Chapter 7
SUNDAY EVENING
"I'm worried about Miyuki. She hardly speaks, and she hasn't scolded or hit me not once today." Tamaki said not sure what to do. Kanna sighed into the phone.
"Have you tried explaining the situation to her, the way Haruhi explained it to you?" Kanna asked biting her nail. There was a silence on his end.
"I've tried, but she won't hear of it. I can't force her to listen." Tamaki said staring into his lap.
"Even Shima our chief of staff has noticed. It's like a dark rain cloud has enveloped our home." Tamaki continued switching ears with the phone.
"I'm sorry to hear that Tamaki, Tell you what, why don't you get some rest and we will see what tomorrow brings, I'm sure seeing her friends again might cheer her up." Kanna suggested as Tamaki closed his eyes.
"Thank you," He said hanging the phone up and falling back into his bed. Slowly drifting off to sleep.
THE NEXT MORNING
"Its time to wake up Mistress Miyuki" Shima said walking into the room. Miyuki groaned and rolled over.
"I'm not going Shima." She said pulling the covers over her head as Shima opened the curtains.
"Don't be silly, You've never missed a day of school, I know you aren't sick. I don't know what happened miss but your never going to move forward if you avoid the problem." Shima said facing the bed. Miyuki poked her head out of the covers.
"I'll make a deal with you, go to school and try, if you can't then I'll pick you up." Shima said quietly. Miyuki nodded and got out of bed, and got dressed. Shima braided her long blonde hair into a single braid.
The car pulled up to Ouran Academy and the siblings got out.
Miyuki barely heard anything the teacher said, she took to staring out the window for most of the day, or reading a book she brought with her. Kyoya sat the next row over and a seat behind her. Tamaki sat in front of her. Before Miyuki knew it the bell rung. Class was over. She put her book in her bag and walked out of the classroom slowly. Following her brother and Kyoya to the host club. Miyuki instantly separated herself from the group. Sitting alone at a small table in front of the large window.
Kanna watched Miyuki walk in and over to a lone table. She started to get up when Mori put his hand on her arm. Kanna looked at him and he was looking at Haruhi who was already making her way over. Miyuki watched.
"Miyuki, I'm sorry." Haruhi said standing next to her chair. Miyuki faced Haruhi,
"Don't apologize, I'm not mad at you Haruhi, I should have knocked first." Miyuki said going back to her book. Haruhi sighed then walked away knowing that was all she was gonna get from her.
"If you ask us she's being a bit dramatic. Nothing actually happened." the twins said together looking at Kanna. She looked at them.
"Even so, How would you two feel if you were in her shoes? Kyoya was proving a point, but there are better ways to go about it." Kanna said feeling the sadness that slowly seeped into the air. Miyuki stood up leaving her book at the table. She moved to the piano and started playing a song by one of her favorite composers Yiruma.
Kyoya who had been writing in his book looked over at Miyuki whose fingers danced along the ivory keys telling a story of her sadness. She played A river flows in you. Kyoya closed his eyes, to listen.
"Wow, Kyo-chan I didn't know you had a piano." A younger Miyuki exclaimed climbing onto the seat. Kyoya had a bit of trouble climbing up next to her but he finally made it.
"Are you going to play?" He asked her. She nodded and took out a hand held recorder.
"You hold this." She said pressing the record button.
"This is... for Kyoya Ootori. Kyoya when you feel sad... I want you to play this tape and think of me, then you'll feel better!" She said happily as she started to play. Kyoya smiled as he watched her play.
Kanna pulled on Mori's sleeve and pointed at Kyoya who had his eyes closed and a faint smile touching his lips. When the music stopped his smile faded and his eyes opened. It was quiet for a minute before there were two defining clang of keys from the piano. Miyuki had put her elbows on the keys and her head in her hands. Tamaki walked up behind her and held onto her shoulders helping her stand up. He escorted out of the silent room.
Kyoya looked at Haruhi and Kanna who were staring at him.
"I will not apologize for things I have not done." Kyoya said grimly going back to his papers. Most of the host club's guests didn't want to stay long. They could feel the sadness too. As soon as the last guest left the twins left. Tamaki had returned without his sister.
"Where did she go?" Kanna asked quietly.
"I think she went home." Tamaki said quietly. Hunny got off of Mori's shoulders knocking Kanna's bag onto the floor. Tamaki was helping her pick up her books when Kyoya spotted something. He bent down and picked up the old book. It looked familiar to him. He turned it over in his hand and noticed the dried rose sticking slightly out of the top. Kanna bit her lip nervously as Tamaki's face turned to shock. Kyoya opened the book to the page with the rose. He held it up looking at it with a most endearing look gracing his features.
"Far longer than forever." He whispered looking at it.
