Chapter 7: Blame
Tamaki was pounding his hand against Rin's door, waiting for someone to answer.
The others were right behind him. Haruhi had reluctantly came along, although she was worried for her senpai and friend. The twins had followed along, making sure Kyoya didn't try anything with Rin. Honey and Mori had came along, well, just to see how things would turn out. Also because they were worried for Rin.
Tamaki stopped pounding on the door when he heard the chain getting unlocked. But he was shocked by who opened the door. Kyoya had opened the door and he didn't seem to pleased. "Will you stop pounding at the door!" he said through gritted teeth.
Everyone was terrified by the look the Shadow King was giving.
"What's going on?" a muffled voice said.
Kyoya turned around, letting go of the door and stepping to the side. Tamaki and the others looked in. Rin stood there, rubbing her eyes and then running her hand through her hair. She looked very tired, but she also looked a bit sick, saying as how she was a bit pale.
"I asked a question…" she said, glaring. She was worse then Kyoya when he got woken up in the morning.
The twins ran in and hugged Rin, tightly. Their heads against the top of hers as they said, "We're so sorry, Rin!"
Rin was being choked by the twins. But strangely enough, Rin smiled.
Kyoya sighed in disappointment. He had finally made her go to bed and yet now, she's awake. Kyoya glared at Tamaki. "This is your fault…" he said, slamming the door shut behind them.
Tamaki felt a shiver down his spine, afraid of what his friend was going to do to him.
"I hope you can forgive us, Rin," Haruhi said, smiling.
Rin laughed a bit, getting the twins to let go of her. "It wasn't your guys fault," she said. "I was the one who was missing sleep and over working myself." Rin gave a bright smile, one that wasn't quiet herself.
Kyoya crossed his arms and Mori stood there, starring at the expression Rin was showing. The other boys, on the other hand, were all blushing by how cute Rin was when she smiled like that.
Mori walked up to Rin. Rin looked up, curious. A big hand then rested on her forehead and then words were heard. "Fever…" Mori said.
Kyoya pushed up his glasses. "I'll leave her in your care…" Kyoya said. He then walked over to the living room.
The twins smiled and grabbed Rin by the arms. "Time to get Cinderella to bed!" they said.
Rin lifted an eyebrow as she was being dragged back to her room.
Tamaki stood there, blinking. He was still trying to process everything into his head, which was difficult for him. Instead, he just shook it off and walked into the living room. There he saw Kyoya sitting on the couch. He had his black notebook in his hands and he was writing in it like normal.
Kyoya felt a piercing look on him. He looked up and saw the look he dreaded most. Tamaki was happy, puppy look and flowers happy. It was the same face he made when he was daydreaming.
Tamaki snapped out of it when a book suddenly hit his head. "Hey!" Tamaki shouted at Kyoya. There, on Kyoya's face, was the Shadow King's glare, cold as it always was.
"Will you get that look off your face…?" Kyoya said, gritted teeth.
Tamaki bit his lip, seeing his friend going back to writing in the black book. But Tamaki couldn't help but smile.
Tamaki sat on the couch next to Kyoya. "Why are you so angry, Kyoya?" Tamaki said, giving a smile that was soft and would make any girl fall.
Kyoya lifted his gaze, feeling like he was just struck by lightening. Why was he mad? Because Rin was stupid enough not to take care of herself? Or was it for something completely different? Kyoya just couldn't wrap around the real reason of why he was mad. But he did have a reason.
"I'm angry because Miss Kawasawa was dumb enough to over work herself to the point in which she collapsed," Kyoya said, crossing his arms. "Thus making herself unable to attend Club, making work fall behind."
Tamaki raised an eyebrow and his smile turned into a frown. He's so clueless… Tamaki thought. Tamaki shook his head, finding it a bit pointless to further the question. Instead he bent down and picked up the book Kyoya had thrown at him. Tamaki looked through the book, noticing it was a planner.
"Did you ever get the feeling," Tamaki said, "that she's hiding something?"
Kyoya looked at his friend, wondering what Tamaki was trying to say or ask. Kyoya was about to say something, but was soon interrupted when Haruhi walked in, saying, "I think it would be best if we don't ask her, Senpai…"
Tamaki and Kyoya looked at her. "It would probably be good if we just let her tell us on her own," Haruhi continued.
Honey walked in with Mori slowly behind. "Haru-chan is right!" Honey said, looking a bit serious but still childlike. "What ever Rin is hiding, its something that can't be easily said."
Everyone knew that what was just said was correct. Rin was hiding something, something dealing with her past. The best thing to do was to just wait until she wanted to say something. But the Host Club didn't know that was sooner then they thought.
A few hours past and the Host Club was still at Rin's apartment. They hadn't left, knowing that Rin might get up and go do something that would make her condition worse.
The twins were laying on the ground in the living room, bored to death. They wanted to play with Rin, but she was still sleeping. So they were bored to death.
Haruhi was looking through the bookshelves, along with Honey and Mori. They were fascinated by the pictures.
Tamaki was watching TV as requested by the others. That way he didn't disturb the need rest for Rin.
Kyoya still sat on the couch. Thinking things through as he wrote in his black notebook.
"Hey, guys," Haruhi said, looking over her shoulder, "I think you might want to see this…"
The twins jumped up from the ground and ran over. Tamaki followed closely behind. Kyoya sighed and followed along with them.
What Haruhi had found was a family tree, but there was something odd about it. At the bottom was a picture of Rin, smiling. She didn't have blonde hair, but instead had black hair and it was a bit longer then how she had it now. The strange thing about this picture was that the picture was crossed out by a black ink. And below the picture was written the word, "Dead".
"Wonder why that's there…" Honey said.
Kyoya crossed his arms, wondering the same thing. But he shrugged and went back to his seat, not caring about it. It had nothing to do with him and he could care less about what happened to Rin. Although, a part of him did wonder what happened, but he just buried that feeling.
