Akiko's POV.

When it was time for lunch, I carry Itashi, who is still sleeping. I make sure he is comfortable on my hip as I walk down the halls.

"Akiko-chan! Who's the little cute boy?" Asks one of the nicer girls.

"He's my baby brother, Itashi." I smile at her and she nods before I continue to head to the cafeteria. I walk in and see Haruhi already sitting down with her home lunch. I walk over and set Itashi beside her. "Itashi... Wake up Ita... It's time for lunch..."

"Nee-chan..." He whispers as he slowly wakes up. "Hi Haru-nee!"

"Hi Ita." She kisses his forehead before offering him some of her lunch.

"No thank you! Otou-San packed lunch for us!" Itashi cheers before I see Honey sit in front of Itashi, Mori sitting next to him, across from me. Slowly the twins, Tamaki, and Kyoya arrive.

"Hi guys." I smile at them and they send greetings back. We all eat our lunch peacefully before heading to Music room 3.

That day was the day that I wished didn't happen. A little boy came and wanted to learn to be a host or something. His name was Shiro Takaoji. And he was our cousin...

Itashi's POV.

Nee-chan was pretty tense around Shiro-chan. I don't understand why. He was kinda mean, and stuff, but he was nice to me, and tried his best to be nice to her when he could. Shiro-chan was announced as the 'naughty type' by Renge-sama.

"Renge-sama?" I pull on her dress a bit to get her attention. She hums as she looks down at me. "What is a 'naughty type'?"

"Oh! A naughty type is–"

"Renge! Don't tell him that!" I hear Nee-chan scold as she gathers me up in her arms. "Don't worry, Ita. You don't need to worry about what a 'Naughty type' is, until your older."

"Sorry, Onee-sama!" Renge bows before running away from scary Nee-Chan.

"Why don't you go play with Honey-Senpai?" She asks me as she sets me down.

I nod and she walks off to Mori-sama. Honey-Senpai tells me that Mori-sama likes Nee-chan. I could tell she had feelings for him too, but she didn't show it. Me and Honey-Senpai are figuring out a plan to get them together.

"Ita-chan!" I hear Honey-Senpai call. I shake my head of my thoughts before looking at him. "What were you thinking about?"

"Our plan to get Nee-chan together with Mori-sama." I shrug. No one was paying attention to us but Shiro-chan.

"I'll help Akiko-sama!" Shiro says happily. Every time I see him, I think of a boy from a long time ago... Shiro looks so familiar...

"Shiro-chan... Have we met before?" I ask, trying my best to remember. He frowns before nodding. "Where? When?"

"Well... We met at the Fuyutsuki household..." He whispers. "Around the time you were 3 and I was 6... I'm your... Cousin..."

"Shiro-niichan!" I cheer, remembering how i'd always act like he was my nii-San. I hug Shiro-niichan before I feel a glare sent our way. I look around and can't find where it came from. The feeling went away though.

Akiko's POV.

I stand beside Mori as I watch Shiro and Itashi hug... Ita knows... Shiro is bound to tell Mother and Father that I'm alive, and that Itashi wasn't murdered.... They'd probably kill me and come looking for Ita... I can't let this happen...

'Then your only choice, is to rid yourself of the problem: Shiro.' A robotic voice says, inside my head.

It's like an inner voice, but this one was made to give me orders when I was a weapon. This is what Rao-San was talking about when he asked if it was back. The only time I could silence it, was when I thought Ita was dead, and I quit being an emotionless weapon. There's a lot of different ways of silencing it, like killing the host(the voice is like a parasite in a way. It's a weird thought I had...) or ignoring it, but that'll make it stronger next time. Rao-San and the agency were thinking of ways to shut it off, or giving me a way to turn it on and off on my own, in case I needed it in the future.

"Ki-chan?" I hear someone ask from in front of me. I shake my head of the thoughts and realize I'm sitting on the couch, and Honey is in front of me, looking worried. "You okay, Ki-chan?"

"I'm fine, Honey-chan." I say as I smile reassuringly. He nods and runs back to Itashi.

"What's the matter?" I hear Mori ask from beside me, I feel him place a gentle hand on my back. "I know something's wrong, you can tell me."

"I can't." I force out. I feel his gaze, and know he's about to insist. "I know you want to help, Mori, but you can't help me with this. This– this isn't something you can help with. I can't tell you Mori, I'm so sorry..."

"Hey... It's okay, I'm here if you need me..." He whispers, pulling me into him.

A couple hours pass, Shiro denounces the whole Host Club, excluding me and Ita of course, as idiots. He returns to his school, and the Hosts decide to dress Haruhi up as a middle-school student for their plan. Me and Ita stay at the club, Ita taking a nap while I make more costumes. After a couple of minutes of sowing, I get tired, so I go out and lay with Ita on the couch, him cuddling into me. We both fall asleep, dreaming of the future.(Akiko dreaming of her future with Ita, while Ita dreams about getting Mori and Akiko together.)

Haruhi's POV.

When we got back from helping Shiro, we find Onee-chan and Ita-San cuddled up on the couch, sleeping peacefully. I smile at the two, and realize that Ita-San is getting cold, since he's laying on Onee-chan, and it's somehow really cold inside. I notice Mori-Senpai pull a big blanket over the siblings as they slept. Onee-chan moves uncomfortably and seems to be seeking comfort from something that isn't there...

