Poll results until now:
Mitsukuni: 8 votes.
Kaoru: 7 votes.
Takashi: 2 votes.
Hikaru: 1 vote.
Happy reading!
When everyone thought on innocent Honey looked in his cute bunny floater they were all interrupted by the mechanical sound of gear erupting from underground. A round platform rose and on top of it was Renge, laughing and wearing a small black bikini and holding a purple umbrella, in her stomach she had a tattoo that Hatsumi couldn't recognize, but she did feel self-conscious because Renge's body reminded Hatsumi of her best friend's, tall, elegant and endless legs.
"No good, not good enough!" she yelled.
"Is this gimmick everywhere now?" Haruhi complained tiredly.
Renge climbed down her platform with a smirk, she looked at Hatsumi and smiled as a greeting, and Hatsumi smiled back and waved greeting her back. They shared friendship that was still starting slowly. Renge was still embarrassed for using Hatsumi as her assistant without even asking.
"Cute outfit senpai." She said.
"Thank you Renge-san, the twins made it. You also look cute."
"What's with the tattoo on your stomach though?" Kaoru suddenly while staring curiously.
"Oh my you don't know?" she smiled smugly, "This is cosplay!"
Hatsumi smiled knowingly, her baby sister sometimes dressed up as her favorite hero that she saw on TV.
"Of what?" Hikaru asked.
"Lala~" she announced. But the twins and everyone didn't seem to still understand who that was, "Petite and slender, oh, and the blue eyes that shine upon young men! And her singing voice~ Behold, Kisaragi Quon!"
"Like Hatsumi-senpai's eyes?" Kaoru asked, he stared at Hatsumi intently and the girl blinked in surprise.
Renge also stared and gasped, "Why, YES! Senpai if you were thinner you would be the perfect Lala~" she said freely as if it was a compliment.
Hatsumi smiled, "You think so?" she wondered to herself.
"I still have no clue on what she's talking about." Haruhi muttered. Renge took that as a signal boost to start ding sexy poses in front of her. Everyone knew that Renge developed a crush towards Haruhi after the whole filming ruckus.
"Oi Tono," Hikaru leaned against Hatsumi's shoulder, the girl pouted, "There's a girl in a skimpy outfit. Is that okay?" he smirked mischievously.
Tamaki stared at them thoughtful for a moment, "That's fine isn't it?"
Kaoru, who was now also leaning on Hatsumi, looked as much surprised as Hikaru, "And why is that?" they deadpanned at the same time, probably annoyed that they failed to tease him.
"Because it's cosplay… I guess?"
They groaned and Hatsumi giggled.
"You two leave him alone for now."
They looked down at her and smiled, "Then come play volleyball with us senpai!"
"I'm not good at it." She excused quickly, never dropping her smile, "I'm just going to brag a coconut juice, but I don't mind watching you two."
The blinked at her words but then grinned evilly, "Oh~ you heard that Kaoru?"
The twin nodded, "She just wants to watch us."
"Who would've thunk that Hatsumi-senpai was secretly…" Hikaru started.
"…a pervert?" Kaoru grinned.
She flushed, "N-No I didn't mean it like that!" she quickly explained.
"H-Hikaru…" Kaoru lunged himself to his brothers arms and feigned a sob, "It's weird… I don't want anyone to watch us… it would be embarrassing." He blushed.
Hatsumi froze.
"Kaoru!" Hikaru fiercely embraced him, "Don't worry. Your cute sounds are only meant for me to hear. I won't let anyone see you like that, you're… mine."
They stared at each other intently and Hatsumi squealed to cover her scarlet face, "You t-two stop that!" she heard the twins laugh, "How embarrassing!" she mumbled almost fainting.
"Sorry senpai, you look cute when you're embarrassed. We couldn't help." Kaoru smiled.
Hatsumi looked at them and she wasn't able to be upset anymore, they were looking at her with their puppy eyes.
"Hey everyone, look!" Honey suddenly yelled to get everyone's attention, he was waving happily, "We're not moving from our position even though we're swimming so hard!" he said in a cute voice and bright smile. Hatsumi calmed down instantly and watched him with in a gentle haze.
"Let's have a water gun fight, Tono!" Kaoru suddenly said, breaking her staring.
