"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold."

- Zelda Fitzgerald

22|| Sleepover At The Hitachiin's

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"Sleepover? Great idea sister!" Lucifer claps.

"Huh?"

"When they're asleep, you strike and take--"

"No." I turn on my heels and open the door.

"I was kidding!" Lucifer pouts and wraps his arms around my shoulder from behind.

"Well don't 'kid' about stuff like that." I shake his arm off and turn to face him. "When will you understand that I won't take his soul until it's time? I won't take the other souls and neither will you." I say sternly.

His lips quiver in anger and he groans. "Fine. You know you're just making it harder for yourself Ana. You always think i'm trying to fuck things up for you but i'm just trying to make it easier. Just because I have a bad reputation with the snobs above..." He looks up and glares at the ceiling.
"...Doesn't mean i'd do that to you. You are my sister after all and don't try to make me the enemy of this story." He looks at me, his eyes filled with sadness and disappointment.

I turn around and close the door behind me. I lean my back against he wall and slide down.

What do I do? My brother or him?

I tug on my hair frustratedly. I just want to burst out crying, I just want to die. I'm so miserable and confused.

"Milady--" I look to see Luda staring at me worriedly. "Are you okay?" He holds onto my arm and pulls me up.

"I'm fine... Just a little jet lagged."

He chuckles. "Odd bunch aren't they?" He smiles softly. "Having a sleepover right as you just came back from Greece."

I giggle. "Yeah... But for some reason... I love it." I smile at the thought of Miya scolding the boys as me and Haruhi giggle.

Luda smiles sadly and turns away. "Milady do you..." He trails off.

"Hm?"

"Never mind." He shakes his head.

"What is it?" I press.

"Tis nothing." He mocks Idris and I giggle.

"Tell me!" I poke his arm.

"Well..." His face flushes red. "Do you have feelings for the angel?" He asks.

I stopped prodding his arm. I look down.

I know I said that I love him but... I'm not sure. But when I'm with Luda...

I look up at him.

I'm comfortable with him... He's there when I need him... And I become unsure of my feelings for Tamaki.

"I don't know..." I answer honestly and he bites his lip and nods.

But there's something about Tamaki... Something about him that makes me feel that if I ever had to choose between the two... I would choose him. Tamaki.

"The angel has come to pick you up. His limousine is outside, all your belongings are in the car." Luda bows and opens the door.

"Thank you Luda." I say before stepping out.

"Ana-hime!" Tamaki stands up straight and smiles.

"Hey Tamaki." I stood in front of him and we both just smile at each other. I let out a dreamy sigh as I stare into his eyes.

"Oh uh!" He opens the door and bows. I smile shyly before sliding in. He sits beside me and the engine starts.

"So... What do you usually do in sleepovers?" I ask.

"We usually play games like truth or dare... Board games... Tag... Hide and seek..."

"Hide and seek? Aren't you guys a little too old for that?" I giggle.

"No way! You're never to old for a game of hide and seek!" Tamaki laughs and I just stare at him.

Hearing him laugh makes me happy... It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

"Did you paint your nails?" Tamaki picks up my right hand and inspects the nails.

"Y-yes!" I yank them away and ball the up into fists.

"Ohhh." He chuckles. Awkward silence. "So you're mansion is pretty far from the rest of us." Tamaki says.

"Uh yeah... We had to have a private property for... Yeah..."

"Oh okay." Tamaki nods.

I don't even know what I just said.

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"Ana!" Miya glomps my back.

"Hello Miya." I giggle.

"Come on change! We're gonna play tag!" Miya shakes my shoulder.

"Ohkay!" She grabs my arm and runs upstairs, pulling me with her.

"We're gonna watch movies, play games!" Miya says excitedly as she kicks a door open and throws my bag onto the bed. "Sorry we don't have maids here to change you." Miya shrugs.

"Oh no uh... That's great." I smile.

"Alrighty!" Miya opens my bag and starts going through it.

"Hey girls." Haruhi comes in with her light blue sheep pyjamas and sits on the edge of her bed, arching a brow at Miya and then at me. I shrug.

"What the hell are these?" Miya pulls out my white night gown.

"My night gown." I answer simply and her jaw drops.

"Hold on." Miya takes out my other night gown and sets them aside. She walks over to the door that leads to the balcony and opens it. She walks back to the bed and picks up the night gown and throws it over the balcony.

