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Chapter 4 I lay on my back, able to vaguely hear 'Safe and Sound' by Taylor Swift from Grace's room. It was probably the one Taylor Swift song I didn't hate. Mostly because it was from The Hunger Games.
The warm dark grey quilt was spread out under me.
Darcy sat at her desk, doing a bit of homework.
I'd do it later.
I turned my head sideways to look at the clock. It read 11:03 PM.
"Darc, it's late..."
"I know. That's why I'm going to bed, and you should probably do your homework now." Darcy burrowed down under the quilt, shoving me out of the way.
I grunted as I fell off the bed, then picked myself up, glaring at Darcy.
She grinned mischievously at me, pulling the quilt around the back of her head.
I rolled my eyes and sat down at the desk. Currently, I was in a light grey long-sleeve top and baggy dark grey pyjama pants.
The computer hummed.
I opened Pages and sat there for about twenty minutes, thinking about what to write. I turned around to ask Darcy, but she was fast asleep, hair falling over one of her eyes.
I sighed and turned back to the computer, and started writing.
I checked the clock again.
2:42 AM.
"Ugh..." I mumbled, clicking save.
I'll go downstairs for something to eat, then sleep.
When I reached the kitchen, it was pitch black. I flicked the light switch, lighting up the whole room.
I made my way over to the fridge and pulled out a block of chocolate, which I opened and ate shortly after.
I heard footsteps, then looked at the door to find Kyoya standing there in dark blue men's pyjamas.
He yawned, "What are you doing down here?"
"Eating. What are you doing down here?"
"Coming to get something to eat."
There was a pause before I broke it.
"Do you like chocolate?"
"I don't care for sweets. Why are you being so friendly?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm tired." I answered bluntly and gulped down a glass of milk.
"'Night." I said before walking past him.
As I made my way to the stairs, my foot caught on the edge of the rug.
Time slowed down as I fell.
I felt the tearing pain in my ankle and then the pain as my elbows hit the wood.
"FUCK!" I yelled, just about ready to cry from the pain in my foot.
I rolled over when Kyoya looked out of the kitchen, a startled expression on his face.
"What happened?"
I pointed ankle-wards.
Kyoya walked over, crouching down next to me to look at my ankle.
"Does this hurt?" He put a small amount of pressure on it.
I screeched, "YES IT FUCKING HURTS!"
He covered my mouth with one hand, "Shush or you'll wake up everyone in the house!"
I looked up at him. When he removed his hand from my mouth, I sighed, "Sorry."
"It's fine. Does this hurt?" He moved my foot to the left.
I grimaced but held back another yell.
"I think it's just sprained..."
"Do you have any idea how many people die a year from a sprained ankle?!" I hissed.
Kyoya looked at me sideways, "Um... None?"
"That's not the point!"
Kyoya sighed, then picked me up.
"W-what are you doing?!" I asked.
"Getting you back to your room. You're a girl, aren't you Koby?" He asked, looking down at me through his glasses.
I shifted my eyes away, "What makes you think that?"
"Well," He talked as he carried me upstairs, "I was thinking a lot about what your sisters had been saying. Made fun of the way you dressed, and acted and your hair. I pieced it together."
"They told you that?" I whispered.
Kyoya nodded, "I won't tell anyone else, but that's how I worked it out."
"Okay..." I sighed, snuggling down into his chest.
I felt him tense up.
"Shut up and keep walking. I'm tired." I mumbled.
I felt a sigh, then the movement of Kyoya walking.
The swaying and silence ended up lulling me to sleep.
"-by! Koby! Wake up!" I felt a hand fiercely shaking my shoulder.
I used my foot to kick them away, ignoring the horrid pain in my ankle.
"Ow! Koby!" I heard Darcy yelp.
I rolled over so I faced her, "What?" I hissed.
"What happened to your foot?!"
I tore the quilt away and looked at my foot. A bandage was wrapped tightly around my ankle, fastened with medical tape.
I sat up and poked it experimentally, then winced.
"I sprained it last night." I answered Darcy's question.
"How did you do that?"
"I tripped over the loungeroom rug."
"How did you get back up here?"
"Um..." I frowned, "I think Kyoya carried me up..." Then the memory flooded my mind, "Shit! He knows I'm a girl!"
