I have no words…I can't even give a proper excuse….I'm soooo sorry for this delay…but I hope this chapter is good enough for you. And thank you all for putting up with me!

An Interesting Development

It was Monday and Brianna, for the life of her, couldn't figure out what was wrong with the Hitachiin twins. They were both being clingy and avoiding her all at the same time. Carissa found it both amusing and aggravating.

'Honestly…why don't they just make a move already?' Carissa thought, rolling her eyes as she watched the twins interact with her oblivious friend.

Haruhi was not sure what was going on, but she honestly was too occupied with her own thoughts of a certain blonde haired teen who was the king of the Host Club…

The day continued like that for the rest of the day and even into the Host Club time. Brianna sighed as she cleaned up the Host Club room. She couldn't fathom for the life of her what was going on with the twins.

She was the only one in the room, seeing as everyone, even Carissa(who left because her show was on…though it was not as if she liked the show much…she just liked it for the hot guys), had left.

Finally finishing, Brianna put away the cleaning supplies and walked out.

"It took you a while to clean." Brianna whirled around and came face to face with Kyoya who was casually leaning against the wall, scribbling away in his little black book.

"I always wondered what it is that you keep writing in there." Brianna eyed Kyoya, disregarding his earlier statement.

"That's for me to know, and for you to never know." He told her, smirking a bit.

Brianna smiled a bit at his jab, not really caring that he wasn't telling her. Besides, she'd find out eventually.

"By the way…why are you here anyways?" she asked him curiously.

"I've been waiting for you." He told her simply, pushing off the wall and walking towards her.

"Me?" Brianna questioned, raising a brow.

"Yes you…my family are curious about you and want to meet you, so today you are going with me."

"They want to meet me? And don't I get a say in this?" she asked, muttering the last part bitterly.

"Not really, now let's go, I've been standing here long enough." Kyoya began, pushing himself off the wall and walking away.

Brianna huffed silently and followed him, taking out her phone real quick and sending Carissa a text message explaining the situation, to which her reply was: OMFGGGGG since when were you two dating?! Must've been a while since you're already meeting the fam;)

Rolling her eyes, Brianna replied back.

The day we date is the day hell freezes over. Now shut up w/ that nonsense and go back to watching your crap show.

What eva~ & even if it is crap the guys are soooooo sexy!

Bye weirdo.

Buh-bye~

Brianna put her phone away and shook her head with a small smile. Trust Carissa to only watch a show for the guys in it.

Brianna walked out the school and into the limo, Kyoya following in after her.

"So how exactly do they know about me?" Brianna asked him curiously.

"It's not often we get scholarship students, especially not foreign ones, so of course nearly all of the parents know about you." Kyoya explained.

Brianna nodded her head, accepting the answer, which Kyoya was grateful for because there was no way he was going to tell her that he told his family about her (though unintentionally of course).

-Flashback-

Kyoya made a mess of his room as he growled in frustration and annoyance.

Seeing Brianna like that, seeing her cry had kept him up and was now frustrating him to no end. It really should not have bothered him so much but it did and for the life of him, he couldn't figure out why. His sister came into the room and gasped.

"Kyoya?! What happened here?" she asked, taking in all the damage.

"That…that girl is what happened! Ever since she's came here she's been an enigma! I just can't figure her out! And she's always doing something unnecessary! Ever since the very beginning she's been plaguing my mind and I just can't seem to get her out of my head! It's been like this ever since the very beginning! Ever since her first 'adventures'!" he then went on to explain all the crazy things that had gone on ever since she had first arrived, however his sister had stopped listening and was just staring at him in awe.

"Awww~! Kyoya! You have a crush!" she squealed in delight, jumping up and down and clapping in excitement. "Oh I just have to tell everyone!"

Kyoya calmed from his rant and just stared at his sister.

"…What?..."

"Starting with the family!" she cheered, running out of the room.

"Wait! Listen to me for a second!" he yelled chasing after his sister who was singing down the hallway: "Kyoya's got a crush~ Kyoya's got a crush~"

-Flashback end-

Kyoya grimaced when he thought about the look his father and older brother's gave him and his sister when his sister told them about his 'crush'.

Akito had choked on his drink; Yuuichi had dropped the papers he had been shuffling, his sister, Fuyumi, was of course still babbling on about his "crush", and his father, Yoshio, had merely regarded them curiously.

Interrupting Fuyumi's babbling, his father rose from his seat.

"Bring this girl here tomorrow, Kyoya." Yoshio told his youngest child and son, his voice had left no room for argument.

"Yes father…" Kyoya had replied.

