A/N: Hello everyone! I'm very happy with all the reviews, so… don't stop yet! Anyway, I happened to see I forgot to put a Link to the picture of what Gin was wearing at the Host Club ball. So here it is: http:/ www. Promgirl .com/_img/ PRODUCTS/500/PromGirl-397676272 .jpg (Watch the spaces). Anyway, please read and make me happy with a generous review! XD

Don't own anything. If I would Tamaki and Haruhi would've been together in the Anime too. (^_^)v

Chapter 10

"Life is a climb, every hill you have to climb will be one block on the road, once you've passed that block, you'll find happiness and peace".

One month after the accident, Gin's ankle, arm and head wound have all healed, including her surgery which went very well. She had gone back to school for already three weeks and had been able to get back into her normal pace of living life as she was used to. Still her ribs were a bit painful, but she could manage.

However, then there was this beautiful blue skied day –she peacefully exited the school, planning to go home and take a long bath- Tamaki had told her Host Club wasn't held that day because he had to take care of business, he had planned something special or something. The boys all were acting a little bit weird that day, including Mori and Kyoya who normally wouldn't even bother to act a little nervous around her. But then again, it is the Host Club, you would never know for sure something was up until it was too late. However, a feeling in her gut told her the nervousness of Kyoya and Tamaki all day was equal to when Tamaki was afraid she would be angry or mad at him for some reason. It made her a little anxious.

As she walked down the stairs, she spots Haruhi, she just wants to call the girl as two familiar twins grab her by her arms and drag her towards a limousine quickly stopping on the road at the end of the stairs. Haruhi is thrown in with a shout of displeasure and Gin turns on the steps as quickly as she can, walking back up and hiding behind a pillar.

She sneaks back inside the school to exit on the other side again, walking past the Middle school, making a long walk through the yard to get back at the front of the school but then the other side, she's just about to exit the gates as a black limousine stops and the door opens, somebody pushes her against her back causing her to fall forward until she's caught by strong arms and dragged into the car.

Looking back, it were the twins. And inside the limousine was the rest of the Host Club.

'Don't worry, we've already made your grandparents and staff aware of your situation' Says Kyoya calmly as she wants to shout at them for being thoughtless and pretty annoying since she was hoping to get that hot bath! A little ALONE time! But if there's one thing the Host Club –Tamaki- has never heard about, it's the languish for some ALONE time.

'Fine… just tell me where we're going' she sighs, knowing to better let everything just float by than to swim against a stream called TAMAKI.

'A water theme park' Answer the twins.

'A what?' Ask Haruhi and Gin in chorus, eyeing each other nervously.

'You'll see' smirks Kyoya. A smirk that makes both of the girls anything but reassured.

XxX

Half an hour after they've arrived at this huge building, with the inside looking like a tropical paradise, Gin is playing in the water with Honey and Mori, throwing the ball over to them and catching it, until Honey throws the ball a bit too hard into her face and she falls backwards into the water laughing when she comes above again.

She's wearing a purple bikini with little silver buckles on her left hip and between her breasts.

She must admit it's pretty cool here, the only country she had been as warm as this one was Greece, but that had been years ago, and there was no jungle there, only olive trees.

Haruhi comes out of the changing rooms and Gin decides to swim a little bit by herself. Her peaceful floating in the water has been interrupted by a loud noise, and Renge appearing. How'd she do that?

Gin swims back to where everybody but the seniors are standing, she can hear the twins ask Tamaki about Renge's outfit and Haruhi, who for some strange reason is wearing a yellow hoodie and boy shorts.

'Because it's cosplay, I guess' Answers Tamaki. The twins probably asked him why he let Renge walk around in a black bikini without turning red but forced Haruhi into that monstrosity of a yellow pull-over.

'But boss, What about Gin?' they chorus, eying her as she gets out of the water and runs a hand through her hair.

'What about me?' She asks with a frown, wondering what she had to do with Haruhi and Renge.

'Well… she's your auntie, so she's old enough to wear whatever she wants' Tamaki states, causing Gin to sweat drop 'I'm not your sister' she sighs, but her comment is anything but heard by the three boys.

'That's no excuse'.

Gin scratches her throat, walking over to them 'And even if you did tell me what I should and shouldn't wear, I wouldn't listen to you guys anyway' Gin smirks as the three of them sweat drop, knowing what she says is anything but a lie.

