Tamaki POV
We all stood there in shock watching Hikaru blow up on Mika, I couldn't help but feel bad.
"Well that was intense" Haruhi muttered picking up the towel from the floor.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" I asked.
" I don't think this has ever happened to her…Honestly, I don't know" she said looking back at me furrowing her brows
"should we talk to her"
"I think she might just need some space" And so we left it as that. Hikaru and Kaoru both left early and everyone else finished cleaning and we went our separate ways.
Kaoru POV
"Hikaru! Wait up!" I shouted chasing after my hot headed brother. Finally catching up I grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around. "Geez, who knew you could walk so fast" I joked trying to lighten his mood.
"I'm sorry" he muttered avoiding eye contact
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to"
"I-I just couldn't help it! When she got sick she didn't want to tell anyone until it got worse, she burns her arm and tries to brush it off, what if she get seriously hurt and decides to just keep it to herself!" He yells pacing back and forth. "she needs someone to depend on, she's so quiet and isolated I can't help but wonder if she even wants to be around us."
I grabbed his shoulders to stop him from pacing. "if you keep pacing back and forth you're going to dig yourself in a hole."
"pfft…shut up" he muttered taking my hand off his shoulders. "you think I'm crazy don't you?" finally looking me in the eye
"Uh-Duh!" I joked, we both looked at each other and start laughing. After our fit of laughter I began to grow a little serious. "Now that I have lighten the mood, I can see where you're coming from, but can't you remember us back in middle school?"
"What do you mean?"
"Growing up, we had our own share of trust issues. We isolated everyone around and only confided in each other. The difference between us and Mika is that we had each other to rely on in our "bubble" she only has herself, and it seems like it's been like that for a long time." I looked at my brother watching his eyes widen in shock.
"I didn't think about it…We've only known each other for a short while but so much has happened in that time..."
"I know, she just needs some time and she'll warm up" placing my hand on his shoulder, "I think you owe her an apology, I don't think she knew how to handle your little outburst"
"Yeah…can you call her and tell her I'm sorry?" He said looking at me with puppy dog eyes.
"You dug your own grave, now lie in it!" I shouted as I ran to our car pull up to pick us up.
Mika POV
The whole ride home was silent. I think Arthur knew I was upset, he kept glancing at me from the rear view mirror. Concern etched on his face.
"Arthur, I'm fine. You don't need to worry" I smiled making eye contact with him through the mirror.
"Pardon me Miss Mika, but I haven't said anything" He states meeting my eyes in the mirror.
"You didn't need to, your face says it all" I giggled.
"I guess you know me too well" he laughed as well. This light hearted banter is exactly what I needed to get my mind off of what happened earlier. If only this distraction could last forever, but good things seem to never last.
"Mika, we have arrived"
"Thank you Arthur!" I hopped out the car, ran straight to my room slamming the door behind me. You see, I knew better, Sara would be waiting for at the door and if she saw my arm she would throw a fit, and I didn't want to upset her. Once in my room I changed clothes, lucky for me, I don't have any practice for the rest of the month. Katrina is on vacation and said that I could relax! Sometimes I loved that woman…sometimes. I decided to take a shower before dinner. I carefully took off the bandage on my arm and threw it away. Turning on the shower I stepped into the warm water and my muscles immediately began to relax. "ah…this is so nice" whatever the ointment that Kyoya-Senpai put on my arm is pure magic. My arm was back to normal, even the redness was gone! I'll have to thank him when I see him again. The thoughts of the host club made me think of what Hikaru said to me…
"We're your friends aren't we! Why do you have to hide everything, you're hurt and you were just going to brush it off like it wasn't a big deal? What if it was worse? Damn it stop keeping shit to yourself, we can help!"
