Chapter 4 "Torture"

Haruhi's Point of View

Endless blackness swarmed around me. I felt alone and alienated from the society I was in, well, my friends at least. I remember the bitter cold and harsh winds follow around my tiny body and the thunder claps continued on through out the night. I shivered and praised it would end, and then the next thing I heard was a voice. It was unfamiliar to me. I remember saying I was cold and alone. It replied back to me, asking me why. I explained clearly, but I still remained in this utter darkness.

My thoughts that night were focused on one man, one impeccable man. He made me leave and didn't even chase after me. I was hoping for some one, any one, but they were busy in the fun they endured. How could my friends treat me like this, alone to lay next to a mail box the entire night. It doesn't matter to me now, why, because I might ever return to the host club if Hikaru keeps acting so…so selfish!

Yet, I thought he liked me as a friend. I know my feelings for him have changed, but they have changed yet again. My heart still beats, but the rhythm is off several notes. It isn't loud like normal, but more quite and jumps up loudly every now and then. I mean seem over dramatic, but what matters is having people beside you.

I heard the sound of a phone go off and I slowly felt like I was awakening. I didn't see much and only heard the sound of the phone, till it stopped ringing. It rang again and this time I felt some one shift out of bed and picked up the phone. Strange, how did I get in a bed to begin with?

I heard bits of pieces of the conversation, but I couldn't recognize the voice. It seemed a little deep to me, not much, just a little deep. Then again the voice sounded cranky and tired to begin with, so I understood. The said the following of what I caught.

"Hmm….. you mean to say…..oh….I see. Should I…..no…..why? How bad is it? That bad. Are you sure……? Is…… alright? Oh, well, come over when you can. Bye boss,"

I shifted out of bed and stood up slightly. I still couldn't see much of anything and the voice seemed to turn in my blur faded vision. Rapidly, my sound caught up to speed and the voice spoke to me.

"Are you alright?"

"Hmm, Kaoru. Is that you?"

"Yeah it is. Can I get you anything?"

"No, I'm fine. It's that, where I'm I?"

"Well, if I told you, I don't think you would like it,"

My vision started to clear and I saw Kaoru sat beside me in bed as I looked around the bed room; the big room was wonderful and simple. Not too much and not too little. That's when my eyes widen to notice this was Hikaru's and Kaoru's bedroom, but how did I get here?

"Kaoru, why am I at your place? Did you guys find me last night?"

"Not exactly. This will be hard to explain, so I'll let the other two sort of explain. Right now….. just relax and…don't move any where,"

He got up and left the room. Few second later, I heard the door bell ring and followed by the door slamming shut. I lay in bed and heard the monstrous foot steps run up the stairs. Suddenly, Tamaki senpai broke open the door and pointed at me.

"You!" He said, still tired from the running.

"Umm, hi senpai…"

"Don't you hi me! You are in big trouble young lady!"

"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM SNEPAI!!!!!!???? ALL I DID WAS WAKE UP AND THEN YOU CAME IN!!!!! SOME ONE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON!!!???"

"I can explain," I heard a small and fragile voice call behind the door.

I couldn't make out the figure, till it stepped into the light. It…it…was me? How could that be? Maybe it's a clone. That's it. Kyouya's family is experimenting on me and duplicated an exact clone of me.

"Uhh… senpai. Why is there another me?"

"There isn't another you Haruhi. What your looking at…is you," Tamaki replied, his head was in shame and down ward. He seemed upset, but I didn't understand.

"Haruhi….." The voice stopped and remained quite for a few minutes and spoke again, clearer this time than the last. "It's me…. Hikaru,"

"Hikaru…. Yeah right,"

"You don't believe him Haruhi?" Kaoru said as he approached the door.

"Brother?" the so called said as he saw Kaoru in the door way.

"Yes Hikaru. I'm sorry. I blame myself,"

"But it's not your fault. In fact, we are unsure what happened Kaoru. Don't put the blame on your self,"

"Oh Hikaru," Kaoru ran over to the so called Hikaru and hugged "it".

"So if that's Hikaru, then…who…" I stopped for a minute and looked down at my body.

"I'm….flat chest-ed….. but how? I feel… different and strange and can't explain this feeling,"

"Do you realize what is happening Haruhi? Instead of us being who we are, we are each other,"

"Wait a second…. I'm…I'm…."

He shook his head and some how Tamaki senpai found something to play with then pay attention to this situation.

"Haruhi, it isn't so bad," Kaoru replied.

"Bad…. Bad… no. It's far much worse than this. I can't be Hikaru. I won't accept it!"

"But you need to,"

"If you think I'll spend a day, a week, a month or even a year as this guy, then you're wrong. I gain nothing being him and I certainly deal with more problems than I need. If you excuse me, I'm going home to my father who misses me right now!"

I grabbed some clothes and slipped a few on and rushed out the door to go see my father as I rain down the slippery side walk. I hear some one come after me and fall and then question to why they were there. I assume senpai, but I still don't care. I just want to go home and be loved by my family.

To Be Continued………..