The Day We Met

"Kyouya-sempai," both Hikaru and I said together. We finally found Aya's room after running into countless rooms. We were so worried that we haven't thought of asking where her room is. The dark shadow king of our Host Club, now turned into his softer side, turned to look at us and back to our manager. We saw her pale body with many wires on her, respirator and such. "A student also from Ouran brought her here, knowing that Aya-kun knows me," Kyouya-sempai said, "She was beaten up by a hired gang. During the operation, we discovered that she has heart problems. Something like a 'hole in her heart,' the doctors said."

Kyouya-sempai left around 11 PM. We received a call from our mom and we pleaded her to let us spend the night with Aya. We can't leave her like this, not in her condition right now. Staying on either side of Aya, I concluded that we haven't been this worried to anyone but Aya. Never in our life did we worry about anyone else. Well, I was always the worried one it's Hikaru who hasn't been worried. I squeezed our princess's hand. Since that time we began to like her, we never wanted her to leave us alone.

Flashback (7 years old)

"Kaoru," Hikaru said, "I heard the maids saying that the visitor tomorrow is Mama's best friend." "So if their child is a girl, Mama will make her marry one of us, huh?" I hugged my knees closer to my chest, I don't want anyone to get closer to us… We don't want to get hurt again.

"Oh what a cute girl you have, Shinichirou," mom said to her best friend. The girl and the only child of the Takahashi family, Aya, just stared but politely replies on mom's invading questions. She looks… empty, I thought as I looked into her emotionless eyes. "Hikaru, Kaoru," mom turned to us, "Go play with her, okay?"

"This is boring," Hikaru blurted out. It has been about 15 minutes yet none of us even spoke yet. "Nee, Kaoru," he looked at me, "Do you know any ghost stories?" I smiled widely, getting his idea of scaring Aya her hairs out. Both of us always think the same, as if we share one brain. We stood up and told Aya to come with us to story tell in a dark room.

"And then," Hikaru paused, "he looked at the mirror… only to see… a bloody girl glaring back at him!" A shiver ran up to my spine but I tried to cover it up, "Hikaru that was wicked." My twin laughed and looked at Aya. She was still staring back, not even a hint of being scared. Hikaru put his hands on his hip, "Are you even scared?" Aya blinked her two round eyes, "I'm scared." Like a scientist getting a conclusion on the experiment, I asked her, "Don't you even know how to show that you're happy or angry?" "No," was her reply. Giving up in trying to scare her, Hikaru and I sighed. Then it clicked to us, "Let's play 'Which is Hikaru-kun?' game." "You mean I'm going to point out which one is Hikaru and Kaoru?" Both of us nodded and hid behind a large wardrobe, went back (switching positions) asking, "Which Hikaru-kun?" She looked at us, from Hikaru to Kaoru and back again. "This is Kaoru. This is Hikaru," Aya said, pointing from right, to left. Our eyes widened as she guessed it right. It can't be right, I thought, It has got to be a lucky guess. "Wrong," I said. "Got it wrong, Aya," Hikaru said. "Eh? But isn't Kaoru a little gentle than Hikaru?" she asked. It's Hikaru and my turn to blink this time. "Stop kidding!" we said in unison. She looked down, "Gomenasai. I didn't mean to offend you."

"That Takahashi Aya," Hikaru said while reading his manga, "Could she be the one Onee-san hasn't thought of appearing in our lives?" I looked at him, "The person who could differentiate us? Un. She may be the one we are looking for."

