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Chapter seven: Chocolate
"Eh, it's Valentine's day?"
Arin stares at Avanglee who looked at her with stupidity, how could Arin not know that tomorrow is going to be the best day ever? Avanglee is fixing up some roses in a light purple vase as Arin clips some of the thorns away as she wonders why it is a special day. Miss Melody went up to them and asked who they are giving their chocolates to, Avanglee said that she will give hers to Mitsukuni since he loves sweet things and Arin said that she will give hers to Zeith who loves chocolate. When Arin took up the courage to ask who she will give her chocolate to, Miss Melody left with her head down like she felt embarrassed. Arin should have guessed that Miss Melody had some 'problems' with some of her relationships with some men. But shaking her head with that unneeded fact, Avalyn and Caitlin went up to them to see if they have finished with the roses, which Avanglee did professionally perfect. All of them admired the bouquet of roses that glittered with watery dewdrops; Avanglee smirks and is proud of her talent.
Caitlin asked Avanglee if she is going to give Mitsukuni her chocolate, when she nodded her head, Caitlin and she started a staring contest with bitter hate. Avalyn and Arin walked away together, hoping they will eventually stop and get back to work. Arin asked Avalyn who she is going to give her chocolates to, she said she did not know and maybe thought giving them to Haruhi since she has been working hard lately. When they went into the kitchen, they saw some girls melting some delicious chocolate and making them in all different patterns. The aroma of the chocolates roams the kitchen and travelled to their noses, Yuuki saw them and gave a small wave to them who went up to her. They asked what kind is she making and Yuuki said she is making round chocolates with chocolate filling inside and a hint of sprinkles on top.
Avalyn asked who is she going to give her chocolates to and she lowered her heard a little because the thought of Kyouya passed through her mind, making her even more from what he did when they both went to the hospital. Avalyn and Arin both looked at each other and shrugged in union, confused about why Yuuki is acting so bizarrely about. Meanwhile, inside of the Ootori residence, Kyouya is lying on is silk made bed only wearing a white button collar with two buttons undone and blue jeans. He gazes up in his ceiling to be completely bored out of his skull, he could not do much in his house nor did he have any plans to go outside with any of his friends. That was when the thought of Yuuki passed through his mind, he remembered the time when he hid behind the corner and watching Yuuki looking at the card he have given to her with the glorious roses.
He smirks at the thought of her always stuttering if she is thinking about someone, but that was when he heard footsteps coming upstairs, he figured that it was his sister Fuyumi. His sister knocked on his door but no response was given, so she let herself in.
"Little brother, I baked some-"but when she looked inside, nobody is inside. "…Cookies?"
…
"This is getting strange…"
"Why would you say that, Mrs. Hitachiin?" the maid asked, her blond hair fell down on her shoulders as she looks at her mistress with her almond eyes.
"Hikaru and Kaoru haven't been in the house for a while, like they just eat breakfast and would leave without telling me what's going on. I really worry for them, what could make them so…"
"So…?"
"So happy?"
"Is that a problem for both of them to be happy?"
"No, I should maybe allow this, but I want you to do something for me…"
…
In the Broken Hearts café is where Miss Melody is busy counting money from the concert and was in shock, they do not have enough money for the people so the demolition could be canceled. H-how is this possible? We don't even have enough for repairs for the gardens! Is this Kaito's doing or…is there someone who could've taken the money? No, that's impossible; no one has access to the money box…
That is when there was a knock on the door, Miss Melody allowed the person in and it revealed to be Haruhi with a lovely smile to her. Her hair has been cut recently and she wore a brown coat with a brown and black stripped scar that covered her mouth.
"Good morning, Miss Melody," she took out a bag. "I bought you something to eat."
"Uh, thank you…"
"I should put this in the refrigerator; it'll be bad if it gets raw,"
"Can I ask…what is it?"
Haruhi did not answer that question and leaves with one last glance to her, it was filled with…evil that made her fall to her chair when she closed the door.
"N-no way…."
Meanwhile, outside of the Broken Hearts café showed Kyouya looking at the entrance and wondered if Yuuki is inside today. So he went inside as each step he takes makes a clipping noise because of his black sneakers, but when he made it to the door, it opened to reveal Haruhi going out.
"Hello, Haruhi,"
"Oh, hey Kyouya-senpai," she said. "What're you doing here?"
"I came to get something to eat, that's all."
"Is that so? Or are you trying to meet someone cute?"
Kyouya lowers his head and faced her closely, "I have no intention of going out with a girl yet."
Haruhi giggled nervously and leaves abruptly, not wanting to stick around because of his Dark Lord vibe that he spread around her. He goes inside and to his surprise, Yuuki walked down the entrance with her laptop bag, she wore her skinny jeans along with a red shirt saying 'Pierce the Veil' and worn out shoes. She stopped when she saw Kyouya and deepens something in her bag so he would not see it, but he noticed it before he saw her. Yuuki asked what he is doing here and he said that he came to see her since he had nothing better to do today, so he went here so he could see her for the day. Yuuki looked at him with a puzzled face and said she has to go somewhere right now, Kyouya asked her if she is going to the hospital for Sasha. She lied and said yes, thinking and hoping he would not know why she has to go to the hospital today.
