly. While his mind chased it's tail, she had been babbling on about sending him an e-mail as soon as she got there and made him promise to keep in touch no matter what.

She stopped mid-sentence when someone called her. She turned around, her long black hair brushing against Kyoya's face lightly.

"I'll see you soon, nii-san." She smiled up at her adopted brother. "Wait for me, ne? We're still not done with the Physics Theory and I'm not letting you win."

Despite the sad occasion and the fact that he was losing his best friend, he managed an amused laugh. He ruffled up her hair and grinned down at her face.

"We both know I'm right, there is no way Einstein would have overlooked anything. Least of all Solstices," he said, rolling his eyes as if the very thought was ridiculous.

She stuck her tongue out at him and started to say something when they heard her name again. She smiled at Kyoya and turned around, running to the adult in front of the limo just outside the gate.

She didn't bother saying good bye and neither did he.

After all, she wasn't going away for long.