The Past

When my alarm went off the next morning I felt shaky and I felt extremely nauseous. My head still hurt and I could feel bumps, one on the back and one on the side of my head. At least my hair covered them up. I slowly sat up, all of my muscles protesting. My rips ached and I remember how hard I was hit with that damn baseball bat. My back also burned and I was curious as to how bad it looked. I tried to stand up but was so dizzy I had to sit back down.

I wonder if I have a concussion…

I saw the uneaten granola bar on the floor and winced as I realized I didn't eat at all yesterday, and after the beating I took my body is severely suffering. I slowly shuffled my way to the kitchen and looked around, but nothing looked appealing. I eventually settled on a blueberry muffin and ate it in three big bites, just to get something in my stomach. But as soon as I ate it my stomach bubbled painfully and the next thing I knew I was throwing it all back up. Great. That's just great.

I slowly drank a full water bottle as I got ready for the day. Hopefully the water will make me feel better. I put on the yellow poofy uniform dress and scowled distastefully at it.. how am I supposed to fight in this? What if I get jumped again? Not to mention how ugly the thing is… although… maybe I can make this work. I can wear my Tetsundra lined leather outfit underneath it! It is skin tight so no one would know I'm wearing it, and because the material is made with the metal Tetsundra, it protects me from attacks and can absorb a hit for me, making the blow less forceful. I might not be able to fight, but with this I can at least protect myself from surprise attacks like last night. I didn't wear the uniform heels, instead wearing my armour boots for better protection.

Since I was awake so early, I went about putting on makeup, making sure to cover up the dark circles under my eyes, and the black eye that appeared this morning on my right eye, the side my head got hit with a baseball bat. I definitely have a concussion… I decided against putting my hair in a braid, because if I did, everyone would see the two large bumps on my head. Instead I curled my hair, the extra volume easily hiding the two goose eggs.

I still felt way too sick for breakfast, and instead made sure to make a healthy lunch. I grabbed what I would need and walked out the door the same time Haruhi did. Well, this is awkward… does she even realize she ditched me? Should I say something or pretend it didn't happen?

"Hana!" Haruhi yelled out getting my attention, "I'm so sorry about yesterday! I don't know how, but I completely forgot about walking home with you until I was falling asleep last night! A girl yelled at Senpai and slapped him causing chaos in the club yesterday. Club went longer than it was supposed to, and by the time I was able to leave I was exhausted and worried about homework. I completely forgot we were supposed to walk together, and just went home. You didn't wait long did you?" She asked, her face scrunched in worry and regret.

I could clearly see how upset she was over the whole thing. And even though my heart sank to my feet at being reminded of being forgotten and left behind I put a fake smile on and eased her mind. "It was no problem! Don't worry about it! I waited for only about 30 minutes before walking home. During that time I was able to work on my homework!" A lie. I waited probably close to an hour and a half, each time I thought about leaving I worried I was leaving Haruhi behind and my guilt would make me stay.

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PRESENT DAY

"Why do you keep lying to everyone? First you lied to your mom about how you really felt and the situation you're in. And now to Haruhi," The male prisoner asked me, interrupting the story. He genuinely looked confused, with his eyebrows scrunched together, his eyes crinkled in the corners, and his mouth just slightly tilted down in a small frown.

"You're not the first person to ask me that," I joked slightly, with an easy going smile.

"Sometimes," I began as I tried to order together how to best answer this question. "It's easier to pretend than face the harsh reality of the truth. If I did confront them, if I did tell them the truth, what would come of it? Other than that they feel bad. I already feel awful, there's no need for two of us to feel that way," I explained.

He nodded a long, "That's surprisingly deep, I never thought of it that way," He said. "But I think your wrong. If you don't call people out on their shit, they'll just keep doing it to you. Don't let people treat you like a doormat," He huffed angrily.

I didn't know what to say to that, it's not like he's the first person to say that to me either… After a moment's pause, I gathered my thoughts together and thought back to where we left off. "Anyways, back to the story," I said.

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The Past

Haruhi and I walked down the steps of our apartment in silence, and I could tell she was still stewing over leaving me behind. As we crossed the alley I was jumped in she paused.

