It was dark, it was cold. Where am I? She didn't speak out loud, but the question echoed in the empty black void around her. Seeing a light, the small girl ran towards it. As she ran, it grew and engulfed her, pulling her into the past.
It was a bright, warm, sunny spring day. A little girl was standing on the porch of a cute little suburban house. She was watching the road with big shining eyes full of joy, and in her hands she clutched a notebook. We finished the song mommy. Come home and hear us sing it. What the little girl didn't know though, was that her mother wasn't ever going to get to hear the end of the song. Two other's ran out of the house calling her
"Nala! Nala!" She turned to them with a giant smile on her little face. One of the girls was a small brunette with with big doe eyes,
"Haruhi!" Nala's smile was could have lit the sky in the sun's place with her joy at the sight of the girl. The other little girl had big stormy blue eyes, and dark auburn red hair. She looked so similar to Nala in all other aspects though, that the girls were often mistaken for sisters. Nala turned to the other girl and grinned at her.
"Is Auntie here yet?" the redhead asked, her blue eyes swimming with hope. "She said she'd come home early since it looked like we'd be finishing it today!" The three girls turned to watch the road in silence. They stood like that for hours, even as the sky grew dark and the hope in the eyes of the cousins dimmed with darkening sky. Suddenly, a distant noise had them jerking their heads up and watching eagerly. Like dogs, bodies poised and still, ears attuned to the sound drawing ever closer, eyes watching the flashing light in the distance grow nearer and nearer. Only one of the little girls knew what that light meant. Fear filled the child and she rushed to the other girls.
"Nala! Maddy!" She grabbed Nala's hand and tried tugging her inside but the other girl refused to budge. "We need to go inside. Bad things happen in cars with flashing lights." Indeed so. Bad things did happen in the car with the flashing lights, in that car zooming by, Nala and Haruhi's mothers lifeless bodies lay. At the time the ambulance zoomed by they didn't know. But later, when two fathers stumbled into the yard, one crying and sobbing, and the other cold and closed off, all three girls felt horror strike them. Nala's father looked to her cousin Maddy and in a voice so cold that fire could've been frozen he snarled, "This is your fault you little….they wouldn't have been coming home early if you didn't tell them the song would be done wouldn't have crashed!" The horror that struck the hearts of the little girls at his words cut deep.
"D-d-daddy m-m-momma's dead?" He spun on Nala and getting in her face he screamed,
"YES! Yes she's dead! And it's all her fault!" He pointed at Maddy. "You stay away from my daughter! You two are done! Never let me catch you near her again!" Maddy stumbled back in fright and Nala leapt between her father and the other little girls.
"Don't talk to Maddy like that! We're friends, and friends don't leave or give up on each other! Ever!"
I snapped awake from the dream. Friends don't...give up on each other? I said that….
"I said that." My voice was full of conviction as i spoke the words out loud to the empty apartment. Sadness filtered through me at the memories of my darling cousin but i shut that train of thought down right away. I'd get to see her again when i was eighteen and that was that. Sitting up i groaned at the pain in my neck mental note don't fall asleep on the couch it hurts like a bitch when you get up. Sighing i slid off the couch *crunch* I froze as something shattered under my feet and looking down i groaned. The glass vase was still lying in chunks on the ground, lifting my feet gingerly i took a deep breath in relief that my feet hadn't been cut. Crawling off the other side of the couch i grabbed a broom from the bathroom closet and swept the glass up. The lights were all on still from the night before, and i had to walk around shutting them off. Finally finished with that, i threw back my shoulders in a facade of bravado and shoved open Haruhi's bedroom door. My jaw dropped, the mess i'd been expecting to clean up was non existent, in fact it looked like nothing out of the ordinary had happened in the apartment especially not a rampaging demon Hikaru was effective…... A shudder ran through me at the memory of the creature's face and i backed out of the room shutting the door after me. A glance at the clock in the hall had me freaking out and with a horrified yelp i rushed to the laundry room and grabbed clothes out of the dryer. If i didn't hurry i would be late for school. Rushing out the door i ended up skidding to a halt and running back into the apartment to grab my bookbag and an apple before hurrying back out and heading out of the apartment building. My mad dash somehow got me to school on time, just barely, and i rushed through the halls to my classroom. With a sigh i sat down and waited for the teacher to get there. Unfortunately, my academics weren't as high as Haruhi's so i was in class 1-B instead of 1-A with her and the twins. I was here on a music scholarship nothing else so i was just glad i made it into the B class. Of course, i enjoyed the music