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Well, here it is. Chapter 2 of OHSHC fanfiction entitled "Forget-Me-Nots"
The gas tank explosion incident was, as they predicted, became the headlines of the newspapers. Many were curious if this incident may affect the stock market. In the case of the Yamamoto Family, Akihiro and Yuri were already discharged from the hospital but the pain still remains, the pain of losing their only child.
After the incident, Akihiro Yamamoto changed. Gone was the warm and comfortable father and it was replaced by a ruthless and money-centered business man. He was solely focused on his business that he forgot that he even has a life to live. But these changes aren't all bad either; such was the case for Yuri, the mother of Akira.
She started on donating money for charity and helping orphaned children. As she was doing this, she was imagining that every single child she was helping was her late daughter, Akira.
On the other side, even though others may not see it, Kyouya became a very changed person. Well, from those who do not know him well, it will seem like he's just the same boy from before but oh, how they were so wrong!
Yes, he was still the same introvert child but the incident made him completely hide inside his shell, as if he never wants to let someone see through him again, to let someone make their way into his heart again.
It remained like that until a certain blonde boy made his way into Kyouya's life. It was all thanks to Tamaki that Kyouya was at least, slowly coming out of his protective barrier. It was all thanks to that blonde idiot that made him think that it wouldn't hurt to make friends again. Make true friends again.
True, things were never the same like they were before but at least, we can say that there is still an improvement coming along. There is still hope.
She opened her eyes and all she could see was darkness. She could smell the stench of smoke and gasoline as well as the earthy smell of rain coming from outside. Where she was, she didn't know. Her mind was spinning and spinning until she could feel some pain coming from her left shoulder. It was stinging and throbbing with pain like it was just scorched with fire.
Fire! Yes, fire!
There was some kind of fire incident that happened that caused her this injury.
The girl tried to stand up but she can't. Her feet were too painful to even move, like a thousand needles were actually pricking her poor feet.
But suddenly, she heard loud footsteps. It was coming towards her. There was another person there! Then there was blinding light which made her squint her eyes but she could still make out something. A shadow. A silhouette. And as the unknown person slowly approached her, all she could do was whisper two words…
"Save me…."
***ring!***
The person bolted right up at the sound of her alarm clock ringing. Silently, she glared at the stupid object that interrupted her from her sleep.
'Oh, who ever invented that piece of shit…' She thought as she regretfully got up from her warm bed and slipped on her lavender bedroom slippers and headed towards the bathroom to take a shower.
It was always the same dream for 3 years now. There was darkness, then fire, then another person approaching her and truthfully, it was getting really annoying. Her mother already explained to her that her dream was actually a memory when she was just a child. She was playing with her brother at a warehouse when suddenly, a fire started because of faulty wiring. The other person in her dream was her brother who was the one who got them out of the warehouse and saved them from the fire.
If it was already clear to her, then why doesn't that dream stop? Maybe something went wrong with her head?
She was thinking of these stupid thoughts as she was taking a shower and after a few minutes she was done and dressed up for the day. She was meeting her best friend today because they would both be taking the scholarship test for the most prestigious school in Japan, Ouran Academy.
They said that it was really hard for a 'commoner' to get in there. And she knows that if she passed the scholarship test and received her education there, she would get a huge chance of being accepted to John Hopkins University for her chosen undergraduate program of Psychology. She always dreamed of being a neurosurgeon while her friend wanted to be a lawyer.
She quickly glanced at the mirror to see if she looks okay until she looked at her watch and saw that she only has 30 minutes left.
"Crap" she muttered and made her way down the stairs where she saw her mother and older brother having breakfast.
"Chinatsu, are you going already? Have breakfast before you go." Her mother said when she looked at her daughter's hurried appearance.
"No, mom. I'll just have some toast." Chinatsu replied as her brother put the toast into her mouth.
"Hurry up or you'll be late, lazy cat!" her nii-chan said with a smirk into his face. Chinatsu lightly glared at him before waving goodbye to her mom.
"Good luck on your test!" her mom exclaimed with a smile while waving good bye to her daughter.
But as soon as Chinatsu was out of sight, the smile that was on her mother's face was replaced with a smirk.
"Mom, is it really alright if she went to Ouran? I mean, what if he would recognize her?" Kazuya, Chinatsu's brother asked the woman in front of him who was busily picking on her food. Then, the woman finally looked at her son, a mischievous glint on her emerald green eyes.
"Don't worry, son. He may recognize her, but she'll never recognize him…"
"Haruhi!" Chinatsu called when she spotted her long haired friend. Haruhi, the best friend of Chinatsu was already waiting for her at the train station that would lead them to Ouran Academy.
