Chapter 19

AN: I'M SO SORRY GUYS! It's been almost three months since I last updated… I did have a semi good excuse for the first month and a half though! My laptop's hard drive died, and I had to have my brother try to save and then extract all the data I had. After then I just got lazy. Not gonna lie I'm probably one of the laziest people I know. Also my depression and anxiety have been more than a little overwhelming :/ in fact I'm writing this chapter right now instead of having another relapse this week. Well that's enough of my life story… Wow guys we're almost at 20 this is awesome! I'm excited to continue this story and I will try to update more regularly, but funnily enough I looked back on my other chapters and in pretty much every single one I've apologized for not updating and promised to update more frequently. I really appreciate the comments from the readers! You guys are awesome and if you ever wanna talk be sure to hit me up! So here goes chapter 19!

MAKA POV: Haruhi and Kyoya came back with drinks for everyone, but their expressions were reversed. Kyoya, who is normally very serious and constantly deep in thought, seemed very cheerful and bright. Whereas Haruhi who is always carefree seemed very concerned and concentrated on something, in any case I really wonder what that "important" thing kyoya said to him was… Because whatever it was it seemed to push Haruhi even further away from the group and deeper into his thoughts. I would ask him about it, but I don't want to in front of everyone. I will sometime when I can get him alone, but for now I want to pay attention to the conversations because maybe if I keep pretending that I can't hear them they'll talk more about whatever "secret" they think they have on me.

*TIME PASSES*

30 minutes have passed since they last talked about it. I don't think they know I overheard, but maybe they think it's too risky with me being here. All they've been talking about is how much fun they had and how cool it was to meet my old friends. Maybe I'll actually try to sleep instead of eavesdropping.

Third person POV: "Yeah it was a great trip!" Honey was agreeing with Mori.

"I think it was nice to meet all of Maka's old classmates." Kyoya stated, "I don't know about anyone else, but it really gave me insight into what kind of person Maka actually is." This got everyone's attention, except for Maka who was snoring softly with her head on Haruhi's shoulder. Tamaki had been complaining that "daddy's little girl" should be sleeping on him and not Haruhi, but stopped to listen to what Kyoya had to say.

"What do you mean by that Kyoya?" tamaki was the one to ask what had been puzzling everyone, "What kind of person is she really?"

All eyes on Kyoya he sighed, then took a deep breath to steady himself, "Well, we knew she was distant. Always cold to anyone that tried to care for her or get close to her." He looked around at everyone who nodded in agreement.

"And now we know that Maka is a very caring person. Every one of her friends are very dear to her, and she treasures them more than anything in the world." He paused to catch his breath and in the silence was interrupted.

"Okay, so she's a caring girl, that much we already figured out." Kaoru's gaze was locked with Kyoya's as his twin continued,

"Yeah, what does that have to do with what kind of person she really is?"

"Well, if you let me finish what I was saying!" Kyoya huffed. He took off his glasses to clean them. Everyone knew it was just out of habit, when would the vice-president ever let his glasses get dirty in the first place?

"As I was saying, we know she treasures her friends. She protects them right?" he paused waiting for recognition from everyone. "Well just pause and think for a moment. The people she gets the closest to have died." Everyone was shocked at what he had just said, but still he went on. "Her older sister, her mother, her father, her partner who was also her best friend. And I'm assuming it's a safe bet to say she was in love with him. Everyone she loved the most was torn away from her. So if you were in that situation what would you do?" he looked around wondering if anyone came to the same conclusion as him.

"You'd close yourself off from others." Mori was the one to speak up. He was staring down at the floor and sounded positively disgusted.

"You'd make sure to keep your distance from anyone who cares about you or that you could care about. That way, no matter what, you wouldn't get hurt again." He trailed off, deep in his thoughts, and Kyoya picked up from him.

"That's it exactly. A girl who went from having an outgoing, cheery, open personality closed herself off." He paused, letting what he just said sink in. No one said anything. The silence wasn't comfortable, but no one could say anything.

Mori's POV: I can't stop myself from thinking about how Maka used to be when I lived on her street. I haven't thought about that little girl in such a long time. We were best friends, her, Tsubaki and I. she was the first girl I fell in love with. The first day she came to our school I didn't know what it was about her, but I couldn't get her out of my head. I'm so happy that I have the opportunity to reconnect with her, but it breaks my heart.

The fun, energetic, amazingly outgoing little girl I loved had to grow up through a series of tragedies. Just after she finished picking the pieces of herself up, she was shattered over and over. I guess somewhere through that process bits and pieces were left behind, and without all of the pieces she didn't fit back together just right. She needed someone to be there for her. Someone to count on! And I couldn't be that person for her. Now she feels that she can't trust anyone. She's always lying and making up excuses. I wish things could go back to the way they were.

Third Person POV: "Umm guys?" Hikaru broke the silence that had laid heavily on the group for several minutes.

"We thought of something you guys should know." Kaoru continued. "See we didn't think much of it at the time, but in light of recent events we thought we should share something." This got everyone's attention very fast.

"Well spit it out already!" Tamaki has always been impatient and immature, so it's not surprising that the outburst came from him.

"Well, on more than one occasion we've seen something suspicious." Kaoru started,

"But Maka only saw us once and came up with an excuse so it's safe to say she doesn't know we know" Hikaru clarified for everyone.

"Anyways on more than one occasion we've seen her secretly popping pills from an orange container. And what's more is that before she takes them she holds a black glasses case in her hand." Everyone but Haruhi looked confused but he tried not to let it show.

"We know she doesn't wear glasses, and every time she stares at the case for a long time, as if making a decision." Kaoru finished and looked around the circle. There was a brief pause before Haruhi spoke up.

"Guys, I don't think that's important. Who knows maybe she has a medical condition that she didn't mention." Kyoya was eyeing him up because he had never once heard Haruhi make something up. Probably because he's really bad at it and just sounds suspicious. He made a note of it to talk to Haruhi later. Even though it was suspicious, no one called Haruhi out on what he had said, and just then Maka woke up.

Maka's POV: I woke up leaned over. Then I realized I had fallen asleep on Haruhi's shoulder! Quickly I sat up and to cover up my sudden movement I did a few quick stretches. I took out my ear buds and decided for the rest of the plane ride I'd stop hiding from my new friends.

AN: hey y'all sorry this chapter isn't very long I just was not motivated and was really distracted. I hope you enjoyed, but if you didn't be sure to tell me why it sucked so I can improve my skills hopefully inspiration for the next chapter will come to me. I don't know if I should have conversation, or have like Maka be at home flashbacking or whatever else. Also right now for pairing I have no clue! It's looking like mori and haruhi with a little side of jealous but brooding kyoya. Well tell me how ya liked it and I'll be posting again when I can! Ta ta for now J