Little Pieces of My Heart
Hi there. Yukihime211 here. Sorry for not updating sooner. It took me a while to finish chapter 4. Anyway, I'm so happy! Around 40 people read the story on just one day. Thanks for reading. I was really excited. Well, to those that have kept reading, thank you. Hope you enjoy. If not you can let me know. Disclaimer:Do not own any of Ouran except my OC's. Some of the people might sound AU so sorry.
Chapter 4
Judgement Day
Haruhi watched the ever surprising Sakuya go from timid, to bossy, to cutesy. At least she wasn't pushy about entering her home like most of the Host Club. She was just firm about getting friends home safe and sound. She wasn't sure about Sakuya acting all cutesy, but maybe that was a misconception. Maybe she was just sweet around kids and wanted to play along with their dreams and thoughts. Overall, this girl seemed pretty shy and quiet. Haruhi felt like she was hiding something and acted so mysterious about conversations having to do with family. Now that Haruhi thought about it, she never got to ask Yoneko about Sakuya's mother. She shook her head and changed out of her school clothes into a pair of dark blue jeans and a polka dot short sleeved blouse with flats and a few hair pins in her hair. All the clothing specially provided from her father. She silently sighed as she thought about how much was spent on this ensemble. Her father got a bit carrried away when it came to her fashion outside of school. She recalled the time he threw a fit because she was just going out wearing baggy sweatpants and a plain white t-shirt with dowdy glasses to buy some medicine from the pharmacy. Haruhi donned on her jacket with her small purse in her pocket. She slithered slowly towards the door and closed it behind her as well as locking the door and made her way down the stairs. Her shoes clicked noisily as she walked down the now empty lot. The clouds were a pale blue and reflected good thoughts. The sun was slowly dyeing the sky a pinkish red. Haruhi hurriedly walked to the grocery store in order to get a good bargain for her food as well as other essentials.
***
Tamaki searched the room frantically.
"Where did Haruhi go?" asked Hikaru.
Tamaki gasped.
"She must have been kidnapped by the Yakuza for not being able to pay her bills!" cried out Tamaki.
Hunny got teary eyed and Mori patted his head. The twins rolled their eyes. Kyoya looked at his laptop.
"Calm down Tamaki. I believe she left because she had something to do. Most likely to buy groceries," said Kyoya.
Tamaki sighed in relief as the thought of Haruhi's safety was top priority in his book. The twins looked around boredly. Thankfully, the club was now closed and everyone was preparing to go home. There wasn't much to do without someone to tease. Hunny and Mori waved their goodbyes as the two had family business to attend to. The twins huddled close and whispered to one another plans for the mysterious Sakuya. The end of the day was the most boring one they had ever had. There was no Haruhi to tease or force their whims on her. Everyone ended up going home bored and slightly frustruated. (Mainly, the twins and Kyoya.) The twins thought up of a fool proof plan to get a certain someone to come back to the Host Club and play with her some more.
***
The next day, I walked out of my house and entered my car and drove off towards Ouran. This would probably be my routine from now on. This whole "rich thing" was still hard to get use to, but in time this would all seem natural. The car stopped and I made my way to the entrance by myself. A few people looked over and waved as if they knew me. Maybe they did. I waved slightly and just sighed. I entered the school and walked to my classroom. Everyone looked over at me slightly mistified. I sat at my desk and glanced at the clock every now and then. Suddenly, two overpowering figures loomed sneakily behind me. I looked back slowly, and was face to face with mirror images of the Hitachiin twins. My eyes widened, but then narrowed.
"What do you want?" I asked coldly.
The two grinned. They strolled around me in amusement. I stood up from my seat. Something wasn't right. I made an attempt to pass the twins, but they blocked my exit. I scanned the room to notice the reluctant students contemplating to help me or not. I gasped as I was now at their mercy.
***
Haruhi jogged in time before the gates closed and made her way to Class 1-A. She made it in with five minutes to spare. Everyone looked over at Haruhi pleadingly. She cocked her head.
"What's going on?" asked Haruhi.
Momoka walked over in worry. She wrung her hands nervously.
"Hikaru and Kaoru took Sakuya somewhere. I'm worried since I remembered the twins scheming something and laughing a little maniaclly. I think they were planning something that had to do with Sakuya," Momoka explained.
Haruhi sighed and jogged once more in search of the twins and Sakuya. A few flights down, she found that the twins had Sakuya backed up against the wall. Sakuya looked more angry than scared. Haruhi walked over in an attempt to rescue Sakuya from the twins.
"What has gotten into you two?" called out Haruhi's voice.
The twins looked over in slight amusement.
