Sorry it took me forever to get this up, senior year is just hectic. Anyways, thanks to everyone who reviewed, followed and favorite-d! I hope you all enjoy this chapter! This was going to be short, but I got ideas so now it turned out to be pretty long (and yes I used a chapter from the original OHSHC storyline in this story.) It probably won't happen again but who knows…maybe it will.

What is Love?

What is love?

Brianna found herself pondering the question.

Over the last week she noticed a change within the host club members, such as Haruhi and Tamaki always casting glances at each other when they thought the other wasn't looking or when they thought no one was paying attention.

When she told Carissa about her observations, her red haired friend had merely rolled her eyes as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"They're in love Bri. They just don't know it yet, but with the right push they will." Carissa stated before going back to her magazine, leaving Brianna to her thoughts.

Next was the weird way the rest of the hosts were acting.

There was a weird sort of tension between them and they seemed to vie for her attention a lot more often. They were buying her an excessive amount of gifts and while any normal girl would love to have rich guys shower her with gifts, that was hardly her cup of tea.

When she brought it up with Carissa again, Carissa had merely rolled her eyes at her friends' stupidity and obliviousness.

"They're in love Bri." Brianna raised a brow.

"In love? With who? And what does that have to do with me?" Carissa only shook her head and sighed at her friend's obliviousness.

'You're hopeless' Carissa thought sadly.

"Never mind…" Carissa mumbled, returning to her magazine.

Brianna knew she had love before, but that was when she had parents. Those times were so long ago…she hadn't had love in a very long time.

Little did she know that she would learn over the course of the next few days what love was.

First Lesson:

The host club had just closed for business, the last of the customers having been sent home just a few minutes ago. The rest of the hosts finished up cleaning and were almost ready to leave when the host club doors were pushed open.

"I'm sorry but the host club has already closed." Tamaki said, turning around to face what he assumed was a girl, only to be shocked when he was faced with a guy.

He had bright red hair and an extremely scary face.

"Eek!" Tamaki yelped, hiding behind Brianna who only sighed and gave him an annoyed look.

"Hello Ritsu Kasanoda from class 1-D, son of the Third Chief of the Kasanoda Family, the most powerful clan in the Kanto Region. How may we help you?" everyone, besides Brianna, looked stunned at the fact that Kyoya had all this information on the scary red haired stranger.

Brianna thought that the others shouldn't have been so surprised. It was Kyoya they were talking about.

"H-how do you know me?" Ritsu asked, startled.

"Oh I know a lot about you." Kyoya pushed up his glasses, the light casting a glare across them, making him appear evil. "Such as the fact that you entered Ouran at the high school level, your defining characteristics are your long red hair and mean expression and because of this, you have no friends." At this point he took out his black book and began to read the rest of his file. "If you meet his eyes, you'll have nightmares for three months. Hit him and you'll land yourself in the hospital. Talk back to him and he'll send you to hell. Those unfortunate enough to be his classmates have all been chilled to the bone." Kyoya shut his book, done with the file.

It was silent for a second until it was broken by Tamaki, who had finally gotten from behind Brianna (read: forced to get from behind her).

"That still doesn't explain why someone as formidable as he is doing at the Host Club."

"Oh well he's here to see me." Everyone turned to look at Carissa, shocked.

"Why?" Brianna asked her, slightly bothered that the red haired girl hadn't told her anything.

"Well…we're going on a date!" it was silent for all of fifteen seconds, and after the fifteen seconds, that's when the room exploded with chatter.

Amidst the astonished chatter of the hosts, Brianna remained silent, her shoulders shaking in anger until she slammed her fist into the wall, effectively quieting the room.

"What did you say?" she hissed out.

Carissa tensed up, knowing that tone of voice.

"I said…that we're going out on a date."

"Oh really? And you just decided not to tell me about this?"

"Th-that's because I knew you'd be angry!"

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I'M ANGRY!" everyone, even Mori and Kyoya, shrunk back at the force in the Hispanic girl's voice, shock on everyone's face.

"After every-fucking-thing we've been through Carissa! You choose this fucking yakuza guy to go out with?! You can be dense and can make a lot of idiotic decisions but this has got to be one of the most idiotic things you have ever done!" Brianna snarled, her glare focusing in on the yakuza boy, causing him to flinch.

