Chapter 4 - Sisters

"I still have a situation here," Ohtori said, gesturing at his dress.

"Don't worry, Ohtori-senpai," I told him. "I figured you'd say that." I rummaged through my bag and put on a glove. Then, I took out a cloak. "Here." I placed the cloak over my arm. "I borrowed this from Nekozawa-senpai. He said he was an extra."

"Ne-ne-nekozawa?" Suoh shuddered. "I bet that thing is cursed!"

"Doubt it," I tossed the cloak to Ohtori.

"AH!!! HISOKA-SAN IS CURSED!!!" everyone screamed.

My revealed arm that was covered by the cloak said it all. The barf-green glove had boils and sores and was all blotchy. Some squishy yellow goo was on the glove to make it look even worse. And to top that off, I rigged it to have thick purple blood oozing from the cuts.

I quickly went to zombie mode. "Who dares to disturb me from my slumber?" I moaned while holding my dripping arm up. Then I lifted my head and gave my 'zoned out' expression. "Now you're going to pay."

"AHHHHHH!!!" everybody (well, most of them) screamed. Haninozuka clung onto Morinozuka, Suoh grasped Haninozuka, Fujioka hugged Suoh in fear, and the Hitachiins toppled on Fujioka.

Flash! …went the camera. Everyone turned to the chairman with wide eyes. He studied the preview on the digital camera. He laughed – BIG TIME. He was literally 'rolling on the floor laughing'. He smacked his fist on the floor until it started to hurt.

"Hisoka-san," the chairman struggled to say in between his laughs, "that (laugh) was (laugh) brilliant!" He continued to laugh. "Now this is going to be a precious memento! Hahaha…"

Then the seven pairs of eyes darted to me.

"Hey, he did a favour for me," I explained, "so I did a favour for him." I smiled. "But he only asked for me to prank Suoh-senpai so he could cherish the moment. I figured that I might as well prank all of you. And that movie really helped."

"Why you little…" said the twins as they moved closer to me.

"Ahhhh!" I ran out the door. I wished that Ohtori got scared too. He had to miss that part of the movie. But I smiled once I realized that the chairman should have got a picture of him in the dress.

That day was pretty memorable. It's not every day I get a chairman to help me with my pranks. Who knew that he was still a kid at heart? Well, the next day returned to normal, I guess… There were no tricks or anything and nobody let their guard down. (I could understand why.) I was prepared for someone to get revenge on me but I was surprised that nobody did (and hopefully nobody will). But I did learn something new about a member of the host club…

Someone was knocking at the door of the host club. At this time, there weren't any costumers yet. We – I mean they – were just hanging out and I was astonished that Ohtori was the one that invited me to join them. I thought he probably realised that if he did a prank on me, I could make his family business go down the drain if Yumi announced one or two complaints to the public. I sighed to myself. I guess yesterday's scheme was worthless. He probably won't change his attitude towards me no matter what I do.

Fujioka went up to the door and opened it.

"Is Mitsukuni here?" a voice asked outside of the room.

"Chika!!" cried out Haninozuka. The next thing I knew, a brown-haired boy that looked like Haninozuka dashed up to Haninozuka. He placed his hand on the ground and swung his leg towards Haninozuka. Haninozuka gracefully dodged it by flipping backwards and got into his ready stance. He took out a metal rod (out of nowhere) and sprinted towards Chika. He held the rod high up in the air and thrustfully sliced the rod downwards. Chika successfully dodged it but I pitied the floor.

This was totally awesome!!

"Interesting how Chika doesn't want Hani-senpai to visit his school," stated Ohtori, "so why does Chika visit us this time?" I noticed another boy inside the room. He looked like a mini Morinozuka.

"See, Mika-chan?" said the boy. "Chika is really good at karate, and so is his brother." Oh… That explains why Chika looked like Haninozuka. That boy probably was Morinozuka's little brother. Wait! Mika's here?!

I turned around and looked at Mika. She caught my surprised look and placed a finger on her lips. We had to pretend that we didn't know each other.

