A/N: Neways. I'm excited. So I'm going to do the next chappy! D
Disclaimer: Nooo. I don't own them, 'cept for Shino, and all her ditzy-ness.
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It was...odd. How white one wall could be. Kyouya, for the past hour, had been staring at that wall like it was one of the most interesting things he had ever seen. And he had seen a lot of interesting things. His mind, now at peace almost, had been mulling over what his father had said earlier...
Flash Back
"She can sue us, you know," said a throaty male. Kyouya sighed and nodded, only to realize it was a phone and he wouldn't have saw it.
"She walked in front of the car," replied Kyouya, as if that were to solve it.
"Ah, but she could use excuses. Witnesses or not, she could twist it as a crazy woman who thought she had seen a hurt kitten," shot back his father, now slightly agitated.
"The money wouldn't be a big problem," protested Kyouya.
"But the humility. Think. We could pay for it, yes, but think about the stories. Lost to a little girl, the Ootori's would be humiliated for generations to come. Fix it Kyouya, you're ultimately responsible," and the phone clicked off.
Flash Back end
The conversation itself had been brought much for Kyouya to think about. The girl didn't look like she would sue or lie. So what was the problem? Honestly, this was giving the Shadow King a headache. And it didn't help that his nervous, and loud, companion was constantly voicing his thoughts to someone near by. As if the whole world needed to know their problem.
"She'll be fine, right? Getting hit by a car isn't a big damage, right? We were JUST stopping to the light, so..." and on and on he went until Kyouya had the decency to slap a hand over Tamaki's mouth.
"Mr. Ootori? Your patient is ready to see you," said a kind woman, and he nodded to Tamaki before getting up and entering the room. What shocked him was that she wasn't mad, sad, or even confused. Just a little...or maybe a lot, tired.
Bandages wrapped around her arms, probably from cuts of the pointy pavement. She had a bruise on her cheek and probably many bruises on her body. "Just some bruised ribs, bruised hips, and some scrapes. Had you all not been stopping at the light... Well, it would have looked a lot worse," said the nurse before giving them privacy.
At the sound of the voice, Shino turned to see the man again and coughed. "Hello, sir," was all she said before staring blankly at the t.v. Apparently the news was interesting. What, in fact, was bothering her was the amount of money this would cost. Shino was a student living on her own, ever since she had applied for the special student program at Ouran and was accepted. Her uncle and aunt had also sent her here for financial reasons, and tried to pay some of her rent of her small apartment, but it hadn't been enough for Shino to live on. So she had gotten a job...
"Ma'am?" asked the man again. "I guess I should explain. I am Kyouya Ootori," he introduced. Shino turned again, giving him a small smile. "What happened, miss Azayaki, I am ready to take full responsibility for, and am terribly sorry, from the bottom of my heart," he said, yet felt as if he were lying through his teeth. Was he cared about the girl's health? Not as much as the rumors...or maybe not so...
"It's my fault, Mr. Ootori--" "Call me Kyouya," cut Kyouya.
"...Kyouya. I'm sorry, I hadn't seen the car and...well...this is basically my fault. Please don't worry yourself over me, the doctors said I'll be able to leave in three days," she gave him another smile, yet this one more heartedly. He sighed and sat down next to the bed, curiously looking at her face. Even without the bruise, she was still quite pretty.
"May I ask where you live?" he asked the curly haired brunette. But he didn't get his reply right away. Oh no, he waited five minutes before asking again. But again, he was denied an answer. She had grown pale and...very sickly looking. Had the car accident done more to her? Looking at her, and following her gaze at the news, he blinked. A set of apartments had recently been set on fire.
A shaky hand pointed at those apartments.
"...I used to live there..."
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-Three days later...-
Shino stood in awe of the place. It was...huge. Very huge. And her green eyes widened as she looked at the inside as much as she could. When she figured Kyouya had been willing to lend her a place to stay... She didn't expect him to be so rich! Maybe upper middle, as he had also paid for her hospital expenses...
Flash Back
"Ma'am?" asked Kyouya, as he placed a hand onto her forehead. She felt as if her she were going to be sick now. "...All my things...my blanket..." and she was mumbling, random things as she recalled all her childhood things. Kyouya simply found another problem he was going to have to work through. He called Tamaki in and started to whisper to him softly.
"Can she stay with you?" asked Kyouya. Tamaki, however, looked surprised. "With me? Why?"
"Well...you're more...suited for this kind of stuff than me, and... more comforting," he explained.
"Well it's you're fault, right? She'll live with you then," and Tamaki decided to give this apologies to Shino. Kyouya only sighed in frustration.
Flash Back End
And the events leading to that had led to Kyouya having many headaches and talks with his father, which they all agreed: she would stay in the mansion with them. And although Kyouya could think of a million reasons why to let her not stay, he found those big green eyes pop into his mind, often changing his mind. But at the moment, he watched her, in awe and whatnot. It was odd, but he found the stare very cute and whatnot.
Kyouya was honestly losing his mind.
Shino stood stock still as Kyouya's father, as she presumed, came out and gave her apologies, thanks, and whatnot. She found this all very artificial, but said nothing. Call it a gift, but she could tell when people were lying to her, and it wasn't because of their eyes. It was the way their hands moved. And she saw, from the overuse of hand motions, he was not sorry at all, nor was he thankful. Just grateful mostly.
"It's an honor, Ootori-sama," she bowed and looked at Kyouya worriedly, biting her lip softly.
"I shall lead you to your room then," he sweeped his arm up the flight of stairs and watched her nervously climb up them. She wasn't used to climbing so many stairs, that was obvious. But eitherway, his amusement only grew when he saw her having to stop and catch her breathe. "S-sorry. I guess I'm not built for stairs," she giggled and kept climbing until they reached the third flight.
But when she walked in, she was... struck more in awe. It was a very elegant room, decorated prettily with designs she only saw in her own fantasies, if she were to ever be rich.
"...room next to mine," he finished. Shino only realized she hadn't been paying attention and blushed. "R-right," and she sat onto the bed nervously.
"...Friends of mine will be coming later on to take measurements. As you have lost all your clothes," she winced, "we will be replacing them. And I will pay for them, no argument," he added as he saw her mouth open in protest.
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A/N: Like like? I'm going to have fun with the next chappy.