I ran across the school grounds, hoping that I wasn't too late. When I arrived at my destination, I went over to the people that were still around with a smile. They scowled at me as I made my way over to hem while panting.
"Hi there," I greeted cheerily.
"What do you want?" asked the girl of the small group. She gave me a look of annoyance.
"I came here for try-outs."
"You're too late. They ended five minutes ago. Now, I suggest you leave." I froze in shock.
"R-really? You're going to penalize me for five minutes without even letting me explain?"
"Yes. Now, get out before I get mad and kick your ass." I scowled.
"Get an attitude check," I snapped before turning around and leaving in a huff of anger.
When I got outside, my phone rang. I perked up and pulled it out excitedly. When I saw the name on the caller ID, I eagerly answered with a smile on my face.
"Hi Kyoya!"
"Hi Kyon."
"How are you?"
"I'm good. How are you?"
"I'm great now that I can talk to you," I replied while heading off, all my anger melting away at the sound of Kyoya's voice.
"It's so good to hear your voice."
"Yours too. It's been way too long. I miss you Kyoya."
"I miss you too Kyon."
"How is college life in America treating you?"
"Well, it's actually a really nice experience, other than the fact that I'm away from you."
"I wish that you weren't. I want to be with you, Kyoya."
"I want to be with you too… so much. Originally, I thought that this was something I can handle with no problems, but if I don't see you soon, I'm not so sure."
"At least then it will only be a few problems instead of you being unable to handle it at all."
"Well, since the problem I'd have is that I need you, I'm not so sure on if I'd be able to handle being here without you any longer. I think I'll visit you this weekend. I just need to see you."
"So you're coming here to Japan this weekend?" I asked excitedly while sitting down on a random bench that was around a small grassy area with a few trees on display.
"If I buy a ticket now, I might be able to. I'll have to look into doing that right away. I need to see you."
"Wow. It sounds like that problem is already happening."
"Well, it's been a while. I haven't seen you since the day I left Japan. I don't want to spend another day without you, but I will wait for this weekend."
"I'm so happy that you're going to be trying to come here this weekend."
"By the way, how are you feeling? Are you still really upset about everyone being gone?"
"Yeah. It's not as bad, but I still miss everyone. Getting daily calls from you, weekly calls from Kyo and Renge, monthly calls from Haruhi, and the occasional call from everyone else helps. I still miss everyone a lot and it makes me upset to think about how everyone is so far away. I'm getting through it though."
"Well, you seem to be holding up a lot better than Tamaki."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I called him around an hour ago and he spent the whole hour we were on the phone crying about how he misses everyone."
"It sounds like he could use some company. I'll get Mahalyn, Ritsu, and Izanami to come with me to visit him later. He sent me his class schedule so I'm sure we can find a time where all five of us are free. Maybe then he won't cry for an hour the next time you call him."
"He still might."
"But then there's less of a chance. Plus, at least he can be happy while we're all together."
"That would be a good thing. Then you'd be happy for that time too."
"Yeah. Mahalyn probably misses Michi a lot too so it'll be good if we can get together to all cheer up and be with friends." Before he could respond to what I said, there was a lot of noise and a couple of voices on the other end so he sighed.
"Kyon, I have to handle something. I'm going to go do that, look at tickets so I can see you this weekend, and then head to bed. I'll call you tomorrow, ok?"
"Oh, uh, ok Kyoya. Bye then. Goodnight."
"Bye Kyon. Have a good rest of your day. I love you."
"I love you too. I miss you."
"I miss you too. Bye."
"Bye." He hung up so I took the phone away from my ear with a sigh. "What was that about? Our call got cut short. I wonder what was going on over there. Oh well. I better start looking for a time where everyone is free so we can spend time together."
"Hi Father!"
"Kyon, you came to visit Daddy! I'm so happy!" Tamaki started to squeeze the life out of me the moment he saw me when I went to visit with Mahalyn, Izanami, and Ritsu.
"I'm glad. I brought friends."
"That's great! We get to all spend time together as friends!" He released me and looked at everyone before starting to hug Mahalyn tightly.
"Hello my dear Mahalyn!"
"Hi Tamaki," she said softly.
"You miss your sister, don't you?" he asked with sadness starting to settle on his face.
"I do. At least I have you to help me through it," she responded while hugging him back. His face settled on one that was half happy and half sad.
My excitement disappeared and turned to sadness. First off, Mahalyn was sad, which made Tamaki sad too, meaning I had two sad friends. Second off, Mahalyn mentioned that she has the person she loves to help her through not having her sister, which just reminded me that the person I love and my brother are both gone. Third off, fun just didn't seem possible anymore.
"Hey, I have an idea for something we could do," Izanami said. We all turned to face her expectantly.
"What is it?" Ritsu asked from beside her.
"Commoner fun center and dinner all together!"
"That's a great idea Izanami! Mahalyn and I had so much fun together the first time we went," Tamaki complimented with a bit more happiness on his face.
"We had a lot of fun together too," Ritsu said thoughtfully.
"Let's go," Mahalyn prompted, seeming to feel better by Izanami's suggestion.
"Uh, you guys go ahead," I said after I realized something. "It's almost time for Kyo to call me. I'll meet you there."
"Oh, alright. Let's go then everyone." After they headed off to the fun center, I headed home and waited a while before calling to let them know something came up and I couldn't go.
