Alex Conners: 5'0, Virgo. Positive traits of Virgos: brave, sincere, dynamic, freedom loving, spontaneous, adventurous, takes initiatives, inspiring, and child-like enthusiasm. Negative traits of Virgos: rushing into things, ego, demanding everything immediately, and reacting. Theme song? Probably So in Love with Two, by Mikaila. I don't own any anime or their characters. I only own Alex and I deeply apologize for all the Black Butler references...and others. MIGHT change her theme song...

Oh yeah! Also, thanks to Descending to making me feel better! I never really been so worried about how a fanfic I wrote was gonna turn out before, so yeah. Thanks! :)

April 3

"No." Kaoru spoke, looking down at Alex sternly. She glared at the teen, angered. "You are not leaving." Hikaru nodded in agreement with his brother, looking down at the girl worriedly and a little freaked out,

"Not after what happened last night-what the hell was that? You were-You were having a seizure or something! Kaoru and I woke up and found you thrashing around the bed, your arm-" He didn't know how to explain it. He shook his head and tried again, "You were..."

"You were screaming, Alex." Kaoru put in, saving his brother. Alex frowned at them, irritated at them for refusing. She softened up a little when she heard the tone of voice they were using though. Kaoru continued, frowning worriedly at the petite girl and said, "It wasn't the normal screaming you used to do from your nightmares," Alex tensed at that and looked at them with wide eyes. She cut in, mouth slight ajar from shock.

"You knew about those-" Hikaru cut her off, snapping as he glared at her,

"Of course we know about those! What do you take us for; idiots!?" Alex flinched at his harsh tone and shrunk back into the blankets.

It all started when she woke up in the morning after falling asleep from crying so hard. Hikaru and Kaoru were gone and the sheets were slightly cold, so she glanced at the clock confusedly only to see the time and realize that they didn't wake her up for school. She shouted and cried out in alarm and protest, causing Hikaru and Kaoru to barge back into the room confused with scared looks on their faces. Seeing them, she demanded why they didn't wake her up for school.

"You're not going to school," They had told her, causing her to grow confused. She asked and demanded why, only to get multiple responses at once before an argument started.

Alex didn't know how to reply, shocked into silence. She ransacked her brain for all the knowledge she had for comebacks, trying to come up with something to tell them. She let out a strangled noise in the back of her throat from frustration, a string of words that made no sense escaping her lips as she fumed. She blurted, not liking it when other people tried to boss her around, "Why not!? It was just a bad dream-a very realistic dream! I should still be able to go to-"

"No."

"You are either going to go to a hospital," Kaoru began, frowning deeply at Alex.

His brother finished, "Or you are going to stay home. Here."

"I don't need to go to a god damn hospital!"

"Well, what do you suppose we do!?"

"Just-I don't know! I'm fine!"

"Alex-"

"Just go to school! You know, the place I'm forbidden to go too!" Alex had never really a rebellious teen or anything like that, nor does she try and snap at her friends or family- but not being allowed to go to a place where she's able to hang out with her friends? She could care less about school, if she was honest, but it was the only time of day that she really ever saw her friends-and the Host Club. But apparently she's not allowed to go their either, so... "Leave me alone." She said, diverting her gaze as she was much more quiet now. She didn't want to hear it. "Just-Just go..." She sighed and ran a hand through her hair, all anger gone. She didn't like to fight. She was sarcastic, yeah, but she hated to fight. She'd defend her loved ones if someone was attempting to hurt them, but she would most likely end up shouting at the person or being a complete smart-ass. Like with Ayanokoji when she shouted at the girl and used sarcasm and knowledge to hurt her-to get back at her for hurting Haruhi.

She didn't like hurting people.

Hikaru and Kaoru exchanged glanced at each other, then looked back at Alex uncertainly, before back at each other and sighing in defeated unison.

"Fine, but don't do anything stupid." Hikaru told her sternly, eyeing her intently and slightly suspiciously. Kaoru nodded in agreement, even though his expression was slightly softer.