She looked behind her and saw the twin with two big water guns, pointing them at Tamaki.
"Hmpf… no thanks, who would want to participate in such childish game?" he said while wiping his face with a towel.
The twins didn't look amused, but an idea popped on their minds quickly. They grabbed Haruhi and Hatsumi close to their bodies and held their faces close to theirs.
"Haruhi, we'll go to Atami for our honeymoon." Hikaru said to Haruhi, in a husky voice.
"Senpai, we'll have our honeymoon… in my bed." Kaoru whispered in Hatsumi's ear, making her a tomato from heads to toe.
That did it, Tamaki began pumping his water gun violently and with a scary dark aura, "There's no way I'm letting my cute daughters become your brides." His purple eyes glinted dangerously, "DADDY WON'T ALLOW IT."
Hatsumi was actually glad for Tamaki's 'daddy' fetish. The twins let go of the girls and happily started a fight against Tamaki, Hatsumi backed away to watch them play.
"Sumi-chan, come swim with us!" Honey suddenly said behind her back.
She sighed and walked to the edge of the current pool, she stared down at the waves and gulped, "Senpai, I already told you that I can't swim well…"
He shook his head while sitting on Takashi's back, "No worries, we won't let you go, right Takashi?" he looked at his cousin.
"Ah." He answered while swimming.
"I don't know…"
He pouted, "You don't trust us Sumi-chan?"
She stared at him unsurely, of course she trusted them but Honey was so small, Takashi would be able to hold her but that would make him stop swimming. She sighed in defeat, not handling his sad doe eyes. Slowly she entered the pool and gripped firmly on the edges, it was harder than she thought but she was able to find strength in her little chubby arms.
"Yay, see? Now come here, I'll grab you!" Honey cheered.
She paled deeply "You're not expecting me to sit on Takashi-senpai, right?" she was horrified with the idea.
He tilted his head, "Uh, why not?"
"S-Senpai I can't do that! I'm too heavy." She yelled in panic.
He blinked and looked sorrowed at Takashi, "Oh… I didn't think about that." He looked at her again, "Maybe you're right Sumi-chan, but…"
She regretted yelling, "I know senpai, you only wanted to help me. I'm sorry for yelling."
Takashi suddenly stopped swimming and Honey easily moved his little feet under water while floating on his cute bunny floater.
"Takashi?" he asked.
"I'm tired." He announced.
He grinned, "Alright, I'll take care of Sumi-chan then~"
The tall man blinked, but he smiled. As he exited the pool he patted Hatsumi's dry swim cap and walked towards Haruhi.
"Ne Sumi-chan, do you want my floater?" Honey asked hinting concern, but his voice was still cute as ever.
Actually she wanted it, but she knew it wouldn't fit her, "No thanks senpai, I'll just stay in here. This is actually nice." She smiled kindly.
She knew Honey wasn't doing it on purpose, she looked around to see the twins and Tamaki having an intense water gun fight.
Then something sudden happened, Tamaki slipped on a banana peel when he was in the moment of winning, Hatsumi and everyone watched him as he slide across the floor, tripped, rolled several times making her cringe and smash hardly into one of the scary totem statue poles making it buzz and emit red lights.
The water in the pool felt strange, it was emptying itself and Hatsumi looked down at her waist in confusion. Then she felt two arms wrap around her body and when she looked up, a giant wave hit her in a fantastic speed.
"SENPAI!"
"HONEY!"
She didn't have the time to yell.
Everything was pitch dark for Hatsumi, but as she was swallowed by the pool she knew at least two things, she couldn't stop swallowing water and a pair of stubborn arms never let go of her body. And after that it was pure and simple darkness, she couldn't open her eyes, they were burning.
Then she was cold, she felt her body being dragged away, was this the way she was going to die?
"Sumi-chan!"
She couldn't breathe, but she felt something on her lips pushing some air inside her watered lungs, she almost gagged.
"Hatsumi!" someone continued to yell with a panicked voice, there was a pressure on her chest. She felt like someone blow air inside her again, and that did it. She vomited all the water inside her and coughed hardly, the arms raised her from the ground and made her sit down, it was a better position for her to throw up the rest of the water in her lungs and stomach.
