My alarm clock, as it turned out, wasn't needed at all. Before it was even suppose to go off, I was woken up by screaming in the hallway, by Tamaki. "Get up, today's the day!" he squealed, banking on doors.

"Oh bother.." I muttered, plunging my face into the pillow.

The Mall of America was big, though for some odd reason, I had expected it to be bigger. I had never gone, and based on other people's stories about it- Sam's, mostly- I thought it was larger than it really was. It was still huge, but not as spread out as I thought it would have been.

"Let's go over there! The map says that there's a candy store!" Hani said gleefully, tugging at Mori's arm.

The tall man looked down at him. "Okay," he said. "But don't get too much. You still have sweets left over from our last mall trip."

Giving him the best puppy dog eyes, the two walked together to the candy store. It was called Candyland, and there was no question why. The store was huge, bigger than my old school's gymnasium.

I glanced back at the rest of 'the crew', as I called them. "Are you guys going to go to the candy store, too? We should probably stay together." There were so many people, even though it was the middle of a weekday in October. The crowd was almost wall to wall, especially near the amusement park inside.

"Nah," one of the twins replied with a shrug.

"We don't really want candy. American candy is too sweet for us," the other added.

Looking up, I realized that there were three levels above us. It made me feel a bit sick to my stomach, though I didn't say anything. After all, it had been fully my idea to go here. "Do you think they'll be okay on their own?" I asked.

The twins both nodded. "Yeah, they can handle themselves, probably better than you would think."

"Yeah, Mori does kind of look like he'd be good at fighting other people off if it was needed," I nodded thoughtfully.

Hikaru and Kaoru glanced between each other and simply shrugged.

Before I knew it, Tamaki was dragging Haruhi along with him, leaving the twins, Kyoya, and myself. The twins soon decided where they wanted to go, and that left just me and Kyoya.

I frowned up at the tall guy. "Do you ever feel like you're just like a.. Seventh wheel, or something?"

Kyoya shrugged. "Lately, it seems that I am the seventh wheel."

"Lord knows what would have happened if I hadn't come along," I laughed, pushing on his arm playfully. The guy needed to loosen up, in the most positive and respectful way possible. "Come on, let's go do some shopping."

"If I must."

Dragging him along was the easy part, helping him enjoy the trip was the hard part. It didn't seem like he thought the trip was worthwhile, at least not yet.

"You need to learn to have fun," I declared, pulling him towards a Disney-themed store.

Kyoya grumbled something, but it was too quiet for me to hear. I ignored him, and pulled him towards one of the staff.

"Hey, it's his birthday, and it's his first time here," I said, pointing to him. "Is there something you do for birthdays?"

The girl I had spoken to was wearing colorful clothing, and in her hair was a Mickey Mouse ear headband. "Of course! Come right this way."

He glared down at me. "I'd rather not-"

"Oh, come on, lighten up, Mr. Poopy-Pants," I said, dragging him again to the front of the store. "Stand right there."

As if he realized that there was no way out of this, he stood on the mark as lights began to flash. Music played loudly, and all of the staff joined together in a very obnoxious version of the Happy Birthday song. He wouldn't stop glaring at me, though I wasn't going to stop grinning.

The guy just needs to lighten up, have some fun, or else this vacation is a waste. Everybody else is having fun; why can't he?

As soon as they were done, he got a 'Birthday Boy' crown and a plastic bag full of Disney-themed treats. He thanked them through clenched teeth, and pulled me out of the store as quickly as he could.

"Wow, look at this free stuff we just got!"

"You're horrible."

"Untwist your panties, grannie."

It didn't take as much effort to drag him to any more stores. He agreed to go along willingly as long as I didn't say that it was his birthday. I agreed, and he seemed to begin to enjoy himself a few hours in. We were shopping at Macy's, where I suggested he get his makeup done.

"You can wash it right off. Besides, don't you want to know what you'd look like if you were a girl?" I asked, sitting him down at a makeup station at a M.A.C. counter.

"I already know, if that's what you're wondering. No, I don't have any pictures."

"Too bad." I called over a makeup artist and requested that he do his makeup. "Natural, but still obvious that he has something on. Is that doable?"

The man, whose face and smokey eye looked positively flawless, grinned. "Of course." He had a thick accent of some kind, though I couldn't tell. He had a blue shimmery star sticker on his right temple.

Just thirty minutes later, both Kyoya and I had makeup on. He seemed slightly irritated, but he didn't voice it too much.

We all met up for lunch at a bar and grill in the mall. It was busy, but Tamaki managed to charm the manager into getting us seats sooner. We sat at two different booths, since there weren't enough free tables.

Haruhi sat beside me, and across from us sat Kyoya and Tamaki. The twins sat in the booth behind us, with Mori and Hani across from them.

It took no time for Tamaki to notice that Kyoya had makeup on. "Kyoya, what are you wearing?" he asked.

Kyoya wasted no time giving me a look before answering. "I was tricked into getting my makeup done."

"Well, your skin looks great!" Tamaki grinned.

After the meal, we split up again, though I was with Haruhi this time. We wandered into Spencer's, a store that my parents forbade me from going into until I was eighteen. It had a lot of sex toys, but Haruhi found it hilarious. She ended up buying some select items, and hid them in her bag so the boys wouldn't see.

The day went by so fast, and we met up a few more times with the guys in order to go to some stores together. We planned on going to the amusement park the next day, and sticking together the whole time.

Who knows how well that'll work out? I sure didn't.

~AN~

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