'Listen up boys!' interrupts Renge their conversation 'You obviously need help to understand Haninozuka's hidden motives. Look!' She points at Honey again who jumps into the pool shouting "Takashi!" and then swimming along with the stream of the special stream pool.

'What's so wrong about that? With exception of him being a senior and almost eighteen while carrying a bunny around everywhere he goes-' Gin looks at the cute little blonde.

'What are you talking about?' asks Tamaki, also not understanding whatever Renge means, now that's not all that hard, because Renge is a pretty crazy girl. Every time Renge spoke to her about something Gin could barely keep herself from giving the girl an appointment with the dentist.

'Think about what he said to you earlier' Answers Renge. The five standing there thinking back at everything Honey-senpai said a moment ago.

"Just looks cuter this way, you know!".

Gin raises an eyebrow 'So? He's all in for cute anyway, I don't get it, what about Honey-senpai having "hidden motives"?'.

'He's not being as sweet and innocent as you think' Points Renge out.

'I agree' Agrees Kyoya, they all look at the black haired boy standing there with his black note book, Gin can't really tell how long he's been standing there, it's normal for Kyoya to appear out of thin air 'Try putting the word "I" at the beginning of that sentence'.

'I just look cuter this way, you know…' Says Gin out loud, and then it hits her. 'He planned that?' Everyone choruses, with exception of Kyoya and Renge naturally.

'That's Haninozuka for you. In the last episode he felt threatened by another Loli-boy, so he's taking steps to keep his rank. I should give him more credit. He's a lot smarted than I thought' Renge disappears again underneath the ground. Why'd she come here, if she's not staying anyway?

'So… Honey-senpai felt actually threatened by Shiro?' asks Gin 'But I thought Shiro was the Naughty boy type, that's like the opposite of Honey-senpai. Isn't he being a little bit over dramatic like Tamaki?'.

'What about me?' Pouts Tamaki, sitting underneath palm tree being depressed.

'You know what I mean Tamaki. You're just as over-dramatic as… Renge!'.

'Don't let Renge hear you say that' Chuckles Haruhi softly in her ear.

'Whatever, I'm going to lay down and do nothing for today, what I planned for this afternoon in the first place' Gin sighs and walks over to the sunbeds 'And whoever disturbs me is waiting for something horrible to happen when you're sound asleep in your bed tonight…' She grins and lies down on the sunbed near a table so she can set her drink down there.

The twins, Tamaki and Haruhi all shudder at the thought of Gin standing behind the curtain or lying under their bed at night, a cooks knife in her hand and a demonic grin on her face. Her red eyes lighting up in the darkness.

It's only half an hour later when the twins bug -her telling her to marry them-, she's so angry by them waking her from her slumber, she grabs a water pistol from Kyoya's table and shot them against the head 'Ha! Head shot!' She grins and stands up. Tamaki now for some reason interfering. 'Daddy won't allow Auntie and my little Haruhi to marry you scum!' Shouts the host Club king, also taking a water pistol 'Daddy says… NO!'.

'I'm NOT your sister!' Shouts Gin loudly, but agrees silently to be on his team 'Besides, I want to go on my honeymoon to Venice'.

'We could go there too!' Says Hikaru cocky.

'There's no way I'll be going with you guys, though'.

'Why not Gin? Aren't we your type?' They ask, appearing next to her.

'Sorry guys, you're right. You're not my type' she shakes her head and jumps backwards to have the twins miss her by an inch with water.

'So she has a type!' they grin, eyeing each other.

'Yes, I do. And it must be someone who acts more like an adult, and not a five year old. Meaning you guys are for sure not going to see me wearing anything less than this' She grins smugly at them.

'But Gin!' They complain 'That leaves only Mori-senpai and Kyoya-senpai! They're no fun!'.

Gin holds up her hand to shut them up 'And it must be someone funny, which makes Kyoya a no-no. And also… he must be not too tall, because I'm not all that tall either, meaning all you hosts are not my type'.

'What does length have to do with anything?' The twins shoot at her but she turns and hides behind a bush 'A lot!' She answers, jumping back up and almost hitting the twins in the face before running away 'You know, the perfect height for me is someone taller than me, but not tall enough to make my neck hurt when I look up at his face, you know. But I DO have to be able to wear heels, otherwise it's no fun'.