As the limo stopped moving, the chauffer opened the door and let the two teens out.

"Welcome back Master Kyoya and guest," the servants said, bowing.

Brianna just regarded them all with cool eyes, nodding at them in greeting. Kyoya talked to the head servant.

"Master Ootori and the others are all waiting for you in the dining hall," the old man said.

Kyoya nodded in reply and was about to say something when he was interrupted by Brianna's indignant cry.

"Hey?! What the hell do you think you're doing!" Brianna cried as a few maids tried to drag her away.

"Ms., please! We just need to freshen you up!" one of the maids pleaded, trying to drag Brianna away, but failing.

"No way! Leave me the hell alone!" Brianna growled, getting ready to throw the maids off of her when she was stopped by Kyoya.

"Leave her alone. She is a guest here, one that my father specifically asked for me to bring. She does not need to be treated in such a manor." The maids looked down sheepishly and let go of Brianna who sighed and mumbled her thanks to Kyoya.

Kyoya nodded his head and continued to walk, Brianna following close behind him. They stopped once they reached a wide set of doors. Two servants quickly opened them and bowed politely as Brianna and Kyoya walked in.

Brianna eyed the occupants at the table warily. She saw who she assumed to be Kyoya's father sitting at the head of the table, two older men sitting at his right and left side of the table (whom she assumed were Kyoya's older brothers), and a woman sitting on the fathers left side, next to the younger of the two men, whom she could only assume was Kyoya's sister.

"Hello, I am assuming that you are Kyoya's…friend. Am I correct?" the man, who Brianna assumed was Kyoya's father, asked.

Brianna nodded mutely.

Kyoya could tell that his family was scrutinizing the girl. They regarded her oversized, plain clothes, messy hair, big glasses, and obvious different racial background with mixed reactions.

The eldest, Yuuichi, with disgust; Fuyumi, the second oldest, with shock; the third oldest, Akito with surprise; and his father kept his face well composed.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I am Yoshio Ootori, Kyoya's father, and these are his siblings: Yuuichi, the oldest, Fuyumi, the second oldest, and Akito, the third oldest. We would like to welcome you to our home."

"Nice to meet you too." Brianna replied, bowing.

"So this is her, huh?" Brianna looked up and over at Yuuichi, an eyebrow raised. "Honestly Kyoya, I would expect you to have better tastes." Yuuichi remarked.

Brianna glared at him, clenching her mouth shut so that she didn't snap at the snobby man.

Kyoya, as well, was in the same position. He didn't like the fact that his brother was talking bad about Brianna.

"Yuuichi, that was rude. Apologize." Yoshio told his son sharply.

Yuuichi looked as if he was about to protest, but a sharp look from his father made him back down.

"I apologize for my rudeness. It was uncalled for." He bit out.

"Accepted." Brianna told him.

"Well I, for one, am so happy to finally meet you! I've heard quite a bit about you!" Fuyumi exclaimed, getting up and hugging the girl.

Brianna stiffened in surprise before she awkwardly patted the older girl's back. Pulling away from her, Fuyumi quickly led her to a seat right next to her.

"Oh I have so many things to ask you! I really can't wait to get to know you!" Fuyumi babbled to the disgruntled girl, who sent a discrete look to Kyoya, asking for his help.

Kyoya snapped out of his shock and sighed exasperatedly at his sister.

"Fuyumi that is quite enough, stop hounding the girl." Yoshio said sharply.

Fuyumi flinched and looked down.

"Yes, of course…sorry father."

Brianna frowned at this, not exactly liking the atmosphere that surrounded the family. Kyoya just sat across from Brianna, next to Akito. At that moment, several servants came in, carrying trays of food. Swiftly, they put the food down and quickly set the table, before leaving them to eat. Brianna waited until everyone started to pick up their forks and eat, to pick up her own fork and eat. Well she would have, if it wasn't for the fact that every time she tried to stab at the food, it would roll away.

Eyebrow twitching, and a vein in her forehead pulsating, she grumbled irritably as she tried to capture the offending piece of food.

"Were you taught how to eat with a fork? Or do you just eat with your hands?" Yuuichi snapped at her.

"I know very well how to use a fork, it's just that this piece of food keeps escaping me." Brianna growled out.

"How uncultured." Yoshino sighed. "If I had known that it would be a problem I would have gotten something else.

Brianna sent a sharp look at Kyoya's father, gnashing her teeth together.

"Father…" Kyoya started, but was cut off by Akito.

"Father's right, Kyoya. Don't argue."

"Besides, her parents probably never taught her proper manners." Yuuichi added.

Fuyumi gasped. "Yuuichi! That was uncalled for!"

