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? I'm Alive by Becca. 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. CHANGED HER THEMe SONG
Oh! I have officially decided the Alex's voice is Mai from the anime "Ghost Hunt". English dubbed, of course.
Alexandria- derived from the Greek name "Alexander" it is a feminine form of the name's meaning "Defender of Men". It has been used since the 13th century in England.
"Okay, I'm out," Alex said quickly, finally realizing what a bad idea this was as they stepped out of the limo. Raising her foot in the air, she whirled around and started to walk away in a random direction, only to be pulled back when a hand gripped her shirt collar, "No! That-I said ice cream! Not a freaking restaurant! I take it back! I take it back; I'm not doing this!"
"You either tell me willingly or I force it out of you."
"No!"
"Alex..."
"Never! I'm sorry, but I-I can't do this!" Alex shouted, finally panicking. It seemed to be more difficult to tell Kyoya-just thinking about it made her want to shrink up and hide. These feelings confused her however, as she seemed to be perfectly fine telling the Black Magic Club, "I-I change my mind!" Grabbing his hand awkwardly, having to raise her hands up behind her head to even grip his hand, she tried to pry his fingers off, "Let go!"
"Why is your left arm functional?"
"What?" She cried out, alarmed as a small twinge of fear passed through her. She totally forget that the whole reason they were here in the first place was because he had noticed. Figures that he'd notice my ARM and not me... No! Not going there, damn it! Quit it! She scowled mentally at herself before stumbling, "H-Huh? Oh, uh...surgery."
"I checked all the hospital documents and you were only there for X-rays." Her face flushed at Kyoya's reply and she shouted in frustration, releasing his hand and waving her arms about before covering her red face with her hands.
"I don't know! I-I don't-Don't judge me!" She ordered, turning her head to glare at him. She paused, mind going blank at the amused smirk he sent her. Damn it, I hate it when he does that... She can never think of a comeback when he smirks at her like that... "Jerk..." She grumbled to herself and turned her head, before having it shoot up with wide eyes and quickly shoving him back into the limo. He fell onto his back on the seat in surprise and she crawled in, sitting between his legs in the seat as he was on his back, and looked at the chauffeur with a grin, "Nearest ice cream shop, please! Thank you!" She told him once the limo started to take off.
Kyoya propped himself up with his elbows, staring at Alex in slight disbelief at the actions she just took. She was violent at times, yes, and sometimes rushed into things but that was only after she thought it through...She was starting to remind him of Tamaki with the one-track mind and spontaneous outbursts. He then paused in his deduction, noticing that the hyperactive girl was clearly nervous, despite how well she was hiding it. The fact that her fingers were tapping rapidly against her left arm was proof of that, and the way her eyes kept darting out to look out the window and around the limousine...
He sighed after a few moments, the car quiet. Alex jumped at the sudden noise and looked at him wide and alarmed eyes.
"What?" Did he say something?
"Nothing." He replied and Alex paused, before closing her mouth and nodding her head slowly.
"O-Okay..." This is awkward...Why did I ever do this in the first place? She was making a complete fool of herself. Kyoya must think her stupid by now. Oh, yeah, 'cause I was bored and I wanted ice cream and to hang out with Kyoya...Damn it, brain! Stop it! She really hated herself at times. It's no wonder why so many people dislike her.
"Young Master, we have arrived." The chauffeur spoke, causing Alex to jump again and Kyoya to look at him out of the corner of his eyes.
"Very well. Don't wait for us, just come when I call." The chauffeur nodded and allowed them to get out, before taking off in a random direction.
Alex stood there, ignoring the stares passerby's were giving her and Kyoya, feeling completely stupid and self-conscious. I'm a freaking idiot... She jumped and whirled around in alarm, a small squeak escaping her lips when she turned her head to see who it was. Crying out in annoyance, she demanded, "Will you stop popping out of nowhere!?"
He smirked at her, causing her to falter, "No. You're reactions are amusing." She felt her face turn red-whether it was from embarrassment or what, she didn't know.
She stuttered, "I-I-I am not! You're crazy! N-Now, come on," She awkwardly grabbed his wrist and started to drag him away to the ice cream parlor, "We don't have all day!" I sound ridiculous! D-Damn you, Kyoya...
"Get ice cream, then you can insult me, Alex." Kyoya told her as he let her drag him to the stand. A few people watched them-the ages varying from teenager to elder, commenting.
"Are they rich?"
"He's so handsome!"
"What's with the scar on her face?" Alex paused at that, faltering in her step for a moment at the sentence, before quickly continuing her pace. Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them- "It's hideous. How'd a girl like that score a guy like him?" Biting her lip, her grip on Kyoya's wrist tightened ever-so-slight, Shut up! I don't judge you, so why are you judging me!? What did she ever do to them? Her face hardened as she walked, trying to ignore them. "Plus, look at what she's wearing!" The teenager told her friend, being a total hypocrite when she said, "She's totally trying to get him to look at her with those slutty clothes-"
Alex jumped when the wrist in her grip vanished, only to feel something slide around her waist and press her against someone's side. Looking up in surprise, she saw Kyoya with a hard look on his face-clearly angry about something. She frowned, worried, but froze in surprise when he whispered to her, voice low but face still looking towards the parlor,
"Don't listen to them." She felt her face heat up and felt her heart beat faster-as she was in just the right position with her arm against her chest that she could feel it beat. His breathe tickled against her ear and shiver a small shiver go down her spine-damn him.
"Don't tell me that they're actually together?"
The girl's friend mumbled to herself, slight annoyed by the way her friend was acting, "I think they look cute together...Ah, Izayoi, I think that guy's glaring at you from the corner of his eyes..."