"Exactly. And Alex," The brunette looked at them with tired eyes, clearly exhausted. Kaoru paused for a second, almost freezing at the look in her eyes. Her normally cheerful brown eyes look haunted, tired, defeated as she stared up at him. She had that look...The look of someone lost, not knowing what to do with themselves. That look was probably worse than one of fear, or outright terror. Maybe even crying. Kaoru quickly continued, trying to get that image out of his head, "if...if something like that-like what happened to you last night, call us. Doesn't matter if it's during the middle of class, just...call."

Alex paused, sighing. She blinked, and when she looked back up at him, the look was gone. She didn't even seem to realize that she had that look. Instead, she looked at him with raised eyebrows and a disbelieving face. She said, "Are you-Dude, I don't even own a cellphone." She barely had time to blink before Kaoru looked at Hikaru, who was rummaging through his pockets furiously before whirling out a green flip-phone and shoving it into her hands.

"There! We have our numbers already installed in your phone on your contacts, so text us or something if something happens to you! Got it? Kaoru, come on." Hikaru whirled around and grabbed his brother by the hand, leading him out of the room. Alex blinked, watching them as they left, and once they were gone she stood there in silence for a few moments before tentatively opening her phone.

She made a face. Buttons, lovely. What happened to the I-phone? It's still 2014 here...I remember my brother having one... She hated phones with buttons, but beggars can't be choosers. If anything, Alex knew that well. She fumbled about with the phone for a few moments before finally managing to open the contacts. Her eyes widened in surprise-the entire Host Club was on there! Hikaru and Kaoru's were at the top, with Kyoya just underneath them. She almost rolled her eyes, but decided not to. Underneath him was Tamaki, then Mori and under him was Mitsukuni, and underneath that name it was Haruhi and Renge. Why is Renge on here? Ah, well, who knows? Actually, Hikaru and Kaoru probably did, but they were most likely on the other end of the mansion by now.

She sighed and closed the phone, running a hand through her hair before shivering. The room was cold and she was wearing nothing other than a gray tanktop with thick straps and a pair of blue mini-shorts that stopped at mid-thigh. She never actually wore something like that in public, seeing how it was what she normally wore as pjs. She preferred baggy shirts with skinny jeans, possibly ripped skinny jeans, and short that stopped at her knees, or maybe even a little higher. She might as well get dressed...

She paused in her though process and looked at her left arm, able to remember the pain she had felt-the agonizing torture that made itself known. She remembered Akari's words as she gazed at the scars on her arm and shoulder, before tentatively raising her arm up...her hand reached to her head-which was its limit, according to her therapist, and attempted to raise it higher.

A strangled scream rushed through her lips when she was able to raise her arm up all the way. She didn't know how to feel. Angry? Relieved? Terrified or just frightened? Should she shout for the twins or keep quiet? Wouldn't it be weird if her failure of an arm was able to work again? What was she supposed to do?

Quickly reeling her arm down and grabbing it, clearly freaked out, ran into the twins bathroom to see if anything was different in her appearance. She looked on the mirror and held her arm to her side, pressing it against her hip tenderly before forcing herself to relax and let her arms both go limp. She inhaled deeply and released her breathe, and looked in the mirror.

Her shoulder no longer looked stiff and held up unevenly to her other shoulder. If she put on a jacket to cover the scars, no one would suspect anything and think she was normal like everyone else. She wouldn't be "Damaged Goods" or whatever people would call her because of her scars. She would only be..."Scarface". She bit her lip and blinked her eyes rapidly in an attempt to make the tears vanish. She shook her head and headed back into her room, grabbing a black tanktop with a green, one-shoulder shirt with multiple tears in the stomach and tears in the chest area and straps. She also put on a pair of blue mini-short that stopped above mid-thigh and a pair of brown leggings. If she was going to wear mini-shorts, she'd at least put leggings on, in public. She slid on a pair of black lace fingerless gloves and black boots that added two inches to her height. She also wore a black choker around her neck with a rainbow peace sign on it, that when she changed direction, looked like a yellow smiley face.

"Here are your X-rays, miss." Alex gave the Doctor a hesitant smile and took the envelope from the man, nodding at him.

"Thank you," She told him as she stared intently at the envelope, hoping that she was dreaming and that Akari didn't-that she didn't do something so incredibly stupid and self-harming.

"May I ask, if you don't mind that is, what you need the X-Rays for?" Alex paused in her thinking and shook her head.

