Chapter Twenty-Two

I started to fidget some, Kin had been gone longer then I thought she would be. I let out a shaky sigh, maybe Kin had just gotten lost? No. Kin knew the way to the room, here memory was good and she wouldn't have forgotten. Maybe she had run into Tamaki and was beating him up for being an idiot, or she had run into Kyouya and was talking to him. I decided that must be what happened, and it had made her lose track of time. I figured if I went to the room we were sharing I would find her. After I walked out of the kitchen and to our room, I started to get confused, not recognizing where I was. I could feel the fear creeping up on me. I was starting to worry, and beginning to panic. It looked like the shadows were starting to close in on me. I felt my breathing pick up, even though I was trying to remain calm. I jumped, almost screaming, as the thunder clashed, and the lightning flashed, making the lights flicker on and off for a moment before they went out. I let out a soft whimper, the darkness was closing in on me. If Kin were here then the darkness wouldn't dare try to take me. She protected me from it. The darkness was afraid of Kin. Frightened that the darkness was going to steal me away I took off running down the hall, as fast as I could run. The tears spilt out of my eyes in a fast rate. Once more the thunder made a clashing noise, making me jump again, and trip on my feet. I finally let out a scream of fright. It went basically unheard as the thunder clashed angrily again. I lye there in the hall, on my stomach, for a matter of minutes, before curling up into a tight ball, in the fetal position. I felt the tears fall down my face, leaving wet trails on my cheeks.

"Kitty? What's wrong?" My head snapped up and my eyes widened more then they ever had in my life. Someone had found me. I spoke out, my voice soft, and cracking slightly.

"M-Mitsuk-kuni?" I then launched myself at him, hugging him tightly. I was afraid of being left alone again. It had been so long since I had been alone; it was before I met Kin. "I-I'm af-afraid to b-be alone. I-I freak ou-out. My o-other fears are al-also mu-much worse when I-I'm alone."

"Don't worry Kitty! I'm here, I'll make sure you aren't alone ever again!" Once more I felt my eyes widen. The only other person who had ever told me that was Kin.

"R-really?" Mitsukuni then tilted his head to the side slightly, almost as if he was confused by my statement.

"Really! That's what friends are there for!" He flashed a smile at me. "Want me to take you back to your room?" I gave a shaky smile saying,

"You know where you're going?" Mitsukuni gave me a happy nod. "Then lead the way." I finally released Mitsukuni from my grasp. He started to walk, slightly ahead of me. I quickly caught up and grabbed his hand. I was worried that I might lose sight of him, and it was helping me calm down and stay calm to be near Mitsukuni, to hold his hand…

Later

I smiled lightly as we reached the room.

"I just wanted to say thank you again Mitsukuni." Mitsukuni flashed me a smile before saying,

"It's no problem Kitty!" I then went and opened the door, still holding onto Mitsukuni's hand. A moment after I opened the door I felt my eyes widen. On one of the beds sat Kin. She had bloodstains on her forehead and her knees, and she was also drenched. I was quick to rush over to Kin, releasing Mitsukuni's hand for the first time since he had found me.

"Kin are you okay? What the hell happened?" Kin looked at me for a second, her eyes show a small amount of shock. I basically never yelled, or cursed. While Kin knew that I wasn't a cute innocent girl, she still wasn't used to hearing me yelling and cursing, so I suppose that it took her by shock.

"I tripped down a stair case earlier. Kyouya found me, and helped me back to the room." I could feel my own eyes widen in shock. Kin was normally graceful; I can't remember the last time she full blown tripped down a staircase. I was also a little shocked that Kyouya had helped her out. After I had processed the information for a moment something dawned on me. Kyouya wasn't here. Did he leave Kin here alone with blood still on her, even if it was just the dried slightly washed away blood. It would have been obvious by Kin's reaction to blood that she was afraid of blood.

"Then where is he? He had better not have left you alone with the blood still on you. If he did so help me…"

"I did no such thing Kitty-senpai. I simply went to go get bandages for Kin." I gave Kyouya a slightly blank look, processing in my head what he had just said.

"S-sorry for assuming you left her Kyouya. T-thank you so much for helping Kin while I wasn't there." This was something new to me. Normally I was the one to help Kin, to help her calm down, and to help her avoid blood as much as possible. I don't think that very many other people knew of Kin's fear of blood, other then me. I was almost jealous of Kyouya for being able to help her when I couldn't, though my gratitude that he did help her out ranked my jealousy. Not to mention that this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't cut myself on that knife earlier.

