Me: I feel bad for taking so long to post this but you weren't helping me at all.

Karson27: You deserve it for giving me so much trouble all of the time.

Me: WAH? That's mean! What did I ever do to you?

Karson27: Do you really want to go there?

Me: … Probably not.

MAKE SURE TO REVIEW!

The day of the Charity Ball finally came. I never seen girls in such a tizzy since Prom from the previous year. I was almost as guilty but it wasn't by choice. I blamed the Host club.

"We're checking out early today," Tamaki announced. The school had given all of the students in high school permission to check out after lunch without being counted absent, like they did for prom.

"Why?" I asked, looking up at him from my seat. I didn't like where this was going. I glanced at Karsyn but she wasn't really talking to me. We'd kind of been at odds for the last few days. I wasn't exactly sure what was up so I just brushed it off as Charity Ball stress. She did have to plan the whole thing.

"To get you guys ready for the ball!" the twins cried.

"You have to look perfect!" Hikaru said.

"All three of you!"

I looked at Haruhi. Guess that meant she was taking this one like a girl, probably going on Tamaki's arm – much to her agony.

"I was going to wear the dress you two made me for Christmas," I said, cocking my head to the side. "Is that okay? I don't own another one."

"Same here," Karsyn agreed.

"That's perfect but," Hikaru began.

"There's so much more to it!" Kaoru finished. "Like you're make up."

"And your hair."

"Sometimes I wonder about those two," I said to no one but I did get a few nodded agreements.

"I think you're all gonna look pretty!" Honey declared fiercely.

"You guys might wanna help Marx though," I said casting a glance at my brother who was asleep with his head on the table. He'd been up all night playing XBOX. Three hundred energy drinks later, he was paying for it. Since I was on my sleeping medication again, I slept soundly. "The boy's a total mess. I don't even think he owns a suit. At least, I haven't seen one."

"We're prepared," the twins said flatly.

-Karsyn-

This whole situation irritated me and everyone seemed to be treating it like it was a game. Even Tailyr, who I thought for once, might take something seriously for once in her life. Of course, I was totally wrong. I could never call that girl's moves and it made me angry.

"Are you okay?" Kyoya asked me as we sat around waiting for the twins to finish fussing over Haruhi. "You seem a little upset."

"I'm fine okay? Geez!" I snapped thus proving that I wasn't.

Kyoya gave me a curious look, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. I didn't say anything else. I crossed my arms and slumped down, propping the soles of my feet on the edge of the coffee table. Kyoya didn't say anything either, though he wasn't throwing a tantrum like I was. He simply sat and waited quietly, like a good boy. Which slightly pissed me off.

-Kyoya-

Karsyn had been acting weird all day and I hoped that once we made it to the ball and she saw how well everything was sure to go, she'd lighten up a little. I was wrong, as I usually was when it came to my girlfriend. She constantly threw me through loops, which was part of why I loved her so much.

I only walked away for a moment, as Tailyr came bouncing up. She was looking great, being my girlfriend's best friend. Her short blonde hair was straightened perfect, the top gathered at her crown and pinned in place with a flower that was silver with black so it matched her dress.

Karsyn was looking … stunning for lack of a better word. Her deep lavender dress showed off her figure and her long brown hair was twisted into a fancy bun on top of her head and tight curls fell around her face. Like Tailyr, she also had flowers, though hers were three small ones that lined the front of the bun. Something made them sparkle whenever they caught the dim light.

I couldn't hear what was being said but I quickly noticed that they weren't having a casual conversation. They were actually arguing, which hadn't ever really happened since I'd known them. Sure, they had name calling matches just to see who would win, normally Tailyr would win by having more names or Karsyn would win by using a word so out there and unfamiliar that Tailyr would be struck speechless. This wasn't one of those times, though it did seem like it.

"Child!" Karsyn yelled.

"Sadist!"

"Masochist!"

"Tight wad!"

"Moron!"

"Loser!"

"Wanna be!"

"Halfer!"

Karsyn's brown eyes flashed dangerously. "CRIMINAL!" she screamed.

Tailyr gave her a similar look. This wasn't going to end pretty. Tailyr had quite the arsenal of insults and enough gall to use all of them. She wasn't proud of her delinquent status, though she didn't act like it and Karsyn had really crossed the line by screaming it in front of everyone but Tailyr had crossed the line by calling her a halfer. I hadn't expected Tailyr to completely demolish the line but I was wrong.

Her chest puffed and her face turned red in anger. "WETBACK BITCH!" she yelled before storming off. Karsyn's mouth dropped and her eyes went wide in shock. Everyone who understood that there was just a fight was just as surprised as she was. Tailyr wasn't one for racial slurs, being one of the most nonjudgmental people in the world.

"Did they just have a name calling game again?" Honey-sempai asked me.

"No," I answered, quickly hurrying to Karsyn's side. I put an arm around her shoulders and led her from the building. I gave Mori-sempai a look and he nodded, going after his own girlfriend.

-Tailyr-

I was so mad. I couldn't believe that I'd just said all of those things to my best friend and that she'd said mean things to me and meant it. It wasn't like us to fight. I couldn't stop the anger from rising in me whenever she started calling me out.

"Tailyr!" Mori called. I heard him jogging to catch up with me.

