Story is becoming so rushed now.

But don't worry, the events are getting exciting.

Enjoy. ;)

I stretched, yawned, scratched my back. Ah! It's Saturday!

Though I do have choir practice for our upcoming recital... still, IT'S THE WEEKEND! HOORAY.

Then a book hit me on the face. "...Ow..." ALICEEEE...

"KARYLLE! WHAT KIND OF LAME JOKE ARE YOU PULLING!" she yelled. Geez, it's 8:00am. It's too early to yell, other neighbors are still asleep. "What joke?" I said, rather irritated. She showed me a box. A rather cute little box tied with ribbon with a letter attached to it. "What about that?" I asked. "DO NOT PLAY GAMES WITH ME. First, you sent me the roses, now chocolates? Just where are you getting your money from?" she scolded. What is with this girl?

I sighed. "Calm down. I didn't do those pranks or whatever. But did you even read what's written in that letter?" Her face lightened up a bit. "Oh... yeah." she put the box down by the counter and read the letter.

'I thought you'd be in a bad mood today, since you're tired of studying.

So I bought you these. Chocolates make you feel better. :)

Take care, Alice.'

I couldn't help but giggle. "That was rather sweet. Whoever sends those stuff to you is really sweet." I teased. Yep, she was blushing. And her smile... well, it's the first time I actually saw how her eyes sparkled matching with her smile. "SHUT UP!" she yelled, still smiling. "I know this is all your plan!"

I laughed. "And where do you think I got the money from? Those are expensive, deary. I'd rather buy cookies than that." I swear I didn't do it. How many times do I have to tell her that?

"Alright, I believe you, since you're not really guilty. But who in the world would send me such stuff?"

she asked. I shrugged my shoulders. Not that I know who it is.

Then we sat down. It was a peaceful morning. I can't even wait 'till exams are over...

A week later...

"Alice... Alice, wake up."

I opened one eye. And then the other. "Good morning, Haruhi." I greeted. She smiled at me. "You fell asleep in the car so Mori-senpai carried you here in the guestroom. We're here in Nekozawa-senpai's mansion, Alice." I looked around. It was a spacious room. That Nekozawa guy sure is rich.

"Morning, Alice! Geez, you woke up late! It's already 9:00am!" Tamaki rushed in the room. "You know it's kinda disrespectful and perverted for a guy to suddenly just rush in a girl's room." Karylle followed. Tamaki went to sulk in a corner. "Nice job, Karylle." Hikaru and Kaoru both congratulated.

I raised an eyebrow. "I just woke up, and then I get chaos? Geez, I'm going out for a while." I said as I went out the door, ignoring everyone.

I ran outside as soon as I wore my sneakers. Shoot, it's beautiful here! There are so many flowers and it feels like I'm in Wonderland! Nekozawa is awesome. "WOW! THIS IS AWESOME!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "Nee, Fifi-chan! Do you wanna eat cake later?" Hani tackled me from behind, which caused me to fall on the grass. "Sure! Maybe later, 'kay? I'm just gonna explore around." I told him. Then Mori carried Hani. "She's still having fun. Bother her later, Mitsukuni." he said.

I stood up and felt the cold breeze. It's the mountains, after all. I ran, and skipped, and jumped... and tripped. But someone caught me. "KAORUUUU. Get out of here. I'm having fun." I said as I got away from him. "Eh? But Hikaru went to eat breakfast with the rest of them. I'm not hungry, at all." he reasoned out. I pouted. "Geez, okay. You can come with me."

We were walking and throwing grass at each other until we reached a mango tree. We decided to lay down under it for a while. "This feels so great! I wish life was always like this!" I squealed. "I never knew that you know how to squeal like a girl until now." he laughed. "Hey, I'm a girl, too." I picked up some grass and threw it. "But that sounded like a pig's squeal, Fifi."

"EXCUSE ME?" I said, sitting up. "You suck!" I stuck my tongue out in dismay, which caused him to laugh uncontrollably. Then I picked up a stone. He seemed to sit up fast. "...You're not going to throw that at me, are you?" he asked, a little nervous. I smirked at the coward sitting in front of me. "Silly."

Then I stood up, then started carving my name on the tree. "A...L...I..." I mumbled. Kaoru was watching intently. "You're already 15 years old, and you still have the guts to write your name on a tree." he commented. "Shut up." I silenced him. He stood up to get a closer look to whatever I'm writing. "...Those are our names, right?" he asked. "Of course they are. What do you think I'm writing, random stuff?"

He chuckled, which was kinda cute, though. "Why... why us?" he asked. I smiled at him, which kinda made his face go red for no apparent reason. "A mango tree can last a hundred, or maybe even a thousand years. I wrote our names here because..." I sighed.

