Chapter 2
The days following the accidental exposure of Kyoya's girlfriend had been complete torture for the hosts. Kyoya was berated with questions from the twins and Tamaki every time they saw him, while all of the hosts were dying for information on the girl, which Kyoya would not give up. The only questions that Kyoya seemed to answer were vague, and typically, only required yes or no responses.
"Does she go to school here?" Kaoru would ask.
"..."
"Fine," Tamaki would continue, sounding exasperated. "What does she look like?"
"..."
"Oh my god, Kyoya! Is she even pretty?!" Hikaru would yell, completely frustrated. Despite the lack of answers, they were still hopeful he would spill something. No matter how insubstantial it may seem.
"Yes." Kyoya said with a pointed glare, finally deciding to give them something, even if it was only to defend his girlfriend's looks.
By the middle of the following week, Kyoya was completely fed up with the questions from Tamaki, and the rude comments made by the twins, who were hoping to get him riled up enough to accidentally spill some information about the mystery girl. In an attempt to quench the other hosts' curiosity, he decided to call a meeting taking place after their hosting duties were completed on Friday, and let them ask him questions.
When the hosts were told of the meeting taking place later in the week, they quickly agreed to Kyoya's wish that they not bother him about it until the end of the day Friday, when their questions would be answered. He needed a break from the other hosts. They are like children exhausting their nanny, Kyoya mused to himself, finally eating lunch without having millions of questions being thrown his way.
Kyoya, though he had his calm and cool exterior, was freaking out about Friday. Sure, he had said he would answer their questions, but he didn't want to give too much away.
The few days left of the week passed by quickly for Kyoya, but the other hosts couldn't believe how slowly time seemed to move. During the few days before the meeting, the twins could be seen with Haruhi, whom they had told the big news to last week, thinking of good questions for Kyoya while they had Haruhi write them down for safe keeping. They were determined to get as much information out of Kyoya as they could, and they didn't want to waste time during the meeting on coming up with questions.
Tamaki was in a similar state, trying to figure out what to ask. He desperately wanted to make sure that Kyoya and the girl he was dating were good for each other. He is my best friend, after all. Tamaki reasoned to himself. He was trying hard not to seem obvious, but that was proving to be very difficult since he and Kyoya had all of their classes together. He didn't want him to get anymore irritated with them and consider calling off the Q and A session.
Honey and Mori were the only ones not freaking out over Friday. Honey was confident in what he wanted to ask and knew exactly how to figure out what he wanted to know. Mori, though he wasn't freaking out about it, was going to leave the questioning to Honey. He knew that Honey was perceptive and excelled in making people give up secrets without them even realizing.
When Friday afternoon finally came, the entire host club was jumpy with excitement, except for Kyoya, who was jumpy from anxiety. Either way, the customers seemed to notice the slight change in everyone's demeanor. The twins, Tamaki, and Honey were overly enthusiastic, hoping the time would pass faster, and Haruhi seemed to be a bit brighter than usual. In the end, sales were slightly higher from everyone's extra enthusiasm, making Kyoya smile, despite what was about to come.
I should do something like this more often, especially if it will affect sales this drastically. He mused to himself.
The girls had all left, leaving the hosts staring at Kyoya fiercely. He sighed loudly, then closed his book and walked over to one of the couches, plopping himself unceremoniously onto it.
"Okay." he said, sounding exhausted just from the thought of what was to come. "Ask away, I don't have all day."
The others quickly arranged themselves on the other couches. Haruhi pulled out the twins list and handed it to them, and though she tried to be discreet, it was glaringly obvious. The action earned an irritated glare from Kyoya.
"First question!" Tamaki declared loudly. "What is her name?"
"I'm obviously not going to give you her full name, for privacy reasons, but, if you must know, her first name is Emmaline."(1)
"Ooh… so exotic." Honey cut in. "So where is Em-chan from?"
"She was born in Scotland, but she grew up in America."
"But… wait." Haruhi said. "If she's in America, then how did you even meet?"
At this, Tamaki smiled largely. "Ah! That is a wonderful question! I would expect no less from Daddy's little girl!"
Kyoya and Haruhi glared at him slightly, before Kyoya's answer came. "My father had a business trip in America. He was visiting a hospital that our family has many dealings with, and my brothers and I had to go."
Everyone seemed satisfied with the answer until Honey decided, yet again, to ask a question. "Sure you met in America, Kyo-chan. But where did you meet? How did you meet?" Mori nodded in agreement, though he decided talking wasn't needed, he was still listening intently.
Kyoya seemed to think for a minute before answering, grief prominent in his voice, making it slightly deeper. "I will tell you that I met her while at the hospital, but what led up to it is personal and something she would have to tell you herself." Kyoya stood up before continuing. "If that is all then I'll be leaving."
As Kyoya was about to leave, Hikaru noticed something about what he had said.
"So, you're saying that we'll be meeting her, right?" Kaoru picked up on his twin's thoughts and continued for him. "You did say that she would have to tell us herself. How will that happen if we don't get to talk to her?"
Tamaki nodded eagerly. "Yes! We must meet Mommy's girlfriend!"
"That sounded so wrong." Haruhi muttered.
"Yeah Kyo-chan!" Honey said, disregarding Haruhi's comment.
Kyoya gave a sigh before calmly turning around and addressing the other hosts. He knew he shouldn't do this, but… Eh... what the Hell? He reasoned. Meeting them will probably make her happy anyway.
"I will promise nothing, but I will ask Emma what she would like to do. Until then, you'll just have to wait."
"Ooh, did you hear that guys?" Hikaru interjected. "He called her Emma. I must say Kyoya-senpai, I never pegged you for the nicknaming type."
Kyoya just sighed loudly in response, then left the room.
(1) I combined the name Emma and Madeline, so it's pronounced Emma then the word line. My friend thought you would pronounce it like Lynn, so I thought I would clarify.
On another note, I want to thank everyone who reviewed, followed, favorited, or even just read my story! So, Thank you all so much!
I will try to update quickly, though it might not be every day, but probably just multiple times a week. Farewell, until next time!
~Sora