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I wished upon a star that, one day, I would own OHSHC…. And I'm still wishing.

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I sit on the worn leather chair, curling myself into a ball and staring blankly at the wall. I'm not really seeing that wall; no I stopped seeing that a long time ago. It's happening again. Every time I close my eyes it comes back to haunt me. "She has deep mental trauma and will take a while to recover. I believe that she should come to my office at least once a week, after a more thorough diagnosis I can prescribe some medication," a gravelly voice says calmly. That's my psychologist. He left me a few minute ago to tell my relatives something. "She should return to how she used to be after a few months

"I don't want her to be like she used to be! That insolent brat was a disgrace to my family. I'll pay you extra, anything for you to change her," another deep voice growls, barely eligible to my ears. My shaky, gaunt hands open the deep mahogany door and look both of the surprised occupants evenly in the eyes.

When did I get up? I blink for a second before hearing my quiet and borderline hysterical voice say, "I don't want to be like her. She did something unforgivable. I'm someone else. I don't know who I am though. Can you help me find out who I am?" What are all these memories? Who is that girl? Who am I?

The broad shouldered man gapes at me in surprise and murmurs, "It must be a way to cope with the trauma. She has locked away all sense of self she had, leaving only the memories of someone she doesn't recognize."

"That…. That is brilliant," the smaller man breathes, smiling at me pleasantly. "I don't believe that we need your help Tooya-san. She will be perfect. Come closer my dear, I can help you." I walk edge closer to his stretched out hand. He can help me?

"This can lead to serious mental damage. I do not recommend this at all. She should come to my office for a while and I can help her recognize what happened and remember who she is," he warns.

"No!" the smaller man snaps, whirling on his companion. I flinch back, in one of the memories another man does that. Is he like that man? He turns back to me, all smiles again and I relax, returning a tentative smile of my own. "I can help my darling niece remember who she is all on my own. My dear, all of those memories is you. You were so confused and misled but I'm here to help you now. Come here my dear." My eyes widen and a rushing sound filters through my ears. That was me? Why did I do that? Why did I act like that?

"T-that was m-me," I venture slowly and a sad look passes through my uncle's face. I must have hurt him so much. I'm so sorry.

"I'm here to show you who you really are my dear. Come here now, I'll help you," he assures me, opening his arms for a hug. I rush towards him and welcome his warm embrace. I'll make it up to him. I was so horrible to him; I have to make it up to my family. "Tooya-san I will send you a sum that will be sure to keep you silent. You may leave the grounds. I have to educate my niece." For some reason a cold ache crushes my chest but I ignore it and snuggle closer to my uncle. Thank you Uncle.

"Wake up Akari-sama!" I sit up quickly and Kotone's face comes into view, really close to mine. Her face is creased into a worried expression. Saki and Mizuki stand at the foot of my large bed, their expressions similar to Kotone's only Saki has confusion mixed in. "Breathe Akari-sama!" Kotone orders and I automatically take in a deep shuddering breath, relieving some of the ache in my chest that I hadn't noticed until now.

"What is happening to Akari-sama?" Saki asks quietly, her voice shaking. I squeeze my eyes shut and cradle my head in my hands, drawing my legs close to me. My night gown sticks to me and I shiver, the sweat that is all over me cooling me. Hot tears still wind down my face as I force myself to breathe. The nightmares are starting to get worse again.

"Akari-sama….. Is it okay if we tell Saki?" Mizuki asks, hesitance obvious in her voice. I hate it when they treat me like this. Their pity is almost palpable in the air, or is it sympathy? I can never tell anymore.

"Y-…Yes," I manage to whisper and Kotone relays the message. Mizuki drags Saki out of the room; she will recount my tale in a hushed whisper. I wonder how Saki will react…. Will she treat me differently? I don't want that at all. I'm different now. Even from when I finally came to my sense and told Uncle what I wanted. Back then, I couldn't recognize that it was me who was in the memories; that it was me who….. Did that. I know the truth very well now. Uncle manipulated me so easily in my small grasp on sanity. Granted that he was the one who helped me grab some more of it but now I'm molded into someone else. I've decided that it is a good thing but….. I still miss those times back when I was happy. I can't wholly blame Uncle for my displeasure though, no, that is mostly caused by my own misdeeds.

