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Secret 7: Trust

Keiko and Anko arrived at the Kaien house around 10 o' clock to see that Keiko's father standing outside with a bright smile.

"Hello, hello," he greeted Keiko as she ran up and hugged him tightly while Anko stood awkwardly behind them at the car.

Anko was feeling a little sappy looking at the adorable, unfolding scene. She felt a little chill go down her spine and she rubbed her arm with her other hand. Keiko soon remembered Anko's existence and half skipped back to her. She ushered her over to her father.

"Ota-san, this is Minamoto Anko. She's the one I told you that would be staying with us this weekend," Keiko told him.

Anko gave a little bow of the head, "It's very nice to meet you, Kaien-sama."

"Please, the pleasure is mine. I was wondering when Keiko-chan would bring a friend home from school. It's nice to know someone isn't a selfish snob," he chuckled and Keiko blushed.

"Ota-san, don't tell her that's what I thought…" she muttered, embarrassed.

"Heh, heh," Anko chuckled. "It's okay, Kai-chan, I'm new to Ouran, too, remember?"

"Right, well, we'll just put our stuff in my room," Keiko told her father, taking her bag into her hand and Anko following cautiously behind, giving a slight bow of the head to Keiko's dad as she passed.

The Kaien house was a standard size for a Japanese house. It was nothing out of the ordinary with beautiful green bushes out front of the pale blue house with the white trim. Inside the furniture was cozy and simple, a nice brown tone in the pieces to match the golden color of the walls that also had a white trim. They went up the narrow wooden staircase to where the three bedrooms were. Keiko's was the door to the right, the one down the hall was her father's, and the one to the left belonged to someone that Anko didn't know. Keiko's room was that of a regular teen girl's room. It had posters of J-rockers and J-Rock bands, lots in particular of one bassist. The bed's sheets were neatly tucked under the mattress, creating the 'a coin could bounce on these sheets' look. There was a desk off to one side of the small, somewhat cramped room compared to that of her room in the Hitachiin house. The ceiling slanted with the roof and led to the wide window that overlooked the street with wonderful lace curtains. By the window sill was a bench with drawers in the black bottom and a red cushion on top for sitting and several comfy looking pillows, matching the red and black theme of the room. Anko put her bag on the bench after being instructed to do so by Keiko.

"Well, it's not big, sorry. There's actually a twin sized mattress under the bench that pulls out," Keiko told her.

"Really?! Awesome!" Anko said and pulled at the long drawer to reveal the bed with red and black sheets. Her jaw dropped when she sat on the soft bed. "I want one!"

Keiko laughed, "I see you've never seen one."

"No, I've always dreamed of something like this!"

"Haha, you're like Suoh-sempai," Keiko compared with a wide grin. Anko grinned widely and sat on the bed. "It comfortable enough…?" She nodded her head in reply. "That's good! Well, I can give you the grand tour of the house if you like." She scratched the back of her head. "Though it isn't really that grand or long of a tour…but yeah…!"

"Sure that sounds great!" Anko hopped onto her feet and punched a fist in the air. "Yay tour," she chirpped happily.

"Alright, let's go!" Keiko cheered. She led her friend out of the room and about the house for the next ten or so minutes. There is not much too the humble abode except for quaint furniture and little decorations here and there. Hanging in the hallway downstairs is a frame that can hold nine photos.

"Is that you?" Anko pointed to the photo of a girl with a bow in her short hair. Keiko turned to the frame and grinned sheepishly while scratching the back of her head.

"Yeah, that's me."

"You look so kawaii! Who's that?" Anko pointed to the boy who looked very much like Keiko. Keiko stayed silent for a bit as she gazed at the photo of the boy holding her hand.

"That's my twin brother…Kaien-oniisama." She said with a smile but it decides not reach her eyes. She then pointed to a photo with woman standing with the Hitachiin twins. "That is my mother."