He throat was burning but she was feeling less heavy and the pressure on her chest was almost gone. Continuing to cough rapidly, she opened her eyes. The chemicals from the pool were still burning on her blue eyes; she closed them again and let out another fit of coughs.
"Thank God," a voice trembled; "I thought you were dead!" the person sobbed and embraced her tightly.
She opened her eyes again and saw a blurry version of Honey; he was sobbing and panting heavily. She swallowed and winced at the pain in her sore throat, "S-Senpai what…" another cough, "…happened?"
He sniffed and looked up at her with serious eyes, "There was a huge wave, it took us through the currents and we ended up here."
Hatsumi sighed and trembled, "That was scary… Thank you for saving me."
He shook his head, "I was really scared… you weren't breathing." He looked down like a kicked puppy.
She smiled weakly and patted his head, "I'm sorry for worrying you… but I did say that I wasn't good at breathing under water." It hurt when she spoke but she just wanted to make sure that Honey was alright, "Senpai, are you hurt somewhere?"
"No…" he looked around, "We better get going. They must be looking for us." He stood up and his somber expression was gone, back to a happy one, "Can you stand Sumi-chan?"
She nodded, thinking back when he called her by her first name, "I think I can."
He helped her stand up and she was surprised how strong he was, now that she noticed, he did have strong shoulders and some muscles. She flushed and looked away embarrassed with her sudden thoughts, this wasn't the moment for that.
"Let's head that way, I know for sure that Takashi and the others are looking for us already!" he held her hand and smiled bubbly, "If you feel dizzy tell me okay?"
She nodded, touched with his concern, "I will, let's go then."
"WHY ARE THERE CROCODILES HERE?!" Tamaki yelled in despair.
Kyoya simply wrote something down in his notebook, "That pool over there if for tropical animals. Unfortunately I can see that breeding crocodiles in the pools was a rather dangerous decision. Well, it looks like he location switch on the wave pool is far a bigger problem." He commented while looking at the token, but then he smiled at everyone, "Thank you everyone, I was able to get some good data from today." He said evenly.
"WHAT?!" Everyone complained.
Kyoya led everyone to one of the tables where a large map of the water park was, "This is the area map of the Tropical Aqua Garden," he pointed at the bright red 'x' close to the corner, "This is our current location. To get to Honey-senpai and Hatsumi's estimate location," he tapped a part of te map that was green and not discovered yet, "We'll have to go through the jungle area in the south block. Distance wise, it's about 800 meters."
"It seems like this area is filled with a lot of unknown places." Haruhi commented curiously.
"Those zones are still under construction." He explained.
"Then wouldn't it be dangerous to go wandering in there?" she asked again.
"It seems like there would be more dangerous things…" Hikaru started.
"…than crocodiles in there." Kaoru sighed worriedly, "We have to find her quickly..."
Hikaru looked a his brother with narrowed eyes.
"Okay!" Tamaki suddenly yelled with his bossy voice, "This is a survival battle plan! We shall penetrate through this jungle area and rescue Honey-senpai and Hatsumi! No matter what!"
They were walking slowly, hand in hand. Hatsumi was still trying to get over the nauseating feeling in her stomach, she couldn't stop trembling her lips and take uncoordinated sharp breaths. At least they weren't badly injured, Honey seemed fine and they didn't have any scratches on their bodies.
But they were still lost but at least this wasn't a real tropical jungle.
"Let's rest here for a while." Honey suddenly said. His voice was deep that it startled Hatsumi.
"Alright."
They stopped and she sat down against a tree, he was standing nearby with his back turned at her. The air was tense.
"Mitsukuni-senpai, are you alright?"
"… Sumi-chan, sorry… it's my fault that you're here." He said quietly.
It looks like he's been thinking while they walked.
"What are you talking about? Tamaki was the one who bumped into the token and I'm sure he didn't do it on purpose." She smiled.
"No not that… if… if I hadn't made you swim with Takashi and me you wouldn't be here. You could've died because of me!" he yelled turning to face her, his big honey eyes were covered with large tears, "I'm so sorry!" he run at her and glomped her into a hug. This reminded when he stopped his bully character and jumped towards Haruhi feeling bad about what he said in Renge's film.
