The cherry blossoms were almost done blooming, and it was about a month after Haruhi gave up her first kiss thanks to Tamaki. My sisters and I were still laughing about it, and they teased Haruhi relentlessly about it. Currently, the Host club was outside, half of us were dressed as waiters, the other half in traditional Japanese wear. I was with Haruhi, Takashi and Mitsukuni, dressed in a simple brown kimono, I was bringing out traditional sweets for everyone. Mitsukuni was making some traditional tea, but he was stirring it too fast. The girls were watching transfixed, as well as Haruhi when I came back with the sweets. I sat opposite of the girls with a tilted head. Mitsukuni was concentrating hard on making the tea when suddenly Takashi leaned over to the smaller boy, telling him that he spilled too much. I took this chance to pass around the buns as the girls told Mitsukuni that he made the right amount of tea for them, causing him to smile at the brightly.
Looking over at Haruhi, I noticed that she was starring at the falling cherry blossoms and I smiled at her. "Neh, Haruhi, if you'd like to take a break, you can." I told the girl, who looked at me in relief. "Arigato Makoto-sempai." She said and stood up and started walking around, going to the other side, where the twins, Tamaki and Kyoya were hosting. I watched Takashi and Mitsukuni as they interacted with the girls, noticing that we were running low on food again. It seemed that Takashi noticed this as well as we both stood up to get some more. We blinked at each other and gave one another a nod as we went over to where the food was being held. What we were looking for was on one of the top shelves, so it was lucky that Takashi came along with me. He took down the food from the shelves as I held them. He then took one box, leaving one on the counter as both of us carried one tray.
When we came back out, all I could notice was that Tamaki was sitting on the ground looking defeated while the twins were grinning wildly around Haruhi. Tilting my head a bit, I placed the snacks down, and excused myself, walking over to the group. "Is something wrong Tamaki?" I asked, looking over at Haruhi, who just sighed in returned. Kyoya pushed his glasses up a bit with a small sigh, directing me to a pie chart that he had brought out.
"Tamaki isn't pleased that he spends less time with Haruhi than you or the twins." He said, pointing to the percentage on the board. I tilted my head a bit and chuckled at how silly that was. "It shouldn't matter how much time you spend with someone, rather it should be what you do in that time frame." I said folding my arms into the sleeves of my Kimono. This seemed to get Tamaki's attention as he bolted up and grabbed me by my shoulders shaking me a bit.
"Oba-san! You're absolutely right!" he declared, then forcing me to his shoulder he pointed at Kyoya. "Okaa-san! What about Oba-san! What's that one like?" he asked, almost pleadingly. Sighing, Kyoya shook his head and flipped the page, showing my stats. This caused my eye to twitch a bit.
"As you can see Otou-san, Oba-san only sees you the same amount as Haruhi does. She spends more time with Hunny-sempai and Mori-sempai, since they are in class together as well add the fact that she is also in the kendo club with them..." Kyoya said, this caused Tamaki to slump down to the ground with a whine. I sighed along with Kyoya as we looked at each other and shook out heads a bit. "Cheer up Tama-kun, it's not like Haru-chan will fall for one of the twins." I said knowingly. I then patted his shoulder and walked back to Mitsukuni and Takashi.
I was greeted by Mitsukuni giving me a tight hug when I came over. "Makoto! Was something wrong with Tama-chan?" the small boy asked curiously. I chuckled and shook my head, smiling softly at him. "No Mitsukuni, Tama-kun is just upset because he doesn't spend a lot of time with Haruhi." I told him as I sat down next to Takashi. The girls around us were all blushing faintly at the display of friendliness we had for one another. I saw a look in Takashi's eyes that I hadn't seen before I tilted my head a bit towards him, but he just shook his head at me, telling me not to worry about it.
Soon the Club activities were over and everyone was done cleaning up, and we were changed back into our uniforms. We were lounging in the club room, I was laying down on one of the couches with my feet hanging off of the arm of the couch, and next to me were Takashi and Mitsukuni. Across from us was the twins and Haruhi with Kyoya and Tamaki each sitting on a chair. Kyoya was typing on his laptop, the glare from the computer screen, reflecting off of his glasses.
"You know Ryuu-sempai, Haruhi, the whole school will know that you're females with the upcoming physical exam." The twins stated nocturnally. I groaned at that, having forgotten about the examinations, which Haruhi tilted her head a bit confused. Everyone let the words of the twins sink in, and they froze a bit.
