Sakura Kisses

Chapter 4: Random…?

After about a half an hour, Etsuko decided that she cooled down enough to walk out of the room in her clothes, along with a blue and black beanie on her head. Her earphones were plugged in and they were blasting Three Days Grace's song: Goin' Down. Softly singing the lyrics, she walked out with her bunny bag slung over her shoulder.

"Etsuko-san, can we have a talk with you?" Kyouya asked calmly, but you could definitely tell he was a little peeved at the thought of losing some of their best customers.

"I don't think there is much to talk about, Kyouya-san. You guys were there, you saw what happened." Etsuko said in her scarily sweet voice.

Shivering slightly, Tamaki stepped forward a bit. "All we saw was a slap, and then you warning Princess Suki against talking about Haruhi in that way… what exactly did she say?"

"Nothing really important." Shrugging, Etsuko stuffed her hands in her pockets and whistled. Without warning, her headphones were yanked out of her ears and she was punched on the head by non-other than Haruhi.

"It is too important. You slapped the girl, and if she finds out who your parents are, they could lose their jobs!" Haruhi looked pretty pissed. Rolling her eyes, Etsuko let out a sigh.

"They called me a whore, and then called you a bastard because Tamaki hugged you. And to top that off, they were going to insult your father." Flicking a strand of hair out of her face, she plopped down on the couch.

"Good, so that means that we kicked them out of the club for a good reason." Tamaki nodded.

"Anyways, this chat was nice and all, and you guys don't really seem to miss them, but I need to get ready for my job." Brushing herself off, she made her way to the door.

"Well, the three did cause a bit of trouble in the club." Both twins stated, wrapping their arms around Etsuko.

"And I think we…" Hikaru started.

"Would like to come along." Kaoru smirked, finishing his twin.

"Yes, I think we should. I mean, the school doesn't allow part-time jobs, does it?" Kyouya wrote some stuff down, and Etsuko froze.

"Oh! My daughter is growing up so fast!" Tamaki started to whimper.

"Do you wanna go, Takashi? I hope there will be cake!" Hunny giggled, while Mori just inclined his head as if it were a nod.

Sighing, Etsuko turned to look at the others. "If I don't take you guys along, you'll tell the headmaster, huh?" The twins snickered as they grabbed Haruhi and followed Etsuko to her job downtown.

X X X

"Kawasaki!" A blonde boy who was dressed in punk attire growled. This was Nakamura Keichi. He and Etsuko have been biting each other's heads off since she came to work here. "You're late!"

"Some of us actually have a life, Nakamura." Sighing, she placed all her stuff in the back room, and walked back out. Once she was out, Keichi walked over and stared her down. She returned a calm look, one to rival Mori's expressionless face.

"Well, some of us actually need to earn their living, unlike you damn nerdy idiots."

"Oh, and you're now swearing? I bet you feel important" Etsuko rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms.

"She does have a point, Keichi." Hiroki stepped out, placing down the decorations for tonight's show. He had black rimmed glasses, black messy hair, and was usually seen sipping down some black coffee. His clothes were usually a baggy sweatshirt with some run-down jeans and black high-tops.

"Stay out of it!" Both Keichi and Suko yelled, and turned back to face each other. "Stop copying me!" both let out growls in unison and attempted to speak again. "I said knock it off!" Etsuko stomped off to the dressing room to go meet the twins, while Keichi was hit on the head with a magazine.

X X X

"Suko-nee~" Etsuko was glomped by the twins. Izumi, a girl, had shoulder-length black hair, while her brother, Isamu, had his hair tied up in a high short ponytail. Both had stunning green eyes, and wore black skinny jeans with a green shirt. "We missed you!"

"I missed you guys too." Patting their heads, Etsuko left to get changed. She wore a red dress that stopped mid-thighs, just a little above the knees. Underneath was black and white stripped leggings, and the sleeves to the dress were slightly poofy. On her feet were red flats, and to finish off the look, she had a white necklace with a music note in the middle, and a white bow around her waist.

"Okay, wish me luck!" Etsuko singed, while skipping off towards the stage.

"Luck~" Both sung in their singing voices. Taking a deep breath, Etsuko walked out to see the hosts being fawned over by a lot of the girl guests. Shaking her hand, she introduced her song: Operator by Shiloh.

She started to tap her foot to the beat, listening to all the instruments blending in to make the music.

"The TV says I'm not the girl I should be. It drives me crazy!" She placed her hand on her chest, as if she was pointing towards herself. "I'm not impressed, it isn't what I want to be. So call me lazy!"Grinning, she started to hop a bit.

"Operator, Operator! Don't call me, I'll call you later!"Pointing to the crowd, she grinned wider.

"Operator, Operator! I'm just fine; I'll call you later! Why would I want to be anybody else but me? I'm never gonna fake it! Why would I ever be anybody else but me? I know I'm gonna make it! Without a doubt, I know what I'm about! I'm everything I'll ever want to be! A girl like me. A girl like me!"Smirking, Etsuko looked over to the hosts, and winked.

"The magazines are messing with reality. It's entertaining! As long as we don't take it seriously. We'll keep on laughing."

"Operator, Operator! Don't call me, I'll call you later!"Here she started to do a little dance, and belted out the following words.

"Operator, Operator! I'm just fine; I'll call you later! Why would I want to be anybody else but me? I'm never gonna fake it! Why would I ever be anybody else but me? I know I'm gonna make it. Without a doubt, I know what I'm about. I'm everything I'll ever want to be. A girl like me."

"I don't want to lose control… I don't want to sell my soul…" She looked down a bit closing her eyes and spreading her arms out. Then, Etsuko snapped hers eyes wide open and grinned after she sung 'soul'"I don't want to be no drastic, spastic, superficial plastic clone!"

"Operator, Operator! Don't call me, I'll call you later. Operator, Operator! I'm just fine; I'll call you later!"

"Why would I want to be anybody else but me? I'm never gonna fake it! Why would I ever be anybody else but me? I know I'm gonna make it! Why would I want to be just another wannabe? I'm never gonna be, never ever gonna be! Without a doubt, I know what I'm about! I'm everything I'll ever want to be. A girl like me… A girl like me… a girl like me…"Giggling, she waved to the audience.

As she got to the dressing room, she peeled off the dress. The door started to open, and the hazel-eyed girl turned expecting to see Haruhi. Instead, there was Keichi. He wore a shocked expression, and his face was heating up rather quickly. Etsuko took a deep breath, and started to scream.

OMG I DON'T THINK I'LL REACH MY GOAL. I have so many things going on, and seeing as I'm going back to Tae Kwon Do, I won't have a lot of time to work on this. I also have a book to read for school next year, and I'm aiming to hurry up and get that done once it comes in. Please please please bare with me, folks! I'll attempt to get farther and junk! So sorry ;3;

PS: I procrastinate.