She sighed and patted his head, "Mitsukuni listen to me. The choice of going inside the pool was mine and mine all along. I entered because of you but I also wanted to try it, and before that big wave, it was actually fun! So please don't blame yourself, the whole thing was an accident." He looked up at her and she cleaned the on-going tears, "I'm not angry at you or anyone, alright?" she smiled gently, hoping to have calmed him down.
He stared at her and nodded, "I'm glad then…" he slowly showed her one of his cute little smiles, and just like that the pink small flowers were around him, "Ne, I'm really hungry. Do you think there's a cake around here?" he looked around hopefully.
She giggled, "I don't think so…" she looked up and smiled, "But I spy with my eyes, bananas!"
He followed her eyes and grinned, "Yay! I love bananas! Wait here, I'll get them~" he stood up and started to climb the tree.
"W-Wait a moment, you might fall!" she panicked while watching him.
"No worries~ Just wait there!" he cheered.
She sighed and continued to watching him with panicked eyes, but she was sure surprised when he climbed the tree too easily. For a moment she was in awe, how was he doing that?
Suddenly the bananas that she saw fell right in front of her, she reached for them and seconds later a loud 'thump' and an unharmed Honey was grinning and sitting next to her.
"That was incredible senpai, how did you do that?" she asked.
He shrugged with an evenly smile, "I like climbing things. I'm really good at it."
She remembered how easily he could climb Takashi and with that, she dropped the subject and handed him a banana.
They ate for a while, Hatsumi realized how hungry she was. Must've been because of all the water that she threw up minutes ago, but she ate four bananas and after that she was feeling better, her cheeks gained color again and she was more energetic.
But all of a sudden, it started to rain. She looked up and saw that the tree above them was giving them shelters.
"Aw… now we have to wait." He mumbled also looking up, he ate three bananas and he was still hungry, but Honey let her eat more because she was too pale for her own good. He wanted her usual rosy cheeks.
"It's somewhat cozy but… did Kyoya's family install a weather program in here? That's amazing…"
"Must be squall time." He chuckled. Honey sat next to Hatsumi closer and leaned back on the tree, "It'll only take a few minutes, don't worry~"
"Squall uh?" she shivered again.
"Ne Sumi-chan, are you cold?"
"Somewhat yes… maybe it's because of the events that happened. I might still be recovering from it. Don't worry about it." She smiled assuring.
"Ah! What if you have a concussion?!" he panicked as he started too looked at head.
She blinked, "I don't think I hit my head. It doesn't hurt." She touched her head just in precaution.
He sighed in relieve, "Then you're just cold."
"Yes… how silly." She smiled with flushed cheeks.
"It's not silly!" he retorted with pouty cheeks.
There was a comfortable silence between them, the rain poured loudly and it was a relaxing way to get lost in their own thoughts. Hatsumi for example, thought how big her life turned since her family became suddenly rich. She had to say farewell to her best friend and the town where she grew up, where she met him. But in Ouran, she met the host club, and they certainly changed her life to better. If it wasn't for them she wouldn't have friends and she would be lonely in the giant academy. Because Hatsumi was awful at making new friends, these actually encountered her. She smiled to herself, she owed a lot to them but she also owed Tamaki, he was the one who stubbornly pulled her to the club and for that, she was grateful. She met various personalities there, including Haruhi with her amusing secret. Haruhi was like her, she was serious when needed but also knew when to say the right things.
Though there was something that Hatsumi was scared of, she was scared of accidently falling for one of those boys.
She thought she had a crush on Tamaki, but that ended briefly after finding out about his silly but adorable personality, he was like a brothe- well, in this case, father to her. He was sure the leader and all he wanted was for everyone to be happy around him. Sure he could be a goofy narcissist sometimes but Hatsumi never saw his dark side. Other than the scary side that appears when the twins tease him, he was always happy and smiling. Hatsumi liked to think that he just an innocent and caring person. His feelings towards Haruhi were still to be found out but Hatsumi was sure that when he realizes, he'll know what to do.
Then it came Kyoya, although intimidated by him at first, she soon started to be more comfortable around him each day that they passed together. He was actually the ideal person to have a conversation at the end of the day. Sure, he was into more business than chit chat but somehow Hatsumi was starting to get used to his personality, she knew that there was still a big wall to climb for her to see his true self but what he said to her, that he didn't mind her presence, was enough to make her happy.
