Chapter Two
"Hey Kaoru-san, looks like you got cleaned up from the food fight." He glanced over at me as he sat down, a small smile covering his face.
"Hey Nori-san. Yeah we cleaned off in the host club room." I raised an eyebrow at him, 'we'? Did that mean they were in the same room, without arguing?
"Hello class!" I glanced up at our math teacher, a preppy young woman, with long black hair and glasses. "Please get out your math textbooks, and turn to page 69. Do problems 3-23, after you read the pages on how to solve the problems. If you need any help I'll be walking around the room." I sighed turning to Kaoru-san.
"Mind sharing your textbook again?" He shrugged lightly, telling me that he didn't mind. "Thanks Kaoru-san." This subject didn't go quite as smooth as the English class had. Kaoru-san wasn't quite as good at math as English; he was still good, but not amazing at it. We still managed to finish before the end of the class, but the teacher assigned us homework, and I realized that I would have to borrow the book while Kaoru-san was at his club.
"Hey Kaoru-san?" He glanced away from the math book, and back up to me. "You have a club today, right?"
"Yes…" I could hear the suspicion in his voice as he responded; maybe he thought I want to join or something.
"Do you think I could borrow your math book to copy down the problems while you're at your club, I would return it after you finish but I need to have the problems."
"You can just keep the book for the night, I can borrow Hikaru's book." I chuckled lightly while raising an eyebrow at Kaoru-san.
"Aren't you two supposed to be fighting? If that were the case then he wouldn't let you use his book." I watched in amusement as Kaoru-san became flustered, trying to cover up his slip. "And you two are still very close, even though you're arguing." I flashed him a smirk saying, "You two are very good actors Kaoru-san, and though I don't know the reason for this show, I find it to be highly amusing, so don't worry about me telling anyone." Then the bell rang, letting us know that it was the end of the day1. I stood up with my bag, and Kaoru-san's math book. "Thanks for the book Kaoru-san! I'll give it back to you when I finish copying the problems down." Once again I left a shocked Kaoru-san behind me, as I made my way towards the library. I stopped in front of a large glass window, and pulled out my cell phone, hitting the second speed dial, calling home.
"Hello mother. I'm going to need to stay after school later."
"Why? You need to be home, you don't want to upset your father." I fidgeted with the edge of my long sleeve, my nerves on edge.
"No, I do not want to upset father, but I need to work on homework, and return a book to my classmate. Could you please tell father?" I could hear her sigh on the other end, obviously annoyed by my request.
"You'll just have to train later tonight then. I'll let your father know, and also call your sister and tell her to come to my photo shoot, I'm taking her shopping." I sighed, a look of defeat on my face as I continued to fiddle with my long sleeves.
"Yes mother, I understand. Thank you so much, I'll let sister know right away." I clicked the end button on my phone, feeling my nerves calm down slightly. I moved my finger over to the first speed dial button, calling my sister who was also out of school now. She picked it up after a few rings.
"Hey bro what's up?" She sounded so happy when she answered; she must have had a good first day at her new middle school then.
"Hey Aru, mother wanted me to let you know that she's going to take you shopping, and that you should meet up with her at her photo shoot."
"What about you? Aren't you coming?" I smiled faintly at her comment, if only she knew.
"Nah I've gotten better things to do, besides I'm a guy why would I want to go shopping?" I kept my voice in a light joking manner, even though I would love to go with them. "I also need to stay after and finish some homework."
"Oh… but…. you're… you never go shopping with me anymore!" I sighed lightly, wishing she would just stop.
"We've been over this, I'm way to busy to do that, but if you want I can take you out this weekend, just the two of us. How's that sound Arisu?"
"That would be so cool Nori!" I chuckled lightly, amused by my sister's enthusiasm.
"I'm glad you're excited by our plans, but I really should get going."
"Aw, okay. Bye Nori, I love you!" I smiled brightly, a light red dusting my face.
"I love you too Arisu. Have fun shopping." With that Arisu ended the call, leaving me with a dial tone. A few seconds later I pulled the phone away from my ear, hitting the end button, putting my phone back into my bag. I suddenly felt pressure on my shoulders, making my eyebrows furrow in confusion.
"So Nori-san," I glanced to my right and left, seeing blue and pink hair. Kaoru-san and Hikaru-san were leaning on my shoulders.
"You've got a girlfriend?" My cheeks heated up, as a bright blush covered my face. I stepped forward, out of their grasp, and turned around to face them, the blush strong on my face.
"You two listened in on my conversation? And she's not my girlfriend!" They chuckled at me, or rather my reaction.
"Just a friend,"
"Right?" It felt like my cheeks were going to melt off, they were blushing so much. I waved my hands in front of me frantically while saying,
"She's not, honestly, she's just my sister!" Hikaru-san leaned forward, his face a little too close for comfort, as he poked my left cheek saying,
"Then why are you blushing?" I slapped his hand away from my face, backing up slightly, and my head tilted towards the ground.
"C-cause! I've never had a girlfriend! It just seems embarrassing to me!" Kaoru-san and Hikaru-san both leaned forward and poked my cheeks again, as I backed up into the window.
"How adorable?" My blush, which had faded slightly, came back full force. This was the first time anyone had called me anything close to 'cute'… in a weird way it made me happy. "You know Kaoru, I think…"
"That he'd be the uke2?"
"Yep." An evil smile was on their faces as they stared at me.
"A-an uke?" The confusion seeped into my voice, unsure of how we got onto this topic.
"He must be really sheltered, ne Kaoru?" I shook my head in protest.
"I know what an uke is idiots! In fact I wouldn't mind being the uke…" My voice faded from its rage, into a soft whisper. "Besides, don't you two have a club to go to?" I spoke up, my voice more firm and solid then it had previously been.