I sunk to the floor of the shower, I made him so mad…why? I don't think I did anything wrong? My thoughts were running wild in my head. Thoughts of Akane began to come up as well. I sat in the shower decompressing all my thoughts, the hot water steam took over my sight and I began to feel a little light headed. Taking that as a sign I quickly washed off all the soap and stepped out. I looked at the fogged mirror, "I am strong" I told myself. I refuse to be some damsel in distress waiting for someone to come rescue me. My mother raised me to independent and I refuse to be the weakest link in any situation. With that in mind, I decided it might be best to apologize to the Host club, I lashed out too quickly. I walked out of the shower and put on some comfy clothes, black jogger sweat pants and a white shirt with a picture of a cat in the middle of it. I laid on my bed and tried to sleep to forget everything, when I heard banging on my room door. When someone sang,
"Mika! Someone is here to see you!"I open the door to see a smiling Sara
"Hope you're wearing something decent" she whispered. I looked behind her to see a red headed devil looking my way. My heart dropped, of all the times to have him here. I was not mentally prepared to talk to him or any of the hosts at that matter.
"H-Hi Hikaru" I barely said above a whisper. I slowly stepped aside and opened my door a little more to invite him into my room. Thank God my room was clean, or I might have died from embarrassment.
"I guess I'll leave you two alone" Sara said, giggling as she walked down the hallway.
"C-come in…" I said looking at the ground. I could feel the heat rising to my face, I didn't trust myself to look at him in the face.
"Umm, okay" he said walking in and immediately sitting on my bed.
"I came here because I need to talk to you" he said looking at the corner of the room. I knew where this was going. He's probably still upset about what happened earlier today. I need to suck it up and apologize.
"Actually, I have something to talk to you about as well." I said, with as much confidence I could muster up. Making sure I was giving good eye contact, while praying my face wasn't giving me away. Hikaru looked at me with curiosity,
"Well, I guess this is a good a time as ever." He smirked relaxing a little. "Listen, about earlier today. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lashed out on you like that. I've been in a bad mood all day and I shouldn't have taken it out on you…Sorry" I felt the mood change. I looked at him in shock. I wasn't expecting him to tell me that. If I was being honest, I wasn't upset at the fact that he yelled at me. I was more concerned with being a bother, and a burden to him and the rest of the group.
"You don't need to be sorry. What you felt was valid. I was being reckless in my actions, and I didn't want to bother anyone about the situation. I have a hard time relying on people and I'm really sorry Hikaru." The words just flew out of my mouth, and they sounded so smooth. I was proud of myself. I was sitting on a chair across from him and I could stop fiddling with my hands, my anxiety was through the roof. He looked at me with a little shock, but then quickly turned into a smile.
"You're cute when you're nervous" he laughed.
"I-I'm not nervous!" I lied, fiddling with my hands again. I could feel myself blushing. I needed to keep myself under control. With a smirk Hikaru got up and got closer to me. My large room suddenly became small, I could feel my heart beat fast and a warm feeling creeping up my whole face.
"W-what are you are d-doing" I muttered looking everywhere but him. He leaned in and placed his cool hands on mine.
"Stop fiddling with your hands like that, they might fall off" he joked. I looked at our hands, was this considered a form on hand holding? Wait. I don't know. I couldn't think straight.
"O-oh, I'm sorry" Quickly getting up from a chair to form some type of distance between us. He laughed,
"Look at your face, you're bright red! If you didn't jump up so fast I would have thought you were still sick!" Now I was getting annoyed.
"You're the one that got so close to me, don't you know what personal space is?!" how dare he make me feel all flustered like that! And to think I was starting to feel bad.
"See, there you are!"
I looked at him confused, "huh?"
"You always look so shy and timid I wanted to see how you would be if I poked the bear a little."
"Hmmp! In my defense I haven't gotten to know you guys that well" I stated crossing my arms. He stared at me for a second and quickly changed to his devilish grin.
"I think we know each other pretty well since you slept in my bed" wrapping his arm around my shoulder. He was so much taller and bigger than me.
"I was sick! it wasn't my fault!" I blushed thinking back to that night. Note to self, take vitamins I can't get sick again around this fool. He began to laugh, I joined in with him. Then his phone began to beep.
"Oh it's Kaoru, I thinks it's time for me to go" he said looking at his phone. If I said I wasn't disappointed I would be lying, joking with him was…fun. I looked up to him,
"It is getting pretty late. I'll see you tomorrow" I said guiding him out my room. We reached the door down stairs and I waved a good bye, I really wanted to hug him but, I don't think it would have been appropriate.
Hikaru POV
After my talk with Kaoru, we finally reached home.
"Kao, please! Just tell her I said sorry" I whined as we went upstairs to our rooms.