"Oh she's very pretty!" Anko bubbled with admiration and looked between Keiko and the photo. "You have here eyes and her nose! Where is she from, nationality wise?"

"She's Arabian, her names is Dunya Kian." Keiko smiles lightly at Anko's enthusiasm. She glanced at the clock on the wall. "Well I want to take you somewhere at five and we have a good six hours until then. Want to go to the mall?" she suggested.

"Oh that sounds like fun!" Anko beamed. "Where are we going at five?"

"You'll see." Keiko said with a vague smile. "Alright, let me just go tell Oto-sama and we can get going. Do you need anything from your things?"

"Yeah, I need to get my purse." She said thoughtfully, as she tapped her chin lightly.

"Okay, you go get that and freshen up if you'd like. The bathroom is the second door on the right from my room. I'll meet you by the front door, alright?" Anko nodded and quickly headed up the stairs as Keiko headed to a closed door nearby. She knocked on it lightly and heard her father's voice telling her she may come in.

"Kei, what's up?" he said, looking up from his shuffle of papers scattered about on his desk in piles. "Come in, come in."

"Grading tests or reports?" she asked as she stepped in, closing the door behind her.

"Both." He chuckled softly. "What can I help you with?"

"Well I just wanted to let you know Anko-chan and I are going to the mall, if that's alright with you."

"Of course that's fine with me!" he ruffled her hair. "How long do you plan on staying there? Want me to drop you to off?"

"I don't know how long we'll be out." She shrugged. "If you're not too busy, that would be nice, or we can take the bus. I also plan on taking her with me when I go to visit Kai-oniisama. You don't mind right?"

"As long as you're comfortable with it, I'm fine." He kissed her on her forehead. "As for a ride…I may be pressed with time since I have to head to work soon."

"That's okay, we'll just take the bus." She grinned and hugged her father.

"Stay safe and have fun. Call me if you need anything." He handed her some money. "That should be enough for food for you two and a book, which I know you'll want to buy at least one." He teased and Keiko thanked him, stashing the cash in her jean pocket.

"See you when we get back." She waved. "Best of luck on those papers and at work." She shut the door behind herself and headed up to her room to get her messenger bag after dumping all the contents that she brought for home on her bed. She looked at herself in the mirror to see if she had everything. She was dressed in a slightly baggy plain white shirt that had the words "It's Just Rock'n'Roll" scrawled in a dripping deep crimson font, a pair of worn out jeans that were frayed at the ends and a hole in one knee with two skinny chains hanging along with her usual assortments of accessories around her neck, wrist, and ears. Her hair was styled as it usually is for school, just messier.

Once done, she headed down to the front door as planned. She pulled on her written and drawn on high-tops as she waited. Anko came down not too long after.

"Ready to go!" She smiled after pulling on her own shoes, the gold pumps from before.

"Well my Dad is pretty busy grading papers and tests so he can't drive us. You don't mind taking the bus right?"

"Oh no, not at all." She said a bit hesitantly. "I've never really taken it before, though."

"Don't worry; it isn't as bad as they look." She grabbed Anko's hand and led her out to the bus stop not too far from the house. The town was very simple with similar looking houses in rows like a usual suburb. A few little kids could be seen playing around on the sidewalks, riding their bikes and doing other playful things under the vigilance of their present chaperone. Anko noticed the tiny details like this that grander neighborhoods did not have. She looked out the window, cautious to see if Keiko could be watching and she put on a longing expression.

The bus came not too long after their arrival. Keiko paid the fare and led her to an empty bench of the not so busy bus.

"This is all so exciting!" Anko squealed lightly, practically bouncing in her seat. Keiko snickered at her friend's enthusiasm. "Did you do this all the time? How far is the mall? We can buy tons of neat things! Is there s bookstore there? What is at the mall? Is it big? Are we going to ride the bus back?" She asked excitedly as her imagination ran a little wild with things to do and other things she had not really done. Keiko laughed at the barrage of questions and tried to calm Anko down, not because people began to stare at her obviously nicely and uniquely dressed companion, but so that she may answer at least one of the speed questions.