"Hey! Who I choose to date is in no way any of your concern! And I do not make a lot of dumb decisions! If anyone makes dumb decisions in this room, it's you! Or did you choosing to actually spend those ten years in that hell hole not count as a dumb decision?!" Carissa argued back, face growing red in anger.

"Do not turn this argument onto me! I had no choice!"

"You had a choice, Brianna! Everyone has a choice! You could have chosen to go into foster care! Or be put up for adoption! Instead you chose to go with that fucking crazy lunatic! You chose revenge and insanity over a peaceful life!"

Brianna's eyes flashed, and for a second, she looked like a darker, different person. Her hands clenched and unclenched as her body literally shook with rage. The hosts were trying to keep up with the onslaught of information being given to them.

Finally, Brianna broke, marching over to Carissa with wide, wild eyes, nostrils flaring.

"YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND!" she screamed in Carissa's face. "You have no fucking idea what it was like for me! You had a fucking normal life compared to me!"

"WHAT PART OF MY LIFE WAS NORMAL, HUH?! I had to live behind a fucking mask because I didn't want to disappoint my family! Because doing so would bring on humiliation, shame, and ridicule from the whole fucking U.S.!"

"THAT WAS FUCKING NORMAL COMPARED TO MY LIFE! YOU'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE LIVED LIKE THAT!"

"Stop with the fucking pity party! You had a choice to live a normal life but you didn't take it! You chose revenge! You chose to hold onto the anger! You chose to live in insanity!"

"WELL HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO LIVE, HUH? WAS I JUST SUPPOSED TO MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE?! NEWSFLASH CARISSA, I COULDN'T! YOU CAN'T TELL ME I HAD A CHOICE BECAUSE I DIDN'T! REVENGE WAS THE ONLY CHOICE FOR ME! BUT OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND! YOU NEVER HAD TO SIT AND WATCH DEFENSELESSLY AS YOUR PARENTS WERE SHOT AND KILLED! MURDERED RIGHT BEFORE YOUR VERY OWN EYES! ON YOUR OWN FUCKING BIRTHDAY!" everyone stood in silence at the sudden confession.

The hosts knew her parents were dead but…to have been murdered? Right in front of the girl? On her own birthday?

"YOU WERE ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD! YOU DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE ON SUCH A BURDEN! YOU DIDN'T NEED TO LOSE YOUR HUMANITY OR YOUR FUCKING SANITY! DO YOU HONSETLY BELIEVE YOUR PARENTS WANTED THIS LIFE FOR YOU! CONSTANTLY ON THE RUN FROM THAT CRAZY ASS BASTARD!"

"Don't you dare! Don't you dare bring up my parent's wishes! It was my choice and mine alone. I CHOSE REVENGE! I CHOSE TO THROW AWAY MY HUMANITY AND MY SANITY FOR THE SAKE OF REVENGE!"

"Some good it did you, huh?" Carissa sneered. "You threw everything away, but it was for nothing! After everything you went through, you're parent's killer is still out there! And now we're on the fucking run from that crazy bastard you called 'Father'!"

Brianna seemed to fully snap, her eyes taking on a crazy, demented look as she lifted her fist, swinging it. The hosts winced, expecting her to hit Carissa. Instead, she hit the wall, punching a hole through the wall.

"DON'T TALK ABOUT FATHER LIKE THAT!" stunned silence filled the room.

The hosts were all processing the information, heads reeling. Carissa looked at her friend, wide-eyed.

It took Brianna a few seconds to realize what she said, but when she did, her eyes took on a panicked and fearful look. She removed her fist from the wall and used both hands to clench her hair, backing away from Carissa.

"No…no…NO! He…he's not my father…not….why…? Why did I refer to him as that again…? No…no…NO! WHY CAN'T I ESCAPE HIM?! WHY CAN'T HE LEAVE ME ALONE?!" at this point she was shaking her head back and forth.

"Br-Brianna…" Carissa whimpered shakily, reaching out to touch the girl but Brianna slapped her hand away.

"NO!" Brianna yelled, panting, trying to calm herself down.

