Risa Soretzu has always been in the shadows, passed over at school and abused at home, she struggles to simply keep breathing at times. Ever since her mother and brother died in an accident, Risa's father has taken his anger out on her; sadly, this...
"Why do I have to go?" I looked at Kyoya in annoyance as he looked at me passively.
"Risa, you haven't been out of the house in days and the rest of the Hosts requested that you be there. It would be good for you to sit in the sun and relax." The Hosts were planning a trip to one of the Ootori's family resorts, and my presence had been requested.
"But Kyoya-" I whined, but was cut off by him.
"This is not a situation where you have the option to argue. You are going, it is up to you to decide whether or not you will enjoy it." I grunted and slumped back into the pillows on my bed in the Ootori's guest room, and Kyoya smirked when he saw that I had accepted defeat. "I thought you liked swimming and sunbathing, Risa?"
"Yeah, but I've gotten used to the quiet relaxed atmosphere of your home, and anything that the Hosts are involved in is sure to be exactly the opposite of that." I grumbled and he laughed.
"Well, you do have a point there, but this will be good for you, the doctors were instructing you to get out more anyways."
"You realize that I've been studiously ignoring that command, right?" He nodded with a small smile on his face, "Well then, you must have noticed that I have quite enjoyed the increased amount of reading time I've had. I had no idea how extensive your library was, and now I'm determined to read my way through as much of it as possible!" I said happily, and this caused Kyoya to chuckle.
"Well, you certainly have been doing quite well at that. I didn't think I would meet anyone with a greater love for reading than me, but you have outdone me by leagues."
"Of course, I have Kyoya! If I had an endless supply of good books, then I would never come out of my room and become a total recluse!"
"Very well, when we get back, I'll see to it that a food slot is placed on your door." We shared a laugh and then he turned to walk out, "Be ready in an hour Risa, if you're not, I'll send the twins up here to help you."
"You wouldn't dare!" I yelled at him and he just hummed in response as he walked away, "What a pain in the butt." I sighed as I laid back on my bed. The time I had spent here had been wonderful, they were some of the least stressful I had ever experienced, and I was loving the Ootori's hospitality, and their first-class library. I wasn't kidding when I had said that I could be a hermit if I only had enough books, this wasn't the first time that Kyoya had forced me to go and do something besides reading, and every time, I felt like he got great amusement out of my irritation with socializing.
I regretfully got up and winced as I stretched, I still had some faint bruising on my body, but the only thing that still caused me pain was my ribs, which would be hurting for quite a while. I walked to into the closet that held all of the clothes the Ootori's got me (Kyoya's sister, Fuyumi was absolutely dangerous when shopping), and picked out my only swimsuit.
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