"What? No way am I going to wear this!" Tomoko said, chucking the uniform dress to the side.
"I thought you were working on being grateful." Kyoya said as a passive way of trying to convict the oppositional girl.
"Yeah but I'm not gonna wear something that burns my freakin' eyes out and makes me nauseous." She objected.
"Well whether you like it or not, you will be wearing this." Kyoya said, picking up the dress and hanging it up.
Tomoko growled…she was NOT a happy camper right now. How the hell was she supposed to do a damn thing with that pain in the ass dress? Stupid frilly thing.
"Haruhi wears the guy's uniform…" Tomoko grumbled.
"That's because she can pass as a male student." Kyoya said.
"So because I've got nice tits you're gonna force me into a dress?" she said gruffly.
Kyoya sighed and adjusted his glasses higher on the bridge of his nose.
"That's just retarded." She growled.
"Say what you like. I have work to do now. Get some rest for tomorrow." He said, walking away.
She watched him disappear down the long hallway. "Ha…jackass, leaving his room unguarded. I'm not gonna let him dress me up like a princess." She growled, walking into his room confidently.
She stopped for a moment to observe the space. Yeah this was definitely his room. Clean cut, organized, and modern.
"Looks like a godamn prison. This room makes me tense as hell….but it is kinda nice in its own way. Oh screw it. I'm gonna do what I came here for." She said smirking somewhat evilly.
She immediately strode over to his wardrobe and looked through it.
"Ha, so he DOES have a spare uniform…perfect." She said, snatching it up.
She rather quickly transported the plastic wrapped uniform to her room and laid it down on her bed gently. Looking out her open door, she found another necessary part to her plot.
"Hey, excuse me!" she said, flagging down the maid.
"Oh, yes Miss Yamazaki?" she said politely.
"Ugh, don't call me that ok? Call me Tomoko, and if that's too much of a hassle for you than just Tomo or Moko is fine." She said.
The maid was shocked at the sudden proposition but smiled.
"Why thank you." She said gently.
"Sure. Now back to my point. Do you have a sewing kit of any kind?"
"Morning Kyoya." Tomoko said kindly from behind her new found friend.
"Good mor—" Kyoya froze.
He looked at Tomoko's current state of dress which resembled quite a lot to his uniform. Shit! It was his spare uniform! She had tailored the top to fit her feminine figure better and cut the long sleeves off to make a sleeveless shirt. Somehow she had made a short, pleated skirt from the scrap material.
"You….." he growled darkly.
Oh yes, Kyoya had the ability to become pissed.
"Yeah I know, I'm a genius." She said smirking.
She looked over at Kyoya who was still silently enraged.
"Oh get over it. Let's go." She said walking away. "I don't eat breakfast and I wanna get there early so I can see the school before classes begin."
Though still slightly irritated, Kyoya followed.
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"Hey Tomo-chan!" Honey called.
"Oh, hey Mitsukuni." She said casually.
"Most people call me Honey! You can too!" he said cheerfully, giving her an adorable childish smile.
"Sure whatever." She sighed.
"Heeeeey look who it is!" the twins said together as the patted her shoulders.
"What the hell? Stop touching me!" Tomoko growled, smacking them.
"Ow, hey!" they said in unison.
"Don't worry; you get used to it." Haruhi told her reassuringly. "Um…you got a special uniform?"
"No, I just cut up Kyoya's spare one. Pretty cool huh?" Tomoko said proudly.
"It is rather creative." Tamaki laughed.
"Yeah." Mori added.
"Well now that we're all together are we gonna go to class or what?" Tomoko said, somewhat irritably.
Everyone agreed to head to their classes and took off.
"Guess I'm in the same class with you Tight-ass Ootori." Tomoko smirked. "And you too Tamaki."
Smiling, she took a seat, but soon her smile turned to a scowl as whispers soon filled the room.
"Is that girl new?"
"What's with the clothes?"
"How does she know the Host Club? And why's she sitting next to Kyoya?"
"I heard that girl, got busted by the cops!"
Those were just a few among hundreds of things that were whispered amongst the class room.
"Ugh, they're already talking about me…dumbasses…like I care." Tomoko mumbled.
Kyoya watched her carefully, monitoring her mood and making sure she didn't go off on anyone…if she did….then she would be breaking her condition to not get into trouble.