"Woah," She breathed out. I looked to, and saw two police officers talking to four of the men who jumped me. They were severely beaten, and the cops were recording what they said. Another man was being loaded into an ambulance for medical attention, but he was alive and I could see he would recover just fine. Well, his nose won't, but who cares, he could get plastic surgery for his nose if it bothers him.

"What do you think happened?" She asked me, still looking at the men. They were very clearly describing the fight that took place, however, according to them, they were just hanging out when a maniac with a baseball bat attacked them.

"Did you get a good look at the assailant?" One of the police officers asked them, writing notes.

They were all silent for a moment looking at each other, a feeling of dread washed over me when one of them made eye contact with me. Thankfully he looked away, apparently not recognizing me. Eventually one of them spoke up, "No man, it was too dark. We just know it was a small girl," He said exasperated.

The police officers exchanged looks and stiffled laughter. "Excuse me? A small girl?" One of them clarified.

The group of men started all started talking at the same time, trying to defend themselves.

"She was like possessed man!"

"She looked innocent, but she was a freaking ninja!"

"We swear she really was a small little girl! We don't know how she did it!"

I felt a tic mark appear on my head. Those jerks, I'm not that little! I'm average sized! Everyone else is just tall! I'm 5'2! Well… I'm almost 5'2… kinda… if you squint… whatever.

"I don't know, probably a gang fight or something. Nothing we should concern ourselves with," I said. I can't get involved with that, if the government hears I'm getting into street fights they might deport me and think I'm trying to start a war or something stupid. I'm a princess! I can't be involved with gang violence!

Haruhi hummed in thought. "Yeah, you're probably right. I never knew our neighborhood could be so dangerous," she said as we continued our walk.

"Everywhere is dangerous once it's dark," I said. "There's something about night and being able to hide in the shadows that makes people more bold, more scary, and more dangerous,"

We continued to walk the rest of the way to school, quietly talking. She would constantly apologize for ditching me as we went, even though I repeatedly reassured her everything was fine. I was beyond grateful to see the school, I must have taken a bigger beating than I realized last night. This short walk has already made me tired and woozy. I need to go sit before I pass out or something, that would be extremely embarrassing.

We walked inside and right before we separated Haruhi turned to me. "I still am extremely sorry for leaving you yesterday," She said again.

"I know, Haruhi, seriously don't worry about it. We all forget sometimes," I said with a smile, but it did little to ease the hurt I felt inside. The more she brought it up, the more embarrassed I became. I just want to forget.

For once, Haruhi actually believed my lie and nodded smiling. "Well, I won't forget today! I'll meet you at the bench after clubs!" She swore.

Yeah right. "That's okay! I actually have some things I have to take care of after school today! But we'll walk together next time!" I beamed happily with a wide smile to really sell my lie. It's just better if I don't get close to anyone, then I won't be let down.

Haruhi seemed disappointed but smiled nonetheless, "Oh, well, okay then. I'll see you at club!" She said and we waved goodbye before going our separate ways.

Classes went by ever so slowly enticing a sirens song of sleep. The temptation to give in and rest my eyes felt overwhelming. There was a moment where I contemplated taping my eyelids open just to ensure I didn't fall asleep. My ribs were aching terribly, every little move made me want to cry in pain. I realized I never actually looked at them… I'm sure there fine, just bruised, if it was any worse surely I would know.

My back was also burning, and I couldn't wear my backpack anymore opting to hold it instead, getting a few weird looks from people but I ignored them. Who cares what people think.

But nothing was worse than how badly my head hurt. The pain had spread so instead of just the bumps hurting my whole head throbbed in pain. It was so bad I didn't even want to touch my head with my hand. I would know if I had brain damage right? Or a brain bleed? What exactly are they symptoms for that…

I snapped back into focus when the bell rang and I realized I had zoned out the entire lesson… Oh well, these are just extracurriculars after all. I already graduated, none of this is important.

I walked through the halls to my next class, holding my backpack in my arms instead of wearing it. All around me I could hear people whispering about me. It started because of the way I was holding my backpack, but then I got irritated as they changed subjects.

"I saw her sitting outside the school, I heard she didn't leave until 8:30 last night. Apparently it looked like she was waiting for someone and then she left alone. How embarrassing she got stood up,"

"I heard she was waiting for Haruhi. I don't blame Haruhi for ditching her, she's clearly trying to date him or something. How annoying."

