It was the final night, a going away party for Haruhi was being held, with a masquerade theme to compliment the game that was to be played. Haruhi was nervous about all this, and when she was pulled away and shoved into a dress, wig and makeup, it only made her anxiousness worse. She wanted to reveal that she was actually a girl, and there was to be a "Find Haruhi!" game to make it a bit more interesting. In a flash, she was pushed into the crowd after the announcement of the game. In moments, guests were pointing to her, exclaiming that they found Haruhi, and how cute she looked in a dress.
"Uh, really?" A Haruhi stammered.
"Of course!"
"We've known for a while, and we approve!"
"Yeah, we've also known about you and Tamaki for a while too,"
A gagging sound was heard from Tamaki's direction.
"No no! It hurts, but we completely accept you two!"
"Yeah we think it's amazing! And we support everything!"
Haruhi lost it, tears sprung to her eyes.
"Th-thank you, for everything."
The crowd enveloped Haruhi with hugs, until Tamaki broke through the crowd and brought her out, and danced with her. They smoothly traced the floor (well Tamaki did anyway,) while the girls quite literally swooned. Kyoya had been watching from the above balcony diligently, quite pleased with the outcome. Hunny and Mori were with him as well.
Well this is pleasant, seems will be making more profit than I had originally speculated, Kyoya said, business as usual.
Hunny gave him a quizzical look. There had been something on his mind for a while now.
"Kyou-chan...is this really ok with you?"
"Eh?"
"I've been thinking for a while... Actually, I didn't expect Kao-chan's development. I've always thought that maybe you were the most clueless one about your own feelings..."
Kyoya turned to Hunny, genuinely confused, especially about the tiniest of pangs he felt in his chest at the words. "Me? You mean for that raccoon girl?"
"Ye...yes..."
A small pause interrupted the conversation as Kyoya dipped his head in thought.
"I acknowledged her, but I'm not interested. I won't choose someone who can't bring merit to the Ootori family."
He turned to the side to gaze at the happy coup-well, mostly happy couple, as the twins has already descended on the two.
"I found something far more precious...And I have no intention of ruining it." The rare smile escaped, Hunny and Mori returned it, seeming more than satisfied with his answer.
He turned around again to steal a glance at the pair once more, but they were nowhere to be found. Presumably, disappeared to discuss their imminent marriage or some other silliness. The Hitachiin twins were putting on a good show in their wake. Good, this going away party really needs the money, considering how the hosts were taking an extended vacation to America. Haruhi, to study abroad, the other, well, because he is a clingy moron, and is bound to do something of the sort. Such is young love. Hence why the other host club members made arrangements to live in the unoccupied rooms in the same building as Haruhi and Tamaki only yesterday. There is in fact some business that could be done if Kyoya were to study abroad, so, naturally, he went right along with the plans, regardless of how very spontaneous they were. And insane, of course. After all, he did have a twinge of happiness at the thought of being with the people he had shared these past three years with. A strange sort of attachment had grown. Besides, without having to constantly keep in check of the clubs rambunctious and tiresome little escapades, well, it would be very boring indeed.
Jotting down some quick notes on his clipboard, a half amused chuckle rang in his throat.
"I won't choose somebody who can't bring merit to the Ootori family," Of course I couldn't, not ever... It's just good business.
"EHHHHHH?"
A scream was heard over the throng. Ah, so Tamaki informed Haruhi of his accompanying her. She must be quite angry. Not as angry as she will be when she finds out who her new neighbors are, but that is later. That impulsiveness must be one of the things that girl finds so endearing about Tamaki. How strange. "Although," Kyoya thought, "That is something that I find endearing about that moron as well, amongst other things."
Kyoya turned his attention to the conversation at hand.
"And when he said, 'But I thought everyone knew already.'"
"'I'm definitely not letting Haruhi go there alone.'" The twins related.
"How were we supposed to know...?"
"The reason why Tama-chan was so busy was because his grandmother said she would agree with his study abroad project only if he was able to comply with the schedule she had decided. If Kyou-chan hadn't informed us yesterday, we wouldn't have realized it either."
Oh, they're talking about me.
"Well, I can see him planning something like that."
Yesterday, after talking it over the the twins, Mori, and Hunny, was when they had proposed they all go along as well. Perhaps it was then that Hunny had gotten it into his head that he...? Well that poofball is the most insightful of the group when it comes to that sort of thing. Kyoya did mention at one point under his breath that it would be a shame to leave those two alone, when asked if he wanted to go along. It was a joke really, his own mild attempt at humor. Everyone knew that his interests in accompanying the group were purely fiscal. Unless there was something in the past that Hunny saw that brought along that insane commentary? Kyoya made a mental note to ask Hunny about it later. In the meantime, there are bawling girls to attend to, and some extra profit to be milked with some commemorative magazines.
That night, Kyoya was sitting up in bed, finishing some last minute details to their plans. The airplane was to arrive for Tono and Haruhi at 7 AM, and Kyoya and the rest of the host club were to take the plane right afterward at 8 AM. He had already double, triple checked all of his belongings, and all there was now was to add the finite details of food to the itinerary. Kyoya sighed. Naturally, the others couldn't be trusted to handle this themselves. Not that that particularly bothered him. There was one thing that did bother him though. He had been putting on his work-face for the guests, and he just so happened to glance up and spot what looked an awful lot like Tamaki embracing Haruhi. It was about time, it's been quite a while in the making, that moment. Feels like a lot longer than a year. What an odd feeling that occurred at seeing it though. In his chest, those little pangs again. It hurt. It doesn't seem like there's any sort of medical issues, he wasn't at any sort of risk for a heart attack or a stroke, so...what then? An emotion of some sort? Kyoya wasn't particularly familiar with any of those trifles, such as strong emotions. But why now? Why would something like this have to happen NOW of all times? "I won't choose someone who can't bring merit to the Ootori family..." Another pang.
Kyoya sighed. "How tiresome," He regained focus, and noticed that he had been typing the same phrase over and over again. As he was holding down the backspace key, he looked down and noticed the time. 3:24 AM.
"Must stop making a habit of this... I'm going to fall ill at this rate," Kyoya glanced over the itinerary once more and shut the laptop. It really wasn't like him to lose himself in thought. Of course, he had partaken in things this past month that wasn't like him at all either, not in the slightest. Maybe some black thoughts in his sterile white world wouldn't kill him. Just maybe though.
