Previously:

"Well, goodbye." I tell her.

"Goodbye." I turn to leave. "Oh, and Yuki?" she smiles wide. "Welcome to Ouran!"

Now:

It was a dark and stormy night… okay but it really was. When I said goodbye to Haruhi and the other hosts there was no sign of rain or cloudiness, but now the sun was nowhere to be found.

I had already put on the uncomfortable dress and was looking for an umbrella when someone knocked on my door. I was lucky to hear it through the pounding of the rain.

I quickly opened the door, not even able to hear my little bell as lightning struck with a 'BOOM!' and… and squeak?

"Haruhi!" I quickly grab her shivering body and pull her inside, out of the rain.

"What are you doing here?"

I grabbed a towel and draped it around her shoulders for warmth.

"Uh, Yuki… I was wondering if we cold walk to school together because-"'BOOM!' 'Squeak!'

"Hey, hey, it's okay, you'll be fine." I say, switching to 'mothering' voice.

She huddled close to the towel, making herself as small as possible. I'm worried, I've never seen anyone this afraid of thunder before and I just don't know what to do…

Something vibrates in my purse and I pull out my phone.

I answer it, putting the receiver close to my ear, but I could still barely hear it.

"Is it storming there too?" Tamaki.

"Y-Yes it i-"

"I need you to get to Haruhi's apartment right away!"
"Actually Senpai, she's here with me."

A pause.

"Do you know?"

"About the thunder? Yeah. It's not that hard to figure out."

"Stay where you are, I'm coming."

"But Senpai, wait!"

He hung up.

About 10 minutes later, someone else knocked on my door. I got up to open the door but there was another flash and a 'BOOM!', louder than before and longer lasting.

"It's open!"

I have to yell against the rain.

Almost as fast as the lightning, Tamaki rushes into the room, barely stopping to close the door and take his shoes off. He rushes to the corner of the room where Haruhi was curled into a ball, rocking slowly. He gathered her up and rocked back and forth, Haruhi's brown hair barely visible within Tamaki's tight hug.

I crawled over to them and sat next to Tamaki, holding out the headphones he had dropped on his way in. He put them on her, though they were a little big. 'Thank you' He mouthed. Unable to respond, I watched Haruhi worriedly. After a while, Haruhi fell asleep, her chest rising and falling in little puffs. It wasn't long before I also fell asleep, still tired from yesterday.

After another 30 minutes the storm had mostly cleared up and there was no more thunder. I murmured and tried to open my fluttering eyelids. I could hear a faint laughter. Fully awake now, I was able to realize that I had fallen asleep on Tamaki's shoulder shortly after Haruhi.

I'm blushing uncontrollably. Oh God. This is quite possibly the most embarrassing moment of my life.

"Ah-a, we should probably get going now that the thunder has stopped."

We were extremely late for school but that didn't matter. We needed to help out friend. Tamaki stood up. Haruhi was still asleep so Tamaki carried her to his chest. I stand and reach for my bag and Haruhi's umbrella. Through the storm I had also found my own so I gave Haruhi's (which was slightly bigger) to Tamaki. Once we were out of the door and ready, Tamaki's driver (Who was standing-by by-the-way) ushered us into the limo.

There was almost no-one on the road in this weather so we got to school quickly. Before we got out of the car, I fiddled with what I brought in my bag. Haruhi was awake now but she wasn't really saying much. I wasn't in a place to ask her why she was afraid of thunder, so I left the matter alone.

She got out first, with Tamaki following. I got out last, after finishing my mini-project. When I stepped out of the limo, I had managed to cover assorted parts of my body with band-aids and tie my leg up in a small bandage.

Tamaki's eyes went wide.

"Yuki! But how did you hurt yourself? You were fine a moment ago! Did someone hurt you? Where are they?!"

"Whoa, calm down Senpai. We need a valid reason to be late for school, so… I made myself a valid reason. I'll just say I fell down stairs or something. We'll be fine. I'll take care of everything. Just hurry to your classes!"

Haruhi nods and rushes off, her "Thank you!" echoing though the hall.

"Yuki… thank you for doing this, it really means a lot to me- and Haruhi." This time it's Tamaki who looks embarrassed. He's blushing, which makes him look quite cute.

"Senpai, you and Haruhi are my friends. You're like my family now." I blush and look down. "Sorry… It's just that…" I feel a hand on my head. Tamaki is… petting me? I don't know why but this makes me blush even more. Wait, I know! This is the thing they do in anime…

After explaining -making up a story for- my injuries, I was finally able to go to my first class of the day; History.

I've always liked history and world cultures- ((different from geography btw)) it's probably one of my favourite classes… except not today. Kiara wasn't in her seat.

I thought she would show up later in the lesson but I didn't see her at all.

The most troubling thing was that her bag and books were neatly stacked on her table.

"Tanaka-San?"

"Hmm?"

Faint giggles come from the other girls.

"Oh, yes! I'm sorry. What was the question?"

Safe.

After the period ended, I went to look for Kiara. I figured it wouldn't be a good idea to leave her books in the classroom so I took them with me and left a small note on her desk if she was to come back.