"I heard she doesn't talk to anyone in class and that she just sits by herself,"

"I heard no one sees her during lunch. Where do you think she eats? Do you think she eats in the bathroom? Oh my gosh, how disgusting!"

"I can't believe she waited until 8:30, that's pathetic. What do you think she was waiting for? Do you really think it was Haruhi? Haruhi is so nice, there's no way he would stand her up like that, she was probably waiting to follow him home or something, that seems more realistic."

"I heard she had to beg the Host Club for a uniform and they took pity on her."

By the time I made it to my next class I wanted to bang my head on a wall. Great. Just great. More rumors and whispers about me. Does everyone really think that low of me? That I was waiting to stalk Haruhi home?

I saw Kyoya and Tamaki during this class, but I didn't talk to them. They sat in the front but I stayed in the back and kept to myself. Not on purpose, it just kinda ended up that way since I joined late, it was the last seat available. Kyoya and Tamaki acted as if I wasn't even in the room.

Whatever, we're not friends, so it's not a big deal. This was the last class before lunch thankfully, I would do anything to get away from the stares and whispers.

Once again, I wanted nothing more than to fall asleep, however, the pain I was in was more than enough to stay awake. Infact, sitting seems to be make my ribs hurt even more, and I kept shifting in my seat, trying to ease the pressure. My squirming seemed to catch Kyoya's attention and he gave me a suspicious look, after that I tried to stay as still as possible. No one can find out I'm injured, if anyone finds out and it makes it way back to my parents who knows what they'll do. They might try to convict those thugs with crimes against the crown, which would mean life in prison or a death sentence depending on how severe the case.

After what felt like an eternity, the bell rang and everyone was quick to leave. Everyone but me however. I slowly slid out of my seat and gathered my things into my arms, and began to shuffle out of the room.

I froze when I looked up and saw Kyoya standing at the door, watching me. "Moving a bit stiffly are we? Did you get injured during your Martial Arts Training? I would be surprised, word on the street is you're just as good as Yasuchika, and no one said anything about you getting injured. Which makes me wonder, just how did you get hurt?" Kyoya asked, his glasses flashing.

I stayed silent, my throat closing up as I tried to think of something to say. Swallowing thickly, I gave a bright smile. "I'm not injured!" I beamed at him. "I'm just a little sore from the exercise. It's been a long time since I've been pushed so hard. My body is just taking time to recuperate!" I lied easily. Is everyone this good at lying and pretending emotions? Although I do have a lot of practice, even back home, I would always pretend to be happy and never tell people when they've upset me.

Kyoya studied me closely, as if trying to find my injuries, but I just smiled even more innocently. I swear, if there could be, there would even be little butterflies and flowers floating around me. Kyoya opened his mouth, but he never got to speak, because instead Haruhi yelled out before he could say anything.

"Hana!" Haruhi yelled at me, and when I looked at her, she looked pissed. That can't be good. What did I do? Does she think I'm actually stalling her like those rumors say?

Haruhi continued to stomp her way towards me, Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamaki, all following quickly behind her, not wanting to be left behind. "Hana!" Haruhi yelled again as she got closer.

"Yes?" I asked sweetly, turning the charm from Kyoya to her. I tilted my head and beamed brightly, I swear, there was even a little breeze that blew my hair gently.

Haruhi faltered, being effected by my innocent act unlike Kyoya who was able to overlook it. "I… well.. you… I," Haruhi stuttered over her words before pausing and taking a deep breath. When she released her, her angry look was back. "You lied to me! You said you only waited 30 minutes and then left! So why am I being told people saw you outside waiting 2 hours after club hours ended!' She demanded to know.

I opened my eyes wide and shook my head, waving my hands as if to dismiss the question. "It wasn't 2 hours!" I denied. And it was true! It wasn't 2 hours, I waited an hour and a half, that's different from 2 hours!

Haruhi fixed me with a deadpan stare, "Oh really, then how long did you wait?" She asked me.

