AN: Okey dokey, strangers! Ready to read my chappy? Cause I have no freaking idea what to say right now! :D
Chapter 10: Albie's Day Off (Part the third)
No, not really. But almost a spit take. I was this close to spewing cocoa all over Haruhi. But, luckily I was able to find that little smidget of self control and prevent that from happening.
So, of course, since I didn't make myself into a chocolate fountain, I ended up swallowing it all a little too fast.
"AIEE! HOTHOTHOT!" I exclaim, searching for something cold to wash it down with. Finding nothing, I sigh and massage my burning throat.
"Are you alright?" Haruhi asks, leaning forward a bit. I nod a force a small smile. Which, knowing me, probably looks sooper creepy.
"Yeah, I just swallowed too fast..." I say, leaning back on the futon.
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to know about you and him..." She says. I shake my head. "It's fine! What do you wanna know?" I ask. She hesitates for a second.
"After you two danced the second time, what happened? Hikaru seemed kind of hurt by something, I was just curious as to what it was." She says. I blink a couple times.
"Oh, that? It was nothing! I just, umm... I just stepped on his toe, that's all!" I say quickly, my arms wiggling frantically. "Heh heh...?" I add. She doesn't look convinced.
"Oh, okay." She says anyway. I let my hands fall. She's so gonna keep asking about it...
"Soooo..." I say in an effort to break the silence. We stay silent for a while after that.
"Do you have a crush on anybody?" I ask her finally, feeling myself get into a gossipy mood. Her eyes widen and her cheeks get red.
"What? A crush? Umm, what do you- uh..." She says quickly, scratching the back of her head. I grin. "So you do? Who is it? Do I know him?" I ask her. She gulps.
"No! I don't, actually..." She says, her cheeks getting even redder. I narrow my eyes at her. She may have stopped questioning me about Hikaru, but I'm not one to give up so quickly.
"Really? Cuz you're blushing!" I press. She shakes her head. "Nope! No crushing over here!" She says. I nudge her arm. "Is it Tamaki?" I guess. She looks to me with wide eyes. "Tamaki? No way! Like I'd actually be crushing on that idiot!" She says. I smile.
"Is it one of the twins?" I continue. She shake her head. "No way! And speak for yourself, it's kind of obvious you have a thing for Hikaru!" She says. I blink. Hikaru? Me? Thing? Hmm...
"Hikaru?" I mutter, leaning back and placing my finger on my chin. Unlike Haruhi, I'm not very embarrassed about talking about my crushes. But Hikaru? I'm not quite sure whether I like him or not...
"I dunno... d'ya think he might like me?" I ask. She shrugs, her cheeks returning to their normal color.
"Maybe. I can never tell with those two..." She says.
"Well, do at least think anybody's cute?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Didn't we already go over this?" She asks. I laugh. "No, like not necessarily crushing, but attractive in general?" I ask. She thinks for a bit.
"I don't know, I guess all of the host club members are physically attractive... but their personalities are totally out of whack..." She says. I laugh. "Yeah, I guess you're right!" I say. "What about you?" She asks, taking another gummy bear.
"Actually, the twins are pretty adorable if you ask me. And Kyoya, but he's kinda creepy, knowing that much about me..." I tell her. She nods. "I get that. Once you get to know him, I'd say he's the most bearable out of all of them." She says. I shrug again. "Eh. He's still creepy to me." I say.
"So I think you guys were talking about going places like the beach and stuff?" I ask her. She nods. "Yeah, sometimes we take little trips like that." She says. I take another gummy bear bag.
"You guys should dump the beachy stuff and try something really exotic, like maybe a comicon?" I suggest.
"I dunno, the Host Club doesn't really seem like the convention types. But I bet Tamaki would be into it. Maybe if you suggest it to him, he might give it a shot." She says. I nod.
"Good to know." I say. Just then, Fuyuko walks through the door.
"Umm, mistress? You have some more visitors..." She says, trailing off as she looks to her right. I'm about to ask who when the realization hits me. And this was supposed to be my day off...
"HARUHIIII!" A male voice sings as a blonde figure floats into the room. I suppress a groan.
