Normal POV

Aki and Kyoya bought some food and sat down to eat. After that, they decided to walk around the festival and find something to do like play with the game booths or something. As they were walking through the sea of people someone tapped Aki on the shoulder. She turned around and saw a tall, good- looking guy. She stopped in the middle of the crowd as Kyoya went on walking in front of her not noticing she stopped. After all, there were too many people.

"Akira Haninozuka?" the guy asked her

"Hey, aren't you Tenshi? Tamaki's friend?" she asked

"Hai, Akira…" he replied

"Call me Aki, people rarely call me Akira anyway" she said

"Well Aki, I'm running a game booth, would you like to play?" he asked hoping she won't get suspicious

"What game?"

"Uhm…it's a unique new game and it's hard to explain. You should just try it" he said

"Hmm… alright, I just have to tell Kyoya that I'm-"she said but she couldn't finish her sentence because Tenshi dragged her already

"Hey, let go of me! Why won't you let me say goodbye to my friend first?" she argued

Tenshi then led her to the back stage and there she sat on a chair.

"That's her" Tenshi told his co-host

"Oh, I see" Ruri replied

"SHOWTIME!" the stage manager yelled

Tenshi signaled the security and the security officer immediately went over to them. "This girl is participating in the contest, when I say "bring out the third contestant", bring her out okay?"

The security officer nodded

Meanwhile, Tamaki's cell phone rang. "Hai? Kyoya, WHAT?! AKI'S MISSING? Alright, the stage, sayonara"

"Aki's missing?!" Hikaru and Haruhi exclaimed

"Hai, Kyoya's alerted the securities. Hikaru, call up Mori-senpai and Hunny-senpai" Tamaki ordered

"Hai" Hikaru responded immediately and got his cell phone

"We have to go to the stage area, Kyoya said he'll meet us there" said Tamaki. "Is she really missing or could it be that…" he thought

They met up in the middle of the crowd that was waiting upon the stage program.

"Is it true? Aki-chan is missing?!" Hunny became hysterical while Mori tried to calm him down

"Hai, gomenasai Hunny-senpai, I lost her in the middle of the crowd" said Kyoya

"Ano… where's Kaoru?" Kyoya asked

"He said he'd call" said Hikaru as he got his cell phone once more and this time he called his brother

"Well?" Kyoya asked

Hikaru gasped "He's not answering"

The dating game was starting as they were panicking. The hosts introduced themselves and they gave a spiel about the dating game. Then they called out the contestant number 1 and then she came out, next was number two and she did the same. The next was contestant number 3 and Aki was pushed to come out to the stage.

"Senpais! Isn't that Aki?!" Haruhi exclaimed as she pointed to the stage

Aki's POV

What the heck? What's going on? I was pushed by this security officer to the stage and I stared at the people below the stage as they stared back at me. I was confused; I didn't know what to do. I froze in that position.

"Meet our dating contestants; one of these girls will date the lucky guy behind this curtain" Said Ruri as she walked to the right end of the stage

What the? Dating contestants? No way. I'm at the dating game?! I don't want to date that mystery guy! I stared at the right end of the stage, where the curtain was. I gulped when Tenshi said "Let's start!" and Ruri went over to the curtain and opened it a little but still, it didn't reveal who the mystery guy was.

What am I going to do? If I make a run for it, I'd make a complete fool of myself. I looked around, I sighed when I saw security officials blocking the exits of the stage. The only way to get out of this mess is to jump for it in the middle of the crowd, but as I said, I will not make a complete fool of myself. I don't want to ruin Kyoya's festival as well by making a scene. I guess there's no other choice; I guess I have to… play along.

"Here's how the game goes, I will ask a question and you have to pick an answer between the 2 choices I give. The mystery guy will write his answer on the white board we gave him and he will hand it over to Ruri. Then Ruri will read aloud his answer, whoever matches his answer gets make one step closer to the curtain" Tenshi explained

This is such a stupid game.

