CHAPTER 7- Store of loneliness

"Leave me alone! Someone help me!" I yelled trying to free myself from between Tamaki and the twins. The next thing I knew was being lifted out of the chair by the dark haired boy. "Thanks, but you kinda hurt my knee," I said as he let me down.

I spread my arms out wide and grinned, "Now, why I came," I blurted out. "Can… Could I play the game again?" The twins smiled at me and pulled out the hats. The girls around us clapped, so I guessed they were playing along too. One asked me to sit next to her, but I took the seat next to Tamaki. The girls here were scary. They were always giggling and clapping like robots or something.

"Ready… Age?" said one of them. I nodded and they started turning around. "Which one of us is Hikaru?" girls around me started trying to guess by pointing at them. Tamaki looked uninterested and left the table. He went over to Haruhi and Kyoya and started annoying them, but not on purpose.

"Age…"

"…Ha!" The twins whined.

"Guess! Guess! Guess! Guess!" They went on together in unison. I nodded my head but gave up my hopes of silence in this place. I was about to state my guess when I remembered Arai at the bottom of the stairs. I sprung out of my seat and ran out the door before anyone could stop me.

"Oops!" I peered around the corner until I could see Arai. "Get up here you bum!" I yelled smiling. He laughed and walked up the stairs.

"What's that guy doing here?" Mumbled Hikaru.

"That one is Hikaru!" shouted a brunette. She jumped up and down cheering, "I'm right! I'm right!" I slid my worn out shoes across the floor so I was back near the chair. Arai walked in awkwardly standing at the door. I patted the chair next to me, which used to be Tamaki's. Arai came over and the twins stared at him. The room became really tense.

"Uh…" I mumbled, "Maybe I could play a different time… because… she got it right."

"What?" asked Kaoru, while Hikaru frowned. They sat down and took the hats off their heads. "Are you still scared of us?"

"I don't think so… I can't tell anymore," the words came flowing out of my mouth so fast that I didn't even know what I was saying. I was still unsure of my feeling towards the twins. I could not except the fact I had brothers; that I had a real family.

Back at the orphanage I kept headphones to listen to a used radio, because if I let my mind wander too much I would go on wondering about my family. I imaged what was supposed to be a normal family; a family where my parents loved me and cared for me. Would that family include the twins? I was not sure. In my head those people from my nightmares weren't there at all. In my mind my family was all I ever dreamed of.

"Ageha! Wake up sweetie," called the orphanage mother. I sprung up from the bed I was in and looked up at her. She was in her mid-fifties but dresses and looked like she was 20 years younger. She sat down on the end of my bed. "Since you are one of the oldest could you go pick up today's grocery list?" Inside I knew she didn't want to go and was just trying to force the kids here to do her work. I nodded anyway and took the list.

As I walked out of my room and I realized I had no clue what time or day it was. I peered into other rooms until I could see a clock. It read 10:30 am. A day had already passed since I went to the the high school.

When I arrived near the grocery store there was a mob outside the door and a limo around the corner.

"So charming!" I heard high pitched voices yell and scream. I pushed through the long line of people leading up to the doors of the grocery store. It really helped that I was a small person so i could get between people with ease.

"Kyoya senpai, just go ask for directions." I heard a girls voice say. That kinda sounds like Haruhi.

"This is your town Haruhi, one would think you would know where to go," I heard Kyoya's voice say and I became really scared.

"Kyoya!" Yelled Tamaki's voice, "Let's go ask in there," He said proudly point to the doors of the grocery store. Instead of pointed at the door he ended up pointing at me. I screamed. "Ageha!" He yelled and parted through the crowd to hug me.

"Ouch! Tamaki!" I yelled trying to break through.

"Sempai you are going to break her," informed Haruhi.

"Oh! I'm sorry Haruhi. Don't be mad with daddy." he yelled letting go of me as I fell to the ground. I pushed myself up and walked inside.

"Excuse me I'll go buy food now," I mumbled. I realized that Hani was following me. "Stop following me!"

"Do they have cake here Age-chan?" He said jumping around through the aisles.

"Age-chan?" I had never been called that before... and it was kind of weird. After that it was obvious that I would have to spend my day with these people yet again... great.

Author's Note: Hey guys! I am beyond sorry that this took so long. I have been crazy busy and so has my editor (Jillie). This is a little shorter but I really wanted to get it out. I hope you still like this story. Please REVIEW. I'll try to update faster, but I'm kind of at a lost for inspiration lately. Thanks for reading.