"No, Hikaru. I'm your brother not your mom" he sighed lying on the bed.
"Fine! I'll do it myself!" I huffed. I grabbed my phone and came to a realization…I don't have her phone number.
"Hey Kaoru, do you have Mika's phone number?" I asked
"Nope" he said turning to his side.
"Well, I guess I'll have to tell her tomorrow" I shrugged getting on the bed as well.
"Oh no you don't!" Kaoru said kicking me off the bed. I fell to the ground with a loud thud.
"What was that for!" I yelled growing irritated.
"Haven't you heard the saying, "you shouldn't go to bed angry"?"
"What, no!" I huffed
"Go to her and apologize Hikaru, you might regret it if you don't. What if she decides she doesn't want to be a part of the Host Club because of you?"
"She wouldn't do that" I muttered
"How do you know? Do you know what she was thinking?" he asked peering over the bed.
"Fine! I'll go!" I huffed jumping off the floor. I looked over to Kaoru, "wanna come with?"
"Nope, go lie in your grave." He laughed.
"Some brother" I muttered walking out the door, making sure to slam it behind me.
I finally reached her house, a was thinking a mile per minute. What do I say? Sorry? What if she starts crying? God this was such a bad idea, why do I listen to Kaoru! Before I could even ring the doorbell, the door flings wide open.
"Hello! Welcome to Seto manor!" said a bubbly brown haired maid.
"How did you know I was here?" I asked shocked
"You were standing by the door too long and security noticed it through the cameras and notified me. Once I saw your face I recognized you from when the Host Club came over and thought you might be here to see Mika" she stated.
"Right, I remember you. You're Sara, right?" I said a little embarrassed.
"That's me" she smiled bowing politely.
"Well, I guess you already know I'm here to talk to Mika real quick" I said awkwardly. She nodded.
"She's actually taking a shower, I'll bring you up once she's done. Till then let me get you some tea while you wait in the living room" she beamed. The more I look at her, Sara seems young, and bubbly I wonder how old she is?
"Thank you" I said walking to the living room with her. On arrival, Sara left to go make some tea. I looked around the room, I had already seen many of the pictures before from my previous visit, I paid more attention to all the medals and trophies that were in a glass case adjacent to the walls full of pictures, "how come I didn't see these last time?" I muttered looking all the awards.
"We had them polished last time you guys were here, that's why." Sara came in with a try of tea and snacks. She placed them at a nearby table and excused herself. I continued to look at all her accomplishments. She's got some talent. I grabbed the cup of tea and checked my phone to let Kaoru know I had made it safe. Soon after Sara came in letting me know to follow her upstairs, she seemed so excited she reminded me of a child.
"Mika will be so excited to see you!" she grinned
"huh…"
Sara banged on what I assume is Mika's door and yelled that she had a visitor, "aren't you banging the door a little too loud?" I asked worried he door might break.
"ha ha, silly me I can't contain my excitement!" she said nervously. Finally the door opened and I saw Mika, her hair was down and wet giving her beach weaves, she had on a pair of black sweat pants and a white shirt that stopped on top of her belly button giving me a sneak peak of her flat toned stomach. I could feel myself blush, damn. I heard Sara whisper something to Mika and her face going completely red. I couldn't help but laugh. Her glace quickly switched to me. Sara left and Mika stepped aside to let me in her room. Her room was very organized, she had a large white bed with a gold bed frame, her walls were a soft light blue and all her furniture was white with glass accents. I took a breather and made my way straight to her bed to sit down. I look up at her gaining my confidence, "I came here because I need to talk to you" I said. Looking anywhere but at her.
"Actually, I have something to talk to you about as well." she said. Her piercing eyes staring me down.
"Well, I guess this is a good a time as ever." I smirked. I was trying my hardest to come off confident, but I was failing. I composed myself and let it out, "Listen, about earlier today. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lashed out on you like that. I've been in a bad mood all day and I shouldn't have taken it out on you…Sorry" I couldn't tell her the full truth, that I was worried about her, she might get the wrong idea. I felt the mood change. She looked up at me in shock. Why was she so surprised? Then her face quickly changed to something more soft.
