Eleven | Misunderstandings

As the clock stroke twelve; the distant sounds of bells rung through the lonely uninhabited streets. In the tall, bleak, white building it was heard as a mere tone in the background of the entire ruckus within the emergency block.

While the doctor was cleaning Kyouya's wound; his mind was elsewhere… outside the room, down the hall, turn a left, in the waiting lobby… to be exact. As he thought about it, it made incredible sense. There were two things tonight that he didn't understand. The first was how Mei's ignorance towards him managed to annoy him so much. Kyouya was very good with hiding his discontents and wear a fake smile; he did it constantly to award him merits. But tonight he found it absolutely intolerable. He began to question himself; "Do I truly hold that girl's attention so dearly?" he thought about it more, then began justifying himself after action – something he did quite a lot recently, "Well, if she is to be my replacement during my trip with father then it is necessary for her to pay attention to me." He began convincing himself and proving his actions to be acceptable. Meanwhile a question lingered in the back of his mind that he did not dare to confront: Is her attention necessary out of the club's time hours, like today?

Second thing he hadn't come to terms with… how in hells' name did he not notice her fear of blood? There were all the right signs; the constant running away and avoidance of him, her pale complexion, and when he was first injured her shaking and the way she just avoided looking at him by staring at the floor. Albeit it could also be that she was too shocked after the incident, but to Kyouya she was the 'get up and go' kind of girl… so why the hesitation?

The doctor had cleaned and wrapped the wound, "Kyouya-sama?"

Alerted, the third young master snapped out of his thoughts. It was then that another thought occurred to him… why was he so ashamed that he didn't notice her phobia of blood before, and why did it matter to him so much? It held no benefits for him to be so concerned over the girl to the point of this – such that it was just ridiculous. He repeated the same line over his head like it was a charm: Success lies in result. All efforts for benefits and merits alone…nothing else, nothing more. Success…lies in result.

Casting these worries to the corners of his mind, where a file cabinet that stored all his unwanted, and unnecessary thoughts, (of which he found had increased recently) he left them; praying that the worries would not overflow and consume his heart by sheer mass of weight and numbers.

"Yes, Sensei?" He looked at the doctor, who pulled a face that showed he would be the bearer of very grim news.


In the waiting lobby; where the walls were decorated with the children patient's work of arts, pin boards filled with leaflets of fundraising activities and random paper decorations from some time long ago… the atmosphere of the room was split to two very contrasting moods.

On the far left was a gloomy yet threatening presence by a teenage girl, and on the right leaning in, invading the atmosphere of the vicious girl were four women who had nothing but stars in their eyes and orbiting flowers of joy for the practice they were all part of; gathering information, gossip, the scandals, and all stories that filled their pretty average lives with some sense of adventure.

Mei sweat dropped, "For the last time… Me and Kyouya-senpai-"

"OOoh, she said 'me and Kyouya'!" teased the thinner nurse, wiggling her torso in the manner of a young girl that only came off as wrong considering her age, "How intimate!"

Three more 'angry veins' appeared on Mei's forehead, "Senpai, I repeat, Kyouya-SENPAI. I am his Kouhai, he is my Senpai… nothing more, nothing less!" boomed Mei, her patience wearing thin. For she had been putting up with this since she had been treated from fainting, only to be awaken by a constant jabbing in the ribs by Fuyumi and three nurses towering over her, with the look of gossip hyenas in their eyes.

Fuyumi gave a warm smile, then sighed. She may not be the top of her class in school, or surpass her father's expectations at handling business like her brothers, but there was one thing she could do best out of all of them. And that was to see the true sides of people. She knew her brother meant more to this girl than she made out to be. "Ah," she got to her feet, wiping down the back of her dress, "Kyouya-san!"

Kyouya un-glued himself from the wall he was leaning on. When he heard Mei loudly say 'me and Kyouya-senpai' he instinctively halted and began melting into the shadows on the wall; keeping ears alert. Mei's declaration of his and her's relationship made him twitch and another 'would be discarded' question surfaced, "Then why go through the trouble to call me Kyouya instead of Ootori-senpai?"

He walked over to his sister, flashing a smile, "Fuyumi-nee-san… shouldn't you be with Shido-san?"

She gave an exasperated sigh, "Geez, Kyouya-san, just because I'm married doesn't mean I can't see my girls," she grinned at the nurses who waved back, "more importantly, Kyouya-san…" she leant forward, poking his casted arm, "How is it?"

She gave an "eeep!" when Kyouya's features were hid behind his fringe and the air became thick with Shadow king aura.

He let out a groan and pushed his glasses to the brim of his nose. "The Sensei said that I strained the muscles during the accident, therefore…" he let out another sigh, "I have to wait and rest for two weeks, so until then, this arm and hand is immobile…"

Mei couldn't believe it. He managed to hold a relative poker face through the pain from a wound and a pulled muscle? She couldn't decide on whether to be extremely respectful for his tolerance or curse his stupidity to not make a bigger deal out of it and at the least act like a patient. A sad smile played on her lips, "Oh well… this is Kyouya-senpai after all…"

Kyouya noticed the sad expression on Mei's face and knew she felt responsible. After that period of ignorance he couldn't help but revel in power and take advantage to ultimately tease.


Tamaki huddled cautiously over his mobile, waiting for Kyouya to pick up his phone. He heard the click of the handset; "KYOUYA!" He cried happily, "Are you okay?"

Kyouya held the phone away from his ear, hearing the full blow of the King's rants, "Tamaki, quiet down. Yes, look-"

"LOOK!" shouted Mei suddenly, completely relinquishing Kyouya's sentence, "Let me repeat this; I AM NOT PREGNANT!" She turned to Fuyumi, knowing she was Kyouya's sister now and began apologising and paying respects.