***
The twins grabbed a hold of my wrists and pulled me out of the classroom with none of the students even thinking of helping me out of this mess. I followed them without complaint. Whatever they were planning, I was sure to foil it. We finally came to an empty space and the two released my wrists. I crossed my arms and looked at the two with fury.
"What is the meaning of this?' I questioned.
The two grinned devilishly. The two took out a paper that had some writing on it. I peered closer to see the paper, but Hikaru pressed the paper close to his back.
"What are you hiding?" I questioned once more.
The two smirked and stood back to back mimicking their every move like mirror images.
"We know your little secret Mazaki-sama," said Kaoru.
I clenched my hands tightly and shook with anger. I wasn't sure what they were getting at, but I was getting pretty fed up with them.
"Please get out of my way," I commanded.
The two crossed their arms and shook their heading 'tsk'ing me slightly. The two leaned in close.
"That anyway to treat the ones who can make you or break you?" asked Hikaru.
My boiling point was almost at its limit if these two were going to play games with me all day. I glanced over Kaoru's shoulder and took notice of a small figure with the male Ouran uniform. About time someone decided to stand up to these guys. I would have expected someone brawnier, but beggers can't be choosers. I looked back at the twins. When would they get to the point so that I could get back to class?
"Did you know there is a middle school division and a elementary school division at Ouran?" questioned Kaoru.
I crossed my arms. Of course I knew. Where was he going with this information? I tilted my head slightly in wonder.
"What has gotten into you two?" called out a familiar voice.
The twins twisted around to see Haruhi Fujioka. I sighed. Maybe he could knock some sense into them. The twins just grinned.
"Just in time to witness the end of Sakuya's high school life," chirped Hikaru.
Haruhi looked up in surprise.
"Think of what you're doing," he warned.
What was with all this? I really felt lost. What did all of this mean? The three best friends looked at me. My heart leaped in worry.
"Remember your little scene and the talk of us not knowing anything about your past? Well, seems like you just happened to drop something very...precious," explained Kaoru.
My mind raced as soon the pieces were coming together. My school id card was shoved in my face. The school name was printed out clearly across the top. Ryofuku middle school. The ticket that could reveal every single document about me. My middle class status and all my embarrassing moments were in the hands of the devil twins. The only way to get out of this was to put my skills to the test.
"You think this little thing will help you in anyway? You have no idea. Want the explanation behind the school? Well, yeah I went to the school, but it was only to get on my dad's nerves," I explained.
This got the attention of the boys. Hikaru and Kaoru sat on chairs that miraculously came from out of nowhere. Haruhi looked just as puzzled as me. I stood and took a deep breath. Thus, I spun a tale so believable, even my own nanny would be fooled. The story of rebelling against rules brought upon me for being an only child and taking over the business following my father's school choices to better my chance at taking over his job. I finished my story and surveyed my audience. The twins nodded in understanding, while Haruhi looked at me with confusion. The twins stood up and looked at the id card and then at me. Hikaru took out a laptop and hacked in effortlessly into the past files at my past school. A happy face popped up in the screen and a triumphant background music gave me the initial reaction that he had just discovered what he was looking for. My hands began to prespire slightly. The files were downloading into his software at warp speed and my time was running out. I ran to the laptop and snatched it from Hikaru's grasp. The first thought in my mind was to get rid of the evidence. I closed my eyes and slammed my hands on the keyboard and pressed every key imaginable to stop the download. I opened my eyes and I watched in surprise as the laptop began to cough out smoke. I cried out softly and it fell to the ground with a loud crash. Not only did I overheat the laptop, I had broken it into a million pieces. The twins stared in both shock and slight irritation.
"This cost over $1,000 with all the high tech stuff and personal information. You just completely destroyed my playlist! You know how long it took me to find all the songs?" asked Hikaru in throbbing vein anger.
I flinched and sat on the ground and bowed deeply. I knew this was going to kill my pride, but I'd rather have a bruised pride than face the wrath of an angered rich guy.
"My deepest apologies. I'll pay you back the money I just shattered in front of your eyes. Please don't be mad," I said while looking up.
My ears felt warm as a few students looked over in curiosity. I stood up from the ground and sighed as I was able to reach my cell phone once more. I reluctantly pressed the first numbers to my father's workplace.
"Wait," started Kaoru.
I looked up at him and tilted my head slightly. Haruhi looked over at Kaoru suspiciously.
"Yes?" I asked.
Kaoru glanced at Hikaru and grinned. The two nodded.
"How about you pay that off with cold hard labor?" asked Hikaru.
