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"Party! Party!" I sang, dancing around the house, and tripping over a book that hadn't been there earlier. I fell flat on my face, scowling for a moment.
"Nick, can you do me a favor and not ruin the party tonight?" I said, sitting up and rubbing my sore forehead. "Since when did this go from an 'educational experience' to a party?" Kita asked and I frowned. "I don't know, really. But it's going to be fun!" I exclaimed, resuming my dance as I set up the karaoke machine and Kita quietly set out snacks.
"They'll be here any minute; knowing them, they'll be punctual!" I said happily. "It's going to be a blast." Kita scowled. I stuck my tongue out at her. She never really liked having company over; and I knew for a fact she didn't like the Host Club.
Except for Mori. I added to myself with a grin. I, however, loved each and every one of them like they really were my new family.
The doorbell rang and I jumped up excitedly. "They're here!" I shrieked with excitement, running to answer the door. I paused outside, smoothing down my shirt and adjusting my hair nervously before opening up the door.
"Hi Sora-chan!" Hunny latched onto my legs, announcing his presence first. Mori calmly pried him off of me, while I stood aside to let them past, where Kita was still in the kitchen. "Hey guys." I greeted the others, then spotted Haruhi in a cute pink sundress and promptly began to squeal.
"Kyah! Haruhi, you're so cute!" I shrieked, hugging her so tight her face turned a bit blue. "You dressed up for me! I'm so touched!" I pressed a hand to my heart and swooned, promptly being caught by Tamaki. I blushed lightly up at his face, then smiled.
"Hi Daddy!" I waved, getting up. I realized the twins had dragged poor Haruhi into the house, and Kyoya had calmly walked in, leaving Tamaki and I on the porch.
"Let's go." I dragged his hand and walked inside. One moment we were looking at my living room, then I tripped, dragging Tamaki with me and we stumbled into my room. I blinked, looking around with surprise.
"Huh. I don't remember my room being in the middle of the living room…" I frowned. Was this Nick's doing? "A rather inconvenient place for a bedroom." Tamaki mused, completely undisturbed. He walked around my room, looking around with interest. "I've never seen a commoner's bedroom before!" He said excitedly. I sweat dropped. Commoner?
"Oh, what's this?" I froze in horror as he picked up the CD I had left on my dresser. "Don't look at that!" I shrieked, running at him but he held up a hand, holding it against and my face while I ran in place, not getting why I wasn't moving.
"You like the Beatles?" He said, obviously surprised. I sighed, giving up my fight. "Yes; don't tell anyone, OK? It'll ruin my hardcore reputation." I said, taking it out of his hands and setting it carefully down on the dresser. OK, it was a little nerdy to like them, but they were one of my favorites. I was the only teenager I knew who listened to, and enjoyed, music from the 60's-80's.
"And what are these?" Tamaki seemed genuinely interested when he discovered the plushies on my bed. My eyes flew wide in horror. The Beatles were one thing, but they were another thing.
"No!" I shrieked, leaping onto him and knocking onto the bed. I glared down at his face, a few inches from mine. "Don't mess with a girl's stuffed animals; in fact, you shouldn't be in here." I pointed out. Tamaki's face was bright red; it took me several seconds to wonder why he was blushing, then I realized. I was lying on top of him. On my bed.
Oh… OH.
"Crap! I'm sorry!" I exclaimed, leaping off of him, giving him space to jump to the other side of the room, clearly embarrassed. Red in the face, I quickly scooped my Fruits Basket plushies under the bed. I had far too many; versions of all of my favorites in human and animal form.
"So cute." I whispered, hugging the rat version of Yuki and the cat version of Kyo to my chest before hiding them under the pillow. Oh wait. That reminded me.
"Oh, Tamaki! I haven't introduced you to my baby!" I said, standing up. "Your… baby?" Tamaki repeated, stunned. I nodded, grinning. He frowned. "Aren't you a little young?" He asked, completely serious. I burst out laughing. "Well, considering the fact he's not human, he's not really my baby." I sighed, opening up Yuki's cage. He grabbed onto my hand, happy to see me, and nibbled my fingers playfully.
"Hey baby." I crooned, cuddling him. He wasn't one to cuddle; he crawled up my arm and onto my shoulder, cleaning himself off.
"Yuki, I would like to introduce you to Tamaki." I said, picking him up and holding him out to Tamaki. Tamaki stared at the squirming rat, tears filling his eyes. He ignored the rat and latched onto me, sobbing freely.
"Oh that's so sad! Commoners can't afford real pets, like dogs, so they must take rats out of the gutter for company!" He wailed. I sweat dropped.
"I would have bought a panther, but they don't like sitting on your shoulder very much." I said dryly. He hugged me tightly, squealing with delight. "Your sarcastic face is good Sora! Very good!" He cried. I laughed, gently pushing him off, suddenly realizing I was rat-less.
"Tamaki."
"Yes?"
