A/N: Hello again! I know this one is a day late, but it's a bit longer to make up for it! Getting back into the rhythm of writing is harder than I thought it would be! Well...it's really me procrastinating. But anyways, special thanks go to lisagrrrrr, RM Kox, Meilong101, DreamyFlower, Anime-epic, Lucky264, SoraLover987142, Bluu-Vorel, imjaysong, Challie B, Gottaloveastory, nhiai93, TheOnyxSnake, and Zorua1 for following and faving!

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As soon as the car started moving again, the twins started to harass Haruhi, purposely making Tamaki irritated. Kyoya went back to writing whatever he writes in his notebook and Honey played with Usa-chan quietly. Michael's phone began vibrating, so he answered it.

"Hello," he greeted. The Hosts politely quieted down, but didn't stop their previous activities. They only were able to hear Michael's side of the conversation. "Oh, hey babe, what's up? ... Yeah I'm with Lorena right now in Japan. It's her birthday, remember?... Haha, of course you did, weirdo... Actually, we're going to the beach with her friends from school... Eh, she's okay, not very talkative right now though. But you can give it a shot. Wanna talk to her?... Okay."

He tapped Lorena on the shoulder and handed her the phone. She looked at the caller ID and put it up to her ear. "Hey Nate... Thanks man... You didn't have to do that... I'm okay, you?... That's good... Don't worry, if he doesn't leave soon, I'll knock him out and ship him back to you in a crate... Hmm?... Not yet, but I'm not looking forward to it... I have to answer them and listen the whole time or they'll make me move back to America... Yeah...Okay, bye." She handed the phone back to Michael and went back to playing with Mori's hair.

Michael quickly ended the phone call and the twins and Tamaki went back to being their normal noisy selves. Lorena began to turn around in Mori's lap. She had finally been able to pull herself together and craft a sort of emotional mask for both the benefit of herself and her friends. It wasn't as finely crafted as the one she normally wore, but it was just enough to fool the others into thinking everything was okay. After all, there was no need to burden them with her problems. It was her birthday, and birthdays are happy days right? So, with all her might, she would appear that way. Happy. Even if on the inside her heart and soul was torn to shreds. Her friends and family were happy, and that's all she needed. She too would be happy if they were happy. That is, so she convinced herself to believe.

When she went to move into her own seat, she was stopped by Takashi's arms that had not left her waist...and they made no move to release her. She tilted her head up at him with a questioning look. He looked back with an eyebrow raised challengingly. She just sighed and turned back around, it seemed that she would be sitting in his lap the whole way there. Michael handed her her phone back with a shit-eating grin on his face, which she just narrowed her eyes suspiciously at. She motioned that she was watching him before putting the passcode into her phone and looking at her messages.

She had received many formal congratulations in emails from her father's business partners and other companies they had traded with. There were a couple from other rich boys who only wanted her money. In her text message inbox, she had some 'Happy Birthday's from aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, etc. Elena had texted her, emailed her, called her, and sent her presents via mail. She had yet to hear from her stepmother or father. She hoped she wouldn't get that dreaded phone call for a couple hours yet.

Lorena looked up from her phone to ask Michael a question, but before she could even open her mouth, Michael answered her, "Yes I brought your package from Elena, it's in your bag in the trunk. I figured you could open it with your other presents."

"Other presents? What other presents?" Lorena asked, putting her phone in her lap.

"The presents from us of course!" Tamaki exclaimed excitedly, temporarily suspending his angry rant at the twins. They...got me gifts? Lorena thought.

~Time Skip from your favorite trench-coated angel~

Lorena braced her feet as best she could on the tiled floor, her shoulder pressed up against the door. Fear coursed through her, the cause on the other side of the door trying desperately to get in. Well...two things. Presently, the twins were trying their hardest to get into the bathroom that Lorena had gone into to change into her swimsuit. Her swimsuit. Not the one they had picked specially for her. One look at the pink and red bikini they held up, she had made a mad dash to her bag and into the bathroom. She was unfortunately not fast enough to do all that and get the door closed and locked. Inch by inch, the twins' combined strength was pushing her back on the smooth tile.

Knowing this, Lorena's mind raced to find an escape route. The air ducts were too small for her. No one was close enough to hear a call for help. And the bathroom had only one door. Figuring she had nothing to lose, she tightened her grip on her bag and quickly stepped out of the way of the door. The twins-who had been pushing on the door with all their strength before-came flying into the room. Without a second's hesitation, Lorena ran out through the now vacant door, searching for someone to help her.

She was at the end of the hall when she heard two sets of footsteps thundering after her. "Stop running Rena-chan! You're just making it worse on yourself!~" They chanted eerily. This only made her run that much faster. Lorena skidded around the corner and slammed right into Kyoya who was just crossing through to another hallway when he had been disturbed. With the force of the hit-Lorena had been running pretty fast-Kyoya was sent to the floor. But before he could fall to far, Lorena grasped his arms and pulled him back up.

"Kyoya-sempai, you have to help me!" she pleaded, moving behind him, away from the twins. he had seemed to have lost them for the moment, but they would surely find her again soon.

Kyoya turned around to face her, pushing his glasses up his nose in the process. "Why would you need help from me Rena-chan?"

He received his answer when the twins called out, "Where are you Rena-chan?~ You can't hide from us!~" They still sounded like psychotic serial killers. They sounded close, like they were just in the next hallway over.

"Ah, yes. They do sound quite intimidating." Kyoya observed calmly, looking down at Lorena. Lorena was still clutching her bag to her chest, if needed, it would be a useful weapon against the twins.

"Intimidating?!" she squeaked incredulously. Noticing the higher pitch in her voice, Lorena cleared her throat and continued in a normal voice, "They sound deranged! And they are dead set on getting me in this horrid little pink and red swimsuit!" Before she could ask again for his help, the doors at the other end of the hallway were flung open violently, revealing the huffing and puffing twins. They started to run towards Lorena-who was turning to run as well when she was stopped by Kyoya grabbing her arm-when Kyoya's glasses flashed threateningly.

The twins skidded to a halt in front of Kyoya, Lorena behind him. She decided it would be safer behind Kyoya and watch under his arm. "Hikaru, Kaoru, don't you two have something more productive to do than to terrorize Rena-chan? For instance, helping setting things up on the beach? Our customers will be here soon and it would be highly unprofessional for us to not be ready by the time they arrive."

"But Kyoya!" they whined, holding up the swimsuit they wanted to force Loren to wear. "We want Rena-chan to wear this! Don't you think she'd look adorable in it?!"

Kyoya sighed harshly, "My personal preferences are not important to the matter at hand. You two can't even give Rena-chan a break on her birthday?"

Now it was Hikaru's turn to huff. Reluctantly, they stalked off to get into their own swimsuits and get the place ready for the customers. Immense relief washed over Lorena as she watched them leave, she sighed. Kyoya turned around. "Satisfied?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Lorena flung her arms around Kyoya and hugged him firmly. "Thank you so much Kyoya-sempai, you saved me from a fate worse than death!"

He looked down at her, though she couldn't see him, his eyes had traveled up his forehead in surprise at the sudden actions from the girl. "I highly doubt that," he stated, covering his shock. He continued, "but, nonetheless, you're welcome." He pet her hair, and she allowed it, just this once.

Unknown to the two of them, two honey colored eyes twinkled with mischief from behind the door at the end of the hallway. For sure, this would get Takashi to make a move. He giggled and slipped away to tell his towering friend, bouncing down the hall with Usa-chan swinging from his hand and a plan forming in his mind. The perfect plan.

A/N: Mwahahahah! Honey is still scheming! Tell me what you guys think!