"Well I have a doctor's appointment on that day anyways, so I won't be here." I said. This happened last year as well, my sisters had their appointments after me, so I knew we wouldn't be at school. I suddenly looked at Kyoya, who looked pleased with himself. "Ah, that doctors appointment? I'm afraid that your doctor is coming here Ryuu-sempai. After all, I've heard remarkable things about him. I believe that my father might be hiring him to one of our hospitals." He said.
I frowned at his, my eyes narrowing at him. 'Damn bastard...' I thought, flopping back down onto the couch with my arms crossing over my chest. Mitsukuni looked down at me, seeing my frown, and smiled brightly. "But Makoto, that means can all be together!" he said, and flowers started sprouting around him. I chuckled softly and patted his head lightly. "Ah, that's true Mitsukuni." I told him, and noticed that Takashi was looking over us. I smiled at him a bit and nodded, causing him to nod back.
Apparently this little exchange didn't go unnoticed by the twins, Mitsukuni and Kyoya. Cause the next thing I knew, I was squashed between the twins, with one on either side of me as they hugged me tightly. "Awe isn't Ryuu-sempai cute when she smiles Mori-sempai?" they asked. The sudden question forced me not blush as I tried to push them off of me. "If you two ever want children, I would suggest you back away quickly and not look back." I whispered, threatening them.
Gulping, the twins were soon back next to Haruhi, cowering at her side. This got Tamaki going on a jealous rampage, yelling at the twins to get their hands off of his precious daughter before they corrupted her. This made me sigh in peace as I went back to my comfortable position on the couch and closed my eyes. 'Thank goodness for easy distractions.' I thought with a mental sigh.
Soon everyone started heading home. Haruhi was going to the library for some extra studying, so I was going to be walking home alone that day. Stuffing my hands into my pockets, I started walking down the street towards the apartment buildings when a limo stopped next to me. This caused me to stop walking and raise an eyebrow curious as to who it was. The door opened and Mitsukuni's face appeared, smiling brightly at me.
"Makoto!" Mitsukuni cheered as he shot himself towards me. It was a good thing I was paying attention, cause if I didn't, he would have landed on the ground instead of my arms. "M-Mitsukuni? What are you doing over in this end?" I asked confused as my classmate smiled up at me brightly. Once I put him back on the ground, I looked over at the limo seeing Takashi standing there, his arms crossed over his chest with an amused look on his face.
I rolled my eyes at him as Mitsukuni grabbed my hand, pulling me over to him. "Takashi and I were thinking of going to a cake shop!" Mitsukuni said excitedly with a small skip in his steps. I laughed at that and nodded. "That's good, I hope you guys find some nice ones." I told them with a smile as Mitsukuni. I was going to turn away, when I saw the look on my smaller friends face. I tilted my head a bit as Mitsukuni pouted at me.
"Makoto, we wanted you to come with us too!" He whined, grabbing my hand with both of his. I mentally sighed at him as I looked down towards him, my eyes softening lightly. "I would love you Mitsukuni, but I'm afraid that I can't." I told him. "I need to study for the upcoming test in history." I told him gently. He pouted some more, then had a look in his eyes that told me he was thinking about something. "Then Takashi can help you study!" he said with a grin on his face. I raised an eyebrow at my friend, wondering what he was thinking.
"It's alright Mitsukuni. I wouldn't want to inconvenience anyone." I told him, ruffling his hair lightly. I didn't look at Takashi, who I knew was staring at me, his eyes slightly narrowed, if I was right. "But I should be getting home now, there's some things I need to do still." I told them and looked over at Takashi, our eyes meeting. "Really, I'll be fine, you two go have fun looking and trying out cakes." I told them, casting my eyes down to Mitsukuni, who pouted more at me. I took this time to take a step back, I then turned a little, giving them a small wave before walking down the street once again.
I felt bad about turning Mitsukuni and Takashi down, but I really did have to go home, my father was coming up for a visit, and he hated it when the place was a mess. Turning down the street, I came up to our apartment building and walked inside. There, I saw my siblings cleaning and smiled a bit. "What's left to do?" I asked them, putting my bag and blazer away. Hippy turned to me, pointing to the bathroom. "That, your room and the guest room." She said as she turned back to the kitchen where she was cleaning.
Nodding I walked over to my room and changed into a pair of sweats and a tank top. I grabbed the cleaning supplies from one of the closets and went into the bathroom. I could hear Pinky in their room cleaning it while she hummed loudly to herself. Hippy was also humming to herself, both of them were humming different tunes, that I couldn't help but chuckle at them. Grabbing my music player, I plugged my ear buds in and pressed play, drowning my sisters out. I started with the toilet, working my way to the shower and sink.
