DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB IN ANYWAY, SHAPE OR FORM
Jun froze in mid-pose of taking off her work clothes. Ei could see a look of surprised on her face through her vanity mirror.
"Kid," she finally said, "you have make sure I have something to drink so I can spit it out when you try asking me something like that!"
Ei sighed annoyed, "come on Jun! This is serious!"
"I know, hence the need for some sort of liquid substance to spit out!" said Jun.
Ei groaned mad, folding her arms in annoyance.
"Okay, okay, sorry," Jun quickly said, readjusting her clothes. "What brought this on question, anyway?"
Ei rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment. "Well, there's this new girl at school and well, I feel kind of captivated by her."
"Oh yeah?" Jun said with a little smirk.
"And what's weirder still is I knew when I was a kid at the orphanage," Ei continued to explain.
"Wait, she was an orphan with you?" Jun asked.
"Yeah, she was at Twlight with me. In fact she was kind of a bully at first," said Ei.
"This bully girl turn supposed crush, she wouldn't exactly be Raiko Tonnerre, would it?" Jun asked.
Ei looked up in alarm, "what?! How did, how could...,"
Jun smirked, "We delivered some flowers to her parents' penthouse today and they mentioned that she was going to Ouran for a while. So, you're into a bad girl huh?"
"I don't know! I I'm not sure! That's what I wanted to talk to you about!" Ei shouted, "is it normal to sometimes feel attractive towards people of the same sex?!"
"Before I answer that, let me ask you something. Why did you come ask me this out of all your other parents, why come to me with this?"
"Uh, well, um,"' Ei sputtered. She could see Jun's smirk widening.
"Say it," Jun taunted, "come on, you're going to ask, you have to take responsibility for your words."
"Well, you just seemed like one most likely to maybe have some gay tendencies!" Ei finally blurted out.
Jun laughed, "really?"
"Well, have you?" Ei asked.
Jun's face soften a bit, "actually yes, I have been with a woman in that regard. Twice to be honest."
"What?!" Ei sputtered in shock, nearly falling off the bed. "Two?!"
"Yep, one in high school, one in college. Different times of course, with actually a guy in between," Jun confessed.
"Well, what happened?" Ei asked, "why did you end the relationships?"
"Well beleive it or not, one dumped me. My high school crush," Jun said. Ei noticed she was looking a little mad at the memory, "little miss howdy towdy! Dumping me for the VP of the Zuka Club!"
"Zuka Club?" Ei repeated.
"Well yeah, I did go to Lobelia," Jun reminded her.
"Well why did you go out with her to begin with?" Ei asked.
"Well kind of like what your feeling for that so called new girl. She was captivating and intriguing and she was stirring something in me that made me want to maybe see what it might be like being with her. I was young, a little naive and at the peek of my hot-headedness. So I figured if she wanted to try it out, I was willing too. Of course, like I said she lost intrest in me and went for the stuck-up VP!"
"I take it she really scared you when she dumped you," said Ei.
"Yeah, I think it stung me more that she dumped me for her. God she was so annoying! Her and the president at the time and that little midget that was always following them around. I think she was the president's play thing or something," said Jun.
Ei actually had to let out a laugh at the way Jun was talking about Zuka club. She knew exactly who they were. But at the same time she didn't want to lose sight of the original subject she wanted to talk about. So she quickly tried asking another question.
"So what about the other one?"
"Oh the college one?" Jun said suddenly losing her angry face. "That ended on mutal grounds. I had only started college when I met her. She was pretty out spoken and loud. I liked her attitude and hung out with her, just to try to see if I could learn from her. And in the process she asked me out on a date and I figured, 'Hey, why not?' So we went a few times, had some fun, but in the end it didn't seem to be working. So we both ended it. And since then I haven't found myself another girl I was attractive to enough to want to go out with. Especially now that I'm married."
"So, is it normal? To sometimes have a little attractiveness towards someone who's the same sex as you?" Ei begged to know.
"I don't know," Jun admitted.
Ei's jaw dropped, "what?!" she shouted, "you went and told me all that and you don't have an answer to my question?!"
"I'm not a medical expert, I don't know what makes a person's mind act the way it does. You want Kyoya for that," said Jun.