My attention reverted back to the fight. Chika threw a punch with his right hand at Haninozuka. Haninozuka unexpectedly caught his hand. Then Haninozuka lifted his left leg and spun backwards until the back of his leg met Chika's side. Chika was hit and he flew in my direction. Though it was unexpected, I stood firm and cushioned Chika's fall, but in doing so, I got slammed against the wall.

"Are you okay?" I asked in pain. My stomach hurt because Chika's elbow had dung into it. I wanted to pretend that I wasn't hurt. I was really fine. I didn't want anyone to worry about me.

"Yes, I'm fine," he grumbled. Ungrateful kid… But then again, he was probably bummed out about losing.

"Hiso-chan, are you okay?" Haninozuka was concerned. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to get hurt."

"I'm okay, Haninozuka-senpai (A/N: Dang that's long.) Don't worry about me, 'kay?" Haninozuka looked doubtful. I shrugged my shoulders to show that nothing was bothering me. "Whatever… It's not like I'm hurt or anything."

Haninozuka smiled. "Okay then. You wanna eat cake with me?"

"Um… I don't know," I replied. "I prefer 'natural' sweets…"

"Oh," answered Haninozuka. He started to skip towards the table with a huge cake on it. "And by the way, I feel awkward when you call me Haninozuka-senpai. It doesn't sound cute." He smiled sweetly at me. "You can just call me Hani-senpai or even Mitsukuni if you want. It's seems like you like to say long names."

I sweat-dropped. I only said the long version to be polite. "Sure."

"So why are you visiting the host club today, Chika-kun?" asked Fujioka.

"Don't call me Chika-kun," he answered. "My name is Yasuchika." Okay… one brother wants me to call him by his nickname and the other doesn't. Talk about opposites.

Satoshi (He was Morinozuka's brother. I was right!) instead replied for him. "Chika wanted to show off to Mika-chan," Satoshi answered bluntly.

"No I didn't! If I wanted to show off to her, I would have brought her to the karate club."

"You did that yesterday," simply stated Satoshi.

"But… but that was different." Yasuchika stuttered. "She wanted to come. And she was the one that wanted to visit the host club for some reason." Aw, he likes Mika. Cute.

"Yasuchika-kun," I asked. "How did you and Satoshi-kun meet Mika-chan?"

"We're in the same class," Yasuchika answered dryly. Well, I should have guessed that.

"But she seems so quiet," I continued. "How did you three become friends?"

"Well, Chika and I have always been best friends," Satoshi explained. "For generation the Morinozukas have always acted as servants to the Haninozuka family. That servant/ master relationship ended when our families were joined by marriage. But even though, I have always been at Chika's side." Wow… I thought. That was pretty thorough. Those two must have a deep relationship. I guess the same goes for Morinozuka and Haninozuka.

"So, what about Mika?"

"Satoshi just saw her one day by herself so he decided to keep her company and dragged me along with him," stated Yasuchika. That's it? C'mon! You two are probably Mika's first friends. But he had to say more than that. Luckily for me he did. "I really admire her though," he continued. "I despise Mitsukuni since he's naturally good at karate while I have to struggle and work my butt off. And yet I just barely reach his level. Mika, on the other hand, lives under the shadow of her older sister, Yumi-san, but all she wants is to spend time with her."

All she wanted was to spend time with me…? Wow. I could believe that I was so blind. Like the other day, when I stupidly asked who were Yasuchika and Satoshi. And she looked upset. I had completely neglected her. She even wanted to see if I needed help with anything. I could have at least let her help me plan my pranks. That would have been good sister time. Why is it only now that I've come to realize that I've ignored her ever since I became an actress?

"Why am I even telling you this?" pondered Yasuchika out loud.

"Because she's easy to talk to?" shrugged Satoshi. "Like Mika. I mean you spill out all of your feelings on her. Actually, not all of your feelings. Except for the fact that-"

"Shut up," snapped Chika. I sweat-dropped. I guess he's still at the age where they don't want anybody to know their feelings. I looked over at Mika. She was playing the piano with Suoh sitting beside her.

