Beware the Physical Exam!

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Haruhi P.O.V.

When I woke up this morning, I felt as though something...odd was going to happen.

Shrugging off the feeling, I shook Harihu/Hirahu awake. You would think since she sleeps right next to me she'd wake once I did but no, this girl sleeps like a rock.

Tearing the blankets off my twin, I get up to start breakfast.

As Rihu/Rahu stumbles into the kitchen with my dad following close behind, I still couldn't the shake the feeling that today would be different.

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"So what are physical exams like here?" I ask Kaoru.

"Like any other physical exam."

I nod, but Rihu/Rahu is still skeptical. And when we open the doors, I can see why...

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"SQUEEEEEEEEEE I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HARUHI WITHOUT IS SHIRT."

"You think Harihu/Hirahu will let him? She is very protective of her twin you know."

Time to start acting.

The two of us, Harihu/Hirahu and I, are standing behind the curtains so the customers can see our shadows and here us without actually seeing us.

"I don't want you going out there Ruhi." Rihu/Rahu starts.

"I promise I'll be careful."

"But I don't want strange people looking or touching you."

"Don't worry, this isn't like the school playground."

"I know but, we didn't think anyone was there, but there was. Who knows?"

Rihu/Rahu is genuinely crying now. She sniffs as I hug her.

"Don't worry," I tell her.

At the schoolplayground in our "poorer" neighborhood, while she and I were playing, a drunk and drugged man came up to me and touched me, almost raping me.

Rihu/Rahu screamed and pulled me away just as our mom came and took us. We called the police and he was taken away.

I forced myself to stay strong, since Rihu/Rahu was hysterical. That man could have killed me, and she didn't want to lose her best friend.

I promised her and myself that I would never leave her.

Then she moved to America...

.....and mom died....

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"D-don't scream," the strange man said as he holds Rihu/Rahu's mouth.

Tears stream down her face as I slowly move closer to her and take her hand as Tamaki-senpai kicks him away.

She cries as I hold her tightly.

All the hosts being concerned, I mumble a quick, "it's not the first time" and continue to comfort her.

Even Kyoya-senpai was surprised. The one thing about us that he doesn't know.

After Tamaki-senpai sends the man on his merry way, Rihu/Rahu and I head home.

Once we get home, I put her in bed, surrounded by blankets and pillows. I bring out her secret emergency stash of chocolate, boil her favorite tea, and put on some soothing music before lying down next to her.

She curls up into my embrace the same way she did when it happened to me.

I hum the song mom did to calm her, and kiss her forehead the way mom did for me. To keep the bad thoughts out.

Slowly, Harihu/Hirahu calms down and dozes off.

She dreams of mom......

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