"Hey there, newbie!" a girl said cheerfully, approaching Tomoko. She had brown hair pulled up into a fancy braided bun and big blue eyes.
"Hey, what's up?" Tomoko said.
Kyoya was surprised at her friendliness. Then again, Tomoko lived on the streets for some time, so he figured she got used to be casual with just about everyone.
"Oh you know, this and that. I just wanted to say hi! My name is Moegi Taniyama." She said politely.
"Nice to meet ya. I'm Tomoko Yamazaki." Tomoko replied with a smile.
Kyoya watched as the two girls went on and on; they seemed to be having quite the average conversation, considering their much different backgrounds.
"My my…." A voice said silkily.
Tomoko turned to observe a girl with long black hair down to her bottom and dark brown eyes.
"You must be Tomoko Yamazaki; yes?" the girl said smiling confidently.
"Uh, yeah. Who are you?" Tomoko said, confused as to how this girl knew her already.
"My name is Alia Furude. Daughter of Taizo Furude and Megan Furude. My mother was from America; that's why her name is so unusual." Alia said smoothly.
What was up with this girl? Why was she telling her all this?
"That's enough Alia." Kyoya said.
Kyoya? Did he know her?
"Oh come now, I'm just meeting the girl who moved in with my Kyoya." She said.
Her Kyoya? Were they dating?
"Um, hey are you his girlfriend? 'Cause if you are you don't need to worry. I mean I'm not into Kyoya at all." Tomoko said waving her hands in front of her body.
"Really? That's good to hear because it certainly didn't look like you lacked interest with the way you were looking at him today." She said slyly.
Now Tomoko was annoyed. "Hey look, I don't know what your problem is but I'm NOT into Kyoya; GOT IT. So stop pressing the issue…" Tomoko growled.
"Oh scary…the little homeless girl might bite. Have you had your shots?" Alia teased.
"THAT'S IT! You're through you bitch!" Tomoko shouted, frightening several students.
Tomoko pulled back her fist and thrust if forward…sort of…well she tried to but….?
She looked behind her to see Kyoya holding her back.
"What's wrong with you? Let me go!" Tomoko snarled.
"Do you want to get in trouble with the authorities again? Do you want to lose your little brother?" Kyoya asked calmly but seriously.
Tomoko gasped. Fuck! What had she been thinking?
"Hmph, looks like you are all talk and no action. I have class now, so I'll be taking my leave….goodbye darlings." Alia purred.
All the students just stared at the scene that had just ended, while Tomoko hung her head.
"Sorry, Kyoya…I suck." She said softly as she plopped back down in her chair.
Kyoya was about to reply when the teacher came in and ordered everyone to their seats…and so the class period proceeded.
As soon as class was dismissed, Tomoko jolted to her feet and tried to flee the room as quickly as possible but was caught by someone from behind.
"Hey….hehe that was pretty amazing back there." Moegi said cutely.
"Uh….yeah?" Tomoko said confused as she blinked her lavender eyes a few times.
"Yeah, I mean it wasn't exactly classy. It's not something a lady that goes to this school should be doing….and it's DEFINITELY against school rules…hehe but it was cool. Alia is mean to me…she thinks she's better than everyone else. She has her own circle of bratty friends though but she even talks behind their backs." Moegi said, looking down at her toes.
School bitches exist here too… Tomoko thought. "She picks on you? What does she do?" Tomoko asked angrily.
"Oh well…she says I'm ugly and fat….and….well all the usual bully stuff…" Moegi said sadly.
Tomoko hated this kind of shit…she just wanted to kill people like that. "Moegi, listen up." Tomoko said firmly, causing Moegi's head to snap up. "If that bitch gives you a hard time again, I want you to come get me."
Moegi's eyes teared up. "R-really?" she said.
"Well duh. We're friends now right? You seem cool to me and I don't see any reason for you to get picked on…you don't deserve it. So yeah, I'm gonna stick up for ya from now on!" Tomoko said patting the smaller girl's shoulder.
"Th-Thank you…Tomoko." Moegi said softly.
Kyoya watched in amazement. Tomoko had quite a bit of heart to her didn't she? She barely knew Moegi but she was still ready to stand and fight for her…
"Well Tomoko, I have to go to class now, so I'll see you later. At lunch maybe? What class do you have next?" Moegi beamed.
"Sure; guess I'll see you then. My next class? Um…well…."