"It's just...I just wanted to double check something. Thanks though." Quickly stuffing the envelope into her brown, flower-printed purse-which was a gift from Misaki for being "Such a nice Mistress", she left the room and wandered about aimlessly until she found the cafeteria.

Sitting down with her tray of cheese pizza, she placed the bag on the table on her right. She ate quickly, and was about to get up to get another slice when a voice stopped her.

"You...Ayuzawa, correct?" She turned her head and looked at the man in surprise. He looked the same as he did the first time she saw him, and unlike before, she was nervous this time. His dark hair was parted to the left, a similar fashion to his youngest brother, and his cold brown eyes stared at her behind glasses, observing her every movement.

"Hi, er, Yuuichi-Doctor Yuuichi." Alex flinched, not used to using titles. Wait, no, hold on, "Wait, Dr. Ootori, right?" The man stared at her before nodding, noting coldly, still as stoic as ever,

"Finally picked up some manners, I see?"

"I've always had them, thanks. I just choose not to use them unless necessary. I have my moments though," She paused and added as an afterthought, "Albeit more often than I liked, but oh, well." She shrugged, trying to not appear intimidated by the tall and stoic Ootori. Well, she wasn't really intimidated by him, it was just the aura that he put off that made her want to hide. She had a feeling that he didn't like her very much.

"Hm," He hummed in though as he continued to observe her. Oddly, Alex felt herself being reminded of Undertaker's theme song, Taisou Gikyoku and could almost imagine it playing in the background. She looked Yuuichi in the eyes however, refusing to give into weakness. She waited for him to speak and took a good two minutes for him to do so. He said, giving her a scrutinizing gaze, "Tell me, you know my brother don't you-Kyoya? How is he fairing?"

Alex almost wondered what was with the "fairing" before replying, "Uh, good. Well, he was last time I saw him," She laughed slightly as she reached over and rubbed her left arm. That seemed to be a new habit she developed when she got nervous. She cleared her throat and shook her head, looking back up at the 6'1 man, "He's doing great. Keeps everyone in the club in line, the usual. Managed to keep me from being killed from angry fangirls-all that lovely jazz.

"Yuuichi," Another voice spoke and Alex whirled around to see a man who stood about Kyoya's height, if not a few inches taller, with grey eyes and slight spiked up black hair with bangs, again, parted to the left. Alex inhaled sharply, realizing she was cornered. Not by just any people, no, she was cornered by Kyoya's older brothers-the very people he had to compete with for the company and held well-hidden jealousy towards. She swallowed the lump that formed in her throat, realizing how thick the air was around from tension. Akito Ootori paused and looked down at Alex, recognition flashing through his eyes at the sight of her. He spoke, voice not too deep but rather similar to a male teen you would find working in a Kroger store, "Ah, you are...Alex, correct?" His face scrunched up a little, and that when Alex realized just how he said her name.

He pronounced it "Awr-rix" and that was when Alex realized that he must have been trying to speak in English, his accent not very good.

"Y-Yeah, I'm Alex Connors. You're Kyoya's brothers, right?" Akito nodded, giving her a small smile that Alex couldn't decipher if it was welcoming or cold. His eyes glinted with something that Alex decided that she didn't like, and continued, "I know the one behind me is Yuuichi," She jabbed a thumb over her shoulder with her right hand, pointing at the brown-eyed man. She then moved her hand back to point at Akito as she asked thoughtfully, trying to make sure she got the name right, "Akito, right?"

Akito nodded, confirming her suspicious. He then asked, still retaining his smile, "Yes, speaking of Kyoya, how is our baby brother doing? I'm afraid that we don't see each other often..." The only thing that would make this situation worse was if Kyoya's father came up and she really hoped that she didn't just jinx herself. She's seen the anime, she wasn't a big fan of him-at least, not until the end. She wasn't sure how much she felt about him in the manga though...

"He's doing good," She nodded, her left hand twitching slightly as she inched back towards the table, reaching towards her back. She ignored the slight uncomfortable feeling from being able to move her fingers all the way. She continued, hunger completely forgotten, as she slung her purse over her shoulder and made to pick up the tray, "as I said before, keeps everybody in line."

