You guys should be proud of me, this is the quickest I've been able to update in a while! lol. I don't think this chapter is very original, but I got the whole idea when I was making homemade pizza with my mom last weekend, so I just had to do it.
Big thanks to; Luca4Ever, ElleSteinig, Naeko101, and my anonymous reviewers for reviewing last chapter! Like I said before, all of your wonderful and encouraging reviews are what keeps me going with this story!
I hope this chapter helps answer some of your questions about what Sei's reaction to Kyouya's kiss at the ball was, I know a lot of you were confused because of the whole time skip I did. Haha, sorry for all the confusion!
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It's a Twin Thing
Chapter 10
She stood next to him in the doorway as the snow drifted peacefully down from the heavens above, giving off a sense of peacefulness. Sei couldn't believe how lucky she was to be standing there, watching as the first snow of the winter descended down from the grey clouds above.
The burgundy haired girl hadn't realized that she had been gawking at the falling snow until she noticed Kyouya smirking at her.
"Don't act like you've never seen snow before." She could tell that he was amused by her reaction and all she could do for the moment was shake her head 'no'.
"Yeah, but I've never seen it so..." Sei paused, searching for the right words to use,"..so pure, like this."
He nodded a little, and seemed to take what she had just said to him into consideration for he was quiet for a few minutes. Sei noticed him briefly look up before chuckling, tilting her head slightly, she wondered what he was so amused about.
"What's so funny?" She finally asked him, but he didn't answer her back, atleast, not with words.
The taller boy's face slowly started to inch towards her own, Sei could feel her face heat up at how close she was to him. Though she wasn't exactly sure what he was up to, she had an idea, but surely Kyouya Ohtori wasn't about to do that
Kyouya was now a breath away from her lips and Sei knew that her face must've been as red as a tomato at that point. The tall bespeckled boy's eyes were now half-lidded as he closed the gap between their lips, Sei stood there a moment, her eyes wide, before relaxing a bit into the kiss.
It seemed to last for an eternity before Kyouya pulled away and smirked at her surprised expression and beat-red face.
"I, uh, what?" Sei stuttered.
Kyouya's smirk grew,"Are you always this articulate?"
She narrowed her eyes a little,"What the hell was that about?"
He shrugged,"Just felt like it, and from the looks of it, you didn't mind not one bit."
Sei blushed lightly before turning away from him stubbornly, though she could still feel his gaze on her as she did so, and knew that he was enjoying every minute of this.
Tamaki ran up to his bestfriend, watching the twins playing outside for a moment before glancing up at the doorway.
"Oh look! Mistletoe!" He exclaimed.
Kyouya sent him a look before saying,"I'm not kissing you."
Sei shot up in her bed, breathing heavily,"I haven't thought about what happened at the ball since it happened."
She ran a hand through her messy hair before glancing over at her new digital clock and frowning,"Damn, I guess I should start getting ready for school."
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Sei entered her classroom earlier than she usually did and sat down at her desk without a sound, her eyes became glossy as she started to drift off into another world, oblivious to the voices around her.
Haruhi came in not long after Sei, and after greeting a few of her fellow classmates, made her way to her seat infront of the Curious-Rebel. Turning around in her seat she noticed the dreamy look her friend had, tilting her head curiously at Sei, she tried to get the taller girl's attention.
What exactly were his intentions behind that kiss? I know we were standing below mistletoe and all but still... Sei thought, biting her lip as she remembered the kiss between her and the Shadow King, Maybe I'm over analyzing this. It was just a quick kiss underneath the mistletoe!
But it wasn't quick, that kiss lasted longer than a quick peck beneath the mistletoe. A voice in her head shot back.
Sei groaned, Oh God, are you my concious? Why're you suddenly deciding to show up now, of all times?
Regardless, you know you enjoyed it.
That may be but...wait...what?! How can you say that?! This is KYOUYA OHTORI we're talking about here and...why am I arguing with you? You're just a silly little voice in my head, oh no, does this mean i've gone crazy? It was bound to happen I suppose...
"Ano, is she okay?" Kaoru whispered to Haruhi as the three of them stared at Sei from their seats infront of her.
The brown haired host shrugged,"Sei's been like this since I got here, hasn't said a word."
Hikaru tilted his head and waved his hands infront of her face, she didn't blink or even acknowlledge that she knew he was there.
"Whoa, creepy." The elder Hitachiin finally said.
"Stupid voice, saying stupid untrue things..."
The three of them turned their heads at the sound of her voice, grinning when they noticed she was among the land of the concious once again.
"What was that? You're mumbling, Nanami-chan!" Kaoru and Hikaru echoed.
Sei's head shot up as she finally noticed the three of them staring at her and she adorned an embarrassed look before pretending to write something in her notebook.
"How rude, she's avoiding the question." Hikaru's voice sounded annoyed.
"Well, what do you expect, this is Sei here." Kaoru sighed.
The emerald eyed girl glared at the two ginger-haired boys,"I didn't say anything though."
"Now a liar too?" Hikaru gasped.
"Hikaru, what ever shall we do with her?" Kaoru turned to his brother.
"Well have to teach her the correct way to act." Hikaru said finally, and the two identical boys grinned.
