It was six o' clock with the sun starting to make its way to set beyond the horizon. Birds flew back and forth along the sun's evening rays while they settled down. Clouds weren't a big deal since it was a crystal clear evening as well for the late night couples about to emerge.
Shina stood in her office staring out the window with one hand on the glass and the other grasping her mother's necklace. "Mother," she began in an almost whisper tone, "which one should I choose?" A knock on the door lifted her thoughts as she listened to the person coming in, "excuse me madam, but your father wishes to see you in his office." She turned her head while still keeping her hands placed, "thank you." The person bowed and left the room. "Well … I guess there's no other way huh?"
Back inside in her father's office …
"I knew having him was a bad idea," Ryo said pacing back and fourth in front of his desk while Shina sat on top of it with one leg over the other, hands placed behind her while she leaned backwards, and head cocked towards her left side while she watched her father with her eyes; "didn't I say 'no young interns'? I knew one day that they would hit on you. Ugh! Why did I have to have such a goddess as a daughter?"
Shina sat straight up and placed an elbow on her knee and her hand under her chin with her other hand by her pants pocket, "calling me a goddess won't help your problem;" she said then gave a sly smile as he turned back towards her, "With every intern you hire they will hit on me sooner or later unless they're already aware that I'm the boss' daughter." He gave an unsatisfied look and walked back to his chair, "you have your mother's beauty and all of my charm," she got up and gave her father a shoulder message, "but very sadly, you have your grandmother's stubborn behavior."
She stopped and smacked him on the back of the head, "stop kidding around." He rubbed his head a bit then looked up at her, "but I guess without her you can't be controlled during those Three Days thing right?" She looked off to the side and fiddled with some of her hair with one hand, "I guess so. What are we going to do this time? She's away until the end of the year and the Three Days is next month." Ryo stared at his daughter and felt his face turn hot while her eyes became a little pink then red, "I don't know … who all knows that you're Akiko?" Shina rubbed her eyes then smiled at him, "Tamaki and Kyoya, but I'm not sure about everyone else for that matter."
He was about to speak when a buzz sound came from his phone. Shina walked off towards one side of the room, "ok, for now let's keep it like that. Hello?" The lady on the other line spoke, "sir you have guests … they say you know them." Ryo looked over at his daughter then back at the phone, "ok send them in." The voice hung up the phone and motioned for them to go in. Shina stood still and alone while she looked down and started to fiddle with the necklace, "Tamaki."
"Huh?" She looked up but didn't turn around, "Tamaki was the boy I gave mother's necklace to. I didn't realize it until he gave it back to me." Ryo slowly smiled at her then placed his hands by his mouth and looked up at the guests coming in, "welcome." Yuzuru and Tamaki appeared behind the door as they greeted him back, "sorry to come unannounced." Yuzuru sat down in front of Ryo while Tamaki walked over to Shina's side. She turned to face him and smiled a bit while she took hold of his sleeve and moved towards the door, "come with me I want to show you something."
After they left Ryo and Yuzuru were left alone to talk. "You do know that my son has feeling for both your daughter and Haruhi right?" Ryo closed his eyes then spoke in a matter-of-factly tone, "yes … and you do know that your son's competition is Kyoya. Both of them are aware of my daughter's abilities and they like her even more because of it." Yuzuru stared at Ryo for a bit, "what do you mean by that? Kyoya has been my son's competition for a couple of years now, is there really any surprise there?"
Back where Shina and Tamaki are …
"Where are we going," Tamaki asked as Shina continued to pull on his sleeve, "to my office … I like the view better there and it'll give our fathers time to talk." Masaya walked in front of the two, "I'm sorry about earlier. I was just trying to ask you out on a date that's all." Tamaki looked at him then over at Shina, "you had no idea that my last name was Kouh? Honestly, what kind of person are you if you don't even know your co-workers' names. Tamaki, you'll like it since the sun's setting right about now." Masaya and Tamaki stared right at each other for a bit before Tamaki slightly bowed and walked off following his friend. Masaya watched quietly then sulked off towards his cubicle and sat down.
"So that's the kind of guys she likes huh?" His phone rang pulling his thoughts off a bit, "hello?" The voice on the other side was very comforting, "have you figured out who her type is?" Masaya rubbed his head a bit, "kind of. Brother … I think who they should go after next."
Inside her office …
"You like the view," she asked pulling Tamaki close to the window. "Yeah … seeing the sunset is really relaxing at this time." Shina stared up at him then looked out and stopped smiling. "What's on your mind?" She looked back up into his blue eyes, "oh uh, something." Tamaki sat down in one of the chairs in her office and did his royal looking pose, "I'm not leaving until you tell me."
She tuned and sat on her desk, "next month my powers … well let's just say that I won't remember anything during … never mind." He leaned closer to her, "come on. Don't make me beg." Her face turned while Tamaki made his puppy dog face, "pon!" Shina felt a little weird watching Tamaki act like a dog so she sighed and took in a deep breath while looking away, "if I tell you can you please stop making that face?" Tamaki sat back and became a Host, "tell me." Shina looked back with her eyes then turned her whole head, "next month of every year is very unpleasant for me."
"Because … it's the anniversary … of your mother's death right," he said. She nodded her head, "there are only certain days that I don't act like myself. Father's come to call them the Three Days." Tamaki blinked a bit as she continued, "the day before, the same day, and the day after her death are the Three Days. During that event I turn into this … this …" she stared at her hands, "this … animal!" Tamaki got up, sat down next to her, and held her close, "I can't remember anything during those days so someone take advantage of me, get hurt, or anything else very easily. If you really care about me then please stay away from me or else you could get hurt."
Tamaki held her a bit tighter while he leaned his head on hers and quietly whispered; "I would never leave your side … I … I …" she looked up with some tears in her eyes. "… I … l- … li- …" Shina held onto the side of his face, "you still like Haruhi though and," she said forcing a smile on her face, "she has some feelings for you as well. I can tell … so I don't want to hurt her in any way," she said with a sudden shadow fall over her face. His hair covered up his eyes as he let her go. She got up and slowly walked towards the door, "what would happen if Haruhi liked someone else?"
She stopped right in the middle of both him and the door, "what difference does it make? If she didn't like you then she would've convinced everyone else to let you get married to that Éclair girl." With his hair still over his eyes Tamaki got up fast and quick. "Everyone else's' feelings comes-," Tamaki had grabbed her by the arm, turned her around, and planted a kiss upon her lips. The shadow that was over Shina's eyes disappeared to show that she was staring at what was happening. She blinked once as it looked from one of her eyes that she was about to cry; the look in her blue eyes softened as a single tear fell on her face … she gave in and closed her eyes.
Meanwhile back in Ryo's office …
"I'll make sure that everyone will keep their distance when the Three Days come," Yuzuru said shaking Ryo's hand, "my son might not like it and insist that we come over … but I'll make sure that won't happen." Ryo let go and stood up, "arigato! As long as you keep it a secret from them I won't have a problem." They nodded their heads at the same time once and heard a scream from outside the door. Ryo rushed over and opened it fast as he saw a spider like lady with Meroko and Lynn right behind her laughing.
"Welcome to our web," they said in unison as they held out their hands towards all the people working in the office, "Crystal Fusion!" Meroko made her chima a tapir while Lynn made his chima a cheetah. Ryo took a single step back while they pointed at him and said again, "destroy them!"
