Vannen: Hi! I promise I haven't abandoned this. I'm just horrible at remembering to post new chapters. So, anyway, here's a new chapter. I have another 3 chapters already typed up. I just have to post them... Anyway, on with the fic!
Chapter 12
Under Twenty-One
The group stayed together on the way down the mountain, talking and laughing. Kyoya and Haruhi handed his camera back and forth, taking pictures of the other hosts, Kallee and of each other. They reached the Suburban late in the afternoon and drove the two hours back to Aiden's house. Kallee went home to clean up but joined them again that evening for dinner and to learn more Japanese.
The next day was another rest day for the group. Kallee joined them again for dinner in the evening. After dinner was over, Aiden went to the piano, practicing for an upcoming performance at Ouran. Haruhi came and sat in the living room with her, working on her homework at the coffee table. For the most part, the boys relaxed around the house. Kallee and Tamaki had commandeered the television that was upstairs and the twins the one in the basement. Mori sat outside in the sun reading a book while Hani took a nap, somehow sleeping through Aiden's playing of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto number three. Kyoya had disappeared out the front door.
The twins got bored. They came up the stairs and sat on both of Aiden's sides as she covered up the third page of the Concerto and started at the beginning of it, trying to play it from memory.
"Aiden-chan!" they whined, Hikaru wrapping his arm over her shoulders and Kaoru wrapping one around her waist. "We're bored."
"That's nice," she said as she stared at her hands. "What do you want me to do about it?"
"Entertain us of course," Hikaru said as if it were the world's most obvious solution.
"Entertain yourselves," Haruhi snapped from where she was doing homework at the coffee table. "We're busy."
Hikaru looked over his shoulder at the girl. "What got your OOF!" he doubled over, clutching his ribs where Aiden's elbow had caught him.
"You may want to move," she told the twins. "I think I need the entire piano for this piece and thus I'll be accidentally elbowing you again."
"That was an accident?" Hikaru demanded.
"If it weren't, you'd be on the floor," Aiden said. She paused in her playing, her forehead crinkling in thought. "Drat," she muttered. "I forgot the forty-third measure. I was so close too." She pulled the blank sheet of paper off the third page of her music and started playing the measure she'd forgotten over and over again. After the fourth time through, she looked down at her hands again, ignoring the music in front of her.
Kaoru stood up from the bench and went to look out the large front window. He sighed, still bored.
"Can't you go somewhere else?" Haruhi asked as she rubbed out a mistake on her paper with her eraser.
"But you're in here," Hikaru purred, sitting next to her and wrapping his arms around the small girl.
"And thus you should leave." Haruhi glared at him for a second but went back to ignoring him as she worked on her physics homework.
"Isn't there anything we can do around here?" Kaoru whined.
Aiden stopped playing the piano. "If I agree to take you guys to the under twenty-one club tonight will you stop bothering us?"
"Under twenty-one club?" Hikaru asked.
"What's that?" Kaoru added.
"It's a club for minors," Aiden said. "I don't know the legal drinking age in Japan but here it's twenty-one. Most clubs serve alcohol so we wouldn't be allowed in but someone opened one for minors about a year ago and I hear it's still open and business is doing well."
"It is."
Aiden looked over the tops of her glasses at Kallee as she and Tamaki walked in. "They've done a lot of updates too. It's really an awesome place."
"You've been recently?" Aiden asked.
"Yeah, just two weeks ago for Kelly's party."
"Kelly?" Hikaru asked.
"My little sister."
"More like little demon," Aiden grumbled under her breath.
"Can we go?" Kaoru asked, giving Aiden a pair of sad eyes.
"Do you promise not to bother Haruhi-kun and me for the rest of the trip?" The twins nodded enthusiastically. "Alright, we can go. Tell the others we'll leave in about three hours."
The twins cheered and went to find Kyoya, Mori, and Hani.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this," Aiden muttered and went back to playing the piano.
Ten minutes later, Haruhi and Aiden were dragged over to Kallee's house.
"If we're going clubbing," the tall girl said, "you're not going to be dressed in boys' clothing."
"How do you expect us to not dress like guys when that's about all the clothing we brought?" Aiden demanded.
Kallee rolled her eyes at her friend. "I have younger sisters, remember? I'll have plenty of clothes that will fit the two of you."
"Great," Aiden grumbled, casting a glance at Haruhi as they climbed the steps at Kallee's house.
