『Three's A Charm』『OHSHC』*EDITING*

『09』Out of Balance

Out of Balance

Dedicated to brave-little-fantasy for writing such great fanfics!

Edited

When we got to the Third Music Room, I was sort of glad the twins had claimed a table beside the window. For some reason, I suddenly didn't feel like talking all that much. I put the earphones in my ears and listened to my music while sitting on the windowsill and watching the birds soar by. I was sort of envious of them, they were so free, and although I felt alive than I have ever before, something told me my bird cage wasn't very far away.

I felt something pluck one of the earphones out of my ear and turned around to see Hikaru grinning at me, "Hey Hikaru." I murmured.

"You don't act too happy to see me," He scoffed, as he lifted himself onto the other side of the sill to face me, "You're very antisocial today."

"Just tired..." I mumbled. Really, I was just thinking of an excuse; I honestly didn't know what had me so down.

Hikaru kicked one of my feet off the sill and I nearly lost my balance and fell. He chuckled and asked, "Are you awake yet?"

I glared at him and put my foot back up on the sill, "Could you try not to pick on me once and a while?"

He frowned," What did I do?"

Honestly, I had no idea what he had done, but for some reason I was being cruel to him.

"Hey Yankee!" He growled, "Answer me."

I was being childish. I couldn't answer him, so I just didn't. I kept looking out the window like he wasn't even there anymore. For some reason, by ignoring him, the undefined sadness I was feeling that day grew. I just couldn't talk to him.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see him. Some stirred turmoil was rushing through his system, and with that, he left me there. I watched him walk away, and felt myself wanting to call him back, but it was like I had no voice anymore.

I left the Host Club the same time as the rest of the girls did that day. I just wanted to go home. I wanted to be by myself for a while. That night, I was haunted by nightmares, and as expected they had the twins in them... every last one of them. I woke up in sweat, and it appeared that I overslept, so I was rushing through my morning shower, and I skipped breakfast completely. I just needed to get to school. On my long walk there, I felt a strange pulsation. I didn't recognize it at first, but it was one of my visions. I hadn't had one in such a long time, but something about it read a bad omen.

The day dragged on far more worse than the last. I was sure I'd aged five years by the time the last bell of the day sounded. Gathering up my things, I was the last one to shuffle out of the classroom. When I turned the corner, there stood Hikaru in the exact same place as his brother the previous day. Hikaru and I seemed to follow a tread with this whole meeting in the hallway thing, and every time he didn't look too happy. This was probably going to be about yesterday; so I just took a deep breath and walked up to him.

"Hey Hikaru," It was meant to come off as every other greeting, but instead, it was a hushed whisper.

He leaned into me and tucked a lock of hair behind my ear, "I wanted to ask you something."

"if it's about yesterday, look, I know I was being a jerk, can we just forget about it? I dunno what got into me." I answered.

"He shook his head, "Despite that being true," He always had to insult me, "I wanted to know if you'd go to the dance with me on Friday." My face lost all its color.