I dedicate this chapter to Jumiku2 who was my only review and followed.. And also to bloody-rose-love who followed/favorite It meant a lot guys, and It made me want to write the next chapter right away, so without further ado, CHAPTER 2!

I own only the plot not the character.

Chapter 2

It was almost 8 o'clock and I was still out on my walk. I didn't want to go back home until I had sorted out the information I had, and the confusion I felt. I knew that the moment I went home dad would notice that something was up. So I just kept walking until I realized I was lost. This was so unlike me. I was usually really responsible, and I paid attention, but I guess today was an exception. I saw a bench and realized my feet where screaming at me to take a break, so I sat down. It was really quiet in this part of town. There was more natural surroundings, and shady trees. The sun was setting infront of me, and it took some of my confidence with it. I thought that dad would tell me something like this, but what if it was all just a big misunderstanding? Nah that's something a manga character would say. I knew without a doubt that something was up, but why did it bother me this much? Dad kept secrets all the time. I guess it was because it was about his "Wife?" what was that about. Mom died years ago, and he never remarried. I placed my head in my hands and heaved a heavy sigh. What in the world was going on? It was like fate was trying soo hard to turn my life completely upside down, I sighed again and closed my eyes. Before I knew it, I was lost in my thoughts, or was it a dream? I didn't know, but eventually I heard a gently voice call to me and I opened my eyes slightly. Infront of my was a girl with bright blue eyes, long brown hair tied back in two matching blue ribbons, and a blue dirty uniform. My eyes snapped open at that sight, and I sat up to look straight at her. She had a look of concern in her crystalline eyes, and those eyes seemed familiar to me, but I couldn't place where I'd seen them before.

"Hey, are you O.K.?" concern evident in her voice.

"Yeah. Just lost myself in thought and didn't realize how late it had gotten." I smilled at her, and it seemed to convince her. Thank Kami. She smiled at me, a bright smile of pure kindness and innocence.

"Good. You had me worried." She stood up from her kneeling position next to me.

"Hey," I asked tentatively "Didn't we run into each other this morning?"

She thought for a moment and laughed. "Yes I think we did." This made us both laugh. I patted the seat next to me. "Care to sit with me for a while? I could use the company." Why was I inviting a stranger to sit with me? Or rather why was I asking her to stay when she probably had to get home. I braced myself for her to decline, but she smiled again and plopped down next to me. This surprised me, but I just smiled back at her. Sitting there in the light of the streetlights and of the almost set sun, it was quiet, and kind of awkward. So I asked her a question.

"Sorry if I'm prying, but are YOU ok? Your uniform is kinda dirty." She looked surprised, and starred down at it.

"It isn't that bad is it?" She asked as if she honestly believed it. I sweatdropped as I answered that yeah it was. The girl then sighed in defeat and sank into the bench

"And I tried so hard to hide it." This surprised me. "Hide what?" I asked in honest interest. She realized what she had said and waved her arms wildly infront of her. "IT'S NOTHING REALLY!" I sweatdropped again, and let it slide, figuring that she would tell me if she felt like it. She then turned to me and said "Oh yeah, I'm Tohru by the way, Tohru Honda." I facepalmed at her introduction realizing that I hadn't introduced myself yet. "I'm Haruhi, Haruhi Fujioka. Nice to meet you Tohru." We smiled at each other until my phone buzzed and I excused myself to check it. It was Tamaki-senpai saying something about club activities tomorrow. I sighed. He had given me this phone despite my protests, and everynoght I got a bunch of texts from him and the boys about anythignand everything. At least this was practical. I flipped the phone shut and apologized to Tohru for being rude. I sat back down and silence settled between us again.

"My mom died." She whispered almost to where I couldn't hear her.

"What?" I asked gently turning my head to look her in the eyes.

"I said, a few months ago, my mom died in a car accident. And it's all my fault!"

This chipper happy girl started bursting into tears right next to me. I was completely and utterly confused. How could it be her fault? A few months ago, that's when the letter was written, I couldn't make sense of anything, so I did all I knew how to do I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tight letting her cry into my chest. I rubbed soothing circles into her back, and just sat there letting her cry. Not knowing what else to do.

After a while, she stopped crying and resorted to sniffles. She unconsciously laid her head in my lap, and I started petting her head. We just sat there on that little bench, me holding her, and her releasing what I could only assume was months of pent up anguish. After a while of that, she pushed herself off of my lap, and wiped her face.

"Feel better?" I asked with a smile. She nodded and continued to wipe her face with her sleeve. "I am better now thanks for letting me cry like that. I'm sorry that I soaked your shirt." I looked down, and sure enough, there was a huge wet splotch on both my chest and a little splotch on my lap. I laughed slightly at her embarrassed face as I surveyed the damage. I assured her that it was ok and got up to leave, but I paused and turned back to her.

"Say Tohru, you want me to walk you home?" I meant it since she had been crying, and probably looked vulnerable. She turned bright red, and fear was evident in her eyes. "Ohh noo! You don't have to do that, I'll be fine." She rubbed the back of her head and hurriedly tried to get up, but I grabbed her wrist.

"Please. I'm worried about you." She blushed a little, and dropped her face. She nodded almost imperceptibly, and I realized she must think I'm bothered by her. (Little did my oblivious self knew that that was not the case at all). I released her wrist, and she began walking until we reached a trail that led into the woods. That was strange, because as far as I knew, there were no houses or apartments here. But Tohru just kept going, so I followed. After walking for a while, I Stop dead in my tracks when I see where Tohru is heading. It's a small tent. No bigger than maybe 4X4. Not big at all. I can't believe my eyes when she enters the tent and then waves me in. I sit down totally speechless. The tent is barely able to hold the two of us. She looks at me probably waiting for a response, but when I don't give one, she speaks.

"So this is my home. When my mom died, I lost my house, and this is where I wound up." She lets out a small smile. And I frown seeing it because this wasn't right. She shouldn't be living like this. It just wasn't right.

"Don't you have family? Or friends that you could stay with?" She looks at me and shakes her head. "I didn't want to burden anyone. I'm not their responsibility, and I should be able to take care of myself.
I couldn't believe this girl. She was living in a tent, and she was thinking about others! She was so kind and caring, yet she is the one out in the cold. I couldn't stand the thought. I took her hand in mine, and squeezed it. She looked at me questioningly, and I explained.

"You can't stay here. You will get sick, and you think no one has noticed your dirty uniform? Until you're able to find somewhere, or get on your feet, I'm taking you to stay at my dad and my apartment." She tried to protest saying that it would be too much trouble, but I shut her up.

"I can't just let you stay here now that I've seen how you live. It doesn't matter if we just met. If someone else is in need of help,and I can give it, I will. So just come on.: This was somewhat out of character for me. I would try to help people, but I'd never done something like this, but something about this girl just threw me off, and I needed to know what it was. Plus, she really would get sick, and that was no good. I gave her a few minutes to gather all of her things, and then we took down the tent. I put it into its bag, and we started walking away. Just as we did that, I heard a rumble behind us. I turned around a saw rocks falling down onto the spot we had been in only a moment ago. When I realized what was going on when the rocks didn't cease, I yelled in pure terror for Tohru to run. The rocks were getting bigger, and they were gaining on us. I tried to get us out of the rockslide, but it was too late. I see Tohru trip over a tree root, and I see a rock collide with her head. I see her go down, Hit the ground, and not move as more and more rocks pile on top of her. I screamed and tried to save her, but before I could reach the only exposed part of her arm, her hand, my vision goes dark, and I am no longer conscious.

OK! Sorry for the cliffhanger. But I just had to Thanks for reading, and R&R.