The three nurses where scolded by the doctor, and returned to their stations. Fuyumi hurried Mei and Kyouya into another Taxi.


The Disney Princesses Ball had come to a sudden close. Following Kyouya's hurried instructions before he was wheeled away by Mei, Tamaki had sent all the customers complimentary bouquets and ensured them they would be given news on the injured host as soon as possible. Secondly, they sent off the uninjured circus troupe and told them they would be contacted about insurances and other technicalities. As the ball room was emptied of everyone but the hosts, murmurs vaguely of 'did you see Honami-san?' and 'I wonder what their relationship is…' spread throughout the Princesses.

Tamaki, on the other end of the phone had put the phone away from his ear to battle away the curious twins who kept whining.

"Milord, Milord," they pestered in unison, "How're they doing?"

"Back off you lawless twins!" he got back to the phone,

"I AM-"

"Miiiiiiiilllloooooorrrrdddd…"

"PREGNANT!"

Tamaki dropped the cell phone. "Mei…Mei-chan…"

"Like I ssaiiiid," Hikaru's tone in irritation, "How're they?"

His face astounded, Tamaki fell silent for a second then burst into a flamboyant performance of drama. "Mei is… P-PE-PREGNANT WITH KYOUYA'S CHILLLDD!"

There was a comical silence as the hosts shrugged it off as one of Tamaki's rant. Then Hikaru and Kaoru took a good look at the idiot-king.

"Seriously?"


It was the Saturday after the ball. The sun shone at peak height over a nature rich headland and turquoise-blue sea, laying calm on the earth's surface; it was a looking glass to the sea world beneath and beyond.

"Midori-san," said one girl with sharp eyes and wavy chestnut hair, as she sipped from an exquisite tea cup on her father's private Yacht, "What do you propose we do about the… stray cat?"

"Let's see Akane-san… I hear the cat has found a new owner in Kyouya Ootori-sama… have you heard, Kimika-san?"

"Ah, yes," she dismissed her butler and joined the two wealthy ladies, "By the way, Akane-sama, I loved what you did the other day at the ball, a misplacement of the leg I suppose?" the sharp eyed girl nodded and gave a sly smile, "Moreover… the rumour is obviously false, Ootori-sama has much higher standards than that stray cat."

"That may be so…" Akane took out a large box, elegantly sliding open the lid to reveal a camera, a cell phone, and a lap top. "But, there is no harm in exploiting the better truth."


Tamaki stormed through the Ootori mansion's corridors after the admittance to his habitation along with Hunny, Mori, Hikaru, and Kaoru.

He threw open the doors to the living room quarter of Kyouya's two floored bedroom. No one was there. He and the host's symbiotically scoured the room with their eyes.

"Tamaki-senpai!" they moved in reaction to the call; Haruhi was waving to them from the balcony of the second floor next to Kyouya's bed, in a strappy pink dress.

Mei came up to Haruhi with one of Kyouya's night gowns, "You should put this on, Haruhi, its cold,"

"Oh its okay, I was making congee in the kitchen so I'm feeling quite warm."

Tamaki's eyes were in spy-goggle mode, interpreting the scene on the balcony. Mei stated she was pregnant the night before. Kyouya was in bed. Haruhi and Mei were wearing his night gowns. Haruhi had made congee for Kyouya. There was only one explanation!

Springing into action, Tamaki raced up the stairs in record time, grabbing Kyouya by the collar and failing him to and fro. "I've revealed your perverted side Kyouya! I knew you were a barbarian! Kyouya's a barbarian!"

"Get this idiot off of me…" said Kyouya, who had woken up but still felt tired.

Hunny effortlessly pulled Tamaki away, "Kyou-chan, what happened?"

"Don't you see, Hunny-senpai!" screamed Tamaki melodramatically, sobbing in a corner whilst flinging his arms in the air and thumping the floor, "Kyouya… you… you… SAVAGE!"

"Tamaki-senpai," assured Mei, "Its not-"

"My daughter… my daughter's PURITY!"

Haruhi bluntly retaliated, "Who's your daughter!"

"I never knew-"

"Um… Tamaki-senpai…" attempted the twins, knowing Kyouya's shadow side was letting loose.

"- you were like that, Kyouya! I mean, we've been friends so long, and you never posed much interest in women... But I guess you need to be careful of the quiet ones, who knew you were into the twosome kind of thing, you're dirty Kyouya, DIRTY! Playing your dear apprentice, and my daughter! Who knew you were so greedy… are you that sex hungry Kyouya? Are you!"

There was the very common awkward silence. The twins let out a 'pppffttt' breaking the silence with hysterical laughter at Tamaki's assumptions. Kyouya glared at Mei, hoping she'd back him up in beating the idiot to sense, but it only triggered her giggle side in which she joined the twins in recieving many laugh stitches.

"Dirty… dirty… sex hungry… my baby… my daughter!" whimpered Tamaki.

Telepathic waves of threatening and sinister intent choked the room as Kyouya's eyes shone with killer aura.

"Tamaki… you... imbecile!"


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I am ecstatic about the reviews, so thank you :D The feed back on Mei and Kyouya's interaction was great. They really help make my writing better :) Like MISS CASSIEL MANTELLO who said that I should put some description and laurashrub who said that I should give Mei some weaknesses. It really makes me see things that I would not about my own story, so when I read some ideas I'm like, "AWESOME! I never thought of that!" so I make a note to shove it somewhere to improve.

After all, Improvement is one step closer to WORLD DOMINATION! (Lol)

Next chapter: Do you really need to know? I think you can guess XD Things are getting serious... I think...

Ps: one of the reviews mentioned that the three nurses were ridiculous... I agree! I watched episode 24 of OHSHC with Fuyumi in it to get a better hold of her character, and my writing went a bit anime-slapsticky after that