I stared in aghast. Did they really expect me to even know that meaning? Do I really want to work for those two, or do I just pay upfront? Either my father's wrath, or the torture of the twins? It was like deciding between lemon squeezed into my eyes or lemon squeezed into open wounds. Both very painful to even imagine. I guess I would just have to swallow my pride. I fell into submission and nodded silently.
"Alright. I'll do it," I whispered.
The twins winked and put up a thumbs up sign. So much for equality in the class system of rich people. Haruhi looked over sympathetically. From out of the mist, came Kyoya with glinting glasses. Shivers ran down my back and I felt my freedom pouring out from my body and making a small river around my little isolated island.
"What are you doing here?" asked Haruhi.
Kyoya looked down at me.
"It seems that you have gotten yourself in a tight situation," he observed.
I looked away and pleaded with my eyes for Haruhi to get me out of this mess. An anime sweat drop formed on the side of his forehead.
"So it seems," I said rather cooly.
I was terrified. This guy was too unpredictable. I'd much rather deal with the twins than him. He was like a dark lord or something.
"Uhm, so do you have some business with Mazaki-san?" asked Haruhi.
Kyoya looked down at Haruhi and smiled a very creepy smile.
"I don't think this really concerns you," he explained.
I needed to get out of here. I quietly crept off to arrive to class before the teacher would arrive and not get a detention or something. Thankfully, the twins and Kyoya were in deep discussion and I beckoned Haruhi to follow me to class.
"I can't believe she came back alive," one person whispered.
What did he mean 'come back alive'? Another group looked at my face in surprise.
"Can you believe she didn't come back crying?" asked a girl.
I was getting really mad. I wasn't some crybaby that would start bawling the minute two idiots took me hostage in an attempt to scare me. I walked over to my seat silently as the others began to gossip terribly. I slammed my hand on my desk. Everyone gasped and looked my way. I just sighed and took out my notes to be prepared for class. Haruhi glanced over at me in concern once more. The bell rang and the teacher walked in ready to teach. I sat down and tuned out most of the day feeling my life here was over. Maybe I could move back to New York. Or better yet, California. Yeah right. If it were those two, they'd probably have a whole fleet of police officers to prevent me from leaving. I sighed heavily and looked at the ticking clock impatiently. I buried my face in between my arms and closed my eyes. For whatever reason, I wasn't feeling too well. As study hall rolled along, I walked up to the teacher and requested a pass to walk over to the nurse's office. He glanced over at me in alarm.
"Why don't you have Haruhi accompany you. I fear that you'll pass out from the look of your exceedingly pale skin," he observed.
I nodded and Haruhi followed close behind me to make sure that I got to the nurse's office safely. Well, as it turned out, the office was like a couple stories down. So for about half an hour, I was in danger of slipping into unconciousness. We finally arrived to the office and I walked directly into the canopy bed laid out for others and collapsed onto it without a single thought of the consequences. I closed my eyes and drifted into a nightmarish dream.
***
Haruhi watched in awe as she saw Sakuya collapse on the bed.
"I wonder if she didn't get enough sleep. But then again, maybe it was the thought of having to work for the guys," thought Haruhi.
She walked out and was making her way to the classroom, when she saw Kyoya walking past her in a hurry. The twins weren't that far behind. What were they planning?
"Do you think she's faking the whole sick thing?" asked Kaoru.
Hikaru laughed. He nodded his head.
"No doubt about it. She's just trying to sneak away," contemplated Hikaru.
Kaoru looked slightly unsure of his brother's accusation. The two walked inside the nurse's office to find the nurse taking Sakuya's temperature with the back of her hand. She wrote down a few notes on her clipboard and looked over while adjusting her glasses.
"May I help you?" she asked.
The two glanced at eachother and a small grin escaped their lips. The two looked over at her with worried expressions.
"Nurse nurse! There's an emergency in the west wing. Seems like there was an outbreak of food poisoning and a lot of upset stomachs," the twins said in unison.
The nurse gasped.
"I knew they shouldn't have had nachos! Commoner food is so greasy and easily upsets the stomach!" she cried out.
She took her gear and charged in a big hurry. The twins looked at eachother and began laughing hysterically. Hikaru and Kaoru walked closer to the canopy bed to get a clear view of the, so-called-sick patient. What they saw next, left the two speechless. Sakuya was underneath the covers sleeping rythmically with her pale face being framed with her dark eyelashes. Her cheeks were slightly flushed. The two looked away and flushed slightly. She really did have a pretty face when she wasn't looking at them with an angry expression. A bright flash surrounded the room. The twins looked around in alarm. A sigh escaped Sakuya's lips and her eyes began to open slightly.