"We'd be together forever, right, Kaoru?" I laughed. His eyes widened and he looked kinda surprised. I mean, of course he's be surprised. Alice, the most brutal and numb girl in this world, is saying mushy stuff?

He covered his face, and I have no idea why. "Huh? Really? I mean, of course." he said, unable to look at me. "You're the bestest guy friend I've ever had." I didn't know what else to say to break off the awkwardness. "Though you are huge jerk." I added. I wanted to keep his impression of me as a cold, brutal girl who does nothing but curse him.

But even though I've only met him last week... I don't know, he's important to me now. I sat down on the grass, staring at him. He was now staring at the ground, his back turned to me. "...Why does Hikaru still like Haruhi, even if she has friendzoned him?" I decided to change the topic. This time, he looked at me with curious eyes. "Friendzone?"

I rolled my eyes. "Friendzone." I repeated. "And what does that mean?" he asked. Geez, does this guy ever open the internet? Words like that are in my vocabulary. And mostly came from the internet. "It means, 'to treat someone who loves you, as a friend and only a friend'." I explained. This time, he was staring at me. "Hey... is something wrong?" I have no idea on whatever's happening to this idiot. He grinned at me. "Nah. Nothing." then he sat down beside me.

We were staring at the sky for a while now. "...You're pretty corny, Fifi. Writing our names on a mango tree." he laughed. I hit his head. "Idiot. I want our friendship to last a thousand years, just like this mango tree." I retorted. "Well, so we'd be friends for a thousand years?" he asked. I nodded, completely out of this world, staring at the sky. "And if you fall for me?" he asked.

It took my brain a long while to process what he just said. "...EH?" I looked at him with wide eyes, which cause him to laugh once again. "So what if in the midst of that thousand years, there's a possibility that you'd fall for me, hmm?" he asked. Well... there is a possibilty... BUT HELL NO. THAT'S WRONG.

"Then I'd fall for you." WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST SAY?

His expression suddenly changed from a smirk to a shocked face. "I mean, I'd rather fall for you than wait another thousand years for a Prince that will never come. Who knows, if our friendship lasts a thousand years like this mango tree, maybe you're my Prince, after all." I explained. I have no idea what I just said. My heart talked before my brain did... WHAT THE HECK AM I SAYING?

"...What? Are you a kid, still believing in fairytales?" WHY. THAT... THAT INSENSITIVE JERK. "...You don't get it, do you?" I sighed. "Never mind. Don't try to understand what I just said. I'm hungry and that's the reason why I've been saying weird stuff lately." I buried my face on my knees. "Tss. If you get fat, don't come crying to me."

WHAT DID HE JUST TELL ME?

"I HATE YOU! YOU SUCK, GO DIE! YOU SUCK SO BAD!" I yelled, flailing my arms at him. He was laughing like a crazy person, how dare he! I mean, what is he saying? This idiot's so insensitive, dang it!

...He suddenly hugged me tight. "Well, you suck badly, too." Was all he said...

Why... why is Kaoru like this?

"Karylle... you saw it, too?" Hikaru whispered to me. "Hikaru, if you're going to whisper, don't be loud." Mori warned. "Saw what, Hikaru-chan?" Hani said in the midst of chewing cake. "I SAW IT!" Tamaki freaked out. "Our Alice is growing up! What shall we do, Mommy?" he was pulling Kyouya's clothes. "...I am so confused." Haruhi sighed.

"Allow me to explain." Kyouya cleared his throat. "The three of us, me, Hikaru, and Tamaki, heard Alice yelling. And it happened that we were outside. The funny part is, in the midst of her yelling, Kaoru hugged her." he explained. Well, that's not kinda sur- WHAT? KAORU DID WHAT?

"REALLY? AW, THAT MUST BE CUTE! Was it sweet? Do you think Kaoru-chan did it on purpose?" Hani blushed. "That's odd. That's not how Kaoru entertains girls back at the host club room." Haruhi smiled. "NOOOO! This is absurd! This cannot be, they're brother and sister!" Tamaki was running around in circles. "No need to freak out, Boss." Hikaru said. We all turned our attention to him. "He's your twin brother. You don't seem to be all concerned. What if Kaoru fell for Alice?" Kyouya asked.

Hikaru did nothing but laugh. "You can't stop feelings from growing. If he does fall in love, then I can do nothing about it." he grinned, which left us stunned. Then he turned to leave the room. "...Here I thought he'd be over-protective." Mori commented. "Nee, do you think Hikaru-kun's jealous?" Hani asked. "We could only watch over them." Kyouya ended it all. I decided to chase after him.