"Hey!" Brianna growled, slamming her hands on the table and standing up. "You don't like me? Fine. You don't have too. But I will not allow you to talk about my parents that way! They taught me enough to know what is rude and what is 'proper', and right now, the only rude one's here are you! Talking about someone, especially when they are right in front of you is rude in all cultures, I'm sure! So you can't say shit to me when you're the ones who are acting like uncultured asses! You three can go fuck yourselves for all I care!" Brianna knocked her chair over and stormed out, leaving the family behind, stunned.

"Well, it would seem as if I was right about her." Yuuichi said, after the door was slammed shut.

"Shut up…" Kyoya growled.

"What—" Yuuichi started, but was cut off.

"What you said to her was beyond rude. She's right, the only uncultured ones are you." Kyoya got out of his chair and stormed out after her.

"Father! You're not just going to let him talk to me like that and get away with it, are you?!" Yuuichi exclaimed indignantly.

"Hush Yuuichi, they are both right."

"But father! You also—"

"I wanted to see how those two would react, and I must say I'm impressed." The remaining Ootori siblings stared in shock and confusion at their father. "I wanted to see what type of girl it was that had caught Kyoya's eye, and I must say I'm not disappointed. Any girl that can stand up to this family and cause Kyoya to stand up to me as well, is definitely worth having around." Yoshio smirked, going back to eating his food.

The other three just continued to stare at their father, knowing that they would never know what went on in his mind.

.

"Brianna, wait!" Kyoya called as he chased after the fuming girl.

"What? So you can just bring me back there for them to make more remarks about my parents? Or do you want a go at me as well?" she growled up, not stopping her angered stride.

Kyoya quickly caught up to her and grabbed her, making her stop.

"Brianna listen, I know you're upset, what my brothers and father said back there was highly uncalled for. But…" Kyoya trailed off, not really knowing what to say.

'Please don't let it affect our relationship?' why should he care if it did?

Brianna sighed tiredly, letting her anger out.

"I'm not going to say it's ok, because it isn't Kyoya. However I will say that I'm not going to hold it against you. It's not your fault."

Kyoya almost sighed in relief. "Good…I'll get you a limo and send you out."

Brianna nodded and smiled gratefully.

Kyoya led her out and got her a limo to ride home in.

"Bye Brianna, I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Bye Kyoya." Brianna told him back, and hopped into the car.

Kyoya watched her leave until he couldn't see the limo anymore. Sighing, he turned and walked back inside towards the dining hall to face his family.

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As Kyoya entered, he just stared at his father, not even moving to eat his food or to sit down.

"Tell Brianna that we all apologize for our rudeness." Yoshio told his son, looking up at him.

Kyoya just stared in shock at his father, not expecting that.

"I just wanted to make sure that this girl was good enough for you, for the Ootori line and I can see now that she is. If you truly wish to pursue her then I have no problem with it. I'll even strike you a deal. If you can get that girl to marry you, I might just hand over the company to you."

It was so silent, you could hear a pin drop in that moment, before shouting began.

"Father you can't be serious! I'm the oldest! The company rightfully belongs to me!"

"If you're not going to give it to Yuuichi, the company is supposed to be given to me!"

"Father, are you serious!?"

"Enough!" Yoshio's voice cut through the cries of outrage and surprise of his three older children, giving them all glares before turning to look at his youngest son. "So what do you say, Kyoya?"

Kyoya had kept his head down the whole time, not saying a word.

"With all due respect father, as tempting as that offer is…I'll think I'll have to pass." Kyoya smirked at his family's surprised faces. "I will win Brianna over on my own terms, my own way. Not because I can get the company, but because I want to." Kyoya could see his sister silently squealing out of the corner of his eye.

Yoshio smirked at his son from behind his clasped hands.

"I see…you don't have to accept my deal but it still stands. I think that girl can be useful in furthering the company. If you marry her, I'll give you the company."

Kyoya nodded and quickly excused himself.

As he walked, he let a small smirk form.

'Marry Brianna huh…?' his smirk transformed into a smile. 'Brianna Ootori. I like the sound of that.' He stopped abruptly, taking in what just happened.

A million thoughts ran through his head, all centering around Brianna.

Putting a hand out against the wall to steady himself, he gave a sharp bark of laughter as he came to a sudden realization.

'I like her. I actually like her. I actually like Brianna.' he let out another bark of laughter and another, until he was laughing nearly uncontrollably. 'Unbelievable…'

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Review replies:

bored411: I updated! Even though it took me a while! Sorry, not much about her past in this chapter, but more will be in the next!

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