"MIYA!" Haruhi runs over to the balcony and looks around frantically. "You can't do that!" Haruhi face palms.

"I'm sorry Ana but they were just so ugly. You can't get Tamaki if you're going to be wearing ancient pyjamas." She shrugs.

Ancient pyjamas...

"They're just pyjamas Miya! And who cares?! If Tamaki really did like her, he wouldn't judge." Haruhi lectures.

She has a point.

"Uh... It's okay... Do I at least have something else I could wear?" Miya nods and walks over to the closet.

"Here." She throws me a pink pyjama with cupcake patterns all over it. "It's cute and totally matches you."

"All right." I nod. "Uhm... How... How do I put it on?" I scratch my head.

Miya groans and face plants onto the bed. "I'll help you." Haruhi takes the pyjamas off of me and helps me put it on.

"You have a hot body Ana." Miya says and I blush.

"God Miya." Haruhi rolls her eyes and chuckles.

"Done."

"You look so cute Ana!" Miya pinches my cheek.

Knock knock!

"Miya! Haruhi! Ana!" Hikaru and Kaoru call out. "Hurry up!"

"Calm your balls we're coming!" Miya stops and bursts out laughing. "I'm so dirty." She scolds herself and wipes the corners of her eyes.

"Dirty? You seem clean to me. You should take a shower if you feel dirty." I say and she falls to the floor laughing.

"Oh my god!" She gasps for air and laughs harder. "What... The... Fuck... I CAN'T BREATHE!" She laughs.

I scrunch up my nose and walk towards the door. "Come on Miya." Haruhi chuckles as she helps Miya up.

"Sorry... You crack me up Ana." Miya pats my head as she chuckles.

I smile at my friend.

Miya opens the door and pokes Hikaru on the forehead. "You're in!" She runs down the hallway. Kaoru and Haruhi follow behind. I stood there like an idiot.

"What's happening?" I ask Hikaru.

"I'm guessing this is your first time?" He chuckles as he watches his girlfriend slide around because of her socks on the slippery marble floor.

"Yeah..." I nod shyly.

"So Miya just tagged me, that means i'm in and when you're in you have to tag someone and for example if I tag you..." He pokes my shoulder. "...That means you're in and you have to try and tag someone. Get it?"

"Ohhh okay." I nod. He smirks mischievously and taps my head.

"Tag! You're in!" He runs after Miya, Haruhi and Kaoru.

"Ahahaha!" I laugh as I chase them down the hallway. They take a turn and I see Tamaki up ahead.

He sees me running towards him and blushes. "Ana what're--"

"Tag! You're in!" I continue to run and when I look back. Tamaki stared at me for a moment. I stopped and smiled at him. "I tagged you." I say. I stick my tongue out at him teasingly and he blinks before grinning and charging towards me.

"I'm gonna get you!" I turn around and run.

I could hear everyone's happy laughter all throughout the mansion.

This is fun.

After running from Tamaki for a while I stopped and panted. I look up to see Miya, Mori, Honey, Kyoya, Haruhi, Hikaru and Kaoru sitting on the couch staring at me. "What are you guys doing...? Aren't you... Playing?" I ask.

"We were but then we realised that Tamaki was only chasing after you... we stopped. We've actually been watching you for the last 10 minutes." Miya smirks and shoves a handful of popcorn into her mouth.

"Oh..."

"I got you Ana-hime!" Tamaki hugs me from behind and I place my hand on his arms and we both laugh.

When we stop laughing we smile at each other. "That's cute though." The others were smiling at us softly.

We both pull away. I felt my cheeks grow hot.

"Naw don't do that!" The twins say with a smirk.

"A-anyway! What should we play next?" I ask.

"Let's play... Dinner. I'm starving." Miya rubs her stomach.

"Me too! Is there cake?!" Honey asks and the trio nod. "Yaaaaay!" He jumps off of the couch and runs out of the room.

"So what's for dinner?" Haruhi asks.

"Food." Miya says like it's the most obvious thing in the world. Well... It was the most obvious thing in the world.

"I know that Miya." Haruhi sighs and Miya giggles as she throws an arm over her shoulder.

I smile and look at the others. Hikaru and Kaoru, making fun of Tamaki. Mori picks Honey up and Kyoya... Hmm.

Kyoya doesn't talk much huh?

I stand next to him and feel his eyes on me as we walk. "They're all happy to have you here Ana." I look up at him. "Especially Tamaki." He says and I felt a pang in my heart.

