I was on my way over to the twins table for another day as an undercover guest when Kyoya called out to me.
"Sophia. Come here for a second." Kyoya said with his usual mask on.
I practically skipped over to him with a large smile plastered on my face and cheerfully replied, "Yes, Kyoya-kun. What do you want?"
He looked slightly annoyed at my antics and I was trying my best to stay in character and not laugh. "Well, Bijou," he said softly with extra emphasis on my real name, "I was wondering if you would still be continuing you little façade for the rest of the week since it is getting really close to your mother's wedding."
I sighed and said in my normal voice, "Yea I guess you're right. I need to practice my speeches and stuff too. I can pick it up where I left off after the wedding. Please inform the other Host Club members that 'Sophia' has gone on a two week vacation."
I smiled at him again and got into character once again. "Bye, Kyoya-kun. " I said sweetly and turned to walk away.
"You really are suited to be Tamaki's sister." He mumbles as he goes back to working on his laptop.
"Hey! I heard that." I scolded him before leaving to go sit with the Hitachiin brothers.
"It's time to play the 'Which one is Hikaru game?'" the twins said after putting on their twin green hats.
I sighed. I totally saw this one coming. I have been studying them a bit though and I think I figured out which one is which. Not that I would tell them that of course.
"Your turn, Sophia." They turned to me and said.
I looked at them and tapped my finger against my cheek as I thought about it. I have come to realize that Kaoru's voice is a bit higher than Hikaru's voice and Hikaru shows more emotion. I don't really know why nobody else has figured this out yet. Maybe it's either because everyone here is just that oblivious or I am just that good. I wish it was option 2 but it's probably option 1.
"Hikaru on the left, Kaoru on the right," I finally responded.
They paused for a second, smiled, and then said, "Wrong!"
At that moment Haruhi walks by behind them and mutters just loudly enough so I could hear, "No, she's right."
"Haruhi!" the twins whined. I raised one eyebrow at them but I was ignored as they made their obvious attempts to gain Haruhi's attention, only to be stopped by Tamaki. Do I sense a love square or what? I sighed and stood up. I might as well leave since there was nothing better to do.
I started walking to the door but half way there I ran into something and almost fell back but a hand reached out and steadied me. I looked up and saw Mori staring back down at me with a slightly worried expression. "You okay?" he asked.
"Yea sorry, I wasn't really paying attention." I smiled at him. I saw a small blush on his cheeks. "Anyways, thank you for catching me." I finished.
"Ah."
I started to walk toward the door when I heard him say "Bijou" softly. I stopped and slowly turned around as my eyes widened. I then relaxed a bit. I figured someone would figure out eventually.
I just chuckled a bit and asked, "How'd you know?"
"I just did." He responded.
"Well, let's just keep this as our little secret then, eh?"
"Ah."
And with that, I said my final goodbyes and decided to walk home. Sometimes all you need is a nice walk to clear your head.
Upon my arrival at home, I immediately decided to make my way over to the grand piano. I sat down on the seat and just ran my fingers over the keys. I haven't been here that long but I had already gotten use to the place. Normally I would scold myself if I ever even consider a place like this my home. This is probably one of the only families that I would actually miss when the time finally comes for us to part. I would like to say that the fact that they were rich didn't have anything to do with it but I will admit it is quite the bonus. In order to free my mind I might as well play a song. It would be a waste to have such a beautiful instrument in front of you and not use it. I decided to play Whisper by Evanescence.
catch me as i fall
say you're here and it's all over now
speaking to the atmosphere
no one's here and i fall into myself
this truth drives me into madness
i know i can stop the pain if i will it all away
don't turn away
don't give in to the pain
don't try to hide
though they're screaming your name
don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
don't turn out the light
never sleep never die
i'm frightened by what i see
but somehow i know that there's much more to come
immobilized by my fear
and soon to be blinded by tears
i can stop the pain if i will it all away
don't turn away
don't give in to the pain
don't try to hide
though they're screaming your name
don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
don't turn out the light
never sleep never die
fallen angels at my feet
whispered voices at my ear
death before my eyes
lying next to me i fear
she beckons me shall i give in
upon my end shall i begin
forsaking all i've fallen for i rise to meet the end
When I finished the song I sat there in silence till I heard my mom come in. She sat down on one of the couch cushions and sighed in bliss. "You know, I can never get over how soft these couches are. How's life, Bijou? You know, we haven't been able to just sit down and talk lately."
"It's fine. The house is big. The school's big. The car is big. But, I'm not complaining. It's gonna take a lot of will power to not get use to this." I responded.
"It's okay if you do get use to it Bijou. I always sort felt bad about having you move around at such a young age. I guess I was so set on finding you a good new father that I neglected my duty as a mother." She sighed.
"You were a great mother!" I scolded her. "You just had a unique taste in men."
"Yea, but this time I am serious! I think it's really gonna work out this time."
"You said that last time too you know." I teased.
"It's different this time. I can feel it. We are both happy and as long as you are happy here I think we can finally settle down. "She said enthusiastically.
"I am happy," I said, "I never really expected to be this rich you know. I was perfectly happy just as we were but it's not bad on the upper side of life either."
"Well, look at it this way. Even if this doesn't work out, although I assure you it's serious this time, you can just marry Tamaki and live here anyways!" mom suggested while laughing at my expression of pure terror.
"Thanks for the advise mom but I think I will pass." I laughed.