Disclaimer: I still don't own OHSHC! I probably never will. . . I only own any OCs that have the tendency to appear. Anyways, onward with the chapter!
"A secret?"
"Yes," she said finally opening her eyes and sitting up. They shone gold. Her pupils were now slits, but they still had the kindness and worry of rejection hidden behind her eyes.
"Are they always gold?"
"Nah, they are normally the dark purple that you usually see, but these change based on my emotions."
"What are they showing now?"
She looked down, "Fear."
He sat down on the bed placing a hand on her back. He was somewhat concerned though, he didn't really show it.
"What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid of you, I'm afraid of you rejecting me. Now that I'm transforming more frequently. I don't want you to reject me. I don't want to be alone again," she said almost sobbing now. So, Kyoya pulled her into a warm embrace, holding her tightly. She was full out crying now, but they weren't tears of fear they were tears of relief. Relief that she got it out that he knows the truth, well, half of it anyway.
"Why would I reject you? You've always been dear to me. Not just me, but everyone else too."
"So, should I leave my contacts out?"
He mentally face palmed.
Her eyes were now a sapphire blue.
"Yes, you should. You have gorgeous eyes, why hide them?"
Her eyes were pink. He didn't see it but she was blushing on the inside wondering why he always did so much for her. She smiled.
"Okay, no contacts," her voice was gentle and soft. She snuggled her cheek into his shoulder. He seemed confused but, the expression quickly left him. "Thanks, Kyoya. You always help me so much and I can't ever thank you enough."
She attempted to get up but, a hand stopped her.
"Lie back down, you had a minor concussion you need your rest."
She pouted, "Fine."
She laid back down closing her eyes gently. After she was well asleep, Kyoya placed a light kiss onto her forehead.
"Sleep well, princess."
-:-
"Hi guys, I'm back!"
"What happened to Nekozawa?" Tamaki asked questioningly.
"Well, it was pretty interesting I'm planning on going back after the host club is over today."
He was dumbstruck. She was going to both rival clubs?! The Black Magic Club went on after the other clubs had left so she could do both.
"Oh yes, as a punishment you are now a host," Tamaki decided to throw in.
"Your first female host?" She tilted her head to the side. She thought about it. "Guess I'll have to go do some training, then I'm a bit rusty. Mori, want to go with me to our special training grounds this weekend?"
He shook his head, "I would but can't I'm going somewhere with Honey all this weekend."
She sighed, "Kyoya?"
"I'll see what I can fit in."
She glomped him saying, "Meet me in front of that forest that's a few miles away, and bring a bathing suit!"
If she was going to be a female host then she would have to prepare herself for the stupid perverts that have the tendency to come around.
-:-
"The Black Magic Club," she said as she pushed open the skull and rose doors once again. No one was there but, people were coming. She could hear them now. She once again petted the western wyvern that watched her from the corner.
"We're so misunderstood aren't we, my friend," Rose said to the dragon but, someone else over herd her.
"Aren't we all?" A voice said. She didn't recognize it, the scent, or its aura.
"Who might you be?"
"I was about to ask you the same. I am Ryu."
"I'm Rose."
"Strange, a girl with pink aura in a place like this."
"Don't be talking yours is as thick as ink!" she snapped.
Suddenly, a hand was next to her head.
"You've got a fast tongue, it would be terrible if it were to get cut off," Ryu said in a seductive tone.
She wrinkled her nose, "If you could catch it."
"Ryu, leave Rose alone."
"Nekozawa?"
Ryu growled and walked away.
"I'm so sorry, Rose. I didn't know that you would be back. After what happened during lunch."
"It's okay. It's not your fault," she placed a hand on his shoulder, " it was that cat's fault. Argh! I'm tempted to wring its scrawny neck!"
"Do you hate cats?" He looked almost sad.
"Nah, just that red and black one. It holds some kind of grudge against my family."
"Well, I did get a test prepared for you in order to enter the club."
"Meh, a test. Least it's on my best subject."
She quickly jotted down answers not even having to think twice about them. All of the questions were easy to her. With some of them she even drew detailed pictures to match. It took her all about fifteen minutes.
"You got, every question perfect. Even put things that I don't even know," Nekozawa said in awe.
"A girl with a pink aura? How is this possible?"