Swallowing the lump in her throat, Alex lifted her chin up and strengthened her walking, attempting to act unaffected. That was who she was after all. She was insecure emotionally; she hid her true feelings, at least she attempted too. Kyoya noticed and tightened his grip on her waist, arriving at the parlor. He looked down at Alex, "What do you want?"
"H-Huh? O-Oh, uh..." She quickly strolled down the list of ice creams and just chose a simple cheap one-as it was someone else paying, "I-I'll take a small chocolate..."
"A small chocolate, please?" The old man smiled at them and quickly put down their ordered, getting the ice cream cone ready. Kyoya was already pulling out his wallet, releasing his grip on Alex's waist. Alex felt...disappointed at that, missing the warmth of his hand on her side.
"Nice to see a youngster out there with a proper mind nowadays." The man commented, causing Alex to look up at him confused. "People are always messing around and acting like hooligans-especially 'round someone they find pretty. And only pretty; they never bother to look on the inside and only look on the out. But you, sir, you must know what I'm saying." Handing Alex the ice cream cone, he took the money from Kyoya and continued, "You do, don't you? You looked on the inside..."
Putting his wallet into his back pocket, Kyoya said with his eyes hidden behind his glasses, "I merely tend to find that beauty is often overrated and judged to the extent of expectations forming, and when those expectations aren't met the person they found beautiful are harshly treated."
Is this going somewhere? Alex wondered, staring confusedly between the two men, Wait..they aren't-they aren't referencing my scars are they? Feeling self-conscious again, she mumbled a small thank you and hesitantly licking the ice cream. Her eyes widened in surprise; despite being here for seven months, she hadn't had ice cream, and this tasted delicious! Then again, she rarely ate sweets, so...
"This is good..." The man laughed at that.
"Are you a shy one?"
"Hah?" She questioned in confusion before looking up at Kyoya surprised, "You didn't get one?"
He replied easily, obviously having said this to multiple people before, "I don't care for sweets." Alex pouted, once again looking like a child who didn't get a cookie from a jar.
"I don't either, but I still eat them sometimes! Here," Before she even realized what had done, she had held the ice cream up to Kyoya's face. Her face turned slight pink at the realization of her actions when Kyoya blinked at her and questioned,
"Alex?" Opening her mouth to come up with an excuse and an apology, she was taken by surprise when Kyoya suddenly grabbed her wrist and leaned forward, biting off the top "Hershey kiss" looking part of the ice cream. Her face turned bright red as she watched him pull back with a small thoughtful look on his face. "A bit too sweet for my liking, but it isn't terrible." He had yet to release her wrist. Face turning even darker, she stumbled over her words before finally managing to say,
"S-See? Told you so! Thanks for the vote of confidence, Kyoya, really, it's appreciated."
"Come on," He said, turning and walking away, leaving her to stumble after him as she tried to catch up.
"W-Wait up!"
"Where are we?" Alex questioned curiously when they arrived to a park of some sort.
"The Rose Garden. Didn't you notice when we entered onto School grounds?" Her eyes widened in surprise, realizing that he was right. She was so distracted by, er, um...him...that she didn't really notice.
"Y-Yeah, of course I did! Why wouldn't I? Geesh, thanks for the vote of confidence-" She paused, realizing that she already said that. Her face flushed red from embarrassment and she looked down. She cut herself, biting her lip nervously as she looked around the garden, trying to focus on anything other than Kyoya's hand in her own. "Um, why are we here?" She really hated herself at the moment. She sounded like a love-sick school girl! She shivered mentally at the thought, Ugh, frightening. Damn it...
"I figured you would want some privacy when you explain. I managed to get the twins off track a while back at the ice cream parlor." Alex sweatdropped, realizing that the twins she saw earlier had to have been the brothers.
"They would do that, wouldn't they?" Before she had even realized it, they were at the cathedral-like building at the middle of the garden. "Um, so...where do you want me to start?" She asked as she sat down, glad that she had finished eating her ice cream an hour ago. Kyoya sat next to her, resting his chin on his palm coolly as he told her,
"From the beginning would be preferred." She nodded slowly, blinking uncertainly.
"Right, well...Um, okay, first things first, what do you know of the whole "Other half" thing?"
"The soul mate concept?"
"Um, no. Okay, never mind, I'll explain." She took in a deep breathe and tried to remember everything Akari told her. "Okay, well, basically, the "Other Half" is actually another you. Um, you know that that Greek myth or whatever about how people originally had two heads, four arms and four legs and stuff like that?" Kyoya nodded, "Well, when a "god" split them up, he placed them in two completely different dimensions. I came from the "eighth" and this is the "Third". Well, when Akari "Vanished" ten years ago, she really did die. She's dead. Or, was supposed to be. An "Angel" as she called it offered her a choice. Wait until her "other Half" died in her dimension in a completely blank white room with no contact with people, she would be able to switch places with me. It wasn't her time to die, which was why she was offered the choice. I think she said that he said... "I will give you both life, but you shall be in her place, while she shall be in yours". Get it so far?"
Kyoya was silent, eyes hidden behind his glasses, for a few moments. He nodded, "Continue."
"There are ten dimensions in total, by the way. Well, anyway, I died in a car crash-not a limo. Though, it may have been a limo, I don't really remember. All I remember is..." She paused, freezing as fear trickled down her spine at the memory. Now that she actually thought about the events that happened...she was scared. She had died there. She had died when that vehicle hit her...and was brought back by that person Akari bargained with. She had died and was revived...
And that was when she realized it-she was scared. Sure, there were bugs that creeped her out and the heights that she wasn't too fond of and that stupid fear of being alone...But now, now she realized the complete truth about that fear. Her fear of being along...it wasn't just that.
