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Chapter 13 – Math Class

In which five students do trig, and two get tutors.

Kaoru couldn't help but sigh as he replayed last week's events over in his head as he sat in math class. After coming back from the supermarket where they had been kicked out with Mori physically restraining Abby from attacking Hikaru, things had only gotten worse. Ranka had kicked Tamaki out of the house and he had been whining so loud outside everyone else decided they might as well just leave as well.

It had only gotten even more shitty when he passed by the millers door, and it opened on its own, with a black haired girl looking at him. She had only said three words…but they were three words that changed his life…

"I win, Kaoru." (A/n: no not I love you, goodness)

And the most frustrating and confusing part was that she had. But how had she…he hadn't given her any clues. She shouldn't have been able to guess…no one ever had and had gotten it right. Not even his mother. Well, Haruhi had, but Haruhi was different. It wasn't possible that the cold girl had known was it? There was no way she could tell him and Hikaru a part. It was impossible…wasn't it?

He glanced over at her. She was writing down math like it was the alphabet. Equations he couldn't even wrap his head around, she was flying through. A quick glance at Hikaru and Haruhi showed the same. That hardly surprised him. His brother may have been failing foreign languages, but he was stupendous in math and science. And Haruhi…well she was Haruhi.

He heard and frustrated sigh from the seat in front of Haruhi, and saw the second miller twin run her hands through her short hair, tapping her pencil. It looked like she was in the same boat as him. Completely confused and no clue what the hell a half identity was. Since when were words like TAN, SIN, and COS math? They weren't even numbers.

Hikaru glanced over at his brother. He was struggling. He always had in math. He didn't know why though. Math was so...easy. Everything had a value and it all worked out there were rules to follow and no exceptions. Well, not unless you went into calculus, but still. Math was easy.

What wasn't easy was dealing with people. Especially loudmouthed little brunettes who didn't know they're place. All week Abby had been grating on his last nerve, and it was about to burst. She just didn't know when to shut up. It seemed like she was purposely trying to tick him off now. Even worse was that she was deliberately calling him Twin 2 now. He wasn't sure why it bugged him, but it did. He didn't even know if she seriously couldn't remember his name, or just didn't care. He guessed it was the second one.

He had his prank all laid out and planned now though, so she was in for a big surprise that afternoon at the club…

That was another surprise. The 'Classic' host was doing extremely well. She was almost like a twist between the prince type and natural type. She seemed right at home conversing and subtly flirting with her guests. And they enjoyed it. He personally didn't get it. Sure, she may have been fairly decent looking, but she wasn't anything special. Average blue eyes, boring brown hair. It didn't matter that her eyes shone when she smiled, or her hair was soft and straight except for the small pieces at her neck that curled outward…WAIT! What the hell was he doing?

No, her eyes were boring and so was her hair. She was boring. The only thing worthwhile about her was her unpredictable reactions. That's why he couldn't stop thinking about her. Because she confused him and he was determined to find out why. That was all there was to it. And that's all there ever would be, as soon as he found out what made her tick, she wouldn't be a challenge anymore, and thus, not worth his time.

Haruhi swam through her work with ease. She had known that studying last night would help. She just wished that she had been a little more help to the girl who had joined her. She had been more than a little surprised when Abby had knocked on her apartment door last night, her math books in tow. But she had willingly agreed to let her study with her. Not that it had done much good.

It was clear to Haruhi that Abby was struggling with the trig proofs they were supposed to be learning. But she hadn't once asked for her help at the small table they had shared last night. Instead she worked furiously, until a few times Haruhi had helped her work through the question to the answer. Whether she had understood it or not was unclear. Even now, Haruhi could see she was not making any progress on her assignment.

A soft sigh to her right told her that Kaoru was fairing no better. She knew that the younger twin had difficulties with math, and often depended on copying hers or his brother's homework. But something else was up with him lately. Ever since the disastrous shopping trip, he had seemed different. What really confused her was that Hikaru didn't even seem to notice for once. Instead, Hikaru seemed to have his concentration on Abby, and most likely not for a good reason. Haruhi wasn't sure why her new friend was purposely grinding his gears, but she was. And Hikaru knew it to. The two had been fighting like a silent pair of cat and dog for the past week.

Then on the other hand, Dawn seemed to be fine. Happy even. She wondered what had happened with her. She hadn't seen the girl look down once that week. Instead, she had a small, silent smirk on her face, as if she knew something the rest of the world didn't.

Haruhi just didn't know. Normally she didn't really care about what happened, but l=when it came to these four, it just seemed…different somehow.

Dawn finished her work in record time. She was in a good mood, and had been all week. And all because of one small victory. It felt nice to be able to one up a boy who thought he would always win. It was satisfying to prove him wrong. She didn't know what she would ask him to do yet, if anything at all, but she didn't see any harm in letting him wait either. He was a big boy who could handle it.