The nightmares usually aren't as bad. I'm just relieved that I haven't relieved that memory yet…. Though if things continue as they are, I might. Maybe I should ask Takumi to get me some sleeping pills, which should get rid of my nightmares. I shiver again as I remember my most recent one. Most of my nightmares consist of memories, isn't that sad? I rub the palm of my hands against my eyes, trying to get rid of that stubborn stream of tears. I shouldn't be crying anymore. Mother, Father, and Uncle wouldn't be happy if I did. I wonder what Brother would think if he saw me now, who knows with him. I take a few more deep breaths; they are starting to become a bit more stable.

Footsteps pound in the hallway and my doors slam open, a breathless and sobbing Saki standing in the threshold. Kotone pulls her arms from around me and goes to hold Saki back. When was Kotone hugging me? She seems to be doing that a lot lately. Saki storms past Kotone and throws herself on me, her sobs still loud in my ear. I freeze up, suddenly very aware of what is actually happening. What is she doing? What do I do? My gown is now wet with Saki's tears, I'll have to have Takumi wash it a few times. Wait no, that isn't important. Saki is crying so that means I have to comfort her. I nod to myself and bring my arms around Saki slowly, shifting to get more comfortable. "What's wrong Saki?" I ask my voice still hoarse and shaky.

"It's so sad! I'm s-sorry!" she blubbers, clutching at me like I might disappear. I never understood that…. Why do people say that?

"Why are you sorry?" I ask, rubbing calming circles on her back.

"I can't do anything to help you! I want to help you but I don't know how too. I'm so sorry for that Akari-sama!" she wails and I pause. I've never gotten that answer before. Oh Saki, you are too kind to me.

"That's okay Saki. Do you think you could help me get ready for school? I do not want to be late," I say, coming up with something to get her mind off of my past. She nod sand reluctantly relinquishes her hold me. My staff all stands in the room, all of them has a somber and sorrowful air about them. "Well come one everyone. I don't want to be late," I urge and everyone breaks out of their daze. I force a smile on my face but this only makes their expressions fall even more.

"You don't need to pretend around us," Takumi mutters.

"That's all I need to know. Thank you. I just have to get prepared for the day," I say, not meaning just my appearance anymore. This is going to be a long day…. Oh well, at least tomorrow there isn't any school.

...

I sit at the table with Fujioka-san, glad that there wasn't any club today. "So, I should be able to come over to your place next weekend right Fujioka-san?" I ask, leafing through the pages of a resource text book. We've been at it for just over half an hour now, looking for a subject to so a report on.

"My father said he was fine with it. I actually think that he would like to meet you," she answers, more focused on the text book in front of her. "Do you think doing a report on the life style would be a good subject?"

"Too broad most likely but it's a good start. We need to find a good thesis," I answer.

"Haruhi! We need to get you ready for the beach!" the twins proclaim, interrupting our research.

"The beach?" she asks, looking at them with a perplexed expression.

"Yes, the beach!" they reply, grins on their faces as they get close together.

"The beach…" she says again and I slam my head on the table, will she stop repeating that already?

"You said so before, didn't you?" Hikaru-san asks, leaning forward slightly with a gleam in his eye. Oh god, they're just excited about the swimsuits aren't they?

"You wouldn't mind going to a real beach," Kaoru-san continues, leaning forward too.

"Did I say that?" Fujioka-san asks, still clueless.

The twins and I deadpan, "Yes, you did."

"And so….. we've prepared some swimsuits for you," the twins say and I roll my eyes. How did I know? Also, wasn't I in that conversation too? Why are they only involving Fujioka-san? Then again…. do I really want them to pick out a swimsuit for me? If I did they would most likely offer me something scandalous.