Ei groaned.
Jun sighed anf walked over to her, holding her close, "look kid, I really am not an expert on the situation, even if I've been there, I don't know what makes it happen or if it's normal. But if it happens, then it happens and it's just another thing you'll have to come to terms with as you grow. And the most advice I can offer you is this. These feelings you're suddenly getting, you have to ask yourself, how much is it going to affect your life in general? Are you going to be okay if you just ignore them and hope they go away? Or are you going to have to face them and confront them in order to live your life peacefully? Plus, you're going to have to think about the person you're having these feelings for and how they're going be affected by them? Are they going to be okay if you were to let them know how you feel, both personally or around the people in their lives?"
Ei nodded, "that actually makes sense," she said, "thanks."
"Yeah, I mean, it's still not going to be easy, but that's the best advice I can offer," Jun said, hugging her tighter.
"Mmmhmm," Ei murmured in understanding. She felt Jun give her a hard rub on her head.
"Just remember, she breaks your heart, I'll break her leg," Jun added before letting her go.
"Thank you Jun," Ei said as she pulled free from her mom and head to leave the room.
"You thinking of staying here for dinner?" Jun asked.
"No way! I want real food! Not that health crap that's only served here," said Ei as she opened the door.
"Health Crap!"
"Health Crap!"
"I thought mommy and daddy told you those are big people words you shouldn't say," Ei said looking down at the twins annoyed standing outside the door.
"Ei, they're Hitachiin twins, they don't care," Hikaru said as he came up behind his kids.
"It may taste like crap but you'll thank me in your old age when you're able to actually crap," everyone suddenly heard Ms. Medo calling up from downstairs.
"We'll see about that," Jun called down herself.
"I'm out of here," Ei declared as she headed to the stairs.
"Hold on," Hikaru ordered quickly following after her, "wait right there! You can't just show up so suddenly asking for help then bail when you feel like it!"
"I thought I was allowed to go where I wanted to go when I wanted to go," Ei taunted.
"You wish, you're staying" Hikaru insitsted, grabbing Ei's dress from the back.
"You wish, first opening I get, I'm gone!" Ei argued back. She struggled hard to get out of Hikaru's grasp.
"Ei stays! Ei stays!" Mika and Mihu chanted as they danced around her.
"Just you wait!" Ei growled, scaring the twins and making them run off laughing.
"So now that they're gone, what were you and Jun talking about?" Hikaru asked.
"Girl stuff," Ei quickly.
"Yeah, sure whatever," said Hikaru, "what kind of girl stuff exactly?"
Ei pondered the notion of telling Hikaru the truth.
"Hikaru, what exactly is that make you feel attractive to Kaoru and Jun?" she finally asked.
"What are you talking about?" Hikaru asked.
"You know, when you and your brotherly love act? It was genuine attractiveness right?" Ei asked.
"Half and half," Hikaru said, "Kaoru and I do have a very strong attraction towards each other. But also it was for show."
"Do you think it's normal to be attractive towards the same sex?" Ei asked.
"Sure," said Hikaru, "if the person's attractive then they're attractive. Doesn't mean you're going to want to have the urgency to kiss them or hold them or something. You just think they look nice. So what? That's no big deal."
"Hmm, okay," said Ei.
"Why? Hikaru asked.
Ei groaned, "please don't make a big deal about this, but I was feeling kind of attractive to a new girl today at school."
To her surprise, Hikaru laughed.
"That's my girl!" he said, giving her a hard slap on the back. "Don't threat about something like that. I'm sure whatever your tendencies are, you're going to be alright and will do the right thing. "
"I guess, but is it normal? I mean I still find guys attractive too," said Ei.
"So? Maybe you're bi, your grandfather was," said Hikaru, "or there's just that one special girl that makes you tingle. Either way, don't worry if it's normal or not, normal's overrated."
"Sure," said Ei, not sounding convinced. Hikaru patted her head as well.
"Trust me, you'll look back at this and realize you were all worked up over nothing," he assured her.
"Okay," Ei allowed finally smiling.
"That's better," Hikaru complimented.
"Ei, Ei, where are you? Ei!" the two suddenly heard Tamaki calling. Both Ei and Hikaru cast a glance to the main floor and saw Tamaki looking around in a panic.
