Heartless

23

We were back in school on Monday, and I was ready to kill someone.

Nothing really happened to me, I'm just in this mood.

That's a lie. My mother happened to me.

The twins came up to me in the hallway and started dancing around me. "We're going to the beach! We're going to the beach! The beach! The beach! We're going to the beach! YAY!" They sang happily. "Ugh, fuck off." I groaned, pushing my way from them and going to class.

"Hey, you okay?" Breanna asked me as I got in. "Fucking perfect." I said, sitting down. "You're pissed. What's up?" She asked and I just shook my head.

The whole day people kept asking me why I was so mad, and I just kept on saying I was fine, and I didn't want to talk about it.

Tamaki poked my cheek during club, and I slapped his hand away. "Don't touch me." I growled and he backed away. Honey cautiously climbed onto my lap as I sat on a sofa. He knew full damn well I wouldn't hurt him or get mad at him.

"Dany-chan, are you okay? I'm worried about you." He said, looking up at me so innocently. "I'm fine, just going through a really stressful time right now." I said, patting his head.

"Is it your mom? You can stay at my place if you want." Haruhi jumped in. "Is it possible I could stay forever?" I groaned. "What happened?" Honey asked. "My mom sent Shane and Courtney away for two weeks. My family is coming to stay with us for a week for a reunion. I think I'm going to die." I closed my eyes.

"Oh. Are they just like her?" Kaoru asked. "The women are like my mom, the men are like my mom times fifty." I said. "Oh, then you can definitely stay over for as long as you want." Haruhi said. I shot up. "Oh my sweet Satan, really?" I said and she nodded. I hugged her tightly around her neck and kissed her forehead. "I promise to love you forever." I sighed happily.

"Dae. Come on, I'm running late." A voice said from the doorway, and I saw my mom. She looked up and rolled her eyes. "I seriously hope I did not just see you kiss that girl. Honestly, I didn't think it possible for you to be even more disgraceful." She sighed softly, looking back at her phone. I closed my eyes and took a breath. "Who even gives a shit?" I said under my breath.

I stood and got my bag going with her. As we turned, she was silent, but when we exited the front doors of the school, she slapped me over my head. "The fuck is wrong with you?! All my effort and hard work and training gone to waste for you to be a good wife to a husband some day!" She spat in my face as I held my head. I kept my silence, but I was fuming in my head.

"Hey!" Tamaki's voice said and they were all rushing down the stairs to us. "You can't just hit your daughter like that! That's cruel!" He was pissed, they all seemed pissed.

"I can treat my child however I choose. That was her discipline, her fault for making me look like a fool and herself looking like a slut." She said and my nails dug into my palms again.

"You're not a very nice lady! No one should ever hurt Dany-chan like that!" Honey said. "Oh please, it was a tap. She's blowing it out of proportion. Like she hasn't had worse." Mom scoffed. "You do know that you're saying all this is front of an Ootori family member, and they have a private police force of a hundred cops?" I spoke up and she fell quiet.

"Haven't I taught you not to lie to me?" She spat. "She's not lying. Nice to meet you, I'm Kyoya Ootori." Kyoya stepped up. "I don't have time for this bullshit. I'm running late. Dae, you can stay with your little girlfriend or whatever, like I give a damn anymore." She scoffed, turning to walk away.

"Wait, what are you late to?" I asked. "A meeting with some family. They're giving us a cash reward for your hand." She said, still walking away. I froze in place.

"Guess I'll have to let that money go now. Five million is a lot, and I hope you know that. And oh, he was a handsome lad too. Now I just have to go and say the deal is off because my ignorant daughter prefers girls. Or well, ex daughter." She shrugged.

She got in her car and drove away, and I was still frozen in place, silence ringing in my ears.

She was going to give me away, and now... I'm disowned?