Fiddling with my brown messy hair as I stood outside classroom 1A with Haruhi, I waited for Haruhi to finish talking to some people. I never knew that Haruhi was so popular. I just kept my head low as Haruhi talks to the teacher. As I kept my gaze at my not-so-shiny flats, Haruhi told me to introduce myself. I look up at her with a horrified face, shaking my head furiously. She just gave a reassuring smile.
"I'm Esme Kn- Fujioka…" I said slowly and too loud for my comfort. I set my eyes at only the first row, because the twins sat near the back, and its awkward making eye contact with them.
"Do you guys have any questions for Esme?" The teacher asked. Some hands shot up, two were the twins. The teacher called on a girl with short auburn hair and green eyes. "How are you related to Haruhi?" She asked. I just looked at Haruhi. "She's my adopted sister." Haruhi let the subject at that.
Another student called up, this time a boy with dark brown hair and odd grey eyes. "Why are your eyes so weird, flat chest?" He and his friends near him laughed while I flinched. "Why do you look like you're sick? Do you have aids or something?" Another boy said. The teacher slapped her ruler on her desk, but before saying anything, Haruhi yells, "Stop!" She points towards the group of boys.
"Now you hush yourself!" Haruhi said her face red with anger. "You can make fun of me, but not her." Haruhi walked to her seat, me trailing behind. I have to thank Haruhi later for that.
After classes, I was escorted by the twins to the Host Club room. I was so frightened to be alone with them. They would ask me questions and I very uncomfortable. I could tell they were concern at what happened this morning but I still didn't want their pity. One of them asked me about my life in America. I didn't answer. The other asked why I don't talk. I didn't answer again.
They stopped asking me questions.
As we stopped in front of Music room 3, the twins stop in front of me. I flinch and got ready for the pain, but I opened my eyes to see them look at me weirdly. I looked at the floor ashamed and embarrassed. "Do you not like us?" The one on the left asked. "Are you scared of us?" The one on the right asked. I kept my head low.
"Do we remind you of someone?" They asked together. I looked up at them wide eyed and pushed past them into the room, being partially blinded by the light. As my vision clears, I see the host club and Haruhi. I walked to Haruhi and stayed with her the whole time.
After club hours, Haruhi rants to the rest about what happened this morning with the group of boys. Kyoya was on his phone while Tamaki rants himself about the boys being disrespectful to a lady. Honey cried on how mean they were while Mori looks slightly unpleasant. The twins still stared at me.
As I excused myself to the bathroom, the same group of guys gathered around me. I was about to turn away when the "leader" grabbed a handful of my hair and threw me to the ground.
"I'm warning you. Don't let your idiot brother do anything like that again or else both of you are gonna get some major punches." He laughed and spat at me while his friends laughed with him and walked away. I felt like crying but I held myself. I didn't want Haruhi to deal with them if it meant that she would get hurt. Plus, she has a secret to hide too.
When I walked back to the club room, I see everyone lounging around. They visit Haruhi a lot lately and they sort of grew into me. But that doesn't mean I'm any less frightened around them, especially the twins.
I sat down and groaned. The pain from my headache seemed to grow as I tried to soothe the sore skin on my head. Man, my head must be bleeding.
No one seems to pay much attention to me, so I dabbed a napkin onto my wound. I cringe but later exhaled. Suddenly someone was behind me. "Pretty nasty wound. How'd you get it?" The twins asked out loud, catching everyone's attention. I turn around and gave a fake laugh.
"I-I fell down the stairs… B-But I'm fine!" I wave my hands in front of me frantically while giving a weak smile. I hate smiling.
The one on the right Leaned to look closer. He frowned. The one on the left did the same. "Please tell the truth, Esme. We want to help." Haruhi said with a sad look. "L-look it's nothing ok." I said icily. I grabbed my things and walked outside to the rose maze. I suddenly felt angry.
Why would people care anyway?
Haruhi POV:
I sighed. Great, she slipped before we could ask anything.
"Haruhi, do you know why she is so afraid of the twins?" Tamaki asked calmly. He noticed too?
"Like I said before, she doesn't talk to me as much as you guys think. I barely even know when her birthday is." I lied, but I think no one noticed. I looked at Kyoya. "Did you look her name up?" I asked. He frowned slightly.
"Yes, but it didn't have much." He gulped. He sounded like he was lying. Was Kyoya hiding something from us?
"Well we should just ask her." Honey said while eating cake. I sighed again. "It doesn't work that way Honey Senpai. She is broken. We can't fix her."
"Why would you say that, daughter?" Tamaki asked. I shook my head.
"I remember when I met her 8 years ago, she was such a nice little girl that would always smile and laugh. After meeting her, she got way thinner, she is 89 pounds. She had bags under her eyes and she would have nightmares. Her screams were like she was being murdered. She scared dad and I one night because she tried to claw her eyes with her fingernails, her eyes were bleeding and it scared me so much. She was in a mental hospital only for a couple of days for pills. Esme has probably been through so much." I said, trying not to cry. Suddenly the doors opened. I look to see Esme.
She looked tired and beat, so I told the twins to bring her home while I get her stuff since she left it somewhere.
As she was leaving, I stared at her back.
"Please tell me what's wrong. Please." I pleaded in a whisper.
Esme POV:
I sat in silence while the twins sat opposite of me in their limo. My wounds were starting to hurt and I felt another headache so luckily Haruhi sent me home. I was too tired to even worry about the twins, even if we are alone.
"Esme, want to play a game?" Kaoru asked. I-I think it was Kaoru…
"Sure…" I mumbled, looking out the window.
"Let's play 20 questions." Hikaru said. I raised my eyebrow. "That sounds boring…" I said tiredly.
"Yes, but you are playing whether you like it or not." Kaoru said. Hikaru smiled. "I'll start! Esme, what's your favourite colour?" I sighed.
"Blue." I smiled weakly. "My turn… Kaoru, what is your favourite food?" I asked lazily.
"Teriyaki chicken." He smiled.
7 minutes later…
"Why do you hate us?" Kaoru asked. My expression hardens. "I just don't trust people." I said simply. The rest of the ride was quiet.
Afterwards, the twins drop me off. I just look at them and gave them a weak smile. They didn't return the smile.
I went inside to see Haruhi talking on the phone.
"Haruhi, Who is that?" I asked quietly.
"Your uncle." Haruhi answered in a whisper, making my body ridged. I stared at her wide eyed in fear.
M-My uncle?!
ooohhhhh! sorry for the confusing OC character developement, im not good with managing stuff like that lol!
and why is Esme afraid of her uncle? tune in next time! lol~