"Mika, your left hand is still a little heavy, especially your thumb," tutored Suoh. "I know that Beethoven's style is heavy and emotional but the left-hand is still the accompaniment."

"Okay, Suoh-senpai," answered Mika politely. "I'll try again." I closed my eyes and listened. I haven't heard Mika play in a long time since I'm never home to hear her practice. I didn't get a chance to see how great she has become. The music was dark but lyrical at the same time. It was hard to explain. What was this piece called? The Pathetique Sonata? (A/N: Yes, It's an actual song and I laughed when I saw the title. But it's pretty good.)

"Wow," Suoh remarked after she finished playing. "I can't even play such a hard piece that well. That was beautiful. Just like you Mika-hime." Oh no. He'd better not be flirting with my sister. "It's amazing. Your blue eyes are beautiful. They contrast perfectly with your black raven hair." Okay. That was enough. I walked up to Suoh.

"Why are you flirting with her?" I asked when I realized that Yasuchika got up and asked the same questions.

"Ooo… Chika's jealous that Tono is flirting with his girlfriend," observed one of the Hitachiin twins.

"She's not my girlfriend!" he replied angrily. I'm surprised that they had the guts to say that to him. He could beat them up any minute.

"Ooo… And is Hisoka-san jealous that Mika's getting Tono's attention?" asked the other twin. My eye got WIDE! One feeling came over me: Shockedness. (A/N: teehee, it's fun to make up words)

"What?!?! Are you kidding?!?!" I asked surprised. "I'm just protecting her from Suoh-senpai. I mean look, he's so much older; it's pedophile."

"…" Suoh was speechless.

"Ano… Hisoka-senpai," said my sister, "Suoh-senpai is only two years older than me."

"…" I looked at the ground. I couldn't say anything. I was so stupid. When was I going to realize that Mika was not even one year younger that me? I treated her like she was 10 when she was really 14.

"Had enough fun?" Yasuchika asked Mika. He was trying really hard to smile. I could tell that he did not want to be here. But he probably came to be Mika's 'bodyguard'.

Mika looked at the ground in disappointment. "Sure…" she replied and headed towards the door. I felt bad. I realized that she came here because she wanted to spend time with me.

"Hey, Mika?" I said. She turned around. "Just tell your sister that you want to be with her more often." I smiled sympathetically. "I don't think she would mind." I saw her eyes widen as I said that. A smile appeared on her face and a teardrop went down her cheek. She blinked and nodded at me. Then the three of them left.

I have never seen her so happy in my life.

Ring… Ring… My cell phone. I picked it up. But when I did, I wished I didn't.

I sighed. My friend Kimi begged me to come to this celeb party. I didn't even know whose party it was. But she needed me so she could get in and interview some people for her school newspaper. I never came to celeb parties. I got so bored the first time. All people would do is talk, talk, and talk. Sometimes about their fans, sometimes about fashion, and sometimes about make-up. Make-up was definitely a subject I couldn't relate to. In fact, I hated make-up before. I hated all of make-up artists that others provided for me because they would put sooo much.

But when Kimi (accidentally) came along, I loved how she did it. She made me pretty without making my face feel heavy. So, of course, I hired her to be my personal make-up artist. I think I would call Kimi my closest friend because she was the only one that I could actually trust. Also because I would always see her even if I switched schools. But then again, I only saw her when I actually needed make-up. Except today…

I looked around to see if there was anything interesting that I could do. Hm… What if I spiced up the party? That would make things more interesting. What should I do today? Surprise blackout with a ghost? No… too obvious. Something more subtle… What about-

I suddenly stopped brainstorming when I spotted Suoh across the room. What the heck was he doing here?!

This chapter was getting too long so I'm not going to do a corner thing. I don't know if I should still do it though… And now when I look back at the sister issue scene, it wasn't that great. It reminded me of the Princess Michelle thing in the manga. Oh well, the next chapter will be fun (at least for me). Please criticize (constructively). Lol