"And his academic grades?" Akito questioned, barraging her with questions, "His classes? What has that Suoh boy been up to? That Club of his, what was it? "Host" Club? Has he given up on attempting to managing the club and finally decided to place his attention on his studies? What about those twins-Have they been causing Kyoya any trouble? Has he-" Alex answered quickly, preparing to make her escape as she picked up the tray.

"Last time I checked her was top of his class, A's if I remember correctly, all pluses, Tamaki's been doing great and Kyoya's been keeping him in check, the Host Club is doing awesome with Kyoya as the manager and I'll have you know that I happen to be in that club, too, so please don't insult it or say it's a waste of time for we actually enjoy being in that club. Hikaru and Kaoru are great, yeah, they always cause people trouble but they haven't been doing anything too mischievous as of late and no, Kyoya has not decided to quit the club and if did quit the club I'd storm up to your all's house, barge into his room, pull him out off bed while he's still in his pajamas, and drag him to the music room. That good? Yeah, um, gotta go, nice talking to you two!"

Alex quickly walked away, using as much energy as she could into power walking as she placed her tray on the "Tray counter" and gripped her purse tightly, hurrying away and avoiding the two Ootoris' as much as possible. She turned her head slightly, not so much that it was visible to the brothers that she were looking back, but enough to catch a glimpse and see their father walking up and demanding why they weren't working.

Alex, feeling her heart stop in slight panic and...maybe fear, caught their father's eyes. The world around them seem to fade to black-and-white as the two stared at each other briefly, electricity appearing to crackle around in the air. Why did she get this feeling that his brothers and father didn't like her very much?

(A.N. I kinda want to draw that scene now...XD)

Alex's foot tapped against the ground impatiently, waiting for the school bell to ring. After that encounter, she found it impossible for her mind to relax and found herself riding in the limo towards the school, waiting for Hikaru and Kaoru to walk out. She was too active, too alarmed, to calm down. Quickly stopping in her tapping of her foot, she paced in circles, getting extremely impatient. She bit her lip, hesitant and uncertain, before inhaling deeply and sighing, making up her mind.

Quickly gripping onto her purse she headed towards the doors to the giant pink school, intent on making her way to the third Music Room. Ignoring the confused stares from multiple students that were leaving the school after their time in the club was up, she quickened her pace, looking around slightly nervously. Alex didn't understand why she was so nervous exactly, but she figured it probably had something to do with the fact that her best guy friend's, the guy she liked, father and brothers didn't like her. It almost makes her worried about what Fuyumi or his mother would think of her if they ever met-Alex almost paused in her steps.

Whoa, whoa, whoa-rewind! I am not thinking about him introducing me to his family, right? No. Bad thoughts. Not doing it, nope. She shook her head, attempting to clear her thoughts, and stopped as the intricately designed door that was made from wood and smoothed so well, that when you ran your hand across it, you wouldn't feel any niches or get any splinters. It was truly well-made. She shook her head and pushed the doors open, quickly jumping out of the way to avoid rose petals getting belted at her face.

"Welcome," Multiple voices greeted and Alex bit her lip as she gained that feeling of deja vu. The petals quickly swirling past her and landed on the floor in the hallway, Alex stuck her head into the room and opened her mouth to speak, only to flinch when Hikaru and Kaoru exclaimed,

"Alex!?"

Hikaru quickly cursed at her, glaring, "What the hell are you doing here!? We told you to stay at home!"

She looked up and opened her mouth to speak, only to get cut off again, this time by Kaoru, "Why didn't you stay at home, Alex? You could be sick with something and we don't know what! It might be contagious-"

"I'm fine." Alex cut in, slightly annoyed at being constantly cut off before she could even speak. Having a slight "Eleventh Doctor" moment, she exclaimed, running her right hand through her bangs and causing them to stick up in a similar fashion to the tenth Doctor's before falling back into place a few moments later, "Why does nobody listen to me!? Do I just have this face that nobody listens too!?"

