So, I have been absent for two years now and I am so sorry about that! But I have been working on this chapter for a month so I could perfect it to the best of my ability. This story will be, I repeat, will be finished this summer. The updates will probably be random but I promise this will be completed by the end of this summer. It is my goal because I don't want to leave this incomplete. I have already finished it once but I have been rewriting it as I go along. So here it is! Enjoy! Please Review although I don't exactly deserve it after this long wait. But still, enjoy!

Alyssa's POV

"What do you mean a break?" asked Hikaru, even though I'm pretty sure he knew what I meant.

"I'm saying that….I don't know, maybe we rushed into this. For the most part, since Morgie and I arrived in Japan what have you and I done to each other? Pulled pranks? Basically always trying to one up the other? Then Daniel came along and I don't know…"

I paused and walked to sit on the stone block by the tree. A few moments later Hikaru sat next to me.

"We never gave each other the chance to just be friends. To build a trust between the two of us. To do that, I feel that it'd be best if we separated for a while and tried to just be friends." I continued.

Hikaru's shoulders deflated. He looked so down trotted and I almost took back everything I said but I felt to salvage our relationship, we needed to start from the beginning.

"Is this really what you want?" He asked.

I sighed and thought about it once more. It wasn't really about what I wanted. I wanted to forgive him. It was in my nature. But, it would be better in the long run if we were to have any relationship. By being friends, Hikaru and I could really get to know each other. I didn't want this, but I needed this…he would see that he needed this to.

"Yes."

"Okay. I'm not fond of this but…if this is what you think is best then, I'm in."

I nodded then got up. We had been out here long enough and it was time to face the music. I turned to see if Hikaru was following me, but he was still sitting on the rock, his head in his hands. I continued back towards the house. Instead of heading through the garage, I went through the sliding glass door that led to the living room. I walked into the kitchen where I saw everyone cleaning up from dinner. All the host club members were helping which shocked me at first but then I remembered it's a part of their image. When they saw me walk in, everyone gave me sympathetic looks. My mom walked over to me.

"Are you okay sweetie?"

I put on a fake smile.

"Yea I'm fine. No worries. We discussed everything."

I could see my brother in the background cracking his knuckles. I knew I needed to stop him from doing anything drastic.

"Brennan, everything is fine. There is absolutely no need for you to beat him up. Trust me."

He backed down but still looked tense. I don't blame him. Hunny came over to me, looking at me with his doe eyes.

"Are you and Hikaru going to be okay?"

"Yes Hunny, Hikaru and I going to be okay…"

Hikaru walked in at that point. He gave me a small smile which I gave in return.

"….I promise."

The Next Day

Morgan's POV

I was happy to be going over to Caitlyn's for a bonfire tonight. Last night was…disastrous to say the least. Alyssa and I talked. Apparently, the pair of them decided to be friends. While I do think that they need to build trust, those two belong together! They're like….milk and oreos! Maybe a bad analogy, but it was true. I'd give them the rest of break to cool off but then I am so going to begin scheming again. Maybe I'll pair up with Kaoru this time…or maybe Haruhi. Eh, maybe not. She doesn't seem like the person who likes to meddle with others' lives without the host club.

I do admit, I'm worried about tonight though. Nurashia, Caitlyn, Amber, Mark and Jacob would be there. Thankfully Gavin wouldn't be. The very last thing we needed was Gavin to make a scene, especially with everything that had just gone down with Alyssa and Hikaru.

Alyssa would be picking us up in her parents' van. It would be the only vehicle that would fit all of us in it…well I mean besides the limo. We really didn't need to show up in something flashy. Alyssa would be picking the host club and I any minute now. My phone went off, alerting me to the fact that Alyssa had arrived.

"Alyssa is here. You guys ready?" I asked the group.

"Oh I'm so excited! What happens at these bonfires?" exclaimed Tamaki.

I giggled a bit from his enthusiasm. Bonfires were a regular thing to my old group of friends, not to mention the town and it still baffled me at times when the group got so excited by something I found so common.