I didn't notice how much time passed, but I was soon in my room, picking up my dropped clothes and little nick nacks around my room, making the floor spotless. Soon I heard a knock on my door, making me jump a bit in surprise, catching the bemused look on Takara's face. "Supper's ready sis, geez you're easy startle." She teased, tucking her pink hair behind her ear. Popping an ear bud out of my ear, I stuck my tongue out at her as I stood up from my kneeling position. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm coming, when's otou-san coming?" I asked as the two of us walked out of my room and into the kitchen where Yuzuki was seated already. "Geez Taka-nee, Mako-nee, you're both so slow." She teased us as the two of us sat down for supper.
"Otou-san will be here in about an hour." Yuzuki said as we started eating. "Then if you both have the rest of the house cleaned, do the guest room, I have homework to do before he comes." I told them as I started eating. Once finished, I washed my bowl and plate before putting them away and going back to my room, taking out my homework. I had math, English and Japanese history to do. I started with math to get it out of the way. I could hear my sisters complaining about having the clean the other room and chuckled to myself. 'At least they'll get some cleaning done, it's not like they do any of it usually anyway.' I thought to myself with a slight smirk.
I must have zoned out for there was an excited knock on the door, followed by whines of being let in. Shaking my head, I stood up from my desk and walked out into the living room, my sisters were scrambling to put away the cleaning supplies. "Taka-chan, Yuzu-chan, Mako-chwan open up for papa!" a voice whined on the other side of the door. Rolling my eyes I walked over to the door and opened it up, only to be glomped and spun around by a middle aged man, he held me tightly to him, rubbing our cheeks together.
"I knew you loved me Mako-chwan!" he said dramatically. He was dressed as a male this time around, usually Daichi-otou-san dressed as woman. With long brown hair, pink lipstick and, usually wearing a black dress and heels, our father was one for dramatics. "Hai, hai Daichi-otou-san." I said dryly. "Can you put me down now please?" I asked bluntly, causing my father to whine a bit, holding me tightly to him. "But Mako-chwan!" he whined into my ear, making me wince a bit. "Oh be quiet!" I told him with a sigh.
"Otou-san! What have I told you about keeping Makoto-nee hostage!" Yuzuki scolded as she came over to us. I let out a sigh as Daichi-otou-san whimpered in fright and put me down. "I'm sorry Yuzuki-chan!" he said, pouting. "Honestly, Otou-san! This happen every time you visit us!" Takara stated with a dramatic sigh. I rubbed my neck a bit as Daichi-otou-san hugged Yuzuki and Takara as tightly as he hugged me. "Okay, okay Daichi-otou-san. You missed us, we get it." I said with a sigh. I grabbed his bags and took them to the guest room where he would be staying before he went back.
Walking back to the living room, I smiled seeing Daichi-otou-san, Yuzu-chan and Taka-chan sitting on the couch talking about who knows what. I went into the kitchen and started up some tea, grabbing some sweets that had been made a day before. I walked back into the living room with the tea and sweets, setting them down on the table in front of them.
"Yuzu-chan and Taka-chan were just telling me how you're in this... club full of guys and Haru-chan?" My otou-san said uncertainly. "Hai, it's called the Host Club, and despite what it seems, it's not that bad." I said, before he could go all protective over me. "Yea besides she has a nice strong male to look out for her." Takara teased, making me flush a bit. "Not true Taka-chan! Takashi is my friend!" I countered with a slight pout.
Daichi-otou-san raised an eyebrow as he grinned at me, Yuzuki and Takara giggling beside him. "Oh? Takashi?" he asked, making my sisters laugh. "What's his last name?" "Morinozuka. His name is Morinozuka, Takashi." I mumbled, crossing my arms over my chest with a pout. "Oh ho ho ho! Morinozuka-kun eh!" he cooed. "It's been years since I've seen them. So my lil Makoto-chwan is hanging around lil Takashi-kun eh? Just like how you were younger! You were always at his side when you were looking after Satoshi-kun." He said, making me groan.
"Enough about that Tou-san." I mumbled, sipping my tea. "What brings you to visit us huh?" I asked, leaning against my hands a bit. Daichi-otou-san let out a sigh, pouting at us slightly. "Can't I visit my three beautiful girls without a reason?" he whined, making the three of us roll out eyes at him. "Of course Otou-san, but you're staying for a week, that's not like you." Yuzuki pointed out. Pouting some more, he sighed. "Fine, fine, I'm taking a break away from work. I wanted to catch up with Ranka-kun and go see the Morinozuka's again." He said with a pout.
