~A Quiet Bloom~ Kyoya Ootori

˜*°•.˜*°• Before Haruhi ever knocked over an eight-million-yen vase, there was another Fujioka quietly making her mark on Ouran Academy. Her name was Ari Fujioka - older sister to Haruhi, and the only female member of the Host Club allowed to show her gender. While Haruhi charmed with blunt honesty and awkward charm, Ari embodied grace and stillness - the kind of calm that made people feel safe just by being near her.
She was the Gentle Type.
But gentleness was never the whole truth. She was also a girl who battled shadows. Who woke up some days convinced no one would stay. She smiled through the pain because it was all she had learned to do. And one day, Kyoya Ootori - the Shadow King himself - noticed the way her hands trembled when no one was watching. Their story didn't begin with romance. It began with recognition. •°*˜.•°*˜

"𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈'𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝," 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.
"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭."