Ryan's P.O.V.
"What!?" I said in surprise. I wasn't the only one who was startled by this announcement.
"Why!?" Bronx asked. "You said that what has currently happened isn't the cause of you breaking up, so what is?"
"Honestly?" Pete said with a shrug. "We're getting to old." He chuckled. "That seems weird to say, but it's the truth."
I could see where he was coming from with that statement, the guys where now either in their forties or fifties.
"But age shouldn't matter!" Bronx protested. "I mean look at Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney! They still performers well into their seventies!"
"And look where that got them." Ruby said, speaking up for the first time. "Jagger ended up dying on stage do you really want that to happen to Patrick and the others?"
"Of course not!" Bronx said sounding exasperated. "I'm just saying that I don't quite understand how age has anything to do with this."
"Let me see if I can explain it better." Patrick said. "You see Bronx, the age issue was the exact thing that caused us to think about it more in depth. We aren't getting any younger, but we swore that we'd still be a band as long as we still had inspiration. We don't want to disappoint our fans, but I think that it would be best if we broke up. We're not fighting, it would be something that we all agree on. And like I said earlier, the events that happened merely cemented what we where already thinking about."
"How do you feel about this?" Andy asked me.
"I honestly don't really care." I said. I felt kind of bad after I said it, the guys looked hurt. But it honestly didn't come to a surprise when the announced it. Yeah it was a shock at the beginning because I didn't expect it, but now? Not really. I really didn't understanding why Bronx was getting all worked up about it, we had known from a young age that we'd eventually take over as our own band, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to even do that anymore; even if I could.
"When are you planning to announce it to the world?" Ruby asked.
"Well the tours over now." Pete said. "So probably some time soon so we can link it to the tour."
"But what about everything that happened?" Bronx asked. "I don't like it, but you'll have to tell people what happened to justify the breakup. Having it come out of the blue will cause people to speculate."
"We'll probably do it after Declan's funeral." Patrick said looking at me. "Are you going to be attending Ryan?"
"Do I really have a choice?" I asked.
"We won't force you if you don't want to go." Pete said narrowing his eyes. The room fell into silence and everyone jumped when Kyoya's phone rang. He's been so quite that I had forgotten that he was even there.
"Excuse me." Kyoya said answering his phone and walking out of the door.
"Wonder what that was." Ruby said thoughtfully.
"Does it really matter?" Bronx asked.
"No. I suppose not." Ruby replied.
A few minutes later Kyoya came back looking slightly annoyed. It was his 'I recently had to put up with Tamaki' face.
"What did Tamaki want?" I asked.
"How do you know that I was talking to him?"
"You have this certain look on your face." I said. "Oh never mind." I said noticing he confused look.
"Yes, I did talk to Tamaki." Kyoya said. "But I also got a call from the head of my families police squad. They found Saint."
"Where?" Bronx demanded.
"What?" Ruby and the others said at the same time. I remained silent.
"They found him hiding out in some warehouse on the outskirts of the city." Kyoya said. "They are now holding him in a high security prison until you can decide what to do with him."
"Can we just leave him there?" Bronx asked.
"No." Kyoya said shaking his head. "You can't."
"Why not?" Bronx demanded. He as getting more frustrated.
"Saint isn't a Japanese citizen." Kyoya explained. "So there's a limit to how long try can hold him. It's around a week. I can make arrangements to plan Saints return to the States as needed. It might be a bit tricky cause he's now a criminal," He paused and glanced over at me. "but I'm sure that I can make it work."
"So a plane back to Chicago in one weeks time?" Patrick asked in confirmation.
"Yes." Kyoya said.
"What did Tamaki want?" I asked Kyoya, switching the subject. I didn't want any questions about whether or not I was going back with them. I knew that since I was still a minor I had to go, but that didn't mean that I wanted to go at the moment.
"He was wondering what we were doing." Kyoya said. "He insisted that we go over to his house. Preferably ASAP."
"Can we go now then?" I asked. Bronx made a surprised/unapproving sound.
"What?" I asked, looking at him.
"Shouldn't you stay here with us instead of going with them?"
"I need time to think." I replied. "I'm going."
"You can't seriously- guys!" Bronx turned to Patrick. "Tell her to stay!"
"You may go." Patrick said sounding defeated. Clearly he was accepting the fact that I didn't want anything to do with them right now.
"Fine then!" Bronx said before storming away going to one of the other rooms.
Ten minutes later Kyoya and I where walking up to the front of Tamaki's house. We where surprised when Tamaki burst out and ran towards us squealing something. It was hard sometimes to realize that he was the same age as Kyoya, he acted like a kid.
"Mommy!" Tamaki yelled. "And my precious daughter! How areeee you?"
He crushed me in a hug.
"Ow!" I said and Tamaki immediately let go of me.
"Are you ok?" He asked sounding concerned. "Is your injury hurting again?"
"No." I said with a smirk. "I'm fine. I just wanted you to get off me."
"Mommy!" Tamaki wailed. "Ryan's being mean!"
"Put up with it." Kyoya said walking past Tamaki and into the house. I followed with Tamaki blubbering behind me. I honestly wondered sometimes how the Host Club put up with him, and how he became the Clubs president.