"You don't need to be sorry. What you felt was valid. I was being reckless in my actions, and I didn't want to bother anyone about the situation. I have a hard time relying on people and I'm really sorry Hikaru." The atmosphere changed, the tension was gone. "what I felt was valid" I thought to myself. No one has ever told me that, but coming from her it felt so…right. I looked at her, she began looking down at her hands wringing them and fiddling with them. Now that the tension is gone I think she's nervous…I looked up at her and laughed, "You're cute when you're nervous" I began to smile seeing a light pink dust her cheeks.
"I-I'm not nervous!" she argued, fiddling with her hands again With a smirk I got up and got closer to her. If I was being honest I was worried this girl was going to pop her hands right off the way she was tugging and twisting at her wrists.
"W-what are you are d-doing" she muttered avoiding eye contact, I placed my hands on her warm ones, usually her hands were cold, but this time there was warmth and it felt nice.
"Stop fiddling with your hands like that, they might fall off" I joked.
"O-oh, I'm sorry" she quickly got up from a chair taking me by surprise causing me to take a step back. I look back at her face and I couldn't help but laugh again. "Look at your face, you're bright red! If you didn't jump up so fast I would have thought you were still sick!" she looked at me and began to puff her cheeks.
"You're the one that got so close to me, don't you know what personal space is?!" I was taken by surprise who knew Mika had it in her. I was so addiment on calling her fake and saying she was hiding something when in reality, she needed some time to warm up. "See, there you are!" I laughed.
"huh?"
"You always look so shy and timid I wanted to see how you would be if I poked the bear a little." I joked, I didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable.
"Hmmp! In my defense I haven't gotten to know you guys that well" she stated crossing her arms.
I stared at her for a second and quickly changed to my devilish grin. "I think we know each other pretty well since you slept in my bed" I said wrapping my arm around her shoulders, she smelt like strawberries, I couldn't help but inhale. I could feel her smooth wet hair against my arm. I looked down at her, not realizing how much smaller she was from me.
"I was sick! Wasn't my fault!" we both looked at each other and laughed.
If I was being honest I really hoped I wouldn't have to see her that sick again. I was so worried. Suddenly, I heard my phone beep and vibrate against my leg, I let go of Mika to look at my phone. "Oh it's Kaoru, I thinks it's time for me to go" I saw the look of disappointment on her face for a brief second before she quickly changed to a smile and lead me out of her room. Once we reached the door, she waved good bye to me, but I had an urge to hug her…I don't think it would have been appropriate.
TIME SKIP
Mika POV
I woke up to the sound of my alarm, I finally got into the routine of getting up early (Thanks to Sara of course.) I get out of bed and open my window the sun was shining bright and fresh snow was on the ground. I took in the scene and started to get ready. Today was the day of the tournament, and I was excited and nervous. I didn't tell anyone about this because I was going to be missing a school day to compete and I didn't want anyone else have to make the sacrifice either. While changing Sara came into my room.
"Are you excited for your big day?!" she asked bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"Actually, I am" I said, I've trained so hard and Katrina has been great. Regardless of what happens today. I'm still leaving proud that I've gotten this far.
"Is the Host Club coming, especially the red head twin?" she asked arching her eyebrow at me suggestively. I glance at her tiredly
"No Sara, it's a school day they can't miss school."
"Oh, you're right. So only your red headed boyfriend is coming?" she asked pretending to be innocent.
"Sara! He's not my boyfriend!" I yelled I could feel my face getting red.
"Oh..SUUUURRREEE! Did you at least let everyone know that you weren't coming to school because of the tournament?" she asked
"…no" I muttered
"Mika! Why didn't you tell them. You're really excited about this. You should tell your friends so they can be excited with you." She lectured.
"If I win, I'll tell them" I joked. Sara got annoyed and walked off
"Whatever!"
If I was being completely honest, I wanted to tell them, but I didn't want to come off as bragging or make them feel like they had to come. I decided to just keep it to myself, I wasn't hiding it I'm just not talking about it. If they ask I'll let them know. Although, I've officially been with the Host Club a little over a month now, there are still times that I felt awkward. I finally threw on some sweat pants and hoodie on top of my costume grabbed my bag and went downstairs. Arthur, Katrina and Sara were waiting for me down stairs.