She was scared of dying. Alone. She didn't want to die alone.
She snapped out of her thoughts when a hand cupped her cheek, turning her head forcefully. Her eyes locked onto Kyoya's in confusion, and it was then that she felt that familiar feeling of something wet streaming down her cheeks. She blinked and quickly pulled back, alarmed. Raising her hands up, she wiped furiously at the tears that started to fall. She sniffled, swallowing the lump in her throat, and continued,
"A-Anyway, as I was saying...I-It was my birthday and I just received a book from my friend-she was the librarian of a library I often visited, and I started to walk home. A man bumped into me and was heading the same way I was headed, so I figured he was just in a rush. Then I heard the old lady scream. I thought, "What the Hell" and turned the corner, figuring she fell or something as she was screaming "Help", only to find the man trying to take her purse. I ran up and hit him in the back of the head with the book, grew pissed when he stepped on it, kicked his leg, and nearly got my head shot in by a gun." She tried to speak as nonchalantly as she could, as if she didn't care. She didn't think it was working very well, though, "I froze, in shock, before making my body move and run into the street, and barely turned in time to feel the-the car crashing into me and-and cr-crushing my bones and...and, well," She swallowed, trying to calm her voice as it cracked, "Well, red flashed in my vision and before I knew it Hikaru and Kaoru were standing above me and without even thinking I stood up and took the bullet. I woke up in the hospital, Akari planted her memories inside my head and copied mine, told me about the whole "other half" thing and the "angel" and, well, The End. Ta-Dah!" She stood up, ready to leave.
"That doesn't explain the arm."
Alex snapped, tears stinging her eyes as she glared at Kyoya, "She practically destroyed her own arm for me!" Kyoya's eyes widened, surprised. He even looked a little intimidated, before frowning deeply and regaining his composure. She took in a deep breathe, trying to relax herself as she explained briskly, "Okay, look, if she had something that I had lost, she could "lose" that and "give" it back to me. So, she got rid of the use of her arm to give me use of my arm, got it? She's too fucking selfless to even think correctly! So shut up and leave me alone!"
She clenched her fists, pausing once she realized what she did. She quickly shook her head and whirled around, storming away in a fit.
Only to have a hand grip her lower arm tightly and whirl her around, pulling her into a chest as arms wrapped tightly around her. This...This seemed to bring back a memory. A memory of a very similar moment in a very sad place in time. After she snapped at the Host Club, she had ran into this very garden and cried, cutting herself with the thorns on the roses. Kyoya had come and yelled at her, putting her back in her right mind, before embracing her in a very similar fashion to this one.
"Why do you sound so angry?"
"B-because, she...she took my life from me. My friends, my family-everyone I-I...I loved them and she-they..." She had to blame them, otherwise, she didn't know what she'd do.
Alex was intelligent, Kyoya knew that. Sure, she didn't act it at all-but whether she knew it or not, Alex wore a mask. She acts childish and immature and completely idiotic, but underneath that...She was intelligent. She was smart and perceptive and deeply loyal, not to mention highly sarcastic. But here. In this moment.
This was probably the only moment Alexandria Connors had ever struck him as an complete and utter moron. So, he told her-
"Alex, have you ever come to think that perhaps if they didn't take you away, you would be six feet in the ground?"
She paused; Alex never thought about it that way. Kyoya's grip tightened gently around her.
"She gave you another chance at life-so take it and accept it. Stop being a damn moron and sulking about it!" He growled, raising his voice just a smidge. "She's selfless because she is, and you're selfish because you are! Now quite pitying yourself; it's getting annoying!"
Kyoya was cool and collected, damn perceptive and sneaky, always wearing that mask of his that she managed to peel off...and when he blurts out his feelings, it's always harsh.
She felt a small smile cross her face at his words, despite the contradiction of the statement. He was embracing her tightly, but was screaming at her to stop complaining...There was something wrong here.
But she never felt more comforted or cared for in her life when he does.
She spoke, voice quiet, "You know, Kyoya...That wall and mask you wore when I first met you?" The man seemed to tense, surprised once again. Alex seemed to have that quality about her; always surprising him and making him act different, "I think I took them from you a little too quickly...I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." She bit her trembling lip, the tears starting to stream down her face again, "I'm-I'm always crying, I never seem to stop...I'm pathetic, aren't I? I'm sorry..."
Kyoya sighed, "You think too much. You should get back to the Hitachiin estate; Hikaru and Kaoru are probably wondering what you're doing." Alex wrapped her arms around his waist, not wanting to let go just yet.
"I'm sorry...for being so clingy." Why was she doing this? What was wrong with her? This is seriously starting to feel like some extremely crappy fanfiction. But, she was starting to wonder if it was a little more than like that what she was feeling. "Just...don't leave, 'kay? If you do, I'll go down to your house and drag you out in your pajamas."
"Good luck with that."
"Shut up." She mumbled, listening to the calm beating of his heart. She doubted Kyoya really cared that much, despite all the signs she saw he kept giving her, but she couldn't help but think...
What is the difference between like and love?
She read about it. She was told that if the person you "loved" got mutilated in the face or become paralyzed, and you cared enough to stay with them despite it, that you loved them.
But Alex felt that way about all her friends.
So how can one tell?
Three days later. April 6, 2014.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry-Please don't kill us, Haruhi!" Alex pleaded, hands clasped together as the Hitachiin twins hid behind her. They had their hands on her shoulders, heads poking out from behind her as they looked at Haruhi frightened, "It was their idea, I swear! I didn't want to go either, but they made me! I swear-please don't hurt me!"
