Sweet Perfect Smile
By Ai-Pii
Author Notes: Hi everyone, and welcome to my brand new story! This story is one that I wrote a few years ago back when I was part of a fan group. I thought I'd rewrite and update it to reflect the many changes in terms of the fandom that I've gone through. This story is a romance story that has the pairings of hosts with various original female characters, though this story will focus primarily on Kyouya's relationship with the girl he's paired with.
So grab a cup of commoner's coffee, kick your feet up and have some tissues handy as we dive on into this story!
Disclaimer: Ouran High School Hosts Club is the property and copyright of Bisco Hatori. I don't claim any ownership to the world or the characters. The original female characters are the property and copyright of their respective owners, please don't use the girls without our permission.
Chapter One
Do you remember? Our first dance under the stars? I wish to dance with you even for a brief moment. Promise me one thing, beloved King of Shadows. Please don't let anything take you away from me. My fragile heart could not bear it. Dearest love, I would give anything to keep you with me...no matter what the cost.
The snow fell gently on the campus of the famed Ouran Academy, the large clock tower illuminated by the setting sun and the winds blowing the snow in a rhythm to a silent unheard melody. The way the scenery was slowly transforming into a beautiful winter wonderland, the way the snow danced, it was almost as if a page of The ice queen had come to life and engulfed, entranced, and enchanted those who had the pleasure of witnessing the beauty and magic of nature. Standing on the balcony of the South Ballroom stood a young girl, she wore a simple strapless dress that stopped just above her knees, Her dark hair was tied in two pigtails held with two pearl hair clips. The snow seemed to have gathered on her bare shoulders as it kissed her delicate brown skin with it's cold, it didn't seem to bother her as she kept looking up at the clock tower.
Six fifteen...
He was running late...she knew the time could've been wrong, she really began wondering if he was going to stand her up or was he running late. Looking down at the locket in her hand, she smiled softly at the picture of the two of them together.
'Kyouya, you promised to meet me here...where are you?'
"Jenny…?"
"Kyou-Oh...it's you guys."
The young girl addressed as Jenny turned around at the call of her name and saw her friends Romey Meyers and Chinatsu "China" Sakurai behind her. She turned her back to them and went back to looking up at the clock.
"You're going to catch your death out here," China said walking forward, in her hand she held the sheer pink shawl. "Bun-Buns why are you standin' out here in the snow?"
"I'm waiting on Kyo-pon," Jenny said softly. "He told me to meet him out here at five, but he's running late."
"He'll be here," Romey assured her as she put her arm around her shoulders. "Kyouya-San wouldn't stand you up."
"And even if he did, it gives us all the more reason to kick his ass," China said rubbing her hands together in glee.
"He'll show up." Jenny insisted before turning back to gaze at the clock tower. "I won't leave this spot until he shows up."
China and Romey shared a glance as silence passed between them. They really hadn't wanted to burst their friend's bubble but they also didn't want her to angry with them. The sound of China stepping forward and putting the shawl on the girl's shoulders broke the silence.
"Don't stay out here all night Bun-Buns," China said gently. "We don't want you to catch a cold."
"I'll be in if I get too cold," Jenny promised.
With a satisfied nod both China and Romey turned and headed back into the ballroom leaving the pigtailed girl alone once again. Glancing down at her locket again, she saw the glass on it crack and her eyes widened.
"Why would…?" She whispered before holding it close to her chest. Maybe the cold caused the glass to expand and crack. It couldn't have meant an omen or anything. Sighing quietly she gazed at the clock tower again.
"Please come soon…"
I wish to see your sweet smile...It is the sunshine of my existence. Your smile and your sweetheart keep me going even in the darkest of hours.
"Senpai, you didn't need to pick me up,"
Haruhi Fujioka grumbled quietly as she looked over at her friends sitting on either side of her in the limo. She really didn't want to be a bother to them both and had wanted to ride to the dance with her boyfriend but they insisted. Now she was stuck between an idiot and a raver. She groaned and looked out the window.
"But don't you want to ride to the dance with your beloved daddy?" Tamaki Suoh asked with a bright smile. "After all, it'll be fun to arrive together."
"Yeah Haruki, lighten up!" Sally slapped Haruhi on the back and laughed quietly when the small brunette lurched forward. "Oh sorry."
"I was fine with going to the dance with Marcus," Haruhi mumbled. "He had enough room in his limo for all of us."
"Where's the fun in that?" Sally asked draping an arm over Haruhi's shoulders. "Come on and enjoy yourself, grab a soda!"
Haruhi groaned quietly but opened the mini fridge. "You have nothing but Natchan orange…"
"Do you like it?" Tamaki asked as he reached over and began giving Haruhi a bunch of cans of the soda. "You can have as much as you like, I heard that commoners enjoy this brand."
"Whatever planet you're on senpai come home," Haruhi mumbled before looking out the window again. "Oh, we've stopped."
"What?" Tamaki glanced out the window and then tapped on the glass that separated the front of the limo from the back.
"Kogani-San why have we stopped?" Tamaki asked curiously.
"There is an accident ahead that's slowing down traffic, it shouldn't be no more than a few minutes," Kogani said.
"You know...it could be easier to walk the rest of the way?" Haruhi suggested pointing out the window. "We're only two minutes away."
"That's a wonderful idea!" Tamaki said. "We'll travel the way the commoners do! Kogani-San we'll see you at school!"
"Yes, Tamaki-sama."
As the three teens exited the car they began walking along the sidewalk where a crowd was gathered looking at the scene of the accident. On one side of the road was a truck that had little to no damage.
"They stopped traffic for this?" Sally mumbled. "Seriously dude they could've moved that truck."