"Isn't this cute?" Hikaru-san asks, gesturing along with his brother to a pink two piece with a ruffle top and a bikini bottoms that have bows on each side. It would fit Fujioka-san but I doubt she would agree to wear it.

"I think…." Haninozuka-senpai begins, holding up a manikin with a blue one piece on it. "…that this would look good on Haru-chan."

The twins wag their fingers at him, chuckling slightly. Now that's creepy. "You don't get it, huh, Honey-senpai?" they chide. Haninozuka-senpai hums and the twins hoist an unsuspecting Fujioka-san out of her chair. Yeah, I'm happy I didn't get too involved in this one.

"Just wearing this uniform helps gloss over the fact that she's flat as a cutting board," Hikaru-san explains. I wince for her; that hurts any girl's pride. This should be sexual harassment.

"A one piece type suit like that would only invite tears, by making it obvious how utterly poor her figure is," Kaoru-san adds. My eyebrows crease, are they trying to help her or insult her? Haninozuka-senpai pouts slightly.

"On the point, we carefully selected this separate type suit. The frills do a fine job of covering the absence of any bust!" they finish, bowing to the suit again. I roll my eyes; they're really stupid if they believe that Fujioka-san will wear that though.

Suoh-senpai comes rushing in with a baseball bat and hits the twins with it. Where the hell did he get a baseball bat? "How dare you heap sexual harassment on my little girl!" he yells angrily. Damn, he hits hard. I was right too, this is sexual harassment. "That's enough of that!" The twins put the table between them and Suoh-senpai, smart move. Fujioka-san moves back into the seat across from me.

"Then, we aren't going to the beach?" the twins ask dejectedly. Poor them, they can't harass Fujioka-san into a swimsuit.

"Whoever said we weren't going?" Suoh-senpai asks, undergoing a major mood change.

"Oh, then you do want to go!" they perk back up, grins on their faces. Perverts.

"Can Usa-chan come too?" Haninozuka-senpai asks.

"I have no objections," Ootori-senpai says, writing in his book among the multitude of swimsuits.

"Huh? We're really going?" Fujioka-san asks.

"When are we going?" I ask, finally getting into the conversation. I have to see how long I have to pack.

Suoh-senpai poses and says, "What better time than tomorrow?" Uh, almost any. "Come on, let's go to the beach!"

I walk down the street of Okinawa; I had managed to delay seeing the host club because Ootori-senpai asked me to go get some supplies. Thanks God. I'm on a short enough fuse as it is; it would be a disaster for me to snap now that I've lasted so long. I have a lot of pent up tension and stress, I might end up lashing out if I don't get a tighter rein on my emotions. I walk into a store and pull out the list of things I need to get. "Need any help?" a male's voice asks and I turn to see two disgusting looking teenagers staring at me.

"No," I reply curtly, walking away from them.

"Oh come on, you should hang with us for a while!" the other one says, grabbing my wrist and pulling me against his chest. Ugh, he reeks. I freeze for a moment and then bring up my foot, stomping on his as hard as I can. The man yowls, hopping away from me while the other one watches in amusement.

"Leave me the hell alone douche bags," I snap, trying to walk away again.

"At least tell us a good reason for not playing with us," the one with sandy colored hair says, putting his hand on my shoulder. Oh god, these two creep me out.

"Besides you two are asses? I'm going to the beach with some of my friends. Let me go," I snarl, jerking away from him.

"Feisty. Maybe we can catch you later spitfire," he smirks and I scowl, not looking back at them. That was disgusting.

…..

I sit under the umbrella at the table next to Ootori-senpai, watching as Fujioka-san charms her customers. "We were completely fooled, huh?" Hikaru-san asks forlornly, picking up the ball that his brother and he were chasing.

"Who'd have thought that he would bring customers with us?" Kaoru-san asks, both of them watching Fujioka-san too. Yeah, Suoh-senpai was pretty cunning, inviting the customers so Fujioka-san couldn't wear a swimsuit the twins picked out. Then again, Ootori-senpai might have encouraged the decision.