Yuuki remembered something and zipped open her bag, she took out a nicely plastic bag with a cute pink bow tied up for the chocolate balls. She gave them to him and leaves before he could thank her; he looked at the bag, took out one and starts to eat them. They taste really delicious and Kyouya ate all of them without even knowing. Kyouya looked out the window, thinking about her once more…he wanted to see her again so he got out and starts to head to the near hospital known as Pinero Hospital. When he made it out and walked down the sidewalk, Hikaru and Kaoru went inside the Broken Hearts café and decided to see Arin and Avalyn. When they went in, two girls rushed in the minute they came and welcomed them inside. But the twins brushed the two brunettes away and start to look for Arin and Avalyn.
Later on, Hikaru said he had to use the bathroom and he goes on, but that is when Kaoru saw Avalyn taking some plates away from the used tables. He goes up to her and took a few plates away; she got shocked and realized it was just Kaoru with a smirk at her.
"What're you doing here?"
"I came to see you," he replied in a songful tune.
"I can take those plates away."
"Nope, I'm doing it."
Avalyn growled mentally in her head but she moves away so she can at least do her job and put the dirty plates away so the others could clean them up. Kaoru followed her with a cheeky smile and admired her beautiful long dark brown hair that waves around like the ocean. They both made it to the kitchen and Kaoru was exhausted, Avalyn smirked because she did this all the time and she does not even break a sweat when doing her job. But that changed when she felt something crawling on her leg, when she looked down…it was a large brown spider crawling on her leg upwards! Avalyn screamed and Kaoru swifts it away with his hand, the spider fell to the ground and crawled away.
"Are you okay?"
"I…hate…spiders…"
"Same, they're disgusting…" he tries to hold back his smile. "But you looked so funny when you started screaming like that!" and he burst into laughter.
"Sh-shut up!"
Kaoru still laughs at this hilarious moment as Avalyn fumes with red madness because of him, but he said that she looks so cute when she is angry, which made her even more furious before. He even took the advantage by poking her cheek that felt a little hot; he was concern because she seems to have a fever. Meanwhile, Hikaru got out of the bathroom and saw Arin taking an order for two teen guys, much to her displeasure. When she left, she suddenly trip on the ground and the boys snickered because one of them saw her pink panties, she got up and look horrified. Hikaru really got pissed, stormed to them and actually punched one boy. A fight started going on when the other boy backed up his pal and tried to kick Hikaru, but he dodged the kick but that was when they all heard a loud gunshot! When they looked to see who it is, it was Miss Melody with a pistol! The two school boys ran away and Hikaru froze, Arin took Hikaru and Miss Melody apologized for the rude introduction with her Sheba. Arin decided to leave him, not wanting to right now talk to him.
Meanwhile, Kori watched the whole thing from afar and wondered if she should have done something so she could kick some ass as well. But it did not matter because it was over, she heard the door opening and when she went to see who it was, it was Mitsukuni and Takashi. Takashi gave her a smile and she felt happy that he noticed her first.
…
"Well, Miss Iunter," said the nurse with a smile. "Your blood pressure is normal and you seem completely healthy, just make sure you get some sleep and take your inhaler when needed."
"Thank you, ma'am."
Yuuki gets out of the checkup room and leaves with a smile on her face, her checkup is completely normal and nothing is going to go wrong. Absolutely, positively nothing except that she accidently bumped into Kyouya on the way from the checkup room.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Yuuki demanded to know loudly, making many people shushing her to be quiet.
"I got curious, so I followed you,"
"Jeez, staking much?"
"I only stalk if I like to observe someone," he stated. "Why were you leaving at the checkup room?"
"I-it's none of your business!" she storms away, pouting at the sight of him.
Kyouya watches on as Yuuki leaves the school and making sure not to make another sight shown to him, but he only smirks and took out his phone. He is now calling someone to do a search on Yuuki Iunter. Meanwhile, Miss Melody has assembled all of the girls in the café to talk about the serious problem they are facing: someone might be stealing the money from them. All the girls whispered to each other and did not know what was going on, how could their money be stolen? Miss Melody has come up with a plan that when they make some more money for their second concert, they shall have a box where they put the money inside and when the thief comes, the host boys shall attack him or her. Kaoru took out his cell phone and decided to call both Tamaki and Kyouya, when he was put in voicemail; he decided to not bring them up. So it was settled that Hikaru, Kaoru, Takashi and Mitsukuni are going to catch the perpetrator for his or her crimes of stealing what is not theirs.