"Senpai? When did you get here?" Haruhi asks. Tamaki grins and forcibly shoves us apart, sitting down in between us on the futon. I scooch as far over as I can so as to avoid any awkward hip touching. This always used to happen when Ky and all his friends would carpool to places, and I'd always get dragged with them. He has a lot of friends, so I always end up sitting hip-to-hip-almost-butt-to-butt with guys that are between one and two years older than me.
"Just now!" He replies cheerily.
The rest of the Host club shortly follows, each of them wearing casual attire. I catch Hikaru's eye for a second, but then he turns away. Meanwhile, Kaoru notices the tension between us and gives a friendly wave and smile. I wave back half-heartedly, not taking my eyes off Hikaru.
"Why are you here? Who gave you permission to come over here?" I ask Tamaki, finally glancing over to him. He smiles. "Why, no one of course! We just came to see how our little Haruhi was doing!" He says. I'm about to tell him he needs to get the hell out before I file a restraining order when Honey jumps onto my lap, stuffed bunny in hand.
"Please don't make us go, Tayu-chan! I wanted to see you!" He says with the most adorable face you will probably ever see on a high school third year. I can't help but gush over him.
"Awwww! How could I say no to that face?" I say, sounding totally cliche. But hey, I really can't say not to that.
"Yay!" He exclaims, burying his face into my stomach. I stare down at him. "Watch it, kiddo, any higher and I won't think twice about slapping the skin off your cheek." I warn, but he doesn't seem to be paying attention. Then I remember what Haruhi and I were talking about before they got here.
"Hey! You guys go on all these crazy trips, right?" I ask, turning to Tamaki. He nods. "Yes, why?" He replies. I lift Honey up and place him on the futon next to me, in between Tamaki and me.
"Have you ever thought of going to a comicon?" I ask. He places his finger on his chin.
"A comicon?" Kyoya says, temporarily tearing his eyes away from his book to pay attention to the conversation. I nod. "Yeah! Doesn't it sound like a sooper fun idea?" I say.
"Are we gonna have to dress up like girls again?" Kaoru asks, causing his brother to perk up a bit like he's awaiting an answer.
"Oh, umm, no I think it'd be fine if you didn't come in cosplay at all. It'd be better if you would, though... I'm def wearing my Soul outfit!" I add at the end. Kaoru looks a bit relieved and Hikaru goes back to looking like he'd rather be anywhere else but here.
"ALBIE WHY ARE THERE MEN IN OUR HOUSE?" Ky asks, bursting through the door and shoving Tamaki off the couch. He instead takes his place and grabs the Xbox controller.
"That's a good question..." I mutter under my breath.
"And who are you?" Tamaki asks, scrambling to a sitting position on the floor. Ky flips from Netflix to the Call of Duty game he was previously playing before Haruhi and I took over the TV.
"I'd be this one's brother, in case you couldn't already tell by the white hair. I was hosting the second half of the party last night if you would remember." Ky says, shooting various people. I don't know, I honestly don't understand Ky and his video games.
"Really? Hmm..." Tamaki says, looking down slightly as if he's trying to remember.
"Oh yeah!" He says finally, his finger up and a look of realization on his face. Is this guy serious...?
"Anyway, sorry to intrude, but we just came to check on our dear little Haruhi!" Tamaki says, standing and dusting himself off. Ky doesn't respond. He's in gaming mode. And when Ky's in gaming mode, someone could say 'I like trains' and have a train bust through the house, and as long as his gaming system is intact he'll still be playing. He played through an earthquake once.
"Umm, hello?" Tamaki asks, waving his hand in front of Ky's face. Ky tries to look around it, but eventually grumbles and bites Tamaki's hand. Tamaki shrieks and jumps back about four feet.
I stand up. "Okay! I think we should leave, so-"
"What was that for! I was just trying to introduce myself!" Tamaki complains, wiping his hands on his jeans and observing the mark Ky's teeth left. I sigh.
"Haruhi, can I borrow you for a moment?" I ask her. She nods. "Yeah, what is it?" She asks, obviously not knowing that I mean that literally.
