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Chapter 7:Saving you
"NO, Don't jump!" shouted a crowd of students who gathered in the court yard of Ouran academy. The Host club ran up and made their way through the crowd to the front. Looking up at a figure on the roof of the school, they screamed.
"Akahana!" yelled Hikaru who stared wide-eyed at her. Akahana was standing on the edge of the roof, her hands in prayer position. Her eyes were dark grey and tears streamed down her red cheeks. She looked miserable. Absolutely miserable. Her face was full of regret, pain, sadness, anger...all the bitter emotions.
"Man, I think she's really gonna try and end it all!" Kaoru screamed, breathing heavily as he stared intently up at the girl.
"Aka-chan!" Hunny dropped his stuffed bunny on the ground and continually called out Akahana's name, tears pouring down his face. The host club and the other students surrounding the scene were scared stiff. Afraid of what might happen. Would she really jump? Or would she not? Would she slip and fall? Everyone called out to Akahana but she didn't respond. Her lips never moved. Her body was frozen where it stood. Had she got cold feet? Was she too scared to jump? Or had she just been waiting for more people to show up to see the scene?
"Dammit! Guys we gotta do something and fast!" yelled a panicked Hikaru who turned around to see a confused host club. Kyoya pulled out his cell and quickly called for the police and fire department along with an ambulance just in case. The twins held each other in worry; Haruhi and Tamaki stared at Akahana and occasionally tried calling out to her again; Hunny clung to Mori's leg and cried and Mori...Mori had no expression. He said nothing. He did nothing. Everything felt as if it were sinking. Wind blew across the court yard making all of the students shiver with more chill. The clouds in the sky darkened.
"Hey, it looks like it might ran." said a random student, scanning the sky with his eyes.
"Yeah. If it rains, that girl will slip. Whether she wants to fall off or not." mumbled another student. As more teens around the host club talked about the situation at hand, the rest stayed quiet. Silently praying to themselves.
'Don't let her jump...PLEASE don't let her jump!' Tamaki thought, folding his hands and he closed his eyes tight.
'Don't do it, Akahana! Don't! You'll regret it!' The twins held each others hands and shut their eyes as well.
'Please don't, Aka-chan...! We still haven't had cake together!' Hunny picked his bunny up from the ground and held it as tight as he could, trying to stop the tears from flowing down his face.
Haruhi and Mori just looked at the roof, never diverting their attention. Haruhi looked over at her friend and placed a hand on his broad shoulder,
"Mori-senpai...if she falls, you can catch her right?"
Mori shrugged and said nothing. Haruhi removed her hand and turned back to watch Akahana. She was still in the same position, and in the same state. How long did she plan to stay there like that? Until the wind somehow pushed her off the roof? Haruhi clenched the side of her pants with her fist. 'This is too nerve-wrecking. I can't watch this for much longer...' she thought, shaking any bad thoughts she had out of her head.
Then Akahana's lips went to move but stopped when another gust of wind blew over the court yard. 'Mom...' Akahana moved foreward and she closed her eyes. 'Goodbye...'
"AKAHANA!" Akahana's eyes shot open and she stopped herself from going off the edge of the roof. She looked down, trying to figure out where the voice had come from. It sounded familiar. So deep...yet kind. A voice that wasn't heard very often. There's only one person that kind of a voice belonged to. That person was...
A loud booming sound suddenly sounded through Ouran's court yard and a light flashed. Haruhi gasped and backed away in fear and bumped into Tamaki. He placed his hands gently on her shoulders, "Haruhi, it's okay. It's just a little thunder...I'll protect you." Haruhi swallowed her fear and released herself from Tamaki's grip. This was no time to be scared of storms. Akahana was most important now.
Soon the reinforcements came. They were trying to figure out a way to get her before she could jump.
The only thing no one seemed to grasp was that she wasn't alone up there...
*With Akahana and ?*
"What? Did you think I wouldn't find out about your little friends Akahana? You should know better... I am your father after all." Akahana's dad laughed maniacally while pushing the gun against her back a little more.
She didn't respond. She wouldn't. She wouldn't give him that satisfaction. Instead, she looked down with her eyes until she reached a familiar face.
Takashi's face.
Another tear streamed down her face as she recalled all the times she had actually spoken to him.
Actually... spoken...
"Go on, jump you idiotic child. Make it seem like your just like your mother. It's your fault anyway. I'm technically doing a favor by killing a worthless brat like you!" He spit. She held her gaze on Takashi.
He was looking straight into her eyes. Searching for something, anything. She decided to just try to contact him without her eyes by lip syncing a few words...
"Help me Takashi... I'm not alone." Is what she kept mouthing. Her father couldn't tell because he wasn't facing her, but Mori was.
His eyes went to her lips and they widened as he realized what she was mouthing. He had to finally step up and do something... before it was too late...