"Now there's an unusual you should worry about growing up to be," Hikaru whispered ro Ei.
Ei nodded witha smirk before heading downstairs.
"Hey Tamaki, she called out.
"Ei, there you are! I've been calling out all over for you!" said Tamaki.
"What did you need?" Ei asked.
"Guess who's coming to dinner? Baba!" said Tamaki excited.
"Oh, Baba? Really?" Ei said surprised, "why?"
"Well, does a grandparent need much of an excuse to visit?" Tamaki asked.
"I guess not, but it's not like Baba to just show up unannounced like that. That's something more like Papa would do," said Ei.
"Oh come on, just come upstairs and join us for dinner!" Tamaki pleaded.
"Well of course I will," said Ei, "I didn't say I wasn't going to. I just finding it weird that he's doing this. He's usually more thoughtful than that and doesn't show up so unexpectedly."
"You know, Akira was saying the same thing," said Tamaki.
"...I didn't say that dad. I'm just finding it weird that you're doing this. You're usually more thoughtful than that and don't show up so unexpectedly," Ei and Tamaki heard Akira talking on her phone as she walked around the living room with Ms. Dou, tidying things up or running into the dinging and kitchen. Ei's instincts immediately went to helping the two in cleaning. When she looked into the kitchen, she saw Ms. Dou was trying to prepare dinner as well.
Just then Ms. Dou came up behind her, "if you'd like to help finish tidying up and setting the table for me, that'd be most helpful."
"No problem," said Ei.
"Thank you, your Baba's decision to suddenly show up so unexpectedly really caught me off guard," said Ms Dou.
"Yeah, that's so unusual of him," said Ei.
"Of course Ei's going to be here. She loves see you," they both Akira talking to her dad some more, "Tamaki went looking for her so she would be here. No, Ei wouldn't feel obligated to come see you."
"Hardly Baba,I'm always happy to see you!" Ei tried to shout out as loud as she could so Akira's father could hear her.
"Hear that Dad?" Akira said into her phone, winking at Ei, "yes we'll be waiting for you. See you soon. Love you, bye." She quickly hung up.
"So is he's on his way over?" Tamaki asked as he came back now holding Michael.
"Yeah, he's actually in his car on his way here," said Akira a little confused, "I hope he's okay."
"Do you think he's in like financial trouble?" Ei asked.
"No, I've got him on a giid budget," said Akira.
"I hope it's not like a medical emergency," said Tamaki.
"Oh god, me too!" Akira said suddenly getting a little tense.
"Don't worry my love! If your dad is sick, I'll make sure the whole world is searched far and wide to find a cure!" Tamaki declared.
"Thanks Tamaki," Akira said, giving him a small hug.
"Hey, who's got a hug for Baba?!" Mr. Kikku called out as he came into the penthouse.
"Look Michael, it's Baba!" Tamaki cheered happily as he came to greet the man with Michael. He swung Michael in a playful manner towards his grandfather his grandfather. Mr. Kikku smung him up in the air as well.
"Oh my boy! My precious baby boy!" Mr. Kikku happily cried, "but where's my girl? Both my girls?"
"Can you go take care of him real fast while Ms. Dou and I finish up here?" Akira asked Ei. Ei nodded and hurried out of the kitchen
"Hi Baba," Ei said as she came around the corner to the door.
"Ei! My precious granddaughter!" Mr. Kikku said with delight, hugging her with his free arm.
"Thanks Baba," said Ei.
"But where's your mom?" Mr. Kikku asked.
"She'll be here soon, shes2 just helping to finish dinner," said Ei.
"So, she's occupied?" Mr. Kikku asked with caution.
"Yes," said Tamaki getting a little worried, "is something wrong?"
Mr. Kikku looked around nervous, "well, there is an alternative motive for me coming here tonight," he admitted nervous.
"Baba, is everything okay?" Ei asked, squeezing his hand.
"Well, it depends on what you declare wrong," said Mr. Kikku, "you see the thing is, I got a call from Akira's mother today."
"Her mother?" Tamaki said surprised.
"Shh," Mr. Kikku hissed, "and well for some reason, after all these years, she wants to see Akira."