Hikaru was really something. He was very blunt, showing that when they first met. But he was also always on the urge to tease people and have a good laugh with his brother. Hatsumi noticed that becomes shy and nervous around her when he tries to say something nice, like for example, when she was changing in the shack. She smelled a little encouragement from Kaoru but nevertheless, it was still very touching for her. Since she realized who was who he's been more around her, along with Kaoru of course. Keeping a secret from Tamaki, the twins would even spend time in her house after school, they would watch a movie and she would help them with their homework. Hikaru was always the one keeping things to himself and Hatsumi was starting to respect that, for the good of their friendship.
Kaoru on the other hand, was slightly closer to her. Not because of choice, it simply happened. Maybe because he was the calmer and friendly twin when he wasn't around Hikaru but he wasn't exactly an angel. Kaoru was the one who insisted to make clothes for Hatsumi before Hikaru could think on it. Kaoru also seemed to tease Hatsumi more instead of Haruhi, especially when they helped Shiori with his love life, Hatsumi wore the elementary school uniform with Haruhi and Honey and the twins gushed all over her, she was immensely uncomfortable with showing her legs like that. After the events, Kaoru was the first to assure Hatsumi that she looked adorable and that she had good legs, even though they were short and buffed, her skin looked flawless and touchable. Imagine the nerve, Hatsumi flushed and shook her head trying to forget that moment. Still, she was sure that he had been the one to shout for her name before the wave swallowed her body. Kaoru was a good person, so was his brother.
Takashi was difficult to understand, but she knew he cared. He cared so much that when she burnt her finger on the tea accidently he held her and rushed to the infirmary at the speed of light, with Honey by his side. He would always bring her cake and tea, pat her head, smile at her and show that he was there for her. Hatsumi liked being around him, she always felt safe. She guessed that he was used to be protective towards someone. Hatsumi glanced at Honey and saw him rub his eyes sleepily. She smiled gently at him.
"If you want you can sleep on my shoulder, senpai." She said softly.
He smiled and looked hazily at her, "Really? Ne, that's very good. Thanks." He rested his head on her shoulder and hummed, "You're really soft Sumi-chan~"
She chuckled.
And Mitsukuni of course. He was her cake partner, they shared the same likings and she could never be angry at him. Honey also showed signs of another personality that surprises her. Although he's adorable and always has a smile on his face, she suspects that he's also someone else. He's seventeen years old after all, so even if he acts like a child he must have a mature side. Sometimes she wondered… but other times she didn't. There was nothing wrong on not acting like your age, if he liked to eat a lot of cake, cute things and act adorably then there was nothing wrong with it. Maybe Hatsumi didn't mind it because he was almost like her baby sister. But… she started to recall his expression in the physical exams, the way he was staring at Shiori when she was sharing her cake with the boy. It was an innocent act but Honey looked somber and he stayed like that until Shiori finally left the club after tormenting Tamaki. She thought that he was just jealous because he was used on Hatsumi only sharing cake with him so she let that one go knowing that it would be only temporary. She tried to ignore the feeling in her gut of happiness when she even thought that someone would want her, since he she hasn't felt like this for a while, but Hatsumi being herself she buried that feeling deep down in her mind.
Hatsumi sighed deeply and stared up at the rain.
She listened the soft breathing coming from the shorter senior beside her, he was a puzzle.
Every single host was a big puzzle.
And Hatsumi wondered how long it would take her to complete each one of them, piece by piece; she patiently started to put them together. She closed her eyes and smiled, and slowly she realized how tired she was when sleep took her conscious.
Her mind awoke her when the rain stopped it was like an alarm clock for her. She rubbed her eyes and looked around as if she had forgotten where she was. Then she looked next to her and saw a comfortable Honey sleeping while hugging her arm.
"Senpai?" she tried softly, "It stopped raining."
He groaned but kept a tight grip in her arm, it was his decided pillow.
She blinked and thought on his as on a child hard to wake up after a nap, "Mitsukuni-senpai? Please wake up. We have to keep going, they might be looking for us."
He moaned and opened his eyes slowly, they stared at each other and Hatsumi shivered. What kind of look was that? Was he angry or something? She patted his head in hope to calm him down.
