Day Three
Demi's First Visit
I stood in front of the doors, my heart pounding. This was it. My first visit to the host club. I was going to request Haruhi so I could tell her that I knew about her being a girl, that I didn't forget her, and to catch up. A lot.
I took a deep breath and pushed open the door. I was greeted by the hosts, and I requested Haruhi, shocking her and Tamaki and Kyoya. Haruhi led me to a red velvet couch, and told me to wait while she made us some tea. I watched her be annoyed by the twins, Tamaki hearing a comment then going to his corner of despair. I calmly waited.
Haruhi came back a few minutes later, gave me a few charming lines, poured me some tea and said a few other things, then was cut off when I said, "I know." she paused, "Haruhi Fujioka. My best friend in elementary school." I leaned in a little, "A girl." Haruhi's head tilted.
"So you are Demiya Yamazaki. I thought it was you." there was a moment of pause before we cracked grins and threw our arms around each other for a moment before realizing other people were watched. "So, what's new?" Haruhi asked.
Haruhi and I sat there catching up. I told her about my wanting to be a doctor, and my older brother wanting to become a biologist. My mothers sudden success.
Haruhi wants to be a lawyer, following her mothers footsteps. Her dad works at a club, and gets laid a lot. Thinking about it is a little creepy, figuring her dad is a tranny, but what can you do about it? Nothing. "Who are you looking at?" she asked, following my gaze, "Oh. Kyoya sempai?"
"Mm?" I snapped out of my haze, "Yeah. Kyoya sempai."
"Like him?"
"Yes. Kind of. I'm having trouble, really."
"About?"
"I like two boys, and I can't choose between them." I let out a sigh.
"So, are you going to tell me who you're choosing between?" Haruhi asked.
"Well..." I paused, and leaned in to whisper in her ear, "Tamaki sempai and Kyoya sempai." I blurted.
"What-?" Haruhi looked stunned a moment before she started laughing.
"What?"
"You like those morons?" she laughed. She was quiet, for my sake, but there was quite a lot of laughing.
"Yeah. Not the Host versions, but the real ones. I've been around them long enough to know."
So, we talked. Haruhi explained the more to me. Kyoya was the brains of the bunch. He was cool, calm and collected. Tamaki was hyper all the time. He referred to the Host Club as his family all the time. You say one thing against him and he goes to his Corner of Despair. They're hilarious, apparently.
As I listened to stories of the Host Club, who are morons, I listened, fascinated. I was getting to hear of a side of these boys no one has ever seen or heard. I listened intently to her stories, and occasionally looked over at the boys in question.
Then, everyone went outside to the courtyard to play a commoners game, as initiated by Tamaki. So, we went outside to play. I played, too, remembering the game from my past.
When the can was kicked, I took off running into the rose maze with no clue on to where I was going. I ran almost blindly through the roses until I reached the pavilion. I fell onto the bench, exhausted from running.
Oh, I figured I would be found right away, but I really didn't know where else to hide. I sat there a moment, catching my breath when I heard a voice. "Excuse me!" I jumped and looked up. Kyoya sempai was there with his arm outstretched. "Would you mind?"
"Oh. No." I said, my eyes widened and my heart started to race.
Kyoya sempai sat next to me, and wordlessly, I started my work. He was healing up nicely. Since it was only a minor cut, and he didn't need many stitches, I could take them out now. So, gently, using a bobby pin in my hair, I pulled out his stitches. "Shouldn't you be a little more professional?" he asked coolly.
"Well, it's not like I keep a medical kit with me." I said, "Okay... I do, but it's in my backpack."
I didn't meet his eyes. I realized only then that he was a descendant of the big medical business in Japan and I was setting a terrible example. When I realized that, I sighed. I would never make it now. "I'm sorry." I said, "I wish-"
"It's alright." he cut me off, "I understand." I looked up and I let my eyes meet his understanding ones. Use what you have. I smiled slightly and looked back down at my work.
There was silence as I worked. He looked as if he had a question, but he just couldn't voice it. I had questions boiling inside me as well, but I just couldn't make my voice work. He opened his mouth to say something, then a charming voice rung out in the air, "Demiya!" Tamaki cried, running up to us, "Oh, and Kyoya."
"Yes, Tamaki?" Kyoya sighed, then he glanced over at me, finally learning my name.
"I found you! Come on, Demiya!" Tamaki waited until I put my hair back up before grabbing my hand and pulling me away from Kyoya. I looked back for just a moment before willingly going with Tamaki.
Later, once we were done with games and we could go home, I gathered my stuff and avoided everyone, hoping I could get out of there and get my homework and daily writing done before eight. Hopefully. I actually got it done faster with the help of a very smart intruder.
I was working on math, trying to think of the answer to this particularly hard math question. The one I'd asked for. I was sitting in my normal clothes, a spring green sundress, under a cherry tree doing my homework surrounded by the pink petals gently falling from the trees.
