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i went to check my email and BOOM! 15 new emails from fanfiction! I LOVE YOU ALL!

and this time i brought a special guest to tell you a very... important... *cough*depressing*cough* message. Welcome, Vinny!

Vinn: ...

Me: ... could you tell them, please?

Vinn: ...

Me: ...yeah, thanks for the help. *sigh* i dont own ouran, folks. just vinny here. whoopdeedoo.

Vinn: ...

Me: not that you arent special, Vinn! thats not what i meant at all. really.

Vinn: ...

Me: hehehe... ^^" well... alright. just read the frigin chapter. ~RBASA

C9: Never Ever Wake Me Up. Ever.

The blood was everywhere. In the sand, in the water, on the medics. All I heard was the screaming, the screaming.

My mother ran up to me. "This is YOUR FAULT!" she shrieked wildly, tears running endlessly down her cheeks. "ALL YOUR FAULT!"

I fell to my knees, staring out at the murky water.

I woke with a scream once again. I shivered in the cold, glancing around. I was in a tree. In a fucking tree. How random were these places going to get?

I climbed down and scanned my surroundings. A regular suburban neighborhood. Although familiar enough to me, a born and raised suburbanite, it was the farthest thing from comforting.

I sighed and started walking.

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Someone was poking me. I groaned and rolled over, trying to get back to sleep. They didn't stop. Word of advice, don't wake me up. It only ends badly.

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey. Wake up. It's practically noon." I heard two voices say. The twins. I thought. They won't live to see another day.

"C'mooooooooooooon Vinny! WAKEY WAKEY!" they started poking me harder. And yelling louder.

I wanted to cry. Instead, I rolled over again to face them and opened my eyes a slit.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" they shrieked, jumping back and clinging to each other. "K-K-Kyoya! She's worse than you! HELP!"

Idiots. Wait- What? Kyoya? Why was he here?

I saw him walk into my room from the hallway. He looked at me and pushed his glasses up, making them glare. My eyes slid closed again.

I heard him say something, but I was too far gone to comprehend. I gladly fell back asleep.

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I woke up to hear voices. I couldn't really understand what they were saying, but I was too tired to really care.

Wait… where am I? I suddenly realized I was not in my room. Shit did I sleepwalk again? I never sleepwalked/sleptwalk/sleptwalked twice in one night!

I opened my eyes a slit and found I was staring directly at black. Whaaaa…? I thought. I realized my arms were dangling below me.

Why aren't I laying down? I thought, but my eyes slid shut again. Whatever. I'll find out later.

Then I felt the warm hand on the small of my back. My eyes shot open, and I realized I was slung over someone's shoulder, their hand on my back to keep me from sliding off. I was staring straight at their back.

I gasped and struggled, squirming and kicking, thinking only the random and highly unlikely thoughts of the half-asleep.

OH MY GOD I'M BEING KIDNAPPED! I'VE BEEN ABDUCTED BY ALIENS! I'M BEING SOLD INTO SLAVERY!

I struggled even more. There was no way in hell I was gonna be an alien slave. I heard a satisfying grunt as my knee caught the kidnapper's stomach, and his hand slid from my back.

I felt myself falling, and I braced myself for impact, but I was already in someone else's arms.

I looked up into purple eyes, grateful to him for saving me, but then I thought, OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT IF HE'S AN ALIEN TOO! And struggled once more, slamming the heel of my hand into his face.

I landed on the hard floor with a big thud, and I got up as quickly as I could, ready to fight off any attackers.

I looked, around, wobbling slightly, blinking to clear my fuzzy sleep-vision. I blinked again, rubbing my temples, but all I saw was the Host Club.

The twins were snickering in the back of the room along with a smirking Midori and Kyoya, and Honey was sprawled across a couch giggling as Haruhi read a book beside him. Tamaki was a few feet away from me, looking dumbfounded, and Mori was staring down at me with his eyebrows raised the tiniest bit.

I frowned as I caught on. Mori must have been carrying me, and Tamaki had to have been the unlucky guy I landed on and attacked.

I straightened and blushed a little. They must all think I'm so stupid. Then it dawned on me. Mori had been carrying me.

"Um… Are you okay?" Midori asked, still smiling a little.

I ignored her and turned to Mori. How dare you. I thought. How DARE you. I thought my glare could've burned holes in his retinas, but he just stared back at me.

