There are so many stories where the ending of Bubblegum Talk has led to.
Was it an ending? Or was it not?
Has the Fun begun…or has it stopped?
Are things on standby or things abandoned?
Will the tales freeze up or be in motion?
Is Fun coming back or has it left?
Don't know what'll happen, so what comes next?
In your brain there are many things to be asked and many questions…
Although it won't be answered until what comes is inspiration.
Mechanics of the Bubblegum:
Once eaten the user will have the power to attract men, and men only. This bubblegum only stimulates and bring forth any feelings for the user of the victim. If victims do not harbor any feelings of romance, they will not do anything romantic. HOWEVER...
If the victim does harbor feelings, even if it is slight, it will enhance and be uncontrollable.
The break of morning, and for once he was up and early. The light-brown haired boy fumbled into his uniform, and tried to get into the bathroom without collapsing onto the floor in sleep. It was now 6:30 am and his little brother didn't wake up yet.
He was barely awake himself. And he had a nice long rest after the whole ordeal was over. Yes, the whole ordeal when Haruhi had stopped smelling so good. It was over, and now the twins would have to find another way to have fun. But for now…
"Where's the toothbrush?"
His toothbrush is in question! Of course, where was it? His toothbrush…gone?
Hikaru's eyes opened from it's sleepy state. Could it be that someone stole his toothbrush? He searched all over the bathroom counter for a sign of his blue toothbrush but as usual he found none.
Because.
Someone.
Stole.
It.
Yes, Hikaru's going aggravated, not only because he woke up early in the morning. SOMONE JACKED HIS ESSENTIAL BRUSH OF THE TEETH! Hikaru grumbled to himself and then made his way out the door; forget brushing his teeth, he can eat bubblegum and it'll make up all for it.
He slowly walked his way towards the desk that had a jar of mint and strawberry gum. No…they didn't tamper with that one. They had disposed of them long before so as no one would accidentally eat one. BUT…that wouldn't be fun, neh?
The older twin's hand came in contact with the jar of pink and green and brought it down from the shelf. He screwed the jar open and reached inside and picked one up. It looked strangely…pink. Pinker than the rest, but that didn't stop the dude from eating it.
Chewing on the gum, he noted that it tasted weird. Like mint and strawberry together. He was positive that they were supposed to be separate tastes.
Hikaru stood there, frozen in mid-chew.
Nah, nothing's wrong, Hikaru thought to himself as he sleepily walked over to the bed. He collapsed on the side of the bed and stared at his mirror image. The teenager never looked happier when resting. He looked so innocent…so…so…
Peaceful. It gave Hikaru the peace of mind to think that this…precious human being was of his blood. He was his brother. A very precious…innocent brother that wasn't harmed by anything of this world.
Hikaru's hands slowly traveled towards his image's face and cupped his brother's face. He gently stroked it, afraid that he might just lay a scratch on this thing that could be considered as gold.
Indeed was this boy under his touch a pure angel when he was sleeping.
Hikaru couldn't…just couldn't resist to-
"HEY, KAORU WAKE UP!"
"Wuh?" he mumbled, peeking out from his eyes. Kaoru frowned and then flipped onto the other side to ignore his older brother. "Please…just a few more minutes?"
The fifteen year old scoffed, and poked the back of Kaoru's head a few time, "Rise and shine, sleeping beauty! We have to get up and ready, rejuvenated to put together our biggest project of the whole club!"
"Dun wanna."
"Kaoru," Hikaru purred, leaning down to nuzzle into his brother's neck. "What's the matter? Tired from last night?"
Kaoru stayed silent, but tugged the sheets over his neck as if making a motion for Hikaru to leave him alone. The older one frowned and was quite disappointed at his brother's reaction, but instead allowed his fingers to creep towards Kaoru's hair.
"Hello? Wake up, dear angel-"
"Hikaru!" he exclaimed, pushing away his twin's hands from his hair. "Please…just let me sleep."
"Ashamed?"
Kaoru's face turned pink and red, and he snapped, "No-! I just-"
The older twin poked his younger brother's cheek and laughed at his embarrassment. "You lost and we played a punishment game. You really suck at card games." Hikaru tried to stifle a laugh, in which was really hard to do. "If you don't want the punishment game, then don't blindly challenge me."
"I wasn't blindly challenging you!" he weakly retorted. The golden-eyed boy pulled the sheets over him to cover his head. "Leave me alone, Hikaru. It's not fair that I had to…" Hs voice became quiet, and he ended it in a whisper. "…be the uke…"
His grin widened, as he snickered under his breath. "Oh gawd, now you're embarrassed?"
