A/N: Hello! It's going to take me awhile to update because I'm working on a seperate story (which is an original :D) and it's hard to juggle a lot of things. I always finish what I start, though, so keep that in mind. Also, since microsoft was being a butt, I had to redo the italicizing for the thoughts so if I missed any, let me know. I might also work on a gaara story while I do this one (not sure if I should though because then that'd be THREE stories at once) and after I finish this and the gaara story I might do a YamixYugi or a HikaruxKaoru brotherly love (like no kissing or anything cuz that's weird well to me it is). I only went through and edited this once, so it might not be too great. Review please! My editor hasn't read/watched OHSHC so she can't help with this! I've kept you from the story long enough. Enjoy! :D
'Ouran Academy, so elegant, so wealthy, and so… loud.' Was all that was going through Kiyoko's mind as she tried to take a well-deserved rest on the end of a couch in the Host Club. After spending at least two hours last night trying to clean up after the pie incident and spending two hours today to set up her 'revenge', she was beat, worn out, exhausted, weary, and any other synonym for being tired. She had requested Tamaki so that she could use his talking to help her fall asleep. Honestly, that 'prince' would go on, and on, and he just wouldn't stop throwing compliments about willy-nilly. There would've been complaints about her being rude and being in the way, but she only took up one cushion space and in all honesty, no one really noticed her. It stayed like that for a while until she felt a tap on her head. Her eyes slowly opened and she blinked a few times before tiredly looking up at who tapped her.
Kyoya was surprised that Kiyoko would request Tamaki regarding the fact that she wasn't affected at all by his charm and she didn't seem like the fan girl type. Other than the slight surprise, he couldn't care less. More business equals more money. When the last of his customers left, there weren't many today, he decided to take a walk around and see how the other customers are doing, making sure that their stay here was pleasant… so that they could come back again and hopefully with more friends. Honestly, a little check up on them now and then wouldn't hurt; he wouldn't want a drop in sales. While taking a walk around, he noticed why Kiyoko had requested Tamaki, she had been using him to help her take a nap. He found the situation somewhat comical, but after a second or two he had already gotten over it. Maybe I should charge her extra for this. He thought for a moment before looking down at his watch. He noticed that her time was up and approached her and tapped her head with his notebook.
"Sorry to bother you, Kiyoko, but I'm afraid that your nap is over now." Kyoya stated with a kind smile.
The girl looked up at him tiredly and slowly stood up. Without really thinking, she grabbed Kyoya's wrist and looked at his watch for the time. Her whole demeanor completely changed in a matter of seconds.
"Oh no, I'm going to be late!" she shouted in horror before she ran out of the door.
Kyoya watched her leave and couldn't help but wonder, What is she late for?
Kiyoko had planned the perfect prank for the twins, well if it all goes according to plan. She hadn't pranked someone in a long time, so she wasn't completely sure that it would work. Another thing is that her friends had always told her that her pranks were either demonic, terrible, or cause serious injury. That Halloween prank wasn't that bad! All she did was pretend that some ghost had killed her, threw someone out of the second floor window into the pool, and scared someone so bad that they fell unconscious. It was all worth it, though, their faces were priceless.
After a minute or two she made it to her hiding place and watched and waited.
Hikaru and Kaoru were done with the club for the day and were getting ready to head home. As they walked down the hallway, they saw Haruhi in the distance and decided that they didn't bother her as much today as they usually did. It didn't feel right that they just let her off like that and now was the perfect time to fix that. The only reason why they didn't spend so much time bothering her was because they were too hung up on what had happened the day before. Kiyoko had never gotten back at them like she said she would, so they were worried about nothing.
"Haruhi!" Hikaru shouted as he and his brother tackled her with a hug.
"What do you two want?" she questioned in her normal, indifferent tone.
"We're bored." Kaoru stated.
"Entertain us!" demanded Hikaru.
"I have a test to study for. Can it wait for tomorrow?" she asked with slight irritation.