"Oh..." Was all I could say and looked down.

"Tamaki wasn't always a happy child. He had it bad at 14 to now. His grandmother hates him." Kyoya says.

Why is he telling me this? But I am curious.

"If weren't for him... All of us here would be lost souls." I felt my throat flare at the word soul. "If it weren't for him... Hikaru and Kaoru... Even though they had each other... They would still be alone... Hikaru would have never met Miya. Honey would have been just like me. Mori... Will still be Mori. Haruhi would've just been a commoner that was out of place in Ouran. Miya..." I look at the laughing red head. "She probably wouldn't be here today." My eyes widened.

"What do you mean?" I tilt my head.

"She probably would've been dead by now." He says, a hint of sadness at the thought of his friend being dead.

So he does care for everyone...

"Why?" I ask.

He sighs. "Before we met her... She was pretty depressed. I could tell just by looking at her... That she wanted to die and that she was capable of committing suicide."

"...." I couldn't believe the words that were coming out of his mouth.

Miya would do that?

Looking at her now... I would have never even think about Miya doing something like that.

"And what about you?" I say.

"Me...?" I nod and he ponders for a bit before answering "I don't know." He shrugs a little.

I turn around and look at Tamaki.

He really is an angel. He's saved them all.

My eyes widened and a small gasp escapes from my mouth.

Even though he doesn't know it... Tamaki is their guardian angel. And me... What am I doing here?

"FOOOOOOD!" Miya runs to the dinner table with hearts in her eyes.

I take a seat next inbetweenHaruhi and Miya, across from Tamaki.

"Wake up!" Miya throws her napkin at Tamaki and snaps her finger in front of me. "Can you two not? We're eating. Geez." They all laugh. I stare down at my black nails. "You painted them?" Miya gestures to my nails.

"Y-yeah."

"How? Did you just go home and paint your nails then come here?" She chuckles.

"Yeah I just felt like painting them for some reason." I shrugged.

"Cool." She nods and turns to Hikaru.

"What're we gonna do after this?" Honey asks.

"We're going to play truth or dare and then some video games and then hide and seek!" Kaoru says.

"Are you gonna eat?" Miya asks me and starts filling my plate up.

"Uh no. I ate at home." I lie and she frowns.

"Why'd you do that..." She sighs and takes my plate.

I shrug and glanced at Tamaki. He was staring at me. I shifted in my seat before looking up and giving him a smile. He smiles back, making my heart flutter.

Why did you that?

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"Well I doubt Ana has ever played truth or dare before so... Do you wanna play or just watch?" Kaoru asks.

"Uh... Can I just watch first?" I say.

"Nuh uh!" Miya slaps Kaoru's shoulder and leans on him as she sits down. "You're playing." She points at me.

"Okay..."

"I'm spinning!" Hikaru snatches the bottle away from Tamaki.

"So how you play is... We have a bottle or whatever you can spin with. We spin the bottle like this." Hikaru spins the bottle as Miya explains. "If the bottle lands on you, the person spinning the bottle asks you...

"Truth or dare?" Hikaru says to Honey.

"Dare!"

"See? If you choose dare. That person will dare you and you have to do it. If you don't our punishment is usually to sleep in the dog house."

"Since when did you guys get a dog?" Haruhi says.

"Miya wanted one." Hikaru shrugs.

"I dare you to throw that cake in the bin." Hikaru smirks and Honey's eyes water up.

Honey stands up and reluctantly stands in front of the bin. He turns to us and I smile sympathetically. He throws it and runs to Mori sobbing.

"Good job buddy." Hikaru pats his back.

"If you choose truth, that person will ask you a question and you have to answer truthfully."

"Okay I get it." I nod.

"Let's start. It's my turn to spin. We'll go around anti-clockwise for turns on spinning." Miya places the bottle in the middle and spins. It lands on Kaoru.

"Truth or dare fag boy?" Miya smirks.

"Truth!"

"Pussy!" Miya scoffs. "You have a crush?" Miya smirks.

Kaoru's face turns red. "Yes."

"Oh my god who?!" Miya pinches his cheeks and pushes him back. Hikaru and Miya jumps on him.

"Who is it?!" Hikaru sits on top of him. Miya sits on Hikaru's back.

"Was it that one time we went to the arcade?!" Miya presses.

"Get off!" Kaoru kicks his legs.