Once she calmed herself, she took in a deep breath and straightened up, glaring at Carissa icily.

"Fine." She spat. "Go ahead and date that fucking yakuza guy. But let me just warn you now, seeing as you're getting mixed into stuff you shouldn't get mixed into, again. When things don't work out and you need your ass saved again, just know that I will not be there to save your ass again." And with that, Brianna grabbed her stuff and stormed out of the clubroom.

Carissa stared at the floor quietly. Without so much as word or a glance at anyone else in the clubroom, she grabbed her stuff and also stormed out. Ritsu shuffled awkwardly before he too decided to leave, leaving the hosts to discuss what had just occurred.

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"Wow…" surprisingly, it was Haruhi who spoke first, eyes wide in astonishment. "I can't believe something like that happened to Brianna…I lost my mom to illness but at least I still have my dad…I can't imagine being four years old and seeing both my parents murdered right before my very eyes, on my own birthday…what I would've felt…" none of them could really.

"And what was Carissa going on about? What 'hell hole' was it that Brianna was trapped in for ten years…it must've been bad to have caused her to lose her sanity and her humanity…" Hikaru said, biting his lip as he furrowed his brows.

"Poor Bri-chan…" Hunny whimpered, clutching Usa-chan closer to him.

"And the whole thing with Carissa about having to live behind a mask to avoid bringing shame upon her family…" Tamaki added.

"What I want to know is…who is this 'Father' person and why did he elect such a strong reaction from Brianna…it was as if she was afraid of him." Kyoya said, frowning with his eyes narrowed in thought.

The hosts were left with more unanswered questions then answered ones.

It had been three days since Carissa and Brianna had talked. The two did their best to ignore and avoid each other so much so that even their classmates were beginning to notice something was seriously wrong between them.

"Did Brianna and Carissa fight? I know they often mock fight but I've never seen it turn into something this serious…" one girl said as they sat with Hunny and Mori during host club hours.

"It's odd to not see them talking to each other…" another girl said.

At the end of the third day, as they were all cleaning up from their hosting activities, the door opened and in stepped Ritsu Kasanoda.

All was silent as the red haired male stomped over to Brianna, who regarded him coolly. All of a sudden, Ritsu bowed to her in a traditional samurai way, startling all of them.

"I'm sorry. I know you were just looking out for Carissa, that's why you were so against us dating, but I just want to let you know that I'd never do anything to hurt Carissa. I really like her and I'd do anything to protect her from getting hurt. So that's why…please allow me to date Carissa!"

Everyone watched with baited breaths as Brianna stared down at the red haired teen.

"…Fine…" she answered, causing everyone to look at her in shock.

"Really?!" Ritsu asked.

Brianna let out a sigh.

"Yes really…I was being too judgmental…besides, I can't stop Carissa if she wants to go out with you and besides…if you ever did try to hurt her…" she got a really scary look on her face as she smiled. She lowered herself until she was eye to eye with him. "I would gut you like a fish, deep fry your intestines, and feed them to your own men. Got it?!"

Ritsu nodded his head quickly.

"Good!" Brianna trilled, in a sickly sweet voice.

She stood up and was immediately tackled by Carissa.

"What the hell?!"

"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you so much Brianna!" Brianna let out another sigh as she rolled her eyes at her hyperactive friend.

"Yeah, yeah." Suddenly, Carissa began to sniffle.

"I-I-I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry Brianna! I was being so insensitive! I made you so upset and I know you were only trying to look out for me! And I…I just….UWAAAAH~" Brianna patted Carissa on her head, giving the girl an exasperated look.

"It's fine Carissa… we both said something's that we didn't mean. I'm sorry too." Carissa stopped crying and glanced up at the girl, giving her a mischievous smile.

"Hey…you wanna know why I like him?"

"Why?"

"It's because he reminds me of you!"

"What?"

"Yep! He reminds me of you! Rough on the outside but sweet on the inside! Besides I've told you many times that if you were a guy, I'd definitely date you! And, well, Ritsu's the guy version of you! So he's basically my perfect man! I'd say he's my soul mate but you've already claimed that title!" Carissa giggled, while Brianna blushed.

