"Hey Belmont-san, wait for me, I'll accompany you to your car," Haruhi said running towards her.

"You don't have to bother Fujioka-san, it's not that far," Mika smiled, it was the first time that someone other than servants wanted to go with her to at least the door, "Fujioka-san, is this what they call having 'friends'?" Mika asked nervously.

"Mmmm... I think it is," Haruhi smiled at her.

Mika smiled at her broadly, "So, can I call you by your first name?"

"Sure, and can I call you by yours?"

"Yes, please do," at that moment Mika's car pulled over, "Ah, it seems that my ride has arrived, I'll see you tomorrow Haruhi," Mika got on her car, and Haruhi just stood there watching as her new friend left.

In the car however things weren't as happy as her first day of school...

"Mika-sama, I received bad news from the mansion," her driver said grimly.

"W-What are they?" Great after she had had a marvelous day at her first day of school, bad news crash on her, it was as if fate wanted to test her on something.

"Well, you see...The news are about your...er...pa...rents," the driver forced himself to choke out the words to the poor 15 year old girl.

"W-What happened to my parents?!" Mika was alarmed, not her parents, not something bad involving her parents!

"They...I think I should leave this to the other servants to tell you Mika-sama, it wouldn't do good if you panicked here in the car," her driver said.

"I want to know now! What happened to my parents?!"

The driver locked all doors, just in case Mika decided to do something crazy, and he closed the middle window which seperated him from her. He will not spill out anything else for her while they were in the car. Nobody really knew how Mika-sama reacted to this kind of things, since when she was still little she didn't show any emotion to anyone, especially her parents, it was as if she was trying to show that she was strong.

When they got to the mansion, Mika had composed herself and she no longer looked like that desperate girl wanting to find out about what happened to her parents. She was all business like.

"Kisho-san I want you to tell me what happened," Mika said to their most trusted butler, "I don't want either Ayame or Dai to come in until I have the news, speaking of which, where are they?"

Ayame was Mika's younger sister by two years, and Dai was her younger brother by four. Now that something bad has happened to her parents she must find out what has happened, why hadn't she been informed of this earlier, and what measures she must take to protect her younger sister and brother.

"As you say Mika-sama," Kisho bowed, he gave out orders, and then escorted Mika to the library.

"Now," Mika sat on one of the library's sofas with her composed feature, "tell me everything that happened," even though she didn't show it, inside of her, she was breaking up inside.

"I'm sorry to be the one telling you this, Mika-sama, but your parents got in a car accident," Kisho said, "and..."

"And? What happened? Where are they?" Again, her emotions were taking over her, and tears began flowing down. I can't do this, I can't keep myself composed. After everything they have thought me, about never showing my true feelings I can't stop myself from showing my weakness now.

"Well, your father died on the collision, and..."

"Dad...died..." Mika was frozen in place, tears still coming down. Dad's dead...that can't be...just today he said that he was expecting to hear about my first day of school...he can't be dead...that's not possible...

"And...your mother is in coma at the family's hospital..." Kisho let that sink in. It had been a long time since he had seen Mika cry, the last time she had cried it had been because her dog had died.

"Mom is in coma?" This wasn't happening, this couldn't be true.

"However, your mother is in critical condition, and she may pass away tonight," Kisho said.

"This isn't something I can hide from my sister and brother, we must tell them," Mika stood up, wiping away her tears, " And get a car ready, we're going to see our mother," with that, she left to her room.

"Mother..." Ayame cried when she saw her mom in the hospital's bed laying there with all sort of cables and machines surrounding her.

"Mom is going to get better right Onee-sama?" the 11 year old Dai asked.

Mika couldn't say anything... she had spoken with the doctor who was attenting her mother and he had said that there was no hope. The doctor had said that her mother may not survive this night... so what would happen to her and her brothers when their mother passed away? She was still too young to take over her father's company... Who was going to train her when she turned 16? She could take care of her younger siblings, but who was going to take care of the company?

"Onee-sama?" Ayame grabbed Mika's right arm.

"What's wrong Ayame?" Mika said trying to look cheerful.

"What are we going to do from now on?" she asked.

"That's not for you to worry about, I'll take care of everything," Mika replied.

"Are you sure?" Dai asked.

Mika was surprised of Dai's sudden maturity.

"Yes, don't worry... I'll figure something out... I promise," Mika said.

The next day, after such a horrible night, Mika went to school. Her servants said that it would be best if she stayed home, but she had stuff to do... like learn how to manage a company, which she was sure someone from her school knew how to do.

"Mother... Father... I'll make you proud and you won't have to worry about us..."

Short? I know... next one will be longer...