Here is the final chapter of the nanny! I know it is short but I kind of ran out of ideas. Also thank you for all of the reviews, favorites, and alerts!
Tamaki was not the least bit nervous when Nekozawa-Senpai asked to see him alone.
That's a lie, he was downright terrified.
Tamaki almost had said no, however, when the senior looked so desperate for his help (alone), Tamaki couldn't help but agree. So he was willing to take one for the team and go to the Black Magic Club by himself. "Senpai," Tamaki knocked on the ancient looking door. It opened a crack and a hand immediately pulled him inside.
"Tamaki…" Nekozawa greeted him, and Tamaki say him with just his school uniform on. "I need your help."
Tamaki looked around the room for a minute. It was decorated fashionable with a huge fireplace lamenting the darkness away.
Tamaki sat down in a chair by the huge fireplace. "What is it?"
Umehito fidgeted as he watched the fire dance, opening and closing his mouth several times before he blurted out: "I think I might be in trouble… Or in love." He paused, a frown on his face as he seemed to try to figure something out. "Or maybe both." He tilted his head to a side. "Yes, both. I need help."
Tamaki smiled, "Really! That's wonderful! Who is it?"
Nekozawa stared at the fire before blurting it out. "Kirimi's nanny, Kagome Higurashi."
Tamaki just grinned before he patted Nekozawa on the back, "Don't worry. You're in good hands." The senior really, really wanted to believe that, but the maniacal glint in his friend's eyes was doing nothing for his nerves.
"How do I begin this?"
"Try catching Kagome in her own neighborhood; she will be in a more comfortable." Tamaki said. "Try without your cloak or wig and use a dark umbrella to handle the sun. It will show that you're trying."
Admitting to his feelings was a relief, in a way. Lying to himself was too much of a hassle, in any case, and it never helped any. And confessing to Tamaki meant not having to come up with ridiculous excuses to mope around his house while trying to remain unseen. It did, however, mean that he had to deal with Tamaki's "subtle" prompts and comments regarding the proper way to court a woman.
He convinced the Host King not to mention it to the others because he didn't want any more problems and Tamaki agreed full heartily.
His first major breakthrough came from the realization he wasn't going to accomplish much by locking himself inside his family's large estate. Kagome was outside so outside he had to go. It'd been ages since he'd walked through the neighborhood or explored the town, but it seemed like the logical thing to do.
Hiding from Kagome was not going to make things better because he was drawn to her light. He also wanted to know where she lived and what she did outside of taking care of Kirimi. He rather wanted to see her in her natural environment to strike up a conversation and getting to know one another.
He had to make it look like a casual encounter, of course. He wasn't about to start socializing in the off-chance that he might perhaps meet her. He knew where her home was located, and had gleaned from her one or two details about what she liked to do. It took some courage but he was able to handle the black umbrella as Tamaki recommended.
He was standing by the steep staircase, just trying to gather up the courage to go greet her until, Kagome found him.
"Good afternoon, Nekozawa-Senpai." She smiled widely at him, almost looking pleased to see him out and about. "Fancy meeting you outside." It was her day off from Kirimi and she decided to do some shopping.
He smiled back, trying to appear slyer than shy and fidgeted slightly.
"Yes, well, I'm trying to become more outgoing and be around people since Kirimi belongs to this world of light." He forced himself to exude nonchalance but thought that he was doing a rather poor job of it. Kagome, however, only smiled wider.
"I could help, perhaps if you don't mind. There is a carnival that Kirimi wants to go to. You could come to."
Tamaki had said. Confident. Suave.
Nekozawa was pretty sure confident and suave had just gone out the window and were running far away from him, screaming. But Kagome was looking quite happy, biting her lip to hide the smile on her face, so he decided he hadn't done so badly.
"Good. It's a date, then." He said, suddenly regretting it.
Kagome smiled instead. "I am looking forward to it." She ducked her head down, looking at him from beneath her lashes and biting her lip once more before turning around to go into a store. It was when he was about to follow her that a terrifying realization dawned on him.