"Nothing much happens at them. You cook things over them, like hotdogs or marshmallows. Sometimes we tell stories, like spooky tales. A lot of the time we play games around it, like mafia," I explained.

They're eyes widened when I said mafia.

"Bonfires are safe, right Morgan?"

I looked down at Hunny whose eyes were starting to glisten from slight fear.

"Oh Hunny, they're complete safe. Mafia is just a card game."

A loud honking noise came from outside and was heard by all our ears.

"We need to head out before Alyssa comes in and drags us all out," I joked and slipped my hoodie under my arm. The host club followed behind me.

I climbed into the passenger seat of the van while the host club filed in the back. Tamaki and Kyoya sat in the middle seats while Mori, Hunny, Kaoru, and Hikaru took up residence in the back seats. Unfortunately, there were only three seats, so Hunny had to sit on Mori's lap. I guess that's pretty normal though, so then again maybe that was fortunate.

"What was the hold up?" Alyssa asked.

"They were curious and worried about the bonfire," I told her.

"There's nothing to be worried about. It's just a bonfire," She said while pulling out of my driveway.

"That's what I said," I exclaimed waving my hand about.

"Excuse us for being concerned about safety!" Hikaru shouted up at us. Alyssa giggled a bit as did I.

At this point Tamaki tried to get us all to join in singing a little ditty, which wasn't really that annoying but I could tell that Kyoya was not amused. After fifteen minutes and quite a few twists and turns later, we arrived at Caitlyn and Jacob's house. Yes indeed they were siblings, although they acted nothing like siblings, and I'm not talking just one annoying the other. They get into verbal fights so escalating that I'm always afraid could break out into something more if we don't tread carefully. Their personalities just clashed too much, and it didn't help that they always felt they needed to be right.

Everyone hopped out of the van and the host club seemed to be waiting for orders from us, which I found weird and decided if I just walked away they'd probably follow. Alyssa knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. Instead we were greeted with the sounds of numerous barks. The host club hid behind Mori for protection.

"Relax. It's only Rusty and Fraser. Actually, scratch that. Rusty you don't have to worry about but Fraser…he's a tad bit evil," Alyssa told them. It didn't lessen their fear.

The door opened and there stood Caitlyn holding back a golden lab by his collar.

"Hey guys, come on in," She said while motioning us to come in. Rusty was trying to break loose of her grip to greet us.

All of us filed in and the host club made to take off their shoes.

"Oh don't worry about taking your shoes off. We'll be heading out to the fire pit in a moment and this floor is tile. Easy cleaning," Caitlyn told them before letting Rusty go. He took off towards Tamaki and tried to jump on him. Tamaki seemed to love the attention.

"Rusty get down! I'm sorry about that," Caitlyn apologized.

"No worries. I love animals," He responded.

Just then, I saw Fraser come around the corner. He was an old small white terrier with anger issues. His constant sound was a growl and didn't mind being petted as long as you approached him carefully.

"Come here Fraser," I said while kneeling down to his level. He walked a bit towards me still growling. I never got the chance to pet him because Tamaki knelt down before him. Fraser didn't exactly like that and he made it clear when he went to take a nip out of Tamaki's hand. Tamaki jumped back from fright then ran behind Kyoya.

"You weren't kidding!" Tamaki squeaked.

"Yea, sorry about that. Fraser is very old and picky when it comes to being petted," Caitlyn explained to him.

"Yea no kidding," Tamaki mumbled which I had heard but I doubt Caitlyn had.

"Anyway, Jacob, Mark, and Nurashia are downstairs playing rock band and Amber isn't here yet," Caitlyn said while walking through the hallway towards the kitchen. She turned a corner and opened a door leading to the basement.

"Hey guys, we're gonna head out to the fire now!" Caitlyn yelled down the stairs.