"Well Hikaru... There's only one thing we can do." Miya and Hikaru smirk and they start to tickle Kaoru.

I smile at Miya.

I know what she's trying to do.

She looks up at me and grins.

She feels that Kaoru is lonely because she's always with Hikaru... But she always manages to cheer him up. What a good soul.

"Come on guys!" Haruhi sighs and they all sit up, still laughing.

"Your turn Kaoru!" Miya hands the bottle to her best friend/ brother-to-be.

Kaoru spins the bottle and it lands on Kyoya.

"I'm not playing." Kyoya says.

"No! I'm daring you!" Kaoru demands and gives Miya and Hikaru a high five. "Kiss my foot!"

Kyoya glares at him and they laugh. I giggle. "Fine let me spin again." Kaoru spins again and this time it lands on Tamaki. Miya gasps and the trio huddle up. They sat back and smirked in unison.

"Truth or dare Tamaki?" Kaoru says creepily.

"Truth!" Tamaki says.

"Do you like Ana?" The trio all chuckle lowly. "We know you can't lie Tamaki."

Tamaki's face turns red. "I wanna change to dare!" Tamaki crossed his arms.

"Kiss Ana!" The trio say and my eyes widened.

Tamaki's face turns even more red and steam rushes out of his ears. They all chuckle. I look down and feel something soft on my cheeks.

Tamaki pulls away. "There!" He turns away from me.

"On the lips!" Miya yells.

"Come on! Do you wanna sleep in the dog house?!"

"Guys..." Haruhi rolls her eyes and chuckles.

Tamaki turns back around. "I don't know if Ana would want to though!" Tamaki says, flustered.

"I-It's fine." I say and his eyes widened.

"See! Do it!" Miya presses. Tamaki straightens himself and I close my eyes puckering my lips.

--Tamaki POV--

She leans in, her eyes shut tight. I lean in and slowly close my eyes. My hand reaches out for her face.

I felt my lips on something cold. I open my eyes to see Ana's hand in between our lips.

--Miya POV--

Tamaki's face fell visibly as he stares at her hand.

"I'm sorry..." Ana squeaks and rushes out.

Tamaki's shoulders slump and he stares at the floor.

I shouldn't have meddled. But those two are hopeless.

"What the fuck are you still doing here?" I say coldly to Tamaki. He looks up. On the verge of tears. "Go after her. Tell her how you feel or I fucking will." I stand up and stride up to him. He looks up at me. "Come on lonely prince." I hold my hand out and smile softly at him. When he doesn't take my hand, I frown and grab his hand, forcing him up. "I'll always pick you up no matter what, even if you don't want me to. Now go or I'll shove my sandal up your ass."

I shove him gently and he stares at me for a moment before smiling and running after Ana.

"Baka." I say as I watch him run down the hallway.

--Tamaki POV--

With a bit of tough love from Miya. I run after Ana.

"Ana!" I take a turn and see her crouched on the floor. "Ana-hime..." She looks up and wipes her blood stained cheeks and eyes with her hand.

I crouch down next to her and pull her into a hug. She sobs.

"I'm sorry Tamaki... It's not that... I don't like you... It's just... I want my first real kiss... To be special." She says.

"Shhh." I stroke her hair as we slowly rock back and forth. She pulls away and her shoulders slump as she looks at my shoulder.

"Sorry..."

I look at my blood stained shoulder and shrug. "It's okay."

"Please don't tell them."

"I won't." I smile softly at her and she manages to give me a small smile back. She then looks down at her bloody hands and frowns.

"I look like a monster don't I?" She purses her lips.

"No... You still look beautiful." I whisper. She looks up and smiles at me.

I stand up and hold my hand out. She takes my hand and I pull her up.

"I have to change and wash my face but my room is all the way on the other side."

"We'll just find another empty room." I squeeze her hand and she stares down at it. I pull away and scratch my head.

"Oh! There was blood on your hand..." She giggles and touches my hair. "It's on your hair now." She giggles again and I smile.

"Here." I open the door and turn on the light.

Empty.

"I'm going to take a shower." Ana says. "You should probably go first. I take a while." She smiles sheepishly.

"Okay. I'll just be a minute." I smile and take four towels out of the wardrobe. "Here." I give her two and she smiles.

"Thanks."

I smile and enter the bathroom.

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Yeah kind of a weird way to end the chapter sorry.

- Luca