"___ what happened?" A gentle boy with ginger hair frowned softly.

"I just forgot to eat again." The little girl smile reassuringly despite her place in the blank white room hooked up on a machine that injected nutrients and fluid into her.

"Again? How can you forget to eat?" The other boy scowled in disbelief, flicking the girls head.

"Ouch Hikari that hurt." She pouted,"to answer your question, it kinda just...happens. The documents Mother gives me to practice are just so interesting!"

"Your mom is already having you work?" Kaoru frowned in disbelief, his own mother forbid them until they were at least 12. ___ was 7.

"Yes, she said that I needed to be an acceptable heir. No mistakes were to be made. She also said I had to find a sewer soon."

"Sewer?" Kaoru frowned before he paled,"do you mean 'suitor'?"

"Yeah!" She clasped her hands and thanked him for correcting her, he patted her curly sandy locks with shaky hands.

___'s mother was already marrying her off? She was still a kid, not even a preteen!

"Don't worry Kairi I'll be fine." She smiled brightly.

Kaoru smiled weakly back.

What if the boy her mom found wasn't good enough?

What if he didn't like her daily dosages of tea?

What if he made her throw out the teddy bear they had gotten her? Kairi is what she named it. (Kaoru blushed happily at that.)

What if he forgot to remind her to not forget to eat and sleep when she had work?

Kaoru felt his troubled thoughts melt away when a tiny hand wrapped around his and squeezed. He smiled down at the girl as Hikaru gave them each a noogie as they laughed childishly.

I rubbed my forehead, tired after the quiet, stiff hours of thumbing document after document.

I opened my phone after hearing it buzz.

"Yes?"

"The car is waiting for you outside Sakura-sama."

"Thank you, I will be out in a moment."

"Yes Sakura-sama."

I quickly put all the documents into my bag and stood up.

I bit my lip as I walked to the entrance. Was I forgetting something?

I had my documents, I finished my homework, and I was on my way to the meeting.

Oh wait. I still needed to call her.

I dialed the number,"I am heading to a meeting now, I might take a while." I said calmly.

"Ok, good luck, I'll see you later." She said.

"Goodbye Mother."
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"I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" Wailed Honey and Tamaki.

"For what exactly?" I asked, a pink tint rising on my cheeks as they made a scene in the hall.

"For upsetting you so much you didn't visit the host club!" Honey whimpered dramatically.

"Um, I didn't visit because I was in an important meeting." I offered weakly, that was what I forgot to do. Oopsie?

"S-so you aren't upset?" Tamaki asked with a sniffle

"Oh I'm upset. I just didn't visit because of that." I crinkled my nose in annoyance.

"I'M SORRY-"

"It's okay, jeez just stop screaming." I hushed, scooting away only to bump into a tall figure.

"Mori-senpai?" I guessed.

A grunt answered me right.

I groaned and walked right into a another form.

"Mr. Ootori." I sighed.

"Yes, Miss Sakura?"

"I respectfully ask you to let me continue my descent."

"I'm sorry Miss Sakura but Daddy is persistent, so I must respectfully decline." Kyoya said with humor lacing his voice.

I kneaded my forehead and leaned against the wall.

"Hurry up, I'm very busy."

"Ehhh but Kai-chan its lunch time..." Honey pointed out.

"When was it lunch time?" I murmured in thought.

"For almost 30 minutes!" Honey provided cheerfully.

"Really...well it doesn't matter, I'm not hungry anyway. Now if you will either let me leave or say what you want to say, that would be good."

"Kai when was the last time you ate?" Kaoru asked skeptically.

"2 day-Today." I bit my lip with a wince. Crap, I forgot to eat again. Seriously, how hard was it to remember to eat?!?

"Liar." Hikaru sang.

"Eh? What are you guys do-Kai? What are the bakas doing to you this time?"

"They aren't letting me go to class." I said, frowning angrily.

"OH NO! MOMMY SHE'S USING THE ULTIMATE POWER OF POUTING!!!"
I scowled,"I'm not pouting. I'm frowning. There's a difference dummy." I huffed, forgetting my manners for a moment.

"MOMMY SHE CALLED ME A DUMMY!"

"Because you are, Daddy." Kyoya said in amusement.

I suddenly felt a depressed aura from the corner.

"I'm I'm going to class now." I whispered to Haruhi who gently led me in a 'host free' direction.

I murmured a thank you and she patted my shoulder,"run while you can."

I did exactly that, I sprinted and dodged the hosts then locked the door and jumped out a window and ran in the garden maze to skip class....

Okay, you caught me. I stumbled while trying to jog and just went the opposite direction of their voices. I accidentally went into the wrong classroom but they were outside the door so I climbed carefully out of the window and was lost in the rose garden I had no idea how I got into.

A teacher found and escorted me out 3 hours later.

But I like the badass version better.

I came to the club later, unnoticed behind the crowd of giggling, hormonal girls.

I sat down at my usual space where Alyssa and Haruhi were having a serious discussion about whether or not they should report Tamaki for sexual harassment.

"I think that would be a definite yes." I said casually, thanking Kyoya for the tea.

Alyssa smacked my head.

"What?" I asked, rubbing my head.

"I thought it was Hikaru again. He keeps popping out of no where." She said.

"I gotta go before Kyoya-senpai gets mad at me, again." Alyssa huffed before her footsteps directed to the kitchen.

"So anything interesting happen as of late?" I asked.

"Not really. Girls, blushing, nose bleeds, fake tears, demon tax collectors, cake, and tea with the occasional creepy Tamaki moment." Haruhi listed off.

"Where were you yesterday?" She asked, responding to a couple of girls who had called goodbye. A loud thud was heard.

"Haru-chan murdered her guests again." Honey called innocently.

"Again?!?" Tamaki cried.

"You're never going to work off your debt if you keep killing your customers Haru~hi~!" A pair of voices teased.

"..." Haruhi sighed in exasperation.

"Oh hi Kai-chan!" Honey called perkily.

"Hello Honey-senpai."

"I knew she couldn't resist us." Hikaru said smugly.

I put down my tea and let my annoyance and murder intent come off in waves.

"Jeez it was a joke!" He yelped.

I hummed vaguely in response.

"Senpai, you're scaring everyone stop!" Haruhi cried, hurrying to wherever Tamaki was.

I smiled in amusement, wondering what silly thing Tamaki was doing now.

"You know, eating is vitally important." Kaoru suddenly said.

"Really? Why so?" I asked sarcastically.

"You shouldn't forget anymore."

"How'd you know?" I asked in defeat.

"Just seemed like Kai thing to do." He said, a smile on his voice.

"I wasn't aware you knew so much about me." I said irritably.

He hummed back before changing the topic in the most frustrating of ways.

"Why are you so small?" Kaoru asked, smirk in his voice.

I took a deep breath and stomped my foot, standing up to where his voice was, behind me.

"I don't know, why are you so irritating?"

"It's a gift." He said slyly.

"Well why don't you show your guests your true nature. God knows you need a blow to your ego!"

"Why would that be a blow to my ego?" He asked in amusement.

"Because they'd leave you faster than you can say 'ow'." I cross my arms.

"Who knows? Maybe they like irritating guys like me."

"I highly doubt that."

"Well-"

"Oi, stop flirting and help us get this little girl off of Tamaki!" Hikaru called.

I heard snippets of "Onii-chan!" and "hentai!" but I'm hoping that's just my imagination.