"Aya-sama," a maid called as we entered her room, "Your friends are here to visit you." She was on the lanai (terrace?) looking up the sky, "Friends?" The instant she saw Hikaru and I, she let out a silent 'oh.' When the maid already exited, we walked towards her. "Aya," Hikaru looked at the floor, "we… uh… We-We're sorry about yesterday." "We didn't mean to get angry at you. We're just surprised that someone got it right," I explained. Aya looked at us, "It's all right. I'm not holding a grudge or anything." I felt myself smile, Hontou ni yasashii no hito da ne. To light up the silent atmosphere, Hikaru said, "Ano ne, Aya-chan. There's no crime in smiling you know." He pulled her lip's sides to her cheeks. Thought Hikaru wanted to make her look like smiling, she looks funny in some way. I let out a little giggle. She pulled my brother's hands away and sighed. I could sense something wrong so I asked, "What's wrong? Is something holding back from showing your emotions?" She flinched as she heard 'something holding back.' Our frowning friend turned away, "It's nothing." Hikaru and I looked at each other. I saw her right arm bandaged and gasped, "That arm wasn't bandaged yesterday. What happened?" She shook her head, "It's nothing. It's just an accident."

End of Flashback

Sunlight shone through the curtains. I rubbed my eyes and slowly opened them. I looked around, That's right. I'm in the hospital. I gazed over Aya, "She's still asleep?" I asked myself, "Don't ever die on us, hime."

"Hikaru and Kaoru are amazingly quiet," Haruhi exclaimed, "Could something have happened to them?" "Takahashi Aya is in a comatose," Kyouya-sempai put down his clipboard and looked at us, "The police are still investigating on the case, Hikaru, Kaoru." Hikaru still stared up the ceiling, "Eh?" I remained silent resting my chin on my knee. "I hope Aya-chan is going to be okay," Hani-sempai said while playing with his bunny. Hikaru and I both sighed heavily. Getting annoyed, the shadow king closed his clipboard loud enough for everyone to hear, "If the two of you will keep this attitude until the customers arrive, I will force you to leave now." "Hika-chan. Kao-chan," our oldest member of the club worriedly said, "I'm sure Aya-chan doesn't want you to worry too much of her." We looked back at him. I felt a hand touching my shoulder. I turned my back and saw Dono smiling gently at us. I felt heat rise up to my cheeks, Why does he smile too gentle next to Hikaru? "It's going to be all right," he said and nodded knowingly at us. "Kyouya-sempai," Haruhi said, "Who is this Aya? She seems like a very important person." Kyouya-sempai pushed up his glasses, "Didn't you know? She's the Host Club's manager, one of your classmates." The natural-type guy, or should I say girl, blinked, "Oh. So she's that Takahashi Aya." "My fellow subjects, we will visit Aya-kun after the Host Club is closed," Dono announced then turned to Hikaru and I, "So she would be happy and come back to us." I smiled, "Un. Let's. Nee, Hikaru?" I saw him lighten up. I screamed inside, Hikaru, why are you so darn handsome?! From the corner of eye, I saw Kyouya-sempai push up his glasses, "It seems like everyone is back to normal."

Third person POV

Takahashi Shinichirou, Aya's father, arrived at his beloved daughter's room. From the look of his face, anyone could say that he's awfully tired, mix it up with worry. "Aya," he stroke her tender cheek, "It's a good thing that your mother isn't around anymore or she would have gone insane again." Shinichirou closed his eyes and smiled sadly, "Please wake up, Aya."

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Translations:

Ano ne

You know

-chan

Honorific. Can be used either as a diminutive (e.g., with a small child—"Little Sasuke"), or with those who are grown, to indicate affection ("My dear").

Dono (can also be pronounced as Tono so either is correct)

Dono roughly means "lord".

Gomenasai

Sorry

Hime

Princess

Hontou ni yasashii no hito da ne.

She's/He's really a kind person.

-kun

Indicates familiarity or affection.

It is used by superiors in addressing inferiors, by males of roughly the same age and status in addressing each other, and in addressing male children.

Nee

Hey.

Onee-san

Elder sister

-sama

"Master" or "Mistress."/ This honorific is used primarily in addressing persons much higher in rank than oneself, and in commercial and business settings to address and refer to customers.

-sempai

Upperclassman

Un.

Yes/Okay