ღLast time on Picking up the Piecesღ
Akira nodded and I slipped out of the main room and headed down the hallway where he left. I found him after a while in the library, staring at the chess board, a piece moved. I walked over and moved a knight diagonally to the pawn. He barely glanced up at me before he knocked the knight over. "The pawn did end up becoming much more than a pawn. She took out my knight," I hummed crossing my arms. He looked down guiltily. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted you," I shook my head sadly.
He stood up and grabbed my arm as I started to walk away, "I went to talk to her-"
"Bullshit, you don't go on a date with my social worker if you just went to talk. You could've phoned her up or waited until today," I retorted quietly before pulling my hand from his grip. Heading towards the door. "Thanks to your stupid idea, I now have a snowballs chance in hell of staying here. Unless we can think of a miraculous idea so I can stay here."
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"HARUHI!" Three voices echoed throughout the house.
"Oh, fucking hell!" I whispered looking up from the book in my lap. "Why did they decide to come over?" I mumbled as I closed my book and walked out of my room. I saw Takashi stepping out of his room and immediately stepped back in, but he saw me. As he walked over, I heard some males storming up the staircase.
"Mori-senpai! It's great to see you again!" Tamaki yelled dramatically. I saw Tamaki waltz past and clap Takashi on the shoulder with a grin. The twins stood outside my door, watching the interaction Stepping out I waved at them with a bored expression
"Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru. What are you guys doing here?" I asked raising my eyebrow. Hikaru stared at me, a bit of anger and confusion on his face. Kaoru smiled at the other two.
"We're going to talk to Haruhi for a moment," he waved before Hikaru grabbed my shoulder and twisted me back towards my room. I headed in with a bit of force from the male and Kaoru closed the door a few seconds later.
I pulled away from Hikaru when his grip tightened. Kaoru silent as he walked over to the window seat and sat down staring out. He seemed uninterested by what was about to happen. I wasn't prepared for what he was going to do, for his face was blank and bored.
Hikaru stepped forwards, his eyes angry, fists clenched. It had been awhile since I last saw him, two months to be exact, back when I had admitted to killing my father. I blinked and stepped back, slightly scared. Not that I would admit. In stepping back, I fell over the arm of the couch and land on the cushions. That's when he exploded.
"Haruhi! Why did you fucking lie to us! We thought we were your best friends!" he growled, not wanting to raise his voice in case Takashi or Tamaki came in. He glared down at me with anger, but not disgust. I was confused by his actions.
"You aren't my best friends! I never lied to you, you never asked me outright!" I shouted back, attempting to get back up.
"Yes, we are! You cannot lie about something that important!" he exclaimed, grabbing onto my arm. I gasped as he hauled up me up and grabbed my upper arms. "If you would've just told us about this, we might've..."
"Might've what! Thrown me in jail? Pushed me away and told me to kill myself so I wouldn't hurt you?" My voice got louder as I went on. His grip tightened and he stared at me. I glared back, out of the corner of my eyes, I could see Kaoru standing a few feet away from Hikaru and I. My eyes narrowed.
"I hate you," he whispered letting go, his lips quivered. I didn't notice his head tilt down and his lips connect with mine. I blinked. The second male I've been kissed by. After a moment, I closed my eyes and kissed him back briefly before pulling away. I didn't feel guilty kissing Hikaru, for I knew that Takashi kissed someone else. A heart for a heart. I didn't enjoy it as much as I would if it was Takashi, but it wasn't bad. Why is he kissing me? A moment ago he looked as if he was ready to kill me.
He blinked before turning around and walking towards the door. "I'm going home now. See ya, Haruhi," he whispered before opening the door. I stared at him. I was too confused at the moment to be angry with him. My eyebrow rose slightly, I clenched my fist and then looked at Kaoru and then back at Hikaru.
"Why the hell was that?" I demanded, my mask was thrown up, telling them I was not impressed with his actions. He turned around and his bored facial expression was up, shrugging he shoved his hands in his pockets and then headed down the hallway. A hand placed on my shoulder.
"Haruhi, don't be angry with him. He loves you, and it hurt him when you lied...well it hurt us when you lied..." Kaoru whispered, squeezing my shoulder softly and then hugging me. "Watch out," he said before slipping out of the room and walked after his brother. I opened my mouth, then shut it. What did he mean? Watch out. Was this going to get worse? My thoughts were going through my head too fast, and I walked out the door and saw their figures at the door.
"Hikaru!" I said, surprised by my random shouting I almost bashed my head on the wall when he turned to look at me. "Uh...sorry." I mumbled, the first time I had apologized in over two years. Kaoru smiled before waving and walking out the door. Hikaru was confused by his brother's actions, and I suppose my own. He nodded before slipping out. I walked over to the wall and slumped against it. What's wrong with me? I slid down the wall and rested my head against the wall and looked at the ceiling.
It was later that day when Kotoko came to visit, saying that Rai would be over later. Akira and Sakura invited the girl to stay the night for dinner, a bribe to try to convince her to change her mind. I was to stay on my best behaviour to see that I truly needed to stay where I was. I sat beside Satoshi and talked quietly with him, Sakura to my right, Kotoko across from me and Takashi beside her. Although, I noted, he looked uncomfortable with his position.