"No." they said simply.
Haruhi sighed in defeat and began to walk down the stairs. As she took her first step down the stairs, she almost slipped, but caught herself since she was holding on to the hand rail.
"You should be careful." they said in unison as they also began to walk down the stairs.
Upon their first step, they also slipped, however, they couldn't catch themselves and they continued to slide. As they fell, they realized that they had foolishly fallen into Kiyoko's trap. Somehow she had them fooled into thinking that she had forgotten or given up on getting back at them, which caused them to completely miss the fact that the stairs had been covered in grease. To their dismay, the floor was still covered in grease at the bottom and they continued to fall down another flight of stairs which was covered in feathers and glue. When they reached the bottom of those stairs, they rolled into a giant cage which slammed shut when they hit the back of it.
Kiyoko burst in to a fit of laughter when she saw her prank work perfectly. Getting up out of her hiding spot, she ran over to the twins and smiled at them. She held on to the bars of the cage and stuck her head between them. They look like chickens, or ducks, possibly geese. She thought.
"I didn't expect the prank masters to fall for something like this that easily." She said
"You were just lucky." Kaoru pouted.
Hikaru nodded in agreement, "We won't fall for anymore after this one."
"Well it was just a revenge prank, so unless you prank me again, don't expect any more from me." Kiyoko informed.
"Great now let us out of this cage." Hikaru demanded.
Kiyoko was already walking away and she waved her hand, "Do it yourself. It's not locked you silly goose." As she said the last part she giggled at the irony.
Kiyoko hopped into the back of her limo and poked her head through the window that was between her and the driver.
"How was your day, Kenji?" she asked.
"It was excellent, miss." Kenji replied.
"Great! Time to go home and pla- I mean study!" she said excitedly as she sat down in her seat.
The next day, she was well rested and ready for whatever the world decided to throw at her that day. When class was over and almost everyone was heading out to get lunch, she decided to go over and talk to Kyoya for a bit.
"Hello, Kyoya." she greeted.
"Good afternoon, Miss Kiyoko." he said.
"You don't have to be so formal and polite all the time, Kyoya. Well at least not to me." She said.
Kyoya glanced at her curiously. She couldn't have already figured out that he was being nice to her mainly because her father is a major donor to the hospitals his family owns.
"After all, don't you find it a bit odd to talk to a friend so formally?" she asked with a smile.
"I don't really see anything wrong with speaking to you in this manner, but if you wish, I could tone it down a little." He replied.
"Thanks." she chirped before running off to go get some lunch.
Right when Kiyoko ran off, Kyoya mentally sighed. That was close. I thought I had been caught.
It seemed odd to him; the way she acted and talked to him; she makes it seem like they've been friends for years. Wait. They met just yesterday and she was already calling him a friend? Acquaintance seemed like a more appropriate term. After a few moments, he decided that he's just wasting his time trying to figure this girl out. How would he even benefit from figuring out how she thinks and why she is so friendly?
It's been a few weeks since Kiyoko had gotten her revenge on the twins. After that incident, the twins would try their best to keep from messing with her, mostly because they think she'd turn into a dark lord if they continued. Though, it was so hard for them to hold back sometimes, and each time the pranked her or messed with her, they'd get pranked in return. Most people believed that they hated each other, but Kiyoko called it their 'special way of bonding'. That seemed like a good explanation for it considering the fact that they've actually become good friends.
The last customers of the day had just left the Host Club. It was so quiet in the room; you could hear the birds chirping outside. The sun, so tired, was slowly dipping down, causing an orange like glow through the window. All the club members were getting ready to go home, well… all except Kiyoko who refused to go anywhere.
"Why don't you wanna go home, Kiyo-chan?" Hunny asked.
"I get bored at my house sometimes. There's no one to play with." Kiyoko whined.
"Mori and I would hang out with you, but we have training to do." Hunny stated sadly.