classes at Ouran, they were filled with only the best of the best musicians and the teachers were world renowned singers and musicians. Sadly though, that was only half of my classes, the rest were the boring, old, everyday classes. So far no one had approached me at the school aside from the host club, which confused me but hey who am i to complain at least i have them, besides it could always be worse. Even as that thought flickered through my mind the door opened and upon seeing who was entering i let out a soft, silent sigh. Please, do enter drama. The girl standing at the door happened to be none other than Ayanokoji, Haruhi's like arch nemesis. Ever since she'd found out i was Haruhi's best friend, and staying with her she'd been trying to make the classes we had together hell. Hmm maybe that's why no one has approached me,,,yeah that makes sense. Per her normal routine she first went to my desk and leaning a hip against it she spoke in a sickly sweet voice,
"Aw look at what the cat dragged in." I blatantly ignored her and i could almost feel her attitude swell with anger when her verbal taunts didn't affect me. "Still looking for a guy who'll fall for someone like you?" I kept looking out the window as she talked, "I'm sure if you look a little harder out the window at the garden a plant might notice you, but then again...maybe not." With a sigh i turned to face her and cocking an eyebrow i murmured,
"I'm sure a slut would know all about that." She drew herself up in indignation and her cheeks flushed a shade darker. It was no secret the girl slept around freely which kinda surprised me, but then again….no, no it didn't surprise me.
"I'm sorry i think i heard you wrong. I'm quite sure you just called me a whore." I looked up at her and returned her sickly sweet smile and snarked,
"Oh honey i'm not calling you a whore. I'm just saying if you're vagina was a video game it would be rated E for everyone." She gasped in indignation.
"How dare you! You have no right to talk about my...my...private areas like that." I snorted.
"You call them private? Ayanokoji if you get any more traffic down there you'll need to open a starbucks." Her face burned bright red, the entire week that i'd been in the class this had been her daily routine, except so far i hadn't talked back to her choosing to ignore her instead, but after the night i had i was too tired to deal with her shit. By now, we had the attention of the entire class, their eyes burning into mine and Ayanokoji's backs. Phones were out, texts being sent, rumors spreading and i sighed turning my head back to look out the window going back to ignoring the bitch at the side of my desk. She hesitated a moment, before turning away and going to her desk in a huff. A slow smile spread across my lips and i couldn't help but feel just a teeny bit triumphant at the victory i'd just attained. The teacher entered, and settling down further in my seat i began counting down the hours till school was done.
By the end of the school day i was dead tired, so when the school bell rang i could've cried from happiness. Stretching, i relaxed for a moment, before sliding out of my chair and grabbing my book bag. My classroom was on the bottom floor and soon i found myself staring up the stairs with a feeling of dread.
"They really need to install a damn elevator." So saying, i took the first step. Five minutes later found me panting with exhaustion at the top of the stairs. "Damn stairs need to go away. Ugh just ugh." I received a weird look from two girls as they reached the top and found me sitting on the floor leaned against the banister talking to myself. They probably think i'm mental i snorted and shut my eyes for a minute to rest. "I've got it!" Suddenly my eyes snapped open and i leapt up. "It's like the stairs in Kung Fu Panda! They're only here to build my endurance and test my will!" I leveled an evil stare at the stairs and still glowering i pointed at them and snapped. "You're going down ya suckers!" With an evil laugh i turned away and made a beeline for the host clubs doors. Throwing them open, I found the room empty. The frick? Stepping back outside i stopped a girl in the hall and asked her where they were. I was pleasantly surprised when i was told they were hosting in the garden instead of the music room for the day. As i thanked the girl and she left i came to a horrible realization, I have to face the stairs again...gosh darn it! Ttrudging back to them, I death glared them and began the tedious climb back down determined to not let them defeat me this time. Upon reaching the bottom i did a little victory dance again earning me some stares and whispers but i just flashed a smile and headed off for the garden. I let out a little gasp at the sheer beauty of the place. Under the blooming cherry trees it was like a fairy kingdom and for a moment i felt like nothing could ever hurt me. Of course the feeling didn't last long as the sound of high feminine tittering laughter broke through my fantasy. With a sigh i began trudging towards the noise. I think it's coming from behind this bush...well...it's now or never….Leaning forward to part the branches to see who was there proved disastrous though, i leaned a little too far and lost my balancing falling into and through the bush.