Normal POV

"Question number one: On a hot summer day, would you prefer ice cream or fruit shakes?" Tenshi asked

"Fruit shakes" Contestant number one answered

"Fruit shakes" said number two

"Ice cream, I guess" said Aki

"She's seriously playing?!" Hikaru exclaimed as he watched Aki on stage

"I guess so" said Haruhi

The mystery guy handed over the white board to the female host through the small opening of the curtain and she read aloud "Ice cream"

"Step forward contestant number three!" Tenshi announced

Aki stepped forward

"Number two: Which do you like best sunrise or sunset?" Tenshi asked

"Sunset"

"Sunset"

Aki gulped hoping her answer won't match the mystery guy's answer "Sunrise"

"Mystery guy says sunset!" Ruri announced

The questions went on; Aki hoped that she would not win. She didn't want to date that mystery guy whoever he was, no matter how gorgeous he could be. She wasn't interested at all, she couldn't explain it but she was sure she didn't want to go on a date, it disgusted her.

While the game was going on, Hikaru also wondered where his brother was. He tried calling him several times on the cell phone but Kaoru didn't answer. He was already feeling worried.

It was now a very close fight. Aki was surprisingly in the lead. Two more questions to go and it'll be the end of the game. Aki felt her heart beat faster as she became nervous thinking of the possibilities that she might win.

"Question number nine: Books, Sci-fi or fantasy?" Tenshi asked

"Fantasy" the first contestant answered

"Sci-fi" the second one answered

"Uhhh… Fantasy, I guess" Aki answered

Ruri got the white board and read aloud "Sci-fi"

Contestant number two stepped up. She was now on the same level as Aki. It was just one more question to go. Aki closed her eyes and wished hard that she would not win. She would do anything for her not to win.

"Last question: Perfume scents, tropical vibe or fresh and clean?"

"Tropical vibe" Contestant number one answered

"Tropical vibe" Contestant number two answered

"Fresh and clean" Aki answered as she bit her lip

The mystery guy handed Ruri the white board. Ruri was about to read it aloud when she stopped and saw the answer written on it: "Tropical vibe". The female host breathed in deeply and announced "Fresh and clean"

Aki's POV

I closed my eyes just before I heard the answer. I opened it as the female host announced "Fresh and clean". WHAT DID SHE SAY?!

"We have a winner!" the male host announced as he grabbed on to my arm

My eyes widened as he pulled me over to the curtain. The female host smiled at me as she said "Mystery guy, please come out!"

The curtains opened. I had my head down because I was too afraid to see who this guy was. Hmmm… maybe I could pay him to break this date thing. Yeah, maybe I could, why didn't I think of that before? I finally lifted my head and my eyes widened as I gazed upon the boy in front of me.

"Well, don't they make a lovely couple?" Tenshi said to the crowd watching

Some of the people answered "yes". I just sweat dropped at my current situation.

"K-Kaoru?!" Hikaru and the others exclaimed as they gazed at the two on the stage

"What? The mystery guy they got was Kaoru?!" Tamaki thought as he literally smacked himself

"Well then, why don't you guys show some love?" Ruri said getting excited

I busted out laughing. The hosts gave me a weird look and asked why I was laughing my head off.

"What the heck do you mean?" I asked while laughing

"You know, why not..." the female host started "Kiss" she continued

Kaoru and I stared at each other then we both laughed. They gave us a weird look. I even heard the crowd giving whispers, they must be wondering why we were laughing.

"No way I'm gonna kiss him" I said

Kaoru just giggled and said "Funny how you won this dating game"

"I didn't know I would win" I replied "yeah, it is funny how" I added

"Oh come on, we all want to see them kiss don't we?" said Tenshi to the crowd

Surprisingly, the crowd answered "Yes". Those idiots, no way I'm kissing anyone.

"I can't kiss him, he's my good friend" I said "and besides, ugh, I don't want to kiss anyone"

"Hai" Kaoru answered supporting my answer

The two hosts rolled their eyes and they said in unison "Yeah, that's what they all say"

Just then I felt that someone laid a hand at the back of my head and push me with much force as I felt Kaoru's lips against mine.

Author's note: Hey. so thanks to the lovely people who reviewed my last chapter. yeah, you guys rock! thanks so much. i'll update soon because i wanna get far as much as possible in this story before school starts! till next chapter! please leave a review!