YAY FOR THE AUTHOR'S NOTE!

Pink: ELLO! Today, our guest is… HIKARU!! YAY!

Hikaru: … I'm here every day you idiot.

Pink: Have you ever considered that maybe I'm just happy to see my second favorite character!

Hikaru: Um, thank you- WHAT DO YOU MEAN SECOND FAVORITE!

Pink: Well Kaoru's my favorite. Anywho, before I'm killed by Hikaru I'd like to thank Mihael Jeevas, Hyperpegasi, XxLakotaxX, ca186229, lilypop8, ChristinaAngel, and Moon Sky Jester for reviewing! YAYNESS! I'd also like to thank SxStrawberry and shinoyami for putting us on Story Alert! MORE YAYNESS! I'm really, really, really sorry if I forgot to thank you! I'm still sorting out my e-mail.

Hikaru:-Still angry-

Pink:-Still ignoring him- Oh, and I went to see Batman! YAY! It was really cool! And I rented the movie The Crow! It was amazing too… Although it wasn't as amazing as Batman!

Hikaru: What is with you and the movie reviews?! Do you just like hearing yourself talk?

Pink: …Yes. ONTO THE STORY!

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Chapter 6: Surviving Hitachiin Manor!

Gale silently walked pass the kitchen were her brother was currently sitting. "Bye Ryan, I'm heading out now."

"What? Where are you going?" Ryan asked, looking up from the crispy remains of whatever he had tried to make for lunch. Honestly, the boy should just stick to cereal for every meal.

"I'm going over to my partner's house to work on our art project." Gale said simply. "Don't you remember me telling you all about this last nigh at dinner?"

Ryan looked up and smiled. "Yes, I remember now! Your partner is one of the hot twins who have private chefs, right?"

"They aren't really 'hot', just kind of cute. And extremely annoying." Gale said, trying to hide her blush. Ryan gave her a look that said 'riiiiiiiight' before continuing to try and eat the crispy black object on his plate. Gale sighed and walked into the living room to get her book bag.

"Oh, and Ayame said you better be eating or she'll kill me!" Ryan shouted from the kitchen.

Gale smiled. "I don't think my new friends will allow that."

"That's good to know." Ryan said happily. "Are you sure you don't need a lift to your not hot friends' house?"

"I'll be fine, don't worry." Gale said before walking out the door. The apartment building they lived in was slightly run down and in desperate need of a paint job, but it wasn't too bad. It was also livable and cheap, which was the number one reason why they were still living there.

As Gale stepped out the door, she was quickly greeted by a warm breeze. There were a few people walking the street, but it seems that the rest had been forced inside by the big, grey, angry looking clouds in the sky. Honestly though, Gale really didn't mind. She was the type of person who would sit at her window and watch the lightening. Although she wasn't too thrilled to be walking in a storm, it didn't really bother her. 'After all, a little rain never hurt anyone.'

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"So then you make another right, then a left, then I think you make another left, and then you just go straight… I think. Here, I'll write it down for you."

Gale sighed before thanking the man at the convenience and heading back out into the pouring rain. She had been walking around for what felt like hours, and it felt as though the rain was only getting worse by the second. 'How could this get any worse?' Gale thought as a loud clap of thunder made her jump. 'Why am I risking my life to go get tortured by the twins anyway?'

"Gale?"

Gale stopped walking and turned around to see a long black limo pull up next to her. Inside was an extremely calm looking Kyouya accompanied by a very nervous looking Tamaki. "GALE! My poor daughter, what are you doing out in the middle of a storm?"

'I-I-I was t-t-trying to get to Hitachiin M-manor to work on m-m-my art p-p-project." Gale said sheepishly. "What are y-y-you guys d-d-doing?"

"Oh, I was just going over to your Mother's to work on a report, but never mind that! As your parents, we cannot allow you to continue your journey in the rain! Get in and we'll give you a ride!"

Gale looked timidly at Kyouya. "Um, i-i-is that okay?" She asked, feeling like she wanted to disappear into a wall. Something about talking to Kyouya scared her half to death, and she didn't know why.

Kyouya sighed and gently pushed up his glasses. "Well, I suppose we can't allow our made to become sick. We'll give you a ride."