Takara and Yuzuki laughed softly at our father as they hugged him. "Well at least it's not something weird like last time Otou-san." Yuzuki said. "How's your boyfriend by the way?" I asked curiously, knowing that our father was in a relationship with another guy. Clearing his throat a bit, Otou-san looked out the window a bit. "We're... having a break from one another... we had a fight two days ago..." he said quietly.
I frowned at that and stood up, going over to my father. I knew how much his boyfriend meant to him and gave him a hug. "I'm sure Renji-kun will come back asking for you soon." I told him softly. I felt my father hug my back tightly, and tears drip down from his face. "I miss him...Makoto-chwan." He whispered. Yuzuki and Takara, both hugged Otou-san tightly as well. "We know otou-san, we know. Renji-kun will take you back, just you wait." They whispered.
That night the four of us spent out time our time together on the couch, eventually falling asleep. When we woke up the next morning, Daichi-otou-san was already up, showered, dressed like a woman, and was making breakfast. I looked over at my sisters and chuckled at them lightly. "Hey, come on two, get up, tou-san's making breakfast." I said, nudging them with my foot. They grumbled at me as I got off the couch and walked to my room, grabbing my clothes and walked into the bathroom, showered, dressed and walked back out. Getting tired of their laziness, I tossed them off the couch, quickly making my way over to the table, where otou-san was laughing.
Walking over to him, I kissed his cheek in greeting and started the kettle for tea. "How are you feeling Daichi-otou-san?" I asked curiously as I started setting the table for everyone. "It was good Makoto-chan. I miss sleeping with you three in the house." He said with a heavy sigh. "Are you sure you won't come with me?" he asked, pouting at me. I shook my head with a smile. "No tou-san, I'm quite happy here." I told him as my sisters showered and dressed. He pouted at me, and sighed once more. "Oh, alright Mako-chwan." He said defeated. "But just for that, I'm picking you and the girls after right after school to-" I cut him off with my hand. "I can't tou-san, I have club duties after school, I have Kendo club today." I told him with a smile.
He started tearing up and hugged me tighter than before. "Oh Mako-chwan! You're such a good girl, you make daddy so proud!" he squealed, rubbing his cheek against mine again. "Daichi-otou-san... let go, didn't you say that you had a planned date this morning with Ranka-kun?" I said, desperately wanting him to let me go so I could eat. At once I was dropped as otou-san gasped loudly. "Oh! How could I forget! Ranka-chan and I were going to go shopping today!" he said as he quickly finished making breakfast.
I chuckled as I started grabbing the already made food and placing it on the table. I loved Daichi-otou-san, I doubt I could have a better father in my life. The only problem was that he was a lot like Tamaki. 'But so is Ranka-kun too, I guess that's one reason why they get along so well.' I thought amused. Sighing mentally to myself, I watched as my sisters trudged over to the table sitting down as they greeted our father sluggishly. Chuckling, he brought over the last of the food, sitting down beside me.
We ate in silence, each lost in our own thoughts, when finished, I took my dishes into the kitchen and started washing them and put them away. Takara and Yuzuki were still eating and yawning as I went to my room, finishing up my homework quickly before packing it away in my bag. "Come on Pinky, Hippy, we have to go." I told them as I walked into the living room. Daichi-otou-san was cleaning the left over dishes as my sisters groaned as they scrambled to get their stuff ready. "Mako-nee! Wait for us!" they whined, causing our father to laugh.
"Now, now, Mako-chwan, no need to hurry so much." Daichi-otou-san said, making me roll my eyes. "Tou-san, you don't know the club I'm with." I muttered with a sigh, running a hand through my hair a bit. My sisters soon got their stuff together and met me at the door. "I'll have to meet them some time." He said with a grin, this made me flush a bit. "Not a chance tou-san." I stated as I put my shoes on. "Bye Otou-san!" my sisters chorused as we left the apartment building.
I let out a sigh, running a hand through my hair again. "Let's leave what happened at home at home." I told my sisters as they just nodded with grins on their faces as they ran over to Haruhi happily. They glomped her, making her stumble and grumble about having too much energy in the morning. I shook my head at my sisters and walked over to the three girls. "Come on now, don't torture Haruhi so early in the morning, that's the twin's job." I told them. This caused them to puff their cheeks out and pout.
"No fair! Why do those barbaric monsters get to bug Haruhi and we don't?" Takara whined, clinging onto Haruhi. Yuzuki pouted as well, but didn't cling like her sister. "Because they don't have an older sister to take care of them." I told them with a slight roll of my eyes. Pouting some more, they walked closely beside Haruhi, who hadn't said anything yet, and just sighed. I frowned at the younger girl, watching her as she walked with my sisters.