Haruhi continued to give the three of them sour looks, but after Alex's sincere apology, she resorted to just glaring at the twins.
Haruhi was wearing a yellow pullover hoodie and green plaid shorts, while Alex was wearing a green t-shirt over a pair of mid-thigh blue shorts. Everyone else, not counting Kyoya who was wearing a white Hawaiian shirt with flowers on it and a pair of shorts, was wearing swimtrunks.
She sighed, "Where was the exit again?"
Tamaki spoke from his spot on his chair, a iced lemonade in his hand, "Just try to make the most of it. We're so worried about our good looks day and night, we deserve a little vacation.
"Personally, I think this is pointless and a waste of time-so can I go home now?" Alex pouted and ran over, wrapping her arms around Haruhi's neck as she pleaded,
"But, Haruhi~! Don't leave me, my love! I can only handle so many of the Hosts-"
"You have Kyoya-Sempai to help you, and to be honest, I think he's more than willing." Haruhi retorted, voice and facial expression bored. Tears welled up in her eyes dramatically as she sulked in a corner, mushroom growing all around her.
Hikaru and Kaoru gasped, "She stole the bosses technique, "The Fungi attack"!"
Haruhi sweatdropped and Kyoya commented from his spot on his chair that was located near Tamaki's, "You seem to have forgotten that she mastered it a few months ago. It's not that difficult a technique."
"Well, yeah," Kaoru began with a "Duh" face. Hikaru finished,
"But where is all the fertilizer to make them grow coming from?" Almost at once, every perverted person in the room (A.K.A, the twins and Tamaki) looked at Kyoya with suspicious looks.
"Kyoya-Sempai, what have you been up to with Alex?"
"You dare defile my daughter-Kyoya, how could you-!?" It was left to Mori to hold the rampaging blonde back, "You're not even married-"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Alex demanded, face a bright red from the accusation, "What goes in those twisted minds of yours!? I'm still safe! Innocent! I haven't been touched, thank you very much!"
"But, Kyoya-Sempai-"
"I hope that for your sake, whatever is running through those minds of yours at this very second be tucked away and never shown again." Kyoya spoke, eyes hidden behind his glasses as a dark purple aura as black as midnight grew around him. "I have done no such thing."
Mitskuni nodded in agreement, "That's right! Lexi-Chan and Kyo-Chan wouldn't do something bad like that! That's a No-no!"
"Thank you, Honey!" Alex cried, dragging her down her face as she gestured to him with her other, "Jesus, what the hell is wrong with you people?"
Haruhi shrugged, "Who knows? Besides, where are we, anyway?"
Kyoya explained with a calm smile, his angry demeanor gone, "This place is a new theme-park that my family, The Ootori Group, runs. It's called "The Tropical Aqua Garden"." Alex nodded, moving over to sit next to her best friend.
"Yup!"
"Wait, I though the Ootori group ran hospitals," Haruhi said in confusion, look at Alex for confirmation. The brunette nodded, "I'm confused; aren't they focused on the medical area?"
"Yes," Kyoya replied, "But my family likes to diversify and try new things. Besides, this place could be classifed as a healing facility."
"Yeah! Like, when people are stressed or something and want to go on vacation but don't have the money or time, so they can come here and relax instead!"
Haruhi looked at the small girl in confusion, "How come you know all this?" Alex pointed her thumb at Kyoya, giving her her trademark grin,
"He told me in the limo!"
Haruhi tried to imagine them talking in a limo, but the image that popped up in her head was completely different. Alex and Kyoya were smirking devilishly in her mind and Alex was pressed up against Kyoya as she stood on her toes, a hand behind his head as he leaned down to the point where their noses were touching. In Alex's right hand was his glasses, while Kyoya's left was wrapped around her waist and pressing her to him, his right hand holding a wine glass. Alex was wearing a dark green cocktail dress and a pair of highheels with straps, while Kyoya was in a plain black tuxedo with a purple tie. Her hair was up in a bun with a few strands falling messily into her face, her eyes narrowed mischievously as her red lips were curled up into a grin. Kyoya was smirking seductively, and the two looked like a scheming couple in the night.
Haruhi sweatdropped at her thoughts, shaking her head. Tamaki-Sempai and Alex must be rubbing off on me...Now I'm delusional.
"Alex is right. The Ootori Groups has always been concerned for the wellbeing of the general public," Kyoya informed with a smile, pushing up his glasses. Clearly he was either lying or scheming, and Haruhi had a feeling she knew which one.
Maybe not so delusional... She thought as she watched Kyoya hand Alex her drink, Alex nearly jolting when Kyoya's fingers brushed against hers, Does Alex...?
"The park doesn't actually open 'till next month," Alex informed, taking a drink of her pink lemonade-she looked like a little kid doing so, "and Kyoya," Haruhi noted when her eyes shifted over to look at Kyoya, "He got us inside free."
"The Host Club was given a special advance invitation."
Tamaki's happy sigh interrupted their conversation, "This is so relaxing...the Host Club doesn't have to worry about keeping all of their guests entertained for once."
Alex frowned uncertainly, staring at the water with hesitation and envy. In all honesty, Alex wanted to go swimming, but with her scar-covered body...
The date-Bad thoughts, bad thoughts!-ran through her mind and she remembered all the people who made fun of her for her scars. Removing her hand from her left arm-she hadn't even realized was holding it-she raised her hand up to her face and gently traced the scar that ran along her jaw. Her scar was bad enough, but for everyone to see her body? Everyone who probably gag at the sight of her.
She sighed, and jolted at the feel of a hand on her shoulder. She whirled her head around to see Haruhi looking at her worriedly.
"Alex, are you okay? You look a little down..."
