A Rose Hidden by Shadows

Chapter Seven~ Eyes and Questions

I sat next to Kyouya in the back of his limo, watching the rain hit the windows and drip down. I was still trying to figure out my thoughts from earlier, heat rising to my face again.

"Makoto-san, are you feeling well?" Kyouya asked, having noticed my blush.

I nodded my head before saying," Uh, yeah. I'm fine." I sighed slightly before facing forward, trying to look a Kyouya out of the corner of my eye. Then I sighed before thinking,'I have fallen for him. That's why I was upset about Renge. I was jealous.'

"Makoto-san, are you sure you're alright? " Kyouya asked again, making me wonder a little bit about why he was asking. I guess he didn't want a Host Club member to be sick and miss a day.

"Yeah but could you just call me Chouko? It seems like it would be easier that way." I said

Kyouya nodded his head slightly before saying," Then you can call me Kyouya." He smiled and I watched him, curiosity getting me.

"Um, Kyouya? Could I see something real quick?" I asked quickly, still watching him.

"I guess so, what is it?" He asked Once he answered I quickly leaned over and gently took his glasses. I could tell he was a bit shocked, his eyes widening a bit from it. I stared into his eyes for a short bit before gently placing his glasses back on his nose.

"Hmm, that's cool." I said, pushing my own glasses up with my index and middle fingers.

"May I ask what that was about?" Kyouya asked coolly.

I felt heat rise to my cheeks again as I said," I wanted to know what color your eyes actually were. They always seem like a dull gray but if you let emotion show they turn a dark brown. I think the dark brown looks better though." What I was saying was the truth, the dark brown color looked better then the cold gray that his eyes always seemed to be.

Kyouya looked at me curiously. "Hmm that is interesting, I always assumed my eyes were gray."

"I think that the lack of emotion you let into your eyes gives them the appearance of being gray when they are actually a very dark brown. You should show more emotion, it makes your eyes look very attractive." I told him before quickly looking back out the window to the rain drenched world around the limo. I mentally slapped myself for saying things like that but they were true. If he let emotion into his eyes, then Kyouya looked very kind.

"Hmm, I'll keep that in mind, Chouko." Kyouya said from beside me. I saw his reflection facing me before turning back to the laptop located in his lap at the time. This is going to be the hardest two years of school I'll ever know.

~The Next Day~

I walked into the club room, expecting it to already be full of girls squealing at the hosts doing their own things. What I was met with defiantly surprised me, the room was quiet except for the club members talking about the upcoming Christmas ball.

"Chou-chan! We were just discussing ideas for the winter ball in a month." Hunny told me once he noticed I had walked in.

"Oh, so today was the club meeting, that's why it was quiet around here. Well except for Tamaki yelling at the twins." I laughed slightly when the three stopped and looked at me questioningly. I walked over and took a seat next to Haruhi and asked her what was already decided. Soon the meeting was in full swing and everyone was talking, well Kyouya, Hunny, Haruhi, and myself were. Tamaki was still after Hikaru and Kaoru for some stunt they pulled and Mori rarely talked as it was.

"So everything has been decided?" Everyone present nodded their heads before Kyouya continued," Then I'll go ahead and start making preparations and reserve the main ballroom for the event." I wasn't fully hearing what was being said, mostly I was concentrating on what I was going to wear. I know a month is early but sometimes I like having an excuse to wear a nice dress and such.

"Hey Chouko. Our mother has some winter ball dresses she's working on." Hikaru said

"So maybe you could wear one of those for the ball." Kaoru finished.

I smiled slightly before saying,"You two are mid readers, I swear. That would help me out a great deal more then having to search stores and such for a nice dress and your mother does have really nice designs, I actually have some at my house."

The twins nodded before heading off to their house, seeing as the meeting was already over. Haruhi said her goodbyes, as did I, and we both left together. "So you actually have some clothes that the twin's mother designed?"

"Yeah, they were really nice designs, its about the only expensive thing I own besides my computers and mp3 player." I told her, holding up my mp3 player. Actually that was just an off-brand but it was really good. I mean I lost it in the snow for a week, and it worked again.

Soon we arrived at my house, Haruhi's being a few blocks away, and said our bye's. I quickly went into my house and went up to my room. On my calendar I wrote the date for the Winter Ball and smiled slightly. I was hoping that it would be a nice night for once. I sat down on my bed before just plopping backwards onto it. This following month wasn't going to be fun, in fact the anticipation leading up to the ball would be killing me.

"This is going to be the roughest two years in my entire school career." I sighed before rolling on my side and falling into an early sleep.

A/N

Okay so this chapter is a little weird cause it continues on from last chapter, something I rarely do. Anyway I think the next chapter might be the ball but I NEED help. What do you, the readers, think would look good for Chouko as a ball gown/dress? I have no idea really, I don't want to reuse the dress and such I used last time but other then that I have no idea. BTW that one was based on a dress I have in real life, I wore it to the 8th grade dance. XD Anyway, the other dress is found on the first version of this story which is still posted to Quizilla and not Fanfiction. Any help would be appreciated because I want to get the next chapter out somewhat quickly while I have the ideas in my head.

Arei/Lilmszen

P.S The eye color idea came from a drabble I read a little earlier. Entitled "Eye Color" by Hope-Hazard you might want to check it out.