'She must be bummed about today.' I thought, sighing through my nose. I wasn't too thrilled either mind you. I wasn't sure what the club was actually going to plan to hide Haruhi and mine genders. 'It will probably involve someone dressing up as us...' I thought, slightly shaking my head a bit. "Makoto-sempai?" My head shot up as I looked towards Haruhi, blinking my eyes slowly, bringing them back into focus. "Hai Haruhi?" I asked wondering what she wanted. "Do you think the club will do something unnecessary?" she asked. I just smirked a little at that, which made her groan, already knowing the answer.
"Don't worry Haru-chan, I'm sure Kyoya-san will have something planned on the side while Tamaki-san and the twins plan something embarrassing." I told her, which seemed to calm her a little. She then mumbled something under her breath that I didn't catch. Soon we made it to school and went our separate ways. I was starring at the ceiling when I saw something out of the corner of my eye, turning slightly, I caught Mitsukuni as he jumped towards me.
"Ohayo Makoto!" he said with a big smile on his face. "I chuckled softly as I placed him on my shoulders, like Takashi usually does. "Ohayo Mitsukuni. How was cake hunting yesterday?" I asked as I started walking again. I looked around, wondering where Takashi was since he usually wasn't too far behind from Mitsukuni.
"It was great! We found lots of different cakes and sweets!" He gushed, making me chuckled. "I'm glad you had a good time Mitsukuni." I said gently. "But..." He started and paused a bit, and I could tell he was thinking on how to approach something. "But what Mitsukuni?" I asked as I looked up at him. "But Takashi seemed distracted while we were looking at cakes. Will you come with us today when we go buy some?" he asked me hopefully as we came to our classroom. I paused a bit and nodded my head slightly. "Okay Mitsukuni, I'll come with you and Takashi." I told him, making him smile brightly.
I placed Mitsukuni onto his feet when we entered the classroom. I looked around and still didn't see Takashi, making me frown a bit. "Where's Takashi?" I asked Mitsukuni, who smiled at me. "He's here, he just had to do something before class starts!" he said he said reassuringly, patting my arm a bit as we went to our seats.
As I sat down, I reached into my pocket, pulling out the dragon pendant that Takashi had handed to me weeks before. I had found a silver chain to put it on, but still didn't know what to actually do with it. Sighing to myself, I stuffed the charm back into my pocket, taking out my notebooks for the class. Deciding to concentrate on everything that was happening now instead of the past and future, I looked out of the window, hearing the sounds of our classmates coming into the room as the day finally began.
The day passed by slowly as class came and went, it was after school now, and I was walking by myself slowly up to the club room. Mitsukuni and Takashi had left before me as I put my stuff away. I paused by the window and sneezed a bit, taking out a tissue from my pocket and blew my nose. I could tell that I was starting to get a cold, but just put it behind me, I would deal with it when I got home.
Opening the door to the third music room, I had to blink a bit at the scene before me. Tamaki had Haruhi by her shoulders, a panic look in his eyes as he spoke about saving Haruhi's gender secret. "Ano... am I missing something here?" I asked tilting my head in confusion. Tamaki turned his sights on me then and rushed over, doing the same thing to me, and shook my shoulders. This action caused me to start getting a headache. "Tama-kun..." I said quietly, but he kept rambling on, not listening. "Tamaki stop." I said a bit more forcefully as I put a hand on my head and closed my eyes. He still didn't hear me, making me mentally groan. "Tamaki-" "Tamaki stop. You're making Makoto ill." Takashi interrupted me, causing Tamaki to stop shaking me and step back.
"Now that you mention it Mori-sempai, Ryuu-sempai is looking a bit pale." He said quietly, then realized what he did and went to glomp me, tears in his eye. "Oba-chan! I'm sorry! I didn't mean-" I held my hand up to stop him. "Tamaki, please, just stop alright? Look, I'm going to head home early. Gomen Mitsukuni, maybe another day we'll go out and get cakes." I said and bowed to them. I then turned around leaving through the door, heading home, planning on getting some more rest.
Once I got home, I dumped by school back in my room and changed into some comfortable clothes. I didn't notice that Daichi-otou-san was home until I almost bumped into him while he brought me some tea. "Maa, take it easy Makoto-chan, here, drink some tea." He said, gently placing the cup into my hands. I smiled gently at him and kissed his cheek. "Arigato otou-san." I said softly, sipping the tea. "You're welcome, now go back into your room and take a nap." He said, kissing my forehead and lightly pushed me back into my room, closing the door behind him. I smiled and walked over to my bed, sitting down on it, and sipped my tea before placing it on my side table, making myself comfortable laying down and pulled the blankets over myself, falling easily asleep.