'So… someone like me?' Asks Tamaki all happy and joyful.

'And here I thought you named me your sister, I don't think incest is very appreciated in this world anymore' She answers with a grin and runs over to hide behind a certain glasses wearing boy.

Tamaki pouts but quickly gets over it by jumping sideways and trying to hit the twins 'That's cheating!' He shouts when they hide behind some big Hawaiians masks. He lands on the ground, steps on a banana peel and slides over the ground flying through the air and hitting a big totem with his head.

'Ouch, that must've hurt' Gin makes a face but her eyes open wide when the eyes of the totem lit up and a weird sound is made 'That doesn't sound very good… Kyoya… do you know what Tamaki hit with his hard head?' She looks at the black haired male next to her.

'Maybe it's…' before he can answer, a glass falls on the ground form the ground shaking and there's a weird rumbling sound.

'What the hell…?' Gin makes a face and then screams when a huge water wave crashes down 'Honey-senpai! Look out!' She runs towards the water but Kyoya has grabbed her wrists and pulled her back into his chest as Honey is washed away by the wave that crashed down in the swimming pool.

'Oh my god… Honey-senpai is just washed away by an… indoor tsunami' Gin breathes, looking up at Kyoya 'I bet Tamaki caused that wave to happen'.

'Gentlemen! And Auntie' Says Tamaki in a heroic way 'We're going after Honey-senpai! That pool looks like the quickest way! George!'.

They all run after Tamaki, that is until Gin almost trips over a big green thing 'Crocodiles!' She screams and runs back, the other also cry out 'Alligators'.

'I think their real genus is an alligator' Says Kyoya to Gin when Gin jumps onto his back, her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck and shoulders, she's eying the alligators all around the while her heart is beating so quick she feels like she's going to puke any time 'What's the difference?' she asks Kyoya.

'Well, alligators have a U-shaped beak, crocodiles a more V-shaped one. Plus, alligators are stronger and heavier than crocodiles, but also a lot slower, which makes them less dangerous, and when-'.

'Alright I get it! There is a difference… but still. They all have teeth, are brownish green and pretty dangerous! I don't like creatures that can rip my leg of any time they're hungry! That's like Honey-senpai without cake for a day…' She whispers the last part fearfully 'And that creeps me out'.

'Aren't you a bit exaggerating?' asks the black haired boy with a small smirk, Gin's holding him tighter and climbs a little more up, her legs around his arms and waist while her head is practically in his neck.

'No! I'm not exaggerating! I just want to keep my legs and not have plastic limbs for the rest of my life!'.

Kyoya just sighs, knowing he's not going to win this battle even is he tried. She's too stubborn.

XxX

It's only a few minutes later when they're walking through the jungle. Gin is all behind because she forgot to take some slippers or shoes with her, meaning every branch she steps on hurts her feet. And Kyoya won't let her on his back anymore.

She growls as she pushes aside the bushes while growling: 'Stupid jungle, that's why I'm not born in Africa or… South America. I mean, marching through a jungle without shoes... is like walking on needles' she complains 'Why didn't I stay with the alligators? I'm lost!' She looks around, the Host Club is nowhere to be found. They left her, all alone in this creepy place.

She looks aside at a bird 'You'll keep me company right?' The bird flies away and she sighs deeply 'Everybody leaves me alone… this can't get worse'.

That's when it starts raining 'O the irony!' She shouts angrily, she doesn't care much though, it's warm, and she always liked the rain, the feeling of water made her calm and the warmth made her stay relaxed and comfortable. She looks at the grey sky and sighs 'It was raining on the day I left home too…' She still remembers herself walking underneath a black umbrella towards Schiphol, the airport near Amsterdam.

She sighs deeply again, she did that a lot lately, and feels soft tears slide down her cheeks as she thinks back to that time, she growls and hits a nearby tree with her bare fist 'Don't cry you weakling, they're not death, they're waiting for your return, they're still caring for you… they're still your friends…' She sighs 'They're not to cry over'.

She takes a deep breath and looks up at the sky as the last tears are washed away, the rain has soaked her through even though she's only wearing her bikini, she's certain her make-up and hair are ruined, what does it matter anyway? They actually left her in a rain forest! In JAPAN for god's sake! Note to self: Don't forget, everything is possible with the Host Club.

