Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of its characters mentioned in here.
A/N: Sorry it took me sooo long, but still, here goes chapter 7 I hope all of you will like it, and thanks for the reviews by the way.
"Good morning slugabed!"
Kyouya woke up startled to see a smiling Rei who greeted him a good morning 'what a great way to start a day with her face!' he thought as he was trying to figure out how she came in her room without him being able to notice or to even hear a single step, but he was too tired to try and think hard enough that he just scratched his head and scrambled out of bed and muttered in reply to Rei's greeting, "morning…"
"I didn't know you could still sleep at this relatively late hour"
"Well, I didn't get much sleep last night with all the creepiness in this house!" Kyouya said, referring to the alarm clock frenzy and the titillating experience he had. His cheeks suddenly colored when he remembered that incident.
"Ah!" Rei's face light as she remembered as well, "Forget about it, it was an accident after all, hehe"
But still, Kyouya couldn't shake off the funny feeling when his hands touched her. He followed Rei to the kitchen.
"Eh? What's this doing here?" Rei noticed the alarm that Kyouya wrenched out last night "it's supposed to be up there"
"That infernal alarm also caused me to sacrifice my slumber" Kyouya told her how he got irritated with the chirp it gave when its batteries are needed to be changed and how he decided to just take the batteries out, but he did not tell the whole story as to how he got it off the ceiling, he thought that maybe Rei would think of him as unprofessional to just whack the thing off the ceiling using a broom.
"You can go wash up while I cook breakfast" Rei offered
"Tadaima Rei!"
Kyouya popped his head to see two elderly couple entering the house, 'They must be Rei's grandparents' he speculated
"Hohoho! What a night!" Rei's Ojiisan exclaimed
"And I suppose that should amuse your granddaughter?" Rei crossed her arms with a disappointed look
"Oh give us both a break granddaughter, we're just meeting old relatives and acquaintances" Rei's Obaasan reasoned, "and earn money in the process, hohoho!"
"That is not a reasonable excuse Obaa-chan!"
"At least I gave it a try, hehe"
"But I reckon you had a fine night with *cough* this fine gentleman" Rei's Ojiisam winked at Rei then to Kyouya which made the two blush.
"*cough* sumimasen, demo I think I should be going now" Kyouya excused himself
"So soon? But we just got here…" Rei's Ojiisan said
"Gomen ne, Fuyumi might be wondering what's taking me so long"
"Who's Fuyumi? Your okasan never mentioned you having a girlfriend Hiro," Rei's Obaasan said
Kyouya was astonished to learn that they mistook him for Hiro, 'How can they place me in the same category as that guy!'
"Obaa-chan, this is not Hiroshi" Rei pointed out
"What are you talking about? Our eyes are not as worn out as our wrinkled skin is, we can still clearly see!"
"…more or less" Rei's Ojiisan added as he let out a soft giggle
'Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself' Kyouya thought as he bowed and introduced himself to them, "Where are my manners. My name is Ootori, Kyouya an acquaintance of your granddaughter, pleased to meet the both of you,"
"Not you too Hiro, are we really that old?" Rei's Ojiisan joked
And speaking of the devil, Hiroshi came in barging with sweat trailing on his forehead, he looked as if he just woke up from a bad dream and paced in quickly.
"Morning! How was your sleep Rei? Sorry I wasn't able to check on you every once in a while like I said I would do last night. But since Ootori-kun was with you I assumed nothing could go wrong" Hiro said, "Oh! Ojiisan and Obaasan are already here, Ohayo!"
"And who might you be?" Rei's Obaasan asked looking perplexed
"Obaasan, it's me Hiro!"
"You're Hiro?"
"The one and only!" Hiro beamed at them
"See? That's Hiro…" Rei declared, to avoid embarrassment the elderly couple just laughed, Hiro couldn't understand what they were laughing about.
"Did I miss something?"
"Betsuni Hiro-kun, it seems that old age has finally caught the both of us, hoho, we mistook this fine lad as you" Rei's Obaasan explained to Hiro
"What do you mean the both of us it was you who kept on insisting he was Hiro-kun" Rei's Ojiisan reacted.