I flip my phone open.

32 missed calls.

I freeze.

They are all from Kiara.

I quickly call Kiara back, fidgeting with the sleeves of my dress.

No answer.

I'm worried. She could be in the infirmary or the bathroom, right?

I walk quickly down the hall- I would have run but it was 'improper' and I doubt I could in this poofy mess of a uniform.

I checked the bathrooms closest to the classroom and our lockers before heading to the nurse's office.

I'm almost running now, (as well as I can) and I'm turning the corner before the nurse's office when I run into something. No, someone.

Good news?

I found Kiara.

Bad news?

She was a mess.

Her hair was jagged and cut at weird angles like she had cut it herself with scissors. Her dress was mostly intact but the hems and sleeves were ripped and the bow had come off the back.

Possible the worst thing though was that she had a cut on her check. Although it was small, there was blood dripping down her chin, mixing with her tears.

We both fell to the ground, but I leapt to my feet and pulled Kiara up. I tugged at her hand and she followed me, still sobbing. I headed straight for the closest bathroom, lead her inside and wrote on a spare piece of paper I would have used to draw on later. I grabbed some hand towels and wet them, bringing them over to Kiara.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

She said nothing but shook her head. She's stopped crying.

I pulled her hair back into a high ponytail to hide the cut hair, although I couldn't fix her dress much…

Something clicked in my mind.

"I need to take you to see someone." She is tugging at my sleeve, shaking her head, close to crying again.

"Hey, its okay. I won't let any thing happen to you. I won't ever leave you alone again. I'm sorry."

I hug her softly before leading her out the door.

So much has happened today… I need to be there for everyone, but it's hard…

Once we were outside my destination, I knocked on the door and it swung open, revealing the occupants of Music room 3. Today they were dressed up as butlers, and I had to admit, it could be my favourite costume yet.

"Welcome back Tanaka-San and-"

Kyoya walked over to us, closing the distance quickly.

"Uh, um, Kiara got hurt, and I, uh, thought you might be able to help her? Your family runs hospitals, right?"

I'm sorry but Kyoya can be very intimidating.

"Why didn't you take her to the nurse?"

He asks coldly.

"You… were closer to our location."
I reply, squaring my shoulders and trying to look overall bigger.

He turned around, head down. Finally, he turned back around and with a smile, he held out his hand to Kiara with a smile.

"If its for you, anything."

I glare but his attention is off me now. Kiara is smiling again, though she's begin to cry.

Kyoya whisks her away to a lounge and I can see Kiara take the ponytail out, letting her cut hair fall just past her shoulders. Kyoya's eyes widen and he reaches for his phone. He's probably calling his stylist. I lean against the table behind me and my hand touches something hard but light. I look down and I see what.

It was Kyoya's book.

The book he always carried.

The book he never put down for anything, or anyone.

But here it was, and Kyoya was on the other side of the room, tending to Kiara. He really cares about her then! I'm so happy!

"What are you smiling about?"

Who… oh. Tamaki. He comes up behind me and walks around the table, gesturing for me to sit on a near-by chair. Tired, I do so.

"Kiara-San looks a mess. What happened?"

He has one arm around the back of my chair. While this is what he does for all of the other girls, it makes me uncomfortable and I blush once again.

I, uh, didn't ask. It's not my place."

I look down but I can feel Tamaki looking at me.

"Oh."

That's all? Tamaki stands up from his chair and walks away. I don't know where he went because I was trying as hard as I could to look down and avoid his eyes. I know where he is now. He hadn't left, he was standing behind my chair. He leaned down and slowly embraced me. My whole face went red and I think my heart stopped.

"Wh-Wha?!"

"You're such a good friend, Tanaka Yuki. Always stay that way. By that I mean, if you acted like a mear commoner, you wouldn't be able to attend our host club! And I, the king (!) wouldn't…"

Bla bla bla. Sorry, I blacked out. I just wanted to get out of his grip, but Tamaki was hugging me tight, all while singing praise to himself.

"Uh Tamaki?"

"Hmm?"
(Rapid thinking)

"You don't want the other girls to get upset if you hug me for too long do you?"
He leapt back, looking horrified. I turned around too see if the other girls were watching. Some were. Most were chatting amongst themselves, thankfully.

"Why princess, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!"

Tamaki was gone. FINALLY.

I need to calm down. I can't blush every time one of the hosts touches me!

I shake my head and look back over to Kiara. She has calmed down but I don't see where Kyoya went.

"You didn't look at this, did you?"

I whip around and come face to face with Kyoya, an evil smile present on his lips. He was holding up his book.

"N-no! of course not."

I stammered to Kyoya, who was only inches away.

Cue blush.

A/N

Hullo ^u^

So it may not make sense but I'm going to have the club period kinda randomly throughout the day(s)- Sorry if this isn't good but I need host interaction time, etc.

Another thing to mention is that where I live, the schools don't really have clubs so the only time I really learn about clubs and stuff is in anime. Hehe…

I'll see you next chapter! (Hopefully)