I pursed my lips and weighed my options. For some reason I had the sinking suspicion that I should be truthful this time. I sighed heavily and sadly nodded my head. "Okay, you're right, I wasn't exactly truthful the first time. I did wait for you for 1 hour and 30 minutes. I just kept getting worried that if I left, you would show up right as I left and then be mad at me. I just didn't want to be a bad friend," I shuffled my feet, looking at the ground feeling uncomfortable with all the eyes on me. I heaved another sigh, rolling shoulder awkwardly, "Anyways, when you showed up this morning and apologized, I could tell you were really upset, and I didn't want you to be upset. If I told you the truth, it only would have made you feel worse. So I just said it wasn't a big deal and told a small white lie about how long I waited," I could feel my face burning hot and knew I must be blushing.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and glanced up to see Haruhi standing close to me with a small smile. "Hana," She said, "I don't want you to lie to me about these things. You think it was no big deal, but if I do something wrong or if I upset you, tell me about it. Don't let other people treat you wrong just to not upset people's feelings," She said passionately.

I stared at her and for once didn't mask the hurt in my eyes. She makes it sound so easy. Just tell people the truth. If only it was that easy, but I've never been good at sticking up for myself, I've always struggled with telling people no. I just want people to like me, I just… I just want to be happy.

I blinked and quickly remembered where I was and smiled happily at her again, slipping my mask back on. "Okay, Haruhi, I will! Promise!" Eh, what's one more lie going to do.

"Haru Chan! Tama Chan! Kyo Chan! There you guys are! Mori and I have been looking for you!" All the hosts turned around to see Honey Senpai running towards us, waving like crazy. He had a happy innocent smile on his face. Mori Senpai was right behind him, stoic as ever.

With all the hosts distracted, I made my leave, quickly getting away from them. That was embarrassing, I don't need to hear what any of the hosts have to say about what I said to Haruhi. Probably something about how Haruhi and I aren't even friends so I shouldn't lie to protect her feelings.

Once again I faced the problem with nowhere to sit for lunch. Although, one place did keep popping up in my head, the third music room.

No one would be in there… and I am the hired pianist, so if anyone caught me I would just say I was practicing for later today.

Besides, I really don't want to eat in the bathroom like the rumors say. That would be too gross.

I walked into the music room with a heavy heart, an overwhelming sense of tiredness weighed down on me. My eyes and throat burned and I so badly wanted to cry, but I refused. I'm not a baby.

I sat down on the piano bench and just stared at the piano. I thought about playing, but even that seemed like too much effort. Instead I laid my head down on the keys and squeezed my eyes shut, a few tears leaking out.

I hate it here.

I want to go home.

I miss my family.

I miss my bedroom.

I miss having a place to belong.

Everyone hates me here.

I have no friends.

No one would even notice if I just go missing…

I jumped up when I heard the door open and multiple voices enter.

"I told you she'd be here!" A happy voice cheered.

With my back to them I quickly swiped any tears away and turned around with a bright smile.

Low and behold, the host club stood before me. It seems Honey Senpai led them here, they were all looking at me funny. Wait, did they see me crying? There's no way they could have! Right? Right!? "Uh… Hey guys," I said awkwardly, giving a small wave. "What are you doing here?"

"We wanted to eat with you!" Haruhi said happily, "But then you disappeared so we had to come find you. Honey Senpai said this is where you ate yesterday, so we wanted to come join you!"

Before I could say anything, Tamaki walked off to the corner and… started growing mushrooms? Were those always there? There's no way those were always there.

"Don't mind Milord!" The twins said in unison walking forward and flopping onto a couch.

"He's all moppy because he shattered a girl's heart," Kaoru said snickering.

"Yeah, so in return she slapped him!" Hikaru chimed, laughing loudly.

I just stared at them. Why are they being nice all of a sudden? "Riiiiight," I drew out, "I think Haruhi mentioned that earlier today…" I trailed off still completely confused. Why is the host club here? Haruhi said they wanted to eat lunch but… that can't be it.

All of the hosts (except Tamako) sat down on couches facing each other with a table in the middle, and I realized they were all staring at me, waiting for me to join them.

"Hana Chan! Do you wanna eat cake with me?" Honey asked, skipping over to where I sat instead of waiting for me to join them.