Kallee practically dragged them into her bedroom and started rummaging through her closet. She grabbed some clothes, tossed them on her bed, and disappeared out the door. She came back with armfuls of clothes.
"Try these on," she said, dumping them on the bed next to the much smaller pile of clothes.
Aiden started digging through the clothes warily. She pulled out a short, pleated skirt. "You expect me to wear this?" she asked.
"No, that one is a little too short for you. It's for Haruhi-kun to try."
"Do I really have to go?" Haruhi asked.
"Do you want the twins to not bother us for the rest of the week?" Aiden shot back, still digging through the clothes.
"Good point," Haruhi said, thinking of the pile of books waiting for her to study in the next few weeks.
Kallee looked at the two shorter girls. "So," she asked, "What types of women do Mori-senpai and Kyoya-senpai like?"
Aiden and Haruhi spun. "Why would I care what kind of woman Mori-senpai likes?" Aiden demanded at the same time Haruhi asked "What does Kyoya-senpai have to do with anything?"
Kallee burst out laughing and the two girls looked at each other, noting the blushes on each other's cheeks before starting to laugh as well.
"Me thinks you do protest too much," Kallee finally managed to say, wagging a finger at Aiden and Haruhi as they settled down again. "Now spill. What's going on? What do you think of them?"
"I hate how observant you are when it comes to people liking other people," Aiden said.
"It's what I do, now spill." Kallee sat on the bed cross legged and waited for the girls to talk. Her eyes kept bouncing between Aiden and Haruhi. Aiden stared at Haruhi. Haruhi stared at Aiden. "Somebody talk already!" Kallee cried.
"You first," Aiden said, her gaze fixed on Haruhi. "Do you really like the Shadow King?"
Haruhi shrugged. "I'm not sure," she said, looking down. "It's easier to have an intelligent conversation with him than the others, but he seems to like you. At least, he flirts with you a lot."
"Easy to have a conversation if you're not afraid of being blackmailed later," Aiden thought. Out loud, she said, "He doesn't like me in that way."
"What makes you think that?"
"He just doesn't," Aiden reassured her. "Ask him yourself if you don't believe me."
"There's no scandal in that," Kallee pouted. "You'll have to explain the 'Shadow King' comment later."
Aiden snorted. "I think I should tell you the situation at school," she said. "That'll make you happier. Everyone, except the Host Club, thinks we're boys with a very few exceptions."
Kallee stared. "Boys?" she demanded. "How did that happen?"
"Long story," Aiden and Haruhi chorused.
"Fine," Kallee said, "but you will tell me before we get to Japan."
Aiden rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah," she said. "You already know that I'm in the same boat as Haruhi when it comes to Mori-senpai. Now spill what's going on between you and Tamaki-senpai."
Kallee's face reddened.
"Thought so," Aiden said. "He's already asked you out, hasn't he?"
"Well, no," Kallee said, "but he has made it clear that he likes me."
"Are you sure that's not his hostliness talking?" Haruhi wondered.
"You should have seen the look on his face when Kallee first showed up," Aiden said. "It was priceless."
Kallee, not liking the direction of the conversation, tried to turn it. "So, everyone thinks you're boys? You'll never be able to date Kyoya-senpai and Mori-senpai."
"I don't really care if the school thinks I'm gay," Aiden said. "It's not like I'll see them after I graduate from high school."
"But are the guys secure enough to be able to handle it?" Kallee asked.
"It's a moot point anyway," Aiden said as she eyed the stack of clothes Kallee had pulled out for herself. "At least for me. I have no plans of dating anyone." Unconsciously, her hand went to the necklace at her throat.
Kallee rolled her eyes. "Whatever. You can tell me how you got dragged into posing as a boy while we get ready." She picked up a black and red form fitting, sleeveless shirt and black knee length skirt with a small frill at the end. "What do you think?"
Aiden and Haruhi exchanged glances. "No way," they chorused. Haruhi picked up a pink dress. Its slender cut would hug Kallee's slim figure well and the slit up the side would show off her shapely legs.
"Tamaki-senpai will be more impressed by this," she said as Aiden nodded her agreement even while she kept digging.
"Throw this around your waist and you'll be good," Aiden said and pulled a white ribbon free of a different dress. "Well, once you find some nice, strappy heals to go with it."
"I didn't realize you knew clothes," Kallee said, giving Aiden a critical look.