"It's a free period for her." Kyoya filled in for her. "She will be helping the Host Club with decorations."
"Oh that sounds like fun!" Moegi beamed. "I don't really go to the Host Club a lot but when I do it's really nice. There are lots of snacks and everyone is in a good mood. And the boys are all so nice! Hehe well I'm off!" she said, skipping down the hall.
"So I'm helping out with decorations….Uh Kyoya…I'm sorry about getting all out of hand before. I guess her attitude just got to me…" Tomoko said rubbing the back of her head.
"She can be a bit challenging, that I do understand. Please try and be careful anyhow, Tomoko; your stay with me is conditional." Kyoya said.
"Thanks Kyoya." Tomoko smiled. "But…how do you know her?"
Kyoya was about to begin but was shoved aside unintentionally by an overenthusiastic Tamaki.
"You're going to be helping the host club today! Bravo!" Tamaki cried, hugging her.
"Agh!" Tomoko cried instantly punching Tamaki off. "Oh man! I'm sorry Tamaki! It's sorta like reflex." She explained, helping him up.
"Iiiiiiiit's okaaayyy…" Tamaki said still dizzy from the punch.
"Heh…oh geez.." Tomoko laughed.
Then she gasped at the realization. She had laughed. How long had it been? Since she had a REAL real laugh?
Kyoya was rather impressed himself. He had to admit, that was the most beautiful laugh he had ever heard…
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It was finally the end of Tomoko's first day and she was rather exhausted, but at the same time, if she really admitted it, she had a ton of fun. It had been so wonderful to do simple fun things again. She decorated the Host Club's room with Haruhi and ended up talking with her a lot. She really liked Haruhi; she was just damn cool and she sensed that they were going to be best friends. She also found it rather entertaining to watch the Host Club at work. At first it disgusted her to see so many girls fawning over the Host Club, but when she looked closer at things with a different perspective, she cracked up. While the guests swooned over Tamaki's princely and dramatic charm, Tomoko laughed at it; it just looked so damn silly and cheesy to her!
Honey looked so cute as he shoveled sweets down his throat. Tomoko remembered thinking Ah yes, the glutton is my type. Sure she knew Honey wasn't gluttonous; it just made the sight more entertaining.
The Hitachiin twins reminded her so much of her father and his twin brother, so watching them flirt with ladies was so odd. All she could do was see her father flirting with a bunch of yellow garbed girls.
Mori was just a tagalong which in itself was funny to Tomoko…but sort of sweet too…like how she and her brother were always together.
Watching Haruhi…well that was almost impossible because Tomoko kept laughing. She would watch as the girls leaned in close to Haruhi. The same thought kept running through Tomoko's head….Guess you're into girls without even knowing it huh?
Then Kyoya…ugh, how did he not get bored? All he did was sit and type…but then again…he did look handsome…so…ugh! Stop it! Stop it!
"So Tomoko, how did you feel about the Host Club? You did a great job setting up with me." Haruhi said with a smile.
"At first it was a little much for me but after a while…I got used to it, and it was actually kind funny watching everyone work." Tomoko said smiling softly. "Well, my ride is here…see ya Haruhi!" she said hopping into the high-class car, as Haruhi waved goodbye.
….
"Seems that you and Haruhi are getting along well." Kyoya said finally after some silence.
"Yeah…um Kyoya…thanks for all this. I uh…had fun today…" she said, looking out the window to hide her blush.
"I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the academy so far." Kyoya replied.
Tomoko looked at him finally and smiled but…something was strange…something seemed to be bothering him…but what?
After getting home, Tomoko and Kyoya began to head to their rooms rather quietly. She reached for her door handle and—
"Tomoko." Kyoya said, causing her to freeze.
"Uh, yeah?" she said turning around.
"Back in first hour; did you mean what you said about not liking me at all?" Kyoya said narrowing his eyes and adjusting his glasses.
"Hey, it's not like I don't like you at all…Kyoya…it's not…it's not personal ok? It's everyone. I'm not into guys; I never have been and never will be. And before you ask, I'm not into girls either. I just…I just won't ever be with a boy…I can't…" Tomoko whispered, opening her door.
"And why not?" Kyoya inquired.
Tomoko froze for a moment before speaking up with a despairing voice. "It doesn't matter…"
And with that she closed her door and left Kyoya outside.
