Chapter 8! *leans dejectedly against a wall* I am so sorry I didn't post anything yesterday. My mother had to use the laptop and forgot to tell me she was done with it! I got some new reviewers on the last chapter! Yay! So thank you's to EvilVampireDucky, NightWindAlchemist, Doieversleep, PridePrejudiceandCake, ERidg17, and As-The-Fire-Blazes for the awesome reviews! You guys rock! Anyways, Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ouran High Host Club. I do, however, claim ownership of my OC(s).

I'm beginning to see a pattern.

It was Monday, the first day back from break and the first day of Eyrie's official manager duties. Though Kyoya handled the club's money he was letting her take the reigns for supervision and making sure everything went well. They had spent both of the breaks discussing the finer details of planning an event and all of lunch hovering over Kyoya's laptop while the rest of the hosts pestered them. Now they were on their way to the club room. Eyrie noticed that everyday Tamaki made it a point to walk with her to and from class. Kyoya always walked with them as well. This comforted her a little; it made it feel that her efforts to become friends with all the hosts were being reciprocated in a way.

"Are you ready for your first day as manager?" Tamaki asked cheerily. Eyrie looked at him with a nothing look.

"Quite. Kyoya was very detailed."

"I'm excited for today's cosplay! It's sure to prove popular!"

"Ah yes. You'll be dressing as policemen. Aren't Ootori's family police squad showing as well? They'll be bringing a few of the K9 units."

Kyoya smirked and pushed up his glasses. "Only a few will be there. It doesn't take an entire squadron to look after some dogs."

They reached the club room and, much to the surprise of the girls waiting there, Eyrie slipped inside with the boys. The ten police officers were already there and standing at attention, every other man holding the end of a leash. Eyrie inspected them as the others changed. The dogs were standing at perfect attention and hardly ever moving. Except for one. At the end sat a dog the was smaller than the others and apparently more skittish. He fidgeted and gave an occasional whimper. Just as Eyrie was going to ask what was wrong with him the hosts burst from the changing room.

"Could you open the doors for us Eyrie?" Tamaki asked as they got into their pose. She hurried to the door and flung them open, quickly stepping into the shadows when she was done. The girls all hurried to the hosts and fawned over them. When they noticed the dogs they rushed over and started asking questions. Eyrie saw the officer holding the skittish dog step back and slightly behind the others. She walked up to them.

"Excuse me. This dog. It wouldn't happen to be a rescue would it?" she asked. The officer looked over in surprise.

"Yes madam it is. The chief thought this would be a good way to break it in. Get it used to people."

A look of rage passed over her face for a moment then was gone. "Did you run this information by ?"

"Well...no. We didn't think it was that important..."

She turned on her heel and started towards Kyoya who was standing outside of the group of fawners, about ten feet away.

"Are you aware that there is a rescue dog here?" she asked in a low voice. Kyoya's eyes went wide. Just as he opened his mouth they heard someone shouting.

"C'mon Takashi! Lets get some cake!"

Hunny was running full sprint toward the snack room, ten feet to their left. Eyrie's eyes went to the skittish dog and she started sprinting just as the dog snarled and yanked its leash from the unsuspecting officer. Eyrie threw herself sideways and wrapped her arms around Hunny just as the dog's teeth sunk into the spot Hunny's throat had been; where Eyrie's shoulder now was. Her arms tightened around Hunny slightly as she felt the dog continually ripping into her shoulder. Hunny sat there, terrified, as he listened to the snarling and tearing. The next few moments felt like they were in slow motion to everyone in the room. Eyrie and Hunny started falling from the momentum of her sprint. When they hit the ground Eyrie gently let go of Hunny and forcibly turned herself around to grab the dog by the muzzle. She quickly but gently took it's two front paws in her free hand and lowered him to the ground. He thrashed for a moment then went still. Without taking her left hand off his muzzle she slowly let go of his legs and started stroking him gently and whispering to him.

"Oh my god!"

One of the girls snapped out of her shock and her cry jolted others, spurring them into action. The officers rushed over but stopped when Eyrie looked up to glare at them.

"What kind of policemen are you?" she asked with venom dripping from her every word. "How dare you bring a rescue dog into an overly populated area without it being properly trained! 'So it can get used to people' I've never heard anything more foolish in my life! You endangered the lives of all the people here! Rescue animals are always skittish and can't be exposed to sudden movements or loud noises! Everyone knows this! Idiots! Someone almost died because you didn't know how to do your job!"

She was shaking now and her voice had risen with each accusation. The officers looked at her in surprise as the reality of what had just occurred set in. Suddenly the door to the host club opened slowly.

"Hey Eyrie I lust wanted to see how it was going..." Briar's words trailed off when his eyes finally found her. Her shoulder was so bloody you couldn't see the actual wound and most of her left side, including the arm holding the dog, was drenched in blood. His face went pale as the emotion of fear started to flood his heart. He ran over to her. The dog she was holding started whimpering and thrashing. He finally took notice of it.

"A rescue dog? Is it frightened?"