"Idiot…" she grumbled, but the smile on her face gave away the fact that she really didn't mind.

"Now go, you never did get to have your date." Brianna gently pushed her friend towards were the red haired man now stood.

Carissa giggled and latched onto Ritsu. "Okeydokey! Bye Bri!"

"Bye! Oh and Ritsu…?" Carissa and Ritsu both stopped walking and turned around to face Brianna, who had her creepy smile back in place. "Do remember what I said earlier!" the boy gulped and nodded his head vigorously, not wanting to face her wrath.

Carissa rolled her eyes but smiled.

"Love ya Bri!" Brianna stood in stunned silence for a moment, before she smiled softly.

"Yeah…love ya too Char."

Second Lesson:

It had been a relatively peaceful few days. Carissa was very happy with Ritsu and though Brianna was trying to be nice, she still threatened the poor guy on a daily basis. She had even gone to his class one time to do so when he (accidentally of course) made Carissa upset. Let's just say…everyone in class 1-D became more afraid of her then they ever were of Ritsu (whom the host club had now 'affectionately' dubbed "Bossa Nova").

"*Sneeze*" Hunny sneezed and Brianna frowned.

"Hunny…are you getting sick?" Brianna asked as she handed Mori a box of tissues and then poured Hunny some ginger tea.

The girls at the table fussed over him, but Hunny quickly reassured them.

"No, I'm okay~! Bri-chan, thanks for worrying!" Hunny smiled up at the girl, blushing slightly when she smiled down at him.

"No problem Hunny." She ruffled his hair affectionately and moved on once she spotted Tamaki heading over with a cup of tea in his hand.

Brianna and Carissa watched with amusement as Haruhi avoided Tamaki, ever since he had kissed her on the cheek (by Carissa not-so-gently pushing him, along with Brianna 'accidentally' tripping him). Brianna and Carissa snickered as Tamaki tried to consult his cards on why his 'daughter' was being 'rebellious'.

"Oh-ho! So Souh likes to fortune tell~ufufufufu~" suddenly, Nekozawa appeared from behind him, scaring Tamaki.

Brianna snickered at Tamaki as he started to freak out while Carissa sent her a disapproving look, but the twitching of her lips gave away the fact that she found the whole situation hilarious as well.

"Ah, yes, I have some wonderful news for Haninozuka~" Nekozawa gave Hunny his signature creepy smile.

"Hnnn?" Hunny glanced over, a piece of strawberry almost in his mouth.

"Congratulations~ this time, our princess of curses…has chosen you as the lucky sacrifice~" he began to laugh while everyone stared in shock.

'Sacrifice?!' they all thought.

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"So who exactly is this chick?" Brianna asked as they all looked into the class of 1-D.

Kyoya took out his black book of knowledge and began to answer her question.

"Kanazuki Reiko-Hime from class 1-D. at first glance, she's a reserved, long black-haired beauty, but…unfortunately, curses are her hobby and because of this, she has a strong presence in class…" he finished as everyone just looked at the girl with a deadpan expression, having witnessed her 'interrogation' of Bossa Nova.

"I know one thing…if that voodoo doll starts messin with my man, I'll kill her." Carissa grumbled darkly.

Brianna snickered as the others glanced back at the red haired girl with bewildered expressions.

"So that's the girl who put a curse on Hunny." Kyoya said.

"Hu..Hunny, do you have any idea why?" Tamaki asked.

"Ueeeeh! I think I remember something but I have no idea why!" Hunny wailed and Brianna reached up and rubbed his back soothingly.

Taking advantage of this, he jumped down from Mori's back and then leapt onto Brianna, hugging her while he cried, garnering annoyed looks from the twins, while Kyoya adjusted his glasses and Mori was too busy watching Kanazuki Reiko to notice.

"She doesn't wear all black like Nekozawa though." Haruhi pointed out.

"So class 1-D isn't all that weird then…though Bossa Nova's there as well…" the twins stated.

"What was that about Ritsu?" Carissa asked them, a scary smile on her face.

"No-nothing!" they answered.

"Fueee! Why am I being cursed? To be killed?" Hunny whimpered, looking up slightly to glance at everyone.