"Uh…" I stared into his eyes, getting sucked in for a minute before remembering this is an evil genius and my enemy. Man, I must be more injured than I thought if I forgot that! "No thanks Honey Senpai, I should eat my lunch first," I said eventually, getting up from the piano bench and moving away from him. I can't be so close to my enemy when I'm in a fragile state.

I decided a safe bet would be to sit by Haruhi, but before I could, Tamaki suddenly zoomed over and sat next to her. He cradled her face in his hands and leaned in closely. "You don't think of me as a player do you Haruhi?! You know I would never break a girls heart!" He cried.

"You tell 20 different girls that you love them every day. I wouldn't be surprised if you broke one of their hearts," Haruhi deadpanned.

At this Tamaki froze and fell onto the floor, apparently passed out.

Yeah, Haruhi is not safe to sit by, she attracts the weirdos. Instead I flipped around and sat on the same couch as Kyoya. I pulled my lunch out of my bag, but froze before I could eat it. Kyoya was staring at me, watching me closely. I lowered my lunch and turned to face him. "Is there something you need?" I asked him carefully.

He pushed his glasses up which flashed dangerously at me. "No, I just noticed you're wearing a lot of makeup today," He stated. "I was just surprised because you didn't wear any yesterday."

I was silent for a long time. Just what exactly does he mean by that. "Uh, yeah, well I woke up late yesterday and didn't have the time," I said without giving any attitude. Was he trying to insult me?

Kyoya smiled, and it sent shivers down my spine. "I also noticed you curled your hair today," He said, and I just gave him a weird look. "It almost seems as if your trying to hide something, compared to yesterday," He said eventually.

I stared at him in silence. I wanted to be offended, but technically he's not wrong… I am hiding my wounds… does he know more than he's letting on? That was when I realised Kyoya was staring more specifically at my right eye, which had a black eye when I woke up. I covered it up with makeup but if you look closely you would see how it's swollen. My eyes widened as I stared at him. He knows.

I don't know how much, but he definitely knows I'm injured and have a black eye.

I need to get away from him. I quickly avoided eye contact, and hid my face from him. No one needs to know about my injuries, it will only cause problems. I looked around the room to see if there were any other open seats. Tamaki was still being perverted with Haruhi, Hikaru and Kaoru were sitting with an open seat in the middle, but I've seen what they do to girls who sit in between them… That leaves Mori and my enemy… But I need a reason to switch seats without making Kyoya suspicious...

I jumped up from the couch. "Honey Senpai, I think I will have that slice of cake if you're still offering!" I said, beaming brightly and walking away from Kyoya, I withheld the temptation to turn around and stick my tongue out at him.

Honey jumped up excitedly. "Yes! I do! No one ever eats cake with me during lunch!" He ranted happily.

I almost wanted to believe him, but this is an evil mastermind, I need to stay on my toes, who knows what he's planning…

Mori pulled out two plates, one had an entire cake on it, and the other just a slice. "I have strawberry cake, but I got you a red velvet cake!" He said happily.

"Oh thank you! I love red velvet! How did you know!" I beamed, actually feeling a little excited and happy for once.

Honey was silent for a second, watching me with a serious expression. But it disappeared the second I looked at him, his expression becoming happy as always. "Just a lucky guess!" He giggled.

Yeah right, I think to myself. Suddenly my appetite was gone and so was my brief happiness. That was totally suspicious, and what was up with that look? Did he poison the cake? How did I forget he's my enemy! I need to focus! Should I even eat the cake? I'm no longer hungry… and it's not like I was planning on eating the cake anyways, I only said that to get away from Kyoya.

I did take a bite since it's my favorite, but the sugary sweetness upset my stomach, reminding me I still haven't eaten any food. Not wanting to be rude by eating my lunch after I already told Honey I'd eat the cake, I ended up just pushing the cake around with my fork.

Honey Senpai gave me sad puppy eyes. "Do you not like the cake?" He asked.

"No!" I quickly defended, "I love the cake, it's just, I have a stomach ache," I said shyly. Wait! Why do I care about his stupid feelings? He probably gave me this cake before lunch on purpose to make me sick! I knew it!! He is evil!

"Mitsukuni," A deep voice cut in. I looked up to see Mori Senpai watching us closely. "She needs to eat lunch," He explained and I felt a blush dust my face. I looked away and avoided eye contact.