This problem stumped me. Usually, I get them right away, but this one was hurting my brain. It wasn't a "think outside the box" kind of problems. It was "follow to rules just so" and you have to figure the rules out then do the problem. I was getting upset with myself, unable to do this problem. When I finally get it, I'll think "Why didn't I think of that?" but so far, no luck.
In my subconscious, I sensed a person sit next to me, but I didn't even notice who it was or his identity until he actually spoke. He must have been there for five minutes before he spoke because in his smooth, cool voice, he said, "Having trouble?"
"Holy shi-" I jumped and saw the person next to me, still in his uniform. "K-Kyoya sempai?" he barely nodded, but still did. "Pardon my language." I went back to my math.
"You haven't answered my question." Kyoya stated a moment later.
"I haven't?" I looked up at him. I had totally forgotten what he'd asked.
"Are you having trouble?" he asked.
"Oh. No. I'm doing fine." I continued with my work. This was all I had to do until I finished my homework, so I guess I did good today. My eyes slid over to the curious boy next to me who was examining my paper.
"This problem wasn't on our homework." he observed.
"No. It's not on the original paper." I nodded, "I request extra work."
"So you're this smart?"
"Apparently not. I can't figure it out."
"The answer is a problem." he said.
"Sure is." then it clicked, "Oh! It's a problem in the matrix. Why didn't I think of that?" See. Told you.
I came out with:
[ D 4K G5K ]
[4m 9s + A]
Now that I knew the first one, it all fell into place. This was freshman math. Why didn't I get that. I groaned outwardly. Kyoya chuckled sending chills down my spine. The good kind. "Thank you, Kyoya." I said, smiling slightly with his laugh.
"Oh, no problem. Just repaying that favor."
"What?"
"For helping me with my arm I figured I owed you something in return."
"Helping me with math is so not enough, sempai." I said.
"I could save you a dance at the party next week." he suggested casually.
"I wasn't planning on going and just doing the extra homework I'm going to ask for."
"You sure work yourself hard."
"Do I?"
"Yeah. You request extra homework all the time." he said. He notices me, apparently. Of course. I'm the co-class leader.
"Oh. I do." I said, setting my books aside, wondering how long I was going to talk with this Angel of Darkness.
"May I ask why?"
"Because... I like challenges."
"Why?"
"I want to be a doctor, so I work myself hard, keeping myself up and alert. Just in case. Notice how fast I came to your rescue." I said.
"You did come very quickly." he said, "But why do you want to be a doctor?" I didn't miss the smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.
"Because I like helping people. That feeling of accomplishment and making other people happy appeals to me."
"A selfish reason to be a doctor."
"How so?" I crossed my arms, turning to face him and he looked me right in the eye.
"Because." he said as if would tell me everything, "If you're doing it for your own pleasure, then you can never truly be a true doctor. Just a selfish one."
"I like to make people happy." I said defensively.
"Oh, come on, tell the truth." he said playfully, totally out of his comfort zone. Totally out of character. Weird.
"Okay, I like the feeling of accomplishment." I said as if I was guilty. Then, he laughed and my breath caught in my throat.
I'd never heard him genuinely laughing. Some fake laugh at a pathetic joke some girl at the club made up. This laugh was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. The way he threw his head back like that was something I'd never seen before. So, I smiled and laughed with him. Laughing at my own joke.
She obviously liked him a lot, Haruhi observed from afar. She watched them laughing together under the cherry tree at something Demi had said. It was good they were bonding, but what was Kyoya saying now? Haruhi couldn't tell from this distance.
She sighed. She wished for just that moment that she had a girlfriend to talk to. The one she had was currently flirting with Kyoya. Okay, it was natural flirting. Like, she was made to flirt with him, like it was kind of her way. The girlish side was coming out of her for just a moment. She wanted to find a guy she liked and flirt with him. She wanted to go shopping and-
If only she could. She didn't have a debt anymore, which was good, and she was still in the Host Club, everything was good. It had been for a few weeks now. No one knew Haruhi was a girl except for a select group. Rengae didn't know yet. Oh what a shock she would get.
Haruhi wasn't stupid. She knew Rengae liked her. Sure, it was really creepy and a little weird, but she had to put up with it for the sake of the club. Then her mind turned to someone strange.
Tamaki sempai. Haruhi knew Demiya wasn't sure if she liked Tamaki or Kyoya, but she knew she liked one of them more then the other, but it made Haruhi feel weird. When Demiya had said that she liked Tamaki and Kyoya, Haruhi felt an odd pang. Haruhi had never felt anything like that before. She felt like that when Tamaki had announced he was engaged. It was weird and alien, so Haruhi avoided it as much as possible.
Now, seeing these to together, she felt that way again. This time, she knew what it was. A little bit of envy. She wanted to do that, too.
