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Make Up and Unexpected Encounters

It had been three weeks since the twins and Brianna had called off their friendship, and a certain pair of twins weren't taking it so well.

They would mope around a lot and steal glances at their foul mouthed ex-friend when she wasn't looking or paying attention. They weren't as cheerful or outgoing and were more withdrawn than usual. It was even affecting their hosting work as they didn't respond to their guests with the same candor as they usually did. All around, they were just a lot more irritable and mopey than usual.

Brianna, on the other hand, was seemingly unaffected by the loss of their friendship.

She didn't act any different from usual and she only spoke to the twins when absolutely necessary. She was fine, unaffected, it was just as if they had never been friends to begin with.

But Carissa knew better.

Though Brianna seemed unaffected by what happened, Carissa knew that she really was.

She had buried those feelings of hurt and sadness deep within her in an effort to not be affected by what happened between her and the twins, but no matter how far she buried them, Carissa knew that her friend was hurting. That the fact that she and the twins were no longer friends pained her; and Carissa wanted to do anything to help console her friend.

That's why after school on Thursday; Carissa decided that she would help her friend out.

"Carissa, let's go." Brianna ordered, shouldering her bag.

"Oh, wait! Let me just finish up here, then I have to run back to math because I left my magazine there, and then I'll meet up with you, kay?"

Brianna raised an eyebrow but then shrugged and nodded, walking out the door.

Carissa waited till she could no longer hear her friend's footsteps before sighing and facing the twins.

"Hey. Hikaru, Kaoru, let's have a chat." The two boys turned to her with one eyebrow raised.

"Don't you guy's think it's time to stop your petty fight? It's not doing you guys, nor Brianna any good. It's hurting all three of you."

The twin's eyes widened, before they narrowed their eyes at her.

"It's not a 'petty fight'! And Brianna is definitely not 'hurting' or anything of the sort! She's perfectly fine! In fact, she could care less! She didn't seem bothered at all these past three weeks!" the twins growled out, eyes flashing with hurt and anger.

Carissa blinked in shock, and then, before anyone could fully realize what was happening, she marched over to the twins and slapped them across their face.

The two boys stumbled back a bit from the blow, touching their swollen cheeks gently, staring in wide-eyed surprise at the seething girl.

"How fucking dare you! You ungrateful bastards! Of course she cares! Though she may not show it, nor want to admit it, Brianna gets attached to people very quickly! And the fact that you guys just up and ignored her and then blew up on her when she tried to figure out what was wrong really upset her!"

The twins blinked but then quickly retorted.

"How are we ungrateful? And maybe if she hadn't been so pushy and left it alone for once, we wouldn't have blown up on her!"

"You're ungrateful because you don't even realize the full extent of how much she cares about you two! How happy it makes her when you're happy, how sad it makes her when you're sad! It's not her fault that she's pushy or over-bearing or nosey! That's just how she was trained! Brianna has the emotional development of a child, but that's not her fault either! She's never had a setting where she could learn to develop her emotions! All she knows is how to control them! If it wasn't for her leaving that awful place she'd—" Carissa cut herself off there, her eyes growing wide and right then, everyone knew that she had been talking about things she wasn't supposed to be talking about.

"Trained…? What do you mean 'trained'? You make it seem as if—" Kyoya started but was cut off.

"That's none of your business." Carissa quickly snapped. "If Brianna chooses to tell you, then that's on her, but I'm definitely not gonna tell you anything." Carissa quickly grabbed her stuff and left the room, slamming the door behind her.

The hosts watched her leave, their heads swirling with the information just given to them.

.

"Took you long enough. Did you get everything you need?" Brianna asked Carissa as she made her way over to the girl.

"Yep!" Carissa replied cheerily, making sure that on her way to meet Brianna, she erased all the anger and irritation off her face so her friend wouldn't suspect anything.

"Let's go then." They began making their way back to their apartment.