"Geez, you really do sound like Suoh-sempai!" she teased, nudging her friend. "The mall isn't that far off, ten or so minutes from the stop and yes we'll most likely take the bus home. As for a bookstore, yeah there is a decent one. The mall has two floors, decently sized, and the shops are pretty good. I usually don't buy clothes from their because of the prices but they shouldn't be too high for you I guess…" Anko raised a brow in question, not quite sure how to take the comment. "Not that I'm saying you buy overpriced clothes or that you recklessly spend money or anything! I didn't mean to insult you in any way!" She quickly added. "It's just that you have a lot of money and you can spend that money however you like, not that I'm telling you how to spend it, and I'm going to shut up now."

"Don't worry; I get what you mean now." Anko laughed and in no time she was back to her excitement. The two began to talk about some animes and manga for the rest of the ride.

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Meanwhile, the Host Club followed Keiko and Anko's bus in a car. Tamaki was staring happily at the bus, talking about how lucky Anko was that she got to ride the bus. Haruhi was trying not to get too annoyed with him and instead turned to Kyoya.

"Kyoya-sempai, why are we following them? " Haruhi asked, then thought I'll miss the sell on meat at the market today…

"Once the twins told Tamaki about Kian-san and Anko-chan going to the Kian house there was no way of talking him out of it. …Or dragging me out of the house this morning…" he glared at Tamaki, plotting how to get back at him for this excursion.

"Never pass up an opportunity to see another commoner's house, I say!" Tamaki cheered, looking at all of the other passengers. "Of course… I'm not sure where they're going on that bus, but I'm sure that it will be fun!"

The twins snickered, thinking of a way to make Keiko uncomfortable and tease her about whatever commoner thing she was about to do. They parked the car in the parking garage where they spent a few minutes taking pictures of the structure. They all looked at the mall in awe.

"Yay, another commoner's mall!" Hunny shouted with glee, bouncing up and down. "Come on Takashi, let's check out the cake shops! I love how cheap they are!"

"Not today," Kyoya said. He looked ahead and watched Anko bounce up and down next to Keiko. "There's something I must be sure of…" He trailed off into his own thoughts until the twins interrupted.

"Oooh, Kyoya-sempai is watching out for Anko-chan," they taunted.

"Oh, he has a heart," Hikaru said.

"Yes, and it bleeds for his little cousin," Kaoru agreed.

"Awwwwwweeeee!!!!!!" they cried out together.

Kyoya gave him his dark lord look and they felt the iciness of his glare and backed away mockingly.

"Well, if that's the case," Tamaki went on, "Then we must allow Kyoya to look out for Anko-chan!"

Tamaki seemed determined to make Kyoya's agenda come through. Kyoya still ignored their stupidity and thought, They're right, I care about Anko. She hasn't had friends in a while, I hope that Kian-san will be able to fix that…

They trailed the two new friends, eating when they ate, shopping when they did, and they did lose them occasionally, but Kyoya's watchful eye didn't let that happen for too long.

Around five, Keiko led her back to the bus stop silently. Anko didn't notice the quiet until she realized that as she babbled on Keiko wasn't responding.

"What's wrong?" Anko asked, curiosity on her face.

"This ride is a little longer than the last one." She said with a distant tone. "Please don't ask anything until we get there." Anko nodded and began to read the latest volume of a manga she had bought as Keiko sat with her forehead pressed to the glass. They sat on the bus for a good half an hour before Keiko stood up at a stop by a strip mall of small convenience stores and bagel shops.

The Host Club sat in their car, waiting for the girls (besides Haruhi) to be picked up at the bus stop.

"Why can't we hang out with them?" the twins whined. "We want to tease Keiko!"

"Yeah, they seemed to be having fun…" Tamaki agreed.

"Maybe Kyoya wants to see how they interact," Mori said insightfully.