"She was going to burn that." Tamaki said standing up. He was looking at Kyoya who was focused on the rose. Kyoya put the rose back into the book.
"May I hold onto this?" He asked Kanna who looked at Tamaki
"If you want to." He said flipping his hair. He had a feeling everything would turn out just fine.
Kyoya put the book down on the table then walked out of the music room. When the door closed he took off after Miyuki.
The car pulled up to the Suoh second residence. Shima stood outside as Kyoya got out of the car.
"Is she here?" He asked looking up at the windows. Shima sighed.
"She is, but she won't see anyone Master Kyoya." Shima said quietly looking at him.
"I need to tell her something. Its very important I assure you." Kyoya said in a convincing tone.
"Very well Master, but I was not the one to let you in. Understood." She said leading him into the house. He made his way up the grand staircase to her room. He knocked lightly and when he heard nothing entered. Miyuki turned away from her vanity to look at him. Her eyes narrowed.
"Go away." She said turning back toward her mirror brushing her hair furiously.
"I came here to say something Miyuki. At least hear it." Kyoya said walking closer to her
"I apologize, for what you saw. I was only proving a point to Haruhi. Contrary to what your thinking Nothing happened. I have no reason to lie to you." Kyoya said looking at her as she slowly stopped brushing her hair. She turned to face him. She was quiet for a long time.
"I'm not dumb Kyoya. I've known you a very long time, and if you made it a point to apologize to me for the sake of the Host Club. Then I'll accept your apology for the sake of the host club, That does not mean that I have to like it, or even forgive you. Even if nothing happened Kyoya. A gentleman wouldn't go that far to prove a point." Miyuki said brushing her hair quickly again. he looked at her.
"Don't worry Kyoya. I'm president of the drama club remember, acting is a wonderful skill of mine. I won't scare away your customers again." Miyuki said wiping the left over tears from her eyes. Kyoya smiled at her. Miyuki hadn't thought about it until that silence, she looked down to realize she was wearing a practically see through black robe over her new red lace lingerie. She blushed hard and looked at him. "Kyoya your such a perv get out of my room!" She yelled throwing her brush at him playfully. He laugh as he walked out of the room.
THE NEXT WEEKEND (Start of Summer Break)
"Tamaki you really don't have to get this upset. Haruhi hasn't gone missing. She's just avoiding you." Miyuki said sitting at a small table next to the phone sipping at her tea.
"She's gone! My beloved daughter has disappeared off the face of the earth! She must have been kidnapped by a band of gypsies! I just know it! Contact the police, We have to request an emergency deployment of the STF!" Tamaki yelled in his over dramatic way. Miyuki shook her head and set her tea cup down to listen.
"What do you mean she's gone?"
"Haru-chan is really missing?" Hunny asked surprised..
"And her family's gone bankrupt?" Mori added. Miyuki rolled her eyes
"Like I said, she was trying to get away from you." Miyuki said crossing her arms leaning back in the chair and crossing her legs. Tamaki yelled some more as he ran around the room the phone following him. He looked absolutely livid, as opposed to Miyuki's calm. Miyuki listened quietly as the twins asked if he tried her cell phone. He freaked out again.
"Tamaki, do you realize how ridiculous you sound?" Miyuki asked picking up her teacup again. Miyuki could hear Kyoya on the line now informing her brother that Haruhi was in Karuizawa. Miyuki smiled with a satisfied look on her face.
"You mean... she was forced out of her home, kidnapped by gypsies, and forced into servitude... In Karuizawa?" Tamaki stopped moving as Miyuki put her hand on her face. Her only thought that her brother truly was an idiot. She laughed out loud when Kyoya called him a moron.
Kanna helped Haruhi with most of the daily chores before taking a break while Haruhi hung the laundry.
"It's so nice to get away." Haruhi said smiling. Kanna chuckled.
"How long do you think it's gonna last? Tamaki is probably throwing a fit at this very moment." Kanna said watching Haruhi, who thought about it.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he's embedded a tracker under your skin. Feel any pin picks while your around him lately?" Kanna asked jokingly. Haruhi laughed. In the next silent moment the wind picked up. Haruhi had just finished with the sheets as a helicopter came into view. Kanna laughed as Haruhi turned to stone.
"Haruhi! Despair not! Daddy's come to save you..." Tamaki yelled out of the Helicopter, as some of the sheets flew off the line.
"Give me that!" Miyuki said snatching the hand held and putting her foot in Tamaki's face.
"I'm sorry about that Haruhi, Tamaki's a bit frazzled." She said handing the hand held back to the pilot. who landed the helicopter. Haruhi stood there as the host club filed out. Mori gave Kanna a kiss and Hunny gave her a cute bunny hug. Kanna took the lead as Haruhi was sort of stuck.
"Come with me guys. Its good to see everyone." Kanna said leading them inside.
