Conflict
Kaoru:
I was always doing my best to please Hikaru, and of course, I had eaten strawberries before we started. I knew that as soon as he got me home, it would be an interrogation that turned him on, and made him question my love for him.
I had been manipulating him ever since I first talked with Lorette. My plan had been not to tell Hikaru anything, and tell him that her story was too long, and act all offended, and everything. I hadn't wanted to make him cry though…
He always got horny when he sat me down and started asking questions. I think it was the feeling of superiority, and being in control. I always had to diffuse his feeling of control by responding with hostility, and asking questions of my own.
The next two days were kind of a blur, because, well, nothing happened. Between Wednesday and Friday. School was normal, Lorette didn't bother me, Hikaru and I didn't… You get the picture.
Finally Friday came, the day of my date with Lorette. I wasn't particularly looking forward to it, because we were going to some boring theme park, and I didn't really care for her at the time. She was just something to occupy myself with. I wasn't trying to separate Hikaru from me…
"Kaoru!" Lorette beamed, skipping down the hallway after school. I sighed and let my shoulders sag. "Hey Lorette." I said flatly. She stopped in front of us and smiled. The school bell rang, signaling our freedom.
"Ready to go?" She asked cheerily. I sighed heavily again. "I'll see you back at the house Hikaru…" I whispered, giving him an invisible nibble on his ear. "No kissing, these lips are mine." He murmured almost inaudibly.
I nodded my head and tried to fake a smile as I left half of my world behind to plunge into a strange, foreign one.
Lorette led me to her limo, gesturing for me to get in. I insisted that she went first, being a lady and all, and I followed her.
The inside of the limo was very cozy. It had a few small mirrors and what appeared to be a vanity for Lorette to put on make-up in case she hadn't had time at home. The seats were black leather, and the windows tinted a deep, almost-black-purple.
She smiled kindly at me. "I can't believe that you are actually here.." She sighed. I slouched in my seat. "Excuse me for a second." She said cheerily as she drew a curtain between two sections of the limo. I vaguely noticed it before but I realized now that one of the side panels on the limo was a drawer, probably filled with her clothes.
"You can drop the cheery, wide-eyed bubblegum girl routine Lorette, there's nobody to fool here." I said, looking away, even though there was a curtain separating us.
When she came out, which was faster than I had expected, she was wearing a green spaghetti strap shirt with some strange faded design, some loose blue jeans. She had undone the ponytail that she usually kept her brunette hair in.
She looked a hell of a lot better than she did in the yellow puffy Ouran uniform dresses that I usually saw her in. She also looked much more… normal. She seemed relaxed in this outfit, unlike how she often seemed to act like her dress didn't fit right.
"How do I look?" She asked in a less squeaky, but still cheerful voice. I smiled. "You are stunning Lorette. Your beautiful looks pair well with any assortment of clothes." I said coolly. God, Tamaki was rubbing off on me big time.
She blushed and smiled. "Didn't you bring something more comfortable to change into?" She asked, cocking her head at me. I nodded, and slipped off my jacket. "Don't you want some privacy?" She questioned. "I don't need it now." I had put on my tank top underneath my dress shirt, which I slid off. I put on a bleached green concert hoodie. I left it unzipped, and closed the curtain again.
I quickly removed my pants and slid on a pair of tight fitting blue jeans from my backpack. I stuffed my old clothes back in and slung it over my back. I opened the curtain again and Lorette was looking out the window.
"So, where are we going again?" I asked, sighing and looking out the window. She showed me a brightly colored map for some kind of theme park. I glanced at it and handed it back. "Hmm. Interesting choice of place for a first date…" I noted, laying my head back on the headrest and closing my eyes.
She blushed. "It's not a date, you're just taking me to a theme park." She gave me one of those 'duh' looks. "As a friend…" she added. "I was under the impression that you considered us going out. You did kiss me you know…" I reminded her.
She blushed and turned her head down. "W-well, I was just so happy that you had said yes… I suppose I overreacted." She said, her face turning an even deeper red. "So you don't want to be my girlfriend? Just hypothetically of course. This is a one time deal so that your parents don't make you go back to that school in Tokyo." I added, making sure that she didn't get the wrong idea.
"N-no! I would love to have you as my boyfriend, it's just I was afraid that I would scare you off if I said that we were…" She stumbled across her words, which I had always thought was adorable in anyone.
The limo stopped and the driver slid the window and announced that we were at the park…