"Waaah!" Honey instantly burst into tears and launched himself at me, hugging me tightly. "I'm so sorry Hana Chan!" He wailed. "Please go eat your lunch first and then come back and eat the cake! I don't want you to be sick!"

I felt myself blush even more as all the hosts turned to stare at me, Kyoya raised an eyebrow as he held up my uneaten lunch I left behind. I looked back at Honey who was still crying and felt panicked. I didn't want to make him cry! At least not yet! I haven't even gotten my revenge yet! I quickly smiled at everyone, putting on my best innocent face, I could feel sunshine beaming off of me, and I swear cute little butterflies were floating around. "It's okay Honey Senpai! Really everyone, I'm okay! I just can't eat a lot of sugar without eating a meal first!" A small lie but no big deal. Besides, I don't want these people worrying about me. I don't even know why they care. They made it clear we aren't friends, they didn't even want me sitting with them yesterday!

I stood up and brushed Honey Senpai off of me, I like having my personal space…

I got up and walked over to Kyoya picking up my lunch, but right then the bell rang. Well, whats one more meal that I skip I guess…

My stomach tightened painfully but there was nothing I could do, lunch was over and I had to get to my next class. My head felt like I was 20 feet underwater with pressure beating at me, and it kept throbbing in pain. I was very dizzy and was worried about passing out.

I just need to make it through the day and then I'll be better and I can eat as much food as I want. I sighed heavily, my eyes and throat burning as an overwhelming urge to cry crashed down on me. I rolled my shoulders back and put on a happy face, maybe if I pretend long enough I'll actually become happy.

There was a deep pang in my chest and I took a deep breath, but it did little to disperse the sadness that had taken root in my heart.

I started to put my lunch back into my backpack but froze when Honey yelled out, curse him.

"What are you doing!?" Honey asked, catching all the hosts attention again.

Kyoya pushed his glasses up making them flare, something I have now associated with dread. "You haven't eaten anything yet, Hana. You should stay behind and finish eating, I'm sure your teachers will be fine," He said, to which all the hosts nodded along.

I smiled sweetly with a sweat drop, "No that's alright. I'm actually not that hungry! I can eat right before club, while you guys are getting ready!" I said backing away and shoving my food into my bag.

"I don't know... " Tamaki hummed, catching me by surprise. "You seem a little pale, have you been eating properly? It's not good to skip a meal, even just pushing lunch off until later is not a smart idea," He explained, looking at me carefully with worried eyes.

"I can't be late to my next class," I explained, "And neither should you guys, we all need to hurry or we'll all be in trouble!" No one said anything, just looking at me with serious expressions and I sighed in defeat. "Okay, I'll go to the nurse and eat my food there and get a pass for being late. All of you need to go to class, right now," I explained, putting my foot down, I don't want to make them late.

"Sounds good to me!" The twins said in unison, clearly not carrying one way or the other. They linked their arms around Haruhi and skipped off to whatever class they have next.

"Haruhi!!! Wait for me!" Tamaki yelled, running after them like a mad man. "You shady twins! Get your hands off my precious Haruhi!" What a weird guy…

I started to walk out the room, Kyoya, Mori, and Honey following me. They all stopped to watch me walk away, clearly not trusting me to go to the nurses office on my own. I don't blame them, because the second I was out of eye sight I took off sprinting for my class. I'm going to be so late! Are all those hosts stupid? I can't skip class just to eat! If my parents find out they would be so angry and might do something irrational!

I could see the door to my class up a head, I'm going to make it!

RIIIIING

Or not… It should be okay… Right? Right? I'm only five seconds late… they wont be mad…

I slowed down just outside the door, not wanting to burst in and cause a scene. However when I walked in the teacher gave me a cold glare. "You're late," He said angrily. "Please go take your seat, I understand you're new, but you need to be on time," He huffed angrily.

I nodded with wide eyes, feeling my face burn with humiliation. This is all the host's fault! Why can't they leave me alone!

I quickly took my seat in the back next to Kasanoda, who gave me a small reassuring smile. One I tried to return but I'm sure it looked pitiful. The teacher told us to partner up and read the current news article he had set out on our desks. He also wanted us to create a plan of action that we think would best raticate the disaster. I kept my head down and silently began to read the article about the massive Tsunami that had devastated Indonesia back in 2010. I was too embarrassed to look up and talk to anyone right now, besides I'm sure Kasanoda will be my partner.