"Senpai are you alright?" she asked ignoring his scary gaze.
"I'm still sleepy…" he mumbled in a dangerous tone, "But… you're right Sumi-chan." It was remarkable. He was now back to his cute self and his voice was a lot softer. He let go of her arms and sat straighter, "I'll sleep later." He rubbed his eyes and smiled sleepily at her.
"Are you okay?" she repeated.
"Uh? Yep! Let's go~" he stood up in a sudden jump and gave her a help with his hand, "How long did it stop raining?" he asked while looking around.
Hatsumi stood up, she had to admit that she could now even run, "A minute ago I suppose."
Suddenly there was strong yelling coming from their right, it was dangerously close to them. Honey immediately turned his head to the sound and placed himself in front of her too fast for Hatsumi to even see.
"W-What was that?" she asked.
"I don't know… but I have a bad feeling." He said, "Sumi-chan, stay here."
And before she could say anything he climbed the same tree again, she watched him jump to another one like Tarzan, almost giving her a heart-attack.
"Honey!" she yelled as she ran after him in ground.
"Target is resisting, prepare to fire warning shots!" one of the uniformed man said, all of them were at least fifteen and they all had guns on their hands. Hatsumi had to stop herself from appearing so she hid behind some bushes.
She panicked when she saw Haruhi being carried by Tamaki, was she already hurt?
They were circling them, pointing the guns towards Takashi, what was going on?
"The other target is still missing, what do we do?" one of the men said.
"Stick with the orders." Another yelled.
"TAKASHI! HARU-CHAN! MOVE!" Hatsumi looked up and squealed when Honey was coming in out while swinging on a vine, what was he thinking?!
He was going to-
He kicked the first guy in his way straight in the face and after he made a triple flip and landed on the ground with one of his legs outstretched, one bending to balance his weight.
Haruhi and Hatsumi froze in shock and Takashi showed an unfazed expression.
The uniformed men pointed their weapons towards the shorter one and Honey simply smirked smugly, "Heh."
He kicked the weapons from their hands, he flipped the men's bodies and threw them harshly to the ground, he kicked the ones fighting back and he punched the other few men trying to grab him. Whatever he did, in a matter of seconds all of them were on the floor groaning in pain.
Hatsumi walked out from the bushes and gulped at the pile of still alive bodies that Honey had made.
"Don't be so reckless! Picking up on my friends, it's a no-no!" he scolded while shaking his finger to the pile. The flowers were back around his head, he didn't even seem out of breath.
Hatsumi was starting to panic.
Steps were heard and soon the host club was all here.
"HARUHI!" Tamaki yelled.
"SENPAI!" The twins cried.
"Haruhi are you alright?!" Tamaki asked her worriedly.
Hatsumi was glomped and almost fell down when two arms embraced her, "Senpai we were so worried about you!"
She blinked and smiled at them, "Really? I'm so sorry about that. I'm really happy to see everyone again."
"HARUHI!" Tamaki yelled again, this time attacking her in a bear hug, "I was worried sick about you!"
Haruhi showed an expression that she was completely done with the world when she was hugged by him.
The twins suddenly tightened their hug on Hatsumi.
"Really senpai, don't you ever worry us like that again!" Hikaru scolded.
"Yeah, you nearly gave me a heart-attack when you disappeared in that wave." Kaoru sobered.
"S-Sorry… but it wasn't really my fault." She mumbled with a pout, it wasn't fair.
They grinned and rubbed their cheeks against her chubby ones, "How cute~"
"HEY YOU TWO, LEAVE HER ALONE!" Tamaki complained.
The twins obeyed, but only to stare at the pile of hurt men. Hikaru poked one of the forehead.
"Honey-senpai did this?" he asked, "At any rate, they look fine to me." He shrugged.
"I think they're seriously hurt." Hatsumi commented.
"This was Honey-senpai's work right?" Kaoru poked a man also, "He must have gone easy on them."
"Huh?" Haruhi let out surprised, she pinched Tamaki's hand to push him away and stared at the twins curiously, ignoring the hurt expression on Tamaki's pained face.
"What are you talking about?" Hatsumi helped.
"Oh, you two don't know?" the twins started.
"Haninozuka is famous for being an elite family in martial arts," Hikaru continued, "Not only do they work with police forces and self defense, but they also train armies overseas." He explained.