"What?! How?!" Darcy yelled, standing up.
"From what you and Gracie said." I frowned, "Why did you tell him?"
Darcy shifted uncomfortably, "I... I actually don't really know..." She checked the clock, "We should get ready for school."
I shuffled over to the edge of the bed, then put both feet down, and stood up, falling back down about half a second later.
"OW! FUCK!" I howled.
"Koby!" Darcy shrieked and helped me up, supporting me to the closet.
I reached in and tugged out my uniform, then Darcy helped me back to the bed to sit down.
I awkwardly changed my pants, then moved onto the easier task of shirt-changing.
"Zip." Darcy said, back facing me. I zipped up her dress, then helped her tie the ribbon.
I then took a deep breath.
I will do this. And stood up, putting weight on my injured foot.
Holding back screams, I limped over to the door, changed my mind and decided to go to the bathroom for pain killers.
I rummaged through the cabinet, then found a box and swallowed two tablets quickly.
I tested my foot again. It still hurt like hell, but I would walk.
Darcy poked her head in the room, "You okay Kobs?"
"Yes." I bravely walked to the door, ignoring the pain.
After making my way with Darcy down to the kitchen, I was actually feeling rather ill.
At the first chance I got, I sat down.
Kyoya sat down across the table from me, and frowned.
"What?" I groaned, still feeling sick.
"You look pale."
"I feel sick."
"Have you been walking on that foot?"
"What foot?" Grace asked, skipping into the room.
I glared at the table, "Nothing."
"She sprained her ankle last night."
Grace's eyes widened, "You said she..."
I sighed, "Yeah. He found out."
"Oh. Is your ankle okay?"
"Funny that's the second thing you ask." I mumbled, burying my face in my arms and groaning as my stomach did a backflip.
"Have something to eat. It'll make you feel better." Darcy said, putting down a plate with a few pancakes on it. I lifted my head up and stuffed a pancake in my mouth, chewing slightly.
"Mm! It actually does!" I sat up properly and started quickly eating the rest of the pancakes.
Darcy smiled, "Great!"
Without realising it, distracted with my pancakes, Kyoya had turned my chair, and was taking my shoe off.
Then I felt the tearing pain again.
"OW! What the hell?!" My eyes snapped to see Kyoya checking my ankle.
"Get off!" I growled, pulling my foot away.
He sighed, "You need crutches, Koby."
"No I don't. I'm fine."
Kyoya glared at me, "Listen, unless you want a broken ankle."
I crossed my arms, "I'm not using crutches!"
"Use a wheelchair then."
"No!"
I felt Darcy wrap her arms around my neck, "Come on Koby. Just use the crutches."
I frowned, but sighed, "Fine. Gimme them already."
A maid came in and passed me a pair of wooden crutches. I hopped to my feet and put the crutches under my arms, then walked around the room, testing.
"What happened to you?" Dad asked, walking in.
"Sprained ankle." I muttered, then hooked my bag onto a little screw poking out of the side of the crutch.
"Can we go now?" I snapped, looking over my shoulder.
As I limped along, crutches tapping on the ground, people kept looking at me. There was a little scar under my eye from Hikaru and my scuffle yesterday.
"Hey." Haruhi walked up next to me.
"Oh, morning Haruhi." I mumbled.
"What happened to your foot?"
"I sprained my ankle last night."
"Oh."
We walked together in silence. Haruhi broke it, "Are you coming to club after school?"
I nodded, "Yeah. Plus, I'm still really confused about the whole thing."
Haruhi smiled, "Yeah, would be. Took me awhile to get used to all the weirdos around."
"Heh." I looked ahead, feeling content. Until Hikaru decided to come along.
"Hello you two." He spotted my crutches, "What happened to you?"
I facepalmed, "IS IT REALLY NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE TO ASK THAT?!"
"It's fine." Kaoru said, patting my head, "Come on Edge, we're going to class."
"Edge? Why're you calling me that?"
Kaoru shrugged, "You're always on edge, it also sounds pretty cool for a nickname."
I smiled, "Yeah. I guess it does."
"What's got you smiling?" Grace asked, popping up next to me with Darcy next to her.
"Hm?" I looked over to her, "Oh, nothing." And sped up with my limp-walking.
I sat on one of the couches in Music Room 3, leaning on my hand.
