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-Tsuki :P


Summer vacation ended three weeks ago, Takashi and I got even closer!

Ryu had it tough though. Since we're all in the host club, Ryu got a lot more popular since we first came. Not only with the guys, but with the females as well. When all the girls heard that Ryu had been in an accident, they've been crowding around him since school resumed. In between classes, during lunch break, after school, they were always around him. Mizu was getting pretty annoyed.

'You have to tell them that they're invading your privacy!' Mizu scolded him.

'But I can't! They're all being so nice!' Ryu whined. Mizu threw up her hands in despair. 'They're like a pack of piranhas!'

Though...Kyoya's happy about it. 'We've been getting a lot more customers thanks to Ryu.'

'How did they all know Ryu's been injured anyway?' I asked him. He smiled menacingly and pushed his glasses up his nose. Evil gleam... 'I have my ways...'

I took a look around the club room. As usual...

Tamaki and the twins were chasing Haruhi around, trying to force her into a pink fluffy dress. (The customers already left, so it's safe)

Hani was stuffing himself with cakes, Kyoya was writing something down in that little black book of his, and...

Takashi and I were conveniently curled up on the couch. 'Hey, Takashi, won't your customers hate me?' I asked him.

He turned to me. 'Maybe.'

Mizu and Ryu were sitting in a corner, sketching in their notebooks. Mizu seemed less paranoid, so I guessed Ryu must have done something to calm her down.

'What homework did Rui-sensei give us today?' I pulled my homework out of my bag.

'Japanese history, math, and english,' Takashi answered.

'Aw man! I suck at jap history!' I moaned.

'It's okay, Yumi. I'll help,' he offered.

'Yay!' I grinned.


~Ryu's POV~

Geez! Mizu was acting like a little kid! Well, I guess we all have our share of those moments...But really! The only thing those girls are doing is trying to make me feel better! It's not like it's anything serious! Mizu doesn't have to act like that! Well...I guess I was acting like that when that jerk flirted with her...

My side was healing but I still felt quite a lot of pain when you press down on it. I've been getting chocolates in my locker, sweets on my desk, presents inside my bag, and all that since summer vacation ended. Three weeks of torture...Sure they were nice and all, but everyday for three whole weeks?! It was pretty tiring...

Well, at least Yumi nee-san and Mori-senpai are getting along really well.


~Normal POV~

'Takashi!' I ran down the hall after him and grabbed on to his arm.

'Oh, Yumi. What is it?'

'Nothing! Is it wrong for your girlfriend to run up and glomp you?'

'I guess not...' He muttered. He was starting to open up a lot more and said 'ah' less now. He'd occasionally invite himself over to my house, along with Hani, and we'd sit down and study together. I really like it a lot.

As we climbed in the limo(Tachibana-san just came back...Thank goodness...) after school ended, I waved to Takashi, who was also getting into his limo. He gave a small wave then entered the car.

I don't know why, but as we drove, I kept feeling as if some sort of eye was keeping watch on me, it sent chills down my back. It's probably nothing...


Next day of school went by in a flash, and the next thing I knew, we were busy packing up in the thid music room. Well, we were supposed to pack up but Hikaru and Kaoru pulled out a deck of cards and the next next thing I knew was we were all sitting on the floor, playing Daihinmin. (Rich man, poor man)

'Haha! Highness! You lose!' The twins guffawed. Tamaki put his head in his hands in dispare. Takashi and I had quite a good set of cards, but in the end, it was Kyoya who won. Mizu and Ryu refused to join us. Ryu was practicing in a corner with Heishi Kisoku, while Mizu was watching.

'Now let's play truth or dare!' Hikaru declared.

'What about the mess? Weren't we supposed to clean it up?' Hani asked.

'Hani-senpai, who cares about the mess? Let's have some fun!' Kaoru yelled.

This time, even Ryu and Mizu joined in.


'Okay, Kyo-chan. Truth or dare?' Hani asked the glasses geek.

Kyoya sighed. 'Do I have to participate in this worthless game?'

'Yes,' all of said at once.

'Fine,' he sighed again. 'Truth then.'

'Okay, um...' Hani went into full think mode. Soooooooooooo kawaaaaaaiii!!!!!!! 'Which one of us do you love the most?'

Everyone was stunned at his question. Even Kyoya looked taken aback. He pushed up his glasses. 'W-Well, I'd have to say Tamaki.'

'Gasp! Mommy!' Tamaki said with sparkling eyes. Kyoya held up his hand. 'Only because I've known him the longest.'

After that, Tamaki teleported to his little emo corner and began to once again, cultivate his mushrooms.

'I do believe it's my turn now,' Kyoya reminded us. 'And I pick...Haruhi. Truth or dare?'

'Hm...' Haruhi thought about it for a while before he answered, 'dare'.

'Then, I dare you to...Go over there and slap Tamaki.'

'Wow Kyoya-senpai! I didn't know you had it in you!' Hikaru grinned as Haruhi walked over to Tamaki and slapped him right across the cheek.