Gale smiled and carefully entered the limo. Immediately, she and Kyouya were pulled into a group hug by Tamaki. After five minutes of him going on about how the three of them were lucky to be able to spend this time together. Finally, Tamaki let go and the three sat together silently.

"So Gale, who is your partner?" Tamaki asked, breaking the silence that Kyouya so enjoyed.

Gale smiled. "Um, I w-w-was partnered with Hikaru."

"MY POOR DAUGHTER! Please be patient with your brother!" Tamaki shouted hugging the girl again. Kyouya looked out the window and tried to avoid being pulled into another hug. He did have a reputation, after all.

"Um, I will. I-I-I think this is m-m-my stop. I'll t-talk t-t-to you later." Gale said looking down at the directions the clerk dude gave her before exiting the limo. Tamaki waved good bye and Kyouya nodded before the limo pulled away. Gale watched it drive away before turning toward the house in front of her.

"Wow."

The place was huge… that's really the only way to describe it. The "house", if it could be called that, seemed like it ha popped out of a magazine. Every window looked as if they had been individually decorated, and the door looked as if its patterns had been hand carved. Even the grass looked elegant! Gale, with her baggy black sweater and black skirt, felt as out of place as she possibly could.

Finally, after a few more minutes of admiring the so called house, Gale took a hesitant step forward. As soon as she reached the front door and knocked on it, the rain began to fall harder. Suddenly, lightening flashed towards the ground and slammed into the center of the lawn. Gale jumped and slammed into whoever had opened the door. The two crashed into the marble floor as Gale tried to regain her composure.

"Ow, that really- GALE!"

Gale sat up on her knees as she was pulled into a hug by whoever she had tackled. 'Why am I being hugged so much today? Well, at least I can breathe.'

"Hey Kaoru, who was at the do- GALE!!"

The eldest twin quickly made his way downstairs as his brother and Gale stood up from the floor. She braced herself again as she was once again hugged. "Um, are y-y-you guys a-a-alright?"

"We were worried about you!" Hikaru said, releasing the confused girl. " We called your brother and hour ago and he said that you had already left! Tell me you didn't try to walk here by yourself in the pouring rain?"

"Um, w-w-well…" Gale said, suddenly feeling stupid. She should have excepted Ryan's offer as soon as she saw the clouds outside.

Kaoru smiled, offering the girl a towel. "Hikaru, you need to relax. I got off the phone with Kyouya a few minutes before Gale got here and he said that he and Milord had given her a ride. She probably just got soaked walking up here."

Hikaru seemed to accept this answer, and led the girl into their living room… which was the size of her entire apartment. The whole place was decorated with an elegant red themed color. The long windows were decorated with red velvet curtains and the dark hard wood floors were partially covered by a dark red carpet that perfectly matched the curtains.

"Wow."

Hikaru smiled. "Do you like the living room? This month's color is, as you can see, red."

"W-w-what?" Gale said in disbelief.

"As you know, our mother is a fashion designer. So, to keep thing fresh, she changes the color scheme for every room in the house each month." Kaoru explained, flopping down onto the couch.

Gale stared at them in shock. "Wow, that's amazing. Where i-i-is your mother, a-a-anyway?"

"She and our dad are in Paris for a fashion show." Hikaru said, taking a seat next to his brother. "They should be home tomorrow."

Gale smiled. "This place looks great."

"You haven't seen anything yet!" Kaoru said sitting up. "Come on, we'll show you our room!"

Gale blushed slightly as Kaoru grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of the room. Hikaru soon followed, grabbing Gale's other wrist. The three ran up to the second floor and began running towards the room at the very end of the hall. As they approached the room, the twins began running faster. As they reached the room, the twins released Gale's wrists and launched her across the room. The girl braced herself as she landed on the soft surface that was the twins' bed.

"YAY! PERFECT TEN!" The twins said, throwing their hands in the air as if she had any control over what she just did.

Gale groaned a little before sitting up and looking around the room. "Wow. This i-i-is you r-r-room? It's b-bigger than m-m-my apartment!"

Kaoru smiled. "Well, you two should probably get to work on your project. Gale, will you be staying for dinner… We're not having fugu."