I sat in my room alone. I was just a fifth wheel. Without me there, they were basically on a double date. I hadn't thought about the fact that I wanted to hang out with two couples while my fiancé was out of the country. Honestly, it wasn't my best idea. It made me feel even lonelier than I had been before.
Luckily, I didn't have very much time to wallow in my misery because Kyo called about that time. It was earlier than usual, but I was happy he called. I picked up my phone and eagerly pressed it to my ear, almost forgetting to actually answer it.
"KYO," I cried once it was against my ear.
"KYON," he cried in response. I felt tears stream down my face while hearing him cry on the other side. "I CAN'T DO IT! RENGE, YOU DO IT!"
"RENGE," I cried after a moment so I could make sure she had the phone instead of Kyo.
"Kyon, are you alright?"
"No! I miss you guys so much! Plus, I miss Kyoya! I went to hang out with Tamaki, Mahalyn, Izanami, and Ritsu without thinking and I just remembered how they're all couples while we were there! I was just a fifth wheel and it made me feel even worse!"
"Oh, Kyon. It's ok. I'm sure they didn't mean for you to feel that way."
"I know they didn't, but still! I miss everyone!"
"Kyon, please stop crying. I don't know what to do while I'm here in France." I wailed loudly at that. "Kyon!"
"I'm sorry! I miss you!"
"I miss you too. Kyo also misses you. He's hugging me while crying and talking about how much he misses you."
"Tell him that I miss him too!"
"Ok. I'll make sure he knows. First, I just want to know how things are going there in Japan."
"I'm miserable! I tried joining a club today!"
"Oh? Tell me about that," she said soothingly.
"I didn't get the chance!"
"Kyon, calm down and tell me what happened." After a while, I calmed down so that I wasn't crying anymore and told her.
"So, I was five minutes late, but they didn't even let me try out or explain myself. That was the last of the martial arts clubs that I could join. I joined a travel club last week, but they're more of a local travel club. There wasn't one based on international travel. At the end of each semester though, they go on a trip out of the country to celebrate a fun semester of being together. So, I won't be traveling to anywhere amazing often, but I will be traveling some to help keep me occupied. I wanted to join a martial arts club too though. I thought it might be fun."
"You could always make your own martial arts club."
"What would that one be? There's already, karate, judo, martial arts, tae-kwon-do, and a few others I can't think of right now. Every form of martial arts is covered. Plus, they have an overview of all the martial arts together in another club." I sighed. "I guess I just won't be in a martial arts club. I'll just train here and in the dojos. That could still be fun."
"That's the spirit! So, is there not another club you want to join?"
"Well, there's nothing like the host club or the hostess club here, so no. I miss being in those clubs with you guys. I'll make friends in the travel club, but I want to be in the old clubs with my old friends too."
"We should arrange to all meet up sometime."
"We should! Fly everyone somewhere where we can all be together. We can even make it somewhere where we'll all travel! Then no one can complain about being inconvenienced while no one else was. That would be so much fun! We should totally discuss this after this semester!"
"That sounds great!"
"Yeah! We have a plan to make plans!"
"We do! Oh, and I'll try to make sure that Kyo doesn't break down next time we call so that he can have more than five minutes to talk to you."
"Thank you Renge. Hopefully I'll be better next time too."
"Ok, I'm giving the phone to Kyo now. Bye Kyon."
"Bye Renge."
"KYON, I MISS YOU MY TWIN SISTER," Kyo shouted only a second later. I was frozen and trying to hear out of my left ear again for a moment before switching my phone to my right ear so we could talk.
"Hi Kyo. Are you done crying?"
"Yeah. Are you?"
"Yeah. I joined a travel club last week."
"That's great! Where are you traveling?"
"Well, it's mostly within the country. At the end of the semester, we'll plan a trip out of the country so that's going to be fun."
"Oh! Sounds exciting! Maybe you could travel here to France or to America or to England or somewhere else exciting!"
"What's so exciting about England?"
"They have double decker busses!"
"Ok? And?"
"And they have Big Ben! I want to see that big clock so bad!"
"Why? We already saw a big clock every day for two years."
"It's not the same!"
"Ok. I'll let you have that," I said with a smile.
"Thank you Kyon. You really understand."
"Or so you think."
"Well, you're at least trying to get me. Thank you for that."
"You're welcome Kyo." Kyo and I just talked about random things until we hung up. Being able to talk to Kyo and Renge really improved my mood so I headed to bed with a slight smile on my face.
Me- KYON!
Kyon- Ow. Why?
Me- It's fun to wake you up by screaming in your ear.
Kyon- Well, now I'm deaf out of my right ear. Thanks a lot. It'll take time before I can hear out of that ear now too. Between you and Kyo, I'll be completely deaf in a couple years.
Me- You love us! Now, since I accidentally lost the numbers to everyone, it's just the two of us for the disclaimer.
Kyon- Ok. Fine. Do you want to start?
Me- Sure, but I have a message for everyone first.
Kyon- What?
Me- Welcome to Attention! Attention All Hosts! 3! I hope this still turns out pretty good since there will be a lot of phone calls in these chapters!
Kyon- Yeah. She's not kidding by that. There will be A LOT of phone calls so please bear with us.
Me- Yeah! Please!
Kyon- Ok. Now, disclaimer!
Me- Right! I don't own OHSHC or its characters!
Kyon- She owns Kyon, Mahalyn, Izanami, and me.
Both of us- Join us next chapter!
Kyon- Now, get out of my room Amii.
Me- Fine. Be like Kyo in the first one.
Kyon- What?
Me- Never mind!