"Hikaru!" I called out. He turned around. "Hey, Karylle. What's up?" I pointed at him. "Are you jealous? Of Kaoru and Alice?" He looked quite surprised. "You know, your bluntness actually surprises me a lot, Karylle. But yes, I am jealous. Back then, it was only me and my little brother. But now that we've grown up, I guess we can't stop feelings, after all." he laughed. I was worried. Yes, I was actually worried about this... this... this jerk. "Why? Have you ever fallen in love?"

He was silent for a moment. "Actually, I fell in love first before Kaoru did." My mouth hung open in shock. This guy? In love? I can never imagine it... NO WAY, HOW'D HE FALL IN LOVE?

"That's why I wouldn't mind him falling for Alice. Because when I fell for this certain girl, he was the one who supported me. And at least I now know the feeling." He messed up my hair. "NOT MY HAIR, YOU IDIOT. And how can we be so sure that Kaoru likes Alice?" I asked. Hikaru shrugged his shoulders. "I've never seen him actually fall in love. Let's just wait."

Wait? Right.

And if Kaoru falls for Alice, this is going to be bad...

"I'm off to the balcony, Karylle. Later."

Shoot. I... I wanted to grab Hikaru's arm and ask him for help, but...

I was too weak to hold on. I... maybe... maybe Alice was right.

Do I love Hikaru?

NO. SHIT. NEVER. NOT WITH THAT DEVIL.

How come it's been only two weeks and everyone's experiencing stuff like this? WHY?

"Say 'Ah'!" I fed Hani with the cake. He munched happily. "YAY! Alice, what kind of cake do you like?" he asked me. "Hmm. Strawberry Cake." I chuckled. "Wow! So both you and Haru-chan like the same kind of cake!" he smiled at me. "...One day, we'll stop and buy Strawberry Cake for you, Alice." Mori smiled, too.

Then I heard the door open. The three of us looked at the direction. "...Alice... I have to tell you something." Karylle said. She looked quite sad. I immediately stood up, giving the plate to Mori. "Feed Hani for me, will you? I'm coming back in a minute." I said.

I pulled Karylle in the bedroom. "Hey, what's up? What's with that face?" I quickly asked, making sure my voice was quiet. She buried her face on a pillow. "...You said you'd give me one week to think." She started. I was kinda confused about what she's talking about. Then I covered my mouth in shock. "So... you..." my voice shook due to nervousness. "...I think I like Hikaru..." she mumbled. OH MY HOLY MOTHER OF HELL, WHO KNEW PREMONITIONS ARE RIGHT? OH MY MOTHER OF ALL GOSHNESS. "SERIOUSLY!" I said loudly. Karylle hit me with the pillow. "You're too loud."

I almost flipped the bed. "...Okay, I know it's weird! But I don't know! Ever since I met the host club members, my world started spinning around. I have no idea now, especially since I got to be really close with the twins. Why must I suffer such fate?" she said, banging the pillow on her head.

I laughed at her. "It's perfectly normal! Don't blame yourself. You can't stop feelings." I said, patting her back for comfort. "We came here by accident, Alice. It was all just an accident, we can't fall for them." she said. Oh, shit. I forgot it was my fault why we're here in the first place. "Oh, God, why must I suffer..." I said, my head started to spin around everything that's happened so far.

I just noticed. I was with Kaoru the whole time ever since I got here. "...I never knew Kaoru was with me all this time. I thought time was just too short..." I mumbled. Karylle looked at me, stunned. "Don't tell me you like him?" EXCUSE ME?

"No. No way, are you kidding me? We've only met last week!" I defended. Karylle raised an eyebrow. "But I thought you said feelings aren't measured by how long you've known a person?" she said. Ouch, I forgot about what I said to her last week... WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? No, God, no. Please, I beg off you... not now, please...

...What the heck am I complaining about?

Karylle was now staring at me, dumbfounded. "You okay? Your facial expressions... almost seem like you want to tear yourself apart." she asked. "I AM PERFECTLY FINE!" I punched the wall... Ouch...

"I thought time was really, really slow! I never knew in a small amount of time, a lot has already happened..." I complained. Karylle was now laughing uncontrollably.

"It's funny. I was the one originally complaining. And then you started freaking out all of the sudden. I don't even know which one of us has the real problem here." She's right. We're both freaking out over stuff. "We should just enjoy this vacation!" I said as I went out the room and slammed the door behind me.

It's only been justa week, Alice. What the hell are you saying? You don't want to be friendzoned again like before, right? Do not ever fall for anyone here in the Host Club. Brain forbids you to. But Heart wants the opposite... GAAAAH. WHAT AM I THINKING? JUST SHUT UP, HEART! But if Heart shuts up, I won't be able to live... Okay, I am fucking retarded...

Why am I even talking to myself. Stupid Alice.

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Maybe love really isn't measured by how long you've known a person...

Maybe I was right, after all...