"I'm NOT embarrassed!"
"Oh yeah, sure!"
"But what if…they heard me last night…"
"Who's the they?"
Kaoru blushed furiously underneath the white sheets as his older brother playfully poked him. "You know…t-the maids and stuff."
"Ohh," Hikaru drawled, putting a finger on his chin. He tilted his head and went for a thoughtful glance. "Afraid they heard you, eh?"
Kaoru meekly nodded.
"Don't worry too much on it! Everyone goes through-"
"BUT NOT IN THAT WAY!"
"Trust me. It's because you're such a loser and because you're so cute, I couldn't resist doing that to you last night. Forgive me?" Hikaru asked; a pout on his face. Kaoru's eyes shifted towards the puppy eyes of Hikaru's, and let out a sigh.
"Hikaru…" He sat up, his eyes were closed. "I can't possibly stay mad at you, and I can't forgive you because it was…" Kaoru shuddered. "Horrible. It felt…weird…and…horrible!"
The older brother flung his arms around the poor little Hitachiin twin. "Don't worry about that! It'll pass! And if you feel worse about it, why don't I get you used to it, neh?" He muttered, nipping on Kaoru's earlobe gently.
Kaoru shuddered and flung him off and removed the sheets that covered his body. "AND HOW DO YOU GET USED TO THIS?"
"Awww, but you were adorable! I KNEW IT WORKED ON YOU!"
"H-HIKARU!"
Maids passing by outside their door just sighed and shook their heads mumbling about hearing strange mewls the night before. They heard some crashes and a ruffle of sheets, and then they continued walking along ignoring what was going on inside.
Kaoru's face was flushed red, as he stood over a boy who was clutching his painful head. A vein was throbbing at his head and he ran to the bathroom yelling, "I'm sorry for hitting you, Hikaru!"
SLAM
Truthfully enough, his own brother whacked Hikaru on the head leaving a hurting sore. He massaged his head and stared at the mirror looking at the bump visible on his head. Who knew that Kaoru could PUNCH him that hard…
K-chak
Hikaru turned around to see that Kaoru was in his uniform, and straightening his tie awkwardly. "Really, Hikaru, wherever you get those weird ideas of doing our punishment games…it's weird!" Kaoru protested, still carrying on with the fight. Hikaru held in a laugh as he stood up.
"I just got inspired-!"
The younger twin pursed his lips as he snagged his bag off the shelf. "Hikaru, you were reading smut again," he deadpanned, giving him a serious look. "That isn't good for you."
"No, I wasn't!"
"You're in denial! Just tell me what you were doing last night, hmm?"
Hikaru's ears turned pink and he looked away guiltily. He could never lie to his brother, and Kaoru was just using that advantage to make him confess. "Fine, I was reading…stuff on the internet."
The younger twin frowned as he pulled open the door. "Of course you were! I can't image you getting anymore perverted than Dono."
"Dono's perverted?"
"OH YES HE IS! Anyways, Hikaru, smut is bad," Kaoru explained, as he stared very hard at his brother. "Very bad."
"But I wasn't reading smut," the older twin denied as they walked down the staircases, bags tucked under their arms. Kaoru had to bite his lip to refrain from exploding at Hikaru. Of course, his older brother was more…immature about these stuff! He probably doesn't know what he read that night WAS smut. SMUT! His brother had read that!
Kaoru paled, and then stopped his brother by putting a hand on his shoulder. "You do realize that our punishment games ARE kind of smut. So therefore, as your younger brother and twin, I will not allow you to get ideas from smut OUTSIDE of our punishment games."
Hikaru blinked.
"Our games were…smut?"
"…What WERE you reading last night?" Kaoru said, skipping off the topic.
"Oh that?"
"What was it?"
"I was reading about a guy cross-dressing with a pink fluffy dress!" he chirped, a crooked smile on his face. Kaoru blinked.
Total innocence.
Except the whole concept of the thing wasn't innocence.
It was plain out dirty and wrong and gross and-
"You got your idea from THAT?"
Hikaru shrugged as they stood in the way of maids trying to get down the stairs. "I thought it'd be fun-"
The younger twin exploded in red and grabbed Hikaru dragging him down towards the door. "Shush and don't talk about that, Hikaru, it's embarrassing," Kaoru muttered, as the twins disappeared through the door.
"Ara, no breakfast?"
