Well... yeah... Just to clarify Hitomi is in the same grade as Haruhi.
Disclaimer: No own
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Chapter 10
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I trudged up the stairs to my room.
Today was loooonnnggg... I can't believe I punched him.
I opened the creaky door to my room and was completely shocked. My room was filled with boxes of every shape and size, all wrapped in brightly colored paper. I staggered over to my bed and sat down. I hopped up again because something was under my butt. It was a green envelope with gold trim. I sucked in a breath, few people knew green was my favorite color. I picked it up, fiddling with one of the corners before turning it over.
In elegant formal script it read:
To Hitomi
I opened it, ripping the pretty paper. The note was in the same formal script as on the front of the envelope.
My Dear Hitomi,
I hope this letter finds you well. Your mother and I are doing well in Hokkaido. The doctors say there may be hope for her yet. They're putting her on a new treatment. It's just been approved and it's the strongest there is. She almost seems like she's back to normal. I bought you some gifts, I hope you like them and God bless.
Love Denjro
I crinkled up the paper and tossed it into the far corner of my room. I sat down at my desk with a piece of paper and hastily scrawled a note.
Denjiro
I don't want to think about her. Please stop sending me letters like this. Thank you for the gifts. God Bless.
Love Hitomi
I sighed.
I had almost forgotten about her.
As was my duty, being a daughter and all, I began to unwrap all the gifts I had received from my father. Among the many gifts were a mink coat, 14 pairs of shoes, two 20kt bracelets, a silk dress, a pair of white satin opera gloves and a powder blue evening dress.
I sighed and stuffed all of Denjiro's wonderful gifts into my closet to be forgotten. I pressed the intercom button on the far right wall.
"Svetlana?"
"Yes Ms. Kobayashi?"
"Ready my car please"
"Right away Ms. Kobayashi"
-- Sometime later--
"Ouch!" You stepped on my toe!"
"Well then don't get in my way!"
"This is illegal! What if the alarm goes off?"
"The security system in here was surprisingly easy to disable."
"If we get caught we'll be arrested."
"Not to worry Haruhi. Your father will take care of you."
Five people were sneaking around the home of Kobayashi Hitomi.
"Why are we doing this again?"
"To find the secret of Hitomi's past."
"You make it sound like a mystery novel"
"Shh!"
"I think this is her room. Tachibana?"
"Yes, sir." the oldest of the group knelt down to pick the lock.
"Who has a room in such an inconvenient place anyway?"
"I think it's quite charming. Very commoner-like"
The lock clicked and the oldest of the group stepped up and opened the door. Kyouya Ootori stepped in first, everyone else marching in after him. Tamaki struck a dramatic pose.
"All right everybody! Spread out and look for anything suspicious."
"It's not like we're investigating a murder you know."
"I refuse to be a part of this."
"My dear daughter! Your papa won't let anything bad happen to you!"
"I don't feel right about this."
"Milord! Look at this!" Hikaru held up a green, crumpled paper ball. Tamaki snatched it from him and smoothed it out on the desk.
"Kyouya! Flashlight!" Kyouya handed him the flashlight. He clicked it on and began to read.
-- Meanwhile--
I stood in the main hall of the Nekozawa estate, gift basket in hand.
"The young master is in his study. Would you like to go meet him or shall I bring him to you." an elderly servant said to me.
"Uh... I'll go get him, I'd like to present my gift" I stuttered. The servant bowed to me and gestured for me to follow him. I followed him up the stairs covered with a plush red carpet. The Nekozawa mansion was large, larger than even the main mansion in Hokkaido and much grander. I paused at a large portrait of a beautiful boy with blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Miss?"
I snapped out of my stupor and looked at the elderly servant. He was tall and skinny and looked kind.
"If you don't mind my asking, how do you know the young master?" he asked me.
"Huh? Oh! I'm a friend of his from school."
"Oh, I see."
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