Street Rat (OHSHC)

Chapter 22

"Come home right now!" Hikaru commanded.

"Ah, yeah, about that... I've kinda been arrested..."

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"You've been what?" Hikaru asked, disbelief in his voice.

"What happened, it she okay?" Kaoru's voice came over the line, and Reichiru could feel sweat dripping down her face.

"No! She's been arrested!" Hikaru's voice was muffled a bit, signifying that his head was turned away from the phone. When it returned, there were now two voices.

"Rei! Are you okay?" They asked in unison.

"We're fine. Don't worry your little asses off. Kasanoda is here with me, so there shouldn't be any problems getting out-" She explained.

"No. We're coming over there right this instant and you're telling us exactly what happened." Hikaru said, his voice getting harsh and Reichiru couldn't help but flinch.

I've messed up. She thought as the line went dead, signifying that Hikaru had hung up. "Noda. We have a problem." She said with a shaky voice.

"They're not coming, are they?" Kasanoda asked, looking at Reichiru with a growing panicked expression.

She looked at him with a terrified expression. "Yes." She said. "What did you expect from them? That they would just let me deal with this on my own?" She sighed, "And knowing them, they'll probably bring-"

"My daughter!" A voice called out and Reichiru felt tears start to run down her face.

Why. She thought as she looked up to see Tamaki running towards her- though she had to admit that she felt the slightest bit relieved when a cop stopped him.

"You can't be in here sir." He said, "Anyone not under arrest, or needing to be talked to must wait outside in the lobby."

Tamaki looked up at the cop, a look of confusion on her face. "But the nice police lady up front let me go through..." He said.

He... He charmed his way through? Reichiru thought in disbelief.

"Tamaki. I though I told you to wait outside." A new voice said, and Reichiru looked to see Kyoya walking up to the blond haired boy with the rest of the host club behind him.

"Rei!" Hikaru and Kaoru exclaimed, running up to her and wrapping her in their arms, pressing their faces against her cheeks.

"Gu- Guys! Stop!" She exclaimed, trying to get out of their death grips.

"What did you do?" Haruhi asked, looking at Reichiru.

"Nothing! This time- at least." She added the last part quietly, then sighed, "Look, the reason I'm in here is completely idiotic. Just because I robbed that guys store before, doesn't mean I was dong it again." She crossed her arms, looking towards the hallway where the store owner was walking out- having just been questioned by the police officer that had brought them in.

"Who are you all?" The officer asked. Looking up at the host club. "And how did you get back here?"

Kyoya cleared his throat. "I would of assumed that I would of been recognized. Yet here you are, not knowing who I am." He stared, his eyes narrowing coldly as he looked towards the cop.

The cop looked at him for a second more, then gasped as he recognized who was standing in his presence. "Mr. Ootori! I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you sooner! What brings you to our station?"

"I was notified that one of my friends here had been arrested, and if possible, I'd like you to drop all charges against her."

"If yer talkin' about that street rat over 'ere, I'm not droppin' charges." The store owner said, crossing his arms.

"Well then, I'm afraid we might have a problem here." Kyoya said coldly, and for a second, it seemed as if the temperature in the room had dropped a couple degrees.

"What's your interst in 'er anyway?" The owner asked.

"Interest? Well, she's the infamous Hitachiin Reichiru. And if there were to be any charges against her, it would reflect poorly on me- due to me associating with her. Not to mention you don't want to wrath of Hitachiins on you, I assume?"

Man, he really means business. Reichiru thought to herself, staring up at him with wide eyes.

"N-no sir." The owner muttered, a mix of annoyance and anger on his face. "But that doen' mean she didn' steal from mah store." He wasn't letting go of this charge easily.

"Do you think I had a choice?" Reichiru asked, standing up and looking at the owner with hard amber eyes. "I would of starved to death if it hadn't been for me stealing some food. Besides, you had no reason to arrest me today- considering I had payed for all the objects I had taken from your store."

"It's true. She did pay for them." Kasanoda agreed, placing a hand on her shoulder as he stood next to her. "So- unless you also want the Kasanoda syndicate on your ass for going after the heir's girlfriend."

Looking up at him, Reichiru saw that his face was twisted with anger, and all of the cops watching the situation had seemed to be frozen in blocks of ice

"N-no-no cour- course not!" The owner stuttered. And he turned to the officer, "I drop all of my charges against this girl. I apologize for any inconvenience!" With that, he darted out of the station, leaving the group to stand and watch him.

"Well, Noda, looks like you did it." Reichiru said. "Thanks... I guess."

"No problem. Anything for you."

"Agh! You're so sappy!" Reichiru complained.

"So. Bossanova." Hikaru said, and Reichiru and Kasanoda turned around to see Hikaru and Kaoru looking at the two with their eyes glinting.

"Oh shit. I said girlfriend, didn't I?" Kasanoda asked.

"Yes. Yes you did." Reichiru answered, patting the red-head on the back.

"You're dating our sister, aren't you?" The two of them asked together.

"May-Maybe..." Kasanoda stuttered.

"Well, let us tell you one thing." Hikaru started, getting close to Kasanoda.

"You break her heart-" Kaoru continued.

"We'll break you."

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Hey sinners! Thanks for being patient with me. I really thought I would be able to write more than I actually could over this vacation, but there was too much 'family time' that I had to join in on so I wouldn't be called antisocial again. I'm still on vacation (at my grandmother's on my dad's side now) but she's more chill, so hopefully I'll be able to write more.

Also, I will be starting school this Wednesday (legit the day I get back home) so I don't know how much I'll be able to keep up my updating schedule because I'll be going into Junior year, which as some people know is a busy and stressful year... so yeah that's gonna be fun. But anyways, I hope to be able to write more!

-Sin