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Last time on To See the World…
It was disgusting.
How could girls be so… stupid??
These 'men' are nothing more than immature boys who seek juvenile love.
'How can Kyoya manage this "business" of sorts… it's absolutely…'
Her thoughts were disturbed by an arm blocking one of the doors.
"Going somewhere Miss?"
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"Yes, I am going somewhere. Somewhere outside of this room where I can not see any stupid girls falling for stupid men."
She looked back and saw Honey and Mori with a bunch of girls eating cake with them.
And then she saw THAT.
"What. Is. That?" Aiko pointed at Hikaru and Kaoru who were currently embracing each other and kissing on the cheek.
"That would be the Hitachiins' 'Brotherly Love' act… they do it all the time. That's what attracts girls to them."
"That's disgusting and degrading to a noble family name! Ootori-san, you actually agree with this?"
"Oh let me guess…" she did air quotes and said, "whatever makes money for the club, even if it's… Brotherly Love…"
"Yes, that's right Kazuhiko-san… whatever is good for the club."
"That's absolutely repulsive. Good day Ootori-san."
She left, having the door shut extremely loudly, causing a moment of silence.
"Please continue," Kyoya said, "ignore her."
And the hubbub started again.
'She's probably the only other girl (except for Haruhi) who isn't interested… but with these profits, who needs her...'
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"…Absolutely disgusting and degrading men!" Aiko whispered to herself.
"What kind of a stupid girl would go to these things… oh that's right… stupid girls."
She entered the second music room and began to tune her viola.
'It's so out of tune… it must have happened after it almost fell…'
She fixed it and started with some warm-ups.
'Some viola will calm my mind…but why is my mind plagued with these kinds of things? I shouldn't even be caring about Ootori… he's just… he's just…'
And somehow, the infamous Kazuhiko Aiko could not find words to label him.
'…'
She continued playing.
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"Ano… Kyoya…"
"Kyoya…"
"Mommy…"
Tamaki started calling for Kyoya, and Kyoya was getting really annoyed.
Maybe the rest of the Host Club had telepathy or something, or they could tell by those red fumes coming out of Kyoya's head…
"Momm-"
"Stop. Calling. Me. Mommy." Kyoya said through gritted teeth.
"But isn't it so cute??!!"
"No."
And thus, Tamaki went to his corner in solitude.
"Kyoya-san," Haruhi said, "who was that girl with the instrument case?"
"That was Kazuhiko Aiko, in class 2-A… or more specifically, my class. She plays many instruments and speaks four fluent languages, Japanese, Chinese, English and French. She's rather accomplished, but unfortunately, it seems that she's not pretty enough to even go out with other men."
"Um Kyoya," the twins said in unison, "we don't think you should have said that."
Kyoya looked at the door where there was a trembling Aiko with cold eyes staring at him.
"Would you please leave? Hosting hours are-"
She slammed the door and left.
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'How could he say those things? I can definitely date a rich entrepreneur if I wanted to… Couldn't I? How does he know these things about me… what a stalker.'
Aiko ran outside only to see her car outside the gate, and someone in there.
'Who's that?'
"Excuse me…"
"Hello Aiko-chan!! I hope you don't mind me using your car for a bit," Itsuko asked, "but I need to go shopping, and since tou-sama is getting me a new car, I have to use yours…"
"Wait… Onee-san… You can't do that!"
"Sorry! Gotta go!"
And like that, the car whizzed by her, heading in the opposite direction to the mall.
'Great…Do I wait for her to come back (that's stupid), or do I walk back home (that's even more stupid!) How could she be this idiotic? Someone like her definitely cannot be the heir…and yet, she's still in the race. Stupid Daddy's girl… stupid pretty girl…stupid…'
Her thoughts were interrupted by a certain male's voice.
"No ride?"
She turned around to see Kyoya Ootori.
'Is he… making fun of me?'
"No, I'm perfectly fine."
"That's not the way I see it."
"Well who cares the 'way you see it?' You think that I'm some stupid ugly girl who can't do much."
"Who said that?"
"You did… stop fooling me."
"Oh really now? And here I thought that I would be nice to offer you a ride back home."
"You? There's no way that I would ever get in a car with you. I would rather let hell freeze over and even then I still wouldn't get in the car."
"Well then, suit yourself."
Kyoya got into the car and shut the door. He opened the car window and looked at her.
"Are you sure? You know, I never really would offer this chance to any other girl, let alone anyone else."
"No, I'm sure."
Aiko walked off towards the direction of where she thought her home was.
"Driver… Go and follow that girl."
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"Stupid Kyoya… bragging and everything, what does he know about me?"
She stopped and froze.