"Oh my goodness, that is amazing." Hatsumi let out before she could stop herself. Honey gave her a sweet smile and she flushed.
"In particular," Kyoya added, "Honey-senpai is the first to be known as a fierce warrior in the Haninozuka family. He has already been the national champion for karate and judo in middle school."
Haruhi and Hatsumi stared at Honey; again, he continued to smile cutely with his fellow flowers hovering around his head.
"Incidentally," Tamaki spoke up, "Mori-senpai became the national kendo champion in middle school."
The girls looked at him without any doubt.
"That's amazing, so many talents." Hatsumi clapped looking sheepishly. She wished she was good at something.
Takashi smiled down at her and patted her head, "Thank you."
Seeing karate was something that she hasn't seen in a while, her best friend was the captain of her school and she was known to be the best. She wondered if she knew about Honey. Probably yes, she didn't share it with Hatsumi mainly because to not bore her.
She really missed her.
"We are extremely sorry!" one of the men suddenly yelled. When everyone looked, they were all bowing on the ground towards Honey, "I am a successor of the Ishikawa dojo!"
"I am a student at the Todoroki dojo!" another one yelled.
"I am from Ooteki dojo!" the last one yelled, "We are all in debt to your family!"
"Oh really?" Honey asked while blinking.
"Yes, we are humbled." They all replied nervously without taking their eyes from the grass, "For us not to have known that you were Haninozuka, Mitsukuni-sama, we apologize sincerely for our rudeness! But, even if it's just a coincidence, it's an honor that would last for ages for our dojo for me to have been able to exchange blows with you!" he said with his heart.
"Are they serious?" Haruhi mumbled.
"Yeah, they are." The twins answered boredly.
After more apologies, Kyoya finally send his family police force back.
Honey walked over to Takashi and pulled him down by his arm, "Takashi you did a very good job on protecting Haru-chan!" he patted his head, "Were you lonely without me?"
Takashi looked embarrassed when he glanced between Haruhi and Honey, "I wouldn't say that…"
"How about you Honey-senpai, did you protect Hatsumi-senpai?" the twins asked.
"Yep!" his cheerful face sobered, "That reminds me… Kyo-chan I think she needs medical attention, I had to perform a CPR on her." He looked down.
Hatsumi cringed when they all gasped.
"What?!" Tamaki yelled, he immediately hugged Hatsumi, "MY DAUGHTER ALMOST DIED? KYOYA BRING THE BEST DOCTOR IN ALL JAPAN!"
"I'm f-fine." She tried.
"I'm on it." Kyoya interrupted as he dialed a number on his phone.
"Senpai hang in there!" the twins cried.
"But I'm fine, really." She tried louder.
Even Mori was mentally freaking out; Hatsumi could see it in his grey eyes. She looked at Haruhi in panic and the girl sighed.
"Guys stop it, she's fine."
After convincing the guys to halt the doctor, they walked back to where everything started. It was already sunset and the fake seaside looked beautiful.
"Next time we should go to the beach for a change of mood." Hikaru suddenly said.
"Ah the beach, that's a good idea." Kaoru agreed with a smile.
"Fools," Tamaki scowled, "Haruhi isn't interested in that and Hatsumi has been traumatized with water."
Haruhi stopped walking and Hatsumi looked at him confused.
"I wouldn't mind going to the beach." Haruhi smiled, "I don't really enjoy places that are obviously artificial but the beach is nice. It's beautiful too."
"And I'm not traumatized by water, that was an accident and I'm not sure that it can happen in a beach without any national warning." Hatsumi chuckled, "I like the beach, I love collecting shells."
"Alright, I know!" Tamaki quickly grinned, "Next time we'll go to the beach for sure!" he announced.
A/N: AH! 5.000+ words in this chapter!
I hope you liked that, sorry if it was too cheesy! In this chapter there was obvious HoneyxHatsumi moments and there was hints of KaoruxHatsumi, because those two are winning on the poll I want to start advancing things. Maybe this could end up as a love triangle? Ugh… I hate those but it would be fun to see it in my story because I would be the one controlling it XD
Anyways, keep voting!
Sorry for any grammatical mistake that you encountered and thanks for reading!