"Well if you knew he wasn't, couldn't you have told me? Tsk, stop making excuses hoho"
The room was getting crammed for Kyouya and he was also getting out of place in their casual assembly, back then he always experiences weird get-together with the club as if they don't see each other that often. But for Kyouya, this was different, he cleared his throat before saying, "Well, I must be going now" he bowed one last time and decided to just go home. The room was immersed in goodbyes for Kyouya, but Rei was not ready to let him go just yet. She felt the urge to do something before he could pass the main door, she gripped her left wrist with her right hand as she thought of what to do, whether to do it or not, 'What would he think of me if I did?'. Rei's feelings were stronger than her reasoning. Kyouya was already at the door when, on impulse, she called out to him that made him stop and glance at her. Rei moved quickly until she was just inches away from him, she rests both of her palm on Kyouya's chest for support as she tipped both her feet just so her lips could level his smooth cheek; to everyone's astonishment she planted a soft kiss, "Arigato for being there for me last night" she whispered.
'It's too early to give in now! Contain yourself!' Kyouya struggled in his thoughts and pretended to look upset at Rei's sudden kiss and said, "Wha-what was that?"
"…a kiss baka! Hehe" Rei looked sideways before meeting his gaze
"I-I know what a kiss is, and who are you calling a baka? BAKA!" Kyouya yelled, "You-you didn't have to go that far—you could've just simply say 'thanks'! sheesh!"
He immediately left the Hinagiku's abode and quickly vanished in their sight. For Kyouya to loose his cool at that time was a big blow for him, he was so consumed by how embarrassing he thought he did that he never noticed the car that is consistently following him from behind. He could've called for his sister to let their chauffeur pick him up instead of walking his way home under the scorching heat that was getting to him but he thought that on the other hand, his sister will become suspicious regarding his whereabouts and would eventually bring him to questioning, and in the long run, he would end up getting teased by his sister, since last night was uncalled for to happen,
*honk**honk*
The vehicle stopped when it finally caught Kyouya's attention, the car's window revealed it to be the Host Club members,
"Yo! Kyouya-senpai" the twins greeted
"Oh! Kyouya-kun we were about to visit you at your house" Tamaki said "Come on in!"
"Eh? Why is Kyou-chan walking?" Honey asked "Where's your car Kyou-chan?"
Kyouya heaved a sigh and slid in the car without answering their questions.
Ootori Residence
"Tadaima…"
"Where have you been last night Kyouya? Don't you know that we were so worried sick? You didn't even call to inform your oneesan" Fuyumi hugged her brother so tightly as if she hasn't seen him in ages
"Gah! Nee—san! Can't—breathe-too tight!" Kyouya gasped for air when he was finally freed from his sisters' embrace, "I brought some intruders with me…"
"Oh! Kyou-chan's neesan is so caring" Honey commented "Ojamashimasu!" he said in behalf of the others for entering.
"Who wouldn't worry about him…?" Fuyumi was about to start lecturing Kyouya about basic protocol if a person won't be coming home when Kyouya dryly interrupted his sister, "I'm going to take a shower"
"Wait a second here, you need to listen to me first! Kyouya? Are you listening to me? Kyouya? Oi! Chotto matte! Don't close that door…DON'T—"
*slam*
"*sigh* at last, a moment of peace" he placed his glasses on the table, took his clothes off and stepped in the shower. He closed his eyes to prevent water from entering; however, the only image his brain can project at the moment was of Hinagiku, Rei. Her voice echoing through his mind as well.
"Arigato for being there for me last night" a smile curved around Kyouya's face at the time that he recalled how her soft lips touched his cheeks as well as the moronic comeback he gave.
"…a kiss baka!"
He lightly touched the cheek where Rei kissed him, in doing so; it gave him a feel of refreshment. A different kind. One that he never experienced.
"Oishi! Isn't it Takashi?" Honey looked at Mori's direction to hear him agree as he took another mouthful of cake, Mori responded, "Yeah"
While they were waiting for Kyouya to come out of the room, Fuyumi took the liberty to offer them a sumptuous snack.
"Arigato Fuyumi-san" Tamaki said, appreciating her effort
"No, thank you for telling me where he went last night, we were so worried. If he just simply told us that he was just going to spend time with Hinagi—"
"Ssh! Keep your voice down Fuyumi-san! Kyouya-senpai doesn't know that we saw him coming out of the Hinagiku's" Hikaru and Kaoru stopped her by placing their hand over her lips and looked to see if the coast was clear before they let go.
