*Chapter 8*

*The Signs are Everywhere If You Know Where to Look... *

-Thursday (Kaoru's POV)-

As I looked around I thought to myself "Why did I come here?"

I had decided, rather spontaneously, that I would eat lunch on the roof today but when I got here I realized something. Our roof doesn't have a fence surrounding it...Maybe it just wasn't that aesthetically pleasing.

Haruhi had made everyone bento boxes today. I wasn't very hungry so I was on my way to the music room to spend lunch with Kyoya when I noticed a janitor had left the key to the roof in the door; the lack of a fence showing me why the door needed to be locked in the first place.

Now here I am...sitting 10 feet from the edge of the roof, the Bento Box in my lap. The urge to move closer becoming stronger by the second-

"There you are, Kaoru!"

I snap from my delirium and look behind me. It was Haruhi.

I shake away the rest of the bad thoughts "What are you doing up here? And please don't say 'well I could ask you the same question' because that's just too cheesy."

She just smiled and sat down next to me "Wow, its a pretty long drop from here!"

"Yeah, I know..."

It's almost too tempting...

"How was the lunch I made you?"

"It was actually pretty good!" I lied, "For a commoner that is!"

She laughed and punched my shoulder. Ouch.

"You hit like a boy y'know that?"

"I'll take that as a compliment, seeing as how I'm suppose to be one."

"Ok 'Miss Manly' what ARE you doing up here?"

"I could ask you the same question."

"SEE! There you go! You did it anyway!"

"Hikaru and I were looking for you. You weren't in the cafeteria or the music room. He was worried sick."

I knew it. Hikaru will follow me if I simply try to walk away from him. I have to go somewhere he can't follow.

I have to die...

"Meh. Some time apart will do us both some good. What about you and Tono, huh? Shouldn't you be spending some time with your 'Daddy'?

"Cute." She frowned, "Real cute. Anyway, the supermarket gave away two tickets to the amusement park in a raffle yesterday."

"Cool, did you enter?"

She pulled two slips of paper from her blazer pocket and handed them to me "Enter? I won! But I'm not going."

"Why not?...Oh..." I realized when she started holding her lower abdomen.

"I'll be fine by next Monday, but those tickets expire Sunday morning. Maybe you and Hikaru should go? You guys like "commoner" places right?" she air quoted.

At that moment I felt so happy "Thank you Haruhi!" I gave her a tight squeeze, quickly letting go when she winced a little, "Sorry..."

"Yeah yeah. Come on, let's get back down-wait a minute! Your rich! You can go whenever you want! Give me back my tickets I'll give them to someone else!"

"TOO LATE! No takesies backsies!"

"Fine! Whatever. Come on, let's get back downstairs, Lunch is almost over."

I help her to her feet before bending down and grabbing my bento box. I take one final look at the edge of the roof before heading towards the door. As I turn around I see Haruhi pull a folded up piece of paper and a pen from her other Blazer pocket and quickly jot something down. When she was done she put the items back into her pocket and smiled back at me "Ready to go?"

"...Yeah..."

When we reached the stairs I froze. Haruhi was already halfway down the stairs when she saw I wasn't following "Are you coming or not?"

I couldn't think straight. I just stared down at the stairs, trying to remember something...

I heard Haruhi say something but it didn't process "What?"

"I said don't tell me you've forgotten how to use the stairs?"

"Haha very funny." I said rather dryly before walking down and catching up to her. She pulled the paper back out of her pocket and started writing again.

I had to ask "What is that?"

She slipped it back into her pocket "Hm? Im carrying this around so I can write down things I need to go buy afterschool."

"You commoners are so weird..."

We were laughing on the way back to class but still I could help but think back to that moment at the top of the staircase. What the Hell happened back there? I think for a second I actually DID forget how to use stairs...

It's official. I'm finally losing my mind.

(A/N) Alright that ends chapter 8. Im sorry if it was too short for your liking but I did post two chapters today so I regret nothing!

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