So... you all will be finding something out that Andy doesn't know yet. After the end of this, I'll have a talk with you guys again, to explain myself for this. Don't mate me, please?
Check out the story 'Long Kiss Goodbye' by KawaiiTenshiCeres! My friend and I have read it and started to read the sequel, but she's thinking of not continueing because people don't read it. It's damn good, so, after this, go and check it out! :D
I disclaim all that isn't mine.
"The truth. It's a beautiful and terrible thing, and should be treated with caution."
- J.
Andy was between Kyoya and Honey as she continued to devour her funnel cake (The one she forced Tamaki to by, since it was his idea and, after all, she wasn't made of money). She smiled as she popped the last piece in her mouth, licking away the powdered sugar. "Thank you, Tamaki," She says, grinning.
"Andy-chan, I want to play a game," Honey says, "Will you go with Takashi and I?"
"Sure," She says, standing. She resists the urge to wince and she turned towards them, "What game?"
"How about the one where you have to knock over bottles?"
"Ok," she says, walking with them. She smiles down at her senior. She was attached to the adorable host. It was like having a younger brother, despite him being older than her. Andy didn't have any siblings, but she imagined that one like Honey would be a perfect match for her.
"That's a cute son you two have," the man says, looking at them.
Andy looks at Honey, "Um, that's not out son, and that little one is older than I am."
"You're kidding?"
"Not at all!"
"Wow… what do they feed kids these days?"
Mori paid for her and Honey to play. She looked at Mori, "Thank you, Mori-sempi, though, you really didn't have to."
"No problem," He says.
Andy took one of the balls, and took a deep breath. Making sure it wasn't the one with the hurt shoulder she'd be throwing with, she began to focus. She knew it was going to go bad for her. She goes to throw it, closing her eyes. She hears a yelp of pain. Her eyes snap open and she sees the man who ran the booth holding his stomach, bent over in agony.
"Oh I'm so sorry," she says.
"I'll… be fine. That's some throw you have there, but there was no need to pay me back for the son comment, really," He says, his brown eyes looking up at her.
"I wasn't meaning to, I swear," she states, "I've got power, I just can't aim when throwing to save my life," she says, pouting.
"Is that why I never see you do a throw in," Honey asks, throwing his and missing one by a few inches.
"Exactly," she says.
Honey smiles, "Here, Takashi, you can throw my second one," He says, grinning up at his cousin.
"Mine too," she says, "Win something nice for Honey-sempi!"
Mori made it look so easy, Andy was jealous. He simply just threw it, not having to focus on anything. He got both of them, getting a fluffy blue bunny for Honey to play with. Honey smiles, hugging his new stuffed animal. He looks around, smiling, "Look, Andy-chan, there's a game for you!"
Andy looks over and sees a game where you have to kick the ball into a hole. You have to get it perfectly, or else it won't go in. She grins, walking over and paying the man who ran it.
Andy takes the ball, noticing it was lighter than a soccer ball. She got two chances to get it in the hole. There was one far away, one in the middle, and one up close. Andy kicked the first ball, noticing that the more power she gave it, the more it decided to go where she wanted it to.
"Go Andy," Honey says, throwing his bunny into the air and catching it.
Andy took two steps back, and one to the right. She ran forward, and kicked. Her ankle gave out for a second, causing her to kneel. It went right through the far hole.
"Pick your prize," the man says, uninterested in her.
She smiles, "The big flower with a smile!"
He hands it over and the three were off to play more games.
"Andy-chan, I'm glad you became part of our family," Honey says, with a grin. "You're like the missing piece of the puzzle."
Andy smiles, genially feeling touched. "Thank you," she says, "Honestly, I wasn't so sure I was going to like you all. You guys are an odd bunch."
"We're just cautious," He says.
"Protective," Mori adds, picking up honey before he tripped over a broken piece of glass.
"That too," He says, "We just didn't want anyone who would break our family."
Andy nods, smiling as they return to the group. She sees Kyoya, and hands the flower to him, "for your sister."
"And here I thought it was for me," He says sarcastically, but taking the plushie anyways.
"Shush it," she says, starting to sit down.
"Our turn," The twins say, grinning devilishly, "We want to ride the roller coaster!
"But, wait, I," Andy tries to protest, only to be carried away by the two.
"Roller," Hikaru would say.
Kaoru would continue with, "Coaster!"
"Is this a 'keep Andy away from Kyoya' day or something," She asks.
"Boss wanted to talk to Kyoya," Hikaru says, shrugging as they get to the end of the line. It wouldn't take but one more ride for them to get to the front as more people pile in behind them.
"You know," Kaoru says, "We hated you at first."
"Is today everyone's 'touchy emotional' day too," Andy asks, "Most people hate me, so that's ok."
"I think most of the world loves you actually," Hikaru says, "We hated you because we didn't want anyone else in our family."
"Whatever," Andy says, rolling her eyes.
"We already made room for Harihi, we didn't think we needed anyone else," Both of them say.
"I can understand that."
"Kaoru and I were jealous that you were taking our friend away… a part of our family. Then," Hikaru starts, "Kaoru noticed something… something important, and wouldn't tell me."
