8.) False Attraction??
"You can't prove it like that." Haruhi corrected, slightly impatient but Tamaki could see a slight amusement on her face. He grunted.
"Why do I even need to prove these? To think that these are already Theorems? Theorems, do you hear that? It means they're already pro——"
"I know that, okay." She looked at him sarcastically. "They're part of Mrs. Unohana's test so your complaints are futile." She got his scratch papers and wrote another theorem he had to prove. He felt her hand brushed against his arm when she got the paper and suddenly felt them go clammy. His hands, that is.
He shook his head to erase such ridiculous thought. He had been feeling all those alien feelings whenever he was with the nerd and still couldn't fathom what they meant. He was sure dead though that they were not because of intimidation. In fact, they had quite improved in terms of treatment towards each other and what he meant with that was that they still yell at each other though with more understanding now. Though it doesn't make sense, he knew it was a lot better than before.
"So, Naoki's not around today and you're mom and dad's out, too. Which only means you're alone here now." She spoke as she gave him the scratch papers. She already knew that his dad was out for a company trip.
He looked at her and suddenly felt annoyed with her should-be-not-irritating remark. "So what if Naoki's not around today and I'm just alone?"
She looked at him, surprised by his unreasonable annoyance. He just suddenly felt a rush of annoyance hearing her speak of his twin. It was really absurd. His twin had been apparent about his feelings for Haruhi and had continued to savor moments with her every time she tutors him.
"What's wrong with you? I was just going to free you early today and let you off with your other friends to do what you want, seeing that you're not focused with this."
And the next thing he uttered was beyond what he could possibly think he was capable of saying.
"I'm fine here. Just go on teaching there." Am I out of my freaking mind? What am I saying?
He knew she found it also "so not him" to refuse her offer but then she nodded. "Just thought you might want to spend time with your friends or maybe your girl."
He suddenly felt a surge of guilt ran through him. His girl. He was absolutely certain that Kanoya would love to go out with him right that moment. She was constantly bugging him the last few days on his sudden weekend house trip instead of going out with her or his other buddies. Sometimes, he could feel that Kanoya was suspecting something strange going on with him but just couldn't figure it out. He, himself couldn't even figure it out, too. About the abnormal feelings around the nerd.
"She'll be fine," he managed to say then quickly set his gaze at the theorems he still had to prove to occupy his mind.
"She might just miss her boy," he heard her tease so he unwillingly tore his gaze from the annoying theorems and looked at her irritatingly only to find her smiling face as she was scanning the pages of one of the magazines in their living room. He hung up in a daze. It was like it was the first time he had set his gaze upon her. It wasn't the geek who irritated him in her presence. It wasn't the face of the geek who calls him moron. It was a girl with a radiating smile which suddenly stunned him right that moment. He felt his heartbeat went erratic which he thought was stupid. His hands were getting sweaty and he still couldn't take his eyes off of her face. He closed his eyes as hard as he could to rescue him from the insanity he was feeling only to find himself as he opened his eyes, under her gaze.
"Hey, are you alright?" he heard her say or maybe that was what she said since he couldn't think clearly now with her drawing closer to him. He shook his head to clear his mind and looked at her but he could still hear his erratic heartbeats. They were very loud that he stupidly feared she might hear them.
"Tamaki? Hey, what's wrong? You're so red," she said with slight amusement in her tone. The moment he heard her say his name, he got that funny feeling in his stomach which worsened everything. He cleared his throat to say something only to let out a croaked sound. He quickly stood up to avoid her gaze and managed to say "Comfort room" then hurried himself upstairs leaving her unable to make out something with his odd behavior.
It was a Tuesday afternoon, three days after Tamaki's odd behavior. Haruhi had already confided it to her friend Hinata who was really serious in finding the right explanation for it. Hinata now approached her with her personal understanding of it.
"He likes you."
She had to ask Hinata again to believe what she heard her friend said.
"He likes you Haruhi! That's the reason for that odd behavior," Hinata was profusely beaming at her, nodding her head like it would somehow sway her to believe her improbable theory.
