BREAK THROUGH

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Mai POV

The next morning, I had to get up early to do my chores (earlier than usual, at least) since my leg was broken and hurting even more than last night. It was probably because I needed a cast on it, but there was no way I'd ever get to a hospital with these people running the place. Since it took me longer to do my chores, I was behind schedule. It also took me longer to get dressed, pack my school stuff in my backpack which I had gotten as a gift from the Host Club (which really wasn't a gift because it was added on to my debt) and walk to school. Instead of taking 15 minutes to get to Ouran Academy, it took about an hour. Being on an academic scholarship, it was even worse to be late.

When I arrived, it was already break time which I spent at the Host Club, so I had to sit down and pull myself up the stairs. Luckily, no one saw me. They'd probably think I was fooling around. I stumbled into Music Room 3 and sat down on the nearest pink couch.

"Mao, what's wrong?" the girls who usually request me asked, looking at my oddly placed leg.

I shrugged. I still didn't like talking that much.

When the guests were gone, Hikaru and Kaoru were trying to move my leg. It hurt terribly.

"What's wrong?" they questioned, seeing that I winced.

"Eh, um…well, I broke my leg yesterday," I mumbled.

"How?"

"I uh…I fell."

"Why don't you have a cast on it?" Tamaki asked. "Is it because you're a commoner?" After he said that, his face seemed to remember what had happened yesterday (was it really just yesterday?) at the supermarket. "Oh, my poor daughter!" he hugged me.

I didn't know if I liked him pretending he was my dad. I didn't remember what my dad was like, but I didn't know if I wanted nobody or a fake family.

"Kyoya, call a doctor!" he commanded, crossing his legs and pointing his index finger. Kyoya was already on the phone.

Later with my crutches, I found out from the twins this place had an elevator. They came along on it with Haruhi and I. Haruhi came because she was carrying my stuff for me, and Hikaru and Kaoru came along just because they thought I'd be fun.

When I got back to the orphanage, I looked for a hiding spot. I remembered the doctor said many times not to remove my cast, but I had to. The workers would probably make me throw it out. I carefully avoided the alley next to the place. I found a dumpster a little farther down the road in quiet spot, so I took my cast off and hid it and my crutches under the dumpster and then slipped inside the orphanage.

My dream that night was focused on the alley next to this place I unfortunately live in.

Flashback

"That'd be great!" Abi smiled at me.

"Thanks," I smiled back.

"So, what's this place like?" she asked, careful not to call it an orphanage or my home, because she knew I hated that.

She was walking me home from school today because she wanted to spend more time with me.

"You won't be able to go inside, because they don't allow visitors, but it's…terrible, run down, and they don't treat us very well," I told her; the only person I ever thought I would tell.

"Oh…." Abi probably didn't know what to say, but I understood.

"So, what are you doing this weekend?" I asked her as we were turning onto that alley next to the orphanage.

"I'm going down to the coast with my family! Wanna come? It'll be great!"

"Sure. I can sneak out the room's window."

I did that whenever I wanted to be with Abi when it wasn't during school hours. Of course, I got a huge punishment when I got back, but I thought it was worth it.

BANG! (Sorry for the lame sound effects)

"What was that?" she screamed.

"I don't know," I whispered. "It sounded like a gunsh-"

Right as I said that, a bullet went flying through the air and hit Abi's chest.

"NOOOO!" I screamed.

I would've been shocked been shocked because I never screamed like that before, but now my mind was racing. How could this be! I bent down. Blood was seeping out of her. I held her hands.

"Mai…"

"ABI! NO!"

"Mai…Mai…you're a great friend….the best friend I ever had…You mean everything to me…take care of yourself, ok? And tell my family I love them."

"What? No! You can't die!"

How come whenever someone was dying, they suddenly seemed so calm and brave? I think it was because God was with them.

"Promise me…Mai…"

"I promise! But please! Don't go! You can't!" With every word I said, my voice got louder and louder until I was shouting again.