She growls again and walks further, after a while it stops raining and she curses when she hits a stone with her toe 'Stupid rainforest! Stupid Host Club! Stupid stone!' She knows it's only going to hurt her more, but she kicks the stone again and grabs her toe in pain 'Arg! Fuck it!' She wipes her wet hair out of her face and trips over a branch, falling onto the ground 'Fuck! Fuck it! Fuck the world! Fuck that branch!'.

She sigh deeply and gets up 'Tamaki! Kyoya! You asses! Haruhi? Honey-senpai? Mori-senpai?' She sighs 'You scum? Where are you guys?' he voice softens 'I want to go home… I need to do homework… and I need a shower, and I need something dry to wear…' She just pushes aside a bush and screams as she faces a man in a suit with a gun 'AAAH! A Psycho!' She turns to run away but is surrounded by more men in armor and with guns 'Miss Crow?' asks one.

'No, I'm not Miss Crow, I'm… Miss Smith' she lies.

'We're send to bring you back with us to our Master'.

'And who is this master?' she growls 'This is a private institution! I'm too young to be kidnapped! I don't know anything! Tell your boss that when I see the jerk… I'll kick him in the balls for acting like I'm some nice girl that comes along with big old psycho's-'.

'That'll be me' Says a familiar voice.

'Oh… you're their master Kyoya?' She feels her cheeks burn, he heard all that… she scratches the back of her head and laughs a little bit, sweat dropping because of herself 'Sorry' she mutters.

'Apology accepted. These men are from my family's private police force. They were send to find you and Honey-senpai. Because you were stupid enough to wander off alone' Kyoya eyes her appearance. Turning from embarrassed to angry.

'No way! I was all on the back because I stepped on a branch and bleed my foot out and you all just walked through like I wasn't even there! I feel very ignored by you guys'.

'You're all wet, didn't you seek shelter for the rain?' Kyoya asks as he's standing opposite from her, the police men are gone again to find Honey-senpai.

'Yeah well… I actually like the rain, so I didn't feel like seeking shelter' She mutters, her arms crossed and eyebrows frowned.

'Here' Sighs Kyoya and lays his shirt over her shoulders. She blinks and looks at him, looking quickly away to stop herself from blushing, the guy… looks good without a shirt, very good, like the devil mixed with an angel making the perfect bad ass, gorgeous, smart, beautiful… human. Stop it!

'Thanks…' She whispers and walks after him to where the others are apparently waiting, she breathes in the smell of Kyoya's shirt… so good.

'Does my shirt smell dirty?' asks Kyoya then.

'No! I mean… not at all! I mean… I actually like your cologne… what's it called? Maybe I give my friends back in the Netherlands the same as a gift when I return during summer vacation, maybe they'll finally get a girl to like them…' She smiles lightly.

'If that's the case, I'm not going to tell you'.

'Jerk…' She mutters and then smiles, running up next to him, his steps are much bigger than hers, but she's used to that, her best friend walks three times as fast as any normal human, so she's used to run/walking with people.

After they've found the others, Honey-senpai is with them, save and sound, they return back to the dressing rooms. When Gin was back in the car with the others, she looked at Honey-senpai fall asleep, his head on her shot, Mori next to him with that small smile of relieve. Kyoya was on her other side and the twins with Tamaki and Haruhi were sitting opposite of her. The twins had fallen asleep -on each other- and Tamaki had been yawning since Haruhi fell asleep with her head against the window. The angle in the couch was where Gin sat, her head also against the window as on her right is Kyoya sitting and Honey is actually really lying on the other, but he managed to make from her shot his personal pillow. She didn't mind though.

She leans with her head against the window and looks outside. It's starting to turn dark and the driver informed them of the traffic that's quite busy around this hour. Which mean it'll last at least another hour before they get back home.

Gin puts in her earphones and listens to some music, when a soft tune fills her ears, it doesn't take long until she falls asleep. Remembering the day she was coming back from summer vacation on the train, with Rick's little head using her shot as a pillow, blonde hair, petit body. She feels a tear slid down her cheek when she falls asleep, unaware of the two pairs of eyes watching her from the corner of their eyes.