"Kitty. Please move so I can bandage up Kin." Again I felt a slight shock run through me. I had two reasons for that, first Kyouya hadn't called Kin 'miss Kin', though I wasn't sure if that was something about Kin and Kyouya bonding and it was going to be a permanent thing or not. Secondly was the fact that I was just going to be in the way, that Kyouya was the one to be cleaning up Kin's wounds. While I knew that this was better, his family was in the medical business after all, I was still slightly jealous. For so long it had been just Kin and I, and now two people were invading our world. I quickly stopped my thoughts, having not moved yet, even though it had only been a few moments.

"S-sorry Kyouya." I then moved around so that Kyouya would be able to bandage up Kin's wounds. I was, once more, shocked to see that Mitsukuni was still here. I went over next to him, asking,

"H-hey Mitsukuni? Do you mind if I hold your hand again?" I was barely speaking above a whisper. I was still freaking out a little. Everything was starting to change. Wait… That's not right. Everything started to change the day that I met the hosts, the first day of school when I first met Mitsukuni and Takashi.

"I don't mind Kitty." He also smiled at me as he spoke. I gave him a smile back, whispering a thank you.

"There you go Kin. I would suggest that you stay in bed the rest of the night, we are leaving tomorrow after all."

"T-thank you Kyouya." Kin then smiled at Kyouya. It was rare that Kin would smile like that, her smile that she had when she was actually happy. Again I felt almost jealous, but at the same time I was glad that Kin was starting to have more friends, she generally wasn't a big people person. I watched as Kyouya stared at Kin for a moment. I wasn't sure if he was shocked or not since his back was to me.

"It was no problem Kin. Why don't we leave these to alone Honey-senpai?" Mitsukuni looked down at me for a second, I guess seeing if I was okay with it. I gave him a smile and a slight nod. I was okay, Kin was here and I wasn't alone, and the back-up generators had kicked in so it wasn't dark anymore.

"Okie dokie Kyo-chan! See you tomorrow Kitty!" And with that it was just Kin and I, staring into one another's eyes. We both knew exactly what was happening. Our world was growing larger. Sure we had the hosts, but they were never within the world we lived in. It was like we had our world, inside the larger world. The larger world had our families, the host, and Nami and Sora. While the smaller world had been just Kin and I. And now it included Kyouya and Mitsukuni.

"I'm sorry Kin. This wouldn't have happened if I hadn't cut my finger earlier." I lowered my eyes slightly, and moved to sit down on my bed.

"Ellie its not your fault that I tripped. Are you okay though? What happened?" I sighed lightly, it had already been a long night and it was only eight.

"Uh after you had been gone I decided to go look for you, but I got lost and then started to freak out when Mitsukuni found me, and helped me calm down." We both spoke,

"I'm glad he found you." We stared at each other for a second before we burst out laughing. After we both stopped laughing it was quiet again, but only for a moment before I spoke up again.

"You know I am slightly jealous." I gave Kin one of my rare smirks. "But I am glad. Even though the world is widening, I slightly like the idea." In a way we were like the twins. Shut up in our own world. Though we were a little better since Kin and I had only known each other for eight years, maybe a little more.

"In a way I agree with you. Come on let's go to bed. We've both had eventful nights and need the sleep." I smiled over at Kin, nodding my head in agreement.

"Good night Kin!" Kin gave me a smile, climbing into her bed.

"Goody night Ellie."

Next Morning

I let out a yawn. Even though Kin and I had gone to bed early I was exhausted. I guess getting to much sleep makes me even more tired. I turned to look at Kin, she was walking over to get in the car with a look of disgust on her face. The outfit she had on wasn't to bad, considering that it was Haku's. It was a tight short white shirt, and black tight jeans, showing off her midriff. She actually looked pretty good in it, probably better then Haku would look wearing it. Kin got in the car, she was driving since I was so tired and she preferred to drive. As she got in she slammed the car door. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. Obviously I had missed something, I guess between the time I had left the house and gone straight to the car. I watched with mild interest as the hosts limo pulled away, without Tamaki. Maybe he had done something stupid again.

"What's wrong Kin? And why are the hosts just leaving Tamaki here? He did something stupid again, didn't he?" Kin glanced over at me, quickly pulling away so that Tamaki wouldn't be able to get in the car.

"Don't worry about it Ellie, he's just an idiot." Yep. Tamaki had done something wrong again. "Like I said don't worry, just go to sleep with your magical abilities to fall asleep in moving vehicles." I giggled lightly. I was wondering about what Tamaki had done to make everyone so annoyed with him, I also wondered when exactly he would get home, and how. I didn't think about it to long before I drifted off into a deep sleep. Riding in cars did always make me tired…