"I don't," Aiden said, "but I usually see girls that wear pink with something white to break everything up." She looked up at Kallee. "Besides, it's easier to dress someone else than yourself. I've known you long enough that I know what accentuates your figure. All I see when I try to make myself look nice is all my many, many flaws." She turned to Haruhi, considering.
"We need to get bookish Kyoya-senpai to lighten up a little," Kallee said finally. She started digging in the larger pile of clothes, muttering something about black, tight clothing.
Aiden joined in the digging. "Do you still have that black skirt you wore to your brother's graduation?" she asked. "It should be about Haruhi-kun's size."
"Perfect!" Kallee said. "I think Kelly borrowed it and never gave it back." She disappeared only to reappear a few minutes later with a skirt that would barely reach Haruhi's knees.
"And I just found the perfect top to go with it," Aiden said as she held up a black shirt. Blue flowers were stitched into it around the stomach, twining in and out of each other. The word "courage" was printed in black amongst the rose vines. "Skinny as you are, this will show off what little figure you have." She grinned.
"What do we do with her hair?" Kallee asked.
"Flip it out and tie a blue ribbon just behind her ears," Aiden said. "I'm more concerned about the shoes. Chunky shoes or sandals?"
"Black and blue low top Chuck Taylors," Kallee said decisively. "Otherwise, she'll look like she's trying too hard."
"No heal?" Aiden asked. "She's a lot shorter than him."
"Good point," Kallee said. "What are our options for shoes that will fit her?" she went to her closet and stared at the floor. The two girls followed her. They stared at the massive amount of shoes for a while.
"I can only see the Chucks looking okay," Aiden admitted, poking at a blue pair with her own foot.
"I think you're right," Kallee said and she picked up the shoes and handed them to Haruhi. "Bathroom's down the hall on your left. Go change." Resigned, Haruhi did as she was told.
When she came back, both Aiden and Kallee nodded. "Glad we went with the Chucks," they chorused.
"Does everything look okay?" Haruhi asked, twisting to see her back over her shoulder.
"Turn," Kallee ordered, drawing a circle in the air with her finger. As Haruhi turned, she and Aiden looked her over with a critical eye.
"I like how the top of the skirt laces up on the sides," Aiden said. "Adds just a little ornamentation to it."
"And the shirt really does hug her figure," Kallee said. "Good choices."
"What do you think Haruhi-kun?" Aiden asked. "Will Kyoya-senpai like it?"
"I guess," she said, not sounding sure.
Kallee was shaking her head. "She looks good," she said, "but we really need to knock Kyoya-senpai's socks off."
"I thought we were just going to lighten him up a bit," Aiden said. "If we knock his socks off, we might scare him off. He may be the Shadow King but I'm sure he has limits as to what he can stand."
Haruhi nodded, knowing she better agree or she might end up with something that showed a lot more skin.
"We'll make her more dramatic when we deal with her hair and makeup," Kallee finally agreed. "Now, for your clothes." She grinned at Aiden.
"Get that evil glint out of your eye," the pianist snapped. "I have my own limits. No skirts or dresses."
Kallee turned to Haruhi. "What do you think?" she asked. "What will Mori-senpai enjoy the most?"
Haruhi was already digging through the clothes again. "Nothing stuffy, but nothing too outlandish either." She was already pulling a few clothes out of the pile and laying them out in layers. Finally, she stood back. "Think that will work?" she asked.
Kallee looked at the outfit Haruhi had put together. "That is a stroke of genius. Go try it on." She thrust the pile at Aiden who rolled her eyes and went to do as she was told while the other two tried to figure out what shoes the musician should wear.
"Well?" Aiden came back into the room wearing a pair of dark, skinny jeans, a white tank top, a dark blue, low cut button down shirt with black stitching and a cut that flattered her small frame and a white, thigh-length coat with silver accents. Only the third button was done up on her shirt, showing the swirling blue stitching on her tank top underneath. The look gave her a roguish, chic appearance.
"Genius, as I said," Kallee affirmed. "Here are your shoes." She held up a pair of white heals that would make Aiden about four inches taller.
"Are you trying to kill me?"
"I was in ballroom with you. I know you can handle those shoes without blinking. Besides, without them, you're far too short for Mori-senpai."
"Don't you dare tell the twins I can wear them easily," Aiden grumbled but joined Kallee in helping fix Haruhi's hair and tell the stories of how they got roped into the Host Club.
Kallee, Haruhi, and Aiden walked in the front door of Aiden's house about ten minutes before they meant to leave.