Haruhi sent Sei a sympathetic look before turning around to face the board as the teacher walked into the room and began to prepare for the lesson. Hikaru turned around aswell and began to balance his pencil on the bridge of his nose, Kaoru, however, sent Sei one last look before turning around aswell.
I have to find out if there's something going on between the two of them... The younger Hitachiin brother thought determinedly.
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The bell rang, signaling the end of school, students rushed from their classrooms and out into the hallways, meeting up with friends to talk about the day's events, heading off to the club's they were in, or going home.
Sei was still in the classroom, off once again in her own little world, it wasn't until her Home-Ec teacher came up and shook her a bit did she snap out of her daze.
"Hm? Oh, Merigawa-sensei," Sei started not knowing what to say.
Merigawa-sensei was a woman in her late 40s with curly dark brown hair accompanied with streaks of gray and matching dark chocolate eyes. She was a relatively kind woman, unless you got on her bad side, then she was known to give a student a hard time.
"Tsukyoshii-san, I'm a little worried about your grade in my class, as of late your not doing too well." She frowned,"But I'm willing to let you make it up, if you're willing to do the work."
Sei bit her lip, Tamaki and Kyouya wouldn't like her to be late, or miss the club altogether for a day to improve her grade, but this was something she needed to do, or else her father wouldn't be all too happy with her...
"Alright, when should I come?"
Merigawa-sensei smiled and wandered over to check her calender,"Next Friday would be best, which will give you time to practice and prepare a recipe to use."
The burgundy haired host nodded before gathering her things,"Thankyou, sensei."
The older woman nodded,"Just remember, this is your only chance to makeup the grade, if you're not here then I'm afraid that the grade you currently have will stay."
Sei nodded,"I understand."
As she left the hallway, she couldn't help but to feel that she was being followed, but by who she had no idea for she hadn't seen anyone in the hallway when she had left the Home Economics room. Shaking her head, she hurried on her way, decidedly not wanting to be any more late to the Host Club than she already was.
She was almost to the staircase that would take her up to the 3rd Music Room, when she felt herself collide with something, and she fell backwards.
"Uhn..." Sei frowned, rubbing her sore bottom before looking to see what she had run into.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was---do I know you from somewhere?" The boy who had run into her cocked his head and narrowed his eyes a little in thought as he tried to figure out where he had seen her from.
He was taller than she was, standing in at about 5'10, with shaggy blonde hair that came down a little passed his ears. His eyes were a light silvery-gray, and Sei couldn't help but to stare at them, she had seen those eyes before. She had seen this boy before.
That's when it hit her.
Sei frowned,"Nope, sorry never seen you before. If you'd please excuse me, I've got somewhere I need to be, it was nice meeting you." As she hurried up the stairs, she could still feel his eyes on her, and she was glad when she finally made it to the double doors of the Host Club.
When she entered the room all heads turned in her direction, the girls were excited that she had finally arrived, but she noticed that all the Host's were staring at her questioningly.
"Ah, heh, sorry I'm late everyone." She laughed sheepishly before joining her designates on the couch where they had been waiting for her.
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It was shortly after the customers left when Sei was cornered by her friends, all wondering why she had been so late in getting to the club.
"Ne, Nana-chan, we were worried something may had happened to you!" Hunny managed to get out inbetween bites of cake.
"It's not like you to be late like that, knowing full well you have a responsibility to uphold. With that said, I'm adding to your debt for keeping the young ladies waiting, thus losing us profits." Kyouya marked something down on his clipboard before going back to typing at his computer.
Sei's eyebrow twitched and she frowned a little,"It can't be helped if my teacher holds me after class, it's bad enough I'm failing Home-Ec---"
"You're failing Home Economics?" Hikaru asked, appearing on her left as his brother came up on her right.
"Ah, yeah. But Merigawa-sensei is giving me another chance to make it up, which means I'm going to have to miss next Friday because that's when I have to go and do it." She turned her head a little to face Kyouya,"And you're going to tack on more to my debt for that, aren't you?"
He smirked,"But of course, because of your failing grade, we're going to lose profits, it's only natural that you make up for that."
Sei pouted a little,"No fair."
Kaoru tilted his head before narrowing his eyes a little at the bespeckled 2nd year boy,"I've been meaning to ask your something Kyouya."
Hikaru and Kyouya both glanced over towards the younger ginger-haired boy, before he was interrupted by Sei.
"Does anyone know how to cook? I'm going to need help to pass Home-Ec..."
Tamaki grinned,"My dear Haruhi can teach you!"
Haruhi looked up,"Don't volunteer me for things," she turned to the burgundy haired girl,"I'm busy, sorry."
Sei waved it off, "Hunny-senpai? Mori-senpai?"
Mori shook his head,"Can't cook."
"I can teach you."
Sei looked up hopefully,"Can you really, Kyouya-senpai?"
Kaoru bit his lip before slinging an arm across the her shoulders and grinning,"We'll help too."
Hikaru seemed a bit taken aback by this, until he realized his brother's intentions behind volunteering to help Kyouya teach her.
He doesn't want her and Kyouya to be alone together.
Kyouya smirked, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose,"Fine, we'll start this Saturday."
This'll be interesting. Kyouya thought as he closed his laptop.