"Hi Ry-Chan!" Honey said from the couch as we entered the living room.
"Hi Honey." I said. "How are you?"
"Good!" Honey said excitedly. "How are you? Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah." I said sitting next to Haruhi on the other couch.
"Hey Ryan." She said with a smile. "I'm glad to see that you're out of the hospital."
"Yeah I am to." I replied. "I'm sick of it. I'm gonna try to stay out of them for as long as I can."
"That's be a good idea." Haruhi said with a nod. "How's your hand doing?"
"Still can't move it that much." I replied looking down at it. I tried to curl it into a first but it only moved slightly.
"You'll get the hang of it." Haruhi said patting me on the shoulder.
"Where's Tamaki and the Twins?" I asked noticing that the room was unusually quiet.
"I don't know." Haruhi said with a shrug. "They might be getting something."
"Ryan!" I heard the Twins tell just then. They burst into the room with Tamaki and where carrying a large box.
"What's that?" I asked in surprise.
"It's your going away present!" One of the twins said. "In the box are somethings from each of us."
"Oh you guys didn't need to-"
"You're not leaving?" Honey asked.
"I still have a week to think about it." I said. "And I don't mean that you don't have to give it to me because I'm not leaving, I mean out didn't have to go to so much trouble on my behalf."
"It's fine Ryan." Haruhi said with a wave of her hand. "For once I agreed with Senpai and thought that we should do something for you before you leave. You've been a good friend to all of us."
"Open the box!" Honey said with excitement. He was bouncing up and down so Mori had to calm him down.
The twins placed the box infringement of me and I opened it to see what everyone has gotten me. It was mostly just a bunch of stuff that I'd never wear. Tamaki and the Twins had given me clothes that I wouldn't be caught dead in, although Haruhi's gift had been thoughtful. She couldn't afford much but she did get me a few books. Honey and Mori had gotten me a bunch of sweets.
"Thank you guys." I said looking at all of them. "It wasn't necessary but I appreciate it."
"Are you going to try on the clothes?" One of the twins asked.
"Not right now." I said shaking my head. "Maybe some other time."
"Hey Senpai..." The other twin said tiring to Kyoya. "You didn't get Ryan anything?"
"No." Kyoya said. "Our family did take care of her hospital bill after all."
"That's just cold." Haruhi said.
"I'm greatly thankful that Kyoya did that." I said hurriedly. "It was a great help and I sure that Patrick and the others where extremely grateful."
"So when at you leaving?" Haruhi asked.
"I honestly don't know." I replied. "The others as leaving in a week and I think that they are expecting me to go with them."
"You could stay here if you don't want it go." One of the twins suggested.
"I don't think so." I said shaking my head. "I would like to but I feel like I have an obligation to go back to Chicago. Declan's funeral will be held there as well as Saints trial. They kind of need me as a witness. Not to mention that I'm a minor and still under Patrick and Elisa's care even if I'm not related to them."
"I could take care of that stuff if you wanted to stay." Kyoya said.
"I know you could." I said with a sigh. "I still feel like I have to go back, so I probably will. I'll leave with the others in a week. The circumstances will be uncomfortable but necessary."
"Very well then." Kyoya said. The others nodded in silent agreement and I was happy that they understood.
~One Week Later~
"Now boarding flight 154 to Chicago." An automated voice said over the din of the airport. I let out a sigh. A week of packing and avoiding specific people and topics was about to end and I was going back to Chicago. Patrick and the others had opted to take a direct flight back and Kyoya had insisted on paying for it. It wasn't like he couldn't afford it, it just made me uncomfortable that he had done it.
"Byeee Ry-Chan!" Honey squealed hugging me. "I'll miss you!"
I patted him on the back. The Host Club had wanted to come and say goodbye to me and thanks to the connections that they had, they where able to say goodby to me before I boarded the plane.
"Take care of yourself." Haruhi said.
"Don't forget to call when you get the chance!" The twins said.
"Make sure you come back and visit." Kyoya said.
"Senpai?" Haruhi asked looking at Tamaki who was just standing there silently.
He suddenly burst into fake tears and cursed me in a hug. Honey had to let go quickly before he was caught up in it.
"My poor daughter is leaving me!" Tamaki sobbed, causing some of the people around us to give us weird looks.
"Calm down Senpai." One of the twins said.
"Yeah boss," Said the other. "People are starting to stare."
"Ryan." Bronx cleared his throat. He and the others where waiting patiently for me to say my goodbyes. "It's time for us to go."
"Ok." I nodded. Hit had been a week since they had dropped the bomb on me that I hadn't been Patrick and Elisa's daughter, and I was coming to terms with it, but I still wasn't ready to really associate with them as much as I had in the past. To say the least, I tolerated being with them at the moment.
"Bye guys." I said hugging each of them in turn. "I'll make sure to email you guys when I get the chance."
Waving goodbye I passed by the Gate and mass my first step toward the next part of my life.
Soooooo... the story's over! What did you guys think? I'll hopefully be starting to edit it soon, because knowing me there are a lot of spelling mistakes. I'm so glad that I managed to finish it. Thank you to all of those who read this story and voted and liked it. It means a lot.