Disclaimer: I do not own OHSHC.

Author's Note: I already have ideas for the ending of the story. Hopefully I can finish this after four more chapters. Thank you for waiting and reading. ^_^

The two hosts had their heads bowed, causing Sora's bangs to cover her eyes while Kyouya's glasses to cover his eyes, both refusing to look at each other as they backed away from each other and sat a distance away from each other on the sofa.

Silence filled the room for about 10 seconds, with everyone's expressions filled with pure shock and confusion, and something unfamiliar in Kaoru's case. He could, however, identify it well. He wasn't one to be in denial. He was jealous.

The girl responsible for that commotion, who was currently sitting on the floor, looked apologetic at first, but joined the other girls' screaming in the end. Sora got out of her little trance and offered her hand to the girl, who took it with a meek expression.

"U-um, I'm sorry about that… It wasn't my intention at all…" the girl said shyly. Kyouya sighed, regaining his composure.

"It's not your fault, miss," he said as he brushed the imaginary dust off him and walked over to the real culprit: a banana peeling scattered on the floor. His glare was unimaginable as he turned to the only two idiots who could possibly have left that there. The twins shivered, knowing what was to come.

"Idiot," Sora muttered, only audible to Kyouya, who in turn, smiled at her with loathing.

"Cook-san, why don't you go serve us your desserts now?" Kyouya said, the corner of his lip twitching as he wasn't up for another verbal battle right now. Sora did as she was told without any argument.

Host club hours ended, and Sora was more than ready to leave wearing the costume but Ren had blocked her way. "Oi, what exactly happened back there?" he asked, leaning on the door.

"It's not my fault," Sora said, a pout forming on her face as the other hosts gathered around them. She didn't bother explaining any further. "Could you be any more vague?" Kyouya stepped in, sighing as he only saw he was the only one capable of explaining everything.

About an hour ago…

"I am the First mate for a reason, Sora," Kyouya said as he towered over Sora who remained seated in her chair. "You shouldn't go challenging me while you're still unaware of what I am capable of." The glint in Kyouya's eyes displayed the truth behind his words, and Sora couldn't help but smirk.

"Oh, don't worry. I know exactly what you're capable of," Sora replied, moving her face nearer, with the intent of being intimidating but to the girls it seemed like she was flirting, so they squealed.

One of the girls stood up to take a picture but ended up slipping on a banana peeling on the floor, causing her to push Kyouya on Sora.

"...And that's what happened," Kyouya explained.

"Ohhhh…" everyone said in unison, including Sora, who also wasn't aware of what really happened except that Kyouya suddenly fell on her and pushed his face into hers.

"Well, now that we know what happened, everything's okay right?" Hikaru and Kaoru said, chuckling as they scooted closer to the door. Kyouya was faster though, as he stood in their way with his earlier glare.

"Not so fast, you little monkeys," Kyouya said gently, although his dark aura could no longer be contained. "What did I say about leaving those banana peelings of yours carelessly?"

And so the day ended with the twins having another debt and having to pay with something Kyouya has yet to decide on. They were all getting changed out of their costumes when Kaoru approached Sora who was stuffing her scattered things in her bag.

"Sora…" he started. Sora looked up to him, her face void of all emotions.

"Are you alright…?" he asked slowly. Sora understood what he was worried about, so she gave a small smile.

"I'm fine. Emotionally numb, remember?" she shrugged as she stood up. "You shouldn't be so worried about me. I am impervious to all romantic gestures, after all."

"Okay then," he said. They said their good-byes and everything was settled now. The rest of the host club had proceeded to go home, except for Kyouya and Sora, as he offered to fetch her home again. Sora decided to go change out of her costume and Kyouya sat there to account their expenses, revenues and whatnot when he saw Ren approaching him from the corner of his eye.

"Hey, Kyouya," he started, and Kyouya could tell he was trying to be intimidating, "I know you're Sora's fiance, but do a stunt like that again, accident or not, and I won't be sitting quietly like I did."

Kyouya pushed his glasses up and gave a smile. "I don't think you're aware of who you're trying to intimidate, Ren-kun. I don't like being looked down on, so I will let you know right now..." Kyouya took a step forward and Ren unconsciously backed away. Kyouya smirked as he saw this. "…I know who you really are, and I know what really happened in that factory eight years ago. So if I were you, I wouldn't go giving empty threats to people who can destroy you with a flick of their finger."

With that, Kyouya stepped away from him and went back to his accounting, leaving Ren frozen in his place until Sora came out of the changing room in their normal uniform.

"Well, I'll be taking my leave, then!" Ren said, his voice back to its cheery tone. "Don't stay out too long, little sis," he waved at them and left. Sora stared at the door her brother had just shut before approaching Kyouya.

"So, what'd you want to talk about now?" she asked, her voice monotonous.