"Come on, Chinatsu!" Haruhi said as she waited for her friend so that they could already board the train. She too will be taking the scholarship exam but if ever they'll pass, she would be in first year while Chinatsu will be on her second year.
When they finally boarded the train, they immediately brought out their studying tools to review for the exam. Haruhi opened her reviewer while Chinatsu put on her earphones and played on her phone her recorded voice because she easily gets dizzy when she reads while travelling.
The two were in their own little worlds until they came to their stop. They put everything back into their bags and made a dash for it.
The two were already seated in their assigned seats as the proctor read out the instruction and passed the questionnaires along with the answer sheets.
"Now, all answers must be written on the answer sheets and please take note that if I caught you cheating, it would mean that you will be not be allowed to continue the test anymore. You may now start!" the proctor said and immediately, flipping of papers were heard from the examinees
Chinatsu flipped all of the pages of her questionnaire and decided to start with the subject she's most confident in.
'A Pomspitz (half Pomeranian, half Japanese Spitz) is crossed with another Pomspitz. How large is the probability that the offspring will be a pure bred Pomeranian?'
'Well, this is easy…25%' she quickly wrote down her answer and continued to read the questions on the Science subject.
(Fastforward)
'Finally! I'm done!' she mentally cried out as she stood up on her seat and submitted the questionnaire and answer sheet to the proctor.
She felt an air of relief as she went out of the testing room and into the hallways of the school. She made an agreement with Haruhi earlier that they would just meet each other by the large fountain in front of the school.
Quickly, she went on her way towards the large fountain when her attention drifted towards a gazebo nearby a garden.
"Well, it wouldn't hurt if I just stay in there for a minute" she mumbled to herself and made her way towards the gazebo. Because of her hurry, she missed to see a rock on her way and tripped.
She mentally grumbled to herself from her own clumsiness and proceeded her way towards the gazebo when her head suddenly started to ache.
'Oh, gods!' she mentally cursed and quickly made her way to the gazebo so that she can have something to lean on. Her head was aching and it feels like she was spinning around. A sudden jolt of pain made her wince as she massaged her temple in order to slightly relieve her discomfort. It was working until another jolt made its way and another and another and another until she could barely stand up anymore and fell to the wooden stairs of the gazebo.
'… don't run so fast. Certainly you don't want to ruin your newly bought dress by accidentally tripping onto something.'A boy's voice was heard. It sounded familiar to her but she couldn't point it out.
As she closed her eyes, more pain attacked her as blurry pictures started to form in her head.
'Wait, what's happening? What's happening to me?' she mentally exclaimed.
There was a vast garden with tables and chairs set up. Many people were there laughing, chatting and eating. Then suddenly, she saw a blurry image of a girl dressed in blue running towards what it seems like a gazebo.
"… don't run so fast. Certainly you don't want to ruin your newly bought dress by accidentally tripping onto something."
'There! That voice!'
Then, as blurry images played into her mind, the girl in blue dress went inside the gazebo when another person, a boy to be exact was also there.
She was trying to make out a clear picture of the two children's faces and as if in slow motion, the blurry images were starting to clear out…
"-Natsu… Chinatsu!"
'Huh? What?' she was finally brought back to reality by the voice of Haruhi. She opened her eyes to see the worried gaze of her best friend.
"Hey, are you alright? I was about to go to our meeting place when I saw you here" Haruhi asked worriedly as she sat beside Chinatsu and patted her shoulder several times to calm her down.
Chinatsu evened out her erratic breathing first and finally managed to utter out a single word.
"Headache" Chinatsu replied and forced herself to stand up as to not worry Haruhi. "Don't worry, it's nothing." She added and leaned against a pillar of the gazebo for support.
"Are you sure? Come on, let's go see a doctor. Your headaches are occurring more frequently." Haruhi said and help Chinatsu to stand upright.
"No, Haruhi. I'm fine. Maybe I was just stressed out from the exam." Chinatsu reasoned and gently removed herself from Haruhi.
As the two of them proceeded to go out of the academy, Chinatsu was deeply thinking about what happened earlier.
'Sure I started to get those frequent headaches the same time I dreamed of the same dream every night for three years, but this is the first time I actually saw images and heard voices…' she thought to herself as she stared at the road before her. She clearly doesn't have any idea on what's happening to her. It's impossible that she's having either delusions or amnesia so….
'Maybe I'm starting to get insane!' she exclaimed to herself but immediately chastised herself from having stupid thoughts.