Haruhi glanced at the twins with furrowed eyebrows, catching onto how worried they were for the small girl, and listened when Mitsukuni questioned worriedly, "Lexi-Chan's sick? Are you okay, Lexi-Chan?" Alex blinked when Mitsukuni ran up to her, holding onto to Usa-Chan tightly as he stared up at the girl who was only a few inches taller than him, "Do you need to see the Doctor? Oh! Have you come back 'cause you thought Kyo-Chan could help since his family is full of Doctors?"

At the mention of Kyoya's family, Alex tensed as she sweatdropped, biting her lip as she stared down at the adorable blonde, looking him in the eyes. SHe spoke, trying to hide her nervousness, "Um, yeah, about that...I kinda already met most of his family today..?"

Kyoya's gaze shot over to her intently as his glasses flashed. He spoke, calm but inwardly angered and worried, "Who did you meet?"

Alex shifted on her feet uncomfortably, holding her bag with her left hand tightly as her right hand moved over to scratch her left arm. A sure sign of nervousness and being uncomfortable. To Kyoya, she looked like one of those kids who got caught stealing a cookie before dinner-He was almost amused, realizing that he made the same deduction about the petite girl before. The way she stuck out her bottom lip slightly as she pouted, her eyebrows ever-so-slightly furrowed, and the way her cheeks became a light red as she tried to fight back an embarrassed smile. She was adorable-Kyoya paused, realizing what he just thought, before quickly clearing his head. He already knew he harbored some form of affection for the girl, but he wasn't sure just how deep that affection for her was.

She was, for a lack of a better term, highly appreciated. Despite her childish antics and her goofy nature, she was actually rather intelligent in most subjects and rather level-headed, never getting angered by the twins or Tamaki's antics. Childish, yes, angered, no. She also paid quite a bit of attention to detail which was actually quite helpful in most cases, and she also makes decision based on logic, thinking, and rationalizing. Once she had most, if not all, of the facts and would most likely get a positive reactions, she would go head-first into a situation. While Tamaki on the other hand, would just barge in without thinking and screw everything up. It was nice, if he was being honest, to have someone like her around. She was also loyal to her friends, as shown in the incident with Ayanokoji, though also worrisome about things.

It took a few moments before Alex spoke, looking at him straight in the eyes, "Your-Your brothers...Yuuichi and Akito...I was walking away when your dad popped up." The room grew silent and she continued, trying not to freak everyone out, "But-But I only spoke with Yuuichi and Akito! Though I did end up locking eyes with your dad...I don't think they like me very much." She laughed nervously, gripped her left arm tightly. So many memories came with that arm...and both were painful-extremely painful. "A-Anyways, I'm not sick, I went to the hospital and got some X-rays and stuff done. So," She she pointed at Hikaru and Kaoru, giving them both looks, "No more attempting to lock me up inside that mansion of yours for all eternity, got it!? I'm not sick, nor am I having a seizure! I stopped having those when I was eight!"

She gained some confused and worried looks at that. Slight uncomfortable, she shifted on her feet again, "A-And, well, yeah. There you go. I wouldn't have come here anyway if the club didn't take so long to end." At their looks, she added as an after thought, "I was bored."

Mitsukuni, seeing Tamaki taking a deep breathe as if he was about to barrage her with questions, tucked Usa-Chan into his side and grabbed Alex's left hand, tugging on it and causing her to look down at him in confusion and curiosity. Either he's about to ask me to eat cake with him or tell me something important...

"Hey, Lex-Chan, wanna have some cake with me and Usa-Chan?"

Called it~! She sang in her head, blinking at the boy. Alex wasn't really in the mood for sweets-nor was she ever, really, but nodded slightly.

"Y-Yeah, sure...can I have a small slice, though?" Mitsukuni smiled at her widely as he led her away to his table with multiple guests already sitting there, Takashi following behind.

"Mm! Chocolate, right?"

I really, REALLY hate Light Yagami...Watched episode 25 last night and ended up balling my eyes out...Damn you, Light! Damn you, Rem! Damn you-RAWR! So, depression time! That and I still have to deal with the stress of getting ready for Ninth grade, which school starts in three days, and that I apparently have Band Camp on Saturday and need to call my dad still to ask if I'm able to spend a few extra nights at my mother's house so I have a way to the High school...

R&R

Oh! After I finish this story, what should I write about next? Blue Exorcist or Sword Art Online?