"Koby! You need to go and get into cosplay!" Tamaki cried, picking me up and carrying me to the changeroom.
"Hey! Don't touch me!" He dropped me, making me land on my ankle and yelp.
Kaoru ran over, "Edge, are you okay?"
Tamaki gave him a look, "Edge?"
"Shut up and go... Bug Kyoya." I shoved him in the direction of his best friend.
Kaoru supported me into the room, then left.
I looked at the cosplay. It was an anime cosplay.
I think it might have been Fruits Basket?
I quickly got changed into a pair of black shorts and a dark gray button-down top with pockets and a tighter waist, as well as a blue sweat band around one wrist.
I limped out of the room.
"Am I Hiro Sohma?" I asked the room.
Tamaki nodded. He was in a long silver wig. I figured he was Ayame. Perfect personality for him.
(a/n Koby and Darcy have the same hair colour as Hiro.)
""We just need to get your hair right!"" Hikaru and Kaoru slid over to either side of me, wearing black t-shirts and baggy camo-green pants, little orange cat ears on their heads.
"Are you two Kyo clones?"
""Yep!"" And they started combing and putting gel in my hair.
Haruhi was in a short silver wig, traditional Japanese style clothes and two little mouse ears.
Yuki.
Kyoya wore a white lab coat and had a fringe covering one of his eyes.
Hatori.
Hunny ran over to me, "Ko-Chan! Look! I'm a bunny!"
He was wearing feminine clothes, and two goldish rabbit ears arched from his hair.
Momiji.
Mori came up behind him and picked him up. He was wearing a white leather coat and had white roots in his hair, with two little cow's ears.
Hatsuharu.
"I love Fruits Basket!" I said happily.
Kaoru passed me a mirror so I could look down at myself.
My hair had been styled just like Hiro's and I had little sheep ears in my hair.
"Oh, hang on." Hikaru tilted my head up and put a contact in each eye.
I blinked rapidly, and looked back into the mirror. My eyes were a deep hazel now.
I smiled, "Hey, I look just like him."
I looked up and saw the twins had contacts in too. Dark red ones.
Tamaki had silver, Haruhi had dark purple, Mori had dark green, Hunny didn't need any, and Kyoya had dark brown.
We all really resembled the characters we were trying to portray.
I limped over to the middle of the room, where everyone else was gathering.
The doors swung open and girls flooded in.
"Welcome!"
Tamaki stood up, attracting the attention of everyone, "Hello ladies! Today, we have a new host with us." He slid sideways to reveal me. I had my arms crossed and looked sideways.
"This is Koby! The Bad Boy Type! If any of you want to request him, go ahead."
"So Koby, why did you join the host club?" A blonde girl asked me.
I leaned on the table, "Debt."
"Like Haruhi?"
"Yes."
"Koby!" Hikaru called.
Then the familiar voice of Kaoru called, "Edge!"
"Excuse me." I said, standing up and hobbling over to the twins, "What?!" I snapped.
""Sit down with us!"" I was pushed backwards to sit between the twins.
"What are you... Ah!" Kaoru's face was suddenly very close to mine.
I forced down a blush.
"What. Are. You. Doing?!" I choked out, then felt arms around my waist.
I looked over my shoulder and saw Hikaru.
"Ah!" I struggled around, trying to get out of his grip.
"Lemme go!"
Kaoru laughed, "Okay Hikaru. Let him go."
Hikaru sighed, removing his arms.
I got up as quickly as possible and hopped away, back to my table.
Why the hell did they do that?!
I shuddered internally, then sat back down with my guests.
Darcy was there.
"Oh, hey Darc!"
The guests filed out of the room, including Darcy.
I stiffly made my way over to the changeroom, where my uniform was.
It was hanging over in the corner.
I changed my pants, then pulled my shirt over my shoulders, then heard the curtain open.
My eyes widened and snapped over, where I saw Kaoru standing there, staring with his mouth hanging open. Luckily I was wearing a bra today.
"SONOFABITCH!" I screeched.
He went bright red, "S-sorry..."
"WHY ARE YOU STILL STANDING THERE!?" I threw my shoe at him, whacking him in the face.
He jumped backwards, curtain sliding shut.
Oh dear. Poor Koby, getting walked in on XD
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