The week had been…calm. Whenever she was at the club, all she had had to do was go over some calculations for Kyouya who was too busy organizing guest records to do so during club time. She knew he could have easily done it himself, but she had the feeling he was more or less keeping her preoccupied for the time being. He did act suspiciously, however, when he worked on some kind of pie chart on his laptop. Every time she tried to so much as peak at what it was about, he turned it away or turned it off. The one time she had asked had been awarded a mere, 'It is none of your concern, now please calculate the gross cost of our cosplays from the month of May'. Stupid four eyes…

She just rolled her eyes. He could be as stuck up as he wanted, but she still thought that his cool façade was nothing more than that. There was a lot more to him than that. Besides, no person could ever be that cold. Not even she could. And she had tried.

Kaoru…she couldn't stop rolling the name around her tongue. It had been pure luck and cheating that his brother had said his name that day, and that she had been watching. She could still remember his face when she had called him Kaoru. He had tried to deny it at first, saying he had no idea what she was talking about, but she knew she had won by his eyes. The gold orbs had widened for a split second, as though she surprised him. Maybe she had. From what she could tell with they're class, he and his brother were constantly being mistaken for each other. She could understand how it felt. She had been in his shoes for many years.

It as a refreshing change that no one knew that Abby was her sister, much less her twin sister. Or a girl for that matter. So far, none of them had even connected the two Miller girls to each other. As far as she was concerned. She didn't care if anyone ever did. She would just deny it anyways.

Abby tapped her pencil repeatedly. It just…didn't make any sense. Math was numbers, not a bunch of words and wonky B's, A's and O's (β, α, θ [beta, alpha, theta]). So how in the hell of it was she supposed to make sense of any of this? It was like algebra on steroids.

So much for studying, but admittedly, she hadn't done much of it. She had tried, but she just couldn't concentrate. Even the few times Haruhi had helped her, she had forgotten moments later how she had gotten the answer. Her mind just simply wasn't on math.

She couldn't quite understand why, but Hikaru had been on her mind lately. And yes, she finally remembered the red heads name. But she wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing that. Furthermore, she had demoted him to Twin 2. She wasn't sure why she had, but she knew that his reaction the first time she had called him it had been more than worth it. Then the second, third and fourth times…by then he knew she wasn't mixing him up for his twin. Just that he was no longer number 1. She wasn't sure why it bugged him so much, she supposed it was because he was arrogant and didn't like being second to anyone, even his own twin. Well, tough for him.

She looked once again at her math work, and just sighed. It was beyond hopeless. She might as well just give up, and continue tonight before she attacked the innocent white paper with her pencil tip. Closing her books, she slipped them into her bag. She glances back at Haruhi who looked like she was done, and was checking over her answers. Kaoru was looking just as lost as she was. For some reason, that made her feel a little bit better. She wasn't the only failure after all. Dawn was already packed up, no surprise there. But, what was a surprise was that Hikaru was just finishing up as well.

How in the hell did that make sense. The boy who couldn't conjugate the word jump in French to save his life could do trigonometry without blinking an eye? That was…just plain old unfair. And unbelievable. She decided that she would never let him know that she was struggling to even pass this class. She just knew he wouldn't let her live it down.

The bell rang and all four students stood up. They had a club to get to. And a shadow king who would not be happy if they were even a second late. As they were approaching the door, the teacher spoke.

"Mister and Miss Miller, and Misters Hitachiin? If you would all stay behind for a moment please?" Haruhi cast a glance at the four but just gave a small nod before leaving the room.

Abby looked at the teacher.

"What is it sensei?"

"It's come to my attention that Kaoru, and you Abby, are both struggling in class. So I've decided to appoint you each with a tutor."

You have got to be kidding me. Abby wanted to shoot herself. She refused to be stuck studying her sister…dawn groaned. There was no way she was going to spend even more time with her sister. Kaoru sighed. Studying wouldn't happen with his brother…Hikaru rolled his eyes. This was a waste of his time. He loved his brother…but really? He would just let him copy his work anyways.

"Hikaru, I want you to tutor Abby, and Dawn, I want you to tutor Kaoru."

All four teenagers' jaws dropped.

…fuck.

A/N: and there you go. The second of the four. And this one is like five hundred words longer to. So be happy! Anyways yes I'm aware how cheesy this chapter was but it was necessary to get the story moving and still catch up with what had happened. For those wondering, a half identity is EVIL! And no I'm not bad in math. I'm actually quite good. I just hate it. The next two chapters will be posted sometime tomorrow or Saturday, but for now I am going to call it a night. Anyways thanks a bunch for sticking with me and byee! Oh, P.S: sorry about the language used, but this IS rated T so yeah.