Chapter 4: …Trust my cousin
"Kagome-san!" Kyouya ran after the girl as she was ecstatically talking to her sempai.
They stopped, and the small junior clinging to the black-clad senior turned around in surprise. "Ohtori-san? Can I help you?" Nekozawa had excused himself, saying that he had to meet with the black magic club to tell them of her arrival. "Did I forget something back at the club?"
The boy shook his head. "No, I just wished to speak with you separately from the others. I wanted to ask you something…"
"You just did," she waved her arm at him casually, chuckling at her oh-so-clever joke. He nodded his head, "I was just kidding, please, go on…"
Kyouya swallowed thickly. Suddenly, his throat felt dry and his stomach churned. "Kagome-san… I wanted to know… If you would like to go out sometime…"
She groaned and buried her face in her hands, "Poor, poor, Ohtori-san… Watashi no Itoko no baka-san put you up to this, didn't he… The moron could have just asked about whatever he wanted to find out…" She shook her head disappointedly. "Mou… I hope that he realizes I'll have no reason to trust him after this…"
The boy gained his voice back, "He won't be very happy if I tell him that you refused… Or if I tell him you said that you can't trust him…"
She waved his statement away, "That's too bad for him. Either way, I'm not going to be available for a while. I have to go see ani-ue after school for extra training and stuff…"
This piqued the male's attention, "Extra training? For what?"
She blinked, standing as straight and stiff as a board, "Um… I just remembered! Nekozawa-chan is waiting for me!" She ran away at, what he analyzed as, an un-human speed. Shrugging, he decided that she worth his time.
Even if she wasn't, she had turned down his offer for a date. He may have been known as the 'ice king,' but any other girl still would have jumped at the chance… To put it simply:
His ego was bruised…
…and he wasn't planning on letting her get away with doing such a vile thing. He would have admitted to being slightly upset at her though, and he would get her to go out on a date with him… and like it too.
He walked back into the third music room, confidence restored that his pride would once again be complete when he went on a date with her. And that was something that he planned on doing.
Not only was he going to enforce this for Tamaki anymore, it was personal.
His ego was damaged, and he was going to fix it soon enough.
He heard a voice, "So, what did she say?" Eyeing the blonde sitting on his chair, he pushed his glasses up slightly more so the glare would block his eyes from their view.
"She said no." There was a collective gasp from the group in front of him before everyone broke off into their own responses. Hunny ran over to him and gave him a hug
"It's okay, Kyo-chan! They don't always say yes…" He pulled back from the one-sided embrace and smiled wide, "sometimes, persistence helps!" The cheery boy skipped back to the Morinozuka.
Meanwhile, the twins were laughing at the fact that Kyouya had even tried, mocking that she had turned him down, "She must have totally freaked when you asked her!" Hikaru snickered. "Yeah!" Kaoru agreed, "I can't blame her for saying 'no!'"
Tamaki sat in his chair disbelievingly, and Kyouya was surprised that his friend's jaw wasn't on the ground. "Sh-She said 'No?'"
Kyouya nodded firmly. "Indeed, Tamaki, she said no. What are we to do now? She said that you could just ask, but I'm sure she would hold things back."
The blonde boy nodded and frowned, looking years older than he really was. He slumped forward in his seat and ran a nimble hand though his hair. "I don't understand! Why would she say 'no?' I was so sure that this would work…"
Kyouya sat down and rubbed his temples. He could feel the beginnings of a headache developing. "I'll ask her again tomorrow."
The 'King' looked at the taller boy with appreciative smile, "Thanks Kyouya, this means a lot." He shot out of his seat, punching his fist in the air, "I've always wanted a cousin! So I am determined to find out what makes her tick!"
Kyouya looked slightly amused at these actions, but nodded his head. He couldn't wait for tomorrow.