SLAP!

I jumped and looked up to see the twins who had slapped their hands down on my desk, they had identical scowls on their faces. What? Have they always been in this class?

"I thought you were going to eat your lunch?" The one who I think is Kaoru said.

"Don't tell us you lied to us!" Hikaru but in angrily.

I laughed nervously, feeling a cold sweat break out. "I couldn't miss class! You guys might not get in trouble with your parents for skipping class, but my parents would be so disappointed in me! They sent me here, by myself, into a country I've never been to before because they trusted me! I can't let them down! Besides, if they hear I skipped class, I can't easily tell them why, they live in a different country, so it will just cause them stress until I am able to contact them and explain what happened.!" I explained that I was frustrated with everyone getting involved in my business.

The twins froze, the angry expression they had melting into a serious one as they contemplated what I had said. "Your parents didn't move with you?" Kaoru asked surprised.

I blew air out of my mouth and rubbed my eyes tiredly, "No," I breathed out, losing all anger and instead feeling… nothing. I wasn't angry, I wasn't happy, I wasn't even sad… I was just numb. I was also so tired. Not to mention the pain that was radiating from my injuries. "My parents couldn't leave their business, so they had to stay behind. But this was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I couldn't pass up, so I came alone." I explained before remembering where I am and who I'm talking to. I quickly put on another fake smile and beamed brightly at the twins. "But it's okay! I'm basically an adult, it's not like I can't take care of myself!"

The twins silently looked at each other before sitting down in the empty seats in front of Kasanoda and I. "What are you guys doing?" I asked them suspiciously.

"Partnering with you obviously," Hikaru said.

"For the Indonesia project," Kaoru explained when I continued to stare blankly at them.

"Oh… Uh, thanks but Kasanoda and I are partners," I said motioning over to Kasanoda who looked surprised that I wanted to be his partner.

"Bosanova! We didn't realize you were in this class!" They chimed together with happy smiles.

What did they call him? Is that a nickname? I looked over to see Kasanoda scowling at his desk. I'm going to guess it's not a nickname he likes.

"Funny," I hummed, looking at the twins again, "I was going to say the same thing to you guys. I didn't know we shared a class together," Their eyes went wide and their mouths dropped, as if they couldn't believe I didn't see them. Man these hosts have big egos, it makes it easy to tease them.

"How can you say that!" Kaoru shouted.

"We are clearly the most attractive ones here!" Hikaru yelled.

"Eh," I shrugged my shoulders and went back to reading the article.

The twins huffed but got to work too, but they clearly didn't like the fact that I was ignoring them, as they were constantly doing different antics to get my attention.

Surprisingly, the class went by pretty quickly, and I had fun with the twins and Kasanoda who had opened up to the twins and their craziness.

"I gotta ask," I said to the twins leaning forward in my seat. There was only five minutes left before the bell rang and I wanted to ask the twins before it was time to leave. "What's up with the act you do in the club?" I asked them.

Hikaru smirked and leaned towards me, "Why do you ask? Are you interested in learning if there's truth behind it? Maybe join in on the fun?" He asked reaching forward to brush my hair behind my ear.

I slapped his hand away from me before he felt the large bump on my head that was right above my ear.

"Absolutely not," I deadpanned. "I just don't understand how you guys don't get grossed out by it. That's your brother you're pretending to kiss. I have a lot of brothers," A lie, but I do consider the Royal Guards to basically be my brothers. "And I just think I would vomit if I got as close to them as you and Kaoru get," I said, shrugging.

"I'm Kaoru," Hikaru deadpanned and I looked at him weird.

""No you're not? But whatever," I shrugged my shoulders as the bell rang and stiffly stood up, "If you want to pretend to be each other that's your business not mine," I gathered my stuff in my arms and carried it out, but had to pause as a wave of dizziness washed over me. I closed my eyes and took several deep breaths.

"Hana Senpai, are you okay?" Kasanoda asked me, walking forward and resting his hand on the small of my back.

I smiled brightly up at him, "Yes! I'm just sore from training yesterday," I said brightly, brushing off his concern.

