If you haven't checked out the first part of this story, New Bad Girl at Ouran, head over to coauthor Tracy4t's page for the first half. Unfortunately there wasn't enough space to include that in the summary, but this story is definitely a joined effort. Writing work is split 50/50 so if you enjoy the story please be sure to also give her a shout out in the comments. We both hope you all enjoy the final half of Shiki's story.
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"You're leaving Ouran?"
Shiki got quiet.
"Shiki?"
"Well apparently it was for the best anyways." And with that she left the room, leaving Hikaru in stunned silence.
"No wait Shiki, stop," Hikaru stood up, stumbling and falling down because of his balance, but got back up anyways and followed after her. "Why didn't you tell anyone?!"
"Why do you care? After all, according to you, nobody could possibly like me anyways. Why don't you go leave and get tased again?"
"Shiki do you not get what a joke means? I didn't mean it! I've never actually thought you were stupid! In fact I had no clue about your grades, you're a lot smarter than most of the people there so I was really surprised because I always thought you had good grades. And you said so yourself, you say things you don't mean when you're mad. I didn't mean what I said in the club room either!" He told her. She turned around.
"What a load of crap, at least I'm not stupid enough to buy into you're bullshit huh?" Shiki retorted.
"I'm not bullshitting you!"
"Stop pretending like you care about me and just get out!" She shouted at him
"No!" Hikaru declared, "Not after all the bullshit I've been through just to find this place! Hell, I ever brought Sissy along because I figured you'd have a soft spot for the puppy."
"You were going to use Sissy as an excuse to get in here?" Shiki asked, "You're even worse than I thought! Get out!" She turned her back on him in an attempt to walk away from him.
"I'm not leaving until I know we're on the mend!" Hikaru said as he walked after her. In his haste, he accidentally caused the two to fall over, with him on top of Shiki's back.
"Now you've done it! Get off me!" Shiki ordered mad.
"And if I don't?" Hikaru response surprised her as he whispered it into her ear. He surprised her even more by laying a kiss on her neck.
"What the hell do you think..." Shiki started to say angry as she tried to get up. However, Hikaru threw her for another shock as he shifted his weight to the point that he was now pinning her down and used on of his own hands to keep her own pinned down above her head. He even used his other hand to put pressure on one of her shoulders to keep her from being able to get up.
"Not that great when you have something you feel powerless over huh?" He said.
"What are you talking about?" Shiki asked.
"You realize how many people actually like you and I mean like you? A lot okay? But you constantly trying to push them away can and does make them feel powerless. Especially since they can help you not have to feel like you're not so helpless. All it takes is a little push," said Hikaru.
"You don't know half of what you're talking about!" Shiki shouted.
"Maybe, but we can still help. Maybe we think you're worthy of our help, no matter what it cost us!" Hikaru insisted.
"And what is it that makes you think why I'm worthy of your time?" Shiki asked.
"I like you, I like you a lot," said Hikaru. He lowered his head closer to her neck and kissed it again.
"Hikaru, no! Stop! You don't know what you're talking about!" Shiki shouted as he tried to shake him off.
A deafeningly loud bark rattled through their ears. Hikaru turned around to see Hooch right across from them, bearing his teeth and growling.
"Sorry..." He stood up, backing away from Shiki. Hooch stepped in front of her defensively, still growling. Shiki sat up and pet him reassuringly. "And sorry to you too, Hooch. Look. When you were trying to make me jealous back in the club room I didn't know how to react and I just said the first vile thing that came to my mind because, well, it was working. I get jealous really easily, and I was frustrated that you weren't talking to me and didn't understand why you were so mad, and I just snapped and said something I didn't mean. I just... I wanted to know what it was like to be on the receiving end when you were using Kaoru, I didn't mean to do that it just... when I fell on top of you Shiki I'd never been that close and I just..."
"Well I don't care what you 'just wanted' you can't just do whatever you want when I'm shouting at you to stop that's fucking creepy-"
"I did know what I was talking about." Hikaru blurted out, this time it was him leaving her in stunned silence. "I meant that one, and I'm not taking it back. You're the most amazing person I've met. I don't know how you deal with everything, but you do, and people like you don't just come by every day. Anyone would be lucky to be with you, and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot, including me."
Shiki was clearly stunned, but still managed, "Damn right you are..."
"See we can agree on something," said Hikaru.
"I guess," said Shiki.
"I am sorry I got carried away like that," said Hikaru.
"Did you really want to kiss me just now?" Shiki asked.
"Yes," said Hikaru. Shiki slowly slid over to him and Hikaru put his hand on her shoulder.
"Why?" Shiki whispered as she actually found herself letting Hikaru moving closer to his face.
"Why not?" Hikaru responded.
Hooch snapped at Hikaru again, making him jump back and breaking the intensity of the moment.
"Is he going to hate me forever now?" He asked.
"He tends to hold a grudge. I don't know where he learned it from." Shiki said.
"Hmm, I wonder," He rolled his eyes but she could see he was smiling. Suddenly his smile dropped. "You're not really leaving, are you?" He asked.
She sighed. "If I don't fix my grades then I'll have to."
"We can help you. Like for example Mori's really good at Geography, and Kaoru's good at literature. We could help you in subjects that we're good at, I know they wouldn't want you to leave either.
