Chapter 4- Blame and Pain
One month later
~Kaoru~
They'd been searching for Hikaru for a month, if not more.
I sat on one of the couches in Music Room 3, hugging my knees. I felt everyone moving around me, but my brain didn't really register it.
I had continued hearing that voice in my head, and sometimes random parts of my body, like arms or legs, would hurt a bit for no reason. I had fallen into a pit of depression.
Without my other half, I felt almost meaningless. The Host Club had mostly gotten over it.
I was the only one feeling like this.
I dragged myself off the red cushions and pulled my feet along the floor to the table.
I sat down and flopped my arms across the table.
Haruhi put her hand on my shoulder, "I'm sure he's fine."
I glared at her, "You would be, wouldn't you!" I jumped up, "You're the one who took him!"
She looked shocked, "What on earth are you talking about?!"
Tamaki and Mori took me by the arms, I looked like I could jump at her.
I started struggling against their grip, and yelling, "She took him! I know she did! Why don't you believe me?!"
All the girls were staring at the scene I was creating.
I started the cry in frustration. Tamaki nodded at Mori, and they started to drag me out of the room.
I tried using my feet to walk back, but they were too strong.
I yanked one of my arms, Tamaki lost his grip and my arm got free. He yelped as I knocked his feet out from underneath him. Mori gasped and grabbed both my arms, locking them behind my back.
As tears splattered against the ground, I sank to a sitting position.
"Why… Why don't you believe me…?" I quietly asked.
Mori carefully let go of my hands and locked the door of the new room we were in.
I curled up on the floor and let tears pool on the wood.
Tamaki sat next to me, "Look, we understand that this is hard for yo—" I shot daggers at him, "No you don't. You have no idea how it feels to lose your other side!"
Tamaki looked at Mori. Mori tilted his head and walked over, "Kaoru."
I looked up at him. He held out his hand, "Come with."
...
The limo pulled up outside a mental hospital.
"There is no way I'm going to a mental hospital!" I warned Mori.
"Psychologist." Mori said and dragged me into the huge white building.
I struggled against his grasp. It didn't affect him at all.
He pulled me to the front desk and signed me in.
I growled as he basically picked me up and put me in an office.
The psychologist looked up from his clipboard. Tamaki came in. "Mister Hitachiin, right?" Mori nodded and plonked me in a chair. The psychologist smiled slightly, "My name is Mister Thomas."
I glared at the floor. Tamaki went and sat down next to me. "Thank you for seeing Kaoru today on such short notice." He smiled and swept his hair out of his eyes.
Mr Thomas nodded and looked back at his clipboard.
"So, why are you here today?" He asked me.
I crossed my arms and glared at the floor more intensely. Tamaki cleared his throat. I glared at him. He sighed. "He's here because… Well, his twin brother went missing a while ago," I felt tears rising, "And now he's blaming a friend, he's getting depressed, and angry very easily."
"She's not my friend! She stole my brother!" I growled at Tamaki.
Tamaki sighed and looked exasperated, "See?"
Mr Thomas nodded and jotted something down on his clipboard, "Okay then…"
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~Hikaru~
They hadn't found me yet.
When the police came, Haruhi and Ranka moved me to another building for a bit, then bought me back.
It had been over a month, and I continued to hear that voice that sounded like Kaoru.
I kept getting hurt.
I probably had three breaks in my right leg, I couldn't see at all out of my left eye, and I had broken my left arm.
Of course I didn't cry anymore. Crying did nothing. All it did was make me feel worse.
I hadn't said a word since that phone call.
My hair fell in front of my bad eye, covering it from view. Different from its clean ginger it used to be, it was now a dirty ginger-brown.
My shirt was shreds and my shorts were torn in a lot of places.
My wrists were raw and constantly bloody. My throat hurt and so did my chest. I might have broken a few ribs too.
I had basically given up on being saved.
It wasn't going to happen.
I would just spend the rest of my short life in this hell-hole getting hurt.
I sighed, using my good arm to drag my good leg up to my not-so-good chest and taking shallow breaths.
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~Kaoru~
"No." I said firmly, "Not if she's there." Tamaki gestured to Mori, he pulled my arms further behind me back, causing them to hurt.
"Stop hurting me!" I yelped. Mori cringed and let his grip go a bit. Hunny trooped in front of me.
He paced back and forth, "Kao-Chan. Haruhi didn't take Hika-Chan! She's your friend!"
I swore under my breath, "That bitch? No way."
Tamaki hit me in the head, "Don't you call my daughter that!"
Haruhi was sitting in the corner of the room, unnoticed to everyone apart from me.
I jumped to my feet, "Give him back! Dammit! Why did you take Hikaru!?" I yelled at her.
Everyone span a 360 and saw her. She smiled slightly, "I have my conditions."
Everyone looked stunned, except me.
"So you did take him?!" Kyoya gasped.
Haruhi grinned widely, "Oh, yeah. Sorry, I forgot to tell you. What proof do you have?"
Kyoya had a sly smile of his own, "This proof." He pulled back his collar, revealing a tiny camera.
Haruhi growled. Hunny looked absolutely astounded, "Haru-Chan? You kidnapped Hika-Chan?!"
Kyoya pulled out a mobile, "Did you get that?" a 'yes sir' was said from the other end.
Suddenly the Ootori Police Force came running into the room, surrounding Haruhi. "Ah! Dammit!" She tried to sprint out of the circle of people, but they held her back, laser guns in hand.
There was 'pzew' and Haruhi was unconscious on the floor.
Tamaki was horrified. Mori's usual stoic mask was now one of horror. Hunny was gaping.
I was blank. I knew she'd done it.
Haruhi was carried out.
The Host Club sat together on the couch in silence.
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Hmm... I think there might only be another chapter or two...
The poor twins :(
Luckily, they're gonna find Hikaru soon! Yay!