Hunny noticed his cousin step forward with a determined face, "Takashi, what is it?" He looked in the direction Mori was looking. Hunny's eyes also widened, "A-Aka-chan!" The only thing Hunny could see that she was mouthing was "Help me" but that was enough for Hunny. He knew that Mori was the only one that could save her now.
More tears fell down her face as she felt her father drive the gun's point into her back, "Go before I shoot you. NOW." Akahana moved her feet forward, trembling with fear. She looked down one more time. Mori still had his gaze fixed on her. This time he moved his lips,
"Jump off. I'll catch you. Don't be scared. I promise I'll catch you." Akahana's eyes widened. Red spread across her face and she smiled.
"Yes..." She mumbled. Moving forward, she felt her feet go off the edge of the roof. The students below screamed but she didn't care. Mori was there to catch her, no matter what. Tears fell out of her eyes and she felt the wind clash against her skin. She kept her eyes closed as she fell forward. Her father backed away. He smirked and ran off before anyone could discover his being there.
"AKAHANA!" Tamaki screamed. The king moved his feet but Mori ran past him at the speed of light.
"Whats Mori doing?" shouted a girl,
"Morinozuka!"
"MORI-SENPAI, WHAT THE-" before Hikaru could finish, Mori jumped up and caught Akahana in his arms. Both of them went down and the screams stopped. The club ran over to their friends in a panic,
"HOLY CRAP! Mori-senpai, Akahana, are you guys okay?" Kaoru asked, leaning down to both of them.
Mori held Akahana and both of them were breathing heavily, "Yeah." they both said. The hosts sighed in relief and fell to the ground. The police and paramedics who had arrived at the scene ran over towards Mori and Akahana.
"Miss, are you alright? We would like to ask you some questions but we should get you to the hospital first-" but the police man stopped talking when he noticed Mori stand up and pick Akahana up bridal style. Akahana blushed furiously.
"T-TAKASHI! WAH! W-W-W-WHAT ARE YOU-" Mori sat Akahana on a stretcher a paramedic had brought over. Mori smiled,
"Thank God." were his only words.
~xXx:At the hospital~
Akahana was asleep in the bed when the hosts were finally allowed to visit her, and Mori was the first one in. He sat right beside her in the chair next to the bed, and grabbed one of her hands. At his touch, her eyes fluttered open and turned to him.
"T-Takashi?"
"Ah, Akahana."
"Thank you... all of you." She said while looking at the rest of the hosts. Some looked nervous, others looked relieved, and one looked confused and angry.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Tamaki asked.
"Yes, but I am a bit hungry... Could you please get me something to eat?" She asked shyly. Tamaki ruffled her hair before speaking.
"Of course! Come men! To the commoner's hospital's dining room!" He walked out with almost everyone behind him. Hunny and Mori stayed a little longer though.
"Takashi, will you stay here and keep an eye on Aka-chan? That way if she needs anybody, you'll be here!" He asked happily.
"Yeah." He replied and stayed there while Hunny ran off.
"Takashi?" Akahana asked shyly.
"Ah?" Mori... questioned?
"I'm glad that you caught me... I don't think I could trust anyone else..." She said. His face turned a little pink at her words.
'She trusts me?'He thought with a small smile.
"It's alright, I won't break my promise to protect you." He said with a determined look on his face.
"O-ok... Why did you catch me though? We've only talked a few times...and..."
"Because you're not just some girl Akahana. I can pick you apart from a crowd because you stand out so much." He said.
"But why do you always talk more with me?" She asked.
"You're not like the other girls... When you first heard me speak a monosyllable response, you didn't go crazy, or faint. You just sat there and looked at me." He said, red spreading across his cheeks.
"I-I... like talking to you." She blushed, "You don't try to ask me questions non-stop, and you even let me ask you questions. Y-You aren't afraid to tell someone no if they ask a touchy question..." She smiled up at him.
"Thanks." He replied.
"Anytime. I promise to keep talking to you if you do the same?"
"Promise."
"Yes..." She smiled a little bigger. "It's a deal."
They smiled at one another for a little longer.
"Akahana?"
"Yes?"
"I..." Red swept Takashi's face, and before they knew it, they could see the distance between them lessen.
They were six inches away from each other now...
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"Here's your food Akahana!" The two immediately backed away with scarlet faces, and Tamaki kept gushing over all of the 'commomers' food they had.
'Damn you Tamaki!' Mori thought looking to the side with an angry face. Akahana smiled and thanked the king and began to eat. Soon after, the other hosts returned as well and they talked with Akahana for a while,
"So...Akahana. Why did you go up on the roof?" Hikaru asked, crossing his arms sternly.
"That's right, we were the only one's who saw Aka-chan mouth 'Help me, I'm not alone'" Hunny whispered to his cousin. Mori nodded.
"U-um..."