"…where's Yuki?" He frowned, looking under my hair, making me blush, and turned his head, checking his own shoulders. "I don't have him." He said. He gasped suddenly. "Maybe he disappeared! Maybe he's a magic rat!" I giggled at his reasoning. "Yes Tamaki; Yuki the Magical Rat. That's his name." I grinned. We set off searching the room, wondering where he had gone off to.
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"Um… Sora?" I looked around in confusion. I'd tried to leave the kitchen, Mori and Hunny behind me, but now Mori and I had somehow wound up in my bedroom. I frowned. That was odd.
"This is weird."
I mused, looking around in confusion. "Ah." Mori didn't seem
fazed; then again, nothing seemed to faze him. I heard the door click
shut, and whirled around, trying to open it. It was stuck tight; what
the heck* was going on?!
"Kita." I stiffened, blushing
lightly when Mori called me by my name. "Yes?" I turned around.
He pointed wordlessly to the burning candle by my bed. "Isn't
that unsafe?" He questioned. I frowned. "I don't even have any
candles." I said slowly, then jumped when another candle flickered
to life. The lights dimmed, and my radio turned on, playing "Sexy
Back." My brows furrowed, wondering if someone was up with the
wiring of this house.
"Ack!" I squeaked as I was shoved roughly from behind. Mori automatically reached out to catch me, but we both ended up lying entangled on my bed.
I said nothing, my face turning tomato red as I leaped off of him, straightening my shirt. "Ah, um, that is…" I tried to speak, but only nonsense came out. I squinted at Mori's face suddenly. In the dim candlelight, it was hard to tell, but I was 99% he was blushing too.
"OK, if I tell you what I think is going on, will you promise not to think I'm crazy?" I asked. Judging by his blank expression, Mori's opinion of me wouldn't change one way or the other after I told him.
"I think the ghost in my house is a pervert." I said. Mori's eyebrows raised. "Yeah, I know it sounds crazy. But it makes sense, right?" I asked, trying the door again. It opened with a soft click, and I relaxed immensely.
Mori and I both exited, neither looking each other in the eye after our embarrassing encounter. Just then Sora's bedroom door burst open and Tamaki and Sora ran out, screaming at the top of their lungs, disappearing down the stairs.
Mori and I stared blankly after them, then shrugged in perfect unison, walking calmly after them to find out what the heck had happened.
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"NICK YOU ARE BEING A VERY BAD GHOST! BAD GHOST! STOP!" I shrieked, shaking my fist at the ceiling. Tamaki and I had been looking for Yuki when the poor rat had dropped from the ceiling onto my bed; how on Earth he had gotten up so high could only be paranormal.
"Maybe this party was a bad idea." Kyoya said, pushing his glasses up from where he sat calmly on my couch, next to Hunny. The twins and Haruhi were all at the window, peering out anxiously.
"No! We will continue!" I punched my fist in the air determinedly. "We won't let any perverted ghosts ruin our night!" I said. Kyoya raised his eyebrows at my statement but let it pass.
"Let's get this party started!" I said happily, going to turn on the stereo. "OK, the original plan was karaoke, but considering how everyone is on edge, we'll just listen to music while playing some games!" I clapped my hands together quickly with excitement.
"Like spin the bottle?" The twins asked, an evil smirk on their faces, turning from their position at the window to grin at me. "No." Kita, Kyoya, and Haruhi said in unison. "OK, what do you guys want to play then?" I asked.
"Card games? Board games? I've got them all!" I said. No one offered an opinion, so I covered my eyes, blindly picking out a game.
"Oh, this should be interesting." I grinned. "You better not have what I think you have…" Kita warned me. I held up the game of "Twister" proudly. "Yes I do! Who wants to play a commoner game?!" I cried happily.
"I do! I do!" Tamaki leaped out of his seat. "We'll play!" The twins chorused. "Pass." Kita and Kyoya said curtly. I shrugged; there wasn't that much room on the mat anyway. I didn't bother asking Mori and Hunny; Hunny was currently devouring the bowl of marshmallows I had left out, and Mori was frowning slightly, his gaze thoughtful. I wondered what he was thinking about.
"OK, everyone knows how to play?" I asked. They stared at me blankly and I sighed. "OK, I'll explain. Let's get to it!"
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"This can't end well." I remarked fifteen minutes later as Tamaki, the twins, and I were in a hopelessly tangled, uncomfortable position.
"But I shall not give up!" I cried dramatically. "Are you sure this is what commoners do for fun?" Tamaki said, sounding a bit pained from where he was tangled in a knot. I frowned. Poor anime boys; they have such long legs, which is quite bad for Twister.
"Right hand… red! Crap." I frowned, wondering where to put my hand. I wondered how on Earth I was going to get to the only open red dot on the other side of the mat, directly underneath Tamaki.
"I will prevail!" I stretched forward, my left arm quivering from supporting both me and partly some of Kaoru's weight. "Uh-oh." I said a moment before I collapsed and we all fell in a heap.
We were silent for a moment, then we burst out laughing.
"You guys are weird. I'm sure you're giving Nick quite a show." Kita said dryly. I pushed Tamaki's arm off of my face and frowned up at Kita. "Maybe we are. Guys, give me a hand." Kita rolled her eyes and leaned down, tugging me and Tamaki out from the mass that was the Hiitachin brothers.
