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Miri's POV

"Mirin! C'mon! We need to get going!" Daddy's voice was somewhat exasperated, since I was taking forever picking out which books to take with me to the river.

"Mimi, huwwy!" Jai crowed, as he grabbed my hand. I smiled, and then shoved Eragon, Warriors: Fire and Ice, and Brighty, for some unknown reason. I grabbed my iPod shuffle from the table, sticking the headphones in my ears before running out of the house. Jai kept his tiny hand wrapped tightly around mine and it brought a grin to my face.

"Mirin, one of these days I'm just going to have to choose your books for you!" Mam joked. I grinned widely at her, and Daddy laughed.

"Mimi, awe we gonna go swimmin' wike the fishies?" Jai asked me, looking up at me with huge eyes.

"Yes, Jai, we're going to go swimming like the fishies," I whispered back, pulling him close to me for a hug.

We clambered into the car, and took off down the road. It didn't take long for us to reach the lake, and as Jai and I tumbled out, my mother said, "Mirin, keep an eye on your brother, okay?"

I nodded quickly, and then took off after my favorite toddler.

We played in the shallows for a while, ignoring our parents' calls for us to come to lunch. Suddenly, Jai let out a gurgled yell, and got caught in the current.

"MIMI!"

"Jai!" I screeched, taking off after him. But already he was too far from me.

"Mam! Daddy! Help!" I yelled.

They were already running, and suddenly Jai's scream rang through the air again. I tore for the bank, and when my feet touched solid ground, I took off, following his screams.

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I'd been running for hours and hours when I finally realized that his weakening screams weren't the ones echoing through the air. They were mine.

I stopped for a moment, searching for him. My parents were far behind, and I noticed Mam had her cell phone pressed to her ear. They were both crying.

My feet started moving again, and before I could catch myself, I slipped down the steep bank. Jai lay in front of me and I started screeching.

He was dead. A blind person could figure that out.*

For a moment, I could've sworn his chest lift with a breath, but it was only for a second before I fainted.

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Two Years Later (Still not in present)

My eyes opened, and I took in a deep breath, the first I'd taken in what seemed like decades.

Daddy sat beside me, his large hand wrapped around mine. Mam sat in the corner, her arms crossed and her eyes narrowed.

"So the bitch awakes. Did you have a nice nap, bitch? Have pleasant dreams? I'm sure Jai would've been having them too, had you not killed him!" Mam screeched. Daddy stood, and moved between us. Mam jumped to her feet, and got up in Daddy's face.

"Utari, calm down!" Daddy shouted.

"Don't tell me to calm down, Kane! She killed our son, and you know it! That abomination killed our baby! And besides that, she's not even ou" Daddy slapped her, and Mam froze in surprise.

I felt wetness on my lips, and realized tears had started trickling from my eyes.

"Utari, get out of here. Leave, now! I must speak with my daughter," Daddy said quietly. But his voice was filled with steel, and Mam knew not to argue. She slipped around him, and out the door. Daddy stood still for a little while, and then finally turned around.

"Mirin, you've been in a coma for two years. In that time, I have started drinking horribly, and I decided I needed to be checked into rehab. I know that your mother, Utari, has become volatile and quite a bitch, but you must understand. I am doing this so I do not become like her. I love you, honey. Please, listen to me for a moment before I must leave.

"You are not my real daughter. Utari and I found you when you were just a babe. Someone had left you on our doorstep. There was nothing for us to do but take you in. Please, don't be angry with me. At the time, we'd believed that we couldn't have children. Then, nine years later, Jai came along. Please, don't be angry. I love you more than anything, though Utari obviously does not agree. I will find you, once I'm clean, okay honey?"

Tears still trickled down, but I nodded.

"Bye," I murmured. His feet didn't stop in their march.

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(Present)

"Mi-chan. Wake up honey."

"Five more minutes," I mumbled.

"Now, honey."

A growl rumbled through me, and I tried to turn over, but pain shot through my body. I cried out, and a different growl rang through the air. More dangerous.

"Calm down Morinozuka."

"Don't talk down to me, Kane."

"Both of you stop it. She can still hear you."

"Her body wasn't ready for any strenuous activity. That dagger could've killed her, though it didn't hit anything vital."

"She can hear you too, Kyoya. Don't freak her out anymore."

I mumbled something incoherently, and everyone shut up.

Jai.

"What was that honey?" Ta-chan's voice.

Jai.

"Jai." Mori. Oh, Mori-chan. Do you hate me now? Did they tell you what I did?

"She won't quit muttering…" Was that… Hi-chan?

"Shut it Hikaru." Yup. There was Ka-chan.

Was the entire Host Club here?

"Hey Takashi! Do you think cake will make Mir-chan feel better?" Hani-chan. I smiled.

"She's in there somewhere," Ky-chan said.

"Tamaki-senpai… There was a guy waiting outside the door when I walked in. He looked like he was waiting on someone… He matched your description of that one guy…" Ha-chan.

"Yosh."

"No!" I bolted up, ignoring the pain. Every pair of eyes in the room turned towards me.

"Don't let him come in here! Get him away!" I cried, burying my face in my hands.

"Damn bitch." Yosh, when I called him a jerk.

"Where the hell were you?" Yosh, when I wouldn't call.

"I'll make you service me!" Yosh, when I refused to have sex with him.

"It isn't what it looks like." Yosh, when I caught him cheating.

"Mirin, I love you." Yosh, before Tamaki got him.

"You will always be mine!"

Yosh, Yosh, Yosh.

Goddamn Yosh! He just wouldn't leave me alone!

"Shh, shh, honey. It'll be okay." That wasn't a voice I recognized.

I lifted my face, and saw Daddy. Kane Sachiyo.

"You lied," I hissed. Emotions ran rampant through me. He'd promised me he'd find me. And he lied.

"Miri, calm down," Mori-chan said quietly. I looked up at him, and noticed his arm was bandaged.

"What happened to you? Who did this? I'll rip them apart!"

"Miri, calm down," Mori-chan repeated. I glared into his onyx eyes, and they weren't filled with pain. Sorrow lingered in the back, but covering it was pure anger and worry.

"It was Utari," Kane said. I glared over at him, then turned my attention back to the door. Yosh stood just inside it, twisting his fingers like he always did when he was worried.

"Hi-chan. Ka-chan. Make him go away," I whimpered. Mori-chan's fingers wound through mine, and he sat down on the edge of the bed. I burrowed into his chest.

"I just came to bring you your favorite flowers." Yosh's voice still held that wavering quality it'd had when he found out I hated him.

Maybe he had genuinely loved me. I don't really care.

"Take 'em with you and burn them. Get out of here. Can't you see she doesn't want you here?" That would be Ta-chan.

"I don't remember speaking to you, Suoh. Stay out of this."

"Just leave." Mori-chan's voice was low and dangerous.

I peeked out from the warmth of his chest to look at Yosh. His eyes were narrowed, and he was snapping the flowers in half.

"I would say something cliché like You will be mine again!, but that would be no fun. Just know this, Mirin. There will be a day when you won't have anyone to hide behind. And I will take what's mine."

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"Mirin, you were the object of a gay union."

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