"We really didn't figure on that," Hikaru-san comments. I roll my eyes, no really?

"I invited you club members along for free, so be sure to preform your services," Ootori-senpai reminds them.

"But with guests here…" Hikaru-san mutters.

"Haruhi won't be able to wear her swimsuit," Kaoru-san finishes, equally dejected. They sound like perverts. Besides, the club is staying alone so Fujioka-san can always dress like a girl there. If my hunch is right based on what Fujioka-san tells me, her father would have packed her suitcase with girly clothing. Everyone will be ecstatic.

"Akari, don't you have duties to preform?" Ootori-senpai asks coolly and I turn to look at him.

"I can't be a maid out on the beach Ootori-senpai," I answer, resisting the urge to stick my tongue out at him. I failed.

"What about your more subtle job…. If you can manage it that is," he challenges and my eyes narrow at him. Damnit, why does he have to be so good at manipulation?

I get up and mutter, "Fine, I'll go hang out with the girls. Don't blame me if I spend most of my time with Yui-chan though~!" I smirk as he twitches and walk away before he can counter me with some threat. Despite what I said, I walk over to a few girls that I don't know personally. "Hey girls, is it okay if I play volleyball with you?" I ask with a smile, pulling my dress over my head to reveal my swimsuit. I'm wearing a deep green bikini top with black shorts.

"Sure, Akari," a girl a year ahead of me says. "I'm Juno, this is May, and the last one is Dare," she introduces, pointing to each of them as she says their names. If I remember right, they are all in the year ahead of me. We start to mess around and I find out that I am pretty good at volleyball.

"Are you sure you haven't played before?" May asks skeptically, putting her hands on her hips and pouting at me.

"If you haven't; do you do any other sports?" Dare asks, hitting the ball back to Juno.

"I used to do track and a little bit of… well track is pretty much it," I correct myself, smiling to cover up my slip up. I used to lean Judo but that was a while ago and I haven't practiced in over a year, I probably suck by now.

"Wh-" Juno begins.

"Tonight's supper is going to be a real treat!" I hear Fujioka-san's joyful voice yell and turn to see her waving at Suoh-senpai. Actually, most of the host club is over there. Aren't they supposed to entertain their guests? I grit my teeth and glare at Ootori-senpai; he's the one that left me to occupy them.

"Let's go see what Haruhi-kun is doing," May suggests and we all follow her over in time for a centipede to crawl into view on a crab Suoh-senpai was presenting to Fujioka-san. All of the girls run away around me and it's all I can do to stay on my feet. The twins are laughing at Suoh-senpai, who has tears winding down his face. I'm not afraid of bugs but it isn't like I go around hunting for them. Fujioka-san picks up the centipede and tosses it in the rocks, clapping her hands together. The twins slide over to say something to her but I walk next to Suoh-senpai, watching as girls swarm towards her, all of them fawning over her. I don't get the big deal…. It was a bug.

"Well okay, fine," Hikaru-san comments, coming next to Suoh-senpai and I with Kaoru-san.

"Usually though, girls react quite differently," Kaoru-san says.

The twins finally notice me and immediately put their arms around my waist. "Nice swimsuit Akari," Hikaru-san compliments.

"Yeah, you have better taste than we thought," Kaoru-san says and I twitch. Does that mean they thought I had no fashion sense? "By the way, you didn't run away from the bug either."

"You aren't scared of bugs?" Suoh-senpai asks, all three of them staring at me in disbelief.

I shrug and pull the twins arms off of me. "No, they haven't ever really scared me."

"Isn't there anything you two are afraid of?" Suoh-senpai asks. I shrug again.

"Sir! Sir!" the twins yell insistently, pulling Suoh-senpai out of watching Fujioka-san. "We just thought of a fun game. Want to play?" My eyes widen and I walk away, no way in hell am I going to get involved in this. I sit in a chair close by and I can still hear them. "We call it…" they begin, leaning forward. "...The "Who Can Find Akari and Haruhi's weakness?" game!" Oh god.