"We don't feel hungry," he answered for him and possibly the chauffer who, on cue, got into the limousine. Kaoru shoved his older brother into the limousine and propped himself at the window. Kaoru couldn't help but feel his face heat up and he stole a glance at Hikaru.
He felt some kind of…urge when they had talked.
Why though?
'AM I ACTUALLY GAY? THAT'S SO WRONG!' he screamed in his head, feeling ashamed that he ever thought of his brother THAT way. But no…it wasn't that he loved his brother. 'It was a surge of feelings…something…that just randomly came up…'
How weird…he could identify the strawberry scent that was in his mouth…but…
"You have strawberry-scented toothpaste do you?" Kaoru asked, looking over at Hikaru.
"What?"
"Never mind, you and I share the same," Kaoru mumbled before biting down on his bottom lip. No…can't possibly be…
Is he falling in love with Hikaru?
Not possible. The Authoress was just probably trying to screw him up with that theory…
His eyelids half-lidded as he stared at the passing landscape.
"How peculiar…I thought I smelled…" Kaoru trailed. His mind traveled back to the incident…
"Oy, Kaoru," Hikaru called, grabbing his brother's attention. Ever since Haruhi had unknowingly disabled the effect of the bubblegum, the twins had lost their fun. And right now…they were sitting in their room doing nothing.
"Hn?"
"What do we do about these other gum?" Hikaru asked, bringing up a bright pink ball between his fingers. Kaoru glanced over from his homework and then frowned.
"It's boring, Hikaru. Toss it."
Hikaru's eyes dulled for a while. Of course, boring stuff needs to be thrown away. He stared at it with his eyes. But there can be some fun perhaps? Maybe…Kaoru was just being too quick with that. They might have more fun with it, Hikaru told himself. But-
"Hikaru, it's dangerous with that here, just dispose of everything," Kaoru reminded him, snapping Hikaru out of his thoughts. Of course, his little brother was always correct, Hikaru knew that. He dropped the bubblegum back inside of a random jar and grabbed the attracting bubblegum-filled jar by its rim.
"I'll do that," Hikaru said, swishing it around boringly. Unbeknownst, a small roll of bubblegum rolled out and plopped into another jar. Hikaru just continued onto the door holding the jar in one of his hands. "What do I do with it?"
"Burn it."
Maybe…Hikaru dropped the bubblegum into the wrong jar?
Kaoru blinked.
"No…it was probably just the toothpaste," he finalized.
-Host Club: Under construction
"Alright, my fellow hosts!" a blonde sang, snapping his fingers to gather the remaining six's attention. He stood in the middle of the room, hand raised up high in the air. "We are entering the competition for the play…The play that gets the most money and viewers wins!"
"What's the play about?" one asked. Of course…they hadn't been told on what they were supposed to do. All Tamaki had said was: "There's a super-duper plan tomorrow! Make sure you rest up and get yourself hyped up, cus' tomorrow the BIG SUPER-DUPER PLAN!"
"Since the play is going to be played by all the Host members…we shall pick one of fantasy…such…romance will KILL the audience! AND THEY WILL GO TO HEAVEN IN BLISS!" he screamed, tossing his fist into the air. Everyone else just stared.
"Romance?" the twins chorused in unison. "What are you planning NOW, Dono?"
"THIS!" he shoved a book in front of the Hitachiin twins and allowed them to wince at the title as he stood there flashing his pearly smile.
"The Magical Breath-Taking Romantic Play- directed by yours truly, Suoh Tamaki. Also the main character MUST wear this!" Tamaki pulled out a frilly dress and smiled at it. His eyes started to travel towards a certain brunette who was sitting ignorantly away.
"No, thank you, sempai. I rather do other things."
"But Haruhi!" he whined, before getting silenced by a raven head who had wandered up to him and whispered something in his ear. Tamaki nodded slowly and then shot a look at him as he pushed up his glasses.
The onyx-eyed boy snapped his book closed and put a hand on his hip, while his cast was left hanging. Very professionally, he said, "Haruhi…if you wear the dress, and manage to do wonderfully in the play, one-fifth of the money earned from the play will be used to pay your debt. That is…if you wear the dress and act."
Haruhi's eyes twitched.
Kyouya's passive face was still on.
The twins and the seniors became anguished and they immediately rushed over to Tamaki. Grabbing a shoulder, Hikaru whispered hastily into Tamaki's ear. "Haven't you forgot, Dono? She can't act!"
Tamaki blinked as he caught a whiff of the scent, but he pushed it away and rubbed his chin slightly. "That proves to be…of…a problem."
