Hanataro sighed as he stared out the window in the back of the class, the class was over, but he was merely trying to think over everything that had happened in the short few months he had been at Ouran. He now had more than just Jack, who he wasn't related to, to confide things in, he was becoming more open dare he say it, perhaps his schizoid was finally beginning to go away, or not, he still didn't care if he had friends or not, he didn't like being around people for too long, maybe instead, he was just getting used to the idea of people.
His thoughts were interrupted by a break in the scenery he was looking upon, instead of the constant flow of yellow female uniforms and blue male uniforms, he suddenly saw a girl in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt stopping to talk with someone then heading into the school building. Hanataro shook his head; this would mean trouble for him.
He stood up from the desk and looked around the empty classroom before heading off to the Third Music Room to check up on Jack who was currently with Hunny, just as she now normally was, perhaps the bizarre girl was experiencing an actual crush, or maybe it was just Jack being Jack, the latter seemed far more likely.
Hanataro entered the Music Room, to discover there were no customers in it yet, which really was a good thing, because the scene that would soon take place, if viewed by the customers, would start gossip like wildfire.
"Kyoya, someone I know is going to be here soon, if no customers were here that would be rather helpful, and also, if you could all leave when she arrives, I would be grateful." Hanataro told said bespectacled teen.
Everyone in the room stared at Hanataro, wondering what exactly was going on, except Jack; she only stared at him because she thought she was supposed to since everyone else was staring at him.
"Not that I'm going to say no, but might I ask why you would prefer to speak with this person alone?" Kyoya asked,
"No, you may not." Hanataro answered, staring at the door as a girl with jeans and a t-shirt came into the room, and she stared nervously at Hanataro.
Kyoya rounded the rest of the club, and Hanataro made him take Jack with them, out of the room, and soon enough, Hanataro and the girl were left in the room alone.
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"Kira, what are you doing here, wearing that?" Hanataro immediately asked, glaring with his violet eyes into the almost identical violet eyes of his cousin, and Shiro's younger sister.
"I wanted out of that house, it's not fair, they're forcing me into an arranged marriage, and I have to do it the second I'm eighteen!" the girl, Kira, proclaimed, very upset with the arrangements made for her.
Hanataro's face didn't show one shred of emotion, "As very unfair as that is, you do know how bothersome it is for me when you run off without telling anyone and come see me." he responded, "Instead of you having to pay for your own actions, I receive your punishment, since our, lovely, grandmother doesn't want to ruin you for her own advantage."
"Look it's not as if though I want you to get hurt-"
"Ladies shouldn't lie, now should they, Kira." Hanataro said, malice hidden in his voice, "Don't think I don't hear you at parties, always bragging about how grandmother doesn't lay one hand on you, and instead I'm the one that can't be seen without a shirt, she doesn't do anything to you because you're useful to her, right now anyway."
"How dare you imply such a thing?" Kira shouted, yet there was such a look in her eyes that said it was true.
"Oh yes, how dare I, how dare I say the truth!" Hanataro shouted back, "How dare I, receive every single scar that should be on your back, how dare I, shout and scream in pain instead of you, how dare I, for never admitting before that I already knew the truth, and instead try to help you."
Kira looked at him in shock, having never known any of what her cousin had just told her before.
"I am done helping you Kira, from now on, help yourself, you should still have some more time to make it back home before grandmother gets truly upset, now get out, and I hope to never have to speak with you again." Kira instead stood there, still shocked with the way her normally quiet and sullen cousin was behaving, "Out!"
Kira hurried out the door, not realizing that when she opened it, it slammed someone in the face.
Hanataro held his face in one hand, he had never like that girl, she had always been so fake, but he had also never liked seeing anyone else hurt by his grandmother, the scars across his chest and back proved that only too well. How excellently he had hidden them from the servants and other people when he never wore a shirt to bed at night, oh the magic of makeup.
He sighed in irritation once more before exiting the room, completely knowing that the Host Club must have heard most of the conversation that was supposed to have been private, and also knowing that Jack didn't understand any of it, she merely skipped along next to him, humming a song, how strange that Hanataro recognized it as a dirge.
crazy: Oh my gosh, I hate highschool, too much work, too much of my stupid lit. teacher who is making us read Great Expectations, I wold like it a bit more if we didn't have to read ten chapters each week and the damn thing din't make my bookbag weigh an extra ten pounds. Anyway, sorry for the tremendously slow update, especially for this story, just, so much work, lit. bio, footbal games every week, marching band competitions, but it's all over, at least the marching band stuff, most likely anyway, not like I'll even do anything during the football games, just stay in the stands and look pretty, anyway, hopefully I'll have a bit more time, but I make no promises, anyway, click the button below, you know you want to.