Akito's pov
Me and Haruhi walked into the cafeteria and chose a table in the back to avoid a swarm of girls that I have come to expect since this school is so strange.
"Where's your lunch box Aki?" Haruhi asked as we sat down. I smiled at her and lifted the black card that chairman Souh gave me.
"I don't need one anymore! Look it, I have free school lunches Haru-chan! Isn't that great?" I smiled happily making her chuckle although she looked confused at me all the same.
"That is great, but how did you get that?" I smiled and moved closer to whisper to her.
"It's a secret…" she rolled her eyes but smiled at me.
"Right, just like you somehow got a specialized parking spot just for you?" I smirk and give a shrug. "I'll tell ya about it later, but for now...food!" I cheer and run off to the lunch line.
Once I get there, the girls in line start to step aside telling me to move forward in the line. I wasn't going to question it when it brought me closer to food so I smiled and did as told moving forward.
Then came the guys in line and to my surprise they either knuckle bumped me and moved me further in front of the line or they would give me a high five and step aside wordlessly moving me further. In less than 5 minutes I was at the very front and got my food happily.
When I turned to sit back down I froze. All eyes in the cafeteria were on me. Instantly getting nervous, I shuffled my feet and looked down to the floor trying to avoid their eyes. Suddenly a squealing filled the room and as I glanced up cautiously, I quickly reacted.
I tossed my tray into the air and spun Tamaki around as he attempted to hug me. I then slid forward and grabbed the tray as it fell making sure nothing was out of place.
"Hey, you almost spilt my food!" I shouted. He paused before his whole demeanor changed to this sad sort of depressed mood.
"You were just being so adorable with your peaceful smile…" I sighed and carefully moved closer to him.
"It's alright, just don't touch my food okay?" he slowly looked up before squealing again and nodding happily. I rolled my eyes and moved to sit down with Haruhi now that my nerves had calmed.
The host club sat down with me and all eyes were still on us but not directly me I don't think. I sat my tray and smiled down at my food deciding to ignore everyone. I picked up my spoon and chose the potatoes first. The meal was potato, gravy, chicken, and pudding.
I brought the spoon up to my lips after dipping it in a bit of the gravy and took a bit. My eyes widened and I nearly melted to the ground as the creamy potatoes and savory gravy filled my taste buds.
"Geez, and I thought Haruhi was cute when she tried the school food." I think I heard Kaoru say.
"Yeah, no kidding...that dude is seriously too attractive for a commoner. You think we should show him to mom?" I tried ignoring their conversation but Kaoru's response was impossible.
"Totally, he'd make a great model." I turned to look at the twins with a confused glance.
"Yeah...probably not…" they gave me weird looks.
"Why not? You got something against models?" Hikaru tried. I shook my head, putting the spoon down in the mash.
"Nah, I got nothing against models...i just don't want my face everywhere on some magazine. Not where I see myself going." they nodded and began eating their food that I didn't even notice them having.
"And where is it that you do see yourself going?" Kyoya asked from beside me at the table. I shrugged.
"No clue really, im sure i'll find something I like. Worst comes to worst I can work at a gym or something." he gave me a strange look before going back to writing in his weird black book. I decided to snoop a bit and used my phone as a mirror to read some of his book.
'Akito: untraceable; no researchable past; Haruhi's cousin; bad past; ptsd; scar on left shoulder; scar on right ankle; I keep spotting faded scars on her, what the hell happened to this woman; annoyingly cute; smart; strong; flexible; quiet; smells like citrus…'
I stopped reading...okay I might have dropped my phone out of shock. I could feel a bright blush on my cheeks as I kept my head down letting my hair cover my face as I thought over what I just read. I subconsciously brought my arm up to sniff. Sure enough there was a subtle scent of something citrusy.
"Aki, you okay?" Haruhi asked but I was to far in my thoughts. Had Kyoya really been watching me that closely this whole time? How the hell did he know what I smelt like?!