"I'll have a talk with her." Mori stated darkly, loosening his tie as he began to stalk towards the classroom.

"Waaaaah! Mori you mustn't use violence!" Tamaki and the twins cried out.

"Ufufufufufu~ that's right. Stop nooo~w. interfering with a curse will cause misfortune. Rii~ght Souh~?" Nekozawa said as he appeared out of nowhere (again) and leaned on Tamaki.

"Waaaaah! N-N-Nekozawa! Gyaaaa!" Tamaki cried out.

Brianna, Carissa, and Haruhi only watched the scene with exasperated expressions.

"This is quite unpleasant…I want to leave…" Haruhi mumbled to the other two who nodded in agreement. (Hunny had let go of Brianna and had ran back to Mori just a little while ago.)

"Haninozuka~ do you really have no recollection? Kanazuki said you captured her soul. She plans to get revenge by using a curse to capture your soul." Both Hunny and Tamaki gave him teary-eyed, freaked out looks. "Fufufu…and to prove it…this is Kanazuki's eraser…this type of curse captures a person's soul by writing their full name like so~" Nekozawa showed them her eraser and they all saw 'Haninozuka Mitsukuni' written on it with a heart drawn next to his name.

Nothing but silence reigned over them.

"Um…this is…why was a heart drawn?" the twins asked as they held the eraser.

"And this is Kanazuki's hand mirror…this type of curse captures a person's soul if you write their name with pink nail polish~" Nekozawa showed the mirror to the twins and all around Hunny's name were hearts.

"Umm…you know, this is what I think…" Hikaru started.

"Yeah…if I remember correctly it was popular with the girls during elementary school." Kaoru finished as the others crowded around them to see the mirror.

"Ooooh! So you knew. Certainly, even among curses, this is relatively popular~" Nekozawa held up a book with the title: "Girls in Love, Win His Love Spell Book"

'That's no curse! That's a kid's love spell!' they all thought.

"No. it is a curse." Kanazuki replied, as if reading their thoughts, appearing behind Tamaki and the twins, scaring them.

"Perfect timing Haninozuka."

"Fueeeh?"

"A strand of hair please." Kanazuki reached down and yanked a piece of hair from Hunny.

"Nyaa!?" Hunny cried out.

Mori ran over to him and went to comfort him.

"If I bind this with my hair, our souls will be intertwined." She said as she fumbled with trying to tie the two pieces of hair together.

"Umm…could it be that you…like…Haninozuka?" Tamaki asked the girl.

"Technically speaking, I'm capturing his soul." Tamaki sweat dropped.

"R…Right…so you're stealing his heart…"

"Well…I don't know how to describe it but if I put it into words…Haninozuka occupies nine-tenth of my thoughts and causes my heart to race. His appearance also matches my fetish, since I like pixies in the first place. All I want is to capture his soul…therefore, until I've captured Haninozuka's soul, I shall continue cursing him." She gave Hunny a creepy grin, freaking him and the twins and Tamaki out.

"This chick cray." Brianna whispered to Carissa who nodded in agreement.

After a few days of Kanazuki chasing after Hunny, Hunny himself appeared out of it as he sat and ate cake.

"Hunny's pretty worn out…shouldn't we do something?" Haruhi asked, sweat dropping.

"Yeah…but you do know it's a love spell, not a curse." Tamaki answered her, sweat dropping as well.

"And to flatly refuse the feelings of a maiden in love…" when Haruhi realized how close Tamaki was to her, she stepped away, shocking the poor boy.

"He~y! Lookie here!" the twins called out. "We did some fortune-telling with milord's cards on Hunny and Kanazuki-Hime." Kaoru said, snickering. "And their compatibility is ultra-perfect!" the twins said as the showed a card with a heart on it. "It makes sense if you think about it. To be seriously in love with Hunny, you must like hugging children. Also, polar opposite couples are often unexpectedly well-matched!" the twins finished, laughing loudly.

Brianna appeared behind them and thwacked them both on the back of the head.

"Ow! Hey!" the twins whined.

"Stop being insensitive." Was all she said.

"Yeah you guys…try putting yourselves in his shoes a little…" Tamaki said.

"Hey Bri! Why don't you scare her off?" Carissa asked, walking over to her friend.