"Are you ready?" Katrina asked patting my back
"Ready as I'll ever be" I sighed. Right when we were about to walk out the door, I hear yelling from upstairs.
"Hey, wait for us!" I turn to see blonde and brown hair bouncing up and down. Shun had Lucy in his arms as the ran down stairs to catch up with us.
"What are you guys doing?" I asked confused. "You guys have school!"
"Mika, I'm your older brother. You can't tell me what to do." Shun shrugged placing Lucy on the flood.
"Yeah Mimi, you're not the boss" Lucy huffed bouncing up and down.
"Geez, anyone else coming?" I laughed sarcastically.
"I think everyone is here" Arthur declared. I picked up my bag with one hand, and let Lucy jump on my back and we were all out the door.
I was so happy, I've been so busy the past month I haven't had time to be with my family, the only person missing is dad. Disappointment sets in, he's on a business trip he, can't come.
"Hey, don't look so down" Shun said looking down at me concern on his face.
"I'm not upset" I muttered looking out the car window.
"No crying Mimi! Big girls don't cry" Lucy sings bouncing on my lap. I look down at her and smile,
"You have too much energy for the morning" I laugh, trying to straighten her curly blonde hair.
"It's your last tournament! Of course she has energy" Shun laughed. I smiled, this was it. After this tournament I'm hanging up my skates for good. I need to find something else that brings me joy.
"That's my little sister!" Shun yells patting my head.
"Shun! My hair!" I yell swatting his hand away.
"Geez, someone's moody" he says rolling his eyes. We both look at each other and laugh, it's been such a long time since I've seen him, I never realized how much I missed him. I'm glad he's here.
"Ladies and Gentlemen we have arrived" Arthur said stopping the car and letting us all out.
"Mimi I need to go potty!" Lucy yelled running out the car. I hop out after grabbing her hand.
"Mimi will take you, this place is too big you can't go running around by yourself. You'll get lost." I scolded trying to hold her still. She nodded and help on to my hand tightly, we waited for everyone to get out the car. Once everyone was out, we all went inside. I signed in and split ways with my family. I went on the ice and began to stretch and warm up, skating backwards I bumped into someone.
"I'M SO SORRY!" we both yelled at the same time. We immediately began to laugh. I get up first and lend the girl a hand. Once we were standing, I got to take a good look at my poor victim. She had tanned skin and jet black hair in a tight ponytail with her curls cascading down her back and piercing green eyes, she was absolutely stunning.
"I'm so sorry about that, I can be a little bit of a klutz" the girl said.
"No problem, I wasn't looking" I said bowing.
"Hey, wait. I know you!" the girl said pointed her finger at me. The more I looked at her the more familiar she looked.
"You look familiar too" I said trying to piece together where I had seen her before. Then I remembered. "We're in the same class, you're Nina. Right?" I asked
"Yeah, you were new last month Mika Seto?"
"That's me" I smiled. Nina grabbed my arm our class is so big I never got the chance to talk to you, I had no idea you figure skated.
"I know! I've been skating my whole life, it's in my blood" I joked.
"What are the odds. How are you liking Ouran so far?"
"It's…strange" I laughed
"pfft! You can say that again, aren't you a part of the Host Club?"
"Yeah, I try to help where ever they need me."
"That's very sweet of you, are they here to see you perform today?"
"No, they all have classes." I smiled.
"Awe, that's a shame. Well I've got to keep doing my warm ups, but I'll find you after the tournament, okay?" Nina said, waving good bye.
"Yeah, see you later" I said waving back to her. I decided if I was going to compete against her I might want to warm up more too.
Hikaru POV
Today was super quite. When we arrived to class the seat next to me was empty all day. "where's Mika?" I thought.
"Looks like Mika and Nina are missing from class today?" Mr. Adams stated taking attendance.
"Umm…Mr. Adams Nina is at a figure skating tournament" A girl stated, Haruhi raised her hand too,
"So is Mika"
"It seems we've got some athletes in the class, lets wish them both luck!" He said excitedly.
"Tournament? Since when?" I muttered. Once class was over, we all met in the music room.
Hey, where's my beautiful daughter Mika?"
"She's at a tournament" Haruhi said.