There was a scampering of feet and I saw Jacob and Mark racing up the stairs, one trying to beat the other to the top. Nurashia waited at the bottom to avoid the chaos and quite frankly I didn't blame her, but then again I might have joined in.

"Finally we get to meet the guys who drew in that crowd at the school," Mark exclaimed while wrapping his arm around Caitlyn's waist.

"Yea what was with the helicopter? You probably gave some of the country kids here a heart attack. Don't see those things around unless someone is getting life-flighted," Jacob stated a bit sarcastically and I realized that this could take a turn for the worst real fast.

A knock at the door stopped anymore conversation about status. Rusty had already made his way to the door, his tail wagging in an almost uncontrollable manner of excitement.

"That's probably Amber," Caitlyn said while walking over to the door and I joined her by her side to greet Amber.

"Hey Amber!" I exclaimed while giving her a quick hug.

"Hey! I can't stay long because I have some things to do for mom later tonight, but I can stay for a few hours," She said while returning the hug. It was nothing new for her having to leave for something. We're always just glad she can hang out when she can.

"So…which one is yours Morgie?"

I shook my head at her teasing before pointing over at Mori. He seemed to be oblivious to our conversation to which I was thankful.

"Mr. Tall, Quiet and Mysterious? Huh, always thought you'd end up with someone who was majorly outgoing. But I bet he's quite something," Amber whispered, noticing my hesitation for this conversation getting any louder.

I mentally swooned but I wanted to slap myself for it afterwards. "Yea, he's wonderful."

"Also, what was with that fight with Alyssa and that redhead? No wait that redhead…which one was it?" Amber asked confused as to which one was Hikaru and Kaoru even though she didn't even know their names.

"Hey secret secrets are no fun!" Mark shouted over to us.

"Secret secrets hurt someone!" Jacob ended up finishing which ended in a high five between the two of them.

"You guys are dorks," I said back at them.

"Alright, now that everyone is here, we can head out. Everything is out in the car so-" Caitlyn started but she didn't get to finish because Jacob interrupted her.

"Shouldn't we be introduced? The first time we saw these guys there was a big commotion. I think we deserve some explanation," Jacob reasoned, which I suppose he had a point.

"Oh well this," Alyssa pointed to Tamaki, "is Tamaki Suoh. He's the princely type…" She paused for a moment realizing what she just said. "No, what I mean is umm…oh balls."

"It's okay my lovely one. I can take it from here." Tamaki declared and I mentally face-palmed. Well I thought it was mentally until I felt a small pain on my forehead.

"Ouch," I said while rubbing my now red forehead. I was probably just making it redder. Mori glanced at me, his eyes baring concern. I gave him a quick smile which I hoped he realized meant I was fine.

"I am Tamaki Suoh, the princely type. Over there is Kyoya Ootori, the cool type. The twins - HIkaru and Kaoru Hitachiin - the devil type. Takashi Morinozuka is the tall and silent one and is currently taken by our own Morgan! And last but certainly not least, Mitsukuni Haninozuka the loli-shota type," Tamaki finished.

Our friends stared at them then at each other. I could tell this was not what they were expecting.

"They run a host club," Alyssa filled them in but the blank stares were still on their face. Nurashia looked over at Amber and I could tell she was thinking that they were a bunch of weirdos. I didn't blame her. I was the same way when I met them.

"And a host club is…?" Caitlyn asked.

"The Ouran host Club is where the school's handsomest boys with too much time on their hands entertain young ladies who also have way too much time on their hands. Just think of it as Ouran academy's elegant playground for the super rich and beautiful," Tamaki answered. Alyssa groaned knowing what was running through their minds.

"You…'entertain' young ladies?" Nurashia said with a disgusted look on her face while Mark and Jacob chuckled.

"No it's not like that! They just drink tea and eat cakes and deserts," I clarified.

"What did they think we did," Tamaki whispered in my ear.

"They thought…you know…'entertained'…you know like hehe," I tried to explain but he just stared at me with a blank expression. I looked over to Kyoya for help and he just smirked.

