Yuki had found Hiro after Tamaki left, since she isn't a member she had to stay in front of the curtain that was hiding the Host Club.
"You look great…" Hiro complemented nervously.
"Thank you." She smiled warmly. "You look very handsome." She nodded.
"Thanks…" he rubbed the back of his neck as an awkward silence fell over them. "Umm, so…lot of people turned up, huh?"
"I guess that's how it usually is when they host." She shrugged.
"Ah," he looked around. "Want to dance?" he extended an arm.
"I'd love to." She took it and followed him onto the dance floor, she had learned how to Waltz back in France, so she was glad she didn't step on his toes.
They didn't see the couple of head poke out from behind the curtain. Tamaki watched with Kaoru as Yuki went to the dance floor.
"My little girl's growing up!" Tamaki cried.
"That looks like fun." Kaoru said longingly.
"You'll dance later Kaoru." Haruhi, completely unaware of the reason Kaoru was upset, tried to comfort him.
"Yeah… I know." He sighed and took one more glance at the smiling Yuki. His chest was getting that feeling again; it always seems to happen when she's around Hiro. Why won't that guy just leave her alone? I mean, he get's that Yuki's probably one of the most beautiful girl's in school…No. No, he won't think like that…but…
"Kaoru, come on!" Hikaru pulled him out of his thoughts. "The curtain's rising."
Kaoru jumped up and slipped on his mask, it was identical to Hikaru's. "I'm coming."
Yuki heard some laughing and looked over and saw Farah and Hilda, as soon as they saw her they glared and looked away. Yuki looked back to Hiro, trying not to let it get to her.
There was a set time when you are supposed to put on your masks; it was right before the curtain was raised. The music stopped suddenly and everyone knew that meant to put on your masks.
Yuki slipped on her blue and black mask that went to the bride of her nose, she saw Hiro pull out a solid white on that covered most of his face.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a surprise for you!" Honey's voice rang out as the red curtain rose. "You'll have to find us to get it!" then the curtain was raised the rest of the way, revealing a very empty stage.
There were some gasps and some laughter at the intriguing new game. Yuki looked around since she felt someone watching her but no one was there.
Then, the minute she turned back to the stage, someone grabbed her and took off running.
"Let go!" she shouted, but the large man kept running to a room down the corridor.
She was set down after they entered the brightly light room, and the first thing she noticed was the large man was none other than Mori.
"Yuki!" Tamaki exclaimed. "So how many is that?" He looked to Kyoya.
"Seven, we have enough." Kyoya said.
Yuki looked around to see six other girls with confused but excited faces.
"Now, ladies, would you like to be part of the game?" Tamaki asked sweetly.
They all practically screamed "Yes!" and it hurt Yuki's ears.
"What's the game?" Yuki asked.
"I'm glad you asked, Yuki," he grinned proudly. "We blend in with the crowd, no one can find us."
"Then we pick seven girls to play along and dance with us." Hikaru said.
"The game ends at midnight when the ball end," Kaoru continued.
"And whoever hasn't been discovered gets to pick the loser's outfits for the rest of the week." Tamaki finished proudly.
"I want to dance with Tamaki-sama!" one girl said.
"No, I want to!" another girl exclaimed.
Soon a fight broke out. "We'll draw straws!" Yuki yelled at the brawling girls, causing them all to freeze. Yuki sighed. "We'll color on each straw, one color for each pair. The Host Club will do it too, and whoever has matching colors get's to dance together." she said.
After five minutes, they used pieces of paper and colored on each one. Yuki placed them in her hand and they took on each. Yuki got orange.
Tamaki waved a purple piece of paper in the air and one girl pounced on him. Haruhi looked at her yellow one and didn't have time to duck as a girl threw herself on her. Kyoya showed his green one that matched another girl, Mori got pink and honey got blue, Hikaru got red, which left Kaoru…orange.
He looked over and saw everyone else had different colors, except Yuki. He swallowed and looked at the orange paper in her hand.
"Looks like we're partners." He waved his paper, trying to not show the fact that it felt like his mind were screaming at him.
"It looks like it!" she smiled, and the screaming stopped for a second…but then he had to go and ruin it.
"Hiro might be mad…" he trailed off and mentally kicked himself for mentioning him.
"Yeah, can we explain the game to him?" she looked guiltily at the door.
"If we do, then I lose." He sighed.