XxX

She wakes from a gentle nudge on her arm, she hears fearful whispering and slowly opens her eyes. She blinks a few times to see Tamaki and the twins look at her fearfully from the other side of the limo, with Haruhi looking amused at the fear of the three for her female friend.

Honey's gone, so is Mori. They must've been dropped off first. She blinks again and then feels exhaustion and stiffness wash over her. She groans and sends the three an evil glare before falling asleep again, only half aware of the arms moving under her and lifting her up gently.

She does remember falling asleep with the smell of Kyoya's cologne filling her nose. She smiled lightly at the warmth and the softness of the person. So comfortable…

XxX

The next day at school, and Gin was done with the whole school thing, like always. She just looks out of the window feeling the need of some laughing like she used to do at her old school. In Japan all the tables are separated, meaning you can't shove your notebook to your neighbor or whisper something in his/her ear. It's all so boring here.

She sighs and draws some curls and circles in her book. It turn out to become a drawing of the Host Club members, Tamaki, the twins, Honey-senpai, Mori-senpai, Haruhi and Kyoya.

She looks at her watch and then at the clock on the wall. Twelve seconds… eleven-ten… She looks from the teacher, to the board, to Tamaki, to Kyoya… four-three… she looks at the clock again and ticks with her pen on the table… two-one-zero… Ding Dong Ding…

She packs her stuff and walks over to Kyoya 'So, you're ready to work on our Art project, or are you going to do all the work yourself as always? At least that's what I heard from the other students'.

'If you're good at painting, you could help'.

'Right… what about me getting something refreshing for the time you're painting and buying the list for around the painting to help?' she offers.

'So you're not good at painting'.

'Well… I can do it, but I'm more of the drawing, you can erase the wrong lines. I'm not really the one for painting. But, I can help you morally'. What an optimism.

Kyoya sighs 'I'll call you about it tonight. Maybe you can help me with the painting after all'.

'How will I be able to do that if I can't really paint?' She quirks an eyebrow questionably.

'Just be patient now, Gerrylin' Kyoya says while shoving his books in his bag, knowing it makes her angry when he uses her full name. She just finds it such a stupid name! How could het parents have ever find it beautiful enough to call their child that way? She knew of people calling their children after comic book heroes, superstars, hell even cities and Internet sites.

'Don't use that name, Ootori. If you want to remain breathing by yourself' She looks at him blankly.

'Whatever you want, Miss Crow'.

'Mr. Ootori' She wiggles her eyebrows with a small smirk forming on her lips, showing him if he's going to play it that way, she's glad to joint he game.

XxX

The next day, she and Kyoya are walking through the backyard of Kyoya's home. She looks at the view from different sides in the backyard and Kyoya walks patiently after her. She stops by a big old oak tree with the greenest leaves. The sun shining through the leaves and the green grass below bowing in the wind. She looks at the view of the forest and grassy landscape behind it, the city view is on the other side of the house.

'Perfect' She decides and nods, sitting down with crossed arms 'I think you should paint this. If it's not too hard for you'.

'Of course not' He snaps his fingers and two butlers with all kinds of painting stuff like an easel approach them, Kyoya set it all up and starts searching for pencils or whatever. Gin looks at him first drawing the shades of the landscape with a confident move of his arm, it's gentle and confident at the same time, like he knows he's going to make it look like a master piece. But this is Kyoya, he's capable of doing anything. He proved that to her a lot of times before.

She lays on her back on the ground and looks at the birds flying through the blue sky. It all looks so peaceful and beautiful. A Saturday afternoon, at the Ootori mansion. Nobody but Kyoya drawing peacefully next to her, the soft spring breeze floating through her hair and the sun warming her skin.

She's wearing a silver grey top with a small amount of side and light blue skinny jeans with faded parts, a small silver necklace with the guitar charm around her neck, dark grey knee high boots with heels finishing it all off.

She didn't want to fall asleep, but it happened, to wake again when the sun was starting to set. When she wakes she finds herself staring at blue and silver colors, she shrieks as she sees something like a bug and shot up, a butterfly flying away from her face, she looks shocked at the big blue wings with black contour flying away and feels with her hand on her forehead where it had been sitting upon.

'Kyoya?' she looks aside to see him sitting on the ground, his notebook in his hands and the painting stuff gone 'How long have I been asleep?'.

