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Step inside the mind of Kaoru.

'You stole my customer!' The boss yelled at us hysterically after all the girls had gone. We shrugged.

'We didn't steal her boss; she decided to come to us on her own.' We told him, our voices synced to perfect unison. Even I didn't know how we did it. It just seemed to happen. At first it was kind of freaky but it didn't take long before we stared to use it to our advantage. The boss growled at us angrily.

'Lies! I saw you! I saw you at the pool! You were hanging out with her then too!' the blonde boy continued yelling at us, increasing in fury as he went on. 'You must have brainwashed her! You did, didn't you? You brainwashed her! Why else would she go to you?' he concluded, his voice turning to despair.

'No boss, we didn't brainwash her.' I told him in exasperation.

'Yeah, who do you think we are?' Hikaru asked him. Tamaki gave us a look that told us we didn't want to know. Sighing, I walked away. Hikaru followed me and we sat down on one of the sofas, ignoring the still screaming blonde.

I was quite pleased that Yuki had requested us. It meant I could spend more time with her and I liked it. I felt we were becoming good friends, or at least as good as you can get with the trust issues we have. I wondered whether she felt the same way. She obviously liked me or she wouldn't have started coming to the host club, but how much? Did she like me as much as I liked her?

I shook my head to clear it. Where had that thought come from? How much did I like her? For gods sake! I thought angrily. It was stupid to be thinking like that. She was just a friend that I was trying to regain trust between, right? I pulled my fingers through my hair tiredly and sighed.

'Kao-chan?' a voice asked from behind me. I turned to look at him with Hikaru following my gaze.

'Hello Hunni-sempi.' I greeted the older boy with a nod. He looked worried. Oh dear. I guess I was being more obvious than I thought. First Haruhi and now Hunni-sempi? I bet Mori-sempi knew something was up as well. He always knew what Hunni did. At the moment though the taller boy was sitting with Haruhi and Kyoya, watching the boss as the blonde concocted another stupid plot to get Nattilia back. Every now and again though he would glance over to where I, Hikaru and Hunni were.

'You ok? Do you want some cake?' Hunni asked me with narrowed eyes. He clutched Usa-chan to his chest tightly, a sign he was worried. I smiled at him.

'No, I'm ok Hunni-sempi.' I told him. Hikaru watched us quietly, not interrupting like he usually would. Hunni smiled slightly before nodding and running back to where Mori was sitting and bounding into his lap. After watching him go I exchanged a look with Hikaru. His face was serious. I sighed again.

'Are you sure your ok?' Hikaru asked me cautiously. 'You have been sighing allot lately…'

'The first sign of love!' a female voice resounded throughout the room and a rumbling could be felt underneath. I groaned. I could be doing without renege right now. Slowly, the rig began to spin and the laughing silhouette of renege could be seen on top. When it stopped, a spotlight lit her up. I rubbed my temples as she looked at me. Oh crap.

'Everyone knows that sighing allot is the first sign of love!' she cried happily. 'So, who's the lucky girl hu Kaoru?' she asked me with wide eyes. I gulped. Everyone's eyes were on me. I could feel them burning into my skin. I gathered my courage and went on the defensive.

'What's it to you otaku?' I asked her harshly. She frowned, drawing back with her arms folded across her chest. She scrutinised me with her eyes, looking me up and down and making me feel very self-conscious.

'Well you're not going to win anyone's heart with an attitude like that.' She told me bluntly. I scowled at her and got up from the sofa.

'Who says I'm trying to win someone's heart?' I asked her. She grinned mischievously.

'I'm in your class remember. I've seen who you like. A certain girl near the back who you can't keep your eyes off of…' she explained in a sing song voice. I could feel myself blushing and could see Hikaru's eyes widening next to me.

'That's not true! I don't like Yuki!' I gasped. I couldn't believe her! She was trying to make the whole club think I loved Yuki! Renege's eyes looked at me in a way that said oh yeah, of course. I frowned and she smirked. I growled at her angrily before grabbing my bag off the table and storming out the room with Hikaru following hurriedly after me. But when I opened the door I stopped in shock. Yuki was standing outside the door, her eyes widened in shock and hurt. Crap.

'Yuki!' I exclaimed, forgetting my anger at the look on the girls face.

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Oh…. Ok. Kaoru got angry! I didn't know I was going to make that happen… I think it fits though… and then the last little bit! I actually added that on after writing. I had previously written it so that Kaoru just stormed out but after thinking about it this seemed to make more sense to me…

I hope you liked it and didn't mind the cliff hanger too much.

And I would like to say a special thanks to GodsLilBookWorm, AnimeAiedail and Scheree. thank you for reading my story and reviewing it from the start!

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