"Right…" she thought about it. "I'm sure he'll find someone else to dance with." she still looked a bit guilty.
"You might have a bit of fashion sense, after all…" was the best compliment he could muster up. Truth was, she was beautiful, but he didn't like the mask, it covered her face.
"Thanks." She grinned.
"Alright, the lights will go out and we'll have to run in." Tamaki explained and walked in front of the door.
"Three," Hikaru counted down.
"Two," Kaoru joined in.
"One," They said together.
"Go!" Tamaki ran outside.
It was pitch black out, they're only light was the moon shining through the windows. They entered the ball room and heard people gasping and murmuring,.
The lights came back on and people started dancing, Yuki caught sight of Hiro looking around, but a girl came by and dragged him to the dance floor.
Tamaki took the hand of the dark haired girl who had drawn purple with him. Everyone else did the same.
"Come on." Kaoru whispered and took Yuki's hand; they made their way to the floor and started dancing in sync with everyone else.
Honey got discovered immediately, after all, there aren't many blondes with his height or personality. Tamaki got discovered after that, then it was just Kyoya, Hikaru, Kaoru, Haruhi, and Mori left.
"I feel like if Hikaru get's discovered, you'll be next." Yuki whispered so no one else could hear her.
"Yeah." He chuckled. "Maybe we shouldn't have picked matching masks."
"That would have been a good idea." She laughed along with him.
The Waltz turned into the Tango and most students walked off the dance floor, knowing they'd never be able to keep up with the others.
Surprisingly, Tamaki stayed, but quickly got off when he realized he wasn't suitable for the Tango.
Hiro saw Yuki standing there, watching the other dancers with a smile, trying to comfort Tamaki while he sat on the ground, but what caught his eye was the man beside her. That head full of ginger hair made his eyes narrow.
The ginger leant down and whispered something in Yuki's ear that made her smile and say something back. Hiro walked across the crowd, undetected by the two. The ginger moved away and out the door.
Hiro moved out the door, following him. The ginger put his hands in his pockets casually and strolled down the hall towards the bathroom.
"Which one are you?" Hiro said, making the ginger freeze.
He turned slowly, a smirk playing underneath his mask. "Guess."
"Kaoru, I don't think Hikaru can care about anyone like you care about Yuki." Hiro smirked as Kaoru's smile fell.
"What's that supposed to mean?" they stared each other down, no one else around.
"It means your twin is a sociopath." He shrugged; he knew that the twins were each other's weak point. He watched Kaoru's lips turn up in a snarl.
"I think he cares more than you." Kaoru spat. "At least he has a healthy relationship with his brother, and not some rivalry."
"Healthy?" Hiro laughed. "I don't think you can call that healthy."
It took all of Kaoru's strength not to punch that smirk of Hiro's face. "Maybe you should go back," he said, but it sounded more of a warning, Kaoru started turning back to the directions of his original destination.
"Or what?" Hiro asked. Kaoru stopped, almost hearing the smirk drove him up the wall.
"Or Yuki might wonder where you are." Kaoru strained to say.
"I don't think she's worrying." Hiro said bitterly. "She did run off to go play with the Host Club, or more specifically…you."
Kaoru looked at him. "You're jealous." He smirked.
Hiro's eyebrows twitched. "What?" he laughed.
"You're jealous of the Host Club…" he paused. "'Or more specifically…me'." He mocked him.
"What do I have to be jealous of?" he shrugged. "I mean…what do you have that I want?"
"Her." Kaoru said simply. "You think we have her."
"Great job, Sherlock." Hiro teased.
"Thank you." Kaoru grinned. "Now if you'll excuse me, I drank too much punch." He turned around swiftly and headed down the hallway. Hiro watched his back retreating, than he went back in and saw the Tango had ended and people were back on the dance floor, dancing Viennese Waltz. Hiro smiled at Yuki's longing look.
"You want to dance, don't you?" he crept up behind her.
"Hiro!" she smiled. "Yeah, it looks fun."
He took her hand and led her onto the dance floor. They started dancing; everyone was surprised when they moved onto the dance floor.
"Yu-ki?" Tamaki looked confused. "When'd she learn to dance that?"
"Wow, Yuki-chan is a good dancer!" Honey exclaimed.
"Yeah." Mori agreed in his usual tone.
"Maybe she learned in France," Hikaru said.
"Yes…" Kyoya adjusted his mask. "Trouble is…that's not Kaoru."
