Sorry for the wait, busy at school! The next upload might take me quite a while because I have so many things to do. Thank you for all who have made this story their favorite/put it on their alert. That really encourages me to keep this story going! :) But I do ask you to please review, or maybe I might not put up the next chapter... 0.0... maybe.

I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. Though it would be nice.

She hadn't meant to take her anger out on him but she was so frustrated. When she arrived home she went straight to confront her father. But her stepmother, stepped in her way.

"Please move! I have to speak to my father." Mina pleaded. She wanted the situation resolved as quickly as possible.

"You will do no such thing, you brat. You're father is too busy for you and you will marry that boy." The women nastily replied.

Mina was shocked; her stepmother had just called her a brat. Mina had never truly asked for anything in her life. She accepted whatever clothes or trinkets were bought for her and she had bought the rest of the stuff she had with her allowance, which although generous, was mostly saved up because she didn't particularly care for that many material goods.

"What did you just say to me?" It was the only thing Mina could think of.

"You heard me you brat leave now," was the only reply. When Mina still tried to get past the woman, she slapped her. Mina put her hand to her face ready to scream.

"If you scream I will tell your father whatever vicious thing I have to to get you kicked out of this house," she smirked, "now run along."

"No." Mina turned her back to her so she couldn't see the tears welling up from the sting on her cheek. Her stepmother then took a decorative plaque on the wall next to her and hit Mina straight in the back with it.

The pain was close to intolerable, it would leave a giant bruise and Mina, almost crying out decided the situation was better handled through more subtle means then crying out to daddy for help.

"I was just going to tell him that I was going to miss him while I was a the beach for our vacation," Mina tried weakly to get into that room.

"I'll pass along the message," Aya responded with a smug look.

The woman was bad news but Mina managed to walk to her room where she finally let out a cry from pain. The pain radiated all across her back. But she couldn't give in now. She had to make a few phone calls.

She picked up her neon blue cell phone and made a call she figured she would regret.

-Hello? Mina, why are you calling?- came the annoyed voice from the other line.

-Oh, thank goodness you picked up. Hikaru, listen. I need a favor.- Her voice practically begging.

-Is everything alright you sound awful?-

-Yes, yes everything is fine, but I fell down the stairs and I need a swimsuit for tomorrow that will cover my back because it's bruised, do you think your mother has one in stock? I don't want the rest of the club to worry.-

While she was talking, Hikaru's eyes slanted in suspicion. Mina was usually very graceful and very careful he'd never seen her falter. But he wouldn't question it …yet.

-Yeah, we should have one like that around somewhere, I'll ask and say it's for a friend and I'll bring it tomorrow for you.-

-Thank you so much Hikaru. I really owe you one.- She gleefully responded.

-I'll keep that in mind- he replied and hung up the phone, maybe he could get a glance at that bruise as repayment, something was just off with her voice and he didn't trust her story. He then checked for a bathing suit and afterword, put in a phone call to Kyoya.

The next morning, bright and early, much to Mina's abhorrence the club met at Honey's mansion, and took their jet because his family had offered. Once seated Mina immediately fell asleep until she heard Haruhi shouting.

In a half awoken state she asked, "Haruwie wahts da matta?"

"How eloquent," Kaoru chuckled.

"The ocean is so pretty and clear! That's amazing!" Haruhi exclaimed.

Aggravated by being woken up in such a fashion Mina tried to go back to sleep but realized they'd be landing soon and didn't bother.

Once they landed they got their bags and proceeded by car to the hotel, they were booked for two nights. After a group meeting they decided it was such a nice day out that they were all going to head to the beach, Hikuru had privately informed Mina that the swimsuit was already stashed in her bags so she had no worries. Mina made her way up to the room with Haruhi, as it was decided they would share. When she took the suit out of the bag though she was mortified. It was so…conservative and girly at the same time. All she could think was the twins were going to have a good laugh at her.

The swimsuit in question was a deep red color, which was fine, but it was a turtle-necked swimsuit with a short frilly skirt at the bottom, almost like a ice skating outfit it was also binding so it hid her…assets. But she guessed it would serve the purpose of covering her back and she did have her normal one if the bruise healed in time.

She put her long wavy hair in a high ponytail, applied sunscreen and put on a beach cover up as well as grabbed her beach bag. They all met in the lobby and headed off to the beach that wasn't far away at all, all the had to do was walk outside. The water was a brilliant blue and the waves were calm, it was a perfect day to be on the beach. Kyoya had also checked out all the flights to Fiji, private and public to make sure nobody from school world be there so Haruhi could enjoy life as a girl.

They all set up blankets and umbrellas and immediately the twins and Honey ran towards the water, and since Honey went Mori went. Tamaki and Haruhi gave each other a look, so Haruhi took off her cover and was wearing a bue tankini, and the look of disappointment on Tamaki's face was evident. But they both went into the water.

"Thank goodness they all went in, I won't feel so awkward about my bathing suit," said Mina to Kyoya.

-silence-

Kyoya ignored her, just as she wanted. But he saw her from the corner of his eye taking off her cover up. He saw that her swimsuit was Hitachiin made and it looked good on her. He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable and had to shift in his seat under his umbrella and reposition his laptop.

"Are you gonna come play, or are you going to work the whole time?" She asked him teasingly, but he still didn't respond, there was an oh-so-interesting blank screen on his laptop that he had to keep staring at. He looked at her profile from the corner of his eye and she looked so beautiful he was about to give in, and especially since he received that phone call last night from Hikaru but he stood his ground.

When he didn't respond she left to go play with her friends in the ocean. It was at that time he started his research.

Mina was a little disappointed when Kyoya didn't talk to her but she wasn't surprise after the way she had treated him the night before.

Taking a vacation after the way Aya had treated her felt nice and the warmth of the sky and the cool of the ocean felt incredible. As they were playing, however, Honey jumped on her back to avoid a splash attack from the twins and the impact caused her to fall forward from the pain of the bruise. The water entered her mouth and nose, she knew she was drowning; there was nothing she could do.

Unconsciousness hit her.

REVIEW...please? I'm desperate. And I left it at a cliff hanger. And my ideas for the next part are really good...

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