She was flirting with him. Her little gestures, her coy glances and light touches were part of some intricate, dangerous mating dance.
And he had no idea how to respond.
Her flirting changed everything. It left him once more adrift, lost. He was already out of his depth, courting a woman outside of his comfort zone by several thousand miles. As much as Kagome seemed to adore the darkness, his darkness, she was a being of light, scorching him in a way that was both unsettling and delightful. To pursue her was already fraying his nerves, having her pursue back was sure to kill him.
He had to make a call to Tamaki right away! "Would you mind excusing me for a minute?" Kagome nodded before they continued to look around in a supermarket. He pulled out his cell phone, anxiously dialing The Host King's number.
Three rings. "Hello Nekozawa- Senpai, how's it going!?" Tamaki exclaimed, absolutely thrilled that he was playing a part in this lover's tale of seduction.
"She's flirting, Tamaki!" His tone was laced with incredulity and a touch of accusation, as if flirting was a capital crime. "She does this thing where she lowers her eyes and looks at me from beneath her lashes and my blood starts boiling. And she touches me! All the time! Her hands ghost over my arms, brush against my side and whisper over my chest and I can't..." He was beginning to hyperventilate, "And she smiles, genuinely and fully and I swear there's magic on her lips because they... the things they do to me... The things I want to do to them..."
Just thinking of her was driving him wild, his accent thickening and his hands clenching and unclenching, feeling empty.
"She's so soft and when she presses against me something shuts down inside my head and I forget to speak entirely. How am I supposed to woo her, to enthrall her, when I cannot even talk to her half the time?"
When he'd set out to court her he'd envisioned a slow, languorous seduction, a gradual surrendering of the light to the dark. Instead she was burning him and he was coming undone in the worst and best ways. A part of him, admittedly, felt giddy about having little to no control of the situation, wishing to surrender completely to Kagome, follow her into the depths of Hell as long as she smiled at him in that coy, promising way.
It was a few moments before Tamaki finally answered. "Just tell her how you feel…." Tamaki said quietly, "Ask her out on a date,"
"How do I know if she will agree to this outing?"
"You have to try." The Host King smiled, "Good luck Senpai."
The time seemed to pass for the young couple as Kagome helped him through the rest of the day. It was an eye lifting experience. "Thank you for walking me home." Kagome said. "But it was a wonderful afternoon."
She smiled, before she turned around.
"Wait!" He suddenly seemed nervous and panicky again, and Kagome wondered what on Earth could have caused him to revert back to... "Have dinner with me. Please."
Oh.
Oh.
"Yes."
He seemed startled by the notion she had agreed, and seeing him unsettled by her acceptance made her heart melt.
"Friday night?"
She nodded once more.
"I'll pick you up around... seven?"
She nodded one last time, smiling and waving goodbye before heading up the shrine steeps, feeling his eyes on her back acutely.
"Wait…" She stopped. "I really like you." He blurted it out without quite meaning to; he didn't want to pretend anymore he wasn't completely enthralled by her. He wanted to give in.
"You... You glow. You radiate something, I don't know what, that makes my head spin when you smile and seeps into my bones when you touch me. It's like... magic... Your hair is the darkest of ink of the night sky and your eyes are like the ocean trapped within ice."
He felt her hands cradle his face and before he could say anything else she pressed her lips to his. He felt immediately hot all over, like he was absorbing the sun through her mouth and it was an exhilarating experience. "That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me." Kagome said softly. "I like you too." She smiled before heading up the stairs with a small smile on her face.
It was the end to a good day.
Life as Kirimi Nekozawa's nanny went on, but as Umehito's girlfriend was even better. Kirimi still loved to get her nanny in very embarrassing situations. However, Kagome embraced them full heartily now. Because if she had never met the host Club, life might be different.
And it is in their motto to make every girl happy… as they had done with Kagome Higurashi.