"U-Uh, yeah, I'm fine." She stuttered, surprised.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry...Stay brave for me?" Alex tensed at the sound of Akari's voice echoing in her mind. The brunette shook her head.
"I'm fine, Haruhi, don't worry. Just a little messed up in the head, that's all!" She laughed and lightly knocked the side of her head to prove her point.
"If you want to go swimming, you can, you know." Alex looked at Haruhi in surprise, not expecting her to read her so easily, "I know you enough to tell what's wrong, Alex."
"I don't-I don't want to go swimming. I don't like swimming; why would I go swimming?" Alex demanded, voice sounding a little harsh. She flinched, "Sorry!"
"Your scars, right? No one cares about your scars, Alex." Alex felt like laughing at that. Doesn't care? If no one cared, then why the hell do I keep getting made fun of!? Alex wanted to scream. She wanted to pound her fists again a wall and break something. She was glad that Mitskuni ran over and interrupted their conversation,
"Haru-Chan! Lexi-Chan! Do you guys wanna share some coconut juice with me!? Or maybe you wanna try a piece of the mango cake!?" Alex shook her head apologetically, while Haruhi nodded her head as she cast a worried look towards Alex,
"Y-Yeah, sure...I'l have some coconut juice." Alex watched as Haruhi got dragged away, a frown on her pale face. Pulling her knees up to her chest, she leaned her side against the chair that Kyoya was sitting, thoughtful and sad.
Kyoya asked, everyone else out of hearing distance of their conversation which was now forming, "Are those girls words still affecting you?"
Alex jerked, sitting up right as her head turned, eyes wide. "What? What girls?"
"The ones from the ice cream parlor."
"No, what'd they say?" She faked a smile, eyes closed. She was good at faking smiles-she faked smiled so much back in her dimension, she became a master at it. When she smiled, nobody ever asked why she was smiling like that-they just thought it was genuine. "Nah, we all know-they're just jealous of my ninja skills!" She laughed loudly, only to have it die down as she opened her eyes and caught sight of the look on Kyoya's face. She spoke, voice lowering in tone, "Wh-What?"
Kyoya sighed, pushed up his glasses, and stood. She craned her neck to look up at him, leaning back slight as she watched him stand in front of her. He asked, "Are you wearing a swimsuit underneath that?"
Unwillingly, her face grew red at the question and she tried to answer as clear as she could, a strange look on her face, "Um, yeah... Why wouldn't I be wearing one? The maids practically forced it on me-after I got to choose. It was the only one I liked." She didn't like the fact that his eyes hid behind his glasses, and everyone turned their heads in alarm when Alex screamed.
"Let go of me! Put me down, put me dooooowwwn!" She squealed, pounding her fists on Kyoya's back. He had thrown her over his shoulder and was now currently walking towards the current pool, "Let me go, damn it, Kyoya! I'll shave your head when you sleep-let me go!"
"Not until you stop letting what other peoples words get to you."
"Theyd on't! I already told you that I'm not affected! Now let me go!"
"No."
"Yes!"
"No."
"Yes!"
"Yes."
"No-damn it, Kyoya! If you don't let go I won't hug you anymore!"
"..."
"Let me go!"
"Lovers quarrel~!" Hikaru and Kaoru sang in amusement as they danced while holding each others hands.
"Shut up, gingers!"
"Oi! Watch it, "Mrs. Ootori"!"
"Do you wish too-no. NO, no, no, no, no, no, NOOO! Kyoya, I'm sorry, I love you, I'm sorry, you're the bestest friend either, please don't drop me!" He stopped at the edge of the current pool-the deepest part. The pool was 5'1 inches deep. A whole inch taller than her. "I love you! Please don't drop me!" She gripped tightly onto Kyoya's Hawaiin shirt, "You know you love me! Please don't-!" She screamed as he dropped her into the pool, her back slamming into the cold water.
Her mouth opened in a scream as she squeezed her eyes shut tightly, slamming against the ground of the current pool. Kicking her feet against the ground, she swam desperately up to the surface for air.
Her head broke through and she inhaled, only to cough violently.
"What the hell!?" She demanded after a few moments, glaring at Kyoya's smirking face. Kyoya merely shrugged, not giving her the honor of a reply, and turned around and walked away. She could feel herself slowly being dragged down as her clothes grew wetter and wetter by the second. Growling to herself, she ducked herself underneath the water and pulled her shirt off, ducked her head above the surface and crumbled her shirt up into a ball. Kyoya still walking, she narrowed her eyes as she aimed, before reeling her arm and throwing the shirt at him.
It missed by two inches, hitting his shoulder instead of his head. She cursed to herself as she watched him stop and look down at his sopping wet arm. A twinge of fear running along her spine at the sight of the "Devil horns" growing on his head as he was enveloped in his purple aura, she squealed, "I didn't do it!" and ducked back under the water, swimming as far from the surface as she could.
It wasn't even five moments before Alex heard the shouting of, "Takashi!" By Mitskuni and she got splashed by water. Nearly coughing up a lung, Alex made a face as she got water up her nose. Rubbing her eyes, she blinked in surprise when she saw Mori smile at the small blonde. She then watched as Mitskuni called out to everyone to watch him as he sat on Mori's back, Mori swimming against the current-of course, as she got swept away by the current pool despite her attempts to swim against it. "Even though we're swimming really fast against the current, we're not going any farther than we are now!"
I feel so ridiculous...Kyoya's gonna kill me when I get out of here. Alex thought, only to pause when she realized she was just in a pair of minishorts and her shirt was off, leaving her in her rather revealing bikini top. Actually, on second thought, I quite like this pool. She squealed and ducked her head under the water, kicking and waving her arms and legs frantically as she tried to prevent herself from being washed away by the currents.