'H-Haru-! H-How could you?! I'm your daddy!' Tamaki anime cried. Haruhi shrugged. 'It was a dare, senpai.'

After Tamaki recovered from his 'issue', he came back to us and sat down. 'Okay, I pick Tamaki-senpai,' Haruhi nodded towards the host king.

'I'll take truth.'

'Are you...scared of the dark?'

Everybody kept quiet. Tamaki's eyes became big after Haruhi mentioned 'dark'.

'...Yes,' he sighed.

'Ahahahahahaha!' Hikaru and Kaoru laughed and rolled onto the floor. I couldn't keep it in and began laughing too. I even saw a small smile creep over Takashi's face.

'Alright! Enough! It's my turn! And I pick...Ryu!' Tamaki ordered.

Ryu yawned. 'Daaaaaaaare then.'

'I dare you to kick Hikaru and Kaoru in the butts!'

'Okay,' Ryu said and got up. He went over to the Hitachiins and gave them each swift kick in the behind. The two groaned in pain and began rolling on the floor for a different reason.

'I pick Hani-senpai,' Ryu pointed at the blonde cutie.

'Oh, yay! Okay, Okay!' Hani jumped with glee. 'I want dare! I want dare!'

'Okay, Okay Hani-senpai. Calm down. I dare you to take that piece of cake and throw it at Kyoya-senpai's head,' he sniggered and pointed to the cake that Hani was eating. We all 'oohed'. Even Hikaru and Kaoru's pain was forgotten. Everyone turned to stare at Hani to see what he would do. He sniffled. 'A waste of perfectly good cake. But it's for a dare...so...I'm sorry cake-chan! I'm sorry Kyo-chan!'

'H-Hey! Hold on! Wait a minute-!' Kyoya tried to stop him, but too late. The cake collided onto Kyoya's face with a splat! He looked so funny that we all started laughing again.

'Glad to see that you're having fun, Yumi...'


I froze.

Everyone's laughter stopped and I turned to face the source of the voice. And there, standing at the door was a figure...With those familar green eyes and bright red hair.

'Shino,' I breathed.

'Aw...I'm touched that you still remember me, Yumi.' He advanced towards me. 'Since you've been with your new boyfriend...' He looked at Takashi as he said that, his voice full of disgust. He stopped right in front of me.

'What are you doing here Shino?' I asked him.

'I'm here to take you back, of course...'

'Um...Excuse me Yumi-senpai,' Tamaki cut in. 'But who is this?' He motioned towards Shino.

'My name is Shinozuka Fukagawa. I'm Yumi's ex-boyfriend,' Shino sneered at Tamaki. Everyone gasped. Even Takashi had a look of surprise on his face.

Shino made an attempt to grab my arm but his hand was knocked aside by Ryu, who had Heishi in his grip.

'Ah, Ryu! Glad to see that you've come to welcome me too. And I won't forget Mizu...' Shino spat.

'Stay away from nee-san, Shino. Or I won't hesitate to cut off your arm,' Ryu hissed.

Shino threw back his head and laughed...Maniacly. Once he was done, he produced a thick, long, brown whip from his back pocket. (It must be a really big pocket...)

'I don't think so, Ryu,' he said as he cracked the whip on the floor. Ryu took his stance and held out Heishi. 'Katana Tsuin!' He said and the two swords appeared.

Takashi pushed me behind him. Ryu charged forward with flurry of strikes, but Shino deflected them all with his whip. Just then,

Shino extended his free hand towards Ryu and jabbed his side with his second and third finger.

Ryu howled in pain, and the Hangakus clattered on the marble floor. Ryu gripped his side and took ragged breaths while Shino walked over him. Mizu quickly rushed to Ryu's side. 'How did you know?' Ryu winced.

'Well, let's just say that I've been around...' Shino said mysteriously.

Then it all made sense. How he knew Takashi was my boyfriend, and that Ryu's side was injured, how he even knew that we transferred to Ouran.

'You're that shadowy figure! You've been following us around everywhere and listening to all our conversations!' I gasped.

'Yes, I am. Like I've already told you. I've come to take you back,' he began approaching Takashi and I. Takashi glared at him, but he continued walking, his whip dangling in his hand.

'Don't you already have...Whatever her name is?'

'You mean Kimi? Nah, I dumped her at the start of this year. Kept an eye out for you after that.'

'But why?' I gripped on harder to Takashi's arm.

'Why? Kimi could never compare to you, Yumi. You didn't tell me that you were Yoru-Fue...I see the resemblence now...'

'That's all you want me for?! Because I'm famous?!' I swallowed.

'Why else would anyone want you? You're good for nothing. All anyone would ever want you for is your fame. Nothing else,' he growled.

I looked to Takashi, his gray eyes gleamed back at me. 'Is that true, Takashi?'

'No! Yumi! He's just lying!' He said quickly.