Figuring that she wouldn't have any luck with the twins in apologizing to Brianna, Carissa decided to see if she could get the stubborn girl to apologize to the twins.

"Say…Bri…"

"Hm…?"

"Don't you think it's time that you forgave the twins?"

Brianna stopped walking and faced her friend.

"No." she deadpanned, before walking again.

"Oh come on! I know you miss them!"

"No I don't."

"Brianna."

"I don't Carissa, I don't!"

"Brianna."

"I don't! Besides, who'd miss those annoying, pesky little jerks? They're nothin but complete total jackass-assholes who don't even—"

"BRIANNA!"

"ALRIGHT DAMMIT! So what if I do? Not like that's gonna change anything!"

"Well…you could start by saying sorry."

"I don't even know what I'm apologizing for! Remember, they blew up on me when I tried finding out what was wrong."

"You were being a little too pushy."

"I was not!"

"Brianna, we both know that you don't really know how to deal with emotions, yours or other peoples, so sometimes, you come off a little…overbearing."

Brianna grumbled in reply, before sighing in resignation.

"Fine. Than what do you suggest I do?"

Carissa smiled a little evilly and Brianna knew that she'd regret asking.

The Next Day-

"It's a good thing I had the foresight to ask Tamaki what we were gonna do for cosplay today!" Carissa chirped, brushing Brianna's hair.

Brianna merely grumbled as she allowed her friend to dress her up.

"Just hurry up, and I still don't see how this is gonna help me in apologizing to them."

"Trust me." Carissa let out a giggle. "I'm sure they'd have a hard time refusing you once they see you."

Brianna just glanced at her friend through the mirror in confusion.

The hosts were doing a café sort of dress up so; the hosts were dressing up as butlers and, instead of just wearing their regular clothes, the girls were wearing French maid outfits.

Of course, none of the hosts knew what they were doing, so it'd be a surprise.

"This skirt is too short." Brianna grumbled as she pulled on it.

"As long as it covers the mark, then it's okay."

Brianna sighed again.

She did have a point.

"It's more like a brand then a mark." Brianna mumbled under her breath.

"Alright…and…done!" Carissa cheered.

Brianna stood up and looked at herself in the mirror.

The maid outfit was snug until the waist, and then it flared out, stopping a little ways past the mid-length of her thigh. Her hair was brushed back into a high ponytail and she had light make-up on her face. And, of course, Carissa made her lose the glasses and wear her contacts.

Carissa's outfit was a lot skimpier and it clung to her like a glove and she had make-up on her face as well.

"You ready to get this show on the road?" Carissa asked her as they heard the giggling fan girls come inside the clubroom.

"Whatever." Brianna grumbled, turning around to head out of the changing room.

Carissa giggled and pulled back the curtain and stepped out, Brianna right behind her.

The chatter in the room stopped for a moment as everyone watched the two girls.

Brianna stepped out from behind Carissa and walked over to Hunny and Mori's table. Producing a pad and pen from her apron pocket, she asked them what they wanted.

Of course, she was met with nothing but blank stares and mouths wide open.

"If you continue to stare at me, you won't get jack shit." Brianna snapped, and this snapped them out of their stupor as they scrambled over their words to explain themselves.

Brianna took down their orders and walked towards the kitchen, leaving Hunny and Mori to stare after her.

The twins watched Brianna as well and their guests had to repeatedly call their attention back to them.

Once Brianna was in the kitchen, she was immediately berated by Carissa.

"Wasn't the plan for you to go to the twins table?!"

"Yeah, yeah, I will…just let me get this to Hunny-senpai and Mori-senpai's table."

"Nuh-uh!" Carissa snatched the tea out of her hand. "I'll do it; you just go over to them twins."

Brianna let out an irritated huff, before heading out of the kitchen and making a beeline for the twins table.

The twins watched almost nervously as Brianna made her way towards them.