"Ah, you're right."
"Let's go." With that Kaoru-san and Hikaru-san both grabbed onto my arms, pulling me along with them.
"W-wait! Where are you taking me?" I stumbled along after them, barely keeping up with them.
"You are coming with us to the Host Club!" I sighed, still stumbling along after the twins.
"Why? And won't it look suspicious if you both bring me to the room? You are trying to keep them thinking you're fighting, right?" The two stopped suddenly, making me fall into them.
"He's right… Kaoru you take him to the room and I'll catch up later." Kaoru-san grabbed my hand, pulling me behind him, as Hikaru-san walked in the opposite direction after giving Kaoru-san a look.
"So… an uke huh?" Once more blush over took my face as I looked at Kaoru-san.
"That's not exactly what I meant…" I mumbled out, still embarrassed by the whole conversation.
"Then what exactly did you mean?" A sigh escaped my lips as I looked into Kaoru-san's eyes.
"I'm not gay, not that there's anything wrong with that, but I feel like I wouldn't be a very good boyfriend is all. I think I'd be more like an uke then anything." Kaoru-san looked over at me, his right eyebrow raised at me.
"I suppose that makes sense." Once more he stopped in front of me, making me almost run into him.
"Any reason that you stopped?"
"Yeah, we're at the Host Club. Remember not to say anything." Kaoru-san winked at me, making me blush slightly, and smile back at him while waving my hand dismissively.
"Sure, sure Kaoru-san. Like I said, I enjoy watching you and Hikaru-san, you two are interesting people." I watched as Kaoru-san opened the door, before seeing the gloomy looks on the people's faces in the room.
"Kaoru! Where's Hikaru?" The tall blonde called out, moving rapidly towards us.
"Don't know, don't care." I chuckled lightly at Kaoru-san's reply, it was so blunt that it made me want to laugh. The tall blonde, as well as everyone else in the room, turned their attention to me.
"Oh who is this young gentleman?" I smiled at him, bowing down towards the ground before I started speaking,
"Hello, my name's Suzuki Nori, I transferred into class 1-A today." I jumped as the tall blonde suddenly hugged me while saying,
"You transferred into my daughters class! She won't be left alone with those devils anymore!" I struggled in his grasp, before managing to slip out of it.
"Daughter? Who's your daughter? Wait… I'm sorry I don't know your name, could you please tell me?"
"Tamaki-senpai please leave Nori-san alone." I glanced over at Haruhi-san, grateful that he was helping me out. I felt a tug on my sleeve, so I glanced down at the person, only to see Mitsukuni-senpai.
"No-chan, do you like cake?" I smiled lightly at him, he wasn't anything like my father had described.
"Hello Mitsukuni-senpai, it's a pleasure to meet you. And yes I like cake, but I don't get to eat it very often." I giggled as he pulled me towards the table filled with cake. "Sorry Mitsukuni-senpai, I'll have to pass on the cake this time, I need to finish my math homework so I can give Kaoru-san his book back." A small frown appeared on his face when I told him I wouldn't be joining him for cake. "Sorry Mitsukuni-senpai, but next time I'll definitely join you for cake, okay?" He nodded his head saying,
"Okie, dokie No-chan!" I smiled lightly, a sigh escaping my lips as I pulled out the book and worked on the math problems. The only time I glanced up was when Hikaru-san came in, and the two started fighting, throwing everything they could at each other. My concentration was soon broken again when I heard Haruhi-san yell out,
"Enough already!" I watched as Haruhi-san ran forward and hit both the twins on the head. "You don't go bringing something like this into a simple fight! You are both to blame for this fight, but you're even more to blame for bringing in everyone around you with it! Now say you're sorry! If you don't make up right now, then I'll never let you come over to my house, as long as I live." I watched as Kaoru-san and Hikaru-san both smirked looking at Haruhi-san.
"Then, if we do make up, Haruhi, we can come over to your house, right?" I watched the two twins high-five, before hugging each other closely.
"I'm so sorry, Kaoru. Even though I was just following our script, I'm not fit to be your brother, to say such awful things to you."
"Not at all. I'm the one who was terribly worried about what I would do if I hurt you, Hikaru."
"Kaoru, I'll never let you go!"
"Hikaru!" I could feel my eye twitching, they act like this but make fun of me for saying I would be the uke in a relationship? And Kaoru-san was so the uke in their act.
"You've got to be kidding me! You mean you were faking the fight the entire time!" I glanced over at Mitsukuni-senpai, a look of sympathy on my face. I can understand how frustrating that would be, but thankfully I only had a single day of it. Despite Mitsukuni-senpai's obvious distress, Kaoru-san and Hikaru-san gave the simple reply of,
"Well, we were bored."
"Twins with too much free time… are the devil." I glanced over at Tamaki-senpai as he collapsed to the ground in despair. I gave off a soft chuckle while I stood up, bag on my shoulder, math book in my right hand.
"I was right, you two really are interesting Kaoru-san. Here is your math book back; thanks for letting me borrow it. See you guys tomorrow in class."
C-H-A-N: Just somethings that I thought needed a little bit of extra explaining, just in case.
1. Okay so, seeing as this wasn't mentioned in the first two chapters, Nori came into school half way through the day, making the last two classes of that day english and math, there are two more periods in the morning before those two classes. I know this probably isn't close to any Japanese school schedule, but I'm basing this off block periods because that's how my high school has classes set up.
2 (for those of you that haven't heard of an uke before): from the Japanese verb 'ukeru' (receive) it's used in anime/manga and fanfiction for the "bottom" or "passive" in a yaoi/shounen-ai(male/male) relationship.
Generally the shorter, cuter, sweeter of the two... generally.
See seme for more info.
^From Urban Dictionary .com^