***
A flash flooded my eyesight and I lifted an eyelid slowly. I knew that flash anywhere. It was the flash of a camera. I yawned softly and I opened my eyes and rose slowly from the bed. I opened my bleary eyes to fall upon two male figures. As my vision cleared, I was face to face with the devil twins. I gasped and looked away in anger.
"What can I do for you?" I asked through clenched teeth.
The twins came closer in examination. My head throbbed. I winced and pressed both of my hands to my temples. Just the sight of them made me feel like they were my personal soul reapers.
"Hey...you really do look kind of sick. Maybe you aren't faking," surveyed Kaoru.
I sighed.
"Gee. What gave you the slightest notion that I wasn't faking?" I asked sarcastically.
I got up from the bed and gently sat back down. Both Kaoru and Hikaru sat on the bed next to me. They don't seem to understand that I'd like to have my own personal space. I sighed. What were they scheming now that I was in debt with them? Hikaru's cellphone buzzed and beeped when a text message was sent to him.
"If you're all better, lets go to the Host Club. I just got a text from Kyoya. He said it was important information," said Hikaru.
Kaoru nodded. I looked at the two with puzzelment. What about classes?
"Won't you get in trouble for skipping classes to go to a stupid meeting?' I asked.
The two looked over at me. I froze and covered my mouth. What was up with me today? Usually I could keep my comments to myself. Their eyes glinted as they dragged me from out of bed and pulled me to the Music room. My internal pleas for help were fruitless. I arrived inside to find Tamaki, Hunny, Haruhi, and Kyoya waiting for the three of us to arrive. We sat down on the couch and waited for what the vice President had to say. Tamaki smiled in pleasure at the sight of me.
"Sakuya-chan! We're so glad to see you," he cried out happily.
Someone has had way too much sugar today. I sighed. But nodded politely. Mori sat next to Hunny. Hunny smiled and walked over to me.
"Hi Kawaii-chan! Did ya' come here for the meeting?" he asked.
I glanced over at the twins, who wore a bored expression.
"I guess," I responded.
He smiled and, no surpise, still had the pink bunny in his arms. Haruhi glanced over at me in concern. He walked over in curiosity.
"What are you doing here, Mazaki-san? Weren't you in the nurse's office a little while ago feeling sick?" he asked.
I sighed and glanced over in attempt to have her realize that they had dragged me out of my comfort zone.
"Well, the guys just kind of dragged me all the way here," I explained.
He nodded solemnly.
"That's typical behavior for those guys. Its their way or the highway. Its tiring sometimes," he admitted.
The two looked over at him in shock. They dramatically clutched their hearts and shivered.
"Ouch! How cold. After all we've done for you," said Hikaru with fake tears.
Kaoru nodded and sighed.
"What do you expect from the master of bluntness? But I guess we rubbed off on Haruhi," Kaoru explained.
I looked over in confusion. I guess he was blunt. Kyoya walked in and the room fell silent. Well, in reality he was already there, but he was looking at his laptop for the time everyone was talking.
"I've called this meeting to elaborate on some interesting events relating to today around the time before classes started," he started.
A small gasp escaped my throat and was expelled through my lips. Don't tell me he was going to bring this up for everyone to hear. My head spinned with complicated thoughts exploding in my mind. I just wanted to live a normal life with no worries of my past, but here I was watching my life go down the drain and into the sewer. I sat quietly feeling dread for every second I was here.
"Power of persuasion please help me! All I have to think is that he isn't going to talk about the laptop breaking incident. It isn't about me. It isn't about me. It's about...pie! Yes pie. Great. Now I sound delusional. Maybe I should just accept it and then live the life of an ostracized Ouran student. Its better than having others constantly bully me," I thought.
I bowed my head low and tightened my eyes.
"Mazaki-kohai has tampered with a personal item belonging to Hikaru and Kaoru. The amount due is over $1,000 plus other costs of the warranty," he continued.
Gasps escaped the lips of Tamaki and Hunny. I covered my face in shame. I had no way to respond to his acusation when it was all true.
"Is that true?" asked Tamaki.
I didn't look up, but nodded. I bowed deeply and felt my face warm once more.
"I'm sorry. I already confirmed with the twins that I'd work for them to pay off the damages," I explained.
The whole room fell silent and Tamaki began to shed tears of remorse. He hugged me and cried hysterically. So dramatic.
"My beautiful flower! Please bear with them for a while, for I will rescue you from their clutches," he vowed.
I sighed and felt slightly embarrassed for being hugged by a complete stranger. A handsome stranger at that. I pushed him away and looked over at the twins. They grinned devilishly.