"What can I get you guys today?" Brianna asked them, but mostly kept her eyes on the twins.

The girls immediately answered her, but the twins looked as if they were in a state of shock.

"Hikaru, Kaoru, you're gonna catch flies if you keep your mouth open like that." The twins snapped their mouths shut and blushed at Brianna's jibe.

"We will not!" they shot back.

Brianna gave them a little smirk and as if realizing what had happened, they quickly turned away from her.

Brianna's smirk fell and she sighed before leaving.

That's how it was until the end of hosting hours, Brianna making little jibes at them to which they responded, before realizing their mistake and would go back to quickly ignoring her.

"Damn stubborn brats…" Brianna grumbled as she began to clean up the kitchen.

"You should really just say sorry." Carissa stated.

Brianna grumbled some more before giving a long drawn out sigh.

"Fine…" Carissa smiled. "But you have to come with me!"

"What!?" Brianna quickly grabbed onto Carissa and dragged her out.

Brianna walked onto the stage with Carissa and grabbed the microphone.

"Before you guys leave…" the girls and the hosts turned to look at Brianna, eyebrows raised. "There's a special song I want to sing." She looked back at Carissa who knew immediately what song she wanted to sing.

Carissa started playing the piano and Brianna took a deep breath before starting, looking directly at the twins.

Sorry seems to be the hardest word-Elton John ft. Blue

(Italics=Brianna bold=Carissa)

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

What I got to do to make you love me?
What I got to do to make you care?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
And I wake to find that you're not there?
Mm~
What I got to do to make you want me?
What I got to do to be heard? Oh~
What do I say when it's all over? (Babe)
Sorry seems to be the hardest word

It's sad

(so sad), so sad (so sad)
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd mm~
It's so sad (so sad), so sad (so sad)
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
Sorry seems to be the hardest word

What I do to make you want me?
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word

It's sad (so sad), so sad (so sad)
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's gotten more and more absurd
It's sad (so sad), so sad (so sad)
Why can't we talk it over?
Oh it seems to me
Sorry seems to be the hardest word

Yeah...sorry
Nah...
Sorry

What do I do to make you love me?

(ooh~)
What I got to do to be heard?
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
Yeah...What do I've got to do?
What do I've got to do?
When sorry seems to be the hardest word…

(A/n: I'll explain about the song at the end in case any of you need an explanation about the lyrics)

Brianna stopped singing and everyone clapped, the girls praising her on the song and on Carissa's piano playing.

Soon after, the girls were ushered out by Kyoya and the only ones left in the room were the hosts and Brianna and Carissa.

"Hikaru, Kaoru…" Brianna walked up to the twins, who merely stared at her.

Brianna took a deep breath and then bowed lowly.

"I'm sorry!"

The twins just blinked and stared at her, shock evident in their wide-eyes.

"I know I can be over-bearing and pushy at times so…sorry…"

The twins just continued to stare at her and Brianna lifted her head a little to look at them.

The twins looked at each other before looking down and sighing.

"We…we're sorry too." Brianna straightened up and stared at them in confusion.

"…Huh…?"

"We…were being jerks so…we're sorry…"

Brianna blinked and stared at them in shock for a moment, before a slow smile crept up onto her face.

"So…we're cool now…?"

The twins gave her a lopsided smile.

"Yeah…we're cool."

Surprising them, and the other hosts, Brianna flung herself at them and hugged them.

They blushed at this, but quickly wrapped their arms around her, smiling.

Carissa smiled as she watched this; happy her friend was happy again.

Brianna let go of them and gave them a sheepish grin.

"So…will you tell me now why you were mad at me?"

The twins blushed a little more and adverted their gaze from her.

It was a stupid reason really. They had gotten mad when Brianna would only dance with Kyoya for the rest of the night and that, because of this, there was whispering that the two had to be dating. They also got mad that since Brianna was one of the, if not the, prettiest girl there and she had attracted the attention of all the guys and they had been making passes at her and she had been oblivious to it, and that ticked them off for some reason.