"You see Fuyumi-san, he didn't tell us about it too, we only found out this morning when we saw him" Tamaki explained
"Yeah, we thought that it was kind of weird for Kyouya not to be riding a car on his way home so we thought that he didn't made mention of it to you too…" Kaoru elaborated
"Oh I see…" Fuyumi lowered her voice almost near to a whisper.
"…and now the puzzle fits together," Hikaru said, "he didn't inform us and he didn't inform you which means…is he having a secret love affair? Hehe" he grinned "Oi Tono! Look at what Kaoru and I captured…"
The twins flashed a photo of Rei giving Kyouya a kiss on the cheek.
"Oh! How did you get this?" Tamaki asked
"We captured that sweet moment by accident, hehe" the twins said in union.
"You two never fail me! Good job Hikaru, Kaoru!" Tamaki congratulated the twins, and they saluted in response. They huddled to get a closer look at the photo, even Fuyumi who was intrigued by Kyouya's expression in the photo. The room was filled with giggles.
"Kawaii ne! So this girl is Rei?" Fuyumi asked
"Yeah" Mori replied.
"Demo, how come you know her neesan?" Honey asked
"Kyouya mentions her every now and then, hoho" Fuyumi replied, "Oh this is so priceless!"
"What are you crowding there for?"
Their scalps prickled when they heard Kyouya's voice, they lifted their heads and saw Kyouya standing in front of them right across the room. They were so engrossed by the photos that they forgot to look up and see if Kyouya was coming out, they also didn't hear him come out of the room. All of them scurried, Hikaru and Kaoru quickly hid the digital camera.
"Ehehe! Betsuni, betsuni, Kyouya-senpai" the twins quickly replied
"What were you all looking at?" he insisted to know what they were hiding from him,
"Like what they said, there's nothing haha!" Tamaki prevented Kyouya from taking another step closer to the Hitachiin brothers were, they could show it to him if they wanted to like the first incident regarding the photo of him being fed by Hinagiku, but this was a totally different situation. They have both hard and soft copies of the first photo, but this one, they only have the soft copy and they were worried that Kyouya might delete it before the photo would be having a hard copy.
"Anyway putting all those trivial matters aside, we need to get to the bottom o our surprise visit, don't you think so Kyouya?" Tamaki said
"But it looks like we were the ones surprised Kyou-chan when you came out of the Hina—"
Mori quickly covered Honey's mouth before he could spill what they said,
"Ah…when you came out and finished taking a shower!"
"Since when is taking a shower so surprising?"
"Uh…wh-what's surprising is that you were fast" Kaoru replied almost immediately
"But that's how I normally take a shower"
"Yeah, yeah and you're so quick compared to milord here, it takes him forever to take a shower, ha ha ha" Hikaru said
"Hey! Is it a sin to be thoroughly clean?" Tamaki's reaction was naturally convincing that Kyouya didn't insist anymore
"Dakara, just as we were saying we need to get to business" Tamaki said
"What is your business here?" Kyouya asked
"Why, your birthday of course! Surely you haven't forgotten right?" Fuyumi answered for them
"Don't tell me you're taking part in this charade too neesan"
"Oh don't be such a grouch! I want in!"
*sigh*
Kyouya's birthday is to be a Halloween birthday special as Tamaki would like to call it, and yes, his birthday will be in line with the occasion of the month to be more exciting. As much as Kyouya doesn't like to celebrate his birthday publicly he can't do anything but go along with Tamaki and the others. This would be the first birthday party to be celebrated publicly. Tamaki and the others handed out invitations to everyone at school. As the date is drawing nearer, every girl in the gakuen got excited and busy thinking what kind of gift Kyouya would like, Rei was exceptionally excited. She couldn't find the perfect gift to give yet so she focused on choosing the perfect dress, the theme of the party is "Creatures of the Night", she was rummaging through the clothes, when she saw the cutest vampire gown, it was both the style and the colour (pink and black) that had drawn her to it, she was excited to try it on. She went over the fitting room that was partly open; she didn't know that someone was occupying it.
"Ah! Sumimasen, I didn't know" Rei apologized; she could hear the girl in the fitting room making loud noises as she finished trying on the gown then changing into pants, a few seconds passed and the girl stepped out of the fitting room.
"Sumimasen, I forgot to lock it too"
"Eh? Haruhi-kun?"
'Oh no! She saw me changing! What to do?' Haruhi thought, "Ehehe, it's you, what are you doing here?"