"You wouldn't wake up so we had to resort to having Mori carry you here." Kyoya explained, pushing up his glasses and making them glare in the sunlight.

AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE JUST LEFT ME THERE? I wanted so badly to scream.

"And no, we couldn't have just left you there because Tamaki demanded that we stay together as a family. And besides, you had some of the essentials we had to give to Midori." He said, reading my mind. I grumbled. Of course Tamaki would demand that.

I glared back at Mori. His hands had been ON me. I almost shivered, feeling dirty and violated.

He just stared back, expressionless, neither of us blinking or wavering once.

"OOOooooh! Stare-down." The twins exclaimed. They started to take bets.

"Looks like there's some beef between them." Midori shrugged, but her eyes were burning with curiosity.

I wanted to roll my eyes, but they were caught in an undying battle with Mori's. I couldn't help but notice again that his eyes were that amazing never-ending gray, and I felt warm and freezing at the same time. My hands clenched into fists at my sides.

Midori sighed after a while, marching up to us. "Helllloooooooooo?" she said, waving a hand in front of each of our faces. "It's about time to come back from La-la land, or wherever the hell you guys are."

I didn't move a muscle.

Neither did he.

I refused to be the first one to move. , I chanted in my head. , Iwillnotwaver.

She sighed and grabbed my wrist, dragging me away. I continued to glare over my shoulder at him.

I saw Honey tug at his sleeve and he looked down at the same time I looked away.

"AWWWWWWWWWWW," the twins exclaimed, pouting. "It's a draw."

I hid my tiny smile. I would never admit this to ANYONE EVER, but I was secretly glad neither of us won.

Don't ask me why.

Midori sat me down on the couch and just looked at me.

"Ya gonna tell me?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.

I raised my eyebrows back. You really think I'm going to waste my breath on telling you something that is absolutely none of your business?

"So what Kyoya said is true," she started. When did you talk to Kyoya and why were you talking about me? I wanted to ask, but she continued. "Yesterday, when you told me your name, was the first time you talked."

I didn't say anything. (shocker.)

"In how long?" she asked, leaning back into the couch.

Since when is this any of your business? I wanted to say, but I was secretly glad. No one ever really paid any attention to me before, never mind asked questions about me.

I just shrugged.

She let out an exasperated sigh, throwing her hands up and plopping down on the couch, staring at the ceiling. "Y'know, sometimes you can be a real pain." She said as if she had known me forever.

I smiled down at her. I really liked this girl.

The day went on, everyone just hanging around talking, glad not to have any guests to entertain.

I showed her what I brought her. I few pairs of jeans, a couple shirts, couple shorts, and a pair of flip flops. I had also thrown in some random books and my old Polaroid camera. It was the kind that spat out the picture as soon as you took it, and you had to wave it in the air for the ink to show. I really loved that camera, but I never really used it anymore, and I figured it would be of more use to her than me.

"OH MY TACOS ARE YOU GIVING THIS TO ME?" She screamed.

I shook my head emphatically, throwing up my hands to stop her.

She edited slowly. "You're letting me borrow it?"

I nodded slowly too. And if you break it in even the tiniest way possible I swear on Santa's life that I will maim and torture your body so disgustingly thoroughly that even malnourished vultures won't want to eat you when I'm finished.

"And if I break it in even the tiniest way possible you swear on Santa's life that you will maim and torture my body so disgustingly thoroughly that even malnourished vultures won't want to eat me when you're finished?" she said slowly, wide-eyed.

I nodded again.

"OKAY!" she screamed, overjoyed. She wrapped her arm around my neck, pulling me close to her side and snapping a photo as she grinned wildly.

The camera spat the photo out and she waved it around, jumping up and down. She looked at it and started laughing. I raised my eyebrows.

She shoved the picture in my face. "Looks like you've got yourself a secret admirer." She whispered and skipped off, laughing.

I looked at the photo.

The camera hadn't been aimed directly at our faces, so it only got the top of our heads. You could see her excited green ones, and my startled stormy blue ones, and then what was in the background. Honey and Mori sat on a couch off to the side. Honey was happily stuffing his face full of cake, while Mori…

I gasped and turned to look at them, only to see Mori wiping frosting from a giggling Honey's mouth.

I looked back at the photo. Mori was staring directly at me, the tiniest smile I had ever seen on his face.