"Kaoru. He's jealous," Kyouya said bluntly. He waited for some expression indicating a revelation of some sort on Sora's side, but saw none.

"So?" she asked.

"This is what I've been telling you about. Stop being so…" Obliviously charming.

Sora waited for what adjective Kyouya was about to describe her with. It never came, of course, as he decided not to continue that sentence and pushed his glasses up. "Never mind," he said. "And no, that's not what I was actually meaning to talk about."

"Then what is it?" Sora asked, now curious as to what Kyouya was hesitating on.

"I believe our relationship has arrived to a point where we must spend time outside of our daily routines," Kyouya said as he crossed his arms over his chest, waiting for a reaction from her, again. It unnerved him to no end when he couldn't predict her reactions, even more when she didn't react at all.

However, the smirk on her face was something that pissed him off, not that he showed it. "Ootori Kyouya, are you asking me out on a date?" she asked with mock surprise.

"Yes, my invitation could also be considered as a date in simple terms. Make no mistake, I am not doing this out of romantic feelings whatsoever. This is for publicity," Kyouya explained. "My father deems it necessary."

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Sora couldn't help the smile that formed on her face as she turned away from Kyouya's limo and faced the entrance of their mansion. However, it wasn't the entrance she'd come face to face with, but rather a suspicious twin brother.

"What're you smiling about?" he asked, an eyebrow raised.

"Kyouya asked me on a date," she said simply. "Is there a recent study on facial muscles that make you smile when asked on a date?" She started walking into the mansion with her brother close behind. Ren didn't seem to be glad about what she had said. Not that she could see that.

"Not exactly. Facial muscles do have the tendency to make you smile genuinely when you're happy," Ren said, trying not to hide the sadness in his voice. Sora could barely recognize emotion in voice, but she could tell the difference. She decided not to reply, not wanting to bother her brother.

They entered Sora's room and she started taking out her homework, scattering them on her bed. She started answering the exercises and typing up a paper when she was on break from thinking. Ren sat silently as he watched her do their homework. Why he didn't start on his own homework she didn't know.

"Sora, do you think you're capable of having feelings for Kyouya?" Ren asked.

"Well, I find myself interested in him at times," Sora shrugged. "I can't give a definite answer though. I'm a plant, remember?" She let herself immerse in her studies once again. A few minutes passed by and she was already done with two subjects. She only had two more left.

"But you being numb can still be healed," Ren replied as he lay on her bed.

"I guess I'd fall for him if I wasn't messed up," she replied, falling on her bed beside him. She then turned to her side to face Ren. "Ren, how do you know if you fall for someone?"

Ren turned on the bed to face her, smiling as he did so. "Well, you get this tight feeling in your heart when you think of that someone, it could either make you feel good or not," he started as he pushed back some hair off Sora's face. "You get easily distracted by that someone. When you're with that someone, you could forget everything except for that person…"

The next thing she knew, she could feel her head being pulled towards Ren. Her reflexes kicked in as she felt something touch her lips, causing her to push Ren away. He didn't seem willing to give up and pinned her on the bed, trapping both her arms and legs with his own to stop her from resisting. He rested his head against hers and tried to kiss her, but Sora banged her head against him, hitting his nose and causing him to get off her.

"Ren! What the hell?!" she shouted as she leapt off the bed, keeping her fists up. Ren remained still, lying on her bed with his hand covering his nose where her head bumped. Sora saw a glimpse of red on his nose, causing her to feel a bit guilty for what she did. She ran towards the other side of the bed to peer over her brother.

"Let me see," she said sternly. Ren flinched away and hopped off the bed before she could touch him.

"Don't touch me," he muttered angrily as he ran out of the room and closed the door. Sora, unsure of what to do, slid down on the floor, her back leaning on the bed. What… happened? She asked her self as she slid down on the floor beside the bed. Her hands moved to her lips where her brother's lips had lightly touched.

What... did I do? What do I do? Is it my fault? Does Ren hate me? Questions ran through her head, but she felt that only she could be blamed. It's my fault. I hurt Ren. I hurt him. I hurt everyone. Her head pounded and her eyes were blurred by tears. It was then when she realized her chest was tightening. She started breathing erratically and the tightening on her chest caused her to clutch on to it.

"Stop killing your brother…"

She could literally feel her lungs depriving her of air, and she tried to calm down, not knowing what to do. A lot of voices started speaking to her. She could hardly make out what they were saying, but they hurt her head. Her phone rang loudly on her bed and she quickly grabbed it and touched the green button without looking at who was calling. The colors were growing blurry as she held her phone. She could hear nothing but her own wheezing and panting before everything went black.

"It hurts!"

"R-Ren!"

"Stop killing your brother, Sora," a voice whispered behind her.

Sora opened her eyes wide. She could still feel the tightness in her chest, and she noticed that she had been breathing hard. That voice in her head… it sounded familiar.

