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I ran through the dark streets of my neighborhood, staying away from big white vans and men giving away free candy- ok, not exactly. I did take candy from that one man… but I didn't get in the car with him!

Ahem, anyway, I turned a sharp left and ran up the stairs of my patio, two at a time. I stopped right before the door, taking in a deep breath. Quietly opening the door, I snuck inside to see my dad standing arms crossed in front of me.

Shit.

He lunged forward and wrapped me in his arms. I grunted under his weight and tried to wiggle loose, only to have his embrace tighten, "Do you know how worried I was? It's not safe being out in this neighborhood this late at night!"

I finally broke free of his grip, and emotionless mask covering my face as I stared at him with dull eyes, "It's never safe." I responded brushing past him into the kitchen to make myself some supper.

He followed me and I internally groaned, just leave me alone!

"You know what I mean Shira! It's especially dangerous now! That's why I made curfew."

I refused to look back at him as I rummaged through the fridge: apples, bananas, chicken, milk, some dead rat, ah! Here it is. Soup! I took the soup out and sat stood resting on the countertop, sipping away at the soup. It was chicken noodle.

"Shira!"

Oh yeah, 'dad' is talking to me, "Look, I know you don't care, so stop acting like you do."

I heard him march up to me and spin me around, making me look at him straight in the eyes. Tears pricked the corners, and a few fell down in scarred cheeks, "Please," his voice was barely above a whisper, "I love you… you're my daughter. At least come back on time, to be safe."

I let out an annoyed sigh before I ripped myself away from him, "Fine.," I spat, "But not because of you." I heard him let out a relieved sigh as I marched to my room, dropping down on the bed.

I know he's trying, but I still can't forgive him. Sometimes I want to, but since mom can't be here to be mad at him, I will. (Bet you weren't expecting a nice dad!)

Time skip~~~~~~

I let out a sigh as I was sprawled across the couch of the amazing music room 3. Everyone was preparing for the ball, leaving me bored. In fact, as bored as a rock in the ocean. All alone, fish ignoring it. Yeah, I'm the rock, and the host club members are the fish, ignoring me, the rock.

"Rock."

Kyoya stopped what he was doing and turned to me, one of his perfectly slim eyebrows raised in question, "What was that, Shira?"

I turned to face him, my hand coming up to point at his face, "I was making rock noises, now you're suppose to be ignoring me, fishy!"

"You know, I'm sorry I asked," thus, he went back to putting up decorations. Wow, decorations, a buffet, and polished floor in a massive ballroom. Which will be filled with a bunch of rich, bratty girls. I facepalmed, why did I agree to this? Ah yes, for free food.

I stood up and made my way over to the food, my eyes widening at the sight. So much foooooood!

"Don't even think about it." I shrieked and spun around to see Kyoya, still putting up the decorations- not facing me.

"How did you know? Do you have eyes in hell or something?!"

"Yes," "he does," The twins said coming up to fling their arms over my shoulders. They were decked out in black pants and a white collared shirt, which was covered in plaid vests. Cute. "Now get out."

I looked up surprised then smiled, "Cool! Does that mean I don't have to come?"

"No," Hikaru drawled, "It means you have to leave now and come back later so you don't ruin the surprise!"

I pouted. I was even already in my black dress, yeah, they got the black one for me. But now I have to walk around in this thing OUTSIDE where people can see me!

But, fine. They want me gone I'll be gone. I briefly turned on my heels and made my way out the door. I tried swinging the door open, but it wouldn't budge. Oh god! We're trapped! I kept on pushing on the door, before I started kicking it. I DON'T WANNA BE TRAPPED WITH THESE IMBECILES!

"You're supposed to pull, not push."

I turned and scratched the back of my head sheepishly, "hehe, I knew that." I pulled it open and stepped out, excepting a platform of some type, but it ended up being stairs, which I promptly fell down.

Stairs, they are my nemesis.

I brushed the dust off and made my way with the little bit of dignity I had left. Aw, what BS, I never had dignity!

Time Skip again~

The ball was starting now, and I was running late! Guess why… that's right! I was lost. Where? I don't know, that's why it's called being LOST. Damn idiots.

So I was running down the street and a large school came into view, huh. It was Large and almost looked church like, or like a castle out of a little girl's dream.

Pretty.

I walked up to the entrance and noticed three girls come into view, maybe they can help.

"Hello~!" I called out waving at them, they turned to face me and a smile graced the taller girls lips. She had brown shirt hair and beautiful brown eyes.

"Why hello maiden, I haven't seen you around here before," she said, cupping my chin in her hand. I smiled at her, giggling slightly.

"Of course not! I don't go here! I go to Ouran Academy! I got lost and needed directions!"

She looked down at me confused, "It's a block over and to the right, but why do you need to go out there so late?"

I shrugged, "There's this stupid 'Host Club Ball' thing I got dragged into."

The brown haired girl nodded thoughtfully, "It's awful that this 'host club' is forcing a maiden to go to a ball in a skimpy dress!"

I chuckled, "That's not the worst part!-and its not that skimpy- but they sell out their love to girls! Like prostitutes!"

All three girls were taken back from the statement, in over dramatic Tamaki poses of shock.

"W-why do you go to such an awful school!"

"I got accepted. So that's that… Anyway, I got to go~~~ See you around…?"

The brown haired girl nodded, "Benio. And yes, I will see you soon!"

I waved, running off to the direction she pointed out, "K! Bye Benio-san!" I turned and followed her directions. What a nice lady.