"What an awful sounding game," Suoh-senpai argues and I nod in agreement. It is sick to try to find out our fear.

The twins start to walk away and I narrow my eye; that was way too easy. "Yeah, you're probably right," Hikaru-san agrees. "They'd only show their weakness to someone they were close to, and all." Hook, Line, and Sinker.

"What are the rules?!" Suoh-senpai demands and I face palm. That idiot.

"That's more like it!" the twins say, turning back to him.

"The deadline is tomorrow at sunset," Hikaru-san explains.

"Whoever can find out their weakness first, wins," Kaoru-san finishes.

"I will give whoever wins a prize," Ootori-senpai instigates, his glasses flashing. Oh god, yeah what they really need now is an incentive. His back is facing away from me so I only see him hold up some small pieces of paper and Hikaru-san, Kaoru-san, and Suoh-senpai stare at them in shock. What the hell did he show them?

The third years show up and Haninozuka-senpai cheers, "We're in on this too!"

"So then, everyone is playing," Ootori-senpai says, moving the papers around, Suoh-senpai follows it quickly.

"But Kyo-chan, how is it that you have those photos?" Haninozuka-senpai asks and my eyes widen. What the hell does he have pictures of?

Ootori-senpai puts the pictures in his shirt pocket and answers, "I have my sources. Why don't we just leave it at that?"

….

Paranormal terror: FAILED

"Aren't you afraid of ghosts?" Kaoru-san asks.

"I've never seen one," Fujioka-san answers.

I shrug, "I've seen too many horror movies."

Closed, dark space: FAILED

"It's dark and confined and scary! It's dark and confined and scary!" Haninozuka-senpai wails.

"Honey-senpai…"

"Just hold onto Usa-chan Haninozuka-senpai; while I have them open the truck up."

Sharp point terror: FAILED

"This is a mori, right, Mori-senpai."

"Yeah."

"Are you guys done yet?"

...

"This game is useless, huh?" Hikaru-san asks, sitting on a small rock wall with Kaoru-san. I sit around the corner so that they can't see me.

"Ah…. I'm getting bored," Kaoru-san agrees and I scowl.

"She's not cut out to be a heroine, with all those things she's not afraid of," Hikaru-san continues. I hold in the snort barely, what does that have to do with anything? Well, at least they forgot about me and are focusing on Fujioka-san. I'm sure Fujioka-san has a fear; she just isn't willing to share it with anyone. I'm the same. I find this whole game demeaning too.

"I don't understand why you guys are so set on finding out her fear," I say, pulling myself up on the wall, not looking at them but at Fujioka-san. "Have you ever considered that someone's fear is something that they keep close to themselves and hidden for a reason? From what I've heard…. Fujioka-san in particular has a reason to keep that fear close to her and not let anyone know."

"You know her fear?" Hikaru-san asks eagerly, disregarding the rest of my comment.

"No, and if I did, I wouldn't tell you. You really should wait until she trusts you enough to let you privy to her fear. It takes a lot for someone like her," I answer and everyone falls silent. "Besides, why don't you just ask her what her fear is? She might tell you then."

"Akari… what do you fear?" Kaoru-san asks and I freeze up, feeling the three host club member's stares acutely.

"Not what Kaoru-san…. But who," I say, wrapping my arms around myself and shivering at a sudden chill. I force a smile on my face and hop off the wall. "You should all really just abandon the game. I'm sure you will all figure out at some point, there isn't any need to rush it," I advise finally and walk away, heading over to Juno, May, and Dare. "Where are you three headed?" I ask, running up to them with a forced smile.

"We're going to go on top of that rock and watch the sunset, want to come with us?" Dare offers and I nod.

"Sure, it'll be nice," I answer, falling into step with them, listening as they talk. I don't really want to go on top of the rock but I need something to distract me. Another shiver creeps down my spine; the worst part is that something can only distract me for so long.