"Who won?" They asked in unison. "Um, I did?" I lied. Kita snorted, but didn't press it. "OK, what now?"
"A movie!" I said promptly. "Since we won't get any more games most likely, we should pick a movie." I decided, gently untangling myself from Tamaki, who was blushing again. This night wasn't going well for him; but freaking awesome for me.
"What are we watching Sora-chan?" Hunny asked, moving on from the now empty bowl of marshmallows to the bowl of cookies. (Wait, cookies? Why didn't I get any?!)
"Whatever you guys vote for." I said, throwing a handful of DVD's down on the table. "OK, pick." I crossed my arms. Kita frowned at them, obviously not caring. "Romantic comedy, screwball comedy, or scary movie?" I asked.
"Scary movie!" I blinked in surprise at the unanimous decision. "Even you, Hunny-senpai?" I asked, stunned. He nodded. I glanced at Mori, who inclined his head once, giving me the OK.
"All right, The Grudge it is." I shrugged, turning off the lights and turning the movie on. We all found places to sit; since Kyoya, Kita, Mori and Hunny occupied the couch, Haruhi, the twins, Tamaki and I found places on the floor. I leaned against the couch, Tamaki beside me, the twins with Haruhi in between them next to us.
"I haven't seen this movie, but I heard it's pretty scary." I whispered to Tamaki, who nodded. "Me neither."
"Tono has a low tolerance for being frightened; be prepared Sora." The twins said in unison. We watched the movie in silence, holding our breaths for whatever scary moment was coming eventually.
We all shrieked when thunder boomed, shaking us to the core. Haruhi's hands flew to her ears, and she crouched into a small ball. I frowned, noticing this instantly.
"Haruhi, are you scared of thunder?" I asked her gently. She nodded against her knees and I stood up, leaving the room for a moment.
I came back with my iPod, and wordlessly clamped the too-big headphones over her ears, blasting a random song to try and cover up the thunder. She relaxed instantly, her eyes grateful as she looked up at me.
"This way she can be educated and not be frightened." I explained quietly to Tamaki, who was staring at me with wide eyes.
They all were, like I was some sort of goddess for comforting Haruhi. I wondered just how attached they were to the girl; obviously they all were, because even Kyoya was looking down at her in barely evident concern.
"Guys mind if I check the weather real quick?" I asked, pausing the movie and switching to TV. I frowned at the breaking news that was flashing on the screen.
"Central Japan has been hit with a sudden thunderstorm; residents in the area are highly advised to stay indoors until the morning, for there is a very high risk of flash floods." The screen showed overflowing rivers, complete with cars floating down them.
"Uh-oh." I frowned. "You guys better call your parents; tell them you're spending the night at a friend's. Unless you'd like to end up like that guy." I pointed to the screen, where a man was sitting in a tree, surrounding by rushing waters.
"Great." The twins sighed, digging into their pockets for their cell phones. Tamaki and Mori did the same; I wondered about Hunny, then saw he had fallen asleep; half of him on Kita's lap, his head on Mori's lap. I smiled faintly; he was so darn cute.
"Where will be sleep?" Tamaki asked me as we continued watching the news. "Um, in here, I guess." I shrugged. "Like a commoner's sleepover?" He asked me eagerly, and I nodded. "Yeah, I guess."
"Wow! So much education in one night!" He exclaimed excitedly. I laughed. "Well, let's get back to the movie." I said, turning it back on.
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OK, I'll admit the movie had scared the living daylights out of me. But I had fallen asleep in the middle, so I guess I'll never know how it ends.
I woke up with my head on Tamaki's shoulder, his cheek pressed against the top of my head. I blushed to the roots of my hair, trying not to explode with the joy of my newfound position.
I glanced around the room, seeing where everyone was. Haruhi had her head on the table, still sound asleep, better after the storm had ended late last night. The twins were tangled up together on the floor, and I found I couldn't tell where one Hiitachin began and one ended.
I turned my head slowly, glancing at the couch, and smiled widely. Kyoya had removed his glasses, his head leaning against the back of the couch, out cold. He looked awesome without his glasses; I was tempted to steal them so he would stay looking like that, but I refrained. I glanced over at Mori and Kita and smiled. Kita and Mori were in a position like Tamaki and me; but they looked cuter, since they had an adorable boy in their laps. That reminded me somehow. I turned my head again, careful not to wake him, and stared openly at Tamaki's face.
Gosh he looked like a freaking angel when he was sleeping. My fingers twitched with the urge to touch his face to see if it was as smooth as it looked, but I didn't want to wake him up. I smiled faintly to myself, snuggling a bit closer and sighed deeply with contentment, thanking God for thunderstorms.
Hehe this was so much fun to write- especially the ending! :D Please review and tell me what you thought! I'd greatly appreciate it! ^_^
LOSGAP =D
Next chapter: Waking the Low Blood Pressure Evil Lord and Beast *dramatic music*
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