"Oof!"
"Nala!?" Startled voices and one girl's scream had me leaping to my feet only to find i couldn't see a thing cause a branch had tangled in my hair and pulled it all forward to drape over my face. I tried to step back and untangle my hair at the same time and in the process i tripped over a rock. It was one of those slow motion falls, my hair flung away from my face, but i squeezed my eyes shut tight, bracing myself for the fall. A fall that never came, strong arms caught me and i was pulled against a warm, bare chest. Cracking an eye open, i looked around and found all the girls in the clearing fangirling with hearts in their eyes. Is that normal? I'm pretty sure i saw one girl faint and her soul floated away. I blinked hard before rubbing my eyes Now i'm seeing things for sure. Tipping my head back, i found myself face to face with my rescuer, who just happened to be Kyoya. I turned steam engine red and attempted to do some crazy gymnastic feat and leap out of his arms. Again that didn't end well. Our legs tangled and we both ended up falling forward. Somehow mid fall though, Kyoya flipped us so he hit the ground not me. Opening my eyes for a second time i'm pretty sure i was gonna jump out of my skin in horror. I was sitting atop Kyoya's stomach, my hands planted against his bare chest between our bodies and my head nestled against his shoulder. I scrambled off him, kneeing him in the gut by accident which resulted in him releasing a small.
"Oof!"
"S-s-sorry O-o-otori." I'm pretty sure my soul was about to join that other girl's except i was about to die of embarrassment. He stood up and after brushing off and straightening his kimono he extended a hand to me to help me up off the ground. With a sigh he said,
"How long do you plan on staying on the ground Miss Fuyumi?" Flustered i began mumbling about picking myself up and with a look of exasperation, Kyoya grabbed my hand in his and with a jerk tugged me to my feet. Whispers around us had me turning in confusion forgetting that he was still holding my hand in his.
"Are you seeing this!"
"I ship it!"
"OH EM GEE SSOO CUTE KYOYA-SAMA!" I looked at the girls in horror as i realized they were fangirling at KYOYA and I. Realizing i was still holding his hand i jerked it away and clutching it to my chest i began backing away stuttering.
"I-I-I...Ha-haruhi...a-apologize….gonna...b-bye!" and i zoomed off through the flowering trees towards the sound of more laughter ringing through the garden.
- Kyoya's POV -
I watched Nala run away in embarrassment and couldn't help but let out a small snort at her actions. I hadn't expected her to be such a klutz. Sure i'd known she was going to show up today to find us but THAT had not been in my premonition. When she'd fallen through the bush with her hair tangled in her face i couldn't help but feel a little surprised at her appearance, but when she'd tripped, i had on instinct leapt to catch her. Her small body was tensed for the fall, but when i caught her, i don't think she realized it, but she'd relaxed and leaned against me. Her head had tipped back and she'd opened a shimmering green eye. Her look of surprise and horror as her face burned red had almost made me laugh out loud, but i'd kept it in check. Only barely though. She'd tried to leap out of my arms, but her feet had tangled in the bottom of my kimono tripping both of us. As we'd fallen i'd shifted so she wouldn't be the one hurt and had landed under her. Her body was soft against mine, and i'd been pleasantly surprised. For the second time, she relaxed against me for the briefest of moments before her body had tensed and she'd lifted her head in horror, her green eyes meeting mine before she rolled off of me. I stood up, but she sat there on the ground still looking shocked and confused. Stepping forward i extended a hand to her murmuring,
"How long do you plan on staying on the ground Miss Fuyumi?" She flushed again before starting to stutter incomprehensibly. With a sigh i bent and grabbed her hand in mine before standing up and giving her hand a tug to pull her to her feet. Never let it be said i wasn't a gentlemen. I smirked and she glanced around at the girls as she heard them whispering. I'm not exactly sure what she heard, but whatever it was made her eyes go wide and she all but leapt away from me jerking her hand from mine and stumbling over the words as she backed away she said,
"I-I-I...Ha-haruhi….gonna...b-bye!" Before tearing off through the bushes leaving myself and the other girls there in mixed states of confusion, amusement and shock.
***Author's note***
Soooo what do y'all think? I wanted to lighten the story up a bit and you guys got some of the adorableness for the first time hehe. Anywho my normal request! Please review and let me know what you think! Also you guys kinda got to meet Maddy for the first time yippee! Don't forget about her…..