"Okay remember when we first met you and I called you a man-whore. That's because when you say you entertain young ladies, it sounds like your whoring yourself out," I explained and my face went a bit red. Did no one have the 'talk' with him?

"That is completely undignified! How could they think of such things?!" Tamaki exclaimed.

"Cause you made it sound like that's how Japan likes to get down," Mark stated.

"Okay how about we just forget about this. It's basically a social club. You know how rich people are with their dinner parties. The club is like training to them," Alyssa tried to keep the arguing down to a minimum. We really wanted our new friends and old friends to get along.

"Makes sense," Nurashia had spoken up.

"Okay! Now that introductions are out of the way, let's head out to the fire. Someone can ride in the car with me and the rest can walk back," Caitlyn said.

"Oh! I call it!" Nurashia shouted while raising her hand in the air.

"Hey I'm her boyfriend! I should be able to ride back with her!" Mark argued with her.

"Bitch please, you just want to suck face," Nurashia claimed

"I'm offended!" Mark feigned hurt while gripping his heart.

Mori came to stand next to me and took my hand.

"I can see why you took to us so well," He uttered.

I nodded and we began to follow everyone outside, us in the back. I looked over and saw Hikaru and Alyssa. They gravitated towards each other while they talked and I could tell Hikaru was itching to take her hand but he couldn't. It was really depressing to watch but I attempted to ignore it because I knew that they would be back together in no time.

I shut the door behind us and saw Rusty sitting there with his big puppy eyes and I swore he had a small pout. Poor puppy wanted to join us. The Explorer was already sitting in the backyard ready to drive back behind the pond where the fire pit was near the woods. Nurashia was attempting to pull Mark from the front seat before she just jumped on his lap. Caitlyn glared a bit but it quickly vanished. She was probably jealous for a brief moment. The rest of us just passed them and continued walking towards the site. Soon though the Explorer passed us and Nurashia and Mark waved from the front seat. I laughed at their dorkiness. By the time we got there, the three were already setting everything up. It was a bit difficult with only flashlights.

"You know this probably would have been easier if you had done this in the daylight," Kyoya articulated.

"What's the fun in that?" Alyssa told him while taking a flashlight from the car.

"Takashi…I don't like the dark," Hunny said with a bit of tears pricking from his eyes.

"How old is this kid?" Jacob asked. "Is there anything we will have to bleep out in front of him?"

"It's hard to believe but he's eighteen," Alyssa told him.

If he was drinking, there is no doubt in my mind he would have done a spit take.

"Seriously? Wow…"

"Yea, he's older than all of us," Kaoru stated. I was glad he said something. I wasn't sure if he was going to start talking tonight or not.

Suddenly there was more light and I noticed Caitlyn had gotten the fire started.

"That should get us going. Alyssa, would you mind finding some small sticks to keep the fire going?"

"Yea sure."

"I'll come with you." Hikaru walked over to her. She looked happy yet sad about it.

"Okay…yea," She said with a bit of a nervous laugh.

We finished getting the rest of the chairs set up in. Tamaki had a bit of difficulty with the concept but his excitement never wavered when presented with something that was deemed commoner-sque. Hunny was eyeing the marshmallows and chocolate. I wondered if he ever had a marshmallow roasted over a fire or a smores for that matter. Probably not. He was in for a real treat.

Everyone took a seat by the fire which was starting to become a bit dim. Alyssa and Hikaru walked back with their arms loaded with a bunch of twigs and dry leaves.

"Finally, we were wondering if you had gotten attacked," Jacob declared.

"Yes because we were screaming in terror," Alyssa mentioned sarcastically.

"Hey, no need to be cheeky," Mark said while I just laughed. She had been hanging with me too much.

"Well now that a fire's going. I'm going to make a smores," Nurashia announced.

"Oo! Make me one!" Amber told her

"What's a smores?" Kaoru asked.

"It's a desert type of food," Nurashia answered. Hunny's eyes lit up.

