(a/n: thanks for the reviews!! I'm so happy everyone felt for Nika and I can see that some of you are still confused by the hints I've been leaving. Don't worry everything will be revealed in due time, but for now I'll leave you with Nika's story. p.s Minoru was Nika's fathers name in case you forgot.) zell-chan
Kyouya paced back and forth next to the unconscious Nika who he had laid down on a large plush couch in his apartment styled bedroom. He had checked her pulse and made sure he was alright with what medical knowledge he possessed but it in no way made him feel any better.
He looked down on her unconscious form from the back of the couch noticing that her face contorted as if in pain.
"What happened?" Kyouya whispered to himself as he heard a soft knock at the door.
"I said we were not to be interrupted!" Kyouya shouted.
"y-yes sir, I shall leave clothes for the young miss outside your door." A maid's voice stuttered from outside his door.
Kyouya pinched the bridge of his nose in agitation and decided to leave Nika's side to pick up the clothes from the hallway. He refused to let any obscene rumors fly around about him taking a young woman no one in his house has met up to his room in the rain.
As he closed the door behind him with the bundle of clothes that his sister had left behind after she had married, Kyouya heard a small moan from Nika who was in the process of waking up.
He immediately dropped the bundle and went to Nika.
"Are you ok? What happened?" Kyouya asked in a completely worried tone that seemed alien to himself and to Nika.
"..Where am I?" Nika asked groggily as she tried to sit up and look around at her surroundings.
"You're safe in my room. My staff has been advised that we are not to be disturbed." Kyouya said reassuringly as Nika sat up straight and he sat down next to her.
"Do you usually bring unconscious girls to your bedroom?" Nika asked in her usual sarcastic manner.
"Only ones who come to my doorstep in the pouring rain, freezing, and crying their eyes out." Kyouya said summoning up a small smirk.
"I'm sorry, I had no where else to go. Suka's on a date and...I just needed someone." Nika said hugging her arms as she avoided looking up at Kyouya.
"Though I'm more then elated to know you see me as someone you can turn to, I would like to know exactly what you're turning from." Kyouya said pushing his glasses up as he looked out the corner of his eye at Nika.
"He's dead... my father. He's dead, officer Taka said it was suicide." Nika choked out as she still felt like she was crying though absolutely no tears came out.
"I'm so sorry to hear that." Kyouya said as he put his arm around Nika awkwardly to offer some comfort to her.
Kyouya had never been a man for emotions, even though his sister would come to him with her problems she never cried in front of him for fear of what their father would say. This however was something new to him, feeling a pull to make someone feel better; to look at a tear stained face and want to change the world, to want to hold and sooth away the pain.
"Of all the days he decided today. 8 years, 8 years today! I thought if he met you he wouldn't feel so guilty anymore. He would see how happy I am now." Nika sobbed into Kyouya's chest.
"What happened 8 years ago?" Kyouya asked hesitantly as he tried to soothe Nika by rubbing her back.
"He was put in jail for something he didn't do and my mother started drinking… all because of that monster." Nika said with a venom in her words that surprised and somewhat scared Kyouya.
"Nika..what exactly happened?" Kyouya asked as he gently held Nika's shoulders away so he could look her in the eyes.
Nika turned away from Kyouya.
"I think it's time you opened up Nika. Whatever happened won't change anything between us." Kyouya assured her as he tilted her head to face him.
In truth Kyouya was hoping that when he met Nika's father he would find out what happened that made Nika so fond of him even though he reportedly molested and abused her. He knew now that if Nika didn't open up it would kill her inside.
Nika took a deep breathe as Kyouya let go of her and she stood up knowing she would need a moment. It would be the first time Nika ever told anyone what happened tonight 8 years ago, of course Suka knew but that was only because she was like a sister to Nika's mother.
"I should let you know first that my father and mother loved me with all their hearts. They were both tea makers who made minimum wage but still found a way to get me anything I wanted. Luckily I never asked for much." Nika chuckled sourly.
Kyouya merely sat back on the couch showing Nika she had his full attention.
"My father even made me this cute little rag doll that I carried with me absolutely everywhere. Funny it's what saved me that night." Nika said walking to Kyouya's window and staring out.
"My parents weren't making as much as they used to since people went for the more modern store bought teas. As far as I know my father made some business deal with a billionaire that would save us, but that man had ulterior motives. He knew my family needed money and my parents would do anything to make sure I had a secure future." Nika said as she looked out at the rain letting it wash over her.
8 years ago
"I'm home!" 8 year old Nika shouted as she took off her shoes and school bag scurrying into the living room where her father usually sat waiting for her.
Nika stopped smiling when she saw her father pale and sweating in their living room as he sat across from a large man whose face was shadowed by two men in business suits who were next to him.
"Welcome home Ni-Ni-Chan. your mother is still at work so why don't you get changed and play in your room for a while." Minoru said shooing Nika off.
"Otousan who's this?" Nika asked inquisitively earning a slight chuckle from the shadowed man.
"I'm here to ensure your future young lady…depending on how far your father is willing to go." Came the cool and confident if not cold voice of the shadowed man.
"That's right Ni-Ni-Chan so why don't you go off to your room." Minoru said nervously as he noticed the way the man was staring at his one and only child.
Nika looked at the awkward smile her father was giving her and decided to fallow her father's instructions.
"You never told me you had such a beautiful daughter Minoru. She will grow up to be a beautiful woman I suspect." The man said with a bone chilling smile that had all of Minoru's warning flags flaring.
a/n:(I'm separating this chapter into two parts since its very long all together so parts so here's part one which seems short but was the only place i could seperate it without it being unfluid) zell-chan