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Fern was curled up on her bed with her pillow clutched to her stomach. She didn't want to get up or even move for that matter. It was the next day and she needed to go to school. Just the idea made her pit of depression get a little darker. All she could think about was the other kids. How they treated her, how she wanted nothing more than to smash their faces into the lockers. Fern gripped her pillow tighter when she heard her mother's voice from down the hall.

"Fern! You need to get going or you'll be late!"

"Why must you torture me so!"

"Fern, you're going to school!"

"BAH!"

Fern sat up and threw her pillow across the room. It crashed into some of her art supplies and flung paint onto her walls. Not that she cared, it almost looked better that way. She stood up and grabbed her messenger bag. She walked out of the house after giving her mother a fleeting hug and started her short walk to the public school. Fern sighed as the building came into view. She started to mentally tell herself that everything would be fine. Nothing can hurt her, and to not listen to what the others say.

"Just stay calm and nothing will happen."

Of course that would be too easy.

"Aww look! It seems like they doctors let you out of your room!"

"Perhaps they should put her back though, I mean, didn't just hear her talk to herself?"

Fern started to grind her teeth and sped up her pace. She wasn't ready to deal with this right now. The two other teens followed her anyways. Their laughter making Fern's anger grow.

"Hey Fern, wait up! So what are you thinking today?"

The other teen laughed and answered for Fern.

"Probably how the 'aliens' got her father and now they are going to come get her."

At this point Fern stopped walking. Her grip on her bag's strap was tight as she turned on her heel to glare at them. Neither noticed. Fern almost growled before she stepped forward and punched one in the jaw and turned to grab the other by the shirt collar.

"Shut the hell up before I knock your teeth out."

"Fern Thomas!"

Fern quickly released the student and refused to make eye contact with the teacher that was now at her side.

"We do not allow violence at this school! Go to the office, now."

Fern didn't waste time doing as she was told. At least in the office, no one would bother her.

After her morning was spent in the office being scolded by the principle, Fern sat in her classroom. They were writing an essay and for once Fern found it easy to focus on her work. Well, until she felt something hitting the back of her head. Like every day, paper would be thrown at her and did the teacher notice? Fat chance. Fern just did her best to ignore it. Then someone put a piece of paper on her desk. At first Fern just stared at it before going back to her work, but her eyes kept flickering to it.

Don't read it, don't read it. I don't have to look at it. Its not important. Yup, I am totally not going to read it. ...what does it say?

Fern sighed and opened the note. Her grip tightened on the paper as she read.

Do us all a favor and just kill yourself.

Fern turned in her seat to find who gave her the note. It was two boys in the back of the class and as soon as she looked in their direction one of the pretended to put a gun to his head and shot himself while the other tried to contain his laughter. Fern glared at them and was going to whisper something when a ruler came down on her desk.

"Ms. Thomas, please sit properly in your seat."

Fern did as she was told and the teacher snatched the note from her hand.

"And a note? Well what does this one say?"

The teacher read the note and at first Fern thought that maybe the teacher would realize what these students are doing to her, but sadly it was not to be.

"Fern go straight to the office! How dare you write such awful things to another student!"

"I didn't write it!"

"Stop lying to me. Now go."

Fern rolled her eyes and shoved her papers into her bag as the teacher gave her the note saying she had to show it to the principle. She left the room with the students watching, most of them smirking. Fern walked in anger down the hallway and crushed the note in her hand before shoving it into her bag as well. She stopped in front of the office, but changed her mind. She continued walking till she was out of the building and started down a sidewalk. She didn't want to be there and she didn't want to go back. She still hadn't taken her pills and it got harder and harder to keep her emotions in check, which only frightened her more.

"Oh poor Fern! Those kids can be so mean can't they?"

Fern refused to look to her side. She knew who was there, or rather who wasn't there. Suzu skipped along side the depressed girl.

"Leave me alone."

"You don't mean that Fern!"

"Of course I do!"

Suzu giggled.

"Aww Fern's upset!"

"Just go away, please."

"Well, okay. Only because you said please! See you later Fern!"

Then Suzu was gone. Fern rubbed at her eyes. She didn't want to start crying but she didn't know what else to do. Her emotions were bubbling over and she needed to let it out before something bad would happen. She just kept walking as tears fell down faster than she could wipe them away. Fern hated feeling like this. Wanting to die or run away and never come back. Yet she couldn't do it. In her mind it was a coward thing to do and leaving behind her mother would only cause more pain. Fern stopped paying attention to where she was and found herself in a small little area. It looked like a park, but no one was there. She saw a large oak tree and sat down under it. Fern fiddled with the hem of her skirt. It didn't match her shoes and that's how she liked it. Her shirt was a bright green that was only dulled down with the black vest she threw over it. Fern sighed as she sat back against the tree. She let her eyes slip close as she tried to sleep away from her tormented reality into dreams that could at least be a little better.

She didn't know how long she had been asleep but when Fern woke up she felt refreshed. She straightened up and stretched her arms above her head. Then Fern heard a voice and froze.

There is no way in hell its him. How did he find me!

"Hi there Fern! What are you doing here?"

Fern quickly stood up and grabbed her bag. She didn't look at Honey or Takashi who followed behind.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have school?"

Honey's laugh rang in her ears.

"Silly, this is my school! Ouran has these little clearings for kids to relax in!"

Fern's eyes widened slightly. She spoke under her breath.

"How big is this friggin' school...Argh!"

Honey had tackled Fern in a hug and the poor girl just laid, face smashed into the ground, unmoving.

"You look like you could use a hug!"