We all walked out, with them giving me weird looks, but I couldn't help it, my wounds have gotten worse, making me walk with a slight limp that I was trying to hide the best I could. Why do my ribs still hurt so bad? And I felt so light headed and dizzy that I wasn't able to walk in a straight line.

"You foul, disgusting, man! You dare try to talk to me after what you did! I never want to see your face again! Do me a favor, and leave me alone!" A girl screamed.

We all turned around to see a pretty girl with silver blond hair slapping Tamaki before turning and running away, tears streaming down her face. Tamaki stood there looking absolutely heart broken, Haruhi and Kyoya patting him on the back.

"Woooow, boss," The twins said in unison walking over to them.

I slowly started to back away. If they see me, I will get dragged into whatever mess this is. It would be best to just disappear. And disappear I did! I managed to get away without them ever seeing me!

The rest of my classes went by slowly and uneventfully, and my whole body ached the longer the day went. By now every breath I took seemed to stretch my ribs out painfully, and I tried to refrain from taking deep breaths. By the time the last bell rang I wanted to cry in relief, except now I have to go to the Host Club and then the MA club after that…

I entered the room only to find the lights were dimmed, shades were pulled over the windows and all the hosts were sitting at a long table with Tamaki standing at the head. His head was hanging low between his shoulders, his hair flopping down to cover his face, and he was leaning on his hands that were placed at opposite corners of the table.

"Uh, hey guys. What's going on?" I asked, staring at them all. I was grateful for the dark room though, it helped with my headache.

"I, the beautiful, dashing, charming, prince, broke a princess's heart. Crushed her dreams. Burned her spirits. Spit on her goals and poisoned her happiness," Tamaki uttered, never lifting his head. "And now she hates me!" He yelled, flinging himself away from the table and collapsing into a ball in the corner of the room where he cried.

"You probably deserved it, Senpai," Haruhi dead panned.

It was like those were the words Tamaki needed to hear as he suddenly sprung up and was in all the hosts face. "How dare you say that to me!" He yelled on the top of his lungs. I swear his eyes became fire and his teeth elongated into fangs. "Look at me! I am not dastardly! Unlike these shady twins! You're probably the ones who went around poisoning her mind about me! Just like you do with Haruhi!" He wailed.

Now the twins started arguing with him, "You deserve it! You were probably a pervert to her like you are with Haruhi!" They screamed back, can't argue there, he is definitely a pervert. Tamaki started to chase them around the room, hurling insults at them and waving his fist threateningly. Haruhi stayed sitting but she would yell her own insults at random intervals whenever they brought her up.

"No one poisons my mind! Now stop acting like idiots and help us make a stupid plan so we can move on with our lives!" She yelled at them, although they just ignored her.

I am so not getting involved in this, I already feel like crap, I don't need to deal with this too.

"Hmm, you guys look busy. I'm going to let you figure this one out and just go to martial arts early," I said barely above a whisper. If they don't hear me they can't say no! And they can't get mad at me for leaving, I clearly told them I was going to leave!

I went to back away only to run into a stone cold body, whose hand clamped down onto my shoulder. "As a member of this club, you are needed to help us with our missions and must attend all meetings when you can. Besides, with your help, the odds of us going back to normal club hours increase," Kyoya said, pushing his glasses up with a flare.

"I would agree, but I'm not really a member of this club," I argued, "I'm just a hired pianist," I explained, still continuing to move towards the door.

"I'll take off an extra thousand yen off your debt," Kyoya deadpanned, his glasses flaring.

My shoulders sagged and my head dropped. I guess I'll be staying. "You better really take it off," I said glaring up at him.

"Why of course! What kind of business man would I be if I broke my word," He smiled innocently at me but I didn't trust him.

"Don't worry Hana Chan!" A cheery voice called next to me. I looked over to see Honey Senpai skipping over to me, it was as if he had flowers floating around him and his own spotlight. "It's going to be so much fun with all of us helping!"

"I still don't know what we're doing," I deadpanned, turning away from Honey Senpai who was just too cheerful for me right now. Besides he's my enemy and I still need to get my revenge for him setting me up.

"Alright men! Gather around!" Tamaki ordered and we all shuffled forward into a huddle.