"Precisely! She'd act like a robot, and if you want us to fail this whole…play…well…we're going to fail! We're going to LOSE," Kaoru exclaimed. A small blonde ran in front of Tamaki and tugged at his sleeve coat.
"Tama-chan, Tama-cha. Haru-chan can be kawaii, but she can't act the main character!"
"Yosh! I have this wonderful plan, then!" Tamaki said, pushing the crowd away from him. He flung his arm into the air and smiled broadly. "Alright! It seems like I may have to revise this script, so that Haruhi may get a part in this!"
"…I'm already a part of your lousy play, even if I'm not the protagonist…" she muttered, while wandering away. She only got grabbed back by Tamaki, and grumbled as his arm was flung around her neck. "Sempai…what now?"
"Well!" His hand slid off her shoulder and he strode over to the rest of the group. "Any volunteers?"
"The protagonist must be perfect!"
"HIKARU!"
"W-Wha-?"
Tamaki's arm laced around the elder Hitachiin, and pulled him close. This puzzled the two twins. 1) Tamaki just pulled Hikaru to him like he would do to Haruhi. 2)…Tamaki knows who is who…
"He shall be the princess!"
"Say that again…"
Tamaki put a hand on his head and smiled like he did when he had a stupendously stupid idea! He stalked around the stiff first-year and proclaimed.
"Hikaru…has an air about him…that just announces…PRINCESS! PERFECT! And now I shall go over the script! Princess Aiko has fallen in love with a common knight who has saved her from drowning in a deep river…named…Masaru."
He clenched his fists, and smiled triumphantly. "She could not be with her loved one, because of the rule…a suitor, Kyoshi, who is handsome yet…egoistic, proposed to be her bride, but she does not love him. As well…another knight, Mamoru, whom is the childhood friend of Aiko, who is helplessly in love with her. Masaru…was sent to battle under the order of the king, in order to keep Princess Aiko and this…lowly knight apart!"
There was a dramatic pause.
"However…Kyoshi…does not wish for the knight to be with his lovely Aiko," Tamaki said, with furrowed eyebrows. "The princess knew that…and knowing that she will never see him again, after the battle…Aiko…left the castle in search of her knight in the shining armor!" Tears started to collect at the edge of his blue eyes. "However…while she sees him in battle, feeling jealousy, Mamoru tries to kill Masaru, but fails…and kills Aiko instead…she falls into the embrace of Masaru…"
"And…dies."
"Tamaki…" Kyouya said after the long and solemn silence. "That…is kind of stupid, but I believe that it's ingenious enough to get a lot of viewers…"
"Yes! Of course it is! I have a place for everyone! EVERYONE!" he announced, shooting his arms into the air. "We are to start today! Using our superb acting, we will make this play a success!"
"D-Dono…" Hikaru said; his voice shaky. He planted a firm hand on the president's shoulder and muttered. "Why…am I the princess?"
"Haruhi may be the one for charms, Hikaru," he said. "However, she will never be able to play out the protagonist! Fret not, Haruhi daughter! I will give you a role that you will be able to play out efficiently!"
Haruhi, who was so trying to escape, stopped in her tracks and glanced at him. She said in doubt, "What's that?"
"You…will be…Masaru."
"Tamaki, you understand that…it's hard to imagine a knightly figure being around…four inches shorter than the princess…?" Kyouya said. Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"She's wearing…heels!"
"Heels were not invented in medieval times…" Hikaru and Kaoru countered. Tamaki paced around the classroom, and furrowed his eyebrows.
"Kaoru!" he said, jabbing a finger at the younger twin. "You be the knight."
"Wai-Wha?"
"Kyouya!"
"What."
"You're the suitor!"
"…Excuse, but I have a lousy cast on my arm."
"When is it coming off?"
"Hm. Few days."
"Perfect! In time of the performance!"
"Honey-sempai!"
"Hai?"
"…um…the queen!"
"Takashi, Takashi! I'm the purty QUEEEN!"
Tamaki nodded in agreement and looked at Mori. "You will be the king!"
"Aa."
"I shall be…Mamoru!" he said, patting his chest. He spun towards the last member, and pointed at her. "Haruhi…"
Haruhi's eyes landed on the upperclassmen, praying that he had nothing for her to do. He snickered under breath, while she said slowly. "Yes…?"
"You will be…Kisa…who is forever the admirer of Mamoru!"