It registered to her that she was in a dark unfamiliar room. She immediately sat up from the bed and noticed a dextrose stuck on her arm and some device stuck on her finger. She was in a hospital.

"Ugh…" she groaned, trying to remember what happened to her as she stared at her hands.

"You're awake," a raspy voice spoke up beside her. She turned and saw Kaoru slouched on the sofa beside her bed.

"Um… what exactly happened?" she asked him.

"I called you on your phone and you answered, but I could only hear you panting. So I decided to check up on you in your house and found you unconscious, so I called Kyouya and brought you to their hospital." Kaoru shrugged.

"And Hikaru?" Sora asked as she masaged her forhead attempting to reduce the headache.

"Here." Hikaru and Kyouya stood in the doorway with canned drinks in their hands. Hikaru turned on the lights but when Sora groaned he immediately flipped them off.

Kaoru explained that they had been in the limo together when he decided to call Sora, and Hikaru insisted not to leave his brother's side. Thus his presence in the hospital. And Kyouya was a given, of course.

"Seeing that you don't have a history or heart problems, I could only assume you experienced a minor panic attack," Kyouya explained. Relief crossed her expression, though Kyouya didn't know what part of his story was relieving.

"Now you tell me your side of the story. What happened?" Kyouya crossed his arms over his chest and stood closer to Sora. She seemed to be trying to remember something but then she shook her head.

"What is it?" he asked, worried behind his apathetic mask.

"Let's see… after you dropped me off, Ren and I were talking in my room. He asked me if I could fall for you, and I said maybe, then he pinned me down and kissed me, then I banged my head against his nose… And then he ran away and I don't remember what happened next."

The three boys didn't know how to react. They knew Sora was too blunt to hide anything from pretty much anyone anyway, so they should've been prepared. But knowing that Sora's kiss had just been stolen from her by someone else made Kyouya feel possessive.

But that isn't the main problem at hand. The truth about Sora's past is unknown from the public's eyes except for two people other than him. Ren, and another person pulling the strings. Kyouya looked at the twins who had equally shocked expressions, but it was Hikaru who snapped out of it first.

"So it's your brother's fault happened?!" Hikaru hissed angrily, his hands balled into a fist.

"Well, not exactly. I mean, I'm the one who's messed up but..." Sora shrugged, not finishing the thought. Kaoru gripped on his canned drinks until it bent. Fortunately it was almost empty so nothing spilled.

Silence took over until Sora broke it. "Kyouya, what do you know of the incident when my parents died?"

Sora was now staring at him. Even in the darkness he could see Sora expectantly waiting for him to say it. What she needs, and what she knows would hurt her. He cleared his throat and looked at the twins.

"I believe it's getting late. You two should go home for now," Kyouya stated. Hikaru and Kaoru were forced to leave when Kyouya uses that tone of voice. "And if I may ask, I would like you to keep everything we've disclosed in this room a secret." The twins slowly gave their confirmation and left. He then turned back to the girl on the bed.

"According to the police reports, you were stuck in a room with your parents' dead-"

"Not that." Sora grumbled childlishly as she slumped back on the bed and scooted to her side to make room for Kyouya. Kyouya sat in the area provided but Sora pulled him into the bed so his back was leaning on the head board and his feet was on the bed.

"Tell me what you know," Sora whispered for only him to hear. "Please."

Kyouya placed his hand on her head. "It will be a long story, so I will tell you on our ...date this weekend. But for now, I would like you to avoid being alone with Ren."

Her eyes closed while Kyouya shifted for a more comfortable position in the bed. "Kyouya," he heard her call his name in a whisper. "Have you thought about my proposal about trying to gain feelings for each other?" Kyouya couldn't help but chuckle.

"The benefits to your proposal is very tempting indeed," Kyouya replied, unable to refrain from smiling as he thought of the idea.

The next day, the whole host club arrived just when Sora was putting on the necktie on her uniform. "Soraaaa!" Tamaki cried as he came and hugged the girl who remained unresponsive in his arms until he let go.

"My dear daughter, what happened?" he cried.

"Daughter? And I'm marrying the mother?" Sora asked teasingly. Tamaki suddenly short-circuited as he didn't know what to call her if not her daughter.

"You and Kyouya could be the gay dads," Sora suggested, "And I'll be the mother! Or the girl Kyouya has affairs with."

Tamaki seemed to be considering this idea when Haruhi went on to more important matters. "Are you really okay, Sora? Tamaki fetched us all from our houses crying about you being in the hospital…"

"Well, after Kyouya dropped me off in our mansion, I did my homework with Ren, and then we discussed about me having feelings for Kyouya, then he ki-"

"Basically, they had a fight, and suddenly Sora had a panic attack, and fortunately I called her at that time and we ended up here in the hospital." Kaoru cut off what Sora was saying. "We should leave now or we'll be late for school."