"We'd hang out with you too, but we have a ton of homework." The twins said.
Everyone then began to state that they would hang out with her, and then they would state a reason why they couldn't; everyone, except Kyoya. Kiyoko skipped over to Kyoya and grabbed on to his sleeve with both her hands and smiled.
"You can come play with me, right Kyoya?" she asked.
"Playing isn't really my thing." He replied while adjusting his glasses.
Tears began to form in Kiyoko's eyes, "Y-you don't wanna… play with me?"
Kyoya shook his head and with that, came a tear and then another then another, until tears were streaming down Kiyoko's face at his refusal.
That's not good. This girl can be quite troublesome at times. Kyoya thought before sighing. "Fine, I'll hang out with you."
The tears in the girl's eyes seemed to have completely vanished the moment he said he would hang out with her. "Great! Come over as soon as you can!" she cheered. As soon as she gave him her address, she was out the door, cheering and shouting about how much fun they'll have.
Kyoya completely regretted saying that he would hang out with her, but if anyone found out that he almost made her cry, that would be bad for business. The girl sure is a piece of work, but not as much work as Tamaki. It just might be impossible for someone to be just as much work as Tamaki is.
As soon as he got home he changed into jeans and a name brand T-shirt and headed back out again. It didn't take long to get to her house, but he wished that it would have taken at least 20 minutes, at the VERY least.
"What time would you like me to come get you, sir?" the driver asked.
"I'll just call you." Kyoya stated as he exited the vehicle.
"Yes, sir." The driver said before leaving.
As Kyoya approached Kiyoko's house, well more of a mansion, he examined almost every little bit of it. It wasn't very new, but it wasn't old either. It looked much like the Old Westbury Estate, but Kiyoko's house was probably bigger. He then began to examine the many flowers that were perfectly placed in front of the house. The types of flowers and even the colors were in such perfect harmony that it seemed almost surreal. The flowers didn't hold his attention for much longer when he noticed just how ornate the double doors were. The doors were made of some kind of wood that he could not identify. He traced his fingers along the vine design that covered the door. The knocker for the door looked to be a roman leaf crown held by a giant golden hand. Before he could knock, the doors swung open.
"Welcome, Mr. Ootori." The maids who opened the door greeted.
Kyoya was getting ready to reply when, out of nowhere, he was tackled with a hug by none other than Kiyoko. "I'm so glad you made it." She smiled up at him.
Kiyoko was wearing name brand skinny jeans and a blue top that looked to fit her perfectly. Her hair wasn't as neat as it was at school; it was tied up in a messy bun. Since her hair wasn't too long, some of it wasn't even in the bun.
Kyoya took a moment to examine her house which had a nature type of design and feel to it. "You have a lovely home." He said.
"Thanks." She chirped "Now let's go play!"
Kiyoko took Kyoya by the hand and led him through her mansion and over to a… wall.
"Why exactly are we staring at a wall, Kiyoko?" he questioned.
Kiyoko let go of Kyoya's hand and pushed a picture to the side; a picture which so cleverly hid a button on the wall. She pushed the button then put the picture back in its place, careful to make sure that it was even and not tilted in any way. The wall slid open in a dramatic fashion to reveal a twisted path with mirrors rather than walls. Kiyoko then took Kyoya by his hand again and led him through to a door which was, to his surprise (sarcasm), a mirror. She pushed a button on the mirror (which wasn't noticeable at first since it was flat against the mirror and might have actually been a part of the mirror at some point until they decided "Oh hey! Let's cut a circle out of this mirror and make it a button!") and the door slid open.
Behind the door was an extremely large playground complete with slides, rock climbing, tunnels, monkey bars, and everything else you can imagine. Surrounding it were a merry-go-round, swing set, and a seesaw.
Kiyoko walked over to a computer on the wall and held down a button, "Mirror Maze on."
After a few seconds, the computer responded, "Mirror Maze active."
