A/N: Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin knew their best friend, (Y/N), very well. You were a free-spirited girl who was...secretly...(not really) in love with Hikaru. Unbeknownst to either of your parents and Hikaru himself, Hikaru had the same feelings for you. while Kaoru treated you like a little sister. Read and review, but please don't hate.

You were sitting in the limo, a blue-and-orange tie-dyed fleece blanket (a gift from the Hitachiin twins) wrapped around you.

You knew Kaoru had no romantic feelings for either yourself or Hikaru.

It was an act in the Host Club, and he thought of you as a little sister that he and Hikaru never had.

Your grandparents, who lived with you and your mother, since their was no father in the picture, absolutely adored the Hitachiin twins, though they couldn't tell them apart.

Tamaki was like a father-figure to you, so you didn't mind it when he was overprotective and called you his daughter, much to the annoyance of the twins.

You were so lost in thought that you didn't realize that there was a knock on the window.

You looked up, startled, to see the smiling faces of the Hitachiin brothers.

You were a commoner just like Haruhi, but the twins insisted on having someone pick you up every morning, and you agreed.

Hey, it was better than either taking the bus or walking alone in the rain.

You lived only a few miles from Ouran, so it wouldn't trouble you to ride the bus, but the twins were persistent.

You laugh as you step out of the limo, the blanket still wrapped around your shoulders.

It was December after all, and it was normally cold...plus, the boys thought it was cute.

"What are you wearing that for?" Kaoru asks, raising an eyebrow at you.

You knew for a fact that this was Kaoru, for he was most of the time more caring than Hikaru.

"I was cold." You say defensively as you all start to walk to class.

Thankfully, you shared all of your classes with the twins and Haruhi, since it would probably give them both a heart attack if you didn't.

"We specifically told the driver to turn up the heat if you were cold." Hikaru says, wrapping an arm casually around you.

Normally you wouldn't mind it if either of the twins put their arms around you, they were trying to be gentlemen, as Tamaki taught them, but you were uneasy.

You had a crush on Hikaru, Kaoru and the rest of the Host Club, besides your mother, being the only ones to know this.

You smile at Hikaru, a blush on your face as Kaoru smirks, crossing his arms as he keeps pace with your other side.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Skip: To The Host Club~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This was a usual routine for you.

After school, as long as the Host Club was open, especially on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, you would attend, the twins escorting you home afterwards.

You stared at everything and everyone, taking out your sketchbook and drawing.

You drew anything that caught your eye, but, nowadays, that happened to be Hikaru and nothing else.

You were so into drawing that you didn't notice a figure creak the door open.

The Host Club surrounded you, almost without you realizing it, Hikaru and Kaoru being overprotective as always.

Noticing the twins, you flipped your sketchbook closed, especially when you saw Nekozawa-sempi near the door.

The twins never did like him, and you thought he was creepy as well.

"What are you doing here, Nekozawa?" Hikaru demands, stepping protectively in front of both yourself and Kaoru.

You knew that this was just Hikaru...even if he didn't have a romance with his little brother, he was still overprotective...being overprotective as you also being second nature to him.

"I just came to pay a visit to Miss (L/N)." Nekozawa says in that creepy way of his.

You shiver from right, Kaoru grabbing your blanket and throwing it over your shoulders in order to keep you calm.

Hikaru spun around, noticing your scared features and Kaoru's worried ones, before he spun back around, glaring at Nekozawa.

"Now, Hikaru, let's not be hasty. Nekozawa-sempi, what do you want with Miss (L/N) in the first place?" Kyouya says, pushing up his glasses.

"Well, what do you think? I happen to know a little secret of the young woman's...not to worry, it has nothing to do with the Hitachiin twins." Nekozawa says, chuckling darkly.

"Yeah, right! You know nothing about (Y/N) that Kaoru and I don't already know!" Hikaru exclaims, crossing his arms.

"Yeah!" Kaoru chimes, glaring at Nekozawa.

"Oh, but there is...you see...Miss (L/N) was abandoned by both of her parents as a young child, about two or three, which means that Miss (L/N)'s mother is her adopted mother...but the man who abandoned both is her real father." Nekozawa says with a smirk.

The twins grab onto you, silently hoping that wasn't true, but it was.

You didn't know how he knew this information, but you knew that Kyouya had to...but you didn't know why he didn't tell the twins.

Your eyes widen as you can hear all of the familiar sounds from when your father abandoned you.

You had been a young girl, left alone at the park, when Hikaru and Kaoru first met you.

It was that day that they decided they would not only protect you with their lives...but also that you would be their best friend forever.

You had been left after that...taken to an orphanage and then to live with your mother...Ivy (L/N).

You didn't think the twins remembered, but little did you know, Hikaru did.

You tilt to the side suddenly, your head in your hands, before you fall back, hitting the floor, and inevitably for your vision to go...black.