Why'd he dump me in the current pool? Jerk.
Hikaru had thought it would be funny to shoot water at face. Alex was about to bring her head up against and barely had time to breath in before the current got stronger all of a sudden and much, much faster than before. Water flew over her head, a giant wave growing bigger and bigger, and Alex couldn't even scream before she was enveloped, her head slamming against something as something wrapped around her wrist.
Her chest felt ready to explode, purple-just dark colors and light colors of purple flashing and blinding her vision. Her stomach was twisting and turning as water filled her lungs, unable to breathe-burning pain in her chest and throat. It felt like she was on a roller-coaster, opening her mouth but no noises coming out, her stomach churning so uncomfortably and violently. The grip tightened and she felt so dizzy, her head hurting like people taking rocks and pounding them furiously against her head in anger...
All she could register before she blacked out was that it felt like a hand, and that people were screaming her and Mitskuni's names, and the face that sometimes annoyed her but often brought her great comfort when it was most needed flashing across her mind.
"Though the cause of our present location seems to be the switch for the current pool," Kyoya explained, tapping his chin lightly with his pen as he looked at his little book, "I'll have to have a little chat with our designers." Especially now that this happened... Eyes hiding behind glasses, he flashed the Host Club a beaming smile, his face once again hiding behind that mask of his. "Thanks a lot, you guys! I got some great data today."
Mori seemed to be the only one who wasn't annoyed as the twins, Tamaki, and Haruhi demanded, "You what!?" Haruhi was pissed, being treated like a guinea pig, and she wanted nothing more than to slap the arrogant bastard across the face.
But she noticed. She noticed the change in Kyoya's attitude. It was more "hidden" and "kept-to-himself" than it was five minutes ago. He seemed to put on his "Host" persona without even realizing. Not then "Gentlemanly Host", no... but the "Shadow King" Host that he often used the first few weeks that Haruhi and Alex knew him. He still uses it sometimes, when he's scheming or something similar to that, but now...His facade seemed to increase.
Could he really be worried about Alex more than the rest of the Host Club thought?
Haruhi frowned to herself, narrowing her eyes suspiciously as she stared at Kyoya. He was still smiling at them, the sun glaring on his glasses and making him seem like a cruel bastard who'd do anything necessary to get what he wants.
It wasn't long before Kyoya took out a map, a pointer stick, and his book as he explained, "-we need to get here. I have feeling that this is where Alex and Honey-Sempai have probably ended up." He pointed at the other edge of the map, far away from their current location. Damn it all... If she's hurt- Kyoya quickly cut his thoughts off, not wanting to let him emotions get the better of him. Every time that happens, he snapped. At Alex. He yelled at her, multiple times, and admitted that he worried about her. He kept his feelings locked away, not letting the world see-but when his emotions get the better of him, he snaps and blurts out his feelings harshly. That's just how he was.
"It might be tough to get there because we'll have to get through this jungle area on the Southern Block. Distance wise," Kyoya continued, gesturing with the stick, "We're talking about eight hundred meters."
Haruhi glanced up at Kyoya with worried eyes, her eyebrows furrowing, "It looks like there are a lot of undeveloped areas. Is it really going to be that easy to find Honey-Sempai and Alex?"
His eyes flashed again and his grip on the stick seemed to tighten ever-so-slight, the only people noticing were Haruhi and Tamaki. "We'll get them back."
"Then..." She paused at his answer, thinking her question through, before asking, "any idea on what might be lurking in those parts of the jungle?"
His eyes hid behind his glasses again , his face and posture completely stoic, "Since they're still being developed, I'm afraid I don't know."
Haruhi had a feeling she was just making the situation worse, so she stopped. Hikaru and Kaoru weren't helping the situation at all, commenting,
"Whatever's out there could be even more dangerous,"
"-then alligators!" Tamaki grew even more determined, clenching his fists as he ground his teeth together,
"Alright! Then this is a mission of survival!" Kyoya resorted to writing what was happening in his little black book, listening to Tamaki rant, "I know we can make it through the treacherous jungle in one piece! It is our sworn duty to save both Honey-Sempai and Alex!"
Light flared in her vision ever so brightly, burning her eyes and stinging her lungs. She felt like she was on fire-she was completely unable to process what was going on. Her mind was blank, completely and utterly dazed and lightheaded, her body totally numb and useless. She barely made out noises in the distance, merely coughing ferociously as she tried to rid herself what was stuck in her system, in her lungs, in her mouth, in her stomach...inside her.
Her throat burned, worse than that burn you get after throwing up in the toilet from when you ate too much, and it felt like it was boiling, her chest aching so badly that it felt like someone had taken heart and squeezed, trying to stop it with their hand.
The noises grew louder, something pressing against her chest frantically as noises continued to scream like a siren. The liquid bubbled up from her lungs and onto her skin, collapsing against the rough surface she was laying on.
"-an!" She blinked blearily, vision completely unfocused. Coughing violently, body practically lifting in the air before slamming back against the ground in exhaustion, she was unable to move. Purple spots danced in her vision, and she barely noticed a pair of amber eyes staring worriedly down at her. "-x-Xhan! Lexi-Chan! Alex? Come on, wake up!" She felt the pressing against her chest again, "Say something!"
Her lips moved to speak, but no words came out. After a few moments, despite the soreness and burning of her throat, she rasped, "M-Mitsukuni?"
Tears welled up in the older boy's eyes, his cheeks a bright red from when he was crying earlier. He had thought she was dead; that he had been unable to save her. "L-Lexi-Chan?"