"Akito?" I glanced up at Haruhi.
"Um...i'm gonna go outside for a bit...bye!" with that, I grabbed the juice from the meal and my bag and booked it out of the cafeteria, down the hall and to the rose maze outside.
"What the hell is going on anymore…" I took a seat by the fountain and opened my juice to drink. My phone buzzed and I looked to see Haruhi texted me.
'You okay?' I smiled at her concern not noticing the person in the window watching me.
'Yeah...whatever you do Haruhi...never and I mean never read Kyoya's freAking notebook.' I put my phone away and took a sip of my drink. It was peaceful outside and the scent of fresh air definitely helped clear my mind. At least he didn't have anything bad in there...he even said I was cute. Well...annoyingly cute...but hey, still cute. I smiled to myself deciding to leave it be. If Kyoya wants to keep random notes on everyone then that's fine by me.
No harm really. I let out a content sigh and looked to the sky. It was beautiful out. I relaxed myself until the bell rang and I headed back to class. I sat in my seat and smiled as the twins and Haruhi walked in.
"hey, glad to see you're alright." I smiled and shook my head.
"Yeah, what happened back there? Haruhi said you were alright and just laughed instead of telling us." I chuckled and looked at Kaoru who had spoken.
"Just...don't read Kyoya's book...he's got some weird stuff in there." the final bell rang and that ended the discussion. Class when by quickly and before I knew it, the twins had dragged me to the club room.
"Oh good, you made it." Tamaki smiled. I rolled my eyes at this.
"Not like I had a choice between these two." Tamaki ignored me and began dragging me to a table and chair set up. There was a simple black lace tablecloth and the chairs were like booths at a diner. The cushions on them pink just like everything else in this weird school.
"This will be your area, just sit here when it starts and Kyoya will send the girls over...oh or guys, whoever requests you. If you want snacks or drinks, the table is set up just over there. Don't forget to be a gentleman blah, blah, blah…" I zoned out and looked around properly.
The room was set up with different areas. Each area with a different colored table cloth and vase of roses. There was a purple area, red, blue, pink, green, and orange. I frowned noticing the difference immediately.
"Hey hold on…" Tamaki was apparently still talking.
"Oh did I strike a chord?" I paused unsure what he meant by that.
"What? No...why does everyone have colors and roses when I just have a black cloth?" Tamaki paused and shrouded back into that strange state he was in when I stopped him from spilling my food. I looked around confused before the twins spoke up.
"Wow, that was even quicker than Haru-chan! They are definitely cousins!" I gave them a weird look before glancing back to Tamaki.
"Look, i'll admit...totally wasn't paying attention to whatever you were saying but I guess im sorry. I just am going to do things my way not yours." I smiled at him and he quickly bounced out of his stupor.
"Aww you're so cute!" I quickly dodged his hug and hid behind the closest person. The tall silent guy.
"Hey, don't know your name but please don't let him attack." the guy just smiled at me and patted my head making me grin at the gesture.
"He's Mori and i'm Honey! It's nice to officially meet you Aki-chan!" the blonde kid cheered. I smiled and bowed slightly.
"Nice to meet you as well Honey. Might I ask what his name is?" I ask pointing to the pink rabbit he held.
He looked and acted like a kid but there was a strange maturity about him. I guess he is one of those who look way younger than they really are...ha! No fooling me kid! I bet you're older than me! But I have to admit, he is adorable. Honey beamed up at me and held out the bunny.
"This is Usa-chan!" I smiled and shook the bunny's hand.
"A pleasure Usa-chan." Honey continued beaming at me with Mori smiling at me watching us. My guess is their either childhood besties or related in some way. Who knows, Honey is probably the same age as Mori.
"Alright, now that you have officially met everyone, it's time to start club. Everyone in position. Akito...you can be next to Haruhi." Kyoya pointed to a place and I moved to stand there as the doors opened.
"Welcome." everyone chorused. There were probably every girl in school here. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Here's to the beginning of hell.