As they walked along the sidewalk, they could see the large crowd that had gathered near the scene of the crash. Some people were talking amongst themselves while others were asking witnesses what happened. Tamaki could make out the words "it sideswiped the other car" and "the driver of the second car is dead." With every step he took Tamaki felt his whole body grow cold, it wasn't from the winter's winds nor was it the snow that had begun turning his hair a soft white. He stopped walking when he heard the words leave the EMT's mouth near the twisted wreckage of the black car.
"We got a teenage boy here!" the EMT called out as he pulled the person from the car.
"That's…"
"Oh my God…"
"Kyouya…"
Tamaki turned and looked over at Sally and Haruhi before whispering. "Go to school and tell the others what happened," he said quietly and began pushing through the crowd to get to his fallen best friend.
"Rene, what about-?"
"Come on," Haruhi said softly. "Tamaki-senpai will go with Kyouya-senpai to make sure that he's ok. We need to get to school and let everyone else know."
Sally nodded as she looked back and saw Tamaki get into the ambulance before it began leaving to head to the hospital. She closed her eyes and took in a deep shaky breath before running after Haruhi.
"YOU GUYS!"
The door to the central ballroom's preparation room was thrown open as Sally and Haruhi came barreling in. The two of them looked disheveled, covered in the now melting snow and Sally's hairband was missing. The two of them seemed to have run a marathon but more so their eyes were wide with alarm mixed with sadness.
"What the hell happened to you two?" China asked. "Damn Sweetcheeks and Baby Mama you both look like your asses got kicked twice."
"We need to go to the hospital," Sally said leaning forward with her hands on her knees trying to catch her breath. "It's an emergency."
"Calm down and tell us what happened," Hikaru said. "Where's the boss? I thought you two were riding here with him."
"There's been an accident," Haruhi said softly, she took the glass of water that Marcus had handed to her.
"What?! Is Tama-chan ok!?" Honey cried tearing up. "Is that why you two look that way?"
"It wasn't Rene," Sally said softly. "It was Kyouya…."
The room was silent before the sound of a breathless gasp and falling fabric was heard.
"Kyouya please no…"
Everyone turned to the sound and saw Jenny staring at them with wide eyes. Her hands her covering her mouth as she held back a choked sob. She shook her head trying to shake out the news that filled her heart with sadness as it slowly began breaking.
"Everyone, we need to go to the hospital," Haruhi said calmly.
"What about the guests? We can't just leave them here." Kaoru spoke up. "They'll never forgive us."
"We can tell them what happened and see to it that they go home." Honey said. "Takashi, Muireann, and Ren can help me right?"
"Yeah."
"Crawdad make sure that you take Bun-Buns home," China said to her brother. "We'll meet you at the hospital."
"I'm not going home," Jenny said softly. "Kyo-pon needs me to be there."
"But Bun-Buns you're in no condition to-."
"PLEASE!" Jenny cried as tears rolled down her cheeks. "Please! Let me go be with him!"
China went silent before nodding. "Ok...come on let's go."
The hosts and the girls arrived at the Tohto Bunkyo Hospital and saw Tamaki sitting in the waiting room. They could tell the blond wasn't his usual happy go lucky self. He was hunched over and staring at a pair of broken glasses in his hands which they assumed belonged to Kyouya. However what stood out more was the hints of blood staining his white tuxedo jacket and pants.
"Rene, did you hear anything?" Sally asked softly as she walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. She saw him stare at her with hollow lifeless violet eyes. She quickly switched to French to ask him again.
"Ils m'ont dit qu'il était en chirurgie." Tamaki answered quietly as he looked up at her before leaning his head on her shoulder. "Il est en mauvais état."
"Je vois.." Sally then turned to the others and sighed. "They took Kyouya into surgery, and he's in bad shape."
Everyone looked at one another before falling silent and sitting down in the chairs in the room. Many of them would look to Tamaki and then at Jenny who had taken the broken glasses and was sitting alone staring at them.
"If I hadn't accepted going to the dance as his date he wouldn't be hurt." Jenny thought to herself and began to cry softly. Her tears fell on the broken glass and bent metal that spoke of Kyouya's glasses. She could feel her heart breaking at every image of him smiling at her...the way he called her name….the way he'd hold her in his arms.
"Don't cry nijntje, you know I hate it when you're in tears."
Jenny shook her head and sniffled as she could've sworn she saw him smiling at her through the broken glass. She could hear his voice echo through her head and the memories of him leaving her behind were enough to bring more tears to life within her. She let out a soft choked sob of his name.
"Hey, Bunny…"
Jenny turned around and blinked when she was Marcus standing behind her with a bottle of grape juice. "Marky?"
"Don't cry ok?" Marcus said gently as he put a hand on her head gently. "Here, I got you some juice."
Jenny took the bottle and nodded quietly. "Thank you…" she whispered before going back to looking at the glasses.
The doors to the long hallway that led to the operating room opened as a doctor walked out carrying a chart. He looked around the room at the group of teens and automatically knew who they were there for.
"Are you friends of Kyouya Ootori?" he asked quietly looking at them all. His face held a grim look that could only mean everything wasn't ok.
"We are," Tamaki said quietly.
The doctor sighed. "We managed to stop all of the internal bleeding and we managed to restart his heart after losing him twice." The doctor said. "We stopped the internal bleeding but...he's not conscious and….we don't expect him to live through the night."
Everyone stared at the doctor before they heard a loud scream. All of them turned around in time to see Jenny fall to the floor unconscious.
"Jenny!"
End Chapter
Author Notes: Will Kyouya make it through the night? Is he gone forever? What happened to cause the accident? All these questions will be answered in the next chapter. Until next time I shall see you all soon!