"Looking good."
The girls looked to the side to see Hikaru and Kaoru grinning as they lounged on the couch. Hikaru wore a pair of tight black pants and a black, sleeveless shirt, the neck of which had extra material and sagged over his shoulders and chest. A pair of black sleeves was held to his biceps with white cloth and silver buckles, a matching white belt around his waist. Kaoru's clothes were simpler. He wore a pair of light acid washed jeans and a black button down shirt, the top two buttons left open. His belt was black.
"Not so bad yourself," Kallee said with a grin. She slapped Aiden's hand as the pianist reached to run a hand through her hair. "Don't you dare spoil our hard work before Mori-senpai sees you," she hissed.
"Did I hear the girls come-" Tamaki stopped mid sentence as he walked in and saw the three girls, or rather, he saw Kallee. His jaw remained open and his eyes seemed to go blank. Haruhi and Aiden smirked at each other as Kallee blushed and tried not to stare at the figure Tamaki struck in his white, soft cloth pants, white shirt, and the white jacket with blue accents down the sleeves and across the chest.
"Close your mouth Tamaki," Kyoya ordered as he straightened the collar of his shirt. "You're catching flies." He looked up, his eyes widened, he blinked, and then he turned his head slightly so the sun glinted off the lenses of his glasses. Aiden continued to smirk as Haruhi quickly looked at the floor to avoid staring at Kyoya who was dressed a light colored pair of jeans, a black shirt, and a tailored black jacket that reached his thighs. His hair was more disheveled than normal as well.
Hani bounded into the room, breaking the tension. His normally soft blonde hair had been hair sprayed into a spikier texture. He wore black biker boots, green cargo pants, a thick, leather belt, a dark green, long-sleeved shirt with kenji written down the right arm in silver thread, and grey fingerless gloves. "How do I look?" he asked the girls while turning for them.
"Awesome, Hani-senpai. You look like a little punk," Aiden said.
The senior grinned and looked back at the doorway where Mori leaned against the frame. "What about Takashi?" Hani asked.
"Suave," Kallee said, noting the tall senior's stylish dark jeans, black shirt with green designs, and black coat.
"Very," Aiden agreed as Haruhi nodded.
"Shall we?" Hani asked, motioning towards the door.
Kaoru jumped up and leaned on Aiden's shoulder. "Of course," he said.
"Just as soon as," Hikaru leaned his arm on Aiden's other shoulder.
"Everyone stops gawking at each other," Aiden finished. She and the twins cackled as Kallee, Haruhi, Kyoya, and Tamaki jumped. Mori continued to watch Aiden.
"Let's go," Haruhi said and turned towards the door.
Hikaru grinned over Aiden's head. "I think you're right," he said to Kaoru. "She'd do well as being our triplet."
Haruhi's eyes widened. "Uh-oh," she said.
"I think our lives just became a nightmare," Kyoya agreed as he went out the door. Aiden, Hikaru, and Kaoru continued laughing, big Cheshire cat grins on their faces.
When they arrived at the club, they ran into a little hiccup. The bouncer at the front door stopped them, looking at Hani. "No kids aloud," he said. "You have to be fourteen."
Kallee and Aiden glanced at Hani, then at the bouncer, and then burst out laughing. The bouncer glared at the girls. Most of the club joined them. When Kyoya started to step forward to take care of the situation with a steely expression on his face, Haruhi grabbed his arm. He looked down at her and she shook her head. She nodded at Aiden who was regaining control of herself. Kyoya relaxed his stance and moved Haruhi's hands from his biceps. He held onto one of them and linked it through his arm. He gave her a lopsided smirk and looked back at Aiden.
"He's seventeen," Aiden said, gesturing at Hani.
"I'll need to see some ID."
Aiden's eyebrows furrowed as she looked down at Hani. In Japanese, she asked him, "I don't suppose you have a school ID or something that's written in English."
Hani grinned. "I've got my passport," he said and handed it to the bouncer. The man looked at the cover with interest before flipping it open. He scanned through the information. Finally, he handed it back to Hani.
"Sorry about that," he said. "You can go in now."
"Thank you," Aiden said and led the way inside.
"Well handled," Kallee complimented.
"I don't like scenes," Aiden said.
