Thanks everyone for the reviews! My gift to you: chapter four! Woohoo! This chapter is a little weird because I'm doing it in first person. Then I'll switch it back to third…unless you guys want to me to do it first person? Let me know!

I DO NOT OWN MAID SAMA!

Chapter Four

(Usui's P.O.V)

When I saw Misaki's face, my body became immobile. I could the feel the blood boil under my skin. A bruise? Staring at it, I knew that it wasn't my imagination playing tricks on me. How did she get such an injury? I know it wasn't an accident. She isn't that careless. It was something about it that was off. This mark had a distinct shape to it.

It couldn't be… I thought.

I didn't want to believe someone had laid a hand on her, on my Misaki. And if I find out who it was, there was going be consequences. There's no doubt about that.

Trying to control my temper, I asked her if she needed to go to the infirmary. She said that there was no need because she wasn't hurt.

Wasn't hurt?

Did she think I was that stupid? She wasn't fooling me. That made me even angrier. Closing the distance, I grabbed her chin and examined it closely.

Yes. Someone did hit her.

"You give me the name of the person who did this to you. Now."

I could feel her tremble while I held her face; her eyes were wide with shock. She then suddenly pushed me away, throwing the towel at me.

"What are you talking about? No one did anything to me, b-baka!" She tried to run off, but I caught her in no time. I was not in the mood to play childish games.

"Do not walk away from me Misaki." That was the first time I called her by her given name. "Now, tell me who is responsible for this. I am not going to let this matter go." She kept trying to tug away but I held her tightly.

"U-Usui! Let go of me, you stupid outer space alien!"

"No. Not until you tell me the truth. I'll release you then."

"I already told you. No one did anything to me. I-I fell at work y-yesterday! I was rushing to get the orders done and I t-tripped. Now will you let me go? You're hurting me."

I released her arm and she sighed with relief. Taking a few breaths to control my temper, I was in front of her within seconds and brushed some of her hair to the side that covered her bruise.

"Why are you lying to me?" I whispered. It hurt me that she couldn't trust me. "I know that you didn't get that from your job. Are you trying to protect someone? Is that it?"

"I-I just told you what happened. So please let it go, ok? Now if you'll excuse me, I'm freezing in these wet clothes."

She ran away and I just stood where I was. Balling the towel up, I tossed it to the ground. I sighed angrily. I watched as Misaki picked up her pace, disappearing out of sight.

(Misaki's P.O.V.)

This can't be happening. How could I have been so careless back there? I didn't want anyone, especially Usui, to see my face. Now he knows! I just…I just have to keep lying to him. Make him believe that it was an accident from work. He can't know. No one could ever know what had happened.

I managed to get permission to use the school's laundry room to dry my clothes. While waiting for them to dry, I put more foundation on my face. Once my clothes were dry and put back on, I did my best to avoid Usui, which was impossible. We were taking some of the same classes and he was in the student council room this afternoon. I could feel his gaze burning a hole in my back. I wanted so badly to yell at him to stop being annoying, but I didn't want to look at him. His eyes. I've never seen him so angry before. Is he…that worried about me? But why?

At the end of the day, I sighed as it was finally over. I had about two hours left before I had to go to work. I managed to make it through school today so work shouldn't be that hard, right? I stayed in the council room for some time and tried to get some of my homework done. I needed all the time I could get so that I could start planning out the festival our school was having next month. Usui wasn't here. He left with the rest of the council members, which was weird.

Suddenly I heard the door slide open.

"Ayuzawa."

My body tensed from the sound of his voice. Damn. I thought he went home. I didn't turn around. After seconds had passed, he appeared in front of my desk.

"Are you going to tell me the truth now?" He sounded like he calmed down a bit, which was good.

"I already told you the truth. Just drop it Usui."

"I won't just drop it. Why can't you tell me? Is it someone I know? Do they go to this school? Someone from the cafe?"

I sighed. He's going to keep pestering me until I crack. I have to hold my ground.

"Look, you're being really annoying today. Just believe me when I say that it was an accident. Plus, you know me better than that. Someone hitting me? You think I would let such a thing happen? I took down those two stalkers from the Maid Latte, didn't I?"

I could tell from his facial expression that he was thinking about what I had said. Good. Now he could drop this whole thing and we both could move on.

"I knew you weren't going to tell me the truth. That's why I called Satsuki just now. She said you had called out."

I think at that moment I stopped breathing. He called my job? That bastard! That means…

"So you have ten seconds to tell me or I'll force it out of you."

"How the hell are you going to force it out of me, baka." Fed up, I got up and grabbed my stuff. Walking around the desk, Usui grabbed my arm and pulled me backwards. He had me pinned on the desk.

"Get of off me! What are you doing?" I struggled but I couldn't budge.

"I will Pres. All you have to do is tell me how you got that bruise and you're free. Oh, and I called the café and said you was going to be late so you're not going anywhere."

"How could you do that? Bastard! I hate you."

"You'll thank me later."

"The hell I will. Get off before someone comes in and sees us like this."

"Nope. Anyway, you're the one who put yourself in this situation."

My eyes widen. I put myself in this situation? How…How could he have said that? If only he knew the truth.

His face came closer to mine. My heart began to pick up speed and he was too close to me.

"You ready?"

"R-Ready for w-what?" Surely he could feel me tremble beneath him. I really did not like the positions we were in right now. The flashbacks started to come back.

(Switching back to third person)

Misaki could see Usui's mouth moving but she couldn't understand what he was saying. The resemblance between he and Igarashi shared in looks scared her even more. Her mind kept going back to what that monster had done. The way he held her on the table. The way he kissed her. The way he pried her legs open so he could…

"NO!" She started to yell. "P-Please stop! I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me." She could feel the tears starting to form. Usui's face started to blur from her sight.

"Ayuzawa? What…What's wrong?"

"Please just…let me go. I don't want this! Not again!"

Usui quickly released her and watched as Misaki dashed to the corner of the room, sliding to the floor, her knees tucked up to her chest. It sounded like she was having an anxiety attack. Usui had never witnessed Misaki in this kind of state before. He was now frightened of what could be the actual situation at hand.

"Pres?" He walked slowly towards, quietly so he wouldn't freak her out more. "Pres. Are you alright?" That was a really dumb question. Of course she wasn't.

Not again he thought. What did she mean by that?

He kneeled in front of her. When he reached over to touch her shoulder, she jumped. Usui saw her eyes and something about them, it was like her life force was gone. She kept shaking her head 'no' and he didn't understand what that meant.

"Ayazawa, I'm sorry about earlier," he paused so that what he was saying would sink in, "I'm sorry if I had hurt you. Please…I didn't mean it."

Misaki just stared at him. Just the look on her face, he knew there was something terribly wrong. Something that went beyond that mark on her face.

"U-Usui, why?" she whisperred. He became confused by the question.

"'Why' what?"

Misaki wiped away her tears, trying to calm herself down.

"Why didn't you save me?" That threw him back.

"Save you? Save you from who?"

"Save me from…Igarashi."

Ahhh! She finally told him the name! Wait to go Misaki! Let Usui beat that bastard.

Don't worry! Next chapter is where all will be revealed. I'm not planning to make this story too long because then it will drag and drag…and drag. And we don't want that, right? Thanks for reading. Please review.