"WHAT?!" Tamaki yelled. "How come she never told us?"
"Probably because you guys would cause a huge scene" Haruhi mumbled. Checking her phone.
"We must go see her at once!" Tamaki demanded.
"What about the Host Club activites" Hunny- Senpai asked
"We'll postpone it for tomorrow, Mika needs family support!" he yelled excitedly
I was so stuck on the fact that she didn't tell anyone, part of me didn't want to go, what she didn't want any of us to come, she didn't want me to come. We all filled up a car and headed to Mika's tournament. The whole car ride was loud and everyone was making posters to show Mika. Once we arrived we find our seats and wait for the tournament to start. After many different skaters went to and were given scores, then I heard Mika's name be called.
"Our next Skater is number 496 Mika Seto, the reigning champion for the past 7 years, lets see what she has in store for us today!" the announcer yells. I looked down and see her, she was wearing a fiery red mini skirt dress with matching red spandex shorts with gold sequins and embroidery wrapping around her waist it had long sleeves that dramatically flared out moving with the wind, her wavy blonde hair is put in a sleek tight bun and her makeup looks airbrushed on. I stared at her in awe. Once the music started she moved with it. Her body twisting and bending. She was spinning and jumping, there was no hesitation, no error. The music began to build up and she jumped several feet off the ground and spun around landed making a figure eight. The crowd was silent. Once the music stopped, everyone began to cheer. She had received a perfect score.
"Wow, she sure takes after her mother" a member of the crowd cheered.
"THAT'S MY BABY SISTER!" I heard someone else yell! I looked down to see a man with light brown hair cheer with a little blonde girl on his shoulders.
"GO MIMI!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. I look further down aisle and I see Sara, Katrina and Arthur and another man beside him I've never seen before nodding in approval.
"Wow! Mi-Chan is amazing!" Hunny-Senpai yelled. Both Kyoya and Mori Senpai, watched silently. While Tamaki was crying yelling how proud he was on Haruhi's shoulder and Kaoru clapping beside me. Next was another girl who was in our class Nina, I watched her as well. She Did an amazing job as well she was 2 points away from getting perfect score.
Once it all ended, Mika was first place and Nina was second. As they all stood in the middle of the rink the announcer came up to Mika,
"Miss Seto! This is your 8 year winning, how do you feel?"
"I'm so thankful for having this opportunity, and for everyone who supports me from the bottom of my heart thank you!" she said bowing deeply
"Miss Seto, you've set the bar so high. How do you plan on surpassing it next year?"
"I won't" she said, shrugging her shoulders. Everyone went silent. Did she not think she could do it? Is she at her limit? I wondered watching her calmly smile answering questions.
"W-what do you mean?" said the man
"This is my last year figure skating, I will be retiring." She said sadness in her eyes.
"Why?"
"Figure skating has been fun, and it was my outlet after everything that has happened in my life, I looked up to my mother and strived so hard to be just like her, but now I think it's time I choose my own path, and make my own footsteps. Everyone who has watched me grow and supported me, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. And of course to my amazing trainer and coach Katrina that has gotten me this far!" she smiling proudly. Everyone began to clap cheer and cry to her farewell.
Mika POV
That farewell speech was hard I muttered to myself. As soon as we were released from the rink, I changed into some leggings, an oversized sweater, and took off my skates for the last time. Once out of the locker room I was bombarded with the press asking me all different questions.
"Mika, is it true you're done with figure skating for good?"
"Mika, what did your parents think about this decision?"
"Is it true you plan on taking over your fathers company?"
"Is there a secret lover in the mix?"
The lights and crowd was starting to get to me, and I was frozen like a deer in headlights, and able to think, speak, or move. Suddenly I felt someone grab my arm and pull me back into the locker room.
"Geez, that was a close one. Are you okay?" I turned to see who had pulled me.
"Nina! What are you still doing here?" I asked shocked.
"I told you I was going to come find you after" she stated shrugging her shoulders. "That was one gutsy move back there on the rink" she said smiling at me. "Are you really done?"
"Yup" I sighed.
"Good for you, find your happiness" she beamed taking me by surprise.
"Excuse me" I laughed.