Akira walked in a few minutes later, and the Morinozuka family bowed towards him. Kotoko stayed firmly seated. Ignoring the respect she should have been showing to the head of the family. The older man ignored her rudeness and walked to the head of the table and sat down. "Haruhi, it's nice of you to join us again." His deep voice rumbled as the servants started to place food onto our plates. Takashi looked at me, but went back to eating. I hadn't been eating with them lately, trying to get them use to not seeing me at dinner.
"Well, this might be the last time I get to eat with you guys, so I decided that I should join you guys, Akira." I replied with respect deep in my voice. He nodded and picked up his chopsticks and began eating his food. It was quiet for a while until Kotoko decided to interrupt the semi-peaceful silence.
"Are you prepared to move in with Fujioka?" she asked , looking at me with an almost knowing look in her eye. I wanted to wring her neck between my hands.
"I strongly want to refuse to go and throw a fit, because I hate him." I answered honestly, with venom dripping in my words. "I don't think you're doing a very good job of keeping me happy and safe."
"Why do you hate him so much?" I gaped at her, then closed my mouth, only two people here actually knew why I hated him.
"He threatened to kill me."
Kotoko looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "So?" I gaped at her before my eyes narrowed, there was something seriously wrong with this picture. I slammed my chopsticks down and glared at her. Her sweet smile turned smug. "He is your uncle." She said simply, shrugging her shoulders. I growled. I felt Satoshi wrap his hand around my forearm. "I really think you should go live with him, then you'll be with your family." I blinked and smiled at her.
I growled at her. "I'm not going with him, you can if you want to." I said simply waving my hand as a dismissal. She glared at me, lowering her chopsticks. Causing alarm to the other members in the room
"I'm not jealous of you, and why would I want to go with Rai?" she asked innocently, I smirked, everyone looked at her with a surprised look.
"Why did you switch to using his first name?" I asked leaning my hand on my elbow. "How did you become a social worker and get assigned to me?" I questioned, "How did you trick the government?"
"So, I see you've uncovered the truth, this is why you're my favourite niece," a voice said as the door opened and Rai grinned in. I stood up, glaring at him. He walked forwards and motioned for me to come over. "Let's get these goodbyes over with, you've got a new life to live."
I walked over, and kicked him in the stomach sending him to the floor. He moved quickly, attempting to trip me. I jumped backwards and skidded a few centimetres. "Why do you keep attacking me every time we meet?" he questioned coming at me again, fist cocked back before swinging forward. I twirled to the side, then grabbed his arm and flipped it around so it was pressed against his back. I pushed him onto the table, spilling the food everywhere. I frowned. Sakura stood up in surprise and grabbed Akira's arm. Wanting him to intervene.
"Look what you made me do! That was delicious!" I growled, looking long fully at the food before turning back to the important.. I walked closer as he got up. He snapped his foot into my chest, sending me into the foyer. I growled, planted my hands on the ground as I fell getting advantage to get onto my feet quickly.
"Leave me alone," I grunted at him, he ignored me, sending a karate chop towards my neck. I dodged, nearly tripping as my legs caught on the staircase. He sent a punch and I had no choice but to climb the stairs. Avoiding being hit the entire way up I ignored Sakura telling me to stop, well, shouting at me to stop. I grabbed onto the railing and jumped over it. Landing in the crouch. I felt pain explode from my shoulder and instant warmth. I gasped and fell forwards. My hands didn't catch my fall and I ended up face down into the wood flooring. I smiled softly. Before closing my eyes. I heard footsteps quickly approaching. Then angry and scared shouting's before small hands in my back. I groaned as the pain swept through me. I momentarily blacked out, and when I came too, Mitsukuni was shouting for me to wake up. It took me a moment to focus and realize that it was in fact the small blonde. Why was he here? I pushed myself up, but one arm gave out. I was caught by the older man and helped to sit up.
I stood up, wondering why I had fainted. The others shouted for me to stay down, and that I was hurt. I just felt as if I was punched.I stared at arm, blood was dripping down it. It was warm against my skin. I walked over towards where Takashi and Rai were fighting, Akira was trying to separate them before the situation became worse. They looked over at me, frowning.
Small arms wrapped around mine to hold me back. I struggled for a second, elbowing the person in the chest before closing the gap completely. A flash of lightning, and Rai's eyes filled with horror. His mouth opened and shut with an inaudible snap. Takashi and Akira looked at me, I moved quickly. Punching him in the face, he stumbled backwards, nose bleeding instantly.
"Rai!" Kotoko cried and ran forward. I brought my fist up as she ran by; colliding with it, she fell to the ground with a thud. Rai stood up and grabbed my shoulders, I felt searing pain in one side and gasped. He leaned closer.
"If you don't come with me, I will have everyone in this house killed," he whispered quietly, I saw the non-changing looks in the other's eyes and knew they didn't hear him. I pushed him away.
"I'll be ready to go in a moment." I muttered, slipping up the staircase and into my bathroom.