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Towel Dry

Chapter 2

Hikaru is folding some unfolded laundry with a basket full of unfolded clothes and sheets. She is humming a melody as she continues with her chore.

The front door opens and closes indicating that someone has returned home. The footsteps click louder and louder as Kyoya walks into his private chambers to fall onto his bed. He exhales an exhausted sigh. He rolls over on his back to cover his eyes with his left arm. His nostrils smell the sweet aroma scent in the air coming from the kitchen. "Mm… lasagna… three-topping cheeses lasagna. My favorite." Kyoya said, rolling onto his side to rest on his bent elbow. His deep midnight sapphire eyes notice a shadowy feminine figure walk past his half-open doorway. He could hear her softly humming a melody to herself. Kyoya closes eyelids in minor amusement; his housemaid now knows his family's hidden secret.

The timer busser starts buzzing noisily. The oven doors flies open allowing a great waffle of sweet aroma travel into the air. Hikaru pulls it out of the oven with her thick floral oven gloves. She places the warm aluminum lasagna pan onto a cutting board on the shelf.

Kyoya walks from his private chambers into the dinning room to pull out a chair and take a seat as he waits for his meal. He looks at his solid white china glass wear. There is a red wine glass by his large plate and a bottle of Australian red wine in a bowl of ice cubes. Kyoya leans forward a little to reach his right hand to grab the bottle in his hand. He pulls the bottle out of the circle of ice cubes in the bowl.

Hikaru walks into the dinning room pushing a French nickeled rolling bar tray cart into the room with the aluminum lasagna pan. She pushes the rolling tray cart up to her employer's right side.

Kyoya pulls the corkscrew backwards with the force tug of his right hand, removing the wine cork from the wine bottle. He casually pours the red liquid into his red wine glassware.

The two are silent.

Hikaru bows her head as she turns her heel to leave to attend to her remaining duties before her housemaid shift is over for the evening.

Soon after Kyoya is finished eating his supper meal, he retreats to his private chambers once more.

Hikaru comes to collect the evening supper dishes and places them all on the French nickeled rolling tray cart. She pushes the cart back into the kitchen to attend the washing of the dishes and drying them.

Soon after Hikaru places all the glassware away into the cupboards. She outs the lights and heads towards the doorway. Hikaru slips on her black autumn fleece jacket over her shoulders and starts to button them up. She slips on her ankle-length ½ high-heel boots; she bends her leg back to zip the side zippers with her right hand. Just as Hikaru is walking out the door, she senses someone behind her.

"You are off for tonight?" Kyoya asks from the shadows as he is leaning against the wall.

"My shift is finished, Master Tategami." Hikaru replies, slipping on her red lacy gloves over her hands.

Kyoya groans in discomfort as he pushes himself from leaning against the wall and rests his right hand on his right hip. "Why are you not asking? Why are you not asking me about my… My ability to shape-shift?"

Hikaru reaches for the front doorway knob and turns the knob, opening the door in the process. "It is not my business to pry on something that doesn't involve me, Master Tategami. I have no need to ask." She replies coolly. Even though, she really is tempted to find out.

As soon as Hikaru walks out the front door for the evening, Kyoya once again leans against the wall behind him. He snickers in minor amusement as he closes his eyelids. "I will tell her tomorrow."

Breakfast…

Kyoya spoons up some oatmeal porridge and swallows after chewing. His midnight sapphire eyes gaze at her. "Hikaru, I'd like to talk to you about something. Please take a seat."

Hikaru does as she is told as she pulls out a chair and takes a seat.

"The reason as to why I can shape-shift is…" He said scooping another spoonful of oatmeal porridge into his mouth. He chews and swallows. "My previous ex-girlfriend for three months, Ceres, was in fact a powerful enchantress."

"An enchantress?"

"Yes." Kyoya nods in confirmation. "Ceres has placed a spell on me for punishment - in fury - for breaking up with her. Well, after dating senselessly for three months. I, personally, figured that if there is no real progress in the relationship between us. There is no point in continuing the nonsense and doomed relationship. So, I dumped her without knowing her true nature."

"Ouch." Hikaru said in bafflement that Kyoya would do such an awful thing. Even though, Hikaru did think Kyoya might do something this awful in dumping some random girl. Hikaru arches her eyebrow, as she is not amused by Kyoya's lack of humility. "Um… How can we uplift the spell?"

Kyoya leans back against his chair and shrugs his shoulders in disgust. He folds his arms - defensively - across his upper abdomen as he closes his eyelids. "That blasted enchantress seemed to have left that part out. Or forgotten to mention anything about how to uplift the spell."

They sit in silence as they are now in a real dilemma.

Just then the doors fly open, both Hikaru and Kyoya turn their heads to see Kyoya's kid bother, Kakeru.

Kakeru Tategami enters into the dinning room with great haste as he brisk walks up towards his older brother, Kyoya. "Older brother, I have figured on how to uplift your curse."

Kyoya's icy gaze narrows. "Spill the beans and tell me." He coolly demands for the information.

Kakeru nods his head looking at his clipboard as his lips are motioning wordless words.

Ekosi.

AN: Three to four months ago, I found out that Kyoya has a younger brother, Kakeru. I honestly didn't know that until Chained Princess confirmed it for me. Thank you, Chained Princess.

Okay this is the second chapter of Towel Dry. Hopefully everyone is happy with this second chapter of five chapters. I just have three more chapters to go to reach the goal of chapter five and an extra chapter that is a side-story co-existing parallel to this five-shot story 'Towel Dry'. This KTxHH story might be listed as a 6 chapters, if I decide to add the side-story to 'Towel Dry'. Hopefully, chapter three will be just as exciting and entertaining as the two previous ones.

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