Authors Note: Anything in italics is what Riku is thinking or wants to say.
Breakfast was done far too soon. I took my time eating, but still it went by in a flash. I began fiddling with my fingers and biting my lower lip before I went out.
"Why don't you want to go out with them, Miss Satoshi? They seem nice enough."
"Yeah, but I don't want to become part of their family. It freaks me out…"
Kiki nudged me. "You'll be fine. They just want to get to know you! Besides, it can't hurt to have friends besides the ones you already have."
"I suppose… But I don't want it to be them." I crossed my arms and glared at the door as if it were the cause of my problems.
"Don't be picky." She put her hand on the door knob. "Have a good day, alright? If you are having a terrible time, just call and I'll come up with some excuse to get you out of it."
I sighed then reluctantly said, "Fine."
She smiled and opened the door. I went through and smiled like I was glad to see them. "So what did you guys have planned to do today?"
Kyoya was sitting on the sofa and his head was dropping forward, obviously sleeping. Why was he even here? The Twins were playing a game but they reluctantly put it away when Tamaki shot them a glare. Honey was cuddling his stuffed rabbit. Mori was being himself, stoic and quiet next to Kyoya. Haruhi was sitting on the other side of Kyoya and didn't look like he wanted to be here at all. Tamaki was leaning against the wall.
"Whatever you would like to do," Tamaki said with a big smile.
Great! So just leave and I'll do what I want to do. Sit in my room all day and- I suppose I should lighten up."I have no ideas what to do. I'm easy going when it comes to these things." I shrugged.
Honey held the box over his head. "We brought you a present! Open it, open it!"
I gently took it from him and looked at it. It was wrapped in a silver reflective wrapping paper with a golden bow on top of it.
"What is it?" I asked as I shook it a bit.
"Open it!" he repeated, swinging his legs.
Just as I was about to, somebody knocked on the door. I handed the gift back to Honey and went to see who it was. "Who is this?" I asked.
The person on the other end of the door was a woman wearing commoner's clothes. She had long brown hair and was wearing a big pair of sunglasses.
"Haruhi!" they called.
Almost immediately, Haruhi jumped up. "Dad!" he said is a quiet voice. "Why is he here?"
The twins shrugged. One of them said, "Don't know, but this just got a lot more interesting."
The other added, "Wonder what will happen."
I turned and looked at them as the person outside continued to say, "Haruhi! Are you there?" I said quietly as the others did, "Will you please explain who this is?"
They were about to when Kiki came in. "Shall I answer the door?"
Haruhi shook her head. "No, it'll only cause trouble," he said, continuing to use his quiet voice.
"But won't it be odd if nobody answers? Somebody is always home in these upper-class places," I pointed out.
Haruhi looked around. "Can we hide in your room?"
"What? No!" I nearly yelled.
The twins got up and grabbed me by each arm and began dragging me upstairs. "We have to. We need to hide."
Everybody rushed to get upstairs to my room. Tamaki even got Kyoya on his feet and drug him. How much I wanted to know why all of this important burned. When we finally got in, the twins released my arms and began looking around.
"Nice room," one said. The other nodded. "Really nice."
Kyoya was dropped on one of the sofas and he didn't react. Honey began looking around enthusiastically. Haruhi was at the door of my room, probably begging Kiki to pretend we weren't here. When she finally agreed, Haruhi closed the door.
"I'm really sorry Riku."
"A few things need to be answered. First, which twin is which? Second, who was at the door? Third, why are we avoiding the person at the door?"
Haruhi sighed. "The one on the right his Hikaru. The one on the left is Kaoru."
"How do you know that?"
"She's the only one that can tell us apart."
"She?"
Tamaki jumped up. "The person at the door is Haruhi's father. He is a tranny as a profession."
Haruhi nodded. "We're avoiding him because he gets a bit too clingy and gushy at times."
"That makes sense…" I looked down. I wonder what it is like to have parents that pay attention to you… Then I realized that if I looked all depressed wouldn't be the best idea. "Why did the twins call Haruhi a she?"
Tamaki quickly said, "Because they are mean and did it as a joke! Because his dad cross-dresses they were implying that Haruhi does the same! But obviously he doesn't! Why would a girl pretend to be a guy then do something that draws lots of attention?"
"Okay…"
Tamaki began franticly looking for a new topic. "You draw? I didn't know that! May I look?" He went over to my books and picked one up.
Honey looked at me. "Why don't you like sweets?"
"Pardon?" I asked, glancing at him then looking back at Tamaki. "And it is rude to go through peoples things."
Tamaki dropped the book like it was poison and backed away. "Sorry, sorry. Just curious."
"Why don't you like sweets? They taste good and they make people happy."
Not me. "I don't eat sweets so that people like you who truly enjoy them can have more of them."
His eyes got big. "But what if I'm willing to sacrifice some sweets so you can have them? You are sacrificing a day to be with us!"
"Not true," Hikaru said. "She had nothing planned. We're just filling it in for her."
"You sure assume things quickly," I snapped at him.
"We don't assume, we know," Kaoru replied. "We blackmailed Haruhi into finding out then telling us!"
I glared at Haruhi. "I trusted you."
He looked to the ground. "I am so sorry Riku…"
"If you want to blame somebody, blame us." Hikaru looked at me with surprisingly intense eyes. "We stole some of his things and were going to sell them if he didn't do it."
Hey look; a reason to avoid the Host Club. Haruhi nodded. I could see he truly felt bad about it.
"I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions about it, Haruhi."
Kiki knocked on the door. "They left, if you want to leave now."
Tamaki looked far too excited about this news. "Great! Haruhi, you said something about their being a commoner's fair going on!"
"Yeah… What about it?"
"We're going there!" He replied as he opened the door. "There are plenty of fun things to do at a fair!"
The others filed out and went downstairs. Tamaki held the door open for me. "After you, miss~!"
"Just let me grab my purse," I said as I went up to my bed. My purse was up there and I put the strap of the white bag around me. It was designer, but in a subtle way. You'd have to know it was a designer to be able to see it.
I went down and went out the door before Tamaki.
We all forgot about the gift on the table.