They looked again, Hikaru had already noticed it, but everyone else's jaws dropped.
"So where's Kaoru?" Haruhi asked.
"I think he went to the bathroom." Tamaki explained, having been there when Kaoru left.
"Is that Hiro then?" Haruhi asked, causing Hikaru's face to twist into a frown.
"It must be." Hikaru answered her.
Kaoru went back into the ballroom, and noticed another slower-paced song was on. He looked around and saw the Host Club watching whoever danced.
"What's going on?" he asked his twin.
"Umm…" he hesitated, but he didn't have to answer because Kaoru had already looked to the dance floor.
Yuki was having fun, spinning, and keeping in time with the music. Then Hiro spun her and she went over and crashed into someone's chest, when she looked up she saw Kaoru had taken her hand and started dancing with a grin. Then she looked over and saw Hiro glaring.
"This isn't going to end well…" Haruhi sighed.
"Nope." Honey ate a piece of cake he had snuck from the table.
Hikaru couldn't fight the laugh bubbling up at his brother's jealousy.
"What are you laughing at?" Haruhi asked him, and suddenly his laugh grew to where he couldn't breathe.
Kaoru caught sight of him. "Tch." He looked away and Hikaru just laughed harder.
"I-I'm sorry, Kaoru…" he panted and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"What is it?" Haruhi had gotten worried.
"N-Nothing." Hikaru chuckled a little and calmed down.
Somehow, Yuki had gotten back to Hiro and Hikaru started laughing more.
"I can't tell if Yuki's enjoying this…" Haruhi looked at the blonde's face. "Or maybe she's just as confused as we are."
"This certainly is interesting…" Kyoya smirked, something brewing in his mind.
The music ended with Yuki panting, out of breath, in between two glaring boys.
Lightning seemed to strike when there glares met. Yuki was getting dizzy with all that spinning. "Well, that was…interesting…" she looked at both Kaoru and Hiro. "But I'm sort of tired now…so." She inched away from the danger zone around them.
"What was that?" Haruhi growled when she reached them.
"I don't know!" she shouted. "But I'm tired, so I'm going home." She huffed and marched out of the ball room.
"I should go with her; I'll be back in a few minutes." Tamaki followed.
Haruhi and Hikaru wasn't sure if they should go anywhere near the two.
"Well…" Haruhi sighed. "Maybe we should get them away from each other"
"Yeah…" Hikaru looked hesitant to go to them.
"Alright." Haruhi started walking. "Hey, Kaoru?" the ginger didn't look at her. "Hiro?"
Hikaru huffed and started dragging his brother away, while Haruhi dragged Hiro in the opposite direction.
"What the hell?" Hiro yelled.
"What was that?" She continued before he could answer. "You owe Yuki an apology."
He turned away. "Kaoru will do it, so why should I?"
"It doesn't matter whether he does it; you're just as much in the wrong as him." Hiro looked away guiltily.
Meanwhile, Hikaru was walking with Kaoru behind him.
"So, that was interesting." Hikaru broke the silence.
"Yeah…" Kaoru sighed, why had he done that? Now Yuki's probably mad at him.
Meanwhile, Tamaki was following Yuki outside.
"Wasn't that fun." He smiled, trying to brighten the mood, but she was having none of that.
"No." she said shortly. "That wasn't fun, Tamaki." He winced a little; she didn't use his full name unless she was mad.
"Alright then…" he said sadly, causing her to stop.
She sighed and turned around. "Sorry," she said glumly. "It's just; I don't know what's going on."
"With what?" Tamaki questioned.
"I don't know…Hiro I guess." And paused and looked down. "And Kaoru."
Tamaki smiled. "Yeah…"
"What about you and Haru-chan?" she asked innocently.
Tamaki froze. "What about me and Haruhi?"
She looked blankly, as if she was thinking about something. "Nothing." She laughed airily.
Ah, I don't really like this chapter much, but I couldn't think of anything else...sorry (._.)
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So, I accidentally deleted the chapter where Hiro asks Yuki on a date, whoops! And I also started on future chapter before realizing this so...while I haven't abandoned the idea, I've put it on hold until I finish the chapters I'm working on. Oh and, on that note, BIG things coming up, can you guess what it is? Let's just say some Kaoru/Yuki bonding in the next chapter! Eek, I'm excited! Not really...I still have to work on that chapter to make it better for my lovely Viewer.
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