"OH My what dashing young men you are! These hunks must belong to Haruhi." Tamaki looked livid as the owner fussed over the 'handsome' boys.
"You can call me Misuzu chi" She said smiling at everyone. Miyuki stood next to Kyoya as he explained that Misuzu was an old friend of Haruhi's father Ranka. Miyuki moved to explore the room they were in. Kanna and Haruhi stood with the group. The host club moved outside to have tea. The twins Haruhi and Hunny sat at one table while Mori and Kanna stood nearby. Kyoya sat across from Miyuki at a table next to theirs. He looked at her.
"I'm only here to keep my idiot brother out of trouble." She said in a serious tone. Kyoya smiled and nodded going back to what he was doing. Tamaki came out of the bushes whining. Miyuki looked at him. "Tamaki, like that isn't creepy stalker behavior at all. Your making a idiot of yourself." Miyuki said sipping tea. The twins brought up the cell phone announcing that Haruhi and the twins were in each others top 5. Miyuki was certainly amused by her brother's livid state. Kanna seemed to enjoy it as well. Haruhi asked why she couldn't have a summer beak to herself when Miyuki noted the gleam in his glasses as he pulled out a tiny blue guide book.
"According to the handbook, jobs are prohibited." Kyoya said reading. Miyuki looked at him.
"Kyoya, why do you even have that?" She asked wondering where he keeps random things like this.
"Oh you know, just in case someone wants to take a job over summer break" he said smiling. Haruhi froze. The twins egged the situation on. When Tamaki announced that he thought Pension Misuzu to be quite charming. Miyuki understood that as Tamaki speak for were gonna stay here. all summer. Haruhi dropped to her knees. Kanna looked at her.
"What did I tell you Haruhi?" She asked smiling. Kyoya looked at Kanna,
"I've just noticed, but you've taken a job here as well Kanna." Kyoya said politely.
"Technically we're not being paid so its purely volunteer work. Which is not against school rules, I checked. I'm here so that Haruhi won't be so lonely, and has someone to study with." Kanna said looking at Mori who smiled faintly. Kanna happened to look at Tamaki and noticed the look on his face. Miyuki noticed too and decided to pay a visit the theater of Tamaki's mind.
A few minutes later, Tamaki went on about how he should stay to represent the host club. Then the twins butted in with the idea of them competing to see who stays in the vacant room. Kanna shook her head. This ought to be interesting.
Kanna was talking to Miyuki outside when Mori walked out carrying a table. She looked at Miyuki.
"I think the twins are going to win this." she stated.
Miyuki nodded. "I agree. Tamaki already lost 'refresher' points cause he was complaining and whining."
"I don't understand your brother sometimes."
She looked over at Kyoya and noticed him and Haruhi talking. She looked at Miyuki to see her looking at Kyoya before she moved her gaze elsewhere. Kanna knew that Kyoya and Miyuki apologized but she also knew that Miyuki didn't really forgive him. She just accepted his apology for the sake of the host club. She followed her gaze to see what she was staring at. And her eyes widened. Mori was shirtless and chopping firewood for some reason. She tilted her head before she made her way over to him. Miyuki right behind her. Both her and Miyuki noticed the girls in the window staring at Mori as he drink some water.
"Do you ever get jealous?" Miyuki asked her.
"No. Cause I know that Mori is mine. I don't have to worry about the other girls. They can look but they can't touch."
Miyuki chuckled.
Kanna and Miyuki stared at the fence Tamaki just got done working on.
"I don't think that…"
"It looks really…"
"I think he just lost some points."
The girls shook their heads before watching Kyoya walk over to Tamaki. He said something that seemed to cheer Tamaki up. They followed him inside and watched him make his way to the piano. Kanna smiled as Tamaki started to play. Kanna headed over to where Mori was and helped him. Miyuki decided to go outside and get some fresh air just in time to see Kaoru push Haruhi out of the way of a falling vase. She ran over to see if everybody was alright. Hikaru beat her to them.
"You're hurt. Let me see." Hikaru said.
"Its fine. Its just a little cut." Kaoru said, turning to look at Hikaru. Hikaru sighed and laid his head on Kaoru's shoulder.
"Hikaru?"
"Don't ever scare me like that."
"Hey. I'm sorry. Do you…forgive me?"
Hikaru looked up at his brother. Miyuki couldn't help but roll her eyes. They played the brotherly love roles perfectly. This is why they were going to be the ones that one. Shaking her head, she turned and walked elsewhere. Not really needing to see this. She was about halfway across the yard when she heard Misuzu chi announce that the twins received 100 refresher points and they won. She could practically hear her brother crying.
"Congrats you guys." Haruhi stated.
"Oh. It was nothing really."
"What the…Hang on a second…was all of that staged?"
"Well now. Who could say?" the twins answered.
