Hoshi woke early to the sounds of her parents fighting in the next room. After listening to her parents for a few minutes she got up and dressed.
She was out the door in less than 5 minutes and into her father's limo.
As she approached the school she saw Kyouya and the other club members out front talking. Only Tamaki was missing. She let herself out of the limo and straightened the cuffs of her baggy dress pants.
Kyouya's POV
Kyouya was listening to the twins go on about some scheme when he saw Hoshi get out of his car from the corner of his eye. He made no move as though he had noticed him, and kept his gaze squarely on the twins. After yesterday, Kyouya had a hard time understanding himself. He put it off as lack of sleep. He had gotten a satisfactory reaction from Hoshi yesterday. He smiled at the thought.
Hoshi's POV
Hoshi walked past the twins and stopped in front of Kyouya. She looked him up and down. Then she blushed and fled into the school. She leaned against the wall and slid down. She sat with her knees pressing into her chest. Looking out the doors she saw another limo drive up.
Kyouya's POV
Hoshi stared at Kyouya before practically diving inside the school. Kyouya felt a tug as if to chase after him, but Kyouya pushed it down and turned back to the twins, just in time to see Tamaki arrive. He was in a limo that wasn't his normal one, but that didn't bother Kyouya. He often traded his limo out, for some reason. "Another great day at School, right Kyouya-kun?" Beamed the hyperactive blonde. He was so loud Hoshi could hear him from inside.
"So mommy, I hear I may have some competition for being daddy!" He laughed.
Kyouya's eyes snapped to Tamaki. What did the fool know? "Oh really?" He said in a menacing tone. "Where could you have possibly heard that?" The pencil he was holding shattered. Kyouya was surprised. His usual cool and reserved exterior was slowly dissolving with this new boy around. Hoshi was a danger, and Kyouya wasn't generally attracted to danger. The whole experiance was strange.
The gangs collective eyes widened. "Uh... Kyouya-kun? I was talking about that new foreign teacher that you were showing around yesterday..." He blinked in surprise.
"Are you ok Boss?" Asked Hikaru.
"Yeah, you seem jumpy." Added Kaoru.
Kyouya pretended like he hadn't just acted ridiculously. "Of course you were." Kyouya said, smacking the twins on the back of the head. He looked of Hikaru's shoulder at the school building. He wondered if Hoshi-kun was still there. He noticed that there was still about 15 minutes until class started.
"Excuse me," Said Kyouya. "I need to get something before class." Be fore anyone could say anything, Kyouya was gone. He rounded the walkway and opened the door to the school. The first thing he saw was Hoshi-kun sitting down next to a wall. He walked over and stood over Hoshi.
"Why are you on the floor?" Was all he said.
Hoshi's POV
Hoshi looked up suddenly from fixing the cuffs of her pants. She was startled to say the least. She stood and dusted off her butt. "Hi, Kyouya-senpai..." She said with a bit of blush.
She shifted akwardly in her shoes.
"You look surprised. Why may that be?" He said in his calm and cooling tone. She looked strange, if not sick. Kyouya stood back a bit and gave Hoshi room to stand.
The redhead stared into his eyes for a few seconds, enchanted by their cool steely look. Wait, did she just think the word 'enchanted' when thinking about him? She blushed even more and scooped her pack up off the gound asshe dashed away. As she ran into the nearest bathroom the bell rang.
Two minutes later, when she was sure that he had left, she was seen making a mad dash to her class.
Kyouya's POV
Hoshi dashed away and Kyouya made not effort to stop him. Class was about to start, and Kyouya realized he didn't know wether Hoshi was in his class or not. HE straightened himself, coolly making his way to his class room. He sat at his desk and waited for class to start. If Hoshi was in his class, he would soon find out.
Hoshi's POV
Hoshi screeched to a stop in front of her class, making sure to fix her hair and straighten her shirt before going inside. She carefully pushed open the door and snuck to the first open seat she saw. The teacher never noticed. She got out her binder and as she did so she glanced to her side and saw Kyouya. Of all people why was her AP class with him? She tried not to do a double take.
Kyouya's POV
The class started with no sign of Hoshi. Kyouya sighed, silently berating himself for being so dissappointed. He heard a slight noise at the back of the room. Turning, he saw Hoshi sneak in and sit right next to Kyouya. Kyouya was almost a hundered percent sure that Hoshi didn't notice him when she sat, but then her eyes widened. Aha.