"Mika, I've been a fan of you and your mothers for a long time. I could tell you weren't happy on that rink. I'm proud you made this decision." She said pulling me into a hug. I was shocked for a second, but hugged her back.
"Why am I just meeting you now!" I whined. She was so kind and wise, a true breath of fresh air.
"Timing baby, timing" She laughed
Laughing back, I paused. "So how do we get out of here?" I asked scared of the press waiting outside.
"Oh, there is a back door for equipment. We can go out that way" she grabs my hand and bag and guides me out. Once we were outside I saw my car with everyone standing by it, including the Host Club. As soon as they saw me, everyone ran up to me hugging me and congratulating me. I felt Nina let go of my hand I turned to look at her.
"Sorry girlie, I gotta go! Congratulations on the win, and happiness!" she waved bye, and ran to her limo waiting for her on the other side.
"Bye, thank you!" I yelled back hoping she could hear me. I turned back to the group, "what are you guys doing here?" I asked placing my hand on my hip. "Daddy had to come out and support his little girl!" Tamaki yelled picking my up into a bone crushing hug.
"D-D-DADDY!" Shun asked, scrunching up his face is disgust.
"Are you guys dating?" he asked looking Tamaki up and down.
"Who's dating my daughter" I heard a deep voice coming towards me. I turned to see my father walking up to me with a bouquet of roses. I lost it. I hadn't seen my dad in such a long time, I missed him. I dropped my bag and ran to him jumping in his embrace.
"I missed you so much!" I cried clinging on to him fearing he would leave.
"I've missed you too pumpkin" hugging back.
"What about Australia or American or where ever you were?" I asked desperately trying to wipe my makeup from is coat.
"I was in both, but I wanted to come see my daughter for her last competition, and I missed my kids" he laughed. As Lucy came running up to him her hair bouncing with every step she took. Jumping on top of him.
"Daddy!" she giggled.
"It's a family reunion!" Tamaki cried leaning on Haruhi's shoulders.
"Senpai, you're ruining my sweater!" she yelled pushing him away. After the reunion, everyone got to the limo cheering talking about the tournament, and showing off posters. Of course Tamaki had to clear up the whole Daddy thing to my dad and brother. Now that everyone was well acquainted, it was time to party! When we had arrived home the staff decorated the whole house with a big banner saying "congratulations". My heart was so full, we all spent the night eating, dancing, and playing games. Even though everyone was having fun, I sensed one of the devil twins seemed a little out of it. I walk up to Hikaru who sitting on the couch.
"Hey Hikaru, can you help me with the cake in the kitchen?" I asked making sure only he could hear me.
"Sure" he mumbled following my into the kitchen. I made sure no one saw us as me made our way there. Once we were in the kitchen I went into the fridge and pulled out the cake.
"I want to add more toppings to the cake, will you help me?" I asked taking out the toppings as well.
"Isn't that a job for a pastry chef?" he asked looking at me confused.
"It's so much fun, I asked if I could do it" I shrugged.
"Okay, why not?" he said eyeing all the different fruits and chocolates.
"Thank you" I smiled at him grabbing the shaved chocolate to put around the cake.
"Did you have fun tonight?" I asked throwing to bits of chocolate in my mouth. Knowing Hikaru, he isn't going to tell me what's wrong straight away. He looked at tilting his head to the side,
"I mean…yeah. You won…congrats" he muttered. I couldn't beat around the bush, something was making him upset, and I felt this strong desire to know.
"You look upset, did I do something wrong?" I looked down at the cake, I didn't want to be the reason why I made him so upset. I know it sounds selfish or self-centered to think I could be the only reason to make him upset, but I could feel it. There was a long pause, he shifted his eyes from side to side, at that moment my heart sank a little, it was definitely my fault. Every second dragged on as I painfully waited for the answer I already knew. He spoke,
"Why didn't you tell me about your tournament?" he spoke calmly.
"Why didn't you tell us" he started picking strawberries and placing them on the cake.
"It was a school day, I didn't want to make a big deal about it." I muttered placing kiwi's beside his fruit.
"You would think after getting to know everyone, you would finally consider us friends." He stopped decorating the cake looking dead in the eyes.
"H-Hikaru, it wasn't like that"
"Oh really? Then why didn't you say something?" his voice growing louder.
