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A Crack

Brianna groaned as she turned off her blaring alarm clock. Getting up, she tried to block the sun that came streaming through her window from her eyes. Moaning, she went to the kitchen to start breakfast, which consisted of sausage, eggs, and biscuits.

After a bit, Carissa came stumbling out. They grunted at each other, seeing as neither of them were morning people and didn't feel like talking right then.

As the two ate, Carissa studied Brianna. She noted that her friend looked a lot more tired and worn down than usual. Frowning, Carissa tightened her grip on her fork, knowing that the only reason her friend was like that was because she was extremely stressed and was keeping it locked up, which was a very bad habit.

Gripping the fork a bit tighter, Carissa pulled her hand back, and launched it across the table.

Their table wasn't long, but it wasn't short either, it was of a medium length, so it didn't have too long a distance to travel.

At the last second, Brianna lifted her fork and, in a sweeping motion, hit Carissa's fork, causing it to clatter to the floor.

"Carissa…" Brianna growled in warning, eyes narrowing dangerously.

Carissa huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, and leaned back in her chair, a scowl on her face.

"Brianna! What's wrong? Normally you would've thrown your fork before mine even got close to you! You're obviously stressed! You had to deal with my parents this weekend and then their daily phone calls till they go back to America in two weeks, and I know that hosts have been putting a strain on you, but still! If you don't vent out your stress then who knows what'll happen if you crack? And we both know that you cracking isn't a good thing!" Carissa yelled, matching her friends glare with one of her own.

"Carissa, I'm fine. Just….just drop it okay?" Brianna answered, letting out a breath.

Carissa pressed her lips into a thin line.

"Brianna—"

"Carissa, please just drop it, please." Carissa let out a huff.

Pushing herself away from the table, Carissa got up from her chair and gathered her dishes, leaving the discarded fork on the floor.

"Fine. But don't say I didn't warn you." With that, she placed the leftover food in the microwave, and left to get ready for school.

Brianna sighed as she pushed around the last bit of her food. Growling in frustration, Brianna shoved the last bit of food into her mouth and stormed off to get ready.

The two girls walked to school in silence.

"Hey…Bri…" Carissa mumbled out, glancing at her friend.

Brianna looked at her, eyebrow raised in questioning.

"I'm…I'm sorry about what I said and how I acted before…it's just that…it's just that I'm worried 'bout you, ya know? I don't want you to suffer alone. Didn't I tell you before that, no matter how much you try to push me away, I'll always be here for you? I just wish…just wish that you'd listen to me when I tell you that you can confide in me! I know it's hard for you to trust people, given you-know-what, but I'm your best friend! I may not have gone through what you went through, but I'll still be here for you!"

Brianna looked down at the ground, a soft smirk on her face.

"You're an idiot for it too…trusting someone like me…"

"Brianna!"

Brianna let out a short laugh, casting a sideways glance at her friend.

"Carissa…what you've done for me already is enough. You helped me escape that hell hole, and without you, I'd probably still be there. You don't have to push yourself for me."

"That's not true! If it weren't for you I'd still be living under a mask!"

"Char…you're my best friend, you know that. But…I don't want to push my burdens on you; they're not yours to deal with."

"But—"

"But nothing. You know that I carry a lot of baggage with me, and some of the stuff I carry is so dark and twisted, I don't want to ruin your sanity by sharing it with you. I trust you completely, hell, you're the only person I do trust, but…you already know that I will never be able to trust someone the way you trust me…I can't, not anymore. Not after…" Brianna faltered.

She stopped walking and took in a deep, shaky breath. Fisting her hands, Brianna began to tremble slightly.

"Bri, you okay?!" Carissa asked worriedly, placing a hand on her friends shoulder.

"Yeah…just some unpleasant memories…" she breathed out, relaxing slowly.

Carissa frowned.

"Well get them out of your head! You're far away from that shit now!"

Brianna gave her a sardonic grin.

"I wish I could, Carissa, but…no matter how far I put all that shit behind me…no matter how much I wanna leave the past in the past…I can't help recall all the shit I had to do…all the people I had to hurt…and I can't help but worry that by me making one mistake…he'll find me again, and drag me back to that place."