Kiyoko then turned to Kyoya and smiled, "My daddy says to always do that for security purposes. Now let's go play!"
"I'm not sure if this kind of playing is… my style." Kyoya said.
"Come one!" she urged as she grabbed his wrist and led him over to the rock climbing which seemed extremely complex.
Kiyoko began to climb it with no problem at all with Kyoya close behind. He wasn't having any trouble until they got to a part where it became tunnel like and you had to climb on the ceiling. There were handle looking things on the ceiling where they would put their feet into so that they wouldn't be dangling. When it was safe, they dropped off of the ceiling and Kiyoko began to run through the tunnel with an irritated Kyoya in tow. Why can't we just play a game of cards? He wondered. They weren't able to run through for long and they began to crawl through the tunnel because the tunnel had gotten smaller the farther in they went. Kyoya sighed with relief when they were finally out of the tunnel.
"You tired already?" Kiyoko asked turning around.
"No, not at all." Kyoya replied.
"Great! Now on to the monkey bars! You can go first!" she said.
Kyoya began to reluctantly walk up to the monkey bars and began to climb across them. Just a simple game of cards would be just great, but no, we have to act like children and climb on damn monkey bars. Halfway to the other side, he decided to glance down for a moment to see just how far off the ground they were. They were about ten feet off the ground. About five feet underneath them was a small trampoline with a large net around it.
"Why'd you stop Kyoya? Keep going!" demanded an impatient Kiyoko. She swung forward and kicked Kyoya's back with both of her feet causing him to fall. Feeling left out, she decided that she wanted to go on the trampoline too. She giggled as she bounced high into the air and then landed on Kyoya.
This girl is insane, Kyoya thought as he was dragged toward a platform with some stairs. At the top of the stairs was a slide and Kyoya was going to go first.
"Are there any stairs I can go down? Slides aren't my thing either." Kyoya said.
"You know, Kyoya, it's okay to pretend like you're a kid again and have fun. And it's more fun going down backwards!" Kiyoko said as she turned Kyoya around so that his back was to the slide.
"I-I don't really agree to this." Kyoya argued, panicking a bit.
"Oh don't be silly!" she replied cheerily as she pushed him down so that he was now sitting. She then sat down behind him or in front of him since they were facing each other. "Great, now let's go!"
"Wait! What?" Kyoya shouted as Kiyoko pushed him down the slide with her feet, following about a foot behind him.
When they reached the bottom, Kyoya was lying in what looked like a very uncomfortable position. He began to panic for a few seconds when Kiyoko came down and almost ran into him, well more like she almost sat on his face, when she reached the bottom.
"See? Wasn't that fun?" she asked.
If she keeps this up, I can honestly say that she's on the same level of annoying as Tamaki, Kyoya thought.
After about an hour of playing, or what Kyoya considered torture, Kiyoko was finally tired. Kyoya pulled out his phone and contacted his driver letting him know that he could come get him now. Kiyoko deactivated the mirror maze, which to Kyoya seemed like a weird form of security system, and walked him to the door.
"I really appreciate that you came over to play with me." Kiyoko said, yawning at the end and rubbing one of her eyes.
"It was my pleasure. I'll see you tomorrow." Kyoya replied as he headed out the door. That girl had really put him to the test. That kind of playing was for children, it was embarrassing. It was hard to keep his demon lord side from emerging.
Kiyoko shut the door and turned around to head upstairs. She had a disappointed and sad look in her eyes.
"What's wrong, Miss Kiyoko?" one of the maids asked.
A maid that was walking by glanced over at the two, "You have been observing him, haven't you Kiyoko?"
Kiyoko nodded and slowly walked upstairs to her room. When she entered her room, she shut the door behind her and leaned against it. She slowly slid down to the ground and pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them.
So you've been playing me this whole time, huh Ootori? You never actually considered me a friend. I guess you don't have very many people you would consider a friend, much less a close friend. Kiyoko thought Well challenge accepted.