Chapter 9- A Visit:

Jade/Data:
Don't need candles and cake, just need your body to make, I sang in my head, Birthday sex, birthday sex, birthday sex, birthday sex… At least it put me in a better mood, I mused in my head, ~hehe.

Today really was my birthday- though usually I didn't do anything besides something small with Ghostwriter since he and Clockwork were the only ones to know when my birthday was. Well, technically it wasn't my birthday. It was my Death Day.

I started to wonder about the Host Club though. They were very nice and after being at the school for a few months- well a bit more than a few months actually, I was starting to consider them friends. They were very loud, however.

I stopped for a second to listen. Silence. There was absolute silence. Somehow I knew that the Host Club would eventually show up and the silence would be filled. I just wanted some time alone with Ghostwriter. Was that too much to ask?

I giggled to myself, as I didn't bother to get dressed. Well, actually dressed. I did still have on Ghostwriter's boxers and shirt. It's comfy and sexy, I thought to myself, he didn't seem to mind.

He was still asleep- oddly, however, he was just at his desk. I figured that he must have gotten up early to work on his book, but fell asleep while writing. It wouldn't be the first time that it's happened. I kissed his cheek, but he didn't stir. Figuring that he needed his sleep, I decided to just work on cleaning the small house because it was… well, a mess.

I blushed slightly at what happened to make it a mess and I focused solemnly on cleaning everything up. I put all the pieces of trash in the trashcan, fixed the pillows on the couch, made the bed, fluffed the pillows, and even dusted a few places. By the time I was done, everything was sparkling clean- minus the carpet fuzzes 'cause I didn't vacuum. I didn't want to wake him up after all.

The good news was that I had finally started to wash the clothes, but it would take a while. What to do in the meantime? Sleep. Sleep sounds good; I'm still wiped out. I plopped down on the couch, too lazy to actually go to the bed. I looked over and Ghostwriter was still asleep. Sighing, I got back up and grabbed a blanket to wrap him with. After doing that, I plopped back down on the couch. Just as I closed my eyes and I was almost asleep…

"~Ding~Dong~"

Third Person:

"Are you sure this okay," Haruhi asked.

"You're the one who agreed," Hikaru pointed out.

"Right you said that it would make up for making her angry," the twins said in union.

"I didn't mean for us to come over unannounced," Haruhi huffed.

The Host Club all stood at Jade's house as Kyoya smirked at what could happen.

Tamaki ran the doorbell. There was some muffled shuffling noises, a few groans of protest, and finally the door opened. Tamaki backed away in shock and with a bright red face. Jade stood there, of course, but her hair was a bit messy and her eyes were droopy. She wore an over-sized long-sleeved dark gray shirt that's sleeves went past her hands as she rubbed her eyes and she had on white boxers with red hearts that went to her knees- male boxers.

All of them had red faces expect for Kyoya and Haruhi- even Takashi had a faint blush.

"Ah, I was kind of hoping," she yawned, "You wouldn't show up today."

Tamaki went to his 'emo corner.' Jade made a face,

"Err… nothing personal or anything, I just wanted to sleep in!"

She laughed. At least she's in a good mood, Haruhi thought, but why is she wearing male clothing? I mean, I'm not one to talk, but I don't wear men's boxers.

"You can come on in," she stood aside and motioned for them to come in.

"Wow, it's not as small as we thought, bigger than Haruhi's place, but not as big as ours," the twins said as they walked in first.

"Well she's not a commoner," Kyoya pointed out, "It would be rather rude to assume she lived in a commoner's building."

"Gee thanks," Haruhi mumbled.

Then they realized James was inside the house as well asleep at the table in front of a laptop with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders. He didn't wear a shirt, only sweats and his glasses were on his head.

"What's James-senpai doing here," Hunny asked.

"Eh? Oh," Jade yawned, "I better go wake 'im up…"

She walked over and started to poke him. As she was trying to wake him up, the hosts were discussing.

"What's James-senpai doing here," Tamaki hissed, "Anything could have happened!"

"Well, it's kind of obvious that they did it, Tono," the twins shrugged, "Not that big of deal, I mean they are dating."

"And they do live together," Kyoya pointed out as he pushed up his glasses, "Both Jade and James do live here together just as they had lived together in America. Reasonable, since they do appear to be engaged."

"They're engaged," Hunny asked.

"GAHHH! I'M AWAKE!"

They all turned their attention back to Jade and James. Jade was giggling, as James seemed groggy and had a small scowl.

"Was that really necessary," he asked.

"It worked," she shrugged, "Now get dressed, there's company."

"Like your one to talk about getting dressed…Wait, what company? Is he here? No, if it was any of our friends from… back home… then you wouldn't bother getting dressed."

Jade laughed and walked away as she shook her head.

"How did she wake him up," Hikaru asked curiously.

"Oh," Jade answered, "That's a trade secret!"

She disappeared into a room, more than likely to get ready. James was too busy to acknowledge the visitors as he struggled to find his glasses.

"James-senpai, what are you doing," Haruhi asked.

"Searching for my glasses, I can't see without them," James muttered.

Just then, Jade returned. Her hair was neatly brushed and pulled into a ponytail. She wore jeans shorts that showed her legs well and a cute dark purple strapless shirt with a black belt around her waist. She giggled at James and went over.

"~Boop," Jade said as she bopped him on the head, knocking his glasses gently onto his nose.

He flushed,

"Oh… I'll go get ready then."

He rushed off and Jade was still laughing as she sat down on the couch beside Takashi and Haruhi.

"So, Jade-senpai," Haruhi asked, "Are you two really engaged?"

"Wait, what? Oh… ehh… sort of," she answered vaguely, "It's rather complicated, but I suppose you could say that, yes."

Haruhi nodded as if she understood, but she didn't.

"Why didn't you tell us," Tamaki whined, "That's so wonderful and sweet! You should have told us!"

"Because I didn't want to make it too big of a thing," Jade shrugged.

"Is it an arranged marriage," Kyoya asked curiously as he started to write in his notebook.

"What? No, it's not arranged."

"Wow," Hunny said, "So you two must really love each other, don't you?"

"Yeah," Jade said with a smile, "We do…. Eh, I better grab his scarf, he left it at the table- again."

She went over and picked up his scarf just as James called out,

"Jade! I can't find my scarf!"

Getting an idea, she hid behind the corner with his scarf around her neck as James walked by. She hid behind him as he searched the scarf. The hosts looked at them amused.

"Jade," he finally said as he turned around quickly and picked her up and spun her around as she squealed in protest, "You took my scarf."

"No," she laughed, "I found it! There's a difference!"