"H-Hi..." She flinched and leaned her head back, body completely and utterly sore. Closing her eyes, she could feel the tears forming in her own, her heart pumping fast and erratically, frantic at the course of events that had just happened. It took a few moments, but she remembered.
She was in the current pool, the twins and Tamaki were playing with water guns, and she and Mitsukuni were engulfed in the wave...That meant he was the one who grabbed onto her.
His arm were wrapped tight, but gently, around her, his face nuzzling the crook of her neck as he cried, "I thought you were dead! You-You drowned and I-I thought I failed too save you and-and-don't do that again, Lexi-Chan! Okay!? No-No more swimming! I-I won't let you!"
Gasping, she exclaimed, "M-Mitsu-Can't-Can't-" Inhaling sharply, she went into another barrage of coughs, Mitsukuni pulling and staring with red and worried eyes at the girl. He didn't want her to die. Her nails dug into the dirt beneath her, clawing harshly into the ground as she gasped desperately for air to enter her lungs. Somehow, she ended up rolling onto her left sight as she continued to hack up water, a little bit of blood a long with it.
At the sight of the liquid, Mitsukuni knew that they had to find the others and soon. Alex needed a doctor.
After listening to the story of how Mitsukuni and Mori began cousins, Haruhi walked over and gently placed a hand on his arm, causing him to look at her curiously with a blank look on his face.
"Hey, Mori-Sempai, it's gonna be alright," She told him, causing him to blink his onyx eyes at her. "I'm sure that Honey-Sempai is safe, and he's got Alex with him so you shouldn't be too worried. They're both a lot tougher than you think they are, and if either of them get hungry, the trees are full of bananas."
"Bananas?" Hikaru and Kaoru questioned, stress lines forming on their faces. Tamaki had to idea what else to say, merely muttering in shock,
"What's he going to say?"
There was a small silence.
Haruhi looked up in surprise when Mori raised his hand and rested it against her head, smiling at her, "You're right." Was all he said. Tamaki quickly screamed, pressing his hands against his face as a blue depressed aura surrounded him,
"Don't tell me he's after my spot as Haruhi's daddy!?"
"Nobody wants that spot but you boss," Hikaru deadpanned, informing the blonde.
Kaoru nodded in agreement, commenting with dull eyes, "It's kinda creepy when you think about it."
Kyoya ignored them, dialing the Ootori Police Onion Squad on his cell, "Hello? It's me. Well, we've had an incident that's caused some trouble." He quickly informed them to start searching for a young boy and girl. The started to stop, "Yes...At once, please." Turning his phone off, he turned to face the trouble makers, "My family's private police force sent in a search and rescue team to help us. They're better equipped to find Alex and Honey-Sempai than we are. So, let's just go back to the gate and wait there." Kyoya stopped talking, looking around in confusion.
"SHUT UP BEFORE I HIT YOU IN THE FACE AGAIN!" Tamaki snapped, screaming.
Kyoya spoke, asking the question that stopped all fighting at once, "Hey, where are Mori and Haruhi?"
"Wh-What?" Tamaki asked in fear. They all quickly got ready and started to head out towards their original goal, Kyoya pausing and looking back at the hut that they were waiting in during the squall.
"You know...I don't I mentioned that there were other visitors here?" He mumbled to himself, frowning. He thought better of it and shrugged, turning around and walking again, "Huh, oh well." He gave them a complete inadequate explanation.
"This way, Lexi-Chan, I think I hear some people!" Mitsukuni gently urged to weak brunette, who was pale and slight blue in the face, still coughing up blood every now and then. "Come on, not that much farther..." Alex trailed behind slowly, her vision blurry out every now and then as she coughed. "Ah-! Haru-Chan!" Mitsukuni exclaimed, before gripping the pale girl's hand and gently pulling her forward, "This way!"
It took a few moments before they got within hearing distance, "Is that-?"
"Wait here, Lexi-Chan! Come on out once I take care of them, kay?" Merely nodding, the girl watched as Mitsukuni ran and climbed up a treet, swinging on a vine in a very similar fashion to Tarzan as he shouted. He released the vine and flipped, feet landing on an Officer's face. Raising a hand up to her mouth, she coughed harshly, shivering as a breeze blew by.
That's right...she forgot she no longer had her shirt. She had thrown it at Kyoya in a fit of childish irritation. She really was a little kid, wasn't she? It's a wonder...why...She swerved slightly, collapsing against a tree as her vision blurred, head incredibly light-feeling. Her body was sore and numb, bruises and dirt littering her body. She completely missed Mitsukuni's great feat of defeating the guards, coughing harshly as she collapsed to her knees. She bent over, hands raised over her mouth as she hacked up whatever was in her system, liquid the color of red splattering against her cold skin, sickeningly warm and wet.
She had nearly died...she was probably dying right now, without the proper medical treatment. She was a sick little thing, wasn't she? I make myself sick, She thought to herself, disgusted at how easily she was falling to the monsters of this dimension.
Warmth suddenly wrapped around her body, strong arms wrapping around her and lifting her into the air. She wouldn't have noticed if it wasn't for the comforting warmth that came, engulfing her to the point of peaceful suffocation. Curling up against the thing, person, that projected such warmth, she coughed into her hand against, breathing heavily as she rested her head against the person's shoulder.
This hold was familiar...She recognized it, and welcomed the feeling that came with it. It made her feel safe, protected...loved. What person did she know that always managed to make her feel like that?
"Damn moron..." She heard a voice mutter from under their breath.
Kyoya...A small smile fluttered across her lips at the thought as she relaxed into the hold, snugging even deeper into the warmth as the tears grew in her eyes, despite the fact that they were closed. I'm sorry... I'm always...