They all looked at him and thought about it. "Why? I want to play with Kai-chan and Anko-chan!" Hunny replied with an anxious face.

Mori didn't say anything and Kyoya looked out the window, still examining the relationship. No one said anything about it after that. The bus pulled up and the car started.

"Follow me." She simply said and walked a few steps ahead of her, taking a path that included several crosswalks, sidewalk blocks. One of her hands are shoved in her pockets as her other fiddled with her necklace. A good ten minutes later they stood at the main entrance of a hospital. Anko wanted to ask a question, but decided against it, seeing the seriousness of Keiko's face. She stepped in without a word and motioned for Anko to follow as the stale, yet sterile smell hit them. She spoke to the lady at the front who seemed to know her pretty well, at least that's how it seemed to Anko, which only spiked her curiosity more. They headed to the elevator and went down the hall on the third floor to a room with the door ajar. She entered the room and their on the bed lay a young man that looked vaguely familiar to Anko.

The Host Club silently went to the space between the door and the frame to watch.

"Maybe we shouldn't be here," Tamaki whispered to them, Kyoya nodded in agreement. Four of them walked away to wait down the hall where there were chairs by a window where the girls wouldn't see them. They looked back to see that Hikaru, Kaoru, and Hunny hadn't followed them.

Tamaki was going to call them, but then saw the look of shock on the twins' face. Once it faded and they heard the first few sentences uttered by a serious Keiko they too walked away to join Tamaki, Haruhi, Mori, and Kyoya. Hunny was the only one who remained looking at the room, his face showed that his mind was working and he was thinking hard about something.

"Mitsukuni?" Mori called, just above a shook his head and went over to them.

"Anko-chan, this is my brother Kaien-oniisama." Anko looked at her stunned. "It happened on our fourteenth birthday. We spent the day at the summer fair that day in celebration. It was great! There were rides, games, and all kinds of neat things! We exchanged gifts and everything!" she grinned at the fond memories. "But then…it was getting late so we decided to head home. On the way back, we were talking about all the fun things when it came out of nowhere. This car was coming straight at me and I just froze. I completely forgot where I was and what to do for a second since there was no way I could run out of the way. The next thing I know, from staring at blaring headlights one second, my body searing and my head pounding with pain from roughly being shoved to the ground and a loud thud of a crash and a horrible scream ringing in my ears. Someone nearby called the police and an ambulance came. We were loaded up and taken to the hospital. I came out bandaged and met the face of my worried and sadden Oto-sama…I did it again to him!" She tightened her fists and gritted her teeth as a single tear fell. "I took someone else from him…. It should've been me!" She stood silently as she looked at her brother who lay in a coma. "It was a hit and run and we still don't know who hit him…but one day I'll find them!" She then turned to her friend. "No one else knows about this…I don't like telling people since I'll only get pity and I don't trust them. I trust you so I wanted you to know. Don't tell the others please…especially Ohtori-sempai, he'll probably use it against me in some sick way and I'll probably hit him for it." She joked weakly.

"You can count on me Kai-kun." Anko nodded, placing a hand on Keiko's shoulder.

"Thanks." Keiko turned to Kaien. "Kai-onii-sama, I brought the friend I told you about, Minamoto Anko, from that snobby rich school I attend now. She's really great! She's spending the weekend at our place. We went to the mall today and had a great time. I found some things you would've liked but I didn't have enough money to get it. And I don't think you would still be into all those fourteen year old things anymore." She grinned. "Sorry I can't stay long like I usually do, I have a guest. But Oto-sama will here soon. I'll stay longer next time, I promise." She linked her pinkie with his. "Later." She kissed him on the cheek before looking to Anko, who gave him a little wave. "Let me just go talked to the nurse for a bit and then we can go." Anko nodded and followed Keiko out. She asked the nurse a few things and they passed Mr. Kian on the way out. He waved to them and asked them how their day was before letting them leave back to the bus stop.


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