"He won't find you!"

"How can you be so sure!? Carissa, one wrong move and he'll catch me and drag me back! And if he catches me, he'll catch you and then he'll kill you! I'm sorry bout I don't want that to happen, I can't let that happen! Everyone I've ever loved have been killed or harmed because of me! And I'll be damned if I lose you too! I won't be able to take it if I lost you as well! You're the most important person in my life, Carissa. Loosing you is not something I can afford to do."

"Brianna…." Carissa looked into the sad eyes of her friend.

Though she tried to hide it, Carissa knew that Brianna still held sadness from what had happened to her, and who could blame her?! Ten years in that hell hole…she could only imagine the kind of physiological torture that she went through. And now, all the pain and horrors Brianna felt and saw was in her eyes, shining through for all to see.

"I promise to be more careful if it makes you feel any better." She finally got out.

Brianna smiled softly.

"Thanks Char…" Carissa smiled.

"Come on! Let's get to school before we're late! We only got two minutes before school starts!" Carissa called off as she ran off, looking at her phone to check the time.

"Shit!" Brianna cursed, easily catching up to her friend.

The twins and Haruhi looked up as the door burst open and in came Brianna with a panting Carissa on her back.

"Really, I can't believe you got tired after running only half a block." Brianna said, not looking winded at all, even though she had ran with Carissa on her back.

"Oh shut up!"

Brianna laughed as Carissa pouted.

"Hey, how come you guys were late?" Hikaru asked, as the two girls made their way to their seats.

"We're not late." Brianna stated, while Carissa hopped off her back and sat in her seat.

After she said that, the bell rang.

"See."

Hikaru and Kaoru rolled their eyes.

"Normally you guys are here earlier, so what gives?" Kaoru asked.

"None of your business." Brianna snapped, sitting in her seat.

Both boys narrowed their eyes at her.

Before they could snap back, Haruhi butted in.

"Class is about to start you guys." She said, nodding her head at the teacher who just walked in.

The twins stuck their tongue out at Brianna, who just rolled her eyes. This caused them to glance at each other and Brianna in confusion.

Carissa let out a low sigh.

Normally, Brianna would've hit them, but she didn't, which Carissa knew was because she was still thinking about their earlier conversation. She hated it whenever they had conversations pertaining to the past. Whenever they did, Brianna's emotions would become unstable and who knew what she would do or say? She would go into an almost comatose, lethargic state.

The rest of the day dragged on slowly, at least for Carissa. For Brianna, the day flew by in a blur, she could remember nothing. All the voices, colors, and sounds melded together and she could barely distinguish them.

Throughout the entire day, as the twins bothered her, Brianna remained unresponsive and just merely brushed off their antics. She didn't hit them or berate them; she did nothing which confused the twins and Haruhi immensely. All Carissa could do was hope that her friend would snap out of it.

Now, as the two girls served the guests, all the hosts, and even the customers, noticed Brianna's strange behavior.

"Lunar-san is everything alright?" a girl with low pigtails in her hair asked.

Brianna didn't say anything; she just absently poured the tea.

"Lunar-san…?"

Brianna snapped her head up quickly, but in the process of doing that, the teapot slipped from her grasp and shattered onto the floor, scattering glass shards and splattering tea all over the floor.

"Shit!" Brianna cursed, jumping back from the mess.

Everyone stared at the mess and then at Brianna. It wasn't like her to get startled so easily or to create messes.

"Sorry…I'll go clean it up…" Brianna muttered, turning around to go back into the kitchen.

"What's wrong with Lunar-san?" the girl asked, turning towards Hunny and Mori.

Hunny shook his head and Mori shrugged, both watching Brianna's quickly retreating form.

This question was asked by all the girls to their host seeing as Brianna was unresponsive and Carissa was closed-lipped about whatever it was that was bothering her friend. All the hosts could do was shrug, seeing as they didn't know what was wrong either.

As the guests filed out to leave, they waved good-bye and told Brianna to feel better. She just nodded along absently, not really taking in what they were saying.