Shiki shrugged.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I- never mind, it's nothing. I'll think about it, okay? You should probably get out of here before Hooch decides your nuts would make a good snack." She said, switching the subject. Hooch continued to stand in front of her, staring at Hikaru, ready to lunge if needed to protect his best friend.
Suddenly Sissy jumped in front of Hikaru, mimicking her father's actions.
"She really is daddy's girl isn't she?" Shiki said.
Shiki looked down at Hooch, who gave Sissy a look as if to say 'don't use that tone of growl with me young lady' and couldn't help but laugh.
Hikaru laughed too.
"Sissy," he said picking the puppy up, "come on now, don't be like that. We should go, I did do something totally stupid tonight."
"Yeah. You got someone to drive you out here right? It's bad to drive with a concussion. I read it on google so I'm a pro at this stuff."
"Yeah I got someone. I'll see you tomorrow then?"
Shiki nodded. He smiled at her and closed the door behind him.
...
Haruhi's cellphone rang just as she was falling asleep.
"Sempai, its late, can we talk about this tomorrow?" She asked sleepily.
"It's urgent, I'm calling all the members of the host club together for an emergency meeting before school, please come to the music room as soon as you can tomorrow." Tamaki said, sounding worried.
"Are you okay? Is something wrong?"
"I'll explain everything in the morning.
"Semp-" She began, but he hung up. 'That was strange.' She thought, 'I wonder what its about. It's been a long time since we've had an emergency meeting.'
Haruhi had to drag herself to the club room the next morning.
"Damn him, I hate rich people. Don't they know how early I have to wake up to catch an early bus?" She muttered.
"Haruhi, what took you so long?" Hikaru asked as she walked in to find everyone else already there.
"I hate you guys sometimes," Haruhi muttered.
"You almost sound like Shi-Chan when you say that," Hunny said giggling.
"This better be important!" Haruhi insisted as she sat down.
"It is, unless we do something Shiki's going to be kicked out of Ouran!" Tamaki exclaimed.
"What? Why?" Haruhi asked. "Did she get in trouble again?"
"No, her grades aren't doing so well," said Hikaru, "she's not really putting her best effort forward recently."
"Her weight lifting grade is flawless, but aside from that her best is a low D." Kyoya explained as he read from his laptop.
'Well she does have a lot on her." Haruhi said.
"I bet if we were to at least get rid of those stupid Black Spiders, it'd help out a lot," Hikaru muttered.
"You say it like it's so simple." Haruhi replied.
"I wonder what they're planning." Hunny mused.
"What do you mean?" Asked Kaoru.
"It feels like it's been a while since we've heard from them." He said.
"Do you think Shiki moving helped?" Tamaki asked.
"Possibly," said Kyoya, "the security for her new home is the top of its field."
"Tell me about it," said Hikaru rubbing his head.
"We shouldn't let down our guard." Mori spoke up, which of course made everyone quiet. He spoke so rarely that when he did everyone listened. "They still want her for the tournament."
"True," said Kyoya, "but let's see if we can't focus on the matter at hand, getting her grades up."
"Yes, that's why we're here gentlemen!" said Tamaki.
"Well what are her classes other than weight lifting? I know she has English with me and you guys," Haruhi said, referring to the twins.
"Trigonometry and Physics." Kyoya said. "Hunny, you particularly excel at math correct?"
"You betcha!" Hunny said proudly.
"Um may I intervene here?" Haruhi asked, "in case you guys haven't noticed, Shiki's not too happy with us lately. Maybe we should bring in an outside source?"
"You're not talking about Binary Girl are you?" the twins asked.
"Well," Haruhi started to say.
"I don't think Shi-Chan would like her very much," said Hunny.
"But she's really nice and smart, why wouldn't she?" Asked Tamaki.
"Don't you remember how much she talks though?" Hunny pointed out.
"Yes, I don't think she and Shiki would get along so well," said Kyoya, "Let's try something else."
"Well what else could get Shiki motivated enough to study more?" Haruhi asked.
"I think Shiki needs help, like serious mental help, like with a therapist or something. All this bottled up anger isn't good for her, even if she wasn't dealing with the Black Spiders," said Kaoru, "if she can learn to let some of it go, it might be good for her."
"He joined the 'I pissed Shiki off club' yesterday." Hikaru added.
"When I tried to bring it up with her she took it the wrong way and she thought I meant it in a negative way, but I really meant it genuinely. We all know Shiki's... unique, to say the least, but am I the only one who thinks it goes a little beyond the normal not normal?" Kaoru asked.
"Yes her temper can be a bit much at times, even for her," said Kyoya, "it could be that she is unfortunately dealing with a lot more stress in life."
"Not that I don't agree with you guys, I do, but I think it might be best to focus on just one thing at a time. Especially if you merely bringing it up upset her that much, it may be best to address the school issue first and then worry about that later." Haruhi suggested.
"Yes, good idea," said Kyoya.
"The question is though, how do we get her interested?" Tamaki said out loud as pondered the problem.
"Why don't we try motivating her with cake? She loves cake!" Hunny suggested.
"I think the most important thing with her is to make sure we make sure she feels comfortable during tutoring and we don't make her feel stupid. If she feels any of those then she won't keep doing it." Haruhi said. "If we can convince her to go to the first session and make sure it goes really well it might make it easier for her to go to the other ones."
"I may have an idea," said Hikaru.
