Chapter 12

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Carter managed to get to friday before the morning sickness kicked in again. On her way to the dreaded first period, she had to rush to the nearest trashcan and lose her breakfast while Mori and Honey rubbed her back.
“I’m okay, gotta get to class,” She mumbles, hugging Mori before walking into class, Mori and Honey don’t even walk past the door before they hear the teacher start yelling at Carter. “Miss, I was sick,” Carter whispers back as she shies into herself in fear of the womans aggression. 
“I don’t care! You even missed my class this week! Plus being late twice! You know what, go to the office, I’m having you suspended.”
Carter nods and exits the room, running directly into Takashi’s arms. “Let me call Kyoya down here,” Honey says and within minutes, Kyoya, the teacher, the principal, Carter, and the cousins are standing in the office. “I’m done with her disrespecting my class! Always late or even skipping!” 
Kyoya rolls his eyes, “With all due respect, Carter Mills has a note for extended time on getting to classes and her doctors note about the absence wednesday will be in this afternoon. She was assaulted in her own home and then as a side effect of her medical condition, her muscles seized in her back and legs, keeping her from walking and/or standing,”
To prove her lack of health, Carters nose starts bleeding, Takashi rushing to grab tissues and place them against her face. “And because of the ignorance of this teacher as well as Miss Mills class score, Carter needs to be moved to second or third year classes. Either all with myself, or all with Mori senpai as we both have extensive knowledge of her medical history and how to treat her,”
The teachers look at Kyoya with dropped jaws as he escorts his friends out, “I expect her schedule ready by Monday morning,”

Two days later-Saturday morning, Takashi was literally dragging his fiance out of bed for the beach trip. “I don’t want to get up!” She whines, gripping tighter onto the mattress and blanket as Takashi tries pulling her by her feet.
“Just let go of the mattress and you can get dressed later, I’ll even keep you wrapped in the blanket,” Takashi tries reasoning, sighing in relief when Carter groans, but releases the mattress, curling in tighter to the blanket as her burrito-ish form is lifted. “I think this relationship would have never started if you weren’t able to lift me,” She giggles and Mori gives off an offended expression-dragging their suitcase behind him while he managed to cradle Carter in one arm. “I would have trained until I could if for some reason I couldn’t,” He grumbles, though happily smiling as she falls back asleep with a giggle. 
“Is she okay, Takashi?” Honey asks when his cousin and future cousin step into the car. “Yeah, her morning sickness woke her up at four a.m. and then her back wouldn’t relax until about an hour and a half ago,”
“So you’ve been up since four worrying?” Honey scolds and Takashi nods, knowing he can’t lie to his cousin- since said cousin usually knows before even asking. “Then go to sleep. I’ll wake you when we arrive,”
And he listened, but Honey wasn’t the one to wake him- it was Carter, who was running her fingers through his hair with a gentle smile. “We’re here,” She says and he nods, sitting up and leaning his head on her shoulder. “You need to get in your bathing suit,” He mutters and Carter nods, “That’s why Honey is waiting outside the car,”
Mori sits up, checking the interior for his cousin before grabbing the small beach bag that was originally only for their towels, but he stuck her bathing suit in it after Carter went back to sleep from the morning sickness. “The twins left you this one yesterday,” He grumbles in his raspy morning voice, handing the halter bikini over. 
“At least they remembered no cups,” She sighs, seeing that it will show more skin than the last bathing suit. But hey, it wouldn’t make her sensitive breasts hurt more and it was in a pretty navy and silver celestial design. 
She carefully slides her underwear and t shirt off to replace it with the swimsuit while Mori pretends to look through his phone. “If you stare too much, you’re going to have to hope for a cold ocean. Because I will do no such thing when there is a stranger three feet in front of us and your cousin guarding the door. While I know Honey isn’t completely a child-let’s not scar him,”
Mori embarrassingly clears his throat, pulling off his own t shirt so the two can exit and walk to the beach with Honey rambling on about the cakes he had at his feast the night before. 

“So why did I have to come with you for this one?” Carter asks as she leans against Kyoya, back to back under his umbrella. “So Haruhi won’t be the only female staying in the house,” He chuckles and Carter hums, not completely believing him until he continues, “And your last swim outing was a little painful. I noticed how much you enjoyed the water at the spa and I wanted to see how you were with the ocean,”
Carter grins, looking out at the water where Mori and Honey were chicken fighting with scheduled girls. “I lived right on the ocean when I was in America and I loved it. I don’t like sand, but the feeling of swimming while fish brush up against your legs is worth it. The first time I ever went in the ocean was because I was walking on the sand and saw a beached dolphin,”
“You like rescuing,” Kyoya admires and Carter nods, “Being around the creatures gave me a feeling of… Hope. I finally felt needed despite what slurs my father threw at me. Hell, I even had a dog for a little while, but he tried to protect me from my dad-which never goes well,”
Kyoya turns his head to eye the girl as he formulates yet another plan. “Well, everyone is doing fan service right now, so go ahead on a walk or go swimming. This is a reserved beach, so only the club and clients can get in,”
Carter nods happily, leaning her head on his shoulder as a subtle hug right before walking off into the water with some of the clients waiting to spend time with their host. Eventually, they all got out to avoid being too pruney and went on a walk down the beach. After a while, the girl’s attention focus’s to Carter, “So how do you know the host club?” One asks and Carter grins, “I grew up with Haruhi before I moved to the states,”
The questions kept coming- some carefully answered until one noticed her left hand, “Wait, who’re you engaged to?” She asks, grabbing Carters hand and gasping at the ring as the other girls surround and gaze. “It is Mori or Honey senpai? I see you looking at them all the time when you’re not together,” 
“Um, for reasons of Kyoya’s business, I cannot answer,” Carter states and the girls pout before nodding. “We get it… Or maybe that’s to throw us off from the fact that you’re engaged to Kyoya Senpai!” All three girls scream and squeal in excitement as they think they figured it out, but Carter goes stock still as her cautious ears catch the sound of someone approaching.
The steps were heavy enough to be male, but Carter knows the only males allowed on this beach are the hosts, but she would be able to recognise their footsteps. So she spins around with wide eyes while hearing the girls call down to Haruhi right before one of the males rush forward and grab her.
“LET ME GO!” She screams, but as soon as their grip tightens around her stomach, she decides not to thrash despite the insistent urge to. By now, the three girls had turned around, two being held by one male while the third tries to get away despite the way to get help would require passing the two males.
“Now now, little lady! We just want to party a little,” The guy holding her slurs and tears spring to her eyes as he spins her around and moves his hands down. “I don’t see many rich foreigners very often,” He groans, but Carter swallows back the bile rising in her throat and waits until his hands move up.
The guy was so out of it he didn’t even realise that his buddies were getting sea urchin-ed by Haruhi. So in his drunken haze, the moment his hands grabbed Carters breasts and squeezed hard enough to place bruises to match the ones he placed on her hips, thighs, and waist, Carter grabbed his hands, kneed him in the crotch, and pushed him away, scrambling to get away only for the other male-that was pushing Haruhi- to push her too, sending both girls over the cliff and into the water.
Tamaki was immediate in jumping after them, pulling them both up, Carter had already been in the middle of a panic attack-so the moment she hit water, she inhaled lungfuls of water-Her world going black, but even while unconscious, her arms stayed wrapped around her belly.

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