Seeing that the twins weren't going to answer her, Brianna sighed, beating down the urge to pester them for an answer, before she turned around and walked back towards the dressing room, tugging at her outfit.

"Great! Now I can finally get this crappy uniform off me!" Carissa rolled her eyes and sighed, knowing her friend was just trying to cover up the emotional moment between the three of them.

The girls got undressed and put on their regular clothing and finished cleaning up before heading out with the hosts.

The twins kept pestering Brianna, who merely shrugged them off and to anyone looking on; it was as if nothing had ever changed.

As they got nearer to the entrance, they saw a guy about the same age as Kyoya and Tamaki go by, talking to a girl who looked at least a year older than Hunny and Mori.

They normally took no notice of strangers, but Brianna certainly did, because upon seeing them walk by, she went rigid.

"Huh? Brianna…? Are you okay? You look like you've just seen a—" Haruhi started, but was cut off when Brianna suddenly sprinted towards the entrance of the school and then turned and ran in the direction that the two kids had gone in.

Brianna ran as fast as she could, trying to catch up to them, to him.

'He's here, he's here, he's here!' was the mantra she chanted in her head as she got closer to the two teen figures.

Brianna caught up with them and quickly grabbed the boy's hand, who quickly whipped his head and upper body around to face her.

Both their eyes grew wide as they stared at each other.

Neither took notice of the girl who stared at Brianna with equally wide eyes and the hosts and Carissa, who had finally caught up to Brianna and were now watching on in confusion and curiosity, except for Carissa, whose eyes grew wide when she saw the boy and girl.

Brianna's mind grew blank and her mouth began to tremble slightly.

Only one word was able to make it pass her trembling lips.

"Jerimiah…"

Soooooo sorry this took so long! I had had a massive case of procrastination! But I know that's not really an excuse…

Anyways, to explain about the lyrics, yes I know they're about a lost lover or something like that, but for Brianna, it's about losing two friends of hers so the whole 'what do I do to make you love me' part, she meant it in a friendship type of love. Just because the song is a sad romantic song, it doesn't mean that she loves them, she doesn't love any of the hosts yet (but no worries, that'll change soon) so please keep that in mind!

If you're wondering who Jerimiah is, you'll find out about him, and the other girl, in the next chapter. If you remember, he was one of the guys I was thinking of pairing Brianna up with (refer back to chapter 11).

Any who~ onto the review replies!

Review replies:

bored411: yeah, they don't really know how to deal with her at all, but Brianna doesn't know how to deal with their whirlwind of emotions. Don't worry, Brianna will get better (eventually).

Ueue96: I hope this chapter sort of enlightened you on why she acts the way she does to certain situations and I'm glad you enjoy my work.

brianna0122: don't worry; there are still a lot more chapters left in this story!

toxicswallow: I'm glad you find my story enjoyable, and sorry it wasn't a quick update.

Square Root of Three: really, I thought my chapters were pretty short…I see what you say about her being a Mary-Sue, however, it is possible for her to suit all their tastes because I was going off of a harem theme. In manga's and anime's that go with the harem theme, there's always that one character that all the girls and/ or guys fall in love with so that's what I'm doing here. The only reason Tamaki is not into her is because I like the TamaHaru pairing and plus, though Brianna cares about him, she finds Tamaki very annoying and I can't see a marriage or any relationship beyond that of a friendship one between the two of them lasting very long. Anyways, I hope this chapter answered your question on why the twins were mad at her and no worries, I already have someone in mind for Carissa! And thanks, I guess I should and I honestly thought I added too much description at times.

Vivien V: I'm glad you enjoyed it! And now you know what's going on in the twin's minds. I hope you don't feel depressed anymore lol, but now I hope you still feel suspense!

Thanks to everyone who reviewed, favorite-d, and followed my story! I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing!

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