Kaoru's POV
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Finishing this god forsaken snowball fight (with our victory of course~), we all head back inside. "Yoru where were you the whole time? I didn't even see you out there." I say nonchalantly, but I don't get a response. "Yoru?"

"Where'd she go?" Tamaki asks, looking around.

"You mean we didn't notice her gone?" Haruhi questions, feeling bad. 

"Wait, just calm down." I say, shushing everyone. "Huni-Senpai go check your room to see if she's up there." I tell him as he runs upstairs I go to the living room, seeing our gifts spread throughout the room. But there's a note on the table.

Walking over slowly, I grab the note, seeing that it's in Yoru's handwriting. Reading over the note, my body begins to shake. "Yoru you idiot..!" I growl out, crumpling the note and throwing it to the side.

"What? What is it?" Haruhi asks me, everyone was looking at me. 

"She went back to our manor to give Hikaru a Christmas present." I say quietly and the whole room gets quiet.

"Doesn't she know that's dangerous!?" Haruhi shouts after a minute of silence. 

"She's too warm-hearted to think anything through!" I shout back, getting frustrated. "All she wants is for him to accept her like any brother should! Now I think we should stop standing around and go over to my manor right now!" Everyone instantly obeys, running to the doors as Huni-Senpai calls a limo up front. 

I'm coming Yoru. Just wait.

Hikaru's POV
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All Yoru has been is a pain. That's all she's ever been. Ever since we were born, she's always been the favored one. Well now, i'm going to put a stop to it. Then, it'll just be Kaoru and I again. If he doesn't accept, then i'll force him to. 

Looking over to my pathetic sister, she's still passed out on the floor. God she's so weak. I didn't even strangle her that long. Rolling my eyes, I walk over and take her phone that fell out of her hand as she passed out, absentmindedly hitting the send button as I picked it up.

Mitskuni's POV
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I feel my phone vibrate as we're driving to the Hitachiin Manor. Taking it out I see it's a text from Yoru.

Hikaru and I in basement help plea

She didn't finish the message... "She's in the basement Kaoru." I say, pocketing my phone and getting out of the limo as it stops. We all run to the house, and the door is locked. Takashi punches a hole through the door and we open it, all rushing inside.

"Follow me." Kaoru says, leading the way through their house. All of our demeanors have changed. We were all serious. Scared. Going down the steps two at a time we all stop as we see Hikaru. He looks up at us and a smirk appears on his face. 

I see Yoru on the ground behind Hikaru, passed out. A glare forming on my face I start to walk over, but Kaoru puts a hand on my shoulder, stopping me.

"Hikaru."

"Kaoru." 

"Hikaru why have you gone this far." Kaoru says, his voice quiet. I look at him incredulously.

"What the hell do you mean 'why'?" Hikaru asks, glaring at his brother. "You know damn well why, Kaoru. She's stealing everything away from us. She's always been the favorite. Mom always chose her for her designs. Yoru was the only one anyone could ever tell apart from us!" He begins to shout. "She's just a pain! It'd be better if she wasn't even here! All she does is take things from me! Mom, the hosts, a-and you Kaoru! You too!" Hikaru's panting, his face red with anger.

"Hikaru.." Kaoru says quietly, taking a step closer to him.

"D-don't Hikaru me! You all left me, and it was all her fault!" He yells, and I see fear appear in his eyes as he looks at all of us. "We're supposed to be family! And this is how you treat me. And it all started BECAUSE OF HER!" He points to Yoru, who's still unconscious.

"Have you ever looked at it from her point of view, Hikaru?" I say in a surprisingly calm tone. Hair was covering my eyes as I spoke, a dark aura around me. 

"What the hell do you mean." 

"Do you know how she feels? Have you ever talked to her about this? Confronted her?" As Hikaru goes to say something I cut him off, taking a step closer to him. "No. You haven't. You don't know what Yoru has been through, you don't know the amount of pain you've caused her. All you were really caring about was yourself. She didn't ask your mom to do the photo shoots for her designs. She didn't ask to be the favorite, it's just her personality. Hikaru you don't understand, Yoru is a fragile girl- no, woman. All she wants to do is help. She wants everyone to be happy, she never once complained about you, or Kaoru. She never said a word about what you did to her. Because she was looking out for you. She didn't want you to get in trouble for what you were doing. Yoru was hoping, deep down inside, you really do love her. That's all she really wants. She wants her brother's love. But all you've been doing is pouring this waterfall of hate onto her. I'm surprised she hasn't lost it yet with the amount of pain on her shoulders. Those hate letters, yes I know about them," I say as he gives me a look. I was now standing in front of him, looking up at him. "She has every one. Every single one Hikaru. She keeps them to remind herself that this is reality. That this isn't just some nightmare that she can wake up from.  This is real life. This is all she believes in. And it's because of you. And all she truly wants, is your love. Why the hell haven't you realised this?" 

Hikaru looks at me, dumbfounded, and I can feel the other's stares as well. "Takashi, grab Yoru. We're going home." I say, and Takashi walks past us, picking Yoru up bridal style. "And Hikaru?" 

"What.." He says, still in a daze from what I said. As everyone starts heading up stairs I punch him in the jaw, hard (not hard enough to break it though). 

"That's for what you've done. Now, go think." I whisper as he falls to the floor after the blow. Following everyone else back upstairs, I slam the basement door closed and head out to the limo. 

"Wow Huni-Senpai, I have to say i'm surprised by your antics." Kyoya says as we get back into the car. Everyone's spirits have lifted greatly knowing that Yoru is okay. 

"What do you mean Kyo-Chan?" I say, putting my happy facade back on. "I was only telling Hika-Chan the truth." 

"Hm.." He hums in thought, writing in his notebook. 

"Kao-Chan why do you have a dog- Oh~ It's Athena~!" I chirp as the german shepherd jumps over to me, licking my face.

"What should we do with her once we get back to your house Huni-Senpai?" Haruhi asks me. She's sitting next to Takashi who's still holding Yoru.

"We'll put her in my bed, so she's comfy once she wakes up." I tell her as the limo pulls to a stop. We all file out of the car, heading back into the house. Takashi takes her upstairs while I lead everyone else back to the living room.

Takashi's POV X3
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Taking Yoru up to Mitsukuni's room, I lay her down on the bed gently, pulling the covers over her. There's already a bruise on her neck from where Hikaru had choked her. Sighing quietly, I sit on the edge of the bed.

She's so beautiful.. but I don't know how to tell her. Mitskuni has been keeping her to himself, so it's hard for me to get close.  I sigh again, I was going to ask her out on a date as part of her Christmas present, but that'll have to wait a little bit. 

Using my hand, I gently brush some hair from her face. I lean over and kiss her softly, telling myself she's going to be alright. As I pull away from her, I notice her eyes open.

THERE XDD I updated *cough cough* you're welcome you needy readers. JK XD don't take that seriously omg i love you guys to bits. Thank you for sticking with this story for so long, i'll admit that the beginning of this story is flat out terrible, i was jumping around everywhere and everything. I had a plot in mind but i didn't really know how to get it in action. But anyway, enough of me talking. Happy New Years~! (laaaaaaaate I know XD) annnnd THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 28K READS X333 I love you guys~ ^('.')^ Cheers~

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