I turned around to face him, giving him a death glare. He stopped dead in his tracks. "I'm fine on my own!" I yelled. "Just leave me alone, Mori! I don't want to talk to you!"

His dark eyes went wide and then narrow with hurt and shock. I didn't care. Well I did. I instantly regretted my words, like I had with Karsyn but when I got angry, I would say anything just to make people feel as bad as I did. I turned and stomped away, unable to look at his pained face any longer.

Tears threatened my eyes but I wouldn't let them escape. No more. I wasn't weak. I could handle myself.

-Karsyn-

"What happened?" I asked Karsyn as we sat under the pavilion. Even in the dark I could see that she was angry and her face was flushed with anger.

"I'm so sick of that moron! I'm done with her! I'm not taking care of her anymore!" she declared, crossing her arms. "She needs to grow up and manage her own problems! She needs to start taking things more seriously."

I knew that it wouldn't last long and I told her so.

"Oh, what do you know?"

"Because I'm just like you," I answered. "You and Tailyr have the same relationship as Tamaki and I."

-Tamaki-

I heard what Tailyr said to Mori-sempai but I was going to try my luck. Kyoya had said as he lead Karsyn from the center that I was the perfect person to talk to her. I, for once, knew exactly why. I found her sitting on a bleacher by one of the baseball fields.

"I told you I don't want to talk to you Mori," she said, not looking at me.

"Good thing I'm not Mori-sempai, huh?" I joked, sitting down beside her. Though I hadn't sat close, Tailyr still scooted herself away from me like I had the plague. "Tailyr-"

"What did I ever do to her?" she cried. "Nothing! She … I'm so done with her!"

I looked at her seriously. "No you're not."

"You don't know me," she said, frowning a little.

"Yes I do. You're a lot like me. You and Karsyn remind me of Kyoya and me. You're not done with her and I can prove it."

-Kyoya-

"How?" Karsyn challenged me, raising an eyebrow.

"You're friends with Tailyr because you want to be just like her. She never has to be anything or anyone other than who she is and people like her. You want that. Just the same as I do. You always had to be good in school."

"Her parents made her be good in school too," Karsyn pointed out.

"Yes but, she also knew that she would never gain their favor so school really didn't matter. It may seem that nothing ever matters to her. You get mad because it seems like she can tilt her head and great things happen."

-Tamaki-

"She's been better than you at everything. She has everything you want," I told Tailyr. "She doesn't have to act wild or do things to get other people's attention. They just pay attention to her because she's cool. She has a family and you don't. She was happy without you and will be if you leave and you know you won't be. It scares you. You don't want to be rendered so useless, especially when it seems like she can do everything so much better than you."

"I never could figure out why she got everything," Tailyr mumbled, her elbows resting on her knees and her chin resting in her hands.

I sighed. I'd never figured that one out myself. "You need the attention because you didn't get it anywhere else. You need her to keep you sane in a way."

-Kyoya-

"You're just jealous but without her, you kind of feel like you're arm was chopped off. You're best friends because you need each other. You balance each other out," I continued, wondering if she was really listening to me or just nodding her head to shut me up.

She sighed and leaned against me. "I hate it … when you're so totally right I can't even punch holes in your argument."

I chuckled a little, sliding an arm around her. "So, are you going to apologize?"

"Why do I have to apologize?" she asked.

I stood up and turned to face her. "You're the one who started the fight."

She didn't say anything.

"Do you even know what you're fighting about?"

Karsyn gave me a sheepish smile. I took that as she couldn't remember which meant that Tailyr probably didn't have a clue as to what the big deal was. I laughed aloud, my fingers lacing with hers. I pulled her to her feet. "All the more reason for you to apologize."

-Tailyr-

"I don't care," I said. "Even if everything you said is true for you, it's not true for me. I don't want to make up with Karsyn. I'm not taking crap like that anymore."

Tamaki gave me a weird look. He was concerned and confused. He really did give me a good speech and a lot to think about but I just wanted to be angry for awhile about what Karsyn had said. I knew that I crossed the line by calling Karsyn a halfer but I couldn't believe that she proudly proclaimed my criminal status to everyone there.

"But, there is one person I need to apologize to," I said. Mori didn't do anything to me but care. He didn't start the fight and didn't do anything to deserve me screaming at him. I was big enough to apologize.

Tamaki sighed and stood. I stood too and we headed back up to the center. Mori was waiting outside with Honey and the rest of the host club. Our eyes connected and I turned red in the face. I couldn't believe that I was such a brat to him. He was probably mad at me. I wouldn't be upset if he yelled at me for days or wouldn't talk to me. Of course, that didn't happen. He came over and hugged me tight.

"I'm sorry, Mori," I said into his chest. "Can I talk to you?"

"Ah."

We went back to the baseball field but didn't sit. We just stood on the concrete silently.

"I'm sorry," I repeated. "I shouldn't have yelled at you. You didn't do anything."

He shrugged like it didn't matter. To him, it probably didn't. "Are you okay?"

"I don't know," I said.

He wrapped his arms around me and rested his face on the top of my head. "I'll be here. No matter what you tell me."

"Tailyr?" came Karsyn's voice.

HA! Another cliffhanger. I'm such a horrible person. Thank you for reading and make sure to review!