"Because it wasn't a big deal!" I barked back
"The point of having friends is being able to tell them about triumphs and failures. We care Mika!" his face was growing red. Usually I was good at watching my temper, but something in me snapped.
"I'm not stupid Hikaru! I know you guys care, or are you too wrapped up in yourself that you can't notice when others care about you as well!"
"HA! You care? You have some way of showing it!"
"Oh really!? Kyoya and Tamaki senpai both had exams, Mori and Hunny senpai were training for their own kendo tournament, we have an exam coming up as well! It's because I care! I know you guys would try to come and that's why I didn't want to bring it up. Believe it or not, I don't think the world revolves around me unlike some other asshole!" I was so angry, and breathless from yelling the room began to spin, and I felt my heart beating out of my chest. Hikaru looked at me in pure rage.
"Asshole?! Fine, if you think that way then I'm leaving!"
"Fine!" We both turn to walk and I see Hikaru slip on a strawberry, I quickly throw out my hand to catch him my elbow hitting the cake, while his weight puts me off balance making crash down with him. I closed my eyes ready for my head to hit the hard ground, but I felt it bounce against a hand. I slowly open my eyes to she Hikaru's face inches from mine, one hand held the back of my head while his other was on the other side of my head helping him up. I could feel his warm breathe against my cheek as his amber eyes scan my face.
"Are you okay?" He asked his brow furrowed, concern written all over his face. I could trust myself to speak and I simply nodded. Before he could even move up, the cake falls of the kitchen counter top and comes crashing down on us, whip cream getting all over the place, and on us.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE!" I heard Shun yell. I turned to see my brother and the Host Club staring at us in shock. Finally shocked I pushed Hikaru off of me and jumped up!
"W-we slipped and fell"
"Fell in love" Sara snickered to Haruhi causing her to giggle. Before I could react, Hikaru coolly got up brushing whipped cream off his shoulder.
"Being the clumsy person she is, she slipped and fell and me being the gentleman I am tried to catch her." He stated with a blank face. I rolled my eyes crossing my cake stained arms.
"Whatever" I muttered.
"Christ! Look at this mess! Why don't you two go upstairs and get cleaned, while I get this placed cleaned up!" Sara spoke jumping up beside us and pushing us towards the door to the stairs. She quickly gave me a wink and rushed back to the kitchen, I could hear Tamaki Senpai yelling in the background, something about not leaving the devil twin with me…I think. Once we reached my room the silence felt awkward, I found the nearest towel and threw it to Hikaru.
"Here, use this" He quickly caught the towel and started wiping the whip cream from his face. I ran to the bathroom and grabbed the spare towel and did the same. The silence felt heavy, I felt bad for what I had said. I was too prideful to say sorry. Thought began running through my head, what if this is it? The end of our friendship? I'm going to have to quit the Host Club, He was there first, who am I to stay? Does that mean I can't talk to anyone? What I-
"I'm sorry…" his soft words broke my thoughts.
"W-what?"
"I said, I'm sorry. I let my emotions get the best of me…" he stared straight at the floor with so much intensity I thought he might actually burn holes into my floor.
"No, I let my feelings get the best of me too, I'm the one who should be apologizing. I should have told you guys. I'm sorry too" I said. Guilt weighting me down, to see him look so defeated, my heart broke.
"What about the part calling me an asshole?"
"Huh?" I looked back at him to see his devilish grin.
"What? You're not going to say sorry for calling my an asshole?" he laughed walking close to me. "Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever heard you cuss. How unlady like" His grin was growing with every step he took.
"And to think I was actually feeling bad. I'm not apologizing for telling the truth." I huffed. Embarrassed at my little outburst. I had finally got all the bits of fruit in my and began wiping the rest of the topping from my face. When I looked up he was inches from my face again!
"You missed a spot" He held my chin between his thumb and index finger tilting my head to the side. His face got close, dangerously close. I could fell the warmth of his breath again, as he licked the whip cream off my cheek. My face felt on fire, at that moment I wanted to die. I quickly shoved him and threw my towel at his face.
"GET OUT!" I screeched! My face a glowing red. I pushed him out the door and slammed it in his face. I could hear him laughing through the door, my rage and embarrassment growing at a rapid rate.