A 17 year old Kyouya sat on his comfortable leather couch and sipped on his coffee as he lightly glared at the host club members who were making so much noise, interrupting him from reading a book. They were currently at the Hitachiin Manor having a sleepover and were supposed to be planning for the next host club event instead of playing some ridiculous online simulation game.
"Hey, Kyouya! Don't you want to join us? This game is so exciting!" Tamaki exclaimed with his eyes fixated on the laptop screen while goofily laughing with his fellow host club members.
They were apparently playing some kind of online game where players get to interact with one another through an avatar and are supposedly in a school setting. Basically, you have to outdo other players to get rewards and buy what you want from the virtual shop.
Right now, the host club, minus Kyouya, were in some kind of group battle tournament where they have to battle a group of players to receive an ultimate reward. They are now starting their final battle, each team choosing their aces for the final game which is chess.
"Hikaru is quite good at chess, right?" Hunny said to Mori who just nodded in agreement.
So, the team decided to entrust their faith to Hikaru who was smiling proudly but his smile instantly dropped when he realized whom he'll be battling with.
"Tono! It's impossible to win this one! Our opponent is 'her'!" Hikaru suddenly whined and the other members looked at the screen in curiosity until their eyes widened (except for Mori) knowing who their opponent will be.
"We couldn't possibly win this one, Tama-chan." Hunny said while hugging Usa-chan.
Bad luck was graced upon them tonight as they would just battle one of the strongest players in the online game.
"Tono! That's why I told you not to select 'random' when we were selecting the players we'll be battling with!" Kaoru complained to Tamaki who already sat in a corner, a sad aura looming around him.
"Hey, Hikaru. Just give it a chance. Maybe you'll get to defeat her by luck." Kaoru said to Hikaru who hesitantly placed his hand on the optical mouse to make his first move until Hunny interrupted him.
"Wait, isn't Kyo-chan good at chess too?" he asked and everyone looked at the direction of Kyouya who simply had to push up his glasses to make them instantly remove the idea from their minds.
"Gods, she already ate one of my chess piece." Hikaru muttered totally focused on the game.
"That Akira is a devil!" Kaoru exclaimed out of awe and frustration.
'Akira?' Kyouya's ears immediately perked up, hearing the name of his dead friend. It's been so long since he heard that name. Instantly, Tamaki glanced at Kyouya's direction since he knew the story behind Kyouya's childhood friend.
Tamaki went away from his corner and sat beside Kyouya with worry in his eyes.
"Kyouya…" Tamaki said but was immediately silenced by Kyouya's stare on him.
"I'm fine, Tamaki. It's been 11 years" Kyouya replied to his friend but deep inside, he was not fine at all. Merely hearing her name made him dizzy and worst of all, nostalgic.
But to prove his point to Tamaki, he stood up and went to the other host club members who were nervously watching the chess game.
Immediately, he saw how skilled this 'Akira' player was. She kept on blocking Hikaru's moves but at the same time attacking Hikaru's pieces. He remembered the time when he and his deceased childhood friend used to play chess too. She would always get frustrated whenever she lost to Kyouya or anybody.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Kyouya commented on Hikaru just when he was about to move his knight. Hikaru then scooted over to one side to make space for Kyouya.
"Kyouya-sempai, why don't you just continue the game? I'm seriously losing to this girl" Hikaru requested to his sempai who merely touched the optic mouse and made his move.
"Your daily quota will be doubled as of today" Kyouya stated and the other host club members just sighed knowing that the Shadow King will never do anything if it doesn't benefit him.
A few moves passed and the game was getting more interesting by the second. But as always, a game always has to end and by the time Kyouya moved the bishop, he thought to himself with a slight smirk
'Checkmate'
Another person who is a few miles away from the Hitachiin Manor was busily looking at her laptop screen wearing her reading glasses while she drank her Oolong Tea. Her smirk was widening when she thought that she finally caught her opponent into her trap but her smirk was quickly wiped off her face when she realized that she was the one caught in her own trap.
"Crap" she cursed softly as she stared at the screen that flashed the word 'Checkmate.'
It was the first time she lost to someone in a chess game and she felt frustrated knowing that the competitive side of her wouldn't let her sleep peacefully tonight.
Grumbling, she logged out of her account and took off her reading glasses. She shut down her laptop just in time when the door opened and revealed her brother.
"Chinatsu, come on. Dinner's ready" Kazuya said and closed the door again.
Chinatsu sighed softly and whispered to herself that it was just a game and finally went out of room to eat.
Okay, that's it for the second chapter! Reviews and comments are warmly appreciated as well constructive criticism.
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-SparkofMemories