"Desert!? What's it taste like? What's it made of?"

"Well, it's made of marshwellows and chocowate and smashed between two gwahm cwackers," She told him in a cooing voice.

"Nurashia. He's eighteen not two," Alyssa laughed.

"Well he acts like a freaking five-year old."

"He's almost as tall as you," I mentioned.

"Hey! I'm fun sized!"

Everyone laughed at his declaration.

"I wouldn't judge him by his size and personality. Mitsukuni Haninozuka is a registered as a weapon of mass destruction in Japan," Kyoya spoke up.

"Please, there's no way. I could take him," Jacob declared.

Alyssa and I started to bust up laughing. We had seen Hunny's moves before. Poor Jacob would be dead.

"What's so funny," Jacob shouted in a bit of anger.

"Trust me Jacob, you would be down in 2 seconds flat," I told him.

"Well let's see it. I want to see this kid's so called moves," Mark retorted.

Jacob went to get up but I felt Mori get up next to me.

"It would be wise if I fought him as a demonstration. You would not be able to hold against him. We have trained in the same dojo."

Jacob sat back down with a certain look on his face. It seemed he finally realized this wasn't a joke. Hunny stood up as well. His expression turned serious. It scared me a bit because in all the time I've known him, he always looks so joyful. Only a few times had I seen him like this and it was still frightful.

"Wait!" Caitlyn yelled. "If you fight, please take it over to there." She pointed towards an open area by the pond. I didn't blame her though. As skilled as they are, I'd rather them not be near the fire.

Everyone stood up to follow Mori and Hunny to the area. They stood a good distance between one another and just stared, assessing each other out before striking. The air was tense but it didn't last long for Nurashia decided to shout, "Someone hit someone already!"

Mori took off towards Hunny with a speed that seemed humanly impossible. Hunny jumped up from his stance, landing on Mori's shoulders before flipping off of them. As graceful as a feline, he landed crouched down and ready to pounce. His bangs hid his eyes but I knew if I saw them they would be harsh looking. Hunny stood up with his fists clenched. He took off running towards Mori, but Mori was prepared. Mori threw out a punch which Hunny easily deflected. He grabbed ahold of his arm and swung a leg at his face. Mori pushed him away.

As the fight continued, I noticed they kept getting closer and closer to the fire pit and chairs. I could tell Caitlyn was getting a little nervous by this fact but I wasn't worried. They were masters at this. There was no doubt in my mind that they would be safe from the fire. Hunny landed on one of the chairs, once again crouched, ready to jump off when the time came. Indeed it did when Mori kicked the chair from underneath him. The chair started coming at me. I didn't have the time nor the reflexes to move so it ended up hitting me. The next thing I felt was cold water hitting my back.

"Oh my gosh! Morgan!" I heard Alyssa yell, but I was more focused on trying to get myself above water.

I felt Mori grab ahold of my hand, because I would recognize this hand anywhere, lifting me easily out of the water. I begin coughing, trying to catch my breath, and I was a bit worried I may have gotten water in my lungs. Even so, I started laughing at what happened. I couldn't believe I just fell in the pond by a flying chair. It was a hilarious situation. I stopped laughing like a crazy person when I felt something drape over my shoulders.

Mori still had his stoic face on, but I could tell his eyes were worried. Not only that, I could tell he blamed himself for what happened, which I found stupid. He didn't know the chair would hit me. It was an accident.

"Thanks Mori," I told him while blushing. I couldn't believe I was still so nervous around him.

He looked down and began to walk away. I grabbed ahold of his hand to turn him towards me.

"Hey, this wasn't your fault, okay? It was an accident. Don't you dare blame yourself for what happened."

"But it did happen and it was my fault."

"I don't believe that and who cares. I'm fine. A little wet but fine."

I put my hand on his face to get him to look at me. "Don't put this on yourself. It's not that big of deal."

