Another Host

Chapter 5

(I do want to apologize now, in case this story triggers anyone, if it does I am apologizing now. You don't have to read this and I will have other stories out there that won't be as triggering. I will put a trigger warning at the beginning of the book and in the description)

~Haruhi (Oooo, new POV)~

I took off at full speed, running as fast as I can to catch up to Akira. I doubt she wants me to bring up the matter, so I'll just say that it'd be great to have a friend that is also a female to spend the night, so my dad doesn't flip out.

Right as my sides were starting to hurt (I'm bad at running and sports in general), I saw Akira in the distance.

"Akira-chan!" I called. She stopped and turned around.

"Haruhi-senpai?" She questioned as I caught up. I leaned my hands on my knees as I struggled to catch my breath.

"I-I forgot to ask. D-do you want to spend the night with me, tonight?" I huffed with a smile.

"Spend the night?" She asked, handing me her water. I took it gratefully and took a few gulps and gave it back.

"Yeah, I don't have a lot of friends that are females, I have a couple but they are...ya know, host club crazy. I figured it'd be nice if you could spend the night." I explained. I'm kind of glad that the twins taught me how to lie without sounding suspicious.

"Well, my parents aren't going to be home this weekend anyway, so I don't see why not." She shrugged. I grinned.

"Cool. You can go grab your stuff and come on over, unless you want me to wait for you."

"I'll just come over after I grab my stuff, no doubt you wanna put your stuff down and change." She pointed to my bag on my shoulders and the textbooks in my arms.

"Thanks." We walked back to the apartments together and Akira went to get her stuff. I ran inside, dad was home today which was good.

"Ah, Haruhi! How's my little girl?" He cooed and pinched my cheeks.

"Dad, dad, I have a friend coming over tonight." I attempted to say between my cheeks getting pinched, he let go of my cheeks and looked at me.

"Her name is Akira, she's a 1st year and-"

"OH HOW WONDERFUL! I'LL PUT ON SOME TEA!" Dad squealed and went to the stove.

"W-wait, dad! Last time you tried to make tea you set the kitchen on fire! I can handle it! Don't worry!" I exclaimed. "But dad, in all seriousness," I started and looked out the window making sure she wasn't coming yet. "Akira is abused at home, and she hasn't been eating. She also has been staying up late studying and has gotten hardly any sleep. I wanted to let you know so you know what we're about to deal with. But don't ask her about it. She doesn't know we know, Kyoya found out about it. Just act normal but we have to make sure she eats and sleeps tonight okay?" Dad stayed silent for a while before nodding.

"Okay. I'll keep quiet. Thank you for telling me Haruhi." He pat my head. I nodded, then rushed to my room to change and put my stuff down. By the time I finished that Akira showed up and knocked on the door. I quickly opened it and let her in.

"Sorry for the intrusion." She spoke softly and then took off her shoes. I had her sit in the living area while I boiled the water for our tea. My dad walked out of the restroom and saw Akira in the living area. He then turned on his female side.

"Oh! How lovely, you must be Akira-chan! Look at you! I love the hair." Dad smiled and sat down across from her.

"Uh, thanks I suppose. You are Haruhi's guardian I'm assuming." Akira greeted. I poured the hot water and added the tea leaves into the filter and let it sit.