I quietly putted on my shoes and took my bag. I opened the door as silent as possible not to wake my dad. He came home late yesterday, or should I say early, so I wanted to let him sleep.
"I'm off." I whispered as I walked down the street.
Suddenly a shining object flew past me, it only missed me on a couple of inches. Surprised I looked in the direction it came from but I didn't see anyone else.
I started to look for the object but couldn't find it.
"Strange…" I muttered without paying further attention to it, else I would be late for school.
Not that I looked forward to it.
The host club made me their new host, to repay my debt.
Hosting those girls was actually sort of fun but the other members could be sometimes… annoying especially Tama-niichan.
Tama-niichan has always been like that but wasn't this too much?
I mean, even Kyo-niichan and Taka-niichan joined the host club.
I understand why Taka-niichan joined, that's because of Mitsu-niichan but which benefit would Kyo-niichan have? The twins were always interested in games like this.
But why me too?
It's nice to have my Niichans back but do they have to cause me so much trouble?
"They didn't even recognize me…" I complained out loud.
Should I tell them instead I'm their childhood friend? But would they believe me if I told them?
I don't know why but at school I could feel the whole time a tense atmosphere, even Hika-niichan and Kao-niichan were quitter then other times. Everywhere I went people whispered, it felt like the students didn't dare to raise their voice, in fear someone might be listening.
When I came into the 3th music room I saw that every host had a gloomy face, even Tama-niichan was silent.
"What the hell is wrong with everyone today?" I asked irritated.
"You haven't seen the news today?" the twins asked at the same time.
I hadn't since I didn't want to wake oto-san with the noise.
"No, I haven't. Why? Did something happen?"
Again a silence fell and I looked at Kyo-niichan for an explanaition.
"Kyo-… Kyoya-senpai, what happened?" I asked him.
"Something that affects all the rich and the noble." He said.
Irritated I raised an eyebrow. "And that is…?"
"They said the king is dead." Taka-niichan answered.
Dad? Dad is dead?
"Haruhi, did you have fun today?"
"Horse-riding with dad is always fun." Young me answered.
My father patted my head. "That's good."
"Will daddy play with me again, tomorrow?"
"Sorry Haru but I have to work."
I stared at the ground in disappointment.
Dad smiled and took me by my hand. "I promise we will do something fun next week."
"Pinkie promise?" I asked and held out my small pink.
"Pinkie promise, all right?" He said as he hooked his finger into mine.
In the end I was the one who broke the promise by running away with mom.
"Then who's going to rule?" I asked, again no one answered and I started to get annoyed.
"Here…" Kyo-niichan gave me a newspaper and pointed at a paragraph.
"The sister of the departed king, Princess Aneko, appointed her son as heir of the crown. The prince is indeed a possible candidate but rumors say that the government hopes for Princess Haruhi's return as she claims her place as crown princess. The princess got abducted by her mother, departed Queen Kotoko whom was founded guilty for adultery and committed suicide. A lot of girls have gathered at the palace after this announcement, saying they are the country's lost princess. But a lot of people doubt that the princess is still alive."
Mad, I frowned my eyebrows. The article was full of lies, my mother absolutely never committed adultery, she truly loved my father, nor did she committed suicide. But this was troublesome, if the world pays too much attention on it, it might bring me and oto-san in danger.
"Princess Aneko?" I muttered.
"She's a greedy bitch who only thinks of power." Hika-niichan commented.
Young me gripped onto my mother's skirt. A young boy, a couple of years older than me, was standing in front of us, next to him, his mother.
"I'm really sorry, Aneko-san." Mom said to my aunt.
Aunt Aneko smiled. "Don't mind it, Kotoko-sama, I'm sure Haruhi-sama didn't had the intention to hurt Akito." My nephew rubbed his arm, where I bit him.
"He said some really mean things about mommy." I said in a soft voice.
I could feel mom's grip on my hand fasten, in a split of a second the smile on my aunt's face disappeared before it appeared again.
"I'm sure he didn't meant it." Aunt Aneko said as she placed her hands on the boy's shoulders.
Akito's face turned pale.
Akito? Becoming king?
He would be totally controlled by his mother.
"So you guys are all upset because Princess Aneko gets to rule?" I asked.
"Indeed, she will gain so much power that she surely will make it hard for us, nobles and riches." Kyo-niichan explained. "She will try to gather so much power as she can so she will take every chance that would make us lose power. We can't make any mistakes since that would give her a chance to attack us. Everyone in school is afraid there might happen something to their families."
"But-" I started.
"Don't worry about it too much, haru-chan. You don't have anything that Princess Aneko desires, she will never bother you." Mitsu-niichans said to me and Taka-niichan nodded.
You have no idea…
"Shouldn't we open for business," I asked, changing the conversation.
"Like someone would come." Kao-niichan said.
"There will be too many troubles on the minds of the ladies." Tama-niichan added.
"But Tama-… Tamaki-senpai, I-"
"Let it rest, Haruhi." Tama-niichan said.
I felt a little angry, this problem should trouble me more than them. But if they didn't want me into their conversation they could just say so.
"Fine, then I'll go home." I said and maybe my disappointment was heard because they all turned to me.
"My dear daughter, it's not-" Tama-niichan started.
"Please excuse me." I said while I left the clubroom and the dumbfounded hosts.
Rich bastards, only thinking about their own problems.
I passed the school's gate and went down the street. I walked quickly, still full of anger.
When I wanted to cross a street my way got blocked by a car, the window went down and showed the face of a bald man with sunglasses.
I could hear my instinct scream I had to run.
"Princess Haruhi, could I please have a word with you?" the creepy man asked.
"Excuse me but I think you have the wrong person." I quickly said and started to walked away with a quick pace.
Suddenly I felt a grip on my arm and something cold against my head.
"I don't think I'm wrong." He said and turned me to face him while he placed his gun between my eyes.
I'm sorry for the late update but my computer crased and I couldn't update, we do have another computer at home but me and my siblings always have to fight over it and they are just as addicted to computers. Since it ended with a cliffhanger I will update (probably) sooner since I hate it myself to wait after a cliffhanger. And I want to thank Grace for a japanese name ^_^