I grab the back of her shirt and drag her out of the room, causing Tamaki to forget about Ky and jump a bit before following us out of the room. Of course, with the rest of the Host club close behind. Haruhi squirms to break free, but then gets what my motive is and leans her head back on my hand, her lower lip stuck out with slight annoyance.
I lead them all the way to the front hall, where I release Haruhi's shirt and turn around. Tamaki instantly rushes to Haruhi's aid, frantically checking her for any serious injury, much to Haruhi's dismay. I roll my eyes and grab the nearest book.
"Makaaaaaa... CHOP!" I reference, bringing the book down on Tamaki's head. Ahh, the Maka chop. Works every time. Tamaki falls to the floor, and if this were an anime or manga his head would probably have a book-shaped dent in it and be steaming.
"Shut up already!" I complain, tucking the book-The forth in the Harry Potter series, hardcover- under my arm.
"Now, if you all want to stay then you'd better behave yourselves. Rule one: Don't bother Ky while he's gaming. But of course you probably already figured that out. Rule two: Do NOt, under ANY circumstances, comment on my little sister's attire, no matter how poofy her tutu is. Rule three: NO TOUCHING MY INSTRUMENTS. Actually, scratch that, no going in my music studio. Period. Got it?" I say, my hand on the book in a threatening way, like a 'disobey and you end up like the idiot who's currently unintentionally planking.' They stand in a line, and all of them salute, excepting Hikaru and Kyoya.
"Sir, yes sir!" They say together. I nod and stand up a little taller. "Any questions?"
"No sir!"
"Alright, at ease. Now, each of you may explore the house as you please, so long as you don't break anything and you stay out of the basement, attic, and Ky's art studio." I tell them. In the basement is Tabby's dance studio, and the attic of course being my music studio. Ky's art studio is kind of in a random room he found and claimed for himself.
"Brea- never mind, just go..." I say, ditching the military crap, mostly because my back is starting to hurt from standing up for so long. All of them start ot head off in their separate directions. I grab Hikaru's sleeve quickly, causing both him and Kaoru to turn to me.
"Kaoru, you can go. I wanna talk to this one." I say, keeping my eyes on Hikaru. He looks utterly bored. Kaoru nods and walks away, hands in pockets.
"What is it?" Hikaru asks, sounding bored as well. I let go of his shirt.
"I wanted to apologize. I really like dancing with you, but at the time I was kinda having a cupcake and brownie bite craving. I didn't mean anything about you, it's just I was hungry." I explain. He doesn't respond.
"Say something, please!" I say, starting to sound a bit desperate. He still doesn't say anything. It's like he's trying to find a way to respond.
"I still have the book, you know." I say, dropping the desperate crap and turning to violence. He blinks, glances down at the book still tucked under my arm, and sighs.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to drag you away from your... whatever you said those were, and I'm sorry I over reacted." He says, his look of boredom ceasing. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
"No problem." I say with a smile. He smiles back slightly and sticks his hands in his pockets.
"You can go now. I just wanted to clear the air." I tell him. He nods and turns around. Just as he's about to make the same turn his brother did moments ago, I feel like I should say something.
"Oh, and Hikaru!" I call. He turns back to me. I grin at him. "You should smile more often. You look cuter when you do." I say. He looks like he's about to respond, but then I disappear behind the marble pillar next to me. That was just the dramatic exit I was hoping for. But little does Hikaru know that was just something I saw on a Death the Kid de-motivational poster. Oh, well. At least I meant it.
AN: Yay! They made up! Don't look at this text like that, I mean, I kind of explained that Hikaru felt a little bad about it himself, didn't I? So because of that it wa easy to forgive her! And yes, I actually did get that phrase of a de-motivational poster. And yes, I will admit that DTK does look pretty cute when he smiles. ARE YOU FREAKING HAPPY, KATSUMI?!
Anyway, I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry it took e so long to post, I was out of stuff for Haruhi and Albie to do together so I decided to bring in the rest of the cast! Yay!
Read and review, plzz!
Byee!
-TRG