Eyrie's brow furrowed in confusion as she looked down at it. "No...this is something else."

She started to gently poke and prod the animal. It wasn't until her movements gently jarred her injured shoulder the her eyes widened in realization.

"What?! Does it hurt?! Has anyone called an ambulance since this happened?!" Briar asked, glaring at the people in front of him. Nearly every hand raised and he noticed that they were all clutching cellphones. He nodded.

"Briar."

He turned back to Eyrie and saw that she was looking under the dogs lip. One of his teeth was missing and another was broken in half. He looked back at her, his face even more white than before. He though he saw her going pale but that might have been the blood loss. She slowly reached her right hand up to her left shoulder and dug a finger into the injury.

"You shouldn't do that!"

"What if you make it worse?!"

Shouts of protest rose from around the room though many of the girls turned their heads from the gruesome sight. Briar simply watched as she did this. He knew from experience that she knew what she was doing.

Suddenly she yanked her hand away and placed something on the ground. The dog's teeth. Just then a medical team rushed in with a gurney. Eyrie shot them a glare and got up and started walking to the ambulance.

At the door she turned back to look at the stunned medics and said, "Make sure to treat that boy for shock. If you neglect him for me...I'll lose my temper."

"Miss! I wouldn't do that! It looks like you've lost a lot of blood and-" the man who was speaking was cut off by a loud guffaw. He turned his head to see Briar smiling and shaking his head.

"Please. This is nothing. Just get in your little car and drive. She probably wont even let you walk her into the hospital." His cool façade was broken when he walked a little too quickly to get to the car. The medics looked at each other and one rushed out as the other went to see to Hunny.

While everything had happened Hunny just sat in shock. The medic insisted he be taken to the hospital for further examination and the hosts quickly shooed the girls away and had a car brought up. Hunny's face never changed from surprised horror.

When Eyrie got to the hospital the immediately put her through tests to see if the inside was alright and nothing had been punctured. When they were through they cleaned and dressed the wound and told her she would need to stay there for at least two nights so they could moniter for infection and to see that she was recovering from the blood loss.

The whole time Briar refused to leave her. As the doctor left the hospital room she was staying in he stepped out of the shadows and dragged a chair to her bed side. He chuckled when she immediately yanked the needle feeding her pain meds out of her arm. She raised a brow at him.

"I'm immune to them so why keep it there if it's not going to do anything?" she asked blandly. He gave her a quivering smile. She gave him a worried look. "What?"

"Nothing. Just...there was a lot of blood." He said with a shiver. "Go to sleep. I'm going to find that ambulance driver and see what happened to Hunny."

She watched him leave. 'A lot of blood'? What does that mean? He's seen plenty of that before. Whatever. There is no way I'm going to sleep yet. I want to know what happened to Hunny.

When the hosts had gotten to the hospital they were forced to wait in the waiting room while Hunny was taken back to be tested. They all paced and fidgeted, all dancing from worrying about Hunny to worrying about Eyrie.

"Excuse me? Would you know were I could find the ambulance driver that brought us in? I imagine he's doing paper work right now."

The host's heads snapped up and turned to the service counter where Briar was standing, oblivious to their presence.

"Briar! Hey! Over here!"

Briar turned to them with surprise that quickly turned to worry.

"What are you guys doing here? Where's Hunny? He's ok right?"

"Well they took him in for additional testing but other than that he's fine." Kyoya replied. Briar looked relieved. Suddenly the rest of the hosts surrounded him.

"Where is Eyrie?"

"Is she ok?"

"They wont have to operate will they?"

Before Briar could answer any of their overlapping questions Mori stepped up. "When Mitsukuni gets out...we would like to see her."

Briar looked up at him in amazement as did the other hosts. "Uh. Yea. Sure. She'd like that. Also, she is fine. Nothing was damaged internally though it came dangerously close. She is in one of the hospital rooms right now and she will have to stay a couple nights so they can moniter how she is."

"That's good. That means Eyr-chan is going to be ok?"

They turned to see a slightly rumpled, and noticeably sad, Hunny. The hosts rushed over to fawn over him and Briar looked at him with a grin. He walked up and ruffled his hair.

"Good. I would have had an angry dark lady on my hands if they hadn't taken good care of you." He started walking away, motioning for them to follow.

Ooooohhhh slight cliffhanger! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Hopefully it was exciting enough for you all to forgive me for not posting yesterday! Also, to most of you that reviewed, I love how you all fangirled(fanguyed?) over the chocolate moment! When I was writing it I didn't really think much of it then nearly every review was like 'the chocolate part! KyoyaxEyrie!' I laughed so hard! ahaha. ERidg17, I had so much fun writing that part! I'm glad you loved reading it! As-The-Fire-Blazes, I love long reviews! Don't feel bad! haha. I laughed as I was writing the chapter and everytime my family walked by they gave me strange looks...so you aren't alone! PridePrejudiceandCake, Nothing bad was done! No apologies are needed! haha. And I haven't even heard of that O.o is it just an anime or is it a manga or both? I'll have to check it out! Anyway, Thanks for reading!