Hey there FF. Guess who?

Yup, after falling off the face of the earth, I have returned. And anyone who's still reading after all this time, bless you.

Let's get this show on the road?

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Lucki

My nails are stubs.

I've been sitting here for the past hour and a half chewing my nails. Really, it's not helping the stress.

Everyone's sitting in the waiting room, waiting for me to 'wake up'. Truthfully, I've been awake all morning. I was just thinking.

It's a long jump, really. To think of how not even a few weeks ago, we were at prom having the time of our lives. And Benji was a silly girl with her head in the clouds and now look where she is.

How things change.

I turn to the door and yell for Hikaru, and he immediately appears.

"Are you okay?" He puts his hand on my shoulder, and I'm slightly more relaxed. My eyes close and I nod wearily. "You're doing great, you know. Living in this hospital and having to get these injections daily. You're being really brave." He says this thinking that it's a comfort. Believe me, it's not.

I continue in my nervous nail biting, and he's waiting for me to say something. But I won't because there's really nothing to say. "Was there anything you wanted?" He sat on the uncomfortable hospital bed. "No, I'm just too edgy to be alone right now." At this, he took my hand from my mouth and laced his fingers in mine. I smiled sourly. "You'll be fine."

My eyes squinted ever so slightly.

"Yeah, well."

Hikaru loosened his grip on me ever so lightly. "What?" He bit.

I shrugged. "I'm just tired of hospital food and needles. And this 'everything's gonna be okay' crap is really egging me on." I took my hand back. "Well I'm sorry things aren't to your liking, princess." He chuckled sarcastically.

"Yeah, well…Not like I have a choice anyway." I pulled my hair behind my ear. Hikaru stood. "Benji didn't have the choice." He accused. I looked up at him and my eyes watered slightly. "I…I know. I've been picking fights with everyone, and I'm just plain rude lately, not that I'm better any other time, but it's more or less worse now…I'm sorry." I started biting my nails again.

Truly, the hospital's been great. I get three meals a day and all I have to do is laze around and watch cop shows. The problem's Benji…And I've known that for a while now.

I find myself asking terrible questions like, Is she even gonna make it? Will she be okay? Is she even in the best possible care?

It worries me that people are taking such good care of us both, and it might not even work. My heart crept back to my throat upon thinking of the possibilities.

Benji could very well die.

I blinked rapidly, fighting off tears.

Hikaru took my hand again. "Benji's gonna be fine, and you'll be out of here within the month. Really, Lucki. You're brave." I felt my face flame as he leaned closer.

"Alright, break it up. We can't have our little patient catch Herpes." Liv slammed the door open and Hikaru jumped back ten feet. I rolled my eyes. "Very funny. And may I ask where he got herpes?" I eyed the group of people entering behind her, minus Kyouya. I haven't seen much of him since I was admitted.

Liv chuckled and sat at the foot of the bed.

"How are you feeling?" Haruhi asked. Tamaki went to put his arm around her, though she shied away subtly. What's going on there?

I shrugged. "I've been better."

"What about you, Aiko? I seem to recall some risky behavior between you and twin two." I started chewing the nails on my other hand. Aiko flamed while Kaoru looked offended.

"You can't even call me by my name?" He raised his eyebrows. I smiled. "Please, I have trouble even remembering it." I joked.

Aiko still seemed awkward. My heart softened. Something's definitely wrong there…

Kaoru seemed to notice as well, and he gripped her hand tightly enough to break it. Her face scrunched in pain. "Jeez," she pulled away.

I let my curiosity go, deciding that I'd find out soon enough.

"Haruhi, what's with you?" I turned my attention to the small brunette. She bit her lip. "What do you mean?" Her voice was shaky.

My sentence never came out, for the nurse had come to pull everyone out for my next vaccination.

Oh, joy.

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It's short, yeah I know. But I'm getting back on track. Don't worry, our story's still a'brewin.

I'm ~*AAWFDD*~ and I remember so you don't have to.