"Thanks, b-b-but I r-r-really don't want t-to intrude." Gale said quickly. "B-b-besides, Ryan m-might burn the h-h-house down i-i-if I don't make dinner t-t-tonight."

Kaoru nodded before leaving the room. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Hikaru walked over and sat next to Gale on the bed. "So… what should we do for the project?"

Gale shrugged. "I'm n-n-not quite sure. Do you have anything y-y-you want to do?"

"Not really. "Hikaru said, leaning backwards. "I don't really like art class that much. I actually haven't even read the syllabus yet."

"Then why d-did you s-s-sign up for i-i-it?" Gale asked, consciously trying not to stutter… and failing. Anywho, why did he sign up? He did realize that this was an optional class, didn't he?

Hikaru sighed. "I only signed up because Kaoru and Haruhi did. And, lucky for us, you happened to sign up for that class too."

Gale felt herself blush again. Why did this keep happening to her, anyway? The two sat awkwardly on the bed, both thinking of what they should say.

"So… d-d-do you have the syllabus that Mrs. Lady g-g-gave to us?" Gale asked, removing her own syllabus out of her book bag. Hikaru sat up and pulled it out of a nearby folder. The two sat in silence and looked it over… and over… and over… and-

"What the hell does this even mean?"

"Well, a-a-all he have t-t-to do is find five p-p-poems and draw a picture w-w-we believe represents the meaning of the poem" Gale said, not wanting to look up from her nice piece of paper.

Hikaru sighed. "Great, so not only do I have to draw something, but I also have to translate a weepy poem." He said, lying back down. "I hate Kaoru and Haruhi right now."

"I heard my name."

Hikaru jumped as his twin appeared in the doorway. "Don't scare me like that!"

"I'm sorry." The boy said, sitting next to his brother. "I just came in to say that dinner is done. Gale, you should probably stay here."

"Why?"

Just as she asked that, a loud crack from outside caused her and the twins to jump off the bed and away from the window. Suddenly, every light and the mansion simultaneously shut off. The three teens sat perfectly still as their eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness.

"I'm guessing that's why." Hikaru voice said. After a few minutes of silence, Gale guessed that Kaoru had probably nodded as a response.

"We should probably find a candle or something, huh?" Kaoru asked/ stated.

Hikaru nodded. "I think we might have some down stairs."

With that, the twins began to make their way out of the room. Gale, on the other hand, decided that it would be best if she sat back down on the bed. Ever since she was little, Gale always had an irrational fear of the dark. That, plus her spaztasticalness is what made her decide it would be best if she stayed in the room.

"Gale?" Kaoru shouted into the room after a few minutes. "Hey Gale, are you still in here?"

Gale nodded, before remembering that he probably couldn't see her. "Um, y-y-yeah. Did you f-f-find a candle?"

"No. Actually, we didn't even make it down the stairs. Hikaru realized you were missing so I came back to get you!" Kaoru said, walking over to the girl. "There's nothing wrong, is there?"

"I just f-f-figured that I should s-s-stay in here for my own s-s-s-safety as well as the safety o-o-of everyone else." Gale said quietly. "Well, that and I'm t-t-terrified of the d-d-dark."

Kaoru smiled and sat next to the girl. "You mean you don't find being in a creepy, dark mansion at night in the middle of a storm doesn't sound like fun to you?"

"You f-f-forgot the part where t-t-two boys I barely know who want me to w-w-w-walk down a slight of stairs in a dark, creepy mansion at night in the m-m-middle of a s-s-storm." Gale said, causing Kaoru to laugh.

"You don't have to worry; Hikaru and I won't let anything bad happen to you." Kaoru said, gently taking Gale's wrist and leading her out of the room. "Now come on! Before my brother trashes the house looking for a candle!"

Kaoru carefully led the girl down the long, extremely dark, hallway and to the top of the stairs. Gale probably would have protested, but she suddenly couldn't find her voice. So, the Goth girl decided to suck it up and try to be as careful as possible. And, by some miracle, they actually managed to make it into the dinning room safely.

"Hey, there you guys are!" Hikaru said, walking over to the two. "I found some candles! I also found out that most of our staff is still here."

Kaoru nodded. "Did you manage to get in touch with mom?"