Kaoru nods, letting his brother finish the story.
"I hated you more because he wouldn't tell me that," he looks down, kicking a rock, "I thought it was your fault. Then we went back to the club room, and we saw you and Kyoya-sempi…"
"How you two are with one another. You both are just to calm and comfortable, and we could tell right there that even if the Shadow King didn't want to admit it, he was starting to love you." Kaoru says, "Before Haruhi, we always had our own pairs. Mori-sempi and Honey-sempi, Boss and Kyoya-sempi, and then there was the two of us."
"Then Haruhi was added," Hikaru says, "We didn't like her either at the beginning. But then, the dynamic of the group changed. Boss started going on with Haruhi… and Kyoya was just left alone."
"We realize now that he was awfully lonely… all of us did. We were worried. We'd try to get him to come with is, as did the other four did, but he didn't. I suppose it's because he didn't want to impose o our relationships with one another."
Kaoru smiles sadly, "All he did was host work, school work, and not much else, unless we dragged him there. He didn't have that person from the club that you could just know that they knew you, completely. Then you came along. He then had some to be a part of his pair."
"He may not show it as much to us, but he's happier now… we just were scared you'd break his heart, honestly," Hikaru says.
"So, we're sorry for hating you," They say, nodding in union.
Andy smiles, "Thank you, for accepting me into your family."
They both gave her a cheeky grin, "Rides here!"
Andy and the twins get on. She was seated next to a guy whom she didn't know as the bar came down to hold them in place. The ride starts, climbing up this big hill. The twins were in front of her, and they look back, "Don't puke!"
"You two would puke long before I ever would," She says, grinning. She loved things like this. Things that get her heart pumping, she loves. She's always wanted to sky dive, bungee jump and other things like that. Roller coasters are her favorite thing to do at the fair. She use to go and drive up to South Carolina to go to the Coastal Carolina Fair.
As the ride plummets, everyone in the park could hear all three of them as they scream of joy.
Particularly Tamaki and Kyoya.
"Is there something you're keeping from her, mon ami," Tamaki asks, taking a sip of his slushie. His entire mouth was the color blue, "She just seems a bit down lately."
"Her mother is having health issues," He says, knowing that if he didn't answer him now, Tamaki will make sure he would do so later.
"By issue you mean...?"
"I can't tell you that," Kyoya says, looking over at the roller coaster. He sees Hikaru, Kaoru and Andy with big smiles as they continue to scream.
"Is it the same reason why you're not telling her?"
Kyoya looks at his best friend. Violet eyes full of concern for him. "The exact same one, yes."
"Are you sure it's not too much for you to bear alone," Tamaki asks, glancing over as Haruhi walks past, a smile comes to his face.
"I know it is," He says. "I have to lie to her every day. Hold something back because that's what Val-san wants. She wants her daughter to go for this opportunity, one that is so rare for so many. If Adeline knew what was going on, she's drop everything to help her, and that is the opposite of what her mother wants her to do." Kyoya closes his eyes, "You don't know how hard it is keeping something like this from so many people."
Tamaki frowns, "Kyoya, you're going to drive yourself mad… I'm sure that Val-san will understand if you tell someone. She just doesn't want Andy to know, right?"
Kyoya nods, glancing around him. He sees Andy and the twins get in another line for a roller coaster. She hops on the rail, so that she wasn't standing on her foot anymore. "If I tell you this, you can't let anyone know," Kyoya says. He looks at him, glaring into his eyes, "Not Haruhi, not the twins, not Mori-sempi or Honey-sempi, you can't even mention this to your dog, got it?"
Tamaki nods, not saying anything.
Kyoya looks over at Andy, seeing her laugh and smile, shoving one of them off the bar so that they fall to the ground. Kyoya looks back at the princely host, "Her mother has cancer… and it's terminal."
I know many of you are like 'Why? why this? why her? Just why?'
I'll explain.
This started out as something I wrote to help get over the intial shock of my finding out I have cancer. I saw someone who is like a shrink, because the kind I have is almost always fatal. She told me to write something to help with dealing with the pain of it all. So, I wrote a part of it where the character finds out her mother has cancer, and her name was Adeline. Then, I just started to add it all together and it became this story you all are reading today. This story is literally theriputic for me. It's making me see that what I have doesn't define who I am as a person, or what I can do. Andy taught me those things. I'm nothing like her. I'm weak and scard and timid... so I wrote about a girl who is strong and damn near fearless. I wrote it so that it will help me know that just because I am scared, doesn't mean I have to let it control me.
Truth is, I may end up dying. It's alarge chance of that happening. This has helped me get over the fear of death. I'm not afraid of dying, i'm more afraid of everything else, but not this. I just hope that you guys understand that I really don't mean for this to be... I don't even know... but just know that the way andy handle it, when the time comes, is how I use to be, in a way.
She'll get through it, though, just like I have, and I have you guys to thank for that. I can never tell you how much I owe everything to all of you who read this, and review it. Just please know that you all are in my heart forever and will stay there, even if the worst does happen.
Thank you.
Pendie
