Ok, so on the summary I couldn't fit this but there's a bit of one-sided HaruXOC in this, but that's it as far as couples go.

I don't want to make Hikari into too much of a Mary Sue...even though I think I already did. o

Same disclaimer as the prior chapters.

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Chapter 4: Shopping and an Old Friend

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"Wake up, Hikari! Wake up!"

Hikari's awakened by a small body jumping on top of her. She opens her eyes to greet large brown eyes. As result, she falls off the bed in surprise.

"Gah! Momiji! Don't scare me like that!"

"Sorry, Hikari-chan, I'm just so excited about going shopping!" Momiji exclaims, jumping off her bed and running into the hallway.

'Where does that boy get his energy?' She asks herself, getting out of bed and starting her usual morning routine. As she brushes her hair, she thinks back to last night, pondering on why Akito was so nice. It was surprising to put 'Akito' and 'nice' in the same sentence. She slips on her clothes for the day and walks out into the hallway where Momiji and Haru are waiting for her.

"Took you long enough! Let's go eat breakfast so we can go!" Momiji shouts grabbing her arm and pulling her towards the kitchen.

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'I really hate this place.' She thinks looking at all the different shops.

"Hikari, I bet you wanna go to Hot Topic, don't you?" Momiji exclaims, smiling up at her.

"You know me so well, Momiji." She replies, rather sarcastically.

"Well, Haru can go with you while I meet up with one of my friends from school, ok?" Momiji asks, running off before the two remaining shoppers could answer. Haru and Hikari just look at each other, Haru slightly blushes, and he takes her hand and silently pulls her towards Hot Topic.

"Akito-sama says you need a new work dress." Haru says, pulling Hikari towards the back of the store.

"Oh, ok. Anything in-particular?" She asks, looking at all the beautiful dresses. Haru shakes his head 'no' and walks away saying, "Come and get me when you're done." He then heads over to the guys section while leaving Hikari to stare blankly at the wall fulll of dresses, suddenly, there's a voice behind her.

"Do you need some help, miss?"

She turns around and the man standing in front of her made her jaw drop slightly. He was gorgeous! Black spiked hair that looked like Dark's from DNAngel, one of Hikari's favorite animes, with red tips. Beautiful blue eyes. Two earrings in each ear's cartilage. He wore black baggy jeans and a MCR T-shirt that looked pretty worn out. Strangly though, he looked a lot like Yukio.

"Uh, hi. Yes I need some help. I really don't know what I'm looking for." She replies, coming out of her daze. "What is your name, I'm Hikari."

"Hikari! I knew you looked familiar! I'm Kyoshi, you know, Yukio's twin brother!" He exclaims, hugging her. She tenses up, waiting for the pain to come. When it doesn't she relaxes and lets him hug her. 'He must be just like Yukio in the sense of being the "outsider". His hug is alot warmer than Yukio's was, though...' She thinks to herself.

After some help from Kyoshi, Hikari finally gets what she needed. As she starts walking out the door, Kyoshi calls out her name.

"Uh, Hikari. I konw that you and my brother, uh, broke up, and I was, um, wondering, if I could, um, have your number? You know, so we could talk?" He asks quickly, a deep blush creeping up his face.

"Oh sure, here you go." She says, taking out a piece of paper and writing down her cell number on it. "That's my cell, I don't use my house phone."

"Thanks, Hikari! It was a pleasure helping you out." He says, kissing her quickly on the cheek and walking back into the store.

'Whoa.' She thinks as she holds the cheek he just kissed. As she walks to the meeting place, she notices Haru standing there with a Hot Topic bag in his hand, and Momiji standing next to him with Dippin' Dots in his.

"Ok, guys. Let's go home!" She exclaims, glad that she could get away from the crowded mall. As they draw closer to the Sohma Estate, Hikari suddenly feels something cool and soft slide itself along her neck as someone fastens it. She glances down, both startled and surprised to see that it's a beautiful choker. She then turns around to see Haru there, blushing rather heavily.

"Thanks, Haru. But why'd you get it?" She asks, fingering the choker, which she noticed went along great with her pendant.

"I, uh, saw it and it reminded me of you." He answers, blushing more. She hugs him quickly and they start walking again. Once they enter the Sohma Estate, Momiji bounds off to wherever it is that he goes, and Hikari and Haru walk towards Hikari's room. As they walk inside the main building and are nearing Hikari's room, Haru stops and looks at Hikari.

"Hey Hikari, who was that guy you were talking to at Hot Topic?" Haru asks. As he asks she notices a slight tone of jealousy in his voice.

"Oh, Kyoshi? Just an old friend." She replies coyly, walking into her room and closing the door.