As soon as they were all gone, Brianna went back to the kitchen to wash the dishes, Carissa and the hosts trailing after her.

"Hey…Brianna…is something wrong?" Haruhi asked, watching as Brianna washed the dishes.

Her back was turned to them so they couldn't see her expressions.

Shrugging, Brianna answered, her voice monotone. "Nothing's wrong."

The hosts turned to Carissa who just ignored their prodding looks, and began to sweep the floor.

Deciding to change the subject to see if he could get a reaction out of her, Kaoru asked: "So…how was it having Carissa's parents over?"

"Fine." Brianna answered, shrugging again.

"When are your parents going to visit?" Hikaru asked.

And with that question, he got a reaction out of her.

Brianna stiffened, and Carissa flinched, before going back to washing the dishes.

"They're not coming, and they never will."

"Why not?" Tamaki asked, cocking his head to the side in confusion.

"They're dead."

The room grew quiet after her statement.

"Not that it matter's now, anyways." Came her bitter statement.

"What do you mean by that?" Kyoya asked, raising a brow.

"It's not like my parent's would've wanted to visit their monster of a child."

"You're not a monster Bri-chan!" Hunny cried.

Brianna stopped what she was doing and turned around, a twisted smile on her face. Her expression was one of pure mockery.

"You don't know anything, Hunny-senpai. I may not look like it, but I'm a monster on the inside."

Everyone just stared at her, while Carissa watched on with sad eyes.

"You're a nice person, Bri-chan…" Hunny said, Mori nodding his head in agreement.

Brianna's twisted smile grew.

"Nice, huh? You know…my parents used to call me an 'angel'. I wonder what they would think if they saw their precious 'angel' now." Brianna burst into a fit of laughter, and to the hosts, it sounded bitter and humorless. Almost maniacal. "Oh, I could only imagine the look on their faces if they saw me now! That'd be one funny sight!"

Brianna continued to laugh. Sighing, Carissa stopped sweeping and ushered the hosts out of the clubroom, closing the door after them, though they could still hear Brianna's twisted laughter.

Carissa walked back into the kitchen, a disapproving look in her eyes.

"Don't give me that look, Carissa…" Brianna snapped after her laughter had subsided.

"Stop calling yourself a monster!" Carissa yelled, glaring at her friend.

Brianna shrugged, going back to washing the dishes, a hard look in her eyes.

"I am one. All the shit I done seen and did…the only word to describe me is a monster."

Carissa just stared at her friend helplessly.

The hosts walked out of the school in silence, all replaying Brianna's strange behavior and wondering why she kept calling herself a 'monster'.

Tamaki turned his head towards Kyoya, a hard look in his eyes.

"Hey, Kyoya…" said boy turned his head to look at him. "I know you've been researching Brianna and her past." The rest of the hosts looked at the two in surprise and interest. "I'd like to know what you've found."

The others nodded in agreement. Kyoya looked at all of them and sighed. There was a short pause before he answered.

"Nothing." Every ones eyebrows shot up.

"Huh? What do you mean 'nothing'?" Hikaru demanded.

Kyoya looked at him in irritation.

"Just what I mean; nothing. No birth records, doctor or hospital records, or even school records, besides from the one's I got from this school."

"So…what are you trying to say?" Kaoru asked, sensing that there was more to his words.

Kyoya stopped walking, which caused the others to stop as well, and faced them, a grave look on his face.

"What I'm saying is, Brianna Lunar doesn't exist."

Dun dun dun duuuuuuun~ oh boy! A lot of drama and confusion is goin down!

Review replies:

bored411: I'm glad you liked that chapter! Yeah, the stress did pile up and look what happened. Don't worry though, the date is comin up reaaaal~ soon;)

Vivien G: Try writing down the story names so you don't forget, and yeah, Carissa's father is a jerk. One of them was going to have to ask her out sooner or later, and I hope this chapter solved the mystery of Brianna's parent! And yeah, I'd be interested in your ideas.

Anyways. hope you enjoyed this chapter and REVIEW please! Till next time!