He was LOOKING at me. I shivered involuntarily. No. He must have been thing about something funny and happened to be looking over in our direction… He could have been looking past us or at Midori… but there was no denying it. He was clearly staring at me. Well… I thought back to my excuses for looking at someone. He could have been looking around the room and just happened to have his eyes land on me the moment the picture was taken. I nodded. That had to be it.

When it was finally time to leave, we all said our goodbyes. Honey leapt into my arms again, and I waved to Haruhi. Midori jumped on my back, making me squeak, forcing all of us (mainly me) to promise to come back tomorrow. She leapt off of me and we shook hands.

I hopped into the limo with the twins, every once in a while stealing a secret glance at the photo. I didn't know why, but I couldn't stop looking at it. Then I gasped. MY IPOD! I screamed internally. Kaoru had been thoughtful enough this morning to grab it for me, knowing I couldn't survive a few hours without it. I had thanked him with a huge hug when I found out.

I leapt out of the limo just as it was pulling away from the school. I ran inside and sprinted through the halls to the music room. I rounded a corner and- BAM!

I slammed straight into Kyoya. He smirked as he helped me up. "You forget something too?"

I nodded, smiling a little. Maybe Sayer's right… I thought. Kyoya isn't so bad… But I shook the thought away. Midori practically has dibs. Besides, he really is kind of creepy. I thought back to my first day. I would need to find his secret files on everyone. They could become useful someday.

We walked into the music room and over to Midori's door. She had adopted it as her room, using the sofas as beds and the tables as dressers. I knocked softly and poked my head in, scanning.

I stepped inside and almost gasped as I saw Midori standing in front of the mirror Tamaki had brought in for her. She had changed into a pair of my shorts and one of Haruhi's tanktops, and was lifting up her shirt to examine the awful cuts and bruises all over her back and sides.

I shoved my hand in Kyoya's face, shoving him out the door before he could see. "What-" he started, but I slammed the door in his face.

Midori gasped and spun towards me, hastily pulling her shirt down. We just stared at each other for a few seconds.

Then Kyoya opened the door. "Vien-" he started, but stopped as soon as he saw Midori. She had pulled her tanktop down, but the bruises were still painfully visible. "… I'll get my medical kit." He said tonelessly after a few agonizing seconds.

She sighed and turned back to the mirror. I started to take a step towards her. "I don't want pity." She said.

I nodded, taking another step. Her eyes locked with mine through the mirror. "You already knew, didn't you?" she said.

I nodded again.

She sighed again. "Second day in and my secret's already out." She laughed a little.

I shook my head. No. Kyoya would never say a word (I'd see to that) and she knew as well as anyone that I wouldn't say anything.

Kyoya walked back in with the medical kit from his limo.

I sighed and pulled out my phone.

To: Kaoru

From: Vinny

hey just go. i think im gonna be a while.

Kyoya handed her the box. "There's Advil and Tylenol for the pain, and instant icepacks if it gets bad." He said.

She took it and looked at him with such thanks and gratitude in her eyes I felt that I was intruding on some private emotion fest.

He gave her a small smile and I swear to god she blushed a little. Oh god, she's a goner. I thought, shaking my head a little.

My phone blooped (*bloop*).

To: Vinny

From: Kaoru

um ok… y what happened?

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To: Kaoru

From: Vinny

i think im witnessing the start of true love.

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To: Vinny

From: Kaoru

?

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To: Kaoru

From: Vinny

dont ask. if im right itll show up sooner or later.

I left, leaving them to themselves, and spent the rest of my Saturday doing absolutely nothing. It was great.

I felt kind of nervous about leaving them alone, but I shook it off. It would all turn out well, I was sure. I didn't know why, but I trusted Kyoya.

It took forever to fall asleep that night. An hour and a half after I had gone to bed I was still tossing and turning. Finally I just got up, not sure what to do. Then it hit me.

I grabbed the pants I had been wearing that day off the floor and pulled the photo out from my pocket. I looked at it again, blushing a little.

WAIT WHAT THE HELL WHY AM I BLUSHING? I HATE THAT DOUCHEBAG! I bit my lip and pinched myself. Get a hold of yourself woman. I told myself sternly. Then I grabbed a tack and attached the photo to my practically empty bulletin. I smiled, glad that I was making some progress, and climbed back into bed.

~end of C9~

^^ i like this chapter. its sweet.

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UGH. ive still only got up to chapter 12 written, and you guys are already on chapter 9. i have to get writing. wish me luck.

~RBASA