"So, the only reason you called this meeting was to tell us about Mazaki-san's servitude to twins, or was there more you needed to say?" asked Haruhi.
Kyoya shook his head.
"No of course not. I've also come to talk about arrangements for the Host Club Christmas Party coming up," he explained.
I tilted my head slightly. Host Club Christmas party?
"What's that?" asked Haruhi.
Hunny smiled and ate a piece of strawberry cake while listening to the conversation.
"Oh, that's right. This is your first year here. You're a newcomer to the club too. Well, every year we have this party in the the customers in the big hall used for events here at Ouran. There's music, games and dancing," explained Kaoru.
Sounded like those hokey parties that were made after a shoot. It didn't really pique my interest. I sighed.
"Are you going, Kawaii-chan?" Hunny asked.
I conteplated whether to answer or not. I really didn't know whether I was going or not.
"Well, I'm not sure. I might not be able to go. It is the holidays. I might have to go visit my family out of the country," I explained.
Hunny blushed in surprise.
"You celebrate Christmas? With presents, family and cake?" he asked.
I nodded.
"Yes," I said quietly.
I stood perfectly still as my mind wandered to the not so distant past.
***
Kaoru glanced over at Sakuya. She seemed to be in daydream mode. He wondered what she was thinking about. Hikaru watched his little brother staring at Sakuya with his cheeks slightly pinkish. Kyoya watched over the three quietly.
Flashback...
After the girls had left, the twins and Kyoya had discussed about Sakuya's reaction to Hikaru "looking up" information on her previous middle school years. Even wealthy people didn't have the power to go around do such things and look up information. Besides, after the graduation or leave of the person, their files are not in the school system. Most likely in storage somewhere.
"Why don't we strike a propisition?" asked Kyoya.
The twins cocked their heads.
"What do you mean?" they asked.
Kyoya smirked and had an evil glint in his eye.
"Blackmail," he said simply.
The twins looked at Kyoya warily. This was the scariest they had seen Kyoya.
"What exactly does he have against Sakuya that he'd go as far as showing his true colors during school, where others will surely notice?" wondered Hikaru.
Kaoru peeked at his older brother in wonder if they were to accept his offer.
"Are you really planning to go that far? I mean, we could always use the back up disk from our computer," ventured Kaoru.
Hikaru stood still for a while in thought, but he took the bait. He shook Kyoya's hand. Kaoru looked slightly agitated.
"Sure. I mean, our other plan was sort of ruined when we tried to intimidate Sakuya. She's tough to crack. What other way are we going to get her to see us other than classes when she hates our guts?" explained Hikaru.
He had a point, but his morales were a little messed up. Kaoru nodded. He had a bad feeling about this, but whatever his big brother did, he would follow suit.
"So, what's the plan?" asked Kaoru.
Kyoya pushed his glasses up with his index finger and his glasses shined.
"Glad you asked," Kyoya replied.
Kyoya grinned darkly. No one had ever spurned him like Sakuya had. Personal information was made to be found out by others. She was the first female person to ever back talk to him. Manners and human business relationships meant nothing to him right now. His wrath was too severe to have him think clearly.
End Flashback
Haruhi and Hunny ate cake while watching Kyoya stare at Sakuya, Hikaru, and Kaoru. Hikaru watched Kaoru and Sakuya. Kaoru was only looking at Sakuya and she was...staring off into space. Mori had left when he realized there was a meet for the kendo club. Tamaki had gone off in search for anything that would help him save Sakuya from the devils. Hunny strode over to Sakuya and tapped her shoulder. She shook her head and looked up abruptly.
***
I looked up in alarm to see Hunny looking at me with as happy grin.
"Kawaii-chan. Would you like some cake?" he asked sweetly.
Aww. What a cutie. I smiled and nodded. Hunny smiled and handed me a plate of strawberry cake. I took the plate and fork and nibbled it. It had such a rich taste. Must have been made by a famous chef or something.
"It's delicious," I complimented.
He smiled. I went back to eating the cake.
"Time sure flies by. Its almost time to open up," said Haruhi after looking at his watch.
I stood up and was almost across the room, when the twins pulled me back. I looked up in alarm.
"Might I ask about what you're doing?" I asked.
The two looked at eachother and nodded.
"You're staying," they said with authority.
I felt myself tremble with anger.
"If you two have club, I don't think I should be here. Besides, I have to get home," I said.
The two crossed their arms and shook their head.
"You have to do whatever we say. I mean, you are our personal servant now," countered Hikaru.
I sat on the floor with a black hole of despair encircling around me.