"Huh? Why would I?"

"Well…she is bothering Hunny and! What if she actually succeeds in making Hunny like her?" at this point, everyone was looking at the two girls, Hunny especially.

Brianna shrugged. "Then she does."

Carissa gave her a frustrated/exasperated look.

"It wouldn't bother you in the slightest?"

"No, of course not. I could care less." She didn't notice the look of utter heartbreak and hurt on Hunny's face.

"Uwaaaah~!" Hunny cried, latching onto Mori, who tried to calm him down.

The twins winced, knowing they'd be upset if Brianna said that to them, especially giving the fact that they liked her.

"Now who's being insensitive!" Carissa exclaimed, glaring at her friend who only shrugged.

"Hunny, what will you do? This is hindering club sales, so if you don't mind, I can use my influence to…" Kyoya started.

"Y…yeah…but…I've watched her for a few days now and been thinking…aside from the black magic club, Kanazuki-chan doesn't seem to have any friends…maybe she's really bad at socializing, and to Kanazuki-chan, curses or spells are her only means of communication. That may be her personality, but I…"

"Excuse me Haninozuka…excuse me, but I'd like to borrow that stuffed animal." Kanazuki said, approaching Hunny.

"Eh?! What are you gonna do with it?"

"This type of curse captures a person's soul when you place a spell on an important item of theirs." she grabbed the bunny and began to walk away. "I'll return this tomorrow…"

"Waaah! Definitely not my Bun-Bun~!" Hunny yelled out.

Mori sprang into action and ripped the bunny out of her hands.

"If you want to capture his heart…aren't there other ways to do that?" Mori asked her as he began to walk back towards Hunny.

"Hand me the stuffed animal please. If you interfere, I'll place a curse of misfortune on you…"

"…He won't yield to people who don't think of others feelings, even if a curse was used. It doesn't matter how many spells and such a person like that uses. They won't win anyone's heart."

"It's not like I didn't consider his feelings…I don't expect anyone to understand my situation. I don't expect to be liked by anyone or anything like that. Since it's impossible for me to just talk to him I used a curse from the start…"

"Eeeeh?! That's not how it is, Kanazuki-chan! To get someone to understand, you need to talk to them. If you want them to like you, you should talk to them a lot! I don't like having my feelings changed by a curse. Things that Kanazuki-chan likes, is not good at, or makes you happy…if you talked about things like that, I'd like to hear more about them. Kanazuki-chan you know I…I like people who put in effort, even if they're not good at it." Hunny said, giving Kanazuki a smile.

"Wow…" Brianna muttered and Carissa only nodded in agreement.

"I like…cur-curses, and…I'm not good at socializing, and…but that day…you offered your hand when I fell in the hallway, and smiled at me…I was really…happy." Kanazuki finished.

"Ah…I remember. You're the girl that tripped over Bun-Bun after I dropped him that time." Hunny said.

"What?!" the other's shouted.

Hunny looked up at Kanazuki's face and gave her a small, semi-apologetic smile.

"Thank you for your feelings Kanazuki-chan…but the truth is…I already have a girl that I like. Right now, she doesn't see me as anything other than a friend but…but I'm determined to make her view me as a man. As someone that she can depend on. Someone who she can see herself spending the rest of her life with."

"Oh…" at the crestfallen look on her face, Hunny tried to cheer her up.

"But I still want to get to know you better! So shall we eat cake first?"

"Y-yes!" Kanazuki smiled.

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After Kanazuki had left, Brianna approached Hunny.

"You have a girl you like?" she asked curiously, cleaning up the plates.

Hunny looked up at her and gave her a secretive smile.

"Yeah…she doesn't seem to care if I go out with someone else but I'm going to change that!" Hunny said, staring straight into her eyes, a serious expression on his face.

Brianna stared back at him in confusion, before she smiled back at him.

"I wish you luck."

"Thanks Bri-chan! I'm going to need it!" Brianna chuckled and shook her head, walking away.

'Love really is interesting…' Brianna thought as she washed the dishes. 'Though I know I don't want it…nor do I deserve it.' A dark shadow passed over her face as she turned off the water and watched as the soapy water disappeared down the drain.

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