"Tamaki-sempai…you just made that up didn't you…" Haruhi said, narrowing her eyes at him. Tamaki clapped his hands together and handed out bunches of paper to everyone. Haruhi received hers and stared at the title. "The Magical Breath-Taking Romantic Play." She looked up. "…That's the title?"
"Why, yes!" he said, with a large smile. "And we shall build the set by hand, like commoners!"
Kyouya nodded; he pushed up his glasses and flipped the notebook open, tapping his chin with his black pen.
"We should start moving several props from one room to the storage. We will need that room to build our sets. As well the paint…since many are doing a play, the order for paint are actually quite full. We should buy it ourselves at the commoner's stores." He looked at Haruhi for a second, and nodded. Kyouya turned the page to his notebook. "We need to handle wood…as well paint."
Everyone blinked, and everyone heard the flipping of the page.
"This is a very costly thing to do, however we may go to the Drama Club and borrow some of their props to decrease the amount. Judging from our many cosplay clothing, we enough to supply the many roles that we have. We must mix and match in order to get the clothing that we want." He pushed up his glasses.
"Wigs are not supplied, but judging from the Hitachiin's clothing and fashion business, they should have add-on hair, right?" he glanced at the Hitachiins who just nodded in reply. "Anyways…our amount of money can be paid off if our play is a success. As well, rake in some extra money to pay off Haruhi's debt…that is…if you do well."
Kyouya and Tamaki stared at her; Haruhi started to shrink.
"And wear this please, Haruhi dear, if you are to be terribly in love with Mamoru," Tamaki said, showing the flaunting dress pinched in his hands. Haruhi became gloomy, and stared at the outfit with veins popping out from her head.
"Sempai, I will NOT wear such an outfit!"
"B-B-But Haruhi!"
"Kyouya-sempai, how could you go with his choice of clothing-?"
"One-fourth of the money earned will repay your debt," Kyouya countered calmly. Haruhi twitched. Oh…she really, really wanted to get her hands on that stinking money to pay off her stinking debt. But she really, really does not want to wear such a skimpy looking dress that could possibly show off her curves revealing to the whole school that she indeed is a woman.
"Also if you're worrying about your chest, we have that covered. You can wear something looser that that."
And Haruhi was about to use that as an excuse…
"Okay! Any objections?"
"YES I HAVE COMPLAINTS!" Hikaru roared. "WHY AM I THE ONE IN THE DRESS? ISN'T KAORU THE SHY, TIMID LITTLE BROTHER?"
"That's kind of insulting, Hikaru," Kaoru mumbled. His brother didn't pay attention but continued ranting to the president.
"I don't want to wear a dress! It's—It's-bad enough!"
"Are you done?" Kyouya interrupted after the long silence.
"Yeah," he muttered lamely. Kaoru patted his older twin's back, and offered a comforting smile. But no…it didn't help. Hikaru still felt horrible that he had to dress up in drags and play the little damsel in distress and DIE in what had to be the uke's arms.
How wonderful.
"You're wonderful as a lady, Hikaru!" Tamaki protested. "You are headstrong and-"
"I'm SEME, not uke."
"You will play the role of the stubborn princess! You are cut out for this!"
"Yeah!" Honey screamed, bouncing up and down. "Hika-chan will look very pretty in a dress!"
Mori nodded, and Haruhi shrugged and said, "As long as I'm not the one in the dress…"
Kyouya smirked and said, "That's majority out of five. Of course, Tamaki and I support the fact for you being the princess as well Honey-sempai, Mori-sempai, and Haruhi…"
"I still don't like the idea of it," he said with a frustrated pout. The older twin turned to Kaoru for support. "Please, please, please help me…Kaoru," he said in a hasty whisper. Kaoru placed a hand on Hikaru's shoulder, and closed his eyes for a long time.
And when he reopened it, there was a strange shine in his eyes that Hikaru was starting to feel puzzled.
"But I want to see how you'd look like in a dress," he said with an innocent smile.
Hikaru stared.
And stared.
And stared.
"Remember…pink…fluffy…dress…?" Kaoru whispered out from the corner of his mouth. Hikaru's golden eyes widened.
"Yes! That's six votes out of seven!" Tamaki cheered, clapping his hands in the air. Kaoru was still smiling happily, as Honey danced around him and chattered away about how Hikaru would look so pretty in a dress. "Thank you so much, Kaoru! Hikaru will look completely dazzling in a dress don't you agree?"
Hikaru's eye twitched.
'You-You-'
"Yep!" he said with a shining smile.
'BASTARD.'