The club was just as Kallee had promised, cool, new-age, and chic all rolled into one. Visitors could sit at the non-alcoholic bar, at one of the many tables spaced around the edges of the room, on the couches that lined the walls with soft chairs to pull around so groups could enjoy talking to each other, or dance on the dance floor. The music was face-paced and at a good volume, not so loud that it hurt damaged eardrums but loud enough to cover the conversations going on five feet away.
Aiden turned quickly towards the couches and soon found a spot large enough for all them to comfortably sit. However, before she could plop down into relative comfort, Kaoru grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the dance floor with a laugh. Aiden missed the cheeky grin he sent towards Mori. Kyoya, Hani, Hikaru, and Haruhi sat down while Tamaki and Kallee went to get sodas for everyone at the bar.
"This place isn't bad," Hikaru said while looking around.
"If you like this sort of thing," Haruhi said.
"What's not to like?" Hani asked. He was swinging his feet to the beat.
"I prefer peace and quiet," Haruhi told him.
"Have you ever taken the time to enjoy a club?" Hikaru demanded.
"Well, no," she admitted. "I've never had a reason to go to a club before."
"Then we shall educate you," Kyoya said and stood. He grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet before she could protest and led her to where Kaoru was dancing with Aiden. Hikaru followed after them and pulled his brother and Aiden over to them. Hikaru turned back to Haruhi, ready to teach her how to dance only to see that she was already doing so, and rather well. Shrugging, he joined his twin and Kyoya in dancing with their "sister" and the natural rookie of the club.
"That will end badly," Hani remarked, watching as Hikaru glared at Kyoya when the second year took Haruhi's hand and spun her.
"Ah," Mori agreed.
"Should we do something about it?"
Mori shrugged.
Hani sighed. "I guess you're right. They'll have to figure it out themselves as you and Kao-chan did."
"Ah."
Aiden spotted Kallee and Tamaki heading over to their couches with their arms full of drinks. "I'm thirsty," she told Kaoru and darted away from him. She slid through the growing crowd of people on the dance floor and soon reached the couches. She sat down and stole a bottle of water from Kallee.
"Having fun?" the tall girl asked.
"I am so killing you for making me wear these shoes," she said, stretching her aching feet out in front of her.
"You'd never kill me Ai."
"Keep making me wear shoes like these and I will."
Kallee rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Anyway," she said. "Are we having fun yet?"
"Sure," Aiden said and took a big drink of her water. She sat on the couch next to Hani, leaning her head back. "Wake me up when we're done having fun."
"Aiiiii!" Kallee whined. "You can't abandon Haruhi and me to all these boys!"
"Watch me," Aiden wriggled more comfortably into the couch.
"Oh come on!" Kallee grabbed Aiden's arm and proceeded to try to haul the smaller girl to her feet. Aiden dug her heals in, setting her weight against Kallee's efforts. The pianist smirked as the vocalist tugged. Finally, Kallee gave up. "Fine, be that way." She turned on her heal and headed to where Haruhi, the twins, and Kyoya were still dancing. Tamaki followed her after shrugging at Mori and Hani.
One of Aiden's eyes opened. "Good," she said and sat up straight again.
"Why didn't you want to dance?" Hani asked.
"Because I want to watch Kall for a bit. She's a much better dancer than I am." She rested her chin in her palm and watched her friend. True to her words, Kallee did dance better than her, better than most people at the club.
"I'm going to go dance," Hani said and jumped up. "I'll see you guys in a bit." He bounded out to the others with a laugh.
Aiden grinned and sat back against the cushions again, her hand going to the old silver necklace around her throat without her thinking about it. She didn't notice that Mori glanced her way when she did, or that his expression altered a little, his lips twitching towards a smile. After a while, the twins came back with a tired Haruhi. They sat down on the couches and the group started talking. Aiden finished her water bottle and stood up, heading back to the dance floor. Mori followed her.
About a half an hour later, Aiden decided she was thirsty again. She went back to the couches to find the rest of the drinks had been claimed or emptied. Shrugging, she turned towards the bar. The bartender was busy with a large group so she just leaned against the counter, waiting for him to finish with them.
"Aiden Scadden." A voice behind her spoke with smug confidence and a little surprise.
Aiden looked over her shoulder to see a boy about her age with shaggy, dirty blond hair and brown eyes. He was about eight inches taller than her. Her nose wrinkled at the sight of him. "What on Earth do you want?" she asked.
"Just to talk. You haven't been around lately." He said, leaning on the counter next to her.
"With trash like you around, who'd want to live around here?" She started to move away from the counter but he caught her wrist.