He smiled then nodded. I shall a flash and turned towards everyone else who I just realized were probably watching our exchange. Kaoru was holding a camera.

"Kaoru, delete that picture," I threated.

"No can do, Morgan. Kyoya has been looking for new material for our magazines and this is definitely something we can work with," He answered.

I looked over at Kyoya and gave him the biggest glare I could manage, but he simply shrugged his shoulders.

"We've been running low on funds. It wouldn't hurt to get some photos of the host club's resident couple."

I looked over at Alyssa to see if she noticed what he said. She did and looked a bit down about it as did Hikaru. Kyoya realized what he said and also looked sorry for what he said, but he wouldn't say anything. I started to shiver a bit and I wished I had brought extra clothes like usual.

"Caitlyn, do you have some clothes Morgan can borrow?" Mori asked and I was surprised a bit that he talked. He's normally so quiet.

"Of course. Do you want to drive up there or you want to walk?"

"Walking is fine," I said while starting back to the house.

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I was a bit worried at first but I knew Morgan was in good hands. We all walked back over to the fire and Jacob put another log on it. It was quiet for a moment before Mark spoke up.

"So…ninjas do exist!"

Nurashia slapped him in the arm. "Now isn't the time."

"Either way. That was awesome. My money would totally be on the kid," Mark said to Jacob.

"Once again, he's older than all of us," I mentioned.

"Can I have that smore now?" Hunny asked Mori and he nodded. Mori looked over at me and I got up to help Hunny make it. I would have let him do it himself but he didn't know how, not to mention I doubt he's made anything in his life.

I grabbed a fire stick and placed the marshmallow on the end. Hunny watched with wonder and I could see Tamaki staring as well with interest. I placed it near the ashes where it would be the hottest. When I saw it was becoming golden, I decided to grab the rest of the ingredients.

"Hold this Hunny while I get some graham crackers and chocolate," I told him handing him the stick.

Hunny's eyes lit up as he took the stick from my hand. He stuck it back in the fire and waited for me to come back with the stuff. I turned my back towards the table littered with snacks and treats. I grabbed a graham cracker and bar of chocolate. I could hear everyone chatting. Nurashia was holding a conversation with Kyoya which I found interesting. Jacob and Mark were talking animatedly about the moves Mori and Hunny were throwing out. Amber was teaching the twins and Tamaki how to roast a marshmallow. I laughed to myself, glad that everyone was getting along so well.

"Ahh! I didn't mean it!"

I turned around and saw Hunny still with the fire stick, but with a flaming marshmallow on the end. He started swinging it around trying to figure out what to do with it.

"No Hunny! Don't swing it! Blow on it," I yelled over at him.

He tried to but tears were forming in his eyes and he was having trouble. Mori grabbed the stick from his hand and blew on it himself. The fire went out to reveal a charred mallow. Hunny still had tears in his eyes.

"I did it wrong!" Hunny cried out.

"Are you kidding Hunny? Charred ones are the best!" Nurashia told him.

"Really?" He asked in excitement.

"Yea. Now you know for sure that they're all gooey on the inside, which is just the way you want them," Nurashia stated like it was the obvious.

I took the stick from Mori and gripped the marshmallow with the graham crackers and chocolate. I handed the smore off to Hunny and he bit into it greedily. It was gone within seconds.

"That was delicious! Can I have another one?"

"Do you remember how to make them?" I asked while laughing.

"Of course! I can do this!" He exclaimed.

Instead of one marshmallow this time, he threw on four, two on prong. I laughed at his sugar need and eagerness. I turned to see Caitlyn and Morgie coming back from the house.

"Hey guys, long time no see," Jacob called out.

"Yea, now that you guys are back we can go on the man hunt."

I smacked my forehead with Mark's bluntness. The host club looked scared.

"A man hunt? Isn't that…wrong…illegal?" Tamaki questioned with a slight fear to his voice.

"No you don't understand. It's just a night hike. We take a walk through the woods," I explained hoping they understood.