I finally made it to the Host Ball, and the introduction was already over. I snuck in the back and made my way to the buffet table, determined to get the free food, when… oh, nothing interesting's happening. Cool.

I made a small plate filled with donuts, tea, cookies, cake and more cake. Yum.

I plopped down in the back of the room watching all the girls swoon over the boys. Really? Seven boys for all these girls? Psh, these people have no life to come to this thing.

"So, you finally made it?"

I looked up to see the Hitachiin twins look down at me, I gave them a toothy smile revealing my chocolate cake I was eating, "Yesh, I jush gawt losht coming back har."

"What was that?"

I swallowed my food, "I just got lost. No big deal."

Hikaru nodded and took my hand yanking me up, also causing me to drop the food on the floor.

"MY FOOD!" I cried, but my cry went on deaf ears as Hikaru dragged me to the dance floor, bringing me close to him and his toned abs. Yeah, I noticed.

"Dance with me princess." He sang, spinning me in the dance moves he taught me. We danced and spun for a while, neither saying anything to each other. Really, my mind started to wander. Like that other school where I met Benio… Lobelia Academy, was it? That was actually my first school of choice; it had a great arts program. And yeah, yeah, 'there aren't any hot guys there!' Well, hot guys are a distraction. Like the Host Club! Sure, I love them, but because I have to go sit through the stupid club after school each day, I have to stay up pretty late to do homework. And Lobelia Academy has dorms, so I could just sleep over there instead of going home each night. But, it can't be changed so I just won't dwell on it.

Ah yes! That's what I couldn't remember, "Hikaru," I said, getting his attention, "Next week I may not be able to make it to all of the club hours."

"What?" He whined, "Why?"

"I have an art show in the school, so I have to go to that first, and the concert, I'm playing the violin."

"Cool-"

"No, you can't come." I deadpanned, staring at him.

He pouted and pulled me closer, making me slightly blush, "Why?"

I pulled away and stared at him, arms crossed, " 'Cause I said so. Now, your brother has been calling for you for the past ten minutes. Lost in dream land, are we?"

Hikaru straightened up at that and scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "hehe, yeah… bye!"

Man, what diabolical little plan did they come up with! Without me, even! The nerve of those people. But now with them off scheming, what will I do?

I started to walk back to the buffet, again, to get more food since Hikaru made me drop mine. I walked over and grabbed a plate… which was promptly slapped out of my hand.

The world really must want me to starve today. I looked up to see a little gang of girls, trying to look intimidating, I snickered.

"Stay away from the hosts!" The lead bitch told me sternly.

"Why mummy!" I fake cried, "They are only friends! and prostitutes, but let's not go into the details..."

"We are warning you. Stay Back!"

I sighed, "Or else what? You're going to nag me to death? Maybe even invite me over to a slumber party, or pillow fight to the death? Ooh, I'm scared." I laughed at myself, that would sooo happen.

Then the girl shoved me back a little. Getting physical now, are we? "You are a poor good-for-nothing piece of crap while I'm rich and important. No one would notice of you suddenly vanished."

"Except the host club," I added, "Since they took me out shopping 'cause I'm their friend. Oh wait- you wouldn't know what that feels like, since you still need to pay to see them, right?" I scoffed at her, and then laughed at the face she made. By now all the other girls in ear-shot were listening, some giggled along with me, others were deeply offended.

Man, I'm so good at making enemies!

Suddenly a resounding slap was heard throughout the ballroom, and the girl's face was flushed with anger, while my cheek was red from the slap. And Man! That girl can slap! She must have practiced a lot! Honestly, I wanted to ball up and cry, her words hurt, the f*cking slap hurt, but I refuse to cry. In fact, I haven't cried in three years (besides the elevator incident, but who remembers that? Not me!)

I laughed, "Wow! You must have real noodle arms to make a weak-ass slap like that! Keep practicing! Someday you will be able to bitch-slap like a real woman!" With that said, I left the ballroom smiling like an idiot, everyone staring, but as soon as I stepped outside my smile vanished and turned into a pitiful frown. I walked down the dark staircases, the night air biting at my arms, and the moon making an eerie glow to the land.

"I thought you promised to stay for the ball."

I looked up to see Hikaru staring down at me from atop the steps, a frown covering his face.

I tried smiling up at him, " 'Ello! You see, I was crowded and bored and i couldn't find any form of amusement that didn't involve blowing something up... so i came out here!"

Hikaru stepped down the stairs and lightly touched my cheek, "Who slapped you?" There was no regular teasing or playful hints in his voice. Just concern and anger. Aw, he's worried about me!

"Well, a fish came out and got mad at the rock, so it decided to throw it out like trash."

Hikaru looked at me, confusion written all over his face, "Wha-?"

"Nothing~" I sang skipping into the courtyard, he chased behind me.

I saw him running to catch up, annoyance on his face, I let out a giggle and a 'weee!' as I fell back on the grass, arms spread out to my sides.

Hikaru's face suddenly blocked the moon from my view, I poked his nose.

"Stop being stupid and tell me who hurt you."

And from the expression he wore, I actually almost told him.

Almost.

I smiled at him and sat up, patting his hair, "No one. Now there are a lot of woman waiting for their boy-toy! Get in there and entertain!"

He smirked at me and grabbed my wrist to drag me in their with him, but I broke free, "No, no, no." I said putting my hands on my hips, "I have curfew. But goodnight Mr. Boy-Toy, I'll see you tomorrow!"

Without waiting for his response, I skipped away, humming softly to 'London's Bridge Is Falling Down.'