She couldn't help herself and let out a laugh. "I tell you he looked like he had seen a ghost and you think that he likes me. That's just so ridiculous."
"It might sound funny Haruhi but you can't deny that possibility."
She looked at Hinata sourly. "Don't go pairing me again with him just because you don't like Kanoya for him."
Hinata shook her head quickly. "It's not that I don't like Kanoya but I'm just telling you my comprehension of his actions. You say he shook his head then looked at you like it was the first time he saw you."
"Like he saw a ghost," she corrected.
"It's like he suddenly saw you and realized that ——"
"— that I'm a girl, right? Well, that's very, very flattering to know," she said sarcastically.
"It's not like that. He suddenly realized that he likes you."
She shook her head with disbelief as they finally reached the place where their lockers where located. A sudden commotion distracted them. There were boys hooting and girls screaming with joy not far away from them. They curiously looked to see what the reason for the ruckus was.
She then saw Tamaki receiving an overly tight hug from his girl, Kanoya with a noticeable red rose on her one hand. They were surrounded by their group of jocks and cheerleaders.
And then it suddenly hit her. Unexpectedly, she suddenly felt her heart missed a beat which instantly made her veer away quickly from the scene. She shook her head to clear her mind from the unusual sensation she suddenly felt. It was ridiculous!
"There goes you're prince charming and his princess," she muttered to Hinata as she ignored what she felt a while ago. She could see Hinata's obvious disappointment printed explicitly on her face. She suddenly noticed how her tone almost sounded . . . disappointed?
Nah, it can't be. I gotta be insane before that happens, she comforted herself though it still bothered her and quickly worked the combination on her locker and shoved the things she had to get from her locker in her bag to get away from that place as quick as she can.
It had worked, Tamaki thought satisfactorily, seeing how his friends and the other girls cheered as he gave Kanoya a red rose to make up for his weekend absences.
Kanoya's face was beaming with happiness he almost thought that she wasn't acting anymore. She suddenly threw her arms around him which made the noise become much louder. It was all going too well when his eye caught something that made him feel it was all wrong.
He saw her standing not far away, getting something from her locker with her white-eyed friend who was looking at their direction, an expression of explicit disappointment. A most unusual feeling swept over him which almost made him threw Kanoya's arms away from him. Almost. Fortunately, he just stayed still with Kanoya still clinging on him like a Koala bear as she managed to close her locker and went away without looking at his direction.
Did she see me?, he said to himself then quickly shook off such thought. So what if she saw me in this kind of position? Who cares what she thinks? I don't care. But then, he inadvertently got irritated seeing some of his friends' eyes were looking at the direction where the nerd has been.
"Hey, this is so romantic of you," he heard Kanoya's usual sweet voice and realized that he was still surrounded by his friends and Kanoya still had her arms around his neck making their faces only inches away. All he could respond was just a forced smile which seemed to deceive Kanoya and his friends as they continue hooting at them. They didn't have any idea how his mind was in constant struggle and how he was rankled with confusion with his sudden feeling for the nerd.
Why was he feeling those eccentric feelings? I must be insane, he alarmingly thought. If there was one person he should be accidentally thinking about that moment, it should be the girl with both arms flung around him. Kanoya had been undeniably intimately acquainted with him since second year but he never once felt anything weird around her. No occasional skips of his heart and not even close to having his hands clammy whenever she's near. Nothing.
"Kiss! Kiss!" he heard their friends cheer. Kanoya's face was smiling profusely and was obviously just waiting for him to do it. He moved to give Kanoya a smack on the lips when the moment he was an inch away from her face, he suddenly saw the nerd's face.
His lips landed on Kanoya's left cheek. His friends seemed to be satisfied with the cheek kiss since the cheering grew louder. He saw Kanoya's confused expression facing him. And he quickly looked away and forced a smile at the crowd. Kanoya put up a beaming expression again, facing their friends when he glanced at her. She let go of him and went to her cheerleader friends as he also perfunctorily went to his friends, cursing the weird sensations he was feeling.