"Why, hello Hoshi-kun." Said Kyouya.
Hoshi's POV
Hoshi felt blood rush to her cheeks and she gulped.
"H-hi Kyouya-senpai." She gave a nervous smile and straightened in her chair.
She had come to the conclusion that she had a strange attraction to the man, but in her heart she knew he only talked to her as a client and not someone he could like. Especially after the kiss she had 'stolen' from him in the hallway.
Kyouya's POV
Hoshi blushed deeply. Kyouya unintentionally smiled, just a small smile, but still. He never smiled. He hoped Hoshi hadn't seen it and returned his face back to its usual nuetralness. "Are you alright after yesterday? You acted a bit strange then." Kyouya loved teasing/tourturing people in this serious manner.
He watched the boy write something absently in the notebook. "Y-yeah? Oh, you mean that. I don't know what happened..."
Kyouya leaned back and smirked. stretching his arm forward he began to lazily trace circles on the table. This was an act, of course. Kyouya never did anything lazily, except maybe sleep. He leaned forward and whispered in Hoshi's ear. "Oh, but I do."
Hoshi's POV
She was at a loss for words. How does one respond to something like that? "Do you like... Me?" She asked slowly, not quite aware that she was speaking.
Kyouya's POV
Kyouya, opened his notebook, tapping it with a pen, all in one solitary motion. He was known for being easily emotionless. This situation was a bit akward. He wanted to tell Hoshi the truth without actually making Hoshi want to stop talking to him. He focused his gaze, adjusting his glasses.
"Like you? I cannot say. I am intrigued by you in other words, you interest me." He said, trying to sum up his idea into words. "If you prefer to put it in terms of a relationship, I would be willing to go along with it if it meant I could continue to study you. But I doubt you would want that." He tilted his head, hoping Hoshi would understand what he was saying.
Hoshi's POV
Hoshi thought about this for a moment. Study her? What did that mean? Either way she would get to spend more time with Kyouya. She was drawing doodles on the paper as she thought. One of a big black cat and the other a smaller white cat with a ribbon on her tail.
Subconciously she had just drawn them, and once she realized the childish representation she tore out the page.
"I think I would like that Senpai." She gave a small smile and non chalantly tossed the crumpled page in the direction of the waste basket.
Kyouya's POV
Kyouya leaned back in his chair, honestly surprised by his choice. If he was in Hoshi's position, He would never have agreed to anything so painful. He found himself surprised, again, for even thinking that. He studied Hoshi with his eyes. "You really would? We'll see what you think after a while." He sighed. "There's a lot about me that you have either neglected to see, or are ignoring. I will probably end up causing you much pain. But if you are sure...?" He had wanted to accept her reply immediately, but felt terrible to do so with out warning her of what could happen.
Hoshi's POV
A fire burned behind her eyes and she made a small fist. "I'm sure, senpai! I know I can handle this!"
In sudden rememberance she reached into her backpack and pulled out an envelope.
"My parents are having a party at their private beach next weekend and I was wondering if you would like to go?" She smiled expectantly.
Kyouya's POV
Kyouya studied Hoshi and the envelope he presented. A party? sounded interesting. "Sounds like an excellent experiment. But will your parents be okay with that?" He asked, even though he now planned to attend, even if they didn't.
Hoshi's POV
Hoshi frowned curiously. "Why would they care? They gave me the invitations."
She suddenly smiled, "But you are going then? That's great! Anyway... I was wondering if after classes let out, could I maybe visit the club again?"
Kyouya's POV
Kyouya was disturbed by the effect Hoshi's facial expressions had on him. His curious frown, then brightening face caused his stomach to lurch in a not all together unpleasant way. He directed his attention back to Hoshi, realizing he had been deep in thought for quite a while. "The Host Club?" He said, not really a question. "Of course. We can begin from there," He answered. He moved his glasses a little, redirecting his attention to the teacher, and pulling out his notebook once more.
Hoshi's POV
The rest of the day passed without much incident except one girl trying to flirt with Hoshi. She ignored that a bit and instead concentrated on what she would ware to her parents beach party.
Once the last bell rang she slipped her notebook back into her school bag and headed for the door, not really noticing if Kyouya was following or not. After much internal debating about weather to attend chess club or not she instead went off to the music room.