'For a few hours actually. I was done with the sketch when you appeared to have fallen asleep, I've been sitting here for three hours doing the club's data. You know, you snore slightly when you're asleep'.

'Like you're a soundless sleeper'.

'The butterfly had been there for a while, if you were wondering. You looked rather peaceful and cute when you were asleep, it's a shame you woke so soon…' he smirks, she grins in reply and throws herself at him, hitting him against the shoulder and tumbling him over while lying on his chest, she pulls his note book from his hands and hits him on the head with it softly a laugh escaping her throat at his shocked face before stopping and looking at him accusingly 'You're not nice at all'.

He smirks at the playful smile around her lips as he's lying beneath her 'I wasn't trying to be nice'.

She chuckles softly and then starts laughing warmly 'You really are something Kyoya. I've got not words for it' the laugh fades and she gets off of him 'I'm actually jalouse of you'.

'I wouldn't be jalouse of me' he says when she sits down beside him.

'Why not? You're smart, you're healthy, you're handsome, you're rich, you're good with the ladies, you're good at sports and do everything exceptionally well. I bet you can even play an instrument perfectly within one week if I dared you to, and you still are so good to other people while you're trying to make it look like you're all selfish and the bad guy. You're just as confusing as me'.

'Confusing as you?' he sits up, looking at the girl watching the sun set, her hair waving a little in the warm breeze and her eyes looking even more blue in this fall of the light. Kyoya's dressed in blue jeans, a light green blouse and white sneakers. He pushes his glasses up his nose.

'I'm not good at anything but eating, baking and sleeping. And I'm not really a star in baking, leave alone when I have no recipe book. I hate sports, I'm not all that creative, I don't like school and rather not do anything for it, I can't play an instrument even if I tried and sing like a cat that has fallen from thirty high, I've no interest in fashion or have any passion at all. I'm not very likeable as a person to people who don't know me… I'm hard to figure out and often let my temper get the best of me' she pulls her legs up to her chest, resting her chin on her knees while hugging her legs. There's something sad painting her face.

'I'm not very likable as a person either' he says.

'Shut up, you are! Your only flaw is the fact you like to make money out of everything. Plus your humor, that's nuts too. But besides that you're good at everything. In the end you've got every luck of the world. Come to think of it, are you draining your luck form me or something?' she turns her head to him and he stares at her face, then starts laughing 'That's highly doubtable'.

Gin smirks 'You sound actually human when you laugh. Though it's a terrifying evil laugh with only a little hint of kindness. It's warm though…' she whispers softly and looks back at the sundown 'But terrifying none the less'.

'I'm glad' he answers her when he has stopped laughing, looking softer at her than he had done in years, for once she's able to read him, he let his walls and masks down, he looks relaxed, amused and actually at peace, almost… happy.

'I like that look'.

'What look?' he quirks an eyebrow.

'You look happy. And I don't know whether that is because I just gave you a huge compliment, the biggest I've ever given anyone, or it's because you're actually happy with your life. But I like it'.

'It's neither of them' he answers truthfully.

She tilts her head and then smirks mischievously 'You're not falling for me are you?' She leans closer to him and he smirks, pushing her away almost gently, causing her to fall on her back again, she laughs. That beautiful, adorable, warm laugh.

'You remind me of Tamaki at times. You two are the only ones I'll never be able to figure out'.

'Oooh' She grins 'I'm going to remember that one! Kyoya can't figure me ou-out'.

'Now, if you ever think of blackmailing me, I'll be able to-'.

'I know what you're able to do, Kyoya. Don't worry, I may not look like it, but I'm very good at keeping secrets. And your secret is that you actually like me, very much' She grins and looks up at the sky with a deep sigh and a smile 'It's going to be a beautiful year, don't you agree?'.

'Another Tamaki act…'.

She groans 'Don't compare me to that bozo'.

'Bozo?' Kyoya looks at her from aside, letting his eyes glide from her feet up to her head, adjusting his glasses at her chest part.

'Yeah. Bozo' She chuckles and pushes him playfully against the shoulder before standing up and stretching out 'So, what's for dinner?'.

'I never invited you to stay here for dinner' Kyoya states blankly, while slowly standing up too.

'Too bad. Because I'm too lazy to call my driver to pick me up. And I'm hungry'.

TBC

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