"Sorry...for being a moron..." She hadn't even realized she whispered it aloud softly, throat sore and screaming at her for speaking, her voice raspy.
"Alex!"
"Alex-what happened!?"
"ALEX!"
"Oh, my god!"
"This...this is the teen girl we were looking for?" Eyes hiding behind his glasses, he ordered one of the hosts to quickly call an ambulance. Tamaki was already on the phone before he could even finish.
April 12, 2014
"Hikaru, get your own hospital food. I'm starving."
"You can eat all you want when you get back to the mansion! We waste our time worrying about you, you know! Always getting into trouble like this...No matter what, you always end up in the god damn hospital!"
"Practically every other week. Sprained ankle, twisted wrist," Kaoru started to list off all the injuries she had, and it was a long list, "and now drowning." A frown adorned his face, and Alex then took the time to notice that he had freckles splashed across his nose-as did his brother. Worry shone clearly in the boy's eyes, fingers grasping the hospital blanket as hands clutched it tightly, "Just how many more injuries are you gonna get!? You're starting to scare us, Alex! Honey-Sempai said that you almost died, and for a second he thought you had!"
"Quit getting yourself injured all the time!"
"I can't help it!" Alex snapped, glaring at them. The tears started to prick her eyes as she shook her head, voice cracking, "I just can't. I can't control these things. I didn't know the current pool was going to act up like that, I didn't know that I was going to drown, I didn't know that I was going to scare anyone, I didn't know." That was when it hit her.
She didn't know. She should've known. But she didn't. Why didn't she know? Had she forgotten the entire plot?
She knew Tamaki and Haruhi ends up together, she knows when, too...She also knows how Tamaki's relationship with his Grandmother turns out as well, and how the twins go their separate ways...
Well, she did just have a small traumatic experience...Actually, she never really was a big fan of that chapter/episode anyway. She remembered the Sun, Sea, and Host Club one perfectly well though, er, for the most part.
They go to the beach, girls nearly get raped and Haruhi saves them, gets thrown in sea and nearly drowns, Tamaki saves her, Kyoya nearly rapes Haruhi to prove a point, she escapes, thunderstorm and Tamaki comforts Haruhi and...Yeah, that's 'bout it. All she remembers of the next episode/chapter.
Asking curiously, changing the subject, "Whats the plan for next time? Where we goin' next week?"
Staring at her oddly, the brothers questioned, "What plan?"
"You know...We pretty much go somewhere everyother week."
They still looked confused and Alex felt horror dawning on her.
"D-Didn't Tamaki suggest something?"
"No," Hikaru replied with a slight irritated look, "Everyone was too worried about you to think straight!"
Alex was slight taken aback, "W-Worried?" Why where they worried about her? She figured they just said that, as before, to make her feel happy-but Hikaru sounded ticked.
"Of course," Kaoru replied, a small frown on his face. The two locked eyes and Alex found herself frozen, "Everyone cares about you, Alex. We don't like it when something like this happens to you."
Biting her lip, the girl couldn't hold it in. The tears formed and streamed down her face as her shoulders shook, a small cough escaping her lips as she squeezed her eyes shut.
"Alex-"
"Why? Why-why? Why are you all always so nice to me!?" She didn't understand it. She truly didn't. People hated her, always have. She was constantly bullied back in her world at the school, and always made her sarcastic jibes back, but here...Here everyone was being nice and treating her kindly and was caring for her and was-was worried about her.
Hikaru and Kaoru stared at her shocked, caramel eyes wide as saucers. Of all things, they didn't expect this to come out of her mouth.
"You-You-I'm hideous, but you seem to care, I'm a jerk but you don't care, I get made fun of for my scars or bullied you come and help, and-and when-and when I-when something like this happens you all-" She swallowed the lump in her throat, her voice cracking as she stared at them with red teary eyes, "you all..."
Arms embraced her, seeming not to care that she was still in the hospital bed, and held her tight and close, waves so gentle radiating off of them. Her eyes grew, blinking her brown eyes in shock the tears fell and streamed down her cheeks.
"You're a damn idiot..."
"Of course we care..."
"How could we not?"
"You may not look it, but you are a Hitachiin."
"Our sister."
Squeezing her eyes shut again, she allowed the tears to fall as she trembled, biting her lip as she raised her arms and hugged the brothers back. This was probably the first time in her life that she truly felt like she had a family.
Sure, she had her brother and sisters, her divorced parents and step-parents...But here, she felt loved and cared for...a part of it. A part of this place, this world, this dimension.
Alexandria had probably never felt more at home in her life than now, with these two irritating, cocky, self-important, misunderstood, ginger-haired, golden-eyed, twisted pair of twins that had hit her with their limo.
She came to realize that he was right. He was always right; He always knew what to say.
Alexandria Connors was given a second chance at life, and she should take it and use it wisely, cherish it, and never let herself go with regrets.
"It's okay, Alex..."
"It's alright..."
"Don't fake a smile."
"Kaoru's right...We...We love you, as our sister, so be yourself...Stop hiding and being insecure."
Alex tried to hold back a sob, apologizing repeatedly and repeatedly, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, forgive me, I'm sorry..."
She trips and falls, hides her pain and tears from those outside...always getting up and smiling and goofing off...
Was that truly how she should be? She didn't know. It was just how she was.
This is what happens after getting writers block and listening to [Vocaloid] Pierrot (Ashe). XD I am SO sorry. I know, extremely late, please don't kill me. I hope this makes up for it, though I'm aware the ending was a bit of fail. Sorry! READ AND REVIEW my pretties... :) Kyoya and the twins will give you a hug...And Haruhi and Alex if you want, even Renge.