"I was going to ask you the same thing Haruhi-kun or is it Haruhi-san? This is the girls section, and that is a gown so…" Rei was filled with questions by now, and since Rei obviously saw her curves indicating she is a girl she was out of excuses and lying wouldn't make an aspiring lawyer like her any good. So in the end Haruhi told her the truth and asked her to keep it a secret between them girls, Rei was true to her words,
"But if you're still posing as a guy during Kyouya's birthday, why are you trying on gowns? Shouldn't you be looking for tuxedos instead?" Rei asked
"Yeah that's true, I already got my tuxedo, and it's just that Tamaki wanted to spend time with me after the party. Not me as a boy, but me as a girl"
"That's so sad, and yet so romantic! A secret love affair!" Rei squealed
"You don't have to make a huge fuss out of it" Haruhi said, "oh! Don't forget, this is just our secret and by the way, speaking of 'love affairs' the guys told me you and Kyouya had a secret love affair"
"Huh? Why would you even say that? He hardly even greets me when we see each other!" Rei reacted
"Then, why was he at your house last night?" Haruhi asked
"You mean, he hasn't told anyone about it?"
Rei told Haruhi why and how Kyouya ended up at their house, she told Haruhi everything.
"So that's what happened" Haruhi said.
November 22nd came, the Ootori Villa was filled with guest, and some came in late but were still warmly welcomed by Tamaki, who made the opening speech. Honey marveled at the sight of cake, Mori's eyes followed where Mitsukuni was. The Hitachiin brothers were waltzing with some of the girls, even on this occasion the host club never rests. Kyouya was an exemption because it was his birthday; the Host Club gave him presents in the later part,
"Tanjobi Omedeto Kyou-chan!" Honey greeted, "Everyone in the club brought a present for you,"
"Here are your presents, Kyouya-senpai" Haruhi said as Mori carried the Host Club's gift for Kyouya,
"Happy Birthday Kyouya-kun!" Tamaki hugged his friend
"Thank you"
The evening was full of life, even the birthday celebrant, who at first thought it was not a good idea, came to like it. But instead of enjoying himself to the full, he just danced once and headed for a seat, it was occupied by a lovely vampire girl, he couldn't clearly see who it was at first. But when he got a little closer,
'Oh, it's just Rei' he thought, 'Hmmm…'
Rei seemed to notice Kyouya approaching, she smiled at him in anticipation and hoping against hope that he would dance with her.
"Yo, it's just you…" Kyouya said, she nodded 'yes'
"Are you going to dance?" Kyouya asked,
'Is he saying if I want to dance with him?' Rei thought, "Wh-why yes, of course!"
"Good" Kyouya smiled as held out his hand to help her up, she responded almost immediately, "it seems that all seats are occupied and since you're going to dance, I might as well borrow your seat"
"Eh?" Rei said in complete surprise 'I fell for it! It's so embarrassing!' Rei looked at Kyouya with puppy eyes
"Go on, shoo!" Kyouya pushed her back lightly and gestured to her to go on and dance, just then Hiro approached them, he greeted the celebrant first and then fixed his gaze on Rei
"Hello Rei, you look lovely tonight" Hiro said
'What a cheesy hoaxer!' Kyouya thought
"Why thank you Hiro" Rei smiled at the compliment, "You look good too"
'So gullible! I'm more of a looker than that Casanova' Kyouya smirked
"Can I have this dance fair maiden?" Hiro asked
'As if she'd say 'yes'!'
"Well I-"
'Oh no she wouldn't-'
"Well, I would-" before Rei could say yes Kyouya cut her off, "Unfortunately she can't"
"Why not?" Hiro asked with a puzzled look
"Because…because I asked her first!"
"Really? I thought you were going to seat down"
"No, not really, uh… I was just making sure…err that her seat won't be taken while we dance" Kyouya said, and without waiting for Hiro to respond, he advanced to the dance floor with Rei.
"What was that about" Rei asked in surprise,
"Forget that happened! And it's not a request, it's an order"
"If you wanted to dance with me you could've just said so Kyouya-kun" Rei smiled and filled with content
"Whatever, just dance with me" Kyouya blushed, he thought it was a lame.
The night had a nice feeling for Kyouya and Rei because both were with each other, dancing to the music. Tamaki and the others never expected that Kyouya would dance with another girl, much less Rei.
A/N: This ends chapter 7, I will try to update soon. R&R please…