"Come on Aiden. Dance with me."
"Not in your life."
"You know you want to."
Aiden leveled a dark glare at him. "Not if you were the last creature in the universe. Let go." She tried to jerk her hand back from him.
"You really should be nicer to me."
"Why would I be nice to someone that hurt my best friend?" she snapped and yanked her arm away from him. She started to turn away from him. Suddenly, she felt another arm stronger than that of the boy she'd been arguing with, wrap around her shoulders and pull her sideways. At the same time, she heard a dull thud. The guy she'd been talking to yelped.
"What was that for?" he demanded, rubbing his forearm where a red mark was starting to show.
"Let her be."
Aiden looked up and found Mori standing between her and the other youth.
"We were just talking."
Aiden didn't need to see Mori's face to picture his stoic expression.
"Whatever," the youth said. "Who do you think you are anyway?"
"Her boyfriend," Mori said. Aiden set her facial muscles knowing that showing surprise would ruin Mori's lie.
The youth looked from Aiden to Mori and back a few times. Finally, he snorted. "I don't believe it. Aiden's never dated a guy in her life. Who would want to date that scrawny brat anyway?"
"Me." Mori tried to keep Aiden behind him but she darted under his arm.
"It's okay, Mori," she said to him only. "He wouldn't dare touch me." He still pulled her back against his chest protectively. She turned back to the youth to say something else.
"You want something Miss?"
Aiden turned towards the bartender, a little irritated at being interrupted.
"Two bottles of water," Mori said. He handed the man some money and accepted the water, handing one to Aiden. He motioned for her to go ahead of him. As they walked past the youth Aiden had been arguing with, Mori gave him a dark look and placed his arm around Aiden's shoulders.
Aiden stopped and looked over her shoulder. "Oh, and if you go near Kallee, I'll hunt you down and make good on my promise." Her voice was low and she and Mori went back to their friends at the couches.
"Then I'll just have to go for the smaller girl with you, won't I?" he said under his breath, spying Haruhi at the group of couches Aiden and Mori were heading for.
"Aiden?" Mori asked, his arm still draped across her shoulders.
"He's a creep that dated Kallee before the last time I moved back here. He messed her up pretty bad in the head, got her to think she was worthless. When I got here, I found out what was going on and got Kall out of the relationship and told him that if he ever came near her again, I'd make sure he was incapable of doing anything of the sort to anyone else. Please, don't tell Kall that he's here."
Mori nodded but didn't say anything as they reached the couches with just enough time for the others to say they were heading back onto the dance floor. Aiden sat down and opened her water bottle as she watched the twins tease Tamaki about his preference for her best friend.
Haruhi was enjoying herself despite the fact that she wasn't doing anything truly constructive. Kyoya and Hikaru had kept her dancing for most of the time, teaching her different steps and styles. She'd been dancing with Hikaru, but he'd left to find something for them to drink. She'd stayed on the dance floor while she waited, still dancing when a hand tapped her on the shoulder.
She looked up at a youth with dirty blonde hair. An alarm went off in her head. Hadn't she seen Mori step between Aiden and this guy when he'd reached for Aiden when she'd turned away from him?
"Wanna dance?" he asked.
Haruhi floundered for a moment. There had to be a reason that Aiden had argued with this guy. The pianist had looked really mad when he'd been talking to her. For the life of her though, Haruhi couldn't think of a polite way to refuse.
"I'm afraid she's already taken."
Haruhi glanced over her shoulder and breathed a sigh of relief. Kyoya stood behind her, a glare fixed on his face.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, sorry." Haruhi flashed a quick smile before turning towards Kyoya.
"Some other time then."
Haruhi gave a non-committal hum, took the hand Kyoya held out for her and followed him through the crowds of people, closer to the couch. They missed the curse the boy muttered under his breath at their backs.
Kyoya stopped before they reached the edge of the dance floor.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Take a look." Kyoya motioned to the couch. Haruhi looked and watched as Mori ran a hand along the top of Aiden's head as she talked to him. The pianist blushed a little but otherwise ignored the hand.
"Would you look at that," she said with a grin. "Let's give them some space," she suggested and moved back to where she could see Kaoru, Kallee and Tamaki dancing. "Maybe they'll end up dating by the end of the night."
Kyoya shrugged as he followed Haruhi.
Vannen: And that's the end for now. I promise to try to update more often. I just never realized how busy one can get once married. Anyway, I'll do better. Please review!