Night approached for Broken Hearts café as many people start to crowd inside to watch Caitlin sing another song for their charity concert. She wore a small pink dress that goes to her knees and has frills on the end, making it a Lolita dress. Her hair has a pink band that made it more adorable than before, Avanglee said that she is guaranteed that she will make everyone pay more money than before once they see her. Caitlin felt more confidence in her and is determined to get enough money; this café needs it so it shall live on forever to make others feel safer. It is like their safe haven. So she goes up to her stage where a lady violinist with black hair and grey eyes shined at the sight of her and a lady pianist whose hair shined in lemon twist color. The violinist starts first and Caitlin takes the microphone in her hand.
Where might you be right now?
What are you doing?
One day, can I know?
I've been searching for you
Under this blue, endless sky
I realized for the first time
All of the things
That had once filled my heart
How I came to lose them
I cannot remember now
Everything you gave me
"She sings really nice in slow songs," Mitsukuni admitted as he and all his friends hid near the chairty box.
Kaoru, Hikaru, Takashi and Mitsukuni hid near the tables and disguised themselves to be elderly people as they listened to Caitlin. Hikaru eyeballed someone from the far corner who looked at Caitlin with sweet eyes and wondered who the person who stole the money was, but he has to wait in order to find the culprit.
Somewhat a blur
Only vaguely I see
How you made me smile
And how you had supported me
Losing this, it was just too much to bear
Struggling, I felt like I was just grasping air
Too far away, everything was just out of reach
My arms were a bit too short, as you can see
And just like
A spring wind
It carried everything away
With the false hope
That one day I'd get them back
That was when in a fast pace, someone ran to the charity box and snatched it away! Hikaru leaped up and prepared to land on the culprit, but the person who wore only dark clothing moved to the left and made Hikaru land on the ground painfully.
I had become lonely
Wrought with despair
How it would strangle me
Every passing moment
I was sure my heart would break
But then I would see you
Here in my mind
Lost in a memory
Kaoru and Mitsukuni are on the trail of the culprit, but the person went inside the crowd and they are caught in a traffic jam. But that is when Takashi went into full sprint on the culprit and actually tackled the person right on the ground. When he took off the ski mask from the person, it was…Harry! Why is he here in the Broken Hearts café and stealing the money from them? What kind of punishment will Avalyn and Miss Melody charge him with exactly?
Because I remember
How your smile encouraged me
Let's go back to all those bright sunny days
All the ones I desperately tried to save
Forever, I'll always smile by your side
So closely, so warmly
It's just you and I
Where might you be right now?
What are you doing?
One day, can I know?
I've been searching for you
under this blue, endless sky
and when I do find you
Will you smile
like you always did before?
It's all that I ask for
All that I need
Just to be sure
Where might you be right now?
What are you doing?
One day, can I know?
I've been searching for you
under this blue, endless sky
…
"HARRY, YOU IDIOT!"
"I-I'm so sorry, Avalyn! I didn't wanna do it but he forced me!"
"Huh? He forced you? That's not an excuse nor is it a good one."
Harry is locked up inside one of the spare cages that Miss Melody kept for her special needs if needed, (not saying what it really means,) but now Avayln and Miss Melody must pick a suitable punishment for him to face for his crimes of stealing money and working with Kaito. But Harry decided to use a special card on his field and said he shall give them information about Kaito and his plans, Avalyn said that was not enough and he suggested that he shall even work in the Broken Hearts café. But that was still not good enough for her and Miss Melody, so without any other cards he could use to his advantage, he decided…to get Kaito to stop the terrible deed he shall do to the café. Miss Melody thought for a moment, thinking it over and trying to see how all of those things will help out. We can always cut him off on working with us, but getting Kaito to stop is gonna be harder than pulling a tooth without blood gurting out. And information on Kaito's plans is going to be very needing if we keep him locked up here, he'll have to make a deal and once we give him back to Kaito, nothing will go wrong.
"Give us all information for Kaito's plans and we'll think about what to do with you next," she said. "But you are not allowed to get out of this cage until further notice, that shouldn't be a problem, should it? No? Good, so we'll leave you to think anything useful to us and we'll see if that earns your freedom."
Miss Melody and Avalyn leave Harry all alone, going up the basement stares and left the light on for him so he does not have to feel too cramped in the dark. Meanwhile, outside of the Broken Hearts café showed Kori getting out first as she looks up in the dark night sky that twinkled stars like diamonds in the dark saffron blue sky. Takashi is next to her and they both walked together, he felt that it his duty to protect her for some unknown reason and decided to take her home. When he asked where she lived, Kori replied that she lives in two homes, one for her mom and the other from her dad. Takashi could already tell that it must be because her family went through divorcing, making Kori questioning where does she really live.
"Close your eyes,"
Kori looked at him and gave a puzzled face, he only glanced down on her and she closes both of them shut. That was when her heart suddenly skipped a beat when he bent down to her and given her a soft yet lovely kiss on her pale lips. He releases slowly and they both looked at each other, Kori did not understand this and they both start walking most of the way in silence. Takashi….Why can't you understand…I don't know… I don't know how to fall in love…
To be continued…
Friends in the end betray
It happened once with me
It feels like it happened today
Once you learn how to give up, what can you see?