The Overflow

Chapter 8

The day pulled closer to an end or so I would have hoped. But instead, here we all are standing outside in one of the side courtyards being directed to make a movie. The girls who have special privileges to be in the film began to scream for dramatic effect as Hikaru began to dribble a basketball. The scene was set to a basketball game which allowed Renge's version of their perfect character image to come to life. Hikaru continued dribbling, passing through the midline and coming up on the goal before shooting and scoring. A fake laugh echoed through the area as he began running along the court once more. Kaoru being more dramatic than ever, played the moment of being hurt while clutching his knee on the floor. "Get a stretcher and take him to the infirmary immediately!" One of the stage extras called out to add to the scene. Hikaru pushed through the surrounding people kneeling down to his brother. "Kaoru." Hikaru called out worriedly before the fake coach entered. "You've got to get back in the game Hikaru, we need you." The coach said.

"Shut Up!" Hikaru yelled, Kaoru kept his composure while placing his hand against his brother's cheek. "Hikaru...Listen to me, please don't worry. There's nothing you can do, you can't share my pain. You're not the one who got hurt, now go on." Kaoru told his brother weakly, almost as if he was about to die. Hikaru's eyes filled with tears as he grabbed his brother's hand from his cheek, holding it ever so tightly. "I can't! It hurts, it hurts Kaoru." He told his brother. As the scene came to a change Renge took the liberty of narrating in between. "Your pain is my pain, it doesn't matter to me if no one else understands. As long as we have each other we can go on living." She said as the scene changed to a more dreary set up. The rain or as you will call it, water from a sprinkler system lightly showered the grounds as the background were places to seem more of evening time. Tamaki stood in the middle of the rain before saying his lines. "I'm sorry, but I'm envious." He poetically said before the twins entered the scene also. Their perspective was casted upon the blonde before Tamaki spoke again. "The way the two of you support each other like that." Tamaki called out to them. "But Suoh-Senpai" Hikaru started before Kaoru continued "How can you be envious of us? You're the school's idol." Kaoru lines ended. "An idol, right." Tamaki stated as he began to brush the hair out of his face, sighing. "I hate that people worship me for something so superficial as my appearance. I think it'll be much better for me to be alone." Tamaki said while giving a sadden smile. Renge then began to narrate once again as the scene changed. "One lonely heart meets another. They pass others, wounding one another. What are the hearts of these young men made of?" She questioned.

The scene now changed as Haruhi was set to run through the trees before she slid down the side of the tree to catch her breath. Honey stomped his feet coming closer to the young girl. "You can't run away forever. I'm gonna show you what happens to anyone who crosses me." Honey spoke before Mori said his lines while approaching the small boy. "Don't do it Mitsukuni, you should've realized by now that whenever you hurt others, you're really just hurting yourself." Mori told the boy trying to showcase sympathy. Honey's character was built to act tough and resist the urge to be nice, which I could tell was very hard for the little guy to do. "I didn't ask you for any advice, you want me to put you over my knee again?" the lolita boy spoke before more narration was brought forth. "Will it be the light of salvation that ultimately awaits these boys? Or will it be something else?" Renge narrated.

The scene was coming to a close as Honey continued what was supposed to be his last few lines. "Y'know, it really pisses me off when people don't know their place." Honey said before taking a brief pause, the boy then ran to Haruhi hugging her and crying. "I'm so sorry Haru-chan, I can't do this anymore." Honey apologized while Renge's medusa mode came out. "CUT! Cut cut cut!" She yelled as the camera crew stopped recording. "What's wrong with you, you gotta stick to the script." She scolded the lolita boy as he refused.

Hikaru, who was now seated beside me and Kyoya, questioned the whole event. "How did we go from changing our characters to shooting a movie about them?" He asked before Haruhi questioned it also. "And why is there an entire film crew here to shoot it?" Curiosity built up as more questions arise from each host. Kyoya took hold of his clipboard to examine the details. "Apparently she flew them in from Hollywood. Don't you recognize the director? He directed the vampire movie 'Millennial Snow.' It was the number one grossing box office hit in America last year." Kyoya told the hosts, receiving glares from each of them. "And how much is this costing us?" I questioned the boy. "Well Renge is paying for it all from her family's wealth." Kyoya informed me. Haruhi and I looked at each other before accidentally speaking simultaneously. "Damn these rich people." We grumbled before the twins caught our attention.