"Mai…" and then her body went limp.

I was crying so hard now I could barely see anything. BANG! That noise again! A gunshot! I looked around like crazy, my mind still spinning. This couldn't be happening!

I saw a tall, dark outline of a man with a gun in his hand, pointed towards the sky.

"YOU!" I screamed. "YOU! YOU KILLED MY BEST FRIEND!" I choked.

"Well, I'm terribly sorry about that," he said, not sounding sorry at all as he walked closer to me.

Even his voice was evil. I hated it already. It was the voice of a murderer!

"I HATE YOU!"

He was so close to me now, I could see every detail on his face. He bent down so we were face to face and I screamed again, in anger, not fear.

"Well, I can fix that. You can be with your friend again," he smiled evilly.

CLICK! He pulled the trigger. BANG!

A sharp surge of pain went through my leg and everything instantly became blurred. I felt dizzy. I was seeing red. The last thing I saw before everything blacked out was the evil man – the murderer, running away, not even waiting or looking back to see if I was alive or not.

End Flashback

I jerked up, I was all sweaty. I could tell I'd been screaming again – my throat was sore. No one had woken up though, probably because they were now used to it. I had been having that dream a lot lately, mainly because I'd seen him again.

I reached under my sheet and felt the scar the bullet had left in my right leg. Now the murderer had ruined both of my legs: one with a bullet and the other by breaking it.

After where my dream left off, a lovely lady found me and Abi, and she brought me to the hospital after properly wrapping my leg with part of her shirt she tore off. I liked her for it, but she never adopted or fostered me. I was brought back here.

I sighed. I think it's about time to tell someone this, and I finally found someone that I can trust and who will listen to me.

The next day, I pulled Haruhi aside.

"Can I talk to you?"

She looked surprised that I was actually talking. "Yeah, sure!"

After school when everyone had left, I met her in Music Room 3.

"So, what's up?" she asked, sitting down on one of the couches.

I put my crotches against the wall and hobbled over to sit down next to her.

"I think I've been waiting to tell this to someone, but I could never find someone to express my feelings to or someone that will listen to me, but I know you will, and I trust you."

I took a deep breath and continued. I wasn't used to revealing stuff to people, but I ended up telling her everything: how Abi was my first and only friend, how the murderer killed her and shot me, why my leg was really broken (and not my excuse I'd been using which was "I tripped and fell"), how much Abi meant to me that she was like a sister, what Abi and I used to do, what songs we wrote in a band we created, what I remembered about my parents and Abi being the only thing I had left, her last words, and the promise I had made to her. I never planned on saying that much, but I guess it was easy to talk to Haruhi.

"With that promise," I was still talking, "I try to stay out of as much trouble as I possibly can to take care of myself for her. I also am not sure if I want to have any friends since that incident, but now that I met you guys… the Host Club…I'm not really sure."

"I think I understand," she told me. This was her first time speaking since I started. "You want to honor Abi, but you want to have other friends too."

I thought about it and then I nodded slowly.

"I'm sure Abi would like it much better if you spent your time making new friends and being happy instead of just sitting alone, all by yourself. I can be your friend. We were friends already, but I don't think you wanted to believe that."

I smiled. My eyes were watery from the bad memories. Crap! A tear fell. Haruhi handed me a tissue.

"Thanks," I gave a watery smile again, wiping away the tear.

This conversation was awkward, but now that it was done and out of me, I felt so much better. I had finally broken through. This feeling was worth it and…I had a new friend.

Depression…blah. Don't worry, I'm not always depressed like this but now that I'm writing it it's making me soo depressed! And also, I got called dark AND evil! Waaa! That's so not true! I'm a sweet, innocent little girl! My cousin gets married today! Actually, 5 ½ hours ago, to be exact. Just random little fact you really didn't need to know…anyways, R&R please! I can't believe I have 40 reviews! Thank you all so much! Um…you get free cookies!