'What does he really know about me? Does he know everything about me and my family? Ootori Yoshio is extremely powerful, and with the Suohs on their side, they are practically the most powerful business in Japan.'
She looked up and then looked at her watch.
"5: 15… just great."
She continued walking until she saw a boy with the Ouran uniform at a… supermarket?
"Uh… Ano… Excuse me?"
"Yes?"
"Do you go to Ouran High School?"
"Hai… you must be Aiko-san!"
'How did he know?'
"Hai… and what's your name?"
"Haruhi."
"Ah! You're that boy from the Host Club!"
Haruhi nodded, and stuck out 'his' hand.
"Would you like to finish shopping with me?"
She nodded.
'Sure why not? It's not like I have anything else to do…'
Kyoya looked though the car window.
'What is she doing?'
It looked like he would have to be waiting for awhile.
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"Aiko-san," Haruhi asked, "would you wait for a second? I have to go to the bathrooms."
"Hai."
Aiko stood at a corner and watched Haruhi's retreating figure.
And then she went to the women's room.
'Why is he going to the women's room… unless he is really a sh-'
She turned around and her thoughts were interrupted by a tall spectacled man.
"Ootori-san… what are you doing here?" she inquired.
"I'm here to take you home."
"Stop following me," she commanded, "can't you see that I'm already doing something else? I'm not your dog, and I don't need to stay with you at all times…"
Unluckily enough, her back was against the wall, and Kyoya's body was in front of her, leaving her no way to pass through.
'Oh my god.'
"Excuse me Ootori-san, but I have to get going."
"Who said that you weren't my dog?"
"Stop playing with my mind. You're playing tricks on my head, and I'm not falling for them."
"I don't want you to fall for them… I want you to fall for me."
At that moment, Aiko's eyes opened up wide in shock, and quickly stopped looking at him.
"Stop playing that Host-like quality on me. We're not at school and nor are we at your stupid club. Try to be more civilized since you are an Ootori… your brothers must be more civilized and cultured than you. Yoshio-sama must have really neglected you when you were a child…"
Kyoya's face turned from a smirk to a grimace.
"And who told you about that?"
"I don't know anything about you and your family, but I know facts, and unlike some other people, I know how to put two and two together; so try acting like an Ootori so you actually have some slim chance actually being the heir! How would your father feel if you were flirting and being around girls who are not in your league?"
"Who said anything about league?"
"What about that Haruhi person. She's a commoner who made it onto the scholarship program."
"Excuse me, but Haruhi is a male."
"Oh really now? I just saw her walking into the ladies' room, if my eyes are not mistaken. Plus, her mannerism isn't like a regular man, for all I know, he could be gay… but what's the chance of that? I know that you and others of your little group like her, and I wonder if your father even agreed about her…"
"Stop."
"Stop what Ootori-san? Are you scared that people might actually know a miniscule bit of background information on you? What about all those others that you pinpointed and found information about? Don't you think that they get scared of you knowing their entire lives? I expected you to be one who didn't care about people's emotions, but you're more than that. You're a jerk, and you will never ever be in your father's favor, and I'll make sure of that."
She walked away, dropping the basket that Haruhi gave her on his feet and left.
"Good day Ootori-san."
She walked away from the store, not turning back.
When Haruhi came back, she saw not Aiko with the basket, but Kyoya.
"Do you need a ride home Haruhi?"
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When Aiko finally got home (she called for a car), it was nearly 6:00 and for some reason, she was extremely tired.
"All that walking," she mumbled, "I have no idea how I'm going to survive if Onee-san does it again…"
She walked to her room and fell onto her bed.
"I am so tired…"
A maid knocked on her door.
"Come in!" she said in a sweet tone
"Aiko-sama, you need to take your medicine, you were supposed to take it about an hour ago, but you weren't at home."
"Hai… do you mind bringing it here please?"
"Hai Aiko-sama." And with that, the maid went to get the medicine.
'Stupid Ootori! If he wasn't playing games in my head, I would have gotten home much sooner and I would have probably accepted his offer to drive me home. But no!! I just had to be stupid and not keep my mouth shut... what a bad habit of mine.'
"Aiko-sama… here's your medicine!"
"Ah thank you!"
She stood up and looked at the contents on the tray.
'Looks like the same medicine, no extra powder, and the maid is from my own personal staff, and the water doesn't look poisoned.' She took a sniff. 'No problem there.'
It was extremely normal to be cautious of what the maids could give you. Someone could have slipped some poison, some powder, another drug… it was extremely common and predictable at times.
She took the pill and nodded, telling the maid to leave. After the maid left, she took a bottle of her own water and took the pill.
'You can never be too careful with the maids as well…they show support to one sibling, but serve to another…'
The world was full of deceptions and deceptive people… and Aiko ended up being stuck in a house full of them.
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