"Taka..." She whimpers in her sleep.

'Taka? Did she mean Takashi, as in Mori-Senpai?' I thought, observing the sleeping duo along with Kyoya, Tamaki, the twins and Renge. Mori-Senpai was standing by the couch, looking at Onee-chan worriedly. Honey was by her, closer to Ita-San, in case she accidentally pushes him off in her search for comfort.

"Mori-Senpai... Do something. Or she'll wake up Ita, or hurt him on accident..." I whisper to him, he looks at me while I speak, and then he gently takes Onee-chan's hand and whispers comforting words in her ear. She relaxes and seems to tighten her hold around Ita, and lean into Mori-senpai's touch.

"Eeeek!!!" Renge squeals, obviously fangirling about Onee-chan and Mori. "You two are so cute!!!" She squeals excitedly, causing Ita to stir from his sleep a bit, before burying his head in Onee-chan's chest, obviously seeking quiet. Onee-chan seems to sense his distress and does two things. 1) she tightens her embrace on Ita. 2) she growls in her sleep, hoping to scare away the cause of his distress.

"Renge-chan, I would advise you to be more respectful of Akiko-San, and Itashi-sama's, rest. If you wake Itashi, Akiko will not be pleased, and she will most likely be on her... Rampage." I hear a formal voice say from behind us. "But, it is good to see you, Renge-chan."

"Rao-San?" I mutter to myself, turning to see the man that lives next to me and my father, who took in Akiko and Itashi.

"Rao-chan!!!" Renge yells, obviously ignoring his warning about her volume. I see Ita-San flinch, and Onee-chan growls again. "Oops... Rao-chan..." She says, in a happy/excited whisper now.

"That's better. It's great to see you again, Renge-chan. I haven't seen you since you were this tall." He gestures to the height of the bottom of his ribs, which would possibly be around when Renge was maybe 8-9? "That's been what? 8 years?"

"Nope. It's been 7 years, 11 months, 3 weeks, 1 day, 10 hours, 2 minutes and 53 seconds... 54." Renge says cheerfully as she hugs him. "But who's counting! I've missed you so much Rao-chan!"

"I've missed you too, squirt." He ruffles her hair before looking at Akiko's sleeping form. "I don't think she'd be very happy if we moved her... Last time I did that when her and Ita were asleep and she had growled twice as warnings, she nearly snapped two guards' heads off... Literally."

"Wow...was Ki-chan always this scary?" Honey-Senpai asks cutely, walking away from the sleeping duo, knowing Ita was safe.

"Well... It seems only around, or involving, Ita or someone she truly saw as a part of her family... Like Haruhi, Renge, Honey or the twins for example. She doesn't like being called 'Onee-chan' or 'Nee-chan' she usually scares people off, never really getting close enough for them to treat her as a older–or younger–sister." Rao explains. "At times she acts like an Alpha, always on gaurd when apart of her family, or friends, are in danger or hurt. Sometimes she just seems overprotective, but in her mind, she's told that she needs to exterminate all signs of threat to her treasure. I usually call those modes the wolf, for the alpha mode, and the dragon, for the 'protect the treasure' one."

"Wait... So, she has different modes? Like a robot?" The twins chime.

"In a way, yes. I have... A 'chip', you could call it, in my brain. It shuts off what I don't need, and enhances what I do need so I can accomplish what needs to be done. Like what happened in the alleyway with Renge, Haruhi and those two wimps." I hear Akiko say. I look behind us to see her laying Itashi back down. "I try not to activate that side unless completely neccesary. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am!" Tamaki, the twins, Honey, Rao, Renge and, possibly, Gem all said and salute. Gem barked in time when the others spoke, and then she rubbed her paw on her nose before sitting on her hind legs.

"So... How did the plan with Shiro go?" She asks as she stands up and stretches.

"Great! It went perfectly, and he told us to tell you, that he'd keep your secret, whatever that means. He also said he will visit Ita-San when he can and when it doesn't look suspicious." Tamaki says excitedly. Akiko seems to sigh in relief before smiling at us.

"Well, that's good. I think we all need a well deserved vacation, don't you think?" She asks with a smile and a tilt of her head. Summer vacation was pretty soon, and we haven't really done anything during most vacations so...

"I agree." I say and nod at her.

After that, everyone seems to agree but Rao and Renge. Rao says he still has work to do, and Renge has to stay with her family during the vacation. They leave and Akiko goes back to Ita-San and picks him up.

"Need a ride, Haru-chan?" She offers. I nod heaitantly, not wanting to anger her, and we leave and get into a red car. She places Ita-San in the back while I sit in the pass anger seat and she sits in the drivers. "Ready?"

"Ready." I nod.

She takes off down the road and doesn't stop till we arrive at our apartments. There wasn't any red, or yellow, lights. I go up the stairs leading to our apartments, and I take Akiko's keys and unlock hers before holding the door open as she carries a, still sleeping, Ita-San. When she places him in her room, and comes back out, I hand her the keys, and say my goodbyes. I head into my home and see my dad drinking tea at the table.