"Is that safe?" Hikaru asked. "Aren't there bears and wolves in the forest?" Kaoru inquired after him.

"Wolves, no. They no longer live in these parts. Bears possibly but very unlikely. Your biggest worry is a coyote. But we do this all the time. We won't get attacked," Jacob explained. He got up and threw flashlight over to Nurashia. She gripped it like it was her life line.

"I'm game," I said. I enjoyed night hikes and Caitlyn and Jacob knew these woods like the back of their hand. We'd be fine.

"As Prince of this Host Club, I say we shall go into those woods!"

Everyone looked at him like he was crazy.

"Just ignore it," Morgie said. "It's a force of habit with him."

I grabbed one of the flashlights off the table and tossed it over to Jacob.

"You lead Jacob. Nurashia you got the back," Caitlyn said.

"What! Why do I have the back?" Nurashia exclaimed

"Because you have the other flashlight!" Caitlyn said calmly.

"So! Get another flashlight!" Nurashia defended.

Amber grabbed the flashlight from Nurashia and she pouted. I laughed at their antics but started following the rest of group as they made their way into the woods. I stood next to Hikaru, Morgie, Amber, and Mori. Tamaki was clutching onto Kyoya who looked bored about everything. He was probably wishing he was with his laptop. Hunny perched himself on top of Mori shoulders but he looked quite frightened as well. Kaoru was up with Nurashia making conversation while Caitlyn clung onto Mark, although I was pretty sure it was for reasons other than being scared.

"So…do you guys do this often?" Hikaru asked me.

"Umm…well over the past couple years yes but with us going to Ouran, it's been put on hold a bit. It's great to see them again," I answered him.

"This may be hard to believe but when I first met one of Haruhi's childhood friends, I made a big ass of myself," Hikaru admitted.

"Yea that's so hard to believe," I said sarcastically. He looked at me with a smile and I nudged him with my elbow and he elbowed me back.

"Yea, I called him out on him liking Haruhi. Even said to everyone that Haruhi didn't want to be his friend."

"What happened?"

"She slapped me across the face."

I busted out laughing at that. "You deserved it I'm sure."

He chuckled too. "I guess I did."

We began walking some more, trying not to step over any tree roots. I came close a few times.

"So how did you meet everyone anyway?" He asked.

"Well I met Nurashia in the 5th grade. Our teacher arranged our seats alphabetically by last name. We bonded over a theme song to a cartoon. Caitlyn was abandoned by her friends in the 6th grade so she asked to sit with us. Jacob is Caitlyn's brother and Mark is friends with Jacob. We're all connected in some way or another."

"Wow that's deep," Hikaru chuckled.

"Yea, I didn't mean to sound so serious there."

"Caitlyn and Mark have run off! We all know what they're doing!" Nurashia announced to everyone.

A howl sounded through the night.

"What was that!?" Tamaki squeaked.

"Just a coyote. Nothing to worry about," Jacob said.

"I don't know that sounded pretty close," Nurashia told him while gripping onto Kaoru's sleeve.

A couple more howls sounded through the woods.

"It's probably just Mark and Caitlyn trying to scare us," Jacob concluded.

"What are you talking about?" Caitlyn said reappearing with Mark beside her.

I was actually becoming a bit scared. They indeed sounded close. I grabbed ahold of Hikaru's arm. A few more howls echoed.

"Last one to the fire is a rotten egg!" Jacob yelled and we all took off after him.

We exited the woods and ended back in the open area where Mori and Hunny started their sparing. We all sprinted back towards the fire and I realized I still had a hold of Hikaru's arm.

"Sorry."

"No worries. No need to apologize," He told me and went to sit back down. He looked dejected. My heart broke a little but I didn't say anything. I walked back over to the chairs and sat next to Morgie. She gave me a look asking 'Are you okay?' I nodded and begin to listen to what was going on around me.

So I hope this was a great read for you! Please leave a comment but that's perfectly okay if you don't. I just hope you enjoyed it!