"Lets just say I don't have the normal pink."
Ryu looked at her. Her aura was unstable, constantly changing.
"What are you?"
"You tell me."
-:-
It was finally the weekend. Time to train. Rose woke up at six thirty in the morning and called Kyoya to make sure he was up. He was grouchy, his normal morning self. She grabbed a special 'training' swimsuit, as she called it. It looked as if it was made of feathers. There were no straps, it was a one piece that had a sort of feathery tail on the back still looking as of feathers. Most of all though, it was red. The color of the burning passion of the phoenix.
She met Kyoya at the entrance to the forest about a half hour later. She grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him through the forest until they were facing a cliff.
"A cliff?"
"Not just any cliff."
She pushed aside a large boulder to reveal a hidden meadow. It was a clearing with white daisies and a few sterling silver rose bushes. There was a large pond with a waterfall on one side. Underneath the waterfall there were two flat rocks barely emerged from the surface of the pond. The waterfall beat down on them.
"This, is where you train?"
"Yep, I don't really like training alone. It's no fun. So, go change. I'll be waiting in the water."
Rose had her swimsuit underneath. So, she tossed off her jeans and t shirt and jumped right into the pond. She came up and sighed heavily enjoying the warmth. She heard his foot steps so, she hid in an under water cavern. She saw the bubbles from when he dove in. Silently, she came up behind him and grabbed him getting little to no reaction.
"Why is it so warm? Is there a hot spring nearby?" "You're in it, silly. Now follow me, I'll show you where the hard work takes place."
She took him to the underwater cavern. It was very spacious and it was right under where they were standing a few moments ago. Large boulders were scattered throughout and so were broken ones.
"This is where I do the tough stuff. Like fighting Mori. This is only part one of training."
She hopped out of the water and into the cavern. She began with simple meditation. Then she began beating the crap out of a large rock sending chunks at Kyoya. After, she looked at her knuckles and feet. They were bleeding.
"Damn, I am rusty. I'm bleeding after just one," she sighed, "guess we're heading to part two early."
He raised an eyebrow in question. She took him by the hand and pulled him up facing the waterfall. She hadn't done this in a long time. She took her spot on one of the flat rocks under the waterfall. The rock was warm and relaxing. She patted the rock beside her indicating for him to sit as well. He did so. He tried to let his body and mind relax hearing nothing but the waterfall.
Rose smirked. He was trying to focus on the sound of the waterfall. She stood hearing something. It was a few punks.
"Get out of here this is private property," she said calmly.
"Lookie here boys, a little fox," the leader said.
"A cute one at that." one of his posse said.
"I asked for you to leave," she said more stern.
They stepped forward. She noticed one of them had a bottle of booze in their hand. Another had a cigarette. Even more so, one had a paper towel. Her eyes widened knowing their plan. She turned and shook Kyoya but, he didn't notice.
They put the paper towel into the bottle and lit it. Quickly, she tackled Kyoya into the water taking him to the cavern. The two surfaced in the cavern and heard a pop of glass breaking. Rose's eyes widened her eyes gold in color.
"What just happened?" Kyoya asked worried.
"Fucking bunch of punks. Meadow on fire."
His own eyes widened. Then he felt her arms around his neck. She was crying hard. He wrapped his own arms around her. She was shaking uncontrollably.
"Why can't I ever, why can't I ever protect things that are dear to me?" she sobbed.
He took her face in his hands, "You did. You protected me. If you didn't push me in, I might still be up there."
She stared into his onyx eyes and he into her gold ones. Something came over him and his lips neared hers. They were centimeters apart when, Kyoya pulled back wondering what came over him.
"We have to get out of here."
Rose nodded before walking away. He just sat there. When she noticed he wasn't following she turned around and grabbed his hand bringing him with her.
After winding turns and such, they made it outside. It was almost nightfall. Kyoya took her back to the school in case those goons showed up again.
"Wait one sec," Rose completed a series of high pitched loud whistles. He was confused. Until, a little bird showed up with some of his clothes. By now it was pitch black outside.
"It's a bit late, why don't you stay here for the night?"
He nodded. His dad wouldn't mind, would he? Rose pulled out a trundle bed for him to sleep on. She lay down on her own bed and instantly drifted off to sleep. Kyoya did the same.