"Get off!"

"Mitsukuni."

Honey quickly stood up, but he was still smiling like a little kid. Fern stood up and brushed herself off. She looked down to find her bag when she noticed Takashi holding it out to her.

"..thanks."

All he did was nod and Fern preferred that over Honey's bubbly voice. She turned to walk away when Honey stopped her by clinging to her arm. It took all Fern's strength not to slap the boy.

"I'm glad we got to see you again Fern!" Then the boy gasped like he got an amazing idea. "Want to come to the host club?"

Fern didn't even realize what she did till moments after it happened, but she still thought it was well deserved. The instant Honey had finished his sentence Fern turned around and slapped the blonde across the face. Takashi had quickly separated the two and held Honey close and inspected his cheek. Honey's eyes watered, but no tears fell. Fern just stood their furious.

"A host club? What kind of person do you think I am? That's disgusting!"

When he was done being checked over by Takashi, Honey walked back over to Fern.

"No, its not like that Fern! Please listen! We just talk and eat lots of cake!"

"..cake?"

/at the Host Club/

Fern walked in the room with Honey and Takashi and just stared. First of all she was surrounded by people and she was already feeling depressed. Then she noticed all the food and any plan of leaving she had just vanished. She was so fixated on the food that she didn't notice Honey take her hand and drag her over to a table to sit. However, Fern did notice the stares she got from the other girls so like usual, her eyes stayed on the table and she did all she could not to let their harsh whispers meet her ears. Honey sat down next to Fern with Takashi following. Fern wasn't sure why, but she liked having him around. He was quiet and calm, so that's how she started to feel. Honey started to stuff his mouth with cake as some girls giggled.

"Fern, aren't you going to try some!"

"Uh yea.."

Takashi handed her a plate, which she accepted with a nod, and started to slowly eat while looking around the room. She saw what she assumed were the other hosts and noticed how many girls were at each table. Her eyes stopped on a pair of twins and Fern found herself nearly choking when she saw how close they were. It was rather disgusting in her eyes.

"Fern, are you okay?"

The girl turned back towards Honey.

"Yeah. Um, thanks for the cake, but I'm gonna go."

As Fern stood up a boy with brown hair that looked too much like a girl to be a boy, bumped into Fern while carrying a tea tray. Fern lost her balance and fell to the floor and her bag flew open, scattering her books and papers across the floor. Embarrassed, Fern quickly picked up everything she could and without checking to be sure she got everything, she ran out the door.

At first when she stood in the hallways she didn't know where to go, but she didn't care. She just wanted to get away. She ran down whatever hallway appeared before her till she found herself outside. Fern took one look back at the school before she just took a breath and walked the rest of the way to her home.

Fern laid on her bedroom floor, staring at the ceiling. She refused to tell her mother what happened during the day at her school or about her random trip to Ouran. Her mother had gotten a call about Fern skipping school and tried to talk to her about it, but Fern just couldn't handle it at the time. She heard someone knocking on the door down the hall. Her mother went to answer it, and Fern heard some voices before her mother walked towards her closed bedroom door and talked through it.

"Fern, there are some people here to see you. They say they have a notebook of yours. Will you please come out?"

Fern quickly sat up with wide eyes. She reached over to her bag and checked to see if she had everything. She groaned when she realized one of her drawing books were gone, along with the note she received at school.

Great. I bet its that Honey kid and that tall dude...now they probably think I'm suicidal and have crappy art skills. Fantastic...just what I need..

Fern sighed and stood up. She went to her door and opened it. Her mother smiled and pointed her in the direction of the visitors. Fern did her best not to growl in annoyance and walked down the short hallway to where her visitors were. All she was expecting was Honey and Takashi, but of course, Fern was sadly mistaken. She stopped dead in her tracks as she saw not two, but seven boys standing or sitting in her small living room.

"..who the hell are all of you?"

"Fern-chan! You dropped your book at the club and Tama-chan wanted us to return it and so we all wanted to see where you lived! You live in a bigger place than Haruhi, but not quite as big as our homes..."

The boy-girl looked rather pissed off at the comment, muttering under her breath something about 'damn rich people'. Fern was too surprised to notice Honey had called her Fern-chan. A blonde boy walked, more like strutted, up to Fern and held out her book to her.

"Here you are my lovely princess! We are so sorry that you fell at our club and wanted to make it up to you, but you ran away so fast!"

Fern slowly took her book and held it protectively to herself. The twins snickered in a corner.

"Yeah she ran out alright."

"Like a scared deer."

Fern glared at the two, making them shut up.

"Alright, well thanks for giving it back to me. You can leave now."

The twins were all for that idea and dragged poor Haruhi out with them. Tamaki chased after them, complaining they were mistreating his daughter. Kyoya nodded his head once at Fern before gracefully making his way out of the room. Honey said a sweet goodbye before bouncing out the door. Fern glanced up at Takashi before looking away. He was just staring at her and she was feeling a little uncomfortable. He started to move closer to her and she instinctively moved back till she bumped up against the wall.

"You're Takashi right?"

"Yes."

"Okay then. Well Takashi, thanks for giving me back my drawing book. You can leave now."

"You can draw well."

"Thanks.."

"There is also this."

He held out the note from the two boys Fern got in school. Her face turned slightly red in embarrassment. She snatched it from his hand and refused to look at him.

"Don't."

Fern felt confused and looked at him. Takashi tapped the paper.

"What it says. Don't."

Fern just watched as Takashi looked at her for a moment before walking out the door. Fern didn't know what to do. Someone cared about her life.

"What the hell?"

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