"Now now Hikaru. I'm sure she needs rest. Lets save the questions for tomorrow." Tamaki stood up and motioned for his club to follow him out, "Au revior Akahana" Tamaki smiled and led his friends out the door, all except Mori and Hunny.
Akahana noticed the two staring at her and she looked at her hands that rested on the hospital sheets.
"...Aka-chan...Was your father the one up on the roof with you? Did he tell you to jump?" Hunny asked, a sad expression spreading over his face. Akahana didn't answer. She held her head down, staying quiet. Mori grabbed Hunny and placed him on his shoulders and turned,
"See you later." Mori said before walking out of the room. As the two made their way down the hospital hall way, Hunny looked to his cousin,
"Takashi. I think it was her dad and she just doesn't want to tell us."
"Yeah."
"So...what should we do about that? Should we tell the others?"
"No."
"Then what? Call the police?"
"No, we have no evidence to him being up there with her."
"...We'll we can't let her keep getting hurt by him."
"No."
"So, maybe we should confront him."
"I don't know..."
"If we confronted him, than maybe we could-" Mori instantly stopped walking. Hunny looked down, "Takashi, whats-" Hunny looked up to see a man standing in front of them. He wore a suit and had medium length brown hair. Hunny's eyes grew wide and Mori's expression grew angry. The man smirked,
"Well, well. It's nice to finally meet the two in whom my daughter has been hanging around with...It's a pleasure Mitsuki Haninozuka and Takashi Morinozuka. I know a lot about you two...A LOT." The man chuckled and made his way closer to them. Hunny gulped,
"What kind of things do you know about us?" Hunny hopped off Mori's shoulder and got into a defensive position.
"Oh, I know plenty. And I will tell you here and now." Hunny and Mori took a step back and the man stepped forward, "Stay away from her. You hear me? If you don't..." the man's expression became murderous, "She won't come back to Ouran if you catch my drift. She is my daughter and I am the only one she is a loud any contact with, you hear? And don't think about going and reporting any of this to the cops. Really, what evidence do you have and what cops are going to listen to a bunch of kids in high school? I run a wealthy, popular business. Surely, those cops would believe my word over yours. I will say this once more and you be sure to tell your entire MAN CLUB this, STAY AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER. That especially goes for you Takashi Morinozuka." The man eyed Mori and Mori looked to the side in anger. The man made his way and now stood only a few inches apart from Hunny and Mori. The man moved closer so he could whisper in Mori's ear, "She loves you, in case you didn't know. But you know...it's because of you she got to hurt. I hadn't been beating on her until she starting seeing you and that HOAX club. She's forgotten her place. I'll tell you this, if she ends up dying, it will be all your fault. If you want to protect her or whatever, stay away from her. If you don't, mark my words, you won't be forgiven for what you've done." The man walked off down into the dark hospital hall way. Mori stood frozen, eye's wide. Hunny took a deep breath and looked up at his friend,
"Takashi? What did he say to you?"
"...Nothing. Lets go." The two began walking again and made it outside where the other hosts were waiting with their limo's,
"Finally, you guys are here! C'mon, we're all going out to eat." The twins grabbed Hunny and Mori and pushed them into their limo. As the car started and drove off, it began to rain outside.
"Why are we going out to eat?" Hunny exchanged looks with the twins and they smiled,
"Just for fun! It's a commoners restaurant the boss has been wanting to try and-" Kaoru turned to look at Mori who was looking at the floor of the limo in silence, "Mori-senpai, you okay?"
"...No." Mori answered and looked away so his friends couldn't see his face. He looked out the window,
"She loves you. But your the reason she got so hurt." The cold hearted words played through his mind making Mori's heart sink.
'...because of...me?' Mori felt like getting sick. '...Loves me...?' Mori leaned his head on the cars window and closed his eyes; Wishing he could die right there and never come back.
Hunny moved over and sat beside Takashi and placed a hand on his knee, "Takashi...tomorrow we should go and tell Aka-"
"No Mitsuki." Hunny removed his hand and his pupils grew small,
"W-What? But we should tell her what her-"
"We're not going to see her anymore. It's forbidden, got it?" Mori's tone was cold and his eyes were glaring at Hunny.
Tears formed in Hunny's eyes, "...But Takashi..."
"It's for her own good, Mitsuki." Mori turned back and looked out the window, "It's better this way..." Mori mentally kicked himself.
'It's better this way...' Mori thought. But was it really...? He didn't speak for the rest of the day.
Authors comments: I starting writing this chapter last night and finally finished. Escape-to-Ouran really helped me on this chapter and I thank her very much. I think the ending of this chapter may be another weird one but it's a little dramatic like I wanted it to be. "Always leave them wanting more" hehehe. I'll post Chapter 8 when I get 42 reviws. Lol I'm going for a weird number of reviews from now on XD