'Is that really true, Yumi? How do you know he's not the one lying?' Shino stepped in front of us.

'No Yumi! Don't believe him! He's just trying to confuse you!' I heard Takashi say.

'Is that really how he feels? Or are they more lies?' Shino roared.

Shino and Takashi immediately went into a head on battle, yelling stuff to me halfway through. I couldn't hold back the tears anymore.

'Who would you rather believe Yumi?!' Both of them asked.

'Shut up! Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it!' I screamed. Everyone in the room was stunned. I started sobbing so hard I couldn't hold myself up. I knelt on the floor, covering my ears, trying to block out every sound.

'I don't want to hear anymore! So just shut up!' I screamed again. Shino and Takashi stopped their battle and just stared at me while my siblings came over.

'Yumi nee-san! Calm down!' Mizu whispered. I didn't want to calm down...I want to just let everything out...

'Get out of here, Shino! Get out, get out, get out!' I picked up one of the metal spoons on a table and threw it at him, full force...We were supposed to clean up, thank goodness we didn't...

Anyway, the spoon hit Shino spot-on...right on the forehead. 'Yeeeeeouch!' He shrieked.

Suddenly, combat soldiers burst into the room and ordered Shino to put his hands up.

'Eh?' All of us gaped.

'I called for them when Mr. Fukagawa arrived.'

All eyes turned to Kyoya.

'You can never be too sure,' he shrugged as he wiped the last remainders of cake off his face. Shino was dragged away, yelling and screaming...well, practically wailing, 'I'll be back for you, you hear me Yumi? Nothing can stop me!!! Noth-'

Then the doors closed before he could finish his sentence. 'What's gonna happen to him?' I gulped.

'Don't worry, he's not going to jail. He'll just be under house arrest for a few weeks,' Kyoya said. 'You're safe for now Yumi-senpai.'

'Oh, okay...' I said softly. 'Anyway, I'm going home now okay? Sorry that I can't help you clean up.'

I picked myself up and ran for the door. I flinged it open and left. Mizu and Ryu came thudding after me.

Shino's voice kept ringing in my head. 'Why else would anyone want you? You're good for nothing. All anyone would ever want you for is your fame. Nothing else...'Nothing else...Nothing else...

No...Takashi isn't like that...I'm not only good for my fame...I'm not-! I don't want to be...


~Takashi's POV~

So that's who Shino is...I never knew Yumi had a boyfriend...

'Yumi!' I called after her but it was too ate. She'd already left, Mizu and Ryu following her. I couldn't have felt worse. She might think that the only reason I would love her was because she was famous. After all, we only kissed on the day where she told us she was Yoru-Fue. That blasted Shino!

'So, what do we do now?' Hikaru and Kaoru asked. Tamaki snapped his fingers. 'Well, it looks like the maids will have to take care of the packing up because it's already so late! I need to go home and play with Antoinette! Kyoya, please take care of the plans we have for tomorrow!'

Kyoya grabbed Tamaki's shirt collar before he could run off. 'No you're not. Since you're the host king, you have to sit down and annalyse these plans as well.'

'Then...Mistukuni and I will head off first...' I said. Everyone looked at me.

'O-Of course, Mori-senpai!' Tamaki stuttered.

Mitsukuni flashed me a worried look before climbing up my back and sitting on my shoulder. 'See you all tomorrow, 'kay?' Mitsukuni waved to the others.

'Takashi, are you okay?' Mitsukuni asked me once we were out of ear-shot from the others.

'Yeah, I'm fine,' I lied.

'Oh, yeah. Takashi. I can't stop by your house tomorrow,' he said.

'Hm? Why?' I asked.

''Cos I've got a date!' He winked.

I nearly fell over. A date...Mitusukuni?

'Who with?' I asked nervously.

'There's this girl who I really like. I met her when I was out lunch the other day...You know, when you were out with Yumi...'

I blushed a little.

'Anyway,' he continued. 'I met her and we chatted a little. We hung out after that. So I asked her out again today! Her name's Michiyo Oguri. And Takashi, she's really really really nice!' He grinned. I had never seen Mitsukuni this happy...Well yes, he's practically happy everyday...and when he's eating sweet stuff, but this is something different!

'I'm really happy for you, Mitsukuni. I really am,' I patted his head. He smiled a really big smile, then laughed.

'Hey, Takashi! Imagine! Maybe you, Yumi, Michiyo and I can go on a double date! That would be so much fun, ne?'

'Sure, Mitsukuni.'

Yumi...I hope you're okay...So, I'll be able to forgive myself...for hurting you...


Cliffhanger! Hani actually has a love interest! Ohmigosh!!! Gasp! There's something about this Michiyo Oguri....That I won't tell you about! Muhuhuhuhuhuhu! XD

A double date in the next chapter! Ryu and Mizu might even have crushes...or they might be the ones crushing! :P

Tune in next time on...'Welcome to the Host Club'! and...Pls REVIEW!

-Tsuki :P