"Yeah. She said that we're under a storm watch and requested that everyone stay put.I also got a call from Tamaki saying that we needed to protect our little sister." Hikaru said, patting Gale on the head. "So I guess that means you're stuck with us for now!"

"Yay" Gale said with mock enthusiasm. "But I h-h-had better call m-my brother and tell h-h-him."

The twins stared in amazement as Gale pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and entered in her brother's number. Gale sighed. 'What the hell is with them? I know my phone's old, but it's not that bad.'

"Ello?"

"Hey Ryan, its Ga-

"Oh my God, GALE! Are you okay? Where are you? Have you eaten? Have you been kidnapped by a secret Hannah Montana cult?"

Gale loved her brother, but she swore he was even more insane than the author of this story (YAY ME!). "In order. Yes. I'm still at K-Kaoru and Hikaru's house… thing. I'm about to have dinner with them. And I really don't know what music they listen to."

"Good. Ayame's forcing me to stay here for the night and that means you'll be staying in a house with two teenage boys!"

"Well, yes." Gale said, suddenly realizing this herself.

Suddenly, the twins appeared on either side of her, smiling. "Can we talk to him?"

"Well I-I-I don't-

But before she could finish, Hikaru already grabbed the phone from her. "Hello?"

"Hello! You're one of the twins, aren't you?"

"Um, yes." Hikaru said, looking over at Gale and Kaoru. "Your Ryan, right?"

"Yeppers! Now, you and your brother both seem really nice but honestly I don't trust teenage boys. After all, I was just like you not so long ago, and I know you're thinking about-

Kaoru and Gale exchange glances as they noticed Hikaru's face was turning bright red. In the back of her mind, Gale was really hoping that her brother wasn't saying anything she would regret. However, judging by Hikaru's complexion, she figured he probably was. Not that it really mattered. After all, there was no way she was going to try to make it home.

"Um, you really have no need to worry." Hikaru said, still bright red. "Because Kaoru and I are both… gay?"

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"Well, then I guess everything is alright! Tell Gale that I'll see her tomorrow! Oh, and if anything happens to her, I will hunt you and your brother down like dogs… BYE:)"

Hikaru hung up and turned towards his brother. "Well that was certainly interesting. Let's eat now! I'll go see what we're having for dinner tonight. Oh, and Ryan said that it was fine if you stayed here tonight!"

"Are you really gay?" Gale asked, causing Kaoru to blush worse than his brother had. Once again, she really is that dense.

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"Since most of the staff has taken up the guest room, you'll be staying in a room with Kaoru and me." Hikaru said as the three made their way upstairs. Their dinner had been stuffed crab, which Gale was actually allergic to. She ended up just having a salad.

Gale smiled. "Thank a-a-again, by the way."

"No problem. Oh, and if you don't like sleeping on the floor, you could always sleep with us." Hikaru said, leaning on his brother and smiling.

"At least I know I'll be safe, since you're both gay."

The three of them stopped dead in the middle of the hallway. None of them could believe what had just come out of her mouth. Maybe if had been Haruhi they would have expected that kind of comment, but this was Gale! Meek, sweet little Gale!

"Um, I-I-I'm so-

Suddenly, the twins burst out laughing. "DON'T BE SORRY, IT WAS FUNNY!" They shouted, hugging her.

"Aw, I can't believe our little Gale made it through a sentence without stuttering!" Hikaru said, hugging her harder.

"And a sarcastic sentence at that!" Kaoru said, following suit.

Gale sighed and attempted to wiggle out of the death hug. "Um, g-g-guys! Can't… breathe!"

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Author's Note:

Pink: I ACTUALLY MANAGED TO TYPE NINE PAGES! YAY!

Hikaru: Yay.

Kyouya: Yay.

Pink and Hikaru: WHAT THE HELL?

Pink: When did you get here? And how did I not notice you?

Kyouya: I've been here the entire time. By the way, I'm charging you for making me come down here.

Pink: Okay then, just add it to Hikaru's tab.

Hikaru: My what?!

Pink: Anyway, I tried to type a long chapter since I probably won't be able to update next week! SORRY! It took me FOREVER to type up, and I know it's not that great. SORRY! AGAIN! I'll get the hang of this whole "Romantic Story" thing sooner or later! Alrighty, please review! BYE:)